soothsayer

• Among those who were impressed by his pretensions as a soothsayer, was Catherine de' Medici (regent for her son, Charles IX), who invited him to visit the French Court, where he was received as a distinguished guest Michel de Notredame published in 1555 his famous work entitled "Centuries," a collection of prophecies, written in quatrains. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
• Upon this, Amarar called his soothsayer, and required him to name a propitious moment for the sally. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
• 707. Donatus tells us that it was a saying, that in the house where a hen crowed, the wife had the upper hand Footnote 71: The soothsayer-- the diviner_)--Ver. —  The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes
• Soon as the soothsayer of the Etrurian nation had inspected them, he beheld in them the great beginnings of {future} events, but still not clearly. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• As we were mounting to proceed on our journey, the Indian soothsayer (for so I may call him) approached my father, and whispered earnestly in his ear for some minutes. —  Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas

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