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

Onc ny eut mortel tumult si proche,

O quelle hideuse calamités approche,

Fors une offence n’y sera pardonnée.

English.

A great City shall be given up to the Souldiers,

There was never a mortal tumult so near,

Oh! what a hideous calamity draws near,

Except one offence nothing shall be spared.

ANNOT.

This is concerning the taking of the Town of St. Quentin in 1557. because the Author saith, no tumult was like this, so near the year 1555. when our Author writ.