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.

Vif sort mort de l’or vilain indigne,

Sera de Saxe non nouveau Electeur,

De Brunswick mandra d’amour signe,

Faux le rendant au peuple seducteur.

English.

The living receives his death from Gold, infamous slut!

Shall be of Saxony not the new Elector,

From Brunswick shall come a sign of love,

Falsly persuading the people that he is a seductor.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is concerning an old Elector of Saxony, who being in health before, shall die suddenly, being poisoned in a golden Cup by a woman, whom he calleth here infamous slut.

And that from Brunswick (a Countrey adjacent to Saxony) shall come a Messenger, upon pretence of Love, who shall persuade the people that the said Elector was a Seducer.