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

X.

French.

Avant long temps le tout sera rangé,

Nous esperons un siecle bien senestre,

L’Estat des masques & des seuls bien changé,

Peu trouveront qui a son rang vueille estre.

English.

Before it be long, all shall be set in order,

We look for a sinister Age,

The state of the Visards and of the alone shall be changed,

They shall find few that will keep their ranks.

ANNOT.

All the difficulty of this consisteth in what he meaneth by the Visard and alone, for my part, I believe he aimeth at the Popish Clergy and Monks; the first by reason of their Hypocrisy, the other by reason of their solitariness. The rest is plain.