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

XLVIII.

French.

Apres la grande affliction du Sceptre,

Deux ennemis par eux seront defaicts:

Classes d’Affrique aux Pannons viendra naistre,

Par Mer & Terre seront horribles Faicts.

English.

After the great afflictions of the Scepter,

Two enemies shall be overcome by themselves,

A Fleet of Affrica shall be born to the Hungarians.

By Sea and Land shall be horrid facts.

ANNOT.

The words of this Stanza are plain, though the sense be something obscure.