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

LIII.

French.

Quand le plus grand emportera le prix,

De Nuremberg, d’Ausbourg, & ceux de Basle,

Par Agripine Chef de Frankfort repris,

Traverseront par Flandres jusqu’en Gale.

English.

When the great one shall carry the prize,

Of Nuremberg, Ausbourg, and Basil,

By Agrippina the Chief of Frankfort shall be taken,

They shall go through Flanders as far as France.

ANNOT.

Nuremberg, Ausbourg, and Basil are Cities of Germany.

By Agrippine is understood the City of Cologne, called in Latine Colonia Agrippina, from the Founderess of it Agrippina, Mother of the Emperour Nero, or from M. Agrippa favourite of Augustus Cæsar.