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From Orient will come the Punic heart
To harass Adriano and Romulus heirs
Accompanied by the Libyan fleet.
Shaking the Maltese and from the nearby empty islands.
Original
De l'Orient viendra la coeur Punique
Facher Hadrie & les hoirs Romulides
Accompagn de la classe Libyque
Temples Mellites & proches isles vuides
Here are several verses that individually do not have much, so I'll try to unpack them in a random way. Let’s see:
We know that the character "Adrian" is none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. "From orient will come the Punic Heart”: Romans usually called Punics to the Phoenicians, people who founded many cities and colonies on the Mediterranean coast being the most famous of them Carthage. One characteristic of this people was their advance dedication to trade more than the gains (without detracting them in any case).
By saying "the Punic heart" Nostradamus refers to the feeling of the English Admiral Horatio Nelson to protect the interests of England, since the British had intended to develop their global military and commercial empire like the old Punic or Phoenician. The British in strict symbolism will become the Phoenicians of the nineteenth century. In fact, the conquest of Egypt from Napoleon was intended to threaten the British positions on India, British colony from a strategic business perspective. Thus the verse means "the heart of the East will come to harass Punic Adriano”. In other words, “From Orient Horatio Nelson will come to harass Napoleon Bonaparte”.
Let's see what is behind these verses. When the French seized Malta (details explained below), the British heard the news and quickly arranged their Mediterranean fleet, commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson to reach them. (They were anchored in Gibraltar). The British sailed faster and reached them in Crete, but it was night and they didn’t see them. Nelson thought that the fate of Napoleon was Egypt and headed to Alexandria. They found no trace, and decided to patrol the Eastern Mediterranean (eastern Mediterranean are the African coast) to catch them. Finally they did not. Napoleon landed in Egypt and took Alexandria on July 1 without much resistance. That’s why the verse says "From Orient will come". The British Army had been patrolling the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In fact the British were there in the Bay of Aboukir in what historians call the Battle of Aboukir Bay, or the Battle of the Nile. And finally, if you look at the tactical map (http://es.wikipedia.org / wiki / Image: Battle_of_Aboukir_Bay.png # filehistory) we can conclude that English put out to battle from the East.
Another interesting fact is that the flagship of the French fleet sunk at the Battle of the Nile or the Battle of Aboukir occurred on the 1st and 2nd of August, 1798 was called L'Orient. Moreover, when Nelson died years later (1805), his coffin was constructed of wood base on the mainmast of the French flagship.
Note in saying that not only come to harass Adriano but also to the heirs of Romulus. Romulus was one of the founders of Rome, therefore refers to the descendants of the ancient Romans. These words refer to Italy, but also to Napoleon Bonaparte, for he, years later, to be precise on the 26th of May 1805 in Milan, was crowned King of Italy or rather the heir of Romulus.
"Accompanied by the Libyan fleet": If Punic heart is Admiral Horatio Nelson, the British fleet is therefore the Libyan fleet accompanying that Punic heart, but why is it characterized with that nickname? Because the Phoenicians established cities in the western part of the shoreline of what is now Libya, and to say Libya is to say Phoenicians and to say Phoenicians is to say British words. It is by default the largest area of Phoenician influence in the Mediterranean. Then the verse is resolved.
The verse "Shaking the Maltese and from the empty nearby islands" is explained so: The French army sailed the party May 17, 1798 from the port of Toulon bound for Egypt. Twenty days later, on the island of Malta, defended by the Knights of the Order of St. John. Bonaparte had no legitimate reason to attack and take the island by force; his frivolity and thanks to the lack of attachment that people had with the Knight of the Order, some guns were enough to take the small fortress of Valletta. The island meant an important position in the Mediterranean. It was taken by French on June the 11th that year. Malta is surrounded by non-negligible number of smaller islands with little strategic importance and they are empty.
XI
The movement of the senses, heart, feet and hands,
Will agree Naples, Lyon and Sicily:
Swords, fire, water, then to the noble Romans,
Fall, kill, slain by their weak brain.
Original
Le mouvement de sens, coeur, pieds & mains,
Seront d'accord Naples, Lyon, Sicille:
Glaves, feux, eaux puis aux nobles Romains
Plongez tuez mors par cerveau debile.
Here, once again Nostradamus makes the first verse depend from the second one. In other words, to unveil the first verse, we should refer to the latter. What is the relation between Naples, Lyon and Sicily? Firstly, one of these three cities is French; therefore, no matter what, we are still related to France. But in a different way than what we have researched.
Here we have pure symbolism. However, the first verse has a sentence that strongly attracts the attention: “The movement of the senses”; it plainly speaks of movement; not about moving as many would think, but as an aesthetic trend. It is telling us about Impressionism.
According to this movement, the artistic representation did not have to be influenced either by imagination or reason; its only intention was to transfer the impressions impregnated in the senses and the retina, to the work. In this sense, Impressionism ("The movement of the senses,") would defend an art linked to appearance. The heart, hands and feet are symbols that refer to different arts in this way; the heart, to music and feelings, and the feet and hands to painting, literature and other arts. ("The movement of the senses, heart, feet and hands”) But what is the relation between this initial segment of the quatrain, and the rest? Although the term Impressionism is applied to different arts, such as music and literature, the most famous vein, and the first one, is impressionist painting. The plastic impressionist movement developed as from the second half of the nineteenth century in Europe, mainly in France. In other words, after 1850.
The first thing we see is a trio of concepts in the first verse: "heart, feet and hands", and then, 3 cities in the second verse: Naples, Lyon and Sicily. We know that the prophet does not place anything at random, and takes advantage of double readings. Let’s see why:
Naples represents the heart, (and let’s know that the term "heart" can be symbolized and synonymized by center, core).
Lyon represents the feet (and let’s know that we could symbolize it and synonymize it by base, foundation)
Sicily represents the hands (and let’s know that the term "hands" can be symbolized and synonymyzed by aid, relief, assistance)
Let us leave Lyon aside and talk about the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies at the famous Congress of Vienna, in 1814. According to the decisions made at the Congress of Vienna, Ferdinand I issued a decree that unified the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Between December 8th and 11th, the Sicilian Constitution from 1812 was replaced by the new independent parliamentary institutions. The Kingdom of Sicily ceased to exist and was incorporated into the newly born Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: thus, the king took on the title of Ferdinand I, King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. This is the birth of said kingdom. But we will go directly to the second half of the nineteenth century, and we find Francis II, grandson of Ferdinand I; Francis II was king of the Two Sicilies from 1859 until 1861, the last monarch of this realm, as well as the last of the Bourbon kings from Naples. His reign ended after the repeated invasions from the armies of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II from Savoy. After being deposed, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was incorporated in the Kingdom of Italy.
Francis II had his capital in Naples, where the center of his kingdom was located (And Naples represents the heart).
Francis ascended the throne after the death of his father, Ferdinand II, in May 22, 1859. Understanding the importance of the Franco-Piedmontese victories in Lombardy during the Italian War of Independence, his prime minister, Carlo Filangieri, recommended Francis (now Francis II) to accept the alliance proposed by the Piedmontese Prime Minister, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. On June 7 that same year, part of the Swiss Guard mutinied, and while the king was plotting his revenge against the grievance, General Nunziante recruited more soldiers, who forced the mutinied rebels to surrender, and ordered their execution. The incident caused the disbandment of the Swiss Guard, one of the strongest supports of the dynasty.
Cavour proposed an alliance to divide the Papal States between the Piedmont and Naples, with the exception of the province of Rome, but Francis II rejected the idea, which he understood as a sacrilege against the Catholic Church. Filangieri claimed the enactment of a constitution as the only way to keep the Bourbon dynasty in Naples, but had to resign in face of the king’s refusal on this matter.
Meanwhile, the revolutionary groups conspired to promote the fall of the Bourbons in Calabria and Sicily, and Garibaldi began to prepare his military expedition to those areas. A conspiracy in Sicily was unveiled, and several involved were punished with unprecedented brutality; however, Rosalino Pilo and Francesco Crispi had organized the resistance, and when Garibaldi landed at Marsala in May 1860, he conquered the island with incredible speed. . ("And Sicily represents the hands").
These events finally forced Francis II to promise a constitution, but after its promulgation the news was greeted with protests in Naples, and with mass resignation of his ministers. Liborio Romano became head of the government; the navy and the army also began to disintegrate, and Cavour sent a military observer body. Garibaldi, who crossed the Strait of Messina, then moved northward, and was hailed everywhere as a liberator. After much hesitation and even an attempt to parley with Garibaldi himself, Francis II left Naples on September 6,
Victor Emmanuel from Savoy had decided to invade the Papal States, and after occupying the Romagna and Marche, entered the territory of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Garibaldi's troops (known as the "redshirts") defeated the Neapolitan royalists in the battle of Volturno (October 1st and 2nd, 1860), while the Piedmontese conquered Capua. Only Gaeta, Messina and Civitella del Tronto resisted until the end, and the Piedmontese began the site of the first of these cities on November 6th, 1860. Francis II and Maria Sofia remained in Gaeta, showing off their boldness and good spirits, even after the withdrawal of the French fleet (sent by Emperor Napoleon III to prevent an attack by sea). The fortress of Gaeta finally capitulated on February 12th, 1861. The deposed Sicilian kings deposed retired to Rome, where they continued to protest against the actions of the Piedmontese, without success.
However, in order to carry out the unification of Italy, the kingdom of Piedmont needed the help of France. Let's see in what way Emperor Napoleon III was a strong supporter of the unification of Italy. In order to win the support of France, Cavour, prime minister of Piedmont, had not hesitated to take sides with France and the United Kingdom in the Crimean War (1854-56). In 1858, at the Plombières’ interview (Plombieres-les-Bains), Cavour promised to surrender Savoy and Nice to France, which took effect in 1860. And precisely Savoy is the Department of Savoy, which was created in 1860, when the former Duchy of Savoy became a French sovereignty and was divided into two departments, Savoy and Haute Savoy, located in the Rhone – Alps region. Nice belonged to the Duchy of Savoy, and Lyon was the capital of the Rhone and the Rhone-Alps department. Thus, Lyon is the feet because it was the basis and foundation of the aid that France provided for the unification of Italy. (. ("And Lyon represents the feet"). Therefore, ("Naples, Lyon and Sicily will agree ").
Let’s remember that the combined forces of France and Piedmont achieved great triumphs against Austria in the battles of Magenta and Solferino; but, fearing that the conflict would spread, Napoleon III separately signed the peace of Villafranca in 1859. Italian nationalists felt betrayed by Napoleon III, and the "Roman issue" tensed the imperial government's relations with Catholics.
The original quatrain records both events at the end of the second verse. This indicates that the first two verses form a main clause, and the third and fourth verses form a special section called paraclause or secondary image that derives from the main one. Well, we already know that historically we are located within the realms of Impressionism, in a historical period known as the Italian unification.
And the following verse confirms it beyond doubt with the phrase "Swords, fire, water, then to the noble Romans," which undoubtedly refers to the nobility of Rome, where Nostradamus infers a special chapter regarding this reunification of Italy; let’s see: When the unification of Italy was consummated in 1870 with the invasion of Rome by the troops of Piedmont, the Italian army, commanded by General Raffaele Cadorna, crossed the papal frontier on September 11th and advanced slowly towards Rome, in hopes that a peaceful entrance could be negotiated. However, the Italian Army reached the Aurelian Walls on September 19th and besieged Rome. The Pope insisted in his intransigency and forced his Zouaves to oppose a symbolic resistance. On September 20th, after three hours of bombing, the Italian army managed to open a breach in the Aurelian Walls (Breccia di Porta Pia), and Bersaglieri marched along the Via Pia, later renamed Via September XX. 49 Italian soldiers and 19 Zouaves died in combat, and, after a plebiscite, Rome and Lazio were attached to Italy.
The House of Savoy tried to amalgamate these different nobilities into one single entity. Politically and legally, the attempt failed. Many noble families remained loyal to the deposed dynasties which had granted them their titles, and in particular, a considerable part of the Roman aristocracy continued to rank officially and, according to tradition in the Vatican solemnities, refused to recognize the annexation of Rome to Italy, rejected all approaches to the Quirinal, and closed their halls in protest. This mournful Nobility received the name of Black Nobility. And it is even clearer when Nostradamus infers that they were clumsy in their decision, or in other words, "Fall, kill, slain by their weak brain". That "Weak Brain" is the nobility of Rome, trying to relate to their stupidity or blindness to visualize the future of Italy; and as consequence of that, they fall, kill and die. The quatrain has been clarified.
XII
Soon the fault will be told, brutal and fragile,
From low to high lifted swiftly:
Then instantly, disloyal and labile,
Who in Verona will have government.
Original
Dans peu dira faulce brute fragile,
De bas en haut eslue promptement:
Puis un instant desloyale & labile,
Qui de Veronne aura gouvernement.
The last verse in the quatrain is crystal clear in order to place us in a historical context. Nostradamus is referring to the Trial of Verona in January 8th, 1944. But let’s discover how to unveil this historical event:
We know that the original concept "dans" is a preposition that can be applied to temporality, space, approach, purpose and direction. "Peu", on the other hand, is an adverb that means “little”. Therefore, the phrase is indicative of temporality:
"Dans peu"
"Soon"
Then the concept "tell" appears, and is translated as such. And incidentally we can synonymize it as will express, will indicate, will point out. The term "Faulce", which in other translations means “fausse," is translated as False or as “Fauce." The correct concept is "dira faulce", which translates as "they say that the blame..." As the structure is forced, it is obvious that the verse says:
"Dans peu dira fault ce brute fragile"
"Soon (the) fault will be told, brutal and fragile"
The second verse says, "from low to high lifted swiftly"
The term "Eslue" which the quatrain translates in Spanish as "lifted”, in other publications appears as “eslug”; however, let’s remember that in Provence language the “u” is updated with the “v”, and becomes " eslve ", which in turn becomes "eslevé", which finally is translated as lifting, or raising. Therefore, the translated phrase itself lies within expectations. Also, "readiness" can be changed by speed, liveliness, timeliness, lightness. If we change the idea for what we have, the verse would read:
"Lifted swiftly from low to high"
The term "low" cannot, in any sense, be interpreted as a measure of length because the concepts "high" and "lifted" would have a semantic redundancy. Rather, "low" refers to vile, unworthy, lowly, despicable. The term "low" before "high" takes the idea of an upward increase. And in order not to cause a redundancy with the term "lifted," we changed it. So it becomes:
"From an increasing (meanness) lifted lightly"
We have the colon at the end of the second verse, which indicates that the main clause or central image is arranged in the first two verses. After the colon we have the paraclause or secondary image, derived from the main one which is made up of the third and fourth verses.
In the third verse, "then instantly disloyal and labile", the concept can be replaced by weak, insecure. In other words, here we have a duality within the character of a character (“who in Verona will have the government"). On one hand we have an attitude of disloyalty, treason, and on the other, its character is insecure, weak, hesitant.
Let’s go to history:
The process of Verona was a political trial held in the city of Verona between January 8th and 10th, 1944, by a special ad hoc court from the Italian Social Republic against the former members of the Italian Fascist Grand Council who had voted for the removal of the dictator Benito Mussolini at the meeting of July 25th, 1943.
The court was established under a decree signed by Mussolini, in his capacity as president of the Italian Social Republic, dated November 11th, 1943. ("Who in Verona will have the government)
The old fascist hierarchs were indicted on charges of high treason and collaboration with the enemy. 19 members of the Fascist Grand Council supported the removal of the Duce, but only 6 (Galeazzo Ciano [former foreign minister and son of the dictator], Emilio De Bono, Giovanni Marinelli, Carlo Pareschi, Luciano Gottardi and Tullio Cianetti) were empowered under the new State of Mussolini, and were the only ones who appeared before the court. The other 13 were tried in absentia.
The charges, arbitrary and ill-founded, discredited this process from the beginning, revealing its status of political revenge in such magnitude that even the minister of Justice from the Mussolinian Republic, Piero Pisenti, balked at the conclusion of this process. ("Soon (the) fault will be told ... ... fragile")
Finally, the process began on the morning of January 8th, 1944, at the Music Hall of Castelvecchio (Verona) and lasted until the 10th, date of conviction. The audience that attended this legal farce was formed exclusively by young people from the fascist movement. ("From an increasing (meanness) lifted lightly.")
The first discussion addressed Cianetti Tullio, who the day after voting for the removal of Mussolini sent a letter in which he reversed his position and stated his loyalty to the ousted dictator. Cianetti was spared the death penalty (in exchange for 30 years' imprisonment), by five votes against four. Later Marshal de Bono was addressed, which originated a heated confrontation between two members of the court regarding his conviction or non conviction to death, even resulting in a change of vote by another judge, and definitely leaning the scales in favor of capital punishment. ("From an increasing (meanness) lifted lightly.")
The other defendants were sentenced to death without notable differences in this respect within the court. ("Soon (the) fault will be told, brutal ...")
The applications for clemency from the death row inmates were denied, largely due to pressure from the Germans, eager to avenge what they considered a "betrayal" from their Italian allies (the armistice of September 3rd, 1943, agreed with the allies by the monarchical government of Pietro Badoglio, whose formation was prompted by the vote of July 25th). Moved by the pleas of his daughter Edda, wife of Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini sounded Adolf Hitler out regarding his reaction in case he decided to pardon his son in law. After Hitler’s response, Mussolini decided not to commute any sentence. ("Then instantly, disloyal and labile”)
On January 11th, the prisoners were led to the firing range in the fortress of San Procolo, where they were shot with their backs to the firing squad, composed of volunteers from the Fascist Police Verona. Several rounds were needed to execute all prisoners: the first killed De Bono, Marinelli and Gottardi. The second killed Pareschi. Ciano did not die until receiving two shots of grace by the platoon commander. ("Soon (the) fault will be told, brutal ...")
The quatrain has been clarified.
