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

XXXVI.

French.

La grand rumeur qui sera par la France,

Les impuissans voudront avoir puissance,

Langue emmiellée & vrais Cameleons,

De boutefeus, allumeurs de chandelles,

Pyes & Geais, rapporteurs de nouvelles,

Dont la morsure semblera Scorpions.

English.

The great rumor that shall be through France,

The impuissants would fain have power,

Honey Tongues, and true Camelions,

Bourefeux, and lighters of Candles,

Magpies and Jays, carriers of news,

Whose biting shall be like that of Scorpions.

ANNOT.

This hath a relation to the precedent, and expresseth further the misery of those times.