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

The two first Verses foretell a Conspiracy of seven against three, one of which seven shall carry both Fleets to some eminent person, at which time he shall be shot in the forehead by the last of the seven.

III.

French.

Le Successeur de la Duché viendra,

Beaucoup plus outre que la Mer de Toscane,

Gauloise branche la Florence tiendra,

Dans son Giron d’accord nautique Rane.

English.

The Successor to the Dukedom shall come,

Far beyond the Tuscane Sea,