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===Nostradamus=== | ===Nostradamus=== | ||
"And this strange book of secret lore by Nostradamus' own hand..." (l. 190). Faust here is talking about reading one of the book of quatrains(a poem with four lines) written by Nostradamus. Nostradamus lived from 1503 to 1566 and was a | "And this strange book of secret lore by Nostradamus' own hand..." (l. 190). Faust here is talking about reading one of the book of quatrains(a poem with four lines) written by Nostradamus. Nostradamus lived from 1503 to 1566. He recieved a bachelors degree and a license to practice medicine at the age of nineteen. Nostradamus later studied alchemy and the works of magic. He was known as a good healer during the plague. Although Nostradamus was best known for his writings, ''The Centuries''. He wrote ten of these that each contained one hundred quatrains. The books held prophecies that covered almost two thousand years. | ||
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