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

LXXXI.

French.

Le neuf Empire en desolation,

Sera changé du Pole Aquilonaire,

De la Sicile viendra l’emotion,

Troubler l’Emprise a Philip tributaire.

English.

The new Empire in desolation,

Shall be changed from the Northern Pole,

The commotion shall come from Sicily,

To trouble the undertaking, tributary to Philip.

ANNOT.

This threatneth the Empire that now is in Germany, of a great desolation, and to be removed from its place, and threatneth also the Island of Sicily of a fearful commotion, which shall trouble the undertakings of Philip, that is, King of Spain, because they usually are called by that name.