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

XVIII.

French.

De duel mourra l’infelix profligé,

Celebrera son victrix l’Hecatombe,

Pristine loy franc edict redigé,

Le mur & Prince septiesme ira au tombe.

English.

The unhappy being overcome, shall die for grief,

His Victrix shall celebrate the Hecatomb,

The former law and free Edict shall be brought again,

The wall and seventh Prince shall go to the Grave.

ANNOT.

Victrix is a Latine word, and the Feminine Gender of victor, and signifieth a woman that is victorious; Hecatomb is a Sacrifice, wherein an hundred Oxen are killed.