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

XII.

French.

Esleu en Pape, d’Esleu sera mocqué,

Subit soudain, esmeu prompt & timide,

Par trop bon doux a mourir provoqué,

Crainte estainte la nuit de sa mort guide.

English.

Elected for a Pope, from Elected shall be baffled,

Upon a sudden, moved quick and fearful,

By too much sweetness provooked to die,

His fear being out in the night shall be Leader to his death.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy was fulfilled in the person of the Cardinal Santa Severina, who in the Conclave of Cardinals after the death of Pope Innocent IX. was Elected Pope, and presently after was baffled by the same Cardinals, and Clement the VIII. chosen in his place, for which the other a little while after died for grief.