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

Du grand Empire lors viendra conciter,

La mer Ægee des lignes des Encombres,

Empeschant londe Tirrhene de fletter.

English.

The Sea Oare shall invite the shades,

Of the great Empire, then shall it come to stir,

The Ægean Sea, with lines of Encumbers,

Hindering the Tirrhene Sea to roll.

ANNOT.

This is either Mistical or Metaphorical, or I understand it not.