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

By night in Nantes the Rain-bow shall appear,

Sea Rain-bows shall cause Rain;

The Arabian Gulf shall drownd a great Fleet,

A Monster shall be in Saxony from a Bear and a Sow.

ANNOT.

Nantes is a City in France, Iris is the Rainbow, Saxony is a Province in Germany; the rest is plain.

XLV.

French.

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