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

LXXXVIII.

French.

Le Divin mal surprendra un grand Prince,

Un peu devant aura femme espousée,

Son appuy & credit a un coup viendra mince,

Conseil mourra pour la teste rasée.

English.

The Divine sickness shall surprise a great Prince,

A little while after he hath married a woman,

His support and credit shall at once become slender,

Council shall die for the shaven head.

ANNOT.

By the Divine sickness, he meaneth the falling sickness, called by the Greeks Epilepsia, and by the Latines Morbus Sacer. By the shaven head, he meaneth some Ecclesiastical person of the Romish Religion; the construction of the whole is easie.