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.

Las quelle fureur, helas quelle pitie,

Il y aura entre beaucoup de gens,

On ne vit onc une tell amitié,

Qu’auront les Loups a courir diligens.

English.

Ha! what fury, alas what pitty,

There shall be betwixt many people,

There was never seen such a friendship,

As the Wolfs shall have in being diligent to run.

ANNOT.

It is indeed a great fury and pity to see how wicked people, and chiefly Usurers and false dealers, (understood here by the name of Wolfs) are diligent in doing mischief, and to make good the old Proverb, Homo homini Lupus, there being no other Creature but the Wolf that devours those of his own kind.