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 Punick Faith in Latine _Punica fides_, a false Faith, was so
called from the _Carthaginians_, called in Latine _Pæni_, which was an
unfaithful Nation.
I do not know what he meaneth by great _Jud._ as for _Rhosne_, _Loire_
and _Tag_, they are three Rivers, the two first in _France_, the last is
the River of _Lisbone_ called in Latine _Tagus_. The rest is easie.
LXI.
French.
_Agen_, _Tonneins_, _Gironde_ & la _Rochelle_,
O sang _Troien_ mort au Port de la fleche,
Derrier le Fleuve au Fort mise leschelle,
Pointes, feu, grand meurtre sur la bresche.
English.
_Agen_, _Tonneins_, _Gironde_ and _Rochelle_,
O _Trojan_ blood death is at the harbour of the Arrow,
Beyond the River the Ladder shall be raised against the Fort,
Points, fire, great murder upon the breach.
ANNOT.
_Agen_ and _Tonneins_ are two Towns in _Gascony_, _Gironde_ is a River
that passeth in that Countrey, the sense therefore of the whole is, that
there shall be great Wars, and fightings in those Towns, as also upon
that River, which happened in the time of the civil Wars in _France_, as
every body may read in the _Annals_, and also in the Commentaries of the
Lord of _Monluck_.
LXII.
French.
_Mabus_ puis tost alors mourra, viendra,
Des gens & bestes un horrible desfaite,
Puis tout a coup la vengeance on verra,
Sang, Main, Soif, Faim, quand courra la Comete.
English.
_Mabus_ shall come, and soon after shall die,
Of people and beasts shall be an horrible destruction,
Then on a sudden the vengeance shall be seen,
Blood, Hand, Thirst, Famine, when the Comet shall run.
ANNOT.
Here is nothing hard but who should be this _Mabus_, at last I found by
transposition of Letters that he meaneth _Ambus_, which was the name of
the Heades man that beheaded the Duke of _Montmorency_ at _Thoulouse_,
how miraculous therefore appeareth our Author, who did not only foretell
general things, but also particular accidents, even the names of the
persons that were to be born a hundred years after.
LXIII.
French.
_Gaulois_, _Ausone_ bien peu subiuguera,
_Pau_, _Marne_ & _Seine_ fera _Perme l’Vrie_,
Qui le grand Mur contre eux dressera,
Du moindre au Mur le grand perdra la vie.
English.
The _French_ shall a little subdue _Ausonne_,
_Pau_, _Marne_, and _Seine_ shall make _Perme l’Urie_,
Which shall raise a great Wall against them,
From the less to the Wall the great one shall loose his life.
ANNOT.
_Ausonne_ is always taken by the Author for the City of _Bordeaux_,
because _Ausonius_ a famous Latine Poet was born there, the rest is so
obscure, and the text so corrupted, that I had rather leave it to the
liberty of the Reader, then to become ridiculous, by not acknowledging my
ignorance.
LXIV.
French.
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