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.

Dans Foix entrez Roy Cerulée Turban,

Et regnera moins evolu Saturne,

Roy Turban Blanc, Bizance cœur ban,

Sol, Mars, Mercure, pres la Hurne.

English.

In Foix shall come a King with a Blew Turbant,

And shall Reign before Saturn is revolved,

Then a King with a White Turbant shall make Bizance to quake,

Sol, Mars, Mercury, being near the top of the Mast.

ANNOT.

Foix is a Countrey of France, near Gascony, where the Author saith, a King with a Blew Turbant shall come, and shall govern less then an Age, that is 100 years, after which another King with a White Turbant shall come, and shall Conquer Bizance (which in Latine is Constantinople) the Blew or Green Turbant is attributed to the great Turk, and the White one to the King of France, by whom the Turks have a Prophecie, their Monarchy shall be subverted.