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.

Roy trouvera ce quil desiroit tant,

Quand le Prelat sera repris a tort,

Response au Duc le rendra mal content,

Qui dans Milan mettra plusieurs a mort.

English.

A King shall find what he so much longed for,

When a Prelate shall be censured wrongfully,

An answer to the Duke will make him discontented,

Who in Milan shall put many to death.

ANNOT.

This Prophecie is too indefinite, to admit of a particular sense; for there be so many Prelates, so many Kings, so many Dukes, that it is not easie to fix upon any particular one, and therefore we must leave this Stanza in Democritus’s Well.