CENTURIA X · QUATRAIN LXI
The Matron’s Discovery
Betta, Vienne, Emorre, Sacarbance,
Voudront livrer au Barbares Pannone:
Par picque & feu, enorme violance,
Les conjurez descouvers par matrone.
Betta, Vienne, Emorre, Sacarbance,
will want to deliver Pannone to the Barbarians:
through pike and fire, enormous violence,
the conspirators discovered by a matron.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that they do not know the meaning of any of the quatrains, except two or three. Some of them, like this one, are simply a general quatrain trying to touch on many aspects of history. He tried to cover as much as possible, because he felt that in a sense his time was limited by what he could record. He says that this relates to a series of events. First of all, it relates to the events that occurred during World War II, when Russia seized Eastern Europe. It also relates to the events of the late 1980s — early 1990s, when Eastern Europe began to restore its independence. Does he see anything like this? He says that this trend will continue. He says that every small country and republic strangled by Russia will regain its independence. And Russia will again turn into a country consisting of Great Russia and Siberia combined. All the southern and western parts of what is now called the USSR will separate and become independent states. Thus, Russia will lose all its satellite possessions. In this interpretation, what does the phrase “They will want to give Hungary to the barbarians” mean? He says that this refers to the pacts between Hitler and Stalin. “Great violence with pikes and fire” refers to World War II. And “the conspirators discovered by the matron”? He says that this refers to the conspiracies and secret meetings that took place between World War II and the period of restoration of independence of these countries. He says that one of the consequences of this is that at this time women will be more active in politics than before World War II. That is where the matron comes in. I know that this was very important to him, because in his time women had little power. That is true.