Nostradamus C.9 Q.12: The exploration of the fundaments of the universe and its potential returns. This verse is full of symbolism alluding to peope, places and appropriate parallel events. One significant set of anagrams refers to Archelaus, ethnarch and ancestor oracles. This points to events associated with the ethnarch of Arabia, Herod Archelaus and  oracles around the time the jesus legend began to form. However the verse's anagrams also carry a more modern theme of a person associated with experiments on the nucleus of atoms. This theme is thrust forward on the back of anagrams such as absorbent, slowing, detaining and retarding nucleators which involves terms close to the process involved in nuclear and sub-nuclear reactions. But the idea of a torrent suggests it is a process where a stream is fired while eternal cure implies a medical research aim. Putting all this together brings it in line with the story contained in other quatrains about experiments at Geneva. It is the details of this story that gives meaning to the text since geneva is on a lake, the experiments are very expensive, their aim is to find the fundaments of matter and by so doing there is an expectation of great financial reward.   C.9 Q.12  So much silver of Diana and Mercury, The images will be found in the lake: The sculptor looking for new clay, He and his followers will be steeped in gold. Le tant d'argent de Diane et Mercure Les $imulachres au lac $eront trouuez Le figulier cherchant argille neufue Luy et les $iens d'or $eront abbreuez. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) <**a Detained Lecturer granted Meet**><**Detained Meet Latent danger recur**><eternaL cure granted>.<**Detained Met granted eternaL cure**> <DeMentia cure aLternated> <cruel Meter attend Detained range><Denigrated cure aLternated> <**caSual charles miSuse zLouuer torrent**><**nucleatorS [nucleus forming] touuer muSical hears Lesz**> <archelaus [Herod-ethnarch era] oracleS><anceStor uurote><iSlum casual torrentuous caSual reach><archelaus Secular Seism> <fareuueLling ethnarch i feel><uglier Life feuu anarch-telling> refueLling <nor aluuebberZ torn styles endorSes><yet indorse abSorbent [absorbing] reueLz> FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries detained, fareuuelling (farewelling), refuelling, absorbent casual / causal, zlouuer, nucleators denigrated, Archelaus lecturer, alternated, torrentuous, endorses musical, ethnarch dementia, indorse - hears, secular - Charles - uglier oracles - - - torrent latent / talent - ancestor