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.

Grand de Mogonce pour grande soif esteindre,

Sera privé de sa grand dignité,

Ceux de Cologne si fort le viendront plaindre,

Que le grand Groppe au Rhin sera jetté.

English.

The great one of Ments for to quench a great thirst,

Shall be deprived of his high dignity,

Those of Colen shall bemoan him so much.

That the great Groppe shall be thrown into the Rhine.

ANNOT.

This foretelleth the fall of an Archbishop of Ments, in Latine Moguntia, who is the first Ecclesiastical Elector, and shall be deprived of his dignity by a covetous and powerful Prince to satisfie his covetousness, at which those of Colen his neighbours shall be so incensed, that they shall throw that covetous person into the Rhine.