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

XXX.

French.

Celuy qu’en luitte & fer au fait Bellique,

Aura porte plus grand que luy le prix,

De nuit au lit six luy feront la pique,

Nud sans harnois subit sera surprins.

English.

He who in Wrestling and Martial affairs,

Had carried the prize before his better,

By night Six shall abuse him in his bed,

Being naked, and without harness, he shall suddenly be surprised.

ANNOT.

Many attribute this to the Earl of Montgomery in France, who having run a tilt against Henry II. unfortunately killed him, for which, and for being of the Protestant party, he was afterwards beheaded, though quarter had been given him.