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

V.

French.

Quand dans Poisson, Fer & Lettre enfermée,

Hors sortira qui puis fera la Guerre,

Aura par Mer sa classe bien ramée;

Aparoissant pres de Latine Terre.

English.

When in a Fish, Iron and a Letter shall be shut up,

He shall go out that afterwards shall make War,

He shall have his Fleet by Sea well provided,

Appearing by the Roman Land.

ANNOT.

The words and the sense are plain.