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

LXI.

French.

La grande bande & secte Crucigere,

Se dressera en Mesopotamie,

Du proche Fleuve compagnie legere,

Qui telle Loy tiendra pour ennemie.

English.

The great troop and sect wearing a Cross,

Shall rise up in Mesopotamia,

Near the next River shall be a light company,

Which shall hold that law for enemy.

ANNOT.

It is an Army of Christians (be like Armenians) that shall rise in Mesopotamia against whom shall an Army of Turkish Horseman come, who did live by the next River.