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.

Par feu & armes non loin de la Mar negro,

Viendra de Perse occuper Trebisonde,

Trembler Pharos, Metelin, Sol alegro,

De sang Arabe d’Adrie couvert l’Onde.

English.

By Fire and Sword not far from the black Sea,

They shall come from Persia to seize upon Trebisonde,

Pharos and Methelin shall quake, Sun be merry,

The Sea of Adria shall be covered with Arabian blood.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy foretelleth clearly and plainly, that the Persians shall come to invade the Turkish dominions, a part of which is the Empire of Trebisond, and that Pharos and Methelin two Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, shall quake for fear.

As also that the Adriatick Sea, which is that Sea that belongeth to the Venetians shall be covered with Turkish blood, at which the Author is so jocund, as with an exclamation he inviteth the Sun to be merry, and rejoyce at it.