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
The Divine sickness shall surprise a great Prince,
A little while after he hath married a woman,
His support and credit shall at once become slender,
Council shall die for the shaven head.
ANNOT.
By the Divine sickness, he meaneth the _falling sickness_, called by the
Greeks _Epilepsia_, and by the Latines _Morbus Sacer_. By the shaven
head, he meaneth some Ecclesiastical person of the _Romish_ Religion; the
construction of the whole is easie.
LXXXIX.
French.
Tous ceux d’_Illerde_ seront dans la _Moselle_,
Mettant a mort tous ceux de _Loire_ & _Seine_,
Le course Marin viendra pres d’_Hautevelle_,
Quand _Espagnols_ ouvrira toute veine.
English.
All those of _Illerde_ shall be in the _Mosel_,
Putting to death all those of _Loire_ and _Seine_,
The Sea course shall come near _Hautevelle_,
When the _Spaniard_ shall open all veins.
ANNOT.
By _Illerde_ he meaneth the City of l’_Isle_ in _Flanders_, the _Mosel_
is a River that runneth through _Lorrain_, the _Loire_ and _Seine_ are
two other Rivers of _France_, the first of which passeth at _Orleans_,
and the second at _Paris_; the two last Verses are too hard for me to
interpret.
XC.
French.
_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, au son de la Campane,
A grande classe ira jusqu’a _Langon_,
Contre _Gaulois_ sera leur _Tramontane_,
Quand Monstre hideux naistra pres de _Orgon_.
English.
_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, at the sound of the Bell,
With a great Navy shall go as far as _Langon_,
Against the _French_ shall their _Tramontane_ be,
When an hideous Monster shall be born near _Orgon_.
ANNOT.
_Tramontana_, in _Italian_, is the North-wind. _Orgon_, is the name of a
Town in _Gascony_, the rest of the construction is not difficult.
XCI.
French.
Les dieux feront aux humains apparence,
Ce quils seront auteurs de grand conflict,
Avant ciel veu serain, Espée & Lance,
Que vers main gauche sera plus grande affliction.
English.
The Gods shall make it appear to Man-kind,
That they are the Authors of a great War;
For the Heaven that was Serene, shall shew Sword and Lance,
Signifying, that on the left hand the affliction shall be greater.
ANNOT.
He foretelleth here some Prodigies that shall be in the Air, as _Swords_
and _Lances_ after fair weather, which shall be forerunners of great
Wars, and chiefly in those Countries that shall be situated on the left
hand of these Prodigies.
XCII.
French.
Soubs un la paix, par tout sera clemence,
Mais non long temps, pille & rebellion,
Par refus Ville, Terre & Mer entamée,
Morts & Captifs le liers d’un Million.
English.
Under one shall be peace, and every where clemency,
But not a long while, then shall be plundering and Rebellion,
By a denyal shall Town, Land and Sea be assaulted,
There shall be Dead and taken Prisoners the third part of a Million.
ANNOT.
The words and sense are plain.
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