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

All the difficulty of this consisteth in what he meaneth by the Visard and alone, for my part, I believe he aimeth at the Popish Clergy and Monks; the first by reason of their Hypocrisy, the other by reason of their solitariness. The rest is plain.

XI.

French.

Le prochain, fils de l’Aisnier parviendra,

Tant eslevé jusqu’au au Regne des fors,

Son aspre gloire un chascun la craindra,

Mais les enfans du Regne jettez hors.

English.

The eldest Son of l’Aisnier shall prosper,

Being raised to the degree of the great ones,