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

XCVIII.

French.

Ruyne aux Volsques de peur si fort terribles,

Leur grand Cité taincte, faict pestilent:

Piller Sol, Lune, & violer leur Temples,

Et les deux Fleuves rougir de sang coulant.

English.

A ruine shall happen to the Volsques that are so terrible,

Their great City shall be dyed, a pestilent deed:

They shall plunder Sun and Moon, and violate their Temples,

And the two Rivers shall be red with running blood.

ANNOT.

The Volsi were a warlike people of Italy joyning to Rome, which makes me believe that by the great City he meaneth Rome, which was plundered and sackt by the Duke of Burgondy and the Prince of Orange, Generals of the Emperour Charles V.