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

In the highest Auge of the Exaltation,

Plague, Famine, Death by a Military hand,

The age groweth near to its renovation.

ANNOT.

The sense of all this is, that when a Meadow that was a Fish-pond before, shall be Mowed, the Sign of Sagittarius being in its Auge or ascendant, then shall Plague, Famine, and War Reign, and that age (which a Century of years shall be near its end and renovation viz. of another Century.)

XVII.

French.

Par quarante ans l’Iris n’apparoistra,

Par quarante ans tous les jours sera veu,

La Terre aride en siccité croistra,