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.

Sur le combat des grands chevaux legers,

On criera le grand croissant confond,

De nuit tuer Moutons, Brebis, Bergers,

Abysmes rouges dans le fossé profond.

English.

At the fight of the great light Horsmen,

They shall cry out, confound the great half Moon,

By night they shall kill Sheep, Ewes, and Shepherds,

Red pits shall be in the deep ditch.

ANNOT.

By the great half Moon, is understood the Turk.