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
This signifieth, that when the Moon shall be totally Eclipsed in the
night, and that all the next day her Brother the Sun shall be seen of a
ferrugineous, (that is an Iron like colour) then shall a great one that
was hidden arise, and do great feats of Arms with the death of many men.
LXXXV.
French.
Par la responce de Dame Roy troublé,
Ambassadeurs mespriseront leur vie,
Le grand ses Freres contrefera doublé,
Par deux mourront, hain, ire, & envie.
English.
A King shall be troubled by the answer of a Lady,
Embassadors shall despise their lives,
The great one being double in mind shall counterfeit his Brothers,
They shall die by two, anger, hatred, and envy.
ANNOT.
There is nothing difficult here, but the last Verse, which yet will be
plain enough, if you make these three words anger, hatred, and envy not
co-herent with the foremost, but subsisting by themselves; as if one
should say, there shall be anger, hatred, and envy.
LXXXVI.
French.
La grande Roine quand se verra vaincue,
Fera exces de Masculin courage,
Sur le Cheval, Fleuve passera nue,
Suite par Fer, a Foy fera outrage.
English.
When the great Queen shall see her self vanquished,
She shall do a deed of a Masculine courage,
Upon a Horse, she shall pass over the River naked,
Followed by Iron, she shall do wrong to her Faith.
ANNOT.
It is some great Queen, who seeing her self vanquished, shall swim naked
on Horseback over a River, being followed by those that would have either
killed or taken her, and after that shall forfeit her faith, but whether
it be to her Husband, Friends, or Relations, is not expressed.
LXXXVII.
French.
_Ennosigee_ feu du Centre de Terre
Fera trembler autour de Cité Neuve,
Deux grands Rochers long temps feront la guerre,
Puis _Arethuse_ rougira nouveau fleuve.
English.
_Ennosigee_, fire of the Center of the Earth,
Shall make quake about the New City,
Two great Rocks shall a great while War one against the other,
After that, _Arethusa_ shall colour red a new River.
ANNOT.
_Ennosigee_ is a Greek word εννοσίγαιος, in Latin _Terræ quassator_, from
ἔνίω _moveo_, and γαῖα _Terra_, and is an Epithete of _Neptune_. The
meaning then of this Stanza is, that the Sea shall make the Earth quake,
and fire come out of the Earth about _Naples_, which in Greek is called
_Neapolis_, that is, a _New City_.
_Arethusa_ is a Fountain in _Sicily_, which a little way from its Spring,
groweth into a River. The rest is left to the interpretation of the
Reader.
LXXXVIII.
French.
Le Divin mal surprendra un grand Prince,
Un peu devant aura femme espousée,
Son appuy & credit a un coup viendra mince,
Conseil mourra pour la teste rasée.
English.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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