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

XXVIII.

French.

La Tour de Bouk craindra fuste Barbare,

Un temps, long temps apres Barque Hesperique,

Bestial, gens meubles tous deux feront grand tare,

Taurus & Libra, quelle mortelle pique?

English.

The Tower of Bouk shall be in fear of a Barbarian Fleet,

For a while, and long after afraid of Spanish shipping,

Flocks, peoples, goods both shall receive great damage,

Taurus and Libra, O what a deadly feud.

ANNOT.

The Tower of Bouk is a strong place seated by the Rhosne, where it entereth into the Mediterranean Sea; it is said here that it shall be in fear of a Barbarian Fleet, and after that of a Spanish one, and that both the Spaniard and the French shall have great losses in Cattle, People and Goods, and this shall happen when the Sun shall be in the Signs of Taurus and Libra.