Nostradamus C.3 Q.86: The European astrologer whose domination of rural areas precedes a great event. This verse is one of those that most to my earliest views on how Nostradamus incorporated astronomic data into his poetry (See my paper on Astronomy for more). My attention was drawn to it because of similarities in its anagrams to that found in C.02 Q.35 where the anagrams for astronomers  was accompanied by two adjacent anagrams for ill powers. I proposed this gave evidence for Nostradamus' strong interest in astronomy and his rejection of astrology. This verse carries an anagram for astronomers that is adjacent to one for graver which is suggestive of arts to be condemned. It also carries an anagram for auspex, one of the other divining arts with limited scientific basis. It too has pointers to things being ill and it has a vague hint of Satanism all of which is in a tale of a particular personal journey.  This constructs a scenario in which an individual who rejects science and practices the art of astrology, not astronomy is the central character.    C.3 Q.86 A chief of Ausonia will go to Spain By sea, he will make a stop in Marseilles: Before his death he will linger a long time: After his death one will see a great marvel. Vn chef d'Au$onne aux E$paignes ira Par mer fera arre$t de dans Marseille Auant $a mort vn long temps languira Apres $a mort on verra grand merueille. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) <Son Varies unchAfed [smooth] AuSpex [observer of birds] gain> <israel Prearm rearS daMndest fear><**israel rareSt deMands Paler farmer**><amPler realisM sadden rareSt fear><farmer elliPse area><Mans dreadeSt><fear arreSted> < arMies reSt area sadden> <Satan Aura><long ruing amplest><auriga [star - chariot rider] plans>matronS singular atomS <**graver aStronomers rue ill named raPe**><**graver aStronomers ran reillumed Ape> unarmed moraSs overran FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries damndest, re-illumed Auriga, singular unchafed, dreadest, graver, astronomers - farmer demands, atoms, morass varies, realisms auspex, amplest, unarmed ellipse, arrested, overran - - - - realism, matrons - - - - - -

Nostradamus C.6 Q.93: Nostradamus notes that he sees his own coded  message differently to us. Nostradamus declares a great deal of self-interest via the last line of this verse since he is indicating that the process of encoding his messages shapes his meaning more than the story in the text. His anagrams in the first line tell us that the text is built from his visions of the past while the second tells us his code is held within six nine-bit squares some of which overlap to fit into the available space in a verse.   C.6 Q.93  The greedy prelate deceived by ambition, He will come to reckon nothing too much for him: He and his messengers completely trapped, He who cut the wood sees all in reverse.  Prelat auare d'ambition trompe Rien ne $era que trop viendra cuider Ses me$$agiers et luy bien attrape Tout au rebours voir qui le bois fendroit. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) dream bit into poem><premotion made aura alter><**aura made into Pretemporal bit**><monitor ambit><pre-emptor ambitioned> <inneR quarter See><provident arc><overprinted Square><nine carRied-under vi> <meSSages rise><Seems SageS result by inate part> <our oblique ironfisted visor><it is fonder To uuater><robe> FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries ambitioned, provident, overprinted, messages, ironfisted pretemporal, preemptor, oblique quarter ambit - - fonder, visor monitor, inner - -- - - - uuater