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.

De Castilon figuieres jour de brune,

De femme infame naistra Souverain Prince,

Surnum de chausses per hume luy posthume,

Onc Roy ne fut si pire en sa Province.

English.

Out of Castilon figuieres upon a misty day,

From an infamous woman shall be born a Soveraign Prince,

His surname shall be from Breeches, himself a posthume,

Never a King was worse in his Province.

ANNOT.

Castilon figuieres is a petty Town in Provence, in which he saith that a Soveraign Prince shall be born of an infamous Woman, and shall be a posthume, which in Latine signifieth one that is born after his Fathers death; he saith also that his name shall be derived from Breeches and that never a King was worse in his Countrey, whether by worse, he meaneth in manners or fortune, I know not.