title: Nostradamus, His Works and Prophecies
author: Michel Nostradamus
description: Nostradamus (1503-1566) was a medieval physician who became an astrologer and prophet. His renown has grown immensely in recent years as we have witnessed the passing of his predictions. He wrote his prognostications in poetic form in collections of centuries that have inspired man for over 400 years.
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  Mario Reading
  
  
  
  
  
  THE NOSTRADAMUS PROPHECIES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  'As it had never occurred to him to leave word behind, he was mourned over for
  dead till, after eight months, his first letter arrived from Talcahuano.' From
  Typhoon by Joseph Conrad 'Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to
  continue to fail, in good spirits.' Robert Louis Stevenson, Complete Works,
  vol. 26, Reflections and Remarks on Human Life, s.4
  
  
  
  
  
  'Perhaps proof of how aleatory the concept of nationality is lies in the fact
  that we must learn it before we can recognize it as such.' From A Reading
  Diary by Alberto Manguel AUTHOR'S NOTE
  
  
  
  
  
  Nostradamus did indeed only complete 942 quatrains out of 1000, representing
  his intended total of ten centuries of 100 quatrains apiece. The remaining
  fifty-eight quatrains are missing, and, to this day, they have never been
  found.
  
  
  
  
  
  The Will that I have used in the book is Nostradamus's original last Will and
  Testament (in 