Nostradamus Quotes

Nostradamus Quotes: Century 5 Verse 10

Un chef celtique dans le conflict blesse,
Aupres de cave voyant siens mort abbatre:
De sang et playes et d'ennemis presse,
Et secours par incogneus de quatre.

Variations in rendered French

Authors works consulted for variations in French: (a) John Hogue. (b) Henry C. Roberts. (c) Mario Reading. (page, 430.) (d) Edgar Leoni. (e) Jean-Charles de Fontbrune (page, 154.) French rendered the same except, (b)(d) have, 'conflit.' (a) has, 'caue.' (b) has, 'vouant.' (c) has, 'abatre.' (d) has, 'abattre.' (e) has, 'abbattre.' (a)(e) have, 'secourus.' (b) has, 'securs.' (c)(d) have, 'secouruz.' (a) has, 'incognus.' (b)(c)(d) have, 'incognuez.' (e) has, 'incogneux.'

Meanings of the French words deemed appropriate

Blesse= Hurt, wounded; ulcerated; whose flesh is cut, or bruised; whose skin is fretted off. Aupres= Next to, close to, near to. Voyant= Viewing, seeing, perceiving, beholding. Abbatre= To fell; beat or break down; to bear violently upon, or bring down; to ruin, overthrow, cast to the ground; also, to defeat utterly, discomfort wholly. Playes= Wounds, sores, cuts, gashes, incisions, hurts. Presse= A press, throng, or crowd of people; or as, pressed, squeezed, crowded, thrust hard, or close together; strained, urged; enforced, constrained; hard laid into. Secours= Succour, relief, help, aid, assistance, comfort furtherance. Incogneus= Unknowns, uncouth ones, strangers; obscure ones.

Thus, we might translate

The celtic chief wounded in the battle,
Seeing his men being killed near the cave;
Beset by blood and wounds and enemies,
Rescued by 4 unknown ones.

The battle, though it is more an ambush, takes place in the Pyrenees.

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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