Century 9 Quatraine 44
Migrez! migrez de Geneve trestous
Saturne d'or en fer se changera
Le contre Raypoz exterminera tous
Avant l'advent le Ciel signes fera
Translation
All migrate, migrate from Geneva!
The Lord shall cause gold to change itself into iron
Atomic rays shall exterminate all
Before the event, Heaven shall give a sign
Interpretation
The Lord shall destroy Geneva with nuclear weapons, changing its gold into iron. There will be a warning sign in the heavens.
Notes:
Migrez (emigrer): to migrate, move; trestous: all; Saturne: the Day of the Lord; or: gold; fer: iron, sword, "Saturne en fer" means God's Chastisement; contre: opposite; Raypoz: positive ray, "contre raypoz means electronic ray or nuclear weapon; avant: before; advent: event; ciel: Heaven, sky.
I have modified the translation and interpretation to make better sense, at least to me ... It seems pretty clear.
Does anyone know if gold that has become radioactive decays into iron or can be transmuted with radiation into iron? ... I would be fascinated to learn the answer, as if true, there is no way this could have been known to ole Nosty.
BTW, so far I have searched the web in vain ... My guess is it might, as I think iron is only a couple of elements down in the periodic table. But even that's more than stretching the limit of what I remember of the basic chemistry that I took 50 years ago.
:-))
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