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.

Le rang Lorrain fera place a Vendosme,

Le haut mis bas, & le bas mis en haut,

Le fils d’Hamon sera esleu dans Rome,

Et les deux grands seront mis en defaut.

English.

The House of Lorrain shall give place to Vendosme

The high pulled down, the low raised up,

The son of Hamon shall be Elected into Rome,

And the two great ones shall not appear.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses of this Prophecy were fulfilled in the time of Henry the third King of France, in whose time the Duke of Guise, and House of Lorrain were grown so powerful in France, that they drove the King from Paris, and assumed themselves a rank and authority over the Princes of the Blood, so that the King was forced to cause them to be slain, after which Henry IV. who was King of Navarre and Duke of Vendosme took his place again as first Prince of the Blood.

The two last Verses are too obscure to be interpreted, and I believe were onely forced by our Author to make up his Rime, as he hath done in several other places.