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.

La Republique de la grande Cité,

A grand rigueur ne voudra consentir,

Roy sortir hors par Trompette Cité,

L’Eschelle au Mur la Cité repentir.

English.

The Common-wealth of the great City,

With great harshness shall not consent,

That the King should go out being summoned by a Trumpet,

The Ladder shall be put to the Wall, and the City repent.

ANNOT.

It is hard to know what he meaneth by the great City wherein there is a Common-wealth, whether it be Venice, Genoa, Geneva, Luca, or some of the Cities of Switzerland; but it seemeth that a King shall take shelter in it, who shall be summoned by a Trumpet to come out, but the City will not suffer it, for which the said City shall be scaled, and repent.