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

LXXXIV.

French.

La grand Cite sera bien desolée,

Des habitans un seul n’y demoura,

Mur, Sexe, Temple, & Vierge violée,

Par Fer, Feu, Peste, Canon, peuple mourra.

English.

The great City shall be made very desolate.

Not one of the Inhabitants shall be left in it,

Wall, Sex, Church, and Virgin ravished,

By Sword, Fire, Plague, Canon, people shall die.

ANNOT.

This is concerning the Town of St. Quentin, which was taken by the Spaniards in the year 1557. upon the 27 of August, and 17 days after the Battle of St. Laurence, it was taken by assault, and all the Inhabitants put to the Sword.