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

XLVII.

French.

Le noir farouche quand aura essayé,

Sa main sanguine par feu, fer, arcs tendus,

Trestout le peuple sera tant effrayé,

Voir les plus grands par col & pieds pendus.

English.

The wild black one, after he shall have tryed,

His bloody hand by fire, Sword, bended Bows,

All the people shall be so frighted,

To see the greatest hanged by the neck and feet.

ANNOT.

It is a description of a Tyrant, who after he shall have tryed his bloody hand by Fire, Sword, and bent Bows, shall cause his chief men to be hanged by the neck and feet. Since the Author did write there had been such a Tyrant in the world, namely, John Basilides, great Duke of Russia, in the year 1572. Read Paul Osburne in his Life.