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

LXXII.

French.

Armée Celtique en Italie vexée,

De toutes partes conflit & grande perte,

Romains fuis O Gaule repoulsée,

Pres du Thesin, Rubicon pugne incerte.

English.

The French Army shall be vexed in Italy,

On all sides fighting, and great loss,

The Romans run away, and thou France repulsed,

Near the Thesin, by Rubicon the fight shall be doubtful.

ANNOT.

A French Army shall be distressed, if not destroyed in Italy. The Romans, that is, those under the Pope, that shall take their part, shall be put to flight, and this battle shall be fought by the River Thesin. Another shall be fought by the River Rubicon, whose event shall be doubtful, that is to say, it shall hardly be known who got the victory.