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

This Stanza is as well as the former concerning the Town of Ostend, which after three years Siege instead of five (which is falsly printed here) was surrendred to the Arch-Duke, and presently after like to be drowned by the Sea.

IV.

French.

Du rond d’un Lis naistra un si grand Prince,

Bien tost & tard venu dans sa Province,

Saturne en Libra en exaltation,

Maison de Venus en descroissante force,

Dame en apres masculin soubs l’Escorce,

Pour maintenir l’heureux sang de Bourbon.

English.