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

XL.

French.

Le grand Theatre se viendra redresser,

Les dez jettez & les rets ia tendus,

Trop le premier en glaz viendra lasser,

Par arc prostrais de long temps ia fendus.

English.

The great Theatre shall be raised up again,

The Dice being cast, and the nest spread,

The first shall too much in Glass.

Beaten down by Bows, who long before were split.

ANNOT.

This must be put among Insolubilia de Alliaco.