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.

Tout a l’entour de la grande Cité,

Seront Soldats logez par Champs & Villes,

Donner l’assaut Paris, Rome incité,

Sur le Pont sera faite grand pille.

English.

Round about the great City,

Soldiers shall lye in the Fields and Towns,

Paris shall give the Assault, Rome shall be attached;

Then upon the Bridge shall be great plundering.

ANNOT.

This is concerning the taking and sacking of Rome, by the Duke of Bourbon, General of Charles V. Forces, therefore he saith that Paris shall give the Assault, because the said Duke of Bourbon was a Frenchman.