CHAPTER V

PART I:

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Mene (menr): to guide, lead; terre: land; or: gold; enchaine: chained; Chyren: the anagram of Henryc, the Great King of France; offert: offered; Ausonne: ancient Bordeaux; Milan: Italian city; perdra (perir): to be be ruined, lost; guerre: war; ost: army, camp; feu: fire; fer: iron, sword.

COMMENT: The leader of the Eastern Alliance, probably an Iranian shall be captured. King Henry of France shall become the Victor and he shall come from Bordeaux.

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Avant: before; oraison: speech, prayer; pris:taken; Aigle: eagle or USA; embusche: ambusg; deceu: deceived; muraille: wall, partition; enfoncee (enfoncer): to push down, thrust; peu: few, little; receu: received.

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Nevue (neuf , neuve): new; pentif: pensive, thoughtful; condamner: to condemn; Loisel de Proie: the anagram of Roi de soleil , King Henry of France; offrir: to offer; Cremona: commune N. Italy in Lombardy, on River Po; Mantua: commune N.Italy in Lombardy WSW of Venice; maux: (plural of mal) evil, wrong, bad; ouffert (offert): presented.

COMMENT: The term "Cite Nevue" was mentioned once more in a quatrain which described the great earthquake in Sans Franscico of California. Thus this city might be buried due to earthquake and lava after the World War.

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Augure: augur, prophet, clergyman, here the pope; main: hand; mettre: to place, prier: to pray; paix: peace; gauche: left; pacifique: peace time.

COMMENT: The pope shall annoint King Henry of France as the Roman Emperor of the Christian world, a title similar to the one of Charlesmagne of old.

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Chyren: anagram of Henry; outre: scandalized, indignant; plus: more, most; ayme (aimer): to love; craint: fear; redoute: redoubt; bruit: noise, thunder; los: reverse of sol or soleil, bightness; cieux: heavens; seul: sole, single, titre: title; content: content, pleased.

COMMENT: King Henry of France shall become the world leader after defeating Muslim and Russian invaders. He shall receive the unique Title of Victor from the holy Pontiff.

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Roy Gaulois: King of France; Celtique: English or American; dextre: right hand; sur: upon; fleurir: to flourish; cappe (cape): the pope.

COMMENT: King Henri of France shall be the leader of the world including Europe after the World War. He shall have strong support from USA. And in turn he himself shall be the temporal counterpart who are completely obedient to the Holy Father.

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Selin: (Greek, la lune) moon, (fig.) Marian; unis:united; Chrestien: Christian; monde: world; mourant: dying; voudra (vouloir): to wish; coucher: to lay down; blesique: blessed, Terre blesique means Holy Land; chasser: to chase; onde: sea.

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Tant: so much; attendu: expected, awaited; reviendra (revenir): to return; jamais: ever; ne....jamais: never; dedans: inside, within; apparoistra (apparaitre): to appear; ligue: line, rank; Hermes: Greek mythical deity, messenger of the gods, here Charlemagne the Great; sur: over; croistra (croistre): to grow, to increase.

COMMENT: The first line means that the Second Coming of the Lord is not yet happening. It is not yet the End of the world even how horrible the World War III will be. King Henry of France, the descendant of the ancient Emperor, shall defeat Muslim and Russian (Orient) and shall rule over all Europe and Muslim countries.

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Nai (nais or naitre): born; sous: under, below; umbre (ombre): shadow, obscurity; journee: day, daytime; nocturne: nocturnal, nightly; bonte: goodness; souveraine (souveranete): sovereignty, dominion; renaitre: to be reborn, restore; urne: urn; renouvellant: renewed; airain: bronze, here bronze serpent or the unbeleived, hard-hearted.

COMMENT: King Henry the French leader shall defeat Eastern alliance, shall renew the Faith, restore the Church, Papacy, and world peace. He is the descendant of the ancient Charlemagne. He shall be the modern Catholic Emperor of the world.

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Estant (estimer): to value, appreciate; naissance: birth; subjuera (subjuer): to subjugate, master; haut: haughty; ceux; those; ceux de la balance: those who carry out the Divine Justice, here Muslims, Russians, and Chinese; feux: firing, flaming; jusques: till as far as; Cenis: Monte Cenisio, mountain on alps between France and Italy.

COMMENT: The French military commander, King Henry, was born in a humble background but he actually is the descendant of the Great Charlemagne. He shall defeat Eastern alliance who are served as the wrathful Army of God to punish the sinful Western Babylon.

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Entre:among; dernier: last; homme: man; terrior (terrier): earth, territory; en moment: at the moment; coup: blow, knock; trait: dart, arrow,bolt; envieux: jealous.

COMMENT: King Henry of France who comes from a humble background shall conquer the Muslim territories.

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Veu: seen; proche: near; lit: bed; chien: dog; abayeront (aboyer): to bark; lors: then, thenceforth; naistre: to be born; tant: so; venu: coming; verront (voir): shall see.

COMMENT: Great King Henry of France was sent and anointed by God to lead His people back to Christ and defeat the wrathful armies.

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Montera (monter): to mount, go up; haut: high; bien: good; dextre: right hand; assis: seated; pierre: rock; carree: square; vers: toward; midy (midi): noon, the south; pose: posing; fenestre: window; baston (baton): stick, staff; tortu: crooked; bouche: mouth; serree: tight, closed.

COMMENT: The French commander Henry is described here right before he is about to embark a major campaign to conquer the Middle East or Muslim territories. He is prophesied to be limping and has to walk with a cane.

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Leffe: crippled man; tramme (tramer): to lay; repos: rest; admet (admettre): to admit, accept; point: not at all, not any; propos: purpose, resolution; a propos: in good time, at the right time; remiser: to store away, shelf; on: one, people.

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Barbe:beard; crespe (crepele): fizzy (air); engin: device, weaponry; subjuguer: to subdue, overcome; aster (oter): to take away, liberate; longin; ( not known); Seline: (Greek) belonged to the moon, here Marian; baniere: banner.

COMMENT: Consecrated his life to our Lady, King Henry of France shall be assisted by her to liberate all occupied terriotries from the brutal Muslim occupying forces.

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Ogmion: King of France; laisse (laisser): to entrust; Selin: here means Marian protection; qui plus: more than...; fait: action, feat; etendre: to spread out, extend; enseigne: mark, ensign; contrefait: here means adversaries or controversies.

COMMENT: The reign of the temporal Christian affairs shall be entrusted to the King of France. This quatrain might also describe Pope John Paul II who also consecrated his life and service to our Lady and who leads the Church despite much opposition. Nostradamus used the word Ogmion to indicate both the holy Pope and great King.

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Paix: peace; Dieu: God; louera (louer): to praise, bestow; desert: deserted; Fleur de Lis: Lily, symbol of French Monarch Henry; mort: death; apportera (apporter): to bring, supply; aperant: apparent; heur: good fortune; etre: being; ensevelir: to shroud, bury.

COMMENT: A long peace shall be given under Henri’s leadership. He shall be controversial figure due to his steadfast obedience to the Holy See, conservative viewpoints and radical social reforms. He shall die in Marseilles.

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Parenter (parente): kinship, affinity; avant: before; ame: soul, spirit; rendue: rendered; verrai (voir): to see, view; tost (tot): quickly, soon; apparenter: to arrange iinto a marriage, to have mcuh in common with; aigle: USA; lion: England; Crois: the cross, the church, couronne: crown, wreath; vendue: sold, corrupted.

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Ausonne: Bordeaux; ira (irai , aller): to go, travel; arrest (arret): to stop, rest; dedans: inside; avant: before; languir: to languish; verra (voir): to see; merveille: marvel, miracle.

COMMENT: The great leader of France was born in Bordeaux. He shall visit Spain and stay in Marseille where he shall breathe his last. He shall be venerated as a saint.

COMMENT: Nostradamus, on several extraordinary occasions, had used the liturgical reference of 325AD, the year on which the Council of Nicea was convened. Thus the year of 1580 plus or minus is actually 1580 + 325 = 1905 plus or minus or 1914 AD, the year of World War I. And 1703 should become 1703 + 325 or 2028AD, the year on which World War III shall end. One out five countries on earth shall be demolished by this long war.

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Brique: brick; marbre: marble; mur: wall; reduit: reduced, reconstructed; sept: seven; cinquante: fifty; an: year; pacifique: peaceful; renove (renover): renovated, restored; sant : health; melifique: mellifluous, rich with honey.

COMMENT: The period of peace shall last for fifty seven years.

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La fin: the end; loup: wolf; boeuf: ox; asne (ane): ass; dama: (latin) deer; mastin (matin): mastiff, large watchdog, (fig.) ugly brute; plus ne...: no more...; charra (cherra, cherir): to nurse, nourish; eux: them; douce: swwet,bland, soft; manne: manna ; vigilance: vigilance, wakefulness; custode: (latin = custos) guard, guardian, watch.

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Changement: change; adviendra (advenir): to occur; cas: case, event; merveilleux: marvellous, miraculous, supernatural; champ: field, open space; mue (mouvoir): to move, propel; pilier: pillar; Porphyre: porphyry, a rock consisting of felspar crystals embedded in a compact dark red or purple ground mass; mis: placed; translate: moved, rocher: rock, cliff; Noileux: anagram of loix-neu meaning new laws.

COMMENT: Before the period of peace or before World War III, the heavenly permanent Sign shall be given to mankind in the form of a sky-high pillar of beautiful stone on which the Commandments of the Lord are engraved. This Sign shall be with us till the End of the world according to the Marian apparitions in Garabandal of Spain.

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Fin: the end; var: mispelled of the English word "war"; pempotans: (not known); pres: near; rivage: beach, coast; beaux: beautiful, naitre: to be born; competans: competent, here well- developed or once-prosperous (countries); pays: nation, land, region; charger: to burden, load, charge; croistre: to grow, increase.

COMMENT: Taxing shall be too burdensome to citizens. Ruins shall come to the developed countries. After the War, the world power or political arena shall change. Three countries near the coast shall emerge as powerful countries. These three might be France, Greece, and Egypt.

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Monech: Monaco; Coq: cock or france; receu: received; apparoistre (apparaitre): to appear; Logarion: anagram of Dragon; deceu (decevoir): to deceive; faiblesse: weakness; force: power.

COMMENT: The King of France shall bring peace to the world. French cardinal shall become the holy pope during the period of peace. He will rebuild the Church and abolish all heretics. US shall lose the world super-power status to France. The whole world shall look toward France for leadership.

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Ogmion: Nostadamus used this title for King Henry or Pope John Paul II; Barbarique Ligue: Muslim league; loix: law; laschera (lacher): to loosen, liberate; brigue: conspiracy.

COMMENT: King Henry shall defeat Muslims. Christian Faith shall be evangelized over Islamic faith. France and Muslim nations shall be constantly engaged in conflicts or confrontation.

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Loi: law; Sol: the Sun, (fig.) the Lord Jesus; Venus: goddess of sex, the Harlot, (fig.) the sinful world, the Babylon; contendans: contend, dispute; esprit: spirit; apparopriant: appear; prophetie: prophecy; ne l’un ne l’autre: neither one or another; entendu: competent, understood; tiendra: shall hold, possess; Messie: Messiah.

COMMENT: Asian countries shall join the Church.

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Sous: under; terroir: territory; rond: round; lunaire: lunary, here Marian; lorsque: when; dominateur: ruler; Mercure: Mercury, (fig.) God’s chastisements; Escosse: Scotland; luminaire: light; Anglois: England; mettra (mettre): to place, put; deconfiture: moral defeat, failure.

COMMENT: Scotland shall return to the Church first and then shall help England to join later.

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Sans: without; nul: non,nil; receu: received; entre: among; fille: daughter, girl; persuit: pursuited; misere: miserable; triest (triste): sad; lui: him, her; trenchera (trancher): to cut, sever; aisle (aile): wing.

COMMENT: During the period of peace, Jews shall convert to Christianity among others. Harlotry, the sin of flesh in the present world shall be curtailed or forbidden.

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Puissance: power; temporel: temporal; autre: another; Saint Siege: Holy See; ou: where; esprit: spirit; remis (remettre): to put back, remit, reconcile; receu (recevoir): to receive, admit; vrai: true siege: seat, papacy.

COMMENT: The papacy shall be moved to another city as Rome was completely ruined and shall be supported and obeyed by three temporal kings, probably USA, England, and mostly France. The Church shall be renewed, shall be the truly Eucharistic Church once again.

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Ceux: those; estoient (etoiler): to shine as stars; scavoir (savoir): knowledge, learning; deviendront (devenir): to become; appauvrir: to impoverish, exhaust; pris (priser): highly esteemed, praised; exilez: exiled, banished; appui: support; or: gold; n’avoir: have not.