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

XVII.

French.

Changer a Beaune, Nuis, Chalons, & Dijon,

Le Duc voulant amender la barrée,

Marchant pres Fleuve, Poisson, bec de plongeon,

Verra la queüe: Porte sera serrée.

English.

There shall be a change at Beaune, Nuis, Chalons, Dijon,

The Duke going about to raise Taxes,

The Merchant near the River shall see the tail

Of a Fish, having the Bill of a Cormorant: the door shall be shut.

ANNOT.

Beaune, Chalons, and Dijon, are Cities in France, Nuis is a Town in Germany near the Rhyne, three or four Leagues below Colen.

For the rest, every one may make his own interpretation, for it is hard to guess who this Duke should be, or that Fish either, that shall have a Cormorants Bill after whom the door shall be shut.