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.

De Barcelonne, de Gennes & Venise,

De la Sicile pres Monaco unis,

Contre Barbare classe prendront la vise,

Barbar poulsé bien loing jusqu’a Thunis.

English.

From Barcelona, from Genoa and Venice,

From Sicily near Manaco united,

Against the Barbarian the fleet shall take her aim,

The Barbarian shall be driven back as far as Thunis.

ANNOT.

The sense of these words is very plain and signifieth onely, that there will be an union and League between these Towns, viz. Barcelona, Genoa, Vinice, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Turks, whom they shall encounter near Monaco, and put them to flight, and follow them as far as Tunis.