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

XLVI.

French.

Apres grand troche humain, plus grand sapreste,

Le grand Moteur les siecles renouvelle,

Pluye, Sang, Lait, Famine, Fer & Peste,

Au Ciel veu feu courant longue estincelle.

English.

After a great humane change, another greater is nigh at hand,

The great Motor reneweth the Ages,

Rain, Blood, Milk, Famine, Sword, Plague,

In the Heaven shall be seen a running fire with long sparks.

ANNOT.

Troche in Greek is a Pulley, the meaning therefore of the Author, that after a great mutation, God shall renew the Ages, and according to his promise shall create a new Heaven, and a new Earth.

By those prodigies related in the two last Verses, it seemeth the Author intendeth to speak of the last day, and of the fore-runners of it.