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

XCV.

French.

Dans les Espagnes viendra Roy trespuissant,

Par Mer & Terre subjugant au Midy,

Ce mal sera rabaissant le croissant,

Baisser les aisles a ceux de Vendredy.

English.

A most potent King shall come into Spain,

Who by Sea and Land shall make great Conquests towards the South,

This evil shall beat down the horns of the new Moon,

And slack the Wings of those of Friday.

ANNOT.

A great and potent King shall come out of Spain, who by Sea and Land shall make great Conquest towards the South, that is Barbary, which shall be a great prejudice to the Turkish Empire, who hath for his Arms a new Moon; And slack the wings of those of Friday, that is, of the Turks, because they keep the Friday for their Sabbath. This Prophecy was fulfilled by Philip the II. King of Spain, who drove away all the Moores out of the South part of it, and took a great many places in the Coasts of Barbary.