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Nostradamus´ greatest hits
The young lion will overcome the old one
On the field of battle in single combat
He will put out his eyes in a cage of gold
Two fleets one, then to die a cruel death
This is the prediction that "made" Nostradamus, who until then had no high reputation as a prophet. Strictly speaking not a word was true, but the impression was that of a hit. Nostradamus had seemingly predicted that his King Henry II age 40 would die in a duel with the only 6 years younger Montgomery in 1559. That the king should then be mentioned as the older one does sound a bit awkward. A more serious fault was the none of them had lions as emblems, as later interpreters have claimed. Also the king´s helmet was neither golden nor gilded. Further "classes" means fleets not wounds. Finally a tournament is not "the field of battle". The literal bulls-eye seems a bit out of focus.
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