Frappe a cage d’or

Deux plaies d’une, et puis un mort cruel.

Henry II was killed by Montmorency on the 10th July, 1547, while engaged in a tourney at the nuptials of his sister with the Duke of Savoy. The lance of the Comte de Montmorency struck the gilded vizor of the King and penetrated to the eye. A tumour subsequently developed and the King died of it. This is in agreement with the prophecy of Morin, who in his horoscope of the King gave his death from a hurt to the head.

Nostradamus is also believed to have foreshadowed the Fire of London in 1666 in the following lines—

Le sang de juste à Londres fera faut

Brusler par feu de vingt et trois les six.

The blood of the just (spilled) in London requires that it be burned by fire in Sixty-six.

This prophecy is in line with that of the famous astrologer, William Lilly, who was patronized by King Charles I, and whose works were collected by Sir Elias Ashmole. Lilly so clearly predicted the Plague and Fire in two hieroglyphics that he was subsequently arraigned before Parliament concerning his more intimate knowledge of the source whence he drew his inspiration. His statement contained in Christian Astrology is that he founded his prediction on the ingress of the aphelion of Mars into the sign Virgo, which he affirmed was the ruler of the Monarchy then reigning.

The Aphelion of Mars was on Jan. 1, 18005s 2° 23´ 19´´
From this take for 200 years motion3° 39´ 40´´
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Position for Jan. 1, A.D. 16004s 28° 43´ 39´´
Add motion for 66 years1° 12´ 29´´
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Position for Jan. 1, A.D. 16664s 29° 56´ 8´´

Therefore in about four years from the time of the Fire the aphelion of Mars would enter the sign Virgo. Kepler’s Tables, which were current in Lilly’s time, show the date of entry to be 1654, and a mean of these shows the year 1662. Therefore, as the hieroglyphic was published some years before the events to which it refers, I think there can be no doubt that Lilly has given us a true explanation of his reasons for the prediction.