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Comment
by Van Berkel
Quatrain
02-15
Source text: 2000-Chomarat-facsimile
Vn peu deuant monarque trucidé?
Castor,Pollux en nef,astre crinite:
L'erain public par terre & mer vuidé,
Pise,Ast,Ferrare,Turin,terre interdicte.
Translation
(Van Berkel, 2002)
Shortly before the monarch is killed?
Castor, Pollux in the ship, bearded star:
The public treasure emptied by land and sea,
Pisa, Asti, Ferrara, Turin, forbidden land.
Quatrain
02-43
Source text: 2000-Chomarat-facsimile
Durant l'estoille cheuelue apparante,
Les trois grans princes seront faits ennemis:
Frappés du ciel paix terre tremulente,
Pau,Timbre vndás,serpent sus le bort mis.
Translation
(Van Berkel, 2002)
During the appearance of the bearded star,
The three great princes will be made enemies:
Struck from heavens, peace earth will tremble,
Po, Tiber overflowing, serpent placed upon the riverside.
Quatrain
02-62
Source text: 2000-Chomarat-facsimile
Mabus puis tost alors mourra,viendra,
De gens & bestes vne horrible defaite:
Puis tout à coup la vengeance on verra,
Cent,main,soif,faim,quand courra la comete.
Translation
(Van Berkel, 2002)
Mabus will die soon, next will come,
Of people and beast a horrible rout:
Then suddenly one will see vengeance,
Hundred, hand, thirst, hunger when the comet will run.
Quatrain
06-06
Source text: 2000-Chomarat-facsimile
Apparoistra vers le Septentrion,
Non loin de Cancer l'estoille cheuelue:
Suze,Sienne,Boece,Eretrion,
Mourra de Rome grand,la nuict disperue:
Translation
(Van Berkel, 2002)
There will appear, in the direction of the North,
Not far from Cancer, the hairy star:
Susa, Sienna, Boece, Eretrion:
A great one of Rome will die when the night is gone.
The
idea on which the horary system is based, is that the zodiacal
longitudes of the planets which are given in the quatrains, have
occurred during the life of Nostradamus, i.e. in the "imagination
period". This is the period in which he got visions. This period
ran from October 16, 1524, until February 27, 1554. This idea implies
that the comets, about which he writes in his quatrains, were visible
during the imagination period.
In the imagination period, comets have been visible in 1531, 1532 and
1533. The one which was visible in 1531, is nowadays known as Halley's
comet. In the investigation, it is assumed that these quatrains deal
with one or more of these comets.
There are no hints in these quatrains from which data can be derived on
which they were composed. Halley's comet was visible from July 31, 1531.
This means that the year 2080 is the most early year of fulfilment. The
comet which was visible in 1533, disappeared on September 16, 1533. This
means that the year 2245 is the last year of fulfilment.
The
conclusion is that these quatrains will be fulfilled between 2080 and
2245.
Comment
by Brind'Amour
Quatrain
02-15
Source text: 1555-Bonhomme-edition
Un peu devant monarque trucidé,
Castor Pollux en nef,astre crinite:
L'erain public par terre & mer vuidé,
Pise, Ast, Ferrare, Turin, terre interdicte.
Quatrain
02-43
Source text: 1555-Bonhomme-edition
Durant l'estoyle chevelue apparante,
Les trois grands princes seront faits ennemis:
Frappé du ciel Paix: terre tremulente,
Po,Tymbre undants,serpants sus le bort mis.
Quatrain
02-62
Source text: 1555-Bonhomme-edition
Mabus puis tost alors mourra: viendra,
De gens & bestes une horrible defaite:
Puis tout à coup la vengeance on verra,
Sans main, soif, faim, quand courra la comete.
Brind'Amour
gives no particular comment on quatrain 02-15. As for quatrain 02-43, he
refers to the use of ruin stones of the Piece temple to level the road
Charles V would use during his coronation in 1536, a fact which at that
time was explained like a dreadful omen. As for quatrain 02-62,
Brind'Amour refers to the painter Jean Gossaert (1478-1532), whose
surname was Mabuse (the name of his residence). Mabuse was burned by
Francis I in 1543 and again by Henry II in 1553. Brind'Amour does not
give data regarding the appearance of comets.[1]
De
Meern, the Netherlands, February 16, 2004
T.W.M. van Berkel
Notes
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Brind'Amour,
p.214-215, 254-256 and 283-284. [text]
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