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

XLII.

French.

La grand Cité ou est le premier homme,

Bien amplement la ville ie vous nomme,

Tout en alarme, & le Soldat es Champs,

Par Fer & Eau grandement affligée,

Et a la fin des Francois soulagée,

Mais ce sera des six cens & dix ans.

English.

The great City where the first man is,

Fully I name the Town to you,

Shall be alarmed and the Souldier in the field,

Shall be by Fire and Water greatly afflicted,

And at last shall be helped by the French,

But it shall be from six hundred and ten years.

ANNOT.

That great City where the first man is, is Amsterdam, because the first Letter and the last Sylable of it maketh Adam: But of her affliction by Fire and Water, and of her being relieved by the French in the year 1610. I can find nothing in the History; those that are better furnished with Books than I am, may chance to satisfie themselves and others, better than I can do.