THE DUTCH Bloody Almanac, Containing The exact Astrological Predictions, for the year of our Lord 1653 Divided into these particulars. 

1 The Predictions of the Bloody War between England and Holland, with the success and events of several Fights by Sea and Land, and the Joining together of the greatest part of Europe against England.  
2 The breaking forth of open Wars with Denmark, and the Bloody attempt of the King of Scots, and James Duke of York in prosecution of that design.  
3. Several Mutenys and Insurr●ctions in England, with some Astrologlcal observations thereupon.  
4 Some generull Calculations concerning the Wars in France, Spain and Portugal, with every Month's observations of the Revolutions in England.     astrological figure, perhaps used for prognostication 
London printed by John Clowse 1653. Octob. 19 1652   


January.  
The great God direct us in his Truth.  
THis month begins with the Sun or Sol in Capricornus, the Moon or Luna in Jeminie, and there is a Trive of Salturn and Venus, which brings danger to women and children, but the Conjunction of Sol & Jupiter doth a little metigate that aspect, and the effects seem to have the chiefest operation, upon Judges and Lawyers, and where there happeneth a scarcity of them, the Influence will be found upon Jews and Brokers, in all parts except in Turkey, where a Dutchman came to a Jew, or Broker, and desired him to help him to buy a bargain of silk, and he would give him satisfaction for his pains, the Jew thereupon goes with him to a Turk which had of that commodity that liked the Dutchman, and treating about the price thereof, the Turk came to make a price, under which he would not go: But the Dutchman thinking that the Turks had been like himself and stood not upon bis word, or promise; swore Persacramentum Jesum etc. that he would not give so much: The Turk not understanding the Language enquired of the Jew what it was he said. The Jew answered that he swore by his God? the Turk replied that he would not have further to do with him that set his God at so low a rate, and laid by his commodity, for which the Dutchman would afterwards have given the price but could not regain the sight hereof.  
HO● most horied news from sea arrives at the Hague; if the differences are not now composed betwixt the English and the Hollander, a sqadron of Dewitts will be endanger about this time, some black designs are probably discovered against the English Commone wealth, and Holland hath cause to cleave to some ●ure friends in alliance the Planets seem not to favour the French with ability to assist them in time of danger; It is an ill wind blows no body good, but the constellations of the heavens bring it not to thee, great news expected from, the Dutch Ambassadors in Denmark; The Sould●ers swell with fury. Citizen's minds rise high and most men's spirits are elevated, and the heaven's decrees are immutable and I cannot find any good aspects or French French Now is the time for Kings to lose all or win all, and if that King hath not by this time settled a peace with the Princes. the Princes may be glad to offer another Treaty, for fear of an other Design to be suddenly put in execution, and their minds are in miserable perplexity, that are troubled with what is like to happen hereafter.  
The Sun in Cancer and Saturn in a Quarden is as bad or worse than the former, yet doth guess this aspect will not be of any great forces in Holland or in England, the worst I can find unto them is the death of some of those that sit at the helm unlamented, many piracies committed by Sea, great blooshed in France, if the Spaniard have a fight with the French, about this time, he is likely ot prevail, some great remoraes of an▪ eminency sound▪ abroad beyond our horizon; what it should be I guess not, unless it should be of some great Fleet at Sea, it may be only a report of new Levies for the Scots King, in Denmark or Scotland or both, yet of any place, let not the Scots think to thrive this year, Saturn and Mars, etc. are transcendent with them and before summer is ended, their Royal Black coats will not dare to show their teeth, and Saturn being passing through a Quadrat presageth fear, terror, and treachery in that Nation, but the Aspect is yet better in Holland, if they trouble not the water, or love to fish in such, they may live at quiet, but if otherwise they must smart as well as the rest.   

February.  
Sol is this month in Piscs but gins in Aquarus, which presageth good fortune unto Soldiers if they can have there pay? Jupiter and Mercury sit in conjunction, and let all deceivers of the People t●ke heed, for oppressors begin to feel their own downfall; what shall the Jews at Amsterdam and else where, have a M●ss●care nuder the Sea of Rome when they may find protection else where? All Europe is possessed with a madness, they meet and consult▪ but the greatest part of them know not for what, and yet in such meetings every one cries out, great is Appolo, and great is Diana, though they see their Temples pulled down, and that the name of St. Paul himselve cannot help it. Po●…onia sausages wax dear in Holland: many mutenyes are thereatned, and a stand in council for want of men of trust, & no marvel when such men should be scarce amongst those that have deceived all the world. It is well for England in respect of the Influence that the Sea divedes them.  
Yet when I consider that Jupiter is Lord of the 2d, house and thereby dispositor of Sol, and in his revolution Lord also in the 2 house (for Pisces is intercepted) and dispositor of Venus, Lady of the 4th both in this, and the former figurs, she being in the ●d. in Pisces her own exaltation, I must needs say of these positions, amonae copiam, & o they denote plenty of corn, fruitfulness of the earth, and great abundance and plenty in this year if the effects of that great eclipse of the sun, on the 9 of March, do not by their violence hinder these good things that are premised by this revolution from falling on our heads, but as commerce and trade shall increase, so shall wickedness and deceit, for Mercury by his weak condition, being both in his fall and detriment in the 2d. significat bnod etc. men shall give themselves to ignominious and dishonest gain and shall observe very little faithfulness among one another, and indeed this position of Mercuty, doth also signify anguish, sorrow, and increase of taxes for our troubles, though they are turned into quietness and peace at home, yet we shall have war aboard; for that opposition of Sat●rn and significat bellum apparere, no less then much fight and bloodshed: but though Saturn our enemy being malicious and the more by reason of his being in the 2. house, (for auget in octava masevel●s suam malitium yet because Jupiter Lord of our ascendant▪ is much elevated above him significations, etc. signifies that we shall overcome all our enemies, Haly tells indeed that this opposition of Jupiter and Saturn signifies, quod eaunt etc. it signify▪ there shall be many quarrelings between men and nations, one shall be stired up against the other, and men of low degree shall quarrel with one another, go to law, &c and indeed it is plain by the late separation of Luna from conjunction of Mars, that we were engaged in brous before the beginning of this revolution, and the position of Mars threatens their continuacne, but his strength in the scheam promises protection qund genus, etc.   

March.  
THis Spring gins with Sol, and the ninth of this month there happens an Eclipse of the Sun 3 minutes past faure of the clock in▪ the afternoon, this happeneth on a Wednesday, and if the English Merlin can but tell certainly that the fabric of Heaven will be cloudy, he would christian it Black Wednsday as his Brother Booker did Monday the last year, but for that you will have a blind excuse thus. Now I shall proceed to the effects of this Eclipse, and it maketh no great matter where I begin, seeing they afford so litittle good, either to man or b●ast  
The Lords of this Eclipse are Mars and Mercury, of which Mars of the two is strongest by odds, and being upon the cusp of the tenth House it is so much the worse, neither is it ever the better, because it is in a malevolent and venomous Sign.  
Mercury takes nature of that Star to which he is aspected, which very unluckily here is Mars, both of them being in watery Signs, signify terrible the hasty furious do, violent, furious, tempestuous, destructive, vermin winds; the Sea will be so dangerous, men can scarce pass it by heeason of shipwreck and Piracies; and judge you what the Land is like to suffer, when a couple of such thieving Planets are Lords of an Eclipse: Besides all this, the Earth suffers by Thunder and Lightning, vehement and violent Storms, Earthquakes, and great gapings of the Earth M●n take such things as are none of their own, which formerly was called Theft, and so 'tis now if poor men do it; but when rich men do it, then 'tis pillaging, plundering, and seizing on Malignants goods: it inclines men to rapine, & theft, lying, depopulation; the Laws changed, and the Priests are mad, the Priesthood itself dies, and then farewell gentle Clergy; the bodies of men are perplexed with hot and dry Diseases, Coughs, ann Consumption of the Lungs, vomitings shortness of breath and Quotidiam Agues.   

April.  
About the very beginning of march the king of France is marching to his own destruction: thou art invaded by a Neighbor-Nation; thou shalt, to thy Sorrow, when it comes, know who it is: Neither is the Troubles that is in France to be heeded, but the Microcosm bears part of it also: the King of France his Soul and Body cannot agree, and the contention is so sharp, it is shrewdly to be feared they will part about the letter end of March. or beginning of April: A wild Boar in a blue Jacket is in the Vineyards▪ and crops up three flower-deluces at a mouthful, and then farewell thy Monarchy of France to Eternity. Alast, what will the poor College of Sorban do, when the most Christian King is eaten up with louse I when the Lord took away the Cardinal of richilieu, the glory of France was gone. Ae●sops Frogs refused the Beam, because he was patiented but when the Stork came, he eat them up. I have little else to say to France, but only God bless all the honest there, and send them their liberties, and something else too. God bl●ss honest people from the Pistilence this next Summer, which I shrewdly suspect will so rage's throughout the Dominiions there, which shall force the College of Physicians of Paris to pay the tears they own to the Tomb of their banishad Overcitanus.   

May.  
A strange diaster, about this time or perhaps in the foregoing Month is threatened, There be some men that nothing can satisfy, who would think that such as have already (and if occasion be, will again▪ joined in one, against the Common Enemy should not agree amongst themselves; but either invigh, because other men are in greater places than themselves or some other self-ends are repining yea, and it may be impeaching one another, many piracyes are daily heard of to be committed at Sea. A great battle is likely to be fought in France, where some King or great parson is like to fall. Something may naturally be calculated from the in influence of the Celestial bodies of some further misfortune to the Scots King. either by a fall or a shot from his horse: The two Eclips●s in one Month viz▪ one of the Sun and another of the Moon in March last, afford very much matter to work upon, and invites the English to a reconciliation in judgement, very strange intelligence comes from several parts, This is the time that wisemen will do nothing but for themselves▪ and say, that there is no reason that wisdom should put themselves in danger for fools.   

June and July.  
SOL enters Scorpio, and, and an opposition with Saturn, certainly this will be a time of great consultation in England and Holland, yet a Quadrat for many days with Mars signifies much blood shed in France Ireland, and some other places, some strive amongst great persons consequently follows about the nullifying of some thing formerly decreed, or had been long in use: by this time much may be done in order to the equal administration of Justice in several places where it hath in prat been neglected, then happy are the people that live under such a Government, yea thrice happy are they, if that a dissembling flatterer, or insinuating Parasite, (the worst vermin in a Common wealth) hath not an office himself of trust. or at least some honest man in great power to speak for him; It's an ill wind blows no body good, but the influence of the heavens seems to be very sparing where to bestow. All men will not be of one mind, either in Holland, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, England or Scotland, although the Sun goes round all the world over.  
England England thou art now at peace; but let him that standeth take heed lest he fall: there may be another punishment besides the Sword coming; Call to mind what God hath done for thee, and then consider what a sad thing it is to offend so good a GOD.   

August and September.  
The Lord defend this people from pestelentious Airs, many cross▪ Sea fights▪ Piracies▪ much blood, Charles Stuart▪ looks for great matters by reason of Denmark, and James Duke of York, will not care if he looseth his dearest blood to be revenged against the English, and what if the people shoul● mutiny in many places, at last we have intelligence from the West, which rather invites to thanks then mourning.   

October and November.  
The Winds blow high and a little affrightens, and we are in travel both from Scotland, Ireland, France, Flanders, Partugale and Denma●● we hope it will not increase the murmur in England, or give way to the landing of any forces in England, the City Perquesits are still contended for, yet it matters not to me who is Lord Major of London.   

December.  
O Mars! when wilt thou leave thy cruelty? It's a time causeth many to lament and curse War, and its attendants, Rapine, Murder and Robery: Strange divisions and in discontents will end the year: therefore the people stand fully resolved to proceed one step higher unto a further Election▪ divisions heighten our discords▪ Bell and the Dragon are still fight, Righteousness prevails not. The Governors peradventure may be taxed for unjustice, yet are they very seriously and prudently careful for the well ordering the Commonwealth, and thereupon they seem to incline to do Acts of Grace. The Portugal hath many good Omens of the keeping and enjoying his Kingdom, though not without labour and travel. In the figure of his Coronotion, the almost degree of the first appearance in the year 1618. the universal observation is, that two and twenty years after the apparition of that Planet Portugal regained its liberty, and upon conclusion of the Comments effects, the Eng▪ Common wealth became a free State. All the Angels of the figure fixed, and Saturn, who of all the Planets is most slow, being Patron of this Renovation and fixed in Aquarius, ●n the Ascendant, his own house; Jupiter being Lord of Sagitarus, and so Patron of Spain in his fall and i● the eight House; From whence it is concluded that the Spaniard shall never regain Portugal, yet many dangerous years will befall that State.  
And now we shall conclude with a word of caution to France; For we find in the Nativity of Cardinal Mazerine; that he is likely to be 〈◊〉 Thorn in thy sides; and if he outlive 1659.; the Constellations promise him to enjoy greater honour than he hath at present; and in the end he is like to die like a Nobleman; either of a Surfeit or a Fever:   
Gloria Deo.   
FINIS.