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

LXX.

French.

Un Chef du Monde le grand Cheiren sera,

Plus outre, apres aime, craint, redouté,

Son bruit & los les Cieux surpassera,

Et du seul titre Victeur sort contente.

English.

A Chief of the World the great Cheiren shall be,

Moreover, beloved afterwards, feared, dreaded,

His fame and praise shall go beyond the Heavens,

And shall be contented with the only title of Victor.

ANNOT.

We have said already before, that the Author by the word Cheyren meaneth Henry the II. his Master, by transposition of Letters, who as he saith was contented with the bare title of Victorieux, when he had undertaken the protection of the German Princes against the Emperour Charles the V.