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.

Devant le Pere l’Enfant sera tué,

Le Pere apres entre cordes de jonc,

Genevois peuple sera esvertué,

Gisant le Chef au milieu comme un tronc.

English.

The Child shall be killed before the Fathers eyes,

The Father after shall enter into ropes of rushes,

The people of Geneva shall notably stir themselves,

The Chief lying in the middle like a log.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is twofold, the two first Verses foretel of a man that shall have his Son killed before his eyes, and himself afterward shall be strangled by a rope made of Rushes.

The two last Verses are concerning the people of Geneva, who (as he saith) shall lustily bestir themselves, while their Captain, Chief, or Commander shall carelesly lie like a log.