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

XIV.

French.

Loing de sa Terre Roy perdra la Bataille,

Prompt, eschapé poursuivy, suivant pris,

Ignare pris soubs la dorée maille,

Soubs feint habit, & l’Ennemy surpris.

English.

Far from his Countrey the King shall loose a Battle,

Nimble, escaped, followed, following, taken,

Ignorantly taken under the gilded Coat of Mail,

Under a feigned habit the enemy taken.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy was fulfilled in the year 1578. when Don Sebastian King of Portugal, went into Affrica, to help and succour Muley Hamet, against Muley Maluc, that had expelled him out of the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco, and there fought that famous Battle of Alcasserquibir, wherein his whole Army was routed, and himself slain by the Moores, and his body afterwards sold to the King of Spain for a 100000. Crowns.