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

XI.

French.

Celuy quaura couvert de la grand Cappe,

Sera induit a quelque cas patrer,

Les douze rouges viendront soüiller la nappe,

Soubs meurtre, meurtre se viendra perpetrer.

English.

He that shall be covered with a great Cloak,

Shall be induced to commit some great fact,

The twelve red ones shall Soil the Table-cloth,

Under murder, murder shall be committed.

ANNOT.

Every one may interpret this as well as I, provided that by the twelve red ones, he understandeth twelve Cardinals.