Du plus profond de l'Occident d'Europe,
De pauvres gens un jeune enfant naistra,
Qui par sa langue seduira grande troupe,
Son bruit au regne d'Orient plus croistra.
From the most western part of Europe,
Of poor parents a child will be born,
Who will captivate great throngs by his eloquence,
His renown will spread to the East.
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du plus profond de l'occident d'Europe de pauvres gens Qui par sa langue Séduira grande troupe. Son bruit au règne d'Orient |
Here, it is worth noting Nostradamus saysDu plus profond de l'Occident d'Europe [From the farthest, west of Europe]. If he had meant De la région la plus à l'ouest de l'Europe [From the most western part of Europe],he would probably have written Du plus profond de l'Europe Occidentale [From the farthest of western Europe] instead of Du plus profond de l'Occident d'Europe. The word occident is thus defined: Originally, Europe as opposed to Asia. [New Webster's] Therefore, Europe is the occident of Asia, just as occident of Europe would be another land west of Europe.
In its western part, Europe of 1559 [in the times of Nostradamus] as well as modern Europe, comprises all countries on the Atlantic from Gibraltar to Norway, thus latitude 36 to 70. Thus, if you look at a map of the world, you will see that 'west of Europe' is, in fact, the Atlantic Ocean and, further west, America. Once again, du plus profond de l'occident d'Europe reinforces the theory of a birth in America, and more specifically, Canada that country being the one facing Europe and matching the above mentioned latitude. Thus, if a person stands on a western beach of France, and looks to the west, Canada will be seen as Du plus profond de l'occident d'Europe. Then we have 'De pauvres gens un jeune enfant naistra [of poor people, a young child will be born] , which, in my viewpoint, means 'having dificulty to make ends meet', or 'of very limited means< The third line, Qui par sa langue seduira grande troupe, [Whose eloquence will win over a great following] This line is self-explanatory: a leader who will rally a great number of people to his views or his own vision of life. It is quite possible that this fourth line Son bruit au regne d'Orient plus croistra. does not belong to this specific quatrain, but its is nevertheless part of the events that have surrounded the birth and the life in question. Son bruit [his noise] could mean fame or eloquence, but I do believe it has to do with the message itself. Therefore, 'his message' or 'his way of teaching'will have far reaching consequences in the East. |