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.

Pendant que Duc, Roy, Roine occupera,

Chef Bizantin captif en Samothrace,

Avant lassault l’un l’autre mangera,

Rebours ferré suivra du sang la trace.

English.

While the Duke shall busie the King and the Queen,

A great man of Constantinople shall be prisoner in Samothracia,

Before the assault one shall eat up the other,

Rebours shod shall trace one by the blood.

ANNOT.

The three first Verses are plain, as for the fourth, either it is falsly Printed, or I must confess I understand it not.