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

French.

Sept cens Captifs attachez rudement,

Pour la moitie meurtrir, donné le sort,

Le proche espoir viendra si promptement,

Mais non si tost qu’une quinziesme mort.

English.

Seven hundred prisoners shall be tied together,

To murder half of them, the lot being cast,

The next hope shall come quickly,

And not so quickly, but fifteen shall be dead before.