[Centurie II] Centurie [index] Centurie III [Centurie III] I Nostradamus index. This is the 2nd Centurie by Nostramus. It was first published in 1555. [----------------------------------------------------------------------] CENTVRIE II I. VERS Aquitaine par insuls Britanniques De par eux-mesmes grandes incursions Pluyes, gelees feront terroirs iniques, Port Selyn fortes fera inuasions. Towards Aquitaine by the British isles By these themselves great incursions. Rains, frosts will make the soil uneven, "Port Selyn" will make mighty invasions II. La teste bleue fera la teste blanche Autant de mal, que France a faict leur bien: Mort � l'anthene, grand pendu sus la branche, Quand prins des siens le Roy dira combien. The blue head will inflict upon the white head As much evil as France has done them good: Dead at the sail-yard the great one hung on the branch. When seized by his own the King will say how much. III. Pour la chaleur solitaire sus la mer, De Negrepont les poissons demy cuits: Les habitans viendront entamer, Quand Rhod & Gennes leur faudra le biscuit. Because of the solar heat on the sea Of Euboea the fishes half cooked: The inhabitants will come to cut them, When the biscuit will fail Rhodes and Genoa. IV. Depuis Monach iusqu'aupres de Sicille, Toute la plage demourra desolee: Il n'y aura fauxbourgs, cit�, ne ville, Que par Barbares pillee soit & vollee. From Monaco to near Sicily The entire coast will remain desolated: There will remain there no suburb, city or town Not pillaged and robbed by the Barbarians. V. Qu'en dans poisson, fer & lettre enfermee, Hors sortira, qui puis fera la guerre, Aura par mer sa classe bien ramee, Apparoissant pres de Latine terre. That which is enclosed in iron and letter in a fish, Out will go one who will then make war, He will have his fleet well rowed by sea, Appearing near Latin land. VI. Aupres des portes & dedans deux citez Seront deux fleaux, & onc n'apperceut vn tel, Faim, dedans peste, de fer hors gens boutez, Crier secours au grand Dieu immortel. Near the gates and within two cities There will be two scourges the like of which was never seen, Famine within plague, people put out by steel, Crying to the great immortal God for relief. VII. Entre plusieurs aux isles deportez, L'vn estre nay � deux dents en la gorge Mourront de faim les arbres esbrotez, Pour eux neuf Roy, nouuel edict leur forge. Amongst several transported to the isles, One to be born with two teeth in his mouth They will die of famine the trees stripped, For them a new King issues a new edict. VIII. Temples sacrez prime fa&cced;on Romaine, Reietteront les gofres fondements, Prenant leurs loix premieres & humaines, Chassant non tout des saincts les cultements. Temples consecrated in the original Roman manner, They will reject the excess foundations, Taking their first and humane laws, Chasing, though not entirely, the cult of saints. IX. Neuf ans le regne le maigre en paix tiendra, Puis il cherra en soif si sanguinaire, Pour luy peuple sans foy & loy mourra Tu� vn beaucoup plus debonnaire. Nine years the lean one will hold the realm in peace, Then he will fall into a very bloody thirst: Because of him a great people will die without faith and law Killed by one far more good-natured. X. Auant long temps le tout sera rang�, Nous esperons vn siecle bien senestre, L'estat des masques & des seuls bien chang�. Peu trouueront qu'� son rang veuille estre. Before long all will be set in order, We will expect a very sinister century, The state of the masked and solitary ones much changed, Few will be found who want to be in their place. XI. Le prochain fils de l'aisnier paruiendra Tant esleu� iusqu'au regne des fors: Son aspre gloire vn chacun craindra, Mais ses enfans du regne gettez hors. The nearest son of the elder will attain Very great height as far as the realm of the privileged: Everyone will fear his fierce glory, But his children will be thrown out of the realm. XII. Yeux clos ouuerts d'antique fantasie, L'habit des seuls seront mis � neant: Le grand monarque chastiera leur frenaisie, Ravir des temples le thresor par deuant. Eyes closed, opened by antique fantasy, The garb of the monks they will be put to naught: The great monarch will chastise their frenzy, Ravishing the treasure in front of the temples. XIII. Le corps sans ame plus n'estre en sacrifice, Iour de la mort mis en natiuit�: L'esprit diuin fera l'ame felice, Voiant le verbe en son eternit�. The body without soul no longer to be sacrificed: Day of death put for birthday: The divine spirit will make the soul happy, Seeing the word in its eternity. XIV. A Tours, Gien, gard� seront yeux penetrans, Descouuriront de loing la grand sereine: Elle & sa suitte au port seront entrans, Combat, poussez, puissance souueraine. At Tours, Gien, guarded, eyes will be searching, Discovering from afar her serene Highness: She and her suite will enter the port, Combat, thrust, sovereign power. XV. Vn peu deuant monarque trucid�? Castor Pollux en nef, astre crinite: L'erain public par terre & mer vuid�, Pise, Ast, Ferrare, Turin terre interdicte. Shortly before the monarch is assassinated, Castor and Pollux in the ship, bearded star: The public treasure emptied by land and sea, Pisa, Asti, Ferrara, Turin land under interdict. XVI. Naples, Palerme, Sicile, Syracuses, Nouueaux tyrans, fulgures feux celestes: Force de Londres, Gand, Bruxelles & Suses, Grand hecatombe, triomphe faire festes. Naples, Palermo, Sicily, Syracuse, New tyrants, celestial lightning fires: Force from London, Ghent, Brussels and Susa, Great slaughter, triumph leads to festivities. XVII. Le champ du temple de la vierge vestale, Non esloign� d'Ethne & monts Pyrenees: Le grand conduit est cach� dans la male, North gettez fleuues & vignes mastinees. The field of the temple of the vestal virgin, Not far from Elne and the Pyrenees mountains: The great tube is hidden in the trunk. To the north rivers overflown and vines battered. XVIII. Nouelle & pluye subite, impetueuse, Empeschera subit deux exercites. Pierre ciel, feux faire la mer pierreuse, La mert de sept terre & marin subites. New, impetuous and sudden rain Will suddenly halt two armies. Celestial stone, fires make the sea stony, The death of seven by land and sea sudden. XIX. Nouueaux venus lieu basty sans defence, ...
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