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.

Le neveu grand par force prouvera,

Le peche fait de Cœur pusillanime,

Ferrare & Ast le Duc esprouvera,

Par lors qu’au soir sera le Pantomime.

English.

The great nephew by force shall provoke,

The sin committed by the pusillanimous heart,

Ferrara and Ast shall make tryal of the Duke,

When the Pantomime shall be in the evening.

ANNOT.

To understand the whole sense of this, we must first know what is meant by the particular terms.

The great Nephew is the Brother or Sisters son of some great person, who by force shall discover the Treason or Cowardise, committed by some pusillanimous or fearful man.

Ferrara and Ast are two towns in Italy, shall make tryal of a Duke, by being either taken or assaulted.

When the Pantomime shall be in the evening; that is, when the Comedy shall be acted; for Pantomime in Greek signifieth a Comedian.