This quatrain has some similitude with quatrain III-35, that also refer to a birth. Here, there is more than one event. In fact there are three different occurences but two events. The first three lines refer to the same event Ici, il y a possiblement plus d'un événement, mais je vais tout de même interpréter les trois premières lignes comme faisant partie du même événement, laissant au lecteur le soin d'en tirer ses propres conclusions. Le data étant insuffisant pour le moment, la quatrième ligne n'est pas interprétée.

de la triplicité aquatique naîtra d'un qui fera le jeudy pour sa fête son bruit loz, règne sa puissance croîtra par terre et mer aux Orients tempête

This quatrain has similarities with quatrain III-35. The reference to a birth that we find in both quatrains is probably an indicative that Nostradamus took care to leave many clues with regards to the event. Thuis last clue has to do with the geographical configuration of that birth, and it definitely reinforces the theory of a birth on Quebec soil. The third line belongs to the same event but to a different sequence of that event. The fourth line does not seem to have anything to do with the event in question. I will therefore analyse lines 1-2-3. Here, triplicité aquatique [aquatic triplicity] means 'three expanses of water' bording the same piece of land. I do believe it has to do with rivers, gulfs, and bays, rathert than streams ans small lakes. Now, there are two main aquatic triplicity in the horizontal line formed by the 48 degrees on Canadian soil: 1. The Gaspé Peninsula, with the St.Lawrence River, the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Chaleur Bay. The Atlantic Ocean does not count here, as it is beyond the Gulf , the province of Newfoundland separating the two. Search is thus limited to these two areas, and if, as many exegetes believe, he has to be of french extraction, we are left with the aquatic triplicity of the Gaspe Peninsula. The second line D'un qui fera le jeudi pour sa feste: gave me quite a few headaches, and I tried to find an answer to that little riddle that has been taken literally by many interprets. If the birth in question is a real one, the word jeudy makes sense only if we find, somewhere in the Centuries, a birth date that would fall precisely a thursday which, of course complicates more than it solves the problem. An anniversary may fall a thursday, but the next year it would probably be a friday. BR> Thus, we are left with either an allegory or a metathesis [the inversion of the letters or syllables]. As I do not see anything of an allegorical nature here, I chose the hyperbaton (the inversion of the natural order) and I came back with the word dix juin [june 10] which, in french, has a similar consonance. Now we have two real clues: the day and the month of birth. The third line Son bruit, loz, regne, sa puissance croistra, is quite similar to the fourth line of quatrain III-35. Therefore, if both refer to the same individual, each must logically have a different meaning. Thus, this time, Son bruit [noise] must have another meaning than eloquence or fame. You will notice that it is followed by an undefinable word los [certain transcriptions indicate loz], and another one regne [reign] The french dictionary gives only one word that starts with los and it is losange [diamond] that does not make much sense in the present context. So, once again, we are up agaisnt one of those nostradamian riddles! Let's go back to that word bruit [noise]: in the present context, I believe Nostradamus is astutely [again] trying to give the name of the individual, which, of course, can only be recognized by that person. Thus bruit [noise] really means sound, as in the sound a name gives off. Therefore we have Le son de son nom, los, regne, sa puissance croîtra. ]The sound of his name, los, reign, his power will increase.] Los is possible part of the name, just as regne, [reign] that must mean something else than what the name implies here. For instance, regne stands for roi [king] The fourth line Par terre & mer aux Oriens tempeste [by land and sea, storm in the eastern countries.. , does not seem to be part of that quatrain and neither of the event in question.. Symboliquely, the word tempête [storm] may mean uprising, trouble. However, because of the expression by land and sea, it could as well be a tidal wave of huge proportion. No other comment. Interpretation: Near the aquatic triplicity [of the Gaspé Peninsula] one will be born Whose anniversary will fall on a 10th of june. His name: los, regne, his power will increase. It is logical to assume that only the personage in question will be able to read his own name in that third line of the quatrain, and such was the intent of Nostradamus when he wrote it.

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