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

LXXIX.

French.

Bazas, L’Estoure, Condom, Auch, Agine,

Esmeus par Loix, querelle & Monopole,

Car Bourd, Tholose, Bay, mettra en ruine,

Renouveler voulant leur Tauropole.

English.

Bazas, L’Estoure, Condom, Auch, Agen,

Being moved by Laws, quarrels and Monopoly,

For they shall put to ruine Bordeaux, Tholose, Bayonne,

Going about to renew their Tauropole.

ANNOT.

This Key of the sense of this Stanza lieth in the last word Tauropole, which is compounded of the Latin word Taurus a Bull, and of the Greek word πολέω, that is, to sell; so that the meaning of it is, that those Cities mentioned shall rise in Rebellion against the Monopolites, and those that shall lay a Tax upon Cattle.