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.

Du rond d’un Lis naistra un si grand Prince,

Bien tost & tard venu dans sa Province,

Saturne en Libra en exaltation,

Maison de Venus en descroissante force,

Dame en apres masculin soubs l’Escorce,

Pour maintenir l’heureux sang de Bourbon.

English.

From the round of a Lilly shall be born a great Prince,

Soon and late come into his Province,

Saturn in Libra being in exaltation,

The House of Venus in a decreasing strength,

A Woman afterwards and a Male under the Bark,

To maintain the happy blood of Bourbon.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy was concerning Lewis the XIII. King of France, son of Henry the IV. who was born under the Sign of Libra, and therefore called the Just; the rest is easie.