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

XCI.

French.

Les dieux feront aux humains apparence,

Ce quils seront auteurs de grand conflict,

Avant ciel veu serain, Espée & Lance,

Que vers main gauche sera plus grande affliction.

English.

The Gods shall make it appear to Man-kind,

That they are the Authors of a great War;

For the Heaven that was Serene, shall shew Sword and Lance,

Signifying, that on the left hand the affliction shall be greater.

ANNOT.

He foretelleth here some Prodigies that shall be in the Air, as Swords and Lances after fair weather, which shall be forerunners of great Wars, and chiefly in those Countries that shall be situated on the left hand of these Prodigies.