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

Sur les trois parts fera fleurir son Sceptre,

Contre la Cappe de la grand Hierarchie.

English.

The French King, by the Low-Countreys right hand,

Seeing the discord of the great Monarchy,

Upon three parts of it, will make his Scepter to flourish,

Against the Cap of the great Hierarchy.

ANNOT.

This signifieth, that the French King, through the discord that is in the Spanish Monarchy, shall cause his Scepter to flourish upon three parts of the Netherlands; notwithstanding the assistance of the King of Spain, who is called here the Cap of the great Hierarchy; that is, the great defender of the Popedom and Popery.