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

LXV.

French.

O vaste Rome ta ruine s’aproche,

Non de tes Murs, de ton sang, & substance,

L’aspre par lettres fera si horrible coche,

Fer pointu mis a tous jusques au manche.

English.

O great Rome thy ruine draweth near,

Not of thy Walls, of thy blood and substance,

The sharp by Letters shall make so horrid a notch,

Sharp Iron thrust in all to the haft.

ANNOT.

This is a confirmation of the foregoing Prophecy, by which it is said that the destruction of Rome shall not be in her Walls, blood or substance, but onely by Letters or Doctrine that shall put quite down the Roman Religion.