CENTURIA I · QUATRAIN II
The Wand Among Branches
La verge en main mise au milieu des branches,
De l'onde il mouille & le limbe & le pied:
Un peur & voix fremissent par les manches:
Splendeur divine. Le divin pres s'assied.
With the wand in hand, set in the midst of the branches,
he moistens with water both the robe's hem and his foot.
A fear and a trembling voice run through the sleeves:
Divine splendor. The Divine in brightness sits near.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that this is simply a continuation. The first quatrain describes the instruments he used, and the second reveals the process of meditation. To Dolores’s remark that translators see “terrible fear” here, Nostradamus responded with indignation: fear in this case does not mean fright, but is a manifestation of respect and reverence before the divine forces, since much of what happens at that moment looks supernatural and remains incomprehensible to him. All this places great responsibility on Nostradamus, and therefore he must be extremely attentive so as not to make a mistake.