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

XLIV.

French.

Quand l’Animal a l’Homme domestique,

Apres grands peines & sauts viendra parler,

Le foudre a vierge sera si malefique,

De Terre prinse & suspendue en l’Air.

English.

When the Beast familiar to Mankind,

After great labour, and leaping shall come to speak,

The Lightning shall be so hurtful to a Virgin,

That she shall be taken from the Earth, and suspended in the Air.

ANNOT.

It is a Dog that shall come howling and leaping to his Mistresses friends; because she was killed and suspended in the Air by the Lightning.