CENTURIA VII · QUATRAIN XXXIV
The Empty Table
En grand regret sera la gent Gauloise,
Coeur vain, legier croira temerite:
Pain sel, non vin, non eaue, venin, non cervoise,
Plus grand captif, faim, froit, necessite.
In great regret will be the Gallic people,
vain of heart, light, believing in temerity:
no bread, no salt, no wine, no water, no poison, no ale,
the greatest captive, hunger, cold, necessity.
THE MASTER SAYS…
This is very similar to the case when I saw that this French president would come to power. “No bread, no salt, no wine, no water, no poison, no ale.” What does he mean by these symbols? Poison refers to serum, something connected with medicine, something pharmaceutical. “The more will be captured, the more there will be hunger, cold and poverty.” I see here a reference to this leader, who in the end will not find a way out of this trap. By whom is he captured? I think he is captured by himself in the destruction he has brought to his country. He is a madman, and he saw perfection for his country and his neighbors through power and greed, using religion as a pretext and cover. He found everything acceptable. It seems that the country will lack food and supplies. Is this true? There is symbolism in the quatrain indicating various problems in industry and the decline of the economy. Then it does not mean an actual shortage of food. There are various problems with production and industry in France. Can one say that this man in the future of France will create great problems for the economy? Correct. It is interesting that Nostradamus uses the word “poison” in relation to medicine. Did Nostradamus use poison in his pharmaceuticals in his time? In his time he knew about them, about their potential and properties. They were used for different purposes. The same plants could be used for healing or for getting rid of unwanted people. I believe that at some point medicine becomes poison. It can be used to achieve the exact opposite effect. So he uses this word as a symbol relating to medicine. In the second volume, John Philli interpreted Century III-55, which also mentioned a French president who would damage the French economy. He also claimed that this would happen within the next ten years. [ADDED: These events begin to unfold in the autumn and winter of 1995 with riots against the government and transport strikes in France. The prime minister’s unpopularity increased when the resumption of nuclear tests in the Pacific caused protests around the world.]