Nostradamus Quotes

Nostradamus Quotes: Century 7 Verse 37

Dix envoyez chef de nef metre a mort
D'un adverty en classe guerre ouverte
Confusion chef, l'un se picque et mord
Leryn, stecades nefs, cap dedans la nerte.

Variations in rendered French

Authors works consulted for variations in French: (a) John Hogue. (b) Henry C. Roberts. (c) Mario Reading. (page, 321.) (d) Edgar Leoni. (e) Jean-Charles de Fontbrune (page, 431.) French rendered the same except. (b) has 'le ryn.' (d) has 'averti' and 'pique'.

Meanings of the French words deemed appropriate

Envoyez= envoys, messengers. Advert=adverti= advertised, informed, certified, warned, admonished, advised; signified unto; having notice. Stecades-steccades, place or places veiled in for combat? Or southern France, Narbonne area, as Stoechades? Cap= a captain, or as Pope, Cap. Nerte, in French signifies a myrtle shrub: this cannot be correct, the true word has been bastardised to rhyme with ouverte, end line 2. However, 'Neree' is a title of Neptune. {thus, a hint as to where he's hiding or holding out.] or as the Greek god of the sea, Nereus, whose pacific region was the Aegean Sea. Jean-Charles de Fontbrune, Mario Reading, and Edgar Leoni, all have 'warned by one' beginning line 2? From, 'D'un averty. Or averti?' or better read, d'un a verte, of-by one too green?

Thus, we might translate

Ten envoys sent to put the Captain of the ship to death,
By one green (youthful, -inexperienced) in the fleet war opened: or, (of one to warn of war in-amongst the fleet.)
In confusion, the chief and another (or, the one) prick and bite each other,
At Lerins and Hyeres ships, Cap (tain) within the 'nerte'.

Further Reading and resources on Nostradamus

For more details on the books considered by these authors, and others, see Nostradamus references.

For further insight into the French words, treated, or deemed unnecessary, consult the Secret Vault Dictionary on words used by Nostradamus.

Variations in rendered French

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