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

L.

French.

Quand ceux d’Hainault, de Gand, & de Bruxelles,

Verront a Langres le Siege devant mis,

Derrier leur flancs seront guerres cruelles,

La playe antique sera pis qu’Ennemis.

English.

When these of Hainault, of Gand, and of Bruxelles,

Shall see the Siege laid before Langres,

Behind their sides shall be cruel Wars,

The old wound shall be worse then Enemies.

ANNOT.

Hainault is a Province of the Low-Countries, and Gand the chief Town in Flanders, and Bruxelles the chief Town of the Dukedome of Brabant.

Langres is a City in France, in the Province of Champagne, which is called the Maiden Town; because it was never besieged. The rest is easie.