In March Narbonne will not do resistance:

By land and sea he will carry on very great intrigue,

Cap. having no land safe for residence.

Perhaps this is a prophecy about the war for the Spanish succession (1701-1714). In that period Spain was having to some territories in Italy, the Netherlands and the colony in America. In 1701 King Charles II died. He pointed to Philip of Anjou as heir. Archduke Charles was another contender for the Spanish throne. His allies were England, Prussia, and others.

The 1 line. In the quatrain 10.7 Nostradamus calls of Louis XIV as Aemathion. In March 1704 the Allied fleet delivered the Archduke Charles with the army to the Pyrenean Peninsula. France did not have time to prepare its fleet, and not rendered resistance. However, the French army was already in Spain – crossed the Pyrenees mountains, which dividing these countries. The French army under the command of Berwick acted successfully, occupying the cities one by one. The most important object was Gibraltar. Here military operations were conducted both on land and at sea. The England got the strait.

This war was fought so long and in different countries of Europe that it is difficult to understand which episode is predicted here. As a result, Philip V became king of Spain. France made big concessions, and it lost its dominant importance in Europe.

Linkage with other quatrains: 7.10.

Quatrain 5.23 Vienna Union 1725

Les deux contents seront vnis ensemble

Quant la pluspart a Mars sera conioinct:

Le grand d'Affrique en effrayeur & tremble,

Duumuirat par la classe desioint.

The two contented ones will be united together,

When for the most part they will be conjoined with Mars:

The great one of Africa trembles in terror,

Duumvirate dissolved by the fleet.