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.

Sous ombre faincte d’oster de servitude,

Peuple & Cité l’usurpera luy-mesme,

Pire sera par fraus de jeune pute,

Livré au Champ lisant le faux proësme.

English.

Under the fained shadow of freeing people from slavery,

He shall usurpe the people and City for himself;

He shall do worse by the deceit of a young Whore,

For he shall be betrayed in the field reading a false proem.

ANNOT.

The two first are plain, and may be referred to the foregoing Stanza concerning Oliver.

The last Verses are plain, and I leave them to the judicious Reader.