Is the World Coming to an End???
Well, eventually, sure. But this (Nostadamus ONLY dated prediction) is a once only event, there
will be no repeats, and no refunds if you miss it. But what did he say will happen? Well, the
trouble is, we don't know because of human error and multiple interpretations.
So, one verse, one mistake on one word, three translations of another. The only thing we can be
sure of is that we will know what (if anything) it means by this August.
Does d'effrayeur/deffraieur mean terror or defrayer? Is d'Angolmois the Chinese, the Lombards, or
the Terrorists? Should we start a betting pool?
Century 10, Quatrain 72
L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois,
Du ciel viendra vn grand Roy d'effrayeur [deffraieur]:
Resusciter le grand Roy d'Angolmois,
Auant apres Mars regner par bon-heur.
Trans #1
In the year 1999 and seven months
The Great King of Terror will come from the sky,
He will bring back to life the great king of the Mongols
Before and after the God of war reigns happily.
Trans #2
In the year 1999 and seven months,
From the skies shall come an alarmingly powerful king,
To raise again the great King of the Jacquerie,
Before and after, Mars shall reign at will."
Trans #3
When 1999 is seven months o'er
Shall Heaven's great Vicar, anxious to appease,
Stir up the Mongol-Lombard king once more
And war reign haply where it once did cease.
Here are some background links
http://www.rrcd.com/nostradamus.html
http://www.image.dk/~fambach/july1999.htm
http://www.lovepsychics.com/Prophecy/july99.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Nosty/FAQ.html (the following quote is from it)
Whatever this verse is about, it is not (as most translations claim - to much justified public alarm) 'a great
King of terror'. Not as it stands, at least. The last word in line 2, which only acquired an apostrophe (thus
making it 'd'effraieur') in corrupt subsequent editions, means 'defraying' or even 'buying off'. The
expression 'du ciel' ('of/from heaven' or 'of/from the sky') suggests, as elsewhere in the Propheties, that this
big-spending or even appeasing ruler has some kind of divine authority. Far from being some kind of
Antichrist, then, the figure concerned looks rather like the Pope himself.