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.

Au grand Siege encor grand forfaits,

Recommenceant plus que jamais,

Six cens & cinq sur la verdure,

La prise & reprise sera,

Soldats es Champs jusqu’ en froidure,

Puis apres recommencera.

English.

At the great Siege yet great misdemeanors,

Beginning again more than ever,

Six hundred and five about the Spring,

The taking and retaking shall be,

Souldiers in the fields till Winter,

And after that shall begin again.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is about the same subject as the precedent. By the great Siege here is meant the Siege of Montpelian, the strongest place in Savoy, which Henry the IV. took, and by it compelled the Duke of Savoy to an agreement. The rest is easie.