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

XLI.

French.

Esleu sera Renard ne sonnant mot,

Faisant le Saint public, vivant pain d’orge,

Tyranniser apres tant a un cop,

Mettant le pied des plus grands sur la gorge.

English.

A Fox shall be elected that said nothing,

Making a publick Saint, living with Barley bread,

Shall tyrannise after upon a sudden,

And put his foot upon the Throat of the greatest.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy seemeth to regard particularly the Pope, who having played the Hypocrite before his Election, eating nothing but Barley bread, that he might be reputed a Spaint, shall after his Election shall tyrannise upon a sudden, and trample upon the Throat of the greatest Monarchs, as they have done formerly, and would do yet if they could.