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

XXI.

French.

Profonde argile blanche nourrit rocher,

Qui d’un abysme istra l’acticineuse,

En vain troublez ne l’oseront toucher,

Ignorant estre au fond terre argileuse.

English.

A deep white clay feedeth a Rock,

Which clay shall break out of the deep like milk,

In vain people shall be troubled not daring to touch it,

Being ignorant that in the bottom there is a milky clay.

ANNOT.

It is a Rock in the middle of the Sea, whose Roots are fed by a white clay, which is at the foot of this Rock, in the bottom of the Sea, and therefore called deep.

This clay being softned, and dissolved by the Sea-water, shall appear upon the superficies of it like milk about the Rock. Those that shall see this wonder, being ignorant that in the bottom there is a milky clay, shall in vain be troubled at it, and shall not dare to touch it.