[Centurie IX] Centurie IX [index] Nostradamus index. [----------------------------------------------------------------------] This the 10th and last century by Nostradamus. It was first published in 1568. [----------------------------------------------------------------------] CENTVRIE X I. A L'ennemy, l'ennemy foy promise Ne se tiendra, les captifs retenus: Prins preme mort, & le reste en chemise. Damn� le reste pour estre soustenus. To the ennemy, the enemy faith promised Will not be kept, the captives retained: One near death captured, and the remainder in their shirts, The remainder damned for being supported. II. Voille gallere voil de nef cachera, La grande classe viendra sortir la moindre, Dix naues proches tourneront pousser, Grande vaincue vnics � soy ioindre. The ship's veil will hide the sail galley, The great fleet will come the lesser one to go out: Ten ships near will turn to drive it back, The great one conquered the united ones to join to itself. III. En apres cinq troupeau ne mettra hors vn Fuitif pour Penelon laschera, Faux murmurer, secours vnir pour lors, Le chef le siege pour lors abandonnera. After that five will not put out the flock, A fugitive for "Penelon" he will turn loose: To murmur falsely then help to come, The chief will then abandon the siege. IV. Sur la minuict conducteur de l'armee Se sauuera subit esuanouy, Sept ans apres la fame non blasmee, A son retour ne dira onc ouy. At midnight the leader of the army Will save himself, suddenly vanished: Seven years later his reputation unblemished, To his return they will never say yes. V. Albi & Castres feront nouuelle ligue, Neuf Arriens Lis bon & Portugues, Carcas, Tholouse consumeront leur brigue, Quand chef neuf monstre de Lauragues. Albi and Castres will form a new league, Nine Arians Lisbon and the Portuguese: Carcassonne and Toulouse will end their intrigue, When the chief new monster from the Lauraguais. VI. Sardon Nemaus si haut deborderont, Qu'on cuidera Deucalion renaistre. Dans le collosse la plus part fuyront, Vesta sepulchre feu esteint apparoistre. The Gardon will flood N�mes so high That they will believe Deucalion reborn: Into the colossus the greater part will flee, Vesta tomb fire to appear extinguished. VII. Le grand conflit qu'on appreste � Nancy, L'Aemathien dira tout ie soubmets, L'Isle Britanne par vin sel en solcy: Hem, mi. deux Phi. long temps ne ti�dra Mets. The great conflict that they are preparing for Nancy, The Macedonian will say I subjugate all: The British Isle in anxiety over wine and salt, "Hem. mi." Philip two Metz will not hold for long. VIII. Index & poulse parfondera le front, De Senegalia le Conte � son fils propre, La Myrnamee par plusieurs de prin front, Trois dans sept iours bless�s mort. With forefinger and thumb he will moisten the forehead, The Count of Senigallia to his own son: The Venus through several of thin forehead, Three in seven days wounded dead. IX. De Castillon figuieres iour de brune, De femme infame naistra souuerain Prince: Surnom de chausses perhume luy posthume, Onc Roy ne fut si pire en sa prouince. In the Castle of Figueras on a misty day A sovereign prince will be born of an infamous woman: Surname of breeches on the ground will make him posthumous, Never was there a King so very bad in his province. X. Tasche de meurdre, enormes adulteres, Grand ennemy de tout le genre humain: Que sera pire qu'ayeuls, oncles ne peres, Enfer, feu, eaux, sanguin & inhumain. Stained with murder and enormous adulteries, Great enemy of the entire human race: One who will be worse than his grandfathers, uncles or fathers, In steel, fire, waters, bloody and inhuman. XI. Dessous Ionchere du dangereux passage, Fera passer le posthume sa bande. Les monts Pyrens passer hors son bagage, De Parpignan courira duc � Tende. At the dangerous passage below Junquera, The posthumous one will have his band cross: To pass the Pyrenes mountains without his baggage, From Perpignan the duke will hasten to Tende. XII. Esleu en Pape, d'esleu se mocqu�, Subit soudain esmeu prompt & timide, Par trop bon doux � mourrir prouoqu�, Crainte esteinte la nuict de sara mort guide. Elected Pope, as elected he will be mocked, Suddenly unexpectedly moved prompt and timid: Through too much goodness and kindness provoked to die, Fear extinguished guides the night of his death. XIII. Souz la pasture d'animaux ruminant, Par eux conduicts au ventre helbipolique, Soldats cachez, les armes bruit menant, Non long temptez de cit� Antipolique. Beneath the food of ruminating animals, led by them to the belly of the fodder city: Soldiers hidden, their arms making a noise, Tried not far from the city of Antibes. XIV. Vrnel Vaucile sans conseil de soy mesmes, Hardit timide, car crainte prins vaincu, Accompagn� de plusieurs putains blesmes. A Barcellonne au Chartreux conuaincu. "Urnel Vaucile" without a purpose on his own, Bold, timid, through fear overcome and captured: Accompanied by several pale whores, Convinced in the Carthusian convent at Barcelona. XV. Pere duc vieux d'ans & de soif charg�, Au iour extreme fils desniant l'esguiere. Dedans le puits vif mort viendra plong�. Senat au fil la mort longue & legere. Father duke old in years and choked by thirst, On his last day his don denying him the jug: Into the well plunged alive he will come up dead, Senate to the thread death long and light. XVI. Heureux au regne de France, heureux de vie, Ignorant sang, mort fureur & rapine: Par mon flateurs sera mis en enuie, Roy desrob�, trop de foye en cuisine. Happy in the realm of France, happy in life, Ignorant of blood, death, fury and plunder: For a flattering name he will be envied, A concealed King, too much faith in the kitchen. XVII. La Royne estrange voyant sa fille blesme, Par vn regret dans l'estomach enclos: Cris lamentables seront lors d'Angolesme, Et au germains mariage forclos. The convict Queen seeing her daughter pale, Because of a sorrow locked up in her breast: Lamentable cries will come then from Angoul�me, And the marriage of the first cousin impeded. XVIII. Le ranc Lorrain fera place � Vendosme, Le haut mis bas, & le bas mis en haut, Le fils de Mamon sera esleu dans Rome, Et les deux grands seront mis en defaut. The house of Lorraine will make way for Vend�me, The high put low, and the low put high: The son of Mammon will be elected in Rome, And the two great ones will be put at a loss. ...
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