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

Chivas fera pour l’Aigle la menée,

L’Esleu cassé, luy ses ges enfermez,

Dedans Turin rapt espouse emmenée.

English.

Near Linterne, enclosed within Tuns,

Chivas shall drive the plot for the Eagle,

The Elect cashiered, he and his men shut up,

Within Turin, a rape, and Bride carried away.

ANNOT.

Linterne is a small Town in Italy; by Tuns are meant woodden Vessels, such as they put Rhenish wines and others in.