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

Nay miparfait, la plus part nagera,

Aupres du Fleuve, de sang la Terre teinte.

English.

Before the Battle the great one shall fall,

The great one to death too sudden and bewailed;

One shall be born half perfect, the most part shall swim,

Near the River the Earth shall be dyed with blood.

ANNOT.

The words are plain enough, but of the sense every one may think what he pleaseth.