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.

La Ville sans dessus dessoubs,

Renversée de mille coups,

De Canons, & forts dessous Terre,

Cinq ans tiendra, le tout remis,

Et lasché a ses ennemis,

L’eau leur fera apres la guerre.

English.

The Town shall be upside down,

Overthrown by a thousands shot,

Of Canons, and Forts under ground,

Shall hold five years, all shall be returned,

And surrendred to the enemies,

Water after that shall make War against them.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is as well as the former concerning the Town of Ostend, which after three years Siege instead of five (which is falsly printed here) was surrendred to the Arch-Duke, and presently after like to be drowned by the Sea.