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The Sève Edition Quatrain 100

Note: This quatrain is found only in the Sève edition. The Legis Canto that follows in the Sève edition is the 100th quatrain in both the Du Rosne and the Rigaud editions. For this reason, this quatrain is highly disputed. It is likely that Sève, who included it, sincerely believed it to be genuine. That said, it is most likely a forgery.

Fille de l’Aure, asyle du mal sain,
Ou jusqu’au ciel se void l’amphitheatre :
Prodige veu, ton mal est fort prochain,
Seras captive & des fois plus de quatre.

Daughter of the Aura, asylum of the sick,
Where to the heavens is seen the amphitheater:
Prodigy seen, the danger is very near,
Will be captive more than four times.

Ambiguous/Phony?

In all probability, this is a phony quatrain. In both the Du Rosne and the Rigaud editions, this quatrain does not exist. I cannot find it anywhere else except in the Sève edition.

In it’s defense, if this quatrain is legitimate, and it can be, the secret is to find the Daughter of the Aura. It is obviously a place. And I must admit it is written in the Nostradamus style. Unlike the phony quatrain after the end of the 10th century, the author of this one is either Nostradamus or the author went out of his way to ensure that the quatrain had a certain verisimilitude that makes it believable.

That said, I have strong doubts about this. I include it here because it may be genuine, but I must point out to you that because of its placement, because it was not found in the Du Rosne or the Rigaud editions, editions I know are accurate, I believe it to be a forgery. I only include it here, with this statement, because I am not absolutely convinced. I have no proof other than the fact that this quatrain does not exist in either of the two earlier editions.

There have been many quatrains written in the past that Nostradamus never penned: quatrains about the twin towers of New York City, quatrains about the collapse of San Francisco into the Ocean, and other quatrains the number of which I do not know. It is almost certain that this quatrain is one of these, talking about an event in the past, written by someone who deliberately included it into his own short lived edition of the prophecies. It is the only reason I can think of for its existence, it would explain why Sève included it in his edition.