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

Du grand Monarque la ligne ne faillit,

Esleu du peuple Lusitant pres de Pactole,

Qu’en Paix & Regne viendra fort enveillir.

English.

When Mercury, Mars and Venus shall retrograde,

The Line of the great Monarch shall be wanting,

He shall be elected by the Lusitanians near Pactole,

And shall Reign in Peace a good while.

ANNOT.

This signifies the late change of state in Portugal, when they threw off the Spanish yoke, and chose a King amongst themselves, John the IV. Duke of Branganza, Father to the present Queen of England; for by the Lusitanians are meant the Portugals, so called from their Countreys name Lusitania; Pactoles is the River that runs by Lisbonne, otherwise called Tagus, in Greek χροσοροος from the Sands.