Are these the lost 58 prophecies of Nostradamus?

Nostradamus wrote a collection of 1,000 prophetic verses, but only 942 have been found. Century VII of his collection is missing 58.  Take a look at http://www.lost58quatrains.com/.  Are these the lost quatrains of Nostradamus?  How many can you decode?

New Fiction Novel Called Quatrain

In my new fiction novel called Quatrain, a UCLA Anthropology Professor discovers clues leading him to the missing 58 quatrains of Nostradamus.  But were they really written by Nostradamus?  These quatrains look specific and appear to refer to real people and events in history, not garbled and vague poems that could mean anything to anybody.    The book suggests that these 58 quatrains were actually written by Nostradamus' first wife Henriette, who I suggest is a direct descendant of Joan of Arc's neice (hence, the prophetic gifts).  When the professor and his two rebellious teenagers finally find all the missing quatrains, they notice that some of the quatrains refer to events which have not yet occurred, including an upcoming terrorist attack on the United States.  Can Professor Morse and his two teenagers use the lost prophecies of Nostradamus (or rather, his wife) to stop the terrorists and prevent the spiraling and dire events to come, and will anyone believe them?
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Seer or Quack? 
What do you think of Nostradamus: was he a true prophet, a self-deluded but well-meaning imbecile, an arrogant and narcissistic snake oil salesman, or just a talented man with a boatload of flaws?  Tell me what you think?

What about that thing with King Henri's Duel?

In I. 35, Nostradamus tells us that a young lion shall conquer the old in a duel, that the older lion's eyes will be put out in a "cage of gold," and that then there shall be two injuries and a death most cruel.  Nostradamus enthusiasts suggest that this refers to the 1559 jousting contest between Henri II of France and the Conte de Montgomery, a much younger man, who impaled the king in the eye and killed him.  Followers of Nostradamus argued that the shields of both men had pictures of lions, and Henri's helmet was made of gold (the "cage of gold").  The lance apparently splintered, resulting in the two injuries (or alternatively, one injury was to Henri and the other was to France).  However, scholars like Lemesurier question whether the shields of the men were even painted with lions, and scoff at the idea that Henri's helmet would have been made with a soft metal like gold.  Moreover, the prophet's Almanach for that year  proudly proclaimed that everything was going to be hunky dory that year for the King, with no mention of his impending doom.  Luckily for Nostradamus, however, his patron Catherine de Medicis seized upon quatrain I.35, suggesting that the prophet's vision had been foretold.    The queen, however, was just wrong.  The word "classes" in the last line probably meant a fleet of ships, and not the Greek word for "injury."  So it wasn't two injuries, but rather two fleets of ships.  The jousting tournament obviously had nothing to do with a fleet of ships.    

Was Mabus the Third Antichrist?

NO, the only thing Nostradamus said about "Mabus," in II.62, is that he was going to die, and that after his death, there would be a comet and a vengeful massacre.  Lemesurier suggests that maybe Nostradamus was referring to the painter Jan Gossaert de Mabuse who died in 1532, the same year there was a comet.  In the same month, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had a bloody war with Ottoman invaders in Hungary.  In any event, Nostradamus did not say that Mabus was the Third Antichrist.  And he never said he had a blue turban.  Sorry, Orson....

Did Nostradamus Predict 9/11?

NO.  The quatrain which is often quoted is VI. 97, which references the sky burning at latitude 45 degrees, fire burning in the "New City," and something about "Normans."  45 degrees latitude is not New York City.  It's Maine. Some have tried to argue that "45 degrees" meanss 40.5 degrees latitude.  Unfortunately, however, the decimal system was not even invented in France at that time.  "Cinq et quarante degres" would not be the way a Frenchman would describe 45 degrees.  Prof. Lemesurier postulates that Villeneuve-sur-Lot, which sits at 45 degrees and whose name means "new city," is the city referenced in this quatrain.  However, if we were to use 40.5 degrees, then the "new city" could just as easily refer to Naples, which in Greek means "new city," which also sits at 40.5 degrees latitude, and which is near Mt. Vesuvius (fire from the sky).  But if this prophecy is supposed to refer to 9/11, what, pray tell, did the Normans have to do with 9/11?

Did Nostradamus predict Hitler?

No. Nostradamus refers multiple times to Hister--with an "S."  Hister was the name of the River Danube.  It is unlikely that Nostradamus was playing some grand game and disguisiing Hitler's name with an "S."  As Philip Lemesurier notes, in Quatrain IV.68, there is a reference to the Rhine and the Hister, both rivers.  In quatrain II.24, there is a reference to the banks of the Hister, obviously referring to a river.  Finally, as Lemesureir explains, in both Nostradamus' 1554 Prognostication and his 1552 cookbook, the prophet refers to "A very learned man in this last quarter, while walking along the River Hister, also called Danube, the ground subsiding, in the said river shall be lost."  In fact, a councilor of Vienna named Gaspar Ursinus Vellius, had already fallen into the River Danube in 1552.    So no, at least according to scholars like Lemesurier, Nostradamus was referring to a river, and not the tyrant.

Did Nostradamus Really Cure the Plague?

Nostradamus is reputed to have cured the plague in multiple cities, including Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, and Lyon with a remedy known as a "rose pill."  Nostradamus has given us the recipe, which includes such things as cypress sawdust, sweet calamus, iris of Florence, cloves, and hundreds of red rose petals--a concoction which almost certainly would not have cured anything.  However, his success seems to have been reported generously by villagers in several cities.  This leads one to postulate that Nostradamus may have accidentally cured plague victims with such simple strategies as clean drinking water, healthy diet, elimination of garbage, removal of soiled bed linens, and isolation of victims.  Because the disease was largely spread by rats, drawn to garbage and filth, any cleanliness strategies would certainly have helped reduce the likelihood of spreading the disease through rodents.  Ironically, Nostradamus' first wife Henriette and two children died of disease--probably the plague--while Nostradamus was wandering around the countryside trying to cure plague victims. 

The Best Expert on Nostradamus--Philip Lemesurier

Have you seen the recent TV shows on Nostradamus on the History Channel?  Have you heard about 9-11 prophecies and you did not know whether they were genuine?  If you want to sort out fact and fiction on Nostradamus, the best place to start is The Nostradamus Encyclopedia (ISBN 0-312-17093-9 by St. Martin's Press), authored by Philip Lemesurier.  Mr. Lemesurier is without question the world's leading expert on Nostradamus.  Mr. Lemesurier has also written The Unknown Nostradamus (ISBN 903816-32-7 John Hunt Publishing Ltd.) and Nostradamus: The Illustrated Prophecies (ISBN 1-903816-48-3 John Hunt Publishing Ltd.).  I found all three of these reference books invaluable as research tools when writing my fiction novel Quatrain (c) 2010. 

Nostradamus' Lost 58 Quatrains

In 1557, sixteenth century oracle Michele de Nostradame published his opus entitled Les Propheties-- a collection of four-line, rhyming French prophetic verses called "quatrains."  The original collection was supposed to have ten "centuries," composed of 100 quatrains each, for a total of 1,000.  However, Century VII only contains 42 quatrains.  58 quatrains of Nostradamus have never been found.  Where are they and why are they missing?