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 Regions under the sign of Libra,

Shall make the Mountains quake with great War,

Slaves of all sexes, with all Bizance,

So that in the dawning of the day, they shall cry to Land to Land.

ANNOT.

This foretelleth the destruction of Constantinople, anciently called Byzantium, by those that live under the Sign of Libra, that is, the Europeans, and chiefly the French.

LXXI.

French.

Par la fureur d’un qui attendra l’eau,

Par la grand rage tout l’exercite esmeu,