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

Un qui de plomb voudra este cupide,

Passant le port d’Esleu sera plongé.

English.

The great Antony by name, but in effect sordid,

Of Phtyriasis shall at last be eaten up,

One that shall be covetous of Lead,

Going upon Port d’Esleu shall fall into the Water.

ANNOT.

Phtyriasis in Greek is the disease called by the Latines Morbus pedicularis, when one is devoured by Lice, as were Herodes, Sylla, Pherecydes, and Philip II. King of Spain, &c.

As for Port d’Esleu, the question is, whether it be the proper name of a place, or the name of a man, that shall throw another in the water.