For before war ends the [twentieth] century and in its final stages [1975-99] it will hold the

century under its sway. Some countries will be in the grip of revolution (7) for several years, and

others ruined for a still longer period. And now that we are in a republican era, with Almighty

God's aid, and before completing its full cycle, the monarchy will return, then the Golden Age

(8). For according to the celestial signs, the Golden Age shall return, and after all calculations,

with the world near to an all-encompassing revolution

- from the time of writing 177 years 3 months 11 days (9) - plague, long famine and wars, and

still more floods from now until the stated time. Before and after these, humanity shall several

times be so severely diminished that scarcely anyone shall be found who wishes to take over the

fields, which shall become free where they had previously been tied.

--Nostradamus (the years in brackets are someone's interpretation)