CENTURIA IV · QUATRAIN XC
The Useless Armies
Les deux copies aux murs ne pourront joindre,
Dans cest instant trembler Milan, Ticin:
Faim, soif, doubtance si fort les viendra poindre,
Chair, pain, ne vivres n'auront un seul boucin.
The two armies at the walls will not be able to join,
In that instant Milan, Ticino tremble:
Hunger, thirst, doubt so sharply will prick them,
For flesh, bread, or victuals u2014 not a single morsel.
THE MASTER SAYS…
I see earthquakes, droughts. (Sighs) Now armies are useless, because the Earth is undergoing such radical changes. All thoughts are only about survival. This is a time of great upheavals. There is nowhere to join. Just strong shaking, much destruction. In this image they symbolize a repetition of the past. Now I see an ancient image. It symbolizes what happened before: destruction, droughts and famine. I see enormous upheavals, when armies are meaningless, because everyone is trying to survive from day to day. The main concern is only the most elementary needs.