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

XXXIX.

French.

Le conducteur de l’Armée Francoise,

Cuidant perdre le principal Phalange,

Par sus pavé de l’Avaigne & Ardoise,

Soy parfondra par Gennes gent estrange.

English.

The leader of the French Army,

Thinking to rout the chiefest Phalange,

Upon the Pavement of Avaigne, and Slate,

Shall sink in the ground by Gennes, a strange Nation.

ANNOT.

It seemeth that a French General, thinking to rout and overcome the chiefest strength of his enemy, and going upon a brittle Pavement, made of Slate, shall sink in the ground not far from Genoa, which he calleth a strange Nation to the French.