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

XCIX.

French.

Vent Aquilon fera partir le Siege,

Par murs jetter cendres, chaulx, & poussiere,

Par pluye apres qui leur sera bien piege,

Dernier secours encontre leur Frontiere.

English.

The North wind shall cause the Siege to be raised,

They shall throw ashes, lime, and dust,

By a rain after that shall be a trap to them,

It shall be the last succours against their Frontiere.

ANNOT.

Here is described a notable stratagem of a Besieged Town, who against rainy weather cast so much ashes, lime and dust, that the rain coming thereupon, it made such a mire, as the Besiegers were not able to assault it.