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             Dies novissimus, or, Dooms-day not so near as dreaded together with something touching the present invasion of the Turk into the German Empire and the probable success thereof / by John Gadbury ...
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           Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.
           Lilly, William, 1602-1681.
           Judgment Day -- Early works to 1800.
           Austro-Turkish War, 1661-1664.
        
      
    
     
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           DIES
           NOVISSIMVS
           :
           
             OR
             ,
             Dooms-Day
          
           Not
           so
           Near
           as
           Dreaded
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           something
           Touching
           the
           present
           INVASION
           Of
           the
           TURK
           Into
           the
           German
           Empire
           ;
           And
           the
           probable
           SUCCESS
           thereof
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           GADBURY
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           To
           determine
           the
           day
           and
           year
           of
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           convincible
           ,
           and
           statute-madness
           ,
           but
           manifest
           Impiety
           .
           
             Relig.
             Med.
             Sect.
             46.
             
          
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             —
             &c.
          
           For
           of
           that
           day
           and
           hour
           knoweth
           no
           man
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           the
           Angels
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Mat.
             24.
             36.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           
             Printed
             by
          
           James
           Cottrel
           .
           1664.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Eminent
           FAVOURERS
           OF
           Art
           and
           Learning
           ,
           And
           true
           Examples
           of
           HONOUR
           and
           LOYALTY
           ,
        
         
           The
           Worthily
           Accomplished
           ROBERT
           BAKEHOUSE
           of
           the
           Inner
           Temple
           Esque
           THOMAS
           SMITH
           of
           Westminster
           Esq
           ;
           ROBERT
           RICHARDSON
           of
           London
           Merchant
           :
        
         
           
             John
             Gadbury
          
           ,
           In
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Honour
           he
           bears
           unto
           their
           Vertues
           ,
           Humbly
           dedicates
           to
           their
           Perusal
           and
           Censure
           ,
           the
           better
           part
           of
           the
           following
           Treatise
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Courteous
           Readers
           .
        
         
           
             SIRS
             ,
          
        
         
           ONce
           more
           I
           presume
           to
           intrench
           upon
           your
           Candor
           and
           Patience
           ,
           which
           I
           request
           you
           to
           interpret
           favourably
           ,
           because
           I
           intend
           not
           to
           make
           it
           customary
           thus
           to
           trouble
           you
           .
           —
           I
           well
           know
           ,
           he
           that
           writes
           Books
           ,
           runs
           himself
           in
           debt
           to
           every
           man
           that
           reads
           him
           .
           —
           Yet
           I
           must
           needs
           acknowledge
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           call'd
           on
           but
           by
           few
           of
           you
           for
           any
           my
           Obligations
           of
           that
           kind
           ;
           which
           Lenity
           of
           yours
           ,
           perswades
           me
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           Interest
           in
           little
           time
           will
           so
           increase
           my
           sum
           ,
           that
           my
           penury
           will
           render
           me
           incapable
           of
           payment
           .
           —
           However
           ,
           I
           am
           bold
           to
           beg
           a
           Boon
           of
           you
           ,
           viz.
           To
           add
           this
           one
           kindness
           more
           unto
           your
           Ten
           years
           friendships
           ;
           and
           (
           if
           God
           permit
           me
           life
           ,
           and
           my
           Stars
           prove
           not
           more
           inauspicious
           then
           I
           expect
           )
           I
           intend
           to
           present
           you
           with
           an
           intire
           
             Body
             of
             Astrologie
          
           ,
           and
           therein
           endeavour
           a
           satisfaction
           unto
           you
           once
           for
           all
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           occasion
           of
           my
           now
           appearing
           publick
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           labour
           much
           to
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           hardly
           a
           Page
           in
           the
           Book
           but
           will
           inform
           you
           that
           .
           Yet
           my
           brevity
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           may
           possibly
           render
           me
           the
           more
           obscure
           unto
           many
           ;
           chiefly
           ,
           in
           that
           each
           subject
           I
           handle
           ,
           afforded
           me
           a
           more
           spatious
           Field
           to
           walk
           in
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           there
           being
           not
           one
           of
           them
           (
           had
           I
           affected
           copiousness
           )
           but
           I
           might
           have
           raised
           into
           a
           Volume
           in
           Folio
           :
           but
           that
           had
           been
           to
           have
           toyl'd
           my self
           ,
           and
           troubled
           as
           well
           as
           charged
           you
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           herein
           (
           though
           briefly
           ,
           yet
           )
           succinctly
           touched
           upon
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           great
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           and
           shewn
           the
           Impossibility
           of
           particular
           ,
           or
           indeed
           any
           Judgements
           to
           be
           made
           from
           them
           :
           for
           which
           I
           expect
           both
           Favour
           and
           Fury
           :
           The
           Courteous
           Reader
           hath
           always
           afforded
           me
           the
           first
           ;
           the
           Captious
           Reader
           hath
           constantly
           bestowed
           on
           me
           the
           latter
           :
           For
           which
           I
           elect
           him
           none
           of
           my
           Patron
           ,
           and
           care
           not
           whether
           he
           read
           me
           ,
           or
           let
           me
           alone
           .
           I
           am
           not
           sollicitous
           to
           enquire
           how
           many
           various
           censures
           shall
           pass
           on
           me
           for
           the
           Arguments
           I
           have
           used
           on
           this
           subject
           ;
           yet
           believe
           they
           will
           not
           be
           few
           ,
           nor
           yet
           many
           of
           them
           friendly
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           my
           treating
           of
           the
           pretended
           Planetary
           Synod
           or
           Council
           Decemb.
           1.
           1662.
           in
           Sagittary
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           expect
           ,
           and
           finde
           as
           fair
           quarter
           for
           defending
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ,
           as
           the
           learned
           Serarius
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           for
           assaulting
           it
           therefrom
           .
           I
           pop
           no
           Impossibilities
           into
           the
           mindes
           of
           men
           ,
           nor
           threaten
           them
           with
           what
           is
           never
           like
           to
           happen
           .
           Let
           my
           Reasons
           and
           Allegations
           be
           considered
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Fancies
           and
           Pretences
           pondered
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Ingeniously
           Impartial
           will
           not
           be
           found
           against
           me
           .
        
         
           Then
           for
           my
           Discourse
           of
           Visions
           and
           Prodigies
           ;
           &c.
           
           I
           expect
           to
           be
           exclaimed
           on
           ,
           by
           every
           Vulgar
           Fanatick
           Tongue
           :
           I
           divine
           each
           prejudiced
           Pate
           will
           turn
           it self
           into
           a
           Mint
           ,
           and
           be
           Coyning
           somewhat
           of
           malice
           against
           me
           .
           —
           They
           will
           be
           loath
           to
           be
           robb'd
           of
           their
           Titles
           to
           Visions
           ;
           of
           their
           prophesying
           and
           predicting
           strange
           things
           from
           Prodigies
           ,
           of
           their
           determining
           the
           Fates
           of
           Kingdomes
           ,
           Countries
           and
           Persons
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           also
           ,
           by
           Chronograms
           ,
           and
           such-like
           fictitious
           Conceits
           .
           —
           And
           I
           adventuring
           to
           bereave
           and
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           Darling
           Fooleries
           ,
           (
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           of
           them
           )
           what
           Portion
           can
           I
           hope
           for
           ,
           other
           then
           Clamours
           ,
           Scandals
           ,
           Contumelies
           ,
           Scoffs
           and
           Disgraces
           from
           so
           Waspish
           and
           Peevish
           a
           Generation
           ?
        
         
         
           For
           Defending
           my self
           against
           the
           Sarcasms
           of
           that
           abusive
           person
           
             W.
             L.
          
           I
           suppose
           all
           Rational
           men
           will
           excuse
           me
           ;
           he
           having
           fallen
           foul
           on
           me
           after
           a
           Truce
           was
           procured
           betwixt
           my self
           and
           him
           ,
           by
           Captain
           
             G.
             W.
          
           which
           I
           kept
           inviolable
           ,
           (
           I
           speak
           it
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           onely
           Heart-Judger
           and
           Heart-Searcher
           )
           even
           in
           very
           words
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           time
           I
           first
           thereunto
           consented
           :
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           have
           reproved
           others
           that
           (
           in
           hopes
           to
           please
           me
           )
           have
           reproachfully
           spoken
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           .
           —
           And
           the
           matter
           concerning
           Mr.
           Gresham
           was
           written
           long
           before
           that
           time
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           my
           Charge
           therein
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           L.
           well
           knows
           it
           to
           be
           so
           :
           but
           he
           thought
           because
           Dr.
           Fiske
           was
           dead
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           have
           made
           no
           proof
           thereof
           ;
           forgetting
           it
           seems
           that
           himself
           had
           afforded
           me
           a
           ground
           sufficient
           for
           that
           my
           assertion
           against
           him
           ,
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Prophetick
             Merlyn
          
           .
           And
           in
           confidence
           of
           that
           ,
           labours
           to
           distain
           my
           Reputation
           ;
           and
           so
           rubs
           up
           ,
           and
           frets
           the
           old
           Sores
           ,
           which
           before
           had
           been
           so
           happily
           (
           and
           I
           had
           hoped
           for
           ever
           )
           healed
           .
        
         
           But
           L's
           Lyes
           and
           Abuses
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Reproaches
           of
           another
           Plagiary
           ,
           (
           whose
           name
           (
           himself
           being
           not
           an
           Ace
           above
           a
           meer
           Vagabond
           )
           I
           scorn
           to
           mention
           )
           onely
           confirm
           me
           in
           the
           verity
           of
           Astrologie
           ,
           and
           teach
           me
           experimentally
           the
           effects
           of
           
             Luna
             ad
             Quadratum
             Mercurii
          
           :
           but
           I
           dispose
           of
           the
           Direction
           ,
           and
           consequently
           triumph
           over
           their
           Vilifications
           .
           Let
           the
           one
           of
           them
           do
           so
           upon
           
             Medium
             Coeli
             ad
             Quadratum
             Saturni
             &
             Solis
             ,
          
           now
           approaching
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           Significator
           directed
           
             ad
             Quadratum
             Martis
             in
             Ariete
             ,
             &c.
          
           if
           they
           can
           .
           This
           cannot
           sure
           be
           Ingratitude
           in
           me
           ,
           for
           giving
           them
           such
           friendly
           notice
           of
           what
           may
           reasonably
           requite
           their
           
             blessed
             Actions
          
           .
           But
           though
           they
           both
           tax
           me
           with
           Ingratitude
           ,
           yet
           I
           believe
           
           themseves
           suppose
           there
           's
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           nature
           :
           If
           they
           do
           ,
           I
           can
           charge
           them
           both
           as
           notoriously
           guilty
           .
           The
           one
           of
           them
           I
           having
           (
           at
           his
           request
           )
           wrote
           four
           Books
           for
           ,
           and
           calculated
           many
           Nativities
           Gratis
           ,
           besides
           a
           Hicks-hall
           kindness
           ,
           by
           a
           grateful
           person
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           forgotten
           .
           And
           the
           other
           I
           have
           not
           onely
           preserved
           from
           starving
           ,
           but
           after
           defended
           his
           Ears
           from
           the
           Pillory
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           :
           Since
           my
           writing
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           have
           obtained
           the
           Nativities
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Seignior
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Leopold
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Germany
           ;
           and
           upon
           Consultation
           finde
           they
           confirm
           my
           Judgement
           of
           their
           present
           Difference
           ;
           and
           at
           convenient
           opportunity
           may
           probably
           see
           the
           light
           .
           In
           the
           interim
           ,
           if
           what
           I
           have
           here
           emitted
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           be
           but
           as
           freely
           accepted
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           faithfully
           intended
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           Wishes
           ;
           and
           shall
           still
           remain
           during
           Life
           ,
           a
           true
           Friend
           to
           Astrologie
           ,
           and
           its
           honest
           and
           able
           Professors
           .
        
         
           
             JOHN
             GADBURY
             .
          
           
             
               ☿
               January
               13.
               1664.
               
            
             
               From
               my
               House
               in
            
             Jewen
             -
             
               Garden
               ,
               against
               the
               Sun
               in
            
             Jewen
             -
             
               street
               ,
               near
            
             Aldersgate-street
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Licensed
        
         
           
             Roger
             L'Estrange
             .
          
           
             Decemb.
             19.
             1663.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Doomes-Day
        
         
           Not
           so
           Neer
           ,
           as
           Dreaded
           .
        
         
           IT
           hath
           been
           the
           subtil
           aims
           and
           endeavours
           of
           
             Impostors
             ,
             Incendiaries
          
           and
           Deluders
           ,
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           first
           to
           coyn
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           spread
           Stories
           and
           Fables
           incredible
           and
           miraculous
           ,
           upon
           the
           Understandings
           and
           Beliefs
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           (
           which
           are
           always
           the
           most
           credulous
           )
           sort
           of
           Men.
           And
           the
           better
           to
           Angle
           for
           credit
           to
           their
           delusory
           Devices
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           Designes
           ,
           they
           commonly
           bait
           the
           hook
           of
           their
           Villanies
           with
           some
           serious
           pretence
           of
           an
           
             Heavenly
             Embassy
          
           ;
           laying
           the
           load
           and
           main
           weight
           of
           their
           Deceits
           upon
           the
           Stars
           ,
           and
           
             Coelestial
             Apparitions
          
           sometimes
           ;
           and
           other
           times
           upon
           pretended
           Visions
           ,
           and
           
             Enthusiastical
             Conceits
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thus
           some
           among
           us
           have
           endeavoured
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           meeting
           of
           all
           the
           Planets
           in
           
             Sagittarius
             ,
             Decemb.
          
           1.
           1662.
           
        
         
         
           (
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           hereafter
           prove
           ,
           is
           not
           at
           all
           true
           )
           and
           next
           ,
           to
           force
           this
           meeting
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           to
           portend
           a
           
             period
             to
             the
             World
          
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           many
           mischiefs
           and
           mishaps
           to
           England
           ,
           the
           onely
           place
           they
           most
           of
           all
           hope
           to
           affright
           and
           terrifie
           ;
           and
           (
           the
           better
           to
           make
           room
           for
           these
           their
           idle
           and
           fictitious
           insinuations
           )
           they
           reflect
           upon
           the
           
             Flood
             of
             Noah
          
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           fit
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           Forerunner
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Planets
           were
           then
           all
           of
           them
           conjoyned
           in
           the
           Watry
           Signe
           Pisces
           :
           And
           as
           then
           (
           and
           from
           that
           cause
           onely
           )
           
             the
             world
             was
             drowned
             with
             water
          
           ;
           so
           now
           ,
           from
           this
           meeting
           of
           all
           the
           Planets
           in
           a
           Fiery
           Signe
           ,
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           
             the
             world
             shall
             be
             consumed
             by
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           And
           these
           Mischief-Mongers
           ,
           and
           hot-headed
           Enthusiasts
           ▪
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           affright
           the
           world
           the
           more
           ,
           they
           would
           seem
           to
           call-in
           to
           their
           assistance
           (
           as
           a
           fit
           second
           to
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Planets
           in
           Sagittary
           )
           the
           
             great
             Conjunction
             of
             the
             two-Superiour
             Planets
          
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ;
           which
           (
           according
           to
           Astronomical
           supputation
           )
           I
           grant
           did
           happen
           October
           10.
           1663.
           
           And
           thence
           they
           twattle
           of
           a
           
             Fiery
             Trigon
          
           *
           ,
           and
           other
           amusing
           matters
           ;
           which
           upon
           a
           serious
           debate
           or
           question
           ,
           I
           dare
           aver
           themselves
           know
           nothing
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           these
           
             Forgers
             of
             Fables
          
           may
           prevail
           in
           their
           designes
           the
           better
           ,
           unto
           these
           Planetary
           Assertions
           (
           which
           I
           shall
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           anon
           prove
           groundless
           )
           they
           subjoyn
           many
           strange
           relations
           of
           
             Visions
             ,
             Revelations
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           also
           of
           
             divers
             Suns
          
           and
           
             Moons
             seen
             in
             the
             Heavens
          
           ,
           besides
           the
           true
           ones
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           of
           many
           other
           
             strange
             lights
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Rainbows
           ,
           &c.
           conceiving
           them
           the
           certain
           presages
           of
           what
           they
           conceive
           the
           others
           to
           be
           .
           Thus
           then
           ,
           (
           to
           speak
           favourably
           )
           they
           not
           knowing
           the
           proper
           causes
           of
           things
           ,
           they
           opiniate
           that
           miraculous
           and
           monstrous
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           less
           mischievous
           tendency
           ,
           then
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           
             the
             infallible
             ruine
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           &c.
           when
           indeed
           the
           grand
           evil
           and
           prejudice
           such
           things
           foretoken
           ,
           are
           onely
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           disturbed
           fancies
           of
           those
           that
           thus
           vainly
           and
           groundlesly
           talk
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           
           the
           credulity
           and
           ignorance
           of
           those
           that
           put
           Faith
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           the
           better
           evince
           unto
           the
           World
           the
           incertainty
           of
           such-like
           Fancies
           and
           Fictions
           ,
           and
           convince
           the
           Propugners
           of
           such
           impossibilities
           and
           reports
           ,
           (
           not
           reasonably
           to
           be
           believed
           )
           I
           shall
           particularly
           consider
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Positions
             of
             the
             Planets
             December
             1.
             1662.
             with
             their
             probable
             Effects
             ,
             &c.
             and
             unto
             whom
             they
             partiticularly
             relate
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             great
             Conjunction
             of
             Saturn
             and
             
               Jupiter
               ,
               Octob.
            
             10.
             1663.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Something
             of
             Visions
             ,
             Prodigies
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Some
             Reflections
             upon
             Dooms-day
             ,
             or
             the
             End
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           For
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           discontented
           sort
           of
           people
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           whose
           good
           I
           aim
           at
           in
           my
           appearing
           publick
           upon
           this
           occasion
           )
           I
           shall
           be
           somewhat
           the
           larger
           ;
           and
           prosecute
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Particulars
           in
           a
           distinct
           Section
           ,
           as
           my
           method
           prescribes
           .
        
         
           
           
             Section
             1.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Positions
             of
             the
             Planets
             December
             1.
             1662.
             with
             their
             probable
             Effects
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             UPon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             December
             1662.
             at
             Noon
             ,
             (
             a
             day
             by
             many
             presumed
             to
             carry
             so
             much
             of
             horror
             and
             dreadful
             signification
             in
             it
             )
             the
             seven
             Planets
             were
             (
             both
             in
             Longitude
             and
             Latitude
             )
             according
             to
             the
             best
             Astronomical
             Calculations
             ,
             thus
             disposed
             in
             the
             Meridian
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Longit.
                 Planetarum
                 .
              
               
                 ☉
                 19
                 deg
                 .
                 47
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ☽
                 28
                 deg
                 .
                 19
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ♄
                 9
                 deg
                 .
                 17
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ♃
                 0
                 deg
                 .
                 6
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ♂
                 25
                 deg
                 .
                 40
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ♀
                 5
                 deg
                 .
                 2
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ☿
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 6
                 min.
                 ♐
                 .
              
               
                 ☊
                 13
                 deg
                 .
                 57
                 min.
                 ♍
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Latitudo
                 Planetarum
                 .
              
               
                 ☽
                 4
                 deg
                 .
                 45
                 min.
                 North.
                 
              
               
                 ♄
                 1
                 deg
                 .
                 33
                 min.
                 North.
                 
              
               
                 ♃
                 0
                 deg
                 .
                 46
                 min.
                 North.
                 
              
               
                 ♂
                 0
                 deg
                 .
                 45
                 min.
                 South
                 .
              
               
                 ♀
                 0
                 deg
                 .
                 44
                 min.
                 North.
                 
              
               
                 ☿
                 2
                 deg
                 .
                 34
                 min.
                 North.
                 
              
            
          
           
             By
             which
             Systeme
             of
             their
             Positions
             ,
             
             at
             the
             time
             aforesaid
             ,
             it
             plainly
             appeareth
             unto
             my
             sight
             ,
             that
             all
             of
             them
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             in
             Conjunction
             ,
             that
             not
             any
             two
             of
             them
             are
             exactly
             so
             united
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             if
             we
             shall
             but
             seriously
             consider
             this
             Position
             of
             the
             Planets
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             (
             although
             I
             have
             ,
             following
             the
             steps
             of
             our
             best
             Ephemeridist-Masters
             ,
             noted
             their
             places
             
             for
             the
             Noon-time
             of
             the
             day
             )
             they
             are
             not
             all
             of
             them
             really
             then
             in
             Sagittary
             .
             
             For
             ,
             
               Astronomèrs
               esteem
               a
               Planet
               to
               be
               properly
               and
               really
               in
               that
               Signe
               of
               the
               Zodiack
               with
               which
               he
               ascendeth
               and
               cutteth
               the
               Horizon
               .
            
             This
             perpended
             ,
             it
             will
             plainly
             follow
             ,
             that
             Jupiter
             is
             truly
             and
             properly
             
               (
               secundum
               Latitudinem
            
             )
             in
             Scorpio
             .
             For
             a
             certain
             proof
             whereof
             ,
             observe
             the
             Demonstration
             following
             .
          
           
             The
             Oblique
             Ascention
             of
             Jupiter
             in
             six
             minutes
             of
             Sagittarius
             ,
             in
             the
             Latitude
             of
             London
             ,
             is
             
               (
               fine
               Latitudine
            
             )
             265
             deg
             .
             32
             min.
             But
             his
             Oblique
             Ascention
             
               〈◊〉
               Latitudine
               ,
               viz.
            
             with
             46
             min.
             of
             North
             Latitude
             is
             264
             deg
             .
             31
             min.
             which
             exactly
             agrees
             to
             29
             deg
             .
             22
             min.
             of
             Scorpio
             in
             the
             Ecliptique
             :
             Jupiter
             must
             therefore
             cut
             the
             Horizon
             with
             that
             point
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Now
             then
             ,
             if
             thus
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Planets
             are
             not
             in
             Sagittarius
             ,
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             proved
             )
             must
             it
             not
             be
             both
             vain
             and
             frivolous
             for
             any
             man
             (
             let
             him
             be
             either
             Astrologer
             or
             other
             )
             to
             affright
             ,
             terrifie
             and
             amuse
             the
             world
             upon
             a
             pretended
             meeting
             of
             them
             all
             in
             
               the
               Fiery
               Triplicity
               ?
               and
               thence
               for
               to
               threaten
               a
               destruction
               of
               the
               world
               by
               fire
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             suppose
             we
             should
             admit
             (
             what
             some
             Brain-sick
             Prognosticators
             would
             willingly
             have
             )
             that
             the
             Planets
             were
             all
             of
             them
             in
             Sagittarius
             that
             day
             ;
             yet
             unless
             they
             had
             been
             in
             Conjunction
             there
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             them
             it
             is
             such
             a
             Position
             ,
             and
             so
             strange
             a
             Marvel
             ,
             that
             indeed
             signifieth
             nothing
             at
             all
             !
             I
             mean
             no
             such
             general
             and
             malignant
             matters
             or
             things
             as
             are
             by
             them
             pretended
             therefrom
             .
             Yet
             I
             deny
             not
             but
             that
             the
             progression
             of
             the
             Planets
             through
             the
             whole
             twelve
             Signes
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             or
             their
             Position
             in
             any
             part
             thereof
             (
             have
             a
             particular
             (
             yea
             ,
             remarkable
             )
             signification
             :
             but
             then
             it
             is
             relative
             onely
             to
             such
             whose
             Genitures
             either
             Sympathize
             or
             Antipathize
             therewith
             .
             
             As
             for
             instance
             :
             
               Such
               Persons
               or
               Natives
               that
               shall
               happen
               to
               have
            
             Saturn
             or
             Mars
             
               pass
               the
               Hylegiacal
               points
               of
               their
               Nativities
               shall
               receive
               great
               damage
               and
               prejudice
               thereby
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               But
               those
               that
               shall
               have
               the
               benign
               Planets
            
             
             Jupiter
             or
             Venus
             
               upon
               the
               principal
               points
               of
               their
               Radixes
               ,
               such
               will
               be
               made
               prosperous
               ,
               and
               obtain
               considerable
               advantage
               therefrom
               .
            
             And
             of
             this
             ,
             Experience
             is
             an
             assiduous
             Evidence
             .
          
           
             Again
             still
             supposing
             that
             all
             the
             Planets
             had
             then
             been
             in
             Sagittary
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             untruly
             (
             you
             see
             )
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             beliefs
             of
             many
             people
             ;
             yet
             ,
             unless
             they
             all
             of
             them
             had
             been
             in
             Conjunction
             there
             ,
             either
             Platiquely
             or
             Partilly
             ,
             (
             as
             Astrologers
             speak
             )
             viz.
             in
             the
             same
             degree
             ,
             or
             within
             the
             mediety
             of
             their
             Orbs
             ;
             they
             could
             not
             afford
             any
             true
             or
             real
             ground
             to
             any
             sober
             or
             serious
             man
             ,
             to
             threaten
             or
             menace
             the
             world
             with
             a
             Destruction
             or
             Ruine
             by
             fire
             .
             
               For
               it
               is
               the
               union
               of
               Beams
               that
               signifieth
               Desolation
               ,
               or
               Destruction
               and
               Ruine
               ,
               or
               portendeth
               Happiness
               .
            
             But
             on
             the
             day
             before-mentioned
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Planets
             there
             is
             onely
             Saturn
             and
             Mercury
             which
             are
             in
             Conjunction
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             absolutely
             Partil
             ,
             and
             Venus
             within
             the
             moiety
             of
             their
             Orbs
             ;
             which
             according
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             Astrologers
             ,
             hath
             no
             such
             amazing
             or
             terrifying
             significations
             ,
             as
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Yet
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             
             the
             learned
             Ptolomy
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               the
               strength
               of
               a
               Planet
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               from
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               to
               the
               twenty
               fifth
               degree
               of
               a
               Signe
               .
            
             Which
             in
             this
             matter
             seriously
             considered
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             neither
             
               Jupiter
               ,
               Mars
            
             or
             the
             Moon
             ,
             can
             then
             have
             any
             real
             signification
             of
             those
             strange
             and
             amusing
             Matters
             pretended
             to
             be
             portended
             by
             this
             (
             as
             't
             is
             idly
             and
             untruly
             worded
             )
             prodigious
             meeting
             of
             all
             the
             Planets
             in
             Sagittary
             ;
             the
             one
             of
             those
             
               three
               Planets
            
             being
             not
             in
             that
             Signe
             ,
             and
             the
             
               other
               two
            
             just
             going
             out
             thereof
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             man
             but
             will
             (
             if
             his
             Reason
             be
             not
             depraved
             )
             judge
             it
             most
             absurd
             ,
             to
             
               suppose
               that
               to
               have
               signification
               ,
               which
               wanteth
               strength
               or
               power
               to
               turn
               such
               signification
               into
               act
               .
            
             Thus
             we
             see
             that
             by
             this
             last
             Argument
             ,
             here
             are
             no
             less
             then
             near
             
               half
               of
               the
               seven
               Planets
            
             in
             their
             signification
             ,
             and
             position
             likewise
             ,
             taken
             away
             
               from
               this
               pretended
               mighty
               Coelestial
               Congress
               .
            
          
           
           
             But
             letting
             pass
             these
             Arguments
             as
             too
             curious
             and
             knotty
             ,
             for
             many
             of
             our
             ignorant
             Astrologers
             either
             to
             cut
             in
             two
             ,
             or
             untie
             ;
             I
             will
             descend
             to
             another
             ,
             but
             more
             familiar
             Question
             ,
             and
             such
             an
             one
             as
             may
             better
             consort
             with
             the
             general
             Reason
             ;
             viz.
             If
             all
             the
             Planets
             at
             the
             time
             before-mentioned
             had
             been
             in
             Sagittarius
             ,
             as
             is
             falsly
             pretended
             ,
             I
             would
             then
             fain
             know
             ,
             why
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             eminent
             mischiefs
             to
             these
             Nations
             ,
             must
             therefore
             needs
             have
             been
             presignified
             more
             ,
             now
             then
             at
             other
             times
             ?
             For
             I
             finde
             by
             being
             conversant
             in
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Motions
             of
             the
             Planets
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             not
             the
             first
             time
             since
             the
             (
             supposed
             )
             time
             of
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             been
             thus
             (
             yea
             ,
             more
             unfortunately
             )
             profited
             .
             And
             it
             is
             no
             news
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             though
             but
             meanly
             versed
             in
             Astronomy
             ,
             to
             finde
             almost
             all
             the
             Planets
             posited
             in
             one
             signe
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             often
             ;
             as
             I
             shall
             prove
             by
             a
             few
             instances
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1562.
             
             June
             19.
             all
             the
             Planets
             (
             except
             Jupiter
             and
             the
             Moon
             )
             were
             in
             Cancer
             ,
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Watry
             Triplicity
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1564.
             several
             days
             together
             in
             the
             moneth
             of
             July
             ,
             were
             all
             the
             Planets
             (
             except
             Venus
             and
             the
             Moon
             )
             in
             Leo
             ,
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Fiery
             Trigon
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1584.
             
             March
             28.
             and
             29.
             days
             ,
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             the
             Watry
             Signe
             Pisces
             ,
             except
             the
             Sun
             and
             Jupiter
             ,
             who
             were
             conjoyned
             in
             Aries
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1603.
             
             November
             22
             and
             23.
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             Sagittarius
             ,
             (
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Fiery
             Triplicity
             )
             except
             Mars
             ,
             who
             was
             then
             in
             Virgo
             ,
             in
             Quartile
             unto
             several
             of
             them
             ;
             in
             effect
             more
             mischievous
             then
             if
             he
             had
             been
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             them
             .
             And
             the
             world
             (
             we
             see
             )
             hath
             outlived
             that
             ,
             60
             years
             and
             upward
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1618.
             on
             April
             29.
             and
             30.
             days
             ,
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             the
             Fixed
             ,
             Earthy
             Signe
             Taurus
             ,
             except
             Jupiter
             and
             the
             Moon
             .
             And
             the
             Moon
             was
             then
             in
             Opposition
             unto
             them
             from
             Scorpio
             ;
             (
             by
             some
             Astrologers
             called
             the
             
             most
             malicious
             and
             pestilent
             Signe
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             )
             yet
             no
             dismal
             Effects
             attended
             this
             Satellitium
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1622.
             on
             June
             27.
             and
             28.
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             Cancer
             ,
             except
             Venus
             ,
             and
             she
             was
             with
             
               Cauda
               Draconis
            
             in
             Taurus
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1623.
             
             June
             21
             day
             ,
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             Leo
             ,
             (
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Fiery
             Triplicity
             )
             excepting
             the
             Sun
             and
             Mars
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             in
             Opposition
             to
             each
             other
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             from
             Cancer
             and
             Capricorn
             ,
             which
             Astrologers
             call
             Cardinal
             and
             Tropical
             Signes
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1624.
             
             Sept.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             days
             ,
             all
             the
             Planets
             excepting
             Saturn
             ,
             were
             posited
             in
             Virgo
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             then
             in
             Leo
             ,
             his
             Detriment
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1642.
             
             Feb.
             28.
             and
             March
             1.
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             Pisces
             ,
             except
             Mars
             and
             the
             Moon
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             upon
             those
             days
             in
             Opposition
             from
             the
             Signes
             Cancer
             and
             Capricorn
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1643.
             
             Febr.
             9.
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             in
             Pisces
             ,
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Aquatique
             Triplicity
             ,
             excepting
             Mars
             ,
             who
             was
             in
             Taurus
             ,
             the
             place
             where
             he
             receives
             his
             Detriment
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1656.
             
             September
             7.
             and
             8.
             
               days
               ,
               all
               the
               Planets
               were
               in
            
             Virgo
             ,
             
               a
               Signe
               of
               the
               Earthly
               Trigon
               ,
               excepting
            
             Jupiter
             :
             Vpon
             which
             occasion
             I
             wrote
             my
             
               Coelestial
               Ambassador
            
             ;
             and
             have
             therein
             prescribed
             an
             easie
             method
             for
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             Effects
             of
             Conjunctions
             ,
             fit
             and
             reasonably
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1658.
             
             Sept.
             17.
             five
             of
             the
             seven
             Planets
             were
             in
             Libra
             ,
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Aereal
             Triplicity
             ,
             an
             Aequinoctial
             Signe
             ,
             and
             the
             Exaltation
             of
             the
             cruel
             Planet
             Saturn
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1664.
             upon
             Decem.
             14.
             five
             Planets
             will
             be
             pofited
             in
             Capricorn
             ,
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Earthly
             Triplicity
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1677.
             upon
             May
             the
             21.
             and
             22.
             that
             year
             ,
             all
             the
             Planets
             ,
             except
             Jupiter
             and
             Mars
             ,
             will
             be
             in
             Gemini
             ;
             and
             they
             will
             be
             in
             Opposition
             to
             each
             other
             from
             Leo
             and
             Aquarius
             ,
             Fixed
             Signes
             .
          
           
           
             And
             if
             any
             person
             minded
             to
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             Motions
             and
             Positions
             of
             the
             Planets
             further
             ,
             they
             shall
             finde
             more
             Examples
             of
             this
             kinde
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             have
             herein
             but
             given
             the
             Reader
             a
             brief
             taste
             of
             what
             I
             could
             more
             largely
             have
             presented
             him
             withal
             )
             which
             will
             tell
             him
             plainly
             ,
             and
             truly
             too
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               either
               mens
               ignorance
               of
               these
               things
               that
               makes
               them
               to
               wonder
               at
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               so
               ready
               to
               assigne
               such
               impertinent
               and
               incongruous
               Effects
               unto
               them
               ;
               or
               else
               their
               knavery
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               thereby
               bring
               to
               pass
               their
               villanous
               and
               dangerous
               Designes
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               subject
               to
               suspition
               .
            
             Otherwise
             ,
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             why
             the
             same
             Positions
             formerly
             ,
             were
             not
             attended
             with
             the
             same
             Effects
             ,
             as
             these
             Positions
             of
             them
             (
             now
             under
             discourse
             )
             were
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             ,
             by
             many
             expected
             .
          
           
             
               —
               labuntur
               &
               ordine
               certo
            
             
               Sydera
               ;
               
               tam
               varios
               rerum
               patientia
               casus
               .
            
             
               Illa
               suos
               peragunt
               motus
               ,
               servantque
               tenorem
            
             
               Sorte
               datum
               ,
               &c.
            
             
               —
               The
               Lamps
               of
               Heaven
               move
               on
            
             
               In
               their
               old
               paths
               :
               The
               Planets
               cannot
               stray
            
             
               In
               all
               their
               wandrings
               from
               their
               Native
               way
               ;
            
             
               Or
               loose
               that
               Influence
               which
               first
               they
               got
            
             
               Consign'd
               unto
               them
               ,
               by
               their
               proper
               Lot.
               
            
          
           
             This
             therefore
             shall
             serve
             for
             the
             explanation
             and
             signification
             of
             the
             meeting
             of
             all
             the
             Planets
             (
             as
             is
             supposed
             )
             in
             
               Sagittary
               ,
               Decemb.
            
             1.
             1662.
             and
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             or
             conviction
             of
             all
             those
             that
             would
             have
             any
             thing
             of
             Dooms-day
             thereby
             be
             pre-signified
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
          
           
             Some
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             great
             Conjunction
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             in
             Sagittarius
             ,
             October
             10.
             1663.
             
          
           
             IN
             my
             Ephemeris
             ,
             or
             Almanack
             for
             this
             present
             year
             1663.
             
             I
             have
             delivered
             somewhat
             touching
             this
             subject
             ,
             and
             have
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             fully
             evinced
             unto
             the
             Intelligent
             Reader
             not
             onely
             an
             improbability
             ,
             but
             impossibility
             for
             any
             man
             to
             predict
             the
             certain
             effects
             that
             shall
             succeed
             this
             so
             famous
             Conjunction
             .
          
           
             
               Not
               that
               I
               believe
               or
               suppose
               such
               a
               Conjunction
               can
               or
               shall
               want
               Effects
               ,
               and
               those
               very
               splendid
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               say
               in
               my
            
             Octobers
             
               Observations
               ,
               against
               the
               time
               this
               eminent
               Conjunction
               happens
               ,
               thus
               :
            
             —
             
               Conjunctio
               magna
               Saturni
               &
               Jovis
               .
               —
               It
               happens
               but
               once
               in
               seven
               or
               eight
               hundred
               years
               ;
               its
               Effects
               therefore
               cannot
               be
               discovered
               by
               the
               wisest
               of
               Mortals
               .
               We
               may
               say
               they
               will
               be
               famous
               :
               but
               what
               they
               shall
               be
               ,
               or
               when
               they
               shall
               appear
               ,
               Astrologie
               hath
               no
               tongue
               to
               declare
               .
               Let
               us
               therefore
               warily
               eye
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               in
               those
               Mutations
               (
               whether
               good
               or
               evil
               )
               that
               this
               eminent
               and
               unusual
               Congress
               is
               the
               precursor
               of
               .
            
          
           
             That
             this
             eminent
             Coelestial
             meeting
             shall
             have
             very
             famous
             and
             glorious
             Effects
             ,
             is
             most
             Rational
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             several
             eminent
             good
             grounds
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Planets
               conjoyned
               are
               the
               two
               superiour
               Coelestial
               Movers
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Their
               congress
               or
               meeting
               is
               in
               Sagittarius
               ,
               a
               Signe
               of
               the
               Fiery
               Trigon
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               It
               is
               a
               Coelestial
               meeting
               that
               (
               Astrologers
               well
               know
               )
               very
               seldome
               happens
               .
            
          
           
           
             Now
             ,
             
             the
             more
             considerable
             the
             Planets
             are
             that
             meet
             ,
             the
             more
             famous
             will
             the
             Effects
             of
             that
             their
             meeting
             prove
             :
             and
             the
             more
             worthy
             and
             eminent
             the
             place
             is
             in
             which
             they
             thus
             conjoyn
             ,
             the
             more
             admirable
             are
             or
             will
             be
             their
             significations
             :
             and
             the
             more
             rarely
             and
             seldome
             such
             Bodies
             do
             unite
             ,
             the
             more
             significant
             and
             illustrious
             is
             the
             Embassy
             they
             have
             to
             deliver
             to
             the
             world
             :
             For
             those
             Bodies
             that
             do
             not
             often
             meet
             ,
             when
             they
             do
             ,
             they
             joyn
             together
             for
             the
             greater
             and
             more
             famous
             purposes
             .
          
           
             But
             although
             this
             be
             granted
             ,
             (
             as
             indeed
             it
             must
             )
             yet
             I
             hold
             it
             impossible
             for
             the
             wisest
             of
             men
             to
             predict
             or
             divine
             the
             particular
             effects
             or
             signification
             of
             this
             great
             Conjunction
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             these
             Reasons
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             (
             1.
             )
             It
             is
             a
             Conjunction
             that
             seldome
             happens
             ,
             viz.
             but
             once
             in
             seven
             or
             eight
             hundred
             years
             ;
             no
             man
             therefore
             can
             have
             any
             particular
             experience
             of
             what
             Effects
             may
             probably
             succeed
             the
             same
             .
             
             And
             if
             any
             shall
             presume
             to
             hope
             to
             be
             assisted
             by
             Chronologie
             ,
             I
             tell
             them
             that
             is
             uncertain
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             errour
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             But
             should
             I
             grant
             that
             Chronologie
             could
             truly
             furnish
             an
             Artist
             with
             the
             exact
             and
             precise
             truth
             of
             what
             hath
             happened
             after
             the
             celebration
             of
             such
             Conjunctions
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             deem
             somewhat
             improbable
             )
             yet
             would
             he
             be
             to
             seek
             of
             a
             certain
             foundation
             whereon
             to
             build
             a
             Judgement
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             
             it
             being
             impossible
             to
             obtain
             the
             true
             Position
             of
             Heaven
             when
             such
             a
             Conjunction
             
               ad
               punctum
            
             happens
             ;
             and
             without
             a
             Figure
             to
             pretend
             to
             give
             a
             Judgement
             ,
             is
             every
             whit
             as
             vain
             and
             idle
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             Pilot
             to
             steer
             or
             guide
             a
             ship
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             Compass
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             But
             should
             we
             allow
             a
             possibility
             (
             of
             what
             is
             indeed
             impossible
             )
             that
             a
             Figure
             thereof
             were
             attainable
             ,
             yet
             the
             Artist
             being
             a
             Man
             ,
             
             and
             so
             subject
             to
             errour
             ,
             may
             be
             apt
             to
             mistake
             in
             his
             Calculation
             of
             the
             Effects
             which
             (
             allowing
             Chronologie
             likewise
             certain
             )
             may
             have
             succeeded
             such
             a
             Conjunction
             formerly
             :
             for
             he
             may
             easily
             assigne
             such
             and
             such
             matters
             or
             things
             to
             the
             Conjunction
             
             as
             the
             Effects
             thereof
             ,
             which
             very
             probably
             may
             be
             presumed
             to
             have
             been
             signified
             by
             Eclipses
             ,
             or
             other
             less
             Conjunctions
             ,
             or
             Transits
             ,
             or
             Vernal
             Ingresses
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               This
               seriously
               preponderated
               ,
               I
               assert
               ,
            
             
               That
               this
               Great
               Conjunction
               affords
               no
               ground
               at
               all
               from
               which
               either
               our
               Astrological
               or
               Presbyterian
               Enthusiasts
               can
               any
               way
               rationally
               threaten
               the
               world
               with
               a
               destruction
               by
               sire
               ;
               or
               England
               in
               particular
               with
               Wars
               ,
               or
               other
               mischiefs
               ;
               no
               ,
               although
               it
               happen
               in
               the
               Fiery
               Trigon
               .
            
          
           
             Before
             I
             close
             this
             Section
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             correct
             the
             gross
             errours
             and
             mistakes
             of
             some
             Astrologers
             among
             us
             ,
             committed
             in
             their
             Writings
             this
             present
             year
             1663.
             because
             they
             somewhat
             relate
             to
             this
             great
             Conjunction
             ,
             and
             are
             occasioned
             by
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             One
             there
             is
             among
             us
             ,
             who
             (
             having
             made
             the
             world
             believe
             he
             hath
             had
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             skill
             in
             these
             matters
             )
             calleth
             this
             Conjunction
             very
             often
             a
             
               Little
               Conjunction
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Minor
               Conjunction
            
             :
             
             telling
             us
             that
             some
             able
             Artist
             (
             such
             another
             probably
             as
             himself
             )
             intends
             a
             particular
             Treatise
             thereof
             :
             but
             lest
             this
             Artist
             boasted
             of
             should
             fail
             ,
             and
             we
             be
             deprived
             of
             some
             Astrological
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             (
             I
             was
             about
             to
             say
             )
             Nonsence
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             Print
             fathered
             upon
             this
             
               Great
               Conjunction
            
             ,
             this
             Author
             gives
             us
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Conjunctions
             Effects
             in
             these
             words
             :
             —
             
               We
               conceive
               the
               genuine
               sence
               of
               this
               present
               Conjunction
               is
               ,
               that
               generally
               mens
               intentions
               or
               actions
               will
               wholly
               intend
               to
               settle
               or
               unsettle
               the
               Laws
               and
               Constitutions
               ,
               Customes
               ,
               Vsanees
               ,
               of
               whole
               Nations
               ,
               Governments
               ,
               Kingdomes
               and
               Common-wealths
               ;
               or
               the
               full
               establishing
               ,
               or
               utter
               disturbance
               of
               Families
               ,
               and
               their
               Estates
               ,
               Religion
               of
               several
               Judgements
               ,
               and
               its
               attendances
               ,
               Priviledges
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             In
             which
             words
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             can
             finde
             either
             good
             Connection
             ,
             true
             Art
             ,
             or
             fair
             propriety
             of
             speech
             ,
             —
          
           
             
               As
               great
               Apollo
               ,
               
               he
            
             
               Shall
               ever
               be
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
           
             Mens
             intentions
             ,
             intend
             to
             settle
             ,
             or
             unsettle
             ,
             &c.
             and
             this
             is
             the
             genuine
             sence
             of
             the
             present
             Conjunction
             .
             —
             To
             pass
             over
             the
             apparent
             Tautologie
             hereof
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             will
             be
             a
             truth
             believed
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             to
             carry
             the
             undeniable
             ,
             That
             if
             Men
             intend
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             about
             Laws
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             Constitutions
             ,
             &c.
             it
             must
             be
             
               either
               to
               settle
               or
               unsettle
               them
            
             ;
             Let
             this
             intention
             proceed
             from
             the
             influence
             of
             such
             a
             Conjunction
             ,
             or
             other
             less
             considerable
             
               Coelestial
               Phaenomena
            
             :
             And
             so
             likewise
             for
             Families
             ,
             Estates
             ,
             Religions
             ,
             &c.
             if
             men
             intend
             any
             thing
             of
             ,
             for
             ,
             or
             concerning
             them
             ,
             
               must
               it
               not
               be
               for
               ,
               or
               in
               order
               to
               either
               their
               disturbance
               or
               establishing
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             when
             persons
             pretending
             to
             give
             Judgement
             (
             under
             the
             specious
             colour
             or
             covert
             of
             Science
             )
             upon
             Conjunctions
             and
             Aspects
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             they
             can
             have
             no
             proper
             or
             serious
             grounds
             for
             ;
             what
             wonder
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             thus
             become
             Fugitives
             to
             Art
             and
             Learning
             ,
             and
             wander
             (
             as
             led
             by
             the
             
               ignis
               fatuus
            
             of
             their
             ignorance
             or
             presumption
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             worse
             )
             
               from
               the
               grounds
               of
               Science
               ▪
               Sence
               ,
               and
               Right
               Reason
               !
            
             Any
             Man
             (
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Planets
             )
             may
             be
             most
             reasonably
             supposed
             to
             be
             oraculous
             in
             such
             kinde
             of
             presages
             as
             these
             :
             for
             how
             can
             he
             be
             mistaken
             in
             his
             Divination
             ,
             whose
             Predictions
             purely
             depent
             upon
             I
             or
             No
             ?
             It
             is
             impossible
             for
             any
             Medium
             to
             be
             found
             between
             those
             terms
             ,
             which
             are
             purely
             contradictory
             .
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             more
             of
             Art
             herein
             ,
             (
             or
             certainty
             of
             the
             truth
             pretended
             hereby
             )
             then
             in
             the
             throwing
             up
             
               Half
               a
               Crown
            
             ;
             by
             which
             action
             we
             certainly
             conclude
             ,
             that
             either
             
               Cross
               or
               Pile
            
             shall
             be
             uppermost
             .
          
           
             
               The
               same
               Author
               in
               the
               next
               Leaf
               comes
               to
               deliver
               another
               kinde
               of
               Judgement
               upon
               this
            
             Great
             Conjunction
             ,
             viz.
             A
             firm
             Establishment
             of
             new-acquired
             Dominions
             ,
             or
             new
             Families
             ,
             or
             new
             Leagues
             :
             —
             and
             this
             in
             many
             places
             of
             Europe
             .
          
           
             Now
             you
             see
             in
             this
             persons
             Judgement
             by
             this
             Conjunction
             ,
             men
             will
             sometimes
             intend
             to
             settle
             and
             unsettle
             
             Governments
             ,
             Kingdomes
             and
             Commonwealths
             ,
             &c.
             —
             and
             at
             other
             times
             intend
             onely
             a
             firm
             Establishment
             of
             new-acquired
             Dominions
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               And
               this
               onely
               in
               many
               places
               of
               Europe
               .
            
             And
             in
             the
             same
             breath
             (
             almost
             )
             he
             urges
             another
             passage
             like
             to
             the
             first
             we
             examined
             ,
             —
             
               viz.
               —
               It
               secondly
               intends
               a
               Confirmation
               or
               Extinguishment
               of
               ancient
               Church-matters
               ,
               Discipline
               or
               Ceremonies
               .
            
             Which
             Terms
             every
             one
             may
             see
             are
             directly
             opposite
             as
             the
             former
             .
          
           
             How
             ridiculous
             ,
             contradictory
             ▪
             idle
             and
             vain
             such
             Predictions
             are
             ,
             I
             need
             not
             take
             pains
             to
             illustrate
             ,
             but
             leave
             them
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             Persons
             able
             to
             distinguish
             of
             Terms
             ,
             and
             discern
             the
             Imposture
             ,
             and
             ignorant
             juggling
             of
             the
             Predictor
             ,
             who
             rather
             then
             he
             will
             not
             be
             seen
             to
             be
             some-body
             ,
             adventures
             to
             make
             an
             Enthusiastique
             noise
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             Groundless
             ,
             Artless
             ,
             Senceless
             .
          
           
             I
             come
             in
             the
             next
             place
             (
             having
             briefly
             examined
             the
             substance
             of
             his
             Predictions
             )
             to
             demand
             his
             Reason
             ,
             why
             he
             calls
             this
             Conjunction
             A
             Little
             ,
             
             or
             Minor
             Conjunction
             :
             for
             as
             I
             can
             perceive
             he
             hath
             rendred
             no
             account
             wherefore
             it
             should
             be
             so
             esteemed
             .
             —
             There
             seems
             to
             me
             two
             things
             essentially
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             ,
             which
             makes
             their
             Congress
             to
             be
             called
             great
             :
             viz.
             (
             1.
             )
             The
             Regality
             of
             the
             Triplicity
             they
             conjoyn
             in
             ;
             (
             2.
             )
             The
             Beginning
             of
             their
             Conjunctions
             for
             their
             whole
             circuit
             in
             that
             Trigon
             .
             And
             both
             these
             concur
             to
             make
             this
             a
             great
             Conjunction
             .
             For
             (
             1.
             )
             it
             is
             the
             Fiery
             Trigon
             in
             which
             this
             Coelestial
             Congress
             is
             celebrated
             ,
             the
             most
             Noble
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             even
             as
             Fire
             is
             the
             most
             eminent
             among
             the
             Elements
             .
             (
             2.
             )
             Albeit
             it
             so
             happened
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             two
             Conjunctions
             of
             these
             Planets
             in
             the
             same
             Triplicity
             ,
             
               viz.
               anno
            
             1603.
             
             Dec.
             7.
             and
             
               anno
               1623.
               
               June
            
             8.
             yet
             these
             Planets
             not
             continuing
             their
             several
             Conjunctions
             in
             that
             Trigon
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             naturally
             ended
             their
             circuit
             there
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             called
             great
             Conjunctions
             ,
             but
             rather
             mean
             ,
             or
             
             middle
             Conjunctions
             .
             
             But
             
               this
               Conjunction
               now
               in
            
             Sagittary
             ,
             
               so
               begins
               the
               Fiery
               Triplicity
               ,
               that
               for
               many
               Ages
               these
               Planets
               will
               make
               their
               Conjunctions
               in
               the
               same
               Trigon
               ;
               and
               this
               without
               any
               alteration
               ,
               or
               mutation
               into
               any
               other
               Triplicity
               :
            
             Ergo
             ,
             
               this
               must
               be
               ,
               not
               a
               little
               ,
               or
               minor
               Conjunction
               ,
               but
               a
               great
               Conjunction
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             that
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             call
             this
             a
             Minor
             Conjunction
             ,
             hath
             been
             also
             pleased
             to
             call
             that
             in
             1603.
             
             December
             7.
             not
             onely
             a
             Great
             ,
             but
             the
             greatest
             Conjunction
             :
             which
             how
             truly
             it
             may
             be
             so
             termed
             ,
             I
             freely
             confess
             I
             understand
             not
             :
             Perhaps
             he
             may
             have
             learnt
             a
             secret
             way
             to
             demonstrate
             unto
             us
             impossibilities
             ,
             viz.
             why
             that
             Conjunction
             in
             1603.
             should
             be
             called
             a
             Great
             ,
             or
             the
             greatest
             Conjunction
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             1663.
             (
             though
             greater
             then
             that
             )
             shall
             be
             esteemed
             and
             termed
             a
             Minor
             or
             Little
             one
             .
          
           
             Astrologers
             consent
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             three
             manner
             of
             ways
             how
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             make
             their
             Conjunctions
             ;
             whence
             they
             have
             their
             several
             Denominations
             .
             
             (
             1.
             )
             They
             make
             their
             Conjunctions
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Trigons
             in
             the
             space
             of
             nineteen
             years
             ,
             three
             hundred
             and
             sixteen
             days
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             called
             a
             Minor
             Conjunction
             .
             (
             2.
             )
             They
             make
             their
             Conjunctions
             from
             one
             Trigon
             to
             another
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Signes
             ,
             as
             out
             of
             the
             Fiery
             into
             the
             Earthy
             ,
             in
             an
             hundred
             ninety
             and
             nine
             years
             ,
             and
             three
             hundred
             sixty
             six
             days
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             called
             a
             middle
             or
             mean
             Conjunction
             .
             (
             3.
             )
             They
             make
             their
             Conjunctions
             in
             seven
             hundred
             ninety
             five
             years
             ,
             two
             hundred
             and
             twelve
             days
             ;
             as
             from
             Aries
             to
             Aries
             ,
             or
             Sagittarius
             to
             Sagittarius
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             mutation
             of
             the
             Triplicity
             ,
             &c.
             and
             this
             is
             called
             a
             great
             ,
             or
             the
             greatest
             Conjunction
             that
             can
             be
             .
             But
             of
             this
             subject
             let
             the
             ingenious
             Reader
             apply
             himself
             to
             
               Cardan
               ,
               in
               his
               Commentary
               upon
               Ptolomy
               ,
               fol.
            
             362.
             (
             that
             I
             mean
             printed
             a
             
               Lyons
               ,
               anno
            
             1555.
             )
             where
             he
             may
             receive
             exacter
             satisfaction
             then
             my
             present
             occasions
             will
             permit
             me
             to
             afford
             him
             .
          
           
           
             There
             is
             another
             Person
             who
             pretends
             to
             be
             well
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Calculations
             and
             Effects
             of
             Conjunctions
             ;
             
             and
             he
             saith
             in
             one
             place
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             
               anno
               1663.
               this
               Conjunction
               of
            
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             
               happens
               on
            
             Octob.
             10.
             
               near
               high
               Noon
            
             ;
             (
             it
             may
             be
             as
             neer
             Midnight
             ,
             for
             ought
             he
             or
             any
             man
             else
             knoweth
             )
             yet
             in
             another
             place
             of
             the
             same
             Book
             he
             telleth
             us
             ,
             it
             
               happeneth
               the
               12
               day
               ,
               neer
               7
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               morning
               .
            
          
           
             This
             I
             know
             ,
             these
             two
             Planets
             will
             be
             in
             Conjunction
             at
             the
             least
             ten
             days
             (
             perhaps
             more
             )
             before
             and
             after
             the
             tenth
             day
             of
             October
             ;
             but
             the
             precise
             day
             according
             to
             the
             best
             Astronomical
             Tables
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             their
             exact
             Conjunction
             ,
             will
             be
             on
             October
             the
             tenth
             ,
             anno
             1663.
             but
             their
             Orbs
             touch
             many
             days
             both
             before
             and
             after
             .
             But
             this
             pitiful
             Judger
             of
             Conjunctions
             commits
             a
             greater
             errour
             then
             this
             immediately
             following
             it
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
             —
             
               There
               hath
               been
               six
               Trigonical
               Revolutions
               past
               ,
               before
               this
               last
               entrance
               of
               the
               Planets
               into
            
             Aries
             1603.
             —
             In
             1603.
             these
             Planets
             were
             in
             Sagittarius
             ,
             and
             as
             far
             from
             Aries
             as
             a
             Trine
             is
             distant
             from
             a
             Conjunction
             ,
             viz.
             120
             Degrees
             ;
             and
             so
             far
             is
             this
             strange
             Astrologer
             distant
             from
             the
             truth
             .
             I
             should
             willingly
             have
             conceived
             this
             to
             have
             been
             the
             Printers
             errour
             ,
             as
             not
             willing
             to
             believe
             any
             man
             pretending
             Astrologie
             so
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             errour
             ;
             but
             meeting
             it
             in
             his
             Book
             in
             words
             at
             length
             ,
             and
             no
             way
             corrected
             ,
             I
             cannot
             do
             less
             then
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             a
             part
             of
             its
             Authors
             remarkable
             property
             ,
             Ignorance
             :
             and
             that
             which
             confirms
             me
             so
             much
             the
             more
             ,
             is
             ,
             A
             most
             egregious
             mistake
             by
             him
             committed
             in
             the
             moneth
             of
             January
             in
             his
             Almanack
             .
             
             He
             saith
             there
             ,
             —
             
               The
               28
               day
            
             ,
             ♂
             ☉
             ♀
             ,
             and
             ☿
             ,
             
               viz.
               Mars
               ,
               Sol
               ,
               Venus
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               are
               all
               Combust
               .
            
             Certainly
             his
             Brains
             and
             Skill
             likewise
             must
             needs
             be
             in
             combustion
             ,
             that
             shall
             say
             or
             write
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             combures
             all
             the
             Planets
             ,
             can
             himself
             be
             combust
             .
             But
             he
             proceeds
             ,
             —
             
               Observe
               ,
               the
               two
               Superiours
               conjoyn
               23
               day
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               the
               28
               day
               .
               Expect
               great
               and
               
               prodigions
               ▪
               Effects
               .
            
             —
             On
             the
             twenty
             third
             day
             there
             is
             no
             such
             Conjunction
             of
             the
             superiour
             Planets
             ,
             as
             this
             idle
             fellow
             ignorantly
             twattles
             of
             ;
             nor
             are
             the
             other
             five
             in
             exact
             Conjunction
             that
             day
             neither
             :
             Although
             I
             grant
             the
             Moon
             is
             applying
             to
             the
             Conjunctions
             of
             the
             
               Sun
               ,
               Mars
               ,
               Mercury
            
             ,
             and
             Venus
             ,
             but
             meets
             with
             the
             Sextiles
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             by
             the
             way
             .
             I
             perceive
             this
             forward
             Astrologer
             understandeth
             not
             what
             Frustration
             ,
             in
             an
             Astrological
             sence
             ,
             meaneth
             .
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             if
             Persons
             should
             expect
             from
             these
             idle
             stories
             
               any
               great
               and
               prodigious
               Effects
            
             ,
             they
             must
             likewise
             expect
             to
             be
             deceived
             therein
             ,
             as
             certainly
             ,
             as
             before
             they
             have
             been
             by
             him
             in
             their
             pretended
             causes
             .
          
           
             To
             demonstrate
             unto
             the
             ingenious
             Readers
             ,
             that
             those
             days
             he
             mentions
             ,
             
               viz.
               January
            
             the
             23.
             and
             28.
             there
             were
             no
             
               such
               causes
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             can
             be
             
               no
               such
               prodigious
               Effects
            
             ,
             I
             will
             present
             them
             with
             the
             Planets
             places
             in
             Longitude
             ,
             those
             two
             days
             at
             Noon
             ,
             that
             either
             his
             ignorance
             or
             imposturism
             ,
             or
             both
             ,
             may
             the
             more
             conspicuously
             appear
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jan.
                 23.
                 1663.
                 
              
               
                 ☉
                 13
                 deg
                 .
                 50
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ♄
                 14
                 deg
                 .
                 42
                 min.
                 ♐
              
               
                 ♃
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 12
                 min.
                 ♐
              
               
                 ♂
                 6
                 deg
                 .
                 38
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ♀
                 11
                 deg
                 .
                 42
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ☿
                 7
                 deg
                 .
                 5
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ☽
                 8
                 deg
                 .
                 41
                 min.
                 ♐
              
               
                 ☊
                 11
                 deg
                 .
                 8
                 min.
                 ♍
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Jan.
                 28.
                 1663.
                 
              
               
                 ☉
                 18
                 deg
                 .
                 54
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ♄
                 15
                 deg
                 .
                 4
                 min.
                 ♐
              
               
                 ♃
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 57
                 min.
                 ♐
              
               
                 ♂
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 34
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ♀
                 17
                 deg
                 .
                 58
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ☿
                 15
                 deg
                 .
                 40
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ☽
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 57
                 min.
                 ♒
              
               
                 ☊
                 10
                 deg
                 .
                 53
                 min.
                 ♍
              
            
          
           
             By
             which
             Glass
             ,
             you
             may
             easily
             perceive
             the
             causeless
             cause
             this
             Person
             had
             to
             terrifie
             the
             world
             with
             the
             expectation
             of
             
               great
               and
               prodigious
               Effects
            
             .
          
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             these
             gross
             errours
             and
             oversights
             ,
             
             this
             confident
             Fellow
             is
             not
             quiet
             ,
             but
             rails
             at
             divers
             persons
             professing
             knowledge
             in
             the
             Stars
             ;
             calling
             them
             Star-Fools
             ,
             that
             babble
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             know
             no
             more
             vertue
             they
             have
             then
             a
             Hop-pole
             ;
             calling
             them
             Moon-calves
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             whether
             his
             ignorant
             self
             do
             not
             more
             properly
             deserve
             those
             Epithets
             he
             so
             lavishly
             bestows
             upon
             others
             ,
             (
             the
             foregoing
             Discourse
             considered
             )
             I
             leave
             such
             as
             are
             Artists
             to
             judge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             Touching
             some
             pretended
             Revelations
             ,
             Prodigies
             ,
             and
             their
             Forged
             Effects
             .
          
           
             BUt
             although
             the
             Stars
             (
             or
             Astrologie
             ,
             the
             Science
             of
             the
             Stars
             )
             are
             no
             way
             favouring
             such
             idle
             Opinions
             as
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             world
             by
             Fire
             ,
             or
             the
             time
             of
             its
             Dissolution
             ;
             yet
             so
             strangely
             impudent
             are
             many
             in
             this
             our
             Age
             ,
             that
             they
             pretend
             to
             believe
             they
             have
             a
             certain
             prescience
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             either
             by
             Revelation
             from
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             they
             (
             sometimes
             blasphemously
             )
             word
             it
             :
             or
             else
             from
             the
             observation
             they
             seem
             to
             make
             of
             certain
             Apparitions
             or
             Prodigies
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             that
             none
             but
             Melancholy
             Persons
             are
             subject
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             these
             kind
             of
             people
             pretend
             unto
             the
             acquaintance
             of
             Revelations
             ,
             and
             such-like
             mysteries
             ,
             either
             from
             Envy
             or
             Frenzy
             :
             for
             the
             former
             ,
             they
             deserve
             censure
             ;
             for
             the
             latter
             ,
             pity
             .
             History
             informs
             us
             ,
             
             (
             as
             one
             ingeniously
             notes
             )
             that
             many
             men
             have
             fancyed
             themselves
             Monarks
             ,
             
             Popes
             and
             Emperours
             ;
             when
             as
             in
             truth
             they
             have
             been
             but
             Foot-boys
             ,
             Grooms
             ,
             and
             Serving-men
             .
             And
             many
             again
             ,
             pretending
             to
             these
             matters
             of
             Revelation
             ,
             have
             been
             found
             to
             
             have
             more
             of
             Villany
             ,
             then
             Melancholy
             in
             them
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             they
             have
             acted
             ,
             agitated
             ,
             and
             brought
             about
             very
             eminent
             and
             considerable
             Designes
             .
          
           
             But
             suppose
             we
             ,
             
             that
             many
             of
             these
             kinde
             of
             persons
             in
             their
             pretences
             to
             Revelation
             ,
             Inspiration
             ,
             &c.
             have
             no
             designe
             at
             all
             ,
             either
             against
             the
             Church
             or
             State
             they
             live
             under
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             that
             because
             they
             pretend
             to
             these
             matters
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             therefore
             believe
             them
             to
             be
             more
             then
             they
             are
             ;
             or
             that
             they
             are
             able
             (
             beyond
             others
             )
             to
             approach
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ;
             or
             that
             they
             are
             as
             Lords
             of
             Gods
             Council
             ,
             because
             they
             pretend
             so
             highly
             to
             the
             Spirit
             :
             for
             all
             these
             their
             fair
             and
             spiritual
             pretences
             ,
             are
             nothing
             but
             the
             effects
             of
             an
             absurd
             Melancholy
             ;
             and
             proceed
             not
             from
             any
             preternatural
             or
             supernatural
             cause
             :
             as
             it
             happened
             in
             
               David
               George
               ,
               John
            
             of
             
               Leyden
               ,
               Jacob
               Behmen
            
             ,
             and
             infinite
             others
             ,
             both
             of
             former
             and
             latter
             times
             ;
             of
             whose
             Actions
             and
             Exploits
             ,
             History
             is
             not
             barren
             .
             
               For
               when
               this
               humour
               predominates
               in
               a
               man
               ,
               it
               makes
               his
               brain
               (
               or
               rather
               the
               Nut
               ,
               or
               Top-kernel
               thereof
               ,
               as
            
             Des
             Cartes
             
               expresseth
               it
            
             ,
             
             
               to
               )
               seem
               like
               a
               crackt
               Looking-glass
               ,
               receiving
               thereby
               a
               thousand
               various
               thoughts
               ,
               conceits
               ,
               and
               shapes
               of
               things
               ,
               which
               they
               (
               with
               a
               confused
               imagination
               and
               Judgement
               )
               beholding
               ,
               do
               suppose
               real
               ;
               and
               are
               therefore
               the
               more
               bold
               in
               pretending
               to
               Vision
               and
               Revelation
               ,
               and
               in
               reporting
               things
               (
               incredible
               and
               untrue
               )
               which
               they
               believe
               to
               have
               heard
               and
               seen
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             shrewdly
             fear
             ,
             the
             Enthusiasts
             of
             our
             days
             deserve
             no
             such
             charitable
             construction
             to
             be
             made
             of
             their
             actions
             or
             pretences
             .
             For
             it
             appeareth
             conspicuously
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             Visions
             and
             Revelations
             they
             lay
             claim
             unto
             ,
             and
             pretend
             an
             interest
             in
             ,
             proceed
             rather
             from
             Envy
             then
             Frenzy
             ;
             and
             that
             under
             pretence
             of
             these
             matters
             ,
             masking
             their
             intentions
             with
             the
             glittering
             Vizard
             of
             Religion
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             those
             
               Piae
               fraudes
            
             formerly
             used
             among
             us
             ,
             to
             the
             almost
             ruine
             of
             the
             three
             Nations
             )
             they
             designe
             to
             act
             over
             their
             old
             Villanies
             again
             in
             these
             Kingdoms
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             assure
             the
             Reader
             ,
             that
             these
             are
             not
             the
             men
             they
             
             seem
             to
             be
             ,
             although
             they
             colour
             and
             cover
             their
             intentions
             with
             a
             specious
             pretence
             to
             Piety
             ,
             &c.
             let
             him
             consider
             them
             according
             to
             the
             Characters
             that
             rationally
             bespeak
             both
             what
             they
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             at
             present
             are
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             These
             Persons
             that
             thus
             pretend
             to
             Visions
             ,
             Revelations
             ,
             &c.
             and
             thence
             to
             cant
             the
             confusion
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             are
             Discontents
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             Clergie
             ,
             or
             Laity
             :
             
               (
               i.
               e.
            
             )
             Such
             as
             have
             been
             thought
             worthy
             by
             the
             grand
             Council
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             not
             to
             exercise
             any
             Office
             or
             place
             of
             Trust
             in
             this
             Realm
             ,
             either
             in
             Church
             or
             State.
             Which
             Act
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             but
             their
             just
             due
             and
             merit
             ,
             yet
             gives
             a
             pretended
             occasion
             for
             their
             Envy
             to
             sit
             and
             brood
             upon
             their
             Melancholy
             ;
             whence
             issues
             their
             pretended
             Prophecies
             ,
             Visions
             ,
             and
             Revelations
             of
             the
             Ruine
             and
             Destruction
             of
             those
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             once
             by
             Perjury
             ,
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             mocking
             of
             God
             ,
             
               pro
               tempore
            
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             They
             are
             not
             onely
             Persons
             disgusted
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             of
             them
             Men
             of
             desperate
             Fortunes
             ;
             and
             value
             not
             therefore
             any
             matter
             or
             thing
             they
             shall
             have
             opportunity
             to
             report
             or
             spread
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             to
             the
             infection
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             :
             for
             their
             conditions
             being
             as
             abject
             and
             low
             already
             as
             possible
             ,
             they
             stand
             in
             dread
             and
             fear
             of
             nothing
             they
             shall
             promote
             ,
             or
             pretend
             unto
             ;
             being
             captivated
             by
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             
               He
               that
               sits
               on
               the
               ground
               can
               fall
               no
               lower
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             plain
             (
             though
             poor
             )
             encouragement
             they
             take
             to
             kindle
             their
             sparks
             of
             Mischief
             and
             Rebellion
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             catch
             ,
             England
             will
             once
             more
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             fiery
             furnace
             .
             Such
             persons
             being
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             fire
             ,
             are
             always
             desirous
             to
             convert
             every
             thing
             into
             its
             own
             likeness
             .
             
               The
               poor
               man
            
             ,
             saith
             Solomon
             ,
             (
             or
             person
             of
             a
             desperate
             Fortune
             )
             
               is
               like
               a
               sweeping
               Rain
            
             ,
             Prov.
             28.
             3.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             They
             are
             not
             onely
             persons
             desperate
             in
             their
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             discontents
             in
             their
             Minds
             ;
             but
             like
             the
             Grave
             ,
             or
             Barren
             Womb
             ,
             in
             their
             desires
             unsatiable
             .
             From
             this
             
             vicious
             temper
             and
             thirst
             unquenchable
             of
             theirs
             ,
             they
             have
             ruined
             and
             destroyed
             more
             in
             twenty
             years
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             greatest
             Zeal
             ,
             Care
             ,
             Loyalty
             and
             Industry
             can
             be
             repaired
             in
             one
             thousand
             ;
             and
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             satisfied
             .
             For
             since
             it
             hath
             pleased
             God
             to
             restore
             his
             Majesty
             to
             his
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdoms
             to
             their
             pristine
             Government
             ,
             these
             persons
             cannot
             be
             content
             to
             have
             their
             Rebellions
             and
             Treasons
             defaced
             with
             a
             Royal
             Deleatur
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             have
             not
             the
             power
             to
             reign
             in
             their
             insatiable
             pleasures
             which
             they
             took
             in
             Ruine
             and
             Destruction
             ,
             as
             before
             ,
             they
             take
             upon
             them
             (
             with
             the
             greatest
             ingratitude
             imaginable
             )
             maliciously
             ,
             to
             doom
             that
             to
             death
             which
             gave
             (
             and
             yet
             continues
             unto
             them
             )
             Life
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             These
             Persons
             use
             this
             their
             Engine
             of
             Villany
             and
             Politique
             way
             of
             mischief
             ,
             for
             the
             discomfiting
             and
             terrifying
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             reasonably
             presumed
             for
             this
             Reason
             ;
             In
             that
             they
             were
             (
             many
             of
             them
             )
             men
             of
             eminent
             Grandeur
             ,
             and
             great
             Estate
             ;
             which
             in
             our
             late
             times
             of
             confusion
             they
             had
             by
             Rapine
             ,
             War
             and
             Bloodshed
             acquired
             ;
             and
             being
             now
             in
             some
             respects
             forced
             to
             refund
             ,
             and
             part
             with
             much
             of
             their
             ill-gotten
             Goods
             ,
             they
             labour
             (
             with
             the
             Dragon
             or
             Devil
             in
             the
             Revelations
             )
             and
             struggle
             hard
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             fall
             from
             the
             Heaven
             of
             their
             (
             once
             not
             thought
             of
             )
             happiness
             ,
             without
             pulling
             thence
             a
             third
             part
             of
             the
             Stars
             with
             them
             .
             Could
             they
             but
             have
             the
             power
             (
             as
             they
             have
             the
             stomach
             )
             to
             lay
             Englands
             Peace
             and
             Glory
             in
             the
             dust
             ,
             and
             once
             more
             embrue
             us
             in
             another
             Civil
             War
             ,
             setting
             us
             all
             in
             a
             flame
             ,
             they
             would
             then
             be
             contented
             ;
             though
             by
             the
             light
             thereof
             ,
             they
             should
             read
             the
             Bills
             of
             their
             own
             Losses
             .
             But
             that
             they
             may
             assure
             themselves
             ,
             that
             neither
             their
             Designes
             ,
             or
             their
             forged
             Revelations
             ,
             shall
             either
             have
             effect
             ,
             or
             signification
             of
             this
             Kingdomes
             Ruine
             ,
             the
             onely
             thing
             they
             seem
             so
             zealously
             to
             thirst
             after
             ,
             I
             assert
             ,
             —
             That
             the
             happiness
             of
             this
             Nation
             is
             built
             upon
             a
             Rock
             ,
             too
             mighty
             for
             them
             to
             attempt
             ,
             and
             too
             powerful
             for
             any
             Enemies
             to
             impugn
             .
             And
             this
             I
             have
             demonstrated
             at
             large
             
             in
             my
             Treatise
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               Britains
               Royal
               Star
            
             ;
             unto
             which
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             What
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             those
             that
             thus
             thunder
             of
             Visions
             and
             Revelations
             ,
             may
             equally
             be
             referred
             to
             them
             that
             pretend
             to
             lay
             such
             great
             weight
             upon
             Prodigies
             .
             Howbeit
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             any
             to
             suppose
             me
             so
             irrational
             as
             to
             deny
             Prodigies
             ,
             for
             I
             acknowledge
             that
             God
             Almighty
             oftentimes
             giveth
             forth
             his
             Premonitions
             by
             Prodigies
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             hath
             an
             intention
             of
             punishment
             either
             to
             Nations
             or
             Persons
             :
             
             according
             to
             that
             true
             saying
             of
             
               Herodotus
               ,
               Cum
               Deus
               puniturus
               est
               gentem
               vel
               orbem
               ,
               prodigiis
               id
               solet
               prius
               significare
               :
            
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
             When
             God
             intends
             to
             punish
             a
             Nation
             ,
             Country
             ,
             or
             City
             ,
             he
             is
             first
             wont
             to
             give
             them
             notice
             thereof
             by
             Prodigies
             ,
             —
             It
             is
             this
             onely
             that
             I
             contend
             against
             ,
             viz.
             That
             many
             things
             said
             and
             pretended
             to
             be
             Prodigies
             by
             the
             Enthusiasts
             and
             Discontents
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
             are
             neither
             Properly
             or
             Really
             such
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             a
             Rainbow
             ,
             or
             two
             or
             three
             Suns
             or
             Moons
             ,
             or
             a
             Hyatus
             ,
             appear
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ;
             or
             if
             a
             River
             abate
             but
             of
             its
             common
             Quantity
             of
             Water
             ;
             these
             things
             (
             I
             say
             )
             are
             immediately
             bruted
             about
             for
             Prodigies
             ,
             when
             in
             truth
             they
             are
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             hardly
             a
             moneth
             in
             the
             year
             (
             a
             moneth
             did
             I
             say
             !
             nay
             a
             week
             ,
             perhaps
             a
             day
             )
             but
             in
             some
             place
             of
             this
             earthy
             Globe
             ,
             some
             (
             if
             not
             all
             )
             of
             these
             things
             happen
             .
             And
             should
             we
             conceive
             these
             to
             be
             Prodigies
             ,
             we
             must
             necessarily
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             world
             consists
             of
             nothing
             but
             wonders
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             natural
             therein
             ,
             of
             which
             a
             sober
             account
             can
             be
             rendred
             :
             but
             it
             is
             equally
             erroneous
             to
             conceive
             the
             first
             ,
             as
             to
             conclude
             the
             latter
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             allow
             that
             Prodigies
             have
             eminent
             ,
             wonderful
             ,
             and
             astonishing
             significations
             :
             but
             that
             these
             things
             are
             either
             such
             ,
             or
             have
             such
             significations
             ,
             may
             be
             reasonably
             denyed
             upon
             the
             former
             ground
             urged
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             apparition
             of
             them
             to
             the
             eyes
             of
             Vulgar
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             that
             are
             illiterate
             ;
             whose
             ears
             before
             having
             been
             abused
             
             with
             strange
             stories
             ,
             beget
             amazement
             ;
             whereas
             indeed
             they
             would
             be
             less
             terrified
             and
             affrighted
             thereat
             ,
             very
             probably
             nothing
             at
             all
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             forged
             significations
             that
             the
             subtile
             and
             knavish
             Reporter
             maketh
             of
             them
             .
             Now
             that
             I
             may
             the
             better
             evince
             to
             the
             Readers
             hereof
             ,
             that
             these
             several
             things
             have
             a
             real
             and
             proper
             cause
             in
             Nature
             ,
             (
             and
             therefore
             not
             properly
             at
             all
             to
             be
             esteemed
             as
             Prodigies
             )
             I
             will
             consider
             them
             briefly
             apart
             ,
             in
             manner
             and
             form
             following
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Of
               the
               Rainbow
               .
            
             
               THe
               Rainbow
               is
               an
               apparition
               of
               many
               colours
               (
               Bow-fashion
               )
               in
               a
               dark
               ,
               
               waterish
               ,
               and
               hollow
               cloud
               ,
               reflected
               by
               the
               Sun-beams
               in
               opposition
               unto
               it
               ,
               as
               most
               Philosophers
               and
               Naturalists
               urge
               .
               For
               your
               Luminous
               Bodies
               do
               cause
               bright
               Images
               and
               Colours
               at
               a
               distance
               ,
               upon
               any
               clean
               and
               thin
               object
               ;
               and
               the
               Sun
               of
               all
               Bodies
               being
               the
               most
               lucid
               ,
               and
               the
               water
               thin
               and
               clear
               ,
               is
               the
               reason
               why
               by
               the
               Suns
               reflexion
               upon
               a
               waterish
               Cloud
               ,
               a
               Rainbow
               is
               begotten
               .
               And
               this
               apparition
               is
               commonly
               to
               be
               seen
               ;
               yet
               never
               hath
               any
               other
               signification
               but
               of
               Rain
               ,
               or
               Fair
               Weather
               :
               Of
               Rain
               ,
               because
               it
               cannot
               appear
               but
               in
               a
               waterish
               Cloud
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               prepared
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               ready
               to
               fall
               into
               drops
               .
               Of
               Fair
               Weather
               ,
               because
               when
               the
               Sun-beams
               are
               strong
               ,
               and
               the
               heat
               is
               grown
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               the
               moisture
               of
               the
               Cloud
               is
               thereby
               dryed
               up
               ,
               and
               the
               drops
               attenuated
               into
               thin
               Air.
               These
               are
               not
               onely
               naturally
               the
               common
               significations
               ,
               but
               the
               natural
               significations
               of
               Rainbows
               .
               Other
               significations
               hereof
               ,
               (
               besides
               that
               which
               Divines
               urge
               ,
               as
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               a
               signe
               of
               the
               Covenant
               between
               God
               and
               his
               people
               ;
               whence
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               it
               hath
               its
               Name
               ,
               and
               is
               called
               Iris
               ,
               from
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               which
               in
               Latine
               is
               Dico
               ,
               signifying
               ,
               
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 declare
                 ,
                 or
                 publish
              
               ;
               as
               if
               God
               intended
               by
               this
               signe
               never
               to
               drown
               the
               world
               again
               )
               I
               am
               I
               acknowledge
               fully
               ignorant
               of
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               glad
               of
               further
               information
               hereof
               ,
               and
               satisfaction
               herein
               from
               any
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               2.
               
               Of
               many
               Suns
               seen
               at
               once
               .
            
             
               NOr
               is
               it
               miraculous
               and
               prodigious
               for
               more
               Suns
               then
               one
               to
               appear
               (
               seemingly
               )
               at
               one
               time
               .
               
               For
               when
               a
               smooth
               Watry
               Cloud
               of
               equal
               thickness
               is
               placed
               on
               either
               side
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               there
               will
               be
               an
               appearance
               of
               three
               Suns
               ,
               whereas
               in
               truth
               there
               is
               but
               one
               ;
               and
               the
               other
               two
               are
               onely
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               or
               as
               Peucer
               calls
               them
               ,
               
                 Solis
                 imagines
              
               ,
               the
               images
               or
               shadows
               of
               the
               true
               Sun
               ,
               caused
               onely
               by
               reflection
               or
               refraction
               of
               the
               Sun
               upon
               the
               cloud
               on
               either
               side
               :
               and
               if
               at
               any
               time
               there
               be
               more
               pieces
               of
               such
               a
               cloud
               then
               one
               ,
               set
               at
               a
               convenient
               distance
               on
               either
               side
               ,
               then
               may
               there
               be
               many
               Suns
               seen
               to
               appear
               .
               These
               being
               the
               proper
               causes
               of
               the
               Parelii
               ,
               or
               Mock-Suns
               ,
               I
               cannot
               see
               any
               reason
               why
               they
               should
               (
               when
               they
               do
               appear
               )
               have
               any
               more
               signification
               then
               other
               common
               clouds
               ,
               who
               always
               loose
               their
               significations
               with
               their
               disappearing
               .
            
          
           
             
               3.
               
               Of
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               or
               many
               Moons
               .
            
             
               HAving
               before
               treated
               of
               the
               Parelii
               ,
               
               or
               Mock-Suns
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               very
               difficult
               for
               any
               ordinary
               capacity
               without
               further
               instruction
               to
               arrive
               at
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               causes
               of
               the
               Paraselenae
               :
               for
               they
               are
               
                 Lunae
                 Imagines
              
               ,
               or
               certain
               Images
               or
               shadows
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               represented
               in
               an
               equal
               cloud
               ,
               which
               is
               watry
               ,
               smooth
               and
               polished
               ,
               even
               like
               Glass
               .
               And
               that
               the
               Mock-Moons
               have
               some
               signification
               of
               the
               Weather
               ,
               no
               Naturalist
               (
               as
               I
               know
               of
               )
               denieth
               :
               but
               not
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               I
               can
               finde
               ,
               assigneth
               any
               other
               effects
               unto
               them
               at
               all
               .
               I
               do
               not
               hold
               it
               impossible
               for
               such
               things
               as
               these
               to
               appear
               either
               at
               or
               before
               some
               eminent
               Catastrophe
               on
               earth
               ;
               but
               should
               I
               make
               them
               the
               signes
               or
               causes
               of
               such
               a
               Catastrophe
               ,
               I
               must
               prove
               them
               always
               to
               be
               attended
               with
               such
               effects
               ;
               and
               that
               surely
               is
               impossible
               for
               the
               wisest
               of
               Mortals
               to
               perform
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               4.
               
               Of
               the
               Hyatus
               ▪
            
             
               THis
               Hyatus
               is
               a
               Meteor
               that
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               any
               hot
               Evening
               ,
               
               as
               it
               were
               to
               rend
               the
               clouds
               ;
               whence
               it
               is
               called
               Chasma
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 (
                 i.
                 e.
              
               )
               to
               gape
               or
               open
               .
               And
               of
               these
               gapings
               or
               chaps
               in
               the
               clouds
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               sorts
               ;
               some
               whereof
               are
               wide
               and
               large
               ,
               of
               various
               colours
               ;
               others
               round
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               deep
               holes
               ;
               as
               my self
               have
               often
               observed
               .
               The
               first
               are
               caused
               by
               the
               light
               its
               being
               cast
               into
               a
               shadowy
               cloud
               ,
               according
               as
               it
               exceedeth
               more
               or
               less
               in
               thickness
               ▪
               whence
               some
               appear
               (
               though
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Night
               )
               of
               a
               bright
               white
               ,
               almost
               like
               to
               the
               Day
               ;
               this
               is
               when
               the
               Exhalation
               of
               which
               it
               consists
               is
               very
               thin
               .
               Some
               are
               yellowish
               ,
               when
               the
               Exhalation
               is
               thicker
               .
               And
               some
               again
               are
               ruddy
               ,
               when
               the
               Exhalation
               is
               meanly
               thick
               .
               And
               some
               are
               very
               black
               ,
               when
               the
               Exhalation
               is
               thickest
               of
               all
               .
               and
               when
               this
               Meteor
               appeareth
               so
               wide
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 ad
                 visum
              
               ,
               it
               seemeth
               to
               cleave
               the
               Heavens
               asunder
               ;
               then
               is
               the
               Exhalation
               of
               which
               it
               is
               made
               ,
               very
               thick
               in
               the
               middest
               ,
               and
               thin
               on
               the
               edges
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Light
               being
               received
               into
               it
               ,
               causeth
               it
               to
               appear
               as
               though
               the
               Sky
               did
               rend
               ,
               and
               fire
               break
               out
               of
               it
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               these
               Meteors
               appearing
               round
               ,
               or
               like
               unto
               deep
               holes
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               differ
               nothing
               at
               all
               from
               those
               wide
               gapings
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               are
               less
               ;
               and
               therefore
               seem
               as
               if
               they
               were
               certain
               deep
               Pits
               or
               Holes
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               all
               rending
               or
               gaping
               like
               to
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               Natural
               causes
               of
               these
               things
               being
               thus
               shewn
               ,
               can
               it
               be
               less
               then
               Madness
               ,
               or
               manifest
               Villany
               in
               any
               ,
               that
               shall
               seem
               to
               conclude
               from
               these
               ,
               or
               such-like
               Apparitions
               ,
               That
               Wars
               ,
               Seditions
               ,
               Tumults
               ,
               Change
               of
               Government
               ,
               &c.
               shall
               succeed
               ?
               —
               When
               as
               we
               know
               by
               assiduous
               experience
               ,
               that
               (
               almost
               )
               every
               hot
               Evening
               produceth
               such
               miraculous
               (
               what
               shall
               I
               call
               them
               ?
               )
               Nothings
               :
               [
               For
               so
               they
               are
               (
               you
               see
               )
               in
               signification
               ,
               though
               
               some
               over-heated
               ,
               and
               other
               malicious
               heads
               ,
               would
               make
               them
               of
               some
               signal
               consequence
               ;
               ]
               and
               that
               necessarily
               from
               the
               
                 Causa
                 Materialis
              
               ,
               of
               which
               these
               Meteors
               are
               formed
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               
               Of
               the
               drying
               up
               of
               Rivers
               .
            
             
               AMong
               new-found
               Prodigies
               ,
               
               this
               to
               be
               sure
               is
               none
               ,
               That
               Rivers
               are
               caused
               by
               the
               assembling
               or
               meeting
               together
               not
               onely
               of
               many
               Springs
               ,
               but
               of
               Brooks
               and
               Fords
               :
               which
               being
               received
               in
               divers
               places
               as
               they
               pass
               ,
               are
               at
               length
               for
               the
               most
               part
               carried
               into
               the
               Sea.
               But
               some
               Rivers
               there
               are
               ,
               which
               disappearing
               ,
               seem
               to
               be
               swallowed
               up
               of
               the
               earth
               ;
               but
               probably
               into
               the
               Sea
               ,
               by
               some
               secret
               and
               unknown
               Chanels
               .
               Some
               Rivers
               again
               there
               be
               ,
               that
               hide
               their
               heads
               under
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               in
               another
               place
               far
               distant
               break
               out
               again
               .
               But
               that
               the
               exsiccation
               or
               drying
               up
               of
               a
               River
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               or
               for
               ever
               ,
               can
               be
               of
               any
               evil
               signification
               or
               tendencie
               unto
               that
               Kingdome
               or
               Nation
               where
               it
               shall
               happen
               ,
               (
               beyond
               the
               loss
               of
               the
               water
               )
               no
               Philosopher
               ,
               or
               learned
               Naturalist
               ever
               yet
               urged
               .
               Nevertheless
               here
               in
               England
               a
               great
               Pretender
               to
               the
               mysteries
               of
               Nature
               ,
               in
               his
               Book
               Anno
               1662.
               writes
               ,
               —
               
                 The
                 drying
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 River
              
               Darwent
               
                 near
                 the
                 Town
                 of
              
               Derby
               ,
               
                 for
                 some
                 certain
                 hours
                 ,
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 then
                 a
                 Wonder
                 ,
              
               &c.
               —
               In
               answer
               ,
               or
               in
               opposition
               rather
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               I
               assert
               ,
               That
               that
               onely
               is
               to
               be
               esteemed
               wonderful
               and
               prodigious
               ,
               of
               which
               no
               Natural
               reason
               is
               to
               be
               rendred
               ,
               or
               for
               which
               no
               cause
               can
               be
               found
               .
               But
               we
               by
               experience
               know
               ,
               it
               is
               natural
               for
               Rivers
               to
               abate
               ,
               and
               to
               encrease
               .
               —
               They
               then
               abate
               or
               grow
               less
               ,
               when
               the
               terrene
               parts
               at
               the
               bottom
               are
               of
               an
               exsiccating
               nature
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               often
               seen
               in
               those
               Rivers
               ,
               whose
               bottoms
               are
               of
               a
               sandy
               quality
               ,
               and
               themselves
               sed
               by
               Springs
               descending
               from
               Hills
               somewhat
               remote
               from
               them
               .
               This
               very
               commonly
               happens
               in
               a
               hard
               Winter
               ,
               which
               probably
               may
               be
               caused
               by
               the
               Frost
               binding
               up
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Spring
               that
               feeds
               it
               ,
               and
               not
               suffering
               it
               to
               perform
               its
               natural
               
               Office
               to
               the
               River
               ,
               unto
               which
               it
               is
               designed
               .
               —
               They
               then
               encrease
               ,
               when
               from
               divers
               certain
               Ebullitions
               or
               Boylings
               at
               the
               bottom
               ,
               constant
               Excitations
               of
               the
               water
               are
               made
               ,
               (
               for
               there
               are
               Springs
               most
               certainly
               below
               or
               under
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               above
               ,
               or
               without
               the
               River
               ,
               unto
               which
               it
               is
               beholding
               )
               or
               from
               a
               constant
               and
               never-failing
               supply
               ,
               from
               the
               visible
               Spring
               that
               feeds
               it
               .
               Ergo
               ,
               neither
               way
               prodigious
               or
               miraculous
               .
            
             
               What
               would
               the
               Reporter
               of
               this
               insignificant
               story
               of
               the
               River
               Darwent
               have
               wrote
               ,
               had
               he
               had
               a
               certain
               River
               in
               Palestina
               for
               his
               subject
               ,
               
               which
               (
               as
               Josephus
               reporteth
               )
               keeps
               a
               violent
               swift
               course
               for
               six
               days
               space
               together
               ,
               and
               always
               on
               the
               seventh
               day
               remaineth
               dry
               ?
               
               whenas
               an
               abatement
               of
               this
               River
               for
               some
               few
               hours
               ,
               hath
               so
               far
               dissetled
               his
               fancie
               ,
               that
               nothing
               but
               a
               Miracle
               must
               set
               him
               right
               again
               .
               Nor
               doth
               his
               urging
               the
               story
               of
               the
               River
               Ouse
               in
               Bedfordshire
               ,
               (
               ceasing
               its
               course
               suddenly
               ,
               and
               standing
               still
               Anno
               1399.
               so
               that
               men
               passed
               three
               miles
               on
               foot
               in
               the
               very
               depth
               of
               the
               Chanel
               )
               any
               way
               favour
               or
               support
               his
               idle
               insnuations
               ;
               
               since
               (
               as
               Dr.
               Childrey
               soberly
               ,
               and
               with
               good
               ground
               supposeth
               )
               the
               cause
               thereof
               might
               be
               some
               sudden
               Frost
               (
               the
               time
               of
               the
               year
               being
               seasonable
               for
               it
               )
               which
               might
               congeal
               those
               waters
               that
               fed
               the
               stream
               at
               their
               first
               issuing
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               at
               the
               head
               of
               the
               River
               ;
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               waters
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               passing
               away
               ,
               because
               being
               in
               motion
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               so
               capable
               of
               congelation
               .
               Notwithstanding
               the
               story
               mentions
               not
               a
               word
               of
               the
               Frost
               ,
               which
               peradventure
               might
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               it
               for
               all
               that
               :
               the
               custome
               of
               those
               that
               tell
               such
               strange
               stories
               ,
               being
               prudently
               to
               conceal
               those
               particulars
               that
               are
               likely
               to
               bewray
               the
               natural
               cause
               ,
               and
               spoile
               the
               miracle
               ;
               it
               being
               as
               natural
               to
               the
               generality
               of
               humane
               Creatures
               to
               love
               being
               the
               Authors
               of
               wonderful
               stories
               ,
               as
               to
               laugh
               .
               And
               so
               I
               conclude
               the
               third
               Section
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             4.
             
          
           
             Some
             Reflections
             upon
             Dooms-Day
             ,
             or
             the
             End
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             LEt
             not
             the
             Reader
             expect
             that
             I
             shall
             trouble
             my self
             much
             about
             the
             Etymologie
             of
             the
             word
             Dooms-Day
             ;
             let
             it
             suffice
             that
             we
             know
             it
             is
             that
             Day
             in
             which
             each
             man
             shall
             receive
             his
             sentence
             or
             Doom
             according
             to
             merit
             .
             In
             the
             time
             of
             William
             the
             Conqueror
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Book
             made
             ,
             and
             kept
             in
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             wherein
             all
             the
             ancient
             Demean
             Lands
             of
             this
             Nation
             are
             Registred
             ,
             called
             ,
             Dooms-Day-Book
             ;
             because
             upon
             any
             difference
             ,
             the
             parties
             contending
             thereby
             received
             their
             Doom
             .
             Others
             call
             it
             Dooms-Day
             ,
             
               Quasi
               domus
               Dei.
            
             But
             thus
             much
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             now
             to
             the
             Thing
             .
          
           
             
               As
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               World
               hath
               puzled
               the
               wisest
               Intellects
               to
               discover
               ,
               so
               the
               End
               of
               it
               hath
               posed
               the
               greatest
               Clerks
               to
               determine
               .
            
             Generatio
             una
             abit
             ,
             &
             altera
             advenit
             ;
             quamvis
             terra
             in
             seculum
             permaneat
             :
             One
             Generation
             passeth
             away
             ,
             another
             cometh
             ;
             but
             the
             earth
             abideth
             for
             ever
             ,
             
               Eccles.
               1.
               4.
               
               Which
            
             [
             for
             ever
             ,
             ]
             
               most
               Divines
               interpret
               to
               signifie
               the
               Last
               day
               ,
               or
               Dooms-day
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               that
               time
               ,
               in
               which
            
             the
             Heavens
             shall
             melt
             with
             fervent
             heat
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             shall
             pass
             away
             ,
             or
             be
             changed
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             World
             shall
             have
             an
             end
             ,
             (
             and
             this
             as
             certain
             as
             ever
             it
             had
             a
             beginning
             )
             is
             a
             truth
             so
             splendid
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             reasonably
             be
             questioned
             ;
             no
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             subtilest
             Critique
             ,
             or
             Sceptique
             therein
             .
             But
             to
             believe
             every
             fancie
             ,
             or
             idle
             Notion
             ,
             that
             the
             Melancholy
             heads
             either
             of
             
             former
             Ages
             ,
             or
             of
             our
             own
             time
             ,
             have
             broached
             concerning
             the
             end
             thereof
             ,
             would
             be
             in
             an
             ingenious
             Person
             an
             absurdity
             of
             the
             grossest
             kind
             .
             Philosophy
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             whatsoever
             hath
             a
             birth
             ,
             passeth
             and
             hasteth
             towards
             death
             ;
             and
             that
             every
             thing
             that
             hath
             a
             beginning
             ,
             doth
             necessarily
             and
             interchangeably
             rowle
             towards
             its
             end
             .
             And
             if
             any
             man
             should
             shew
             himself
             so
             grand
             an
             Infidel
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             believe
             this
             ;
             let
             him
             but
             call
             to
             his
             mind
             the
             Annual
             and
             Quotidian
             Examples
             hereof
             in
             all
             things
             Sublunary
             ,
             (
             which
             are
             as
             so
             many
             certain
             Demonstrations
             in
             Epitomy
             of
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             )
             and
             he
             must
             necessarily
             be
             convinced
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             to
             determine
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             (
             I
             take
             it
             for
             granted
             )
             such
             a
             Determination
             as
             will
             never
             give
             the
             Author
             cause
             to
             boast
             of
             a
             judicious
             Brain
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             manner
             of
             ways
             by
             which
             I
             finde
             Persons
             too
             apt
             and
             busie
             in
             prefixing
             the
             time
             of
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               Apparitions
               ,
               Visions
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               Mathematical
               Conclusions
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               By
               Arithmetical
               Conceits
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
             By
             Apparitions
             ,
             &c.
             When
             persons
             by
             reason
             of
             an
             over-heated
             Brain
             and
             Imagination
             ,
             shall
             conceive
             and
             believe
             they
             converse
             with
             Angels
             or
             Spirits
             ,
             &c.
             
             As
             it
             is
             reported
             of
             one
             Thoda
             ,
             a
             certain
             Woman
             of
             Suevia
             in
             
               Germany
               ,
               Anno
               Christi
            
             848.
             who
             prophesyed
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             world
             in
             that
             year
             ,
             and
             her
             Message
             she
             pretended
             to
             have
             received
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             an
             Angel.
             After
             whom
             in
             several
             years
             ,
             we
             have
             had
             divers
             others
             ,
             as
             certain
             and
             true
             Prophets
             and
             Prophetesses
             as
             her self
             .
             Story
             maketh
             mention
             of
             one
             of
             
               S.
               Gallus
            
             in
             
               Helvetia
               ,
               Anno
            
             1526.
             who
             running
             up
             and
             down
             the
             streets
             of
             that
             City
             ,
             cryed
             with
             great
             earnestness
             ,
             
               That
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               was
               come
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               at
               present
               .
            
             And
             Anno
             1530.
             one
             in
             Germany
             ,
             pretending
             to
             be
             acted
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             
             raves
             at
             the
             same
             rate
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             so
             strongly
             prevails
             with
             many
             ,
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             was
             come
             ,
             that
             they
             grew
             prodigal
             of
             their
             Goods
             and
             Substance
             ,
             fearing
             they
             should
             want
             time
             to
             consume
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             still
             fresh
             in
             memory
             ,
             that
             in
             our
             late
             times
             of
             confusion
             ,
             here
             in
             London
             ,
             many
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             
               Saltmarsh
               ,
               Sedgwick
               ,
               &c.
            
             (
             and
             from
             their
             examples
             ,
             many
             illiterate
             men
             and
             women
             )
             were
             constantly
             from
             the
             years
             1647.
             to
             1656.
             canting
             ,
             —
             
               That
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               was
               come
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               was
               at
               hand
               :
            
             Which
             persons
             we
             see
             have
             been
             no
             less
             mistaken
             then
             the
             former
             .
             Enthusiastick
             and
             direct
             Madness
             did
             so
             extreamly
             rage
             and
             reign
             in
             those
             years
             ,
             (
             and
             a
             spice
             thereof
             we
             yet
             have
             in
             these
             )
             and
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             was
             supposed
             and
             talked
             of
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             near
             ,
             That
             many
             People
             (
             upon
             my
             knowledge
             I
             speak
             it
             )
             sold
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             threw
             Moneys
             about
             the
             streets
             ,
             (
             expecting
             themselves
             to
             finde
             the
             same
             Quarter
             as
             Solomons
             Lily
             )
             but
             afterwards
             turned
             Beggers
             ,
             and
             were
             glad
             to
             live
             on
             the
             Alms
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             Some
             there
             were
             again
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             the
             more
             noted
             for
             their
             Message
             and
             Embassy
             ,
             and
             to
             demonstrate
             themselves
             the
             more
             eminent
             Converts
             unto
             this
             great
             Delusion
             ,
             would
             wear
             Sackcloth
             ,
             and
             shave
             their
             crowns
             ,
             that
             thereby
             they
             might
             the
             more
             aptly
             ape
             and
             imitate
             the
             true
             Prophets
             formerly
             sent
             of
             God.
             Others
             would
             wear
             Papers
             in
             different
             shapes
             and
             figures
             upon
             their
             Breasts
             and
             Backs
             ,
             
             with
             idle
             Inscriptions
             thereon
             ,
             pretending
             to
             come
             before
             as
             a
             Guard
             for
             the
             approach
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             whom
             they
             said
             was
             coming
             .
             But
             these
             Mad-men
             remember
             not
             that
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               shall
               come
               like
               a
               thief
               in
               the
               night
               .
            
             And
             others
             there
             were
             ,
             that
             ran
             naked
             not
             onely
             about
             the
             streets
             ,
             but
             into
             Churches
             ,
             denouncing
             destruction
             to
             the
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             to
             Mankind
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             a
             sudden
             end
             to
             the
             world
             .
             Which
             wild
             and
             unheard-of
             Actions
             ,
             &c.
             moved
             Doctor
             Boreman
             in
             his
             
               Nuntius
               Propheticus
            
             to
             say
             ,
             —
             
               That
               there
               
               sprang
               up
               more
               Heresies
               and
               strange
               Opinions
               in
            
             England
             
               in
               one
               year
               ,
               then
               in
               an
               Age
               in
               any
               other
               part
               of
               the
               world
               there
               did
               before
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             by
             Mathematical
             Conclusions
             .
             For
             sundry
             are
             and
             have
             been
             the
             Opinions
             of
             Mathematicians
             and
             Astrologers
             about
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             viz.
             As
             that
             it
             should
             suffer
             a
             total
             and
             absolute
             Destruction
             and
             Dissolution
             at
             the
             finishing
             the
             great
             year
             ,
             or
             Circle
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             at
             the
             least
             36000
             Solar
             Revolutions
             ,
             or
             common
             Years
             :
             so
             slow
             is
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             eighth
             Sphear
             .
             Nay
             ,
             Heraclitus
             (
             as
             Plutarch
             witnesseth
             )
             saith
             ,
             it
             consisteth
             of
             80000
             Solar
             years
             .
             But
             if
             we
             shall
             give
             credit
             to
             the
             (
             incredible
             indeed
             )
             vast
             number
             of
             years
             of
             the
             Chinesses
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             the
             world
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             way
             of
             reckoning
             ,
             should
             have
             had
             ere
             now
             many
             endings
             .
             For
             (
             says
             Scaliger
             )
             according
             to
             their
             (
             the
             Chinesses
             )
             account
             ,
             this
             year
             of
             Christ
             1594.
             (
             it
             being
             the
             year
             in
             which
             he
             wrote
             his
             Book
             ,
             intituled
             ,
             
               De
               emendatione
               temporum
            
             )
             is
             ,
             since
             the
             Creation
             ,
             eight
             hundred
             eightscore
             thousand
             and
             seventy
             three
             .
             And
             Diodorus
             tells
             us
             ,
             the
             world
             was
             so
             ancient
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Caldaeans
             ,
             that
             they
             reckoned
             it
             from
             the
             time
             they
             first
             began
             to
             observe
             the
             Stars
             ,
             unto
             the
             expedition
             of
             Alexander
             into
             Asia
             ,
             no
             less
             then
             four
             hundred
             and
             seventy
             thousand
             years
             ;
             supposing
             the
             beginning
             thereof
             to
             be
             long
             before
             they
             began
             their
             Observation
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             Opinions
             may
             reasonably
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             as
             wide
             of
             Truth
             ,
             as
             the
             others
             fall
             short
             of
             it
             .
             I
             onely
             urge
             them
             to
             shew
             the
             impossibilitie
             of
             their
             designes
             ,
             who
             will
             needs
             have
             the
             time
             of
             the
             worlds
             ending
             concluded
             by
             such
             a
             reasonless
             conceit
             :
             As
             if
             the
             Almighty
             because
             he
             hath
             tied
             all
             the
             works
             of
             his
             hands
             to
             act
             and
             perform
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             by
             a
             certain
             Rule
             ,
             the
             which
             they
             cannot
             transgress
             ,
             (
             I
             speak
             here
             onely
             of
             natural
             things
             )
             should
             therefore
             be
             tyed
             unto
             a
             Rule
             himself
             .
             Others
             there
             are
             ,
             who
             suppose
             when
             the
             Polar
             Star
             touches
             the
             Pole
             exactly
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             shall
             be
             ;
             and
             now
             
             they
             say
             it
             is
             very
             near
             the
             same
             .
             But
             this
             conceit
             is
             purely
             Contra-Astronomical
             ,
             and
             therefore
             vain
             and
             idle
             .
             For
             unless
             it
             were
             possible
             for
             the
             Fixed
             Stars
             to
             alter
             their
             Latitude
             as
             they
             do
             their
             Longitude
             and
             Declination
             ,
             which
             as
             Astronomy
             teacheth
             is
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             do
             ,
             this
             opinion
             cannot
             have
             so
             much
             as
             the
             shadow
             of
             truth
             to
             countenance
             it
             .
          
           
             Regiomontanus
             an
             eminent
             Astrologer
             ,
             prescinding
             from
             his
             Rules
             ,
             (
             as
             a
             Learned
             Divine
             of
             our
             *
             Nation
             observes
             of
             him
             )
             unhappily
             fell
             into
             this
             melancholy
             errour
             ,
             and
             supposed
             the
             year
             1588.
             should
             have
             put
             a
             period
             to
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             and
             Frame
             of
             Nature
             ,
             because
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             that
             year
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Saturn
               ,
               Jupiter
            
             and
             Mars
             .
             But
             here
             by
             the
             way
             I
             must
             acquaint
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             either
             this
             learned
             Author
             was
             mistaken
             in
             reading
             Regiomontanus
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             have
             not
             his
             Predictions
             for
             that
             year
             ,
             neither
             could
             I
             ever
             get
             them
             )
             or
             else
             Regiomontanus
             was
             much
             more
             erroneous
             then
             he
             reports
             him
             .
             For
             in
             that
             year
             there
             was
             no
             such
             great
             Conjunction
             as
             he
             mentioneth
             :
             for
             Saturn
             and
             Jupiter
             were
             in
             Quartile
             in
             a
             manner
             all
             the
             year
             round
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             there
             was
             that
             year
             a
             Conjunction
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             in
             Taurus
             ,
             the
             28
             of
             April
             ;
             but
             such
             a
             Conjunction
             happens
             every
             two
             years
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             Signe
             once
             in
             thirty
             years
             constantly
             .
             But
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             is
             a
             Question
             of
             so
             curious
             a
             nature
             ,
             that
             it
             even
             mooketh
             not
             onely
             the
             Prophecies
             and
             Presages
             of
             Melancholy
             heads
             ,
             but
             many
             times
             the
             serious
             Predictions
             of
             the
             most
             Learned
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
             by
             Arithmetical
             Conceits
             .
             And
             that
             is
             by
             picking
             out
             certain
             Numeral
             Letters
             out
             of
             Sentences
             ,
             and
             applying
             them
             to
             such
             and
             such
             years
             ,
             which
             their
             number
             shall
             seem
             to
             agree
             with
             .
             As
             for
             instance
             :
             One
             there
             was
             ,
             who
             to
             make
             the
             year
             1532.
             the
             dangerous
             year
             ,
             or
             the
             year
             in
             which
             the
             world
             should
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             collects
             the
             same
             out
             of
             these
             words
             ,
             
               VIDebVnt
               In
               qVeM
               pVpVgerVnt
            
             ,
             the
             Numeral
             Letters
             in
             which
             make
             up
             1532.
             
             exactly
             .
             Another
             would
             have
             had
             the
             world
             to
             have
             ended
             in
             1645.
             from
             such
             a
             like
             fancie
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Numeral
             Letters
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               aDVentVs
               DoMInI
            
             ;
             which
             signifies
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             which
             words
             make
             2012.
             
             But
             now
             although
             these
             words
             afford
             more
             Numerals
             then
             makes
             up
             the
             former
             sum
             ,
             
             yet
             the
             Author
             hereof
             was
             so
             ingenious
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             easily
             bring
             the
             Mountain
             to
             Mahomet
             ,
             and
             make
             things
             exactly
             to
             agree
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             out
             of
             2012.
             substracts
             the
             Numerals
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Dles
               abbreVIabVntVr
            
             ,
             [
             the
             days
             shall
             be
             shortned
             ,
             ]
             viz.
             517.
             and
             then
             there
             remains
             1495.
             unto
             which
             he
             adds
             as
             many
             Numerals
             as
             are
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             words
             
               Propter
               eLeCtos
               ,
               [
               for
               the
               elects
               sake
               ]
            
             which
             is
             150.
             and
             that
             produces
             you
             the
             exact
             number
             1645.
             
             Now
             ,
             although
             this
             conceit
             were
             witty
             ,
             and
             bespeaks
             a
             nimble
             fancie
             in
             the
             Author
             thereof
             ,
             yet
             we
             see
             that
             the
             World
             hath
             outgrown
             the
             danger
             inculcated
             hereby
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             is
             yet
             likely
             to
             continue
             safe
             .
          
           
             Another
             I
             have
             read
             of
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             had
             the
             world
             to
             have
             ended
             Anno
             1657.
             because
             of
             the
             Numerals
             in
             
               Conf
               LagratIo
               MVnDI
            
             ,
             (
             which
             signifies
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             world
             )
             that
             make
             up
             precisely
             that
             number
             of
             years
             .
             And
             many
             there
             were
             (
             to
             my
             knowledge
             I
             speak
             it
             )
             of
             great
             Learning
             ,
             and
             very
             sober
             Judgements
             ,
             that
             began
             to
             be
             perswaded
             into
             an
             opinion
             of
             the
             dissolution
             of
             the
             world
             in
             that
             year
             ;
             not
             onely
             for
             the
             Chronograms
             sake
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             not
             so
             fit
             and
             apposite
             for
             the
             purpose
             as
             by
             many
             supposed
             )
             but
             for
             another
             reason
             ,
             viz.
             because
             as
             some
             opinion
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Universal
             Deluge
             happened
             
               Anno
               Mundi
            
             1657.
             so
             in
             the
             year
             of
             Christ
             1657.
             shall
             happen
             the
             Universal
             Conflagration
             .
             And
             in
             the
             year
             1657.
             was
             this
             Doctrine
             both
             from
             the
             Press
             and
             Pulpit
             eminently
             enforced
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             the
             words
             of
             our
             blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             Mat.
             24.
             37.
             
             
               Sicut
               autem
               erant
               dies
               Noe
               ,
               it
               a
               erit
               &
               adventus
               Filii
               hominis
               .
            
          
           
             But
             these
             fancies
             and
             conceits
             are
             too
             light
             and
             Aiery
             to
             gain
             a
             general
             credit
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             were
             not
             long
             believed
             :
             for
             
               anno
               mundi
            
             1657.
             and
             
               anno
               Christi
            
             1657.
             likewise
             ,
             
             are
             only
             brought
             in
             to
             father
             what
             the
             Chronogram
             inculcates
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             pretended
             Prophecie
             the
             more
             evident
             and
             famous
             .
             Whereas
             it
             plainly
             appeareth
             by
             Chronologie
             ,
             compared
             with
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             was
             1656
             years
             old
             when
             first
             the
             Flood
             came
             upon
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             (
             but
             for
             the
             Chronograms
             sake
             )
             it
             should
             have
             been
             
               anno
               Christi
            
             1656.
             not
             1657.
             in
             which
             the
             Conflagration
             should
             have
             happened
             .
             But
             that
             year
             being
             now
             six
             Solar
             Revolutions
             past
             us
             ,
             hath
             sufficiently
             evinced
             unto
             us
             the
             folly
             of
             the
             Chronogram
             ,
             and
             indeed
             the
             vanity
             as
             well
             as
             great
             uncertainty
             of
             all
             Numerical
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             
               Concerning
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               the
               Turks
               hold
               very
               ridiculous
               and
               reasonless
               opinions
               ,
               as
               ,
               That
            
             at
             the
             winding
             of
             a
             Horn
             ,
             not
             all
             flesh
             onely
             ,
             but
             the
             Angels
             themselves
             shall
             die
             :
             That
             the
             earth
             (
             with
             an
             earthquake
             )
             shall
             be
             kneaded
             together
             like
             a
             lump
             of
             dough
             :
             That
             a
             second
             blast
             of
             the
             same
             Horn
             shall
             after
             forty
             days
             restore
             all
             again
             :
             That
             Cain
             shall
             be
             the
             Captain
             or
             Ringleader
             of
             the
             damned
             ,
             who
             shall
             have
             the
             countenance
             of
             Dogs
             and
             Swine
             :
             That
             they
             shall
             pass
             over
             the
             Bridge
             of
             Justice
             laden
             with
             their
             Sins
             in
             Satchels
             :
             That
             the
             great
             Sinners
             shall
             fall
             into
             Hell
             ,
             the
             lesser
             into
             Purgatory
             onely
             .
             
               With
               many
               other
               vain
               and
               idle
               fopperies
               needless
               to
               be
               repeated
               here
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Alcoran
               it self
               is
               commonly
               to
               be
               had
               in
               the
               English
               Tongue
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             although
             these
             opinions
             of
             the
             Turks
             are
             idle
             ,
             reasonless
             ,
             and
             inconsiderate
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             finde
             that
             they
             are
             all
             out
             so
             mad
             and
             Fanatical
             ,
             as
             to
             assigne
             the
             particular
             time
             of
             the
             worlds
             dissolution
             ,
             as
             our
             European
             Enthusiasts
             are
             (
             almost
             )
             constantly
             adventuring
             at
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             :
             If
             men
             will
             yet
             give
             credit
             to
             the
             Opinions
             of
             Melancholy
             heads
             ,
             concerning
             the
             worlds
             ending
             ,
             which
             we
             see
             still
             hath
             failed
             ,
             as
             often
             as
             presaged
             ;
             I
             shall
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             misery
             of
             their
             own
             merits
             ,
             viz.
             in
             stead
             of
             Truth
             ,
             to
             hug
             and
             embrace
             a
             Lye.
             And
             if
             we
             shall
             rigidly
             adhere
             to
             the
             literal
             sence
             of
             Sacred
             Writ
             ,
             (
             In
             relation
             to
             the
             matter
             in
             question
             )
             which
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               —
               before
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               there
               shall
               be
               wars
               ,
               and
               rumors
               of
               wars
               ,
            
             
             &c.
             (
             as
             one
             learnedly
             observes
             )
             it
             will
             be
             very
             difficult
             for
             us
             ,
             truly
             ,
             to
             term
             these
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             the
             
               Last
               Days
            
             ;
             since
             all
             times
             from
             the
             beginning
             have
             been
             acquainted
             with
             such
             reports
             :
             And
             yet
             the
             World
             (
             as
             Doctor
             Hackwel
             prudently
             observeth
             )
             is
             not
             grown
             old
             ,
             nor
             doth
             Nature
             suffer
             any
             real
             decay
             ,
             or
             abatement
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             the
             Form
             onely
             ,
             not
             the
             Essence
             of
             things
             that
             cease
             to
             continue
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Something
           touching
           the
           Turk's
           invading
           the
           Empire
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           what
           may
           probably
           be
           the
           Success
           thereof
           .
        
         
           DIfferent
           are
           the
           opinions
           among
           Astrologers
           of
           the
           Ascendents
           of
           Countries
           in
           general
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           Turky
           in
           particular
           .
           Some
           would
           have
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           Turky
           to
           be
           the
           Regal
           Signe
           Leo
           ,
           the
           great
           dignity
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Majesty
           ,
           Height
           and
           Grandeur
           of
           that
           people
           .
           Others
           would
           have
           it
           to
           be
           Scorpio
           ,
           the
           Dignities
           of
           the
           Fiery
           and
           Warlike
           Planet
           Mars
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           are
           a
           Nation
           so
           apt
           unto
           War
           ,
           and
           so
           covetous
           of
           Victory
           ,
           that
           in
           comparison
           thereof
           ,
           they
           value
           not
           the
           loss
           of
           thousands
           of
           their
           subjects
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Ascendents
           is
           the
           meanliest
           studied
           of
           all
           the
           parts
           in
           Astrologie
           :
           we
           therefore
           should
           not
           too
           rigidly
           adhere
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           nor
           yet
           too
           nimbly
           reject
           the
           other
           .
           It
           is
           probable
           that
           both
           in
           some
           sence
           may
           be
           true
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           I
           shall
           grant
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           both
           of
           them
           to
           be
           their
           true
           Horoscope
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           be
           concerned
           in
           both
           ,
           viz.
           by
           having
           one
           for
           their
           Ascendent
           ,
           the
           other
           for
           the
           place
           of
           their
           Sun
           or
           Moon
           .
        
         
           For
           some
           reasons
           ,
           I
           am
           partly
           inclined
           to
           believe
           Spineu●
           ,
           
           who
           in
           his
           
             Catastrophe
             Mundi
          
           ,
           affirms
           positively
           ,
           That
           the
           Turks
           have
           Scorpio
           for
           their
           Ascendent
           .
           For
           by
           consulting
           History
           I
           finde
           that
           in
           the
           year
           1602.
           the
           Turks
           were
           exceedingly
           worsted
           ,
           and
           lost
           not
           onely
           
             Alba
             Regalis
          
           ,
           but
           60000
           of
           his
           Men.
           Now
           ,
           that
           year
           ,
           and
           a
           year
           almost
           before
           and
           after
           ,
           the
           envious
           Planet
           Saturn
           was
           in
           the
           signe
           Scorpio
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           moneth
           September
           made
           a
           Conjunction
           with
           Mars
           there
           ;
           which
           Transit
           and
           Conjunction
           had
           (
           in
           an
           Astrological
           sence
           )
           most
           remarkable
           and
           admirable
           signification
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           all
           persons
           versed
           in
           the
           Sydereal
           Science
           must
           readily
           acknowledge
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           year
           1618.
           (
           when
           Ottoman
           the
           second
           (
           who
           succeeded
           his
           Uncle
           Mustapha
           )
           was
           unsuccessful
           in
           his
           war
           against
           Poland
           ,
           and
           was
           therefore
           slain
           by
           his
           Janizaries
           )
           there
           happened
           in
           May
           that
           year
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           in
           Taurus
           ,
           the
           opposite
           Signe
           to
           Scorpio
           ;
           and
           Saturn
           was
           transiting
           Taurus
           long
           before
           and
           after
           ,
           vitiating
           Scorpio
           (
           and
           consequently
           all
           under
           the
           same
           )
           with
           his
           malignant
           opposite
           Rays
           .
           A
           Conjunction
           and
           Transit
           of
           every
           whit
           as
           mischievous
           tendencie
           as
           the
           other
           .
           And
           (
           if
           I
           could
           put
           any
           Faith
           in
           the
           Effects
           of
           Comets
           )
           there
           happened
           that
           year
           a
           Comet
           in
           Scorpio
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           Comets
           operate
           at
           all
           )
           might
           heighten
           the
           beforesaid
           Effects
           .
        
         
           Many
           more
           Examples
           of
           this
           kinde
           ,
           I
           could
           instance
           in
           ;
           but
           being
           onely
           in
           part
           satisfied
           ,
           as
           I
           before
           declared
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           be
           so
           confident
           as
           to
           be
           positive
           in
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           this
           great
           and
           numerous
           people
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           question
           ,
           Whether
           the
           true
           year
           of
           the
           Turks
           Original
           be
           known
           ;
           and
           therefore
           a
           greater
           question
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Day
           and
           Hour
           thereof
           were
           truly
           taken
           notice
           of
           ;
           as
           we
           know
           it
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           discover
           any
           thing
           of
           moment
           from
           their
           proper
           Horoscope
           or
           Ascendent
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           the
           same
           Spineus
           undertakes
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           great
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           
             Jupiter
             anno
          
           1603.
           should
           have
           signified
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           
           Mahomet
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           change
           of
           the
           Aux
           or
           Absis
           of
           Saturn
           .
           For
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           about
           the
           year
           1603.
           when
           the
           Aux
           of
           Saturn
           passeth
           into
           Capricorn
           ,
           the
           opposite
           Signe
           to
           Cancer
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           which
           it
           was
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           Mahomets
           Law
           )
           then
           shall
           be
           the
           end
           and
           destruction
           thereof
           .
           But
           by
           the
           word
           end
           ,
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           we
           understand
           not
           a
           total
           Extirpation
           ,
           but
           a
           sensible
           beginning
           of
           Destruction
           .
           And
           he
           pretends
           to
           give
           an
           Astrological
           Demonstration
           thereof
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             —
             Seeing
             the
             Faith
             of
          
           Mahomet
           
             is
             Martial
             and
             Lunar
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             take
             the
             lesser
             years
             of
             these
             Planets
             ,
             they
             make
             up
             the
             forty
             Mahumetan-years
             ,
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           
             twenty
             five
             of
             the
          
           Moon
           ,
           
             and
             fifteen
             of
          
           Mars
           .
           
             Lastly
             ,
             take
             the
             lesser
             ,
             greater
             ,
             and
             mean
             years
             ,
             and
             add
             them
             to
             the
          
           591
           
             year
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             which
             year
          
           Mahomet
           
             was
             born
             ;
             his
             destruction
             shall
             begin
             about
          
           1648.
           
             and
             if
             to
             these
             years
             we
             add
             the
             Affrydary
             years
             of
             those
             Planets
             ,
             his
             total
             and
             last
             Destruction
             shall
             be
             about
             the
             year
          
           1663.
           
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           pretended
           Demonstration
           were
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           no
           ill
           News
           for
           Europe
           to
           hear
           ,
           but
           of
           very
           great
           encouragement
           unto
           them
           in
           resisting
           so
           potent
           an
           Adversary
           .
           But
           here
           is
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           all
           ,
           this
           conceit
           of
           Spineus
           is
           very
           liable
           unto
           exception
           .
           For
           if
           we
           take
           the
           greater
           ,
           lesser
           ,
           and
           meaner
           years
           of
           these
           Planets
           ,
           
             viz.
             Mars
          
           and
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           add
           them
           unto
           the
           year
           591.
           they
           are
           so
           far
           from
           making
           up
           1648.
           that
           they
           make
           not
           up
           fully
           1000.
           
           See
           the
           operation
           .
        
         
           
             
               Great
               Years
               of
               Mars
               ;
               66
               of
               ☽
               108
            
             
               Mean
               Years
               of
               Mars
               ;
               40
               of
               ☽
               66
            
             
               Least
               Years
               of
               Mars
               ;
               15
               of
               ☽
               25
            
          
        
         
           Which
           years
           of
           themselves
           make
           but
           320.
           and
           being
           added
           unto
           591.
           make
           no
           more
           then
           911.
           so
           far
           fall
           they
           short
           of
           1648
           and
           Spineus
           of
           being
           reconciled
           (
           in
           this
           matter
           )
           unto
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Affrydary
           years
           of
           those
           two
           Planets
           ,
           he
           must
           mean
           their
           Affrydary
           years
           either
           by
           day
           or
           night
           ,
           or
           both
           ;
           if
           by
           day
           alone
           ,
           those
           amount
           unto
           one
           way
           but
           14.
           if
           by
           night
           alone
           ,
           they
           amount
           unto
           but
           16.
           if
           both
           ,
           they
           amount
           unto
           but
           30.
           
           Now
           the
           other
           way
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           considering
           the
           years
           they
           particularly
           govern
           in
           mans
           life
           ;
           as
           the
           Moon
           in
           the
           Affrydary
           years
           by
           day
           governs
           from
           the
           32
           year
           to
           the
           41.
           and
           Mars
           from
           the
           64
           unto
           the
           70.
           
           And
           by
           night
           the
           Moon
           governs
           from
           the
           first
           year
           unto
           the
           ninth
           year
           ,
           and
           Mars
           from
           the
           33
           unto
           the
           39
           year
           :
           but
           neither
           way
           will
           it
           make
           up
           1663.
           
           This
           is
           therefore
           a
           conceit
           ,
           fit
           onely
           to
           be
           ranked
           with
           the
           follies
           of
           Mother
           Shipton
           ,
           and
           the
           forgeries
           of
           the
           English
           Merlyn
           ;
           and
           no
           more
           to
           be
           credited
           then
           the
           Prophecies
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           Impostures
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Passing
           therefore
           by
           all
           these
           stories
           as
           vain
           and
           erroneous
           ,
           I
           shall
           come
           unto
           a
           more
           rational
           ground
           whereon
           to
           build
           my
           probable
           Conjectures
           of
           the
           grand
           Seigniors
           success
           in
           invading
           the
           Territories
           of
           the
           Germane
           Emperor
           :
           And
           that
           is
           this
           :
           —
           When
           the
           Turks
           began
           this
           their
           Invasion
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           about
           July
           1663.
           )
           there
           happened
           a
           most
           cruel
           Opposition
           of
           the
           two
           grand
           Infortunes
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           :
           and
           certainly
           we
           may
           reasonably
           conclude
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           begun
           (
           let
           it
           be
           either
           of
           the
           lostiest
           or
           lowest
           concernment
           )
           under
           so
           mischievous
           a
           Configuration
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           thrive
           and
           prosper
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           to
           admiration
           for
           a
           time
           )
           cannot
           be
           attended
           with
           a
           pleasant
           and
           smiling
           end
           .
           Beginnings
           are
           adjudged
           always
           ominous
           .
        
         
           
             Rarus
             Principii
             est
             exitus
             bonus
             mali
             .
          
           
             Things
             ill
             begun
             ,
             do
             seldome
             come
             to
             good
             .
          
        
         
           And
           instances
           enow
           can
           I
           produce
           herof
           ,
           both
           of
           elderly
           as
           well
           as
           latter
           times
           :
           however
           ,
           take
           a
           few
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           our
           own
           memory
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           own
           Nation
           likewise
           .
        
         
         
           And
           first
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           Anno
           1640.
           
           Nov.
           3.
           that
           Parliament
           Sirnamed
           the
           Long
           ,
           began
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           Sept.
           30.
           that
           year
           ,
           there
           happened
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           in
           Aquarius
           ,
           (
           whose
           Horoscope
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Conjunction
           happened
           after
           to
           be
           )
           Ergo
           ,
           under
           the
           effects
           of
           that
           Conjunction
           they
           conven'd
           .
           And
           whether
           their
           prodigious
           Actions
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           the
           ends
           of
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           were
           not
           equally
           violent
           ,
           with
           the
           effects
           of
           so
           cruel
           a
           Conjunction
           ,
           I
           leave
           the
           whole
           world
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1648.
           
           Sept.
           18.
           the
           Mock-Treaty
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Wight
           began
           :
           A
           little
           before
           that
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           in
           Gemini
           .
           The
           world
           knows
           the
           pretences
           of
           that
           Treaty
           were
           Serious
           ,
           Loyal
           and
           Pious
           ;
           they
           know
           likewise
           that
           the
           intentions
           were
           like
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           Dishonourable
           ,
           Mischievous
           ,
           Cruel
           and
           Murtherous
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1656.
           there
           happened
           in
           September
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           in
           
             Virgo
             .
             Oliver
             Cromwel
          
           in
           that
           year
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           effects
           thereof
           ,
           did
           lustily
           drive
           at
           the
           Government
           of
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           ;
           his
           Tyrannical
           Actions
           therein
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           thousands
           of
           persons
           he
           ruined
           ,
           and
           the
           Murther
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           Shame
           and
           Ignominy
           he
           brought
           upon
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Family
           in
           particular
           ,
           &c.
           sufficiently
           prove
           and
           declare
           his
           entrance
           upon
           that
           undertaking
           to
           be
           malicious
           ,
           unfortunate
           and
           cruel
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1658.
           
           Sept.
           4.
           
           
             Richard
             Cromwel
          
           began
           (
           at
           his
           fathers
           decease
           )
           to
           act
           (
           as
           well
           as
           he
           could
           )
           his
           fathers
           part
           ;
           but
           within
           five
           weeks
           after
           ,
           viz.
           on
           Octob.
           11.
           there
           was
           celebrated
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ;
           and
           how
           soon
           and
           easily
           the
           effects
           thereof
           blew
           Richard
           away
           from
           the
           Government
           of
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           is
           yet
           fresh
           in
           every
           mans
           remembrance
           .
        
         
           Infinite
           examples
           could
           I
           give
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           private
           Genitures
           ,
           as
           publique
           Radixes
           ;
           but
           these
           I
           suppose
           sufficient
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           the
           Conjunctions
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           be
           of
           such
           
           malefique
           and
           cruel
           signification
           ,
           surely
           their
           Oppositions
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           portend
           less
           mischief
           and
           damage
           .
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           naturally
           emergeth
           ,
           —
           
             That
             the
             Turks
             their
             invading
             the
             Empire
             being
             begun
             under
             the
             dangerous
             Influence
             of
             an
          
           Opposition
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ,
           —
           Non
           obstante
           ,
           
             their
             being
             a
             little
             rampant
             and
             victorious
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             they
             may
             (
             in
             a
             little
             time
             )
             fall
             from
             their
             present
             power
             and
             greatness
             ,
             and
             be
             glad
             to
             retreat
             and
             return
             home
             again
             with
             considerable
             loss
             and
             damage
             .
          
           And
           this
           I
           assert
           to
           be
           the
           natural
           effect
           of
           this
           their
           so
           mighty
           and
           eminent
           undertaking
           .
        
         
           Malum
           principium
           ,
           malus
           finis
           sequitur
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Some
           Odd
           Reckonings
           between
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           that
           grand
           Impostor
           W.
           L.
           set
           even
           .
        
         
           IN
           my
           
             Novice
             Astrologer
             instructed
          
           ,
           the
           
             Spurious
             Prognosticator
          
           ,
           the
           
             King
             of
             Swedens
             Nativity
          
           ,
           and
           in
           
             Britains
             Royal
             Star
          
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           said
           so
           much
           of
           
             W.
             L.
          
           at
           least
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           that
           knew
           
             W.
             L.
          
           that
           I
           had
           need
           to
           have
           said
           no
           more
           of
           
             W.
             L.
          
           Howbeit
           ,
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           invite
           me
           to
           the
           field
           again
           ;
           and
           in
           point
           of
           Credit
           I
           am
           engaged
           (
           though
           not
           much
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           
             W.
             L.
          
           )
           to
           meet
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           matter
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           snarl
           at
           ,
           and
           recriminate
           upon
           me
           for
           ,
           now
           ,
           is
           a
           passage
           I
           printed
           in
           Part
           3.
           
           Fol.
           179.
           of
           my
           
             Collectio
             Geniturarum
          
           ,
           urged
           in
           favour
           of
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ,
           and
           descrying
           the
           eminent
           Plagiarism
           of
           him
           the
           said
           L.
           in
           a
           Book
           he
           published
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Englands
             Prophetical
             Merlyn
          
           .
           My
           words
           were
           these
           :
           —
           Mr.
           Gresham
           
             wrote
             a
             learned
             and
             ingenious
             Discourse
             upon
             a
             Conjunction
             of
          
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           
             which
             by
             him
             was
             never
             published
             ;
             but
             since
             his
             Death
             ,
             printed
             by
             another
             under
             the
             Title
             of
          
           Englands
           Prophetical
           Merlyn
           :
           
             and
             that
             Book-Pyrate
             which
             published
             the
             same
             ,
             hath
             never
             so
             much
             as
             once
             named
             Mr.
          
           Gresham
           
             therein
             ;
             but
             after
             an
             usurping
             of
             his
             Pains
             ,
             hath
             endeavoured
             to
             obliviate
             his
             Name
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Of
           which
           Injustice
           and
           Plagiarism
           ,
           unless
           I
           would
           consent
           to
           ,
           and
           wink
           at
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           give
           the
           world
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           Ashes
           of
           this
           worthy
           (
           though
           much
           abused
           person
           )
           might
           not
           rise
           up
           in
           Judgement
           against
           me
           for
           my
           silence
           herein
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           although
           I
           knew
           that
           
             W.
             L.
          
           was
           the
           Man
           that
           thus
           had
           abused
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ,
           yet
           so
           charitable
           was
           I
           towards
           him
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           mention
           his
           Name
           ,
           being
           guided
           by
           that
           known
           Law
           of
           Civility
           ,
           which
           enjoyns
           men
           ,
           —
        
         
           Parcere
           personis
           ,
           dicere
           de
           vitiis
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           
             W.
             L.
          
           is
           pleased
           to
           spit
           his
           venome
           at
           me
           to
           purpose
           ,
           for
           that
           my
           respect
           to
           Mr.
           Greshams
           memory
           ,
           and
           this
           my
           civility
           towards
           himself
           :
           and
           is
           not
           contented
           thus
           nefariously
           to
           rob
           Mr.
           Greshams
           Ashes
           of
           their
           honour
           ,
           but
           (
           with
           a
           brow
           of
           brass
           )
           would
           fasten
           it
           upon
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           —
           That
           nothing
           in
           the
           
             Prophetick
             Merlyn
          
           was
           Mr.
           Greshams
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           own
           .
           And
           is
           so
           malitiously
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           term
           me
           
             The
             most
             ungrateful
             of
             men
             living
             ,
          
           for
           offering
           to
           vindicate
           him
           who
           is
           not
           here
           to
           defend
           himself
           ,
           in
           a
           matter
           which
           
           L's
           own
           Conscience
           (
           if
           at
           least
           he
           have
           but
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Sparrow
           hath
           Brains
           ,
           or
           a
           Pidgeon
           Liver
           )
           knows
           to
           be
           an
           eminent
           Truth
           .
        
         
           In
           return
           unto
           which
           ,
           (
           that
           L.
           may
           see
           I
           am
           not
           ashamed
           of
           what
           I
           have
           written
           in
           behalf
           of
           Mr.
           Gresham
           )
           I
           must
           tell
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           L.
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           shewn
           himself
           
             the
             more
             ungrateful
             of
             the
             two
             ,
          
           for
           offering
           to
           bury
           in
           the
           Urn
           of
           forgetfulness
           the
           Honour
           ,
           Parts
           and
           Pains
           of
           him
           ,
           without
           whose
           Labours
           ,
           
           L's
           
             Prophetick
             Merlyn
          
           would
           have
           looked
           with
           the
           same
           complexion
           and
           countenance
           as
           do
           his
           
             Supernatural
             Sights
          
           ,
           and
           
             Dreadful
             Dead-man
          
           :
           fit
           onely
           for
           Laughter
           !
           whereas
           now
           it
           is
           furnished
           with
           the
           Calculations
           and
           Figures
           of
           several
           Conjunctions
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           .
           —
           Yet
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           L
           may
           have
           set
           the
           Figures
           of
           them
           :
           for
           none
           but
           such
           an
           Ignorant
           in
           Astronomy
           as
           himself
           ,
           would
           adventure
           at
           things
           impossible
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           obtaining
           a
           Figure
           of
           such
           a
           Conjunction
           .
        
         
           But
           surely
           ,
           L.
           will
           not
           be
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           say
           he
           Calculated
           the
           Planets
           places
           ,
           &c.
           for
           all
           Astronomers
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           able
           to
           perform
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           .
        
         
         
           And
           I
           must
           tell
           L.
           that
           his
           Sophistry
           ,
           whereby
           he
           endeavours
           to
           prove
           himself
           the
           Legitimate
           Author
           of
           that
           Work
           ,
           is
           so
           idle
           ,
           impertinent
           and
           sapless
           ,
           that
           a
           School-Boy
           would
           blush
           to
           own
           .
           —
           For
           doth
           it
           follow
           ,
           because
           King
           James
           ,
           Lord
           
             Finch
             ,
             Campanella
             ,
             Alstedius
             ,
             Keplar
             ,
             &c.
          
           persons
           not
           living
           in
           Mr.
           Greshams
           time
           ,
           their
           Names
           are
           mentioned
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           that
           therefore
           Mr.
           Gresham
           was
           not
           Author
           of
           the
           better
           part
           of
           it
           ?
           L.
           might
           as
           well
           argue
           ,
           and
           as
           truly
           ,
           that
           because
           we
           finde
           
             W.
             L.
          
           in
           the
           front
           of
           it
           ,
           Mr.
           Gresham
           had
           no
           hand
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           pure
           Non-sequitur
           .
           —
           Yet
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           L.
           having
           the
           advantage
           of
           Mr.
           Greshams
           pains
           ,
           might
           add
           thereunto
           many
           ridiculous
           and
           idle
           matters
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           hath
           )
           which
           Mr.
           Gresham
           (
           had
           he
           been
           alive
           )
           would
           have
           been
           ashamed
           to
           own
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           if
           it
           be
           not
           
           L's
           ,
           how
           (
           may
           some
           say
           )
           do
           you
           prove
           it
           to
           be
           Mr.
           Greshams
           ?
           I
           prove
           it
           thus
           :
           —
           When
           L.
           was
           first
           about
           to
           make
           himself
           publick
           by
           Astrologie
           ,
           
             viz.
             Anno
          
           1643.
           or
           1644.
           he
           applies
           himself
           to
           Dr.
           
             Nicholas
             Fiske
          
           ,
           my
           honoured
           Friend
           and
           Tutor
           ;
           (
           a
           Person
           (
           but
           for
           the
           necessity
           of
           this
           occasion
           )
           too
           honourable
           to
           be
           mentioned
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           with
           
             W.
             L.
          
           )
           and
           from
           him
           (
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           Doctor
           in
           his
           life-time
           often
           report
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           shaking
           his
           head
           at
           
           L's
           impudence
           and
           ignorance
           )
           he
           received
           the
           best
           part
           of
           his
           
             Prophetical
             Merlyn
          
           in
           Manuscript
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           my self
           saw
           in
           the
           Doctors
           Study
           ,
           a
           Manuscript
           formerly
           written
           by
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ,
           of
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           1603.
           part
           of
           which
           I
           finde
           printed
           in
           the
           
             Prophetical
             Merlyn
          
           .
           And
           how
           easie
           a
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           invert
           the
           Judgement
           of
           one
           Conjunction
           to
           another
           ,
           every
           Artist
           knows
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           need
           not
           trouble
           my self
           so
           far
           ,
           since
           Mr.
           L.
           hath
           been
           pleased
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Prophetick
             Merlyn
          
           to
           acknowledge
           neerly
           as
           much
           himself
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           :
           —
           
             Let
             me
             with
             much
             thank
             fulness
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             my
             ancient
             and
             learned
             Friend
             Mr.
          
           Nicholas
           Fiske
           ,
           
             hath
             freely
             
             lent
             me
             either
             his
             Manuscripts
             ,
             or
             any
             Books
             in
             his
             Library
             ,
             treating
             of
             this
             subject
             ,
             with
             much
             love
             and
             willingness
             ;
             from
             whom
             since
             my
             happy
             acquaintance
             with
             him
             ,
             I
             have
             received
             plentiful
             enlargement
             of
             my
             Judgement
          
           —
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           his
           Arrogance
           would
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           name
           Mr.
           Gresham
           here
           ;
           yet
           the
           truth
           one
           way
           or
           other
           must
           out
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           acknowledgeth
           ,
           he
           
             received
             Manuscripts
          
           .
           I
           assert
           ,
           I
           saw
           a
           Manuscript
           of
           the
           Conjunction
           abovesaid
           ,
           in
           the
           Doctors
           hands
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Doctor
           told
           me
           it
           was
           written
           by
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ;
           in
           which
           Manuscript
           ,
           the
           times
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Conjunctions
           ,
           and
           the
           Positions
           of
           the
           Planets
           were
           noted
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           L.
           hath
           printed
           them
           :
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Mr.
          
           L.
           
             hath
             made
             use
             of
             Mr.
          
           Greshams
           
             Manuscript
             ,
             whose
             Name
             he
             hath
             injuriously
             concealed
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           saith
           L.
           in
           the
           same
           Epistle
           ,
           notwithstanding
           this
           his
           Confession
           ,
           —
           
             I
             have
             not
             perused
             any
             Mans
             Notes
             upon
             this
             subject
             ,
             or
             received
             assistance
             in
             Judgement
             from
             any
             .
          
           How
           ,
           Mr.
           L
           ?
           Do
           you
           confess
           that
           you
           have
           received
           Manuscripts
           ,
           and
           assistance
           in
           Judgement
           ,
           &c.
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           same
           Epistle
           deny
           it
           ?
           Can
           you
           with
           the
           Satyre
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           blow
           hot
           and
           cold
           in
           a
           breath
           so
           handsomely
           ?
           and
           yet
           complain
           unto
           all
           Astrologers
           of
           the
           unkind
           dealings
           of
           
             J.
             G.
          
           towards
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           account
           it
           beneath
           me
           to
           complain
           of
           
           L's
           Nonsence
           or
           unworthiness
           ,
           or
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           he
           hath
           
             (
             sine
             causa
          
           )
           complained
           of
           me
           .
           Yet
           I
           shall
           assume
           some
           of
           his
           boldness
           to
           state
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           pretends
           to
           ground
           his
           grievous
           complaint
           against
           me
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           thus
           .
        
         
           My self
           saw
           (
           and
           indeed
           so
           did
           many
           of
           
           L's
           best
           Friends
           if
           they
           would
           speak
           )
           in
           Doctor
           
           Fiske's
           hands
           ,
           a
           Manuscript
           of
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           wrote
           by
           Mr.
           Gresham
           .
        
         
           L.
           confesses
           to
           have
           borrowed
           Dr.
           
           Fiske's
           Manuscripts
           .
           The
           question
           then
           in
           short
           is
           ,
           Whether
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ,
           or
           L.
           be
           the
           prime
           Author
           of
           that
           work
           ?
        
         
         
           Unto
           this
           ,
           L.
           replies
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           .
           —
           I
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           urge
           
           L's
           own
           words
           against
           L.
           to
           strengthen
           my
           Negation
           ,
           as
           also
           Dr.
           Fisks
           acknowledgement
           .
        
         
           L.
           pretends
           to
           prove
           himself
           the
           prime
           Author
           ,
           by
           his
           beforementioned
           Sophistry
           .
           —
           I
           reject
           such
           proof
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           do
           all
           rational
           men
           that
           have
           read
           it
           )
           as
           impertinent
           ,
           idle
           ,
           and
           vain
           .
           L.
           must
           therefore
           either
           prove
           his
           claim
           better
           ,
           or
           else
           be
           content
           to
           loose
           his
           Title
           unto
           
             Englands
             Prophetick
             Merlyn
          
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           prime
           Author
           thereof
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           L.
           hath
           added
           many
           things
           of
           his
           own
           unto
           that
           Work
           of
           Mr.
           Greshams
           .
           As
           to
           instance
           ,
           in
           Page
           30.
           he
           hath
           these
           words
           :
           —
        
         
           This
           Conjunction
           flndeth
           (
           his
           Majesty
           Charles
           King
           of
           
           England
           )
           engaged
           in
           an
           uncivil
           and
           unnatural
           War
           against
           his
           own
           subjects
           ,
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Representative
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           against
           the
           most
           famous
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           the
           Kingdomes
           Metropolis
           ,
           and
           almost
           against
           the
           whole
           Commonalty
           and
           Yeomanry
           of
           
             England
             .
             —
             [
             Here
             is
             such
             Astrologie
             ,
             that
             I
             believe
             Mr.
          
           Gresham
           
             never
             dreamt
             of
             .
             ]
             He
             proceeds
             thus
             :
          
           —
           His
           Majesty
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           own
           rights
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           persons
           of
           several
           Delinquents
           and
           Malignant
           Counsellors
           ,
           so
           voted
           by
           both
           Houses
           ;
           the
           Parliament
           stand
           in
           opposition
           of
           those
           Malefactors
           ,
           and
           in
           defence
           of
           themselves
           ,
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Subject
           .
        
         
           
             And
             in
             Page
          
           103.
           
             he
             hath
             this
             passage
          
           :
           —
           The
           Wars
           we
           now
           groan
           under
           ,
           and
           the
           infinite
           pressures
           we
           suffer
           by
           his
           Majesties
           averseness
           from
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           the
           desertion
           of
           those
           many
           Lords
           ,
           and
           untrusty
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           do
           all
           make
           way
           ,
           and
           prepare
           matter
           for
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           Posterities
           confusion
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           next
           for
           the
           utter
           desolation
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           posterity
           .
           —
           
             And
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           —
           Let
           the
           undeserving
           Bishop
           and
           Clergy-man
           suffer
           ;
           they
           onely
           
           have
           stirred
           these
           Tumults
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Jesuite
           .
        
         
           
             And
             in
             Page
          
           109.
           
             he
             saith
          
           ,
           —
           Tyranny
           in
           Religion
           first
           broke
           the
           neck
           of
           an
           insulting
           Episcopacy
           .
        
         
           These
           (
           with
           many
           more
           )
           of
           
           L's
           Predictions
           ,
           (
           if
           so
           he
           will
           have
           them
           called
           )
           I
           believe
           Mr.
           Gresham
           knew
           nothing
           of
           ;
           neither
           would
           any
           Man
           ,
           but
           a
           State-Parasite
           ,
           have
           so
           heightned
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           Rebellion
           under
           pretence
           of
           Astrologie
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           Page
           35.
           
           I
           finde
           also
           some
           Astrological
           Ignorance
           ,
           which
           I
           dare
           be
           confident
           was
           
           L's
           own
           ,
           and
           not
           Mr.
           Greshams
           .
           —
           There
           he
           gives
           us
           the
           motion
           in
           Longitude
           of
           the
           Comet
           in
           1618.
           and
           gives
           us
           its
           dayly
           motion
           besides
           ,
           in
           a
           Column
           by
           it self
           ,
           most
           strangely
           different
           from
           its
           motion
           in
           Longitude
           :
           which
           how
           he
           will
           reconcile
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           I
           understand
           not
           .
           
             Cum
             multis
             aliis
             ,
             quae
             nunc
             perscribere
             longum
             est
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           fully
           proved
           what
           in
           my
           
             Collectio
             Geniturarum
          
           I
           asserted
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           Truth
           and
           Honour
           of
           Mr.
           Gresham
           .
           And
           to
           be
           quit
           with
           L.
           in
           every
           matter
           as
           near
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           for
           his
           
             Oportet
             Mendacem
             esse
             memorem
          
           —
           I
           return
           him
           the
           Rule
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           
           —
           
             Mendax
             semel
             ,
             mendax
             semper
             praesumitur
             .
          
           For
           L.
           having
           once
           transgressed
           the
           bounds
           of
           Truth
           ,
           it
           behooves
           him
           ,
           he
           thinks
           ,
           now
           to
           grow
           impudent
           to
           purpose
           ,
           and
           rayle
           at
           large
           at
           those
           that
           shall
           publish
           his
           playing
           the
           Plagiary
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           should
           Mr.
           L.
           be
           so
           extreamly
           angry
           at
           me
           for
           my
           taxing
           him
           with
           pilfering
           from
           Mr.
           Gresham
           ,
           and
           concealing
           his
           Name
           ?
           Since
           this
           is
           not
           the
           onely
           piece
           of
           Plagiarism
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           his
           Writings
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           :
           In
           his
           
             Annus
             Tenebrosus
             ,
             Pag.
          
           60.
           &c.
           he
           prints
           Forty
           Astrological
           Aphorisms
           ,
           as
           his
           own
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           stolen
           them
           out
           of
           
             Astrologia
             Aphoristica
             ,
             Fol.
          
           295.
           and
           onward
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           his
           
             Christian
             Astrologie
          
           ,
           my
           
           self
           saw
           in
           Manuscript
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           beforementioned
           Dr.
           Fiske
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Doctor
           was
           translated
           from
           
             Haly
             ,
             de
             judiciis
             Astrorum
          
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           
           L's
           best
           Friends
           know
           also
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           and
           yet
           hath
           he
           been
           so
           impudent
           therein
           ,
           as
           to
           print
           in
           Pag.
           830.
           of
           that
           his
           Book
           ,
           
             That
             he
             hath
             not
             advised
             with
             any
             man
             living
             in
             any
             thing
             comprehended
             in
             that
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           What
           thinks
           Mr.
           L.
           now
           ?
           Doth
           not
           he
           better
           deserve
           to
           consult
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Oportet
             Mendacem
             ,
             &c.
          
           then
           
             J.
             G.
          
           against
           whom
           he
           falsly
           urgeth
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           he
           so
           causlesly
           complains
           ?
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           let
           Mr.
           L.
           play
           the
           Plagiarie
           still
           ,
           and
           pilfer
           from
           whom
           he
           can
           ;
           lisp
           and
           jabber
           ,
           say
           and
           unsay
           as
           fast
           and
           as
           oft
           as
           he
           pleases
           ;
           he
           judges
           it
           wisdome
           it
           seems
           and
           honour
           enough
           to
           himself
           to
           raile
           upon
           my
           Person
           and
           Education
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thinks
           is
           satisfaction
           sufficient
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           me
           thinks
           he
           might
           readily
           conceive
           it
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           for
           me
           to
           retort
           his
           
           Scomma's
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           knows
           in
           my
           
             Novice
             Astrologer
             instructed
          
           ,
           I
           have
           accounted
           with
           him
           already
           for
           his
           Cuckow-Notes
           :
           and
           since
           he
           will
           needs
           have
           me
           to
           follow
           him
           ,
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           acquaint
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           wherein
           he
           most
           pretends
           to
           wound
           me
           ,
           the
           more
           he
           honours
           me
           ,
           viz.
           in
           taxing
           my
           Education
           :
           For
           the
           meaner
           that
           hath
           been
           ,
           the
           greater
           hath
           been
           my
           pains
           in
           the
           Study
           that
           now
           I
           follow
           .
           And
           the
           lesser
           assistance
           any
           man
           receives
           ,
           it
           is
           always
           presumed
           the
           greater
           Industry
           he
           uses
           in
           the
           matter
           he
           undertakes
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           Shoomaker
           to
           make
           Boots
           or
           Shooes
           ,
           or
           a
           Taylor
           a
           Suit
           of
           Clothes
           ,
           I
           adjudge
           no
           great
           piece
           of
           Ingenuity
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           their
           Profession
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           they
           were
           bred
           unto
           it
           :
           So
           for
           a
           Scholar
           to
           write
           a
           Book
           ,
           or
           defend
           a
           Thesis
           well
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ;
           since
           his
           Education
           hath
           been
           to
           Learning
           :
           but
           for
           either
           of
           these
           to
           take
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           certainly
           an
           Argument
           that
           Education
           doth
           not
           naturally
           concentre
           with
           Inclination
           ;
           and
           the
           person
           
           that
           so
           doth
           ,
           may
           reasonably
           be
           termed
           Ingenious
           .
           —
           And
           here
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           were
           not
           L.
           so
           strangely
           ambitious
           ,
           I
           could
           be
           content
           to
           think
           him
           a
           little
           ingenious
           ,
           
           
             because
             he
             hath
             left
             the
             Trade
             of
             a
             Taylor
             ,
             to
             adventure
             as
             Astrologie
             ;
             although
             he
             was
             never
             able
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             in
             it
             but
             Quack
             .
          
           See
           this
           proved
           in
           Captain
           
             Whartons
             Merlini
             Anglici
             Errata
          
           ,
           printed
           1647.
           as
           also
           in
           
           L's
           own
           Nativity
           ,
           calculated
           and
           published
           by
           Mr.
           
             James
             Blackwel
             ,
             Anno
          
           1660.
           
           But
           although
           these
           Gentlemen
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           pronounce
           and
           prove
           him
           a
           Taylor
           ,
           I
           suppose
           they
           do
           it
           by
           the
           same
           Figure
           as
           a
           Pedlar
           is
           termed
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           :
           for
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           he
           was
           as
           bad
           at
           the
           Trade
           of
           a
           Taylor
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Profession
           of
           an
           Astrologer
           :
           —
           A
           very
           Botcher
           at
           both
           .
        
         
           
             Yea
             ,
             but
             saith
             Mr.
          
           L.
           
             J.
             G.
          
           is
           not
           onely
           an
           Vngrateful
           Person
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           Vngrateful
           of
           men
           living
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           L.
           should
           have
           done
           well
           to
           have
           told
           me
           for
           what
           :
           for
           four
           years
           since
           he
           exhibited
           this
           charge
           against
           me
           ,
           
           for
           which
           I
           questioned
           him
           before
           Mr.
           
             E.
             Carrent
          
           ,
           (
           now
           Adjutant-General
           of
           the
           honourable
           City
           of
           London
           )
           before
           whom
           he
           did
           not
           onely
           deny
           the
           Expression
           ,
           and
           called
           a
           Learned
           Minister
           
             False
             Scot
          
           ,
           for
           telling
           me
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           pronounced
           me
           to
           him
           ,
           
             The
             most
             Grateful
             Person
             living
          
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           have
           had
           no
           Dealings
           with
           Mr.
           L.
           since
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           to
           drink
           a
           Glass
           of
           Wine
           .
           But
           let
           him
           rail
           on
           ;
           I
           have
           more
           then
           the
           acknowledgement
           of
           so
           envious
           a
           Fellow
           ,
           (
           who
           I
           perceive
           abhors
           to
           hear
           I
           live
           )
           to
           acquit
           me
           from
           so
           soul
           a
           Crime
           as
           Ingratitude
           .
           And
           I
           am
           the
           less
           troubled
           at
           his
           Scandals
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           —
           
             Contra
             Sycophant●
             morsum
             non
             est
             remedium
             :
          
           There
           is
           no
           remedy
           to
           be
           had
           against
           the
           venomous
           Tongues
           and
           Teeth
           of
           Sycophants
           ;
           who
           make
           it
           their
           main
           Business
           ,
           —
           
             Calumniare
             fortiter
          
           ,
           to
           tax
           and
           traduce
           stoutly
           ,
           in
           hopes
           that
           with
           some
           ,
           their
           words
           may
           beget
           credit
           .
        
         
           But
           
             cui
             fini
          
           ?
           To
           what
           purpose
           trouble
           I
           my self
           thus
           
           far
           with
           so
           known
           an
           Impostor
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           must
           be
           content
           to
           accept
           of
           Railings
           and
           Revilings
           for
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Personal
           Reflections
           and
           Scandals
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           ?
           —
           But
           this
           is
           the
           best
           on
           't
           ,
           he
           hath
           served
           all
           others
           that
           have
           touched
           his
           Copyhold
           with
           the
           same
           sawce
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           am
           not
           singular
           in
           partaking
           of
           his
           Scurrility
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           —
           Captain
           
             G.
             Wharton
          
           he
           terms
           
             Asinego
             ,
             Vagadond
             ,
             Irish
             Wolf
             ,
             Obsoure
             Footman
             ,
             neither
             Booted
             or
             Gowned
             :
          
           with
           many
           such-like
           terms
           of
           Opprobry
           and
           Contumely
           .
           And
           in
           stead
           of
           soberly
           answering
           Mr.
           Gataker
           ,
           he
           calls
           him
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Wiseacre
             ,
             Covetous
             Churl
             ,
             A
             stiff
             Prelate
             ,
             Preaching
             impudently
             for
             the
             liberties
             or
             sports
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Cards
             ,
             Dice
          
           ,
           &c.
           —
           This
           is
           the
           curious
           Logique
           that
           Wise
           
             W.
             L.
          
           makes
           use
           of
           against
           all
           that
           oppose
           his
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           discover
           his
           grand
           Juggling
           and
           Plagiarism
           .
           And
           possibly
           for
           my
           present
           dealing
           with
           his
           Filth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           my
           former
           ,
           I
           may
           again
           have
           my
           Reputation
           defiled
           by
           his
           scandalous
           Viperous
           Pen.
           But
           this
           I
           assure
           him
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           support
           (
           by
           Calumniations
           and
           Forgeries
           )
           the
           Untruths
           that
           I
           have
           here
           and
           elsewhere
           proved
           him
           guilty
           of
           ,
           I
           shall
           scorn
           hereafter
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           so
           shameless
           a
           Person
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           answer
           do
           homage
           to
           Harpocrates
           ,
           and
           by
           silence
           give
           him
           my
           suffrage
           for
           the
           Whetstone
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           Rationally
           ,
           and
           not
           Railingly
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           defend
           himself
           from
           the
           Errours
           I
           have
           charged
           on
           him
           ,
           I
           promise
           him
           soberly
           to
           rejoyn
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           those
           that
           have
           taken
           notice
           of
           the
           difference
           between
           him
           and
           my self
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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             Coelest
             is
             Legatus
          
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           or
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           Ambassador
           .
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           by
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           Prodigies
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           Kings
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             :
          
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           Protection
           of
           Long
           Life
           ,
           and
           Detection
           of
           its
           brevity
           ,
           from
           Diatetic
           Causes
           and
           Customes
           .
           Hygiastic
           Precautions
           and
           Rules
           ,
           appropriate
           to
           the
           constitutions
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           various
           discrasies
           or
           passions
           of
           Minde
           ;
           with
           a
           Treatise
           of
           Fontinels
           or
           Issues
           .
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           Physick
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42821-e740
           
             *
             One
             or
             two
             Pamphlets
             I
             have
             seen
             in
             p●int
             so
             Entitled
             .
          
           
             The
             pretended
             meeting
             of
             the
             Planets
             in
             
               Sagittary
               Decem.
            
             1.
             1662.
             apparently
             false
             .
          
           
             A
             Planet
             according
             to
             his
             Latitude
             ,
             may
             be
             in
             a
             Signe
             different
             from
             what
             his
             Longitude
             discovers
             .
          
           
             The
             Transits
             of
             the
             Planets
             of
             great
             signification
             in
             a
             Nativity
             .
          
           
             A
             Planet
             hath
             no
             strength
             in
             a
             Signe
             before
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             nor
             after
             the
             five
             and
             twentieth
             Degree
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Pontanus
             ,
             Lib
             1.
             de
             Stellis
             .
          
           
             Though
             the
             spects
             of
             this
             great
             Conjunction
             will
             be
             famous
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             or
             skill
             of
             the
             wisest
             of
             men
             to
             particularize
             them
             .
          
           
             Chronologie
             not
             certain
             ,
             a
             cause
             of
             errour
             in
             Predictions
             of
             this
             kind
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             Figure
             of
             a
             great
             Conjunction
             not
             attainable
             .
          
           
             An
             Artist
             may
             easily
             mistake
             in
             taking
             a
             non-cause
             for
             a
             true
             cause
             .
          
           
             An
             ignorant
             Artist
             in
             his
             pretended
             Judgements
             upon
             this
             great
             Conjunction
             justly
             taxed
             .
          
           
             Erit
             mihi
             magnus
             Apollo
             .
          
           
             This
             Conjunction
             ♄
             and
             ♃
             in
             ♐
             ,
             not
             a
             little
             or
             minor
             ,
             but
             a
             major
             ,
             or
             great
             Conjunction
             .
          
           
             ♄
             and
             ♃
             will
             make
             their
             Conjunctions
             in
             the
             Fiery
             Triplicity
             many
             hundred
             years
             yet
             before
             they
             leave
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             The
             several
             Conjunctions
             of
             ♄
             and
             ♃
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             are
             called
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             time
             they
             are
             severally
             made
             .
          
           
             Another
             pretended
             Artist
             taken
             tardy
             in
             his
             fictitious
             &
             groundless
             Predictions
             upon
             the
             great
             Conjunction
             of
             ♄
             and
             ♃
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Sun
             combures
             all
             Planets
             ,
             but
             can
             be
             combured
             of
             none
             .
          
           
             Moor
             Enth.
             
          
           
             Triumph
             .
          
           
             Persons
             pretending
             Visions
             ,
             Revelations
             ,
             &c.
             mo●e
             melancholy
             then
             spiritual
             .
          
           
             Des
             Cartes
             Pass
             .
             Soul.
             
          
           
             The
             Discontents
             of
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             the
             onely
             discoverers
             of
             Prodigies
             ,
             and
             B●oache●s
             of
             Visions
             and
             Revelations
             
          
           
             That
             there
             are
             Prodigies
             in
             Nature
             is
             not
             questioned
             ;
             but
             that
             all
             things
             said
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             are
             so
             ,
             is
             (
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             denied
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             and
             proper
             causes
             of
             the
             Rainbow
             ,
             acquit
             it
             from
             being
             a
             Prodigie
             .
          
           
             Mock-Suns
             not
             miraculous
             or
             prodigious
             .
          
           
             Mock-Moons
             common
             ,
             and
             not
             supernatural
             .
          
           
             Gapings
             or
             chaps
             in
             the
             Clouds
             almost
             every
             hot
             Evening
             to
             be
             seen
             .
          
           
             The
             abatement
             or
             drying
             up
             of
             Rivers
             ,
             Natural
             .
             The
             several
             Causes
             thereof
             .
          
           
             De
             bello
             Judaic
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             7
             ▪
             c.
             24
             
          
           
             Brit.
             Bac.
             pag
             85.
             
          
           
             Apparitions
             and
             Visions
             not
             to
             be
             credited
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             by
             them
             to
             assigne
             the
             particular
             time
             of
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             England
             hath
             had
             more
             Mad-men
             &
             Enthusiasts
             within
             this
             20
             years
             ,
             then
             all
             Europe
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             whole
             world
             besides
             .
          
           
             Mathematical
             Conclusions
             ,
             no
             sure
             ground
             whereon
             to
             build
             our
             Conjectures
             of
             the
             worlds
             ending
             .
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             Swan
             .
          
           
             Arithmetical
             Conceits
             not
             sufficient
             to
             discover
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             by
             .
          
           
             Viz.
             2012.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A42821-e7970
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             Qui
             semel
             verecundia
             fines
             transicrit
             ,
             cum
             bene
             &
             gnaviter
             impudentem
             esse
             oporter
             .
          
           
             This
             he
             hath
             100
             times
             confessed
             in
             my
             hearing
             :
             Besides
             ,
             there
             are
             yet
             persons
             living
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             that
             knew
             him
             an
             Apprentice
             to
             Pawlin
             the
             Taylor
             .
          
           
             See
             more
             of
             this
             in
             my
             
               Britains
               Royal
               Star
            
             ,
             from
             pa.
             29.
             10
             pag.
             34.