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

LV.

French.

Quand la Corneille sur Tour de Brique jointe,

Durant sept heures ne fera que crier,

Mort presagée, de sang Statue teinte,

Tyran meurdry, aux Dieux peuple prier.

English.

When the Crow upon a Tower made of Brick,

For seven hours shall do nothing but cry,

Death shall be foretold, and the Statue died with blood,

Tyrant shall be murdered, and the people pray to the Gods.

ANNOT.

This extraordinary Prodigy of a Crow crying for seven hours together upon a Brick Tower, foretelleth that some notorious Tyrant shall be put to death, and his statue sprinkled with blood, and withall, that the people either for joy or fear shall be much given to prayer.