Nostradamus Quotes

Nostradamus Quotes: Century 2 Verse 14

A Tours, Gien, garde seront yeux penetrans,
Descouviront de loing le grand sereine:
Edgar Leonilen et sa suite au port seront entrans,
Combat, poussez, puissance souveraine

Variations in rendered French

Authors works consulted for variations in French: (a) John Hogue. (b) Henry C. Roberts. (c) Mario Reading. (page, 740.) (d) Edgar Leoni.

The French rendered the same except. All authors have, 'descouvriront,' or 'descouuriront. (a) has. 'souueraine.' (c) has, 'sereyne,' and 'poulse' (poussez.) (d) has, 'entrants.'

Meanings of the French words deemed appropriate

Tours and Gien (Gienne) see place index, or map. Garde=A guardian, warden, keeper, guard; any officer to whom keeping a thing is entrusted.

La mauvaise garde paist souvent le loup.

The sleepy, or unwatchful shepherd,
fattens the hungry wolf.

Yeux=eyes. Penetrans=Penetrate, search; watch closely. Descouvriront= will discover, uncover; detect, disclose, expose; make, open, obvious, manifest, known, or apparent. Sereine= Serene, calm, tranquil. Elle-the feminine of, il, or luy=she. Entrans= to enter, go into. Poussez= thrusts, pushes. Puissance= Power, or powerfulness; force, might, strength; ability, wealth, sway, authority, jurisdiction; also, a power, army, or great number of men.

The verses concerns, a future Queen, who will conquer and subjugate many.

Thus, we might translate

At Tours and Gienne, guarded, eyes will be watching,
Discovering from afar her Serene Highness;
she and her entourage will enter the port,
Conflict, thrust, sovereign power.

Further Reading and resources on Nostradamus

For more details on the books considered by these authors, and others, see Nostradamus references.

For further insight into the French words, treated, or deemed unnecessary, consult the Secret Vault Dictionary on words used by Nostradamus.

Variations in rendered French

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