Nostradamus

“ He was proud, of low birth, if not unjust. The “pont” is an allusion to the golden bridge built for the Germans to in- duce them to retire, and Venice means the Legitimists being angry with the republic, the Comte de Chambord having long inhabited that city. Nostradamus also beheld M. Thiers laying waste an unhappy republic, or putting down the Commune, for his sixty-fourth quatrain runs thus —
La Rdpublique misdrable infelice,
Sera vastde dun nouveau magistrat. ”

“ There ivill be one fold under one shepherd, peace on earth, and goodwill to men. With regard to the Duc de Bordeaux, Comte de Chambord, or Henri V., the prediction of Nostradamus is curious enough. After forty years of exile he is to reign for forty years. ”

“ Nostradamus probably thought that the Royalist Chamber of Bordeaux would have pro- claimed the Restoration, but in this he was in error; and it is now very unlikely that Henri V. will reign, if he ever does reign, for forty years. Jn i88i he will be sixty years of age, and Mr. Thoms would never hear of his reaching one hundred. At the death of the king we are promised another republic, without any “Terror,” which will be replete with all the blessings of the mildest monarchy, the influence of the great king surviving him. ”