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.

Cœur de l’Amant ouvert d’amour furtive,

Dans le ruisseau sera ravir la Dame,

Le demy mal contrefaira lascive,

Le Pere a deux privera corps de l’Ame.

English.

The Lovers heart being by a stoln love,

Shall cause the Dame to be ravished in the Brook,

The lascivious shall counterfeit half a discontent,

The Father shall deprive the bodies of both of their souls.

ANNOT.

This signifieth nothing but a Lover, who meeting in or by a Brook, his Mistress shall enjoy her, for which she shall fain a little discontent, as if she had been ravished against her will, but her jealous Father not contented therewith, shall kill them both, which is an ordinary Italian trick.