On 20 Dec 2003 13:59:33 -0800, leigh8bee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Leigh_Bee)
wrote:
>"Dan Pressnell" <dan_pressnell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:<pHWEb.52159$Dt6.1272823@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...
>> "When the soldiers in a seditious fury
>> Will cause steel to flash by night against their chief:
>> The enemy Alba acts with furious hand,
>> Then to vex Rome and seduce the principal ones."
>>
>> This prediction is about how in 1998 there will be a revolution in
France,
>> and then the French army will go to Rome and start a war by comitting
sodomy
>> against all the Italian officials. (He just put that stuff in there
about
>> Alba to prevent the church from knowing what he was predicting.)
>>
>> Obviously, no such thing happened.
>>
>> People who believe in this **** are terribly deluded. If you just
count all
>> the misses, you'll see there is nothing at all to Nosty's predictions.
>>
>> Dan
>Dear oh dear and you paid money for this half baked sad attempt?
>whoever you get your conclusions from knows even less about poetics
>than he/she does about world politics.
>Who is your source? post some of the funnier ones, and why do you not
>reference the Quatrain by number?
>
>But here is a Leoni on the subject, maybe you should post as most
>useless commentaters series.
>
>C6Q68. When the soldiers in a seditious fury Will cause steel to flash
>by night against their chief: The enemy Alba 2 acts with furious hand,
>Then to vex Rome and seduce the principal ones.
>2 Alba = duke of Alba
>LXVIII. Lors que soldats fureur seditieuse. Contre leur chef feront de
>nuit fer luire: Ennemy d'Albe soit par main furieuse, Lors vexer,
>Rome, et principaux seduire.
>CVIQ 68. It seems fairly certain that "Alba" refers to the Duke of
>Alba (Alva), in which case the quatrain was meant for the immediate
>future. It would seem that Alba suppresses a revolt in the Spanish
>army with quick ruthlessness (as be tried later in the Netherlands).
>But Jaubert applies it to events of 1556. Pope Paul IV, having lightly
>decided to take a firm stand against Spain, persecuted the Spanish
>party in Rome and raised a motley army. The Spanish party appealed to
>Alba, busy tip north against the French. He responded, with great
>diplomacy as well as military sagacity. He intrigued to cause friction
>in the papal forces until the soldiers began to revolt against the
>incompetent papal nephews and cardinals who commanded them. Meanwhile
>Alba continued to win over adherents in Rome as well as to capture
>towns in its environs. Which, while very interesting, varies from
>Nostradamus' apparent meaning.
Hahahahah another dumb ***** that dosen't understand Nosty.
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