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.

Roy exposé parfaira l’Hecatombe,

Apres avoir trouve son Origine,

Torrent ouvrir de Marbre & Plomb la Tombe,

D’un grand Romain d’Enseigne Medusin.

English.

The King exposed shall fulfill the Hecatombe,

After he hath found out his Offspring,

A Torrent shall open the Sepulcher, made of Marble and Lead,

Of a great Roman, with a Medusean Ensign.

ANNOT.

This Prophecie is divided into two parts, The first two Verses are concerning a King, who shall perform the Funeral Rites and Ceremonies to his Parents, when he is come to the knowledge of them, having been exposed for lost before.

The two last Verses are concerning an ancient Sepulcher of a Roman, that shall be digged up and found out by a Torrent, and the Arms of the said Roman shall be something like the head of Medusa, whose Hairs were Serpents, and was so fearful to behold, that by seeing of it, the beholders were turned into stones.