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

XXV.

French.

Par guerre longue tout l’exercite espuiser,

Que pour Soldats ne trouveront pecune,

Lieu d’Or, d’Argent cair on viendra cuser,

Gaulois Ærain, signe croissant de Lune.

English.

By a long War, all the Army drained dry,

So that to raise Souldiers they shall find no Money,

Instead of Gold and Silver, they shall stamp Leather,

The French Copper, the mark of the stamp the new Moon.

ANNOT.

This maketh me remember the miserable condition of many Kingdoms, before the west-Indies were discovered; for in Spain Lead was stamped for Money, and so in France in the time of King Dagobert, and it seemeth by this Stanza, that the like is to come again, by reason of a long and tedious War.