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

LXXXV.

French.

Le Charbon blanc du noir sera chassé,

Prisonier fait, mené au Tombereau,

More Chameau sus pieds entrelassez,

Lors le puisné fillera l’Aubereau.

English.

The white Coal shall be expelled by the black one,

He shall be made Prisoner, carried in a Dung-cart,

His feet twisted upon a black Camel,

Then the youngest, shall suffer the Hobby to have more thread.

ANNOT.

The first Verse is altogether Allegorical and Metaphorical, therefore I leave it to the judgement of every Reader. I shall only deliver my opinion upon the whole: I take it to be some white Prince, that shall be overcome by a black one, put in a Dungcart, after that, tied upon a black Camel, and then the younger son of that black Prince shall give the prisonner a little more liberty.