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

XXXI.

French.

Tant d’ans les guerres, en Gaule dureront,

Outre la course du Castulon Monarque,

Victoire incerte trois grands couroneront,

Aigle, Coq, Lune, Lion Soleil en marque.

English.

So many years the Wars shall last in France,

Beyond the course of the Castulon Monarque,

An uncertain Victory three great ones shall Crown,

The Eagle, the Cock, the Moon, the Lion having the Sun in its mark.

ANNOT.

That is, the Wars shall last so long in France after the death of one King of Spain, till three great ones shall challenge an uncertain Victory, these three great ones are the Emperour designed by the Aigle, the King of France by the Cock, and the Turk by the Moon, and this shall happen when the Sun is in the sign of the Lion. I suppose that came to pass in the time of Charles the V. Henry the II. and Soliman. For the Turk had no great odds upon the Emperour, nor he upon the King of France.