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.

De nuict par Nantes l’Iris apparoistra,

Des Arcs Marins susciteront la pluye:

Arabique Goulfre grand classe parfondra,

Un Monstre en Saxe naistre d’Ours & Truye.

English.

By night in Nantes the Rain-bow shall appear,

Sea Rain-bows shall cause Rain;

The Arabian Gulf shall drownd a great Fleet,

A Monster shall be in Saxony from a Bear and a Sow.

ANNOT.

Nantes is a City in France, Iris is the Rainbow, Saxony is a Province in Germany; the rest is plain.