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

Ou jusqu’au Ciel se void l’Amphitheatre:

Prodige veu, ton mal est fort prochain,

Seras captive, & des fois plus de quatre.

English.

Daughter of Laura, Sanctuary of the sick,

Where to the Heavens is seen the Amphitheatre,

A prodigy being seen, the danger is near,

Thou shalt be taken captive above four times.

ANNOT.

This is an ingenious Stanza, concerning the City of Nismes in Languedoc, famous for its Amphitheatre built by the Romans, and remaining to this day, which Town he calleth Daughter of Laura, because the Lady Laura, Mistress to the famous Poet Petrarche was born thereabout; he also calleth it Sanctuary of the sick, for the salubrity of the air.