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.

A Coq, Chiens, & Chats de sang seront repeus,

Et de la playe du Tyran trouvé Mort,

Au lict d’un autre, Jambes & Bras rompus,

Qui n’avoit peu mourir de cruel Mort.

English.

A Cock, Dogs, and Cats shall be fed with Blood,

And with the wound of the Tyrant found dead,

In the bed of another, with Legs and Arms broken,

Who could not die before by a cruel Death.

ANNOT.

These words signifie, that a great man or Tyrant shall be found dead in another mans Bed, having his Legs and Arms broken, the body of which shall be devoured by these three kinds of Creatures, a Cock, a Dog, and a Cat. The last Verse signifieth that this Tyrant had escaped a cruel Death.