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.

En apres cinq troupeau ne mettra hors,

Un fuitif pour Penelon laschera,

Faux murmurer secours venir par lors,

Le Chef le Siege lors abandonnera.

English.

After that, five shall not put out his flock,

He’l let loose a runnaway for Penelon,

There shall be a false rumour, succours shall come then,

The Commander shall forsake the Siege.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is either nonsensical or falsely printed, and what he meaneth by Penelon, is utterly unknown.