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

LXXIII.

French.

Quand dans le Regne parviendra le boiteux,

Competiteur aura proche Bastard,

Luy & le Regne viendront si fort rogneux,

Qu’ains quil guerisse son fait sera bien tard.

English.

When the lame man shall attain to the Kingdom,

He shall have a Bastard for his near competitor,

He, and his Kingdom shall be so scabby,

That before he be cured it will be late.

ANNOT.

The words and the sense are plain.