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
Le prochain, fils de l’_Aisnier_ parviendra,
Tant eslevé jusqu’au au Regne des fors,
Son aspre gloire un chascun la craindra,
Mais les enfans du Regne jettez hors.
English.
The eldest Son of l’_Aisnier_ shall prosper,
Being raised to the degree of the great ones,
Every one shall fear his high glory,
But his children shall be cast out.
ANNOT.
This is an Horoscope, for the Interpretation of which we are beholding
to, Mr. _Mannessier_ of _Amiens_, who saith that the Father of the Lords
l’_Aisniers_ writ to _Nostradamus_ his friend, to know his childrens
fortune, who sent him those four Verses for an answer, by which it is
evident that the eldest should be an eminent Man, as it fell out, being
one of the chiefest men in the Province of _Anjou_, and one of the
chiefest instruments to make Peace between _Louis_ the XIII. and his
Mother _Mary_ of _Medicis_, after the Battle of _Pont de Cé_.
The fourth Verse saith, that some of his other Children should be
expelled the Kingdom, as it happened by reason of a false report raised
against one of them, which compelled him to retire into _Portugal_ till
the truth was known, as it was afterwards to his great repute and honour.
XII.
French.
Yeux clos ouverts d’antique fantaisie,
L’habit des seuls sera mis a neant,
Le grand Monarque chastiera leur frenesie,
Ravir des Temples le Thresor par devant.
English.
Eyes shut, shall be open by an antick fancy,
The cloths of the alone shall be brought to nothing.
The great Monarck shall punish their frenzy,
For having ravished the Treasure of the Temple before.
ANNOT.
I can fasten this upon no body, but upon some Monks, which are called
here _The alone_, because of their solitary life, who shall be punished
by a King, for having robbed the Church.
XIII.
French.
Le corps sans ame plus n’estre en sacrifice,
Jour de la mort mis en Nativité.
L’Esprit Divin sera l’ame fœlice,
Voiant le Verbe en son Eternité.
English.
The body without the soul shall be no more admitted in Sacrifice,
The day of the death shall be put for the Birth-day,
The Divine Spirit shall make the Soul happy,
By seeing the Word in its Eternity.
ANNOT.
The first Verse seemed to Prophecy the Reformation of Religion, and the
change of opinion concerning the Lords Supper, which should be no more
a Sacrifice (as the _Roman_ Church calleth the Mass) of a body without
a soul, but only a commemoration of the Lords death, as the second
Verse confirmeth, saying, _The day of the death shall be put for the
Birth-day_, seeing, that by the commemoration of that death, we are
renewed into a newness of life, and as it were born again. The last two
Verse are easie.
XIV.
French.
A _Tours_, _Gien_, _Gergeau_, seront yeux penetrans,
Descouvriront le long de la grande _Sereine_,
Elle & sa Suite au Port seront entrans,
Combat poussez Puissance Souveraine.
English.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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