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

Calcine Magnes, Souphre & Poix bruslera,

Le long repos de l’asseurée place,

Port Selin chercher, feu les consumera.

English.

The Legion in the Maritine Fleet,

Calcineth Magnes, shall burn Brimstone and Pitch,

The long rest of the secure place,

They shall seek Port Selyn, but fire shall consume them.

ANNOT.

Here we must observe four things, the first is, that Calais is called by the Author, The long rest of the secure place. Because then viz. in the year 1555. it was yet in the power of the King of England, and had been quietly before, for the space of 287. years, that is, from the year 1347. till the year 1555. and was so still, till the year 1557. when the Duke of Guise took it, whence we gather that it was a secure place that had enjoyed so long a rest.