Nostradamus C3 Q23: Francis I capture and release according to Nostradamus.
Copyright: Allan Webber, December 2015

This verse is one of only two that contains an anagram for Francis (Si Franc).

Francis I was king of France and brother of Margaret d'Angouleme.

 The tale fits to to the capture of Francis prior to Nostradamus writing the prophecies and this trend is supported by some of the anagrams.

However there is a suggestion of a modern parallel involving battles by France in the Crusader lands of the middle- East. The locations given in the text match those in the Henry Epistle in which the Jesus clones are overwhelmed by the Eastern Antichrist.

There is also a hint that the meter in this verses lines are best interpreted by reference to the meter in the Nordic legends involving Hreidmar (mer Hadri), the avaricious King of the Dwarves. This latter name links this verse to C3 Q21 and provides good reason for thinking this section of verses tells a common story.

Its content yields a retrospective tale since these events occurred long before Nostradamus wrote his Prophecies and for this story to have been included it has to give perspective to the cult of which he was a member. See my paper called Nostradamus Sect for more details in other verses.