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

Saturn and Mars being in Leo, Spain shall be captive,

By a Lybian General taken in the Battle,

Near Malta, an Heirse shall be taken alive,

And the Roman Scepter shall be strucken by the Cock.

ANNOT.

By the Cock is meant the King of France. The rest is plain.

XV.

French.

En navigant Captif prins grand pontife,

Grand apres faillir les clercs tumultuez,