Terroir Romain qu'interpretoit augure,

Par gent Gauloise par trop sera vexee

Mais nation Celtique craindra l'heure,

Boreas, classe trop loing l'auoir poussee.

Roman land as the omen interpreted

Will be vexed too much by the Gallic people:

But the Celtic nation will fear the hour,

The fleet has been pushed too far by the north wind.

The 1-2 lines. In 1796-1797 there was the Italian campaign of Napoleon I. Perhaps Nostradamus predicted it. Napoleon acted very successfully in the north of Italy.

The 4 line. Boreas is the north wind, thanks to which the French fleet ferried a huge army to Egypt in 1798. There the French won victories until the British under Nelson's command destroyed nearly all of their ships. The French army was very far from the homeland in a desperate situation.

Linkage with other quatrains: 8.92, 3.37.

Decoding of the number 2.99. If 9 to consider as 9000, then 9000-29=8971; by swapping these numbers we will get 1798-1=1797 – the year of ended Italyan campaign.

Quatrain 1.24 1799 year

A Cite neufue pensif pour condamner,

L'oysel de proye au ciel, se vient offrir