Nostradamus C.2 Q.35: N's commentary on the personal menace of his astronomic views. This verse is one of those that contributed 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 by the anagrams of the fourth line where astronomers  and astronomist stand out as having especially powerful links to the text of that line. The tone of the anagrams is consistent with the views of a person of the sixteenth century who understood the difference between the ill powers of astrology and the pure logic of astronomy. Using the anagrams of this verse in the manner of a powerful keyword filter we can build a focussed picture which correctly foretells the split of 16th century astronomy into two distinct branches, astronomy and astrology but it has an even greater story of the martyrdom of an astronomist, Giordano de Bruno.   C.2 Q.35 The fire by night will take hold in two lodgings, Several within suffocated and roasted. It will happen near two rivers as one: Sun, Sagittarius and Capricorn all will be reduced. Dans deux logis de nuict le feu prendra Plu$ieurs dedans e$touffez et ro$tis Pres de deux fleuues pour $eul il auiendra Sol l'Arq et Caper tous $eront a mortis. Anagrams research that first alerted me to the possibility of there being code was done by me twenty years and it showed that although there is no substantial difference between the frequency of the letter pairs n-m and l-g (which distinguish the two words) there is a significant difference between the occurrences of variants for astronomy and astrology in Nostradamus' Prophecies. There are a total of eleven for astronomy (see astronomers) but only one for the identical variants of astrology (astrologer C.8 Q.56). Enough of a difference exists to infer that Nostradamus saw himself as an astronomer not an astrologer. And this view then gives the prophetic rationale to the text as shown in this precis of one event in history.   Four centuries ago on February 16, 1600, many years after Nostradamus' own death,  the Roman Catholic Church executed Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher and scientist, for the crime of heresy. He was taken from his cell in the early hours of the morning and burnt alive at the stake. In a peculiar twist to the gruesome affair, the executioners were ordered to tie his tongue so that he would be unable to address those gathered. This happened in Rome at a place alongside the Tiber. Throughout his life Bruno championed the Copernican system of astronomy which placed the sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the solar system and he was one of the first to realize that stars are actually suns. There is also a second theme in the anagrams which implies there is still to come an astronomer whose views will offend people of Jewish faith and this accounts for the twinning found in the text. C.2 Q.35 The fire by night will take hold in two lodgings, Several within suffocated and roasted. It will happen near two rivers as one: Sun, Sagittarius and Capricorn all will be reduced. Dans deux logis de nuict le feu prendra Plu$ieurs dedans e$touffez et ro$tis Pres de deux fleuues pour $eul il auiendra Sol l'Arq et Caper tous $eront a mortis. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) <feel pure logixs used uncited><raDdan induce logix fleet used><design enxlouds><lux saDden> pretenceful <sadder ieuuS storez Spilt><**saddens uuiser Splits feeZ foetus rot**><storez deadness to Split usuries><uuiSe dreads onsets> Edessan reSidues / reiSsued <deduxes / seduxed pouuerleSs fleuu unrepaired><**sPare fuel exuded ruined ill pouuerS use** > fluxed sPread Prouuess pouuerful-use <So All aStronomers paCqet its route><**aStronomist raCqet All posture(s) /proetus roSe**><treaSon posture> treaSonous FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries pretenceful, logix(x=c), splits, 'astronomers route', 'astronomer posture', pacqet (q=k), treasonous, racqet (q=k) enxlouds (x=c), split / spilt, ' ill pouuers (uu=w)', astronomist astronomers storez (z=s), pouuerless (uu=w), postures prouuess (uu=w) - residues / reissued deduxes / seduxed (x=c), fluxed design - Eddessan / deadness, unrepaired - onsets, exuded Raddan(?) - usuries, pouuers (uu=w), posture / Proetus saddens, Ieuus (Jews) sadder / dreads - - - uuiser (wiser)

Nostradamus C.3 Q.83: Designer drugs affect a nations greatness. The anagrams found in each verse are vital tools to remove obscurity that is in each verse's text. And if  used without full regard for rules that discipline the analyst the true interpretation may never be achieved. Even with such self imposed constraints the meaning may remain hidden until a critical anagram is understood. This was the case with this verse where I had readily seen anagrams for occasion, equating and position but not been able to proceed further. These three anagrams suggested an astronomic relevance but nothing in the text supported this view.  The picture created by adjacent anagrams easily becomes obscured by words of low complexity for which there will be many chance occurrences. Because of these difficulties i have in recent months increasingly relied on infrequency tables to set my frameworks. When I did this for C.3 Q.83 in May 2014 it became apparent there is a consistent meaning in the text anagrams and it isn't based on astronomy, it is a story of modern designer-drug usage affecting the way France is perceived in the world.   C.3 Q.83 The long hairs of Celtic Gaul Accompanied by foreign nations, They will make captive the people of Aquitaine, For succumbing to their designs. Les longs cheueux de la Gaule Celtique Accompaignez d'e$tranges nations Mettront captif la gent Aquitanique Pour $uccomber a internitions. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) <long sequeL><escheuu axled aGe Clue><quiet song seLL> <occAsion agents dezign map><<compAction deSignateZ><nation greatneSS As map dezign> <dezign Strange sensation> cocAins actions Antagonises <lift protectant agent><**pact equAting antique torMent fail**> <retain Position><Succour prem-onitions> <brominate [treat with bromine] insertion Succour> FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries escheuu, compactions, dezignates, protectant, succour occasion, antagonises, sensation, brominate, insertion, position cuprous, occurs dezign, equating - - actions, nation (+ 8 in text) - axled, nations (=3 in text) - - - - - torment - greatness lift