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.

Les trois Pellices de loing s’entrebattront,

La plus grand moindre demeurera a l’ecoute,

Le grand Selin n’en sera plus patron,

Le nommera feu, pelte, blanche, route.

English.

The three Concubines shall fight one with another a far off,

The greatest less shall remain watching,

The great Selin shall be no more their Patron,

And shall call it fire, pelte, white, route.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is concerning the Turkish Empire, where three of the great Turks Concubines, which in Latine are called Pellices, shall make War one against another, the great Turk himself favouring neither party.