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

XXVII.

French.

Prince Libique puissant en Occident,

Francois d’Arabe viendra tant enflammer,

Scavant aux Lettres sera condescendent

La Langue Arabe en Francois translater.

English.

A Libian Prince being powerful in the West,

The French shall love so much the Arabian Language,

That he being a Learned man shall condescend,

To have the Arabian tongue translated into French.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is de Futuro, and is concerning a Libian Prince (now Libia is a Kingdom of Africa) who shall be a powerful man in the West, and being a lover of learning shall condescend to have the Arabian Language translated into French, because the French at that time shall be much in love with it.