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

XXIV.

French.

Mars & le Sceptre se trouvera conjoint,

Dessoubs Cancer calamiteuse guerre,

Un peu apres sera nouveau Roy oingt.

Qui par long temps pacifiera la Terre.

English.

Mars and the Scepter, being conjoyned together,

Under Cancer shall be a calamitous War,

A little while after a new King shall be anointed,

Who for a long time shall pacifie the Earth.

ANNOT.

The meaning of this is, that when the Planet of Mars shall be in conjunction with the constellation he calleth here the Scepter, that then shall be a very calamitous War. The two last Verses are plain enough of themselves.