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

XLIII.

French.

Gens d’alentour du Tar, Lot, & Garonne,

Gardez les Monts Apennins de passer,

Vostre tombeou pres de Rome & d’Ancone,

Le noir poil crespe fera Trophée dresser.

English.

People that live about the Tar, Lot, and Garonne,

Take heed to go over the Apennine Mountains,

Your Grave is near Rome and Ancona,

The black frisled hair shall dress a Trophy of you.

ANNOT.

The Tar, the Lot, and the Garone, are three Rivers of Gascony, the Inhabitants of which are forewarned not to go over the Apennine Mountains, or else they shall meet with their Graves near Rome and Ancona. This hath relation to the 38 Stanza, and to the interpretation thereof, therefore vide.