Linkage with other quatrains: 5.29, 4.68, 3.11.

Decoding of the number 3.63. If 3-1=2 and to consider 2 as 2000, then 2000-63=1937 – the year of visit.

Quatrain 1.40 Hystra

La trombe fausse dissimulant folie,

Fera Bisance vn changement de loix,

Hystra d'Egypte qui veut que l'on deslie

Edict changeant monnoyes & alloix.

The false tornado concealing madness

will cause Byzantium to change its laws.

Hystra from Egypt there will go forth a man who wants

the edict withdrawn, changing money and standards.

During World War II Egypt was occupied by British troops. In 1940, Italian troops invaded Egypt and went far enough. However, they could not take advantage of the numerical advantage and were soon driven back by the British with heavy losses. Hitler sent his troops under the command of Rommel to help the allied Italy.

Lacking sufficient forces, Rommel ordered to make mock-ups of tanks and guns in order to deceive the enemy. He was a talented military leader and acted very successfully in Africa until 1943, when the United States came to help the British.

Hystra, possibl is Hitler. In 1935 he ordered the minting of coins not with a coat of arms, but with a swastika surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. The coins also featured an eagle. During the war, when there was not enough metal, the Fuehrer ordered the expensive coin alloy to be replaced with a cheap one made of zinc and aluminum, which quickly deteriorated.

Decoding of number 1.40. Let's rearrange the numbers – 410. 410-1=409. Rearranging, we get 940 – the year of the Italians' invasion of Egypt.