A Seer Who Saw

Almost everyone has heard the name Nostradamus before, usually before they begin ranting about The End of the World and 2012... However the man, Michele de Nostradame, was quite an important figure throughout Europe during the Renaissance period.
Though he was French, he was very well known and had in fact, some very powerful people who valued his talents as an apothercaire and as a Seer.

During this time, the people were highly suspicious and often held Prophets in high esteem. Nostradamus made thousands of prophecies throughout his career and the one that skyrocketed him to fame was the prediction of King Henri II of France's death during a joust.

But Monsieur Nostradame also made several prophecies that are directly involved in the English History, regarding the monarchy.

One prophecy is translated as following:

The natural daughter, not low at all, is set so very high
This late comeback will please the apologists
The secret will be much debated
Both in the filling, and during all of her tenure.

Most scholars believe that this is a prophecy regarding the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the English throne and how many would dispute her claim to the throne.

Elizabeth, who was a Protestant, was deemed illegitimate by the Catholic Church, they wanted Mary Stuart, the devout Catholic Queen of Scotland, as the English Queen, so to bring England back to Catholicism.