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

LXXI.

French.

En lieu d’Espouse les Filles trucidées,

Meurtre a grand faute, ne sera superstite,

Dedans le puis vestues inondées,

L’Espouse esteinte par haut d’Aconite.

English.

Instead of the Bride, the Maid shall be killed,

The murder shall be a great fault, none shall be surviving,

In the Well they shall be drowned with their Cloaths,

The Bride shall be extinguished by an high Aconite.

ANNOT.

This is a Prophecie of a Tragical Nuptial, where all the Maids shall be drowned with their Cloaths in a Well, insomuch that none shall survive, and the Bride shall be poisoned, and die by Aconite, which is one of the most poisonous herbs that is, witness Juvinal: Lurida terribiles miscent asonita novercæ.