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

LVII.

French.

Celuy qu’estoit bien avant dans le Regne,

Ayant Chef rouge proche a la Hierarchie,

Aspre & cruel, & se fera tant craindre,

Succedera a sacrée Monarchie.

English.

He that was a great way in the Kingdom,

Having a red head and near the Hierarchy,

Harsh and cruel, shall make himself so dreadful,

That he shall succeed to the Sacred Monarchy.

ANNOT.

This is a person of great quality, and near of blood to a King, who being a Cardinal, cruel and dreadful, shall be Elected Pope, I suppose Clement the VII.