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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. cover

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.

Chapter 754: TO THE READER.
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A collection of cryptic prophetic quatrains written in archaic French and organized with astrological references, presented alongside a near‑literal English translation and extensive commentary. The verses use compact metaphor, omen-like imagery, and historical allusion, often leaving meanings ambiguous and dates indeterminate; the translator’s preface and notes explain astrological terms, unpack obscure phrasings, and caution readers about multiple possible interpretations. The work functions as both a repository of terse forecasts and a study in how celestial symbolism and elliptical language shape uncertain predictions rather than deliver precise, timeable events.

TO THE
READER.

Friendly Reader,

Before you Read the following Epistle, I would have you be warned of a few things: One is, that according to my opinion, it is very obscure and intelligible in most places, being without any just connection, and besides the obscurity of the sense, the crabbedness of the expression is such, that had not the importunity of the Bookseller prevailed, I would have left it out, but considering the respect due to Antiquity, the satisfaction we owe to curious persons, who would perhaps have thought the Book imperfect without it, we let it go, trusting to your Candor and Ingenuity.

Farewell.