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

XV.

French.

Un peu devant Monarque trucidé,

Castor, Pollux, en nef astre crinite,

L’Airain public, par Terre & Mer vuidé,

Pisa, Ast, Ferrare, Turin Terre interdite.

English.

A little before a Monarch be killed

Castor, and Pollux shall appear, and a Comet in the Ship;

The publick brass, by Land and Sea shall be emptyed,

Pisa, Ast, Ferrare, Turin, Countreys forbidden.

ANNOT.

The meaning of this is, that a little before a Monarck be killed, Castor and Pollux two Meteores so called, as also a Comet in that constellation of the Heavens, called the ship of Argos, and the Publick Brass, that is, the Canons by Land and Sea shall be emptied, and these Towns of Italy, viz. Pisa, Ast, Ferrare, Turin, shall be excommunicated by the Pope.