CENTURIA VI · QUATRAIN LIV
The Second Crowing
Au poinct du jour au second chant du coq,
Ceulx de Tunes, de Fez, & de Bugie,
Par les Arabes captif le Roi Maroq,
L'an mil six cens & sept, de Liturgie.
At the break of day, at the second crowing of the cock,
those of Tunis, of Fez, and of Bougie,
the King of Morocco a captive to the Arabs,
in the year one thousand six hundred and seven, of Liturgy.
THE MASTER SAYS…
Nostradamus says that this quatrain does not refer to a real confrontation or battle. It concerns the beginning of the day, the second crowing of the rooster. It represents the dawn of a new era. Human history can be divided into major eras. At this time the new era will become evident. He pointed to the second crowing of the roosters, meaning that people begin to realize the changes and have the opportunity to become better. Until then, North Africa was mainly under the influence of Islam. At that time the leader of the kingdom will convert to Christianity and try to spread the influence of Christianity in this bastion of Islam. That is why he used the word “liturgy,” trying to give a key indicating that this is about religious and philosophical thought, not physical battles. Until then Islam was very strong. Now the tide was turning, and for Islam the time had come when it had to step aside somewhat, giving way to Christianity. The date 1607: from his point of view it will be, from ours it was. When something new happens in philosophical thought, it tends to grow and affects the spheres that were influenced by the old philosophy.