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

XXII.

French.

Cil qui dira descouvrisant l’affaire,

Comme du mort, la mort pourra bien faire,

Coups de Poniards par un qu’auront induits,

Sa fin sera pis qu’il n’aura fait faire,

La fin conduit les homines sur la Terre,

Gueté par tout, tant le jour que la nuit.

English.

He that shall say discovering the business,

How of the dead, can make a death well,

Strokes of a Dagger by one that hath been induced to it,

His end shall be worse then he hath caused to be done,

The end leadeth all men upon the Earth,

Espied every where, as well by day as by night.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is wholly abstruse and Enigmatical, therefore I will not pretend to expound it, but leave the interpretation to those that have more time and leasure then I.