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

ANNOT.

I could not find what he meaneth by Orgon. As by the Trident being taken, I suppose he meaneth a Ship called Neptune, because Neptune is always painted with a Trident.

LXIII.

French.

De vaine emprise l’honneur indue plainte,

Galliots errants par Latins froid, faim vagues,

Non loin du Tybre de sang la Terre teinte,

Et sur humains seront diverses plagues.

English.

Honour bringeth a complaint against a vain undertaking,