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.

Des gens d’Eglise sang sera espanché,

Comme de l’eau en si grande abundance,

Et de long temps ne sera retranché,

Veüe au Clerc ruine & doleance.

English.

The blood of Churchmen shall be spilt,

As water in such abundance,

And for a good while shall not be stayed,

Ruine and grievance shall be seen to the Clerk.

ANNOT.

This is easie to be understood, which foretelleth a very great persecution to the Clergy-men, viz. Papists, of which Religion our Author was, if this be not already past in the Civil Wars of France, that were made for Religion, in the beginning of Reformation, where abundance of Clergy-men did perish on both sides.