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

LXXVII.

French.

Par Arcs, Fœux, Poix, & par feux repoussez,

Cris hurlemens sur la minuit ouys,

Dedans sont mis par les rempars cassez,

Par Canicules les Traditeurs fuis.

English.

Being repulsed with Bows, Fires, and Pitch,

Cries and howlings shall be heard about midnight,

They shall get in through the broken Walls,

The betrayers shall run away through the Conduits.

ANNOT.

It is a Town Besieged, where after a repulse given to the Besiegers, they shall get in by the Treason of some within, who shall run away through the Conduits or Channels of the Town.