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

XLIX.

French.

Venus & Sol, Jupiter & Mercure,

Augmenteront le genre de nature,

Grande Alliance en France se fera,

Et du Midy la Sangsue de mesme,

Le feu esteint par ce remede extreme;

En Terre ferme Olivier plantera.

English.

Venus and Sol, Jupiter and Mercury,

Shall augment humane kind,

A great Alliance shall be made in France,

And on the South the Leech shall do the same,

The fire extinguished by this extreme remedy,

Shall plant the Olive-Tree in a firm ground.

ANNOT.

By the consent of all Astronomers, those four benigne Planets augment generation.

That great Alliance mentioned here, by which the fire was extinguished, and the Olive-Tree planted in a firm ground, is the Marriage of the present King of France, Lewis, the XIV. with the Infanta of Spain, by which all differences were composed, and the Peace firmly settled.