The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.: A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.Nostradamus
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The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.: A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.
Nostradamus
Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800
Voile _Symacle_, Port _Massiliolique_,
Dans _Venise_ Port marcher aux _Pannons_,
Partir du Goulfre & sinus _Illirique_,
Vast a _Sicile_, _Ligurs_ coups de Canon.
English.
_Symaclian_ Sail, _Massilian_ Port,
In _Venice_ to march towards the _Hungarians_,
To go away from the Gulf and _Illirick_ Sea,
Toward _Sicily_, the _Genoeses_ with Cannon shots.
ANNOT.
What he meaneth by _Symaclian Sail_, is not easie to determine;
_Massilian Port_ is that of _Marseilles_ in _France_, called in Latine
_Massilia_, the sense of this Prophecy then if any be, is, that a
great Fleet shall go from thence to _Venice_, to carry succours to the
_Hungarians_, who it seemeth shall be much distressed at that time by
the _Turks_, and that _Sicily_ and _Genoa_ shall add to this Fleet a
considerable succour of Men, and Warlike Munition.
XXIX.
French.
Lors que celuy qu’a nul ne donne lieu,
Abandonner voudra lieu prins non pris,
Feu, Nef, par faignes, bitument a _Charlieu_,
Seront _Quintin_, _Bales_ repris.
English.
When he that giveth place to no body,
Shall forsake the place taken, and not taken,
Fire, Ship, by bleeding bituminous at _Charlieu_,
Then _Quintin_ and _Bales_ shall be taken again.
ANNOT.
_He that giveth place to no body_ is the Pope; as for the last Verse, I
had rather read St. _Quintin_ and _Gales_, which are two considerable
Towns in _France_, then otherwise.
That place taken, not taken was the City of _Noyon_ in _Picardy_, which
was taken by the _Spanish_ Cavalry, cloathed after the _French_ Mode,
which stratagem deceived the Citizens and Soldiers that defended it: so
he saith taken, because it fell into the hands of the _Spaniards_, and
_not taken_, because it was by a stratagem or deceit.
XXX.
French.
Au Port de _Puola_ & de St. _Nicolas_,
Perir _Normande_ au Gouffre _Phanatique_,
Cap de _Bizance_ rues crier Helas!
Secours de _Gaddes_ & du grand _Philippique_.
English.
At the Harbour of _Puola_ and of St. _Nicolas_,
A _Norman_ Ship shall perish in the Phanatick Gulf,
At the Cape of _Byzantium_ the streets shall cry Alas!
Succours from _Cadis_ and from the great _Philippe_.
ANNOT.
_Puola_ is for _Paulo_ here, and by it is understood the port of _Malta_,
which being Besieged by the _Turks_, _Philip_ the II. King of _Spain_,
sent an Army to relieve it, which made those of _Byzantium_ (which is
_Constantinople_) cry alas, _&c._
XXXI.
French.
Le tremblement de Terre a _Mortara_,
_Cassich_, St. _George_ a demy perfondrez,
Paix assoupie la guerre esuaillera,
Dans Temple a Pasques abysmes enfondrez.
English.
There shall be an Earthquake at _Mortara_,
_Cassich_, St. _George_ shall be half swallowed up,
The War shall awake the sleeping pace,
Upon Easterday shall be a great hole sunk in the Church.
ANNOT.
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