Nostradamus Quatrain: C6-Q37
Title
[edit | edit source]Nostradamus Quatrain Century 6 Quatrain 37
Author
[edit | edit source]Language
[edit | edit source]French (16th Century)
Locations in Dunnett
[edit | edit source]L'oeuvre ancienne se parachevera
Context in Source
[edit | edit source]The full quatrain reads as follows:
French
[edit | edit source]L'oeuvre ancienne se parachevera
Du toict chera
sur le grand mal ruyne :
Inocents faict mort on accusera,
Nocent caché, taillis à la bruyne.
English
[edit | edit source]The ancient work will be accomplished.
From the roof will fall evil ruin on the great one
The innocent killed they will be accused
The guilty one is hidden in the drizzly copse
Quatrain Reference
[edit | edit source]- This quatrain has been interpreted as predicting the death of JFK. On this basis "taillis à la bruyne" should not read "drizzly copse" (or even "misty bushes" as in some translations), but rather "book depository" or "grassy knoll".
- Dunnett may have chosen to leave out the three lines following the first one in order to not give away the major plot surprise chapter CM 5.12 bears. The final line certainly points towards it with the translation 'drizzly copse'.