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

III.

French.

Par la chaleur Solaire sur la Mer,

De Negrepont, les Poissons demy cuits,

Les Habitans les viendront entamer,

Quand Rhode & Genes leur faudra le Biscuit.

English.

By the heat of the Sun upon the Sea

Of Negrepont, the Fishes shall be half broiled,

The Inhabitants shall come to cut them up,

When Rhodes and Genoa shall want Biscake.

ANNOT.

Negrepont is an Island of the Archipelago near Morea, anciently called Eubœa. Rhodes is another Island, and, Genoa a City in Italy, by the Seaside. The rest is plain.