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

VIII.

French.

Combien de fois prinse Cité Solaire,

Seras, changeant les Loix barbares & vaines,

Ton mal s’approche, plus seras tributaire,

Le grand Adrie recouvrira tes veines.

English.

How often taken O solar City,

Shalt thou be? changing the barbarian and vain Laws,

Thy evil growth nigh, thou shalt be more tributary,

The great Adria shall recover thy veins.

ANNOT.

It is hard to judge what he meaneth by the Solar City that shall be so often taken.

As by Adria, it is certain he meaneth Venice, that was so called anciently, because of its scituation in the Adriatick Sea.