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.

Premier fils veusve malheureux mariage,

Sans nuls enfans deux Isles en discord,

Avant dixhuit incompetant Aage,

De l’autre pres plus bas sera l’accord.

English.

Of the first son a widow, an unhappy match,

Without any Children, two Islands at variance,

Before eighteen an incompetant Age,

Of the other lower shall be the agreement.

ANNOT.

Although the words be intricate, nevertheless the sense is plain, concerning Francis the II. King of France, who being married young, and before he was 18. years of Age, to Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland, died presently after, and left her a widow, and also England and Scotland (which he calleth here two Islands) at variance among themselves; of the last Verse the sense is very obscure, and hath relation to what did happen afterwards to the said Mary Queen of Scots and Dowager of France.