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

LXXVI.

French.

Plus Macelin que Roy en Angleterre,

Lieu obscur ne par force aura l’Empire,

Lasche, sans foy, sans loy, seignera Terre,

Son temps s’aproche si presque je souspire.

English.

More Macelin then King in England,

Born in obscure place, by force shall reign,

Of loose disposition, without faith, without Law, the ground shall bleed,

His time is drawing so near that I sigh for it.

ANNOT.

Macelin, is a Butcher or cruel man, from the Latine word Macellum, which signifieth the Shambles, it is without contradiction that by this Prophecy is plain concerning the late tyrant Cromwel, and his unlawful Government.