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

Deux parts Voltorte Herne, la pierre blanche,

Le Moine noir en gris dedans Varennes,

Esleu Cap. cause tempeste, feu, sang tranche.

English.

By night shall come through the Forrest of Rennis,

Two parts Voltorte Herne, the white stone,

The black Monk in gray within Varennes,

Elected Cap. causeth tempest, fire, blood cutteth.

ANNOT.

Rennes is the chief Town of little Britanny; the second Verse being made of barbarous words, is impossible to be understood. The third and fourth Verse signifieth, that when a black Monk in that Town of Varennes shall put on a gray sute, he shall be elected Captain, and cause a great tempest or broils by fire and blood.