Centuries 1 Quatrain 18 (C.I Q.18)

Nostradamus- Centuries 1 Quatrain 18

The following verse has an intriguing set of unusual anagrams that suggest an Asian/Persian/Islamic origin to Nostradamus's coding device. The device involves a dial or cage that can be aligned according to the poetic methods of Enoch and the Nordic Skalds. It is possible the context of the visible words relates to the participants who influenced Nostradamus' choice of this technique.

C.1 Q.18

• Because of French discord and negligence
• an opening shall be given to the Mohammedans.
• The land and sea of Siena will be soaked in blood,
• and the port of Marseilles covered with ships and sails

1. Par la di$corde negligence Gauloi$e  
2. Sera pa$$aige a mahommet auuert  
3. De $ang trempe la terre & mer Senoi$e
4. Le port Phocen de voilles & nefz couuer

Anagram sequences in French text.

1. <Persia encoderS dial><Polarise a Disc><Sporadical legend><recogniSed> <louiS cage>
2. <treaSure paSS><aS a mahomet image> <aSiaS uuater Spear>
3. <norSe DeSignateS><Seer later/alter meter preSagement><prelate norSe tree DiSagreement>
4. <Prophet true focuz loveliest ten encode><enoch Letter-Prop>