Nostradamus Book 15: Switzerland

The verses herein directly relate to Switzerland. Characters who are also connected to Switzerland are treated separately: see also France, Italy, Germany. Additional verses will be added from time to time, and commentary as fitting based on the feedback received to Nostradamus on Switzerland.

Yellow Text indicates a link to a supporting book, century or verse from Nostradamus

Nostradamus Century 5, Verse 85

Through the Swiss (Suevi) and neighbouring places,
They will be at war over the cause of the clouds:
Camp of marine locusts and gnats? Or kinfolk,
By the faults of Leman (Geneva, or Lake Geneva) they will be thoroughly stripped naked.

A very trying verse, which has certainly not been correctly understood by the Authors.

I suspect the marine locusts are either pirates or perhaps prisoners, amongst whom there maybe some of their own people. The war over clouds, may well imply they are fighting over foolish things.

Nostradamus Century 9, Verse 44

Leave, leave, of Geneva not a single person sparred,
Saturn will be changed from gold to iron,
RAYPOZ will exterminate all those against him,
Before the event the skies or heavens signs will show.

JH. & MR. Have 'avant l' a ruent' EL. Has 'avant l'avent' at the beginning of line 4? I see 'Avant l' Advent' in original. Neither aruent, or, ruent, is not a French word to my knowledge. Avent and Advent are the same, signifying the time of Advent, thus we might render line 4 as '(just) before Christmas the heavens will show signs.'

John Hogue, devotes 2 pages of garbage to trying to explain this verse, centring around Saddam Hussein? Utter nonsense.

But Mario Reading, defies the logic of even a madmen, he renders 'Le contre Raypoz', as, the about face Raypoz? He then in his explanation follows JH, in pretending Raypoz is somehow anagram of Zopyrus, and that c9 v 44, indicates the year 1544? We must be thankful he has not been given the task of translating the Bible, he would probably turn it into a cookery book.

Nostradamus Presage 4

Close to Lake Geneva the terror will be great,
Because of the advice, that cannot fail;
The new king to make ready his troops,
The young (or young one?) will die of famine, fear will cause failure.

[see how closely this presage ties in with, Century 12, Verse 59?]

Nostradamus Century 12, Verse 69

Savoy (eiovas) near to banishment from Lake Geneva,
Very great preparations made, in coming back, confusion,
Far from the nephews of the late great Supelman,
And all their train (suite),

Supelman is definitely an anagram, but has been bastardised to rhyme with leman, end of line 1. It comes to mind from the waters that Nostra' first changed it to sup leman, then further changed it to supelman;

S U P L E M A N

S U P E L M A N.

This goes against the crude rules of poetry that he generally uses to confuse the translators: I suspect he is referring to the character he has nicknamed Soliman, see book by that name.

Also

E I O V A S

S A V O I E,

Which is how Nostra' spells Savoy.

Nostradamus Presage 50

Of the place elected the Shaven heads will not be content,
From Lake Geneva they will conspire undetected,
They will cause the old times to be renewed,
frightening, how well the plot covered.

[ESPEUILLERA? The contriving so greatly plotted? Nostradamus's French is tricky in this verse.]