Nostradamus had a profound admiration for Italy in the midst of Rebirth - proof of this are his many trips there and all the quatrains that deal with the country and its cities. The criteria for regrouping the quatrains are based on some identified keywords.
Italy in general
3.68 Italy
Leaderless people of Spain and Italy
"Dead, overcome within the Peninsula:"
"Their dictator betrayed by irresponsible folly,"
Swimming in blood everywhere in the latitude.
10.24 Italy
The captive prince conquered in Italy
Will pass Genoa by sea as far as Marseilles:
"Through great exertion by the foreigners overcome,"
"Safe from gunshot, barrel of bee's liquor."
A6610 Italy
Up to this month the great drought will endure,
For Italy and Provence all fruits to half:
The Great One less of enemies prisoner of their band,
For the scroungers, Pirates, and the enemy to die.
Rome
10.65 Letters - the writing cause the destruction / downfall of Rome
"O vast Rome, thy ruin approaches,"
"Not of thy walls, of thy blood and substance:"
"The one harsh in letters will make a very horrible notch,"
Pointed steel driven into all up to the hilt.
5.22 Terror, Rome's downfall
"Before the great one has given up the ghost at Rome,"
Great terror for the foreign army:
"The ambush by squadrons near Parma,"
Then the two red ones will celebrate together.
5.32 Link with Rome's downfall
"Where all is good, the Sun all beneficial and the Moon"
"Is abundant, its ruin approaches:"
From the sky it advances to change your fortune.
In the same state as the seventh rock.
5.99 Rome, old Briton (from England)
"Milan, Ferrara, Turin and Aquileia,"
"Capua, Brindisi vexed by the Celtic nation:"
"By the Lion and his EagleÆs phalanx,"
When the old British chief Rome will have.
9.33 Rome, First sovereign, three
"Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark,"
"With the surname of the chief of triple Gaul,"
"Italy and the one of St. Mark to tremble,"
First monarch renowned above all.
10.18 Rome, Lorrain
"The house of Lorraine will make way for Vend¶me,"
"The high put low, and the low put high:"
"The son of Mammon will be elected in Rome,"
And the two great ones will be put at a loss.
9.41 Rome, Chyrenc
"The great Chyren will seize Avignon,"
From Rome letters in honey full of bitterness:
"Letter and embassy to leave from Chanignon,"
Carpentras taken by a black duke with a red feather.
H091 Ancient Rome, Aquilon, Great Conflict
Thereafter Venice will raise its wings very high in great force and power, not far short of the might of ancient Rome. At that time the great sails of Byzantium, allied with the Ligurians and through the support and power of "Aquilon" [the Northern Realm], will impede them so greatly that the two Cretans will be unable to maintain their faith.
9.3 Rome, Ravenna, two monsters
"The great cow at Racenna in great trouble,"
Led by fifteen shut up at Fornase:
"At Rome there will be born two double-headed monsters,"
"Blood, fire, flood, the greatest ones in space."
8.9 Rome, Eagle united to the Cock
"While the eagle is united with the cock at Savonna,"
the Eastern Sea and Hungary.
"The army at Naples, Palermo, the marches of Ancona,"
Rome and Venice a great outcry by the Barbarian.
6.28 Rome, exiled, Great pasteur, Great Celtic
"The great Celt will enter Rome,"
Leading a throng of the exiled and banished:
The great Pastor will put to death every man
Who was united at the Alps for the cock.
5.22 Terror from the foreign army, Rome's downfall
"Before the great one has given up the ghost at Rome,"
Great terror for the foreign army:
"The ambush by squadrons near Parma,"
Then the two red ones will celebrate together.
5.46 Rome, Elected / appointed, the Sabine
Quarrels and new schism by the red hats
When the Sabine will have been elected:
"They will produce great sophism against him,"
And Rome will be injured by those of Alba.
6.68 Rome vexed
When the soldiers in a seditious fury
Will cause steel to flash by night against their chief:
"The enemy Alba acts with furious hand,"
Then to vex Rome and seduce the principal ones.
A5802 Gauls (Roman Gauls) enter in Rome
Latins emotive, Gallots in Rome enter
March in three parts furor will open his veins
Genoa is hungry, leaguers badly dressed
Trembling the Unhealthy, Nive and ragged piece.
10.64 Column in Rome
"Weep Milan, weep Lucca and Florence,"
As your great Duke climbs into the chariot:
"The see to change it advances to near Venice,"
When at Rome the Colonna will change.
10.78 Joy in Rome
"Sudden joy to sudden sadness,"
It will occur at Rome for the graces embraced:
"Grief, cries, tears, weeping, blood, excellent mirth,"
Contrary bands surprised and trussed up.
9.33 Hercules, Roy Rome, First sovereign
"Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark,"
"With the surname of the chief of triple Gaul,"
"Italy and the one of St. Mark to tremble,"
First monarch renowned above all.
3.43 Rome, Apennine Mountains, tomb, black
"People from around the Tarn, Lot and Garonne"
Beware of passing the Apennine mountains:
"Your tomb near Rome and Ancona,"
The black frizzled beard will have a trophy set up.
4.98 Rome, albaneese, Drought
"Those of Alba will pass into Rome,"
"By means of Langres the multitude muffled up,"
"Marquis and Duke will pardon no man,"
"Fire, blood, smallpox no water the crops to fail."
5.30 Assault, Rome, Paris
All around the great city
Soldiers will be lodged throughout the fields and towns:
"To give the assault Paris, Rome incited,"
Then upon the bridge great pillage will be carried out.
5.62 War in Rome, Orient
"One will see blood to rain on the rocks,"
"Sun in the East, Saturn in the West:"
"Near Orgon war, at Rome great evil to be seen,"
"Ships sunk to the bottom, taken by Trident."
6.6 Death in Rome du Great
There will appear towards the North
Not far from Cancer the bearded star:
"Susa, Siena, Boeotia, Eretria,"
"The great one of Rome will die, the night over."
Posted by: John
See also the comments in VI-007, VI-03 and VI-02.
Posted by: John
6.6
Voir les commentaires des VI-7, VI-3 et VI-2.
6.20 Liepart in Rome, faked / feigned
"The feigned union will be of short duration,"
Some changed most reformed:
"In the vessels people will be in suffering,"
Then Rome will have a new Leopard.
10.20 Roman People
"All the friend who will have belonged to the party,"
For the rude in letters put to death and plundered:
Property up for sale at fixed price the great one annihilated.
Never were the Roman people so wronged.
Florence, Turin, Genoa, Venice, Vicense...
3.74 Florence, Napoli
"Naples, Florence, Faenza and Imola,"
They will be on terms of such disagreement
As to delight in the wretches of Nola
Complaining of having mocked its chief.
6.36 Florence
Neither good nor evil through terrestrial battle
"Will reach the confines of Perugia,"
"Pisa to rebel, Florence to see an evil existence,"
King by night wounded on a mule with black housing.
6.48 Florence, Parma
"The too false and seductive sanctity,"
Accompanied by an eloquent tongue:
"The old city, and Parma too premature,"
Florence and Siena they will render more desert.
6.77 Florence
"Through the fraudulent victory of the deceived,"
"Two fleets one, German revolt:"
"The chief murdered and his son in the tent,"
Florence and Imola pursued into Romania.
7.32 Florence, Milan
From the bank of Montereale will be born one
who bores and calculates becoming a tyrant.
"To raise a force in the marches of Milan,"
to drain Faenza and Florence of gold and men
8.7 Florence, Milan
"Vercelli, Milan will give the news,"
the wound will be given at Pavia.
"To run in the Seine, water, blood and fire through Florence,"
the unique one falling from high to low calling for help.
10.33 Florence
The cruel faction in the long robe
Will come to hide under the sharp daggers:
"The Duke to seize Florence and the diphthong place,"
Its discovery by immature ones and sycophants.
4.90 Florence, Milan
"The two armies will be unable to unite at the walls,"
In that instant Milan and Pavia to tremble:
"Hunger, thirst, doubt will come to plague them very strongly"
"They will not have a single morsel of meat, bread or victuals."
6.87 Milan, Frankfort
The election made in Frankfort
"Will be voided, Milan will be opposed:"
The follower closer will seem so very strong
That he will drive him out into the marshes beyond the Rhine.
8.12 Milan
He will appear near to Buffalora
the highly born and tall one entered into Milan.
The Abbe of Foix with those of Saint-Meur
will cause damage dressed up as serfs.
9.95 Milan
"The newly made one will lead the army,"
Almost cut off up to near the bank:
"Help from the Milanais elite straining,"
The Duke deprived of his eyes in Milan in an iron cage.
1.11 Naples, Sicily
"The motion of senses, heart, feet and hands"
"will be in agreement between Naples, Lyon and Sicily."
"Swords fire, floods, then the noble Romans drowned,"
killed or dead because of a weak brain.
5.43 Naples, Sicily, Cologne
"The great ruin of the holy things is not far off,"
"Provence, Naples, Sicily, SÚes and Pons:"
"In Germany, at the Rhine and Cologne,"
Vexed to death by all those of Mainz.
7.6 Naples, Sicily, Palerma
"Naples, Palerma and all of Sicily"
will be uninhabited through Barbarian hands.
"Corsica, Salerno and the island of Sardinia,"
"hunger, plague, war the end of extended evils."
2.4 Sicily
From Monaco to near Sicily
The entire coast will remain desolated:
"There will remain there no suburb, city or town"
Not pillaged and robbed by the Barbarians.
8.84 Sicily
"Paterno will hear the cry from Sicily,"
all the preparations in the Gulf of Trieste;
it will be heard as far as Sicily
"flee oh, flee, so may sails, the dreaded pestilence !"
8.88 Sardena
"A noble king will come to Sardinia,"
who will only rule for three years in the kingdom.
He will join with himself several colors;
"he himself, after taunts, care spoils slumber."
5.100 Turin, Sax
"The incendiary trapped in his own fire,"
Of fire from the sky at Carcassonne and the Comminges:
"Foix, Auch, MazÞres, the high old man escaped,"
"Through those of Hesse and Thuringia, and some Saxons."
7.27 Turin
At the wall of Vasto the great cavalry
are impeded by the baggage near Ferrara.
At Turin they will speedily commit such robbery
that in the fort they will ravish their hostage.
7.39 Genoa
The leader of the French army
will expect to lose the main phalanx.
Upon the pavement of oats and slate
the foreign nation will be undermined through Genoa.
2.3 Genoa
Because of the solar heat on the sea
From Negrepont the fishes half cooked:
"The inhabitants will come to cut them,"
When food will fail in Rhodes and Genoa.
5.64 Genoa
"Those assembled by the tranquillity of the great number,"
By land and sea counsel countermanded:
"Near Antonne Genoa, Nice in the shadow"
Through fields and towns in revolt against the chief.
A5803 Genoa
Vain rumor within the Hierarchy,
Genoa to rebel: courses, offenses, tumults:
For the greater King will be the monarchy,
Election, conflict, covert burials.
9.42 Genoa, Venise
"From Barcelona, from Genoa and Venice,"
From Sicily pestilence Monaco joined:
"They will take their aim against the Barbarian fleet,"
Barbarian driven 'way back as far as Tunis.
4.1 Venise
That of the remainder of blood unshed:
Venice demands that relief be given:
"After having waited a very long time,"
City delivered up at the first sound of the horn.
4.6 Venise
"By the new clothes after the find is made,"
Malicious plot and machination:
"First will die he who will prove it,"
Color Venetian trap.
8.11 Venise
A multitude of people will appear at Vicenza
"without force, fire to burn the Basilica."
Near Lunage the great one of Valenza defeated:
at a time when Venice takes up the quarrel through custom.
8.33 Venise, Verone, Vincence
The great one who will be born of Verona and Vincenza
who carries a very unworthy surname;
"he who at Venice will wish to take vengeance,"
himself taken by a man of the watch and sign.
9.28 Venise
"The Allied fleet from the port of Marseilles,"
In Venice harbor to march against Hungary.
"To leave from the gulf and the bay of Illyria,"
"Devastation in Sicily, for the Ligurians, cannon shot."
1.12 Veronne
"There will soon be talk of a treacherous man, who rules a short time,"
quickly raised from low to high estate.
He will suddenly turn disloyal and volatile.
This man will govern Verona.
3.75 Veronne, Vicense,Sarragosa
"Pau, Verona, Vicenza, Saragossa,"
From distant swords lands wet with blood:
"Very great plague will come with the great shell,"
"Relief near, and the remedies very far."
4.78 Parme
"The great army of the civil struggle,"
"By night Parma to the foreign one discovered,"
"Seventy-nine murdered in the town,"
The foreigners all put to the sword.
