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

IX.

French.

Neuf ans le Regne le maigre en paix tiendra,

Puis il cherra en soif si sanguinaire,

Pour luy grand peuple sans Foy & Loy mourra,

Tué par un beaucoup plus debonaire.

English.

Nine years shall the lean one keep the Kingdom in Peace,

Then he will fall into such a bloody thirst,

That a great people shall die without Faith or Law,

He shall be killed by one milder than himself.

ANNOT.

It is a lean man that shall keep in Peace the Kingdom, for the space of nine years, and then shall become cruel; so that he shall put to death many people without Law, or regard of his promise.