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

The words and sense of this are plain, and foretell a great famine, which being first in one Countrey and then in another, shall at last become general, and last so long, that people shall pluck the Roots from the Trees, and the children from the breast to feed upon.

LXVIII.

French.

O quel horrible & malheureux tourment,

Trois innocens qu’on viendra a livrer,

Poison suspect, mal garde tradiment.

Mis en horreur par Bourreaux enyvrez.

English.

O to what a horrid and unhappy torment