The third and fourth lines pose a different problem. The word " espoir " – "hope" – first appears in the Centuries in quatrain 2-25, the fifteenth "death" – " mort ( e )", in the singular ( vne Quinziesme mort ) are also found in this quatrain.
In part, the quatrain already considered here also contains its task. All in the same fourth line:
-56 … Depuis six cens & sept XXIII.pars .
From this point, until the end of the seventh century, several words " part , par ( t ) s " are found: in 3-59, 3-99 ( deux parts ), 4-35, 4-80 ( quinze pars and part ), 5-11, 6-13 and 6-95. Given that " deux parts " and " quinze pars " means "two parts" and "fifteen parts" respectively, making 23 parts.
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The competitive struggle that develops in the Nostradamus universe called "Prophecies" is clearly manifested in quatrain 3-59, which describes the duel between blood and death.
3-59 Barbare empire par le tiers usurpe',
La plus grand part de son sang mettra a` mort: Par mort senile par luy le quart frappe', Pour peur que sang, par le sang ne soit mort.
The barbarian empire is usurped by the third,
A very large part of his blood will be put to death:
Due to the death of an senile from him, the fourth is broken,
Because of the fear that blood for blood is not death.
Three times in this quatrain the words " sang " – "blood" and " mort " – "death" are mentioned. The second line promises that "blood" (with its current value in this quatrain equal to 30) will be put to "death" (this word has a rank of 32), which will happen in the fourth line of this quatrain. “Blood” will get rank 32, but “blood for “blood” is no longer “death”. “Death for the same period retired and became the 34th.
The first line promises to catch up with death in three steps, the third line gives another "death" and promises to catch up with it in four steps. That is why already in the next quatrain 3-60 one more "blood" appears.
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And then came the moment when I first discovered the mystery of capital letters in the Centuries. For me it was then a turning point, but at first I did not attach much importance to this. Below are my old posts about this event.