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.

Les Forteresses des Assiegez serrez,

Par poudre a feu profondez en abysme,

Les proditeurs seront tous vifs serrez,

Onc aux Sacristes navint si piteux schisme.

English.

The strong places of the Besieged shall be straightned,

By Gunpowder they shall be plonged into a pit,

The Traytors shall be shut up alive,

Never did happen so pitiful schisme to the Sacristes.

ANNOT.

By the Sacristes, he understandeth the Clergy of the Roman Religion.