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.

Le Successeur de la Duché viendra,

Beaucoup plus outre que la Mer de Toscane,

Gauloise branche la Florence tiendra,

Dans son Giron d’accord nautique Rane.

English.

The Successor to the Dukedom shall come,

Far beyond the Tuscane Sea,

A French branch shall hold Florence

In its Lap, to which the Sea-frog shall agree.

ANNOT.

By the two first Verses is meant a lawful Successor to the Duke of Tuscany who shall come to recover the said Dukedom, which shall then be in the possession of the French.

It is hard to guess what he means by the Sea-frog, unless it be some considerable Prince at Sea, which shall then be in League with the French.