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.

Jusques au fond la grand Arche Maluë,

Par chef Captif l’amy anticipé,

Naistra de Dame front, face cheveluë,

Lors par astuce Duc a mort attrapé

English.

To the bottom of the great Arch Malüe,

By a Captain that is a Prisoner, the friend shall be anticipated,

One shall be born of a Lady with a hoary face and forehead,

Then by craft shall a Duke be put to death.

ANNOT.

The meaning of the first is unknown to me: I leave it to the Reader.

The sense of the last is as obvious to the meanest capacity, as the two precedent are obscure.