Prognosticon for 1486 and 1487

¶ The most illustrious Duke of Calabria will take sorrow either from a brother and sister or wife, which he will rejoice at by the death of his father. He himself, however, will take a journey which is troublesome, which he seems to be infested with by adverse health. Saturn, however, in [the sign] of the Ram, indicates this, that Mars in the 4th [house] of patrimony, Mercury, the lord of the 7th [and] 4th, being made unfortunate, decides more grave accidents than the eclipses of the Sun and Moon will be in the angles of his revolution.

¶ The most illustrious Duke of Milan will see in his dominion movements of wars, and damages in his revenues. But from enemies, good in the city, [he will see] the deaths of the powerful and nobles, and he seems to be in war toward the west or south. The eclipses of the Moon or Sun are most adverse to him and his brother. For they threaten death or exile to his brother. The eclipse of the Moon in the place of the Tail is dangerous, and I say he will not see the exaltation of his mother.

¶ The illustrious Hercules Hestensis Ercole I d'Este. will be intent on war-like matters, and [on] the health of his wife, and on being honored, if he does not refuse it himself. Mercury promises him [success] from everywhere, and a son, and he himself will be in pleasant places and inclined toward the fight.

¶ The illustrious Duke of Urbino has this year as dangerous in life, and I see violent movements happening in his dominion, and the stars are most adverse to his brother or to one of his sisters.

¶ The illustrious Giovanni Sforza, lord of Pesaro, by the disposition of the sky will exchange life with death, and he will commend his brothers to the most illustrious mother Camilla, and there will be turbulent movements of wars in that region.

¶ The illustrious Duke of Rimini will either be thrown out of his dominion or will die, so that the citizens will seek another Emperor for themselves, and perhaps the Pontiff or a protector of the Roman Church.

¶ The illustrious lord Ludovico Sforza has this year as laborious, and [will face] contrarieties of kings; he will take a long journey, and he seems to be enriched by the death of his brother, but not to his wish, because Jupiter, which promises this, is retrograde and [there will be] oppressions made in his dominion.