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.

Le grand Chyren soy saisir d’Avignon,

De Rome Lettres en miel plein d’amertume,

Lettre, Ambassade partir de Chanignon,

Carpentras pris par Duke noir, rouge plume.

English.

The great Cheyren shall seize upon Avignon,

Letters from Rome shall come full of bitterness,

Letters and Embassies shall go from Chanignon,

Carpentras taken by a black Duke with a red Feather.

ANNOT.

This did happen lately, viz. some five or six years ago, when the Duke of Crequy Embassadour at Rome was affronted by the Corses, which are the Popes Guard: for which the King of France demanded reparation, and seized upon Avignon, till the Pope granted him that all the said Corses should be banished, and a Pyramis erected in Rome to the perpetual infamy of that Nation.