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

LXXII.

French.

Pour le plaisir d’Edict voluptueux,

On meslera la poison dans la Loy,

Venus sera en cours si vertueux,

Qu’obfusquera du Soleil tout alloy.

English.

By the pleasure of a voluptuous proclamation,

The poison shall be mixed in the Law,

Venus shall be in so great request,