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

IV.

French.

Depuis Monac jusqu’aupres de Sicile,

Toute la plage demoura desolée,

Il ny aura Fauxbourgs, Cité, ne Ville,

Que par Barbares pillée soit & volée.

English.

From Monaco as far as Sicily,

All the Sea coast shall be left desolate,

There shall not be Suburbs, Cities, nor Towns,

Which shall not be pillaged and plundred by Barbarians.

ANNOT.

Monaco is a Town seated by the Sea-side in Italy, between Provence and Genoa. This Prophecy hath been once already fulfilled, when the famous Pyrate Barbarossa, being sent by the grand Seignor, to help the French King against the Emperour Charles the V. in his return home, plundered all that Coast, and carried away an innumerable multitude of people into slavery.