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

XIII.

French.

Par grand fureur le Roy Romain Belgique,

Veexer voudra par phalange Barbare,

Furent grinssant chassera gent Lybique,

Depuis Pannons jusque Hercules la bare.

English.

Through great anger the Roman Belgick King,

Shall come to vex with Barbarian Troops,

Gnashing with fury, he shall draw away the Lybian people,

From the Pannons as far as Hercules.

ANNOT.

By the Roman Belgick King, is understood Philip the second King of Spain; because he was made King in Flanders, by his father Charles V.

The second Verse signifieth the diverse Nations that his Army was composed of.

In the third, by the Lybian people are understood the Jews, which he drove away from Spain into Africa.

The Pannons are the people of Hungary, called Pannones, and the meaning that he drove them out as far as Hercules Pillar, at the mouth of the Straits, signifies the great expulsion he made of them, which were about the number of 200000.