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

LXXIV.

French.

Dans la Cité de Fertsod homicide,

Fait & fait multe Bœuf arant ne macter,

Retour encore aux honneurs d’Artemide,

Et a Vulcan corps morts sepulturer.

English.

In the City of Fertsod one murdered,

Causeth a Fine to be laid for killing a plowing Oxe,

There shall be a return of the honours due to Artemide,

And Vulcan shall bury dead bodies.

ANNOT.

What is that City of Fertsod, is hard to guess, there being none of this name in Europe that I know. The rest of the words are plain, though the sense be abstruce enough, therefore we shall leave them to the liberty of the Reader.