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
He addeth _the blow of a Knife_, as we have shewed; he also saith _a
lasting bad time_, which proved very true; moreover, he saith, _what
lightning in the Hunt_ or Topmast, because King _Francis_ died presently
after. In the fourth Verse he saith, _that three Brothers shall be hurt
and killed_, those three Brothers were _Antony_ of _Bourbon_ King of
_Navarre_, killed at the Siege at _Rouen_, the Cardinal of _Bourbon_, and
_Lewis_ of _Bourbon_ Prince of _Condé_, killed at the Battle of _Jarnac_.
XXXVII.
French.
Pont & Molins en _December_ versez,
En si haut lieu montera la _Garonne_:
Murs, Edifice, _Thoulouse_ renversez,
Qu’on ne scaura son lieu coutant matrone.
English.
Bridges and Mills in _December_ overturned,
In so high a place the _Garonne_ shall come,
Walls, Building, _Thoulose_ overturned,
So that none shall know its place, so much Matrone.
ANNOT.
Here is foretold a prodigious inundation of the River _Garonne_, in
the month of _December_, by which the Walls, Building, and the City
of _Thoulouse_ is threatned to be overturned. The last word of all is
barbarous, and added to make up the rhime.
XXXVIII.
French.
L’Entrée de _Blaye_ par _Rochelle_ & l’_Anglios_,
Passera outre le grand _Æmathien_:
Non loing d’_Agen_ attendra le _Gaulois_,
Secours _Narbonne_ deceu par entretien.
English.
The coming in at _Blaye_ by _Rochel_ and the _English_,
Shall go beyond the great _Æmathien_,
Not far from _Agen_ shall expect the _French_,
Help from _Narbonne_ deceived by entertainment.
ANNOT.
For the better understanding of this, the hard words must first be made
plain; _Blaye_ is a City upon the River _Garonne_, and the Port-Town
to _Bourdeaux_; _Rochel_ is a City upon the same Coast; _Agen_ is a
City in _Gascony_ not far from _Bourdeaux_, and _Narbonne_ is a City
in _Languedoc_, by the Mediterranean Sea; _Æmathian_ was formerly the
Countrey of _Macedonia_, wherein _Julius Cæsar_ and _C. Pompeius_ fought
their last Battle in the _Pharsalian_ Fields, and therefore saith the
Latine Poet _Lucanus_:
_Bella per Æmathios plusquam civilia campos._
These things being considered the sense is, that there shall be an
Invasion made by the _English_, to whom those of _Rochel_ shall joyn,
upon the Town of _Blaye_, which shall proceed as far as _Agen_, and
that thereabout will be a bloody Encounter between the _English_ and
_French_, beyond that which was fought in the _Æmathian_ Fields, and that
the succours that should come from _Narbonne_ to the _French_, shall be
deluded and hindered by the speech and discourse of some.
XXXIX.
French.
En _Arbissella_, _Vezema_ & _Crevari_,
De nuit conduits pour _Savonne_ atraper,
Le vif _Gascon_, _Giury_, & la _Charry_,
Derrier Mur vieux & neuf Palais grapper.
English.
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