Wach of the ‘chapters’ of quatrains in Les Propheties is headed as CENTURIE, with a Roman numeral to denote a sequential number of groups, from one (I) to ten (X). The word centurie is French for a “hundred,” referring to a group of soldiers (thus the name of their leader as a centurion) or a sort of a “hundred” things. Here, the heading leads one to see each group of Nostradamus’ quatrains as “one hundred.”
The first publication of Les Propheties was in 1555, at which time only four such divisions, with the 1555 Bonhomme edition showing a heading as CENTVRIE QVATRE, where there were only 53 quatrains printed, with the words FIN immediately following that verse.
This is important, because to have a heading that says importantly (use of all-caps) a “HUNDRED” and only present fifty-three says Nostradamus had completed EVERYTHING relative to Les Propheties but was divinely instructed to publish parts at a time. By having EVERYTHING already written, that says it would have all been written in a logical order, where stories were told that were detailed by one verse leading to the next, as an epic poem. To print that work in parts allowed time to take the WHOLE and scramble it into impossible to understand individual quatrains, hiding the true order from those then, when those Prophecies had nothing to do with those alive then.
This is then an obvious clue that is completely overlooked. Nostradamus explained in his letters that this presentation was to keep from doing harm to those who the future of his work did not apply. That harm would be through needless persecution of the innocent, if certain elements were made clear. To ensure that cloudiness, all the quatrains had to be separated, tossed into the air, and then rearranged into a meaningless order.
When Nostradamus published the second version of Les Propheties, he ended that with seven ‘chapters,” the last one headed CENTURIE VII. Once again, that last division did not contain a “HUNDRED” quatrains. That ‘chapter’ only presented forty-two quatrains, again with the last one immediately followed by the word FIN.
This confirms that prior clue, as he had not added a complete 300 verses to the 353 published in 1555. What is another important clue in this publication is the last verse presented in Centurie VI. While it appears that a “HUNDRED” verses are present, the last presented is not a quatrain. In fact, it is not in the same font as all the quatrain prior or after; and, instead of four lines of poetry, there are five. That would seem to make it a cinquain, but the first line has a large font than the following four lines, making the first line appear to be a heading, rather than part of the poem that follows. In addition to that, this set of lines is not numbers, meaning the last numbered quatrain is XCIX (99), but there is no C (100) attached to it AND it is written entirely in Latin.
This says this set of lines is another silent clue that says this one set of lines acts like a preface in quatrain form, to mimic the Preface to all the quatrains. When the Latin is translated to understandable English (or whatever language one speaks), it clearly is a warning for fools or inept idiots (blockheads) to stay clear of trying to make sense of what is written.
As such a warning MUST come first, before anyone makes a fool of himself or herself, it must be removed from that position at the end of a sixth ‘chapter’ and placed at the beginning. This is then an important statement that EVERYTHING is out of order and MUST be placed in a proper order.
Now, Nostradamus died in 1566, after his last publication was released. That added an even three hundred quatrains, in Centuries VIII, IX, and X. There were no additional quatrains added to Centurie VII, like had been done to CENTURIE QUATRE when the 1557 Lyon edition was published (1557 changed that heading to CENTURIE IV, which remained the style). CENTURIE VI still contained ninety-nine quatrains and the introductory cinquain.
This makes another silent statement that there are not a complete “THOUSAND” quatrains in the WHOLE of Les Propheties. Because Centurie VII stand out as a ‘chapter’ with less than a “HUNDRED,” this also says rearrangement MUST be made, so the last “CENTURY” is the only one with less than a “HUNDRED.”
The 1566 Lyon edition had many misprints or printer liberties made, where they changed words because they thought it was misspelled. Before Nostradamus died, he made notes on his handwritten manuscript, which his assistant (Jean de Chavigny) took to Lyon and made sure those corrections were made. This created a 1568 Lyon edition, where there would be no reason for that reprint, other than (another secret clue) to make a final document that becomes the guide all serious students of Les Propheties must use.
Still, there were much later reprints, one of which I see as worthy of placing with the 1568 Lyon edition, which makes Les Propheties had 950 quatrains (including the warning quatrain with a heading). The 1630 Lyon edition presents in CENTURIE VI a quatrain numbered C (100), which is not a quatrain found elsewhere in those published in 1568 (or prior).
The 1630 edition also has a page that lists “Additional Verses Found,” which I have found to have relevance. That comes from seeing what those new quatrains say (using divine syntax) and seeing how they link into other quatrains of the same themes. That (as I see it) would be impossible to fake.
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