9.1 PREFACE DE M. MICHEL NOSTRADAMVS A Ses Propheties. Ad 461 Caesarem Nostradamum filium, VIE ET FELICITE.
9.2 PREFACE M. NOSTRADAMUS TO His Prophecies. 465 Cesar, son of Nostradamus, LIFE AND HAPPINESS.
9.3 Centuria first. 470
9.4 Second Centurion. 479
9.5 Centuria third. 488
9.6 Centurion fourth. 496
9.7 Centuria fifth. 505
9.8 Century sixth . 51 3
9.9 Century seventh . 522
9.10 A L'INVICTISSIME, TRES PVISSANT, ET tres-chrestien Henry 526
Roy de France second; Michel Nostradamus son tres humble,
tres-obeissant seruiteur & subiect, victoire & felicite'.
9.11 TO THE MOST INVINCIBLE, MOST POWERFUL, AND 534 MOST CHRISTIAN Henry the Second King of France;
Michel Nostradamus his most humble, most humble
servant and subject, victory and happiness.
9.12 Eighth Centurion. 542
9.13 Centuria IX . 551
9.14 Tenth century. 560
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Everyone knows the name Nostradamus. But what kind of person was hiding under it, the greatest prophet of all time, or a skillful cunning, who led, and still leads all of humanity by the nose? So far, there has been no convincing answer to this question. Famous author of several works from sixteenth-century France, most notably his "Prophecies" " LES PROPHETIES DE M. _ MICHEL NOSTRADAMVS , due to the vagueness and, at times, ambiguity of its sayings, has been exciting people's minds for almost five centuries.
A huge number of books have been written on this topic, films have been made, articles and articles have been published, someone on behalf of Nostradamus predicts current events, using his imagination and the flight of his thoughts, hanging another portion of noodles on the ears of those who are thirsty.
Others, with frequent periodicity, announce to the world about the discovery of a certain key that makes it possible to decipher the texts of the prophecies, and finally find out the secrets and dates of future events.
True, upon a careful review of all such "discoveries", it turns out that everything is somehow "small", frivolous, and far-fetched all by the same ears.
Thoughts about the presence of a certain cipher, of course, are the right thing to do. Many serious researchers of the work of Michel Nostradamus agree on this, but finding him turns out to be far from an easy task.
Of course, it's too early to put an end to it, but I propose in this book to find answers to many questions related to this black hole. I think now I have something to say. There are some pretty good reasons for this.
The book turned out to be quite capacious, at the time of the beginning of its compilation, not too many magical facts were known to me, only the key ones. But, in the process of moving on, I, as they say, accelerated, and, by the end of my creation, I knew them much more. Therefore, at least the first half of the book, it was necessary to rewrite it again, supplementing it with new details. Considering that this has already taken years, and the work is already quite material-intensive, I decided to leave everything as it is for now, because time inexorably runs forward. So this book, it seems, will not be the first and last.
Well, for now, about everything in order. Traditionally, it is customary to start with the biography of the creator. I won't leave her.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
On December 14, 1503 (according to another version, December 21), Michel de Notre Dame was born in the family of the Jew Jomes de Gazon, who changed his surname to Notredam after being baptized, in the city of Saint-Remy-de-Provence. His family was quite educated. Father was a notary, grandfather Guy-de-Gazon (later Pierre-de-Notredam) was also a notary and traded in grain. Mother Rene de Saint-Remy was the granddaughter of Jacques de Saint-Remy, a doctor in Saint-Remy.
It is with this great-grandfather that the childhood of Michel de Notre Dame is associated. It is believed that it was from him that he received his first knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew and the exact sciences.
In 1518, Michel entered the university in Avignon, and in 1519 he was already expelled from it. The reason is called an outbreak of plague in the city.
Little is known about the next few years of his life, until 1529, when he entered the University of Montpellier at the Faculty of Medicine. However, in the university library there is a document about the newly expelled student Notre Dame due to the fact that he was seen in the pharmaceutical business, which was prohibited by the University Charter. Whether or not Michel de Notredame eventually received his Ph.D. has not yet been ascertained for certain, as far as I know.
Approximately in 1533, he settled in Agen, where he became friends with Jules Cesar Scaliger, a famous scientist of that time.
Little is known about Notre Dame's first wife. Presumably, in 1534, he offered his hand and heart to a certain Henriette d'Encausse, who agreed to accept everything, and bore him two children: a boy and a girl.
However, family happiness did not last long. Trouble comes to their house. Wife and children die. Presumably, due to some kind of epidemic, in 1537 (39?) Year.
In 1538, also, for an unknown reason, friendship with Scaliger breaks off, and Notre Dame leaves Agen. It's time for his travels. There are traces of its presence in Italy, Germany, and, of course, in different parts of France. In 1544, he practiced medicine in Marseilles, in 1546 in Aix-en-Provence, where he was probably granted a lifetime pension for his contribution to the fight against the plague for a reason.
November 11, 1547 he marries a second time. His chosen one is Anna Ponsard Gemellier, a widow from Salon-de-Provence, where they settle. Subsequently, they have six children: three boys and three girls: Madeleine ( 1551 г.b.), Cesar ( 1553 г.b.), Charles ( 1556 г.b.), Andre ( 1557 г.b.), Anna ( 1559 г.b.) and Diana ( 1561 г.R.).
Of all the children, fame will subsequently come to the eldest of the sons Cesar. In addition to becoming a biographer of his father, a poet, a historian (he will write "History of Provence"), an artist, he is marked by his father in the "Prophecies".
Probably, his first book, and unpublished, Notredam wrote in 1541 (perhaps a little later), during his wanderings in Europe. It is called, for short, " ORVS APOLLO ", or "Interpretation of the hieroglyphs of Horapollo". It came down to us in the form of a manuscript, consisting of 86 sheets, and containing the embryo of the Author's cipher, about which a little later. Here I will only say that in this work the new surname of the Author appears for the first time NOSTRADAMVS .
In 1548, he traveled around Italy, and in 1549, his first printed Almanac, a collection of astrological forecasts for the next year, was published. He, subsequently, will be published annually, until the death of the writer.
From that moment on, Nostradamus (now so) becomes famous. Then, almost in the same year, two of his works were published: A Treatise on the Preparation of Masks and Jams ( 1555 г.) and the first part of the main book of his life LES PROPHETIES ".
His fame in these years is evidenced by the fact that even Queen Catherine de Medici is interested in the Foreteller. In 1555, Nostradamus really receives a call to the royal court, where he immediately goes.
He had a fear that his head would be cut off, but did not come true. On the contrary, he receives a monetary reward (modest, in fact) from the queen and king.
In 1557, an expanded edition of his "Prophecies" was published, and in the same year another of his works appeared: "A paraphrase of Galen, his admonitions to Menadot in the study of fine arts and medicine."
With the advent of fame comes the time of danger and criticism, so in subsequent years Nostradamus clearly did not feel at ease. As for criticism the times were still those! I had to fight off a large number of caring people. And, with regards to the dangers, there are facts that Nostradamus spent some time under house arrest.