The Compleat Works of Nostradamus
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Table of Contents:
Preface
Century I
Century II
Century III
Century IV
Century V
Century VI
Century VII
Century VIII
Century IX
Century X
Epistle To King Henry II
Pour les ans Courans en ce Siecle (roughly translated: for the years’ events in this century)
Almanacs: 1555−1563
Note: Many of these are written in French with the English Translation directly beneath them.
Preface by:
M. Nostradamus to his Prophecies
Greetings and happiness to César Nostradamus my son
Your late arrival, César Nostredame, my son, has made me spend much time in constant nightly
reflection so that I could communicate with you by letter and leave you this reminder, after my
death, for the benefit of all men, of which the divine spirit has vouchsafed me to know by means
of astronomy.
And since it was the Almighty's will that you were not born here in this region [Provence] and I
do not want to talk of years to come but of the months during which you will struggle to grasp
and understand the work I shall be compelled to leave you after my death: assuming that it will
not be possible for me to leave you such [clearer] writing as may be destroyed through the
injustice of the age [1555]. The key to the hidden prediction which you will inherit will be
locked inside my heart.
Also bear in mind that the events here described have not yet come to pass, and that all is ruled
and governed by the power of Almighty God, inspiring us not by bacchic frenzy nor by
enchantments but by astronomical assurances: predictions have been made through the
inspiration of divine will alone and the spirit of prophecy in particular.
On numerous occasions and over a long period of time I have predicted specific events far in
advance, attributing all to the workings of divine power and inspiration, together with other
fortunate or unfortunate happenings, foreseen