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.

Pau, Nay, Loron, plus feu qu’a sang sera,

Laude nager, fuir grands aux Surrez,

Les Agassas entrée refusera,

Pampon, Durance, les tiendront enserrez.

English.

Pau, Nay, Loron, more in fire then blood shall be,

Lauda to swim, great ones run to the Surrez,

The Agassas shall refuse the entry,

Pampon, Durance shall keep them enclosed.

ANNOT.

The Prophecies of this, and of the remaining Centuries being for the most part so obscure, as no man is able to make any sense of them, the judicious Reader must not expect from me, what no man else can do; let him suffice if I give him as much light as I can, and leave the rest to his own judgement and industry.

Pau is the chief Town of the Province of Bearn, in the Kingdom of Navarre, where Henry the IV. King of France and Navarre was born. Nay and Loron are barbarous words, so are Surrez, Agassas and Pampon. Durance is a River of France.