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.

Par Terre Attique chef de la sapience,

Qui de present est la Rose du Monde,

Pont ruiné & sa grand preeminence,

Sera subdite & naufrage des Ondes.

English.

In the Countrey of Attica which is the head of wisdom,

And now is the Rose of the World,

A Bridge shall be ruinated with its great preeminence,

It shall be subdued, and made a wrack by the Waves.

ANNOT.

He foretelleth the destruction of a famous Bridge in the Countrey of Attica, of which Athens is the chief City, and because it was always famous for learning, he calleth it here the head of Wisdom; and that Wisdom, the Rose of the World.