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.

Nul de l’Espagne, mais de l’antique France,

Sera esleu pour le tremblant nacelle,

A l’ennemy sera faicte fiance,

Qui dans son Regne sera peste cruelle.

English.

None out of Spain, but of the ancient France,

Shall be Elected to govern the tottering Ship.

The enemy shall be trusted,

Who to his Kingdom shall be a cruel plague.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses foretell a schisme in the Church of Rome, understood by a tottering Ship, and that a French-man shall be Elected Pope to remedy it.

The two last Verses are easie to be understood.