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

LX.

French.

La foy Punique en Orient rompue,

Grand Jud. & Rhosne, Loire & Tag changeront,

Quand du Mulet la faim sera repeue,

Classe espargie, Sang & Corps nageront.

English.

The punick faith broken in the East,

Great Jud. and Rhosne, Loire and Tag. shall be changed,

When the Mules hunger shall be satisfied,

The Fleet scattered, Blood and Bodies shall swim.

ANNOT.

The Punick Faith in Latine Punica fides, a false Faith, was so called from the Carthaginians, called in Latine Pæni, which was an unfaithful Nation.

I do not know what he meaneth by great Jud. as for Rhosne, Loire and Tag, they are three Rivers, the two first in France, the last is the River of Lisbone called in Latine Tagus. The rest is easie.