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

XCII.

French.

Apres le siege tenu dixsept ans

Cinq changeront en tel revolu terme,

Puis sera l’un esleu de mesme temps,

Qui des Romains ne sera trop conforme.

English.

After the seat possessed seventeen years,

Five shall change in such a space of time;

After that, one shall be elected at the same time,

Who shall not be very conformable to the Romans.

ANNOT.

The meaning is, that when a Pope shall have sat in the Chair, for the space of 17 years, within the same space of 17 years, five others shall be elected; and after them another, that shall not be well approved of by the Roman Clergy, and Nobility. If my memory doth not fail me, this is come to pass already; but wanting the Popes Chronology, I could not make it good.