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

LXVIII.

French.

Vieux Cardinal par le jeune deceu,

Hors de sa charge se verra desarmé,

Arles ne monstres double fort apperceu,

Et l’Aqueduct & le Prince embaumé.

English.

An old Cardinal shall be cheated by a young one,

And shall see himself out of his imployment,

Arles do not show, a double fort perceived,

And the Aqueduct, and the embalmed Prince.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses are very plain, the two last not so; therefore observe that Arles is a City in France, in the Countrey of Dauphine or Provence, famous for antiquity, which is forwarned here not to shew its Fords, nor its Aqueducts, (which are buildings to convey water), nor its embalmed Prince, which it seemeth lyeth thereabout buried. The Author hath deprived here the Author of the reasons for why.