CENTURIA III · QUATRAIN LVI
The Bridge of Paris
Montauban, Nismes, Avignon & Besiers,
Peste, tonnere & gresle afin de Mars:
De Paris pont, Lyon mur, Montpellier,
Depuis six cens & sept vingts trois pars.
Montauban, Nimes, Avignon and Beziers,
plague, thunder and hail toward the end of March:
the bridge of Paris, the wall of Lyon, Montpellier,
after six hundred and seventy-three shares.
THE MASTER SAYS…
This quatrain relates to the month of March, when France will be in a state of war. It will be a very cruel time for his beloved France. He says that what is described relates to World War II and how easy it was for Germany to take over the country. He uses the word “Allemande.” It is connected with the Germans. He pronounces the word as if he is about to spit it out. In his time the Germans were not united. They represented many different independent states that would unite into one powerful state. The numbers refer to bombs. The Germans will threaten to bomb and destroy a large part of the cities of France. They were going to blow up the main bridge in Paris. Therefore France capitulated, and their cities were not destroyed. This indicates the number of bombs that were to be dropped on each city. They are symbolic and indicate a large number in general.