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 City that had in her years,

Resisted the injury of the times,

And oweth her life to him that overcame her,

Being the first that surprised it,

Which a little while after Francis took again,

Being yet weakened with fightings.

LII.

French.

La grand Cité qui n’a Pain a demy,