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.

by Nostradamus

I.

French.

Apres Combat & Bataille Navale,

Le grand Neptune a son plus haut beffroy,

Rouge adversaire de peur de viendra pasle,

Mettant le grand Occean en effroy.

English.

After the fight and Sea Battle,

The great Neptune in his highest Steeple,

The red adversary shall wax pale for fear,

Putting the great Occean in a fright.

ANNOT.

I find no mystical sence in this, unless by the red adversary he should understand the Pope, because clothed in Scarlet. Therefore I leave the explication to the judgement of every particular Reader.