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.

Du plus profond de l’Espagne ancienne,

Sortants du bout & des fins de l’Europe,

Trouble passant aupres du Pont de Laigne,

Sera deffaits par bande sa grand troppe.

English.

From the utmost part of old Spain,

Going out of the extremities of Europe,

He that troubled the travellers by the Bridge of Laigne,

Shall have his great Troop defeated by another.

ANNOT.

Every Traveller knoweth that Castille (which is taken here for Spain) is divided into two parts viz. Castilia la Vecchia, and Castilia la Nuova, our Author then saith that out of Castilia la Vecchia, which is situated at the further end of Europe on that side, shall come a band of men, who shall destroy the Thieves that robbed and vexed the Travellers by the Bridge of Laigne, which it seemeth was an infamous place for robbing.