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.

France a cinq parts par neglect assaillie,

Tunis, Argier, esmeus par Persiens,

Leon, Seville, Barcelonne faillie,

N’aura la chasse par les Venetiens.

English.

France by a neglect shall be assaulted on five sides,

Tunis, Argier shall be moved by the Persians,

Leon, Sevil, Barcelone shall be missed,

And not be pursued by the Venetians.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is concerning as many Countreys, as there are Verses: the first is France, which by neglect and carelesness of her in Inhabitants, shall be assaulted on five several sides. The second is concerning Tunis and Argier, Cities of Barbary, which shall be stirred and moved (I suppose) to rebel. The third regardeth Leon, Sevil, Barselona, Cities in Spain, and the fourth the Venetians.