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.

Tasche de murdre, enormes Adulteres,

Grand ennemy de tout le genre humain,

Que sera pire qu’ayeulx, Oncles ne Pere,

En fer, feu, eau, sanguin & inhumain.

English.

Endeavour of Murder, enormous Adulteries,

A great enemy of all mankind,

That shall be worse then Grand-father, Uncle, or Father,

In Iron, fire, water, bloody and inhumane.

ANNOT.

This Stanza as well as the next hath relation to the precedent, making mention what a wicked person shall that Posthume be of which he spoke before.