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

XXXVIII.

French.

Par Eau, & par fer & par grand maladie,

Le Pourvoieur a l’hazard de sa vie,

Scaura combien vaut le Quintal de Bois,

Six cens & quinze ou le dixneufiesme,

On gravera d’un grand Prince cinquiesme,

L’Immortel nom sur le pied de la Croix.

English.

By Water, by Fire, and by great sickness,

The Purveyor to the hazard of his life,

Shall know how much is worth the Quintal of Wood,

Six hundred and fifteen, or the nineteen,

There shall be graven of a great Prince the fifth,

The immortal name upon the foot of the Cross.

ANNOT.

By the Purveyor is meant the King of France, as we have said before.

The great Prince the V. was Paul the V. who was foretold he should die about the year 1615. 1619.