My previous entry showed how Centuries II Q.20 is based around the captivity of Francis I in 1525. There are only two quatrains that hold anagrams of the name Francis and together they constitute a pair that Nostradamus was forced to transpose. The first is C.II Q.13 and it is a strange verse which is certainly within ten of C.II Q.20. Additionally its wording is consistent with my earlier statement about the way the story of the sect is encoded. However before analysing this verse I want to show the second verse since it confirms that the hidden message is relevant to both. C. III Q.32 appears to be one of the censored verses relating to the dread fate of France at the hands of an Islamic ruler.
- C.03 Q.023
Si France paSSes outre mer lyguStique..........If, France, you pass beyond the Ligurian Sea,
Tu te verras en iSles et mers enclos..................You will see yourself shut up in islands and seas:
Mahommet contraire plus mer Hadriatique.....Mahomet contrary, more so the Adriatic Sea:
Cheuaux et d'ASnes tu rongeras les os..............You will gnaw the bones of horses and asses.
It is however the first of these verses that achieves my main aim which is to link Nostradamus to this sect and to show their prime goal concerns the revival of the bloodline of Christ.
- C.02 Q.013
Le corps Sans ame plus n'eStre en Sacrifice......The body without soul no longer to be sacrificed:
Jour de la mort mis en natiuite.........................Day of the death put into nativity:
L'esprit diuin fera l'ame felice...........................The divine spirit will make the soul happy,.
Voyant le verbe en Son eternite........................Seeing the word in its eternity.
My analyses begins by noting the wording in a letter by Francis' sister, Marguerite, to Anne de Montmorency.
- As for my news, the body is but too well ; but the spirit, I cannot deny it, remembers that which is left behind.... Marguerite of Navarre in letter dated 20th November 1525
Anne de Montmorency was a male friend of both Marguerite and Francis and he would become the Baron of
Les Baux in 1528. Les Baux is one of several places that can be linked to Nostradamus, each of which had a passionate belief in the bloodline of Christ in France. Les Baux lies within a few hours walking distance from St Remy where Nostradamus was born. The motto of Les Baux is Au hasard, Balthazar (perchance Balthasar) and it underscores the esoteric and heretical beliefs that have dominated this citadel . From the foundation of the settlement the Lords of Baux claimed direct lineage from Balthasar, who they asserted was one of the attendants at Christ's birth. This provides the historic link to the nativity presented in the second line of C.II Q.13 since Anne de Montmorency was appointed baron to this place with its links to the nativity when Les Baux was near to its demise. Although Nostradamus no longer lived in St Remy I believe connections with Les Baux remained. Relevantly both Marguerite and de Montmorency were considered heretics whose open support of the Protestant cause depended on Francis' good will and Les Baux was destroyed at a later date because it sheltered Protestants and those who plotted against the Roman Catholic King.
The first line of this verse holds anagrams that say process_names, enters_as_plumes (nom-de plumes) and that is exactly what I imply makes sense of the verse and the words of Marguerite; Francis as the king is the soul, Marguerite as the female carrier of the bloodline is the body, Montmorency is the spirit or the guide to the King and Nostradamus is he who sees eternity via the divine word. This rendering then has Marguerites' words saying As for my news, I, the child bearer, am safe but I know you as the king's guide are concerned my mission didn't succeed. And Nostradamus' verse becomes The child-bearer so long without the kingly child will no longer need to pursue the goal. On the death of the King , our King, who bears the same title, will be born. It will be through the king's guide Montmorency that I, the seer Nostradamus bring you assurance our goal will be achieved.
The peculiar phrase Day of the death put into nativity relates to the oddity that on the death of King Henry III of France in 1589, King Henry III of Navarre became King Henry IV of France. It is the marriage of Marguerite to Henri d'Albret of Navarre that achieved this goal for through her marriage in 1527 the sect believed the line of Jesus would be enhanced.
Several years ago the history of St Remy and Les Baux and their links to heresy inspired me to write a fictional account of Nostradamus' youth but it is based in the people, events and history of these places. For those wanting a different way of understanding Nostradamus' environment
click here for the relevant chapters of my tale.