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.

Quand ceux du Pole Artique unis ensemble,

En Orient grand effrayeur & crainte,

Esleu nouveau soustenu le grand tremble,

Rodes, Bisance de sang Barbare taincte.

English.

When those of the Artick Pole shall be united together,

There shall be in the East a great fear and trembling,

One shall be newly Elected, that shall bear the brunt,

Rodes, Bisance, shall be dy’d with Barbarian blood.

ANNOT.

This foretelleth an union between the Europeans, or Nations of the North against the Eastern people, or Turks, and that the Christians shall make choice of such a General, that shall make the East quake, and get such Victories, whereby Rhodes and Constantinople shall be dyed with Turkish blood.