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 grand Arabe marchera bien avant,

Trahy sora par le Bisantinois:

L’Antique Rhodes luy viendra au devant,

Et plus grand mal par Austre Pannonois.

English.

The great Arabian shall proceed a great way,

He shall be betrayed by the Bisantines,

The ancient Rhodes shall come to meet him,

And a greater evil by a South wind from Hungary.

ANNOT.

By Bisantine is understood the great Turk, Master of Constantinople, formerly called Bysantium.