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

VII.

French.

Le fils mineur du grand & hay Prince,

De Lepre aura a vingt ans grande tache,

De dueil mourra triste & mince,

Et il mourra la ou tombe chair lache.

English.

The younger Son of the great and hated Prince,

Being twenty years, old shall have a great touch of Leprosie,

His mother shall die for grief, very sad and lean,

And he shall die of the disease loose flesh.

ANNOT.

This is easie to be understood, if we remember that Charles IX. King of France, younger son to Henry II. died of a foul disease, and his Mother Catharine of Medicis died of grief.