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

XX.

French.

Par les Contrées du grand flevue Betique,

Loin d’Ibere, au Royaume de Grenade,

Croix repoussées par gens Mahometiques,

Un de Cordube trahira a la fin Contrade.

English.

Through the Countreys of the great River Betis,

Far from Iberia, in the Kingdom of Granada,

Crosses beaten back by Mahometan people,

One of Corduba shall at last betray the Countrey.

ANNOT.

The great River, called in Latine Betis, and in Spanish Guadalquivir, is the River of Sevilia, the most famous Town in Spain for Trade. This River runneth through most of the Spanish Dominions, and dischargeth it self into the Ocean about the mouth of the Straights, over against Barbary, upon which Coast of Spain lyeth the Kingdom of Granada, the chief City of which is Corduba, in Spanish Cordua. This Kingdom was of time almost immemorial, occupied and inhabited by the Moores, till they were expelled and driven back into Barbary, by Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Castilia. The rest is easie.