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

LVIII.

French.

Soleil ardent dans la gosier couler,

De sang humain arrouser Terre Etrusque,

Chef seille d’eau, mener son fils filer,

Captive Dame conduite Terre Turque.

English.

Burning Sun shall be poured into the throat,

This human blood shall wet the Hetrurian ground,

The chief pale of water, shall lead his son to Spin,

A captive Lady shall be carried into the Turkish Countrey.

ANNOT.

By burning Sun must be understood melted gold, which shall be poured into ones throat, in the Hetrurian ground, that is in Tuscany.

By the chief Pale of water is to be understood, some Water-bearer, who shall make his son an Eunuch to make benefit on’t. The fourth Verse is plain.