Nostradamus letter to his son Caesar and Henry. Message to Henry. From Christ to Satan

Translation from Old French:

Message to Henry the Second
(in modern French)

A L "INVICTISSIME,
TRES-PUISSANT ET TRES-CHRESTIEN
HENRY ROY DE FRANCE SECOND:
MICHEL NOSTRADAMUS
TRES-HUMBLE, ET TRES-OBEYSSANT SERUITEUR ET
SUBJECT,
VICTOIRE ET FELICITE.

Povr icelle souueraine obseruation qui i"ay eu, o Tres-Chrestien & tres-victorieux Roy, depuis que ma face estant long temps obnubilee se presente au deuant de la deite de vostre maieste immesuree, depuis en ca i"ay este perpetuellement esblouy, ne desistant d "honorer & dignement venerer iceluy iour que premiere deuant icelle ie me presentay, comme a vne singuliere maieste tant humaine. Or cherchant quelque occasion par laquelle ie peusse manifester le bon coeur & franc courage, que moyenant iceluy mon pouuoir eusse faict ample extension de cognoissance enuers vostre serenissime maieste. Or voyant que par effets le declairer ne m"estoit possible, ioint auec mon singulier desir de ma tant longue obtenebration & obscurite, estre subitement esclarcie & transportee au deuant de la face du souuerain oeil, & du premier monarque de l"vniuers, tellement que i"ay este en doute longuement a qui ie viendrois consacrer ces trois Centuries du restant de mes Propheties, paracheuant la milliade & apres auoir longuement cogite d"vne temeraire audace, ay prins mo addresse enuers vostre maieste, n"estant pour cela estonne, comme raconte, le grauissime aucteur Plutarque en la vie de Lycurgue, que voyant les offres & presens qu"on faisoit par sacrifices aux temples des dieux immortels diceluy temps, & a celle fin que l"on ne s"estonnast par trop souuent desdictes fraiz & mises ne s"osoyent presenter aux temples.

Ce nonobstant voyant vostre splendeur Royalle, accompagnee d"vne incomparable humanite ay prins mon addresse, non comme aux Roys de Perse, qu"il n"estoit nullement permis d"aller a eux, ny moins s"en approcher. Mais, a vn tresprudent, a vn tressage Prince, i"ay consacre mes nocturnes & prophetiques supputations, composees plustot d"vn naturel instinct: accompagne d"vne fureur poetique, que par reigle de poesie, & la pluspart compose & accorde a la calculation Astronomique, correspondant aux ans, moys & sepmaines des regions, contrees, & de la pluspart des villes & tirez de toute l"Europe, comprenant de l"Affrique, & vne partie de l"Asie par le changement des regions, qui s"approchent la pluspart de tous ces climats, & compose d"vne naturelle faction: respondra quelqu"vn qui auroit bie besoin de soy moucher, la Rithme estre autant facile, comme l"intelligence du sens est difficile. Et pource, o tres humanissime Roy, la pluspart des quatrins prophetiques sont tellement scabreux, que l"on n"y scauroit donner voye n"y moins aucuns interpreter, toutesfois esperant de laisser par escrit les ans, villes, citez regions, ou la pluspart aduiendra, mesmes de l"annee 1585. & de l"annee 1606. accommencant depuis le temps preset, qui est le 14. de Mars, 1557. & passant outre bien loing iusques a l"aduenement qui sera apres au commencement du 7. millenaire profondement suppute, tat que mon calcul astronomique & autre scauoir s"a peu estendre ou les aduersaires de Iesus Christ & de son Eglise: commenceront plus fort de pulluler, le tout a este compose & calcule en iours & heures d"election & bien disposees, & le plus iustement, qu"il ma este possible & le jour Minerua libera, et non inuita, supputant presque autant des aduentures du temps aduenir, comme des eages passez, comprenant de present, & de ce que par le cours du temps par toutes regios l"on cognoistra aduenir, tout ainsi nommement comme il est escrit n"y meslant rien de superflu, combien que l"on dit: Quod de futuris non est determinata omnino veritas. Il est bien vray, Sire que pour mon naturel instinct qui m"a este donne par mes auites ne cuidant presager, & adious & accordant iceluy naturel instinct auec ma longue supputation vny, & vuidant l"ame, l"esprit, & le courage de toute cure, solicitude, & fascherie par repos & tranquilite de l"esprit. Le tout accorde & presage l"vne partie tripode aeneo. Combien qu"ils sont plusieurs qui m"attribuent ce qu"est autant a moy, comme de ce que n"en est rie, Dieu seul eternel, qui est perscrutateur des humains courages pie, iuste, & misericordieux, est le vray iuge, auquel ie prie qu"il me vueille defendre de la calomnie des meschans qui voudroyent aussi calomnieusement s"enquerir pour quelle cause tous vos antiquissimes progeniteurs Roys de France ont guery des escrouelles, & des autres nations ont guery de la morsure des serpens, les autres ont eu certain instinct de l"art d"iuinatrice, & d"autres cas qui seroyet loing icy a racopter. – Ce nonobstant ceux a qui la malignite de l "esprit malin ne sera comprins par le cours du temps apres la terrene mienne extinction, plus sera mon escrit qu"a mon viuant cependant si a ma supputation des ages ie faillois on ne pourroit estre selon la volute d"aucuns. Plaira a vostre plus qu"imperialle Maieste me pardoner protestant deuant Dieu & ses saincts, que ie ne pretends de mettre rien quelconque par escrit en la presente epistre, qui soit contre la vraye foy Catholique, conferant les calculations Astronomiques , iouxte mon scauoir car l "espace du temps de nos premiers, qui nous ont precedez sont tels, me remettant sous la correction du plus sain iugement, que le premier homme Adam fut deuant Noe enuiron mille deux cens quarate deux ans ne computant les temps par la supputation des Gentils, comme a mis par escrit Varron: mais tant seulement selon les sacrees Escriptures, & selon la foi- blesse de mon esprit, en mes calculations Astronomiques. – Apre Noe, de luy & de l"vniuersel deluge, vint Abraham enuiron mille huictante ans, lequel a este souuerain Astrologue selon aucuns, il inveta premier les lettres Chaldaiques: apres vint Moyse enuiron cinq cens quinze ou seize ans, & entre le temps de Dauid & Moyse ont este cinq cens septante ans la enuiron. – Puis apres entre le temps de Dauid, & le temps de nostre sauueur & redempteur Iesus-Christ, n"ay de l"vnique Vierge, ont este (selon aucuns Cronographes) mille trois cens cinquate ans: pourra obiecter quelqu"vn ceste supputation n"estre veritable, pource qu"elle differe a celle d"Eusebe. Et puis le temps de l"humaine redeption iusques a la seduction detestable des Sarrazins, sont este six cens vingt & vn an, la enuiron, depuis en ca l"on peut facilement colliger quels temps sont passez, si la mienne supputatio n"est bonne & valable par toutes natios, pource que tout a este calcule par le cours celeste, par association d"esmotion infuse a certaines heures delaissees par l"esmotion de mes antiques progeniteurs. Mais l"iniure du temps, o serenissime Roy, requiert que tels secrets euenemens ne soyet manifestez, que par aenigmatique sentence, n"ayant qu"vn seul sens, & vnique intelligence, sans y auoir rien mis d"ambigue n"amphibologique calculation: mais plustost sous obnubillee obscurite par vne naturelle infusion approchant a la sentence d"vn des mille & deux Prophetes, qui ont este depuis la creation du mode, iouxte la supputation & Chronique punique de Ioel, Effundam spiritu meum super omnem carnem, et prophetabunt filij vestri, et filiae vestrae. Mais telle Prophetie procedoit de la bouche du S. Esprit, qui estoit la souueraine puissance eternelle, adioincte auec la celeste a d"aucuns de ce nombre ont predit de grandes & emerueillables aduetures: Moy en cest endroict ie ne m"attribue nullement tel tiltre, ia a Dieu ne plaise, ie confesse bien que le tout vient de Dieu, & luy en rends graces, honneur & louange immortelle, sans y auoir mesle de la diuination que prouient a fato: mais a Deo, a natura, & la pluspart accompagnee du mouuement du cours celeste, tellement que voyant comme das vn mirouer ardant, comme par vision obnulilee, les grans euenemens tristes, prodigeux, & calamiteuses aduentures qui s"approchent par les, principaux culteurs. Premierement des temples de Dieu, secondement par ceux qui sont terrestrement soustenus s"approcher telle decadence, auecques mille autres calamiteuses aduentures, que par le cours du temps on cognoistra aduenir: car Dieu regardera la longue sterilite de la grand dame, qui puis apres conceura deux enfans principaux: -- mais elle periclitant, celle qui luy sera adioustee par la temerite de l "aage de mort periclitat dedans le dixhuictiesme, ne pouuant passer le trentesixiesme qu"en delaissera trois masles, & vnefemelle, & en aura deux, celuy qui n"en eut iamais d"vn mesmepere . , nouuelles Loix promulguees: des autres enfans e premier occupera les Lions furieux couronnez, tenans les pattes dessus les armes interpidez. Le second se profondera si auant par les Latins accompagne, que sera faicte la seconde voye tremblante & furibonde au mont Iouis descendant pour monter aux Pyrennees ne sera translatee a l "antique monarchie, sera faiste la troisiesme innodation de sang humain, ne se trouuera de long temps Mars en Caresme. Et sera donnee la fille par la conseruation de l"Eglise Chrestiene tombant son dominateur a la paganisme secte des nouueaux infidelles elle aura deux enfans, l"vn de fidelite, & l"autre d"infidelite par la cofirmation de l"Eglise Catholic. – Et l"autre qui a sa grande confusion & tarde repentance la voudra ruiner, seront trois regions par l"extreme difference des ligues, c"est assauoir la Romaine, la Germanie, l"Espagne, qui feront diuerses sectes par main militaire, delaissant le 50. & 52. degrez de hauteur, & feront tous hommage des religions loingtaines aux regions de l"Europe & de Septentrion de 48. degrez d"hauteur, qui premier par vaine timidite tremblera, puis les plus occidentaux, meridionaux & orientaux trembleront, telle sera leur puissance, que ce qui se fera pas concorde & vnion insuperable des conquestes belliques. De nature seront esgaux: mais grandement differents de foy. Apres cecy la Dame sterille de plus grande puissance que la seconde sera receue par deux peuples, par le premier obstine par celuy qui a eu puissance sur tous, par le deuxiesme & par le tiers qui estedra ses forces vers le circuit de l"Oriet de l"Europe aux pannons l"a proflige & succobe & par voile marine fera ses extensions a la Trinacrie Adriatique par Mirmidon, & Germaniques du tout succombe, & sera la secte Barbarique du tout des Latins grandement affligee & dechassee. – Puis le grand Empire de l"Antechrist commencera dans la Atila & Zerses descendre en nombre grand & innumerable, tellement quela venue du Sainct Esprit procedant du 48. degre, fera transmigrastion, dechassant a l"abomination de l"Antechrist, faisant guerre contre le royal qui sera le grand Vicaire de Iesus-Christ, & contre son Eglise, & son regne per tempus, et in occasione temporis, & precedera deuant vne eclypse solaire le plus obscur, & le plus tenebreux, qui soit este depuis creation du monde iusques a la mort & passion de Iesus-Christ, & de la iusques icy, & sera au moys d "octobre que quelque grade translatio sera faicte, & telle que l"on cuidera la pesanteur de la terre auoir perdu son naturel mouuement, & estre abismee en perpetuelles tenebres, seront precedens au teps vernal, & s"en ensuyuant apres d"extremes chagemens, permutations de regnes, par grand tremblement de terre, auec pullulation de la neufue Babylonne, fille miserable augmentee par l"abomination du premier holocauste, & ne tiendra tant seulement Septante trois ans, sept moys, puis apres en sortira du tige celle qui auoit demeure tant long teps sterille, procedat du cinquantesme degre, qui renouuellera toute l "Eglise chrestienne. Et sera faicte grande paix vnion & cocorde entre vns des enfans des fronts esgarez, & separez par diuers regnes sera faicte telle paix que demeurera attache au plus profond baratre le suscitateur & promoteur de la martiale faction par la diuersite des religieux, & sera vny le royaume du Rabieux: qui cotrefera le sage. Et les cotrees villes, citez, regnes, & prouinces qui auront laisse les premieres voyes pour le deliurer, se caftiuant plus profondement seront secrettement laschez de leur liberte, & parfaicte religion perdue, commencement ront de frapper dans la partie gauche, pour retourner a la dextre , & remettant la sainctete profligee de long temps, auec leur pristin escrit, qu"apres le grand chien sortira le plus gros mastin, qui fera destruction de tout, mesmes de ce qu"au parauat sera este perpetre, seront redressez les temples comme au premier temps, & sera restitue le clerc a son pristine estat, & commencera a meretricquer & luxurier, faire & comettre mille forfaits. Et estant proche d"vne autre desolation, par lors qu"elle sera a sa plus haute & sublime dignite se dresseront de potentats & mains militaires & luy feront ostez les deux glaiues, & ne luy demeurera que les enseignes, desquelles par moyen de la curuature qui les attire, le peuple le faisant aller droict, & ne voulat se condescendre a eux par le bout opposite de la main aigue, touchat terre, voudront stimuler iusques, a ce que naistra d"vn rameau de la sterile de long temps, Qui deliurera le peuple vniuers de celle seruitude benigne & volontaire, soy remettant a la protection de Mars spoliant Iupiter de tous ses honeurs & dignitez, pour la cite libre, constituee & assise dans vn autre exigue Mezopotamie, Et sera le chef & gouuerneur iette du milieu, & mis au lieu de l"air, ignorant la conspiration des coniurateurs, auec le second Trasibulus, qui de long temps aura manie tout cecy: Alors les immundicitez des abominations seront par grande honte obiectees & manifestees aux tenebres de la lumiere obtenebre, cessera deuers la fin du changement de son regne, & les clefs de l"Eglise seront en arriere de l"amour de Dieu, & plusieurs d"entre eux apostatizerot de la vraye foy, & des trois sectes, celle du milieu, par les Culteurs d'icelle, sera vn peu mis en decadence. La prime totallement par l"Europe, la plus part de l"Affrique exterminee de la tierce, moyennat les pauures d"esprit, que par insesez esleuez par la luxury libidineuse adultereront. La plebe se leuera soustenant, dechassera les adheras des legislateurs, & semblera que les regnes affoiblis par les Orientaux que Dieu le Createur aye deslie Satan des prisons infernalles, pour faire naistre le grand Dog & Dohan, les quels seront si grande fraction abominable aux Eglises, que les rouges ne les blancs sans yeux ne sans mains plus n "en iugeront, & leur sera ostee leur puissance. -- Alors sera faicte plus de persecutio aux Eglises, que ne fut iamais. Et sur ces entrefaictes naistra la pestilence si grande que trois pars du monde plus que les deux defaudront. Tellement qu"on ne scaura, cognoistre ne les appartenans des champs & maisons, & naistra l"herbe par les rues des cites plus haute que les genoux: Et au clerge sera faicte toute desolation, & vsurperont les martiaux ce que sera retourne de la cite du Soleil de Melite, & des isles Stechades, & sera ouuerte la grad chaisne du port qui pred sa denomination au boeuf marin. Et sera faite nouuelle incursion par les maritimes plages, Volant le saut castulum deliurer de la premiere reprinse Mahumetane. Et ne seront de leurs assaillemens vains, & au lieu que iadis fut l"habitation d"Abraham, sera assaillie par personnes qui auront en veneration les Iouialistes. Et icelle cite d"Achem sera enuironnee, & assaillie de toutes parts en tresgrande puissance de gens d"armes. Seront affoiblies leurs forces maritimes par les Occidentaux. Et a ce regne sera faicte grande desolation, & les plus grandes citez seront de peuplees, & ceux qui entreront dedans seront comprins a la vengeance de l"ire de Dieu. -- Et demeurera le sepulchre de tant grande veneration par l"espace de long temps soubs le serain a l"vniverselle vision des yeux du Ciel, du Soleil, & de la Lune. Et sera conuerty le lieu sacre en ebergement de troupeau menu & grand, & adapte en substances prophanes. O quelle calamiteuse affliction sera par lors aux femmes enceintes: & sera par lors du principal chef Oriental, la plus part esmeu par les Septentrionaux & Occidentaux vaincu, & mis a mort, profligez, & le reste en fuite, & ses enfans de plusieurs femmes emprisonnez, & par lors sera accomplie la Prophet du Royal Prophete: Vt audiret gemitus compeditorum, vt solueret filios interemptorum . Quelle grande oppression qui par lors sera faicte sur les Princes & gouuerneurs des Royaumes, mesmes de ceux qui seront maritimes & Orietaux, & leurs langues entremeslees a grande societe: la langue des Latins & des Arabes par la communication Punique, & seront tous ces Roys Orientaux chassez profligez, exterminez, no du tout par le moyen des forces des Roys d "Aquilon & par la proximite de nostre siecle par moyen des trois vnys secrettemet cerchant la mort, & insidies par embusches l"vn de l"autre, & durera le renouuellement de Triumuirat sept ans, que la renommee de telle secte fera son estendue par l"vnivers, & sera soustenu le sacrifice de la saincte & immaculee hostie: -- & seront lors les Seigneurs deux en nombre d"Aquilon, victorieux sur les Orientaux, & sera en iceux faict si grand bruit & tumulte bellique, que tout iceluy. Orient tremblera de la frayeur d'iceux freres, non freres Aquilonaires. Et pource, Sire, que par ce discours ie mets presque confusement ces predictions, & quand ce pourra estre & l "aduenement d"iceux, pour le denombrement du temps que s"ensuit, qu"il n"est nullemet ou bien peu conforme au superieur: lequel tant par voye Astronomique, que par autres mesmes des sacrees escritures, qui ne peuuent faillir nullement, -- que si ie voulois a vn chacun quatrain mettre le denombrement du temps, se pourroit faire: mais a tous ne seroit aggreable, ne moins les interpreter iusques a ce sire, que vostre maieste m"aye octroye ample puissance pour ce faire, pour ne donner cause aux calomniateurs de me mordre. -- Toutesfois contans, les ans depuis la creation du monde, iusques a la naissance de Noe, sont passez milcinq cens & six ans, -- & depuis la naissance de Noe iusques a la parfaicte frabrication de l "arche, approchant de l" vniuerselle mondation, passerent six cents ans (si les dos estoyet solitaires ou Lunaires, ou des dix mixtions) ie tiens ce que les sacrees escriptures tiennent qui estoyent Solaires. Et a la fin d"iceux six ans Noe entra dans l"arche pour estre sauue du deluge: & fut iceluy deluge, vniuersel sur terre, & dura vn au & deux mois. Et depuis la fin du deluge iusques a la natiuite d"Abraham, passa le nombre des ans de deux cens nonate cinq. Et depuis la natiuite d"Abraham iusques a la natiuite d"Isaac passerent cent ans. Et depuis Isaac iusques a Iacob, soixante ans des l"heure qu"il entra en Egypte iusques a l"yssue d"iceluy passerent cent trete ans. Et depuis l"entree de Iacob, en Egypte iusques a l"issue d"iceluy, passerent quatre cens trente ans. Et depuis l"yssue d"Egypte iusques a l"edification du Temple faicte par Salomon au quatriesme an de son regne, passerent quatre cens octate ou quatre vingts ans. Et depuis l"edification du temple iusques a Iesus Christ selon la supputation des hierographes, passerent quatre cens nonante ans. Et ainsi par ceste supputation que i"ay faicte, colligee par les sacres lettres, sont enuiron quatre mille cent septante trois ans & huict mois, peu ou moins: Or de Iesus Christ en ca par la diuersite des sectes ie laisse, & ayant suppute & calcule les presentes Propheties, le tout selon l"ordre de la chaisne qui contient sa revelation, le tout par doctrine Astonomique, & selon mon naturel instinct, & apres quelque temps &dans iceluy comprenant depuis le temps que Saturne qui tournera entre a sept du mois d"Auril, iusques au 15. d"Aoust Iupiter a 14. de Iuin iusques au 7. Octobre Mars depuis le 17. d"Auril, iusques au 22. de Iuin, Venus depuis le 9. d"Auril iusques au 22 .de May, Mercure depuis le 3. de Feurier, iusques au 24. dudit. En apres le premier de Iuin, iusques au 24. dudit, & du 25. de Septembre, iusques au 16. de Octobre, Saturne en Capricorne, Iupiter en Aquarius, Mars en Scorpio, Venus en Pisces, Mercure dans vn moys en Capricorne, Aquarius, & pisces, la lune en Aquarius la teste du Dragon en Libra: la queue a son signe opposite suyuant vne conionction de Iupiter a Mercure auec vn quadrin aspect de Mars a Mercure, & la teste du Dragon sera auec vne conionction du Soleil a Iupiter, l "annee sera pacifique sans eclypse, & non du tout, -- & sera le commencement comprenant ce de ce que durera & comencant icelle annee sera faicte plus grande persecution a l" Eglise Chrestienne, que n "a este faicte en Afrique, & durera ceste-icy iusques, a l"an mil sept cens nonante deux que l"o cuydera estre vne renouation de siecle: apres commencera le peuple Romain de se redresser, & de chasser quelques obscures tenebres, receuant quelque peu de leur pristine clarte, non sans grande diuision & continuel chagemens. Venise en apres en grande force & puissance leuera ses aisles si treshaut, ne disant gueres aux forces de l"antique Rome. Et en iceluy temps grandes voyles Bisantines associees aux Ligustiques par l "appuy & puissance Aquilonaire, donnera quelque empeschement que des deux Cretenses ne leur sera la foy tenuee. Les arcs edifiez par les antiques Martiaux, s" accompagneront aux ondes de Neptune. En l"Adriatique sera faicte discorde grande ce que sera uny sera separe, approchera de maison ce que paravant estoit & est grande cite, comprenant le Pompotam la Mesopotamie de l"Europe a quarante cinq & autres de quarante vn, quarante deux, & trente Sept. Et dans iceluy temps, & en icelles contrees la puissance infernale mettra a l"encontre de l"Eglise de Iesus Christ la puissance des aduersaires de sa loy, qui sera le second Antechrist, lequel persecurera icelle Eglise & son vray Vicaire, par moyen de la puissance des Roys temporels, qui seront par leur ignorance seduicts par langues, qui trencheront plus que nul glaiue entre les mains de l"insense. Le susdicts regne de l"Antechrist ne durera que iusques au definition de ce n"ay pres de l" aage & de l"autre a la cite de Plancus accompagnez de l"esleu de Modone Fulcy, par Ferrare, maintenu par Liguriens Adriaticques, & de la proximite de la grande Trinacrie: Puis passera le mot Iouis, Le Gallique ogmium, accompagne de si grand nombre que de bien loing l"Empire de sa grande loy sera presente, & par lors & quelque temps apres sera espanche profuseement le sang des Innocens par les nocens vn peu esleuez: alors par grands deluges la memoire des choses contenues de tels instruments receura innumerable perte, mesmes les lettres: qui sera deuers les Aquilonaires par la volonte diuine, & entre vnefois lie Satan. Et sera faicte paix vniuerselle entre les humains, & sera deliuree l"Eglise de Iesus Christ de toute tribulation, combien que par les Azos-tains voudroit mesler dedans le miel du fiel, & leur pestifere seduction: & cela sera proche du septiesme millenaire, que plus le sanctuaire de Iesus Christ ne sera conculque par les infideles qui viendront de l"Aquillon, le monde approchant de quelque grande conflagration combien que par mes supputations en mes propheties, le cours du temps aille beaucoup plus loing Dedans l"Epistre que ces ans passez ay dedie a mon fils Cesar, Nostradamus i"ay assez appertement declare aucuns poincts sans presage. Mais icy, o Sire, sont comprins plusieurs grands & merueillieux aduenemens, que ceu qui viendront apres le verrot. Et durant icelle supputation Astrologique, conferee aux sacrees lettres, la persecution des gens Ecclesiastiques prendra son origine par la puissance des Roys Aquilonaires, vnis auec les Orientaux. Et ceste persecution durera onze ans, quelque peu moins, que par lors defaillira le principal Roy Aquilonaire, lesquels ans accomplis suruiendra son vny Meridional, qui persecutera encore plus fort par l "espace de trois ans les gens d" Eglise, par la seductio apostatique , d"vn qui tiendra toute puissance absolue a l"Eglise militaire, & le sainct peuple de Dieu obseruateur de sa loy, & tout orde de religion sera grandement persecute & afflige tellement que le sang des vrais Ecclesiastiques, nagera par tout, & vn des horribles Roys temporels par ses adherans luy seront donnes telles louanges, qu"il aura plus respandu de sang humain des innocens Ecclesiastiques, que nul ne scauroit auoir du vin. & iceluy Roy comet- tra des forfaicts enuers l"Eglise incroyables, coulera le sang humain par les rues publiques, & temples, comme l"eau par pluye impetueuse, & rougiront de sang les plus prochains fleuues, & par autre guerre nauale rougira la mer, que le rapport d"vn Roy a l"autre luy sera dit: Bellis rubuit naualibus aequor. Puis dans la mesme annee & les suiuantes s"en ensuiura la plus horrible pestilence, & la plus meruelleuse par la famine precedente, & si grandes tribulations que iamais soit aduenue telle depuis la premiere fondation de l"Eglise Chrestienne, & par toutes les regions Latines, demeurant par les vestiges en aucunes contrees des Espaignes. Par lors le tiers Roy Aquilonaire entendat la plaincte du peuple de son principal tiltre, dressera si grande armee, & passera par les destroits de ses derniers auites & bisayeuls, qui remettra la plus part en son estat, & le grand Vicaire de la cappe sera remis en son pristin estat: mais desole, & puis du tout abandonne, & tournera estre Sancta Sanctorum destruicte par Paganisme & le vieux & nouueau Testament serot dechassez, bruslez, en apres l"Antechrist sera le prince infernal, encores par la derniere foy trembleront tous les Royaumes de la Chrestiente, & aussi des infideles, par l "espace de vingt cinq ans, & seront plus grieues guerres & batailles, & seront villes, citez chasteaux, & tous autres edifices bruslez, desolez, destruicts, auec grande effusion de sang vestal, mariees, & vefues violees, enfans de laict contre les murs des villes allidez & brisez, & tant de maux se commettront par le moyen de Satan, prince infernal, que presque le monde vniuersel se trouuera defaict & desole: & auant iceux advenemens aucuns oyseaux insolites crieront par l"air, Huy huy, & seront apres quelques temps esuanouys. Et apres que tel temps aura dure longuement, sera presque renouuelle vn autre regne de Saturne, & siecle d"or, Dieu le createur dira entendant l"affliction de son peuple, Satan sera mis, & lie dans l"abysme du barathre dans la profonde fosse: & adonc commencera entre Dieu & les hommes vne paix vniuerselle, -- & demeurera lie enuiron l "espace de mille ans, & tournera en sa plus grande force, la puissance Ecclesiastique, & puis tourne deslie. Que toutes ces figures sont iustement adaptees par les diuines lettres aux choses celestes visibles, c"est a scavoir, par Saturne, Iupiter, & Mars, & les autres conioincts, comme plus a plain par aucuns quadrins l"on pourra voir. Ie eusse calcule plus profondement, & adapte les vns auecques les autres. Mais voyant o Serenissime Roy, que quelqu"vns de la sensure trouueront difficulte, qui sera cause de retirer ma plume a mon repos nocturne: Multa etiam, o rex omnium potentissime, praeclara et sane in breui ventura, sed omnia in hac tua epistola innectere non possumus, nec volumus: sed ad intelligenta quaedam facta horrida fata, pauca libanda sunt, quamuis tanta sit in omnes tua amplitudo et humanitas homines , deosque pietas, vt solus amplissimo et Christianissimo Regis nomine, et ad quem summa totius religionis auctoritas deferatur dignus esse videare. Mais tant seulement ie vous requiers, o Roy tres clemet; par icelle vostre singuliere & prudente humanite, d "entendre plus tost le desir de mon courage, &le souuerain estude que i" ay d "obeyr a vostre Serenissime Maieste, depuis que mes yeux furent si proches de vostre splendeur Solaire, que la grandeur de Mon labeur n"attainct ne requiert.
De Salon, ce 27. de Iuin, 1558.

Faciebat Michael Nostradamus Salonae Petrae Prouinciae

Neviigranij ochenij-moschnij, ochenij- xristianij Genri Crol iz Franci vtorij:

Michelle Nostradamus

ochenij-unigenij, ij ochenij-p about vinij slugitel ij

subject

viiganij ij velichij

Moschnij jetij svershenij obsledovanie kaj ja imej, o ! ochenij- xristianij & ochenij-viigranij Crol, zatem che moj likij estjanj dolgij vremij obmugij predstavit vo perednij do bogij do vashij moguchij nemerjanij, zatem na eta ja este neprerivnij razduvanij, ne zadi istinaj do gordenij & dost O jnij uvagajemj jetij dnij che pervennij perednij jetij ja sebij predstavlenij, cabbi odn znakovij moguchij stolkij umnaj. Mej shurshanij kajkoj sluchajnij pasred kotorijj ja mojjij opovestiti dobre serdij & francij smelost, che podvignaj jetij moj moschij jistij dejanj obbilnj razshirenie do soznanost iznanc vashej sijanj moguchij. Mej videnij che pasred dejstvij je objavljati ne maj stoit mogenij, edinj vis moj znakovij gelati iz maj stolkij dolgij dobivanie & obsledij, eslij vnezapnij iscorcij & perenesenij vo peredij do likij do sovershenij ochij & pervij edina tarxij vo ed inijij, stollnij che ja esti vo dumij dolgovremij kaj ja javlenij con socritij sej troij Sotenij do ostajuchj iz moij Providij, poreshenaj milliard & paslej imeti dlinnij con gatij odn otvajanj udachj, branij moj obratnij iznanc vashej moguchij, ne ostavlenij radij sej istinni, cabbi ra s caznj gravernij dejatel Plutarxij vo jitij Licurgij, che videnij darenij & prinoshenij kaj dejanjat pasred socritijij vo teremij bogij ne smertnij dvj seij vremij & sejj kon che ne istinnost pasred lishca zavershenij zadij govorij fraz & postavij ne osobenij prisnij vo teremij.

Sej neobstajanj videnij vashij bleschenij crolnij, vo sobranij odn ne con parnij umenij imanj branij moj obbratnij, ne cabbi Crolij Persij kaj ejnj ne udostojat nichejnij pozvolenij do itti na jij, rodij menij bblizitisa. Noj imat odn ochenij porudnij, ochenij starij Princi, ja imat con socritij moij nochnij & providij summirovanij, con postavij boleej vo odin rodnij ne istinij: vo sobranij odn jarenij pojuschij, che pasred pravilij pojuchij & bolej dolij con postavij & sogglasij na calesij ruchn ij Letnij imenij con raspredelenij naj godij, mesjac & sechenij po crajnij, con storonij & po bolej dolij jilij & derevnij po vsij Evropi, con branij do Afrikij & odn dolij Azij pasred zamennij crajnij, kaj bblignij bolej dolij do vsij etij clonenij & con postavij do odn rogdenij dejanie: obrat otvechajema okolnij kaj imat biti objazanij do samij mushkij, ritmij eslij imat legkij, cabbi razumenost do mislij est trudnij. Ij pochem, o! ochenij umennostnij Crol bolej dolij chetverij providcheskij bejashat stolnij scandalnij, che ne iscajenij davati videnij ne menij nikojnj megdu prjatati, vsij takij nadejnij ostavitti pasred iscrjabij godij, jillij, selij, crajnij, gdij bolej dolij pojavlena , meschenij ot godinj 1585 & do godinij 1606 ne con nachalnij zatem vremi prisnij, kaj esti 14 March, 1557 & proxodij drugij dobrenij dolgij blizkij pojavlenij kaj besha paslej vo con nachinanij 7 temenij glubinnij summirovanij casatj che mnoj calesij rucnoj letnij imenoj & drugij iscagenij po malij istinij delati gdij otvergenij ot Jesus Krist & ot svoj Cerkvij: con nachinat boles silij burruliti, jei vsij esti con postavij & calesij ruchnij vo dnijij & chasij crichanij & dobre zadij postavij & jei bolej julinij che maj esti moggnij & dnij Minerva svobodna, ij ne viezdna, summarnaj blisko nastolkij pojavlenij do vremij pojaviti , cabbi letij proxodij, con prinjataj vo prisnij & do sej che pasred techij vremij pasred vsij crajij izvestna pojaviti, vsij takij imenovanij cabbi jij esti iscrjabij ne ravnaj nichut do sverx polnij scolkij che govorij: kotorij do buduchij ne esti biti con nechnij imenij pravdij jij esti dobre pravdij, Carj, che dlja moj rodnij ne istinij kaj mnij esti dannij pasred moij imatij ne svedenij prestarij & durnij & sogglasnij sejij rodnij ne istinij vis maj dolgij summirovanie edinij & vidjachij lubij, ispertij & smelost do vsij lechenij, tverdost & ogorchen ie pasred peredix & plavvinj ot ispertij. Vsij sogglasij & prestarij odn dolij plutnij jarenij. Scol mnogij kaj eij bejashat mnogijij kaj moge pottrebnij sej kaj est vostolnij na moj, cabbi do sej che ne est libj, Bogij edinij vechnij, kaj presledovatel umenij s melostij picj, julij & nizecj cerdj, pravdij sudij, o kaj ja prosij kaj ij mi starij oboroniti ot clevetanij ot meschanij kaj velanjat tacgi clevetanijschenij vicavirati radij kotirijj cozij vsij vashij drevnisamij porogdenitelij Crolij Franci imat vojni izcrovji & drugij narodij imat vojni do merzkij do zmejinij , drugij imat imelj lishenj tajnj ne istinij do pjnostij & do drugij cozij kaj siroedij ledij vo scazatel.

Sej neobstajanj selij vo kaj zilobno s t izpertij zlobij ne besha con prinjatij pasred techij vremij paslej zemelnij moij ognetushenie, bolej besha mnoj izscrjabij che emij mnoj videnij meg tem takij maj summurovanij letij ja narruchij ne pojjij esti soglasnj volnij nekotorij. Prijatna imat vashij bolej kaj samij pervij moguchij mne proscheniti protestnaj peredij Bogij & svoij svjatij, che ja ne pritjazanj do postaviti nichut kojkogovij pasred iscrjabij na prisnij opis stolij kaj budij protivij pravdij verij Catholiceskij, con vverij cales ij ruchnij letnij imenij, sudij maj iscagenij jibo bes plochadij vo vremij ot nash pervij, kaj maij imat pregedij estij dalnij mnoj perepostavij podj con lechenie do bolij zdravj sugdenij, che pervij mugnij Odin bil peredij Noj okolinnj temij dvoj sotnij chatir na desjat dvoj (1242) godij ne con putati vremij paj summirovanij Genij dirij, cabbi imat post pasred iscrjabij Varron: noj stolkij edinnij soglasnj socritij Iscrjabijnij & soglasnj verij – obieggenj moj ispertij ij maij summirovanij Letnij imenoj.

Paslej Noj, ot jej & ot edinij polugij , javlenj Avraam okolinnj temij osmij na desjat (1080) godij, cotorij imat esti sovershenij Letnij slovij soglasnj nikagdij, jij naviezdnij pervij slovnij Shaldajskij:paslej javlenij Mojshi ok olinnj pjatok sotnij pjatok ij desjat (515) lib shest ij desjat (516) godij & megdij vremij David & Mojshi imat esti pjatok sotenij semij na desjat (570) godij okolinnj.

Zatem megdij vremij David ij vremij do nashij sovershenij & iscuppitel Jisus-Krist rodij ot edinij Devichnj, imat esti (soglasnj nikagdij Vremij scrjabij) temij troij sotenij pjatok na desjat (1350) godij (4757): mojna vozragati kojkakoj p ustij summirovanij ne esti vernij, poscol che jijj otlichnij ot sejj Ieshuj. Ij zatem vremij ot umnij iscuplenie blizkij sldcovanie obrat teshnj Corrichnj, imat esti shostij sotenij dvoj na desjat & odn (621) godij, okolinnj, biti poslj vo et malij legchenij sorrenie skolij vremij imat proxodij, takij moij summarnij ne esti dobre & pravdij pasred vsijij narodij che vsij esti calesij ruchnij pasred techij chijistj, pasred ssosednij ot smjatenie nastojanj na lishenj tajnij chasij obrat rastanij pasred smjatenie ot moj vetxij porogedenitelej. Noj edinij vo vremij, o ! sijanj Crol, perekavichnij che dalij socritij sobivannij ne sholkovij rukij delanij, che pasred jarj vulkanij sugdenost, ne javlenit kaj odin edinij smisl & edinij rasumenost, lishenij imeti nichut post ot okrugnij ne zemopolovij calesij ruchnij: noj luchshi j podij vozmugij obsledij pasred odn rodnij nastojanij bbliganij vo sugdenost ot edin do tmij & dvoj Providenij, kaj imat esti zatem tvorenij do porjad O c, sudij summirovanij & Vremenik finikij ot elinij, Affinj, bogij spertij moij svishe imenij car imenij, ij providenij vedij vestij, ij vedenij vestij. Noj tacijj Providij prosledij ot gubnij ot S. Ispertij, kaj ustoit svershenij moschnojst vechnij soedinnij vis chistij nekij do etij chislenij imat predsca z at velikajij & zamechatelnij pojavlenij: Moj vo seij mestnojj ja ne trebij nuchej takoj glavnij, imat ot Bogij ne prijatij, ja con veshat dobre che vsij javlenjat do Bogij & darenij milostij, gordij & slavlenje ne smertij, lishenij imeti neravnij do bojistvnij che predvidij vo vechij: noj vo Bogij, vo rodnij & bolej dolij soprovogdenij vo dvigenij vo techij chistij, takovij che videnij cabbi danij odn zercalij rdenij, cabbi videnij obnulenij, velikajij sobivannij grustnj, providenij & goremikatij pojavlenij kaj ppribligenij jij glav nij rukij delatel. Pervenij vo teremij Bogij, vtorejnij pasred selij kaj zemlistrojnij podtjanij bbligeniti takijj upadenost vis kaj tmij drugij goremikanij pojavlenij, che pasred techij vo vremij con gnutena pojavleniti: ibo Bogij prigladena dolgij stelnij do velikaj mugnij, kaj zatem poslej con videna dvoij nevinaj glavnij ( Romul, Rem): -- noj ejji perecrivanaj tejj kaj jij besha durnij pasred otvajanostj vo letij vo smert perecrivat vonutrij desjat-osmij (18- th hail ), ne mogenaj proxoditi tri na desjat shostij (36- th hail .) kaj obrat rastana troij mugskij & unij genskijj & po javlena dvoj, teij kaj ne imat nikadaj ot edin mugnij batij, ot troij bratij bejashat takijj otllichimst zatem edinij & sogglasij, che troij & chatirij dolnij Evropij droganjat: pasred men chj vo letij besha edina tarxij crestnij podtjanij & uvelichenij socritij izbranij & vnezapnij unigenij, Arabij perecovilij, Crolnij edinij, novij julij promovjenij: drugij nevinajij est pervij poccushena Levij jarenij coronnij, tjanenij lapij svishej orugij megdij pjatij. Vtorij uglublena takij peredij pasred Latinij soprovogdenij, che besha dejanij vtorij videnij treplenij & jarenij bolshj na gornij delenij zadij sedlanij chtob podnjati naj Pireneij ne besha perevod slovnij vo vetxij edina tarxij, besha vershinaj tretejnij navodnenie iz krov umenij, ne najdena vo dolgij vremij Mars vo Scoromij. Ij besha otdanaj devijj pasred con soxranenij vo Cerkvij Xrictianij padenaj svoj poginatel na poganizm socritij iz novij nevernij ejjij javlena dvij nevinaj, odn iz vernij & drugij nevernij pasred con derganie vo Cerkvij Catholic. Ij drugij kaj na sva con smeshenie & temnoj perepinanie jei jelanna rushiniti, bejashat troij crajnij pasred sverxnij otllichimst uzlij sej esti osagdenij Romanij Germanij Ispanij, kaj dejanjat dvoj vershij socritij pasred rukij voenaj, obrat rastanjat 50 & 52 stepenij do visij & dejanjat vsij pochitanij nabognij dolgotaanij vo crajnij vo Evropi & vo Samij severnij do 48 stepenij visij, kaj pervij pasred vijnij Stidlivj Trepplena, Zatem Bolej Vecernij, Sredinnij & Dalnij Treplenjat, Takij Besha Jij Moschnost, Che Sej Kaj dejana Passed Con Soglasj & Edinenij ne svershenij con kon con Kon ovilanj vojinskij.vo rodnij bejashiat izgojij: noj otelichinij otlichnij ot verij. Paslej teji Mugnij stelnaj do bolej velikaj moschnost che vtorij besha prijama pasred dvoj poludij, pasred pervij neotstupnij pasred seij kaj imat moschnost na vsij, pasred dvoinij & pasred tretij kaj ostavlenna svoj silij verxij crugij Dalnij Evropi naj Pannonij fail & usttupij & pasred volnij morenij dejana raztjanenij na Trojostrij Adriatikij pasred Muravjinij & Germanskij do vsij scconchanij & besha sechenij Borodij do vsij Latinij velichinij ogorchenij & vignanij.

Zatem velikaj samj pervij Antixrist con nachalna naj Atila & Corichnij zadij sedlati na chislenij velikaj & ne chislenij, stolnij kaja javlena do Svjatij Ispertij proslednaj do 48 stepenij, dejana megdijpogranichnij, vignanij obmiranie ot Antixrist, dejanij vojni protivij crolaj kaj besha velikaj vmestanj Iisus-Xrist & protivij svoj Cerkvij & svoj pravlenij vo vremij, ij vo sluchajnij vremenij & presledovana peredij odin zatemij solnechni bolej obsledij & bolej tenj brosj, kaj budij esti biti paslej tvorenij vo mirnij blizkij na smert & peregi va nie Iisus-Christ & do blizkij etj, & besha vo mesjac octjabrij che kojkoj velikaj peremeschenij besha dejani & tacij che svedena vesomatel zemli imati poterij svoj rodnij podvijnij & esti opustenij vo neprerivnij tenevij, bejashat pregedij vo vremij veshnaj & vo sledovanij paslej sverxnij zamenij per e meschenie pravlenij pasred velikaj trepplenij zemli, vis burrulenie vo novij Vavilonni, devijj bedovanaj ognenjanj pasred obmiranie pervij kada costernj & ne tjanenna stolkij edinstvenjsemij na desjat troij godij , semij mesjac, zatem paslej vijdena do s tvolj tejji kaj imat dominij stolkij dolgj vremij stelnij, prosledij do pjatok na desjatnij (50) stepenij, kaj perenovena vsij Cerkvij xristianij. Ij besha dejanij velikaj pokij edinenie & cin soglasij megdu edinij nevinajij do perdnij soxranij & otdelnij pasred dvoj vershij pravlenij besha dejanij takij pokij che progivana stjagnij na bolej glubokj maslodelij sverxchujatel & prodvigatel do vojenaj dejanie pa sred dvoj vershij bogenij & besha edinij crolnost iz Rabiij: kaj protivij dejana starj. Et con storonij jillij, selij, crajnij & projivanie kaj javlenjat ostavij pervijij jezdij radij svoboditi, cafarnij bolej glubinnaj bejashat socritnaj lasckij jeij svobodij & peredejanij bogenie prjatanij, con nachinanaj do barabbaniti nutrij dolij levshij , radij perecrugniti na lovcij & perepostavij svjatost polzijij do dolgij vremij . lugij vo svoj prestupnij stojanij & con nachinana vo mati plutovati & vivixati, delati & con postaviti tmij zlodejanij. Ij postavij blignij odin drugij razorenie, poj togdaj kaj ejji besha vo sva bolej visij & podjemnij dostojnij vodrugenjat vlastitelnij & rukij voenijij & jij dejanat ostrij iz dvoj kladinij & ne jij zadij mertvena kaj vostjagnij, dokajij poj srednij iz grebatelnij kaj svoj ocharovati, poludij dejanaj ittiti platij & ne jelat con sedlati do jix pasred bokij obboj storonij ot rukij jagij trogaj zemli, jelannjat stegati blizkij, na sej che rogdena odn prjamoj ot stelnoj vo dolgij vremij, kaj izbavlena poludij edinnij ot sejj slugiv ost blagodushij svoevolennaj, sebij perepostavlenaj na protivlenie ot Mars & ispolinaj Jupiter vo vsij svoj gordij & dostojnij, radij selij svobodnij, con sostavlenij & posagenij naj odin drugij izigovij Mesopotamij. Ij besha glav & gorodenij kiddij do sredij & postavi na legij iz jarij, neznaemaj con zapiranij con julivatelij, vis vtorijStrashnij volij kaj dolgij vremij javlena ruchnij vsij etij: Togdaj neimuchij iz obmiranij bejashat velikaj krasnj objatnij & rukoj ve shanij naj tenebrosij vo luchinij obrat tenebrosij ostana zadij vershij kon do zamenenij svoj pravlenij & cluchij Cercvij bejashat vo dalnij do lubij Bogij & mnogenij megdij eij otstuplenjat ot pravij verij & troij sechenij, sejj do sredij, pasred rukatijij do sejj besha vo malj post obrat sedanost. Pervij vsejnij pasred Evropi, bolej dolij Affrikij istorgenij do tret, edinenaj moschnij Espertij, kaj pasred naselij izbranij pasred laskovij lubovanij odurachivanjat. Poludij vershena podstenjat, izgnatena odnorechnij julnislovitelij & sobbrana che pravlenij obbesumjij pasred Dalnij che Bogij Tvoritel javij zadij lik Satan iz porubok vogeleznijij, chtob delati rogdeniti gromadij Dogonij &Dohlij kajij bejashat takij gromad ij droblenie obmiranaj voj Cercvij, che rigij ne belenkij lishenij zenkj ne lishenij rukij bolej ne sugdenjat & jij besha ostavij jij moschnost.

Togdaj besha dejanij bolej iz presledij vo Cercvij, kaj ne bil blizkij. Ij na sej megdudejanij rogdena smertelnost takij gromadij che troij dolij mirnij bolej che dvoj zadij dostanjat. Stolnij che ne sledena con znavati ne prinadlegnost poljanij & mazanij & rogdena drevij naj ulicaj selij bolej visij che ludij. Ij vo cercovnij besha deanij vsij razorenij & vosvershenjat voenij sej che besha obrat crugnij do selij Solnechnij do Smeshenij & do ostrovij Svjatij chadij & besha otverzij gromadij cepejnij do port kaj pregdij svaj biti nazvanij bik morskoj. Ij besha novij vtorgenie pasred morskij polegij, Volnaj scochij Crepostij obrat svoboditi ot pervij obrat branij Magometanij. Ij ne bejashat jij ossagdenij vijnij & na legij che zadij bil progivanie Abraam, besha ossadij maskovij kaj javlenjat pochitanie lubij lestnij. Ij isejj selij Abraamj besha okrugnij & ossadij vsij silij dolnij vo lishcj gromadij ludij orugij. Bejashat obbezumij jijij silij morskij pasred Vechernij. Ij sej pravlenij besha dejat gromadij razorenij & bolej gromadij selij bejashat vo narodijij & gitelij kaj vojdenjat vonutrij bejashat con branij vo mschenij do jarij Bogij.

Ij obrat mertvij zagrobnaj vo takojj gromadij pasred besplochadj vo dolgij vremij podij sijanj edinovershijj videnie zenkij Sijanij, Solncj & Luni. Ij besha con verchenij legij socritij vo obereganij tropnij melkij & gromadij & posobij suschestvenost providenij. O kakojj goremikanij ogorchenij besha poj togdaj naj gennij nagrugenij: & besha paj togdaj glavnij glav Dalnij bolej dolij izmenj pasred Severnij crajnij & Vechernij viigranij & post na smert, provalnij jei ostavj vo bejanij & svoj nevinaj vo mnogij gen nij zabrannij & paj togdaj besha sovershenj Providenij vo Crolij Providenij: Vt audiret gemitus compeditorum, vt solueret filios interemptorum. Kajj gromadij ugnettenie kaj paslej besha dejanij naj Princij & gorodenij Rcolevij, samij gitelij kaj bejashat morskij & Dalnij & jij jazikij megdijsmeshanij vo gromadij sosednij:jazikij Latinij & Arabij pasred soobbschevanij Finikij & bejashat vsij sej Crolij Daln ij gnattij provalnij istorgenij, ne do vsij paj srednij Silij Crolij Dalinj proji v anij do nashij vecij paj srednij troij edinij socritnij cercovnaj smert & nasigenj pasred zapadnij odn do drugij & dlena perenovlenij do Troijmugnij semij godij, kaj pereimenovanij tojj socritij dejana svoj rastjanutij poj edinij & besha podstenij soc rovlenij vo svjatij & nemugij hajanij.

& bejashat togdaj Sennij dvoj vo chslenij Okojemnij , viigranij naj Dalnij & na ixnij dejanij takij gromadij burij & smjatenij vojinij che vsij isejij. Dalnij drogana ot straxij isejij bratij, ne bratij Okojemorodij. Ij pochem, Car, che pasred sej sebj govorij ja postavij blisko con smeshenij sej predscazanie& kada se mogga esti & objavlenij isejij, chtob biti chislenij vremij che sledovat, che ne est nuchejjinij gdij dobre malij con polnij vo svershij : kajij stolkij pasred videnij Letnij imennij, che pasred drugij samij iz socritij scrjabijtvorimij, raj ne moggenij vijjti nichejjnij.

Che takij ja jelanij na cagdij chetirnij postaviti jej biti chislenij do vremij, prinadlegij delati: noj vsij ne bejashnij oggrubljat, ne menej jij megduprijatij blizkij na sej Car, che vashij Moguchij mene ostrogij obblnj moschnost radij sej dejati, chtob ne davati sluchaj naj goremikanij do moj mordij.

Vsijtakij con tjanij, godij biti paslej tvorenij do mirnij, blizkij na rogdenost Noj , bejashat proxodij tmij pjatok sotenij& shostij (1506) godij

& biti paslej rogdenost Noj blizkij na prodejanij corobijdejanie cavchegij, bblignij do edinnij mirodejanie, proxodnij shostij sotenij (600) godij ( takij tilnij bitinj solnechnij toj lunnij toj desjat smeshenij) ja tjanij sej che socritij scrjabijtvorimij tjannenij kaj bitijnij solnechnij. Ij na kon isejij shostij godij Noj vojdena nutrij cavchegij esti soxranij ot polugij : & bil isejij polugij edinovershij naj zemli& dlinena odn na dvoj mesjac . Ij biti paslej kon polugij blizkij na rodivij Abraam, proxoga chislij godij do dvoj sotenij devjat pjatok (295). Ij biti zatem rodivij Abraam blizkij rodivij Isaac proxogdenij sotenij(100) godij. Ij biti zatem Isaac blizkij Jacob, shostij na desjat , ot chasij kaj vojdena vo Egipti blizkij isxodij do isejij, proxogdenij sotenij trij (300) godij . Ij biti zatem vxodij Jacov vo Egipti blizkij isxodij do isejij, proxogdenij chatirij sotenij na trij na desjat(430) godij. Ij biti zaten isxodij iz Egipti blizkij vodrugenij Teremij dejanij Solnechnij imenij na chatirnij god svoj pravlenij, proxogdenij chatirij sotenij osmij toj chatirij dvoj na desjat(408-420) godij. Ij biti zatem vodrugenij teremij blizkij Ijsus Krist soglasnij summirovanie verxoscrjabij, proxogdenij chatirij sotenij devjat na desjat(490) godij. Ij itakij pasred sejij summirovanij che ja dejanij, sorrivanij pasred socritij slovnij, bejashat okolnij chatirij temij sotenij semij na desjat troij(4173) godij, malij toj menij. Ige ot Iisus Krist vo eta pasred dvojevershij socritij ja reshati& javlenaj summarnij & calesij rucij prisnij Providenij, vsij soglasnij porjadnij iz cepejnij kaj con tjanij sva ra z vejinie, vsij pasred obuchenij Letnij imenij & soglasnij moj rodnij ne istinij& paslej kojkoj vremij & nutrij isejij con branaj biti zatem vremij che Sataninij kaj cruglena megdij semij iz mesjac ot april blizkij 15 do avgust Upiter 14, from ijun blizkij 7 octjabrj Mars biti zaten 17, from april blizkij 22 ijun, Venus biti zatem 9, from april blizkij 22 do maj, Mercurij biti zatem 3, from fevral blizkij 24 do govorij. Vo paslej pervij jun blizkij 24 do govorij & do 25, ot sentjabrj blizkij 16 do octjabrj , Satanij vo Copitnij rogij , Upiter vo Vodnij , Mars vo Scrjabij , Venus vo Piscarij , mercurij nutrij odn srednij Copitnij rogij, Vodnij & Piscarij , Lun vo Vodnij , glavij Drakon vo Ravnij : kavircj na svoj znakj obboj storonij svivanaj edin con edinenij ot Jupiter do Mercurij vis edin chatirnij spechij ot Mars do Mercurij & glavij Drakon besha odin con edinenij ot Solncij do Upiter, godij besha pokojnij lishenij zatemij & ne do vsij .

& Besha Con Nachinanij Conje Sej Do Sej Che Dlinena & Con Nachalnaj Isejiji Godinj Besha dejanij Bolej Gromadij Presledovanie Cercvij Kristianiy Rikij & Dlinena Sej-Suj Blizkij Na Godij Tmij Semij Sotenij Desjat Dvoj (1792), Che, Che o svedena esti odn pernovlenie vjecij: Paslej con nachinana poludij romanij ot perevoderuziti & & nttti kojkoj mrachinj tenjamij kojkoj malij pestuP NIJ Svetlij, Ne Lishenij Gromadij Dvoj Javlenij & Contijej Zamenenie. Venicij vo paslej vo gromadij silij & moschnost vishina svoij letnij chrezvisij, ne govornaj vojnij naj silij vetxij Romij. Ij vo isejij vremij gromadijij vojnij Vizantinij ssosednij naj Lugurijskij pasred oppornij & moschnost Okojemnij davanna kojkoj pomeshanij che iz dvoj Slaboumnij ne jij besha verij vedenij. Lucj vodrugenij pasred vetxij Vojinij, vo soobschnaj naj volnij Neptunij. Vo Adriatikij besha dejanij zadij soglasij gromadij sej che besha edinij besha otdelnj, bbligena do mazanij sej che pojavlenij udostoit & esti gromadij selij, con branij Topotanij Mesopotamij do Evropi na chatirij na desjat pjatok & drugij do chatirij odn, chatirij dvoj & trij na desjat semij . K aj bejashat pasred jeij neznajanie sldcovanij pasred jazikij, kaj trechenjat bolej che nikaj kladinij megduj rukij nerazumnj. Svish gvrnj pravlenij ot Antikrist ne dlinena che blizkij na okonchnij do sej ne javit bliz letij & do drugij selij Mlechnij vo soobbschij ot izbranij iz Madeni, Vulchi, pasred Ferrari, podtjanij pasred Ligurijnij Adriatichnij & ot blignij ot velikaj Triostrij . Zatem posledovana movij luchinaj, Galovij ognenij soobbschij takij velikaj chislenij che dobre dolgaj samoj pervij ot sva velikaj julij besha prisnij & poj togdaj & kojkoj vremij paslej besha ispachkanij glubinnij krov nevinnij pasred vinovnij odn mal ij izbranij. Togdaj pasred gromadij polugij pamjatnij chastij con tanij do takij nastraivanj priemna nechislenij poterij samij slovnij, kaj besha zadij vertij Okojemnijij pasred jelanij bogij & megdij edinorasij vjazj Satan. Ij besha dejanij pokij edinenij megdu umnaj & besha svobodnij Cercvij Iisus Kris ot vsij prigorevanij, skolnij che pasred Azij-tajnij jelanjat meshati vonutrij medij jielch & iji bestijnij sladcovanie: seja besha blizkij do sedmijnij temijnij , che bolej svjatijnij Iisus Krist ne besha con rucij pasred nevernij, kaj javlennjat ot Okojeminj, mirnij bbligennaj do kojkoj velikaj con vlogenij skolnij che pasred maj summirovanij maj predskazij, techij vremij xodij mnogij bolej dlinij. Vonutrij Opis stolnij che sej godij proxodij ja biti darenij na moj sinij, Cezar, Nostradamus ja ostavij otpertij vicrichati poj cagdij mechenij lishenij predzkazij. Noj isi Car, bejashat con branij mnogenij velikaj & volshbinj sobitijnij, che seji kaj javlenjat paslej je uvidjat. Ij dlinenjaj isejij summirovanij Letnij slovlenij, con fferjanij naj svjachenij slovnij, presledovanij ludij Izstarcheskij branna svoj pervenij pasred moschnost Crolij Okajemnij, edinij vis Dalnij. Ij sejij presledovanie dlinena odin na desjat godij, kojkoj malij menej, che poj togdaj biti slablena glavnij crol Okojemnij, neskolkij godij sovershenij podjavlena svoj edin Poludenij, kaj presledena eschij bolej silij poj besmestij do troij godij Cercvij , pasred sladcovij ne postojkij, odn kaj tjanena vsij moschnost besuslovij Cercvij voenaj & svjatij poludij ot Bogij obozritel do sva julij & vsij porjadij bogenij besha gromadnij presledij & obbigenij stollkij che crov pravij izstarikovij vodnena vsij. Ij odin iz ujjasnij Crolij vremenij pasred svoj odnerechnij jij bejashat dannij takij lubovanij, che eij imana bolej rasplavij krov umenaj iz nevinnaj izstarcheskij che nikaj ne scazanij imeti vin. & isejij Crol con postavlena sverxdejanij nevershij Cercvij neverojatnij, techena krov umnaj poj ulicij poludnij & teremij, cabbi vodaj pasred plavij nepotushnij & rigenaj ot krov blignij plavvij & poj drugij vojnij vodnij rigena mor, che trubbit odn Cro l drugij jij besha govogit: vojni rubinij vodnij okrasiti. Zatem nutrij sammij godij & sledovanij na sledovana bolej ujjasnij smertnost & bolej neverojatnij pasred gladinij predshestvenij & takij velikaj prigorevanij che nikadaj estij pojavlenij takijj zatem pervij osnovanoj Cercvij Kristiannij & paj vsij krajnij latin ij zadij mertvij paj sledij vo nekijij con storonij Ispanij. Paj sledij tretij Crol Okojemnij ustennaj placanij ot poludij do svoj glavnij titulij, vodrugena takij velikaj orugij & proxogdena poj zadij stroij do svojij poslednij javlenij & predcij, kaj obrat postavlena bolej dolij svoj sostavnij & velikaj Vmestanj do cuppolnij besha obrat postavij vo svoj prestupnij sostavnij: noj razorij & zatem ot vsij pokidannij & vernena Svjatij Svjatejnij obrat strojenij pasred Poganij & vetxij & novij Chadovanij bejashat izgnannij pogenij. Ij paslej Antikrist besha prince nevernaj, eschijij pasred poslednij verij droganjat vsij Crolenij iz Kristianij & takgi nevernij poj bezmestij do dvoj na desjat pjatok godij & bejashat bolej gruznij vojnij & vojevanij & bejashat jilij, selij, xatenij & vsij drugij vodruzij pogenij, razorij, zadij stroij, vis velikaj ispuskanie krov vestijnij, mugnij & devijij nasilnij, nevinij iz lacanij protivij muravij jilij soidinij & brizgij & stolkij bedij con postavlenaj paj sredij Satan, prince nevernij, che blisko mirnij edinenij najdenna zadij dejanij & razorij. & peredij isejij sobitijnijij necijij ptichijij naxalnj crichanjat vo jarij, Nu ! Nu ! & paslej kojkoj vremij izvjanij. Ij paslej che toj vremij javlena dliti dolgovremij, besha blizko perenovlenij odn drugij pravleni Sataninij& vecij iz gar, Bogij tvoritel govorena ustijnij oggorchenie svoj poludij, Satan besha postavij & vjazij nutrij obuzdij vo barakij nutrij glubinnij podij : & ladenij con nachalna megdij Bojij& umnaj edin pokij edinenij .

Ij zadij mertvij vjazij okolnij bezmestij do tmij godij & cruglena vo svoj velikaj silij moschnost izstarcheskij& paslej vorotnij zadij vjazij . Che vsij sej likijij bejashat sugdenij podobnij poj bogijnij slovnij naj chastij sijanij vidimij, sej esti znavati poj Sataninij, Upiter & Mars & drugij con edinij, cabbi bolej polnij pasred nekij chatirnij mojna viditi. Ja javvij calesij rucij bolej glubinnij & podobij odinij vis katorij drugij. Noj videnij, o, Sijatelnijshij Crol, che kojkoj edinij iz chujanij najdenjat tjagkij, che besha sluchaj obrat tjanuti moj perijnij na moj rozdix nochnoj: Multa etiam, o rex omnium potentissime, praeclara et sane in breui ventura, sed omnia in hac tua epistola innectere non possumus, nec volumus: sed ad intelligenta quaedam facta horrida fata, pauca libanda sunt, quamuis tanta sit in omnes tua amplitudo et humanitas homines , deosque pietas, vt solus amplissimo et Christianissimo Regis nomine, et ad quem summa totius religionis auctoritas deferatur dignus esse videare.

Noj tolkij jedinij ja obrat kavirnij, o Crol chrez milostnij, poj isejij vashij znakjvidelenij & ostorognj umenost usteniti bolej scorij jelanij moj smelost & sovershenij izuchenij, kaj ja objazij vashij Sijatelnijshij Moguchest, zatem che moj zenkij bilij takij blizkij do vashij blesk delati Solnechnij, chem gromadij moj trudij ne dogonij delati ne obrat kovirij.

Likij padij Mishel Nostradamus Salonij camenij Provansij

To the Invincible, Most Mighty, Most Christian Henry King of France II

From Michel Nostradamus

the most humble and obedient servant and

admirer,

victory and happiness

Extensive is the perfect examination I had, oh! a very Christian, very victorious King, then what in my person matured for a long time, I first imagine to the divine, immeasurable Majesty, then that I continuously improved not as a reproach to my honor and dignity and respect for one day, that first of all, I myself I present it as the only Majesty of my people. Meanwhile, having found some cases with the help of which I can inform you with a kind heart and with French courage, what prompted me to undertake enormous true deeds with extensive expansion to the awareness of the other side of the coin, Your Serene Majesty. Meanwhile, the clairvoyances that as a result I declare are not, perhaps, in unity with my only desire from my achievements and researches, which are sudden illumination and delivered before the face and perfect eyes of the first monarch in the universe, so many of them that I was in thinking for a long time, how to show the hidden secrets of these three Centuries, remaining in my Providence, solved by a billion and after not being beaten by the brave one in luck, who took my wrong side, Your Majesty, not abandoned for the sake of this truth, like the engraving narrator, actor Plutarch about the life of Lycurgus , that the clairvoyance of gifts and offerings, which are made through sacrifices in the temple to the immortal gods, is fragmented at this time and end, which is not the truth due to too complete and hidden phrases and shows that [the actions] in the temple are not particularly real.

This inconclusive clairvoyance, Your Serene Royal Highness, accompanied by incomparable humanity addressed to me, is not like the Prince of Persia, who will not deign anyone to even approach him, born less close. But there is one very modest, very wise prince, whom I dedicated to my night [vigils] and predictions summed up, compiled into one natural instinct, supports the furious poet, who, with the help of the rules of poetry and for the most part compilation and in accordance with the calculations of astronomy, distributing years, months and segments of regions, countries and for the most part cities and villages of all Europe, stretching to Africa, one part of Asia by replacing regions that are close to all these climates and constituted one natural phenomenon: which will answer, around which there will be a need to accept it Consider, the cycle, if it is easy for someone, then according to the understanding of thought it is difficult. And why, oh! a very humane King, most of the prophetic quatrains, being so obscene that they will not distort the clairvoyance given, nor reduce the significance of any interpretation, all this hope will remain thanks to the inventory of years, cities, villages, outskirts, where most of them are placed from the year 1585 to the year 1606, ending then with the present time, which is March 14, 1557 and passing through other very long ones until the phenomena that will be after the beginning of the 7th millennium, deep, summarized, regarding my astronomical calculations and others distorted to a small extent from the truth, where Jesus Christ is rejected and its own religion; stronger propagations [of heresies] will begin, all of them are compiled and calculated according to the days and hours of election and are greatly destroyed and in greater legality that it was possible for me and the day of Minerva, free and not invited, the events in the time of appearance are summarized almost as much as the years passing , understandable in the present and to this day, that with the help of the passage of time, with the help of areas known to appear, all are named as they are in the manuscript, not completely equal to the point of completeness, so much so that they say: what is in the future is not exactly the named truth. This is very true, Sire, that my natural instinct, which was given to me with the help of my appearance, I do not think that this natural instinct is wise and unwanted and inconsistent with my long general calculations and led by love, spirit and courage with all the care, perseverance and grief with the help of rest and peace of mind. All agreement and wisdom is one part of empty guile. There are so many of them that can be needed, those that are in so many [quantities] in me, how can I not smile from this, one, eternal God, who pursues people who are brave, verbose, fair to the low-hearted, truthful judges for whom I pray , that he will protect me in my old age from the slander of the philistines, who also want slanderous picking, because of which, due to all the most ancient ancestors of the kings of France, wars are bloody and among other peoples wars are vile and serpentine, for others a reliable instinct for art is a phenomenon and for others a raw food diet in ancient legends.

These unreasonable people, in whom malice, bitterness of spirit, will not understand the passage of time after the mundaneness of my fire extinguishing, will be in my manuscripts, what I saw in the meantime and I summed up over the years that I violated and what cannot be in accordance with the will some. Please, Your Most Imperial Majesty, forgive me, protesting before God and my saints, that I do not pretend to oppose anyone in the least with the help of what is written in this manuscript, which, so be it, is against the truth of the Catholic faith, trusting astronomical calculations, my judgment distortions or space in time by our First, which we follow in the distance, shifted by me to the correction of a more sound judgment that the first man Adam was before Noah about 1242 years, not taking into account the time for calculating his generation, as required in Varro’s manuscript: but only in in unified agreement with the Holy Scriptures and according to faith - [may be] offended by my spirit and my astronomical calculations.

After Noah, from him and from the Flood, the appearance of Abraham is about 1080 years old, with which not everyone agrees in perfect astrology, it is extracted from the letters of the Chaldeans: after the appearance of Moses about 515 or 516 years, between the time of David and Moses there are approximately 570 years.

Then between the time of David and the time before our perfect redeemer Jesus Christ, born of the only Virgin [Mary] there are (according to not every Chronology) 1350 years: it can be objected that from some omitted calculations [the account] is not correct, since it is different from this Yeshua. And then the time from the human redeemer to the seductive, hated Saracens is 621 years, approximately, then in a slightly slight distortion how much time will pass is not calculated by me accurately and truthfully for all peoples, because all calculations are made according to the flow of heaven, with the help of associative emotions, mixed on reliable time and lost emotions from my ancient predecessors. But the only one in time, oh! Bright King, the question is that far-hidden events are not in silken manifestos made with the help of furious volcanic judgments, which show neither a single meaning, nor a single rationality, devoid of any surrounding by amphibious calculations: but deprived of mature research with the help of natural a merger that brings together the judgment from one to a thousand and two Prophecies, which will then unite the earthly creation into an order based on the calculations and Chronology of the Phoenicians, the Hellenes of Athens, the Spirit of God, my above-mentioned royal dynasties and the prophecy that carries the message and information from the message. But such a Prediction comes from the Holy Spirit, who stands on perfect eternity, united with heaven, some prediction before this date, a great and wonderful phenomenon: In my place, I do not demand anything so important, not to have thanksgiving from God, I fully admit that everything is done turning to God and giving mercy, honor and glorification of the immortal, deprived of being close to the divine, that which is foreseen by fate: but in God, in nature and for the most part, accompanied by the flow of heaven, such that visions are, as it were, given from a mirror of fire, like vague visions, great sad events, providences and misfortunes, the appearance of which, with the help of them, brings the main creations closer. Firstly, in the temple of God, secondly, with the help of people who, by land management, have brought forward such a decline, with which a thousand other troubles will appear that over time will affect what is happening: namely, God will look after the long-childless great Lady, who will then give birth two main children [Romulus, Remus]:

But she will fall into decline from those who will be hated for her because of their courage by age, the killed one will fall at 18 [degrees], will not be able to pass 36 [degrees] and will be abandoned by three men and a young woman and two will appear, those who are not never had either father or mother, from three brothers there will be such a decline, then unity and agreement, which will throw three-quarters of Europe into confusion: from the younger ones there will be a Christian monarchy, supported and increased: in the chosen sector and sudden humiliation from the Arab conquests, royal alliances, new laws promulgated: other children will be the first to encroach upon the crown by angry Lions, stretch out their paws, rattling their weapons. The second [monarchy] will go so far ahead with the help of Latin support that the events of the second vision will be exciting and violent on the mountains of the louis, released to rise in the Pyrenees, will not be transferred to the ancient monarchy, a third flood will be made with human blood, Mars will not be found for a long time in Post. And the daughter will be betrayed for the sake of preserving the Christian Church, which fell with its ruler into a pagan sect; from the new infidels she will have two children, one of the faithful, the other of the infidels, in order to support the Catholic Church.

And others who, in their great confusion and late repentance that they wanted to destroy it, will be in three regions with too different alliances - these are the places of Rome, Germany and Spain, which will create various sects (orders) with the help of a military hand, leaving 50 and 52 degree of longitude and will do all the veneration of religion in the remote regions of Europe and the North up to 48 degrees of longitude, which will be the first to be agitated in vain bashfulness, then the more western, central and eastern ones will be agitated and such will be their power that those who will do in harmony and unity will not commit hostilities. Nature will be preserved, but with significant contradictions in faith. After this Virgin, the immaculate will be a greater power, which for the second will be accepted by two peoples, with the help of the first persistent one, the one who held power over all, with the help of the second and with the help of the third, which will leave its forces at the top of the circle of Eastern Europe in Pannonia, falling and yielding, and with the help of the sails of the sea will expand its possessions in the Trident of the Adriatic through the Myrmidons and Germans until the end and there will be a sector of barbarians until the Latin Empire, distressed and expelled.

Then the great empire of the Antichrist, which will begin with Attila and the Saracen, released in a great and innumerable number, as many as will appear before the Holy Spirit, proceeding to the 48th degree, carried out by a great migration of peoples, persecuted by the vile Antichrist, waging war against the king who will be the great viceroy of Jesus Christ, against his Church, through temporary and random temporary [popes] and the preceding eclipse of the solar very dark and strongly casting a shadow, which, so be it, will lead to the creation in the world of the death and passion of Jesus Christ and from this time on will be in in the month of October there will be some kind of great movement, there will be an event such that, I think, the mass of the Earth will lose its natural movement and sink into continuous shadows, it will be first in the spring and following after extreme replacements, rearrangements in the management of power, with the help of a great earthquake, with the birth of a new Babylonia, the poor daughter was burned with the help of vile first fires and such a single reign will not last 73 years, 8 months [ Religious wars from 1522 to 1596 ], then afterward a forefather will come out who will have a house immaculate for so long, following up to 50 degrees, who will renew the entire Christian Church. And there will be a great deed, peace, unity and harmony between united children, power will be preserved and divided through various governments and such peace will be created that society will be drawn into deeper oil-making by a psychic and promoter of military deeds with the help of various religions and there will be a united kingdom Slaves who will be disgusted by the act of wisdom. And the countries, towns, cities, outskirts and provinces that the First will visit in order to liberate them with the deepest deceit will be secretly caressed by their freedom and perfect hidden religion, they will begin to mint the left party in order to return by cunning and remake the holy benefit for a long time with their criminal scriptures, so that later the big puppy will grow into a huge watchdog [Luther Martin], who will destroy everything. In the areas where this will appear, crimes will be committed, temples will be recreated as in pagan times and the clergy will be rearranged into their criminal state, and the [image of] the Mother of God will begin to be deceived and distorted and a thousand atrocities will be committed. And one’s neighbor will cause ruin to one another, after which it will reach its peak and they will raise up a worthy one and install a ruler, and with a military hand he will sharpen two swords and they will not erect banners for him, who will extract his charm from a garbage dump, the people will force them to go pay [tithes] and will not want to condescend to him, standing to the side, touching the ground with an senile hand, wanting to whip until this day, that offspring will be born from a childless woman for a long time, who will free the people from this complacency and self-will, and will protect themselves from Mars and the gigantic Jupiter in all their pride and dignity for the sake of urban freedom, the constitution and will settle one after another in the cramped conditions of Mesopotamia. And the head of the government and the head of the city will cast lots and speak empty words, not noticing the conspiracy and conspirators with the second Terrible Buffalo [Zwingli], who will take control of all this for a long time. Then the poor of the vile in great shame, objecting and hanging manifestos, casting a shadow on the unshaded light, will stop the change of power and replace it with their rule and the key of the Church will be far from the love of God and apostasy from the right faith will multiply among them and these three sects from the middle with the help These cults will gradually destroy everything. Firstly, in all of Europe, most of Africa, up to a third of the united power of the Spirit will be rejected, which will be fooled through the dominance of the elect, with the help of flattering admiration. The plebs will rise, supporting, expel, fooled, the legalists, will gather, controlled by the maddened with the help of the East, so that God the Creator will reveal the reverse face of Satan and the terrible prison, to bring about the birth of the great Dog and the Dead [ Calvin, Savonarola], who will create such a great vile fragmentation in the Church that neither the red (cardinals) nor the white (popes), deprived of eyes, but not deprived of hands [raking] will no longer judge and they will lose their power.

Then there will be a greater act of persecution of the Church, which has never happened. And between these acts a plague will be born so great that three parts of the world and more than two will be destroyed. So much so that they won’t find the ends of the tracks, won’t recognize the identity of fields and houses, and grass will be born on the streets of cities that are taller than people. And in the church there will be destruction everywhere and wars will prevail such that they will return to the city of the Sun (Heliopolis), to the city of Confusion (Babylon) and to the islands of the Holy Children (islands of the Mediterranean Sea) and the great chain will be removed in the port, which was previously called the bull sea ​​(Constantinople). And there will be a new invasion on the sea coasts [ Ottoman Empire], Sailboats will attack the Fortress and liberate those taken by the Mohammedans first. And their siege will not be in vain, and in the places where Abraham previously lived, there will be a siege by people who will show respect for flattering love. And this city of Abraham [Jerusalem] will be surrounded and besieged on all sides by the very great power of armed men. Their sea forces from the West will be maddened. And this reign will do great destruction and the greatest cities [will be captured] by the people and the people who will go in and take captives with a vengeance furious against God [the Christian].

And the dead will rise from the grave in such great vengeance throughout the world for a long time under the radiance of heaven, seeing through the eyes of the Sky, the Sun and the Moon. And holy places will be transformed to protect the flocks, small and large, and adapted for the fulfillment of predictions. Oh, what misfortune and grief will there be after for pregnant women and will be after from the main Sultan of the East, most of them married from the North and West, defeated, put to death, fallen and left in flight and their children, wives captured and after will be in perfect Providence from the royal Providence : Vt audiret gemitus compeditorum, vt solueret filios interemptorum . What a great oppression that will later be made on the princes and city heads of the kingdom by the inhabitants themselves, who will be coastal and eastern and their language will be mixed into a great society: Latin and Arabic with the help of Phoenician connections and all these eastern kings will be expelled, overthrown, but not all due to the influence of the kings of the north, who lived until our century through the triple sacrament of the church, death and trapping one by the other, the renewal of the triumvirate will last seven years, which will rename these sects, make an expansion in space, will be supported by sacrifices in the sacrament, desecration of purity.

And then there will be two Masters among the Northern [ Prince Oleg, Prince Svyatoslav], who won the victory over the East and in their deeds there will be such great noise and confusion from the war that it will affect everyone. The East will tremble from the fear of these brothers, not brothers born in the North. And why, Sir, that because of my speech I found myself in great confusion from these predictions and when this could happen and when this happened, in order to be listed in time properly, which did not begin from scratch, where there is very little resemblance to the highest [ order], which only follow from the clairvoyance of Astronomy, which come from the Holy Scripture itself, which cannot come from nothing.

And that I would also like to classify each quatrain as a time belonging to the event, but all this will not be so pleasant, not least to interpret them closely, for which, Sire, in Your Majesty, I ask you to grant me extensive power for the sake of this act, to prevent trouble from happening to me.

Still, as it is said, 1506 years passed from the years after the creation of the world to the birth of Noah.

And then from the birth of Noah to the completion of the production of the ark, close to the universal peacemaking, 600 years passed (since the eclipses were solar or lunar or ten mixed), I support that solar [eclipses] were mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. And at the end of these six years, Noah will enter the ark to be saved from the flood. And this flood will be worldwide on earth and will last one or two months. And after the end of the flood, 295 years will pass until the birth of Abraham. And then 100 years pass from the birth of Abraham to the birth of Isaac. And then from Isaac to Jacob 60 years, from the time when he enters Egypt until the exodus from it hundreds of three years will pass. And then from Jacob’s entry into Egypt to his exit from it, 430 years will pass. And then from the exit from Egypt to the construction of the Temple, completed by Solomon in the fourth year of his reign, 408 or 420 years will pass. And then, from the construction of the temple to Jesus Christ, according to chronicle calculations, 490 years will pass. So, after these calculations that I have done, the distortions from the sacred manuscripts will be about 4173 years old, a little less. From Jesus Christ to this [day], with the help of the various sectors [of heaven], I have decided and shown the summation and calculation of these Prophecies, all according to the order of events that continue to develop, all with the help of the teachings of astronomy and according to my instinct. And after some time and in the present, then realizing the time that Saturn will circle between seven [cycles] of months: from April 22 to August 14th Jupiter, from June 7 to October Mars then 17th, from April 22 to June Venus then the 9th, from April 22 to May of Mercury then the 3rd, from February 24 to the above. And after the first of June until the 24th, before the above and until the 25th, from September 16th to October Saturn in Capricorn, Jupiter in Aquarius, Mars in Scorpio, Venus in Pisces, Mercury in the middle of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, the Moon in Aquarius, the head of the Dragon in Libra: the order of its sign opposite is twisted into one union from Jupiter to Mercury with one quadrant in visibility from Mars to Mercury and the head of the Dragon will be in one union from the Sun to Jupiter, the year will be peaceful, devoid of eclipses and not always so.

And there will be a beginning, understanding from this time, which will last and starting from this year there will be a very great act in the persecution of the Christian Church, which was not done in Africa and will last from here until 1792 [ The French Revolution] of the year, which is thought to be the renewal of the century: after the Latin people will begin to free themselves and expel something dark and casting a shadow, accepting something little by little from their criminal purifications, not without great division and continuous replacements. Venice will then, in great strength and power, raise its wings so high, not to mention wars in strength equal to Ancient Rome. And at this time, the great wars of Byzantium, connected with the Ligurian (Tyrrhenian) Sea with the support and power of the North, given by some of the madmen, that of the two Feeble-minded, it would not be from them that faith would come [ Ivan the Terrible, Selim the Terrible]. Bows will be planted with the help of ancient militancy in community with free Neptune. In the Adriatic there will be an event, a great discord, what was united will become separate, will approach the house, whose appearance will be honored and will become a great city, enclosed in the splendor of Mesopotamia [ Constantinople], in Europe at 45 and the other at 41, 42 and 37 degrees. And at this time and in these countries, a terrible power will be placed against the Church of Jesus Christ, the power of those who reject their law, which will be the second Antichrist, which will persecute this Church and its Vicar through temporary kings, who will rule through their ignorance, verbose flattery, which more than anyone will be cut with swords in the hands of the foolish. The above-mentioned reign of the Antichrist will not last, that until the end of this and no more than a century and another Milky Way accompanied, from the elect of Modena, Vulci, with the help of Ferrara, supported by Liguria and the Adriatic and close from the great Trident [Savonarola]. Then the fiery Gauls will follow with a radiant word, accompanied by such a great number that for a very long time the great empire will represent its great law and then, some time later, it will be tainted, drowned in the blood of the innocent from the guilty one of the few chosen ones [Napoleon I]. Then, with the help of a great influx of memories, the parts of the whole will unite into such an instrument that will receive innumerable disasters, the very words that will be addressed to the North with the help of the will of God and will immediately bind Satan. And universal peace will be created between people and the Church of Jesus Christ will be freed from all sins to such an extent that with the help of mysterious Asia they will want to mix honey with bile and his [Satan’s] mad sweetness and it will be close to seventh millennium that the holiness of Jesus Christ will no longer be touched by the infidels whom the North will reveal, the world will approach some great conclusion so much that, according to my calculations and predictions, the course of time will pass much longer. In the manuscript where these years are described, it is dedicated to my son Caesar, Nostradamus and where I deliberately openly declared every mark devoid of prediction. But here, O Sir, many great and mysterious events will take place, which those who come after will see. And these calculations of astrology, based on sacred texts, will continue, persecution of people who preach, will take their origin from the authorities kings of the North, united with the East. And this persecution will last 11 years, some shorter, when the main king of the North weakens, a few years later his ally Southerner will unexpectedly appear, who will persecute the Church even more strongly for three years, due to the temptation of the apostate, one who will hold absolute power over the militant Church and holy people, from God the observer of his law and the whole order of religion will be very much persecuted and upset so much that the blood of true preachers will flow everywhere. And one of the terrible temporary kings, with the help of his entourage, will give him such praise that he will have more spilled human blood from innocent preachers than no one untold could have so much wine. And this king will commit an incredible crime against the Church, human blood will flow through the crowded streets and churches like water due to stormy rain, and the nearest rivers will be warmed by the blood, and from another sea war the sea will turn red, so that one king will report to the other and say: “War The sea will be colored with ruby.” Then, in the same year and the following, a very terrible plague will come, more incredible from the famine of the previous one, and there will be such a great grief that such a thing has never appeared since the foundation of the Christian Church and will follow throughout all the Latin regions and revive in its wake in some Spanish countries. Then third king of the north[Peter I] will hear the groan of the people about his main title, will build a great army and go through the destruction of his parents and ancestors and who will restore most of his state and the great Viceroy, power will be restored in his criminal state, but ruined and then abandoned by everyone, he will return the holy of holies [The Church] destroyed by paganism and the Old and New Testaments will be expelled and burned. And after the Antichrist there will be the Terrible Prince [Hitler]. Once again, because of the last faith, the entire Christian kingdom will tremble, as well as the infidels, after a period of 25 years, and there will be more difficult wars and battles, and villages, cities, castles and all other buildings will be burned, destroyed and burned with the great shedding of blood of nuns, married and virgins raped, infants abandoned and broken from the walls of cities, and so many misfortunes will be accomplished through Satan, the Terrible Prince, that almost the entire universal world will be in disorder and ruin. And before these events, some impudent birds will shout in the air: “Well! Well!" and after some time they will wilt. And after such a time has lasted for a long time, the reign of Saturn and the Golden Age will be almost renewed one after the other, and God the Creator will say, having heard about the misfortunes of his people: “Satan will be brought and bound in bridle in prison, in the deep underworld!” And universal peace will be established between God and people.

And the Bound will remain for approximately 1000 years and the power of the Preachers will return in its greater power, and then the Bound will return. That all these images are justly similar to the divine scriptures and are visible in heavenly affairs, this is recognized through Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and other combinations, as can be seen more fully in some quatrains. But seeing, O Illustrious King, that some of them, due to insight, will be difficult to censor, that there will be an opportunity to put aside my pen for a night’s rest: Multa etiam, o rex omnium potentissime, praeclara et sane in breui ventura, sed omnia in hac tua epistola innectere non possumus,nec volumus: sed ad intelligenceda quaedam facta horrida fata, pauca libanda sunt , quamuis tanta sit in omnes tua amplitudo et humanitas homines, deosque pietas , vt solus amplissimo et Christianissimo Regis nomine, et ad quem summa totius religionis auctoritas deferatur dignus esse videare. tvenny in the times of the khennikov.calculated

But only one thing I ask of you, O king too gracious, because of this your only and prudent humanity, to hear a little earlier my courage and this highest research, which I owe to your most illustrious Majesty, because my eyes were so close to yours the brilliance of the Sun, which the merits of my work have not achieved and do not claim.

I swear on my face, Michel Nostradamus of Salon, Provence castle

Commentary on Nostradamus' letter to King Henry II:

From Christ to Satan

Of the three most famous translations of Nostradamus's letter to King Henry II, it is impossible to single out a single one that would satisfy the quality of the translation. Additionally, there are no comments to help the reader understand the context. But this is the most important thing.

One can partly understand the interpreters and Nostradamus scholars. The text of the letter is so confusing that the poor king could hardly understand the Prophet, with the exception of the rules of court etiquette requiring flattering addresses. Yes, and was Henry II even able to read the letter written a year before his death, predicted, however, by Nostradamus? So who was the letter addressed to? I believe that Catherine de Medici and, of course, descendants, future generations of Christians.

The fact that the letter is of a theological and religious nature can be understood from the very beginning of the letter, which contains the Jewish calendar from Adam to Jesus Christ and from Jesus Christ to the era of Satan (2242) for a period of 7000 years, modified by Nostradamus’s own calculations with the addition of 1000 years to 6000 years of the Jewish calendar. The era of Satan, in turn, is linked to the era of Saturn, whose name is translated from the Slavic language as Satanic. Saturn – sataninij – Satanic (praslav.). Everything seems logical, but what next? Further repetition of the cycle of human civilization.

The predictions of M. Nostradamus are based on astrological calculations and night visions, which are available only to true and chosen prophets, among whom Nostradamus considers himself.

Without undue modesty, on the tombstone of M. Nostradamus it is written:

« Here lie the bones of the famous Michel Nostradamus, the only mortal who was worthy to capture with his almost divine pen, thanks to the influence of the stars, the future events of the whole world."[Nostradamus. Wikipedia].

In quatrain I.25 Nostradamus writes about himself:

Sera pafteur demi dieu honore. - The shepherd (shepherd) will be a demigod of honesty. – MichelleNostradamus.

The concept of Nostradamus's predictions is based on a map of the starry sky, divided into planets of the solar system and constellations by sectors and degrees, on which is superimposed a map of the world, which is also divided into sectors and degrees of latitude and longitude. When certain star signs and their eclipses coincide with the location of countries and cities on the world map, certain events, natural disasters, which, however, may not occur, are assumed. In this case, visions are added, the vision of Nostradamus, which confirms the ongoing event.

« My globe is much more convenient, especially since I need to know events exactly. For example, do you see this piece of land, the side of which is washed by the ocean? Look, here he is filled with fire. The war started there. If you bring your eyes closer, you will see details." [M. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"].

It should be noted that this technique works with Nostradamus with amazing accuracy. Can at least one modern or past astrologer predictor compete with Nostradamus in foreseeing the future for at least one year? All modern predictions, including Vanga, are devoid of the main thing; they do not combine astrological calculations with the gift of foresight that Nostradamus had. In this sense, M. Nostradamus is a unique personality in the history of mankind.

I will not hide the fact that I was too picky about the quatrains and letters of Nostradamus, since my education relates to the natural sciences and I was raised in Soviet atheistic times, but the accuracy of Nostradamus’ predictions is close to the truth.

M. Nostradamus, in his letter and quatrains, consistently sets out the main events in the history of human civilization from antiquity to the history of the Middle Ages, the Ages of Enlightenment and to the present. It should be noted that most quatrains are not tied to astrological calculations, as interpreters of Nostradamus’ texts suggest, since in his letter Nostradamus writes that he could tie each quatrain to an astrological mark, but did not want to do this due to the fact that it was not for him “ like". Yes, and one can understand the predictor, because for this he would not have had enough of his entire life. The quatrains of Nostradamus do not have any order in their presentation. After the narration of the events of the Middle Ages, there follows a quatrain dedicated to ancient times, then the flagellation of the reformers, then a parable, a horoscope, and so on.

The main astrological marks of Nostradamus as translated by the author:

« God will look after the childless great Lady for a long time, who will then give birth to two main children» – the emergence of the Roman Empire.

« Then the great empire of the Antichrist, which will begin with Attila and Saracen“-invasion of the Huns and conquest of the Arabs.

« and from this time on in the month of October there will be some great movement, there will be an event such that, I think, the mass of the Earth will lose its natural movement and sink into continuous shadows, it will be first in the spring and following after extreme replacements, rearrangements in the management of power, with with the help of a great earthquake, with the birth of a new Babylonia, the poor daughter was burned with the help of the vile first fires [Holocaust] and such a single reign will not last 73 years, 8 months" ».

Astrologer P. Globa interpreted this date as a period of Soviet power, for which he suffered. In fact, Nostradamus wrote about the period of religious wars, which in historiography is marked from 1572 to 1592 (98). That is, 30-36 years, but where are the missing 43 years? In fact, the religious wars began with the manifesto of Zwigli, a Swiss reformer, who appeared in 1522, which corresponds to a period of 70-78 years! This is the era of religious wars, which coincides with the period of Soviet rule! It’s an amazing coincidence, but there are no miracles in the world, since historical events and cataclysms are periodically repeated due to the movement and relationship of the planets and amazingly coincide in history, superimposed on one another, creating confusion in the minds of interpreters.

The year 1572, August is the date of St. Bartholomew's Night, when thousands of Protestant Huguenots were massacred by Catholics and this massacre lasted until October 1572.

In M. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita,” the author marks this date a year apart (1571), when Woland tells the arriving Margarita about his sore knee, as a memory of a meeting with a certain a charming witch on the Brocken Mountains (“Bald Mountain”, Germany). We will talk about the connection between the events of M. Bulgakov’s novel and the concept of Nostradamus later in a separate article.

«… so after that the big puppy will grow up to be a huge guard dog" - Protestant reformer Luther Martin, to whom Nostradamus dedicated several quatrains. In French, the word matin – mastin (Old French) has two meanings: “morning” and “watchdog”. But in the Slavic interpretation, mastin - Martin - Martin (pre-Slav.) indicates the opponent of Catholicism, Luther Martin. Additionally, the name Luther reinforces the connotation of “watchdog” as a fierce watchdog. The opponents of Catholicism were called “dogs” by the true Catholics, to whom Nostradamus belonged.

In general, the word “dog” is the most offensive in the Christian consciousness. In M. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita,” the tax collector and chronicler Yeshua Levi, Matvey, called Yeshua that name when he first met Yeshua.

« Initially, he treated me with hostility and even insulted me, that is, he thought that he was insulting me by calling me dog, - here the prisoner grinned, - I personally don’t see anything bad in this beast to be offended by this word..."[M. Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”].

« And the head of government and the head of the city will cast lots and speak empty words, not noticing the conspiracy and conspirators with the second Terrible Buffalo" - Zwingli, the first reformer of the Christian church from Switzerland.

« so that God the Creator will reveal the reverse face of Satan and the terrible prison in order to bring about the birth of the great Dog and the Dead One, who will create such a great vile fragmentation in the Church that neither red (cardinals) nor white (popes), deprived of eyes, but not deprived of hands [ those who raked] will no longer be judged and they will lose their power." - we are talking about other reformers and opponents of church rule, Calvin and Savonarola, who are also mentioned in the quatrains.

Thus, Nostradamus listed all his opponents of the Reformation era and the sworn enemies of the Catholic Church.

The fact that most of the quatrains relate to the denunciation of Protestantism and paganism is shown by the number of mentions in the letter of the Christian, Catholic, and Jesus Christ Church - 17 times!

« And there will be a new invasion on the sea coasts, Sailboats will run into the Fortresses, and those taken by the Mohammedans will be the first to liberate." - the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, mentioned in quatrains.

« And this city of Abraham will be surrounded and besieged on all sides by the very great power of armed people." - Jerusalem.

« And then the two Masters will be among the Northern ones who won the victory over the East, and in their deeds there will be such great noise and confusion from the war that everyone will be affected. The East will tremble from the fear of these brothers, not brothers born in the North." - the first Russian princes Oleg and Svyatoslav, known in history for the fact that the first nailed a shield on the gates of Constantinople, and the second defeated the Khazar Khanate. Princes Oleg and Svyatoslav are of Norman and Celtic origin, that is, not Northern.

« And there will be a beginning, understanding from this time, which will last and starting from this year there will be a very great act in the persecution of the Christian Church, which was not done in Africa and will last from here until 1792, which I think is the renewal of the century" - The Great French Revolution of 1789-1794.

« And at this time, the great wars of Byzantium, connected with the Ligurian (Tyrrhenian) Sea with the support and power of the North, given by some of the crazy ones, that of the two Feeble-minded, faith would not come from them." - Ivan IV Vasilyevich the Terrible, Selim I the Terrible, are mentioned in quatrains.

« and will become a great city, enclosed in the splendor of Mesopotamia» - Constantinople is the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

« The above stipulated reign of the Antichrist will not last, that until the end of this and no more than a century and another Milky Way accompanied, from the chosen ones of Modena, Vulci, with the help of Ferrara, supported by Liguria and the Adriatic and close from the great Trident" - probably Savonarola Girolamo. Born in Ferrara, he became famous in Florence for preaching against church authorities, mired in the sale of church positions, theft of property and lands.

« Then the fiery Gauls will follow with a radiant word, accompanied by such a great number that for a very long time the great empire will represent its great law and then, some time later, it will be tainted, drowned in the blood of the innocent from the guilty one of the few chosen ones." - French Emperor Napoleon I, mentioned in quatrains as not one of the elected rulers, that is, of low origin.

« Then, with the help of a great influx of memories, the parts of the whole will unite into such an instrument that will receive innumerable disasters, the very words that will be addressed to the North with the help of the will of God and will immediately bind Satan." - Nostradamus associates the appearance of Satan with the Northern rulers, possibly with Ivan the Terrible.

« Then third king of the north will hear the groan of the people about his main title, will build a great army and go through the destruction of his parents and ancestors and who will restore most of his state and the great Viceroy, power will be restored in his criminal state, but ruined and then abandoned by everyone, he will return the holy of holies [Church], destroyed by paganism and the old and new testaments will be expelled and burned" - Russian Emperor Peter I Alekseevich. Peter I really carried out grandiose reforms in Russia with the rearmament and restructuring of the army, the founding of a fleet, and access to the Baltic and Azov seas. The reforms hit hard at the structure of patriarchal state power, based on the boyar Duma. A deeply religious man, Tsar Peter I nevertheless actually separated secular power from the influence of the church, abolishing the patriarchate and placing a synod at the head of the Orthodox Church.

« And after the Antichrist there will be a Terrible Prince. Once again, because of the last faith, the entire Christian kingdom will tremble, as well as the infidels after a period of 25 years"-Hitler, who is not actually mentioned in the quatrains, although many wished so. The coincidence of the name Hitler and Gistar (the ancient name of the Danube) in the interpretation of some quatrains is unfounded. The time period from the First World War to the Second World War is about 25 years.

Thus, in a letter to King Henry II, Nostradamus, in the form of theses, outlined his historical concept of seeing the world based on astrological calculations and night visions during candle fortune telling. The presentation of the main events of the stories is consistent and historically accurate.

I am extremely grateful to A. Zigtsar, who collected materials on Nostradamus on his website, which allowed me to conduct thorough research on this topic.

From Christ to Master

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M. Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”

The completion of my work on translations of Nostradamus’ quatrains coincided with watching the film adaptation of M. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita.” About 20 years ago, when there was enormous interest in this novel, perhaps to a lesser extent now, I read it and was disappointed. The only thing that left an impression was the interpretation of the Gospel stories, since I myself, to no lesser extent, had been dealing with this problem a long time ago. Having read the novel “The Master and Margarita” again, I saw the creative concept of M. Bulgakov’s novel in a new light, and found many parallels between the heroes of the novel and the personalities of Goethe and Nostradamus.

Of the currently existing interpretations of the novel, the following are known:

Response to militant atheist propaganda;

Hermetic interpretation of the novel;

Masonic interpretation of the novel;

Philosophical interpretation;

Interpretation by A.Zerkalov;

A. Barkov: “The Master and Margarita” is a novel about A. M. Gorky.

To date, researchers of M. Bulgakov’s work have not found a definition of the style of the novel “The Master and Margarita”. The novel is classified either as a satire, or as a historical novel, or as a fantastic narrative, or as a fusion of various genres of literary prose. The novel is, as it were, tailored from two historical slices of time: the time of Pilate and the time of Moscow in the 30s. All aspects of the satirical, moral, religious nature of the novel are well known from numerous studies by Bulgakov scholars of Russian and world level. I intend to offer my original version of the interpretation of the novel, different from the generally accepted concept. By revealing the writer's intention, one can highlight the characteristics of the characters, who will become more understandable and transparent.

All of the above interpretations of the novel have a right to exist, with the exception of A. Barkov’s version, which is too fantastic. At the same time, these versions are special cases of the novel’s concept, which should be considered in the totality of the general idea based on Goethe’s tragedy “Faust”. First of all, the pen of M. Bulgakov was aimed at criticizing atheistic propaganda in Soviet Russia, a satirical and grotesque presentation of the reality of events taking place in Moscow in the 30s and using all the satirical genres of famous Russian writers such as N.V. Gogol and M. E. Saltykova -. Shchedrin and at the same time criticizing the dogmatic, religious concept of Christianity with the help of an anti-evangelical interpretation of the gospels and depicting a down-to-earth image of Christ in contrast to the traditional man of the demigod.

The novel has its historical roots, which go deep into the Age of Enlightenment, growing out of the plot of the tragedy "Faust". M. Bulgakov used a style of presentation of the novel, characteristic of a hidden, allegorical satirical presentation of reality, used by writers and poets of antiquity, such as Ovid, Apuleius, the famous doctor, philosopher and predictor of the Middle Ages M. Nostradamus, the brilliant poet, thinker and natural scientist of the Enlightenment era Goethe.

This style in historical literature is called “metamorphoses,” when the plot of a work contains events and the names of characters in a distorted, exaggerated form, but which can be guessed and identified by a knowledgeable reader. This provides food for thought, mental play, and at the same time, such a style of presentation seems to save the author from persecution by censorship and dissent.

« I ask you one thing: write more -

With the influx of clever plays, so does the lust!

Confuse the crowd, mislead;

Otherwise - trust me - she's hard to please.»

Goethe "Faust. Prologue in the theater"

M. Chudakova pointed out the connection between the novel “The Master and Margarita” and the tragedy “Faust” in her studies of M. Bulgakov’s work, but none of the Bulgakov scholars could even guess how deep this connection was.

Firstly, M. Bulgakov largely borrowed episodes from the tragedy “Faust”. For example:

Scene 1. Night; Scene 4, Faust's Study – Faust's study/Master's room;

Scene 11. Street – meeting of Faust and Margarita/meeting of the Master and Margarita;

Scene 21. Walpurgis Night – night on Mount Brocken (“Bald Mountain”)/night on Bald Mountain;

Part II. Act 1. Masquerade – procession of Plutus/scene in a variety show.

Secondly, this is an analogy between the names of Mephistopheles from the tragedy “Faust” and Woland in the novel “The Master and Margarita”:

« Bulgakov's Woland received his name from Goethe's Mephistopheles. In the poem “Faust” it sounds only once, when Mephistopheles asks the evil spirits to part and give him way: “The nobleman Woland is coming!”» .

Thirdly, and this is very important, Woland’s assistant Koroviev-Fagot is the prototype of Doctor Faust (the prototype of Goethe). None of the Bulgakov scholars take Koroviev seriously, considering him a minor character, a fidgety and helpful former regent and at the same time a dark purple prince, described at the end of the novel as having suffered for a certain “pun” in his past life and having atoned for his sin through his activities in the Moscow events . We meet Koroviev in all the important Moscow events of the novel, from the point of view of the plot of the work; let us remember:

Berlioz's accident;

Incident in a variety show;

Choral singing;

Temporary registration in apartment No. 50;

Satan's Ball;

Telephone conversations, etc.

If we assume that Bulgakov’s sharp pen was aimed at the fight against godlessness, then the image of Goethe, known to his contemporaries as the “great pagan,” as well as numerous denunciations of the church in the tragedy “Faust,” then Korovin’s role in the novel The Master and Margarita is quite understandable.” , as Woland's assistant. Goethe-Faust made a deal with the devil and, as Woland's assistant, atoned for his sin by persecuting atheists in Moscow from the point of view of M. Bulgakov. They may object to me: Goethe’s Faust was accepted by the angels into heaven and did not fall into the hands of Mephistopheles, but this is the artist’s intention, to interpret the work from his own perspective. This is the right to dissent. The tragedy “Faust” is the same “pun” from which Doctor Faust, aka Goethe, aka Korovin – Bassoon Knight, suffered!

By the way, the episode with choral singing in the novel, which Korovin organized in the Moscow events, has a connection with Korovin’s former profession (regent - from the Latin Regent - ruling / pravlenij - board (praslav.)), the leader of the Orthodox church choir, as well as with an episode from Goethe's life when he organized public singing.

« Upon his return to Weimar, his admirers greeted him with a serenade, which gave Goethe the idea of ​​founding a singing society, or a “voluntary chapel,” as he called it. This idea was soon realized: a small circle was formed that organized rehearsals and concerts of choral singing on certain days, at which Goethe, who increasingly felt an attraction to music, was present.." [from the biography of Goethe, 1].

That's where Korovin's second name comes from - Bassoon , which many researchers associate with his appearance, which in general is also true, but not the main thing.

Thus, Korovin in M. Bulgakov’s novel is one of the main characters, if not the main one. This confirms that in the first edition of the novel the Master, whose role was played by Korovin-Faust, is missing. Obviously, the appearance of the Master is connected with the need for M. Bulgakov to introduce his own mask . The image of the Master introduced a new axis of opposition in the novel: Pilate - Yeshua, Pilate - Master. We will talk about the role of the Master in more detail later. In this case, Korovin-Faust was relegated to the background and further confused the intrigue of the novel.

The duality of M. Bulgakov's worldview

M. Bulgakov, like any great artist, had a dual vision of the world with all its passions. The author of “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” and Goethe and Pushkin and Lermontov were such dualists. In the “Word” the author sympathizes with both pagans and Christians, lamenting the enmity that arose between different layers of society who opposed each other in religious struggle. This is how M. Nostradamus saw his era. This is how M. Bulgakov saw his era. Therefore, researchers often interpret works of genius from their own perspective, without grasping the essence of the concept. In Soviet times, in the novel “The Master and Margarita,” Bulgakov scholars saw the fight against God, criticism of the image of Christ and the Holy Scriptures; in our time, researchers of M. Bulgakov’s work see in the novel an denunciation of atheists. A genius is always rebellious in his spirit, ambiguous, just like the rebellious spirit of Lermontov’s demon. Nothing in history can be interpreted unambiguously, since everyone sees their own truth. But if the truth is based on morality, then morality is the same for everyone, for a Catholic, for a Protestant, and for an atheist, regardless of who said it first, the one who spoke it in the Sermon on the Mount, or it has been known since the time of Gilgamesh. It's all about attitude to the nature of being. Pantheists, which included Goethe, did not deny the divine origin of nature; they were against the dogmas that were established within the mainstream of the church. They were against errors that hampered the evolution of society, against the condemnation of dissent, which is actually the engine in the development of civilization and sciences. The essence of the fair development of society lies in the diversity of worldviews, their merging and dividing without the forcible establishment of any doctrines.

Characters of the novel

One of the key figures in the novel “The Master and Margarita” is Woland, who is the prototype of Mephistopheles in Goethe’s tragedy “Faust”.

« Mephistopheles (Mephistophel, Mephostophilis, Mephistophilus, possibly of Greek origin - “hating light”, from me - not, phos - light and philos - loving; according to another version of the ancient Hebrew. Origin from mephitz - destroyer and tofel - liar), the name of one of the spirits evil, demon, devil, demon, devil, most often according to legend, fallen angel, Satan." [TSB].

I am inclined to stick to the 1st version, because in Slavic:

Mephostophilis > ne -postoj -lubij – not permanent any (praslav.).

Satan - (Heb. s āţān - adversary in court, in a dispute or in war, obstructor, contradictor, accuser, earpiece, instigator).

Satan - satana > siderona / sideronij – side /outsider (praslav.).

Woland – Voland > djavolnij – devilish (proto-Slav) (inversion of the word Voland).

The prototypes of Woland proposed by Bulgakov scholars:

The Second Coming of Christ (?!);

Apostle Peter.

None of the images correspond to M. Bulgakov's plan. Imagine that Bulgakov’s Lenin, Stalin, Apostle Peter (in the image of Woland) tells unenlightened atheists about the image of Yeshua, Pilate, takes just retribution on bribe-takers, swindlers, careless godless writers, saves the Master, patronizes Margarita. Yes, this is just a holy man. Could this nonsense have occurred to Bulgakov?

No, no and NO! Although one can understand the researchers of the novel that somewhere there must be a leader of nations, a dictator. More on this later.

According to the artist's plan, Woland or Goethe's Mephistopheles is the enemy of God, with whose hands good and retribution are created. Let us recall the epigraph of the novel, taken from the tragedy “Faust”:

“...so who are you, finally?

- I am part of that force that always wants evil and always does good.» .

Woland is endowed with the features of M. Nostradamus and the master of the Masonic lodge!

What unites Woland with Nostradamus?

First of all, I dare to suggest that M. Bulgakov, as the most educated and intelligent man of his time, knowing several languages, must have been familiar with the letter of Nostradamus to King Henry II and translated something. This letter speaks of a period of 73 years, 8 months, when Satan will reign. True, this date refers to the period of religious wars of the 16th century, but the fact is that historical events often repeat themselves and 73 years of Soviet power in the 20th century may well correspond to 73 years of religious wars in the 16th century. Consequently, having comprehended this date, M. Bulgakov could assume, despite the fact that it did not end during the period of his life, that this refers to the era of the reign of Satan. This is the second source besides Faust for the concept of the novel. The tragedy “Faust” directly speaks of the connection between the image of Doctor Faustus and M. Nostradamus.

« I understood philosophy

I became a lawyer and a doctor...

With great zeal and labor

I got into theology, -

Then in the end

Become a fool from among the fools!" [ 1]

« Oh away! Run, run quickly

Free! Nostradamus to us

With your priceless book

The path was indicated by time.

Don't be deaf to the words of nature -

And you will know the course of the stars.

And your spirit will be full of strength,

When will the spirit answer the spirit!

A thread of wonderful, wondrous signs

Can't explain it with a dry mind.

O perfume! If in silence

You are soaring - answer me!»

It should be noted that the historical Faust (1480-1540) could not read the works of Nostradamus, since he died before their publication (1555).

Secondly, Woland is omniscient, insightful and has the gift of foresight.

He predicts Berlioz's death from an accident, drawing up a horoscope (see epigraph of the article).

« One, two... Mercury in the second house... the moon is gone... six - misfortune... evening - seven...» .

Thirdly, Woland is a big fan of the globe (the night sky and the world map), with the help of which he predicts world events at night. Margarita finds Woland on a simple bed, sloppily dressed (this is unworthy of the almighty Mephistopheles), as if after a night vigil, as Nostradamus did.

« Margarita saw a wide oak bed with wrinkled and crumpled dirty sheets and a pillow. ...Woland was stretched out wide on the bed, wearing only a nightgown, dirty and patched on the left shoulder. He tucked one bare leg under him and stretched the other onto the bench. Gella rubbed the knee of this dark leg with some kind of steaming ointment.» .

« He fell silent and began to turn his globe in front of him, made so skillfully that the blue oceans on it moved, and the hat on the pole lay as if it were real, icy and snowy. » .

« My globe is much more convenient, especially since I need to know events exactly.» .

This is nothing more than a method of astrological calculations accurate to the degree and prediction of events as a result of the night visions of Nostradamus.

Nostradamus died at Salon (1566) from complications of gout. In the novel, Woland suffers from gout:

“Gella, it’s time,” Woland said, and Gella disappeared from the room. “My leg hurt, and then this ball,” Woland continued..» .

Woland mentions the year 1571, this is the year before the bloody St. Bartholomew's Night predicted by Nostradamus, in the events of which he was certainly present.

“Those close to me claim that this is rheumatism,” said Woland, without taking his eyes off Margarita, but I strongly suspect that this pain in the knee was left to me as a souvenir by a charming witch whom I became closely acquainted with in the year one thousand five hundred and seventy-one in the Brokensky mountains, on the Devil's Cathedra.» .

Satan's Ball in the novel “The Master and Margarita” may be a figurative series of quatrains by M. Nostradamus, which reveal to us the history of countries, cities, kings and czars, dictators and executioners.

« Neither Gaius Caesar Caligula nor Messalina interested Margarita, just as none of the kings, dukes, cavaliers, suicides, poisoners, hanged men and procurers, jailers and sharpers, executioners, informers, traitors, madmen, detectives, molesters.» .

At the same time, Woland in the novel looks quite decent and at the ball he appears in all his splendor.

« Then a metamorphosis occurred. The patched shirt and worn-out shoes were gone. Woland found himself in some kind of black robe with a steel sword on his hip» .

Woland has a cigarette case and a watch with an inlaid triangle with dazzling diamonds inside (in the shape of an eye). This is one of the main symbols of the Masons. In this case, Woland appears before us as the head of the Masonic lodge. And at Satan's ball, Margarita perhaps goes through a mysterious rite of initiation into the Freemasons. There are other attributes in the novel that indicate Masonic symbols. These are swords, a seven-candle lamp, five-candles (symbols of five-pointed stars) on the Yershalaim temple.

« Judas turned around and saw that two giant five-candles were lit at a terrible height above the temple..» .

So, Woland is not so much Mephistopheles as the image of Nostradamus and the master of the Masonic lodge.

Where is the image of the dictator? We see him from the very beginning of the novel:

« In a white cloak with a bloody rootstock, a shuffling cavalry gait, early in the morning of the fourteenth day of the spring month of Nisan, the procurator of Judea Pontius Pilate came out into the winged colonnade between the two wings of the palace of Herod the Great.» .

Woland was present at this event; one might say, this is the fruit of his thoughts and imagination. The fifth procurator (fifth Tsar Ivan the Terrible) of Judea, Pontius Pilate, is the image Stalin in the novel "The Master and Margarita"!

Pilate encamped in the palace of Herod the Great, who is an image Lenin . Stalin is a follower of Lenin, that is, the heir to the ideas (of the palace) of Lenin (Herod). Stalin seems to be in a different era, but he himself and his victim, namely Yeshua, are transposed in Soviet times into the image of the Master. Yeshua - Jesus Christ and the Master, as conceived by the artist, are one person.

« Jesus Christ is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew personal name Yeshu(a).

Christ - translation into Greek of the word messiah(Aram. mesiha, Heb. masiah - anointed).” .

masiah > master – Master (praslav.). This means that the Master is God’s anointed, identical with Jesus Christ. Most researchers associate the name Master in the novel with Bulgakov’s name – Mikhail. Master is a word belonging to Masonic terminology, master mason, creator, builder.

That is why the image of Christ in M. Bulgakov’s novel is so down-to-earth, far from a demigod man, and the events in Yershalaim are far from the gospel description. M. Bulgakov wanted to present the confrontation and rapprochement between the dictator and the victim as naturally as possible, without miracles and without resurrection.

Two slices of time, Judea and the country of the Soviets, Yershalaim and Moscow, the images of Pilate and Yeshua, Stalin and the Master, Judas and Aloysius Magarych, the head of the secret guard and Baron Meigel, separated by 2 millennia, seem to live together, penetrate each other and become similar according to the content of events and the relationship of heroes with each other. And the boundaries of Pilatov and Moscow times disappear, disappear and become an integral, unified part of the novel.

Woland said that he was present in Pilate’s events, but this is Bang Pilate’s faithful dog, who in the tragedy “Faust” turns from Faust the poodle into Mephistopheles. We see the same poodle on the knob of Woland’s cane. Lions similar to poodles sparkle on the armor of Rat-Slayer, some kind of dog runs around the place of Yeshua’s execution. Satan is everywhere in Yershalaim.

Quite a lot is known and at the same time too little about the relationship between Stalin and M. Bulgakov. Stalin highly valued Bulgakov’s work and often attended his plays, in particular, he watched “Days of the Turbins.” Did Stalin know about the existence of the novel “The Master and Margarita”? He probably knew. And smart Stalin understood the idea of ​​the novel. It was after the partial publication of the novel that M. Bulgakov, despite the visible support of Stalin, stopped publishing. In the novel “The Master and Margarita”, after completing the manuscript, the Master also stopped publishing and, moreover, was criticized, after which he fell ill. Stalin played with the famous writer like a cat with a mouse. He called M. Bulgakov on the phone and promised to meet, but the meeting never took place. Pilate (Stalin) was also inflamed with the desire to meet Yeshua (the Master), but, alas, the execution took place. The confrontation between Yeshua (the Master) and Pilate (Stalin) is a complex relationship between the artist and the authorities.

«… never ask for anything! Never and nothing, and especially among those who are stronger than you. They will offer and give everything themselves!"[2].

M. Bulgakov did not ask for anything and at the same time they did not give him anything. But all you had to do was put in a word into the silent receiver waiting for words. But this means entering into an alliance with the devil, this means betraying your honor and conscience. Ah, this conscience that torments the creator every day and gives him no peace. What is worse than the most sinful actions? Our own conscience, which torments us, keeps us from meanness and humiliation.

The hero of Goethe's tragedy "Faust" goes blind at the end of his life, and at the beginning of the poem he falls asleep from Mephistophilis' wine, throwing his head to the side on the back of his chair, sitting in his office.

« One day in March 1823, Goethe caught a bad cold and went to bed... On the morning of March 22, the agony began. Sitting in a chair, the dying poet talked with his relatives, doctor and servants around him about various subjects. His speech became less and less clear; the last words that could be made out were: “More light!” At half past eleven he leaned back in the corner of his chair and quietly fell asleep forever.." [biography, 1].

After completing the 3rd edition of the manuscript in 1936, M. Bulgakov became seriously ill, was paralyzed and blind, and never got up. M. Bulgakov died with the words “Let them know!” To whom were these dying words addressed? The people, Stalin? At the end of the novel, the Master forgives Pilate, and also in a human and Christian way M. Bulgakov forgives Stalin.

Azazello

Azazello is not a repentant sinner, in contrast to Koroviev-Fagot-Faust, but a true assistant of Satan. The prototype of Azalello (Italian) - Azalel (Hebrew) in the ideas of Judaism is a demonic creature.

« In the Bible, Azazel is mentioned only in the context of describing the ritual of the “day of atonement (Yom Kippur); on this day, the sins of the people were transferred to two goats, one of which was intended as an atoning sacrifice for Yahweh, and the other (“scapegoat”) - “for Azazel” (Lev. 16, 8 in the synodal translation - “for the scapegoat”; the second goat were taken to the desert, the habitat of Azazel (16, 10).The idea of ​​the desert as the dwelling of the demonic principle is inherent in the New Testament story about the Temptation of Jesus Christ by the devil, as well as in the Christian “Lives” of the anchorites of the initial period of monasticism." [ 4].

Azazel – Azazel > kozazelnj –goat (praslav.). That is, Azalel is the goat deity of the Jews, to whom they sacrificed “scapegoats.”

The offering of a “scapegoat” as a sacrifice to God refers to the pagan cult of sacrificing sacred animals among various peoples, including goats, pigs, roosters, bears, etc.

« A person could also act as a scapegoat, on whom the sins of the people were periodically blamed.» .

« The scapegoat may finally be a godman.» .

Therefore, one can understand the persistence of the high priest of Judea, Kaifa, who insisted on the execution of Yeshua.

In Talmudic literature, Azezel is sometimes identified with Satan and Samael, as well as a fallen angel who consorted with women. In the novel, Azazel invites Margarita on a date with Woland and in the final scene poisons the Master and Margarita. Can this be interpreted as another agreement between the devil and the Master? Or is this the repose of the soul of the noble Master from worldly troubles? It's hard to guess anything.

Behemoth Cat

The cat in M. Bulgakov’s novel is a representative of evil spirits. In contrast to Mephistopheles’s poodle, the cat is closer in perception to the Russian reader, since back then in the 30s, and even in the 60s, in every cozy Moscow courtyard there always lived a cat, often black in color. The cat occupies a significant place in Russian folklore and various superstitions. Therefore, it is quite understandable to replace Goethe’s poodle with Bulgakov’s cat. A cat, like a poodle, is capable of demonic transformations and werewolf behavior, which is characteristic of evil spirits. As for the name of the cat - Behemoth, I can’t say anything definite about what M. Bulgakov’s intention was in this name. Researchers believe that the main prototype of the cat was a large black dog (say, Faust's poodle) by M. Bulgakov, whose name was Behemoth.

It can be assumed that the name Behemoth allegorically means “bohemian” - bohema - gypsy (French), otherwise the evil spirit of bohemia. Where "bohemia" is the environment of the artistic intelligentsia.

Gella

The prototype of Hella may be the ancient Greek goddess Hella, as a result of whose death the Hellespont Strait was formed. But there is no connection between this legend and Bulgakov’s Gella.

The image of Gella can be borrowed from Georgian mythology as a female deity - the deva Begella.

« Sometimes Begella was also represented as a woman from the devas - a beauty with long hair flowing to the ground.» .

The image of Gella can be borrowed from the divine Galatea (from Greek mythology), which is mentioned in the tragedy "Faust", as well as from Gala (noise), Gallu (Akkadian), which in Sumerian-Akkadian mythology are evil demons of the underworld.

But the closest thing to the image of Gella is the character from the story by N.V. Gogol's "Viy" - Pannochka who became a witch. Moreover, Gella is practically involved in a scene from the story “Viy”, transferred to the office of the financial director of the Variety Theater G.D. Rimsky.

Margarita

Of course, the image of Margarita is associated with M. Bulgakov’s third and last wife, Elena Sergeevna Shilovskaya, who preserved the manuscript of the novel “The Master and Margarita.”

At the same time, the image of Margarita is endowed with the features of Margarita from the tragedy “Faust”. But according to the concept of the novel, in my opinion, the prototype of Margarita is Mary Magdalene.

« Mary Magdalene (native of the city of Migdal-El, cf. Heb. migdal, Aram. Magdala, “tower”), in Christian traditions a woman from Galilee, a follower of Jesus Christ." [ 4].

In the Western Christian tradition, Mary Magdalene becomes the image of a repentant harlot.

Magdalene – Magdalina > ma-gereshnj –sinful mother (praslav.).

Margarita – Margarita > ma -kajinaj – mother penitent (praslav.).

Compare:

Magdalene – Madeleine – penitent sinner (French).

In the novel by M. Bulgakov, Margarita is a symbol of devotion and boundless faith. It is not for nothing that Faust at the end of the poem visits the world of the shadows of the Mothers.

« The noble spirit avoided evil,

Was worthy of salvation;

The one who lived in aspirations for centuries -

Worthy of redemption.

The one for whom love comes from above

Heavenly interceded,

He will enter the host of bright angels,

Knows God's mercy." [ 1] .

« Goethe, in a conversation with Eckermann on June 6, 1831, said: “In these verses the key to Faust’s salvation is given - this is tireless activity until the end of life, which becomes higher and purer, and, moreover, this is eternal love that comes to the rescue." [Notes. 1].

Satire

The entire novel “The Master and Margarita” is permeated with satirical images and episodes.

M. Bulgakov used the entire spectrum of historical Russian satire from N.V. Gogol to M. Zoshchenko.

We see Gogolian devilry, which reminds us of a scene from Viy, in the office of financial director Rimsky:

« And at that time, the joyful, unexpected cry of a rooster came from the garden, from that low building behind the shooting range where the birds participating in the programs are kept. A loud, trained rooster trumpeted, announcing that dawn was rolling towards Moscow from the east.

Wild rage distorted the girl’s face, she let out a hoarse curse, and Varenukha squealed at the door and fell out of the air onto the floor.

The rooster crowed again, the girl clicked her teeth, and her red hair stood on end. With the third crow of the rooster, she turned and flew out. And after her, jumping up and stretching out horizontally in the air, resembling a flying Cupid, Varenukha slowly floated out the window through the desk» .

The scene from Saltykov-Shchedrin is reminiscent of the office of the chairman of the commission, Prokhor Petrovich:

« An empty suit sat behind a huge desk with a massive inkwell, and with a dry pen not dipped in ink, he ran across the paper..» .

The Gospel stories remind us of the Last Supper of 12 literary workers who wait in vain for Berlioz for a meeting in the Griboyedov House.

The abbreviation MASSOLIT, inscribed on the ticket of the poet Bezdomny, clearly indicates the “Liturgical Mass.”

Under the image of the poet Bezdomny it is not difficult to guess the famous proletarian poet Demyan Bedny.

The performance of the magician and wizard Woland at the Variety Theater is reminiscent of the procession of Plutus (Faust in disguise) at the masquerade in the tragedy “Faust”:

« How the thick crowd suddenly became alarmed,

Hurrying, pushing and grabbing gifts!

He pours out treasures as if in a dream, -

Everything was snapped up right away. But to me

It’s clear: he’s preparing a new deception.

The one who diligently catches his gifts,

In the end it has nothing;

The gift quickly flies away from him.

Poor fellow! He's fussing about in vain!

The string of pearls suddenly broke its connection.

You look - only a handful of honeys tickle your palm;

The deceived fool wants to drive them away,

But they buzz, circling overhead.

Others passionately await untold riches,

But they always catch frisky moths.

What a rogue! He promised gifts to everyone,

And all he gave was a sparkle of golden flowers!" [ 1] .

« Yes, instead of gold, a ticket with a treasure;

It is convenient for everyone: everyone knows what they are rich in;

No need to change or sell - free

Enjoy as much love or wine as you like.

And he wanted gold - he changed it right there;

If it’s not at the box office, they’ll flog it and find it.." [ 1] .

But Goethe did not even imagine how events would unfold with paper money, the introduction of which (for the first time in France in 1716) he attributed to the devil. In the novel “The Master and Margarita”, in the scene with the Variety Theater, money turns into empty pieces of paper. Indeed, in our time, money no longer has any gold equivalent and therefore it serves as a means of speculation and rampant crisis situations in the world economy.

Both geniuses strove for the light, but never achieved it.

« The pendulum of time will swing

Oh, my friend, be reasonable.

He will be branded by the crowd,

Who is independent and smart,

One who is mad in knowledge.

But don't be ashamed of your gray hairs,

What is meant to happen will happen.

And light will rise from the depths,

The sun will melt the thickness of the ice floes

And everything that happened will happen again.»

Literature:

1.I. W. Goethe, tragedy “Faust”, ed. "DIL", Moscow, 2010

2.M. A. Bulgakov, novel “The Master and Margarita”, ed. "Fiction", Moscow, 1989

3. “The Master and Margarita”, Wikipedia, Internet

4. Myths of the peoples of the world, volume 1, 2, ed. "Soviet Encyclopedia", Moscow, 1991.

5.D.D. Frazer, The Golden Bough, ed. "Political Literature", Moscow, 1986