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.

Jamais par le decouvrement du jour,

Ne parviendra au signe Sceptrifere,

Que tous Sieges ne soient en sejour,

Portant au Coq don du Tag a misere.

English.

Never by the discovering of the day,

He shall attain to the Sceptriferous sign,

Till all his seats be settled,

Carrying to the Cock a gift from the Tag to misery.

ANNOT.

This signifieth that one pretending to a Kingdom, shall never attain to it by often removing his place, until all his seats be settled, that is, untill his wandring be ceased. And a gift brought by him to the King of France from Portugal, signified here by the Tag, which is the River of Lisbon the Capital City of it, from which gift shall proceed misery.