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

All the difficulty lyeth in the last Verse: for my part I believe he meaneth by it a bearded Comet, such as the Latines call Cometa barbatus.

LX.

French.

Par teste rase viendra bien mal eslire,

Plus que sa charge ne porte passera,

Si grand fureur & rage fera dire,

Qua feu & sang tout Sexe tranchera.

English.

By a shaven head shall be made an ill choice,

That shall go beyond his commission,