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REA DER S.GnNTLBME.N,

THO Ih av e h er e d ete l1 ed 4n J d i{ co vf!r ed d iv er s

E rrors in th e Stud y an a P r.t1 ice 0/ Aftrology,efpeciallJ in that P art- o f it that concerns Nati-v ir ies ; an d alfo /poke Jl igbt ly of fom e A #thors

w ho sr« m Ilch vailled, ana in grelltd/eem a_ mong d ivers

P ra -a itio ne rs; a nd likewi/e c on d emn ed t he ir 1 -F riti ng s, It$

h ei ng f li ed wiih little c t{ e h ut Errors ANd id le In no vA -

tions , w hich are indeed bllt th e [am e thin g,- if rightlyconjidtred. . Tet I ,vollid not be m i{underftood in ,vhat I_h ave here d on e j ,m d thought (bec aufe Icharge [0 man)with } ,li fta ke s) th at 1tllin" m y [elf free fro m FatJts,E rrors, an a O verJights, either ill my Pramee or U Tri-ting]; or that I in tend to d irec1 and teach the SftidU iU

if} this A rt to endeavour after filch 4 Perfemon: No; Iknow to o w eli ; t ha t Ov e r. ji _~h fs , ,, ,a deceptio Ienfus, is -

toot-TIle, -and t oo v if ib le a Ch.aCfer of H t e m a n Nature;tina to Err, is the know n tlnd c ommo n C a lam it y that1I1altkina is / l Ib je ,;1 to; fo r b ej id es t he Infirmities of ou r

Conflit l l t iom, th e Depravity o f o ur W i!/s/ln d Affections,th e O bfc "r ity o f Oltr-Vnde1:ftal1dil~r.!.' an d the J'V e~ km fs 0 /ou r 'J-udgments; The C m[e on our O rig in al P aren ts fo r

their TrlJnfgre/Jion a t th ~ b eg in nin g { em u J litl to ly e h ea vy 01 1

ou r Sholl/dcrs, an d telJs 1I S pllli"l" T hs: So rr om M id Sweat,J' A 2 . Thorns!.



~i To the Readers.

Thorns an d T hijU es , L ife an d Error , ardn{eperab!e. Blltye t there-is Ii d iffere nc e be tw een th e E rro rs of N atu re,c on tr a vo lu n ta te rn , a nd t he E rr or s of Prniiice, introduced

b y C r tj lom a nd D i/e ip lin f. 4 l! d t.1 xfr a re th~y IhM I c on te ndagai;jt , (/nd t;;deavo'itr ' - 0 r 1'o r,,/;'th o th e o th er id fo ought

not to be forf!.otten.Nor wdidd I have anyone t h i ;; k ,' that I in ten d to de-

firoy th e A rt o f A ftrology by w hat I lieu« here done; no ,j d o a JJ i/Y eJ O t , t/ldt this is the lcaft o f my r bo ug b t s ;

n or Ir ou ld 1impair am r=! of it Ih at I jud ge llfefltl an dferv;eellble, either for its SHp/ort at Reput st ion . Bat

my real Int.cnt an d Deflgn is to excite the Lovers ofthis Contemptible Science; to refine it, lind 1)).1ke it more

coherent in its P ri nc ip le s,' a .! Jd. m o re c er ta in zn if S viean d P rsiiic e , tl;anit if at prefent; and al(o to lay by

thole Id le N otion s .m d P ram ces ft/ed th er ein , w hic h h av e

drall'n th e Objeflions o f L ea rn ed Pens upo» tIS. For t lr o

1am not w illing to / iv al lo lV ' dO lV7 J thole (ill/om Errors

with tvhich it is clog'd an d loaded; it dotli 170 t thereforejoflmv, that I Am an Enemy to its Trutl: an d Excellence,an d mltjl he d eb Ar re d m y In qllir y towards its Perfe{hon,

an d n ot p erm itted to approacb th e Spring of its Ori-

'f,inal Truth. I doubt not bllt ) '011 m ay find [om e Errorsin this Tr_ea t i/ e , 1v /Jicb_JOl t m ,1J ' Impute either to n;y Over-f ight, o r I v a n t o f S ki ll , I r h i c } ) " " y o r l plea/e; Jet I hope the}m .1 J d eferve }o ur EXCflJe an d Psrdon , efpeci'1lly svbe»YOtl conjidEr, that 1have <lJndert,1ken to t qr» the Torrent of

a mighty Stream, a nd th at wit]: [uch little A//if t .1nce aJ 1have received: I beiNg ii;debted to no M an fo r I Iny Jer-

'V ice or belp therein , bitt to m J Honoured F rie sd a nd L ateD ec ca fe d j'r la Jlc r, D r. F r an c is Wr igh t, b y l l' ho Je [ n jlm -

{lions only, Ion", my !elf enabled t o p e rf orm tbis, an dwhat I have elfe at pre/el)t ander my COJljideration fo rth e FrejJ.BIII f.;r my Errors (if any [hall th in k them

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III

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To th e Reade rs .'

[o ) laid. down in P ra me e, D y way of Rule , I defir' i noexcllfe fo r them , but refer them to J'llr Conf ide ra tion , an d

[orelmt very pttrpofe I hav~ prin ted them here ; lind t t l /ohope ' , that thofe Gent lemen that thiN k them fa , will br :plea/d' fo inform 'm y Vnderflanding, ' and give m e betterNotions inpyin t, trith better.Proofs for their DoHY;ne,

tlu» I av e given fo r mine; and 1 d o a ff ie te t hem , I lvill

rc _ .lily frebmit lind cr j Peccavi. And / 0 I' come t o { pe rl kp . - tr t iete/ArI) , .· . -

Firll, To the Book it {elf. 1~which thOle haft th e

whole Myflery of Aftrology r el at in g to Nativities) accord-

in g eaI I In d er Jl and i t; bllt it i s d i/ pe r /e d here 'an~ there

throlll);ollt the whole Book an d Matter a/fo, an d n 'dl take'thee /om etime ,and psins too, to collea a nd d ig efl it intoa method fo r Prac1ice , which is no hard matter, if tbo«. ar t b 1f twillil1<Zo take a l it tl e pains; l ind ll'ithoflt pains, Ican a_ f ff lr e thce; thoa w ilt prove bllt a very ordi;Jlfry Ar-

tijl in thy Profeffion 1 hm»: there givfiJ thee the Nati-vitJ o f Oliver Crcmw ell , with my Rc,t/ons fo r its Cor-reBio11, a n d a /fo h is Difeafc, ~ 'Y whicb he expired ; wit h a'fable of D ireiiio ns fro m h is Birth to his D entb ; witl; e,tch

Ark , its true M e af,re, nne! th e Tesr of ou r Lord 1 1 ' h c n

it did begin to operstc , 1 have /lifo jbcJI'd th e incohc-

renee of thofe R ules la id dowss o n / ev er .1 1 OCCi lJ iOns , not'o n l y in his Nativity, bu: in dioers. oshers; arui the j"ftCaufe ou r Enemies have ,(rom thence to Cavil at , and ri -diesle the Art snd its FrofeJJors , ·1 lr sv e a lJ o throflf!,hof!tthat Nati-vith on my Judgment thereon, w u o ! ( ' 1 dijJefJted

from the Common Method no w prJm/ed; an d where I h.wefo done, I /;.we Il/fo <~ivr:n ) '00 '1 th e Text 0/ Ptolemy for

my J t t f l i j i _ c . 1 t i o n tl) prevent 7 n _ Y l 'eil7,~ qrt~(lioiJ 'd i,t p ri;if;that thofe 11'/;0 think m y f i let /Jod 1Jell' ,ma_rex,linille tlmt.

Aruhor) lind [c c w he th er I have done I J i m l ind tb e A rtit:



'-iv :T0 rhe R eaders ..

it [eL/Jlljlice or n or, I have aifo /hew 'd you th e t.x~ ellcl1 t -

rlj'e·o.(tIJe Hilcs, an d the:' 'Vanit! o f. th e ir c af li ng tIle L ord of. t he H I; ,h tb , th e Anarera, an d j l l dgmg th e R !t_ ality o f D e at hfrom hi s IV ature and Bojition . A nd indeed, I have bee»

pLain i n e " .. lc r }h i n . e : elie r i e i l t l in .the Judg ment o f II Nati-vity I witl} my pa rf it ul .1 r Up in io n an d lv lahod. thllt 1lj"ihi aL! Rsuolu t iose! Fig/Ires, an d a / f 1 how to take thml.

.A n ~ to te l! YO!I pl.~it;fJ, a ll ,o th e r l 1f et ho d s a r e rtally lnno-vat 10m, an d ne w l 'roJeas I",thout , m y g r o un d fr O 'l l Authors

0 / Allthorit),. -

In the S _ c c o . n d P srt , ~ have. en deavollred to /hew /l01!,

That t he o pm to n ,o f C,ar,dm~lS~gn5 on ,Angle~, ,accordingto J.'Vr. Gadbury s Optinon m h IS Cardines Cceli is -usi»

an d g r o u n d / c i s ; andth~ Arguments an d Aphdrifrns he .hring s to prove it, are l/lg 'd in h y Head an d ShouldersIm d of no Validity to tlult p rtrp oIc; an d that the. Nati:-uit i es b ro "g h t t o tkat en d, are al/o jrc1 itiof!s. In the Sup-

pl~ment I IJave .f!.t-z:enOTI fevera ' N ,ttivities a lit o f Hc~rrunga, that he b r t" .. ~s a s A r gum en ts againfl Alh'ology,b wm[ e h e c ou ld fin d n o R es jo »: d ir ec tio na l f or th eir Deaths,

Sicknejs; an d o th e r t hi ng s in hi s wa y of Afrrology, which1 h a7 .!e e nd eav our ed he re to /hem was no hard th ing tod o ; and i n p a rt i& f J la r , ;, 1 that Nativity of Cardan'rSOI1, a bo M w hich b oth he an d A lexa nder de A nz elis do

frdJicient/y a h l l f e the Afrl'qlogel's) an d th e A rt ~ he/afiretJ~ ere w as n o p ire[/ion fo~ md for his Death, either b y hi sFather, Maginus, or Naibod, three Great Me» in th eirTimes. .I s IV.t! prj printed b y Placidus de Titis, in hi s

Prirnum Mobile , w hich m ay ~dmit of a C orrection , asm.":J be. fen by that prin ted in th is Book; and yet n 'e

botb keC j ex t t : 7 f y to Cardan'seflimate Tim e, as m ay- be.

fee~ alfo hJ his o wn F ig ~ lr e in h is C t fmme l1 t on Ptolemy,LU1. 3 , Cap. 14. Aand mdeed , 1 c o u l d ha ve g i t' (/ ) rO/~ di-

vers

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To the Reade rs :

virsmCrt 0 1 1 ) ' of Herninga, were I »ot efT!";H flut ;"",ieo f thn " tlrt fal/l, 4n~ INrc he t(Jokt/;em upo» f"mfl. Inth e whole thmg thtte IS milch Vdnety , both in th e M , ff-

te r And M t t hod , a nd t he fe fo fl nd e d on v er y' g oo d P rin -

c ip le s, w hich I /h all d elio er more methodica ll y h ( 'r ea/ te r ,

Mcco rd ing as Ioal! find th is isreceiued i» the W orld. Ido no t pretend, that e ither the M an er or M ethod , is either

o f them new; hilt only the old on es r ev ived ; an d to fa r thetrUth, it is fo o ld , th at 1can/a/ely jay, i t i s fo rK o t, an d th ew h ole o f it will/tem f lrangr to this Age. W bicb I hl!m -hl J offer to th e c on jid er atio ll o f th e lngeniolls Students,

an d hltreat every an t to examine it feriolify an d d eli-

ber!telJ before he gives a determinate .1ttdgment, either

ill A pprobatiol~ or E:tprobation of w hat I have here

done.

V·

Secondly , To the Stud iolls L overs of Aflrology inGeNerAl . I hope Gentlemen, there will be no need to

per[wade YOl6 with ArgilmMts , tither to bdieve, or aiJertthe Truth of A{ h~ lo gy ; tfpecially JOlt ~hat have i l lroldyhAd" Irofpen of It from the Top of Pifgah; ll11d have

. a l/ o II better opinion of it s T ru th a nd Ex ce ll en c e, th.1.F1,O!t

lir e a ble to d em o nftr ate to th e '7 :J nb elic ve TJ , b y F,xamples

({yo"r OIV11 ; fa ir P re did io » s (Imean) ~ft/;e Ff{e:ls ofItlJ)' D ir etiio n b efo re th e A cc id en ts h ap pe ne d, fo r it is that1Nflfl give YOIIT Art II. R ep uta -tio n; A nd Jet I jadge it

m a _ y 110 t b e w h olly im propr to perj~vad-e 10ft to a g rea W '

diJif,enc6 an d lahour in yoltr fivera!' Methods of Fr a i ii ce

in that A rt; not fo mllchfor th e difcovuy o f N eJ V r V him s

4 J 1 d Notions, w ithout either G ron nd or R esfon , and lom eof th em no t a t a ll rmde rf to o d b J t h ei r I n ve n to r s . 1 m i Tcscbersi

Bllt fo r iTII!rrw;ng tho fe w e have ,tire,dy ill ' os r Po J J( If l~

en ; aNd to 'f ry- whether they w ill jlan d the Tefl, 0 / Exam-11(sAnd E:ca",;l1lltiollS in [euers! "'lttivitieJ; not to -ffend '. tim e



To the Readers ;

.tjtJ?e i,...11Jaki l1f ! , '~ nci fe .· Abo ll t A . thing. 6ftt 'tU le 1 :n ol vn ;

. ,wd p e r h . 1 p J lej~. IwderjJood; ~!!I t o fl .' or k, . a l T d b)'the va-

riety of E4<:lImples,to try tlnd. compare one .rlfitl; anQlher;

~JJd at Ittl} fee how.their RIdes will "{!Jee 'in the gene-.

rsl ; for 1. ca n aJJflre YOl l , one- hoterJfent that wa>"fbal t

. · te dc b YO Il t so re / «b jl am iA l /VtOlvledge In II-e/e things, thaN,

,4 whole dars prating . .d fJd to ibis end, it is 110t4 r t 4 / J .

mstter ; r / ; . 1 t yOftr Trinciplcstlrc.. W ! ' C t /I e ; ' ~e9centtick,.Heliscentrick, or Seleneccntrick ; nor Ivhet , lle r the~yDi-rciiions tire Direct. Convers , Rapt, or Secopdary,1l1YOHght ii! Mundo or Zodiac<?, i» th e Crepufculine'Circles, o r th e O bfc urc A rk s; fo y O/l. Iv ill b lf t ' ft Ja k ey(JtI'( .

DOc/rin e till o f a piece; lIi1a let your Dire:Jl-ns do 'the fame

I tt o ne tim e , tbat tl]f) d ;; at «notbcr , al ld not give lome-

th ing in one IV ativi!J , and m i/s ill T J1 1e nty o th er s, w be »

vo « try them again , And tatbis pIlTPO/e, I do advife

'JOlt not to rely onyour Authors ;l1or. 'take'''p -tbeir Rule,

"iit Y(lltf P.r4ai ce., withol6~,examipJng their AU/ily " l,hi'

Truth. For lcdllafJllre Y0 f ( , 7 h.uali tile Prineiptd Allthonof tbe 141 Centllry, an d more (except tw o or three) h .w edone very little for the A rt of . Attrology, tm/tfs it tvssto l ' i ' J . 1 I : e it R id ic ulO flS an d C O iife m pt ib /e ; fa. that : t h o j cw ho a re ' d i{ po /e d to lalll..h at, {\.·L1~ology, need »osrce«-H em inga , A lexander de A ngelis, Cham bers, a n d the

rejl of thcm tha t have rid im l'd it i» Prin t; hlit have

recour]« to our oJl1J'JAJt.thon, and, cOllfider /liid c(}11}pare

them lPell, and they 'Pill f in d [ oo le ri es f i! .. .f !i ci oJ t/ or t he ir

fretpoie an d deftg;1 that W . 1 Y , he it what it will. O ur ,R ule s

in Judgm ent are /0 d efi~ 'ie nt, th at th ey a r« gmer a ll y 110t

to be refy'd on; an d what is 11 I0 .( e, o ne tbwsrt s anotJier,b y t l1h ich means th e YO fm g ~tltdeizt s.: k now » o: lr~i4) /0,lejie'lJC or f I / I O I v . Oftr 1Je IV -11J4deAphorifins ar e [o f:!(.:.,'thst not one in tell of them w ill hold accordi'lg to , t!iC.Text given for O Hr D irefiion an d Gf~;de. In th e E ffic 1s

- of

To t he Reader~ vii

of Dirdliomth~, bav~f(}!lj;lWiMatchlvel', Rille (Throw / ,d ir t e nough, an d Iorne w i l , l frick); 1Jam'd abllnd4nce o f .A c-

cidentsto attfIJd eab Dirdlion-,tffJd the Deuil', in't if[om« of, them do IJOt ""?pen to t4k! tjJdl .. Bllt in the

D ir et lio ns n /J ig ne d fo r ' (1 1 k ij 7 d o f , A cc id e nt s, Dell th , &c ;there they beue out-done them /e lves; and fo invoh/d tIS

in to a L (6 )r in th of Co nf JJ ji on , . that we a re n o: ~ b!e to fmde r -

fla Jld th em if we l I I i ! l 'JMke Rea/on onr (3/1 ide, dnd com -pare o n e t hi il g tvir]: suotber, Therefore, pray Gent lemen,take it into JOIl?' C onjidera tion , and let /om ething he done,

that the next A _ 1 _ , c m t t J h e better ir.forn/d h y ) ' 0 1 1 , tbs» w e

w ere bJ th at J l~ hic hwent before fJS. Let res have Icfs f/o/

lumes , and more Trsth ; ferrier Rilles, .w d more t o the

j){lfPO/e; plainer Direitioss boi» to work Ivith f ewer Con -tradh1io;JS; refine th e Art, l in d r .e je _ ? thofe Fooleries it is

l oa t/ ee l Iv it h ; 4 fa t its Trmhs , !Z nd d eclaim its E rr ors,

an d tiJrtJ it wi!1 a/pear _t·) be Il,hat Iv e fell the W orld itis, an d wOltld hA 'V~ it thoflgM to he . NltJ, le t lIS have

ali tbe New Inven tions lik ew i/e t/lat Can h e d if oJ ve re d ,provided they ar e true, There is on« thing more, Gen-rlernen, thllt I w ou ld , fay' t o YON, i! nd th at is, Do 1101 hflg

In no va tio ns fo y n oo tb er Reafon bu t becarlje thq arc nelv:;

That trick hath been to o ofie» ptet ft/,OI1 as already, 4n d

I!ven ~Jtho{e 100, thltt knew very little of tbe matter;

an d htld If,! little s'kill, til thole thltt cndelZvofired to fo!- .l ow t he ir D t' rt El i( Jn J ; {,y w hich m ean s an d n 'ay s o ur Errone-

0114 Conf of to ns w e re no t a l it tl e i nc rc a/ ed . Nor wOflld Iadvi{e JOII to he afrAid of an y thil1,_?;tbat is new, hecau{e

it is fo ; bring it IQ , th e TOltchjlone an d trJ it; and thllt

iJ to he'd on e n o otliirw ap, b'lt b y L ab ou r 'a nd E~periencl;fori[ the thiNg it {elf h!th a good B ottom , an d {ums ra-

tional, it may prove wortl: y O llr 'w h i! « to eJfaminl! it;And lJ,J this way '1 intre4t JOIOO pu t I ' t 'hat Iha7!e done tu

the !Yyat, 4Ndif irwillllOf hold, ana' i» th e gene ra ! f tt tm l

a th e



vui To the Readers.

. the 1 e f! ' ; I/baO be, ready to ruant and beg YO IJr better

In formatton . . , . _Thirdly, To the Enemies of Aflrology to whom tha

1 a m n ot o b!~ ~e d eith er by I( jndne/s or D~ ty, yet I'havea [e w words to r a y , th o 1do not experf to make on e Con -

vert by my f i ) . doi 13 .! ,. I t is tbe hard Fate of A t lro logyJlnd Aihologers to IlIJdergo the. fevere Cai/ure of you,

Gen tleme n , who never knew t fny thing of it, bu t itsName ; 4n d IAm con fiden t, fom e of JOlt do no t kl101V one.

S / J i f i ' i t , { : ~ : from 4nol(1er, nor 4id )'Olt everrrriue. lit

t (~at . 'Jkd tv erefl a &hem~, - o f . f:le.1Vm~ wh!ch if Y0tl did,Jd they LIre 'JH ry /m all A bilities to entitle any man to be

J1/~f! ,e of a thing he i;1o little acquain ted w ith; as, I Am

cert sin the ft1 ajor part are, that p reten d to rid icrele this

S!udy. For wh"[e~er th e COl'l1mon ProfefJor.s pretend to ,

either ,b y falfe Notions; or worf« Prsdice, 1ow n it, 4nd .firedy It no otherwa_y; than /I Bran:/, of N atu ra l P hilo [o -'

ph)" , an~ do think it is no h"ra matter to giv e it a fair

foun datIon on very rational Principles, a na th ofe 1bin«,demonftrable too IV!thOllt Llny grc4t Difficulty an d Trouble;~n d they sr e M o rion , R ay s, an d Influence;' !lod the{e

"' that ,P!lrt of A,firology thaI takes n otic« of Nativitiestn p ar tIC ula r; w hich P ar t of it I bave made mofl J!,ene-

r a fl y m l St"1> ';a~dforthe othe: P4rt.sofit ,)ct tbofe w h o .~.v: I~plo, d themfelvesthtrem ,_take th e fame CAre 10

] 1 I f / i f y It both b y EXAmples a n d R u le s, .And I d o belieue

th at. tli is o f Nativities being done, wilt give fum e Repu •.

taso» tO~/he other P4rtso{ A Ilrology likervle; And this a;·

prefent IS [Allen. 'mder my Confideratdon, tho I believe

there a r e /om e far more ~le tba» my felfto do it, if theyM re plcafed _to ta ke, th e. tr ou ble of fll'-~ s W ork t~pon

t"em .- . .

An d wh:Jtever . Jour . .A /J er fi on s are of it s being jo;biddtn.

in Sacred Writ, thu at:e retlily faife,.tn,d (/o..fJpt anym~re'p rohibit .

'T 0the Readers. ix

proh iMt that, than th e Comm4n'd i,iv ~n to th e Prophet Holeato M arry a Whore, did j fl j li fy U. 'h o r- edom; f or 11'hatis [aid

th er e a ga in } it, d oth o ~~ reprove the Pretenders a h u / e of it,an d t be P eo pl es [f lp er ft lt lo /I S d epmda nc e t be re on ; which everyh on eft A rtiJ llv dl d iJ orv n a t th is d ay ) th at belieu:s th e Power

{) f all Eternal God'. . . 'Neither CM J it be an E;nemy to ReligiorJ an d Piety ; for

by "0l1) much the m ore e'Very good f t 1 . ! ' ! 1J k n ow s t he M y j fe ri esof NlttMe i n - he r - u sr io u s 1-Vays an a Opmttiom, by [o muchsh « m or e it win blin_~ him to, "dmircand contemplate that

undmiable P ow er of th e TrernendrJs Deity that firflgave it

its, Being A , ! a Order; an d we fee d~iLy when the beft ofthtng s f a /J tsto the Hands of III M en, n,hllt a S "mda!ollSA cc ou nt th ey give of them , and p er ve rttb eir ~ aJ V f" 1Vie.Hence there is n o r ea fo n' to believe, that th e A bllfe of

V irtue, or a i l ) other 1 t / e f t " thing, p le ad s i ts P ro hi bi ti on ;

either by Law or Arguments; if fo , {tzrervell Food an d

Phyjick.

.And bejides, if we f o O : ' id a!loJV(w hat fom "! of lOU fit))that t he r e i s. n o veritJ in it, yet th at n .ith er . doth not pro-c~aim it fmlaT1{fll, bllt j {l ji ~y r ep re he nd s lIS fo r [pending. Jo milch tim e in a thing void of truth, and wO!lld drAWfrom good l V! er zr at he r P it y t hAn S co rn ; bu t we defire neither,

he i» g ab le to Juftify i ts T ru th , dn d that it is ~fmor e w o rthtl17d rtfe th an fo me S tt/a ie s th at cII,ry a g rea te r .AppL1 l1 f eanti .

Repllte; cOJicer;Jin~ lVh;cl; , I hope fomething w ill be done

",ereafier. .Bri t YOltr great O bjec1 ion that m akes it Ridiculous an a

Scttn dalotu, I m uji M know /cdge is too true , That many

of its P re te nd er s te ll the W orld they c an do things thatare impoffiblc , and under the pretence of Aftrology aCl:abu ndan ce of V illanies : And thofe, perha,'Js, ~(mOr4nt of

th e Study, do ' n o t know to t he , on t ra r y, bllt that luch things

AU frefcribed b y its Relcs and Rudim en ts. And feeing the,a 2 ha~e



x To/the Readers.

P4ve th e ImpudN1Ct.to all Inch things, I hope it w ill Ix noOffence to !he IFor/d. to know rom e of them , 110r to anyh on e_ ;~1 rtil f / 0 h e4 Y It told;· 4lJd t he re fo re t ak e thefe few,nn ~ j fl v. ge h y ilmn what they are that ufe {ttch RoguifbTricks. .

. T here is a little R lld dy-fac'd Conjurer, w ho in m y hear.

tng had the Impudesc« (1ein g "d wO lvn to him) to te ll

the C om p.m y that he cO /lid do [euersl thi lJf! .S out o f hisl!0 lver; a nd ilt la fl f :id , T hat he c ould raife S pir its; a nd th at

if My of the Comp4l~Y Ivouid com e to him as e At a tim e,he Ivold d /h ew them a Spirit IhM j ho tt ld a ppe a r f ai rl y OJ J

the Tab/e. So I advifed them to f ! .0, w lJich thq did ,

and allV ilYs when they csme , be pitt them o/Jw ith a Ro-gflijb E xc hfe , till h e h4 d iirc a tlJem , aN d fo the;' went nomore.

The f4meMan b a a a W om an cam e to him oi a of South-wark to a sk h im 4 0lejlion; dn d rhat W.H, If her l v Ii sf o r.tun es w er e / 1 / 1 over; he told her, n_ o, they were not; hut he

ha a an Art to make them go of! ff ' l ick!y, wh ic h {h e de ji re d :So hav in , l, e . :t to r ted 4 Fee fo r h i! F ~f.flre ,to !d h er , { be m it)}i t d ow n and p are the Nails of her Fin;, erJ an d Toes, lindluv_e him {I x S hillin gs m ore to h lly fi x Ounces of Aqua-fortis : ' f1Jd b y fetting them in a Sdnd-heat, tt4 he r Nails,

rcnjum.' d, . f o jhOfltd her M i sfo rtf ln es ; .a ll wh ir h t hr : Woman

J id . T he n h e b id h er re mo ve fr om 'h er HOf l je to 4Il0thtr , lind

h e tv oN ld ,gme and w rite fom ethin g h ehin d the Door · thAt

fb o: ~! dmak e h er J or tll na te . . An d It Mo n th a ft er , /h e fent It.

Fru»d to h im , to Imow bow it w ent on ; / 0 h e R 'e nt d ow nS1 ms p retd Jd in g to f ee, lind ta me lip II ga in , d n dto ld h er it,

Jlm t on ver) rvd l; hut the poor W om u» IJ fit/! tt4 { he t v.H ,p oo r 4 "d Imhappy.

Mrs . B . in 'Holbcurn took jl. of Il M aid, to mAke he rS w .e et- he 4r t L ov e lI Nd .M a r ry _ h e r, w h o h lld the» g ot a ' n ew

M ijlre{ s, alld left the fo rm er ; th e 'M a id ftn d; r;t~ er /elf. chest ed;

i,:\:1

Xlo the Readers"

(helted , w ~" t to .a F ellow a 6 o l t ~ White-Chappel, who fwi:10s. of ber to m ake the other C h£ at b;il1 gthe ,1 . again!IOU may gflefs at the CO flfeqlm ;ce. , -

TIJer! is one !giJorajJ tC onjident Fello», that gives a P,tperfolded li p IIlld Je,d /, for w hich he B l!bbles { om e of 5, 'andfom e of 10 S. Itpiece for them ; and this is t o make Men and

Women love one a no th er in o rd er to ! Yfa rria ge , a nd to p r o -

cure LI!Jcivlous Meeting J, {kc. aNd,to m.1ke jJ co ple fortunate.T hu s h e /e rv ed .1, poor 11 l~Jd in t/;eMinories, a nd che a te d

her l ' I' it !Jtk;m fo fOllg as fix n'Oltldfind MOll fJ , an d belieue

hi s Lies. .O thers, an d I cO /lid na me them to o, p tetlfJd to [etch P ea-

pi e btltk tha t lire .a h/o tt o r re» tllr~y ,_Im d this by force' o fMagick as t!Je_yC4.lJ. it; to take oJ[ I V it ,h -c r. 1( t f ro l1 1 t ho ftth :y fay are B ell,itched ; /llld alfo to p ro mo te o r p re ve ntC o pu la tio n, a cc or din g to t he ir Clicut s d efi re , e ith er ost o fL ov e o r A l a/ic e to thOle they hltCild i t; ' P it h a bl ln d .:w cemo r eo f { t tch fluff; as 1coa ld . re lat e , tha t is p ra 1ifed Iln der the

p re te nc e o f A flro logy, ~y a C re w o f S Clfi1 d.1 /O l! Sb eu s , Y etI hope, Gentlemen, yo » wil! no t call this A ftrology, bu tC lm ltin g, R og f/e ry , a nd .Almje, hot !; o n the Art, an d th e

Peop le ; i fl 1dt he re fo r e I wodel intrcst JOil- t o ~o l1 j iden !' ha~itis 10U w (u ld c on de mn , h efo re y ou f Ilk e th e S ea t o f J ft/lI ce ,a nd p .4 /S t he f ev er e S en te nc e a ga illfl th ~t n hic b I a m j ltr c H:t

prefent ] '011 do IJO tImderft/l;jd. .. . '.La lHy ,S in c e t he fe S h ee ts w e re p r l lJ !mg , t he re IS It Trea~ife

com e to my h an d { ro m Padua, written by on e AntoniusF ra nc if cu s d e Bonatris, in w hic h h e gives I ts II ne;v Methodo f D ir ed io ns , lJ 11 tn _o tb y b im ( he f~YJ! iJ1,,-:ent.ed,mt by vi s

Mdjler Con fa lo ne riu s ; a nd b e ca u/ e tue th lng . !s who ll y Neil',a nd a s y (t jfrange t o t hi s N a ti o i1 , th e rebei f~ : ! .no o the r 0 / tbofeB o ok s in England h ut m in e, I bd ie:vc, 4 nd ,w l p .ti1 ly [sre ;therefore 1w ill g ive Y OII o ne Oper.z:ion in the P r.otec/or

Cromwell's N .1 tiv it }, il Cc or di ngt o b is m e t h od , a nd I t j b ' l f ;



1.

.xu To,the Readers:

be fHtlas.plain as t l H ! f e he hath g iven in his B ook, w itbolltt1I1J Diremon to u n de rJ la n d t hem . And it is o f the Sunto th e Bo~r of.Saturn at th e tim e o f his Dcath, in h is MethodA nd O peration , and to that 'end J O : J muft k no w th at Crorn-wen l ived 59 Tears, 4 M onths. and S Days. .The Sern. NoCt. Ark of th e Radix, is 4162• I v h i c h

g iv es th e Suns tiijla nc e fr om th e F ifth H :;i! /e 204)' Th e

Sem. Noel. A rk of th e Diredion, is 3417- hence it giv~st he d ij 1a n ee ot th e Sun from the F ifth H a ufe , 1679. or.2,7 d. ~9 m, w hic h a dd ed to th e place o f t he D i re fl io n , leavesth e Cllfp of the Fifth Houfe in 7 degrees 19 minutes ofLeo , as YOIi m . 4 y f e e . b y th e fo/L win g F ig ure an d Direitio»

fogel/Jer. For b y a F ig ur e h e a lw lI Ys e xp la in s an d demon-jlr ate s h is D ire iiio ns ; a nd i ndmi t hi s D i re c1 io n a g re es t o t he

tim e of 59 Teays, 4 M onths, ana odd days .

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. ~~ ' "" ~ i . i " , / · II \ " " ; 4 \. o ! A~d at this Age ' _p0 . .. ..'ihe died of an Inter- """,

'.60" . 'mitring Fever, &c . .... .

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To the Readers. .xiii

Thus, Reader, I heue given thee, with this CflrioJity

" /b ar t A cc ou nt of th e B ook , an d d ejire thee to read it im ~p artIally, an d con fid 'r the M atter an d D tftg n of it to th een d J have wri t it. C orrect the E rrors tha t ha~e .flipt

th e P re is , l V u i c h ar e not man" ye t p erhilp s there m ay bemore than I have o£jerved; Deal bj me as Jot; would·hsue a n~ th er d o G y JOII in t he . l ik e Gafe ; Ibeg no Pity,Gltt 1 f ( f l t c e ; uf c me g en te elly , a nd it fo all b e a fu rth er Dbli·

g at Io n

..To your Friend;

J0 HN F A RTRID GE~.

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C orrec t the E rro rs follow ing) th atPrefs, have -e lcaped the

pAge;. line 11. r ead Tr ims 11 " ~5 .in theSc heam r C l ' 9 . . 21. r.ovnf/o'fl), p. 13, 1 .;6 r l .

om'Jin . p. So.L3? r.do':ill·' [3'P' p.1J.1.1,r.Hor.rry times, 'p' »e n,mAt.Libr«. p. 95 16 r ' IIIm.p,.I. 1.14' r. 'Tis pSI ·4I., [4· r;

• • . • 'Vartat" p 11 ' .. 4· . 21 r J p " •p. 155.I . 15. r,for fl)lIt yen ;. ' 15· .10. r.~"nr. p. IJ). 1. 3 Jo ; . ~r e~ ) : ~ 7 r : 2

I

o p ,V S REF 0 I t : . M Air v M.

ISInH not en ter in to an A r~ um !:ntal Contc fl about the

Art of AHro\ogy in general, but leave thatWllrk for th emore florid Pens to difcufs. Neither will I at this time-

undertake to dcmonHra tc the Motion b y which iJireCtions

are made, nor th e Principles of this Art; nor y et rhoic

things.that we ca U Cautes AH ro lo gic al, th ey being, not only in-.

tended, but al[o m ore pro per foraD othc r Trtati[e; I having de-

figned here, to .Ihew rom e of thofe vilib lc (I had alrnotr lJid pal-

pable) Abfurdi ties , [h It Iorne of t he g re :1 te lt P ro fd fo rs ,' not only

of our own Nation, but others alro, m ay jultly be ac curc d of;

Now, if DireCtions, thofe things tint we call C au fc s o f A c ci de nt >

in the L ife of M an, do really produce an Elfctt at any tim e, thenmutt

they c ertainly at all times give fom ething proportional to,their Natures, andihe Ad junas that do attend them; or elfe

forne Rules of Exceptions hid down,. by which we may judgeand diilinguilh when they WIll or w ill no t aulwer t he R ul es gi-ven us by our A uthors on the E tfe6l:s of Directions. I know ve -

, ry wel l, th at th e fam e D irec tion fiL llnot have [h e fame Elf,t\: aton e tim e that it hath at another; and I think 1 know t he r ea fo nwhy; bu r yet there lhall be an Etfetl:, and fuch a one too, as '

Ihal l be a gr ee ab le t o its own nature, and part of H eaven. Andt o t hi s p ur po lc , G u i d . J B.m.1tll~ .fpe.•king "f things o f th is k in d, f a y s ,

C. luJ. l e l il lnp ,rfd i. l , rrfdillil1 indrfe i t E .f fc [i um : Whidl is indeed

really true; not only in this of All.ro\ogy, b ut < ilf oin all o th er P hi-

lofophick rnat rers in lilrure. For if we OWl'! a thillp, to be thereal C au fe o f a i l Y other rhing at'one tim e, w hen perhaps i t I ha ll

pafs u y twenty t imes a ftc Iw ar d w ith ou t the lcatt fhow of anE f f e C l : , is to tell the W orld in,phill~terms, T hat w e neither know

nOI undcrfiand what w e'mcan ouri'c lves ; or lire Ly realon of

our Ignorance we arc not able to difiingu iili betw een a C aufeB and



O p t l r r J ? . . . e f o r m a . t t t m ~

and an _Effdl:, ac cording to our own Princ ip lts in that A rt

w hidi 'w e pretend .to; which gives our A dverfaries jufi Caufe

to fa y , A lit elli". A/lrologi lI?n IntelJigullt , aN t fi In tf ll igHn t gramerErr~l!!t.

For! am rerflladd, if the A llrologers • or {ilch as are fo

clrtl1ll:], w ere a sk ed , !-~a,v~nanyo f ~ b: -~ cDirccl io ns , 'th at t he y

CJ!t ,....j..l'(J o nes, h ave -in d iv ers N ,Jtlt" .tw s paired o ve r w i th ou r

givil1 l~ D c rth, or any D ifeafe to the Injury of the Body; they

wOlIIJ be :lpt [Q ccufc fs , A s m an y of t he m h av e m iff ed as hit and

-):et they JI~ ve ry w ell Iatisried w ith t,h eir m eth od .a nd g o 011 a; COIl-ridcnrl. ' ,1 ' I f th ey h ad nev(~ found ei~her e rro r o r difa ppo inrm enr ,

:IS Y"ll Ihall lind That turrner ex am ined and proved throu ghout

this !reati(e; fo ~ 1 h av~ m ade c h?ic e of this :~ _ubjec r, as the p ro-

pc rctr I cou,ld pitch upon to ,bring '!Ie readily to the point in

hand, that IS , to c xpole thefe Fooleries and A bfU ldities w hich

I fin d no t in one, bu t matt of our A uthors: N ay , our EneD)ies

! O O a,re no: ~ ithout their A b{iudjtie~ , as w e m ay fee by Hemj~glll

In the N ativity of Pope P a u l th e T hu d) p a g e J2. w he re in a mo ng

t~ e rt~ of his, O bjec tions , h e t e I 1 s us of t o m e r ep ut ed d an ge ro u s

D !,: :c cbon s that the Pop e had pafte~ , and y et did no in jury to his

L Ite; and one o( shofe he mentions, was the _Afcmdent to his

ow n SqHi lT2; , A v er y l ea rn ed Ob je tl io ll ! And I think no ways likelyto give any thing good or bad, and therefore muc hlefs Death;

bu t 1 do nor-fo muc h b lam e Heminga, (tho a very Learned M an

and w ell read in the A rt of A firok'gy ) as I do C e r e [ a r i t U 'of Man~

tu«, w ho w rote the Predid'ions that Hlminga carps at, In w hic h

h~ ~lt? theft: ~~ rd~ , D . V . R . ~raviter {e bsbebi: CIIm magn( } V i t. e

d i~ cmm !l e q u .e ~IU m 4 uel 5 Mm, 1549., ex ~~f[liol~e Horof cop i ad

tuum t r m m n qU i p r o quadrafo b " b e I 1 l T , r o q Uia fIlm figm 1 breuium A f-

Cfllj iJnllm. I mutt needs fay , itis a very odd [art of A ltrology to

m y e a rs , to hear .them talk of the A [cendant to its o wn T rin e,

~nd this by fo eminent a M an as P a ri 1 C f T f[ ar iH J was; and what

IS y ~ t more firange, that h~ Ihould from hence prcdifr danger

of D eat~ , A nd befid,e~ ) w e tin? the [arne th ing printed ill Cardan

ab out this Popes N ativity , w here h e takes Iome l it tl e n ot ic e a bo u trhofe D iretti~ ns, but f~ys not one word of that about the A f-

c ~ndant to hIS own Trine, which makes me doub t w hether hedi d not countenance that Opinion a1(o, Now , pray ' let m e ask

any man what can be e xp eae d fro m Iu ch lik e D ire tT io ns as th ere :?

and w hether the ~e~liJet, Sqll(lr~ an d Trines of the Dr ta gol lJ H ead. . and

o p U S f J { _ e f o r ~ a t u m :

and1.dl,are not 35 proper and effec tual as there are? For tho

I do allow (hat there are (uc h points , as Srxtilf !, Sqasres , an d

7.; ' ilIr!to .the A r c e n t / . 1 1 l t , Midbeavm, &c . taken ;/ 1 Munda, (.1 at, t\:att-

wife in their im aginary w av in the Z d i _ a c k , _ ; yd wha t is there to

irradiate th ofe points o r parts of the H eavens? for the A fc en dant

and Tenth can em it no Ray s, an d t he re fo re c an g iv e 11\1 Pow er to

the oth er parts o f H eaven to bec om e fervic eable after th is m anner

. as they pretend t o ; th ere fo re I fay, if thefe P oin ts w ere ever fit

fo r th e ufe here pretended, they rnuf be ever fo i n lome meafure,more or lefs ; ,but in allrny Prac tic e I could never find it; and I

am [ure there is no ground nor reafon to b elie ve it, let them fay ,

.wha t they will; y et b y th efe an d fiic h- Iik e w ay s, y ou ng S tu den ts

ar e Ieduced an d led by th e Note with rhefe Tongs of Author ity ,

A nd th erefo re le t th is I er ve f or an Inftance in general, T hat there

are '~ efh od s u fe d, w hic h ar c b oth V ain' and Im pro bable; for eve-

ry Caufe mutt h ave its EffeCt, or eire it is n o Oaufe, -.To theft I m ight add thofe D irec tions thatare fa often made

_ ufe of in a ll N ativitie s,a nd w ith a s little fu cc efs a s rh efe a re, as w ill

appear b y what tollow s, fofar as it c onc erns this N ativity 1 a mabout to handle. For if we allow rhofe Re ifons there alledged -

to be true, then w e fhall-rin d ab undan ce of N ariviries to be a~ ove

th e O rd er of Nature, and reach of the S tars, o r elfe the S tarshave d one th eir duty negligently an d by halves, w hen w e {hall

find to many p eo ple h av e e fc ap ed the A fc en dant to the S quares

, and Oppofitions of S a l l l r n an d Mar!? an d this pOOl! _qentl.emat:l

fall by .it, w hic h is indeed a p e,rred plece o f Impol 1 ib l ht y ~ If th eRulc s of the beft M allers of It are true, and the EXPCflCllC;: of .

rhote that have tried them , the fam e. Now to fatistie y ou yet

further, that their D ire6l: ion sfo r S ic knels, D eath, and other A c-

ddents, are generally vain and im pertinent, and tl~at th~ re are

very few , if any of them , that arc .really retied. 10 their o:VI1

jud gm ent and opinion , how to d eterm ine thofe thm gs ac cordin g

to Rule and regular M ethod; do but c arry a Nativ ity of any

perf on that is dead, to any of them , _and del ire tire Rearoll of

his D eath A Uro logic ally , they {hall im inediarely give y ou fom _e(ham H ory or other either of rlre M oon to th e SqUlT_C o r O p po ti -

tion of Jupiter an d Venus Rulers of the E ighth H oufe, ~ he MceI~-dant to the Dr~onJ-Ta:l, or to th e Artifcl'IIl o f ( orn e i ll na mr'd

S tar; n ay , th ey Ih al] a lligll y ou fa me D ire.trio n t c ? . th e A t c endan t

to kill) w hen the Sun and Moon a re b ot h IIIApbetlca! plac es; or ,. B 2 eire



, /~

4 - 0 PM r R . . f [ o r m a t u m . '

e l fe Di red ions to tile S un or M oon, placed in the Third, Fourth'

or Fifth H ou fts un der the E arth, which a re i nd ee d neither agree:able 10 , Hca fon , Nature, nor their own Rules publtlhed rrorn

their ownhnde . For do they not tell yo u long ltories of the

- Su», M,wr> am I /ljcflidallt, (,and fome the Mldbeut 'CII ) being{!iz-crJ of If,? An d di d yo u ever know, (hem keep to th e ufe oft-hem , unlc ts it wa s to Ierve a turn when n oth in g e lfe would do ?

W Lic h is plrin to me,(hat they do not underH and their OWn R.ules

or tile they do not believe them . To my k no wl ed ge t he re wa ;( ~s in the cafe of the Protec tor) a F igure of Cbur lcl t he S e c ond 's

Bir th g.:'llcra!ly a gre ed o n, and believed by a ll t ho fe t ha t p ro [emd

j\ ilroIDgy, an d by which a c ertain perfon did predic t his D eath

ill iuS 5. an d by whic h figure they all faid he would live to 70years of Ag,:; but Iincc his Death, y ou may go to tw enty of

them, _ a r i d - pc r ha p3 e vc r ~ on e o f them I h c w y ou a di ff e ren t F igur e,

an d ajh i'~ n dlfferen t C aulesfo r his D eath ; th ey be in g as m uc h c on-

founded about rhar Prince's Nativity and. D eath, 'as ever they

were about the ProteCTor's; Of rhefe an d Iuch-Iike f io ri es as t he fe

arc , I could give) ou a great number ,whic h w ill ferve for n o otheru C e but to thew you, r ha r I gnor an c e becomes Puwer f td, when itgrows Popufa l ' an d Gcne rs } , a t w hic h tim e it is u fu ally guuded by

ImpudE/ lce an d Error, an d by t he ir a tl it la n ce it c om mo nly tak esTriah by the beard. I (hall therefore conc lude there th in gs w iththis Axiom,

'That eve~'Y Caft{e mlljlhttve It Certain EjJeCf ; anclbytha! Rille, an} Dird/ion that hath POIPU to kil! at

one time, hath' ,;/ another, -or elfe agood[flbJlantialRille to/hew n:'I[on to the costrsry,

It hath been the common cullom of our M odern Pretenders toA firo lo gy , to impole-on rhe w orld, and abufe the Art they p r e -tend to , b y ~ !il1 tillg th e-N ativities o f d ead p erfo ns for true o nes'

fo~ when they arc laid in their Gra vcs, it is prefurned that- no:t 1 1 l J 7 g c an h d P P C I l afterw ards able toc ontratlid: the A uthority of

thclr Rule" In the pretended C orrec tion of the d ec ea fe d m an 'sG enirurc ; -for now all A cc idt:nts c eafe, and the c om mon Profef;

fors reU ~ at"istied, that w hat w as done w as true, they n ot b ein g

able or w Illm g ro m ake any farther Enquiry after it, n or p erh ap s

ca 11

O p , d ~form~tum:h retc nd to give reafons for all the

can they . Fro~ hen~e t O~'~!nlalTI"US Hl'alth, S ic k n el s, a nd

pall aCliolls o f L 1" fe , ~ ~ mm ak ill" ev ery th i'~ ?, ap pear as p lain as thela fl o f a ll, D ea th it ~~l ' C i c j" 'lly to -th ole th at d o n ot u nd erft an d

Sun upon the M eri t n . ~ p e d ~ a nt ag .i ou s n ot io ns 1 1 1 C L l l d Le l ol l,

it. Anclle~ al~y 0d tP~~ i~ led to inf\ruCt the \ rWlr;, ~roCJ ~I!d\they H e .pnn~c /~ ,~ where tI cy ma y tind tilt N~t[\'it) PrJ lH-

Students In tlus (,cILnCt~(JC0t ar.ncxed , w ith choice Rules and

ed , and thc _ Rea ons Iider d by th ofe th at are E egl1: nc 1s, th atJ\phori!ms ht to be c on f ~leir way ' an d by jhe Old 'o ne s, th at

they may be led _outdO, th1CL

I"r Erro~ s' For tnore N ativities thatb connrrne 1 1 1 ~ • - '1 f

they ma y e intcd adc by the AHrulo"ers; t lCY o ten1 pIlute are m , r d r.

are w mm on Y , " 0 e tWO 01 t hr ee hour s, all icmc-" f the true time, 11, , Id I'

d ,i ffe nn g rO ,m b e did tba t p ro mifed his C lien t III p rin t; h e ~)"tf /!'C

t im es m o re . So, , I and the poor Gentleman llCaJ dc .rd be :d t)IrI'~J'farJ Ollgrr, J N "" b

o ne o r hvO an I -;LiJhrd S o t ha t it is fafer to rake a a uvsry y,fo re tb e B i l o k wa s P U i ) ; , their C orrec tion, and perhaps 11e~r(r th eguefs only " than) n f S' F H or M r. P. with rna-

N nennon th e n orv 0 ir , . "" b ! dtruth: otto l> ' Ia i 1 c hallen ge a phcc 1 1 1 tim Itory, e 1 esny - othe rs, th at m ay ! al,IlN

Yt" "Ity is the fu bJ' cd : o f th is Trcatife,

. G I ma n W 10 e a IV hthis ent c , f 'I t: d by them as any ma n w atever,

h ba s un air y uie , j" ~

and hat ecn r d - they let him have Pifces a fc en _ l! lg , a naFor as long as he d VC , which they though w as a Potirion veryMJrJ in - h is A fc tll an t, d Courage and for one that was fufuitable to h is G l andeud r a}!~ afled ve'ry well among them fur

Hi " r An t us p~1I1 b Igreat a ~v arrI?U • v di fi l\ of th e truth of. it ,and y mat

i om e v ea rs ; w ~ t l ~ t . l ~ ~ ~ ~{l h f s S ic k ne fs , H o no ur s, YiC1:ories-" &c.Figure they coul p d h am-Lement of the whole Soc iety ,

B u _ t at la j t b! died"; ~~ont~~ ~11 lhhn; which w ithout doubt putWithout any D"lTe

T" C while till they had agreed upon

f tl nr rmes lor a ., " h bth em o ut 0 1~ " "t • fo r it w as ill VJlI1 [or t ern to e·

mal{il,!!, him a New! N :~ ~IJ ~ hil1k that to be his true one, wh~nlieve (hJt any ma 1 ot a Iharn one) to m ak e t he WOf d

they had no Dirca:~on, b( 1 l 6 r ~ ~ 1 '~o~ th e Stars; a nd - t ha t was

believe that he d)ed Yd-.o." at that time for they arc ftldomI he hod 110 IrC'-'LlOn '" • " ff tr ang c~ t r at t 1 'y ~ Afcendant, to the Square or Oppofirion _ 0

unp~ovlde~ at t1~~;fc endant to his ow n Sextift, Sql~m, or Trill':

J upiter or 1 enu t ; t SI Ar: t"IO"'"as oc cafion I er ve s - ; or (he, f L g or tort icen 0 1 , ' h ik fl if

in Signs 0 on _" f th e Dragol'll-'Iail, or Iirc -11 e II asSur: or Moon t? th e .~q"art '~ u fc ou s a nd fuliome, (0 h ea r f uc h :this'ls ; and tho this may e C : l 1 1 na fooleries

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6 O p M f ' J V ( o r m a t l t m ~

fooleries 3S there are, y et I d o a ff in e ou I dthing" and worfe, i f w o rf e call be y. t l~Y 0mak~Llre of fidl

1r , • " r " In DOlllt l)t rc.ilnn . B t t

t 1" urnc H teem s they had not [u ch D u: ' :1 : ' . . u a.pr..bable ro pals a(llong the ref] f h C, 1?IlS ...s t he y ; h, ;u ,: hr

a new Nativity mutt befound our ~ j .e ~()C~~tybc;a nd ru .re to re

that prove- hi s Death tho it pr-ov-e' n h~t mUI r Iuch a 'one roo

A,1 1 ,. no t 111"<: H~ -:

• !Ill. (11; n ex t th ey pitched u (J f th etune of hi? B irth than th e £ 0 pan, V : J; a rt e rfrc m the true

A

, s r: " ~ormcr was, lOr IlOW th . k I'

rtcs nlc( ;nd1l1g, and th e SUIJ in hi s Horof . ev rn. e nrntum ~nd !I!Jj';'~Jl O pp otitio n fro m th e c ~ ? r c o i C - ~ 1 lTauru), an d Sa-Houles, and in S uare to h is T ' .ps 0 t,e. hIll a!ld{ev~nth'

hi s M idheav~n, ~lld i n Squar~e~~hhi : l' l%l t rp l~fI "InO pj:~ litio n tonuke but an untow ard Nativ ie c etlu~ nt) w hich wouldRules and G db •. . y, (accordll1g , to their ow n

, a mys 10 parricula " db'borrow ed ), for a Perron of hi s 6 0 ~ ~ ~ c y hlmfelf, but allPN[ en ce o f m il ld in his m oll d,mge J 'd COlJd~a, Bra1!fry, an do n the A fi:endant m uft b e allow d rou~ 11,e~takll,lgs: Fo r Mar r

tion, an d Temper by b ei ng i n t~ tCo,\ et his Mannen, Difpofi-

Nati!!. pag. 9 r. al;d chen his bei a ~ llte; as rou rnrv fee, tu»:in S qu are to ]1If>itf1' mull: m k ng In d PP oi lC lo n t o SatHrn, andp ,'~ r+-:» <I e a very 0 d temper'd m U.I:, e ;v :( ", Rajh, an d Vn{lIccejiflil in his an, ..~, )roJe ,withal S ic l./ . . · v id e C ar d' C I' general E ndeavours, and

"U.> ITl. IZ t pag 3+ § 8 . hiw ords : To which I will add T'h • h • . 7_·. In IS ow nIh I' k hi -, at t e Oppuhtlon of 8 0 ,ou a rna e rrn ttmorous an d fear/III d bv aturn

Com1rd ly , an d of a Ba fe [p ir il • burl' anldby con[eque~lce a littl«

c harge an y o f there things in ' tbe I ~ u hn:ve r

h ea r h is E ne mie she w as B rave BJId and"-:' . n th a °h

nim, b ut th ey fay that

) , ,\Je erOHl' t at ne ne h d .Taror upon him , bu t always be~t th t .' v~ E

aan r Fear or

when he took them ufed the a. inro IS nem res , and

than Prifoners ; bu ; betides, t~~~~:Nke G~ntlemen a t l ib e rt y ,Tenth in O pp otition to Mars and b ow~ t at th e Lord of the

heaven, is a fatal Potirion to a' ~ t tnSquare to the Mid-and c hen pray how Ihould fuch nr P ~~I~ S ? l1 ou r w hen b orn to it ;Pow er as he advanced to if tIa. ~ It;on give fu ch G rand eur and

J?ag.')64. For it is ccrt~in . t~:~r u es a re t ru e ? ,v~de P"Cir . lvJt.

trom the f'irLt a nd S ev en th ' w ou l~ '1 tI lT l~ a ~ ~ M,m In ?ppolltion -

m an , a nd Ju bje crto many Misfortun:~. ~ndl~: vJ ry1:)'n1tured

fame Pages alter this manner from rh .' ~ ee I c ould {pendd i~ cc tl ~ o pp oti te to th is P O h r i o n an err Own uthors and words,this w hic h w as the n printed w~ n~t VtChrYpprob~lc .to prove , tha t

, " e rotector strue Nativi-ty;

O p t t 5 f R . . . e f o rma t t t 1 1J . '

ty; but I Ih all leave all thea: A rgum ents an d Reafonings, becaufe

I h ave better to infiH upon, which will better ferve, and m oredcmonHrably prove the F alfity o f th at F igu re , and t he L ln sk il -

fulnefs of him that made' it ;:al1d fo I c om e ro the matter m ore

nearly.The Fit;u rc of this, Grot Man's Nativity is o w ne d by :1 very

w orthy G entlem an, one J. GI,U1{ i :Y by n am e. an d by h im p ri nt ed

ill h is c ro wd of E rro rs, c al le d Col id .1 io Genimrs ium . or a-Colb:!ior.

of c h oi c e Nc t iv it ie s, t111t is 1 of his own making , now this I

could have paffed by , and look'd o n it a s th e (ffe et a nd o ve rfigh rof his Juvenile y ears; but he prints the fam e again in hi, Card .

Cali, afrer'tive and tw enty y ears, to {hew that he w as Itill th e

fam e m an, an d that hehad n o m ore skin in hi s OWl] P ro fc fl io n i n

168 5, than he had in J659; an d by doing that, he teems to

me to j uH it ie a l1 the Errors of his Collec tion, bcc aufc he hath

hitherto given us no Caution concerning an y o f th ofe Errors inthat book, of which th efe o f th e P ro teC lm 's a re Ierne of the ?,reat-

eft; and to Cay the truth, this o f h is Cardillis C ali is as full of Fool-c ries a nd ab fiu dities,: as th e o th er ;'. w hic h I {h all en dea vo ur m ore

fully !O evinc e, before I c onc lude this Treatife, .The time he fets this Figure for, is the tw enty fifth of April at

alrnoft fo rt y [e ve n m il l u te s a fc er t hre e of theCl ( )ck i n t he M o rn in g

1599' and u pon that Pofition he [Fends a w hole Page to [ell hisR ead er,th at th ere are fe ve ral th in gs c on cu r to p ro ve it true.befidest h e D i re c ti on s he after mentions; as the Oppofition of S at ur n a nd

Ma r l from.t.iriu IIl Id Libra, t h e t hr ee Superiours in th eir o wn Digni-tie s, a nd ab ov e all Cardinal Sign!, FcffdIing (h e four A ngleS o f th eF igure; w hich in th e N ativity o f Cbarles Gtl(bvtlfj as w ell as.in

this of th e ProteCtor's, was (15 Gadb. fay s) fully verified. A ndfrom chefe tw o FiCtitious Nativities (fodueh ther both arc)

he c on tidently form s th is notion into au A lh ologic al A pho rifm .

a nd p rin ts it in his Cboice C u l J c f r i O l l , Aphor. IS . of which morehereafter; an d after abun danc e of [OIr), -nuif b etides, he con-eludes with r he fe wo rd s . 'Prcfumipg that divers Artilh wiJl be

, c u rio u s in [calilling this G eniture, I than f or t he ir a ll iL ta nc c ,

, and prevention of trouble. pItJent them with a, Catalogue of, f eve ral A cc id ents of his L ife, and the OinGi:ions, &c. th at w ere

, (in an A llro logicaIJcnfe) the proper O :cafions of them , and

( (w it h n o [maY p a i n l l o me ) they are there following.

An d

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8 . Q p t t ! ( j { _ e f o r m a t u m : ·

And here T defire the Reader, and all th t »

; 1 ' . . Iidc r.hi ' a pretend to be A1. C" to ..ou iacr hi s rcafons fur the Correcting th i N " r~, IS .auvuy,

T. In the Yen 16+0. 'this Native's Grandtl~Cll li.: W ?~ tir ll olld il1t~ r;u~;lick bufinefs b (~ ,began, forJ ' o t ! . . moc r uf arliarnent , to _ li gn it ie w h ic h h e h '. 1/ [ oCIIl,g ehO((;11 a

1 11 5\ ltd -h ca v cn t o the DfJfT,'/l'J H"d . .' ..5)- G . Iay s JIlk thing. that t his N I) de lhould give' nO\t\' IS

dl10t this a proba-

Mel T' gleJ er a v al lt ag (; t b d, • t l1 t ie nne of 5 nurn a nd S ex ti l f M an ie

of all, for this was the b egi nn ing .a nd ~ r~ l lnd .J ~ ~ 'a : :a lI the grcate~H o no rs a nd P re fe rm en ts both 1'[ ti l S d IC rett of hIS'II b' 1 e tate an Army N if

you WI ur confider, this DUj!,onl H-.zd and 1 ' ~. o~ 1

but tl:c I ntr: rrc Ctio ns o f th e Ecliprickand Orbire ~1h re nothIngoppolitc POl11ts, an d thofe two C irc le s a re b r i t, e Moon attherefore the two Nodes cannot be otherwav ~ ~ma,glnarr ' andof there Points fhould be a Fortune d I} s . I gilIn , VVy oneis M r h I 1 an t ie at icr an Inforrui e

h'a,l Y , crybt at t ie g re at er M a l le i'S of this Science Hillr fI 1, '

t er r own ofoms But to the~' r' - , I d c c rv e 11 1

th e reafon that th ~ M C ad r p~lltbtl°lndl11· 1.an . ; IPray what is'. ~,' 11. ou gIve [uc ef h

. nour, and l ay t he g l'o un d- wo rk fo r th e fu tu re (1 pre cnt o~~o th e Tr.ne of S,lllm, and Sexrile of i...irs ' ..; w lel~ th e M : C ._

~~(t~~JJ~)ve~othil1g at all, as we. know o f: ' a nd r~ e: ; ~: ~e ~t et \~ :e

g Y iod and Nature to be {O great a .11 Ie 'vcd d I f vran as ie alterSt ' ar; / nt/oo, rom the nature and p rin cip le s o f thof i

a-

ars, 01' :)" ower and COl l f.J f! ,e? And' indeed f would .e wo'honcfl ]Ibn to prcfenr the "Vo ld ith {i T' Intrcatrrfo lve an d u nfo ld thefefecret f1"T'(lWlt orne rkeatl fcthat might

b I, . no! rum! not y et nown to th

c I;;vlng World as Iuppofe I 11 I e u n-e r r pa rt of t he Nddon . Bu t diJetcI~ V

S!e g r~ H at ,d if ~lot t he g re at ~

Ih III lIS f .Jf!,OIIi ,J gIve rhis ~ if iJU ( rappen to p ro ve rrue I tt ir i " I It

very ; but I doubr this is thd tirftr~c It .15a m oll admirable Dlfco~

~he, laflroo o f its kind; for whor:C~~:lI~~;~\ and ) uf lg ;_ it w i ll b eIt III another Cafe of tl lik ave occalion to try

wretchedly deceived an d ~~ea'[e~na~~re, Iwill ht i n d

thcmli.lves

Collections he n ev er t el ls y ou a -w·ord - 0 ; ' t lroug t~ thi s Choiceb y the ! "1 , C . ad.Q bu t of that ~ 1 ' ;I~ ,arlb Y? l l e )emg -pre f tr rLd• ' Lr. III/Jlfr S tllJ& e l Ct d F IIP J ~ . til. but to tell you th e truth, it was no t e! l bc. 'w...Abndan t to th e bo d y of Vel/It! as he ill. on rnat , ut the

not tell yo u one word of th e c l f : c l : f rl Si;l~hlm(~; bm he ?orh .

Sldrk.:y 'S N ativity , H ow ever he~ick~~d~'Ifh , a { ~ . c ~ I'dlDr. c , c o r g e

,) is r r r e n Mr.BIyIl-

man

O p l t5 < i < . . . e f o r m a t n m .

111)11 with Impri[olImmt.I and S c a n d a l . r _ upon theM. C. a d C iU td am

dr;l~(fllij; but to tell you plair.ly, rhofe ~ccidents "(if th e F Igu re, .

is true) were' from. the 8m! a d o p po J i tu m - S a t u r n i , who is the realAuthor of (uc h things as rhofe, as the Cafe then flood; and he

hath let M r,Eaftwo?d,pa~.170' pals by.his M . C. ad & 6 w ith ou t 2 ny

\ rem ark ab le effc ct , which IllCWS a kind of pia guy Ill-rnture in

him, to let the young man at 20 years of Age pafswithout {ornegood e f f e C t of it; Iure he might have deferred fomething at thatAge, as w e n as (Iliuer; to have all at forty . In a w ord , I think

he hath knocked two or three little Babes on the hcadbefides withthe lJragolls T.1( I ; which is as ufefulas th~ other in its place, and

[erves fomerirnc s. at a dead life. B ur let him provr.:: to meif L :

(an,wh y the Head and tail'lhould no t be both of one and the (arne

nature, if they h av e a ny influence at all, or power to give gooJ IJ,t

e vi l i n d ir eC ti on ; Ionfers Io uld n eve r fin d it.2 . S e co ll dl y, In theYear· 1642• he was preferred tothe Com-

mand of a Collonel of Harre; having before, like an honeft

Gentleman, and true ElIglifhman, railed a Troop of Harre at hlsown Charge, and ferved in his own P er Co n t o defend his-Country .again!l t he t he n growing Popifh lntere(t,'which like a Deluge waslike to overthrow all. -H e had then, fays J.G. the Moon dire-,ded to the. S c o r p in n '. r H e r r t; but whether with, or without lati-

tude, he hath not told us: but let it be which it ~ill, it iswhol-l y f al fe ; tor rh e M o o l l ' s pole of potition in that place in his Fi-

gu~e is about 50; and h er O bl iq ue Afcention under that Pole in ,the oppofite point isabout 350 d. IS'. fa that th e Ark of Dire-ction with Latitude, iS3 7 d. 2 S' : a 1 1 < 1 without Latitude it is 45 d,.14'. 'wh ich a c sord lng to Naillod's meafure~ w iU give more than

45 y ears; and therefore neither of tbem c an come up in the Y ca r

1642• as he pretends. But fUPFofe it dId corrre up then, why

mull it give [uc:ttconfiderable Preferment asa Collond of Horfe,which to him afthat time was very gTcat, both as to his Com-mand and Trult repoied in' him? why fuould it not give trouble,or ficknefs to him; the death of his Wife, or Mother J,jf he hadone living) as well, or rather than give honour and preferment?

for ill the N ativiry of the F r e n c b King, p a g . 40• o f h is C ol lc c ti on ,. he gives him a violent Fever on the direction of the .AJcmdall~ to

th e Scorpi t l l l 'J He.l11, without any thing eIfe to a[fi(t it, except a

T ra nl it o fM . srJ on the MOOII'S Radical place. And in p a g . +3' ill

the Revolution of G u ( T a v U f th e Second, it is there brought in as .C aa

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to O p U S r F \ ! ! o r m r t t t m l .

an Argum~t of Jeath ~ the SUII an d S a l t l r ~ l in Con ' , .th e COT Ilt, IS th ere c al le d v io le nt b cc au f f I < IUI,CllOn ncarthe N ativity of the Princ e of O r . J l I g e pa; ~ t I.e .'/ll1~reJ·' And inof to kill his M other, and to give'him 'a 4', It IS t ere m ad e u fe

b ut to affift it, he tells us that the M C gleat d ea l o f t ro ub le ;

S quare of S a t u r n , w hi ch i s n ot oriu un ~ i f tme fi up then (0 th efuch direc tion at that tim e or near it ay e, [lor there ~a5 no

an d F v p p e r y , when he c ome s' .o Dr G n u g ' '5 Nct.a,tH all this S t u f f{i d }' •. "' anvity p a f1107 hen 5 1I~ ~o Cambr i d ge u po n n o o th er D irec tio n b '" ,e

ch,e Scirpion J Hean , a nd n oth in g elfe to alIiC .' uTelthe Su n townat a n E xc e ll en t A fi ro lo ge r M r J G'- ~ If, lUS y ou fe e

S

' ' . . b anc r h ow b di~ J rs a rc to , thole w ho c an skiHully cOill '~md rh ,0 e lent th ekill one, give another trouble Ie d } : d em , make themk t ) en a t 11> to C an b 'J dma, e a ourth a C ol lo ne l o f H o rfe : Bu t if all h ( . J ~I g e , all

cd III th e l ' r ' t , c 7 u r ' s Cafe it ferves thi e J)S were allow-aion, no r to prove the ti~ne of his F~o ,ng at al) to the Corre-

know an y th in g o f Direct ions, knowl~~~~ , ~ ~ t ~ f ;or 3 )1 1 1 -: 01 t?atwould have been nearJy the [arne h d \, . ha t th is Direc t lOllor earlier: but I w onder \\ hy J G i l i t 1J tun c ?c cn taken later

weU for linking the Oatb of Aliegianc~U t (~c1~lm ag~infi Crom-

calls him, when-that Killg ha d broke an~ fIlS, ov.( :wgn, as heOath long before: and w e all re b ink hIS Coronation

hdi d i fi' .ITIcm er vc ry w ell w h .

t at I It I I 1 G C alfo in the Y ear J 686 d 8 a ItwasN atio n's ,ru in , an d d eftru ctio n o f th e p~a:~Ha~16Z ' . t? a lm ofl th e

3, T birdly , In the Year 16+ he was t c :hglOl1

•t~ tl~e E a r l of l ' r L m c b e f t e l ' - ; at Jhich time ~ag~, L h t i l l t e l l u n t - G e n e r r J l

d ire cte d t o th e Trine of Marl; bu t this is al1i > .5 e had ~h~ Mooncaule there is no fuch dire c t ion as I 0 cxtrearnly I al fe , b e-which any one may fe e by worki lctSrrctcnds to . at t h. is time;

th e A tk , without L atitude, w hic l~ l~ th: ~n?p~~tlOl:S,III whichknows III that WlY is 48 d 2 q' d h Y IreChol) that healmoll 4

1, both wl~ich arc ~ d'' j;1l tft: A rk with L atitu de is

rar u tant rom 16+' dc om e up at that t ime he mentions no .)' ~n cannerc annot c orrec t w ithout [orne oth.' r ,npr It.: ?~ t If it did, itgles, ' , er to agre e w lth It to th e An -

+ F o u r t l J I y , He tells us that h - I .M.Jllchtjhr his G en eral, a nl pleferr~dq~i:;c f d£w it h ! he Enl. ofhim InParllarnent,and_managcd it Ii II ~s ,I ; orma,t toIl5 ,aga~nf lan d came off w ith honour' the 0we ~t ~t r e ea rned hisf'oinr,

tHTfl being Oil hi s M cendant' a n d ~ a u ~ : t t~15 was (he fay s) Sa-_ ) L C tea p la ce of Mar s in O p-

pofition

Opus ( j{ c!ormatmn.

pofit'roll to his own; and the A fc eridant dircdedto t he T erm s ofM,m, Certainly- this M an was i nf aru atc d w he n h e wrote this

N on fc nfe ; fo r I h ave m ore C ha rity fo r him , than to th in k h eh ad

fo l it tle S ki ll or Senfe to b eli ev e th is, an d n ot k no w better i bu t

t:l1 us of , : : 1 Trantit of S a t U t ' i l by M a r ' . hi s R:_dical place i n o p po fi -no n to ! 1 I 5 own: W ny , what w as this to Cramn ' fU ?whV did not

( if this.is truc ) S~lUr!1o him a miCchef th e l a I t y ear, w hen hegN h is L ieu ten an t-G en era l',,; C om millio ll, fo r h e w as th en S ra -

tio nal'Y on the R adi~ 3.1 plac e o f M ers , an d110

h arm o bic rv ed ._ W en: but the P\{c cnJantw as alfo affiiC lul. by liirc ctto n ; h ow Io ?

whyit carne to-the Term s of M o J r ; ; Ay, .this i s f ometh ingl iketo do the feat : did ever a l l Y Soul hear an InfallibleSen of ~'1l11l-fallib le C hu rc h give [u ch Ptc . .Io ns as thc fe are? In the laft year

h e fay s the Muon t o r heT ri n e of M.,m glYC h im P re fe rm en r: an d

is that D ireCtion Jo Ioon over? w ill it not continue in f or c e' o n e

yeat ?and if it doth, pray why Ihould th e T errns of !vIm be al-lcdgcd as an l!lim y to him , and he under a very goo d M a rtial D i-

rection? Why fhould not the T rine of M o n ' s glv,C t ho C o nt cl i (if

there w as Iuc h a D irc tlionat that tlm e, as he Iays there was) more

likely than the l .'erms qLM,m, it ending in his Ad v ant a ge andH onour? which cannot be! allowed fu ch a n AiHidi0I1 a s h e fe cm s

to, illfinuatc by the Traniit of S fiturJl,B utw hy m utl the A fc en-

daut to the Terms of Mar l be brought in now as 3. c au fe o f d if-ference? Doth it a lways give Q_uarrels a nd Con te ll s? Did it alfogive: Qllatrcls, Contclls , and D ifferenc e, w hen the Afccndant.c arne to th e beginoing of Callcer, w hic h .w as'the·Term s of M : s ; ' s

afro, whiL;hwas tw o or th ree yea r sa f te rwa td? I doubt it; and

Ihink it w ould be w orth w hiletoask the G entleman, if it 'did

n ot fall in p itte d an d fm oak y d egrees- if Io, then it is beyond all

q uetlio n a nd d ou bt; btl!: the truth of ~ij is, rh erew as n oth in g

-elfe to Iham in at this tim e" and therefore t hi s m u ll : do; y c t I do

th illk th ere ' is n o man. w ill louk upon this as a good reafon 'and

argument to p ro ve th e. N at 1v it y tru e. I

) . F if ,h ly , In 1645 he fays Ol i~el ' C romwfU w as m ade L ieure-

mint-General to Si r 'Ih0 P 2 1 : Z 1 F a i r f a x , and this under the Directionof the MODn, to the S extile of SalKrn, Lord of the Tenth H oufe ;

an d indeed it was w~ l he was Lord of the-Tenth, o r e lfe he ha d, c ertainly lof] his H onour and Preferm ent at.th at tim e ;' however,

ihat is alfo falfe,th ere w as n o fu ch D irec tio n a t that tira e, a nd th at

(o r th e: Reafons beforc~mentiol1ed,' - ' \C 2 6, Six'h~l)

II



11 . O p U l l '1 \ e [ o r m at t u n : .\

. 6. S i J t 1 ! b l y , 10 1 4S . fo r his -contending with t he Pa rl iamen r,an d fo rn e o th er things, he fays he had his-Sen (0 the Square of

L~aI;itn,an d the part of Fortune to the Oppofition of Venm: Asfor that of VenHI, I am fare 'tis fahe, for he is not able either to

..- t ak e o r direct th e p art o f Fortune; and what is more, if t he p ar tof Fortune w ere truly plac ed in that Figure, it fhould Q e in aboutII or J 2 d eg re es o f Leo, and he hath made it in one and tw en-

ty; and for that D irec tion of Saturn.if it fhould be true it doth netat all h elp to t he Correc tion. ..'.

7: Sever.~hly? Jn J 649 he w ent over to Ireland to o pp ofe th ePoplf h Rebe ls 1 1 1 th at N atio n, a nd d efen d th e Pro teflan t R eligio n·

an~ as G a d ~ J I r y {a.y s, he had a Flux and Fe;).verthere , for there

thln& , ~e glv,es hun the !\foon to her ow n Square, and the Con-

t ra nti fc io n o f J~1~t£r;alas, poor man! he never knew ye t ho wto take, an A nruc ion or aZodiacal Parallel, w hic h y ou p lea fc ;

and I WIll venture an even W ager of what he will that he doth

no t k.l1~whow to direa the M oon either (0an A l1 ti r c ion or,Con-~ ra nt lfc lO n .o ra n} ' P la ne t; fo g re at i s h is C on fi de nc e a nd I gn ora nc e

1 1 1 pretending to a thing he underfrands not. A nd furtherm ore,ha d th e M o o n b ee n [0 dlr¢led at th at t im e, as h·(!fays (h e w as to

thofe tw o direc tions, I am certain he wouhlhave had neither

Flux J]~ r F ea~ cr at that tim e, if rIo/amy fay s true; but y ou lIlufi -bear w ith his Iguoranc e, for if he knew better, h e w ou ld dobetter.

8 . E i tb tI Jl y" II). J650 and 16'5 l ,he b cat the S c o t s at D l U l b . f f

a~d the, C.t'l!l1iierr a.t T P o r e e j l e f ' to jheir.hearts content; for this ~

gives him th e S un fQ his ownSextile, but how he doth make !f:do , J cannot tell, for tbeA rk-of direc tion is 53,46, and ri\'~/

a bo. ut 5 .4 y e a rs , an d he ~.a6 no w b,ut 5 I and 52 y ears of aW L'which 15 a great-difference in point of tim e; but he doth n ot te ll

y ou. o ne word of the S~ to the Square of Utl'S an d &turn, 11~'

thclf·dTec.li; o ne o f which h ap pen ed at '48 y c a r . s of A ge , a nd theot~er lit 51 ; an d tho he could not telt:whar\h~y gave, y et hen ugh t, h a.v e t ?ld u .s w ha t th e .rc afo n w as that th ey d i ll.not kill, or

a t le all ~Jfe g iv e S ic kn els .a s V id l a s t he M o o n t o th e C on tra ne ifc io nof J u p I t e r and h e r own Square , ~ r why , the Sun to the Squarer ;f S atH rn } l. »d Mm" f!so ;lld no t give lo fs o f H on ou r , an d damageto ~ ep uta tlo J) .· a_ , w ell ~ the M ..C., totoo D r a g l J n s - b e a d , gave the. g: ~ at ef i o f HP1lQIJf; b ut th efe , 1 fu pp ofe-ae e Nofhllli lodged in

h is o wn Cukafs, and are not to be made know n till the pub li c a ti .-on

,

O p U & . ~fo1'matum.

on of his body of Tautology, or a more c onvenient time : Now

if this N ativity that he hath printed, were true, then the Sun ispofitivc ly G iver of L ife, which if [0, he hath. ( ac cording to

Pto[omy) n ot o nly th e p .rin cip al G ?V ern men t o f H on ou r a nd G ra~ -dcur but of H ealth, S icknefs, Life and Death ; and rherc fore It

is the greaten wonder to me, that under tw o Iuch di~ec tiu l1s

there Ihould be no e ffe d a tte nd h im e ith er of S ic k ne fs o r S c an da l;

..h!,lt th efe a re fm all th in gs w ith h on ea Jol}//. _ .. ' '9 . N il lt hl y, In

1653,in December, h e w a s P ro c la im e d Proteaor

of E l l g l a n d ; h e h ad nOW the Sun direc ted, to the body of J".piter,Sextilc of the M oon, and the PaIt of Fortune to the Sextile of

Venns » . th ofe d irc ~1 io ns , I confers, are.probable for I uc ha n e ffe ct ,

am i the form er comes roo at the time he fay s it doth; but the

laft of the three he knows nothing of it.• 10, ' lf nt .M y . . In 1654- he conc luded a Peace w ith F r a l 1 c e , an d

m ak es a L eagu ~ w ith 8wcdw; _ e nd fo r t ha t Gadb- fa1 's h e h ad th e,

part of Fortune to the T rinc ot Mars ; b ut th at c an no t b e a ll~ wed .;fo r if h e h ad live d tw en ty yens longer than he did, that dlrec t,-

on would not have come up; {6 improbable a D iredion that ist •• hi

to be .alkdged for this time; but alas, poor m an. us IS want

of skill. ...I 1. EleV8ll1hly. In 1656. he c alled a. P arliam en t, an d they de -

fired him to take upon him the T itle of K ing, w hic h he refuled ;far this he had (as G a d b . fay s) the part of Fortune to th e S ex -tile o f Sstnm Lord of the Tenth: I have little oecaGon to fayany thingm~re to this, hecaufe 1 told y . ou b e fo re , that he can

n eith er tak e n or d irec t th at P oin t.11..'Iw

elftbly, In 1657. he [c nt Six tho~ (and men over into

Elsndcrs, under the Command of Sir J ob ll R ry no ld s, by ~'hofe

m ean s h e b e cam e M J ik r of DUlikirk_, he had then t be .S ~ n d l. re d . .ed to the Sext il f .: o f Mmury; and w hy [hould not this Sextile ~f,

Mcrcu1Y, being il.S~lS of 10n~A f c enc i o ll ,b e e ~ ua l [0a Squa re? itfo, w hy {hould it ,give any good at all? B ut let It be the one or the

-oc her this as w tll"s-the reC t c an by no m eans Ierve to prove the

F igu:e true, w hich is the.1

hing he aims it. .'.. 13. 1hirtf£litbly, In the y ear J'658, OIl Sfpl€mbc: t ~ c Th lI d ,t hl ~

great G eneral and ~ ~tatefm an died of an Intc m)lttU lg F eay er at

nrH , but. afterw ard C ontinual; w hic h _ G a d ~ U f ' Y t ~l l. s u s ~a9caufed hv the A[c endant (who is, fay s h e ~n t his Natl~lty, GIver.Q f Life) di!c fud to the.Square of M,rl 10 Callcer, his faU ; ~~ ..



, ) 4 - O p u s r J< . s fo rm a tu m ._

Sun to the H ead of HmuleJ,1n""a th e p art o f F ort un e to th e S qu areof the M oon, As fo r t hi s l at l of the EB to the Squareof the Moon ,thJ! cannot b e d ir ec t ed (0 the Afpects i n t he Z od ia ck be ca ufe

oftc l~ tim ~5 that doth not m ~vt in it, nor he _ know s no o;hc r w ayof dtfccbns. And for th e S un to th e Head of HmtlcJ '[is a fmal lStH of ~ hc ::'c co iJd M a gn itu de in ,S degrees of C1IJcer, ' a nd a lr no ft

7 d eg rees of N orth . L atitud e s . bu t h e < l i r t e r s it here w ithout La-

. r irude : If t fJ i. h a th any torceto kill w ith ou t L at it ud e, - wh y di.J

not the Sun to that S tar w it h L a ti tu de kill, it corning up with th eS qu are o f S itttvn; a r.d t he ffi. t o th e O pp of it io n of VWI!!, in t he -YC3 r j 6+ S ? Fo r it would be m ore able to kill w hen the Sun w as

atHic1ed by tw o v io lent P rom ittors, tha n by one; an d th e rather,if t he S lI l1 I ho ul d p ro ve Hihg, 'as 1 believe y ou w ill find it is in

this Fi, ' .urc of his m aking; A nd here by the way , I mult taket he l ib ,r ty to qu cflion this trifling G en tlem an ' h ow he p roves theAfcendant to be G i V i Y (1Life ] F Qr in his bo rrow ed Rules in t heD)ftr f NJliv, ~ e tells us that the Sun in the A [cendant is Hileg,

an? I l:ope he. W ill n ot m ake tw o Aph'£la's in one Nrrivi.y .: Andalio O:If'.,~I/!!J III ImTodufJ. p . J r , 3. C . 1 p . 2. p rea ch cth th e v "'- ry f am e

Dochine ; Io doth A rg ol, P es ze liu s ; Ram; '?I / , and all the rcft of our~uthors; but above all, the Grea t Pto/amy, in h is f l .:_udr;partimm,

l~b .3. C . l p . 1I. and·op. 13 . where he is pa rtic ula r a nd v ery po ti-tl~e, wf_~enhe ~ays , C um a lit em Q I1 4!r im uJ ill I~if loc is po tcnt i j] i lm tm ,

pTlT1ITt J em MedIum Cedi, deinde Hnyo[copUS,f- .N. So that you le e th eH oro fc op e is on e of the c hiefefl prerogatory plac es; and y et thisw.orthy Gentleman, contrary t o t he Hu le sp ri nt ed by h im fe lf , a nda ll o ur a nc ie nt Authors, r e jeC ts the Su n i n ' the middle of the Afccn -dant, an d confidently o r i gn o ran t Iy tells us, That the A [c cndantis G iver of L ife, ,or Hlleg; an d this for ' no other reafon, (as Ica n fee) but to give c ou nt en an ce a nd credit t o h is o wn e rro ne ou s-·pradiccs ; and to lead (like Jack. with a Lm tb om ) other m en outof th e \yay , into rh eie bo gs o f t:rro r. ill I ho rrs ]. d o a ffirm T ha t

th .e S .un : wi th in f iv e d eg re es a bo ve the C ufp o f th e A [c em !a ~t : till~ltphl11 tiv; degrees of .the C u[p of the S ec ond; or rather, to Ipeak

In t o / a m _ y s terms a nd rn _ea nin g, w ith in t he c orn pa fs o f h is d ou bleH .o ra ry tim es th ere, h t:. IS to be ac c~ pted for G iver of L ife j, pro-

vided th e M o on IS no t 1 11 an Apherical place above the Earth or

' th ,c par t-of ~ort.une, = q ua lif ie d f or Ct ha t . p. owe r: BLlt i n 't hi sFigure oehls; toe SUIlIS bey ond all d oub t G iver of L ife, he bein g'inrh e vr:r! m idd le of the H oufe, an d ha vin g there no C om petito r,

- H en ce

. .

O p u s fJ \_ e fo im a tt tm . ' I5

H en ce t ha t w hk h Gadb . affcrts in ,t hi s c ~Ce ,. is a F,alp~ble fJllhood,which might have b ee n e xc u fe d Ina NOVIce, bu t 111all old R ~-w<7ltbcr i t o ug ht to be reproved" and that ~3rply to_o: Bur let Itgo how it will, it w as a c redit for Croillwe!l, that h , I S , F o es c ?u ld

rin d norhing to k ill him but th~ H ead of Herce lc s ; }on1:d w ith afiB :itiou5 D irec tion; and dU LlS the M c endant -t() t~ le S qu are ofMJrf, w hic h in reality c ould not come up before N inety y ears of

age, or 'thereaboflts." ., B ut the m ain D irec Hon t h o u M r. } J ! , n l a y s a t! t he ~ r e r < ; of th~

m atter upon, is t he A fc endant to the S qu~ re of MJr fIn

th e Zsdi-a c k . . . w hic h is, ( , to ray the tru th), nOhd ~~ e~ ~ ~l a t fa ll; tpolryou

m ay as w ell direc t the M cendant to t ~,~ lltllC IO !l 0 a ~ly a nc r,

3S[0a n A fp cC l in th e Z\)diack; they being b~ tl: im pollible to be'done by anyone" ]aJm excepted Bu t f up po {e itwere allowable,

and that there w as Iuc h a D irec tion in ~ ature, ~ s_he there tells usthere is, y et that D irec tio n c ould n ot kIll,; fo r It h e p lea fe rh b ut

to read Ptalomy, L ib. ,. Cap. 13 . ~~drlp~r/~ h~ there tells us,That if the Ray s of Jupiter or Venit! fall w lt~ lIl ~ Igbt or tw e~ vedegrees iftera M aleti.:k Direction, tl~lt D I.rec t~ on c an no t kill :Now in chis ca[~ here i s b ut one Malefick plr~cbon to th e A(Cen-

dant, and that is the Square of Mm; Whl~h IS f i1Cc~ed~dby t~le

A [,end an t to t he S ext il e ot the Sun, the B J d J ' of J U P l t C T , ' Sextile

of the M oon, and S exrile of Mcrcltty, a nd t he Y ,a ll n ea rl y ,Ill Afpectto J H p i l e r , . and for that reafon partaker" of ly s natur~ 11\ a greltf ur e : t he re fo re how this body of Dtrccbonslhould (contra-

~ et~ all~ oo d an d 8 .ttthc ntic k R ules) 1m,l, fee~ : to m :: a Myl lc -IY ' and what is more, that he (hould dy e o f fuch a D lfe afe a s a n

int~rmittillg Feaver or ~ ? ¥ to n ; fCH it is not IrIJrs, but the SUIl

an d Jupitrr, .that do fp eC l.hc ate the D !C cafe; an d h ow theY ,tw o[h ou ld k ill, bu t c fpec ia lly a fter tha t m annc r_ , ,I hope m y Friend

JU/;/I will explain i n h is t w c: nt y y .e ar s. p !om !L a r. B~ d J' vf T i l l l t o f o g y ,

w hen he thinks c onvenient to pfm t It; ~ nd a ~.o II:ha t B ~o i!. to" us full dirc ction tor th e underfianding his-pitted AZlmun,gl\e .,. h h dand fmoaky D .grtc s; w hich, perhaps, may a,ve a &reat anin killing this G entlc t~ lan: tho he hath not m entioned It,nor do

w e un deIlta nd it, w hich J)WOlfe. .'.B ut Ce:ing A lh olo gy i" s. a llo we d an ~ o W I _ 1 e d b y fi)~ e of the

molt Leamrd, to be a bunile o f E xp e~ le nc e Im pro ve d In to Rul~sby continued nb fc r v, lt irms o i t,ho[e Acclden~s,and E ff ec t s t L la t d idalways attend different Dirccllons a nd p oil uo ns ; H enc e It then

fonows,



J 6 O p t t 1 ( ] { e f o r m a w m ,

. follows, 1 h. l1 I ii {; c.m{es m u i r alw ay s bsve l;~ E jfef1 !, . or eire Rulesof Exception Iaid down to know w hen they (hall, and W hM

they thal! not give rhofe com mon Etfc .:rs that they all tell us of :

For ir the Afccndant, S I l I l or M oon to th e body, S C • aare or Op-poiition of Ssiem an d M.Jrs, fhall k ill in tw o or tlneeC afes, and

m ifs in ten or ,tw elve, it leaves A tlrology an idle, foolifh, and

rc pIOJc hful Study , ~eing unc ertain and vain;- and therefore n ot

t o b e 1 1 11 ,d ic dno~ defended by any but men of a Repu ta ti o n equalto it Ic lf: For It th e A fc en da nr to th e S qu are of-M.2r. f , in th is p re -

tended N ativity of the Lo rd Prouc7o r' s , Ih ould killw hen the B odyof J u pi te r , S ,x /i le o f th e Su n and Moon, & :c . asc fo near, then Ldo

a ff ir m , 1 /J Jt I lnthi l lg c an b in d er it 1ft aI ry tim e, but it muJ r a l w a )' i eer-

t.ml/y kjll; which if true, then pray obferve w hat fo llow s, taken

our of that L arned Trdtife, called C,ylldii Genitura, a B ook funo f C on tr~ dic 1io ns an d Error, aHO the Princ iples and Truths of

A lholo~ y ;whi~? I lhall m ore 'fu lly detec t hereafter,. but give .

y ou aghmpfcof It now , to {hew you what a (ort ot man he ist ha t. p re te nd s to be the L eader and T op -rrian of rhe Soc iety of

i\itro lo gq s in EngUnd , and how he and his N otions ought to be

believed . '

J. Firjr then; In th e NJtiv;ty o f £ !. ! J, e n M:Iry, pag. 11. th e

A fc cndant to the Square of Mm d id n ot k ill , th o i t w as af fif tc d byt he .Bodi es o f Mawr y an d the_ SHill and th ey -bo th M aldi ck an d

Peregrin ; nor did the Square of SaWM a ft erw ard k il l h er .2. 1n th e N ativities o f AnI! Q ueen of HUllgary, pag. % 8. Lewu.

the Xmth. K ;n g o f France, Pl£; ' 3 + . and Clm/a GII(bvlI.1, King of

Sweden , pag, 3) ' h e lets rhofe th ree out-live th e Afccndant to the

Body of Msrs , which mull be u nd ou bte dly m ore violent than

the S quare; and ill tw o of the three it c am e up y oung.

, In the ~afe of F r e de r ic k ." K m f !, o f D U ; l1 I .l rk ." , pag. 37. it did not

k ill, th o it fe ll n ear th e L yo ns h ea rt.3 . In the Nativity of the Ea )' ! o f Eff:~, rag. 4~ · w e have a .

moli a dm ira ble In tta nc e , fo r th ere th e A lc en da nr (0 t he S qu are s

of the Sun , th e M q o n , an d Mar!, all together, had not Pow er

a nd S tr en gt h enough to kill, and Y , r :t 110 allitlance from ] u p i , d -an d Venus to help or Iave , w hen you ic e in the Cafe of CrJmwBll,

that th e Iingte S qu are o f M.m d~ rhe buiinc fs, tho the Body of

J up it er , & c . w ere very near to the place. This' is Bric/tCoJtrl A;lro--

I n g y with a w i tn e fs ! IU !um ,enea tif.. /4 . In

D p t H . · . ' R . . t f o r m a t Nm . 1'1

4. In the Cafe of Caj im ir K in g o f P o l t U f a , pag.+6. it di d like·w ife fa il, t ho Mal'S w as there am on g th e Pleiades, a nd fo rth at re a-

fo n th e m ore vio len t.. ~ .-In the Nativity of Charlel 'funenfon. t he g re at SJII lc/ i(h Gent-ral, p ag .,4 8. w he re Mltl is inConjtmliiol} w ith the Sun, Lord ofthe E igh th , an d in S qu are to Saturlf in th e E igh th , y et th is w orth y

G entlem an lets h im out-Jive the A fc end an t to th e Square of Sa-1 1 1m , Bodi es o f, Mars and the Sun, and fends him to the other

wor ld on t he A f ce nd an t to theO ppofid on o f Sat1l1'n. In this Na-tivity Honefl John hath fhown as much of his Ignoranc e (as to

th e R ules of A llrology ) as in an yon e C afe th rou gh ou t the w holeB ook betides; for here he gives the A fc endant the Pow er of Hi-leg. and y et both Sun and Moon in Aphlrtical plac es, th e on e in

the firll, and the other in the feventh. . ,6 . I n t he Na (i vi ~y oftheDH'tbeJiDj S!ort;/I, p ag e 6 4. th e Square

of Marl did not k ill, but the A fc endallt to the OppofitioD of theM oon and the Sun to the Square of 'Yenlu did, -and y et neith er ofthem G ivers of L ife; neither did the A fcendant to the Square of

Mmkill il l th e Nativity of D D n John of .J"jlria, ,ago 65 ·. 7. In the Nativity of George D I I k G o f A lbemar le , pag. 10• nel-

therthe S qu are of S(ltthn or Mars to th e. Afcendant c ou ld k iJI

hlm , and y et Mars Lord of the E ighth H aufe.8. In th e C afe of P o pe P a I d th e 5 th . the A fc end an t to th e SqUllC

of Marl d id D ot k ill,,; a nd ye t th e Oppotition of MercllT'}' out ofth e E ighth H ou fe fell n ear the fam e p lac e.9 . In th e G afe ' o f Pope Gregory 15 . pag.81 . the H o{ofc ope to

th e S quare of Mar t did n ot k ill, and y et that A ngle G iver-of L ife;

but the Square of M e r c l t r y did it to the P""Fofe a w hile after. Ifuppofe M.m w as Popi!h!y inc lin ed at th at tim e, and th erefore

w ou ld no t hwt his GhofUy Farher, but Mere"ry appeared tobea dow nright H eretic k, and had no refpea: either to his A ge or In~

fallibility .· '10. In the N ativity of C . . J in a lP de r B m rl n ls , p ag. 8 5· th e fam.

A fpea: d id riot kill, lind y et Mars Lord of the E ighth . I really

judge that he w as a P lp ilH nthofe tim es; w hat think you'Jobn,,w as he or no? Y ou are the better Judg of the tw o, bec sufe y ou

ar e of that P erfualion . 'II; .In the C afe of M r, T b o m M G , , ' o J k . . e r , pag. 102. t he S qu are

of Mars , and Oppofition of the Sun out of the E ighth , w ollld

not do ; buttheOppofition of Sa'NTn di d it af terwards.'D n.ln



'l~ O p u s " ' ~ f ( ) r n ' d t u t ! l ~u. < I n the t :' 1a ti vi ty of.Jlldg ReeveJ,' pag. 12I. th e Square of

. N ! .m , Oppofition of the.M (u>n, and B ody of Saturn could no tkill; )Ju t after that, fomething elfe di d it. •'

J 3- In th e ~f e ~f Dr~' \1(;~lirdrll ,af9rJ,~g. 133 : he out-livedth e Al1:endant tel tho' 'Sliwre'Qf ·'Mrt an d th e S,m,· b ot h . w hi~ hAfpeats fell near th e Ljon~; .' , .. '. .

14. In th ~ GenitureofMr, S I# fh en R o ge r !, pag. 138. th e Afcen-.dant ,was.dJrcaed to the S qu are o f Marl; and y et that couldnot kill him, although the'Square of th e Moon gave he r af-fiflanc e.· , . ,

J 5. In that of MOfjor-GenfNl !amber ' , pa.g. J 67. he palfro theA rc en da ntto th e Square o f M~"J , and divers y ears after t o ( - h ' cSquare of S<lturltand the Moon , and lived many y ears aft;rward

I~. In the Cafe of Dr. Geo /r ty I eN e u e, pag, 1 78. be Ijltew if~o ut-liv ed th e A fc eo da nt to th e Square of M m,and to th e Sauareof S" ' l tTn afrer,thatalfo.· ;;.. ; ',". " ',~ ..

17 . In th e Nativtt~ of ~r,1}!J l i ,Rno/l ,§r , pag. lSi.·You W i iIthe~e ti,nd that he out-lived t he A fcQ n 4a nt to tbe Square of MarJ ' ,

S9ua~e o f. t he Sun, ~uale of th e Moon, and S quare of M er,"aDd. l ived mlllY years :ifterward. ' . , ,.-:,' . " ry ,

I~; In the Geniture ~f' ~ r. Wll. Leyho.rn< P a s . 187; y ou willfind. that he alfo hath oat-lived the Afc(!ndant to the 5qua.re1of

M oIrJand Me~CHry , and.yet t?cfe Eell."lea,r the Cufp of thefourth

JHoufe,and 10Cancer hkew lfe ; as It d .id in that Fi:g lue H o n e Rohn gave u~ _ f o r , the true one of. Oliver Cromwell. .

19. In his ,?wn Narivity,pag. 190, he out-lived th e Afcendantto th e.O pp ofitio n o ~ Man; and-lives vet, as I fuppofe, - .

~o. In theNatkl~y:ofMr. J o h n Mallery pag.18'o.he ou(~ived

thc! Afcendant t o th e Square of. Mar!~ but unhappily dyed aflet-ward on the Af,endant: c o. the Square of Seuen-, as HonefiJ o b " k J . , ! , $ . : . . . - . ' , .

- T~ s: I tJ.~ve given 'y~liabove T wenty E xa mp les , o f tha't AfPt~and~ Direction .ou ' of hi s own Book, where it di d not kill's' ar,d~ could have given y ou m()re oatof the fame alfo if I had '

~Qughtth(~e 6V,~'"and above (ufficient to-prove the ' Improbabi :~~;

? wh~t t his tJ lfl.~ }g m an p uts upoI?us f or t ru th ; Now let anlmp~rll~l ~n fwoully ,c(.mfltler:too· Rli:afons that he gives' t~

prov~ hi s fIgure t ru e, ( ~h lc " he fays cott him fo much pains)a1 , l d e fp em lly th at fOl,hlS D eath, and c om pare th e Collection of

Examples

o r « .f J ( j f o r m a t ~ m ;Ex~,t)1ple~ J have here m ade, w ith thole Re~ro1ts he b at h g iv en ,a nd t~ ~ n, t ell m e.. W p et hc ,r - thr ;A [ e e l 1 r Ja f l, t ~~ tl}i $ q l l J r e o f Mar s is aDirection tit t9 be bel ieved ami d ( !pen~ .e c l ,on , foxthd}eath of

Ql;wr CromwE1J: Fo r you/ec1~er~is twenty to one againfi it , an d

if' I ike ¢a\-l(~s have not l i~c :~EffeCl:s ,( .widlOut R ulcs of Excepti-0 1 ) ) , ~hWI will certainly fp10unCe A itIO lo gy , an d b elie ve it nomore; A,nd' d are fu rth c~ a ffu re y ou , That th e AetIology whi ch~.g~I~~al1y pladc7) je o f, S tu d ie d , an d fra{j i j fd, is r at he r f it .t o b elaugh'4 at , than be li eved ; as you may . ca{ily fee b y th e l i l l y {hams

of Gadbury, if you compate one-thing with another throughout

.his whole Book, calledthe Collection, w hich ill a !horttime I

, !hilll alro~xpofe. '. ,-, A nd f or ' m e to believe t ha t t hi s G en tle m an d ied o n th e A fc CH -

d J'n t t o t hd iq uu eO f M.m, aw r (0 plain a C onvic tion of the

Error, when thercare'J'weflty Examples under his own hand to

prove w he re a nd . when it hath miffed of that Ejfect, is to tell anIn~lIkind,That I am an Ignorant , Credulous Fellow, void both ofR.eafon an d Skill, an d fit to be illlpo(cd UPOll by 'l-Ily on e that iswilling to attempt it. And for my put, when.l confider that

there are. a great number of Ingenious F e~ ro n~ o f aJI.QHalities'and Degrees in this Kingdvffi, who uuderfland Mhplogyvcry

well, an,d. have obferved the Shams an d Che~ts of this lmpoflor,I wonder they were n ev er c alle d in q ue flio n, a nd exploded beforenow; for they will ferve for n o Q th cr ufe, but to lea d th e young

Students out of their w ay , and bring an O q \ A . i l l l upon t he S c ie nc eit [elf, when it is read by Iuch men, who 1o\'he11h~y obferve its

incoherence , ale readily apt to make ufe of it, ox any thing elfethey c an pick up to brand it with Infamy ; for which en d theyn ee d n ot trouble t he mfe lv es t o read Books w ritt en a ga in ll it; for

let them perufe but ou r own Authors, ~ 1 } 1 1 : they.wUl not fail to

fin d H uff enough to make rhernfelves l 1 \ e ~ r y a t ~ .a lid yet forall

this, t h e r e if is Tru« A j l :r o lo g y i n being: Little.Thanks to, our Modern

Authors. .

Obje8. Bu t p er ha ps here. may rife an Objec tion, and I would110thave any thin~lef t in the dark, that now O~~LUS to my memo-

ry ~ For p e rh aps f er ne mly fay. D o y eu b elie ve t ha t· it 15pofiiibl~for the A fc en dan t to th e Square of M J r J ' , to kill at any tillld or

do y ou think it call never ~i l1?

02



se O p U s < 1 \ . ~ f ( ) r m a t u m .

'. .Anf~. Yes; That 1 c an a rr ef ] u po n exp erien ce, th at it do th -kill; an d I c an t ell y o u f e ve ra l N at iv it ie s in honetl John·s Colledi-on, that have dy ed on the A fc clldant, to the S quare of MJrr , an dS q u~ r~ , of SalIlTn, t ho u nk no wn to him ; but it m ull be in [ucnN auvltl~ s w here the H orofc ope is G iver of L ife; for no Pointc an be dJr~ tted for D eath, but the Hilrg; a nd therefo re w hofo -ever p~ attlfeth c ontrary to that R ule, erreth, and w ill never doany thing w ell; and y ou (ball fee m ore on that fubjeC l, That no

~ ao ever ye t m ade any fam ous Predittion of D eath, but w hen hedrretled and m ade ufe of the G iver of L ife in his Operation andJudgment.Thus have I m ade it as plain as poffible itc an be, to any A rdft,

o r oth er P reten der to A tlro Jo gy ,T ha t th e R ules a nd flea fo ll5 m ad eufe of to prove the tru th of the Proted:or's Nativity , are falie

a nd e rr on eo us ,. a nd b ?i1 t upon fuc h P rinc iples as are not true inthem felves, neither w ill they hold true in other P ofitions, to ef·fed w hat the~ ar~ brought here to prove. And alfo the m ajorpart of th~ D lr~dl?ns that he there talks of, w ill ferve to anyo.ther Pofirion w ithin half an hour or an hour, w ith a linle varia-non ; but for the firft, the fourth, the tenth, and the thirteenth,being thofe that do depend partic ularly on the tru th of the F i-g ure, th ey a re fa rid ku lo uf1 y fa lfe, th at they need n o o ther A rgu -

m ents to ,exp cfe th em , b ut th eir N on· effC Ct: in o th er G en itu res ;and therefore ~ do advife.all Ingenious, L aborious Afrills, toc om pa re o ~e th in g w ith a no th er a fter this m an ner, in th ofe b ook s! e D t fO .rlh into the ~ orld by our M odern A uthors; and at laf] try111 their ow n P r ac i 1 c e, w he th e r thoCeRu l e s will hoh! or not· anda lfo let th em c on fid er, w heth er th ey a re n ot im po fed u po n i n di -vers o th er c afes, a s w ell a s in th is N ativ ity .

~ftl.J, I ,wou ldad9~.Mr . John, feeing Mm hath p la y e d t he feT rlc ks ,a lid c he at ed ~Imfo , to p ro c e ed ag il in fi h im by a F orm ofLaw , as h e know s. how , w ithout doubt; and the Bookfellers ofLJn~n fay he !tath. very good ,skill in Sc<zndalum M.lgna tumJ, fo rw hl~ h t he y d eh re ~Imt~ rem em ber [he Enl of P.Firft t.hen, L et him bring a ~t7 Warranto ,a ga inH h im , a nd ta ke

aw ay his Charter, (he knows where to have JLldges for thatpurflO ~ ), un~ efs he c an lhe~ good reafonw hv he ha th d one hisdu!y :(0 oegligenrly , pm ially , and barely , killing aile part ofm a?klnd. and lettmg Tw enty efc ape, that lay at his merc y ; by.w hic h m ea ns h e.h ath b ro ug ht C ath olic k Jilhn~sR ep uta tio n in to. doubt

O p u & < R J f o r m a t u m .

doubt and quefiion, for w hic h he ca n n ev er m ak e him fatj sfac~H-

Oi l unlefs he c an help him to a greater fhare of . A ndin ~ he next plac e have him before F ather Perm , and Inq uititionhim , for I· doubt the Knave is nor found in the Faith, but harha p la gu y (b are of H erery and D ifobedienc e. H ow ! ferve honeflJohnfo! B ut it w ill be fo Io rnetim es w hen P ap ifls d ea l w ith H ere-

tical S tars. .-A nd then let him draw up an humble A ddrefs to M o nlieu r

Titan, in the N am e of him , and his S oc iety , in fJI Iob ' l11r i lt l fr Mon-

firtlUt"; that he hath for a long time drove on a T r ade-of Ly ing.(but not a w ord of his Ignoranc e) being c heated and abufed by

a fort of obflinate and dlfobedient Stars. A nd that if 110W a t l af the pleafeth but to give his MandamM, that S.ltztrtl an d M.lTr, &c.

m ay henc eforw ard obediently c om ply w ith all the A ltrologic alB ules in falhion , that he Ihall be in duty bound to thew him felf

f. tll a s s kilfu l a s e ve r.

11.

And fo 1 com e to prefent y ou w ith the true N ativity of thisG rea t G en era l, w ith ou t S ha m or T ric k, a nd . th e D iteC tiq ns_ lh alla lfo h av ea n eq ua l'E ffefrin o ther N ativ ities, a cc ord in g to th e Hy -

pbothejir before bid down .

THE



O p U 4 ' ~ e f o m u i t u m .

)'1 r

THE: i •

N AT'lVIT'yo F

i l91t\1~r "ronlmrl l ,LordProteetor 'of ENGL4ND.

'

Fairly and f ai th fu ll y handled, ac cording to th e

true P rinc ip les of AA:rology.

TE time of this Great M an's birth, ac c ording as he gave

it him fc 1f, w as on St. Marl ts d:l.Y in the y ear 1599. Sum -

m a M a ne , at HHrlrinj!,toll, w hore L atitude is 52 deg, and;

a fe w m in ut es ; an d th is is th e eflim ate tim e give n.

Now the m ain point is, how w e m ull underfland this {h;)!t

Sentence, S um m a M iln e; an d it can in m y J udgcment have no

o th er m e an in g than v er y e ar ly in t he Mo r n in* :" that is, in t he v er ytop of.the M o rning, or fuddenly afrer Tw elve, for (0 th e w ord

feems to import; and indcd 1 can give it no other Interpretationbut this; for the word. SumMO mul] be there taken Advtrbial ly , an d

d eriv ed fro m th e Ad j ,l li v e S 'lmmH I, w hich in that fence it is here

I po ke n, l ig ni fi es t he v er y h ig he ft , e xt re am , u tm o fi ,_ to p, &c. o f th e'Morning; t ho I c on fe fs th e w ord M o rning takes 1 11 all th e whole

nrne

. : , : O p l # / f \ . i f 0 1 1 J 1 4 t f I t 1 1 : , ) : }

th nd io mTw ely e, .q r r.'Iidn ig ht,tll1 Tw clv e at N oon ' ~ b ut lf he

11~~ been born ,after S Hn rifipg, I am very apt t9 believe he wouldh ave ~ fe d ano th er w ay o f c llprelling it, as by Ame M r r ed iem , &C.but i f before S ! 4 n J ifH lg ~ ~iuQ ~e4 they all agree he was , 'then Ic a ll t ak e it in n o o the r fenc e but t hi s t ha t I ha ve a lr ea d y g iv e n,The

top of th e M orning, an d t~ t ime pitchedupon, is at about 5 m i-nutes after on e of the Clock, an d to that time the Planets places ,both in Longitude a n d La ti tu d e, a re c a lc u la te d by th e Caroline

Tables, as followeth, "

. J ; - o l 1 g i t . Pf"het'dr. {i L a t, ' P ll t l1 0 Par.Pl4n•

. d e g, m, f.,c,~.-.

T t II 47 2 ~ 2 >4 No 2

If. 1 , 4. .I~, Q5 ' 0- '~f No-' 23 S

a '';2')•.l_

19' "fr

Gi ~ 'S o 3 90 I

~ 29 5 I 46 t5 - 0 ~9 No 20 4°

~ 16 19 '~5' t5 0 }8' No I1 J 3

0 13 ~) 10 tt 0 00 00 ·6 5

» If 35 ' 4Q, 1~:, " 2 3 r' So",', ,~ ¥>

Q 15 Sf 28 . . . . .0 00 00 0 00.w

': tS 'I) t1' ; : i8~ Q 0: €l0 (00 :'~0 Od

(

5 ; ~,I C ? . z .

~ 4 ' ill31"

)(

57 m .

Now- ml~aill 'the Cufp '!I-of the Twelve Houfes I proceed illthe mdhod'foHl)wing'; uy'tllking'tne'iightAfccntion of th e SUII,

and-the: ~i\t' A ften t{o no f 'P im e~ 'and' oidaihg t hem t og et he r,gives



,';4 O p U 4 ' f R . . ! f o rm a t ' um :

gives the right A f"ention of the M id-H eaven; to w hich addingthilty D egree s.g iv es th e O bliq ueA fc en tion o f th e E le ve nth H ou Ce ;

an d (0by the addition of thirty D egrees, w e gain the other fix ofthe O riental H ou(~St as i n the follow ing Example. ' ,

Afomt. Rea . . Solis ' .. ; ~6

Afte;,ti ReEl, Ttmporu 196 J ..

A{cent. Rea. med. Ct1!lj 237 ... T I l . ' 2 . 9 d S2.'

Aide 30

.Ajcm. Obli'l.DQm. 1r, ~6 7 40 -l ' IS ,A!lde 30

Aften. Obli'l' Dom. r1 297 40 V S S

Adde 30

,Aften. Obli']. Afom4m. 317 40 \I S , 16 I 9

, 'Adtle 30

Aften. obl;f· D01II. 2 35740 1( 16 '

Adtk 30

Aft",.obli,]. D"". 3 ' 2.7 40 ts. 6

M any of our M odern Profdfors have made a great noiCe a:

bout taking th e M i nutes an d S ec on ds fo r th e C ufpso f ev ery H ou fe,wh i ch I think are b oth ufelefsand im pertinent; for w hat ufe dothey make of them , when they have take.l~ them ? none, as Iknow ; how ever, Iw ill give y ou a thort Exam ple , and leave the

ref] fo r th ofe th at rhink them ufeful. ,: , , ' ,F or th e MC. 1 t ak e t il e d if fe re nc e , betweeu [he two A r l t . ! ,

greater and leffer; then (he R .ight A fc ention of the M. C. an dth at is 62. Then I tak e th e d ifferen ce b etw een th e n ex t Leff. an d

the R .ight M cention, and that is 54 : then I c a y by th e Hule ofp ro po rtio n, If 62 gives 60, Sf (hall give S2 , which leaves th e

Cufp of the Tenth in 'i9 deg. S 2 m in ute s o f Scorpio. -A nd for the Cufp of the A f,endant, I alfotake t he d if fe re n ce

a,s b efo re b etw een th e tw o Ark{ , g reater .an d leffer th an th e 0 1> -

lique Afcent ion of the A (,endant, and tha t is 44 Minutes; an dalto b e tw e e n t he le ff er 4 r k . . and th e O bliq ue A Cc mtio n, which is.4 M i nu te s: r h e n I (a y as'bdore,-B y the aule of Proportion, if

44mi-

o p u s fJ {~ fo r~a t f lm .

+ + m in ute s g iv es 6'0 minute~, 14 m in ute s th at! g iv ~ 1 9 minutes,w hic h te lls us , that t~eCu(p of ~~e AC c ef !d an t r ef ie th i n 2 .6 d eg re es

an d 19 m in ute s o f Capricorn, under the Pole S2. I omit totaken otic e o f th e E qu ation fo ~. r ho fe few 'm ln utes ab ov e 52 , the P ole of

B irth; and therefore the' figure w ithout any further operation ,

is a s followeth;

,A 2'7.40~ H.

Natus

Die ~f.Aprilis, Horn 1.Minut. 4. Second, 56.

- -Mane, 15-99. '

»rer0 ad * ' 1/-6 ~.LatitEde; i f t i n # t l g ! . D 1 ! '

THE



': 6 o p u s f l \ ! J o r m a t u m .

A Table of the Directions in this Nativity, with thefeveral Arks thereof, the meafhre of Time agreeingto each of them , an d the year of our Lord when theybegan to t ak e e ff eU .

Arcus Menfur.' Ann iDirefti. Diredi, Dorn

Gr , Mi AiLM~- 0 nOi 1600

00 00 1600OL; ' Terminos u ~ ~'- ~s.I . : t t l * 2 f. in Z o di n c« - -- -

Lunn ad * 2 f. i n Z o d ia c » cu m . Latitudtn « - I 13 3 1600

Luna ad * i2 ill Z a di 1 ic o c um Latitllii/le 51 . 1 11 -160 ISol ". 1 CfrPrif ~ -- 1 2 8 2 ,2 1601

Lunn ad Tt#' t lJ i l1Qr. l/. -...,...-- " 44 2 ,8 160r

Luna ". 1 T er m in ot c J . .. .. . -- 4 17 4 5 1603L Ur ia a d * 'I f Za/iiac9 jlle L lltitud in l .. H 4 3 1603

Luna , 1 . 1 pnr IlU. /nm 1 f. " ' U / J J ~ dd , ~,:--_"-:----j 4 40 4 9 -1603

So l ad 0 2 f. ill munti~ tid; 4 54 ~ I 1604

Lun« "d [) ~ Z~di"co / m e ' Llltifudi.e 5 17 5 '5 1604

sol 1 1 . 1 S , h . u ' 1 " t J r a : a m _ Jl mU7do""", '6 5 '6 ,3 1605

Sol Jldpar l l /l tw" . , !i ! in ~~di l l co- 6 23,~ 7 1605

uln' " lid taralltf!jo/)__ T t i* ZOd i~D . 6 2) 6 : 7 1605ffi ad p -" ,." lle lum 1 1 i n : Z o d ii 1 cO - 6 1S6 7 1605

l 1 j' m ld e n! a d '* 0 -. 6 '.1.76 8 1605

L Ima a d S em fr j ll ll f/ ra t um J . I . , - A W U l o d . J . _ 6 lSI 6 10 1606

LUIIIZ ad l " raJ}dr l~ r$ in .~od)lIco - "\ I~ 7·' 5 1606

E e adp'f 'nllelufn(J'in ~,diI l fO,_ 7. ',16'7 '51606

So l (ld pleiades.run Llltitud{II~,'-:"-'__ _ ' 'l ,4 i 7 '; I I 1607

LUlla lid 6,-1- i71 ZQdiaco cum LtStitudi'lt' 7 4 '3 '7 II 1607El l adpl lrJlUelum a m un d» d d 7 + B 8 00 1607LUl l" ".I Terminas n __ - 7 -49 8 00 1607

L un » " d T em fin Qs T t' 7 56 8 ) 16<>7

El l lid 0 0 mlmdo_dd , 7 ; 7 8 I (607L un » a d p ar lllltlu m.p ro pr ir un - 8 5,8 3 1607

El l ad parlllldum l) in Zodiaco- 8 ; 8 3 1607

S o l l id Te rm im s T t - - - - - - , _ 8 17 8 5 1607, L un a ad 0 ~ i n m u ml o dd, 9 14 9 5 1608J. ' I1 tdiumC l l tl i ""~A 0 -- 9~ 30 9 8 1608

So l ad Pleiadll jillt Lat imdine 10 9 10 4 16<>9

MUi!llnClrliJla£:::.'J/. 10 :1.610 71609-

67 adparlltle!.m n mu nd o o ld . _ 29 10 8 16091- Lzmll lid Ternin6! ~ 10 4310 II 1610

EIl..d £ : : : . r3 inmundodd.- II·-BII ~610fB "dCorpus JO' lJi! dd. II 37 II 10 161J

ill",. lid 8 ,f! i n Zo rN , ,, , ur n L l lt il r «ipu n II (2 5 '1611

Nomilla

"

,o f 1 # . ( l{ f { o t t J Z a t M ~ t t ~-

, • p,~. . ~'Arcus r u ~ e r ,AnniNomina lIe~,'10num. . ()irea~: ~l1nor-. J ; ? 9m

, r.M! An. M·

Med : 1 II f J CQ! I. , J I l t * n ----.-. n l~,n, l!'ill

Luna 1 1 . 1 - L . ~ in z om . 'aia - J i 1 u 4 .4 #tu din e - :I. P l!t . 7 IIifJ

L I P U J ad C o r p a l It'InZodi~m Lnt~- , _' In 5l q I 161:1

S eJ ad Tilrmil l l ! 0---' ~.c-:' --'£-J 00"3 '3 r6u

Una Ifd Q ' J I . i n . ' Z.dr tlcQ cl#M -Latitudine .. - ,. '4,17 '4 11514Lflna ad Ti! I ' lJI i1WS2/---- - -- - . t1j- )1 14 I 16"14

Sol lid C .rp tl! ~ in Z,d ia c4 -- - - _ , 1 " 1 - 4S r ~, / r 16 14Sol Ad ' [mni7lfS ~. 140 HI; 3 1614

LflIIJi,l Itl '* 1 f. in mundo JJ- - III' 13 r6 7 1615i .lm4 "d Spic"" , 1 1 X "tnt biltit1 td ine . . .---116 l4!1S 9 16r6

-sot d r pn 1l li lt m 2/-1111AIdo.J4.-- - __ j16 2516 -9 1616

S ol A d p "" "l /e il im !i ! .;'zz.d<'aco 16~7 17 1x616

A{cendcr.! ltd Se'fffJlladrlJllI'" 8" -- /7 P fa I 1617LrmM lid 8 a·iff Zod1(!co-& _ Liltl~ ~ 17 48111 00 1617

LIJ"" "dTmllinos: ~. , «t f' 18 I 1(')17

L 1 JI I, . " " Cor pUS ft Z ,d i iU~ - - f H H - - - Llltifum- 18-: 2 18 9 1618

S ol " " P m'n l/e lm ll 2 t -mo tH rllpr~ T 9 - : . "713 1619

-.-tj'qndt'll! ".I' Snniqlu rdrM _ ~- '9 r619

Sol· tv ! A k iE b J lr .m J i' le l ,i It it m li n e 19 1619

- , A jm lr ie m n d semi~t laJratU>N JI - :H) 16 I9LMn4 .r d 0 1 f. ill Z.Ji_ (h,e Latifud;," lb 1 0 1619

. I 1_ f c ,n dm ! a d &::tilem!i!' _ ' --- ~0 3 '8 10 1610

Sol tid£:::. ft in mUlldo iU_ 20 3920 1620Lull' ltd Tert f l j l lOJ a' ---......; . 11 I 5 H 1 1 5 2 1.

u n" " dT tr lfJ in Os a _21 23 1I 1611

@lId quairlltum ¥ . in mtItftI~· tid, 1I jy 11 1621

s,l lid Terminos 2/-, 11 ' 50 n_ ItS:ir. A j ' & n f i e n s ,;d 8 »~- - H 2:>:1. 16u

,Medium Cal i 1 1 1 / 0 l)_ , l1 '.1.1'- 16,,1- S ot a d d cJ t f lund, motu &1zw,';~ --- __ en I) 21 9 T6l~

LWJI a d S p jc ll mn x f i n e L lf t; tH d in e . .. .. · _.:,;,:,J12 1212 10 t'6uS ol a d Alrllb"r/ll1. cum Llfr ihllli,,,-- " !11 4113, 2 161:1.

LmltJ ad'Itlinri/em 2 t tmmdo tid.- -'23 H 14 5 Ili13So l lid '* 2 t in nlalld, Ii", . -'24 914 8 1614'L1ml l a li P ar ll ll tl tm l . ~ m Zftiiaco - . - -----':1.4 471 ' 4 '16!1+

El l .d P ll rl ll lt Um i ~ Hi Z6t/.ma-. ="-14 4-71;" -+ 1624-

S.l lid * ' cJ in ZQII;~ ----'___::5 - 11 5 1~ . 9 r6'1;E D Ad Se(qijiquPdrllttlm-cJ in mund » t id . --25 ,116 00 J6l~

Ullin "Ii T""noJQ! ~. , ~i6 IJ ~6 16:;so l lId 6 h in Zodiac9 "- ':0 3 :G 1 1 16~6

I.IIII" lid Se(qtJi 'fluulrlmm, O' mtmdQ, ' mo tu C o nv er ! -:2~ 4 -' 1'1 00 16iG

~ l id , P ll rl tl le lN m 0 a d . - ''If-·S.8 116; '7

UmiJ ad T" 'm in t r ' Q ' : : ! 'S " >f1 i ' l ! 1I16l8

LMn l l ,ad S tm i' f 'l tAA ' a t am -it m lf nt io m ~ u Comierf:--l'S 41'19 00 1 6 : 1 8 ·Mllii_Cltli"d£:::.0~·" !l9 1119 71t>'llf

E & • Nomina



Opm f R J f o d n a t u m .Arc u s N umer .1 AnniDireai. Annor.! DomGr . M i An . M . -_-

So l ad * ' ~ mund« motll C,nvf1'f ----,....; -- 29 2729' 9 1629

S ol a d 0 » i n Z o d i6 C o 119 3329 10\ 1619

.Afimdms ad 6 . 1 / - - . - . - - - - --~'\29 3 19 .1 r 1629Luna ad p ar nl klu tJ I ~ jllZodiaco--- -- 19 45,0 I {629

ffi ad P a rl ll ie /u m ~ in Z od i" co - ~129 45)0 I 1019S oL a d n,. ,ni7l0s ~ --- _-129 54)0 3.1619

Lsn« ad 8 0um LAtitut!ille- --29 54,0 3 1629'

. S ol ad * ' 0mundo dd .--- . 129 ~9,0 4. 16.29

Lun» ad S ex tile m, p ro pr iu m c um L nti tu di ne 30 2030 .:~ 1630

A[wldms ad S cm i'lHlldratltm¥.- _\,0 37 30. II 16)0MtdiumGadiad6/:2- ----130 3830 111630

Luna ad D. 1/ - in Zodiaco trim L"titud ine -- 30 3 8 30 r r 1630

o@ ad 60 mund«rid.-- . \30 47Jl I 16,

EE l ad D. Q mund»rid.---' =1 31 631 16,~

LU' l " lid 8 Ii in ZodAicocum Lstitadtn« _-[,I 2)I 9 163 ILu,ulluiparallelllm h mot,. r . .p t~- ~]I 39 po °116JI

Lrm4adTlrminos1/--- . . - ' - \ 3 3 633 2j163 2

So l ad S ( l Jl i 'l r l ll d r ll t um 1 1 J71undodd,-- -- 3 3 4433 IOi I6H

LrmlladTerminos 1 / - . . . . . . ; . . - --33 50 34' 00,1633So l adplirlillelum 1 /- in ZodJlk. -- - 34 1) 34 6: 1633So l lidPrJrJI11eUnn/- mllndo dd.-- -- 35 635 2: 1614

LIm" ad 0 1 /- in mundo.dd.-- -- 35 2.,35. 61 1634-Luna trd Parallelum JI,:in.Z6IIillco- -- 35 .24,5 6) 1634

EE lad PlOral /dum 1 /- in Zo,(illco- --- 35 24H 6\' 1634Sol ad Pllrallelum » motu r llp:D-- - 36 3336 7 1635

Lunaa" 8 OiIlZodillcofineLaIit"din~ -37 737 I1636

LunlfadTcrminos n--. - .--37 2~J7 +11636L I I 1 1 > ' Ifli * ' »in Zodiac. fine Latitudin« - 31 34 3) ° 1lit 36Lan» !lfJ 6 .I . in Zodiaco f i=LLIIlituill1e -- 37. S437 [0

1 1637

AfomdcnsadGlYplI4 0,- .... - - ... -~3388 [638 2 1 1637MJJ i l 17nGwl i a J0 0_ -- 1638 2 1 1637Iun« IId.Parailtlum Q motrll'apta- 38 3038 5 1637solad'luintilem ~ 1mtl~Cm1)trf.- -- -1,8 H I 3 8 6' 1637Lunll lid 8 ~ in Zodiacofl1le LPtitlldine. 311 4~ 38 S: 163 7E £ l ad P Ilr a//e Un n ~ m uu d« d d. --)9 3939 8' 16J8

ffi /JdS/mitjlllldrlltum 1/-liil . --- +0 22 +0 3\1639

Sol ad Terminol It- . - 40 3J 40 51 1639Luna ad 8 !i! in Z.dilm cum Llltittldi1l(- - +0 46140 8, 1640

Medium Celi lId 6. ~-- -- '1.0 5 ~ I ' + O 9 1 16+0Luna a d T um in as 1;, - - +0 S 340 9 1640Luna ad D. r: ! ",undo mo tu CaNver f -- -- 40 5 ~ 140 10j 1640

. A_(c~=denlad 8 n ' . _ • + 1 2I,41 2 1~4°

Medillm Cali lid 0It- - - 141 2Ij1" 211640

Lrmll ad parJlllelllm p ro ,r iu m m o tu CO l l' 1J er j- -\+1 47:'''' 8/1640

SollldpJlrlliJelum J f. mundomotuCQIl 'IJerf- -141 48'1'1 8 1640

Nomina

Nomina DireS:io~.

O p m rt\!formalum.I A rc us N ume r. K ru ii:Direfri. Annor. Dorn

----__;----,------- iG r. M i An. M

ffi tid S e hf li ql l{ ld ra fl m z ~ mundDdd.-.-- -41 241 I~1641

EBad 6. 5 ' mundo di. '·42 5+1 I I1641

SolAd 0 » mund» dd.r__:_ __ .42 12+2 co 1641

EE ltd Sej'!t1 i l,(",1,·.;tum 0 in muna» dd.- :42 1241 00 1641

ffi ad CorLtonist id . - --;+3 +1+3 1042

Luno tid 6 J/..'11::mdod. 14 + 1644 16+3

'LlllIa ,,:1 * n mu nd » mowCo n ve r !- -'44 34

r

·+4 41641

L rm tla d P M alfc l" m ~ 1 1I Otli ap to - .- 1 4 4 40 +4 5 ' 16,!-3S ol a d S em iq ",, ,{ u,: ,,m ~ mlmdodd--- ---145' II +4 I I 1644So/ad*,0mll1ldomotuCm'Vcrf- - -;45 311 + J 3.16+4L U I' " l Id C o t ll\. ill Zadi~co cum L " 'i tl ld il le _ -'45 36145. 4 1644

S al ad Tm n il lo f c f _ i45 5 7 1 - 1 5 71644

S ol a d Pl1riJl/dllm < :J 1IIOtll"aptc--- i4 6 3 +S 8 1645

ill ad Pllrll/lellim 1/.JIO IU l'lIp to-- '_ :" '_ --~ ' 14 6 II J~ 9 1645S ol a d * ' Q in mlmdo dd. · 1 4 6 II1+ 5 9 1645L Im " lId 8 ~ Zod iMO jive LPtitudmc_--- -.+8 ) C · 1 4 8 1

1647

Medi l lm C adi a.1 R 1/.---. ---'is 4i!+S ~ 16+7

Afccr .dw! ad 0 l . f . _ ' , _ _ _ _ _ ;+8' 4 4 1 + 3 4 16,+7

ffi ad * J l, mundr dd . . ----j'+9 ~ ~ " 1 , ~ 9 0 616+8Mrd iml l GtI '1 iad 6,» ,0 - c

1649Luu« ad 6, a i1lZodiaco.mmL.1t i t ra/ ;m-- -:5'0 3950 - 1649

L~ma , !d *h ill Z o d ia c oC I " " La ti tt /t lm e '51 5 1 1 , . ~ r 316\'0{fl ad Corpul Lml£ dd , 51 5 ' \ ' I 5 16;'o-

Afcendms /ldCorpus 0- --- j'2 9;r 61650

MediumCtI ' l indOO 52 9;1 61650

S o l l id 0 ~ mUndOIllIfUC07 Iver{.- _- P 17;r 8 1651E I7 a d S cfq lli 'f Ju rd ra tu m ~ m sn do dd - 52 ~<; I S 16,1

A jcmdms nd Corpl lS 9 . _ - - - ; 1 3C; 1 I I 165 I

Med ium Cal! ad 0 ~ ':"""" -- -- \'l 3C; 1 /l I6p

L " " " lid C or SCDrpi i (in. Latiw di7 1e - 52 3 1 ,I' 1I16 51

Lun"adTermlt lo~~--. q 3 c i2 II165 1 .

VWiJad 6 . 1 / - i nmu71dodd. ,4 3 1 1 5 3 II1653

sol "d Tam i",s ~ --'4 45/1 '4 I r6;3

Lun« ad 0 p " cp r ium Z o d i" , o cum L.Jtitmliue (4 46;4 I1653

S ol a d * ' 9. ill mundo dd. --- -- --;5,6)f 91654

Llm,' ad /" din Zodincojill' L.1fitr,dltlc-- -- i7 16,6 6 165)

SoladOOll lZodiaco-:-- ;7 lSi6 31656

S ol l id P n re ll eh n n If. in zodiac. - - 1 5 7 53571656

LUIl .1 / 1 ,1 ; [ - n in Z o di ac o f in e L a ti tl l" l7 I f ,8 29)7 8 1657

S~ I lid O. h in Zodi i tco ,8 5 6 1 5 3 _ ,1 1657

S ol " d quintilem l> mrmdo dd. . '9 13< R 1657

L qll""dP sr ,,/ lclrmzo.lllilwlodd. --159 56~9 21658,

L'I1z.• ,,:/P,l 'n/ldrtmO 1IIIi · Jdodd. --Go . 1 ~ 9 '4165 8

Salad 0 r3 in mUlldo dd.-- --'50 3459 9 1659Lu'M ad 0 1 > in Zodiilco.f i n e LalJludm e .. :61 ~ 60 3

1059

Nomina

N om in a D i re ll io n um .

. I

/ O p r u fi\eformatum. 31



IArens Numer. Anni

Nomina DireHionU01: ·Direffi Armor. Dom_____-----------b,M.A~M-

___ i61 ,S 0 6 r65 9.__ ,62 1861 6 1660.

,_', J663~ ~ I 6l 00 166l\ ~862 6 1661

~\66 5666 oc i(6)

_\69 1768 . 31661

si ad* p r a p r i M l 1 iii zudiim':-

L~I/{' I f " P,Jraiidtnlln 111!<11: / ' rid,:---

l!m~ , . , 1 P.lrn!!ei"fnfl , , , ; m a o rid.-Sol ",J 0 fl in nJU'h!' dJ, -----Luna "d 0n lIJf!1ld~ ~"I>tfl (.U71"Jt>-

LUll" ad 0a I / lundo me tn Com:trf.·--

Havi ng { in il h( d t h e T a b le o ( .r i~U '! tt io n s, give meleave to fa,Ya word or two about the Directions of the Sun ; as It 1S deli-

v ere d a nd , a pp ro ve d hy the bef] A uthors in tbat w ay a~d me-

thod: The D ired iotls of the SHU under the Earth ate dIflc rent

fro m t ho fe a bo ve th eE ll: th , and that tw o w ay s: Frill, By b'~ng,in th e Crepn[cJl[ine C ir cl es : And f cc on dly , B y being in th e Ob{cure

Ark,,; an] the caulc of this differenc e is from t~e Sun"s being

nearer t~o, or further from our H Orizon or H em lfph~ rc , or ra-

ther (w hich is mote iproper ) ac cording to th e Intenfion of hisLight tow ard our H~mifpbert; -for when 11 e is i ,n t h~ Crepuft:Hline

Circler he doth muc h more ,affec t us, .and hIS D lI ec l: io ns a re

more for,ible than w hen he.is in the ObfcHre A " r ~ Now , in theO peration for the D irec tions in' the Objcure A r i z , th e ! ll ai n t hin g

is, the Par t p roport iona l for the o cc urrent plac e. 'B ut In th at for'th e Crr?lt{Cltline Circles afc-ending, o r d e(c en din g, th e chiefel] thing

to be obtained, is th e Oit ive di ff ermee, and both thefe are to beap -plied, as d ire cte d t o c om ple at and perfcd thofe Dirediol'ls in th e

Z o d i J c k , i A nd there things will appear th e " mo re p la in , If we

confider a few ihings about D irec tions, w ith the real an d D.atu-,ra l M ot ion thereof. The Pl;orogatory V irtue of rhe S K I I orM ~ o l l rem ain s im movable' in Mundo , movable in the Z : I J i o 1 c k " ,

which is p la in , - b ec a uf e th e N ')c hlT lul A rk is either extended or

c ontrac ted; ac cording as they by their direc tional M o tion fuallch1nge an d a lt er t he ir D cc lin ario n ; and by th e C . n D e rcalon make

their diflances !S relter or leis from the tw o next AngleS"; fromwhence a ri fe th " c hit divcrfity a r l ' . : ! variety of O peratio n in w ork -

in g th e SIIIIS. direct-ions tru e, w hic h is. ~1M y l t c ry not known to

many .Bu t y et further to [llu flra tc rh istfu th ; S up po le the 1sth De -

gree of Aries iA'JlIld afcend under the E le va tio n o f 52. , a t w h ic h,

t ime, aboutlix d egre es o f Cancer Will be on the Imum Cali ; th e. . , Sem inoc turnal

! .

Seminodurnal A rk of the end of Ariu in H orary Trines is 75 d .30'. of T,~jfltS, 6 ', d., 6 I. and of th e end of G _ e m i n i 57 d. 30!.

by w hic h y ou fee the differenc e betw een the.S em ino dum al A rk of

the 30th d egree o f Aries, and the ~o~h degree o,f Gm;illi, ,is ~8degrees, w hic h is the z oth part of th e w ho le CIrcle, which 111

o ne Q ua dra nt rn ult of n ec ellity fo rm a no th er O bliq ue A rk of diffe-

renee in the dil1 :anc e 'betw een the 30th degree of Aries (where

w e will fu pp oi e th e SUI!. to be) and the end of Gemin i , th e p la ce

of a Promitror, either Body or Afpect; an d that the N oc turnal

C irc le of the 30r h d egree o f Aries, from w hic h th e Sun moves by

d he cH on , is g rea te r by 18 degrees, than the 30th degree of Ge-mini to w hidr Poin t the SU/l mutt come to meet the Prcmittor t

Ani this is fuch a d iffe ren ce , th at n eith er th e C irc le s of P oiitio n, ,

n or the H orary Tim es w ill, or c an regulate, bec aufe they ale both .

formed from the {arne Princ iple s and the realon of it re ally is

that w hich I [poke of before ,That the prorogatory ,v irtue re·

mains fixed in l 'r / H l l d q , but 'moveable ill Zodiaco: A n d . by reafon

o f th at m ob ility , it m akes a variation jn its C irc le by reafon of irs

D ec lination s. fo r at that tim e befoIc~melHiol1ed of i5 degrees ofAries afcending, th e SUIi betng in 50 of the fame S ig n u nd er .rhe

Pole ·si. th e d itlan ce o f th e S(tl! fro m th e A fc en cia'n t w i ll b e 64e·grees,3 ~ m inutes ; bu t w hen the D irec tion is rinifhed to the 30th

d egre e o f Gml in i , th e SUJI will b e d if ra nt from t he i \C .: c nd an t b ut -

S d egre es, 3 m in ute s; [0 that y our ow n Reafon will tell y ou , ifhis ditb~e gr.ow s IdS , his Pole mull W ow gteater ; and then

w here is the. t{u th o f rOOt d ire ctio n?' A n4l.et th is fu ffic e to h ave .

fpoken of th e gwund o f d ire cti on w hi ch l ta tr l fa lle n iuby a~ci~ent.it n ot b ei ng i nt en de d 3.thill; p er ha ps I mly ta ke- a tu ne to dl(COUI{c

it larget and plainer. " - ','The Sun (as it is agreed .011· by all ) w hen he is above th e

Earth, exerts h is p owe r m ore, an d h is ln flllen ~e . is-gre ater ) an d

mo re e ff eC t ua .l to us ~n all C a(es, w hether he be S ignifil:a tor or :

Pr-o mittor, th an w hen he is und er the Earth , if Io, rh ea w hen heis u no ert he E art h, by h o w m iic h nearer he is £0 t he H o ri zo n, b yfo m uc htbe m ore (efpec ially in th eC rc pu [c ulin eA rk ) thePoW ,(J!an d Influx-oH is L ight and V errue affe.c ts out M e ridian; and ac -

c ord in g to th e in te nflO l1 of h is Light. fo is h is vita l and Proro-

gatory Pow er.' -B ut n ow in th is N ativity ,th ou gh th e Sttn i s u n de r t he E art h, y e[

hi s h;cidcil ts are {uch char w i l l not adm it him (01lD1 ~nera. l. • {tule



O p l u r R s f o r m a t u m .

Rule that I have feen in order to dire8ion ; for at the time: of

his birth w e lind the Su n in the third H oule diflant from the A !~

cendanC-52 degrees, 9 m inutes; and in that point of the Zodiackhis O bfc ure A rk is one hour 44 m inutes, and his C repulc uline A rkis tw o hours and 49 m inutes ~ which toget~et make up his No- ,c tu rn al A rK foUl hours 33 minues. H enc e y ou Ice a t th e- t- im e o fbirth w e find the Sltn w ithin the L im its of his Obfcure Ark, and

by that he ought to be direc ted [0 long as he hath any , which ter-

m inates in the beginning of Gemini ; w he~ he is lnc reafed in h~s

N orth D ec :lin atio n ab ou t 4 d egrees an d 8 m ln ute s;fo th at th en 1 : 1 1 5N oc tu rn al A rk -i s ab dic ate d, -an d h e w ith in th e C re pu fc ulm e A rk ,

w here he ought to be direc ted alfo, d iffe~ent from the formerm ethod: but at-that tim e alfo the m etltod _m entioned is obttru-c ted for the Nodurnal A rk is bu t one c l)ntinued Crepu[pulum , -

and 'adm its of no operation; bec aule the Ortiv~ differenc e is notto be gained as in other N ativities. T~at is, in other N ativities

o f d iffe ren t Po firio ns, o r d iffere nt E levatlo ns, o r at o th er S ea [~ nso f th e y ear; (o r a l l Na t iv i ti e s of th e fa me p ofit io n a nd . E le va ti on

are lia ble to th e very fam e C irc um f\: an ce , w hen th e S JIIl IS n ea r th eS oltlitial Tropkk, and under the E aJth, as here in this now under"

confideration. -. Now the whole c uriofitr and difficulty (as I faid before) ill

w ork in g D irec tio ns o f th is f O I t and nature, is to gainthe true O~-five difference that is proportionably allow able for eac h A rk of .dl-fianc e, and to apply it ac cording ~s it ?ug~ t to the A rk of DI~e-c tion, by w hic h m eans the true D lf~ cho~ 15 p ~ o~ u ce d a nd o bt ai n-ed. B ut this c annot be petform ed In t his N atlv lty , a nd t he re fo reI w ill propound another w ay , w hic h to me feem~ rational in this

Cafe and that is to dired' the Sun, a s if h e w ere In the Crepufc u- .

line C irc les w ithout the Orljv~ 4 i ff er enc e ; For though we cannot

direc t the Su n as he ought to be , y et w e ou~ t~? purfue t~etrac t and method of Truth- as far t- and as near as It IS poffible, In

order to obtain w hat we expeCl from the diftanc e and A rk of Di-

rec tion: which if it be done (for all the preceditlg Direc tions of

th e Sun in th e Z oc :lia l: k a re p erfo rm ed , a cc ord in g to ,Ptolomy, tty th e

Oblique A fcention, taken under the true Pole of pofition; Andth ofe D ire ctio ns in Mundo a te p e rf orm ed by the ulual way of Pro.portion, & c. w ithout the O bfc ure A r~ ) ,,:e {hall fin~ a c onfi~ e-ra ble d ifferen ce w hen w e c om pa re th e D UeC ho ns fo llo win g, w hic hare wrought afterthit m ethod-w ith thofe pc rfor1U ed a fte r t he

- , u[ual

O p i U < J t e f o r » l < 1 t n m .

ufual m anner, and Inferred in the T able of D irec tions prec eding.

For indeed the D irec tions of the SUII th ere w ro ugh t h ave 11 0 greatmatter to do: in the public k_Tran(ac ti0ns and M u tatio ns of this

Native's lite';, urilefs w e do allow (as a certain Bounc e amongus hath done) ' 1 'b . :t I bad Direli;ons in V i i ll en , a nd Eminellt Na,n,ittu,

g i~ e g lor iou s a nd em in en t E ffil1 s; a nd tha t , h e y do IIPf (hew ' he ir E f fe l1 s

by injl lringtbe Narivt , bitt 'bofe w ho are bh En em ies, and ,.,itb whom

h e d Jt h c ontend ~ w hich is a pretty fort of Cant, that the Effec ts ofthe Starg Ihall in one N ativity from the [arne R .ay and D irec tion,

giveSick.mfJ,Lofs

o fH O l l o u r ,

Imprijimmrnt; a nd , p er ha ps ,Death

inthe c onc lu iioll, t-othe N ative; and in another N ativity to his Ene-

m ies only : a very likely S tory , and jult fuc h fiuff as the reft of his

is, who hath impo[ed this upon the W orld.But as to the SUII, he is the princ ipal S lgnific a ,tor of an H o-

nour,- Grandeur andR.eputation , as w en by D irec tion as by Po-fition ; for as the - M o o n i s f ign i fi c a tor of all c om mon and generalA tH ons of human L ife, fo the Su n is ii gn iti ca to r p ri nc ip ally o f

th ol e o f H o no ur, & c. H ence we m ay very w ell expec t the Su n to

give fom ething c on£ iderabl6 in t~ isG reat M an ·s. N ativ~ ty : for Ithink every one allow s the A CC idents and C onttngel1c lc ;s of hu-m an L ife are brought to pa{S, a nd 'produc ed by direc tions, as the

only eff,a: of M o tion; and theref~ rc a~ this N ative hath bad g~ eatand prodigious E ffec ts) fo the D lrec tlO nS ought to be fom ethm g

in proportion to what was pIOdu.c ed ; for from poor w eak D Ire-c tio ns th ere c an be b ut f ma ll a nd l Il co nG d er ab le -E ff ec ts p ro du c ed .H ow ever, I do nollay this dow n as abfolutely nec e{fary to be fol-

low ed; I only propound it, as being an unufual C afe, that y ou,

w ho ev er y ou a re th at u nd erH an d it, may judge whic h is the moftprobable; though I am fatisfied that th~ D irec tion s of the S H I Z in

.. t he C repufc uline C hc 1es are true , but 1R this Cafe w e have noR ule, a nd th ere fo re th is m eth od is ofleredas a fupply to that de-

fec t: that is, w hither the Su n direc ted after the m ethod and m an-ner w hen he is in the C repufc uline C irc les w ithout the Or/roe dif-f e r e n c e (when it c an no t b e h ad , a s h ere ) w illn ot n ea rly c orrefp on d

to Truth, as in other parts of the Zodiac k where it c an be taketh

In which thing I [ubmit m y felf to thofe skilful in that way an d

m ethod, and only enterit-dow n as an E ffay to a better di[c overy ;for I am well affured, th~ t the bef] m eth od o f d irec tio ns y ct d if-

c ove red , m ay ad mit o f c on ;e Cl:io n a nd em en datio n, if th e Pro fe f-

Iors of this Study would be pleafed to take pains and labour in it ;F ' but

3 3



34O~t.~~/oqnatmn~

but on e part of them arc ignof.;ln t, and tile other idle,and .. fo· th~work lies by : but for the c om mon w ay , as it is a '1 ery eafie oneI

fo it is a very falre one; and he that p:etends to A~ rol~ gy , ,a~hath not found him felf cheated by his ow n Rules 1 1 1 Dl(eCtLon~,

& c. Iome hUlidreds of times, I t hi nk h e h ath tak en -b ut very little

pains i n rhofe Ope ra tions ; 01 elfe by th e h elp of a bad memory he

h at h fo rg ot . them: bu t it ferves the: tum; and fo long as none

k no ws b et te r, ever.y O De is contented, ami, I fuppofe, rnof ofthem are [0 far from mending of ir, that were, there a better, pr~

duc ed, they are fo fond of their E rrors, that they w i!! n ot partw ith their old one, and therefore let them go on .and fee whattIley c an m ak e oUt; an d whether this I h av e h ere d on e p le afe rh

or not 1 c are not; under which c on fi de ra tie n, I c om e now (a s, prorniled y ou) to give half a (co te D irec tions to fpend,y our

Judgment 011; an d to c on fi de r w .h a~ p ro fp eC l: t he y h av e to.Truth :

y et Ido not expec t every one to be capable of j ud gi ng w h et he r'

it be true or falfe, and therefore would not have every ll~ tJe

Capricil1 th in k l,h at ~ ~anfO,rhis Opinion, or would have him bu-M y concerned 10 gIVing hiS JU;dgmc:nt ~ ~out th ~ matter, before

he apprehends it: And y et W ithout fetting a Figure, 1 c an tellyou.l m utt expeC l: fuch ufage , and that from f uc h P eo pl e- to o,

who I c all afi'U le y ou (to me of them ) are n o fm allF ools.

A r c us j N u m er ,\ Ann~Nomina Direllionwn, D ire Eti, A rm or. ~ om

'.

; Gr, Mi .

SOL lid * ' ( ] in ZoJI"o .11 43 [8 - co 1617

Sfl lid Triu« h inZodi l lco ._118.- 5119 I 161& :

sQ) lid 0 LU ll " i n Z o di l1 G o- .- -. ._21 1621 7 16'10

S ol a d 0 Mar t " ill Zed""o148 ~747 Io 16'47,

Sol"" ptlr/J/lelstm 1 1 - . ;7 1 Zodiaco148 55 4R 4 16'47

So l Iti0 Sa,.....m i1z Zodiaco" " ; " _ : _ : 5 0 8149 8 J6'4S.

S al ad * p ro pr i_ ilf Zodwo...:--__ p 49P 3 1651

Sol I1 J * ' LUIf .e jlJ Zodiaco.; 5 1 41 53 J 16p

,IS 53 8

1

160sol' ad CtrpUS JI . i1l Z61iiMO 54

S,lad * ' Mmur j i in r ,o di M o - --:55 52 H ~ 1654

Thefe t hi ng s b ei ng th us p erfo rm ed , and do~ e, L ~t us now ex -

am in e th e w hole W ork, an d fee how the Dlredions do agree

w ith h is A c c idents from the Y ear 1640' to h is death; for w e.have none pa rt i cu la r - and fignifican~ before he w as 40, or 41.,years

of

f J p u s f J { e f o r m a f u m :

of Age, 'the former part of his L ife being to me unknown ;nei-

th er is there any fo lid A cc ou nt of any of note by th ofe th at h ave

written his L ife , a nd th ere fo re I (hall m ake ufe only of thofe Ac -

c id ents that are c ertain ly true, and gen erat:y known to all Man-kind, an d th ey ar e t ho fe t ha t do ge nera lly re la te to t he P ub li ck .

A n n o 1640. He was by his Country chofen a M ember in that

Parliament that K ing C. I. called to fit in Novembf l f ' , an d th is w as

th e Ilr ft fiep h e m ad e into th e Publick; bu t ~ c annot ow n this to

be fu great a preferment as {orne do, bec aufe it is attended withlab ou r, tro ub le a nd charge ; y et I rnuft a ck no wled ge th at th is laidth e ground"w ork of his fu tu re R ife and G randcur : H e ha d then

the M o o n d ir ec te d t o t he 'O p po fi ti on ofVentn ;'1 Zodi:lco; M o o n a il

T r i l H t ' m d i n m t lndodd . a nd t he M i d- he av en a d f:: :, ~ and 0 ii,an di n h i~ R .~ v( )lu tio n fo r t ha t y ea r J u p i t e r was in exaC t S exriie to hi'sR .adkal M id~heaven; thus y ou fee he had both gooc l and, bad D i-

r ed io n~ in this y ear; andtherefu re 1 d o not doubt but he had fome-

f ir ugU ng a nd contef t ill his E.letlion,as well as in his other Affairs...

ilMO' ~641, Like a T ru e E l 1 g 1 i f o f ? z a l i he faifeda ttbOI\of »0,&a1 his OWI1 Charge t o a ff if i the Patl1amel)~, an d defel\dhls Gou'rt-t ry a .g ain ft P op ery , w hi ch wa s t he n c om in g in like a flood: he ha d

then the $ad Se[ql liqu:ldrat of .~ dJ. an d to th e 6. ~ d e ! - th e SUII

to th e fquare of th e M aol1 , 'and the $a d Se[quiq~a?fat . o f . th~~",i'air~h~itllhere herad a lf o a n uillacky RevbhitfOli. 'r.,.. " '. ..' .

' ) t h l l d I 64 ~' H e had; aCotrirhit1it)n fora R e g i m e h t .of R o m ;which l\.egittlent he r \a if ed ~1 1h is own Coun tr y O f ~ieehol~ers, a , n dFteehtMcrs Sons, who did reaHy go ou t InoInt of Coruc ienc~

td fetvethei' t Cotmti~ .hl,th3't !i,me of,?angc t: .he .~ld now the~ ad G o f f' L , " o 1 t 1 d 0 1 \f~tl g ~ O d R~V"olutldn to al1m h i m .

,4nm 1643~ H e w ~s very ac tive i t , l t~ e NO,rt~, ,w he re h ~ o pp o-

f ed t he Earl of M d c a J l l e , an d to that FutpofCjolOed wlt~ th e LordM U o " g ~ ~ y ,~fldJ id the Padiatt lt i i t an d Wh~leNatibl1 ,~lIaht ,Ser~ice.

It{tbis Summer he al[o took Sta»J!oriJfrbm t _h eKht g s F l) rc e si . ~ r 1 dthis ~s the firll y eat th~t he Was ' t : t k e l i t 'lotict bf ~ i ip\ , l~1 t c~ ; at l ilefleemed by the Parlnment, becaufe t li ey f ound h im f ai th fu l; b eha d now·the Moon a d D J I. in mllndo dd. M oon ad * ' It in m u nJ ol i d . aa d M O O T J alfo a d p i lr a V e1 . m !i ! i n m u n do M O l u R a p t l 1 ; w ith t he fe

_ "F 2 he

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O p u s fR .! f o rm a tu m " -

-fie had alfo a m oll ad mira ble 'R evo lu tio n, fo r th e Moan was o n hi sR ad ic a l M i d -h ea ve n in T rine to Venus, an d b oth M.m an d Venu»in Trine to his M id- h eaven, w ith other advantageous Pofirions,

Iemember H : m e 1 1 : Johll exc laim s .asaillil him in this y ear for h isw hining and ditfirnulatiou in R eligion, w hic h I c onfers, if tru e

was a \~ e_ ryll th in g; b ut ~rithce Johl! tell m e one thing, Was chi;Hypocritic at White-b:1ll , IIIth e Year 1643, grc :attr than that at

Bred« in 165~- when none but the good m en m ull beg a bleffing

o n t he g oo d C re at ure s? &c. And when one of t ho le g oo d Parfonsasked a certain Gent leman ho:v t?ey f p~ n r t he Sah.bath-day; why ,r..s he, w e {pend the M O [llll1g 11 1 r ea din g, a nd P ri va te D evo tion -

but in the A fternoon -they alw ay s met together, and e ve ry rn a;

took a portion or part of Sc rip ture, and {poke from that· and

when they had all done, then H is M a;c lly took up every m an'sN otio ns d elive red .I po ke to th em d illin cH y , givin g h is o wn O pin i-

0 ' : ' of the ~hole matter ; and after .(om e Exhortations to a good

L ife, he himfe lf concluded th e d ay 10 Pray er; w hic h made thofegood men fay , that they had a ~ in g in C oven ant w ith G od. I

think this enough w itho ut m entioning any thing o f the Scoub Co-venant, t~ info rm honeft J. G. that he m ight have forbore thatR efle cti on o n Cromwell; for y ou fee it is an eatie m atter to give him

a. Rowlandfo r h is

Oliver.

~Anno 1644. H e d iffered w ith th e Ea d of M.1ncbefter, on e of th e

Parliament Generals, a~ ou~ the Conduc t of a B aud, I t hin k th atof Mar(fon-Maor, about which they accufcd each other' but Cram- ._ _ ! 1 I ( ar ne a ff V i do I; an d I li ll I lo od f ai r w i th ·t hc P ar li am ;n t, ma ki nghis own Cafe good. H e had now the S",l a d S em iq u ad r ,n of !j! in

"" ,ndo dd . th e Su n to his ow n Sexule in m ,m do d d. 'a nd th e Maall toth e q "" ~ w it h l at it ud e. In hi s Revolurion he -had th e Su n in

C on JU nc tl? n w }th JlIp~ler, th e Moon in Co nju nc Ho n w ith Sat,",:,

an d Mar l 1Il Trine to hIS Radic al M id-heaven. -'

Anno 1645.: Cromwell w as m ade L ieutenant-G eneral to S ir 'fho-lIS. . Fairfa:t, and did the Parliam ent and N adon adm irable S ervke

inthe W ell of Elfglan~ in O"ford{hirt, an d at Nafeby: H e had nowthe S H J ' I M i p I Z T I Z O e i 1 l l l 1 l d i n m un do m o l u r . 1 p ' O , the ~ ad pa r ] . I . mot"

, a p t " , a nd th e SIIIJ ad * ~n m u " d o d~

O p u & - fl < ! fo rm a tu m • . '

Anll~ 1647 . w as a y ear of trouble and muc h labour to h im abeutth e D iffe ren ces o f th e A rm y; -his E ne mi es a pp ea r'd o pe nly a ga in ll:him and endeavour to out him by divers A fperfions; bu t a t la t{be g~ tanlm peac hm ent againn t~ em in Parliarnens, and w !th muc hflrugling he at laf] got c 1 e~ t W l t~ l H o no ur . and Reputatlon. He

h ad n OW th e Muon ad 8 ~ In Zodlaco S. L. the M. C, ad 8 1 /. an dt he A fc e nd an t co t he S q ua re of Jupiter; and in the S ec ond Tablehe had the Su n ad S qu are o f MarJ ) a nd p ar al le l of y:,piter, which·

'are indeed all of them 'very apt and proper Directions for-Inch

Troubles and V ex ations as he then um !c rw ent. T he R evolutionfo r th at Y ea r Wil~b ut in diffe ren t, m ore o f b ad th an good in it; for

th e SHII, Moon an d Saturn was in Conjunction.

l7

Anna 164~ twas a Y ear of much Labour and Toil t o . him;for then w as he imploy ed to reduce the WelJh R .eb els, w hic h h e

d id e {fta :u ally ; a fte r rhar h e w en t a g~ nl lD uk .! Hamilton a~ d theScatl then in Lanca jh ire, w here h e b eat and took the Dilks Pr iJa ll er ;and ;ow ard the end of the Y ear he w as chofen b y t he P ar li am e nt

to go Gelleral fo r Ireland f he bad now the part of ~ortun~ to the' * " of 1 /. ; in his R .evolution for that Y ear he had his ! d o o n l~ &:1("

tilt to his R adic al M id-heaven, an d Satkrn in O pp ofitlo n to it, !j!

on the radical place of MJr / , and in Trine to his M id-heaven,

which 1 j ud ge g av e ' hi s A rms f uc c e fs ,

Anno 1649. he went G eneral for .IreliUtdto refcue that poorK in gd om o ut' o f t~ e h lln ds of the Paplft9, , , ,: , ho had fO ,~a rba rou( ly :murthered 200000 of t h e P ro t ef ia n t Engl,(h before In th e Y ear1640. and on July the lo th ~e fet forw ard on his Jou~ny , whichG od w as p1eafed to profper with fuccefs, a nd t ha t g lo rl ou f] .y too,'as y ou m ay fee b y the H ill:ory o f that W ar; and eC pe~ lally h ls firft

U ndertaking, w hic h w as at Progedah, w here he fionn d t ha t . (l ro ng. Garifon, and put them to the S word; and by that m ean s fnghteathe whole Country , and made other Towns eafier to b e t ak en .B u t d u ri ng \lis c on tin ua nc e in th is J\h _1 gd om , th ey C ay h e h ad th e

F luX , y et by the bleffing of God he did very :- v e n :. H e had now

his Mid-heaven .aJ b: }); th e Moon ad c: d III Zo~tll:O C••L. twov ery g re at D ird l: io ll: , a nd fit f or f uc h a n U l 1~ e rt ak l 11 g : hi s ~ c . v < ? " "lU I ion w as but mdlfferent, but w hat was Init, was good. Hi sMaan w as i n h is R ad ic al Horofcope in Trine to the SUIl, and in*to ~ on th e I \ad ic a l p la c e of his d.

O p U d ( J { e f o r m a t u m .



l S op~ fl\.eff)l'~nflht~" \',.

An m t 6 )0•.he w it s m ade L hr d G e fl £, a l o f a ll the F orc es.in th eCommonwe . . lt b o f Eng /I II /d , an d w as then rent into Scotlalld t o r ed uc ethem to obedienc e. A nd 011July th e 22d h e. en tre d t ha t K in gd om

with a pow c rfu l,A rm r; and on Stpl~mber the 3dfo llow ing, he

C h al li fe d t he Scorl in that m em or ab le a nd fa mo us Batrel of Dxnbsr.;w here he flew 3 c oo and took I o oo !?ri(oners. and w ith them

Lieurenant-Geuera l Lrymfden, Ad jutant .Gcncml 'Bick.,erton, Three

Collonels, Eleven Lieutenanr-Collonels, Nine M a jo rs ,F orty ( ev enC ap ta in s, S ev en Captain-Lieutenants, Tw el ve C o rn et s, Seventy

t; ight Ent ig ns , T hi {I Y, GUhli; f if tecn t ho ufa nd A rm s , an d 'Tw oh un dred O olou rs: .fie h ad n o w th e MOO l l ad * It i n Zod ia co C. L.th e E l1 ad C o rp us L u n» , a n d th e Atcendant to the body of th e SH nw ith the Di re c ti on s o f th e l ai l Ye ar , which are n ot y et o ve r. ' In

h is Revolu t ion for that y ear; there is n l)t any th ing rem arkable; .

a _ 1 1 '~a t is , we tint! (h e Sun in . Conjut1Cl:ion with !i ! a nd Mar l .:. .Anno J 6]r, th'~VallantCro;"wel/beat th e Scotl at TfI'~tf{fer, where

he t ookDuke Hmfiltoll a nd T welve E arls, L ord s, a nd Knights; be":

f iq :e s ~ T hre e M l lj or· Ge ne la is l ,a nd F ou r o th er , Generals, Twelve

Collonels, J;i.lttttil LiClJtCl1.dnt·Collonels, Twenty o ne M a jo rs,

a -Hu nd re d a nd t en OaptiiD5, Q HQf ld re d and thi rr y f ix L i eu te nan ts ,Seventy f iX:£cKOtt5 ,Twr 'nt1 one.Enfigns, N i~ ty Q larrerm allers ;

N IN EPA R SON S, N ine .Chy ru rgeons. Thirty of the Killg'sD om eft lc k S erv an ts , E ig ht rh ou fa nd P ri io ne rs , T w o t ho ufa nd Ilaitl,~nd,~ Hundeed, anei : f i fty. Q>IQurs: uke_n, w ith a ll th elf B ag ga ge ,Arnmunitkm ,and' A.til .le~1 :~ .togerher with the Plunder of the

Tow n. ,H !l h~ ,nOw ,tht::Su"to the Square O f !i!"""H ConverJo.i

~ a JS ej qu ;q ll old rii llu m ~ in _ndo a d . theAfcendanr to-the Se:(tile

of Mf'(rury, an d the Moon to the Cor . I l l . S. L. In the Revclution

there is littl¢ o r :ndthing ~nlic ietable. . ,

• . • . ' - .> " 1 r; ' ' 1 . ~ , • ," • i }:.

, A nn (l 1~5 rf wclwv t b ut l it tl e ;ac~ount. pf h i s P ub )i c k Aaiol~~and ' A l f a !r ~ . in (hi,Y f'Zr;. neirherhave We an y D ire ctio n, ex cep t

i! !lh c S ec on d !able ..,the Srln ,ad * ' .J)~ btu.a v ery g oo d I \evolu . .non, (h e SHII In 1_'nne to'Jltpturt the M~Q" In Trinetothe Mid.

h ea ve n; 3 u d- aJ [o 10 Squili:e to Ii!".in * ' ~ , * . a and 6to Jt..

-lAl1w ~65" ; i'n ,' th r: 'b ;g inn ib g o f ',be y~arbe di1fulved th e p~'...! iam cn 't , a nd a ll the y earafferw ard he w as b ufie abou t the Affalr$of the N ation, and in Dlcember be w as mlch: Plotc ~or. H e had

now

now the Moon -ad.6 ¥ in m un da d d. Sun ad Term £ the Moon toberow n Square in the Z7Jd. C . L .. and in the Second Tabl e the S,m

to the body of Jupitr; hi s Rerolurion fo r that Y ear w as bu t in -differenf. t ' ,- - "

Anno 1654. he m ade Peace w ith the D l l t e r " fent a Fle:t to th eW t it buJ.je} und er th e C om mand of Pen, made a League WIth Swe-tim &c . he ha d now the Sun to th e Si«til, of Venin in mundo dd.

bu ;in the S ec on d T ab le rh e OaJ * ' ~ 1a il d i nd ee d either of them

m a : y be allow ed f uch an effec t.' '

/ .

Anno ,655, H is Army in the Wf!t-I l ldieJ was d,ellroyed by , th eovc riigh t of the C om mand er; the ~le~~oo k ] ,Jmar ca ; , he r eceivedAddr e- Ir es fr om d iv er s p ar ts o f- th e Na ti on , a nd h e a pp om rs a Com-mittee ro.provide relief for t he poor ~ r ot el la t1 t s' in , Pietl",?nt. H ehad now his M1nn c lireded to -the T rine of M an tn Z od la co S . L .

but a very ill H evolu tion , Ma r } on hi s AC,endant in S quare to

th e M o o n .

Anno 1656. there W3S a P J~ t againlr h is'L ife' b y Iorn e o f h igGuard; and altO co fet Wb'te·h:zll on fire; but, it was dlfcove red ,an d Si~dert:om ap preh en ded , an d .a lfo c on dem ned fo r it, bu t died.

in the1owrr; and as it w a s C u pp o fe d, he po iloned him felf. T he

PYokllor alfo c alled a. P arliam en t, o r fo meth in g lik e it, w ho con-firm ed him in his Title and Power that he iud' before: H e hadnow his Sim ad 0 d in Zodi(1cn~ andto. thepaTallel of ]up;,,,in Z " o d i . i c o a H o ; w hic h a re very lik e theEff<?tts of this Year , In~i5R .evo lu tio nh e h ad h is S H n inConjunchon-with J u p i t c - ' ( ' a nd T ri ne

of SatllT", a nd ' t he M10n ill Trine to the 'Sun an d Jupiter, and in

GOl1jtin~ion w irh ,Sahtrn. '

.Ann~ 1 05 7- H e fe nt F orc es in to F la nd ert 'to :fr gh t the'~pilnii1r_r11,

h e to ok Dunkj ,k .. , & c . H e ·h ad , n ow th e MMn ad '* ' ft 10 ZOdlllCOS; L. and the Su n ad 0 b in Zodiac» l ikewife. I1 r the Revolu-

lution he had hls M o o n on the Radic al A fc endant ill Trine to

&turn.

B ut in Anno 1 6 5 8 . afrer die great S U C C e [ S of hisArmy i~lFUn-

ders, th e C onfirm ation of his T itle, an d m any oth er P ublic k Af -hits o f S ta te b ei ng dHpatched by him ; as the Relief of the perfe-

. cuted

O J i u 1 ' t 1 { , e f i r l n a t i i n . ~+



40 ' O P t H r ' J t e f o r m a t i l m .

c ut ed P ro te fl an ts in Poland an d Bobmlia, h is p refe rvin g th ofe in

, P . i ~ d m o n f from th e Frtncb Perfecution, &c. 01 1 S e p t e m b E r th e 3d .h e d ied o f a n In term ittin g F eve r, h avin gb een fick about-a Month ,and w as taken at HJmpton-Court, to w hich place he retorted onc e a

w eek. 1 k no w fo me p reten d h e w as p oifo ne d,an d alfo fay th ey k ne wthe m an, w hich w as one of his PhyG c ians: and fo let him be for

m e, for that doth not c onc ern my buf in ef s here ill hand: If h is

D oc to r d id p oi fo n R im , and then brag of it, I think he w as a ve-

Iy 1 1I m an ; fo r w ha te ve r Oliv(r w as, either as to his Pow er, Prin-

c ip le s o r R e li gi on , if very bad in all, w as no authority for himto com mit a private murther, nor any w ay extenuate his Crim esof M ar the r and B lood; but aggravated and made more hainous,as being dpne ~ Y his Phjfic ian , w hic h w ould b e o f illconfcquence,

f ho ul d I uc h th in gs gro w 1 I1 to cuftom and approbation; and w ho-

ever !bou ld e l~ couf age fuc h a thing, w ould be very un w illing tofuffcr by the lam e w ay them felves ; therefore in a w ord, if th e

Phy fic ian did do it, I t hi nk he was the worll of m en. A boutJUlie th is Y ear, the Moon , who is giver of L ife, c ame to the pa-

r al le l o f M dr! in M undo M,tu ConverJo; and about the latter end

of AlI{,l4jl follow ing, he had the Moon to th e p ar al le l o f Mar l inmundo mrJtu direlio: an d th is fo llo we d by th e Moon to her ownSquare in Z od ia co S in e L at. th e Moon to the parallel of S atu rn in

nmndo motu dirello &' mn « ConverJo; th e Moon to t he S qu areof S at ur n i n mu nd lTmot u C o nv er Jo , alfo to th e S quare of Mar Ii n ml lndomotu Converfo. T hus y ou fee he had [even D irec tion s violent and

ma1cfick (an d no t one good D irec tlon betw een) to kiII h im : w hic h

no t only ill this, but in any other Cafe to the G iver of L ife, (halldo the fam e w ithout fham ming in the ~ fcendant to the Square ofMar! , as ou r P u p i j h Conjurer y ou fee hath done; and y et at the fame

time t ak e t he c onfidenc e to tell the W orld th e H a r o f c o p e w as G iv er

of L ife, w hen the Su n is but eleven d egrees 33 m inutes diflanr

from the A fc endam , w hi ch a cc ord in g t o a ll t he Afirological Au·rhors that I have read, is, and ought to be G iver of L ife. A s

y ou m ay fee i n Ptalomy's ~/adriparti , L ib .3. c ap. 13. CampaneUd,

L ib . 4. c ap. 4. A rtie. 2. w ithm any others that I w ould defire

th e wor thy G entlem an to look over, and examine them w ell, andafter he hath done that, to refolve us what he m eans by that Ex-

p re ll io n i n h is Dol ir in e o f Nativitiu, plg. 2),8. w here h e fay s, Th e

S un c an n ot be Giverof Liff, if be were il l a ll A ph etic al p la ce , b ec au fe th eB ir th i s No l lu rn a l. M ethinks it f ou nd s a little odd.

But

Butyet:furthd'to dear ~h~ po.i~ :tbdur'the H i i e g ; !bediufe' \h av e m e nt io ne d my Au tho rI ty fo r It, Iwill a lf o p rove. i tph ii ul yfrom m y Author's words ,w'ith _the.Book . 'a nd Cha pt er , l e t t ll'~m ay reaflinne hisac cu (\.o lU e4 gtf't ofl~~em :e,'and'·de~ 'm y

Q go ta rio ns, as h e d rd ill his-'ttlJilylomy}!JllIt;1~t~ tlf '1 '687, w~ehrh ofe Q !o tad on s w ere re a: ny trllc ,a s.-fh ~e 1lrc i· 'fIle Trmtl.mol'lthat I life is that of Me/anlibim, \1hlth IS rhe beft Tranflarion of

Ptolomy iI~being, an d h ath I think gi~~n the 'tl:tle~ meaning dfPto/I/my's words j an d if y o u p le a; fe - bu t to . look InCO th e f I ~hChapter of that ~adriPartite, and the Third Book" youwdlth ere tin d [helt: w ords •. ,Cum atlti:m qu£timfl1in bi s 10m ptllt l lr iJTr-

m u m , frimuf € T i t U. Ji llm C£ li .; lr il ld e H o r o ]C , ip U ! , p o f ie a !lRdecimadurr.t l i

[u cced en r M t!d ia C ali , drillde OCC.ljiU/,· po/teo l Nonu! d o r n l l S AIl,eceriltr!

Medium Celi, In this Chapter he is laboufingto prove, and air<>

lay Jown by Rule the plac e of the Prorogaror, and after hehat~

fpcnt(olllt:time to I hew th e P ro ro ga ro ry rla~e 'in 'gcneul ; :h tc om es in th e w ord s b ef ore rn en tio ne d to th e'p am r.u 1a ts , i.nd which

of them do prec ede in Pow er and Order; and therddre fay s he,

Wbm we i nq ui re wh o if molt p o w e r f u l ill t h ef e p l ace s, ' t h e f ir (t i no rd er

if tbe Midheaven; next a fte r tb at th e A jc efid al lt, .,hen, t~e ,E{('tI,·~TtfJ

HJufi, then tbe SiVf l l tb , a l l d laft of a U the Niljtb. ';Anil' die ' l 'e~\onwhy h e is fo , p art ic ula r i n this~!lfe~ 'is be ca ule th e Stili a 'n~ ' rU ;o ; ,m ay b e fo rn ett me s both in I'rc iio gato ry P lac es, a nd bo~"~rif)tehd

for priority ; therefore in fucha Cafe thefe'Rules areto be con-

fid ered a nd c om pa red with. thofe of the j~h C h ap te r, -of th~fam e B ook; by whic h it rn~y be t ie c id ed :w h i'c h 'n f t he 't\;"nhav.eth e !'c al Power of H neg ; or . giver of .Life, a en c (; c\ 'r ta ~ l_ ly o ur

Author ~y :taking ru , h pains 'and careto tay 'downpait lc ;_\LrRules how t o eled: the giv er o f L ife , di d in tend a gfl'at't' . 1 I e to

be made of it~ than an y of our late Pretenders, I per:elv,: ',. atea'V are of; w hic h feem s m o~ e,p!~ in from the ~l!i P,Halw"ph ('I ,dle

~4th'Chapter . where h e d if eo u If et h ,wh.0Hy of the ·\11~r~rl/"..I1Point, and who or what' h e j ud gc th to be "ilf!1I'efJry:et t)e "l:o ."5n on e to b e d i.re d: e< ;lt o th at p oin t. b ut tr-eHJf,lg,o\, gWo?f "I L i~ e;

an d therefore h e b eg in s t ha t C ha pt er with rnefe words, Iruano

P r O l " fJ g a l o r e , d u o modi J u m e l l d i funt, &c. . . , , - .' .Now, if this Dol l :. r il l e be t ru e , andt h .l tt ~ e; Pr<lfelFj;?,nf'(h!~

Science wi l l b e p l~ a \e d to a ll ow t he 'Great Ptolamy ~'lM\'t: .111 thprgood , O ~inions; th ~lj tlli? Lying O~~c~e:~f:~9t~is:'q'llte, ;m ' T ) fdoors a ri d b c ii de s - t h e " M a i : k in ,his ow p 1d8e, 'when h e te lls, , C;' t M e

4t O p u s f R . ! Jo r m a t u m .<,

O p l M f J { e f o r m a t u m : 4



the W o rld , That"be SU! l ca f1no l be giVf1 ' e f L i f e , if h e rper l m an

Aphe li caJ p lace; as in the page before-quoted . For when be al-low s the A fcendant in CromrpeU's Nativity , the pow er of H i l e g ,

and the Su n at the fam e tim e w ithin 12 d egree s o f th e C H I p , an dl oc all y i n it, feems to m e a ( ub il an ti aJ p ie c e o f N on fen ce , quite

c ontradic to ry to th e m oll ap proved A uthors in be ing , , w ho a llo w

all of them , that the A fc endant is th e Iecond place - in ' powerto en te rta in th e PrOl'ogatOf'; and that the S u n t he re i s a lf o c e rt ai n-

ly Hiltg, if the M o o n is no t above the Earth. S o that fhould I

infift on no other reafon bu t th is, it w ould be fufficienr to p ro ve

th e Figure and Tim e of hi s N a ti vi ty f al fe s a nd th is b ec au fe hem ak es t ha t i ma gi na ry D ire ct io n o f 'the A fcendant to the Square of

Marl, the onty one to prove the truth of the w hole C alc ulation.For if w e Ihou ld allow , fuch a D i re c ti on in that F igure, as the-

Su n to th e Sq.are of M 4 r . r / (w hic h in deed th ere is n o ne b ef or e 'hefhou ld be N inety -one y ears of A ge) y et it is w holly m ifapplled ,

and a pow er given to it qu ite difiind from the Order of N ature,an d the A uthority o f A UF hD rs; th e A fc en dant not h av in g p ow er

. to kill w hen the S u n is in the H o r o { c o p e , or any o th er plac e, giver

" < : I f Life. I h ave been th e plain er an d fuller in th is p oint, bccaufeit is th e P rinc ip al F ound ation ' o f N ativities , and the o.nly thing6rft to he know n in, the D iredions and P re di ct io ns a bo ut Lifean d Sicknefs, an d tile o nly th in g n eg 1e tte da nd forgotten at th is

rim e am ong the P rofel1 'o rs, bo th old and y oun g; they h avin g on-ly the Name of it, but nothing of irs, Powerand Ufe; but I have

fpokeq enough if underllood ;' and rnorew ill be to.no purpofe ifnot under1 l:ood.. . , " ,

B u t a ga in : In this N a(iv ity th at h e hath p ublifhed and aifert-"

ed for truth, there is another N o l D f i o U ! Error, andthat is, he lets

th e Su n pafsb y the Square of Mar l , th e Square of Satum, and bo-dy of J H p i l e r , Lord of the eighth H oufe in the fourth , that fatal

place as they c all it? and kills him w ith 'the A fcendant to onefingle D ired ion only . N ow , if w e Ihould allow tH at the A fc en.,.

d an t h ad power, an d d id kill b y D irec tion to theS quil'e of MIJrI;

W hy fhould not the SM , to thok three fatal D irec tions before-

m en tion ed, give th e N ative the fam e effec t of D eath long befo re;

as they did now ? I oowno rca 'm to the c ontrary , ac c ordingto that fort.c f A firo logI whic h is c ommon among molt of the

Pro feffo rs, bu t efPec ially ufed by this o ur F am ou s an d rno ft R e-

nowned M#ivil~MiI"tf';, as m ay ap pear bt th ofe .In ge nio us a nd, '_ '. . 'L earned .

JL ea rn ed T re atife s th at h e hath b efrie nd ed th e'W o rld w ith , b ein gfilled w ith abundanc e of Errors and Contradic tions. B ut to re-

turn to ou r B ufin efs again; at th e tim e of this great H ero 's d eath,

betides the D ireaions m entioned as the true Natu ral Caufes

thereof; there w ere' other things w orth our c onfideration that

d id c oncur as',Concom itants to the fam e; and the firll w as hi sRevolu tio~ for that y ear, and indeed a very rem arkable one itwas if w e c onlider it w ell and fu lly . A nd feeing Ih av e m e nt i-

o ne d fo m et hi ng o f R ev ol, ut io ns , Iw it), a lfo [peak a w ord o r tw o

of their uf i: and abufe. The Profelfors of this A ge make a great" buflle abou t the exa& tim e of a Revolution, that is; to find the

exac t M inute and Second when (he Su n c om es to his R adicalP la ce' fo r w hic h p urp ofe th ey h av e in ve nte d '3 g re at m an y F oo le-

ries, ~nd to little purpofe; bu t w henrhis exac t and c ritic al T im e

Is o btain ed , a nd 3 F igu re fet, th ey gravely tell us of Ilrange an d

pro digiou s E ffec ts th at, the Plan ets h ave by bein g in p artic ular

'H oufes therein ; that the H o r o { c a p e an d M i d b e 1 v C I l o f a R ev olu ti o-

nal F igure,is of a great lignific atio n b oth to th e N ative 'sU ~e a~ dRepu tation. N ay , they are. now grown to that perfec t lOll In

their T rade df this kind ; that they w ,ork D ireC l:ions in that F i-

gure like a s th ey do in th e Radix; te w hic h pu rpo fe alfo they

have m ade us a m eafuIe of Time, w ith other k inds of Tab les to

c ompleat their Folly , and render their A rt ridicu lous. W henin de ed th e A nc ie nt a nd m ore ' A uth en tic k Authors.have taken n o

n otic e o f fuch things a s t he fe s and Ptol~ him felf hath not above ,

four L ines in h is four B ooks that have any relatlon to the R evo-

lu tions in N ativ ities; and therefore how they c am e by all thefewhims , it would be worth while to c onlidc r , (fo r w e have notone w ord about them in FirmicU1, o ne o f th e o ld eft A firo lo ge rs w e

h ave that c am e after Ptolomry), and perh ap s m ay find afp are fh eet

in m y nex t T rearife, to unrid dle th e Juggles that th ey h aveju rn -

b l ed t oge th e r to cheat them felves, and the reft of M ank ind. For

1 do alflJre y ou, There is no th ing in their m el h od o f R ev ol ut io !l .

'neith er c an they fetc h th eir A uth ority fu rth er b ac k than OriganuI,

A r g o l , Schoner, Hifpalenfil', J U I l l 1 i n e , and tw o or three moreQ f'th em that have tak en it up u po n very flend e.r A utho ttty , and th eythat nill follow , do every one endeavour to im prove the Errors

of h im that w ent before. For Iw ill n ow fob erly ask o ne qu efii~on and that,is, to ' tell m e w hat they have found in the RevollJti-

6 n~ 1 D ire l! ti on s, t ha t w as n ot a s. p la in ly d if co vc re d by t h e T r an f i~ sG2-' In

/



O p I U f l \ ! f o l ~ m a t · m n . ·

in the Revolution, and the Returns ~ If;[0, w barfhould w e goto m ak e ab un da nc e. o f € on fu lio n w hen it may be d on e w ith lefstrouble? And, to be plain w ith y ou; Th e truth an d m y(lery o {

R evol ut io ns d ot h r ea lJ yc o nf ii 1 i n n ot hi ng c 1f e b ut -t he T ra :n ur s a ndR .e tu rn s o f t he Planets to t he R a di ca l Points - and Parts of th e N a-tiv ity , a nd to the places of D ire6tion. A nd to th is e nd th ere isno ,need of abundance of la bo ur to gain th e exad rime of th e Sun$return to his Radical plac e; if y ou mifs ten M inutes of it in time;it w ill be no great m atter of Error in y our Judgement, if y ou

u nd erfl an d y ou r Bufinefs, And to fay t he t ru th , th e Radi c al F i- :gure m ay very well Ierve for evc ry R .evolution throughout the

Native 's who le Lite, placing t he P la ne ts i n t he d eg re es of thofeSigns that they fhall be found in at the time of the Sun! retu rn tohi s R ad ic al p la ce , o r .n ea r- It. And after this manner I will give .th e Figure of this great N ative's final Revolution; and it is as

followeth,

44

b

~SPifa~

r r Il49~

Latitud. Planitm

n '2 46 No

2 {. 0-... 14 No

c : J - 1 24 No

~ 0 40 So ,! ; ! . 0 52. So

1) 0 38 ·N o

Op~ f R . ! f o rm4 tu m •

grees of S'.tgiti1ry, the exac t Square to her own ltadic al P lace,

and at the time o f 't he SUIT! return" going to th e o p po fi te p oi ntof t :hat·place; and to th e Square of he r ow n p lac e ill th e Radix;

SaN r rn !lnd' Jupit f ' l ' are both return'dto rheir ow n R .adic al Places;am I [0 is Marland th e M o o n to the Square of theirs , M e r c u r y an d

Venlll are in '1autUl, wher e. t he y were in th e Radix, and not farfro m -th eir o wn R ad lc al Places. So that y ou fee all the Planetsa re r et ur ne d C <1 th eir o wn p la ces, ex ce pt M.m a rid th e M10n, and-

they are in Square to them . Now , the ufe I {hail make of

the Revolution is this; The Moon , ,M.rr , an d Satm-n. are all ofth em P romite ors by direction; Mar! is ill S qu are to Sstu rn ;

Lord of t he R ad ic a l H orofc op e , w ho is return'd to hi s RadicalPlace; and the M O O I l , tho H ihg, y et fhe is here a P ro rn itro r a lfo ,

an d is going to the d ire~ Oppofition o f t he p'la cc o f. D ire ct io n,and to the Square of her own place; and. betides tins, M.:rr is.golng to th e M u ndane Parallel of th e Su», And to [urn up all,we rind both the M o o l l and 'M ar! in violent C onftella tions , the.Moo l l being with th e Aldebaraltof the Nature of Mar! ; and ~J

is w ith ehofe Stars in the b.eginning of Cancer, called Caftor &

Pollitx, of the nature of Saturll . So that we may from the SUl1J"turn, and the then Configurations com pared w ith the Dircdi- _005, c onc lude, That ac co rding to fec ond C aufes, it-c ould be 110·

lefs then mortal. W hen I liave done this, I always conf ider Se -condary D jre Ct io ns , a nd P (o grd lio ns , and, alfo oblerve if theyhelp-on the W ork; for if all c oncur, w e may c er ta in ly j ll ~g e that

nothing but a Mir a cl e c an f av e; . a nd t he re fo re . uncleI, t hi s R c v? -lucian, w e fin d tha t th e Afcendant by Secondary M ot ion was di-.

reded to the O p p o f a i o l l of J l tpi t~r , th e SUI I under theSqu.re of8atlt1'l1, and had been fo.about Iix M onths, and the MJol l to theO p p O { r t i O I l of MJrr, an d thatjlllt roucherh about the tim e of his

S ic k ne fs , a ll w h ic h ar e ill, and thew a bad y e ar . TheP r og re ff i. ,. ,?Il began ] . m u . J r y the ad , about ii~ o f th e C lo ck ill th e MOrl~-

109, Alina 16c~ . and was bu t an indifferent onc _; y ou ma y Ify ou pleafe, c all it bad; for .the Mool1.was. all .the ~unl Hadical.

' . p la c e, S.ltHfn an d Jttpiter 011 th e p l~ c e o f Dl~efriOn,. 111S quare toth e M},m's R ad ic al p la ce, a nd Mar! 111Oppnjillon to hls ow n plac e j,

bu t Vmus is on the R.adical Afcendant ill Con j lmC i io l l with theSun, and that is aU that may be c alled good in this ProgreJ1ive'Lunation. But above all, the l l lgre§es an d Trall j i fS of the. Pla-nets at the time of th e beginning o f hi s Sic knefs , and of. his

. Death

Having c on6dered the D irec tions, and alfo. the Point or Part

of the Ecliptick th e M o u n ! w ho is giver of L ife), is a rrive d at in

th is y ea r b y d irec t D ire ctio n inZudi pco ; a nd th at is . about 14d~-,gtees

~ .

"~\b I"

/'0 'Y .Luna ad·6 n . OJ

Latitudo LQndini. / .

" : : .' - - . . . .. . ._ , . , ._ _ " , . - . . ,. . . 7 ' < - ! S ~>. O"J'~

, . . ' " "

.Revolu ti o So li s & LociIP1aneramm ad tempus Re -. \diti, quod -fuit die 24'

:Ap ri li s c i rca hor am fext am.:M a ne 1658.

O p I M . fJ{eformatum. O p m f l { e f o y t J l a t um ; 47



Death, are very rem arkable; for abou t the tim e that he w as

taken Sick, w hic h w as Aug"fl th e :2 6th, there w as a Tranfit

and Ingre[s of the Sun. on the Moon' s Radical P lace in S~uare

to the plac e of D ireCtion; and a little before that 'there was a

COIIjzl/lClion o f th e l i I g o l 1 , Murl, an d Mere",y, on, or ~ ear the fam eI 'l eg re e, a nd fo configurated as before J and the very day of his

D eath , th~ MOOll di~ Tranfit the !tadic al P lac e of MarJ's Body ,

an d Satu~n 5 O ppofition , and alfo l_n Oppofition to Sat1ll'n that very

day of 1115 Death , and the Sun In an exaC t Zo diac al Parallel

with Satltrn, and going to the Zodiacal Parallel of M,m an d to

his ConjHnllion alfo. Thus I have endeavoured to Ih~w YOL l

how ~ underfland .th~ method and manner of ju dgin g D ea th

by PrImary an d C on ve rt D ir fC lio nl, R ev ol uti o! 1f , S ec on da lY D ir eC li-

011/, Prog rrg ion l , T ran fi l s, an d Ingrejferf w hic h if rightly under-

1100d a n~ p r~ cH fe d, would give the Students in this Science

m ore fatlsfac bon than all thofe W hims publilhed by our M odern

Authors, and f lo lle n f ro m them by ou r Popi fh Orac le . And I

hope by this tim e, Ihave given the ProfelTors an d Students in

this Art fu~ fa tis fa cH o n ~ in . proving t~af the Natly ity w hic h

Ga;Jb~ry p rll lte d_ , w as notorloufly falre, and grounded upon

PrInclpl~_ next to nolle; and that the Rc afons and Rules given

to a ~ert ~ ts T r,~ th " are no way s becoming a M ln of Sk ill or In-genuity, c fpemUy one that pretends to be the M aller and Head

of the whole Tribe, and endued w ith the advantage of Twenty

five y ears Experience, and more; _w hen he w rote and publilhed

Cromwell's N,ativi~y laf] in th e y ear 1685 . And fo I c ome in the!l~xtplace to .gw e you my G e ne ra l J ud gem en t 011 th e w ho leFIgure, after the manner that the ref] o f o ur P ro fe tlio n do on

t he Tw el ve Houfes ; an d perhaps too, I m ay follow the fame Or-

de r In m y J udgmcn t , b ut n ot in th eir R ules a nd P rin cip les of. Judgment. . .

.A Judg_

A J t 4 d g m e n t Oi l the p r e c e d i r l g N a t i 1 ' ; i y , af ter tbe-md 'l~

n er o f the 1 i"ellJ e HouJ es.

THE 6rft thing 1 lh ali'c on Cid ex ,. is th e length o r r ho rt ne f5 ofhthe N ative 's L ife; an d from the Pofirlo ns in general, w hat t ; ' b t D

tim e may be probably alligned for the number of his y ears; y et ~ .

I know very w ell there can be no pofitlve Judgment given on

that poiur ,bec aufe the number of h is y ears depends on the di-fianc e between [he giver of L ife, and the Anarc tick poin t, as to

t h e c e rt ai n ty of their num ber ". and the tim e of E xpiration; but

y et give m e leave to tell y ou there mutt.be.A rguments of a long

L ife in the Polition , or.elfe I {hall be very fp aring in hi s number

of y ears; and to be yet more plain. w ith y ou, the A rgum ents of.

L onglrlfe are .fuch good Ray s and Pofitlons , that roborate and

fOItify the. G iver of L ife, and this the more when the Hileg is na -

turally ftrong, and.w ell-p laced in the Figure.' , -

. A nd in this Nativity w e find the Hileg A ngular, in 'trine to th e Th t MooSUIl an d Mercury, in Seiiile to Jupite!', an d allo in R ec ep tlo n w ith is Hileg,

~lercury; and b etides rhefe, w e fin d the S,m an d Mereur] in Sexule ,

to th e Afcendant, and in Sextile to Jupiter likew ife , and he in his

E xaltation in C an ar ; and no ill Ray s of Satltrn an d MJr ! an yw a y s a ff iiC ti ng e it hc r Sun, Moon, or .Afcendant; fo that w e may

ra tio nally c on clu de th e N ative w as d cfign ed by N atu re fo r a con-fiderable long L ife; and not only long, b ut alfo a . he alth y one.I know there. are forne ac cording to the ufual C ant,. would tell'y ou , That ,the S quare of the three S uperiors from tho fe C ardinal

S igns Ihould give him bad Lungr, with pains in.his H ead, theVe r ti gl )} , L e th a rg y , & c . impErfeCtions in-his B ein s , G ra vel, Ston e,

and abundanc e rnoi e of tbefe things, had they feen his N ativitybefo re h e ha d been grown to years of R ipenefs. B ut I dare venture

tofay , T hat he had none of thefe, tbe.Gravel exc epted; bu t they

that w ould know . m ore of thefe things, let them read c arefully theIjth Chapter of the 3d Book ofPtolomy's ~adripa.rtite., D e L£-·

j i u n i b l l 1 & morbi! Corporum . ' ,The Native's Underfianding, Judgment, w ith all the other UlItle...

Facult ies of the S oul, d ependin g an th e Pofition and C on figura- f ianding

nons OfMerCHry, as one w ell fays, ~ali'gtC1l1nim.e, q fu £ rop r i.e alld J.dg-·_ !UII' mml, &c .

O p l l ! r J t e f o r m a t u m ~ 0 P t M - f 1 { ef o~ m a t n m . " 49



jim t m em », & - rdtlJci1li11ionu, [umuntll f in flllf!.ulu ex Mm lt ri i c on di-

t ione. Which jf true, thenhath our N ative a m olt exc cllentPoti-

tion fOT in te lle du a.! A bilitie s, f or h is MI'Tmry- is as thong as ~11 allY

Figure I have fcen, For here is MerCl!ry juil r af t. t he COlljltl1C1i1J1Jfthe-5l1l1, and in his Orienta! Occidental i ,y , incrcaling in l ig ht an d

M o tio n, in R ec ep tio n w ith th e M oon ; b ut th at which i s t he great-ell:, and. m oll: to be obferved ~ is, that the MoO/! beholds himwith a '[rine, an d Jupittr with a- Scaile., and . w hat is m ore, Ju-

piur alfo beho lds him by a M undane Square, fo that they arc .rc .

ally c onhgu"rated,both in Zrldiaco & Mundo; an d betides w e find

him in a fixed Sign, the H oule of VWUf , and in a z'od iac al P aral-L I w ith V en us , in Sexti!« to th e A[c£llMllt. Thelc I'oiirions mut]

be allowed to give al l th e great and exc ellent Qgalit icar ions that

. a rc requilite to make a Counfellor, a S ra tc s -r na ri , a nd a Soldier ;

here is n o R atb nc fs , b u t R e fo lu ti on upon de li b er a te Con fi d er s-

don; here is no Tim idity , -nor y et u nfte din efs in Ju dg mc nr;

here is n o Dulnefs nor Stolidity , but a N atural and N ative Sharp-

nels o f- F anc y at all tim es, tit e ith er f or Inquiry or Council . In a

word, The MJon in Virgo in Trine to Mercury in Tml l "1u, is withoutdoul: t the moll agreeable Pofition to give a good, quic k appre-

heritivc F anc y and Judgment. N h, ltr tm m im a d a nim » p ro pr ie ta te s

fig ll.l c on je ru m , in q U i h r u Mercurit« & L un a v er fa 7i tu r) mzlttum &

Jlrl'ar/im a df Pe tf tu a d f al em & a d C ar din es ; & l 1 i1 t tt ra cuj u fl tb e t p l a-

n n « COIlf! .ruml cert is ]llclinat;onibM f 1 n i m . e . Q!;Iad~PJItite Pto/omn,Lib. 3. Cap. I8. .

O f hi; I I h al l c on fi d er hi s Riches from th e part of Fortune, as the

Richel,&c. general S igniric ator of W ealth; but y et before I begin my Judg-rnenr thereon, give m e leave to prem ife a w ord or tw o: I would

no t have y ou think ~ becaufe that he arrived to the G overnm ent

of a N ation.and had the ufe and command of the K ingdoms M oney

and T rc afure, that I c all him Richfor I look O IT that to be but the

common A ttendant of his H onour and G ran+eur, and not the

excellence ~f h is F ort un e to Riches. Fo r a Klllg ma y have vall:Sum s of M oney , and yd be no ric h M an" a; w e have Ieen in

K.C. 2. and a K ing may have far leffer Sum s than ever he had,

an d y e t be a very-rich M an,_and lay b .y him a great Treafure for

hi s OW~l U fe an d Pof ler iry, difiinct hOIl1 t he l nt c re fr of th e N l-tlon and People, as w as K . H. ' 7. Therefore I would .not . beth ou gh t to build h isH on ou r up on h is Riches, which i s I nd e ed no

fuchrhing, bu t that kind of h is W ealth w as really fo un ded 011his. H onour

,H onour and. G randeur; - for the Sw ord w as the A nvil upon w hich

he w rote out his Fortune, his Honour , & c. And as th at alw ay s

b rin gs a c erta in C ha rg e ,.foit I . l ( u a l l y b ri ng s ~ . Su p pl y of ~o!tul1e

t o d ef ra y it. And t he re fo re I t ha I! c on fi de r h is F or tc ne ddhncUyan d fc parately , from that which :ame ~Y h is Hono~r , ~Ild wl~a tit might have been , had he continued 10 th at S ca tlo n It1 whichhe was B orn and B red. Ad r em v (r o, the part of fortune (as I

f ai d b ef or e) is the only S igniric aror allow ed ~ Y. Pto lomy, fo r

Riches and Fonunein the W orld; and that w e hnd about 2 de -

grees diilant (rom the Cu[p of the Sixth Haufe in ~aIlCfr, in S : " .tile to V en us , and difpofed of by the Moan an d JupIter, a ll w hi char e { lr on g a nd potent,and do cer tainly p ~o mife (w hoever hath fuc h

a Pofition) Ric hes and Plenty of th e things of. ~ ortune; ~ nd t.his

by various way s and means. And I.am of OP~101l, that It beingin Canc er ; a Tropical S ign, do th not ad,*.a litrle t~ th e A dv 3': -

tage. Ptolomy fays, Lib. 4. Caput d e fac"/~a',b~/,' J~plter per fidelt-

la,nn, p r . t ! e 1 1 1 t r . 1 f , & c . . That ~hen JupIter g l~ es h is A llilla nc e to

th e N a ti ve s F o rt un e, h e d oth It by P lac es an d O ffic es of Trull,C om mand and Rul>: in the Government , &e. A nd tho he-dothno t fay it, y et Ij~dge the M ~ o n in '(ri~e. to the Sun an d M e r c u r y ,

g ives the fam e ~lllng5.as relate to-D~mlnlon; and therefore f~ omth ef e a nd fuch like rh in gs , we may Jud~ dhou ld grow Rich,

an d i ll c re af e h is Eflare. Bu t then we f ind. the pa rr for tu n~ is in

an exac t Zodiacal P ar al le l w it h Mdrl, an d i s a lf ogo in g to hisM u ndan e' P ara1 1d ; th is gives dam age and I?fs t~ h is, E fiat.e , a ndwhy m ly not this be the Expence and Wafhngl of hIS Efi;i.te an d

Fortune in M ilitary Servic e at the beglnning;oftheW ars, and af-

terward too 1 believe? And ind eed it is in r,olomy's. ~w n w ords, •

. M arl ex M Ilitia &Gulmllatione Exercituum. A rid th o I think he didin cr eaf e h is For tune, as h e d id advanc e, ill Honour; y et I th in k

fome men would haw go t more, for I c ould :never heat that heleft any large' Sum s at his D eath , u nle fs theywere"Deb~s. I do

therefore c onc lude that th e Parallels of Marl had their E ffec tsa1[0 as w ell as th e 'other Rays ; bu t betides thefe, w e rind M<JrI

in th e S ec ond thong, an d ilfo Lord of the St~nd)btlt in O~po~~

.ion to ,s.turn, andSqlllrf_e to.Jupittr; .this Ihewed h e w o ~ld gam

much, andadvanc e' m ightily , but It would be. by ~1 01enc e ,Force, an d withOppo.fition too, ,B~t whereeveryouf ind Mars

{ \ro ng in th e S ec on tt~ "c th at" Nativ e.a lw ay S" ~e ts m uc h rper fM ~"t. H n e f i H ,

50 O p u ~ · ~ f o r m a t u m ~



nrf.14; h e c are s no t w hich , and f el dom p ar ts with it aga in a s lo ng

as he lives. .oft!,d"~- Th e ol d way and c ull om is- to judge t he re t hi ng > from the

flV/sKIII- T hird H ou le • . -B ut P,olgTl£!teach.eth us another D oc bine, and that

~" ,d , Ere-_ j, t o 'j u dg eof Brothers and, Sitters by th e T e?th an d Elev.enth.h,;" nnd Houfes with VeI lU! by D ay , an d th e Moon by NIl:jbt; an d this heStJler! &c.' . 1 d fi' 1 ' h d ., dut:' not do dogmatlca ly an po inve 'f Wit out ren rIng yo u

a real o n [or it, L ib .,. C <lp.5 . fro m wh ic h P ri l1 c ~r lc s an d Methodl do here form 'and c ollr.C t m y Judgm ent. The Sign S d g l t J 1 r y doth

. poflefs b oth th e Tenth and E leventh Houfes, an d J H p i u r Lord ofit. is in Cancer, a f ru it fu l S ig n, an d in Setaile to the SUIl an dMuon , bu t in ' Square to Satllrn an d MolYI) an d both Salttrll am i

. . · f. ,f .l r. f an: in O ppo fifion , and c allin g their·S quares, to the C ufp ofthe E leventh H o.ufe. Thefe Pofitions (cern plainly to Ihew he

had B rothers; but no t abo ve o ne S iller, it al\),; bu t n ot m an y, ifan y o t b oth S ex es, -I hu uld live to y ea rs o f Gifcretion a n~ rip er A ge i

and do think the SfxtiJe o f th e Su n and}tlplter-lhould give o ne th at

might live to f am e c on ii d er ab l e Age,. , -B ut the Square of J.piter to MJ7'. f an d Saturn, an d t he ir S q ua re s

a\fo to the E leventh H oule, fhould alfo thew, t ha t rh eir A gree- .

m en t w as bu t in differen t. and: that th e r ef t o f h is C o nf an gu il le il

R ela tio ns (C hild ren e xc ep te d) ana h e , I ho uld n ot· h av e anex-traordinary Intimacy an d Kindnefs th e one fo r th e o th er, l1 ~t he r

in de ed I bo uld th ey ve ry w ell a gre e-in reality , tho i~ h is P oll, an dQtality hi s Power c ommanded it; and therefore his more infe-

r lo r R e la ti on S . d ur fi do no lefs than thew him the R cfpec t d de .tohis Q uality , an dforw b'l;h_ reafo ~ I O1allom ,i t a U ~nllCr difcoUl'fe

thereof. B ut:befb re 1 make an end of this Paragraph, lell I-lliould b e qud lionc d, bec au fe I havc overturn'd the.o ld c ullom o f

th e Third H oufe , it w i l l no t be am ifs if I give yo u Pto/amy's ow n

w ord s,. a nd perhaps that m ay H op a m?le violentltlquiry from

th e O1orttjgh~e.d Capntin, that th in ks h im le lf able to c all m e to

a n a c co u nt ; and hi s words a re r he fe , D e f ra lr ib ll6 u er o, jiquif ge -ne ra l ; l nv t( l i~M;on t contmtlM (l'it, n« {upra q~am p o f f ib i Z t rfl.' -1J~me-

rum, ¢arl;CU/aria Ex.zBr q!4lre'~ PhyJ ic iI rauone de German i! , C :J eX

raQ

" " " r tnatil [_, ]udiclJPn,_ ex figno M . C . & materna l oc o ~

E:Jtcjpiente VUII1 ' f11 f In/ad;" cY NlIlIH Lw u"n .. C J U 1 l enimia fign~ &f.xrdenl h,ni{itml ~t""", & f jU f L i b e ro l , e r; ti dem · fr tn rum Lacu«,

.ABd a t J aft he c o~udes thUs, C . cI "" " , f ll l" is p a rt in lJ iN ' i a I c u ri o fi ll #- [crlllari

O p u s r J t e f o r m a ~ u m ' - 5 I

[enaori v ale t ,D .J tr ic rm ( le ila ", c oll oc et in H or r{ co pa , { alto th em ate , ttt

i n GCI le {t . L ib, 3· Cap. 5·T he ufual w ay o f ju dging there m atters .am ong the Pro feflb rs Of sbe N

of this S cienc e in gerferal, is from th e F ourth and Tenth H oufes, tioe': F I

as they do B rothers, Si lte rs , and Relations, from _ the Third rbcr and

H oufe.: B ut th e G reat P t l 1 Z u m y t ak es 'h is J ud gm e nt from th e SUIl Mother.

an d S:zttlrll for the Father, and the Moon an d Vent« for the M o-

ther. A nd ac cording to their Polirions, S lre iigth ,'W e ak ne f., a nd

, Conf igurations to th e other Stars, w ith refpeel to the Psrrsof

H eaven, -w here they arc-all plac ed .; fo he judgeth of their.Condition , Original, H ealth , RL hes, L ength OI S ho rrn efs o f

Life, o» , YCt 1 th in k "it is not alto g.;th tl am ifs to take notkt!

of thofe Houfes, as well as the other Bodies that h e m e nt io n s;

.and this the rather, becaufeLr ind he c alls th e T en th Houte, Lo -.cll! Matt' l 'n)u·, iri a no th er p la ce , a nd .,htleiore H hall c onfider them .

together. . '.In t hi s N a ti ve 's R.adid Figure, w e fin<;\ both the Su, ! an d

M JOIIIDoll excellently fortitied by th e ~ood Realm .of t he b en ef ic k

JI!pite71; a nd b et id es , they al(o in Trine [0 e ac h o th er fro m'1 ,u -

riff an d V.i( '~.o; th e M71n i s t he Hronger of the tw o, as being ~ngu-

lar , in creafing in L ight, an d i n P ar al le l 35 well as S[ 'xti/~ with

Jl1piter, who is in Cancer; h i s Exa lt at io n , direct. an d increafing

in M otion. Bu t the Sun is in '£ ,urUf , among violent S tars Ca-dent, flow in M otion , and only inSt'xtile to J H p i t e r in the Zndi,ac k I but in Square in Munda. And if w e add to rhefe S ignifi-

c ators , the Lords of the Fourth dud T en th H eu Ce s , wh ic ha re

.Jupit" an d Mercury, w e '{h all n ot find an y thin g c oo fid erable to_ a lter the Ju dgm ent [rem the form er D eterm ination ot th e M O l i n ,

VenlM, an d JupitEr, being far fironger ~ha)l th e Sun; Mrrct i~v, and

SatH' fn : from w henc e it is naturalro judge, ·that the N atives p,a-

rents were m od era te ly h ea lth y , an d long li~ 'd, and that tlley

m igh t liv e till the Native w as arrived to a perfed: A ge, andro

a c on fid era b1 e n um be r o fy ears , yc t Hha_lIjudge t he F a th er to be

th e mOl'ehealrhy, bu t th e M othe r th e m o r e d ura ble a nd lo nge r

Liver; that fbew as fubjed : to the §plml an d Vapor! . b ec a uf e , he

Moon is in Parallel w ith M:lT!, an d ]1I~i t tr ' in Square to S u urnand M Jr.t; that (he w as fubjed tc)'Dbltructions o f her Lu.;,r!,s Hy-

pqchn"d~rs an d StomiJck.., b ec au fe o f th e fo rm er S qu are o f .~a,urr/ .ard

Jupiter A nd tho'. have been fo favourable to their old MlImp(i-

",m'-of the Th ird and F ou rth H oufc s,asnot tb c on dem n it;yet 1 do- 1 1 2 - I fay,

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(ay , That this Doc trine of the G reat Pt%my is m oll ratio nal a nd

c onfenraneous to N ature; and w hat I c an .experim entally jullify in

fome hundreds of Nativities.' _

of t ! J e M.-. .Sceing a ll , P e op le a re f ub j ed : to ferne Diflemper of Body o r o th er ,tl'W I vi]- It IS not arnifsro fay Iom erhing to this polutalfo. And before It..jn, '& c . b eg in it ~ I w ill ask J. G. w hat D ifea£e or D ifeafes the Protel1or

hadthar wen: fixed, chronick and.rlurable , becaufe he hath

placed S_atHrII(in the Nativity he harh made him ) -on the Cufp of

the Seventh ,a liull: towards th e S ix th Houfe in Oppoftlion t o

M :m on th e Curp of the AfcPldant , rh e only tW D points in thewhole. Sc heme to give broken Bones, d illoc ated Joy nts, and

~brOnlck D if ea fe s , and y et I do not remember that .ir w as ever

laid he w as Jubje~ to either of them , [perb;lpl n ow an d sben «

W:!uud, tbe honou, .. ,h le M ur~ of a So/die,] bu t a B rave , tu lly , Jo llyGentleman, as I my felf c an teH ify , having feen-hlm Io me [cores

of times. A nd ro this purpote , t-wiII give y ou Ptolomy's ow n

w ords in ( he C af e, as y ou w ill rind it, L ib . 3 - Cap. 17.Dt Left-

onibsu & morbi« Corporum And he begins W ith thefe words fol-

low ing, w hen he comes to inquire inro the H urt? a nd Difeafes of

th e B od y. V , li ll er fa ll l u er o rW ,u Ja h.ec tft.. Dn « Card ine s Horizomis

I n jp i ci an l ur , v ,de l~ce t ii, qu i ei t in orlU, & alter fjlli el l i n o cci lf u . Pre-"pu.J 'IIetO cOl,jidrrttllT H, qui el f in ncc1u,& 'Loctu . Antecedenl , qui

yro rfm n on efi CO~HlalM A[cendenti . Et 'objrrvetJ lT ' quomodo maNic i PI","?et.e.~a Loc « a df pi ci l# l1 t. -S;,fJl im gradibm qu i A[cmdUnt ill ditl~/1.ocis,

JllIIlu f un t C ur po re , aHl adfpic,uns eO I q 'z tJ d ra tl ! a d fp it lu ,. v e l ex o ppo -

Jito; jfualtfrplanera wu /e ji cU l , f m Hmque: L~finnfl, &morbinatil

accident, Thus y ou fee in the Nativity that J- G. made for th e

Pw tdlor" this very Rule. of Prolom) t ak es p la c e p oli ri ve ly , fo r

there we find SlituTn upon the Cufp of the Seventh, in direc t O p -pofitian to M ars on the Cufp (J f the A (,endanr. And you {i.e alio

b oth th e A ?gJe s vf the H orizon in that F igure are ~ffij(~t,~d,hich

by Plolomy_s R ule [w hi'h I fuppnfethey do not dare deny Jought to giV e H urts a nd Dileaies to his Body : Bur on the contra-

ry , he w as a B rave, B old, H ealthy , Fortunate M an, and none m ore

free from W ounds, H urts, or D ifeafes of B ody rban him lelf. . So

that _this is ~nother Ihong A rgument to prove that F igure falre,and that the F;f,"r~·DllZk,gf did not know any thing of the matter

~t pretended to give _the W orld an ac c our of, t-nd y et to addm ore , n ei th er J . G. nor any M an elfe can thew me a true Narivi-:

fy w here the tw o lD !ortunc s w ere in O pp ofitio nfro m th e T en than d

and Fourth, or Firft and Seventh, a nd th at N ative p ro ve a Fortu-nate Manor Wom an th ro ugh 9u t th eir w ho le Life, as d id t his Gen-

rlc rnan. j\nd -fo I cam e to c onlider the Figure- of his N ativity ,

[which I 'ill! the true one] and to fee what Difeafe Qr I nju ri es t o

his B ody are predic hble, ac cording to the Dodrine.and Principles

of the forem entioned Author. . ,B oth the A ngles of the Eafi an d Wqt , are fre e fro m th e M a lefic k

Beams o(Saturn a nd M a r s, tY c .a nd t he S ix th Hcufe, w hic h is h is L ; C N S

AnticeJenl is p ofi'e ll b y th e b en ig n P la ne t Jupiter, a nd t he re Is no ill

R ay c all to th -e C ufp o f th e F irffan d S even th H ou res,b u~ theSquare

ot Vmm fro m th e Cufp of th e F ou rr h , an d betides, th e Muon who -is Ladyof the S eventh, -is in Scaile to Jupiter in the S ixth H oufe,

an d the Su n in Sext#e to him allo. Which Potirlons are no w ay slikely to give anyChsobick Difeafe o r H urts, a nd A cc id en ts--'o f

detriment to his H ody ; neither indeed had he any that. was re-

m arkable and vifible; and for thofe that are not [o, 1 tkink they

are in co ntid cra ble, efp ec ia lly , if w e c on fid er th at- all M e n are fob-

jed to forne little d efec ts in N atu re , w hic h ma y be: Impediments ,

bu t no r Difeafes in PtololJlY's fence and meaning; for in the.Chap-ter beforem enrionc d , he doth thus diltinguilh betw een H urts and

Dueafes, Di ff or un t e n im be e i nt er [e ,- L .t fi af eme l, co r rumpi t m embr um

aliquod, n rc ad!fT ' p o j r e a Cruclatul Intel1fionem: m a r b u s v e ra, au t affidHi,

a li t p er I m vnu ll « cnmplO l fXCTHc;a t.

liut to c on fid er w ha t h efi )ig ht be (ubject io, le t us conf iderM.Jrl an d Sa/um in (Jppojirion, and both in Square to Jupiter; ihefe

m ight give him fornething of the Gravel in the K id niel , w ith. a /hear in _ o r a bou tr ho fe p1ltS; he m ight allo be fubjet} to the-

Hor/'a,h, or fome little diforder there, c om ing from the Slomack"

an d Spleen; for w e find both the M aleficks in Square to Jupiter inC sn ce r ; and betides this, he m ight" alfo be liable to fom e Obllru- -

,b Oll S o f h is Lungs, . eith er b y Coif/I, &c. but none of thele.conti-

n ua l, b ur ac ~id em al,a _n d o nly h ap pe nin g UpOD b a d D i re c ti on s ,

Tunlits, He urns, & 1 : . -Th e Su n an d Moon both in Scxtile to Jupiter, and in' Trine to of the N. ,

each o th er f rom ' IaIlYUi an d VIrgo, . an d t he M ~ i J 'l an d Jupiter apply- t l ' IJe'sM",

in g to a 'J ifn da ,l e_ P ara lle l; t he SIIII is in Srxtife 1O tb e A f~ en da nt , riagt, &c

an d Vffi~ i n ( ': qu ar e t o i[~nd Saturn no w a y ~ a lf li Cl in g t he S ig ni -fic ator of M aTIiage, are indubitable S igns rha: the N ative Ihould

Man)'. Ttie M,on in Vlrf ,o; a barren S ign aod a .sign of one

_ Ihape, and in Afpect to 11 0 Oriental P lanet) and but to one Occ i-- . dental

O p u s r J\ e fo rm a w m ., D p m , r J < . . . e f o r m a t u m ; ,r



d en ta l, h ef id es th e Su1land Mewl1)', which in this care are all one,

(hould allow him but one WIle, no r is there any R ule here thatallow s tw o; the; time of his M arriage Ihould neither be early nor

late, but betw een both; and therefore, Iudge, he m ight M ar-ry abou t the Twenty tifth or Twenty fixrh y ear of his Age; -for

, in M ens M arriages, I cfteern Eighteen y eJrs of Age early , an d

Thirty vc ars of Ag e late; but in W omen, I count F ifteen early ;and Tw enty rive late, And as to the Defc ription of his W ife, I

Ihall take a m ethod quite oppofite an d COI1£r}ry to the c om mon

wa y in P ra c ti ce ; and therefore I d o f a y po fi ti v c ly , That the Sun\ and J l lpi :a ' arc S ign ific ato rs o f th is G en tlem an 's W ife , w ith a lit-t le m ixt ur e of Mirtu,y, b ut tha t c on ce rns h er I nte lle ct more than

her B ody , Tbefe Pofitious defc ribes her to bea W oman well de-fc elid ed , o f a m id dle S tatu re, fldhy Body 'd, and when in y ears

Fat,. her H air brown, or rather brtghti!h, a W oman of a high

Splrit,a gcnerousTemper,a healthy Conlti tution,Ambitious,Lcing-

l iv 'd , a nd on e o f m uc h Inge~uity and Sence, 'B ut if h one lt J . G 's Figure w ere. true, . fhe Ihould be one of the'

worfi humoured W Qm en hi the World for Paflion and Pride; f~ r

they defc ribe the W ife alw ay s by the Seventh H oute, and the Pla-nets therein plac ed, and there we fhall find Saturn in 0p/,r(it;ol, t oM,m, and Square to ] u p i t P J ' ; a nd b et id es , a cc o rd in g to their ow n

Rules, Saturn on her Afc.ndant in Oppnfitionto Mar l , Ihouldgivethe Native a W ife, hutfhort-Iiv'd , .tho I confefs., I know no

reafon why rhofetw o S tars [ 0 plac ed and c ontigurated, Ihould

give the W oman a Ihorrer L ife than the M an. But I c ontefs

th~y are not to be asked Rca{(m s, (01 if anyone doth ~ivethem that tro ub le , it ~i1I be w ithout fatisfa8:ion to him fu; l-is

p ain s, fo r ~ he b N otio \lS are A po d.ic ti~ al, a nd th eir R ule s w ith cur

Reafoll.:' ,

O Jt be N J! - In confidering the N ative's C hildren, an d their Q!aliticarion,livt's Chi!- w e m ull have rc courle to the Tenth and Eleventh H oufes and th eJren,&c. Planets placed therein. or in the Houfes oppohte to tb~t~; out in

t hi s F ig ure w e find none in either but Ventu , a nd r he re to re Jet us -,

confider her w ith the Lord of the Tenth and Elevenrh , :it,d (Ie

Maim; and we find J H p i t e r L ord of thofe H ou fe s i n Csncer , a Pro-litick S i~n,. and his ow n D ignities, in Soaile to the S111 l iil th e

H ou fe ot Vms«, and in Srxtile to th e Moon in the S eventh arid alfo

in ~arallel w ith her apply ing. Thefe Petitions {hew ,' that the

Native Ihould have many Children , and a s V e n u s was on th e• Cufp

C UIP of.the F ourth, and the ' M o o n a lfo A ngu lar, I fh ou ld condud~,'that the major p:nt of them were F emalc s: and bccaule V . 1 I I 1 S is

f~ce fr~1l1 all manner o f A ffi ic ti on ,' a l~ t.I Jupiter Cadent III th eSIxth, Ill,Square bot h to S..turn an d M,IrJ, fo I ju dg e't he re : w ere

fome ~f rile M a le s ~ 1e d~b ~fo re ( h~ y c am e to R .ipends of y ears, orMaturity. That hIS .Children IhoLlld- ad van ce to a' coniiderable

~ ality o~ ?tation, i~ v il ib le , ,beca~le Jupit,-r, w ho is their S ig-mncator , ISIII C.1l1Cff hisExalrarion, III Seaile to t he Sill! an d Moon

th ~ F ou nt ain s o f P ro ll l? ti tl ll a nd H o no ur ; bu t perhaps Iom e m a;

objec t and fay , Y .ou m ~ght have [pJle~ y our labou r in thatpoint, Ob'el ' f.,

and nO I p retended to give a reafon for It by th e S tars, fee in g th eir '1

F at he r w as a dv an ce d to a :degree to m ake-his C hildren as G reatas him felf,_ an d leave them in Pofl'cffiod of fuch a Pow er, as to

be able to defend rhemfelves when he was galle. To this I an- A if iIwer , That,tliere is no M an rifeth to an y great a nd rem ar ka bl e II w._

Pofi or Statton,., but he m ull have great and illuttrlous Pofirions '

fo r [0 d oing, and ~a:in& ; and ie i s ve ry p ro bab le, tha t fo me o f th ote

S ta~ s th at give h Im , hIS H o no ur,. m ay be a lfo S ign itic ato rs o f h isChildren, and fo gIVes an lllu ihio us IJT ue , as w ell a s' a n h on ou r-

able Parent. B ur befides , w e filld;_Jup;,er in Square both to

~ars an d Saturn, as w ell as in Stxtile, to th e Sun aoctMoon, whichd id a lfo lbew Rubs and M isfortunes in th eir L ives, w hic h llb.l{leave to the Reader to judge, w hether it was verified or not.

A nd obferve, that a poor M an as w ell as a rich M an may havefamous an d eminent Child ren; and a rich M an .a~ well as a:

poor M an , m~y have: poor, dejca~d ,and infamous Childrena nd th is fr? m P rin cip les ~ .N _atu re,a nd R ule s in A th :o lo gy , w ith ~

put any ~ llJury to true D ivinity , or the Great Being. But to con"

elude th~s ~ ara& raph, 'I ~ ~fire ~ 11 t hole w ho are A ngry w ith myM e~hod m Judging on thiS SubJeCt, as well a s th e-w ho le F igu rebeiides , that they would forbear Q .:lurqU ing w ith' me, and

1~llupon PtoIOIlI); bu t luft let me. advife th em ' to u nd erll an d

him.By long Journies, w e commonly underlland thofe of the Sea O f' h '• -, h K" , t e NII

111 gOIng Into at e~ , ingdoms or Nations, w hich our common five'! L~n

Trade Altrok'sers Judge from the N inth H oufe , and his L or d ~ 1 ' Il T 'T l ey t,

~U[ I, paf~ by that, and fay. th at th e S ig ni tic at or o f l o ng J ou rn e y ; &c .In this ~gure, IS th e M o o f l , [I H ,h e ,thaf p /e a/ ab .' m ay read 7 1 1 I J T e tit

l a r g e " LrD',4.CaP' 9l QHadrJpar .] and-as the is in Trine to th e

SIIll, 10 1 r l n e to M e r C 1 l l ' Y " he r D if po li tO I, a nd , i n S ~ t i l e to J H p ite r ; ,, fa,

56 , O p t U r J { f : f o r m a t u m ~- - O p U S ' f 1 \ . e f o r m ~ t t t m .

Spxtiletothcmalt; 'nay, and we may reckon Satnrn, and Mart too \

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fa ~i s !oumeysfuould be about great a nd em in en t Adions an dBulinets , and the lflue of them Ihould be Great, Famous, and.Fortun~te;. for yo~ fee the M'}Jn is no ways affii :: reo, nei therwere his Undertakings beyond Sea in his own Perfall wirh. -ut

Succeis ~n~,Glory, he always cC'miJ~ghome Vic tor and Co.ique-ror. ,BJt.t W~ Ihould ac€ept and Judge by J. G 's Fi6ure, and~akee'th~r Jttpltcr (11 Ssttan, they having both ot them Dominion10 the Ninth Haufe, but Jupitfr the moil Power, his long Juur-neys would have been [b,Ythat Polit ionJ full of Labour ,Toil,~rouble, and. generally 1\ i thoutSuccefs ~ but if rhat Ihould havegiven [ucc(;fs,ltwould.have been attended with much difhculry and

doubrfulnefs 'oft feN.s- How v and to what degree of Greatnefs this Gentleman dldtlve J Ho- ' is k hlour II1IiI -arnve, JS. ~10wnto! e w~ole World, and therefore I thall di-Gr imd iuT . n : C l : l y ex~mJ~e·the Cau_C(sof it Afirologkally, -wiihour any fur-

o ,ther Inq~IfYII1tot~e M n d l M Acquirendi; feeing he was really poiI'd!

of the ~re4teft Power tharthe Dominion of England Was able to

give him . .In hi~~adical Fig~re we tindSixof the -Seven Planets eflenti-

~lIyfo~t1hed, according to the Dignities allowed them by Ptol»~ " L b. I. for Saturn and Jupiter are in their Exaltations'; Mars

Inhis o,wn H?ufe> VenUf in .ht:rown Houfe ; Mtreury in Tiltlrus inReceptloll__~lth the Moon III Virgo; and what is yet more the~ o o n , who,,5 the Lumm C r m d i t i o n a r i u m , isOriental from the'SullIS Angular I.nSeail« to J1tpiter, and, in Trine to-the Su n and 'Mer~

CflTy, her ~pofitoq and what is yet more ,the Pofirion of Sa -te m, J *p'te r:, and ~arr, are perhaps the molt confidersble of all,they all calling their BenefickBeams to the Tenth Houfe, the An-

" gle .of Honour and. Preferment, an~ they. alfo in thole Signsw~lCh we call Card mal , and are in the Zodiack, equal [0 thofepomts that ~e call Angles in the Figure •. And-thefe are the rea-fans that I give for ,this Nat!ve'sR.i ling and Advancement; andas thef,~~ree Superlors are ID the Cardinal SIgns, in Square andOppo.~tlon one,. to another, fa you fee he attained his Granth'"b~ a kind of VIOJence,Force, and Labour ,. joyned and affifled":tth. Power : andby that means and method he maintained it all

his time. -.The 'Birthis NOCturnal, and the M o o n is Light of thl: Time in

an Angle) and her SoJte1Jit~sor. StipJtm/) according to P l%my,

_are the~) MerctR"h J u p i t e r , and V e n r l J " tbe being in 1 r i n e andSexlile

for Ihe is in a Zodiacal PJraUd with them alfo applying; and

the Three Superiors, according to his Rule, are, two of thein inTrine, and one in Sexule to the Mid-heaven, and all of them ap-plying lisewife ,and Jupiter Lord of the Tenth, the Angle ofHonour. To which 1will-add this Obfervation, That neitherSu n nor M o o n is in any il.lAfpeC1:with anyof the Planets, nor lInyof the Planets placed to hi; difadvanta~c.in the, Figure. TheSu n who is always the Signiticator of Honour, Glory, and Re-putation, is likewife free from ali ill Circumfiances, and in'frineto -the M ' 5 o ] 1 , 8<xtile of Jltpiter, and C O l l j u n D i o n with M e r c u r y , and

Ms r s juft riling before him. Which if compared and confider-ed with the. following Chapter of Ptolomy, Ihews , That Armsand Armies -would be the Practice of his Life, the Delightof his Soul, and by thele things he would raife his Honour and

.Fortunes-The great C o n j u n . D i o n of S a t 1 l r 1 l and J u p i t e r ; in the Year 1623.

in the 7th degree of Leo, {lear the Culp of his Seventh Houfe, inT r i n e to M . z r .r in his Second, and in S e x u ! « to S a t u r n ill his Eighth,was none of the fmalleil Caufesof his Greatnefs and Promotion;

neither was that C O l l j u l l U i o l l in the Year 1643' which wason theCufp of his Se~olld, in exact T r i n e to his Tenth Houfe, and in

Sextile to , V e n IM .But perhaps it may fcem Itrange to fame, why he was (0 Old why fo lD

before he began to appear upon the Stage. of Mundane Affairs; b ef or e h. which thing is not indeed very Hrange, becau[e all the Planets b e f I t l~are in Occidental parts of Helven,]upiter and VenUf excepted; and ; : : a ~ n Jnone Angular but Vent« and the M J o n , all the ref being either inCa- World.dent or Sllcc~dent Houfes, which alw,ays give what they promifein the latter part of the Life; and this is the more contirmed too,if we obferve , that all but the M o o n and SatHrIl are under theEarth. So that if the politions are but really perpended, it willIeem no Hrange thing that thjs Native did not Advance and Rifefooncr, But. if J , G's Figure fhould be allowed, all the Planetsare Angular but the MoolI;, which mull without doubt give theNative his Honour and Prefejrnent early, even in his youngerYcars, which ' tis plain he-had not , 1confefs, 1have no Autho-

'rity from Ptolomy for this Judgment of the Time and Age, whenthe Native [ 1 1 3 1 1 receive thole things of Honour promifcd him inhis Radix; he only fpcak~pgtothe thing in general,S; dignilatem,vel._ 'I - n a n

,8 D p t 4 t ~for,!,atum.non,h, ,~at. Bu ~ m y Exper ience in many Na ti vi ti es , and th e method

'O p U l fJ\.tformallltti~19



by w hich w e Judge e~ ly and late M arriages, w hich is m uch after

t he [ ar ne ~almer" wH h fom~ other things t~at I have formerly

remarke~ 111 th ~ fa me C afe , IS fu ffic ic llt fo r m e t o b el ie ve th at th ismethod IS not Improper to be followed and pra6Hced in J' dai -this, and things of this-N ature. u glllg

of t ! l C Na- Ptol,amy m akes a ~ iflinC l:ion betw een Friends and Friends, andrives E nem ies and E nem ies ~ for h e calls nothing Friendlhip but h

Priendt Is durable and in ti re ly real; and all the reft of it he calis Familia-o nd E &,Je. rity , and the effeCt of Converfation and Soc iety B y Enem!a.111111, c. ·dE ' h . Ie:S

an nrru tj, e underflands a p erfe ct R ad ic al a nd p erp eru alH arA ll the o th e,r things of i?ifferen ce, D ebate, and C onrroverfy , he~

]?ok~ upon It to ~ e nothing m ore than little: Accidents o r Cafual-tICS 1Il Coovcrfation, And to confider and judge of rhefe h

dot~ not make uf e of t he E le v en th H oufe as the m anner is;' bu~c on hd e~ s t he 8 1 1 1 / , M o on , P ar t o f F or /r im , an d HoroJcope· an d h'sreafon !S , becaufe h e , judgeth Friendfhip and' Amity amo~g M e n --r o be either for Counc il , P l eaf u re , or Profit; and indeed upon fom ~

or a~ l of rhefe Princ iples, M en do generally l ov e 'a nd fuppertor dllfer and dellroy one another, and therefore hi f J u d , . 'founded u po n 1 I: af 0l1 . g m e n t 15

In the ,Radical F igure w e find the S un , M o oll and Afcendant

w e ll b e f~ l e~ l de d by the Ray s of the other Stars', but the Part ofFortune IS InPar.an~ both to Saturn an d Mar l both in Z d 'd M d nd At I ,-,0 Il1eO,

~n . ~n 0, a a t o / , w ho c om es very n ear Pt%my's Rule whoIS In hIS ow n H ?u(e, and not m uc h above '7 degrees diftan'tfrom

t? e SUIl (afcendl~g) ~y th e O bliq ue A fc el1 tio n, is in Sqllareto Ju -p! te r , a ndOppof r tt o n With Slfturn; th e Moon is in Reception with

M e r t 1 l 1 ' ] , and all the r~ ~ o.f the Planets in their ow n D ignities, ex-c ep t th e Sun. H en ce a t IS reafonable to julge, That this N ative

1 ho uld h ave b oth m an y F rien ds, and many Enemies" and ~s the

p art.o f F OI t~ ne is ~ ffiic te d m oil o ,f t he fo ur, (0 I ju d~ e th e h atred

of his Enemies was real, and th e caufe of it w as -bc cauf~ of hisProfit a nd A d va nt ag e h e received w ith his Pow ;r and H onou~

B.efides~ Venlt l is , i n S qua r~ to the Afc endanr , w hic h m ight raif;h im .fo m,e E nem ies th at d id envy him for the Pleafure and Eafe

of hIS LIfe, a~d other things that were the advanraglous Gir-

W m,llal1cesof ~1S Station he was in, at the latter end of his day s,M e he ~as In the Army he had many Enemies, and they ndne

l)f the O rdinary People , 'but the Parliam ent w as his F riend at aJl

times,

times. Whtu he came to be J'l'9teCtor. he -had Eqeinifs always

p lo tt in g a g~ nfi h il l) i but at the fam e time al l Ndions werehis F ri en ds , e it he r for· Love or Fe u ;alld-what is more, it wash is o wn P r u de ll t e. C o u ra g e, COHflCi l , an d COlld¥lJ. that carried him

through an d above all thefe thillgS; ~ nd th is is ap tly lign iti,c db y Plol~'s owu Rule and Words, W h iC h are rhefe, Cu m f4mun4

e un gr uu nt, e ri l a miN t; .1 a dj un U a c on fi li o o pJ i" ,a &- l u J i j J i m . s . WhKhin this Figilre -and N ativity takes place, f~ r the L ights- a!e in

- 1 r in e to eac h other; the one ill C o n j u n a i O } l , _ and the other in Trinea nd R ec ep no n with MI~ur) , ,a nd a ll t he fe ~ ilI fic :d - by th e B ea ms

-o f Jupiter. who!s in ' C a I I C f T , and'!D rrin~ t~ th e M i d.h e.av~ n.; ~ Yw hich means he IS doubly concern din glvm g and fuppoftlng hisBonOIlI. a nd F r ie ndf hi p, wh ic h we rd nd ee d really infeparable- In a

word therefore, this V alian; and Fortunate: N ative had OJ!lYE nem ies, and thole great and c onfiderable in their O 1!ality , and

t hi s j ud ge ab le by this Pofition s b~ t he had more. Fr,iends, andtholi m ore powerful to fupport hIS Inrereft rwhich IS { he u fu al

an d n atu ral E ffe 8: o f fo good and fortunate a Politlon, as he was

blel] w ith. Thus y ou fee the heft and molt ~dent A fuologers,ha d other ways to judge of F riends sud F riendfhip, Enem ies and

Injuries o y them , w ithout making ufe of t he S ev en th Houle, the

Elevcn.th,and. Twel&h, with their Lords and G overnors, and Pla-n elip la c.ed th ere in .w hic h m eth od is indeed a b fu rd a ndr id~ c u~ ou s,

if c om pared w ith Ptolomy'~, w hic h is fo un ded o n b ett~ r P rin cip lesof Phih:lophy and Reafon, B llt more of .thofe F oo le rie s y ou I ha ll

have in my Difellio GenitNarurn, no w re~y fo r th e I'lefS..'It is not very material to OUJ work 10 hand to take 'nonce of of the N

this part of Judgme!_1t ill this N ativity , bec aufe he w as not liable ti'llt'f S

'to th e Fate and A cc idents of private M en; for Princes fc ldom vJl1ff.

know th eir S ervan t& , [fo me few ex ce pted J. and by that means

avenet liable t o a ny D U fe re nc es an d D ifc ord with them , nor are

t he ir S e rv a nt s a dm i. tt .: ;c l .t o a u y intimate F am iI ia ri ~ y w i th their M a-

H ers; forw hevthey are put into.an Em ploy ment, the S ervic e ex~peered . ti :( lm _t h£m io ebat.Iroplov, is D ill ge nc e a nd F aith fu ln e: fs

i n t he ir Duty to their _MaHer, B ut w e m ay c ertainly c onc lud e, That

al l Princes h ave S ervan ts .o f b oth fo rt',go od a nd b ad ; fo r ac co rd in g

a s : th of c M i ni (1 er s o f S ta te a re a ff eC te d, , th at pu t'i n, _ a nd imploy th eIn fe rio r -S erva nts, fo m ull th at Prin ce e xpe ct to 'be ferved or beb etra ye d; an d I S ou ld wifh~ had no Examples of thisl5.ind in

Englaud. -I 2' Bu t

60 Optu fRJformattlm. Opm f l< ! f o r m a t u ,m . 6 .



B ut for the R eaders [atisfJc tion, I w ill al[o give the Judgm ent

o f th is m atter w ith t he r ef t, Ptal9my d oth allo w th e T welfth Houfe

~ nd P la ne ts p la ce d therein, to Iignify th e N ative's S ervan ts; 'b u;If th ere a re n on e ill that Houfe, to ta ke thofe placed in t he S i xt h.

but m oll c hiefly to obferve how the L ord of the Tw elfth H oufe dothagree, or dirigree w ith the chief and moll princ ipal parts of the

Figure, .and fro m th en ce make y our Judgment of the matter inhand. In the Nativity n o w under c on fiderarion , w e find Saturn

Lord of the Twelfth Houle in Librd, his Exaltation, but in noA fpec t, either good or bad, to the M id-heaven, A (c endam , Sun,

MJon , o r p art of Fortune, only in Parallel w ith the Ian of themwhich Ihould indeed {hew the N ative's S ervants. to be none of th~

bell; . but if w~ c onfider that J u p i t e r is in the Sixth H oufe, and

there ma Zodlafal S quare, but a Mundane Stxtile to Satu)'n I

fb ou ·ld. ju dge th at h is S ervan ts w ere M o derate, Truftv a nd J ~fi;

a n ,d t h is t he r at he r. be c au fe Ven te beholds the Cutp of the TW elfth,

w ith . a n e xa ct T .r i n e « but this laft I Ipcak of my felf, there being

n oth lll ~ o f t~ at 1 1 1 . the Rule. U pon the whole matter, Io j ud ge ,.had,thls Native been of the Common ~ality , and liable to thofeACCIdents that Subjeds mufi m eet w ith in fuch A ffairs, that hisServants w ould have been jull in the if Duty , but llubborn and

head-flrong, and that the N ative and they w culd have agreed rno-

d erate ly w ell; fo me Iirtle d iffe re nc es t he re w ou ld h ave h ap pe ne d

but y c t true a nd t rufly in the m ain. - . . 't ; ! f t h e N . t- I am (lOW c ome to the Iat] part of Judgm ent that is to be giventlve', h N .. f 'D 'l "on,t e atlv1 .ty 0 any Perf on , N am u ltra m orte m n ibil; but thot t h ' ' ; ' ~ h ; ; ' moll ~onfu(ed part of the w hole' A rt, as it is now undertlood andth i l l depmd pradffed by all thofe that pretend to underfiand the L anguage of: h < : , O R , . . the Stars, an~ have juf] s ki ll e noug h in hard W ords, to make thetam c a u f o left of M ankll1d believe that they are really w hat (hey conri-and f i l. ! .,a f r - d I - I I h f I h 't1 dflm.. en t y ca t em eves, t. at IS, AJlrologm. An d therefore I thall/ P g i c a l . b e ~ Ittt!e th e larger o n this Paragraph. Firft, To Ihew th e W o rld

their. M illakes. And Secondly , To give a few Directions i n o rd er

to fet them right-, but in this l Ihall be very fhorrand c onc ife, andthat for feveral R eafons) w hic h perhaps y ou m ay find elfew here.

m e nt i. o~ ed · i n t hi s Treatife; Fo r I am now handling a Nativity,

no t gIVIng G ener~1 Rul~ fo to do; which perhaps I ma y performat a more convernent time; for l really believe I have taken asm uc h pains in that part o f A ll ro lo gy th at c on ce rn s Sickncls an d

Death; as any M an i: an d f or that reafon, Lthink I o ug ht to u nd er-

fland

ftand it as w ell. H ow ever,' when time than ferve, Iw ill give

the W orld what Ihave prepared' and intended, and let themthat are-more skilful and know ing Coned it, for w hic h I w ill

give them thanks, if I am convinc ed that they have done it. But

1 Ihal l d iv id e m y Dilcourfe on this matter into Three Parts, and

bring all under threediftind Heads. .

Fir{l, The C aufe of D eath.S e c o l 1 d l J l , Th e Q !!a lity o f D eath . I mean o f a n atu ra l' Death,I ot intending here to run into a D ifc ourfe.of V iolent _ones,

bec Jufe it w ould be too long, and alfo no t fuirable to m y pre . .fent purpofe: .

7'birdly, To compare the Caufe w ith the Qgali ty. And, i: contra;

fro m w hen ce w ill arife [ orne ~er ie s .

Th e Caufe of Death is varioufly aflerted v fome lay ing the Th e C a 1 4 f e

.Caufe of it on a bad Revolution. So one fervedmy FriendJ\1r. o f D e at b.

l{' B.whom they Iaid lay under a bad Revolution four years fuc .·

ceilive, and kill'd him at latl , for W hic h they c ould never give

any other reafou , and y et had his Nativity to confider in thething.' SDm.:: l ay the firefs on Ec lipfes of the L uminaries, and

thefe they tell y ou do mighty things, eipec ially in D eath. Nay ,

many of them ,ro m y know lc dg have no other Caufe .ro alledg

(or the late A bdication, but a poor fmall Ec lipfe of the SUI', Oil

.tbc Stm's Radic al Place, and day of his B irth ,Oaoher )4, 1688.Mme: W liic h if they pleate roconfider, there was an Ec lipfe ofth e MO . 7 / 1 , Apri l 15. 1660. n ea r th at place, a nd th at 'a v er y g re atEc lipfe, and yet did· him no harm . A lfo in [669· 0{1vber- [4· at

w hich time the Suo on his R adic al P lac e w as Eclipfed in 2. de -

gre es o f Scorpio, the very plac e of the Drago n ! 1 a il ; and y et I 00not remember that it did him any harm , .nor y et kill'd him i.but any thing ferves w hen better R eafons are not in their Pow er,

Som etim es they tell us, that great C O l 1 j H l l l i i O l l J kill, and yet that·Ihall no t .happen in d ive rs Y ears after th e C o n j u l l l J i u n is over and

pafl. A nd th is Iave often heard alledged as the ~ all fe o f D ea th ,

w hc n fuc h a C O l l j u n l J i o n h at h h ap pe ne ~ ~n t.he M , .d . h eaven , A f-

cendant Sun ot .M o o n ; &c. of a N atlvlty ,JIl w hich they couldfind ou: no ~ther reafon m o~ e (ubllantial. T hey Iikewife fay,That Comets oftentimes kill when they begin, or expire on the

chief P oin ts a nd Pa rt s o f t he Na ti vi ty . B u t th is a s w ell as all th e. Reafons

6 J, O p u s f R . . e fo r m a tu m ;

R ea fo ns b efo re me nrio ne d, a re falee and groundlefs, and I do po-

Opm f R . . t f o r m a t u m . 6J

, Thls being granted, That D ireCtions are the M rological Th f f l . ! . t



lith'ely f O l Y , c ann ot K ill, n or.ever d id , p er fe , atauy tim e. H ow far .:

fu ch th in gs as there are c onc erned in D eath, I am fenfible,and m ayiDmetime Dr o th er g iv e a more pa rt ic u la~ . a c coun t t he re of , but to&y thell: Kill, i s no thing elfe bu t a.Refuge f or Ign9 r a~ce , il l~d terthem bring me one . Example where t he re _, or a ny o f j ~e l~ h ~v e, ki !-

led, and I w ill bring them twenty where they have 'not ~ it,

and y et attended w ith as much violence as t h e o t he r. 'But notwithftandiug th ey h av e th efe B ac k- do ors to let in E x-

c ufes and S ham s, to c heat and delude rhem felves and others; and

alfo to B altle an d B an te r a m ore ferio us In qu iry after T ru th , w hic h.they pretend is their S tandard; I fay , rhefe very M e n d oallo

own, and allow , that violent D irec tions to the Hilpgiack"points,

- give S ic k /. le fi , D eath, an d o th er MiJ!ortunf.. In which I do agreew ith them , and do alfert that rhefe a re th e only, real, an d prillcip,zl

CIlltj<.J of-Death, and that all the others are butS:JJ]fqHmtland

Collateral! . · A nd ~ he(e D irec tio ns are n oth in g.elfe b ut B od ies an dR a} 's ,c <lrri ed a nd c on ve ye d fro m o ne pal t o f H e av en to another by

th e pe rpe tu a l F lux of M ot ion . And about rhefe Direc t ions there

hath been a great.and a long C onreu, one being of this Perfuafion,lind another of that, how to c ontrive their Operations, to bringthe S i gn i ri c at o r a nd P rom it to r together.according to th e tru e d efig n

a nd i nte nt of Nature; in which point I find. they are not y et w ell

agreed, neither if it c erta iu w he n they wi11; tho in the Anglesit is c ertain there can be no miflake , nor indeed any where elk"

if they would but ob fe rve , an d p urfu c T ru th in th at T ra er th at

Nature hath m ade. But in this point w e do all agree, that Di-re cti on s o f 1 " violen; N ature give Death; and in this I do agree

with them, an d ·th ~t it WaS D irec tions that w as the c aufe of thisNative's (the Protcdor's ) Death; and y et I am pot unfenlible,that he had i, n that y ear an illR ev: olu tio n, 'an d an E clip fe o f th eS IUl in M.ly 1658. in exa6l: Square. to the Mo~n , in the R(1di;c.

who is G iver of L ife. An d that the Comet of Hlp. h ad its be -

ginnH 1g in or about tile roth degree .of Gem in l • In.S quare to theMoon's Radical Place, and the Muon i n h is l aH RC !, 1'o lu ti on OIl that

lICTY place ill Gemini , or near it; w ith fome other things, w hich

iJ do no way saJlow to be thecaufe of his D eath, but rhofe D ire-

r.celiolli only iiithe prfC(dutg T able, an d .the y a rc , as I rem em ber,Seven in number, .

. This

C au [c s of D eath i the next thing is to inquire into the Quality ty i f d ; : tof it, an d how to ju dge this a cc ord in g Co the M ethod and Dire-

ttions of our Authors, w ould puzzle a far fironger B rain than Iha v e to imploy in it; as I believe y ou will c onc lude, and readi-

Iy judge,~hen y ou have heard the Caufe opened , and the M at-

t er f aJ il y Ilated,> ac co rd in g to th e ufual M ethod and Pra~ice no w

in u!Camong thofe M en called Aftrologers, or' Iac h as pretend

to it.. In any Nativity , w hen they c om e to c onfider D earh , they tell

U5, That the Native's Death w ill be b y fuc h M eans, W ay s, or Dif..eafe , a s is 3 gT cea ble to th e L ord o f th e E igh th H ou fe , h is !'latu re,

Pofition ,and Configuration, And to c olour the Foolery of thisDelution , they tell us, That the Lord of the Eighth H aufe isth e Anareta. or killing Planet, when there is n ot o ne in Twenty,

"o r Thirty that dy e by th e Direction of the G iver of Life , to th eLord of the Eighth Houfe, If [0, then there is norhing moreplain than the Contradidions-in their very Rules, la id dow n to

i ntlru d: t ho fe t ha t a re m ore I gn ora nt thanthemfelves, ifany fuchare to be found. For is it not a' p lain piece of Nonfence to fay,That this Or that Diredion-is th e c au fe of Death; and at the

fam e tim e tell us Iikew iie, that the D ifeafe by w hich he mull ex-.

pire, w iH be of the Nature of the Lord of the Eighth Houf~ , &c.

w h en p er ha ps V e f 1 U ! may be Lady of the E ighth, in Trine to th e.Moon, or Srxlil~ to JHp;,er; b ut p erh ap s t he D ire ctio n may be rheSun or Mlon, G iy er of L ife, to the SqltiJrf.J o~ OppafitiM! of SatH rn .

an d Mlr!, an d one of them Lord of the H o r o J c o p e , And it is im - .p offib le ro rec on cile rh efe tw o R ules to geth er, to m ak e th em e ith er .

agree, or (ery e far a Cloak to hide their Errors, for there cannot :be two Caufes to Ipecificate one and the fam e D ifeafe, and rhofe

C au fe s.I o A ntit he tic ally o pp ofite , a nd y et th e D ife afe th all pa rta kebur of one of .rhern when all is done, and that is the D irec tion

o r D i re c ti on s , that th e G iv er of L ife is then direc ted to; and .

ac cording to the N ature of that S ta r o r S ta rs, [0 t ha ll t he D jf tem~

pe r or , D i fc a fe b e . And Indeed.this is the on!y rational m ethod.and .•the other altogether im probable; fer it is the oc cafion of the D i-

rec tions touc hing atthar tim e, that gives the: S ic knefs , w hic h iffo , it is reafonable to think that fhould give the QJality of the .

D ifeafe allo , and not the Lord of the Eighth. But I will en d

all in a word or.two ab ou t th is m atter, an d ifl can, put it ou t~ of .

O p H ~ ( ] u : f a r m a t u m ~, O p U S ( j{ _ e Jo rm a tnm . , '_ 6 5

w ill C oo n ! he w you, to w hich fide Truth c aL letll a favourable A -



of doubt; let Jupiter be Lord of the Eighth, and in it, in Pi[cu,

or w here y ou pleat(:, illTrine or Sextile to the Su n or Moon , andthe G iver of L ife be direc ted- to the B odies of S atu rn , V en te , an d

Mercury , in A ri er , S co rp io , C ap ri co rn , or Aquary; e lp ec ia ll y n ea r

any violent fixed Stars-, or to the Body of Saturtl or Marl , and,'

the Squares of the other two; and that Native Ihall either be

poy foned , or intoxic ated w ith poy fonous Phy fic lv, and this in

defiance-to Jupiter, Lord of the Eighth', w hoI am fure gives nofuch thing. And fo 1 come to the third thing, and that is to ..

c ompare the Caufe w ith the <:m aU ry or Effec t , w hic h is the D if- -

eafe, &c.Tb~ C~n- ,The w ay to c om pare thefe th in gs" is t o e xa m in e, f uc h N a ti vi ti es

p a ri {o ll . of as the c hiefeft of rheProfeffors have, publifhed to rhe W orld, andboth , Wth to fee how they make their Rules, and the Death of the Patienttln !fl!!.erm' if h O·fc ·r. b f 1 M.' , - Ft hm c e a ri - agree; I tel ~ale .e. r?m t re Su n or . ~r J j It IS a. ever , aJl l Ig . H e l 1 i c k . " or fuch hke; If It 15from Sawrn, It IS a Co ld D i fl emp er ,

as Cough!, Dift.PtmS~ Aguf1, &c, if fro m Jupi ter , Apop~exieJ , Im-pojlhumu, difeafes o f th e LUngl , &c . if from Ven~ f, Dy f en t fr i e1 , di~-e af es o f th e Slomac~ an d L iv er , F if tu /a 'l , a nd d ,f ea fe s o f R ep le ti -

, 'o n; if from M f rc ur y, D e li ri um s, M a d nc !l , C o nv H lj io nl , C oU g /; l, an d

difeafes of the Breali , with all thofe Infirmities that rife from' an

excefs of Thine!r; if ~£rom'the Moon , D i ar r lm1 f, ' an d other Fluxes

o f th e Bowe ll , Convu lj i~ ; IJ , ObJl ru li ianJ in young W om en, d i feafes of

the Womb , and fuch like. , Then agaIn" they give variety of D lf-c afes, ac cording to the M ixture and Com plic a~ ion of their R.ay s,

which is no, very hard thing to exam ine, if y ou are but w illinS

to ta ke a little p airl s. And the reafon why I advife y ou to com-

pare the D jfeafe and its Quality, w ith that w hich you c a ll . t he

Caufe of it, is for y ou ,to ' obferve how they do agree one w ith

another, and how all o f t hem t og et he r do agree and corrclpond, tothe R ule s la id down fo r that p urp ofe DoUr . o f N as i» , page 142•f lU. I. page 261. [ e C i . 8. And .tc confider w hen any N ative or

Patient is dead, whofe Nativity is known to be nue and c ertain ,whether had y ou been to have given y our Judgment thereon be-

fore Death, y ou would have predid:ed that D ifeafe of which he

died, or fom e one v cr y l ik e it in N ature and C!!:!ality, [fo r 1 k no w

there are n on e c an b e abfo lutely p artic ub r J b y the Polition of theLord of the Eighth H oufe , having re(pc tt to that A ng le it : [elf,

the Planets in it) and thofe Coiltigurations w ith w hich the L ord -

o f i t i s a ff ec te d. Iay , a fc W' T rials o f this N atu re, in a l it tl e t im ewill

f pe d: ; - w h et he r to the power of thofe D ired:ions at Death, or to --

the' Power ana: Pofition of the Lord of the Eighth at B irth . To

w hich purpofc Jet us make a Iearch and inquiry into fem e N ativi-

ties that areknown and allowed. '

~ery 1. W ho w ould~ have judged by the Pofitionof the L ord

of th e E ig hth, th at.K ing James I.[hould have beeapoy foned ; for

Jupiter L ord of it, was ,inSextile to the Moon , and in Square to th eSu n an d Mercury , w hic h Ihould rather have given a COl/gh, difrern-

per of theL U l I g l ,

and aB f[J iC k., E e te r ,

than anf l g u ,

an dP Q J { o n .

B ut the D irec tions thatkill'd him do n aturally g iv e P oy fo n, fo r itw as the SUIf, Hi{eg, to the Body of Mar! , S quare 9£ V':IiHf, an d B o-

dy of Saturn. _. ", f f2 ! ! < r y 2. W h a t Artifi sk ill'd in th at L earned D oc trine o f t he L ord

, of the Eighth" w ould have judged Cbarlelff , Iho uld h ave died byV io len ce, w hen Mar l Lord of the Eighth w as in Scxtil« to th e SUlly

and Lord of the A lCendant, and in no illR.ay w ith any , but the'

Sq uare of the Moon? A nd y et the D ired:ions thatkill'd him w ere

Violent, and might give Death by a fort of V i l? le ll ce , a m on g

w hic h, that he died by was one kind. . - '-~uery 3. W ho would have judged that the Earl of E f f e ' X fhould .

h av e b ee n B eh ea de d, w hen Jupiter Lord of th e E ighth w as ill Libra,

and free fro m all M a lefic k R ay s? C JU r c.Gm i. p . 4 5 ·., ~try 4, The Cafe of D uke Hamilton; w hy he fhould dy e illthat

m ann er, w hen JIt}itrr an d M# , l w er e n o w ay s a fR id :e d, r he .f or me r

b ei ng in Sextile [0 Saturn; an d ill Trine to the S mi; and the latterin

n o M p cc tw ith any ,bu ttheO ppafitio n to V ( nU f 1 C nUee .G e ni t. P·67·

~~'J 5. W hy George D uke of A l b n n . 1 r l e Ihould dy e of a D r o p f y ,

when M.J1'I, L ord of the Eighth, - was in Sqflare to the Sun, - an d i n

Sexttle to Velllff; w hic h 'c annot be-allow ed to give a'Dtop[y in m y

Opinion. CoU~e.Genii, p 7.0· . _, ,,'~,ry6. Why Si r Robe r t H il bu rn did not dy e a v io le nt D ea th ,

feeing l I ! . z r 1 and th e SUI! i s i ll C ~ l I ju _ n G 1 i o nin the E ighth, am ong vio-

lent rixed Stars., a nd 'S .J tu rl l g o in g to th e SqHare of Jupifer, Lord

of thsr H oufe, from Cardinal S igns; w hic h is indeed a very violent

Polition. Col lec . Genis, p. 124., ' •, ~ery 7. ,W hy M r. M . 1 j J r a / J ie U a fhould not expire by _a N at~~ "Death, feeing th at th e M o a l l , L ady ofthe E ighth, w as no w ay s afllld:"ed, but going to the Trine of Mm) Trine of S ol l~ rn ~ an d Trine of

. ", K the

"T

66 O p u s r J \ .t fo r m a tu n r . .

th e S ti li , Co ll ee . Genit . p. IS5. But I Iappofe this i~on e of M r. J u h n ' sO p lU f J {e fo rm d tt4 m ~ 67



made Nativiries, and therefore ought not to queftioned. -9& <ry S. W hy S ir Frech , Ho ll u Ih ou ld d y~ by fo vi?Ient a D eath , as

being Ihot to p iec es, w hen th e M~on ,L ady of the Eighth, ",a~ fepe-

rating from the Trine of V C I I . I H , Lady of th~ Te~ lth, and gomg to

the B ody of Jupiter , L ord o f th e A fc en da ot 10 Pi !m ; fo r th e Moon

w as not full 16degrees i ' . l Pifces by her Latitude; a~d Jupil€r was

almoll19 degrees by his ~ol1ei1, Geni t , p, 159, This IS th e G e~ -tleman that was to live lome decades of Years, (b y J . Gild. sPrrd iC l: io n.) b ut w as k ill'd w ith in fix M onths after he had print-

ed it.f f 2 m r y 9. In t ha t N a ti vi ty printed fo r O l i V E r C romwe ll 's , C o lM i .

Gellit. P.145. W hy Jupiter in Square to M m ~d Saturn Ihouldgive a n Ague an d Fever , and as they fay, Po)fon; when 3 .£ th e fa me

time, Jupiter is in .Sex/ite t o. th e Moon , in Sexti}_e t? th e SUII, t,oMercury , an d VtJ lHf , w hic h Pofitions .do not ufe to give fuc h ACCi-

d en ts, bu t rath er aConJllmptioll , o r (o rne oth er D ifc afe o f th e hulgs.

B ut betides .thar , even in this F igure here before us , and by menOW corrected, Why Ihould Merc~y rhar governs the Cufp of the

E ighth, and is in Sextile to Jupiter , an d T~il le ~ o th e,M lO Jl; o r ~£-nIH who gov~rns th e retl of that H o ufe , b ei ng III 110111Afpefr ".:Ith

an y o f them, but in her own H oule, and free a s w el l from Beneh~k,

as M alefick B eams , g iv e a llY D iie afe o f th e N ature of that he diedof? W henc e it is plain, that none of thefe R ay s, either of Mercu-

ry or Vmu«, c an be a llo we d by any Rule I h~ve read in that ~e-

[h od o f Ju dg me nt, from the Lord of the. Eighth H oufe , to.Slvee ith er a F ev er , A g il e, or Poyfon. l X c . A nd in de ed ro exarnme It ra -tionally , it w ill appear a very lame, em pty fort oi a R.ul.e, that

th e Lord of a H ou fe Ih ou ld give (0 confiderable arr ACCident toM an's L ife, as the Qgality of the D ifeafe of which he muft dy e,and that H oufe but an im aginary Point or Part of H eaven, rhathe

is called the L ord of; an d bec aufe he is L ord of that Houf e. he rnu fik il l a nd dellroy; nay , and give Death by fuc ha kind, of D ifeafe

3S is n ot u fu al to his N ature, PoL ltioo', or an y o th e r ~ a 1i fi c at i~on ; which if th ey w ou ld b ut c on fide r, ren d:rs' th eir Art [b y t he ir

_ ow n Rules] a v er y UDcc:rt~n, falacious I n,q ul ry , a s ~ oth appear byt he ir A u tho rs compared With t h? fl : Q l en c s pr ,e cedll lg• . ,~nd fa Ic om e to give th e true ~aufc.of his-Death, that InalI Nativ iries Ihallh old G oo d an d .Amhentkk, th e R ule being well u nd erfio od , a nd

then well obfersed. .

l..4/fly, He th at. wil l c ome t,~he-wi e k nowle dg o f A ll ro lc ig y Inth is th illg of D eath , h e r ou a In t~ e firfi p,lacethrow b~ ' all thereS ham s a nd F oo lerie s, fn-a t a rt k ep t In u fe Wi t hou t my A pprobationof truth or any other A uthority but that w hk ~ I om e c all A nti qu ity .A n d I h av e b ee n [omewhat th e IOI )ge ton th is mat te r , to {hew howidle a t hi ng it is hi It (c lf, and yet ho:n, mu ch m ag ni fi ed by ~hoJet ha t p re te ed t o A il ro lo gy . Not a N atiV ity d on e W ith ou t th e u Ceo f

this Rule; and not one Nativity in forty , w here th e R ule takesplac e' unlefs it is by chanc e; for till they . c an prate to me) that

[heyhate

a be tte r. f6u nd atio n fo r the ir H ou fei;,~ ha!l an y ~ c any etlearn, I rnuft b¢ g t he ir p ar do n, fo r my not believing this, and a

_I great m a n y F oo le ries m ore in th e A rt o f N ativities. < ? f which I

w ill give a fuller A cc ou nt th 6rtly in m y Difd l .Gtn .There 15 n o o th er

thing can flute in the C aufe of Dea. th , ,and the ~att~re a nd QQ a- ,I i fi cac ion of the D iCea(e; but the Duechon or DlreCllolls tint areth en in fo rc e a nd o peratio n; by D irec tion to .the _G iver.of L ife. I

d o ac kn ow led g, tha t Rro iJ lN t ion t; Se condary Di r rl 1uJn!, wl~h TI'dl{llf,

Re tu rnS ', Ec li pf eJ , &C. may lncreafe the A rg~ men t5 o f the <:er.t~lIltyof D eath, but all of them together c annot g I V e D e at h, o r I pe c if ic a rc

t he D i fe af e that l ea ds to it ~ bur the Direc tions only : As J couldthew' y ou in (orne of-thole Nativities mentioned in the f O f f ! 1 e r

Q uerie s, w here th e D i fe a fe s d id exacUy c orrefp on d to th e D ire-

dions, that gave them , Sen!u A ,ft ro{og;co, A nd t o th i6 p~ rp o( e,

there. m ay fom etim es be three or four ~ lanets c onc erned III ~h e- m atter,' Iom etirnc s but one, but' rarely lefs then tw o ferve,t~ give

the Difeafe and Death. To this purpofe, in the Nativity ofCharla II. it was th e MJOTl that gave the Difeafe, but it was M.zrs

that kill'd him , altho there w ere divers D iredions , I am , Iiire

fix or feven ill force and operation w hen he-died, and help'd toc om ple at t he Work o f M o rtality . Likewife in th is C af e of theProtector Crnmwell , it was not Mercury or Venm I Lord or Lad y ofthe Eighth H oufe , that. g.a.ve:hiw-e~mAtlft, F- t t I t r , o r · P . 1 ) { T J t t ,

no nor. Ssmrn , Lord of the A[c endant in the Eighth, in O pp ofi- '

tion t o M,;rs; bu t it w as t he _D ire c ti on s of Sam rn , a nd , th e MOOII

he r (elf, th at gave his Difeafe, but that o~ Marl k il l'd H im. Andthat I do affert to be the true Caufe of his Death, and {ball have

a proportional Effect in a 1+ o th er N ati vi t~ es ,. w he re t ? C .MooI I isHileg , and in that part of H eavenj that, IS, It t ha ll , g iv e De at h,

but perhaps it may no t be by the lame Dlfeafc, bu t It [hall be of

th e fame Nature, violent and quic k, as indeed are molt of rhofe. K 2 _ Directions

O p H S f R . . . e f o r r 1 ? a t u m .68. Op~ 1<!formatum «,



D ir ec ti on s w h er e M r r J and the M o o n a re c on ce rn ed , b ut e fp ec ia lly

where they fw ay and gpvern. And that you may be the more

fatisfied, do but examine rhe.N ature of the P rom ittors in D ire-

dion, ,1IlJ compare thc :m w ith the N ature and Circ um fianc es of

h is D if ed fe b y w hic h h e ex pired . B oth w hic hb cin g.thro ug hly

confidered, in the next plac e confiilt the Text of Pt%my iu his

Fourth Book, Chap. 10. 1J l g e n e r e MJftM, and 'y ou w il l (1 be -lieve) be Coon f atisfied about the tru th of that m atter. A nd fo [ .

will conc lude m y D ifcourfe on the N ativity of this G reat General,

StateJman, an d PoJiticiaQ'; whom M !_.Dreydell in his Panegy ric k onhis D eath , c om mends for his great L abour, Toil, and Indul1ry ,

b y endeavour ing to th e urrnof] to Ihorren th e K ing dom s M i fc :ries.

and put an end to the W ar, which other M en made their Trade

and Profit, and made it their bufinefs alfo to protrac t it. H is

w ords are rhefe, .

Ourfo rmer Ch ie fJ , Ji~e i,ic"-!ers o/the 'War;Fir { l [ ough t , 'e nf lame 'h e P s n i e s , tben tq P I J i { e ;

The ~ar rt / l o v ' d , bu , did th e C aufe -a bho r,

A nd did Ilot Pri~ to hm" but mJ~ a n a if e.

War, om C o n f 1 l m p t i o n , 1J!M their gainful1radt;We inward Bled, 1J!hi/e 'bey prolonld 0It'/' Pain.

H e f o u gh t ' I Jt l 1 d 0JI ' f f i gh ti ng , a nd e JJ .; y 'd _1 0 f t an c h 'h e B l oo d h y ,b r e a t hi ng o f a Vein .

~THE

THE

SECONDPAR T.

Th e Arg;;mefJt !h,tt indllced me to it.

I-aving finifh~ d this G reat M an's N ativ:ity , c orrec ted the Fi-

. gun:', and refuted thofe 'ab :ind Errors, which others have

built thereon, under the N otions of Rules and D irec tions' for

the Young S tudents to S teer by; I am direc tly led to exam ine

a B ook not lees nll'd .w irh E rrors, than CromwelJ's Na ti vi ty [ pr in t-

ed by th e G cn tlem an y ou have heard mentioned in this T reatife ]

w as. w ith falfhood and fhams, A Book w ritten toIntroduc e a -

new and imaginary W him , that J . G. did believe the Po~ ver ofhis then Interefl, w as able to put upon the W orld. A B ook, that the

, A rgu ments w hic h are bro ugh t to pro ve the th ing there p ro pou nd ed ,

a nd h is P rin cip le a fle rte d, a re e ith er f aH e,m if ap plie d,o r e lte lu gg 'd

in by head and fhoulders, A Book, not w ritten to do the Ar-

tills of England any S ervic e, but rather a n opportunity m ade ufe

of, to Ihew how plaguely he w as abufed, and his Reputation cur-

ta ile d, b y b ein g c al le d and' ef le er ne da Papin, f rom { he P op if h- Pl ot

to that time; and yet . at the fame tim e, w ith a tide-long, skew -

w hiff .\rgum ent, to ridic ule the O bjec tions againH .the C heats,

F ooleries, and A bfurdiries in his P opifh R eligion, as I l 1 u 1 1 haveoc c afion to (hew anon m ore at luge. A B ook, w ritten to jufiify

and maintain the. Errors of his Youth, [I had alrnoll (aid, the

Sins too] which were great enough then ,-and m ight have fav'd

him this labour of Painting and H anging up a S ign, to have;~

the eaiier rem and difcQ vered; audro (hew you . he had n o.m oreskill in A Ihology at. S ixty y ears of Age, than he had at Thirty .

For in the Y ear of o ur L or d, J 660; an d 166 I, he made a Col-

lec tio n o f Nativi ti es , and molt of them f~lrc ones, as Ihall ere. long

O p i fs f J ? . e f o rma t t t r n , '

long appear. From thefe N ativities ,thus m ade, ~e'for~ '~ .a hun-

/

O p U J rJ? .tfornla~um. '/ I

to lay dow n my Opinipn, as an Axiom concerning the Pow er o fCardinal S igns. _. '



dred Aphorifms, and moll of thcm as falfe ashis N ativities, I'

fay f ~om t he fe ( al re N ariv irie s, ~ e fo rm 'd t~ ofe c ho ic e A ph ori fm ,5 ,

a quarter of w hic h, I am confident, to t~ lI.s,day he _n eve r p ro v dto be true. An d from tw o of rhcfe Nativities, [.an d I am cer-tain th ey are b oth f.l.lfe, fOI r have made one appear [0 already,

a nd w ill do' C o by the o th er b efo re I c o nc lu de t hi s T re ati fe ] n am e-

ly C lm lt! G It! ~a vu s, KIng of Sweden.' an d O /~ er C T o~ w fll " he

form 'd the E ighteen th A phorifm , w hich w as this, CauJI/ IJ l S I J ? ' ~ I

poJ fc f fi ng t h e Ang le ! of a Nativity, mr1~eI tbe ~a ti~e ~o f a ll ,YCondit,'- ,o n o r C ap ac ity ) m vjf -E m 1l Wn t lI nd FI1mI1tlJ I1r hif &mrrar_fOfl , <lII~ til

d o J n cb A rt ! ,if Ajtfr-az,fI jh,lli admire him.' A n? fro m this Aphonfmmade in the Y tit .r 66 I. he wntes ;IBook 10 th e Y ea r 168+ ", to

j l. ll li fy a nd p rom o_ te t he t !l in g. wl ~i ch h e c al ls , Card in~1 Cad i, which

is my prefent bulinefs t o, ll lq u Ir e u rr o .

An l ; l q u i r y ' into J . G's C~rd ina lError~ .

THm~re a fort of M en n l the World, .th at ~ hc ih er th ey w rite

or talk, do pretend it is for nothing elfc , but T~uth; oft hi s S tam p al.ld Noue, is t~ e A utho r of. oar C ar dl JJ H C e li ; as youma y fe e i ll h I S 6Wl ll ll g EpiiH e to the L earned S ir E. D: who, as

he there c onfelTeth, -Cav'd him from the G allow s. A nd lndc ~d the

whole Treatife is nothing elfe bu t a heap pi-Words and Jmgle;noth ing at all relating eit~er. to Tru th In gClle~al, or t~:lt ~fAfirology in partic ular: It IS lik e th e c om mo n, DialeCt of ,hIS 01- ,fcourfe Ehttveand Treacherous. An d fo r the firtl EighteenParagraphs in h is, B ook, th ere is nO ,t 'a word to th e p urp ole, .a nd

m atter o f th e T re arife. J\lld therefore I Ihall pafs by all, till I

come to that part of it, .....h ere h e d ifc ou rfe th a bo ut Cardmal S C f ! , I ! S

011 Al1gler, &c. whic h is the only thlllg 1 have undertaken to re-

fute, according as he h ath aflerted it; fo r w hatc ve~ th e myttel'1

of Card inal S igns is, 1 am Iure he ~a!~ a w ron& N otl_on about them atter, and that not o nly th e N ativiric sh c b uild s h is A ph orifm s

upon , b ut alto th 6feh e brings to prove. hIS ,T htO ry ~ a rc ~ al[c . B ut

before I beain to examine tha; Book , ItWill not beam ifs for meo , to

./

. ';~rdinalSigns f r ! . i l i f ' y I I I lthing 0 1 1 th e Allgler of any Nath'il), & c;

- But Ca rd in a l S ig ll s o n tlie Anf!)u of a NJtivity, and [ome of 'he

Sup-eriors pla"d tb er ein , d o crrlaill!y m :1 kt M e n Famot« an d Prod;-

, g io M in t~ eir Gene r at io n . A n d fa thr y do in tbofe Sigll/) tho 110 ' ill

I IR A l lgl e s.

W ho ever he is that pretends to A l l: ro l og y , .anti denies the Powerof Cardir: ..1 S igns, not only in N ariviries, bu t in other gene . .al

A ffairs of the W orld , m akes too much n a l l : e to d ifc ov er h is Igno-rance and Folly ; and whoever he be that placeth more Pow er in

them , than A uthors and Experience allows and [ullifies , makes

too m uc h h afle ' t o diCcover h is C on fid en ce; w hic h in dee d h ath b een

in divers other th ings in this A rc , the Pradice of roo many Pro-

f ef lo rs o f Afiroloty; by which mean~ we ale at this day in fucha L a b y ri nt h of Errors and Confufion. For moll of the M odern

A uthors [I c all them M od_ern that have been w ithin One or Tw o

hundred y ears] h av e d if pe rf ed E rr or s, an d ac co rdin g to their In- -tere ft ,: fo th ey were believed and p rom oted. Take-an Inflancein one; and that is the L earned Trearife of Naibod all Aleahit;I/,!,

w hic h hath made Cuchnoifeamong forne very L earned and Judi-

cious Men . C on ce rn in g w hi ch Book, if 1 w ere to Ipeak m y plainO pin io n, p erh ap s it might not be c onvenient in this place; forI have a very oedinary Opinion of the Book, altho Learnedly

done , and this for fom e reafons of m y ow n, dilH nCl from the

Opinion of others •. And betides, I cou ld poin t out' their Er-

rors, and fome o f their A uthors ron , but that it is not -m y bufi-nets in this plac e to meddle w ith thofe things; but all ill good.time,

Why Cardinal S igns fhou ld g iv e tho fe f tup endi ous an d amazing,ElftCh in Na t iv i ti e s, o» . that this G entlem an fpeaks of, and y et

pot. known to the -A nc ient5 , is a thing I cannot c a fi ly b e li ev e ;

neither is it a t t his da y aflerted by any but himfelf, and thofe of

our Nation, 'who w.ere deluded into t he b el ie f of ~his i dl e A f; .Ierrion, For th e C ard in al Signs without Planers in them, arc

but em Fty S pac es in H eaven ; and whatreaColl,thcre is, that thofeem pty Sp rees Ihou ldbe allow ed C o great and m i!!,h ty a Pow er;. if

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7 2 . O p u s f J \ ! f ~ r m a tu m :if th ey have an y f uch t hing , m ull in my Opinion depend on one.of thefe three Reafons, ac cording to their A lfertion. Fir(i, It

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Q p , m , . ~f l ( e f o r tJ t a t ,~ ~ ,c~IU\ l~· . c . u r p Q f th e H d u{ e ,..mllft b e . ill _thcEcliptick·, whetherin the Horoicope,or M ia-heaVel) ; or ' th e opp6 fi te Points. -':rn the

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mJf t 'either relid e in th e N rm e , [low er, -and V irtue of the Sign.

O r, Secondly, In the N ature an d Power of the fixed Stars that

ar e in thole parts 9t Heaven. Or, 1hirdly, A s being the Medium,

an d t v . :0 ex rrc arn s o f th e, Ecliptick. A s to ih e firtl, I d ilo w n it

wholly, not allnwingaoy Myltick Power to th e Name of A"riu,C a nc er , L ib r« , or Catric1f1t, no r any m ore Pow er and Virtue to

th at p ar t of Heaven (0 caned, than to any of the parts of the 7,6-

diack bendes , for w e all know , that the N ames of the Tw elve

S ig ns, a re b u~ w fia t th e I1 rH "I nv en ter s im ag in ed th ofe C on tie lla-

tions to be l ik e, a nd -h av e rherefore c alle d.eh em b y t he fe N am es .

A nd w hat ,is more, thofe C oriH ella tionnnd P arts of Heaven that

d id p of fe fs tbofe points at the rim e w hen rhefe S igns w ere fo

named, are either by th e P re ce llio n o f t he tix ed St ar s,o r R et ro ce ff i-

on of th e E qu in ox ~d ivo lv cd fro m rh ofe P oin ts,n ear a w ho le Sign -;

. as in the S ign Aries , . w hic h takes its N am e from the Ram, th e F i-

gure of .w hich c .reature is defc ribed in that part of H eaven; and

, I judge at thattime.was in" or near-the Point of rheEquinox ;

bu t nowthe tirl1 Star in that Conf le llat ion , and know n by I_he

name ohbe lirllStu inIhe R.am's Horn, is in .z8 d eg re es o f Arles,

and about 301or 40 m inutes. So tha t if the Fj:~ ure of this Crea-ture gave a name to the Sign, an d a pOwer to the Part .of.Hea-ven; then the Prec effion ot the fixed Stars hath q uite altered the

Care, and it i s f li pp ed aw ay into that part and fp~ce th en c al ~'led ' 1at t rM, and fo of th e reft ;"nie ther do I c are by w hat N am es

you c all the Signs, fo I c an but tell w hat yo u intend by them, and

that w e ma y by th ole N am es know how , and w here to find theS ev en P la ne ts by th eir m otio ns d ifp erfed th ro ug ho uc th e Z od ia ck ,

B ut b e ti d es , t he empty S pac es o f H ea ven w ere never y e t p r et en d edby an y Man , to have any th e Ic afl POWC( i n1 3g in ab le ,· w i th ou t t he

p refc nc e o f ihc Planets or fixed StlIS to lllutlrate them ; and Io far .

Ida allow them ; and 110 further, . '. _ S ec on dly , As to the power of the fixed S tars in ·thofe S igns, I

think no M an will lay the firers t hc re ., b ec au fe rhere are no fuch

thing in two or three of (hem , unlefs they wil l m ake fuc h S tars

a; h sv e g re Jt Norlh o r S o u ,I J- L at ir u de ufeful in th is Cafe, .which

J am very unw illing to allow in N ati-vities; for the tix ed S ta rsth at h av e g r ea t L a ti tu d e, CIIl have b ut l it tl e forc e in the Ang lesof a NJtlvity ; andI hope 110 M anwi ll deny, th at th e p oin t .th ey

call

S.i8!14c. rif.!f: ttw rc , Js n o~ .a ~ ~a .; o .. th e 6 .rn .M a.,!Jn..... tUdC~.10 . r ~ n x :of.thClJe~qnd,: but th e Ilwja)lJ, Q,rjJle of A n t f r q f 1 f f J o J , .and they iu,~,in g N m hrJ,.atitu tk , ',ab Out 2 6 degrees; howe,'cr/if' they werenearer, I Ih ou ld n ot lo ok 4 po n t h o l e Sta iS ' able'~o itllifhate a Spaceo f H e av en , fu flic ie nt to g iv e' it. fucl1 aPdwer , f ee ing t he re are,Star, far more cOll1~<;rablcLto t ,~a t"purpofe~n the Zodiack, tho

nor, in C~ ;dina t S igns. I riCpncer' w F .f in ~ n o~ c o f ! he , f ir ft Magni,~'(wIe , bHt§)rilli ,. or the GrfI!W.Pqg •. a n d t ha t. S ta r IS about 4o · de. ;grees from the Ecliprlck with S oin b- La tit ud c, w h iC h Isa.Iietle to o

f ar t o h av e t hi s p pw er h er ep re te ri de d. Th e re il: a re a ll o f th e f ec on dM a g nitq d,e , a n( {. they are the . Brlgh, - Foot o f th e. 'twindn· t h e be-gin~li~lg9f 9an_clf', with 6 degrees 50 m inutes .ofS01Itb· Lati- :

tude , and the S tar 'c a11ed He r c H l , ~ . f ,w!tlt the-'tlJfir · D c ; " , having:abo~f 16 degrees o f S OI db -ta tit ud ~; th er e. a te 'o th ~r s ~ If o, but;··(

th in k lefs ferv ic eab le to their p Lirp ofe th an th efe are, jfl they de ' ; '

pend on the P ow er of fixed S tars. 10 L ibra th 'ere are tw o of the '

6rft M a gnitude, the Jrug;nl Spi/lt an d Arlli lrM; y et n on e but theYirginr Spik ,.e_re~vi"able . in tpis WO l k, " as b c in gn ~ ar t h e Ec l~p tk k ~'an d hath bu t l it tl e L a ri ru d e s bu r Arll,.,.lIIbath i lb o v, e 3 c degrees'

of Nurth· L atitude; and doth tife wi~l1. he m iddle o f J1irgo . · Aildw hen the hcginning of Libra afc en ds , th at S taris a c on fid era ble

d if } lp c e . a b ov e the J:io rizo o,~ nd n ot ro be £aid in the A fc en dan l ;

af¥l,befides,)~ c u) mi na t~ s ~ it h the,begil1l, ling of S C I i r p i _ i J , · - t n d . forthOre; .rea (O!lS no~way s f er vi ce ab le , '. In Capricorn there IS alfo bu t

one Stu pf the f ir ft M a t;n itu de , th e bright S tar in the H a r p , cal--

led, Lyra,. which h ath a bo ve 60 degrees of N orth -L atitu de ; a ndtho ip C4jriClI'f'fI, ye t it dfeth with the latter -part of Libra; there

a re . d iv e rs ,Stars more in that S ign, but all of th e third M agn i-

tude , and )efs~ exc ept that 'in t he V"l~"",,c alled th e BI'i!.'"S la r, , w~i,?~a~!\almo~lO degrees of N orth ~L atitU de . T h~youree . there 'IS b ,u t o ne Sign of the four, that hath an emi-nent fixed . $ t 3 1 : ' n ea r . .the E cliptic k , . which is th e J1irginl sp;~Ip;Librjl§ a n' ft ho ,i t r if et hw it ht he ;2 1 ft d eg re e of th at S ig n,

W. it lets. wi~h,the very~eginnjng. Hen c e, - rh e fe things have

~R.(~a . 'y w idi~ met~ bt:Jifr~ e lh ilt the fixed B tars are able tomake thefe'Signs fo. fam ous and: po werful ~ as ' my Virtuous

AdveJfary dothatfert, aq d endeavour to make u s b e li ev e • . For itiSpl~~ That other S l 'g n s ' ar c e nd ow ed w it h· famous and emi-

.., '. • i, ',. _" ·L nent

.

74 O p u s ~ f o r i n a t u m ~nent fixed Stars n ea r th e E cllp tic k, a nd ye t no t t ak en n o ti ce of in

O p t ll f R .: .t f o h n a t" '1 r ~th ofl! lto ln ts t o fb me rh ln g m ore E mi ne nt- an d R em ar ka ble intheir



t hi s c a fe .1hirdly , If th ey w ili fay ., T hat their E minenc e an d Pow er lieth

i n b ei ng th e M edh im a nd Ex tr eam s o f th e Ediptick, it ispellibleI may h ave ( orn e fa ith to be1ievt that reafon , and upon very good

grounds too; hut yet I wholly deny, That this reafon c an b e al-

low ed to prove the empty Ypac es of H eaven to have any Powerwhen 01 1 th e Angles of a Nativity ; as, perhaps, I may fhew by ,e xa mp le b efo re I c o nc lu de t hi s dlfcourfe. B ur th e tru e R .e afo n is,

b ec Ju lew hen the Planets arrive at th e t wo Tro pi ca l P oi nt s, they

then reac h to their u tm o ft b ou nd s N orthw ard or Sou thw ard, andthis is m ade the more remarkable if t he y h ap pe n to h ave grea t

Latitude, North in Cance r ; an d SOHth in C.JpriMn; by whichmeans t he y e xc ee d, the Ec liptick , and obtain a greater degree of

Declination; an d fO f that r ea fo n , m u ll have a larger c ou rfe torun in our fight, if in Canetr , b ec au fe th ey h ave a greater ' DiurnalA rk; it in .,Capricorn, the.fame to o ur A ntip odes; an d thereforea truly Regular Pofirion in this Nature, is a Figure wherein the

beginning of CaTietr is.on th e Tenth, and the beginning ,o f Libr"

atccnding, othcrwife it is bu t an Oblique Pofition , for if Ctllletrhappen t o ~ fc e l1 c i, it,rircth N o r ,h · E a )l almoil; arid Ca~l'icorn itso pp ofi te P oi nt, lets almoll: S I 1 I I I h - 1 I " e / l . Bu t the other F igure is

n oc Lo'im gu ,far nor c onfufed, bu t hath the fo ur A ngles w ith C ar-d in al S ig ns, th e A (c cn dan t direltly E4ft, an d th e Seven th d j re ~ -Iy Weft, as. the o ther tw o A ngles are N o r , h an d SOllth;and y et a llthis is bu t an empty Bubble and R itde ... w ithou t the Planets are in

rhofe S ign s to anim ate and illullrare the Figure. Nay, I will al -low any M an to have thofe S igns On the A ngles, and let but the

Planets be in abjed: S igns and H oufes, and fc c what (ort of F i-~ u rc : t ha t Man w ill make in the W orld, and how famous he w ill

be i n h is G e ne ra ti on , Th e Equator, or the tw o S igns Ariel an d

Li/W", fo r n o other ,part of it is or c a n b e c o nc e rn ed in ou r Afire)"lo gkk-w ay in the Ec liptic k,' bu t rho fe two POInts , beeautC'therethe E cliptic k c uts th~ t L ine at oppofite Parts; and t htre 'a re n on e

but thofe tw o Points of H eaven where the Planets c an be , an dy et at the (am ,e tim e b e vifibJeto die whole Eatth · for the8l1li in the. & iuator is v i G b l e t o t ho fe [if an y fu c , h are,j thR, In~'~ a.b it w ith in th e Art;t~ an d Ant4rI;c~qTcler , and have the Pof~Inheir Zenith; an d (0 of the reft of the Planets, which Itb othrtpall of H eaven c an perform ) but thofe only , w hic h doth' intitl~

thoCe

Po.frtl,tln ahd.,~eiJ\S, thtn the, ref] of the Tw elve, Signs. Witht hl ~ I tk ,c w i( ew e m a y c o nf id e~ ~ , ~ h at ev c: n by God 's a ppo i ntm en t ,

Arm, ~r Ab~b, W as thl~egll1n.1Og ? f : ' th e Y e a r, in th e ' f t I P J Ec -c 1elialhc al A lc ou~ t. B ut In their CIVIl A"oW 1t, they began theY e,ar in Al/tUllfll III th e M o nth Ti{ri or Etb.nim; fo tHa t b oth th ole

POints of Heaven were made then the S tandards for Timcvandthe M e a-C ures oftheit Y ears, before the ·Afuollomers 'w ere ! ~b le

to tell-the Wor l~ , that their Y ear d id c on ta in ,65 d ay s , ~ . h ti li rs ,

a n .d a bou t 5 .0 mmure s. T he re 'm ig ht be m any m ore Arguments

raifed.of this natu re,. to pro ve, th at rhefe S igns and Poin ts of theE qu :rt or a re b ot h Ett'lIncnt an d R em ark able; as that of their prim:l-ry P ow er. a nd P rec ed ~n ,e in . M e n ( uratio n .an d T rig on oin erric al

Pro~le":ls J~ t~e; D o& ine?f the Sphe[~ . Their Primacy and A u-thority 10 glV 1ogthar'm otio ll that is th e m eafore of T im e in D ire-

~ io ns. T heir P rim ac y an d S up erern in en ce in a dm ittin g n o P ara llel,an~ being the only S tandards of Equity to the whole W orld asb ein g .th e p ec uliar 'P oin ts th at gives eq ual D ay an d N igh t to a l l ' .t he

I nh~ b .n 'i nt s . .o f ; t h e Earthly G lobe. L ikew ife their. F ertiliryandprolifick Endowments to all thofe Places that are S ituate un der

that. Line, andba~ e 'th ofe tw o Points in their Zeni ,h; y et I d O'n ot

~ttr.l~ute that. fertile' Pow er to rhofe S igns of H eaven, and thofeindividual POints. o f th e Ecliptick and Equator, but to the Ray s

o f th e 8 " 1 1 who IS th e A uth or of all G eneration and Produd iorland al~ ay s broo din J1 ;in, o r ncar. their Zenith; from whofe hea:rb y w hich t~ e Terrene M e nlhuum is fermented] th e fertile Earthf en ds f or th It s E mergent Prod uc t, an d alfo h rnens their M atur i-

ty ; and not only the Parts of the Earth that ties near or under

th is L ine , but all th e Wor ld over, even to thePolc; alfo ~ fo rw hen th.!: 8i1;, re tu rn s fro m Capricorn, and approac heth the E-quator , It puts 'I Generative F erm ent Inroall tbe S eeds of N i·ture ~ exc iting Anim als to Proc reation , and the Earth to Pro-

d uc tIon, as ~ercdanf'l well obferves, LaJ l Iy , That w hic h is a srem arkable as any thing I have y et m entioned - is that u there

Points ~ te th e S tand ards of T im e.fo th ey are of'dill~ncealfo; foral l ZodIacal P ar al le ls a re r ti ea (u re d hom the Equ'ltor, and {rom

n o o th er point no r p arr o f H eav en ~'blltof what u fe 'th ey a re In

~ firo~ogy , few und~rfiand , either their N ature or the Opera-non III th e Mccham,al part; therefore I Ihall fay no more

thereof

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La Thus

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. O p M f R . . _ t f o . r . ' t 1 l 4 t j 4 ( n ; ,·T~ i:t~ y o~ fc c our A nc :efio rs h ad fo mc "re afon for b eliev in g th e

O p m \ f J { l / i r m a t u m : \{ ci « q ltH ti t ri r habul pflll'll tligni' ' ' ,u,.pna jiftm'it b r t w i T J m i . . qu i



•

, Ca rdina l SIgns, f o c :o nf id er ab le in t he ir .A f ir ol og ic al O b fi :. ty a (i on s

a nd Ju dg me nts o n N at iv itie s; ~ C ' : wh en 'i li ey f ou nd P la ne ts . h er ei n-p~a,ed,.w hic h ac cording to tbeir.!Pofitions did, and alw ay s w ill

g iv e th in gs r em ar ka ble a cc or di ng t o their Nature. A s f or exam .

ple, In the Inc linations and < l!: !aiific ations of the M ind, w hic h is

t~ e Ruddel to fieer the Body with. ,Pto/omy tells us, T hat theS igns add much to the Temperature of the: M ind; bur how ?

Why th ey a re th of e S ig ns w he re in M-w" , a nd th e Mao,! a re p la c ed .

A nd th en h e tells y ou o f T ro pic al, F ix ed , B ic orpo real, &c, Lib.a,

Cap. 18. And the fame things are preached alfo by Campanella,L '~ . ~ . G_ ap .7. Arlic. 1&2. S o f ay s JunI1in~ likewife, Pr o qlUlilalta1 l lm, 'gItNr, cOl lj idera LOCHm Me rc ur i; & L un ,e q u.t fi;.nr: o~cupen'.

S ~ cc u l. . A ll r. f ol . 50, Col. 4•. N either is CarJall hl~nt altogether inth is th in g, b ut fp ea king alrn ofl th e fam e w ord s, DII~de Ex~m. Ge-

nit'" ' in tertia, in OllarJiJ, in' Nona & aliu .N.~t ivit . .tiblll. Se-

condly,. In. D lfeafes, if. thofe that fignify their .lnfirmities ar e InCardinal S igns, they c erta inly give the m ore vjplent fort d Djfo.

c afes, and filc h as are har~ to;be Cured ', as the Lrprll!j , a n d. o th e r

Leprous al~dCu t, an e ou s D i te af es rnat fp re ad th e w ho le B od yo ve r,and fom etlm es Canc erous A cc ident~ .. B ut allahefe m utt be e i-ther w hen the L um inaries, or S ignific ator of the D i(eafe are in

th ofe S ign s an d P arts o f H eav en , Vide. Ptoiomeuni in Lib. 3. C a p . l7.A nd of the ,ram e Opinion is AJbub~ter, Th at i t. is t he pr ef en ee of

t h~ P la ne ts '? the Signs, n~ t . .the S igns them felves,that give theD lf ea fe o r D I (e af es , De NatlVlIa, Cap . 63.' . But Tbirdlyand Laftly.,: r ha t w hic h Is m ore to m y B ulinefs, and will point to the M atter -

In hand, is that thing of D ignity and Preferm eru , in w hichCafe

11 0 M a n e ve r la id ' th e' C au re a l) ~· Gr ou nd of it y etin the S igns of

}leaven, b~tthe P la ne ts; a nd th eir P ?li tjo ns, till my Worthy

Friend J. G. b e~ u o - fo C er I t O I1' £o9 t. Neuher jlll1l1inr,oor Omar,norP,ok'"}, no r C4t1lpaneUa, no r Cllrt/an, no r A/bobali , no r Gui do B sn a-

llU,or any other of t~e~ th at h av e c om e to m y h an d,h av e g i~ en an y

c ou nt en an ~e to fu c; h a k in d of }r; ldgment as this is beforemenrioned,And to. g i v e o ne T ex t {oa' .aU , frO ID 'on e of toc ir o ld ef] A uth orsth at th ey f o m u c h a dlI ir ¢{ ; ( I h av in g { po ke n c O (m gh of P,o Jllm ..l b e-

fore, one w hom he. ta\ks:of, but knows. n oth i.n g -of the M a n

no r ~Is ~;uterJ a~ rha~ is A/bobal;, D e Judi. N ativir. C ap. 30~d e d ,g ~ Jt at e, Afptc.e de ~ C ! dominllm e jrw& part em Reg ll i ~ " r N

{ H Q .aDmIIIlJ, & fl/em In N"MliII~1II thNmH, LHnam in No{fllrn¥; G "

{cia!

pZ",t1 dignilattl balJlleriJ, d. thmim"" AJi:enitnlH Alil1iflll, t id C rmz; .

' 1 f i # d i 1 J 4 '" Coafigll'flltio, er it N atu , b om lJR.,gilll, rjo e :t regno di,efoet & -

f u"J»1*"' . b onor tn l c I1n fo qH ttur . Obferve '(fay.s 'he) 't~ e S ig n of ! h eTenth and his L ord, and the Part of· D lgntty and his lord, W ith

the Sun in D iurnal N ativities, but the_Moon in NoC turnal; for if

there w ere Com mixtion or Configuration betw een that' Planetthat hath m oll D ig ni tie s, a nd th e~ E {) l'd o f th e M c e nd an t; h e t ha tis then born lh: iU advanc e to fome Pow er in Government, and(hall grow Rich thereby. And to te ll y ou the truth, t hi s A u th or

d oth [ pe ak t he f ame L an gu ag e t ha t they all ge ne ra lly g iv e o ut fo rDoctnne in th~ Cafe;· tho fom e mly m ake little A dditions of

their ow n, -y et none ever denied this, neither do I believe that

M r; J. G .w ill dIrec tly oF pO feit,fho I judge he thinks this lIifoo-

very of his more ex ce llen t tha n th at, bu t-n ot fa g e ne ra ll y u f ef ut :;

(or the former is to be confidered in al l Nativities, e fpec ia l ly inM ens; but this of his in none but thofe havi.,g Cardinal Signs onall the A ngles, w hich may amount to one or two in Tw enty ..

However tha t is no thing ag ain fi it, n eith er doth it im pair the In-

ve ntio n, w ere th e A ph orifm it felf tru e 5 w hic h is plain ro -m e, th af

it is not. B ut let every one believe ashe likes. And fo I come tohis A rgum ents. and H eafons , by w hich he endeavours to prove

and enforc e the belief of tha t idle O pinion about C ardinal S igns.& c. to be of rhernfelves able (0make aoy Native great and fa ...

m ou s in h is G en eratio n. Thefirf] Eighteen Paragraphs of theBook being fpent only in W ords and Noife , w ithout any Rela"{

tlo n 'to the matter in hand, ';he com es at lall to lay h i s P r inc ip le

and Thetis in the N ineteenth Paragraph; he tells us there in plaiR

words, that it is [0 f am o us a nd r em a rk ab le , tharrit wantsilothin·tbu t Befit! an d Pronf. P ra y;,! · wh at d o th e .m of ] a bf ur d· E tro is w an t

befides ,or fiand m ore.ln : need; of than thofe 'two things ; .nay,let E rr or s b e b ut b el ie ve d, ~ n dl al i, il e p ro of w ilW !r ve tu r' na m on gt

. th of e C on ve rt s. An d to fay the truth; he doth aslgood as telb

us in thofe words , That Antiqqity~dqthn()dn4helea(t own 01:

protedit; and.whetherrba M o dem A firo lo gc rs~ «> uld o wn -an d<believe it, or not, he .w as iq:f~ doubt. lFOldtris ~taln:,~ thao-

whkh.wants th e 41tr{fa!ilJn.of )Jtzliquity,andt,*Eon[tnt1o f ·ltfJd",.

A!irologm, is a perfect Inn ov atio n, an d w h~ lly ftraJlg e to th ofb o titha.t P rofdfton. A nd the very w ords of; this Pangraph puts the:

whole: maner into .doubr. .Ncithee

I'

~ 78 Opui f J < . .e f.m a tu m : . :

Neither is the tw entieth any w ay s to the purpofe, fo r th e Move-ult F , a ( l . r of the C h l l J l r c b , th e Ji'lPi/h-PaJ{(flIfr, Fea/lr of Tabtrlfaclti,

O p U 4 . ~ f o r m a t u ! t l . '

1lurl41e", "Utnn babit lf7 ' t faei t. .A C.incro 4 d l il mtm , _ k n e h .1 b it ab itUl 'Burf_iil & - Auftrali duminabitrrr. .4 ' L iUra ad Caprili1l1lum, .4uftrina



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and V l ti ea V tn td B r el lJ , that h e there talks of, are no more. to his-Cardint l l Sil."r, than th e M i ll b efo re Adam tha~ w ent up from the

Emh, w as to th e lill w et SHmnur , or the Childrell of lfraeJ'sgoing through the Red-Su, to the m oll R enow ned Sa/iJbury-

Hace in 1688. B ut when he talks of OUf B le ff ed S av io ur 's c om-

in g in to the W-OJld, and a lk :> fu tfe ri ng u nd er C ar di na l S ig ns, 't is a

fOit of Cant thii I do not wellundertland. Ifhe means b y that, aC on ju nc tio n o f th e S up erio rs, .,b,t iI [a1fe; for the Conjunctionth at p re ce de d the Birth of our Saviour, w as in Gemmi, A/lira.1 ' bef o ". C l xo« . Cap. 54. If he means .that he had C ard in al S ig ns

on the A ng le5 o f h is Na_(ivity, a t B ir th , tb at I drny; fo r C.Jr4an an d

Mo~1H have no m ore fw ay on illY Faith in that thing, than John's~ gum enfs have for Cardinal Signs ; and belides,a L e ar ne d D iv in e

of OUI' own N ation. did onc e believe that Pofitioo of Caraan' s

having Libra aC cending; but he altered his O pinion. afterward,and made it S4gifary. How .ver , it is my O pinion, T hat jf th c

Angels in ~ eaven do not know when he w ill c ome, poor M ortals

on Earth do not know when he did come; and 'tis a thing better

let .alone than medled w ith. For let any man burconlider how

we are put to it Iomerimes 10 gain the true tim e of a B ir th of aM an or W om an, born in the fam e P arifh w here w e live, and per.

haps not forty y ears before Inay , and it m ay be not find it nei-

ther in t he .C on clu fi on , th o t he r i m e : m ay be given as certain [anelperhaps more. too] as tbat of our Saviour, Alexander the Great,N t r r 1 , J " U I H C.tfar, and abundanc e of the old P opes, that they pre.tend to have by them , but molt of them falfe; for the dhlanc e in

tim e, th e fau lts in C hro nolog y,th e o bfc urity o f th eir B irth s,an d th e

im pollib ility ofh aving th em tra nfm itted [if th ey w ere then k now n]

down to ' : ' 5 true at t h is d i ll a nc e , . ar e A r gum en ts f uf fi ci cm d y r at io --

n al to b eliev e all thofe, or at leall m oil of them are falfe and fid:i.

tious, A nd by the fame Rule, his Confident A dventure [in his

: al it P ar a gr.] that he t e ll s· you of , ill ul lr ate d m or e.f ul ly o n t he G e.-nieure o f h il l. lmmo rt al Arch,bithop of ever Pious M e mory , &C.

was 'bu t, a 'Ddl1f ion ,and Falfity put upoo- M .m kind, and thofe inp an iQ 1 l: i: r t ha t a te Studious in that S c ienc e; and that brings m e t o

his Reafons grounded on Authority . -And the 6rft he g ives u s , i s f rom Cudan, Seg. s. Aphorif J 29.

Ab{u joJi j ) ab Antle a d Qllnmmz,Inbilhil~bilem reddil.Allftrinam p"rlem.

B a r e a l e m

hab i, abi tUT , f lJ bu rea !i pm ; minime ;mp[r.zhit. ACttp'rico7'no a d A rie ·

'em, imper.Jb"n,· AUJlra ler . BarralibtH quJ j i dr[ola tp. ~ 'In E!:J!.lijh thus,W hen the SUH'S Afog.ton m ov es fro m ArfU to Cancer , It depopu-

l at es t he South part of the W orld, and renders the North habita-

b le. From Cancer to Libra, th e Nurtb th all b e w ell-p eo pled, an d

govern th e 80mb. From Libra t~ Capricorn, th e Soutb I ha ll b e

w ell.p eo ple d, b ut n ot gov~rn or com mand the NliTth. Fr~m C~ -pricurn to Aria, the Inhabitants of the SOH'~ th all.h av e th e D om i-nion over the Northern Counuy s, they being as Itwere defolare,I think I thaI! have no great need to fay any great m atter to thisreafon in his tw enty fec ond Paragraph;nc ither w ould any M a n but

he have b rou gh t th is to p r ov e C a rd in a l Signs on the Angles as

he ~ ndeavours. A nd all that any M a n c an pretend from t hi s A p ho -rifin is that Cardan d id b eliev e th e C ard in al S ign s to h ave IIgreat

lh ar~ In 'the A ffairs o f th e W orld in general, and of the dividing

and ditlinguillling the Parts of the W orld, to the tim es of theirRife and Ruin in partic u lar. B ut that.it h ath a ny r ela tio n to Na-tivities, he that hath but half an Ey e, m ay fee the conlrary ; and

he may as w ell afTert from the fam e A photifm , rhatevery tim e

th e S,m palTeth an y of thefe Cardinal Points, there m ull be fom e

great Aaion done in the World, an d alfo Men born tel do greatthlngs lor the Foundations or over,throw of _G overnm ent; and

Indeed the A phorifm feerns to favour thefe, rather than the otherof his; but. to be p la in , i t . c on :c e rn s'h el th er -? f t ~e i1 ! .: B u t f up p. of e1 ilioulddc :ny the Authom, of the Aphorlfm ,as being a thwggrounded on S u ppo lj t~ o n , t he ~~ l? b~ing as y et to o fh orr-U :·d top ro ve o ne q uarter. o f It ; . :1 b elie ve I tWill m uc h w ea ke n JQbn~ de -

pe pd an ce o n i,t; and to t~ is purpofe, pray c onfider. w he~ hel the.. A p h e l i o n J ar e fixt pr m oveable, for our A uthors are ata differencea bo ut rh at p oin t, w hic h is t he .m a in t hi ng th:i(Cardom h at h g ro un d-

ed it 011. Now , if the Aphelionr arem ov ab le, th en tha t o fthe Srm

cornpleats its Periodical Revolution i n al~ofi ~3000 yeats; but if

thr~ a re 1 ix t, the~lit ~ .a th "n o o th ~ m otlo nt~ an !he P re ce Bi on o ft~ eh~ ~inox, w hic h w dl c o~ pleat 1~~~~VO~~tl:O(l11) a lm( lfi~50oo

i,e~~-L~ndt h~ Wo r Jd 'l ~ ~ -[;hI5 tim ~,: ac c!JJ~ m~ to ..tie ~e ll ~ c e ou n t

ft6ril FldvicU( an d AlfledllM, &c . !lath hot ( cen yel th e num ber of60~ ...Io that we h av e a bo ve 1 90q o ~ ears t,~ru n th ro Ug h, b ef or ew e : '& all be able [or others for us] to fet thell hands to the tru th..: ~

, :

So O p , " f R . s f ~ ~ a i , . m ~

o f t his A ph orif m. A f in e l ar ge T r ad : o f t i~ e to c om p le at a nd p ro ve :t he t ru th o f a n A p ho rif m,w h.e n w e [ICuppofeJ- (hall have noocca-

O p u s J / . { e f o rma t t tm , ; ,8'1

Power an d Domin io n over Laws, Rc : li gi on "R ig ht s, a nd C e remo-n ie s. A nd b ec au fe t he y h av e fo, then both t he y a nd - th e Troplcks



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fion to q uo te o r u f e it i And Ihews Card,1n a s w e ll i mp lo y 'd at th ewriting of i~)'.as J .G.w as , w h en h .e br ou gh t it to p r .ov ,eCarc li : -n al S ig ns o n l1 1e ,A ng le s o f a Nativity, &c. and I rhlnk no M anthat h at h h is Seuces in tir e, w ill c on clu de t he ' A rg um en ts t he nc ed er iv ed t o h av ~ ; u t y fw ay t o make impartial M e n b elieve i t. A ndfor h is ,d jr c ou r~ the re of Ba ki ng a nd Brewing.it feerns to in c more:rem ote fro m the m atter, th an w ha t h e fald b efo re; it d oth ind eedthew the p ow er a nd fo rc e o f F erm en ta tio n a t th e tim e o f t he V ~ r~nil Equinox; and y et I dare fay John d id , n ev er t ry t he E xp er i-· men t i n th e u fe o f an E le et io n t o th at p ur po fe , th o h e c o mm en d,it to o th ers. N or d id e ve r an y M a n y et fa y, T ha t th e B ee r brew ed.at the 811f l l e nt ra nc e in to th e S ig ns Cancer, Libr4 , an d Ci1pricorn~ob ta in ed an y f in gul ar App robat io n fOISt rength and V i rt ue1 be fo r e-rhat brew ed at other times, in the year. - 'The T ext he hath qu oted from Ludav;'ll$ d e R eg ii 1 in h is T w en -

ty fourth Paragraph,' is no m ore to his defigned m atte r, tha n th eText of C"rda_n. A nd n ow I fee, whereever he f inds al~Aphorifmw ith t he w or ds Eqllino.fJi,zl an d Tropick,. in it , h e p rc C erit ,lytakesitb y the L ugs, and prdfeth it into his Service right or w rong; andfo r th ofe tw o w ords fak e o nly , h ath h e b rou ght th at A ph orifm top rove th e fooleryof h is o wa im agin atio n, w he n the re is n ot o ne' : V o rd in rhe T ex r t oe nc ou ra ge it . A nd t he re fo re I Ihallnot dwell

on d iefe .t~ ing5 tha t are fo obvious and' p la in ,bu tp ,<? ,e e -d to, thofethings c hat are m ore idle, and m ore r~dkuloU 5.: .. ; , .. ' , . ', I ~i11 p ut h is 2 6t h and 2 7 th 1 '. ua gr ap hs to gc t he r; fo r t he p ro ofof w hic h, pray obferve w ha t A ph orifm s h e u (e th , a nd c on fide r_wi.th your f elf , w ha t f or ce t he re is in th em to hisend and purpo (e .~dl) 8 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 U i in L ib ra ¢" J H / J i t e r in C an cr u l u e r ; t , 'line " ' f g n i in

MllniU M",at~onel contingent. 'That ~~ -e re ,l ha ll h ~ pp en g re at M u -'c a tio ns i n t he ' Wo d d_~ .when S~ur(! Ihall'be i J i . . .ubra ,and Jup;,trillC an ce r, C ar d. Seg.'1~, . 4 p h o r . 6:' A n'd i s n ot th is a v ery C wa yin gT e~ t to ,prove C ardinal S igns on A ngleS , to do thoC em ightyt hin gs t h~ t m y d ea r JC !y ,M r . J o b n p re te nd s t o. " I s t he re anY ,~ n ~w ord in the Text, that c an ' p e , f up po fc d t o , ou l') ~ en an c e f U c l f a ', th in g? No ne , a s I . ca n , di tc e nf , , bu t t ho fe tw o words, L~/":i~t)4

(;Jncer. A nd th~ w ith 'a ~gocid-~eafon'an~fuccefs, ijeJugs'il:l D i a p ; .POdilll, A ph . 7 9 . Sign. &Jr!in~iali~' fen'~I111''''domiml,! ,.b~f f.~• a , , ' U M ugum, &c. Tha t E q umo tl ta l SISns a te p er ce iv ed t o h av e:

, ' '. Power'

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mufi p e r {e o n t h e A n gl es of a Nat ivi ty , do great .and f i rangeth ings ,fays , 1 .G. Wh y t ru ly he m ig ht a ~ w ell ~ ay e, pl tch t .' on , ~ hefe tw o 'T ex ts to p rc lV e th e B irth o f the little. P r l l 1 ~ e , 9f.Jfa/e.r :,J1l .s.M ~~er~o r h is ollln Marriage at Wildhol l /e. ' Fo r the Wl ; )r d:EqumDa ,al pu~ toLarl'l an d Ctre1HOllie! , do in my Opin io n p oin t, d ir ed ly a t thofet hin gs , r at he r th an N lt lv it i~ in ~1 s Senfe, Butbecaufe w e ~ o a!.lo w th e Equinol1W an d ' tropICal Signs to have g rea t P ow er Iii di-vers C afes w hen the P lanets arc ill t hem "m , uH : w e t he re fo re ai-. - , - . .low them to do every -thing, and have a fharein ever y Cau fe III

Na tu re . - pu re ly by their ow n P ow er w ithou t theprefense of thePlanets? "Ts a DoCtr lne tha t I c an neither learn or allow . A nd [d ar e b e c on fid en t, t ha t J. G . h im fe lf do th no t b elie ve tb e th ingt ha t h e h at h h ue e nd ea vo ure d t o Jl? t u p on .t he Wo rld ;h e d id , i t o n-ly to Ih ew his Parts, and how he w as .arm'd w it h A rg um en ts , ~ dthe, A rt of P erfuafion, on w hic h y ou m ay fee he did depend 11l

th is a tte mp t. B u~ o f a ll th e m ark s. o f C on fide nc e thro ~hQ ut hisw h ol e Bo ok , r ec -ommen d nte to h is 2 8th P ara gra ph ; In.whichh e h at h r ea U, o ut -d on e h im fe lf , .and n ot o Dly lhe wed the W o rldth e Au tho ri ty o f h is g rO l ln d lc , fs Found a t~on ? ' bl ,\ t ~ i s . un sk i lf u l~ e rs "in Gramm,;r, and h i s Conf idence- [I h ad _hketo h ave f al d fome th in ge lf e] in a ff ir min g a t hin g w it ho ut t he le af t p re te nc e .and f he w o fAu tho r it y i n the ,v e ry Apbrr ri li n it f elf . N ay , Iwill go fu rth erl an d

c h a ll en ge h im fe lf ,6 r a n y ,man i n th e Wo rM to p rove, th a tt h er e IS on eLetter OJ Tittle in t he w h ol e A p ho r~ f iD , th at h at h t he l ea fi p re te nc eImag inabl e t o. p ro ve a ny t hin g a bo ut C ar din al S ig ns , o r a ny o th ero f t he S ig ns o n th e A n gle s, or t he C uf ps o f a ny of t he o th er H o u fe siwhich is a p ie ce o f u nh ea rd .o f C on fid en ce " f or a M a n to put-upont h e wo r ld at [iich a r ate , a nd m ak e A u th or s C pe akw ha t t he y n ev erthought orintended, nor w ill t he w or ds in t he le af i f a vo ur w h athe defigns, ' , , -H e q uote s, on ly fo ur w ord s o f th e A ph oriC m, i. e. C om ere in

Ca rd il li bUs , Regum mo r te s, & c. C om ets (Ca y s h e ) whenwer. 'bey -rpe_ in Cardi nal S ig / lI , 'bey b er oR tn , ht D ,u rb u f Empero rs ) Pr lnc eI , Pa-'en!alet, &c. C "r din al S ig n! YOII f e e ' , d o ~ ilfca rr ya S ig nal o f W on de r

an d A m a _ : w n e n t it, ,hem. B y w hic h y ou m ay fee h e lay s t he fu eC s o f

t he wh ol~ A ph orif m o n t he w or d Cardinibur, w h ic h h e re n~ er s f orC ard ind S ign s, a nd the refo re p ray tak e th e w hole A ph Oflfm to •'ge rb er, tha t y ou m ay fe e the Im pe rtine nc e an d Ig no ran ce of the :

- M - M a~

S 1. O p u s ~J01matum.1 \f an .S e g .3 .A p h . r 17 . C a r d ( l l f . C o m e t e ;mm ob il u S ed it io ne /, mo bi le s a !l te m

Be la indi ca n t a b .E x te r ni f. In CardillibM R eg lt m M o rt e! ;n n on o loco Reli-

Opsu(l(ej'ormatum.8 j

may , being u fe d! an d i mp ro ve d b y fo great a V ' t r l H o f o as this is eafi-



gioni! Jal1l1raltl, in Ol1avo ve l DNrJJec ;mo loco Pe /li len t iam, au t J< lC tm tmJ

fege"nn, in fUldec iml? Nobi!;"", M o r t e l : Which is thus in Enf,Ii/h: Im-m oveab le C om ets give S ed itio ns ; b ut m oveab le C om ets Ihew Wars

betw een Nations; in the Angles, death of K ings.; in the N inth

H oufe, injury to Religion ;in the Eighth and Tw elfth H oufes, pc.flilenc e and dam age to the fianding C orn , in the Eleventh H oufe,.the death of Noblemen. A nd now where, and by what w ord of.all thefe w e fhall gerpower and room enough to lug inC<lrsiniJl

Sigl1! , I vo w it f ee ms -e o m e im po ffi ble , u nle fs w e w ere a nim ate dw ith .fu ch S ou ls a s h on e~ 1,G.was, w hen he, w rote it. Oh m rdearjoy r th at ever th ou !ho uld fi tra nl1 ate CarJiniblH fo r Cardinal

Signs, a nd r nh t ak e Cardinih1i4 fo r CardinrtlibUf.. Fo r it is plain. that

Ctddan means nothing C1fd,yCardintbJH;but'tht Angles of the Fi-gure or Sc hem e of H eaven' delineated in plllno,· b ec au fe h e menti-ons there alfo the other fonr Hbufeg above the Earth, i; e. th eNinm, the Eleventh, the Tw elfth"and Eighth H oufes, Now, if

'lob? .~n bu t ten us ? by . wbat~ule in Gram",a" by what F igu re in

Wrlt~ng. o~ ConH~d:10tll1h.l~~ord 1~~~O:e~hl15 ' underf tood in

f aV ' o , l lt o t ~ Dew-it1~~ntc" ~tniC1~~~ al!M, w h i m of Ca,dinol Signsorr ')Ingle}, I O tall be ~a~y t9 ' reesnr what-I have 'written, an dto give him not only ~he{tight ,hana, but alfo the SCI v ic e o f my

Pe n onc e again to f u L H f , him : But Lam fure he will fave m e thetabour of both, and plead guiley to t~e 'Cha rge J ba ve h ere laid be -fore him . This C rim e 'had been pardonable iF t a y ou ng S uc kli ng ,

m a r l s w an to nty pta yin ga bo ut th e fO ot' o fJ Pmta f f lH , an d ne'er had

t im e t o c t ig ef i h i sl ri fi ru e ti on s an d Rules laid down, and given himby h ls N ur{jn g-M o th er: B ut for an old Ben-weather th at b oa ll s

h is b ein g fu at ch t from th e B re afr o f Miuerva at tell years of A ge;And ye t for a ll t ba t, fi IJ1 ,h ek "nO f ll ll tl of f J; 'tlTdsmTboma1iu5 alld Rider;an d that h e hatb M ar s, LQf 'd o f h is Afcfndant, and Saturn an d JupI-fe r, A lm ute ns (if h il F igK rt , w h ic h rP M fa #tll-k.,lfoJtln t o h i! Adver[a-' fi ts, t ba t J i k ! Snails t h e y pull i n t hr ir HOrns at the l ea f] t ou c h of hi1

Pen, aIld dm(i not peep om in their "WII Vindication. Say 'lt thou fo

~JohnlWhy th en p erh ap s p po n th at P refu mp tio n y ou u nd erto ok th is

m ighty W ork, to unhinge the Princ iples of A firology w ithy oor

CarJines C a d i , an d th ro w Heaven ou t at W in do ws, by help of a

N ew I nv en ti on from Bric1eCourt; 9 f p e rh a ps ,h e hath got the Cir::

~atIIltI ma jl « P"rIKel ji , w hic h thl")' fay diffolvc s all M etals, andma y

Iy dH rolve~ heA ngle! of a F . i t J l r e .Intotheir f i r f t M a t t e r, an,d 'fromthence to m ak e ,C~4inal Signl ~tplea , fu re. " P erh ap s y ou will no tbelieve this; why , thefe are no, h ard th in gs in Jobn's Religion

an d I believe th e Priefi with his H oc e ft C or p~ , c an do one as w e n ,a s t he o th er; Ay by,my ( Iml l can h,. Thus y ou fee Mpon w hat A u;.

thodty John 'Gad. : hath raifed th is, m igh ty S tru ctu re o f h is Cardii/e:r

C Q ! /, i ; an d to fap Qc trl;lth ,. ~heetherparts of his nook ale full as

fa lfe a s t his -is , th o n ot I oo bv io us an d 'n oto rie us, Fo r to t..antl~tcin ClITdinib lH, to be meant inCaTr'in.al s # g ~ , te lls a s in p la in terms,

idhews him to be E gregio ufiy Ign oran t, o r A uda cio ufiy C on fi-d en t,' in offering Io b old ly to alTerea th in s w it ho ut any Author ity;that he muft needs . be lieve was ·underf ioodl;ly fome bodj elle 3.$

well as himfe1f ~ for otherw ife he had been fafe. And·fo 1 will

l ea ~ e Q l y o ldF ri end Mr.,Carainibtl/, only dcfiringhim to , takegQt:Xi

' no ti c e o f tw o Lines in ·M IlTcel. Palinge. ,

Indollum r a r a e J [ e p r e b N ' " cORligil, &atr;r

E rr or u m i n tenebl'tH m e n t e m I g ( lO f 'a n l ia ' T H a i ' .

In h is 2 9th P ara gra ph , he f et che th . an Apho~ i fm f ramCdrdi IR tas he fays , if he doth not m ifiake ; w hich tells us, That He , w h o; 1b u r n at N O O I l , wh en ' he Su n I n t e r s th e VerllalEquinox].mU b e g r l ll l 'a n d

_ {amOII1 , Jt ' ilhOHto ther '1e fl l It lMitl . A nd, t hi s A p hQ r if m J " b n ' C a y s , is di-'red:ly intended by Cardanfortl1at v er y e nc l t ha t. he h er e b r~ IJ gs kjan d th at th isp uts th e' m atter Out o f all C Olltro verfy ,an d fw ay s th e

B alanc e on his fide, bec aufe at that tim e the. C ardinal S igns po1fdsthe four Angles of the Celefiilll Figure ,and make the thing as

plain as a P ik e-fiaff. . N o w o bf er v.e , t hi s is as notorious as. the

other, and th~ thing alledged by h im d irea ly fa lft: ; by whic h heh ath J? ew ed h is ac cu llorn ed Co nfid cn cc .to ah air again .F o r ifCardan

had intended Iiic h a D oC lriue, 'as-my F liend here brings it .toprove, then he would have laid thus, Who[oever is P l Y l n on tim J i d etbe Latitlldeof 54 degr. 'h e Ja y tb« Sun' tiller! Arics,~iU be Gr~, &c .

And_ to m ak e it mere-plain-to-the Engllj1:l,hc-.doth ckduacBtr#id(,anp all P laces bey ound it out Of his il1t6nt:; c h :u ,i s, . he hath '¥VJit

a n Un lv e~ f al Aphorifm, a nd. '. y et ,l \a th e x ce p te d a ll ' S " ,I < ln J ip a it o fItt~ncl,. moll· part of 8wetkn a¢ "Dinmar~,· an d diVCf5Jathe l ; King. :. doms and Dorntolonsnur of it. whic h is hldeed a fort of Nonfeoccin it . fe lf , a nd n or to b e c h ar g ed ,. U p O I l CMJ.r.t, blAtaotber M a~

M 2 . tQit

i4 O p lU f 1 \ . e f O m J d t U f f j - ~

t ha t b et te r d ef erve s i t; Fo r Cardan lay s dow n his A phorifm in

O p m f l < ! f o r m ~ t u 1 1 l :

l1er o /T r ut h ~ u nl efs it c an be p ro ve d, th at P erfo ns h av e b ee n b orn



p la in w ord s, a nd m ak es it b oth pofitive a nd g en era l, w hi ch it c a n-no t be in GiltlbUry'S fenfe that he here ufeth it for; and this isp la in , b ec au fe in th e L ati tu de o f 5 5 degr, w hen th e firft S cru ple o fA,' ia is o n t he C ufp o f t h e] o th H o ufe ,t he Rrfl d eg re e o f Le o afcendson the A fc cndant, w hic h puts the A phorifm q uite out of doors,to a 1l th em P eo ple in t ha t L atitu de, a nd b ey on d it, if]. G. is to beb eli ev ed ; w he n Ca rd an 's A p bo ri {m [i f th ere i s f uc h a o ne ] .i nte nd sn oth in g elfe b ut th e SUII i n t he Eqlt lnoX an d Mid · heaven t oge th e r. So

that th e th in g is p la in to ev ery on e th at w ill' b ut c on fid er, Thatwhat fo ev er h e h er e b ri ng s i n u n d er t he n ot io n o f A u th or it y . is a ll ofit f ir ai n'd a nd f or c ed b ey o nd t he i nt en t o f t he Au th or s; as y ou m ayle e m o re p la in ly In h is f ollo w in g 3 0th a nd 3 ] ft P ara gr ap h.A nd here he c om es to a c lofe P roof of the A rgum ent, and this

h e fa ys, is fro m h is n ob le Firmicu/,in t he N a ti vi ti es o f Pi ll ri a r, . A r-chilocUl,and Archimedu,Fol.17 3 & 174, A nd th ef e t hre e fam ou s M e na re b ut in tw o N ativ ities, a nd th ofe tw o 110 w a ys b ro ug ht t o p ro veC ar din al S ig ns , b ut t ha t th e Conjunllion of Mau, Venus, an d Mercuryin Libra,ln t he A f ce nd ao t, i n Oppofition to Jllpiter in Ariel in the S e-v en th , i n t he Na ti vi ti es o f Pinaar an d ArcbiJoc,"; a nd th e ConjHnllimof M a ll, Y en ul, an d Mercury in Ariu, in Oppofition to Marl In Libra,in th at o f Archimedel, do produc e grea t M en, a nd thofe of excel-

lent Parts; but this w as not from the Cardinal S igns [tho I doa llo w th e P ofitio ns to b e t he b etter fo r b ein g in th ofe S ig ns] b utfro m th e P la nets in th ofe H ou fes a na P arts o f H ea ven ; a nd o n th ata nd th at o nly , d oth FirmicHI l ay t he £ffects of the P etition, as y ouma y f ee , p. 173. B ut it w a s p re tt y o dd , .t ha t t he y tw o Ih ou ld h av eb ot h o ne N a tiv it y, i,e . P in da r an d Arcb;l~c,", and happen to beb orn i n o n e a nr! t he fam e M i nu te ,w h ic h if tru e, is a m ig hty C on fi r-m at io n to A firo lo gy ; a nd th at t oo c on firm ed b y a n oth er e xamp le o fDemo}ibenel an d H!J'l t IodoruJ,who we re a lf o bo rn t oge th e r. as FirmiCliI

fa ys . B ut if 10bn h at h n o b et te r A rg um en ts a nd A ut ho ri ty to p ro veh is H y po th ei is b y, t ha n th ef e, h e h ad a s g oo d g iv e u p th e C au fe ; f o rI b el ie ve Firmieul k ne w t he N a ti vit ie s o f Vemo{lhenel, H:rmodortll ,

. Ir cb im id tl , P in Jar an d ArcbilOCNJ,m uc h a bo ut C ow ell a s ] . G. didJudge Hales'S, Si r Frech. Ho li es 's , O li ve r CrDmweU's, Charlel GH}ia-

2l1U's,King of SwedtR, a nd th e French King's, in h is C ollea io n o fG en itu res, w ith fo rty m ore th at I c ou ld 'n am e, If o cc afio n fen "d .A nd i n h is 3 3d P ara gr ap h; a ft er a ll th efe A ffe tti ol1 s, h e ( ay s, He~OWI n o rtllfon "by h i s A p b o r i{ m j1 m u t l not R'eolr t~ Livery a n d Cpara-. ..- ~

w it h C ard in al S ig ns o n t he A ng le s o f th ei r G en iru re s, a nd li ve d t oy ea rs o f M a tu rity , a nd h av e n ot b een fa mo us in o ne k in d or other,i. e. fo r H o no ur o r DH ho no ur , V ic e or,V ir tu e, W e al th o r P ov er ty ,L ea rn in g o r Ig no ra nc e, C ou ra ge o r C ow ard ic e; a nd , if fo , thent he c ompl ai nt b ro ug ht a ga in fi h im i s u n ju fl ,T o th is I a nfw er, T he P ro po litio n is v ery u nfa ir, fo r th ere is n o

M a n b orn in to th e W o rld [o r a t l ea f] w a y s v ery f ew ] th at k ee ps th eex ad M e diu m of h is B i rt h, b ut e it he r f al ls b el ow it, o r r if et h a bo ve

it, a nd fo h ath m ore o f Honou r. or D i fh onour in h is Generat ion ; andf or L e ar ni ng o r I gn or an c e, I w o nd er h e I ho u ld t al k of that in thisD ifc o~ rfe, w hen h e k no ws th at d ep en ds w ho lly on th e Moon an dM e r c K r Y . And Itterly deny rand he know s it to be t rue] that anym an h ad ev er m ore o f Cowa rd ic e o r Courage, .f or h is A n gl es b ei ngpo1feffed by Cardinal Signs; for the aile depends on the Ray s of8 nu rn ,a lld th e o th er o n th e B ea ms a nd P ow er o f M.m. A nd that ofH o no ur a nd D if ho no ur.P ov en y a nd R ic he s, d ep en ds o n th eir p ec u-liar C aufes, and no w ay s c onc erned w ith the C ardinal S igns onthe A r ig le s ; ye t Ig ra nt th at th e C au fers o f th efe th in gs b ein g inthofe S igns [no m atter w hat H oufe they are in1m ay m ak e th eirEffeas m ore rem arkable and fam ous. A nd r o my _F ri end Johnl ea ve s h is A u th or it ie s, a nd f al ls i n w i th h is A n ta go ni fi s a bo ut o th er

. th in gs, w hic h I Ihall over-hale, becaufe t he re a re f ome t hI ng s t ha twill y ield m atter tha t is w orth reading, efpec iaU y a bout that ofhis ow n N ativity , and the reafon of his Irnprifonm ent ; as y ouhave it ill h i s3 4 t h Pa rag raph.Wh er e h e t e ll s, us , T h at h e d id f or ef ee h is b ei ng i n t h e P o pi lh P lo t

in 1 67 9. tw en ty y ea rs b efo re it fell o ut, a nd th at by h is o wn N ati-v lry . W h y re al ly Jobn th is w a s a m ig hty A rg um en t of your Skill;b ut Iu pp ofe I Ih ou ld 'n ot b e a ble to b eliev e it? W h y, th en I ju dg h ewill r eb uk e me I ha rp ly f or i t, b ec a uf e h e p ri nt ed it i ll h i s Doc t ri ne .o f N at iv iti es , m o re t ha n Tw en ty y ea rs b efo re , a nd th er eb y it ap -p ea rs to b e c erta in l y tru e , it fa llin g. o llt ex ad :ly a cc ord in g to th etim e th ere m en tio ned in th e T ab le of D ir ed :i on s, w h ic h w a s th eMedium CGrli ad quadratum Solis; f aI li ng o n t he 12th H oufe of hisF ig ure a t B irth , w hic h !h ew ed Im prlfo nm en t, a nd th e F ro wn s o f

G rea t P erfo ns. A y , th at is to th e p urp ofe, fa llin g o n th e C ufp oith e T welfth ,' w hic h is a p la gu y c orn er o f H ea ven . A nd y et to r a llt his , I d o 1 10 tb eli ev e o ne ti tt le o f it; and I will t el l y o u wh y ,i n a.vety few w ord s; I c an no t b eliev e it, be cau f e e ver y Squar e 01 ~,,-

, c 1 r a t & :

$6 Opm f J \ e f o r m a t u m .

drat' in any Circ le, o~ ght to I;onfifl of 90 degr. and no m ore, w he-

ther in Mundo or Zodiaco; but this w orthy G entlem an m akes this of

. ·O p m r .R . .~ f o r m a t u m . 8 7

of ft· to be in forc e, w as he top and top-gallant; then it was evtrYOlltp .U 'd in /;is H or ns at th e d ajh of h is P en , n ot da rin g to ap pea r i rH bcir ()w n



his to c onfif of 123 degr. and a few m inutes, w hic h Ieerns tom e an

odd fort of a S quare; and ind eed I w onder how m any f u ch Squar eshe, Or an y o ther o f thofe Phllofophers Will make in a Ci rc leof 360

deg r.F or the pro of of rh fs.d o b ut o bferve.T hey all allow th at there

a re b ut 90 de~ . b etw een the M i dh eaven and th e A fc end ant, .whichm ak es up th e S qu are, Q Qad ratu re, o r 1 0th P art o f the C irc le; (0 that

th e Stm m ull c om e to th e A fc en da nt, b efo re th e M i dh ea ve nc ollle sto

his Square; but atthat tim e, when m y ol d Friendjays th t;M. C.

c am e to the 0 of 0 ; the Sun was 33 degr: and m ore from the H o~ro fc opej and to fay the tru th, the M idheaven to the Square of the

Su n in J G 's N ativity w ill not c om e up till abont Syor 86 y ears of

Age by h is F igu re, w hic h is [to be plain w ith you] falfe, 2d iy , Ic an no t b el iev e it , bec aufe the M . C. to tr·:;O of ~ fhould have

been as M alefiek, and of as ill Import as the 0 of the 0, becaufe

he is in d w ith the 0 , and his Square falls alfo on the curp of theJ 2 th H ou fe,an d ret no trouble of the N ature and Q pality of that in

1679. when he was in the P Iotto M u rder Cbsr les 11 . N or did his

M.-C. to [he 0 of ~ iii f 685. ever g i ve him any thing of the Na-ture o f the D ir.c ction at that tim e. A nd betid es, why f h ou ld n o tt he

M i d-h eav ~n to the 0 of 1 / - , a t a bo ut 24 or 25)'ears of A ge giveIrnprifonm ent, and the Frow ns of G reat M en, B ifhops, and L aw -

yers, by th e [ arn e R ule [hat the 0 did it afterw ards •. I know heha;l IlO o th er S ham to c xc ufe it w ith, but by fly ing, it d id n ot fanon the C ufp of the 1arhH oufe , a plaguy kind of an A rgum ent, and

on e wcul-! think ir is [uffic ient to c onvinc e any m an. B ut 3dly an dLa}ilJ, I c annot believe it, becaule he lets the M idheavc n ·pa[s by

the Body of ft, which is a real and vitib le D ireaion, and a moftfatal one too i n a ll Nativities.either to L if e.L lb er ry , o r Reputation;and trum ps up an im aginary 'Direc rion , w hich there- is no (uch

thing in natu re. I k no w H hall h ave E nem ies in th is c afe, and . th ere-

fo re I will put it fairly to them all. P ray , Gentlemen, w hich do y ou

th in k is th e m oll: p ro pe r Direction to throw a m an into Prifonfor'betraying the Nation, endeavouring to bring in Popery (this is

plain upon him . for he tum 'd Papill afterw ards] to M urder the

-King, andfuch like Grimes ; tlfe M id ·he avE n to tb e B od y ( 1["h , o r to, o , b ' e ' 0 o f ,b e 0 ~ If the Oofthe0, then what di d h give? if h,w hat did the 0of the 0 give? For y ou have not A cc idents for both

D lreetions, and at that time, w hen he m akes the M . C. to the B ody

of

I:

. Vindication, Prog. to his Almsn, 1669. Where it is p la in t o me.tharo ne of.thefe tw o D irec tion s is falfe,th ey bein g b oth ex pired .an d b ut·

o n e A c c id e nt , zJIy, T hat h is o wn N ativity is (alre,an d clue h e n ev erknew yet how to c orrec t it. A n d 3 dry ,that he d id n ot u nd erflan d o ne

w ord of the tru th of A firology m ore at the w riting of his CardinesCa!Ji,than at the printing his D octrine of N ativities. A nd for the 0-

ther part of this 44th P aragraph, that I have nor touc hed on, 'tis all

(a lf e,a nd a ly e.a nd I w ill intiance i n o ne t hi ng .H ; : f " Y J ' b e doth cf teemit

t t 1 J mens Dllt)' to b e Obedient to , be L awf ul Eftablijbed Goverllmrnl,botb inChurch alld State. H ere he hath plainly given him felf the ly e; for in!690. he w as c atc ht at the Pofl-Orlice in f en d.io ga T re afo na ble L et-

ter, in which was a Pop ifh Dec l ara tion, and a S can dalo us C op y o f

Verfes all the K ing and Q t!een, which he promifed in h is L ette rIhould. be printed fpeedily : Infhorr, there wasenough to have -

hang'd tw enty m en in th e tw o late B lo od y R eign s, and yet this Gen-tleman efc aped , and how many of fuch Letters he did fend, that

w e re n ot c at ch t.h e will n ot te ll u s.I [ up po re ; an d w as th is o be die nc e

to the law ful Government? Yes, w ithoue doubt; and do but callat Jobn's O ff ic e o f S;dition, an d th ere youIhall f in d a P op il h C a[ ui lt

fhall make it as p lain as the N ore on YOUIFace. But, I fuppofe, Johnmeant, tbat it _w as all m en s D uty to he obedient to th e Eflablijhed Govern-

men t ' ha l would fet up Popery. A very bonef r , confc ienc ious Fellow,and a true Subjed: to a Proteflanr Princ e s ha! M ars John, is thattrue? VixCredo . Bu t by this yo u ma y eafity g ue fs, w he th er w hat hefay s is t o be believed, or not, let him faw n and ditfem ble w ith the

G overnment in w hat L anguage he pleafeth, N ay , I dare be pofi-

tive he w ill not take the O aths to T heir M ajeilies, as appointed by

Parliament, he is Co good an Engli{hman. B ut ta lli a bo ut Charles th e

M a rty ", an d h is im mortal A rc h,b ifho p, and there y ou h it him ; ify ou w ou ld k no w the rc afon , 'tis bec au fe 'rh eir R elig ion is all of a .

p iec e. A nd yet further, let him but obferve his OWIl words ill th e

56th Paragraph, Where i s ou r Love t oCbri /f ian it y, ( fa ys h e) o r t he b ie r-

fe d A lltb or o f it , who b~ th t augh t 11 0 bt'tter LtjJiJllJ, ,lJall to illjure tile ffdgif 'o f anot he r , i I ' 1 ' to C,1{t f ie ry B om bJ a t th e In no ce nt, a nd , v i t wi t /}oz t1 {i r/f ,u~.illg a r r . J j i J I I o f t he D if fi rm ce ,o r f ai rl y p ro cl ai mi ng Irar land fa on in thefo llo wing P arag rah , It fc em s it was an Injury at that tim e to fall

upon Hon , w itho ut giv ing eith er w am in g, or fh ew ing C au fe

why. B nt he had forgot that in .1687 . w hen. he did be-rebel and. Villain.

S 8 D P M f J { s f o r m a t u m :

V illan m e in p rin t. w hen [Ifolem nly protefl] I gave n o C aufe no r

O eeaiio n; o nly h is Z eal fo r Pop ery an d the H oly Caufe, prompted

O p u S ' f l \ e ! o ; ' :mat t l , , ; ; 89

a n ' a w he re th e P~pi{h C aufe is c o nc e ru 'd -: - If.he was n? Papifi, o ra W e ll-w ilIe ritH t, w hy d id h e'alw ay ~h erd ! w ith th e ~ rle ll~ of ~ ha t

F a e ti o ll a nd "'y i th o t hers pub1icl\ ly kn~wn I ? ap i ~, and " ,n : th t tr IComl



him on to abufe me w ithou t a C aufe, and to {h ew h imfel f a malic i-ous, e nv io us F ello w. A r.d in t ha t h um o ur Ie av e h im quarrelling

• w ith GaJfendlH, and trifling w ith his Reader, and c om e dow n to his

Beth P arag ra ph , w he re I fin d him very angry w ith his K dverfary

fo r th in king h e wasa Papifl:; w hic h do th in deed th ew th e fl:ren gth -

and ex cellenc e o f th at Gentleman's Judgment; for Gad. d id r ea lly

turn Papifi afterw ard. 'A nd here let m e beg m y Readers pardon for m y departing from

r he -T ex r ,th o

indeedit is not m y fault, for

Iam

Itillp urfu in g h is

m atter; by whic h y ou may fee what {bift he makes to leave the

Cardinal Signs, and lug in an A rgum ent to {hew his Card inal E r-

rors, his R elig io n I m ean .. A nd fo r a bove a do zen Paragrap hs ro ge-

· th er,h e d oth m errilv R id ic ule th e E ne mie s to P op ery , a nd thofe thatb elie ve th e I lo ry o f P op e J o a n . C on ce rn in g a ll w h ic h, IIh:!lI only

m ake tbefe Rem arks fo llow ing, not being w illing to fpend Paper

and Tim e upon fo idle and foolH h a thing, as J . G ' s Re li gi on.J . Th en .L e t u s o bfe rv e h ow p ee vi ih he i s i n t he S id P ara gra ph ,a nd

ho w un willin g to be c ou nted a Papifl, an d w hat S hru gs,S ham s, and

~ ibb les he ufes to evad e th e S tory : Aild a t l ar t, to c o nv in c e us that_be is no P ap it t , he: t ells the W orld they m ay fee him at die Abby-Church very often at D ivine Servic e [not a w ord of the Serm on]

w hic h w ithou t do ub t is a fpec ial w ay to prove a m an a P ro te ft an t ;as i f n o P ap ifi s c am e th it he r; bu t w ho hath feen him there in the

Iaf] four or five y ears, ever fince he ufed to go to M a.fs, and w as

Father Petrrs's C onvert; ever fince he told Cap. c. t ha t P op eryw as th e o nly true R elig io n; and to fu m up all, finee he w as M a rriedby a P op if h P ri ef l at WildhOHfo. 2dry,ln al l th e P ara gra ph s, w he re h e

hath c om plained of h is hard u fa ge , u nd er that rep ort, rid ic ul'd

Popery after a tham fort of a w ay , h is laughing at the fio ry o f P op eJoan; ho w Dan f. er fit ld an d C ar e had be- papifled him ; how Coley

had fent him to his Beads; and how he w as burnt twice in Effigyw ith th e P op e;y et th is is re ma rk ab le ,in a lI th at rid ic ulo us S tu tf)h e

doth not fay, H e ; . , n o P II J7 i / l ; o nly e nd ea vo urs to Iham a b el ie f u po n

us.as he w ould do this of his Cardinal S ;g w/ .,d ry ,l f h ew as n o P ap ifl, .w hy 'd ld h e alw ay s fo rget to put in the F ilth of November, by the

nam e o f GHnpo'IPde,.;-Trtafon-day, w hic h h e d id m an y y ea rs to ge th er;

a~ d y et I have heard him fw ear he forgot it; but I know what he;

h lsO ath s, a nd h isP ro mifes are , e Cp ec ially i ll a l l thofe t hi ng s, w h enan d

•

p an y ta lk im p~ ~eri~ ly in d cfe ,n ~e o ~ th e~ an ?th elt C h~ reh , as ;~ ,m , -fe lfh ave h ea rd ? lfh ew ere ;n o P ap lfi, w hy d~ d h e e n de av ou r tO lm ak e

fo m an y C on ve rts to th at P erfu afio n? , B , u ~ .f 1 do ~ ot na tn e w h o,; 1

k no w h is f ac u lt y o f fw ea ri ng ,B y H ea ,v en s_ n s a I Y~ \~ ll I b e th e a nfw er .

1.Then he e II de av ou te d_ tOCo nv enM _ r • .B . a !Jlv l~e of t he C h ur ~hof England to t he Popifh p er ~w a {j ?n ~ ; w hl ch h ls ~ pu n y P ar ts ~~ s no table to do' 'then he w mt"w lth hlm to aLeamed Gentleman 10 the

City o f th ;t P erfu af io ll , w h o d id h is e nc le av ou r.t o c <? nv ill ce a n d c on -

vert him.but itwould not do; then he w ent With him to t ha t l ea rn -e d G en t1 em an ,D r.G .w ho d id · [faid M r. B .] fa r ~sm uc h fo r t ha t fa lfel yi ng R eli gi on ,a s a ny Cafuifl of th~m all c ould do;and after they ba~ .

exchanged fome S heets o f Pap er m Con tro verfy , th~ D oc to r. let h IS

e xp ee te d C o nv er t ref] in h is ow n Peifuafion, A t th is m y Friend J~G. w as very angry , an d w ith taun ting L an guage tO I.d M r .' B. that he

d id b elie ve h e m uG at laftof a li b e fo rc ed to have him to Fa the r.P e -

sre; a nd F a th e r E lM , tw o N o to ri ou s a nd A rc h~ T ra yt or s, a .t ~ h at t im e

v er y fa mo us a nd in du ft rio us t crd efi ro y t he Protettant R el li? to ~, a nd "

fu bv ert th e L ~ ws o f t he L an d. A n dt he r; Ge nt ~e ma lt , w a~ .o n~ - S i t 8. . P.whom he alfo ~ i? p erfu ad e t o t.u rn P ap lfi , and told h im It was the;only riling R ehgton ; and he did forefee by t he -S ta rs f ro m t he 0 of

It an d lI- in f L , that it w ould roo t. out the Nortblrn.Hmf}:, a~ d be

t he U ni ve rf al F ai th o ve ra ll E",.ope; and the re foredu ladv l feh lq l; t aturn berimes; and b e a n early C onvtrt,; w hic h was th e bell way ~~

P re fc rt ri en t ~ he n th e G o ve ni mc nt' c a m c - into C atho lic k H an ds ~ ~yw hic? y ou may fee 011 w h at T o pi c k t hi s w o rt hyG e nl i~ lo Jn .b u ll ds

h i s R l :l ig ion , am I wha t 'made him at )Q[\ tu rn p ro fe fi P ap lH ; .u po ~

th e w h ol e it admits of a feafon ab teQ !ery , W hether orno thisw ere n ot d ~w n-righ t T re afo n,a cc ord i~ g,to th ClA n~ ien tL aw s o f th e

K ingdom of Eng/ana? 4thiy,·po b ut c onfid er;: w hat a_busfle.heh ath m ad e in nine Paragraph s abo ut P ope Joan,· th e Petticoat-Pre-la te. In whic h I do obferve tw o things; I.-W hat a 'p retty fo:t ofe nd eav ou r h e u fe rh to p ut th e w ho le Story in to d ou bt an d q ud ho r~

how m any Ihams h ath h e lu g'd in b yh ~a d ~ nd fb ou ld .e rs, to•ilOlll1f..

th e R ead er abo ut it? H ow m an y O bJeC tIO ns. are th ere r.aIC e<\--fo

_ mak e th e th in g fe em im pro bab le ? H o,w m an y D ou bts p ro ~o .u lld edin referen ce to h er Q g.1 1ity o f S ta te , an d h erp re glla nt'C on dm on , to

render it im pollible? H ow m any Peop le hath-he t h er e r e. fl .eC le don= , N _ as

r r

I: 98 O p ; ; " ! f R j ! O J 1 1 ~ a t u " , ~

asNoI1COJlformi&, ,IUld < ; > t h u s , to.abufe them with his Languageand U! h y the i f 11PofJ~~t )o f ;t t! s A, rgumen ts?Haw 'a)~y . St : tppof idon :hath he put lIt way\ofJpr~!t~'what he illtelld,~) ~ijenJndeol'hc



hlhrnQ p r o o f - fb, th e r ~ a l ; t~~l«;?fh i s ( )bjeCtion , t o . i ~ h ~~~y.. but.tbe Z,aal of h IS S~ijl (Or , t,~e:I>~pijh Qau(e, and hiSMa:hce to Prete-fiactS" hea. ~hat t ime ~l i! : "i J lg as the Chu rc h b el!~ ~ ed .l c on fe rs,th e Wily h e h ath t ak en , IU. fiqe Sham -a rg ument " t ho n ot to con-.intethet1'l,Ty'ef,~$llaggeI P"'8li, ~~ld,m.akc t hem bf il leve Jt ,wasanabufeuponHdly<Uhutf :hL " J \ f ld , ,by :' th i i: way:of;1,rg~me~t~ J I d a1 le : tQf W 1 : a r, 1 cClI.1}dperfeGtl)'.~~!}~" c le ar , M i d ju fi if y a aert~n Simlerwi thf t l.a mi le of C u l J e d g e ' J h e t l ; F or e xamp le ,fu pp ofe a m a n hath ~

~od)jlIjsk, comely, g()n~il~WO~llto his Wi fe , w ha t n ee d h ath h et(j go a 'Who ri ng ?, O r, \vhQcal~bclitvc h ewou ld ~empt~ ilOthc ftIi"h~ Wife to leave he~rHuli~aJ14p,l1et,~lldcoha,bit-with h , i m ? , WhoCall Imagine-he i liould b, ia" _ W {lPlie iI!W hi~ H o u f C u~de~ h i s W i v e " sN'ofe)aild g et h er 'W h h C h lld ,a nd ~ he n ha ve h er o ut to M r s. Wrighi'smlyein? Who w ill b eli ev e t h atw he ll t he Woman wa s up again; hel boul d r ee k to delhoy her] W ho would judge a man that c ame to~ Pt.YdlS ' c o cher~Y1 3$ a Pro tef lan t I Ihould ever P lo t t o Murder a~~,1I5gobd n i?rbtefifbta5 ,himfdH An,~ can any,man belerfua~-~dl tmt h e-w ho ha th m ade fo m uc h !N01(e about Out)· an A llegr-~e to Kmgs,.llibuI4.bc cattbl in a P l o t about tw o yeango,to deflroy~e of. the · b t f l Kinp inthe W orld, only he is a P,.otf/tmzr, a nd t ha tJtlhn'hafl:s.Gertainly l 1 ' O Dl31lWilJ be Ji nc , ap p, reh end ,m Imag in e one

WOrd:bi t b i s : o o be tfllC;,l,betllufeit ~ n ot f eem nc:~flll, ~(quifit~ffl ~ t '( tl fa cY ., 'T hus L thi uk : J luv ,t .~ l ea ,~ , t ha t Gentle'11all fr om h isSf hg, a~w tlris be 'ba th confl ;) tN: th l l $ t{ )ryo f Pope J g ~ " ,o n l y i n f ewe rlV c it 'd 's . And idly, t o J hcWtbe Papifi$, that w hat he did n ow by af td~lo l' lg .gland: as a , PlGkllllbt) w a ~ ,to let them know " he w ouldandertl lk!¢ any'thing ~e.hc~di IIS,a P ap it l, w h en th ~ y I ho ul d havetdl1 flge tilou ghtole tlip-P opc ty b y a L aw , a nd to let them k now ,Thllt, be W01ll1d B e· bn et ic k th e P ro te fla nt s, a nd C hu rc h o f En~/andthe'n, as he h ad heretofore Be·rtbe~·J the Ncnconformifls, And ifyoj read f ii s Repl y, p . 8 . an d divers oth er plac es i n t hat B ook , y ouw il1 litid his A rgu me nts fo r fo dl> ing ; w here h e d oth - as go od a s

- feU u s, T hsn all tIldfc w ho w e r e ag ll ir 1 l1 f e rt~ng up Pope ry , a ndthwarting t ha t K in gs d ef ig ns , w e re d owM i gh tRw el J, '[rgytor"

a n d Hertt; tI4[iand fi tfornothing bu t Jaylt/, Faggot, Gibbet, an d A X , 'The s h at h 1 dlM , ln dic a te d thef'ope a nd C hair of Rom" f rom tholeAfpcr60ns O f TabpOra.l Whoredom, which WQS'a good Emblem of, . , , her

9 '7 , . ' . . o ~ · ' fR . . .~ f ~ f ' m a t u 1 ~ . . .thing rem arka?le, . and that is, he tells th e Readers thofe Aphorifm;,c an ~d th e Centtlaqutum of Ptalamy, are really ow ned to be P ta lamy' s •

O p u & f J { e f O l ' m a t u m .

. he hath made m~ntion of a Book that is Jolt, i,e. L ib er Mag n. e C il m-

po[itionu; but not a word of any elfe, as I c ould meet w ith. A nd

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whu;~ Io lit iv ely d eilY " a nd ~i11 do my endeavour tomake m;A ffertlon good; and this f or two"Rea fons~ I.T o (hew the y oung

S tudents how they m ay Ihun t~ ec ommo n g ro Cs E no rs.A nd 2dly,tiJ

teethe W orld kn ow Io not dtlfent from the c omm on Prad:ic e and

M ethod, w ithout good R eafon and A uthority .

~very TextuarY ,A uthor, that w rites upon any Sc ience, A rt, orS ub Je~ w hatfoc ve r, d oth gen el: alty , ta ke C are th at his M a tter. b e all

~ .ra PI;C ~, an d n ot O ne p lac e or -T ext to t hw art a no th er, one Prin-c ip le ? Ir ed :l y 0 PP 91 it e t o a no th er , ~~ ld a g en er al i nc ? Jl er cn c e t hro ug h-o ut h IS w ho le matter; for if (0, then no man w ill be able either to

u ,n de rfta nd h im , o r .re ce iv e a ny B en efi t 'o r Information by his wrl-

! Jn gs . A nd w ho fo eve r'! ea d,s th e'£ _u ad rip artit e o f Ptolomy, w ill fo on

J ud ge th at h ~w ~ s no r a m a~ li ke ly t o' b e g ui lt y o ff uc h at iA b fi lr i: li ty ,

o r w e ak~ ef s 10h is Ju dgm en t an dl} eafu n~ And th erefo re fo r t hebe r -t er c l e ar ing , of t he ' ~a tt er , I will take the pains to c om pare fom e of

t hoC eA p hOr I! IJ lS ,. W I th. fam e o f t he T ex ts in hi s ~dripartite. 'Andbefore I b e gi n, let m e ta ke the lib erty to m ak e th is O bfe rv ati on u p-

. on t ha ~ & ; ea t m an, a nd t ,h 6 feAp~Qr if rn ? fa id to be h is _; I n t ho fe 100A pho nH its; w e fiq d 161:hat do Inp artic ul ar re te r to, and concernE led lo ns, d iversH orary ~'et1 fon s) an d fo me D ec nm bitu res &c.y et [n otw ith fia rid in g th e A pfi ori fm s Ieem to be w ritten w ith ~ fort

o f A u tho ri ty ] Ptolomy hath not w ritten one word of any of thofepa rt~ of ~ ~ro lo gy , : f!0 r ' s i v ; ~ . t ' b eJean countenance to th~ in anyo f h ISW r ltln g_ s;, w ~J cb ..~ ~~ . ~ e[Ijs've,ry flran ge, th at h e h ath notth~oughout hiS ~iJritl.lzltti~e,. 'hi~ de the leafr m ention of a n y fuchthing, nor an p~ feten cet,o.an y' fu ch B ook , w hic hw e m ay fu ppo Ce am an f o w e~ 1s ki ll d.3S h e w as ,'; V0 uld h av e d on e,~ f h e h ad d e~ ,g ne d 'to

h~ve, \ _Vro!~~nyth mgo .fth ,e lik e n atu re; an ~, ~ herefo re to .~ ve fom e;b ro keh ~ u np erfc ,:t;t S en te nc es a bo ut .an yS qen ce~ tha t w e .know he,vi$, M altetof , is to ' t e ll t he Wo ~ ld , t ha te i'th er h e k ne w'n o m ore o'r

' a t leaf iwifeif h e did, was r il a li c iouf ly refolved to h id e it fro m P ~fie -

dty ; w hic h unc haritable O pinion Ic anndt be induc ed to believe 110

more th~n that they are hls Aphorif~ s, and by hiin penn'd ; w hich

Iare be boldtpfay ,.they . w ~rc n?tj,B uf p e rh aps fomemay fay,

That ~e. ~ ay have w lltte~ ~6~ thmg of tha t' natu r e, w hic h m ig htbe loft, tis true, fuc h a tbm g. m lghs b ~,c but then there w ould have

been fome Refercmce,to ~ tlnfome'of his W ,ritings, ashe hath in

Chap. 6.of B oo k II. 10 hi s f j( _ u d r i p a rt i, e, D e ger.m Eventuum, where.h c

fo I c ome to confider t he Aph ci ri fm s t hem ft lv es .I n t he 3 7t h A p ho ri fm ,'t is (aid; 'T ha I t he y w ho h a' IJ e 'V' o r ~ afcen d-

;nr,,fh.J1l b e t he caufe o f t he ir aw n Dn,h . Wh ic h i s d ire Ct ly repugnant ro

th e Doctr ine d el iv er ed i n t he C ha pt er, De gw e re M r r t i! , Book 4 th ,o f

hi s ~Niripartilf,whcre he makes no ufe of any ot the H oufes in his

Judgment about Death, but the Midheavw; neither doth he take

n otic e o f th e 8th H a u f e , in any thing that relates to Death; 3J1d it isu po n th e m yllic k P ow er of t ha t H ,o uf e, th e 3 7t h Aphorifm is founded.

Now, if he had thought the obfc ure H oules had any powel in thatth in go f D ea th w h oi h e w rote hi s A p h o r i f m r ,h e w ou ld ha ve certain-ly m ade fo me difc ove ry o f hi; O pin io n, whenhe w as w riting th at

Chapter,De Morte. B ut n eith er in that.nor t he o th er o f D if ea fe s. do th

he tak e an y n otic e o f I t i n th e le alt.B ut th e re afon o f th isA ph orifm is,

Becaufe , when 'V' afceuds.rhen t1 is L ord both of the A fc endant and

Eighth H oufes; and w hen ~ afc errds, then ~ is Lady of both thofe

Houf es ; . fo that the L ord of the A fcendant, being Lord of the SthH oule, m akes the N ative fem e w ay or other, the C aufe and A uthor

of hi s OWI1 D eath, w hic h is an abfilid .thing to believe, and that the

Houfes fhouldgive a p ow er to th e S tars, b ec aufe th e S ign s [a ppoi nt . ..edthern for their H oufesJ happen to be upon thofe emp ty S p ac es in

the H ea vc ns,w hic h th ey c all Houfes, t he w h ol e Scheam being divid- .

e d in to tw el ve e qu al p arts ; a n d do y ou think this is not a very likelyf lory, and that Ptolomy doth agree w ith Ptolomy vc ry well? W hat

fay y ou) I Ihould alfo have obferved, rhatin the fam e A pherifm ,

it is f a id , H e that bath T W or){ a { c m d i n g nil th e H ar ofc ap e, fh aD b e tb e

c au fe a nd a td ho r o f h is o DI nPreferment an d A dva ntag e; a nd the r eti/o n is,

becaufe t he ( arn e Star i s l or d of th e Firf] a nd T en th H ou fe s,w hic h

is direc tly o pp ofite to Ptolomy's D oc trin e I n th e C ha pte r, De D ig ni -

tate, A nd fo is the 46th Aphorifm .T he 7 6th A pho rifm d ifc ou rfeth ab ou t vio len t D eath s.an d lay s the

caufe of the violence to the charge of h in the Tc nth; and ye t th eN ative [forfooth ] m ull dy e of fuc h a D eath,as the S ign on the C ufp

o f th e F ou rth lign ities, If it be an Ear th ly S ig n ,h e ( haY b e i <, no ck tJ on

' he He.J d b y ,he faU of a H Ju[e. If a Watery S ig n ,h e [ ha ll b e d roDl ne d. But

if a Hamsne S ig n, b efh a1 1 b e H .m gr d, And at

ia nte lls u s in the end

of the A phorifm , T hat if a F .o rt lt ne f h al l b e i n t he E ig ht h Haufe. he fhall

be ne(lr ! h p f e d an ge rs , .h ut /h aY n ot 4 y e b y them. W hic h overth ro ws thew h ol c D o ct ri ne of rtolom) concerningvlolenr D eath s, an d n atu ra l

J •

too,

O p l# f R . . . . e f o r m a w m . 'too. For he lay s no Ilrefs on any of the H ouies for violent DeathS.jbut

D p M r J { e f o r m a t u m .

n.elI l 'U7@, doth refer-tO M o tion,. and that too- of th e' H iiegi~ als,9f



th e P olir io n o f th e L um in ar ie s, &c. and for the E ighth H oufe, n adoth not fo much as take notic e of it throughout hlsw hole B ook

as Iemember; but for the M idhc aven,hc mentions ittw ic e in th~

C hapter of D eath, and no more; and then TiO ways f av cu ri ng th is

Aphorifm, if yo u underfland I ' t o l O l 1 ! y a n d hi s Principles, Whence it

is p lain ,. th at th e A ph or ifm is d ire ctly re pu gn an t to the DoCt ri ne o fPtolo"6' m his [f(uadriparlite. . -

III the )8th and 66th A ph or ifm s,. y ou f in d th e w ord P ro fec tio n

ufed, both in the ElIglifh an d Latin, not only in the T ranilatioo o f

'1,.ap,z ftlltiIM,but in that of J o v i t J l / J 4 f POiltalllM,al[o; bu t Trilpe~ll l i l l f 'sCom menc ing on the C&1ti loql l i_, g i. ve s u s a :t tr al lg c E xp li ca ti on o f

the 5 8th A phorifm ; and tells us of a c onfufed m otion, w hic h hefa-thers on this A phori[m ,and endeavours to prove it by h is o wn Na -t iv it y, w h ic h hecalls an 4pbet ica l P l 'o / el Ji on , (of w hic h m are anon]and I b elie ve th in ks it is a c oa fu fe d motion h im (e1 f, b ec au fe h e u [e s·

term s in his D ifcourfe, that are r .e al ly d ou bt fu l a nd f uf pi ci ou s ill

rhem fe lves , a s, ' {a ll i in pr~ptr),v ,Jr io l C i r c u lo r ll m m u l t; p li c e! fJ I U allfr.£iIM,

&l e lJ ,m tm lo ca , 1 1 6 1 1 ita p uc if e t lo bi 4 C q~ lf it a " , r ei /l~;tat. B ut w hen

h e c om es t9 C omm en t o n t he 6 1P th ,h e i nv er ts t hi s ' \Y o rd P l'. of ed io o,a nd m ak es i t l ig -n if y a n c th er t or t < lf DoG l: ri oe ,o f w h ic h P '~ l" ,~ h atb

Ipoken mote tully in Chap. ,6 . of Book"1J1~ about Addition andSubfiracH on in a kit1i~ D irer;tW ll; a ' thing ,kflow n rovery few ( D f

ou r Age, e it he r T be or ic all y C n'P ra 6b ca U y. I· f ay h e inv erts thisword ProftEiirm (0 quiteanot~ thing, wholly rem ote from the fo r-

m er.and y et the word in th e liext i s t h e -f ame i n , b o th , i.e,ne tS • .,.9-a nd w b yt he y I ho ul dh av c t -w ,o Cu ch dH ft l' (n t f ig oi li oa ti on s, t know

not. 'H ow ever, that I w ill pafs by , i t be ingnorto my p re fe nt p ur -pofe. Now, if we do ,allow this. w ord Profe¢iion, as TJ':tpf:r.wJ1iMl

h ath tr an flae ed I r ,: a nd given the m eaning of it in th e hIll: A ph o-

rifm , w e (ball not find one tittle in the four-Books of Pt/llmty, togive an y colour orfhcweo fach a Notion ; no , aor iothelafi

Chapter of hisFeurrhBeok, where [hey would infinute a groundf or t ha t. an d rome other Innova.tions.And as he hath given us the

m eaning ofthe w ord il' the oilier Aphorifm , the Text is muchdarker, lind far more ~bitru[c than that Text ill Book III. and

Chap, J 4 , w here P,olomy doth-lay dow n that Rule plaln ;and eafy.•Whence it is v iii h ie , th ar theCentiJetplillm, and the !!2..lIaJrip~rlite,

were the produc ts of two H eads, and beipcakuhem ·alfo men of

d ifferent P arts and A bilitit.s. B ut b etid es, this w ord P1'ofdl;on, or

n,eI1IIJ7@-,

as they all own; andI do not remember, That I ever found that

w o rd ' · in -d th er ·o f h is two laft B ooks) w here he difc ourfeth of N a-

tivities alone; b ut w hen he m akes m ention o f th e H ileg ic B\ P oints

h e a lw ay s u fc th th efe w or ds ,A ~ ~o 'T I~ 9- 761r@-. Per omnes c , lfmver i, , ;a '

A s y oa m ay fee.in his Irth , [3 th , & I4L h Chapters of his 3d B ook:

and in the Irrh of his Fourth. A lid to tell y ou the truth, I re aD y

think that word ' f I~o;rd.T@- is ill rranflated , for it t ru l y f ign if ie s ,A r t; bu la l 'i r\ ~ ld v i a i n q u a a l i q ui l i1t1Ibulill. An d t he re fo re i s r ef er ab le to

D iretthin. Lafily , A s to this thing of PcoCe8:ions, as now under- -

H ood) I look on it as a c oo fu fe d g ro un dlef s th in g, a nd in co nle nta -

11COUS both to N ature and its M oric 30s; for the Order of Nature is

regular, bu] fhis is ~holh{ irregular: For Exam ple, Tuey make

each H oufc to m ove a w hole Sign every Year; and if y ou h av e tbeh r ll : degree of ;; afi:enGlmg at B irth~ the next 'y ear y ou m ull have

the firtt d eg re e o f * - there; when y ou know by Ob li qu e A f c c. lt io n

there is* interc epted.and y ou w i l l then find yourwhole Figure per- -

fealy in difordc l', and n o w ay s agreeing to any F ig ure in our T able

of H ouus. For when you come to have Id eg r, o f *afcending,

y o u o ug ht by r ile and order to have 19 de g r. o f ,t o n the T enth ,

but in the profc dional F igu re y ou rr.u ll have :a d eg r, o f V S c ulm i-nating, and fo forw ard ev~ ry Y ear; by whkhway you w ill have

n o regu lar F igure again, ti ll ;; : comes to be on the Af,endant, as

at B irth. Henc e yo ~ m a y fee, if y ou pleafe, w hat a c onfufion w eare b ro ugh t ,to b y f ol lo w in g A u th or s without A uth or ity , a nd « >h at

pretty Inventions hive been found out to kic k Truth out of doors.

A nd after all th is, T h e y render n , e t l l tC 7 ' @ - i n th e 7 7th A ph orif m.

to lignify Diredions, as TrapezuTlIiIM_ allows ill h is C omment ar y

thereo n, and ye t with it, b ec aufe he will no t loie h is Op in io n ,

jum bles in a tame D iiC ou rf e o f P ro fe dio ns lik ew if e, b ut to as l i tt le

purpole as t he form er. A nd I d o dec lare, I know no ufe of the thmg,nor any Authority for the name , .if they inlin uate an y o ther M o ti-on by that nam e, than the real and natural M o tio n of th e Sig nifi-

cater in D irec tion ,-.o f w hic h let every m an ju dge as he find s him -

fe lf in fonn 'd b y his R.eading, inflru tt"ed by his Reafon, and in-

c li n'd i n h is P ra di ce . But th ere arc div ers oth er thin gs that I c ould

tak e n otic e o f u nd er this c onfideration , w ere it wholly needfu l, asthe 78th. and 88th Aphorifms, which do not want a de ti c ienc yfu ffic ient for O bje6lio ns o f this na.turc ; but I jud ge this enou gh to

{hew w hat ou ght.c o be: eonfidered , and to ex cire ab ler P en s to ex-patiate

O p I M r J ? s f o r m a t u m ~

patia te th ereon for th e benefit of tho fe th at m ay come after us ; an dto let them know , all is not truth that is Printed and Publifhed to

op~ f J { e f o r m a t n n i ~

what he had w rit him fe1f, and Io inhis dosting, fu mb li ng d ay s,

did that-w hich w as next to noth ing; w hic h I juag this.and a greatmany more of rhofe Aphor ifms in theCentiloquirun to be; nay , th ere



t.ie W orld under the name and notion of A fuology ; and alfo, that

1 c are n ot a rulh whether they believe me or n o. . ,Iope no man that hath common fence, and hath alfo read the

~iJdripartile, will ever believe the 95th A ph orifm w as p enn 'd byPtolomy,where i t i s f ai d, ' that , he I ma ge s a nd fo rm s a fth in ~J ,& c ., ba t r ife

w it h r V er y d i/ fin {f d ec an ate i n t be A fc en da n, if Nat ru uie s , { ha U Jh tw w ha t

T ra de , A rt , o r I m plO )m en t I k e N ativ e w ill e bu fe to liv e by . Wh ic h,if y oup lea fe to c om pare w ith t~ e D oc trin e d elive red in th e 4th C hap te ro f

th e 4th B oo k,w he re h e d ifc ou rfeth at la rge , D eM.Jg;jierio;

y ou willfin d, that tw o things w ere never w rit m ore oppotite a nd c o nt ra ry

than they tw o are. For Pta/amy m akes no ufe e it he r . of th e Afcen-

dant, or the Fac csofthe S igns, or the Images and Form s of men or

th ings therein riling; w hic h is f a abfurd a D od-rine to fath er u ponPt%my,i f b ut c om pa re d w ith h is o wn w ord s in h is ~a dr ip arti te ,th at

no m an c an alfert it to be h is, w ithou t blulhing the [arne m om ent.

H is w ord , a re th efe , MJ gi{ l.r ;i d ommz u fu m;, ur e x d uo bn r m o di s; a fole& if.no Med i ; C a l i. W hic h in m y Opin ion have no Relation, Pro-p ort io n, o r L ik en efs to the w ords in the A phorillic al T ext. and y et

b oth believed to be our A uthors w ords, w hen there is n othing m ore

unlike in the very gro und and princ iple it felf; and for that reafon

I c an no t b elieve it to b e th e D ot.trille o f th e G rea t Ptolomy.

Ladly , And to mention no more, pray look into the 56t h Apho-riflll, in w hich y ou find a lam e acc ount of the Moon' s nature in her

feveral diflauces fro m th e Sun; w here he tells y ou from the N ew

to the Full [for [0 I undertland it] the H um idity and H umour of

Natural Bodies doth inc reafe, but from the Fu ll to the New it de-c realeth ; w hic h in general term s I believe m ay be true eno ugh. B utthen , to w hat purpofe Ihou ld f lolomy give us an A phorifm here a-

bcut a th ing of this natu re, and leave it fo im perfeCt as he hath in

th e Cemiloquium, [if his] w hen he had long before given it us inplainer w ords, an d m ore intelligib le term s to be und erlioo d [for IIuppolc rhefe A phorifms w ere w rit la ll] in the 6th Chapter of his

Ifi B o ok , w h e re h e p la in l y te ll s u s, LUI /a en im a COl l junfJ ione ,donee ap-pard d im id ia ta , m a g; ; F J t riglJtrix. Inde ufqlle ad plCllitullium calefac;t.

A plchi/uni), donee iteruTlt d im id ia tiJ a pp ar el, d ef ic ca t. A b e l? .t em po r~ ~

dene« occu lta iur , fr~ifilcil. Wh i.:h is in p la in w ord s an d te rm s,c afy tobe apprehended . Then w hat need had Pl%my a fte r th is, to give u s

another A phorifm im pc lfd l and lam e, unlefs he lived to forgetwha t

ar e feme o f t hem Ie em to me to b e v ery id le o r im perfec tly giv en tous , a s t he 16, 50,65,78,87, a nd d iv er s o th er s of them , that m ay 'be j ull ly c all ed in quetlion. Thus I h av e g iv en ' you m y Op in io n ,why I t hi nk th e 8undred Aphorifml, c a ll ed .. t h e Centi/oquium of Pta-lo ",} ,/areind'eed and in truth. not his. ,t\,~ d thus far have I gon e

alfo to in fo rm M r .]. C !' al1<1.I],sAnt . .goni /l , f~ th e 1o 8t h ~ a ug ra ph ,T ha t t ho fe A ph orif ms a re m ltla ke n asro their Author,alld that theyw ere not h is w hom ·th ey b elieve, and affirm them to be; and there-

forc,if ' they will h lvethem to be his, and . t hat ,they c an ,Prove if too,they w ill very m uc h im pair the Authotl~y of P t . 1 i I l f l l Y In m y Judg.'m en t a nd :O pio io l1 ; - an d th e o nly r ea fo n IS, b ec au fe t he T ex t 111 th e

~ldriPJrli ' t i s n ev er t o b ere co nc ilt :d .t () th ~f e il l.t h: A pn orif in s,tinlers .forne w itty M o derator c an um te th eir PrinC iples by th e

M y Acry ofL lngulge ina L earn~d C om ment upon bo~h of them ,

1n a 'w ord th is is not the only tim e that 1 - G. h at h a ffi rm ed th of e,A ph orifin; to be P,olamy's; a nd t htre fo rc ; L am o f opiniou.that either

h e n eve r rea d th e ~ar1riJkt"' i le; or ifh e h at h, h e. ne ve r u n de rH o od it

b ey on d th e b are WO ld s, k no win gn ot hlo g 01 th e p rin cip le s, n or d e-

ftgn o f th c·'A uth or, as to t h e P hy lo f oph ic k , -, .. ;\ 1t ro l ol ?i c a\ p ,a c ti c e

thereo f; bur if th tfe 't~ o fh ould h appen to he true [w hlc h ( am fure

rI le y a re n ot 1 , I a m c 9'l,f id cm t h e n ev er. d id c om pa re o ne P ri nc ip le

w ith 3 no tb er,a nd to b e .F la in W ith . y ~~ l ~ m p artly fu re h e c al~ nq t;~ b ut I h op e h e w il~ e nd e, wo o~ ,t ~ le ar~ 'L b~ l~ lg a ~,al1 of . r~ch mlghtyP ~rt~ an d: In ge nu ity , as h e h lm felfT n d ivers o f h is W n ~lI1 gs te lls u s

he is], if th e H o ly Hatlot of Kom~ hath 'not made him as perfe~ andi nf al li bl e a s h er letf, w hi ch a cc om pli lh ril i: nt m ol l: o f h er B ab es re ac h

to .a nd arrive at 1 aa d fee in g h e h a th ,b ee n o f th at S ac re d P erru a~ on

fo m an y y ea rs, it ~ ou ld b e H !~ ng,~ If h e [h ou ld 'n ot h av e, atta me ~fo me th in go f h er m ig ht y C 2! !a ilh ca l.lO ns a nd V irt ue s, b ot h ,In ,Mor a : -lity and R eligion, and £0 have arrived at the unerdng Prin ciple of

p olitive P ert'c ctio n.. W h ic h ifh e b e, thenfarewel all h opes of R e-form ation in my old Friend, for w here that fort of truth hath onc ep re va il ed , th ere is .fe ld or n a ny a dm it ta nc <! o r e nt ra nc e fo r Hmic~l

P elfu afi ol1 s a nd I nt hu tti on s, e it he r t o re fo rm h is E rro rs i n S c ie nc e,

o r h is H o bb y .h or fe R e li gi on . Un 'd ! t bJ t e ve r a f e ll ol f' f oo u/I l utrn, fa-

p i f t , a f t e r baving g O l l t twenty y ca rl to St, Pe ter » Wc : f im infi c r ; iff II Pro-

tenant lo Having

~ ~ ~~ ~

o p u s , f R . j f o rma t um :. H aving run over that part of his proof that depends o n A u th or i. -

t ie s 3 ?d ~ea(ons; Im "?w come to t he S ec ~ ll d p ,a rt of h i s p roof ,a ndthat l~ h.ls T ram of ~~pe_rtrnce, s h e h at h e ,l lt .l :l ed I t, a nd p ro po un de d

, O P t u r I \ . e / o rma t u l t z :I t w ou ld have been v ery c on ve nie nt,' if my worthy good Friend

w ou ld h av e been fo kind as to have given us the etlim ate tim e of this

Grea t Prince's B irth ; b ut feein g w e hav e it not,1 rnuf] m ak e th e bef]



to do ItInTen Na t lv l tl e s, .wh lLh Lfhall d l lhn ,C t ly examine by them-

[ el ve s, a nd prove th e m ajo r part-of them fa IIe, as well ;AS the P " Q -

trl1tJI' Cromwfl!'s w as. And for thofe few that are true, I will Ihew

(h at they d ep end ed up on o th er an d more p r ob a b le Ca u le s, than rhar

of Cardinal Signs on Angles ; and ill the examining o f th em I (hall

c on fi de r t he p of fi bi li rj ' o f their Truth, by the p ro ba bi li ty ~ { t he ir

Acc idents that did attend them both in their L ives, and at the tim es

of D eath. For J'w ill no~ take them upon (run from him , as he hath

from orhers.and fa tlke I t f or g ra nte d,b ec au (e h e f ay s it; a nd w h or e-e ve r th all e xa min e h is C ollc etio no f G en ir ur es .lh all c er rai nly f in d r he

m ajor n um ber of them to b e f a lf e,q ec au fe ta ken u po n tr uft a s h e h ath

do ne the reL l he hath publ it he d, f or the moll part, by w hIch means

'the Readers arc abufed.A nd the firft N ativity he begins w ithfs

that of Cbarlu Gujt.nlllf, King of Sweden,whom h e t el ls us w as ~rnat the t ime Infcr ibed in the Figure follow ing, fet P , o l e m ~ ; c a £ ' y .

TIe l\ing of Swedeland,

Carolus Saecie Rex,

N atus d ie 7 . N ov em bris

Hor.I1-. M inur. zS . P. M1622.

Luna a vatu ad 8 b.

S ub P olo 5 9.

Laitud. Planitar.

Tt 0 ~l M .

1 f,0

16 M.~ 0 3 2 . S.

~ r ~5 S.

~ ~ 40 M.

» 1 16 S.

n

u!C o f th at ? c_ lu th here ~ ffo [ded u s; and this N .l.tiviry ) he f~ ystinhIS Collec tion he correded by the M . C. adCo,puJ 21 , a t wh ic h tim e

Q!eenCbri jf ;na furrendred, and he was erowned, b ein g th en a bo ut

32 y e ar s o f Age,and at 37 'he d yed ,w hic h w ith ou t furth er trou ble to

t! te Readex., ! -wi1l acceptfortruth, a .l! d a sk h im if h e d oth really b e-h ev e th at t)ic,¥.C~ ad d fl kill'd him , ..which he affirm s did do itin his Colled:l ,cW,o(Genitures i, a nd i f h e L li1 1 ay s h e, d o th , Iwould

have him tell us by what Rule it rnufi do it here, and mifs in 20 or

30 betides. Fodlay this dow n as an A xiom ,thatthe M . C, adC()f '-/ , 1 1 & fl,rna y pUn an d d ellroy the H I J I ]M R ' , Ejtiltt, an d R e p u t a t i o n of the

N ativ e , bu t n ev er k ill h im , if th e 0or IIhappen to be in any A phe-

tical-Place.whkh in th is N ativity y ou fee th e» is int an d th erefo re I·queiUon the f lI h D l t Figure; fo r the» , who Is Hileg, could com e at

that tim e to no illD ir eC tlo n o f th e L ord of t he 4 th,6 th ,8 rh.or 12th;but on the contrary , w as very near the Zodia,al Ciof ~ w ithout

L a ti tl :' de , a nd f re e fromall i~R ay s. , Bu t if the B ody ofT t had fucha m ighty inBuenc e [as he fay s] at that time' to kill, b e in g d ir ec t ed

to t he M i d he av eo J why did not the A fc endant to the Body of rJin hi s detrlmentrand t he M i d he av en to hisSquare kill h im w hen

h e w as y ou ng,b etw c:en the Age of 12and] s; fe-r I d ar e b e c er ta in, that tw o D irec tions have m ore forc e than one, w hether good or

bad. 1 Bu t Iw ill.defc end ro E xam ples in other N ativities, and thef ir fi ! ha ll be his own, which if true, as hehath printed it in h isD o l l r ; n e o f Na,ivi,uJ, and ow ned it tw enty 'five y ear~ after in his

ClIl'riinelGirl;, th at h is M. C. ad 0 0 came up in the y eu 1679.

which if fo, rhen the M idheaven to the Body of It c ame up in the

year 1670, 0\: beginning of 1 67 I. an d w as [efar fro m killin g h im ,

or deftroy ing his R .eputation, that, he w as then in the top of his

Grllndt'fr, grow ing in his R.ejm tatioll, rufRing any one w hom he

pleafed, and no way s Sic k , o~ in danger of Death. The fecond is

the N ativity of G u J f o lV U f A d o lp b U f, printed by r oy F rie nd li ke wif e,

V ide CaUe( ii .Gen .p . 3 I. where he Jets him pars the M idheavcn to

the Body of Marl, and Square of $ai4r1l, flam violent parts of

ijeaven, as fm oothly as could be; and kills him about three y ears

after, w ith the S I U l to the S q M a r e of M . J T J , an d O p p n j i t i an of S a -turn. But then, fay I,why did not thofe tw o o th e r D i re c ti on s

.k ill him three y ears before, as w ell as one kill t h i s man? ,Perhaps

, 9 ~

J 00 O p , u ' t 1 { e f o l 'ma t um . 'he will C a y , b ec au fe t he , S 1 t n is Hi/eg, and in the A [ c e J t f l a n l ; why,then by the fame Rule, is not the Mo on H ile g here in th e Ninth

O p l U ~forniatum: 101,

. I cannot deny the M idheaven to the Body of Jupiter, to bea D i-

rec tio n fuitab le eno ug h to fign ify th at o f his C oro nation ; y et d o no t

believe it was that which gave him that Promotion. But for the Bo-



H oufe, and fo of the fame forc e w ith the other? But Ifuppofe, ifhe had not found the Su n c om ply ing w ith his skill readily , it had

been b ut a lte rin g th e M i d h c i lv e n an d Afcendant tw o o r th re e d eg re es,and then th~ o th er { ho ul £l h a v e don e the (cat a s 'c ur ren tly a s in th is

m an'~ . ~ ith this alfo, confider the N ativity of N ( ) f f r i ! d a 1 1 l I u , wherethe S,tn IS plac ed on the Cufp of the M idheavcn" and y et he out-

liv ed th e M i d h e i IV f n , an d S u n to t he B o dy .o f M r c u j : J ' .; : O p p o j i t io n of

M s rs ; O p pP ji ti o n ot S i l t U r I l , an d Oppo{ttianof . 1 u P i ' b ~ Lard of (he~l;,bth f!aufe, and the th ree latter all in ConjHnCliollln Csnar, Now,I~nO,r th is ~ v er y C ha ng e I lo ry ,th at th e S ta rs I ho uld be f o p lag uy p ar -tial In their Influence, to kill Cbar/u GufiavUf, b ec au fe he w as alighting K ing; and let No(iraJamlH live, bec aufehe w as a PopU h

Prophet? 'T is very flrangel o n e f in gl e D ir ec ti on k il l' d Char le l G r c-

j lavM, two w ould not kill G u ~ a v l U Adolpblii, n or fo ur N o f t r a d a m u r ,

and ye t all to the fam e point and part o f th e F ig ur e, th e M i dh eav rn .

Nay ,. in his own Nativity , it did no t (0 much as make him Sick,

nor g Iv e t he leaf f)'m ptom cfdanger to his L if e, a lt ho the.M cen-

dant w as Giver of Life! . . . . . . .

, ?o th t hi s w?rthy F rien d of mine. believe,that a ny -m an c an t !l in k

o r Jud ge thefe irrec onc ileable S to ries c an ever b e rank ed am ong the

truths of A tlrology , or that any m an {hall be [0 v oid o f R .ea fo n a nd

]udg.mcnt to believe his Notion in the one, and make his under-tta~ldmg fio~ p to a ly e, and give confent to th e truth of the o ther;

~e~lIg oppolire one to another, 'as to the N otion and Prac tic e. For

.rr IS m oll c ertain, if the Body of Saturn [o r O p p n j i t i o n e i t h e r J to th e

Cufp of .the Tenth, did or doth ever kill, I think it mu ll a lw a ys~o It without R~les of Exception; but here he forc eth a No-

non u po n us, which ~eoI; 'enty contradicts by perm ittin g the c on-

trary ,to, p ar s ~o ~Do c tr in e Inoth er N ativities, as y ou m ay fee in M ~.& c p k r n J 5 N ativ ir y f or o ne ,. w he re Sattern is in S!1f!.itary in O p p o f o i o n

to th e Sun, and y et the Mid-heaven to th e O ppofirion of one) and

th e B od y o f th e ot,her w ou ld no t kill. In the Nativity of M r, Ste-p h en R o g rr r, the M ldhc aven to the B ody of Mar l d id n ot k il l, fi . J ,8 .M ~. Gatak!r 'paffe~ the ~ ;d.heaven t,o the B ody o£Saturi l an d Marl )

Withou t doing him an y In jury to hI S H ealth; and fo did Dr. Mur-.~n) P : 92. p afs ~ nd ou t-liv e th e M . C. to the Body of Saturn; an dy et th is great P rinc e m ufi fall by a D irec tion that either w ould or

could not kill any Body elfe, ~ v e ry h ! R 'a Fa~!' .Lean- .

dyof S.1tllrn forhis, D eath , I d o d ec lare it is a r hiu g im po flib lc , a nd

nev er to be allow ed by any m an that pretends to underftand A llro-

logy ; unlefs it is for a 1ham to ferve a turn w hen nothing c lfe w ill

do, the-Rule being direc tly againfi it; and y ou fee here are Ieveral

m ens N ativiriesw here it.did not kill; nay , in his ow n too; and. for

t~ at v ery reafen, J think he ought to tell the W olld why it did not

kill, And I am fure thofe E xam ples that do, and m ull prove a new

Notion [as this of his is] ought to b e unquefllonable , an d thefe ofh is are no t.an d u po n v ery g ood A uth ority too. And I do dare him

to thew me an Example in a true-taken N ativity , w here the Su n orMoon w ere giv ers of L ife,and th e D irec tio ns to th e M i dh eav en kill'd

a nd , th e Apb~ta a y the fam e tim e free from all ~ h~ efic k Ray s by Dj:rec tion, as III t hi s o f Clu'f/el GujtavlU 5, th e lllu ftrio us K in g o f Swe-

den. 1 f ay , If he c an thew m e a true-taken N ativity [that I can befarisfied is true, and no tric k or fham upon roe] w here fueh a D ire-

c tion k ill'd u nd er the circumtlantial Q : la li ti c at io n s b ef or eme nt io n -

ed \ I ~iI1 d if ~w (J m y D i a n a , t h e G _ r e a t P t % m y ) f o r 1 d o think I partly

u ndertland him .an d am partly fu re he.nor no m anelfe c an thew fuc h

: o ne, if the D oc trin e of P t o l o m y Lwl.I!c.hof a ll i s t h e m ol t r at io na l JIS tru e;an d I c an alfo aif~ re y ou.m at It IS not every one (hat fay s he

k now s a nd u nd er fl an ds ~Im,that fpeaks ~ r~ th . A nd to c onv inc e y ou,

Lcould , Ifneed were, give Example'fufficient. Now , to fum u p a ll~~ere (5 b ut o ne D ir ec ti on to prov e rhis N ativ ity to b e true, ac cord:

mg t? J O i m G a d: '5 Corred:ion, and (h.at is the M . C . ti d C o r P I U J l J v i s

fo r hIS C oronation , and for this A CCIdent by altering the F igu re a

l-ittle , I c an . giv7 _ yo u th re e o r fo ur D iI f(: H~ lls , th at ar c as p ro ba bleas that he gives.it nor more; and the firfl is, the M i dhc av en to th e

'* " of d; The.fecond 'is~theM.C. t o the 6 of ~ ; The third is)the

Midheaveu to th e * ' oftht » , an d £ : : . of the 8; B ut the fourthand the moll probable, was the» to the' M undanc Parrallel of 1 / 0 '

and [his fuddenly follow ed w ith the () to the like M undane Par~

r alle 1 o f u ; and then the 8 and » w ill com e to t he M u n da ne

P ar al le l o f n fD r his D eath direa and c onvers , and alfo to the Zodi •.

.. ~ ca l P ar alle l o f t . l ; y - . d \ ( c on fefs this h ll D irec tio n is fom ething an

n np ro per o ne, b ec au te th ey a rc , w hen th e D ire Ctio n is r in if he d . bo thout of rhe Ecliptic k , and for that reafon, I' do not look on tbat as

~ Cill\{t:, but a Concomitant, The 0 and ~.ill t he R e \' ol ut io n

in .

l'_~,~~~ "",,,,, __ ,,,,, ,,,,

O p t U f R . . . e f o rma t um ;

in d and 8 to th e l>'s R .ad ic al p lac e, and th e l> ill d ireet 0 to r J .hi s R . ad i c al p l ac e ,a nd the}) b y f ec o nd a ry m o ti ?n in ~ to the 0;andth is is th e m ott pro per. P ofition th~t I c an t h~ n k t at1 ~n al to feled

O p m f J {e !o rm a t J lm :

Up on t hi s _ Po fi do n,~ Jobn w ou ld alC o b uild h is im ag inary W bim

of Cdrd!ll~l St'{,lI', w hic h he hath here, by w hat A uthority I known ot, p la ce d 01 1 t he fo ur Allglt's. H e n ei th er t ell s u s h is e fri ma te time



fo r this g re at M a n's Bir th, not having the ellim ate tim e; an d th e

F ig u re a gr ee in g to this tim e, w ill be abou t fix degrees of Gemini01 1 the Tenth , and about the middle of Virgo afcending, which doth

p rec ed e his tim e abo ve an hour . And 1know no reafon, b ut th athe may be as far out in this, as he wa~ in th e .Fre~~bKing 's , that 1If:

p rin te d a t t he f am e t ime, an d would fhll have Ju!hhed it [n o doubt]

had not Miir;nlH l on g a go c o nv in ce d him. And to ~.ondude, I a~

not C ure this Figure that I have f up p of i: d f or th e Kmg of Sweden s

B irth is true; but I am confident his is not, an d th ere fo re it w ill

bu t m ea nly p lead for tbe H a l l o u r an d P a w e r of C ardinal Signs on the

A n gl es o f a N at iv it y.

The next he makes ufe-of to prove his w ild Notion, is the Na- -tivity of th e D uk e of Guife, an d it is the P ofition following; th e

P la ne ts p la ce s h om O r i g a n u s .

The Duke of -G~ife.

•Lati tud, Planita r .

,

-ft I 39 So

1 f. 2- 3 No -D 0 lJ S o _

!i ! 4 35 N o

~ 0 30- S o

II 4 50 So

.Upon

how , orby what rn eansh e c am e b yjr, n or b y wha t DircctiollsandAcc idents h e h ath c OII ed ed it; b ur w it ha [art of Confident Im- 'p ol iri on p ut s it upon us, as if w e w ere b ou nd to b elie ve i t b ec au fe

he fays it . And fo r th at v ery realon , I do mill:rdH t he t ru th of it

well-knowing t ~a t ~ 1 Ih e ever did in N ativities, w as fu r the 1I10ti

par~ a tte nd ed w ith little tlfe lut h i;n ora nc e a nd E rro r to an extra.

ordinary degree; an d for thofe things that h e h ath b efrie nd ed th e

World w ith , they w ere a ll eil!lC l borro:vcd or fiolen [as I (hall _

p ro ve h ere afte r] th e m eth od b ein g only hIS. But a s f or th is N ativ i-ty, it m ay b e t ru e as to irs E ffec ts, and not have.C ardinal S igns on

the fo ur A ng les, as y ou ma y o bl er ve b y making it a l it tl e I oo n er

an d y et t he P o fi ti on cvery way as forcible with ,1' on the loth a n d* o n t he ~ ( c en d an t, as b y ~a vi n. g thefe S igns that he hath plac edthere; or Itmay ha ve Ca rd i na l SIgns on th e fo ur Angles a nd n ot a :ruth the better fo r {hat, exc ep ting th e fo ur Planets tha; "f and ~

c arr~ es alon g .~ ith them . . F or it is t he P la ne ts , riot t he .S ig ns t ha t

do " i n- th e O p in io n o fr hem of ] Sobe r Af i ro loge rs , t h < 1 t were M af ie r sof w hat th ey p ro ftffed, in flu en ce th eA lfairs o f M or. ta ls , a nd giv e

th e variety 01 Fortune, good or bad, to the S on s of M e n. F or w hen-

ever Ptolamy makes u fe o f th e S ign s in his Jud gm en t on Dlfeafl1

M i J r r i i Jg e , ~alit;esof'he M i n d , D i g" i, y" R ic he /, an d D ~ : l I h ; Ie isf~

no other reafon, but becaufe the Planets are thereasI canIllufhateill.all t ho fe t hi ng s b ef or er ne n ti on ed , if itwere ;eally n ec clfary to

this m y prefent bufinefs, and that it w ou ld n ot (well t h is T r ea ti fe

to o big . B ut I fu ppo fe the < l1 totatio n is fum cient and th ere fo re le tthofe that are w illing to know m ore of th e m atter read the Text

an ~ fee w ~ether I f~eak tru t~ or !lot. Be£or e~y worthy goodFriend J. l l ' had arrived at th.ls mighty M y fiery ofC.11'dil1lJl Sign!,!her~w e re ~ th cr C au ~e s. t?at did do as well a s r he fe , as y ou may fc eill ~I~ DJU.,,,,e of NatlvJtles, p. 163. w here he hath given y ou th ePo fi ri on s a s A rgument s fo r King l y Gen imre i, in all which t he P la n et s

o ~~ y a re co nf id er ed ;.a nd .fo met im es w ith them , their Doma l Dig-mues, but n ev er t ha t, WIthout t he P la ne t, but often the P lan et

without that. W hy tho uld no t th e Lord of th e Tcntb, in '0 with th e

o in the A [ c m d . J I l t i n' h is EX.i l t .J t iDI I , g iv e c o nl id e ra b le P re fe rm e ntandraife a M all above th e degree of his B irth ~ W hy Ih ou ld n o:

f ou r P la n et s il l the two Equinoc tial S igns, givea man a Fame and

Reputation

O p lU ' R . . ! f 0 r t 1 Z a t Nm .

R .e pu ta tio n in the World, and m ake him popular in his G enerati-

on? Why thould rot th e l> [w ho is L ight of th e T im e] in *"10

t he M idhe av en ,~ nd in 6. to l/ . in the 7th, w ith the Virgins Spik!,

O p tu f J { _ e f o n n a f t J . m :md ,t il ch ol ly P tr lt lr ba ti on r, b ot b o f M i n d i : l 1 1 d B o d y ; his tife jh all he full

o f D o lo ur s, G r ie fs " and ' Ir ou bl es ; a nd it w ill be a T e r r o r fo r h im to liv e.

In p. 106. h e te lls u s, T bs: w be n sh e L ord ~fh e A fcC ll da nt f il a! ! b e i n

105



•

give a man the Favour of his Prince, and the 'Love of t he P eo pl e,

a nd 't heCe f or [ orne r emarkab le Ad-ions a nd S e rv ic e s to his Country?Why Ihould not ~ ill exac t 6. to th e M idheaven, apply ing in t5

h er o wn Houfe, b e a ll owed to give Hmeur, Pr if rrmen l, Re IIDWn, an d

RepHtation in his Generation? I Cay, Why Iho uld not a ll rh efe ·p o.pu la r Po fi ti ons and C on figu ratio ns, give the Duke of Glli}? that

Homaur , Pref ermen" an d Pnpuldrity, that he enjoy ed in hi, tim e, w ith-

out c row ding in the C ardinal S igns to give th at, w hic h the otherwere fully able to perform. An d to this purport, pray obferve but

my Friends ow n R.ules in his Dodrine of N a ti vi ti es , [ th at -t ak e

p lac e in th is Po fitio nJ P .46 . 'lIlt 0 in r he Afc en da nt in h i! F -x alw l·

on; He #ilJ RNlt fTl)fr olhert; Hi #ill atquire Authl1f'ity, HMOU1'; an ti

Dignity f r o m P ri n ce s ; H e w ill h o J I t e great Increafo of Riclm ; H e w ill be

of Long- li fo , a nd P01 l' !r fu l . Andin p.55· he f ay s , J u pi te r in t he 7 th

detf 11m tb e Native to b t Viaori lJUf 0Vi 'l ' hil t H h l i c b , . E,ltmiu, &C. In p.14. he fays, IY :l Je n th e Lo rd if 'h e I .o th j ha lJ b e J lI {r "d in 'he Afcen·dant, it giver /{reat Au,IJorit_y to t he Na ti ve ( lt Je rVu f! !, ,, ,, , l 't r{ /) /I ! ; -He w i ll

be Belotud a nd HmoU1 'e d o f Grea Per fo nl , 4 i1 d ( h o J I J be imp1'!J 'ed in Of fiCe!

o fConce rml lt nt , A dmin i jl ra ti ons , &c . an d the !ltllt t hi nf ,1 a n d b uf me fs

o f tbe Kin!! ,dom; He a / f o receiue: H~nollf ,wi Profit from f J i . f Employmentan d Profeffion. Now , if th ere R ule s [ al l w h ic h take place i n t hi sF igure that he hath printedl w ere ever true; why Ihould they notbe fo niH? An d if they are (0 A Ow ,we have Af ir ol og ic al R ea fo ns

1:no:1gh to p ro ve th e p ro bab ility of his G ran de ur an d F ortu ne ,

w ithout fiy ingto this tilly fham of C ardinal S igns, invented for no

othe' reaCon, but to thew his Skill in the m anaging a bad C aufe, and

to try hisInterell am ong the A fhologic al S tudents, how far they

w ou ld d an ce a fter h is Pipe, in c om ply ing w ith thole Errors that hethought fit [0 impofe on the W orld. Or elfe it w as to out-brave hi,

then A d v erfary w ith a c anting N otion that he h ad n ev er heard of',

nor re id in a ny A ftro lo gic al A utho r, b efo re th is L earn ed A nfw er

that he w as pleafed to give him , c alled CardineJ Celi,B ut after all this noife and talk, Let u s c om pare th is P ofirio n

w ith fo me o th er A ph orifm s o f ] 4m 's, in h ls D od rin e o f N atlvitic s,

and y ou Ihall fee how he doth beflave him , and by hi s RHlu, what

a K na ve he makes him.to be. And tidt, in p. 46. he {Jy s,fPhrll

SaturnjbJIJ be i n ,h e A Jc en da nt , b e gives m ,m y T rou blfl v .d D~ffic"lI;u,mdancbolIy

tbe Tn·clftb, it gi. 'u-1be Native m.lIry Enemies , t 11 l~ mu ch E vi l, a nd m a-

'!Y Oppo(jtioJl!from them; be trill be i n danger of much Impri fo nmen t , and

tJI.Jly ft -Nrjr,zl ionf and I l 1 j i l ' l ' t l l l l . l c i e s from Maliaious P c r J o f J . ! . Pray le tm e dc lire the Reader nor to be furprifed at rhefe Contradic tions,

w hen he c om pares thefe A phorifm s w ith them jul1 now m ention-e d.fo r y ou fee ( ac c ord in g t o} ,,Jm 's P ri nc ip le s a nd P ra cti ce in Aftro-

logy) we do 3S G arn efle rs in th ei r P atl irn e at N ine-pins, fer up a

w ho le F am ily by the pow er of the S tars, 'and imm ediately kick

them down again. Bur to proceed, in p. 95. Doa,·. Nativ. he f~ s,Saturn S i g l l i f i c J t o r If Ms nn er s , a nd i ll d i. [T ,l Ii fi cd ,[,If in t hi s Na ti vi ty J it1J1J l ! .s·1 i n: Emuo us , C O V a o1 lf ,''I im f rO IlJ ,. a L ya r, and a perffa H),pocrite.

A nd a little atrerhe fay s, Th e Su n Sig7llficatorof M.JIJ11CrJ,Ils herr , mak :' !

a P r ou d, Rlj l/e is, turbu lent , Domimcr ing'Fcllon '; am wh of eP rom fe s ' jh al l

e nd in J i n a a l < : In th e C olle ct. G en ic . Aph~ 12. Tb e Su n ill tbe A fcm •. '

il.JfJl m J~ s tm iu cn t B OI t/h rJ, a nd ~ !' Y p ro ud l 'c rJGI JJ ; and by t be { am e r il le

,bat Mar s there m. lp {f I y .1 r s , Saturn t he re w it b b im nlll/f m a ~ e v e ry deceit-

ful, p,;tftd~Jui Men a nd Hypo cr it cs . An d there.is on e Aphorifm moreamong rhofe ill .his Colkction, which [if true] o ve rt hro ws th is

w h ol e F ig ur e it fclf;and w! ! know A p horifm s ought to be undenia-b le R .ul es ,a nd n ex t t o i nf al li bl e; lor their very N am e - te ll s us.Thatth ey are R ules Iep ara ted fro m th e reft, to b e o bfe rv ed a s M a xi ms of

truth. And that is the 25th Aphm ifiu, where he fay s, That theL or d o f th e A !c cn dJ nt Jiro l l l ! ,er tban the Lord pftbe SeVl' I I l / ; , t h e Ns ti u e

aln'ay! owrcolII,s his E nc nu et ; a nd th e cOllrrary. B ut in the Figurt o fth is great D uk e, w erin d J f. in the S eventh in 6. to the JJ; an d Ii !Lady of th e S ev en rh ill t5 h er o wn , Houle, S o thatthe S eventh

Houfe.. and his L ord, arc f ar f tr ou ge r than the A fcendant and his

Lord,by w hic h R ule he lhould be al w ay s overc om e by h is Enem i es

that is, he (hould be unfortunate, B ut on the contrary , he al w ay ;

o verc am e h is E nem ies, a nd w as very F ortu nate, an d d id great th in gs

in his tim e, as mry be Ieen by thofe that pleafe to read that Bookc all ed h is MCIH~irs. For I do not intend to give the H illory of his

Life, an d fiippofe y ou do not expeCt it. .B ut the great and, princ ipal Objec tion that I have againll the

truth of the F igure, faid to be his N ativity , if tb.u of bi1 D wb in theyear 1664. for w hic h L am c on fid en t, my good F ric lldJ.G . c an give

no r ca fo n, n or a ff ig n no c a uf e d ir ec r io !l al f rom that F ig ur e a nd Po -. ' P fition,

J 06 OpttfrJ\!!onizMum.

don. I fa y again, They c annot give any D irec tion for his D eath let

! he m m ak e ~'~Jt po i~H t he y pleafe Giver o f L if i,o r Hilfg ian d I h op e

If m y go od F r ie nd w Ill a llo w the Carduu! Sif,nJ t o h av e f il c h r owe r

O p t U ~eformatum:N ow , und er thefe c on fid erarlon s.I w ill refer th e w hole m atter to

any im partial A rtiit for Judgm ent[provided he doth not change Ills

R eligio n too ofec n] w hether h e really thinks this to be the true Na-

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[w ith th e go od Pe titio ns h ere prcCent] (0f,ive Iuch Ilupendious Ef -

tn .'ts in th e A ff air s a nd A C l : i o ~ l S of . his Ute, he wil l U1_Jdoub tedlyg iveu s f or ne a cc ou r a lf o o f (h e Dmchon, o r o th er m ytlic k C aufe of his~e,ath,For. i fOl~vcrCromwtU,CharleJGu~.:ll!ur,andWilliamLalld,had fig-

nlficanrCaufes In~ 1a tu re to fo re fh ew t he irfre atb s, I h op e he will hotdeny_ rhat Au (hor .l ty ~n? A fl ro lo gi ca l D emo nf lr ar io n i n t he N a ti vi tyo f th is g re at a nd , tl lu l1 n ou s Du ke of GliiJe; an d th ere fo re, if th ere is

110 ca~Ce t o b e a tl 1g ne d f or h IS De a! h by I?Y Fr i~nd Jobn,or an y of his:A dm ire rs, th e a rg umen t r ef ol ve s It ( el f I nt o t hi s Dil.mnm, ie. EitherA{trvl'11!.) if dtj7cimt,and n ot a bl e t o givnln a cc ou nt n f tb e molller; or d (( tb e

Fig/i re gh 'm by m y F r ie nd i s J ol lf e a n d f tE ii li ou f, a n d i nd u1 ir ii ;l /( lv ma de t o

J er ve a t ur n ,If occ~fioll ( ! i 1 rfq~ire~ a s I {h all mak~appe~r by what fol-

low s. The 8, w ho I S 1 11 this FIgure Iet to th e tim e inlcribed th e true

G iv er o f L ife , a nd is d ire cte d to n o bad or m alefic k R ay s at the tim e

o f th e D uk e's death, fo r he pia the 8 to the 0 of cf , at a lm of i 3 4

y ear s o f Age, Ar ~ 33 deg. and to the 6 o f th e} ) at 40 years of Age,

A r k . . . 3 9 d • 33 rn , and to th~ ~ of.1/. at 4:7 y ears of Age,Ark...46d.ll m.no r w ere t he re an y Antifc ion 111their way , to be pretended to in

m a?y y~ ar~ before nor aft~r., T ,h e A f c eu d an r, which according tothei r P r inc ip les maya!fo kill,l~ duected to illR ay s,for all the 8 is in

th e fam e H ou~ e, [as he hath given ~ s an Ex- am pl e i n Ol iv e r C romwe ll }

but that alfo IS tree from all M alehc k B eam s by direction; fo r th eH or o f co pe p aff ed t~e 0 of rJ [modo Communi ] at3 6 y ears 'of A ge;

A r k . . 35 d. 41 Ill, and the 6 of the» at 42, A r k . . . 4 1 d. Bm. and th e

£::, o f 1 /..a t 4 9· 1 r k . . 48 d. 3 r rn, which was in full force and power

ar the time of his Death. The l)was under no illRay s at that t imen eith er : fo r I he h ~ d abo ut a y ear an d a h ai f b ef or e p ai re d by th e bodyof ~ withoutLatitude, a nd th e d oth no t govern ' ei the r + th,6 th ,8th ,

or 12 rh H ouies, [a thing of m igh ty u fe amon~ t hem a ll ] 't he re fo re{ he c a nno t do any.mifchief . Bu t the M idh eaven p affed the 0 of ~

m uc h a bo ut ~h..t t lrn e;y et I c a n h ar dl y b e li ev e t he y w il l l ay a ny I tr ef s

upon tl:at n eith er, an d that fo r the rc afon s befarem en tioned. A nd

~ et (he IS a n o dd f~ rt of ~ G entlew om an, and b ein g a mo ng v io le nt~ xed S tars, (h e m ight giv e him a plagu y 1 1ftat that time,by t he f am e

ru le t,h at th e M.e . to th e B ody of T z kill'd Cber les GlIJfavur; perhapshe might dy e at a Love-lick fit,bccaufe!he is Lady of theSeventh 'or

c l l C for want of Money . , b ec au fe f he is L ad y o f th e S ec on d. Ha,ba' ;xi'. Now

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tivity of the D uke of Guif~,and that he ha d the Cardi tl al S ign ! on th e

Jour Allf!,lu, which IS the only thing I have under taken t o r ef ut e

which I ~hi!lkn at ur al ly f ol low s, if the Nativity is falfe, An d lafily:whether ItIS no t far more p rob ab l e, that he had ~ afc ending about

8 or -10 degrees; an d then there is c aufe enough for his D eath and.fo r hi s Grandeur too; the» and rJ in the A fc elld an t ; th e 0h·' an d

!(. in 6,an d 1 , C . in. '* ' tothe Midheaven, H ?w ever this is b~t guelS,let I d are aver It IS a s n ea r the mark as his; for y ou 'm ay be f ur e ,

.of fome hours of Error in th e time; a nd 't is well, if th ere are no t[orne day s alfo, for they are fm all faults in his Practice.

The next Cardinal Example is that of W iU iam Lau d, wh o he com-pares to Jefur Cbri j t , and fay s, H e was murdered tho he died in a

~ ilrliam cnta.ry w ay ; b ut I believ e h e w iII n oto~ 11 that expieffion

Inthe fu tfe rm gs o f th e la te good People, w ho w ere M arty rs indeed

fo r oppofing of Popery . The Scheam is as follow eth, fay s J , G.

Wil liam Laud .

Latitude, ReRd,ng.

P 2

Latimd. Planetat.

II I 47 Sep.

1f,- I 24 Merid.

cf 0 35 Sep.

!i ! 0 ~o Sep,

? t I 10 Merid.l) 4 30 Merid .

Th is

0I'IU r f < ! f o r m a t t tm .

Thi s B 1 lh ~p s N at iv ity i s brought alfo by my F ri en d. to p ro ve \~hat

he hath a mind th e World Ihould believe, bu t it is as falle as any of

th e o th er b efo re g oin g,as to th e tim e a nd tru th of hi s Birth a s I ( ba ll

108.O P M r J ? ! f o r m a t u m • ,

the b uli~ cfs. B ut illJ / n l t a r } , , in the y eJl' I6 i3- he wa s Beheaded at

Wf{iminj i f r ; and this my Friend tells us w as begun by th e M idhea-

v en , d ir ec te d to the B ody of 13 in 11d eg r. o f n x o n th e Cufp of th e

r a th H ou le [" fh ic h n o d ou bt is Io rrierh io g th e wo!fe f or t ha t ] wh ic h



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m ake appear before I l eave i t /and t h~s wi th a s m u c h plaincfs'as pOlli-'h Ie 1 c an , A s to th e P lan ets p lac es.it m atte rs not w h et he r th ey arc

t ru e. o, r f al fe , t ho th e place of ~ h er e diff ers f ro m h is p lac e, g iv en b y

Leuv",~ about 7 degr. but it is not t he e xa c t manner o f O p er at io n

I quettion, b ut t he r ni fa pp ly i ng the H ule s fo r-P ra ctic e, laid d ow n

by ~u ~ a ppr ov ed Au~hor 5 ,a nd rh<:.bringing in of Innovations.hi s man, ~ am informed, w as born o t m ean Parentage in th e-

Town?f Rcadmj ! " an d ,from thence brought up at the Hofpiral rirfort he Lln ive rf ir y , t o w hic h he was rent, and [pent his t ime f or d iv er s

y ears am on g th ofe m en o f L earn in g.a fter w hic h h e w as p re ferred in

the Church, ~here he ad vanced by degrees, till he c am e to be BiJhop

of Ca,:terlmry, an d ~s J remember , h ~ w as 40 years o f A ge b efo re he

grew ~l1toan x pubhck f am e a nd . repute, N ow .it is fomething Hrange

that Ills N ativ ity an d Tim e of Birth fhou ld be know n to any m an

b ec au fe h e wa s b orn o ~ 6 bfc u~ e P~rel~ts, th en b ro ug ht up amoni

\ S tra nge rs t~ at n ev er mind or inquire I n to r he fc Cu ri o fi ri es , having

(o mlny Children under r he ir Tu i tion .. which would be an endlefs

work, I f t he y,! ho ul d m ak e t ha t th eir Stud y , w hic h is v ery rar e, B ut-

blir .dc~~th e-B lah s o f m en a re fcltkltnminded, till th ey b eg in to ad-

vance 10 preferm e?t; no, no r then neither.till rh ev c om e to a d eg ree

_o~co,nf ider~ble h~Jght a bo ve th e H o ri zo n o f t he ir B irth ; a nJ "ti s wellkn~~n; t h' at '~ e w a s, to~ards 50 y ears of A ge before he m ade any

c o tt ti ik ra bt e F ig ur e 111hIS Im ploy rnent. A ll which conlidercd roge-

rher, m ~kes ~e m ~c h d ou bt an,d milhu,n, the truth of the Figure,

. ~hen I rind It fo dlfficult to gam a NatiV ity in th e P ar if h wh er e. I

live, rho born not above 24 or 25 years before,'2d1)" If y ou plea_feto cOr n P4re this F igure and Nativity , with

th at o f th e fa mo us SI~,1lmdoreM:J)'erne follow ing, y ou w ill find th eHorofcopes bot~ the lam e i n 4 deg r. of q_, th e Planets pI . cc s b ei ng

,nearly th e (arne I,n ?oth, th e principal d iffere nc e b ein g in th e 0 and

)).; tne 0 ~ere ISIn 23_.degr, anda half in ~ , and there 14 degr.

~nd a half.w the fame SIgn; th e 11 here is 3 de g r. in ){, but there

1I1 7 d~gr . ,In Ill,; all th e refl-of t h e P la n et s are no t c o nf id er ab ly d if -

f~e~fin eXher, T he 0 ,is G ive ,r o f L ife in b oth F igu re s, as b ein g int e ce n ant, an d y et 0 [w hom m y Friend Cay s] is Ai lare ta in

th e one, dO,tll n ot fall o~ t to be [0 in th e o th er, o f w hi ch My!tery J~ know nothing, norIbelieve he neither) if he w ere to be asked about

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gave'his Impn[onment, Anno 1641, an d abou t four y ears atter the

Afccndant to the body OHI w ith L atitude, pu t an end to his Life.Now, if this Ihouldhappen to b e tru e, why did not Sir Tbeo, Mayrrmfuffer Impr i[ollment f iv e o r iix y ea rs before h im .ian d a lf o dy e a year

fo one r; b ec au fe a i n h is N ativity w as bu t '5 degr, and a half in n x .an d 11 bu t ;J '5 ~c::gr, in Ill;ad d th is lal] w as the more v io l eu ] Nati-

vity of the: tw o, b ec au fe 1 /. w ho is w id P" th e Atdrbaran, i s i n- e x a ct

o to 0, and the» and ~ are in the Via Combu jt .z , goin g to the bod yof h in 111, and g. Lady of the 8th H aufe, an Argumen( of much

violence with John; but inflead of dying fooner than t he B il ho p;

t he fe p la gu y p ar ti al S ta rs l et h im Ji ve longer b y te n y ea rs; and be -

fi de s, w he n he di d dye, it w as a n at ur al D ea t- h, a nd he of a great

Age. N ow I do confc[s,itfeems a P a ra dox to me , wh y t he A fc c nd an c

to t he b od y o f h fh ou ld no t kill th e D o f 1 o r a s well as th e B i ( h o p , an dthe M idhcavcn to th e Bod Yof 0 give I mprifonment to the one as .

well as to th e other; for a and 11 have as good a title to their-

pow er in D oc tor Mawne'S Nativity, ;1S they have in th e B ifh op o f

C.JlltErhury's, nay , and I think more too; for they fay, an d indeed itis c ommon ly b el ie ve d, Thatgl}?d and h o l y Meillil'e above t he P ow er

an d Inf luence of the S tars; and if th e Clergy-men [the Shepherds J

are n ot g oo d and holy , the L ord be m erc iful to the re f] o f t he F lo ck ,Therefore, if th is b e tru e, an d drat t he I nf lu en ce o f- th e S ta rs c ar ri es

fo ab lo lu te a fate in its p ow er to [p are n eith er go od nor bad, I hopeit m ay fc rve fo r a n A rgu ment to convince ou r Enemies of th at P ro -

f ef lio n ; or at lea ttw ife tak e o ff th e heat of thdr PalU on againfi that,w hic h b ut few of th em u nr' ~ rlh nd ,h ow p ertly I oeve r th ey talk of it.

Bu t isit n ot very ftrangc , That the A lCendant to the B ody of lz

fhould prove (0 c ru elin th e o ne, and fa fa vo ura ble in th e o th er ,an dwhat is m ore (hangcJeeing he died ;1 v io le nt D eath ,w hy { hu ulJ no t

t he M i dh ea ve n to the B ogy of 0 k ill him , as \'jell-as the M,<«CorpU! 11,did th e K in go f Sweden, (beforemcntioncd] pm[ulnt to

the 92d

A phori(m in hi s Col leCl :i on o f Genitures. Nor do I know ,

Tint th ere i s any R eafon to be giWl, wh y th e M i d heaven [in the B i~ -

!h op s] to th e 0 o f h ·fh ou ld n ot b e as r em a rk ab ly f at al to him , as ~ h~

Body of o ' W:.l5; nor why the 0 to .rhc Body of 11j and 0 of (5

[h e b ein g H/fg] finu\dnot kill in both, as w ell as t he Afc endan t_ to

110 IIJO p t w ' r J l e f o m 1 a t u m . "to the B ody of T t in rhe.one, and to the 0 of rJ in the other .. r fay ,there things being w ell c ontidered, c arry w ith them a vllible Con-

tw iiCl :i ol l o ne to another, and w ill w ithout doubt at the rirf] I:ght

o nl y, c o nv in ce a n) ' r at io na l, thinking man, that t ho fe N a ti vi ti es a re

.0p u~ ~ efo rm atum ,

M idheaven direCTed to the Square of Saltlrn in Leo; and (he S'H

to the Square of M:uI in Sagitaty.; t wo a $ v io le nt , a nd d ;l Il ~e .r ou ,, ·

D irec tions as any in the w hole Figure; n ot o nly 111my OP~11 l0 11 ,

bu t allowed to be to p y all t he A n ci en t a nd F am ou s Authors an d



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I C l i l y tiC w i, 'u s, a nd n or th e tru e N at ur al o ne s a's p rete nd ed ; fu r itis certain, if they were true, th er e w ou ld w ith ou t doubt h av e b ee n

{;lrnc rHed in the D .c tors, like that of th e B ifho p.on the M i dheav en

t') the B cdy of a 1 and as fure had the DCct(1I d ie d a s t he B il ho p, 011

_ the A fcc ndant to the B ody of h. Bu t f ee in g it was not fa, I do de-

{ ic e r ha r wo rt hy Pcrfon, t he A u th or of thole Fooleries, to give us

the reatou why it hit in the one, and miH in the other; whic u I am

confident w ould be a great Service to all, but efpec ially to me his

m olt hum ble Servant, A nd alfo.That he w ould b e pleafed to p erm it

that Trcatife p ro mif ed in hisCol lerr . Genis , p. 90, t o be p r in r c d.whershe fays, he w ill give usa T reatife at large to d cm o rn la re t he C or re -

Ction and Truth of the Nativity of this his Im mo rta l B ,fh op a nd

}'1~rtJr._

La/ f ly, T he very fam e Arguments Iie gives to prove.T hat the B i-:

fhop Ihou ld A firolo gic ally dy e a v iolen t D eath , are the fam e in the

D odor's, th e II exc epted, w ho is not in 8 to a l but in rhe Cornbuft. way going to the Body of T t [a nd -if h e u nd cr fto od it J in a M U'ldaneS qu ar e w it h r : J , tho n ot exact , And th erefore I w ould now ask any-

m an that underflands thefe things, and hath c on tid ere d a nd c om -

pared them together, W hether thefe two N ativities are not hard

tobe believed by any one that is not ufed [0b el ie ve L i es , Nonf en c e,

and Contradic tions; for it is m ofi c ertain they cannot be both true,if either of them is; and to tell y ou the tru th, I think n eith er o f

thcm_is._and Ihall retl in that Opinion, ti ll I fee my Friend hath in

P rint m ade it plainer to me and the whole W orld, than he hath

already donee.or I believ e is ab le to do. And when that i s d on e,

I w ill tell him my furl her Opinion and Judgment in the thing,

and atlure him , that this Ipeaks but very little to the purpofe for

Cardina l Sigll! o n A n gk _§ , a cc or di ng JO h is N otio n a nd 1 \p ho rifm .

But there is one thing more ~ s remarkable as any of the ret] to

prove the Figure notorioufly falfe, w hich I forgot before ; and that

is in the y ear 1626. when he was com ing into Favour at Court, .

an d learning to be an lnflrumeut for their ufe , in order to be B i-

Ih op of Canterbury, [good, Bilhop AbblJt be i ng then to b e t ur n' d

~ ut, bec aufe he w ou!d not L icenfe K nJviih B ooks] a Privy . Coun-teller, and a Judge In the Star-Chamber A ffairs, he had then his

M idheaven

Modern . Profcflors, By the firft of thefe , in the Nativity ofthe Duke of blt1' jmor:zncy, he w as beheaded, c s faith M,rinilf, Alirol.

G a l i . p. 401. And illP : 4.?2. the (~ me A uthor kills Duke Albert,

the Em perors G eneral, w ith the .M ld he av en to the ~qlt:zre o~ M . 1 r J .

An d my Friend Jo1m , himfelf, kills Judge Ruvu w l _ r h I~o th l ll g bu tthe SUIl to the Squire of Saturn, Col/err. p . J'2. J. which IS l ef s a bl e

than the Body in my Opinion. And h-e fends D r. Gouge out of the

W orld .u pon the Still (0the Stptmof Mm; but I ~ui1 needs fa y ,t herewas [omething more, an~ chat w as .tl~e A{ccnd.mt to the D r . 1 g D l I I

Tail, a plaguy kind of a thing, P: Io~ . And ~ e hath lc t, th e G reatFrench O ffic er d ye' 011 the SUI! to his own Square, w ~thou t an y

thing elic to affilt it. A s al[u on-j udge Reeve's, th e £ In gle S qu are

did 'the like. Now , what man of Senfe c an believe this t o beWiOiall l LauJ.'s N ativity , and at the fame tim e believe th ere is , a n , Y

Credit to be given to the Art of A firology , w hen the Contradicti-(\115 in it are 10 vitible , nay , I may f ay palp ab le, as my Adverfa ryfo ingenioufly makes a ppear. -

The next E minent N ativ ity that my Worthy Friend m akes ufe

of, as an Example to prove h is Projed by , is that of mv: ~o!d

' ih om4 r C li jf ur d , [om etim e L ord Trc afurer of England, ~n dIt IS

asfolloweth. He hath not told us, what w as the r:levatlOn of the

Pole; but I chink he hath fet his Figure fo r th e- L atitu de o f 5, . and,a halt, or thereabouts.

Lord

, I

1'1'1· O p l U f i ? s f o r m 1 t u m ~

Lord O i f f o r d .

La t lt ud, P l ane t ar ,

. . O p t u . f R . . . e f o rm a t nm . '

h a th eor red ed th is figure by for his Advancement. B ut le t himn ot c he at himfelf W ith that N otion, for I do affure him . That theM. C, to the * ' of ~ comes .not up in this Figure till 58 or6l :e ar s o f A g e; h ow e ve r, I guefs ' c is that w hich he depends on at th~

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Ndi ~

,Jt us ie pnrno P.u- .,.~gu il i, Ho r, 10, M inur. 15 . .

VTane, 1630.

» a 8 d' ad * ' ¥ 0 C j? ,

. , . .0 ,'1 <

f! 2. Z 3 S.

2(. 0 [i M,

0 0 '[7 S.

~ I 50 M.

!I z4° M.

1) 4 46 S.

T h is G e nt lem an being no t .one 1 )£ t he g re at en mrths iri_' t~is Na-rion, W as advanc ed to on e o f th e g rea ten p la ces 'th at a S u bj ec t c a nenjoy , w hic h was L ord Treafurer, to w hic h h e w as p refe rred the28th of Novemb!r, in th e y ear 1671... a nd d id n ot c on tin ue in it a fullyear ,but religned h is S taff.retire d in to th e C ou ntry , an d d ied . H en ce

w e a rc to in qu ire w hat A lh olo gic al C au fes th ere w ere , 1 f t . Fo r hisA dvanc em ent to that great and em inent Poll. 2d!y. W hat gavethe lofs of his H onour. A nd Ldj l ly , The Caufeof his Death. For

if th e A rt o f A tlro lo gy is tru e, w ern ul] e xp efl fro m a tru e N ativity ,

fo me ra tio nal an d p ro bab le C au fe fo r ea ch o f th efe .1 f t , As to his preferment there is not one thing to fignify it,

fo r n on e o f th e H ile gia ck -Poinrs are direfled to any rem arkable

B ody or Afpec t ~ t that tim e , efpedally , that is any w ay adequate

to his H onour. the 0 w as w ith in a degree and a half of th e Bod y

of 0 at that ti~e, w hich I am fure c ould not give either H ono ur

or Content of M ind. The M idheaven w as then got in to 4 degr. ofnx,whercthe * o f!i! falls; a nd lJu pp ofe 'tis th atD ireC lio l1 th at h e

.,. ~ili

tim e, n otw ith flan din g rh e » is in Square to her both in Z d 'd M J I' d . . ..,' 0 1IIe0,

an U/lao ap p ymg, an IS v e ry unhk e ly 1 1 1 that C ondition to give

~ u ch ~ o no u r, ~u t f up po fc Ih ould allow th is as m oll of them w ill doIII th eir Praeb ce, th ere is n oth in g elfe to affill it, for the n is then~ery near th~ B ody of f!, and the Square of ! ; 1 , t h er ef or e 't is f ir ang e·,It ,thou,ld do It w hen th e tw o Luminaries w ere fo near illR ay s by

D irec rlou, and that of the * of !i ! fo w ea k a Ra y ) and in nx her

fa ll, n ea r th e o pp ofite p oin t to 2(..

2dly, T he lofs of his H on cur c an be attrib uted to no D irec tion

b ut t~ ~t w hic h. ga ve his D :ath, and that was at leal] a d eg re e fro ~

_ jo uc h 109., ~hl'h· mull give at leaft a y ear; but this w ill appearm ore p la in III th e lafl o f th e th ree .

3dly, Fo r his D eath , w hich w as about Au;,tt/f or September in. the y ear 1673, and they have no D irec tion to pretend to in ~hat

C afe, .but theO to th e B od -y o f c! ; and therefore let us fee how

that Will agree t,o t~ c tim e of h is Death.he b ein g th en ju fi 43 yearso f A ge ., T he 8 IS dlf~ ~nt from the loth, ab out k6 d eg re es , w hic hglve.s hIS P ole o f Polition z 4 degrees and a few minutes. The 0s

Obh~ u e A fc e nt io n under that Pole, is 133 d. 50 m, T he A fc c nt io n

of O!S 177~. 5 m. from whence the A rk of Direcelon is 43 deg._

15 mill. ~h"h' turn'd into tim e according to Naibods Mea!ur e illth ~ I ?aCfrmeo f Ns t iu n i es ; gives 43 years , and 322 day s, that is,W Ithin a M onth and a few day s of 44 y ears; but this N ative died

when he was 43 .' a lmo fl a w hole y ear before the direction of dtouchr, ,A nd h<:w he w ill or c an rec onc ile rhis , I Ih ou ld b e gladto (e c, w lth o~ t h is o ld C Ullo m o f !h am min g a nd iliiftin g.

T ,he t , ru th IS, The 0 to the ~ody of 0, did kill this Gentlem an,and It did touc h e,xafll.y at the tim e of D eath, or a little before; buth e , had ~ ot C ardinal S ign s on the A ngles, as h e foolilh ly and fond-

ly umgmes , and I are venture a W ager w ith h im if h is w ordc ou ld b e b eli ev ed o r trufled, t ha ! t he e fl :i ma te t im e ,i f c a re fu ll y t ak en ,

w a s a ft er II~lo ck t ha t M o rn 1l1 g, Qo n the Ioth H oufe ana the

A rk o f D irec ti~ n. that kill'd hi~ , .w as 39 degr, 10m . And a F i-

gure fet ac cording to that Projec tion, w ill £ hew his H on our and itsG re atn cf: ,. its Ih ort D uratio n, .an d th e th orrn efsc f H is L'ife, &c.

For the firll of w hich) he had the 0 to th e M u n da ne P ar all el o f U ,Q which

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. . . .

O p u s f J \ ! f o r m a t u m .

w hic h is a great and a glorious D irefrion,he being in his ow n D ig~

nities in Trine and R c(;eption w ith ~ , and alfo in exac t < t r in e to the

A (andant. For its {hOlt c on tin uan ce, h e h ad the <:) in th e 1orh, in

an exa4 M u ndane S quare to It; an d -for h is D eath , th e D irec tio n

0 P I l 1 f J t e f o r m a t u m . '

printed in his C t t ~ d i n e J Cell w ere not for tha t End ;- b ut tv thew the

wonderful power of Cardina l Sigll! on Allf!,ln ; and y c t when it

c om es ro the Conc lufion, I dare fay y ou will not find one true Fi.g tt re a mo ng all th e Tell that this W J t tb y Gemlonm h at h p ri nr cd to

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b ef ore a lle d g ed , w hi ch is f ar m or e like hi s Nativity, than tha t he

hath here given him ; and I d are alm oft be pofitive, that he hath the .

S ign fl.-on the loth. .B ut if this, which he h ath g iv en fo r h is Na ti vi ty was true, let

him but (ell us why . according to th e Ru le :' o f h is P ra ctic e~ th e A f-c endant to the B od y ot II,L ord of the 4th H oufe, that fatal C orner

.of H eaven [as they tii)] and to the Sq aure of 'i', who is L ord of the

J 2 th, an d hath D ig niti es in th e Srh Houle, did not kill this Native,as w ell as it did his B llhop Lrud, who had by his Calculation no -

thing but the lingle B ody of ft .w ith ou t a ny thing to all1H it, a nd yetthe O Giver o f L ite, a" here. A nd Ann ~een of Hungary, who died

upon no other direction bu t the A fc cn dan t to the Body of h 1 an d

w ith that the * of Ii;or M r. G l l t 4 1 ! £ r that h e fay s d ie d o ri th e A C -

c end an t to the 8 of It, o nly th e BuU I E y e toalIiIl it. Or fft fr B on -btes u po n th e.Ia me A fp eC t, an d n oth in g c lfe w ith it, which he fay s

there, is naturally a killing diretl:ion. O r the L ord Francis ' f I iU i er s .

to the body of a ; and y et the}) in the loth Giver of L ife. Or

in Henry th e ' t h i r d of F r a n c e , th e A Cc end an t to th e 8 of- h , and theJ) Ijkewj(e H i/rg. Or in C b l ' i l l i e t J l i l J K ing of Dcnmark._, where th ebody of It kill'd of it felf, w ith a little al1iltallCC from an unlucky

C li rn ac te ri ca l Y e ar . An d [to 'name no more,kH it lhoula be bur-rhenfom and naufeous to the R eader] TInt E x c e U w t y ou ng P r in c e

Edward tbe 6th, King if E ng lan d, w ho a lfo died o n th c A (c ce nd an t

to th e b od yof It , and y e~ the Trine of 1 1 - f alls ~ 11 a fte r it in l J X .

1 could m entic n rniny m ore in his L e ar ne d C o l ic C i i o ll , th at w ou ld

be [ e rv i c cablc to make g oo d w lrat I preten d ro.an d g iv e the L ye fair-

ly to his own I n ar ti fi c ia l Calculation o f r hi s Nativity, w hic h be fay s

he lud the honour to perform, lin d I (u PF o le b y that L o rd 's C om -

mand ; but the Lord know s what it wall, for w e n ul] o nly tak e h is

ow n ac c ount of it, w hic h without doubt w ill be fparillgly givcn.

N ow pray c onfider, Is it not very i1ral'ge, tlu t all rhefe G reat, E x-

c el le nt a nd L e ar ne d me n lh ou ld d ie o n thcle d ir ec ti on s, a ri d yet thishOIlOl1flble N ati ve I ho uld Io be fivour'd by the S tars to out-live

and furvive thofe tw o D irec tions, w hen a fingle one hath done it toothers.whom YOll f ee h er e n ar ne d,a nd a ll o f them printed by hirnfelf

i n h is C o ll ec t io n , t o th ew th e ' I l H , b of A j l r o l 0 f ' o ' ; bu t tbtfo Ntflh' ;licJ- , printed

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that purpofe. For y ou fee by c om parin g th em o ne with t he o th e r

thc_y carry with t he m p la i~ l C o nt ra di ct io ns ; thwarts the ddigl~

f i e In tends them for, and fauly te lls the A uthor to his fac e, that-

he is e it he r a 'v e ry I~noral1l mall; or a C o n fi d en t I m p rJ r or ; for no ma nwill deny [ J. G . e xc ep te d ] Jh at L ik e C au fe s ought to h av e L ik e

E ffc crs, o r eire R u l e s ot E x c e p t i o n hid down to let us know when

they will, and w hen they w ill not give thole Effdh they talk of

feeing they rnifs [0 of t co, which I am fure he will no t under t ake t~

do, t he i nl id e of hi s Crsnium b ein g n ot lin 'd with ma tt er f uf fi ci mt

fo r tlnt great WOlk . And y et what hi s fo long promifed B ody of

T autology may bring forth, 1 know 110t ; , and I believe a B lindm an w ou ld be glad to fc c it; T judge it m ay be full of w ords, and -,

to as little p~ rpofe as the ref] of the things he hath w rote; he

hath, T c onlefs, the Form, but not the Power; th e Words an d Jin-gle, but not the M,lttfl'; that w e wants, W e have been ferved up long

enough w ith abundanc e ofem ptinefs,m iilaken Exam ples, and un-

profitable Rules in the A rt of N ativities. But 1 w ill take your A u-

thors of the befi A uthority into my confideration, dilTee'hheir Do-

chine, and f ai rl y J ay b ef or e y ou r e ye s th eir p alp ab le C on tr ad iC ti-o ns; fo tha t ev ery on e that is n ot b li nd , n ay ,w ilf ully b lin d,!h all a nd '

m ul] c on fers, th at th e A firo lo gy no w in u fe is n othing e i r e b ut S ha mand N oife; for if o ne D irec tio n in 40 or 50 hits, it i s m or e th an they

fo mc tim es f in d; a nd if one A ftrologer in an A ge happens to make a

fair and a fam ou s P red ic tio n befo re-han d th at is an Cw er'd by the E f-

fec t, it ferves the next A ge to boafi of: F o rif they had not faris of

Man'" ) about Cardinal F arnr{tu.r, afterward Pope Paul III. SixtH! ab

Hemingll ,who p re d if re d t heDe at ho f D"II J ohn o f Au f tria to a few day s,

an d Luci,u Belan,it l1, about the D eath of !r1irandurt by h im p re d ic t ed ,

w ith feme few others , they w ould be hard put to it to give the

W orld E xam ples of their Skill, and Proofs of the tru th of their A rt.

The rifrh he brings for an Example among the refl, is the

Learned and Famous M r. 'Iboms: HJbbl of Mllmsbury, o ne th at

hath given fuffic ient proofs of his A bilities by his rm uy L earn-

ed Treatifes that he hath befriended the world w ith; alld tho'd efc en ded of m ean Parentage, w as' q ualified w ith natural an d ac -

quir'd Parts fit for the greaten Employ ments L earning c an plead. Q2 for;

I

116 Opm t I { e f o r m a t u m :

for; and t h er ef or e I do not blam e John fo r b rin gin g fa fam ou s

a M an's B !rth to. pr?ve his A lfertion, if he is. able to jufiify the

Truth of rr, w hich is my n ex t b uf in ef s r o i nq ui re .

· O p t U f ! \ ! f o r m a t u m ~ 17

G entlem an, upon w hofe report only .he printed it, and c orrea~ d itlikew ife told me above a T welve-m onth afterw ard, That the trm e :

he had given to M r. Gadbury tor S ir !d .l t t{ )£ f~ Hales 's N ~tivity , w~s .a m iftake of tw elve hours, and y et It happily agreed w ah the Am -



Mr. HoMs .

Lati tud. Planeta r,

h I 5'I So

2 t 0 55 No

c! 0 0 ~ -!2 0 19 No~ I 12 No

}) 5 0 No

'CIA P 1 ~.... ~, .... 0

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'(jI8~ ',,;.,- .' ~/ ....0 ~ Natus die 5 A priUs' . ~/~8....0 horte 5. m ill. 2 . M ane ~ ,

/ ., J 588. ,,",d'36 i _I

" \ . 1 ~ ~~I5 II a 6 2 t ad6 8, ~- ~ ., 0~~" . 7

6-~. I Latitud. U, lmrbNry 5I.: . 0 " ' " .QISnx

/

., /"'1" - . . - $ ' 0 . . . . *d - ~ . i ', "vJ

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T~at this learned M an had a time to be born, Io not in the leafl

quelhon; but that this is the true time of his Birth Id o re al l

d ou b~ an d q ue llio n,an d th at fo r th efe th ree re aC on s. J ( i, Th e l en gt ~

~f Tim e,. a h~odred y ears alm otl before m y F riend John d id p ri nt~ " a.t whic h tim e there w ere few or none c ould rem em ber the thingpartic ularly ; and he him felf, if he ever knew it, he w as then old

en ou gh to h ave fo rgo t it; an d Im of the opinion, that M r. HobblhlmfeJf never gave him his Nativity ; fo that at the belt it is but

. b ~ar-fay , an d in deed Im apt to believe this is the real ground of

h i s k now l edg Inthe ~tter. A nd upon the fame Authority of hear-

fay, h e c on rid en rly p ri nt ed J ud ge HO!Iu's N ativity , and gave theW orld as much alTurance of it, as if he had been by his M others

B ed -fid e w .h en fh e w a s d elivered . o f h im ; w he n th ere w as n oth in gm .ore c ertainly a Ly e, than the nme he printed (or that good mans

B irth; and to c onvm ce y ou of the truth of this m arrer.rhe very fam e

G e nt le m a n,

modor of Pt%my, p.2b. o f t he J u( 1 a nd P ia us S co r io l1 i/ ~. A nd to pro~ e

th is F igu re h e p rin te d,tru e,h e te lls y ou th e A firo lo glc al C au le o f h is

D eath, w as the A Cc enc lant to the S quare of ~ , i n d ign i :a l ib lt ~ Sa tu rn i,

one of the m oft nontenfic al reafons for the D eath ot a m an that ever

, w a s g iv en ; Ven1l5k J l l ! and y e_rat the fam~ time, ~e ow ns (~e Su n

g iv er o f U fe ,p .1 6. N ay ,th ere IS n ot a pa ge Intha~ ht tl .e Tr ea t if e .bur

ab ou nd s w ith E rro rs o r N oife ,all w hic h (0name 10 t hi s p la ce w ou ld

be too tedious; but Iwill give y ou fom e, to Ihew Io n ot c ha rg ehim w ithout a Caufe. The Epifrle is nothing £ Ife but a great m any

noify w ords, to Ihew us how able.he was to m anage a fal[~ and ly -

ing a rgu men t; firil to a IT ert th at S ir MJlthe' l l ' ~lad _ l t t a fc en di ng j a nd

then to vindicate that w hic h w as not [0, as If he had a Patent to

impofe upon, and abufe M ankind as he pleafes. ~ . 6. he fay s, Th~'

Hon oH r ab le N at iv e b ad Q f or tu na te i n ( ar ne ll ., . tb o tn -? A nd y et 11 1

hi s eollell. o f G en it, A phorifm 36• he tells us,. Q in)( or -?, ",~~s'a

m an c on fid en t w itb ou t r ea fo n , a nd p re te nd ! to tl;In $! h e u nd er lfa n~ s n o~ .

But this is a fmall matter, only a Contradidion , an d I think it

im plies, that one of them mull be a ly e. P . 8. Th e 0 [C ay s he] in

t he A fc en da nt j he 'l l' l , be N ati ue t o b e o f e xc ell en t P ru de ne e, J ud gm en t, a nd

Honour v+-r- an ob{em r of hif P rom ife/, and a '!atEr o f a l l f urd id ,ba fo

a nd d i{ ho no ur jb le tb in g!. A ll w hich E xe elle neie : d id fh in e in tb i1 o ur P i-0 1 1 1 Scurpioniji . It w as w ell-he. w as a Sco:pioniji , OJ" eIfe the 12thAphorifm in his Collet.l:ion had fell to his Ihare , where he fay s,

ThaI the 0 in 'he A {c wd a; t m a k[ s e mi ne nt Boajfm, an d VeT}1 p ro ll d ~ e r-

[ens , Bu t b ec au fe 1 1 1 . is a eha~',VertrlOUf, M~def t ,>a~1dan Humble Sign,

t he re fo re t he ,0 in that (pac e of H eaven gives m ighty good People.P. I8 .h e t ell s u s, That c! i 1 Lord of ,be Alchocoden, a nd g iv es I J j s great-

€ (l years which Ptolomy tells III a re S ixty fix . This is a plain ly e

f at he re d' u po n Flo/amy b y m y F rie nd Jobn; for in the w hole ~a -

dripJrtite, no, not in his la~ Chapter, Ve.Vivl j ivne T cm pe ru m , hen ever u feth .a ny E xp relIio n lik e th at, n or gives an y c ou nte nan ~e to

their Alchocoden in any thing 1 h ave read > I f his; and my F riendw ould have c lone w ell, jf he had quoted the Chapter and Book

w here he had found it, and fo have faved-rne the labour of inquiry .In p. 19. he talks of an (1bf if {ur v i '" , a nd t ha t i s. [ fo rCoo th ] 1/., be -caufe he happens to be II) (hat A ngle and Spac e of H eaven) c aned

, the

, 18 OpU > $ r J \ e f o rm a t u m . , -

the S thH oufe; an d y et theS qtlarc bf ~ kills, bein g-djrec tedro the

A C:endant; n~ w, pr~ y c onfider ~llar u fc rh ey m ak e' o f th eir Hikgand Aliareta; tor he fay s, T he O IS g iv er o f L if e, 0 f!,iVi'r ~fT es rs ;

O p m f\tformatum.e v~ ry o ne o ft ho fe will m ak e a gre at a lteratio n in a N ativity , c e p e -

dally in o ne th at h ath Signs of Ihort Afcentions in the Afcendant;and indeed m my _aged. People do re.m ~!flbc r the Y ear an d Day oftheir B irth , but ..,c ry f ew of them c an give y ou the abfolute tim e of



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J .P i s tl lc ,d et lro yc r o f Life, 311d y et the A[cendJl/t to the Squ.m of ~

k ill d th is L ea rn ed NltlllC Pray, why Ihou ld not the 0 , w ho is

Hilig to the Square of !t in d i f J . _ n i l l 1 t i b iU SatHrlli, kill as well as th eA fc endant,to that p oint; this is N onfenc e w ith a w itnefs, if 1 uu-d erH an d h im , a nd th e grea te r, b ec au fe it c arne from him , B ut Iiip -po fe all thefc things that he fay s w ere true in a mall, that had Iuc h

a Figure as he hath printed for the B irth-tim e of Sir M,mbew , y et

h ere it i~~ l F oll~ a nd Im pertin en ce [I h ad alm olt faid I mp ud c nc e ]b ec au fe I t IS p ublic kly ow ned, that he w as born 12 hOUIS dillancefrom that tim e; and for ought he and 1 know . it m{y be 12 days,S uc h is h is .C on ~d en l'e i n ta kin g N ativ iti es o n rr ufl, a nd by hear -fay,and then im poling them on the W orld for truth, v.~hkhh e h athbeen often catcht il1;but how o fte n th ey h ave palfed ' !-Uldftefted,isto .m e y et.u nk no wn . A nd upon t hi s v er y A uth or ity o f btiJr-[ay, I c er -

t~mly ~ heve, he h,ath t~ um ptup this N arivity of M r. H1bbs t o p ro ve

hIS n or to n o f C ~ rd lt 1a l S !g ns to be tr~e, as he did that of J ud g su«;to prove 1 1 1 . a Vir tuous Sign, an d without doubt both a like true,2dly. The m eanefs of h is Parentage, c onfidc red w ith the part of

England w h er e h e- w as , born, msy r~ nd er it d ub io us, th ,e re b ein gv ery fe w ROJl' of the m eaner and m iddle fort of People In th e r e -

m ot e p art s fro mLondon,

th at ta ke a ny n otic e.o r k ee p in m em ory thetime when their Children were born; and much lefs then when

A (holo gy w as fo little know n in thillJour N ation of England; nay,

fc arc c at all k no wn , u nlc fs a mo ng fo me L earn ed M e n, w h o w ere a ble

t o rc ~ d o th er L an gu ag es ~lidE~ t he ir o wn , th ere b ein g a tt ha t time

bu t ll~tle o f A fi ro lo gy p ri nt ed Ii1th e Enf!.lijb T ongue, and th at linle

very Imperfec tly know n, handled, and underllood. B etides the

lo wnefs of his B irth obliged him to be abroad betim es fro m his Pa-

rc n~ ; a~ d as I hear~ he w ent to the Llniverfiry at 1 3 y ears of age,·

w hic h did prevent him of th ofe f;equc nt -oppo rtunities to hear the

tim e o f h is Birthfrom hi s Parents, if th ey d id re memb er it.3dly, I never heard that he was e ver Ilu dio ufly in clin ed to th is

~ elelliar" l1 q~ iry ; an d fa ~ th ~t rea fo u.m igh t n eglec t th e ta kin g n o-tic e of his B irth, an d think It not w orth his M em ory and A nim ad-

verfion, by w hic h means,if he did ever know the day w hen he w as

y oung, I dare be pofitive he did not know , or a t l ea ft wi fe r em em-

ber the time of the day , in w hich y ou know there is 2 4 hours, and.every

the day w hen it was. Whence 1 c onc lude, w hen he had go t the day -

and y ear, he made him fu'c h a N ativ ity as he thought agreeable to

th e L i fe , Ac t ion s, and L earning of the G entleman. A nd tho I ~6c on clu de it poffiblc fo r him to ge t the day , let 1 d o not allow the

Figure to b e true; but perhaps he harii m ade this Potirion toabufehim , as y oumay fee by the r z th and 86th Aphorifms in his Colle-C tion, w here he gives all fuc h Perfons as have the 0 and rjin t he

Afcendant,a very bad Characrer , m ak in g t he m Ly,zrJ, Boajfm,ProwJ,Perjured, COlltriver s of Mi[chirj, an d I nv e nt er ! o f F 'ables; a nd m ore fi rc h-like ill N am es he bellow s u pon them ; how w ell rhey deferve them ,I know not. H owever, rhofe Names do not at a ll a gr ee w ith the

C ha ra cte r h e g iv es h im i n h is Csrd in es Ce l l, which thews m y F ri en dJuhll can m ake the S tars give and ad: '\V hat he p le afe th , c oo l h is

B ro th, and w arm his F ingers, and all w ith the C am e Breath.B ut to put all out of doubt, let us c ome nearer and c lofer to the

matter; for feeing they do allow that D irec tions arc the Caufc rs

of Death; or at [eatlw ife, that few or none dy e w ithout them ;

L et u s fee\\'h at th ey c an affign fo r h is death, either to the 0, 2 J , or

A (c endant, for they are all alike to them , tho I do affirm the Ili

here to be G iver of L ife, ac cording to the Pofirion printed. This

G entlem an died in Dreembcr, in the y ear 1679. being then 91

yearsan d 10m onths old; and the A rk of D irec t-io n to give th at num ber

of ~ears, ac c ord ing to their rnc afiire of tim e, is 90 degr. ,1 min.NowoHerve, The Direction th at h e c on clu des k ill'd h im , w as-th e

A 'rc c ndant to the Square of 0, and the 8 to the Body of 1 1 - , Lordof the S rh H ou[~ ,w hic h to m e (ec ms very nrm bc "h~ t the 0lh ouldpaC, the S quare o f 0, a nd h e o ut- liv e it alm olt three y ears, an d atblrd),e on the A fc c ndant to a Gum Direction, c alle d t he S qu are

of c3 lfor the true one did not c ome up till about 22 y e a rs a ft er -

.ward J and at t uch a tim e too, w hen the 8 w as by D i re c ti on w i th in

a v er y littlcof th e B od y of 1 1 - , th e grea t an d o nly B , J / f .l m l ~ k . : : S t u r inth e H e av en s, w ho fe illP ,a j's a lw a y s { a ve s, ;wd c ert ai nly m uc h m ore

his B ody in the afl:cnding part of H eaven; but is it Eatv e ry t lr ang e

that h e ihou ld c onlidc ntly take the Direction> to the H orofc op e togive Death, when the.O is II) n ear it; for (11C A!Cwoant c an no t b e

_ G i V C I ot L ife, nor can it kill w ith b ad DireCt ions!O i t, when the 0is

120O p lH r J ? s f o r m t f t u m ~

is fo near, as in this Example. B ut isit not more tlrange [howh isC ath olic k S ou l jud geth in th e c afe, I c an not tell] th at th e S qu ar e

of a lhould _kill, and the A fc cndant to the Square of the 0 Ih ouldno t atabout 82 y ears of A ge; and indeed, by J o h n ' s g oo d le av e

O p u s (J{e/urmatftm.The n ex t b e l fr il lg s, is t ha t o f th e Famous M r. B"rtan, Author of

" . t h e Analomy o f M e J a n ch o V y, t o p ro v e- h is -f ia it io u s No ti on .

.Mr. !Bt4rt{)n.

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[if P l%my is allow ed to be true] the Square of 0 cannot kill, be -c aufe he is under the S,IJl-beam s; but any T ooth good B arber, [0

w e can but m ake Cardina l Signnm th e .Ang/u of this, or any other

Nativity . In Ihorr, Iudge he will f ind bu t few of his OW n party[I m ean as to th e P rin cip le s o f A ltro lo gy J tha t w ill b eliev e th e Af -c endant to .the S quare of the Su n Ih ou ld p ars by an d g ive n oth in g;

an d a few y ears after, the Square of Mmkill; and this at f it ch a

tim e too, w hen the Sun in the A fc endant w as direc ted to the B odyof Jupiter,- but indeed he w as Lord of the Eighth. - Oh!-

t ha t a lte rs t he c af e m ig htil y -Ha , ha,b;l.But to tell y ou the tru th, the M o o n is H i l e g , or G iver of L ife in

hi s F ig ure, an d fo r th at reafo n, n eithe r Su n n or A fc en dan t c an killby Diredion s and at the tim e of his D eath, the w as direc ted to no

illA fpeC l o r R ay s.· T he firll thing the m eets,' is the * of !t in *,w hic h w ould touc h at or about 95 y ears of Age. -A nd fo I leave it,till he [h all th in k fit to affig n fam e o th er C aufefo r h is D eath, an d tell

us what A uthority he hath for the tim e of B irth, and by w hat A u-

thority he w ill prove this figure, or any other true; .afluring y ou,

th at th is is not M r. H o b b s ' s true N ativity ; I w ill not fay it is not the

d ay , b ut 1am fure it is not the hour, only a tim e pitc ht upon, and

c ho len by h is u ne rring Ju dg men t, to pro ve o ne flllity b y in ven tin gof an oth er , Of to fpeak m ore to the purpofe , he c alls for help toS addle his H obby -horfe- I c ould put divers other things to him , -

w hic h I am fure w ould puzzle his fertile B ra in to find fec uriry fortheir tru th; as, w ho he w ill c onc lude to be Hileg, an d (he n th e L ordo f the A l c b a c o d e n , w hom they chufe from the form er? and w hether

the N ative lived that num ber of y ears defigned by tha t S tar, and no

m ore; and w hether cJ [who mufl be Lord of the Alcbocoden, ac -

c ording to their notions} being Com bllil in his detrim ent, and

a ff li C le d b y It, c an give any m ore than his m ean y ears, w hich are

Forty , tho this N ltive lived T wenty five y ears bey ond his grearefty 'ears, w hich are Sixty fix . W ith m ore of this N ature, that I pafs

by , fuppofing there is enough m entioned to convinc e any ratio-

nal m an, that the F igure of B irth by him affertc d , is all Sham

a nd T ric k.

Th e

'It 0 42 ' Nortk1 1 I 37 NorthcJ 0 18 South

~ [ ... So~

~ I -41 South

» I 38 S oudl

Io believe he hath taken this Figure of ~ r. Bmon , a s nea r rh tAc~ount h e h im fe 1f g av e, o f it, as c an Q~; an d d o th erefo re ju dg e,

ifthis knot true, it is not M r. J o h n ' S fa ul t, - bu t th e L ea rn ed N ativ e

him fdf, w ho gave -i t t~ t?e W orld ~ in rc attered .S entenc ~s in his'

Anatomy ri f M e / a n c b o V y ,; a ~d. . as . ~ am I l! fo rmed , d !4 a \[ o g Iv e o rd ~rw he n L iv in g; fo r the In fc rib ieg it-o n IllS T o m h f t o n e 111 0 1 C f o r d , ~ f te r h is

D eath; which did not only thew the Gentlem~ Ingenul!y , but -

alfo hiS I n te g ri ty h ~ l et ti n g th~~ o rld _u nd er fta nd h ow f;uh~ ~asacqua inted wm 1 his ow n N "uvlty , lell fom e Ingenious NatlVlty .

maker o r o th e r, Ihould furreptitioufly h av e tram pr-up a fp urio ~·s

one after his D eath ; w hich is a thing very common, -DOt only In

our N ationbL it in others likew ife; and bythat means w ecome to

h av e.f o m a~ y G re at 'm en s B ir th s th at a re r ea lly f al~ e a nd h na gi~ ar y.

andY -llt im pofed upon us for abfolute :ru th, w hic h the unsktlfu l,

ingenuous m en run aw ay w ith, and b~ h.eve them to be as.r~ port~ a _

to them , A nd to convinc e y ou that thins true , take an Example InR oo e

,) llJ. ,O~~/ N J o ~ m , t t u m .one m an, and t~ atiJ the:f~ ~c k:K ing" w hofe N ativity w as printed

by M r. G~Jln 1661_~IJ\ which Figure h e m ak es 22 degr. of 1l\

afc en ding , an d th e tim e l7 min, after Eleven; and this he affirm sto b e t ru e by the Proba tiol l, l? f ,three Di~et ti on s, an d t he ir C onc u rr en t

- Opm f l t i f o r m a t w n : 'j1 'it;. is n ot above 36 m in ut es b el ow t he C l. lf p of th e AtCcOdant) thatrhe'Sign "l' hath to rife; ~nd inbuFfgJlrt, th ere is th e w ho le Si~

t5, and 6 degrees of II , J 1l th at p ar e, c a ll ed th e A fu c nd in t mH o -rofc ope: H enc e it follow s , that he" Jay s the whole firefs of the



A cc id en ts, as m ay be feen in : h i s Go l le t ti bn. MIT;I lM, he prints h isNativity in: hi S Aftrolugia Gall ica , p. 555 , in which he makes alm olt

J 5 degr. of I I \ . afc end, and the T im e 15 m inut. after Eleven of theClock,'M am , the fam e day and y eJr, an d p ro ve s h is a l[ o'b y t wa .. or

three D iretlio'ns; to w hic h he add erh an other A rg um en~ of-truth,

that the tim e of the day wa s known, pa ' d l ti lu d in tn l Soli« -.4/froJabilJ

r l l l P l / " a " , aJiudfanllunI GermiJrntm; and this a m an wou ld th in k w er e

very ' exatl, c om ing from a L earned Pen, and he alfo a L over of the

A W l , as w ell as a Profelfor thereof. A nd, y et after all this,' I havehad an ac co unt fro m Adriano, t he g re at Mdt/mn,lI;ciall at Par;!, that

th e Frmcb K ing wa s- bo tn at J; minutes after F our of th e C loc k thefam e day in the M orning; whlchis fuffic ient to acquaint us, that

there 'is a m ifiakc , ora little K navery in this A ccount give!)' fo va-

rioufly s and is not only in this m an, but others likew ife; of w hich

more in my Defilli~ Genitllr.mun;B ut as to M r . B urto ll'sN ativity , I am not w illing to m ake a Iearc h

into the truth of i~,and that for tw o Heafons. The Ilt is" Th e Re-f pe a: I h av e ro th at L ea rn ed G en tle ma n, b ein g u nw illin g to c al l h isSkill in quefiion, hec aufe I think he gave it us to the beft of his

knowledg, w i thou t_ : .I .DY deUgn of T ric k or In terefl, either to bubble

U$,or pu t a faHhood ~P?Jl the W orld . un der the N otion of A Hrolog y.And the 2d i s" B e .c ~ u fe 1 have no A c ci de nt s t ha t a re c on fi de ra bl e

h i th e C ou rfe 'of hi s tlfe,', to try the verity of the Figure by . either

of Slc~neft, frif.etm£1I;~ ot IJealb, w hic h a re th e o ilty g ro un ds to try~nd prove a Nativity , whether true orfalfe, And yet; if th is is his

true FIgure, I. f ho ul d l oo k upon it to be very difficu lt for him topars th e » to the.Body of 11 , with 31)d without Latitude in Zodiaco;

and this the rather, becsufe ft h ath th er e a lm oft Id eg re e o f Nortb-

L atitude; but for the r~a{ons bcforem entioned) I !hall om it all

things of that nature. . , , '- But fuppofc We ihoutd allow this Nativity to be true arid that

Cardinal S igns on A ngles fhould do thofe w onders that he fay s,

they do; y et I c annot'fee w hat groL \I1d there 1 5 f or h is b ri ng in g

this Figute to prove k by . ~or h ere Is almofl29 degrees of "l' onthe Afc endant, and that a Sign of Ihort A fc ention, ac cording to

b i> own Notigo) a nd e ve r. y o n e s e If e ; a nd the moil he c an m akeit,

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m atr er o n t he v e ry Cufp of the Angle, o r Line of the H orizon, top ro ve -t he M y f le ry o f C ar di na l S ig ns ,w l\ ic h iftrue,1 th ink he put~ itu ,P 0n a v ery ~ u? i,!u s p ro of , b oth io n t \l is "F ig ur e, a nd a lf o in that ofCI~arJel G r 4 l i l1 J l ~ bc fo rc mentio ned; for If we make thinwery few

rmnutes later, and that i,y ery few m inutes Ioonee, you will findt5 .arc c~ din ? iti'(~ e o ne, all,d ~ in the other; am i i n my Opinion," : 1 1 1 m ig ht il y f lu ke , if not w holly confound the vc 'ry Princ iple of

h is dc f ign ; fo r I do no t believe every FiguIe of a N ativity to betrue, that he fay s is [til; and therefore, ifth efdb ould be c orrec ted,

w hat w ill become of his Norion! A nd for tbac of the K ing of Swe -

am , I 3 ? l fure i. t is no t true, and that for the Heafons j he re . ne dg ed .

~u t betides all thefe things, he m ay have his It in th e ;olh, an d J ! . -

in his 61h H oufe; ilay , andd' in 0 with his ,4fcendant, arid fO l ' allthat h av e t5 a[c ending; and indeed, to m y apprehenfion:it feerns

m ore pr~ able ~ u'be 9, be~l1[e~f: that Expretlion.fi{ Mt( Burlon's

~uoted by M r. G . sJ h ut y, A I/ it rJ pri l lc ipa l S ignif ica lBt u f my 'Mdlll!m,

Inp .: rt ile d w i_W ,m yA [c en dd ll l • .&c. And by that, word partilc d, 1

u nd erf ta nd e xa d: ly _.o n th e A fc en da nr. a nd if fo, t 5 m u tt be atc.nd-ing, for d is-,a\lnoll 1 d eg ree in : th at Sign' , as Gild. w clt.know s ;

an_dthc_n pray~w h~ t w i ll ' hed(;>; ior ~ (}fift t o t ic k "; t h~ . J2 a r~ ,?f h. isAd-

m ir er s m tQ .f ue b el ie f o f C ar di na l Sign'S, a nd t he ir powe{ In th is N a-~ iv it y? N ay , dQ io l. lt ob f uv e how he . ihuffles, and how h e is pu t toIttom ake aN ativity [nay , driven to the lail: d eg ree of "l'J to im -

pofe a n Error on the W orld, and to cheat us and hirnfelf alfo into

the belief of a ly e. ' , ', Bu~ there isone th~ngmote 1 o b(en e ill t h~ 1 26 th P ar tg up h, an d

that (5, he w ent to D r. FIJk}to know w hat the: m eaning of J. in the

6 th H ou fe w as.a nd this in th e y ea r J 650. o f w ho m h e fa ys , he lea rn t

t ha t l it tl e of A firology that he hath. Utterly di[ow ning his betl

M ailer, M r. L i U y , by whofe A ihftance [he fay s in tbeEpi!tle ~ o h j~

1 ) ,/ C tr i ll c o f NativitieJ] an4Favours, he w as enabled to c om pleat

that B oo k, w hic h w asprint,c 'a in the yca t ' ,657· 'N ow .d o y ou thin k

that M r ,L if!y 's !\c quaintanfe h ad do ne him n o S elv ic e, befi3e; « hi

ufe of B ooks in that' Seven y ears? Or do y ou believe his askintD r. FiJ~ thatonequeftion, bad fer him ina Station above the w ant

o f o th er In th uc ti on s? IH o , h e w as thc <1 ptc ft S ch olar to one, an dR 2 the

O p t U ( J { t f o r m a t u m . -

the _m olt u ngreatfu l to the other of any m an1 iving. B ut I !ha ll (or-

b ea~ an y furth er A gg ravation o f th at Ing ratitu de, b ec au fe the w ho le

N ation is fo w ell ac qu ainted w ith th e thing .

.-1-1fp u i f/{!fonnatu~

- or f~ lfe' nor will it defac e or c onfound his de1 ign that-the thing

is brought to prove; rho the ten of. th e H ou fes arc lik ew ife E rro-

n eo us , a nd r he re fo re l { ha ll .p ro c ee d 10another method. •I perceive by t he A u th or s E x pr c: ff io n ab_orltN~on, t~atthe Native



H ls S eventh N ativity he brings to prove his dream ing N otion,

I s th at o f Michl kl No ft rad4mH6 ', as follow erh, -

The tim e of this Gentlernans Nativity, M r. Gadbury ha d fromthat Ihort A cc ount of his L ife, printed by M onfieur Gmnc;ereJ in

Englifh, at the b eg in nin g o f th at T reatifec alled Mjtradamus 'sP ro ph ec ie s, w he re i t i s f ai d, h e w as born at St . R.emy, a Town inP r l 1 l l t l l c e , the 14th of D e c e m b e r , on a <[hurfJay a bo ut N oo n, I5Q3~

and that he died of a Gout an d Drop» ai Salan, a _C ity in Provenct,01near it, on JlIly s, Anno 1566. being then S ixty two y ears of

Age, and Six M onths. The Latitude of the P lac e is about 43 de-

grees; and how ous w orthy A uthor wtll make 2 deg rees o f V S onth e l_Oth H oufe, and r r degrees of .t:t on the A fc cndant in that

Elevation, is to me a my fier.y ; for if he makes tw o of V S on theM idhcaven,there will b e abo ut fou r o f l'afc cnd ln gs b ut th at E rro r

l.wllt f - i l S by , it being not to my bufine fs po w ill hand, be i t t ru e. - - ~.

did not leave a partic u lar A ccount,. at w hat tune 10 that day he-

w as born ' for that I lbout N l J I ) n , might be about an hour or morebefore or ~ fter it, or dfc the .S tars in this m ans N ativity had not

the u fu al f or ce a nd effect, that M r. Gadbury a ll ow s , a nd a ff er ts t he y

have illother M ens G cnitures, - o f w hic h m ore anon, w hen I c om e

t o t ho fe Ob ie a- jo n s, The Sign l' i s w e ll - k~OWll to be b~ t I hour

and 5 m inu tes sfc end in g on - th e H ~ ro ~c op e III that Elevationv.and

th erefo re the erro r o f halfan hour III time fooner, an d $ 6 m il l u t esin lime l at er t ha n this Figure, will v er y . mu ch -a l~ e r t he Caf:, and-

e xt re am ly { ha ke t he A tl lh or it y bot~ of ~IS Aphonfm ~ r:d Skill, ~ ofar as they afe b oth concerned,in ~hls Figure a~d ~atlvltv ; ar.d IfI m iflake not his Dear- Vrllnia Will Cuffera d eh q ul Um a lf o , b y th eC onfidenc e a'rid Credulity of her over-forw ard and bounc ing S e.. -

cretary; b ut it -is n oftran~ e ~ hing t~ fe e h on ell M a ile rs a bu fe d by :

theknaw :ry of theirfawomg; glavc IlIlg Sc rvan,ts " . - .. Howe ve r- if th is F ig urd ho uld b e true [~ hIC h.lS ve ry uncer tain-

a n d d u bi ou s J it i s f a r f er ch e, a nd -a t the b el t g lv e~ III a g en er al t ~l m-a b l 1 H ' Noon, w hich no m an ought to r el y - o n Without Corection;by as many Ac c id e nt s- as t he Cale requires, or c an be gotten; and

to affirm this his true N ativity " w ithout fuc h R eafonsand A utho-

rity, iCpedaNy in f\lch a C af e a s t his is.. w here it is m ade aprind~ al 'P illar toC upp ort fo g reat a S tJ uc t~ re ) ~ h e here en deavo urs to bu ild -

upon it) is t o m e a gr~a t !trgu~ t, ~ I~ h~ r of the m ans W eakn~ r~ ,.

or h i s Conf idenc e, believing hIS l p { e dIxit 17 over an d above . fu ff i~ -ent toItem the T orrent of all other A uthonty ; and therefore Iwll

bring it to the T ouc hfto~ e, as the real telt of its u~ tl~ or falll:0od :..and in that trial 1 Ihall rell m y felf very w ell fltlstied o f tither,w ithout trouhlin~ Y Oll-w ith m any A Tgum e~ lts, w hic h at the beft .

ferves bu t to [poil Paper, and tire your Patience. Yet, le t me tell.y o'u ,th is is a s n o to rio us apiece o f F alf ho od a nd 1m po f tiOn.,as-aIlY

hehath brought..to this purpofe andpr.?of. . .'. B uebefore I begin to cKami.ne therlguIe 10 g en eral, It WIll be I

v er y n ee ef fa ry t o f ett le _ th eFigure to ro~c p~ lI c ul _a _ r d c . g re r. o n t he !

M i d hc a ve il a nd A ( ce nd an t; fl r la s I [ aI d b e~ o Ie 11 t ' j" e a ll ow 2 de--

glees of vs-on the T enth, there will be but 4 degrees of l'Ol~ the:M cendant. and if we ilwuld allow 11 d eg re es o f l'3[cendmg~.- _' _there..

,

116 O p U f · f / { _ e ! o n n a f t m i . ·

there will be about 5 degreessc minutesof'V$ onthe Tenth. And-bc caufe I will gh'e him all the [air play im aginable, I will takethat w hic h flan ds fairefi f or h is a d~ an ta gf 'J ) ( cho he did not Ierveme C o when I w as in H u l l o 1 n d ] and .l think tha t is , 1 d eg rtc s-o f T

Opw' f l \ t f o r 1 1 l : i t u m . i11an d [jof ,the 0 did not .k ill, as ill Pope P t 1 u l V . t- 8 o. Or. Morloff,P. 92• Bifhop VI1JtT, p.,96. Mr . Ga ta ~ "" l1 ) "J 02. Mi:Child,t,; ' f ' .114- Mr. Vaugb.m, p. 117 . who had h1 5 0 in (he Eighth in dirdt8 roche J) ~ and y et die ACceildant to the Body of the one an d~ of the orher did not klll r what think y ou now , are thefe ~ artial -



o n t he A f ce nd an t; fo r I o fuppofe out of th e Abltnd.Jnce of his

Ignor4tlct, h e d ot h -c on clu de th e Afcrndant to th e 80f the 0 w asthe D irec tion upon which this Native did expire; now , - if fo , 1w ould fain be refolved, w hether the Arcel~aut (0 the. 8-of the 0 ,

is likely to give th e GJJltt an d VroPD'; which Difeafes he fath ers o n.

h in his D~[/TiJJec f l-ia1iviricl. p. lU. And ,tells us therealfo, That

the 0 gives Srt'o(J1ling/, Injlllmt1lionIOf th e E;el, Palpitatioll of theHem, an d Wringing! at the Stom.sck,,;w hich D ifeafc s are not the

ufual A tte nd an ts o f Drqpfiu an d GOld!.

I c annot find any other D irec tio n he -an p retend to, that m ay

be allow ed to give D eath. 'but that of the AK:endant {Q th e 8 of

0; fo r the» byDireCtion, is at th at time intheirw iy com e to the

nin th deg ree of vs , having pa n th e Body of the 0, and her ow n

*; lind not come to the Body of ~ , and 8 of 1 1 - . L ord of theSth Houfe, that pernicious part of Heaven ; and th e 0 is at thatage in 2 d eg ree s o f )( by D irc6tion, being come to the plac e of his

ow n *, and w ithin ,£ tal's of the l>'5~. which is tilt! n ex t.D ir c- /'

dion; and therefore w e muft conc lude [feeing none of thefe can.be lug'd in to do the buline(s] that the 8 of the 0 to the M cen-

dant, w as th e fatal'P oint that k ill'd him, n otw ith fta nd in g t heJ : : , .

Q f the » was very nearafter, Thusyoa fee a forry fhift is betterthan none; and for ought w e know , -haduot this unlucky D ire-

C ti on f el l i n f o u nt ow a rd ly , h e m ig ht h av e liv ed till this time, un -

lefs J? , Lord of the 8th, had happened co h av e b ird ed him off;

fo r d b ei ng L o rd of t he A f c en d an t, would w ithout doubt not hurt

his own; and It durf] as w ell have c at his F ingers, being under

the pow er of (j in his T riplic ity [lnd betides very weak in his de-

trimentJ as m ole lt o r kill him; iuch a pretty (ort o f A ltro lo gy he

pretem ls to be M afier of. ' 'In this Nativity we find both the 0 and l> in A ph eti ca l

Plac es , and it is certain on e of them m ull be- Hilf~,or Giver of ,Ufe; and ye t the A fc endant to the 8 of the 0 kill'd the N ative;

w hic h if (0, I am fu re it ca n do it alw ay s, . and rhatw lth m uch

more cafe an d certainty, w hen the Afcendant is G iv er o f: Li t!: .. B ut

Itt-u s hav e rec ourfe to his Collec tion of G enitures, and there YOil

will f in d a b un d an c e of N ativ itie s, w he re the Af~nd.nt-to,heO. and

S tars or not ~ Sir Robrr t HJ t bl lrn , p. J 24. Si r Fm ·h . B ll k" p. J 59.·that WJS to liv e I or ne D ec ad es of y ears, he alfo out-lived the 8 of

th e O. 1 M ajor~Genera t I.~ti~brr',p. 166. VillCf1l1 Wing, p. ISa, an .even half ( c or e t ha t our- liv d the A fc endane to th e 8 of the 0 '

and (orne of them u.1l~~rwent it~ll)fluence at a confidcrable Ag~roo. And. I Cfl_.llld fiul1lth Y ( l U w ith m ore likew i[e under his ow n

hand, ~ n _ J y 1 think ~ hc fc fu flic im t to prove that D irec tion falfea nd h Cfm ol ls :IS to his Death, and the Caufe of it; an d t o (hew

this Learned Artin's Skill, isas little as his Mo~c i l y and good Nt·wre. -. . .

~llt be.tides .at,' this, there ;I);C fever~ l N ativities in being, inw hich our N allvuy -m akc r allow sthe ~Idheavento the Bodies or

Oppofi tiol1 s o f ft an d 0 to kill; fometimcs by v io le nc e, a nd ferne-times other way s, and this d on e only by a tingle D irec tion of ei-

there, as ill the C afe of' CbarleJ GlIfla~t/~, an d Wt1 !; .m t Laud theM idhc avcn to th~ Body of Ttin the one, and to th e Body o f' er inthe Ot]1C~; but in this Nativity the 0 , who is G iver of Life, an d

the M l dh eav tn , w ere oo t l ~ at o nc e dircded to th e Body of ~ , and8 of~ , Lord 01 the 8,h 111 th e 41h; and then to the ~ of fl an dd from th e 4th lik ew i{e ~ all which had no t power enough to killhim til~ the A fc endant c am e to the 8of the G ;,Hl, " . 1 , hJ , a pret-t y f or t, -o f Stars, and as prertily managed b y r ho [c that pretend an

acqua intance with the~ . Il1d~ed I c annot blam e People, w hen Inear them c ry out againtt the l'oolerlc s and C heats of .\!lrology •

for ac cordiug to this kind of D odrine,l1 o 1 11 :10wo ul d t ro ub le hi;head w ith the Study of a thing' fo contrad;8my and 'unc ertain .

t~ at .c ou l~ fin d an )! th in g elfe to exerc ife his T~oughts and M e~dirarions m. I know the Anfwer {orne of them w ill m ake me ,

a~d fay, 'Ibe MidbrAT.'fft n r ' ; ? ; r iiI/I ~ 1 ' t ' in vidi!lt Deflhr, C oll ec t, G e-mrur, Aph . 92. To that Infw er, T he'j know· nothing of the.

Caufe ot a violent D eath, till it, is over and pan; an d therefore-

that is bu t a lham ,and a lilly one too ; for:if it hath power to k il lat one time, it hath at another; and rho a man m ay no t dy e by

,an Ax, or a Hahn, yet he may . d,e violently in his B ed, orforne o th er w ay , £01 the Stars are not beend to a pa-rticulu " " ; l . y .

and.

11S O p U S , f R . ! f o r m a t u m :and method. And 1 do atferi it for tru th, that if it did e ve r k il l,

it mUll do fo always [ wi th o, ut R ul es of Exception] an d I know. no rear o n [nor he neither J w hy all th ofe DircClions to th e Sunan d MiJheavm { bo ul d n ot h av e kill'd this Native. And befides, he

G r e _ g o r y L o p e , . ·Latitud. P l a n e t a t ' _

:z . No



talks w it ho ut k now le dg e' about th e v io le nc e. o f N at iv itie s; fo rw hat violent Pofiticus are there m ore in GtI~at'lH Ado lpbu ls Nati-

vity , than in this of Noflrildamu; lAnd alfo, what is th ere o f vio-lenc e more in Charles GuJfavM, th an , in th e Duke of Albeml11'le's?Co lJe ll .Ge n it . p . 70. an d y et tw o.o f them d ied v iolen t D eath s, an dthe orhe r tw o, N atural ones s but befides ,', before the People are'dead, he knows no t a word w hic h isa violent one for D eath, and

which not; b ut w hen they ar e dead, and that by violenc e, he c an-PICfently find the Caufe, W hat N ativity in h is C ol le ct io n c ar r! ~;more violence with it: than that o fCb l lf 'i e l ' to T te nJon the Swedi/h Ge -n er al,w he re th e 0 and ~ a re i n d in 'IS in the ACcendan t , and bothin 0 to ft in his ow n' D ignities; the 11 is in d with 11 , Lord of

the r ath in 20 , with violent Sta rs , in dired 0 to 'Ii, and in 8. tor:!, and the 0 L ord of the Srb, and alfo to ~ , .w ho hath D ignities

m ere likew ife. N ew ; is it not flrange, that this N arlve under fo

v io lent a Po fi ti on Ihou ld dy e a quiet Natural Death, whentholetw o K in gs o f Swet'en, efpeciaUy G,,(lat'ltl Adolphul, u nde r a vC !~ ym oderate P ofic ion Iho uld dy e violently t W hich things M r. John

would very much oblige t he Wo rl d with, to let us know th e Rca-Ions of them , and to acquaint U9 w ith th of e c ur io us No",um's, b rwhich w e m ay be ab le to u nd erfland thefe [hitherto improbable]Nativities as w ell a s he. ,T o c onc lude, T his Nativity was abou t N oon , th at is, a li tt 1e be -

fore 1I a C lo c k, .at w hic h tim e he w ill nnt have "j' afc end lng , bu t

the latter part of ~ , a nd th e S ign ../' o n the Teruh., A nd u nd er

this P ofirio n an d its E ffeels, he will at the tim e of hi s Death 13 ·bour under the Influenc e of the 0 , G iver of L ife, to the Mundane

P ar al le l o f rJ andh , D irec t 'and COllVClS; w hich are proper D i-

r eC t io n s t o give the Gout arid Drop{y. A.nd t he re fo re , i f M r. Johlldoth not think this a reafon fuffident, • w ould defire-one from

h im m o re A u th en ti ck .

The next he brings to e xe rc ;1 t: h is T ale nt in , is that of G r e g o r y

Lop.z, a Spani(h Hermit , one?f his own Religion, an d t~lcretore.

he ought to know the exatt-tune w hen hew as brought mtp the"

Wolld. The Figure follow s,. .. Grfgo"]

b 3 S

1 1 I :1~ No

r: J :z . 0 So

~ ~ 57 So

!i! I :2.1 No

j) 3, I S Nt)

I wonder M r. GJd. Ihould have [0 much confidence o n I ~isRcpu-

ration as to think to be believed in this, and [uc h like C al es , w h en

he fay ; the thing is fo , feeing w e have f~ u~ ~ him tdfdy fa often i~h i s be fueud ing M ankind w ith fuc h Cunohtles as th efe are.' ~ ~u -viries lm can, and not one in forty of them true, as m ay be juflifiedby h is L earned C ollec tio n, an d th e O pinio n of ever ' lo n e abou t that

B ook; for it is n ot only m y [ el f, but d ivers o t~ ers alfo , ,th at are o f

th e fame P erfu alion w ith m e abo ut th e F alfities, and v ifib le C on-

tra dic tio ns fo openly [ufliricd and afferted by the A uthor in that

T rearife, and not only there, but in m olt of thofe B ,!oks.h~ hath

publifhed, to inform t he u n le ar ne d W~)fld. Do y~u think I~IS re~-I on ab le t o believe that h e Ih ou ld o btain the tru e time of rhls m an s

Birth" w ho w as b o r n at fo great a d iHant e ,a s M_atirid In Spaill, an d

p er ha ps u nk now n to all his F ri en ds a nd A c q uam ta ,n c e [ an dp r? ,; -

b ab ly h im fel f to o] till after his Death? W hen we tmay b e c e rt am

h e c ou ld no t give us the true Nativities of r ho fe b or n ~t hom e I!,

our own Nation, and near him , and had the opportum ty of th.elrS Acquain-

, : y . O .

\

O R u s _ ~ h r m 4 t u m .A c qu ai nt an c e b e f id es • a sS i~ 'F re ~' h: H~Uer,Nic CH l p e p p e ' l ' , M r. L i D y .Nay , he hath given us h iJ 01l'1I falfe, a nd p ri nt ed it three or fou r

tim es over; betides rhofe of Ot iV € r C r omw ,U , Two K ings of Swe-

de n , Judge HJlfI , an d abundance m ore, too m any here to relate.

I fay for rhofe very reafons he ought [finc e he hath c rac kt his Cre-

O p t l $ ~ e f o " n a t U 1 n ~lateft, w ere ,at Thirty fix OJ' (even by this Pofirion , and yet I amof opinion he out-lived that Age, if . ever there w ere fuc h a m an,

and that he .did not itarve hirnfelf to be counted Holy .B efides all this, I fc c no reafon w hy a Conjunc tion of Marl an d



dit to] to endeavour alw ay s to prove thole N ativities he gives us,

that w hen they I ha ll h ap pen to be queftioncd by any in m ine, or

other mens Company, we m ay have fornethiug to fay in his

Vindication, which now w e have not, relying only upon his

~fo - -, To give us an old L o t r [ y PopifhHermit, born 150years ago, to

prove an Innovation of his ow n, that !lands in. n eed of better A u-thority and Security than he is able to produce. A Fellow bornill S/,;Jill, and not a S oul liv ing now th at ever knew him , w hich at

the ben tells us, i~an be known no orherw ay s , but by report

and hear (ay ; and for ought w e know [or he either] it m ay be

ferne day s, but I am Iurefome hours dittanc e from this time, or

elfc the Rules of A llrology that I am M aH er olf, are not true. I

adm ire he hath not im ide a Nativity for Pope J o a n , h is B ro th er

J u dJ S I {c ,l 1 ' io t, St. P a t 7 ; i c k , _ , Monfieur St. R u t h , an d the G o ld en F ar ~

mer ; for w irnout doubt, they had all of them Cardinal S igns

on their A ngles, and w ould m ightily c onduc e to the Probation of

t ha t A p ho ri rm , if he would but take the pains to let u s k now

the~ ac cording to his beft and m olt approved Rules of N ativity -

making.Do but confider how many People he hath told us died on the

M idheaven -and Su n to the Sq uare of Saturn an d Mllrl; ho w m anyhe tells us died on the A(c endant to the Square of the Sun, Bodyof S.Jturn, and Body of M.Jfl; how mmy he hath affirmed went

to th .c lile nr S ha des o n th e Mgo~ ~o t he Square of the Sun, th e O p~p of irio n o f Saturn, the Oppofirion of Msrs, the M idheaven and

Sun t? th~ A lH i~ d ?n s o f Mil" an d B un rn ; all w hich have pafledover III this NitlV:IY, and none of them had po\'V cr to kill. N ei-

ther do Iknow w hen h e died, y et am partly C u re t h e y went off

w itho ut D eath, bec aufe Gadbury fays, h e w as about Tw enty one

y ears of A ge before he grew thus Religious; and he m utt c ontinue

fe me y ea rs in Ihis method of PidY , or c lfe he would 110t have

ob tained fo great lin Etleem an d R epu tatio n to b e c ou nted 3 Her-

mit. B ut thcfe D irec tions c ame up, ferne at Twenty , others atFOUl o r F iv e aQd twenty , fome at Thirty; an d they t ha t. c ame up

Iateit,

S t U H r n in ScorpiD, th e Square of the M J O I I and Sun '. an d Moo, , - an d

Mercury, th e S qu ar e of Jupiter an d Vema, and alto the Mundane

~3.tJ.lkl of Jupiur, Smum , an d MJrl , [hould make amau Io ex-

tr~ am ly P iou s an d R elIgio us, as o ur F rien d J . Gad . te lls u s h e w as.I have heard . h im often fay, it w as a very h ar d th in g to r him to

b e g oo d and honell, w ho had' a Conjunction of Saturn an d M .mat the tim e of his B irth; and if fo, I a m fure 'tis [he w orfe for

being in Scorpio. I d o r ea ll y j ud ge , if t hi s F ig u re is n ea rl y t ru e,or w ithin an hour and a half of it, he did not turn H ermit for the

f:ike of Religion. but for the lets of a Mi1hds, o r e lf e a D if ob li-

gation by fome Debauchery of hers. For at the A 'J,c of twenty

y ears, he had his Se n to the Sextile of Venus , an d Squsre of MM sby D irec tion, w hich is very likely to give fuch an Elfefr;. and ifIo, he only grew furly aud four on that A ffront; by t he c o nt in u -anc e of w hich, and his-ow n forgetfu lnefs.it bec am e a cullom to bethus Religious; to lignify w hich, he labour'd under the , M o o n to

the Oppofition of Saturn with and w ith out L atitude, abo ut fo ur

y ea rs toge the r , from T wen ty three 9r T wenty four forwards.

And tho I have not fo good a proof for the f i ! 1 ( l t y o f t hi s F ig ur e,

as I have of feveral of the former, y et I am partly fure it i s h lf e,b ec au fe h e out-lived rh e 811n, who is Hi/ef! , to the Sq uare of Sa,,,rn

an d Mlrle And fo I come to his N inth Example of Truth in the

C afe of C ard inal S ign s 011 the Angles. The Figure follow s, fc t

P t% m . z i c a / ly , .

Sz Si t

. . . . . . . . . ._ _ _\

O p l H r t \ ! f o r m a w m ~

, S ir T h e o d o r e M a y e r ne .

!- La t i tud . P laneta r

O p t U f J { y f o r m a t u m :

differenc e in their B irths is no t any w ay s rem arkable; w hat is, y oum ay obferve in the plac es of the}) and ~ . In the D oc to rs, th e » isin th e begin ning of III in d w ith !i!, a nd b oth go in ,g to th e * of O .In the B ifhop's, the}) is i n * ' in 0 (0 ¥ and 8to if, applying toboth. B ut w hy thefe (bould c aufe fuc h vall differen ce and ditpro-



It I 49 North

J /. I n South

0 o 30 North

!t o 36 North

~ " S6 South

i> 35 5 NOl'th .

I a~ c ertain [fe ein g my g oo d F ri en d J.G. make~JP;Uiam LJltd,an d .S1£ T h e Q d O T ~ , Mayerne, to have alrnolt th e fa me P ofitio ns or

w ith very little differenc e, fc arc e c onliderab leJ that they c a~ no tb e b oth true, if either ~f them ? t : fo; for we fee h ere , th at they

~ave ?oth 4 dc ~n:c~?f - afcendmg,. and ~ Lady o f t he A fc e nd an t10 In to both N ativities, and the O Inboth their A fc cndants and

l/. in [: , to the dc grc ~ afc ending exac tly , the J) in a W atc ry .dgn in

b ot h a lfo , H el ~c e, fe e.lO g th ey , a le ~ o ~ u ch a l ik e in th eir B irt hx wh yIh ou ld n ot th eir B od ies an d C on tlitu tio ns a lfo h ave b ee n fo mew har

p ro p or ti on al .i n r ef er en c e to the,if Statures, Corpulency, Pallions,

g en er al F at e InFortunes and M lsforcunes; In alJ w hic h there tw o

n;en w ere nothin g. alike , the B ifhop b ein g a Iietle m an: S pare b o-

died, RaU l and f urlo~s; the D oc tor a full-grown) large Body,

e xt re am C orp ul en t? w ~ {h a g en tle , eary Temper . The B it ho p h ad

the latter .p arr of hl~ L lre full of Trouble, D ifquiet , and Confufi,

on, and to conc lurion attended w ith a violent D eath . The D o-ttor had the latter part of his L ife ~ iet, Ea[y , and Compared,

an d at Cbelfy w here he lived, died of good ol d Age. And thet1i1fercm;e

portion in their Bodies, I confefs ,' I know not, nor do 1 believe

m y Friend is able (0 rec onc ile the one to the o ther, or either of

them to his S tars. Indeed I will a ll ow t he B ifh op s I nt el le ct ua ls

to be wholly different from the Doc tors, as his» in 0 to ¥, (thePatron of Religion) in 8 to 0 , !t with It in , I T t , and ~ Retro-

grade w ith the VirginsSpi~, do very w ell Ihew . And I could tell

y ou, w hat they prom ife in fuch Pofitions too , if I thought I mightefc ap e the revere C enfure of being m alic iouily inc 1in'd ; but this

I do fay , the POlltions are natu rally like the m an, as to his Tern-

perature and H umour, in the w ay and order of N ature.A s to the Soul, that D ivine and Eternal part of M an, I c an by 110

m eans allow to be affec ted , governed, or Iw ay ed by th e p ow er

of the Srars, any further than it is informed, or m illed by itsN atural Organs, th e S enfc s I mean; for without doubt, by howm uch the m ore bru itilh a man is, the m ore vic ious and depraved

is his M ind and Thoughts, thofe Prelim inaries to the Soul, by

w hich medium iris alw ay s converfant w ith, and exalted to thole

glo rio us M a nlio lls ab ove, o r c on fu fed ly h urried am on g th ofe C or-

ruptions of Nature, which are not only a Clog to the volatile

Soul, but a S ink of Ruin and Dcfhuction, i n w hi ch [it is to bele are d] to o many.have perifhed, both B ody and S oul.B u t t o re tu rn too ur S ta rr v- bu tin ets a ga in ; T he re a rc m JIl} ' m ore

th ings to pro ve rhefe tw o N ativities do no t agree in, betides rhefe

mentioned. Th e B if ho p h e, live d a ll h is d ay s tingle or unmarried.The D oc tor had both W ife and Children, [one of w hic h m arriedto a F r e l ! c b M uquc (s] and the Lord of the Seventh,the {arne S tar,

and in the fame plac e in both the F igures; and l hope my Friend

John w ill not. ~ake the :D in .8 to 0" an A II~ull!ent of a tingleL ife; th at Polition, I conf er s , IS often Judged to be a w an ton (Inc ,

but never forbids M arriage. N or I cannot believe he w ill lay any '

w eigh t o r Iirc fs on th e 1) '$ Separation from the 0 of 11 , they be -

ing now at 7 degrees diflanc e, and the :D in A rpec t both to ¥ an d

0' applying'in t he Z o di ac k , an d to a M undane A fpett of !i ' alfc...Well, but how !hall w e reduce all this, into a w ay for Prac tic e,

and to be fc rvic eable another time) when we m eet w ith fuch~ c rabbed

,. .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ - -134 O p f J . 1 r J ( e f o rm a N 4 m . '

c r a~bec1 f lu f f aglin~ ~Vhy, re ally I c an no t tell y ou whic h w ay to

begin lha; work , It IS beyond ,all . th e . Ru le s o f AH ro [o gy that (

1~.lVC1 '~ H ,n rd a nd ~ c ad :: lJ !d d o t hu lk It w ill p rove a k notty , p uzllo gprcce ot \\ ork , tor w hic h re afc n W e mutt be fo rc ed to io rre ar o ur,worthy good F rie nd , to , f a,,: ou r u s w ith this In form atio n, an d let

. . ' , ( J p U J " ' f J { t f ~ h n d tu m ,o fh ls E rro rs, a nd n ot o nly a ek no wl ed gm y I gn ora nc e, but do himTight in Print; nav, E r i « m i b i M . 1 gn ll l ApoVo. F or he tel!s!u s in p lainterms, That the Bifhop was taken up and imprifoncd on the Mid-

h eaven to the B od yo f (1; -w here he c on tin ued a bo ut fo ur y ears, an d

was then B eheaded on the A (celldant to ·the B ody 'of h; and y et



the ~odd know, why SIr T b ,o d ? rf M . 1 J ' f' I' Jl efhould m arry , 'a nd why1 1 ' i r : 1 I I I 1 J LlIId thould not; and indeed he is the only man able to

~o it, b ain g fu ~n Uh eQ w ith al~ the c u ri ou s, d el ic a te , tine-Ipuu No-nons, a nd th ole lo fty Nu{1rull1!, tilt! ~ illte 1T Ln ce o f th e whole Ar tlod~cJ, only ill his ~ aP' :c i ou 5 He~ , tlut' iJlighty MJgniuc, or ra:thc r K ittle- drum o f A llfolt:'gy . . '

B u t b et id es this, it w ill n ot be im pro pe r t o c on fid er th e D ire cti-ons in this F igure and N ativity ; for it is c ertain, that P lanes w hic h

w as Anarnn in the B ifhop's, m utt of nec effity do the fam e Ollic e inthe Doctor's, bc caufc the F igures are both the fam e, and the fam e

Hil1g alfo , and the Planets of a M alc tick I nflu en ce a re in elle (arne

parts of H ea ven, and Lords of the fame H oufes in the one Figure

as well as in th~ other; ~~ld . I f the L~rds of the' 8th and 4th hadpower to Imprifon and Kill 11 1 the B ifhop's Nativity , I know no-

reafon to the contrary , w hy they fhould be debarred of that force

an d a bilitv in th e D oc tor's, pu rfuan r to their D om ia io n in th ofc tw o

fal~l Houtes bcf~re~entic~n~d, w ,h~ ch .m y Friend Jay s a m ightyw eight upon. For If t he ir D om in io n 13 f o confider able by being

L ord s o ~ [~1ufeHoulcs, a s o ur F rie nd 101m, an d fo me oth er A uth orste lls u s ,Ii: IS; then bey ond all doubt, w e m ay rationally judge that

~ h c M a l ig n I nf lu en ce -t ha t A :H h or s ray is l od ge d in ' h and 0, w hich

renders them pe rf ec t E ic r ni c s to ou r Nature an d Beluz an d alroAuthors of Death and Sicknefs, mull m ightily add c o t [~eirPowerand ~bility in point of D eath, efpec ially in the D oc tor's N ativity ;

A nd y et our ~earned Author kills the Bithop Oil t he A fi :c o da ntto , thc ,Bodyot h j and lets the D oc tor live ten y ':ars bey ond thatDircdion, and dy e on the Afcendanr to the 0 of 0, and 8 of It,w~i~h to me feerns a m ighty M y lte.ry , thad, lhould have power

t o K _ 11 1,nd y et not have power to kill; when J am C ure t here is norea,lon to be aH ign,c d, that c :w rec onc ile the C ontradic tion to any

13C!~nahIlan. But ~ M r. J .G. C~1l thew m e,or any one, by w hat Di-redicn, C on fig ura ti on , o r Pofition, &c. h is m ore en ab led to kiU

in t,he ~thop's.,th~ he is in th e ~~OI'S~OI by w hat w ay or m ean shIe IS ~l{ilhlcd ,10 r u : pow~ of kIllul!; in the D oc to r's F igu re m oretlla~ Inthe _ B i i h . J p S, Lwi l l ceaCe my fw:ther . m q _ u i r y bitQ the reft

of

th e D oC tor had both thefe Dlrections, and, n eith er o f th em kill'd

him , tho at that time he was vr : ry I nf ir m a nd e xt re arn l y Corpulent,therefore, if thefe things £ hould be true, or believed Io to be, how

{hall w e rec onc ile this D oc trine to his 92d Apborifin, w here he

Iay s , 'Ib« Diretiiuns of the M , d br (( lJm n e ve r k,jll!-, bIlt wbm a v i ol in »

'D(atb if tInea/ned. Wh ic h A p ho ri fi n was m ad e fro m the King of

Sfl'eJen's, to ferve a turn at that time. In whichNa.iviry , how Ihall

we believe that his M . C. to the Body of h did kill him , when we

fee p lainly th efe tw o G en tlem en o ut-lived their M , C . t o the B od )' o fo. an d Joim himfe1fhis M,C. to the Body of h.

But bcfides all this, m y Friend hath m ightily difc overed his Tg -norance in t he Direction atligned for t he Doc to r's death, which tells

us plainly , That tho he doth make a noife w ith Pt%my's Name,

y et he doth no t underfimd one w ord of Pt{l/amis M a tter an d 00-chine. ' For he fay s [ C oT /e C c. G e n . P : I26.J that he died on the Af-cendant diredcd to th e 0 of a neat the Antares, No w ,if y ou p le a febut to obferve , 2f. is 5 degr. 20m. in ]I, an d a is 5 d egr. 2 7m .in 1 W. w hic h is a very [m all d ifferenc e in -l', w here the Oppofition 'of th e o ne falls on the Square of the other c xaC l:ly , and borh D ire-c ti on s m ut t be allowed to tome up at the fame time, an d this in the,

H oufe and Terms of It. Therefore, if he or any one elfe pleafe butto look into the J 4th Chapter of the Third Book of Pto!omy's ~il-JtipaTtite, th ey m ay fin d theft; w ord s, he th ere d ifc ourting o f th ofe

things that d o p re vc nt Death ill d an ge ro us a nd k illin g Directionsj .

h is w ord s are th efe, Impediulltur en im , c um in f il les bweficarum Incur-

runt, altt e l l" , b enef ieaadJprx f ri t qHadr" t o A fpet iu , aU l1 r if !,o ll o , a u t 0Ppo-

j i J O gradu IIJter!dlorcm. The M ortal Effec ts [fay s he] is hindred,w hen th e D irec tio n h ap pen s in th e T erm s of th e B cn etic ks, o r w hen ,

a B end ic k b eh old s the Interfedor by a Q!!adrate, T rine , o r o pp o.Iite Degree. So, that by Ptolllmy's ow n Rule, this D irec tion of theA fc endant to the 0of a c ou ld n ot k ill, b ec au fe 2f. b eh ol ds h is Ra.,

- 'd ic aJ Plac e, and th e plac e o f D irec tion to a m in ute'; and b ec au fe th e0 I ' P o f i1ion is a m ale p erfe ct AfpeCithan th e Square, it mu tt w it ho ut

d ou bt h av e e ve r- pow er ed it, taken away the S ting of its Nature,a n d p re ve nte d th e M c rta l E f f e c t , had this L earned Phy fiJap's N a-

tivity

·1 ; 60PI I I ( ] { f f o r m a t u m :tivity been true and exac t. Nay , y ou fc e PtolomJ/makcs two difiind:R ulc s of them ; the R,ryJ of JUfiler,.and th e Ternu of J u p i t e r , whichare, [due be c onfident, fufficicntly able to o ve r- b al la nc c b ot h t he

f? of C : , and the Antam. A na rherefore I Ulall reft my (elf Iaris-

I ;c d [ t1 ~ 1dW.W(ll,thy G elH lt! ll an !p all b et te r i nfo rm m y J ud gm uu J.m at l ec .mi ?, S i r 11mdare M.Jyerne did our-live the M idheaven to the

O p t U r I { e f o r m a t f f m .Death. N ay ,th e w ord it felfb efp eak s its Pow er an d O ff ic e,wh ic h b yth e Latin Authors is r end r ed , PrlJ'for,otor Vite , Ii verboprorogare, whichis to p ro lo ng o r c on ti nu e; and nothing c ando that, but w hat hath

the full and fole Pow er and C omm and a £ it. A nd pray obferve,

That all the five H ylegilc k points) are not c alled Prorogators at the

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Body ol d ~ and the A(,cndant to th e Body of fJ, w hen there w as

not a~ y thing to !i!pport, aflifl, or fave him ; it is highly im proba-hl e till;fuppofed IJlrdl:ion [for indeed it is no more J of the Af-

c cndant to the. 0 of d nc ar the AJJt.JreJ, Ihould fend him to his

~ rJve. w hen itwa s (0 much over-f~~ycd by a B en efic k R .ay , an d

~n th e Terms of l/. belides: A ll ~l~lc? ccntidered , fp ea ks a lo ud

!1 1 m y E ars, ~IHthe " () re te nd c ~ N a~ lV I ry o f t hi s L ea rn ed P hy fi ei anIS mol l no tor iouf ly talk, an d e l~ hc r I gn ora ntly o r k nav i! h ly ob tr ud -

ed lIP~1l u~, t o p ro ve one of his fuppofed M y lleries, as vain as hisn ew b .e l: gl OlJ h e w as (( J fond of in t he y ea r J 687, e N . w hic h now

h e fe cm s to b e afh am 'd of; for he denies that ever he w as a Papid .bur, Op"rtct m endaccm e ffe m tmorcm , ' "

A nd ret to .b e m ore p lain w ith my R ea der, in p urfuin g th e R ules

d Anwlo~y In t.h e tra ck o f Truth] give me leave to m ake therefu ;th er~ bre :'\" a[Jo n~ o n .th e fa llity o f h is F ig ure in im pro vin g tittlef_3,re N"tlllllS ;;~J Dlrdhons with a great deal of Hounfh, and aC-

1 1 1 1 g by · rhofc of 1 1 ore w eighr and moment in p e r t c c t Iilcuce r s ifthey were no: worth I~CtiJlg, or tit t o b e ob fe rv ed by t he I iu di ou sReader . AIl~ t he ti rfl is , T ilt: SUIl in th e Af,cnd_nr,which i s a ll ow -

~d by all Arldls [1~'' ''lIr A u th or t oo J 10be Hihf!" o r g iv er 0 1 L i fe ·a nd . ~o r t o c b u_ fc a £IVt r (If L i~ e, a nd n ev er intelld ;II:}' turihcr ul e .JIf,. r s l .u t t(I g ive a m ll1 ?r thing J Nick-name to c aufe it to b e a d-n.irc d w ithout allY p ec ulia r ~ fe o r . ~dVa l 1t dg c , u nlc ts it is b y chance

t o f tr vc 3 tum, and. then Its Pow er and V irtue i s p ro c la imed in

~or1s at large ;. as 111 Jdmf! I. King of Great Britaill; in Dr. Le]\.rTcS, P. 119 In the D uk e ofGlocfjrc- p 17 c · I ! ' · r r G·' d'Ii'" " . .",. f),II. an:10111 {hl.t of Oln~rCr(/mnrll , w here our A uthor m akes ufi: ot thatrt~11l t o i nf or ce h is A rg um en t with th e grc atL f p ew er an d p ro ba-billiry of Death. And to b e j.lain w ith y ou, .1 know no realon we

have t? o ~ferv~ a Hil.g, if w :e do not I11Jke it th e o nly an d p rin ci-p al p oin t III 1),rcttlOlls of L ife and Death; and I am fure Ptolom

w(Jl~l~ not have. g l \' cn f~many c .uricus Ruks for the more cxag

l,n d.lIg o f ~ h: G iver o f L ife,. h ad It n ot b een o f m ore tha n o rd in aryu r~III N stiviries, and efpec ially inthofe Predic tions of L ife and

Death.

. .

fam e tim e, but that Point or Star only , that is G iver o f Life, By th e

Greek[, i t i s c a ll ed , X!lel~,f ~",lif, au t 'A~i7ll~, that is, the Lord ofL ife, or a M c lfengc r fent out 011 a p artic ular B ufinefs ; an d it Isd e-

ri ve d fro m t he V erb , 'J\'{!fll(.tl, Demuro. But by th e ArabJo rCb . 1 / dm ,

who feem to be t he f ir ti Authors of the word, it lc ; called Hileg orHilccb , d erive d fro m th e R ad ic al Hebrew word, :r:!~,mbIlJ.Jvit;w hic h lign ifie s o ne th at W alks forward, as in a Journey , m aking a

regu lar P ro grefs fro m th e Ii qlo to th e ad quem; a nd b efid es , a v ery

E min en t A utho r tells u s i t is, Planeta vel LoeM C al}, ex cujllf digrfjJiol/e

[(It d i rc l ii o ll c de ( la t u v i t. ;: Jud ic .w t AJfralogi.Now, if th is lh ou 1d ha ppe n to b e tru e, T hat from this Po int, a nd

from this only , w e ought to judge of the length of L ife, and alfo the

tim e o f D eath by the dangerous and mortal D irc ctions , Jet us fee

w hat ufe our profound A uthor m akes of the Hilfg i n t hi s N at iv it y,

as well as in (hat of the B iihop, in both which the SUfi is certainly

Giv.r of L ife, by the R ules given by O r ig a l ll ff , P ~ z e li M , an d Pt%my;

nay , we m , 3 Y ad d A rg ol, C a m pa n ella . an d th e L ea rne d A uth or, - 6~ c .

o f th e D~lirillc if Nativitifl, P.90. all w hic h agree, That the Su n in

th e A fc cn dan t [th e Moon being under the Earth Jis c ertainly G iver

of L ife, as in the N ativity of this L earned G entlem an. Therefore,

if you direc t the Oto the Body of h , w ith and w ithout Latitude,

y ou w ill lind it comes up at or near the Age of 51. cumLat. and at

the Age of alm oft 53; f in e L a t. and this in T T t , the D ignities of ~ ,

L ord of the S rh H aufe, and not far from his Square; w hat the E ffec t

of this D irec tion w as.I know nor.but this y ou m ay be c ertain, that

he did not dy e of it. The next is .the D irec tion of the 0 to the 0 of< 3. nc ar t he Seorpionr H ,llrt,w irh the 8 of 2 . ' , L ord of the 6th, at orabout the Age of 66 y ea rs, a n A ge th at g en era lly b rin gs D ea th ; but.efp ec ially w hen th e G ive r o f L ife is d irec ted to th e M a le fi ck R ay s ofd ,DJmi iJ Iu dam/If Marlif,and to th e beams of 2 .' L ord o f the 6 rh ,an d

th efe a mo ng v io le nt fix ed Stars of both their Natures; and I ' c r thisfurly old M an w ould not dy e upon rhefe neither, burlives, expect-in g further orders for his remove. W hat! not dy e on the G iver of

~ L ife, being direc ted to <3 , Lord of the 8th Houfe, their true and

only Ana1' f lQ lThis is a w onder w ith a w itnefs; Tsee , lace , it i s f o~T a~

". ' ,Opul,fD4o r m a i u m :,\ '

tivity b een tru e an d ex~a,Nay , y ou fee Ptolomy m ak es t wo d if ii nC l:

R ules of them ; th~RaJI of.l11J'iter, an d th e T ir m : v f J u p i t e r , whichare, I du e b e c on fid en t, fQ,fticicntty able, toover- b . . l lance both th e

~ of ~ ,and the Antarel. ,Ana therefore I null rc tt m y fdf faIis-

ne d [ 1 1 ~ that, worthy Gen tl e ~an1 fa ll b et te r i l) (o ~m m y J ~ dgm~ iU J1htodoreltL:tJerne

Optl~ ' ( j { e f o r t n a t ff tn . ' ,D eath. N ay ,the w ord it f e1 fh ef pe ak s i ts P ow e r a nd O ff ic e, wh ic h byth e Latin Author s, i s r endred , Prorof,atar Vit.e,a verboprorogare, which

is to prolong or c ontinue; and nothing c an-do that, but w hat hath

the full and (ole Pow er and C om mand of it. A nd p ra y o bfe rv e,

T hat all th e five H ylegiac k p oints, are-n ot c alled P ro ro gato rs at th e

famedmc, butthat Point or S ta r o nly , th at is G iver of L ife. B y t he



: th at l ee .m g Sir di d .out-live the M id heavell to th eBody of cJ ~ a nd t he AC ,e nd a. "l t to the Body of h ,whenthere was

not a~ y thing t o r uppar t, all ir t, or fave him; it is highly improba-

bl e tim Iu pp ofed D irec tio n [fo r in deed it is nomore] of the Af-

(end ant to the. 0 of cJ n ear th e Allt-: lreJ, fhould fend, him to his9rave, when It w as fo m uc h over-Iwayed by a Benefick R.ay~al1d,~n the Term s of 2 /. be f ides : A ll w hich c cntidercd , fpeaks aloud

~n my Earsl~hatthe pretended Nativity o f thisLearned Ph ~cian

IS mo rt n ot or lo uf ly t al (( !, a nd e i~ h er i gn ora nt ly o r k ll av il hl y o bt ru d-

ed llponu~, to prove one of hIS fuppo(ed M ytleries, as vain as his

new B..ellgloll he w a s , fo fond of i n th e .y ea r 1 63 7 , :&c. whic h nowhe fec rns co b e afham d of; for he denies c hat ever he w as a P ap )! l .but, 0piJrtet mendacem e f f i numorem. ' ,

An d y etto .b e. m ore p la in w ith m y R ea de r, in p ur fu in g t he Hulesof ~o\nwlogy III t,he track of Truth, give me leave to m ake thefe

fu rth er ~ bfe rvatlo n~ o n .the fal~ ty o f his Figure in improving tittle~31rc N orion s an d D lIC Ch? l1 s w ith a grea t d eal o f flou rifh , an d pa f-bug by· th ofc of IT or e weIght and moment in perted lilence as ifthey were nor worth noting, or tic t o be obferved by the Iludi

Reader. A n~ (he tirf] is, The SUJ1 in the Afcendcnr .which is all~~~

I :d b ~ a ll A rt ll ls , [r~1,"u r '').~Iho~tooJ to be Hileg, or giver o f L if e'~n d .'or t o c b u. fe a glvtr of L ife, and never intend any iurihc r ofe o fI~,.)~ bu~ to give a mll1?r thing a Nick-name to caufe ic to be ad-

~ll~d ,w Ith,auc a ll Y p e cu li ar ~ fe or Ad vantage, unlefs it is by chanceto _tpC a tum , and. then Its P ow _~ r a nd V irtu e is p ro claim ed in

w_,or?s H large;. ' IS I II Jumu I. K ing of Grea t Britain; in Dr. LeAn,.s, p. 119. "' the Duke ofG/ocfj ie7'-, p.l7. CGUdi . Go.u, dlld~Ifo In t lu , r of Ollv!rCramn(U, w he re o ur A uth or makes uf e of that~C~11I tC1l11fo~ceIS Argumwt~ith .the grc aurpc wer and prob;.hl l~~ tyof Death. A nd to .be I - - I a l l l w ith y ou, .1 know no re afo n w e

hl. e t? o~ rc r ,v ~ a ~dlg, If w _ e do not m ake it the only and princ i-p al p om r HI, 'Dir~lOns of ~Ife and Death : and 1 am fure Ptolom

w f) l~ ld n ot h av e, glHll f~ r n a , H Y c urious R ules {or the m ere exag

tllld.IPg of !h~ ~lverefL!fc, .h ad i ,t n o t b ee n of more than ordinaru f . . III N an vlries, an d efpemlly 1O _ th ofe Pred ic tio ns of Life anX

Death.

G r e e k ! , itis called. X P e l @ - . f ~"';;r,au t "A~£lII', that is, the Lord ofL ife, o r a M e tfen ger fenr o ut o n a p artic ula r B ufinefs ;' and i t I sd e-rived fromrhe V erb, ,A ~ r J l [ o U , Demitro. But by the Arab! or Cb.ildeel,who feem to be the firll Authois of the word, it is called Hileg or_Hilfeb, d eriv ed fro m th e R .a dic al Hfbrew word, ' 1 1 " : ' , Amfml,jvitj

'w h ic h l ig ni fi es o ne that w alks forward, as in a Journey , making aregular, P ro grc C s fr om t he a qu a t o t he : a d q r eem ; a nd b eti de s, a v ery

Eminent Au~hor te ll s us it is, P /a ne ta ve l L o c," C ali, ex c u j l l ' digrefJione

f i J I d i rc { Ji anc de~al u v it ,£ ] udi can t. A J lro lag i.Now, if this I hou ld ha ppen to be true, That from this Point,and

from this only , w e ought to judge o f th e. le ng th o f L ife , a nd alto th etim e o f D eath by the dangerous and mortal D irec tions; let us feew haru fe o ur p ro fou nd 'A uth or m ak es o f ' th e Hileg i n t hi s N at iv it y,

as well as in that of the B ifhop, in both w hic h the Su n is certainlyGiver of Life, by . th e Hules given by Origalllu, F~ze 1 iM , and Pta/om];n~y , we m ~y ad d A rg al , C ampa n el la . a nd th e L ea rn ed A uth or, -&c.

o f th e VuCirine of Nal ivi t ier , P.90' all which agree, That the SHU in_ theAfcendant [the M o o l l being u nd er t he Earth lis certainly Giverof L ife, as in the N ativity of this L earned G entlem an; Therefore,

if y ou dlred the Oto the Body of 'Ii, w ith an d w ith ou t L atitu de,yo u will f in d i t c ome su p at or near the A ge of 51 . CHm Lat. and at

th e Ag e of alm oft 53; f in e L a t. and this in 1 1 \ . , th e D ign ities o f c$,

L ord of the Sth H aufe, and not far from his S quare; w hat the Effec t.of this Direction w as, I know not.but t hi s y ou may be certain, thathe did not dy e of it. The next is.the Direction of the 0 to th e 0 ,0 £

cJ ,near th e Scorpion! H ,art,w ith the 8 of 1,t,Lord of the erh, at orabout the A ge of 66 y ears, all A ge th at gen erally b rin gs D eath ; b ut,

e fp ec ially w hen th e G iver o f L ife, i s d ire cted to the M a lefic k R .ay s o fr: J ,DJmil1 l l5 domu« Mort f f ,and to th e b eam s o f 1, t L ord o f th e 6 rh ,an d

rhc fe am ong violent fixed S tars of both their N atures; and y et thillfurlyold M an would not dy e upon thefe neither,' b ut li ve s, e xp ec t-

i ng fu rth er o rd ers ( or his remove. What! not dy e on the Giver of

~ L ife, being dired:ed to cJ, Lord of the 8th H oule, their true andonly Animla j',This is a wonder w ith a w itn ers; ' l ac e , ' a c e, it i s f o: ,

T an d

( ,

O p u s f R J f o t m a t u m .and roo true to make a Jel\of it; he d id" o ut-live that D ircC lion,

or elfe th e N ativity m y ho neil o ld F riend h ath prin ted fo r his B irth ,

is falfe; and indeed I w ou ld a dv ife M t. J o h n to knock under; and

fay it is fa lfe , o r e lfe he b re ak s t wo of th e m ain H in ges of Altrologya t o nc e, i,e, the Power of Hi/eg , a nd t he ir Allard", Well, well;but w hat n eeds all this trium ph an d no ife ab out a thing of nothin g,

0 P I H · ' 1 \ . e f o r m 4 t u m ; - 'I 39~ iy itfl y et th e fam~Errors h ere a l1 ,: ~g ed i n ~ he ~ o4 0r'.s , d o Jtl()Q ~fthem alfo claim th e fame ltl!miir~S 11;1he Bithop $, " ,h u;h fo r brevi-ty's ra~e.Ie re o ~it ,h av in ga l,e !1 dy o bfe r; ve d f~ ve ra l thingsth,ere,th at are no t mentioned h er e, ~ h ic h I would advife y?~ ~ocompa ..ein t h e r ea d ing , and then c on hd er, w he th er th ef~ Nat)vltlf~ aKt,rue

or falfe, an4 w hat c redit and repute they can bnng to Car:d ' !lal S" ,ns



or nothing worth at leall? For tho the SN n to the Lord of the 8tb

Houle did not kill him , y et the Afcendant d id his b ulinefs [and ve-

rifi ed t he tr ue R ul es 'O f A rt, every w hit as well as th e SUIl] u po n i ts

D irec tio n to th e Squa,.e of Mm, w hic h y ou will fin d c am e up at8I.ears o f Age, aNI c i rcum c ir ca, a nd ' t he re fo re t he ' AI/arrla is n ot

to be blam ed. A nd for y our Hil.g, it m ay b e a ll n on fc nc e fo r o ugh tI know , neither am I b ound to b elieve a pac k of old m ully A uthors;and I know no reafon to the contrary , but the H orofc ope.ought to

be a I la nding Hileg i n a ll N a t iv it ie s, and at all tim es of the day .

S oft and fair m y go od F riend vnot fo ho t and p aflio nate, I pray ;

m eth in ks y ou ta lk a little o ut o f th e w ay .w hen you' w ould have the

A fc cn dan t to b e a fianding Hi/eg,- w hich y ou will no t fuffer to befo; but y ou dance it bac kw ards an d forw ards, as they do the Pup -

pets in the Show s, and make it ferve an y turn, and do an y fervic e

y o u h av e occafion for, as Marriage, D eath, Preferment, D eath of a

W ife o r Husband , S ic kne fs , S orro w, C han ge o f R eligio n, Lofs ofE f ia tc , G e tt in g of Riches and Children; arid tw enty things m ore

of this nature, y ou m ake the D irec tion of t he A f c eBd '1 ll t lignify iny_purCorred:ion of N ativities. A nd Ioub t not, but if y ou cou ld

d an ce th e S.n andM IJM too and fro, from one Degree or S ign toa no th er, as y ou d o th e A fc en da nt, th ere w ou ld b e-n oth in g d iffic ult

' in t he A rt o f A firology \ but there w ould be a plain reafon f or e ve ry

thing, and al(o a f orc ible D iredlon for every A cc ident. Oh, the

wonderful Horofcope, and the excellen t ufe of it! Bu t m y d el ig nand defire is, that this Ingenious A uthor w ould be (0 kind to us,

as to let us know when the, illDirections to th e Hiler, w ill n or k ill,and when the D irec tions to the H orofcope [hall do ir , that the

y ou ng S tu den ts an d Praditloncrs m ay n ot b cc he at ed and deluded

w ith expc d:ations of a thing that w ill never fuccced t he Oper at i-

ons. A nd indeed, the D irec tion he here bu ilds UpOIl, of the Af -c en dan t to th e Sqllareof Um fo r h is D eath , w as o ve r alm oft twentyy ea rs b efo re 'h is D ea th ; (0 that in truth there c ould be no Caufe

a ffign ed fo dt,b ut th e O p p o f i , i o n of Jupiter, and the Scorpions Hear l toth e.A fc en da nt.A nd th o I b av e h ere not m en tio ne d th e B ifh op 's N a-

tivity,

on Anglet, according as he ~!lthHa.tedth!! matter, I avmgalrc~dy.

granted, ' that Planets i , l 1 Ca rd in al S ig n s on An gl es , . .d p and w Ul gl~eGlor ious Effc6l:s and Em inent M en; and fo w ll,l the Planets 10

Card il la l S ig ll l o ut . of th e AI/g}el, o r in th eir o wn D ~gn itic s in AlIglf~ t .tho not in CartliRal Sign!. And fo l conclude tbjs Examen of hi sTe n Genltures, with rhe Errors ob(erved. • .

)lut y et , b ef ore J conclude w ith m y o ld w or.thy Friend, I WIllf he w y ou a v ifib le J )e mo nfira ~~ o,n o f h is Ignorance ~ nd-; an ,alCo what Credit is to be given to h isC a)c ula tlO DS A Uro no -

m ic al, as well as Afitolo~U;al. He having a great Opinlon of hi so wn A bilitie s in A firo rio my , an d o! his being capable to J udge be -tween th e tru Ulo f th e Carll/me1hle~.an d the refi Extane, took an<l~caf ionil1 'Ttig~s A lm an ac k [w h ~c h is w ri tt en ,b v:him J(O f al l f o ul\l,pon thofe T ab les, a nd th ofe that !l(e them alfo, JIl th e y ea r I69~.upon the occalion of th e 0'5,entl,in g i nt o " ('; and t~ebetterto faci-

Iirate hisdetign , and make it p1!lin and dear to h is R ea de r , thatth e Caro/..1ablel are Cill(e ;b eC ;d cu la te s th e O 's,p 4c e [o r a t le lft: ~

w ife fay s foJ hy th e 4,lfr~l1omia 4I1gl;cana, written br Mr . , NicholillGrecllwopd,; by which Operatio,n Mr. J .G. tells us, That th e 0 e~-ters th e f irft p oi nt of "(' on March I O. at 53 m ill p aO : 6 a C loc k Inth e M o rn in g, ac co rd in g to whic h tim e he ought t~ m ake 0 degr,of 'd afcendiogin the V ernal F igure, but he m akes 2 de gr• of t5;yet t ha t m iO :a keIwill a llo w h im , tho'tisf.Me. And rheu he be- ,g in : ; t o b l c ft er , andtell 1 , 1 5 , h ow ,ro me Almallack;makt.r,llo~e to.pefingular ,to oppofe m anifeCt ,verity ; that they are 10 lo ve ,W I t?

flllhood, and believe lies: On, bJ:a~e J oh n! . !, !u m n uV a m en da ,, ,,

f i d e fuerUlJtill nrrva w a 1 B ut a t.la ft h e IS. v~ry ~lVl1, a nd te ll s t he m,

,th ey in ay nu g th eir o wn C on ceits, ~ nd . rid e th eir OVID Hobby : ho rl es ,and.w elc ome. Now , after all this Im pu d en ,t CQ rt o f daring, le t

any im partial M an bu t look into ~ . G r e e n B ' O o a . 5 A lma na c k f or -t ha t

. y ear, a nd th e C alc ulatio n of th e 05 entrance mto "('.'.done fromhis ow n T ables:, b y w hic h J. G .'~ lfo p re te nd s to do h is ; a ~1 d.y o ll

w il l t he re find, th at th e 0 enters "('on M 1 f ' c h 10. at -5 1 mln.;plfi7 a O lo ck in the M o rnin g, differing fro m th e L earned M r. J. q - .

, T 2 _ - 5 S rn tn. .

140 Opui fR.!formatum. ,

58 m in., near an hour. In w hich C afe w e m ull: c erta in ly allow M r~

GmflwrI?d ro ' u nderllan d h is o wn Tab les w ell; .an d therefo re theother mufi be in the Error, and not he; .w hich if fo , then what-

need J . G . m ake fuc h a noife abou t the tru th and exadnefs of

any Tab les, w hen he thus deals in E rro r by W ho le-flle, to tellus,

O p m ~eformatum.. 1 '41'

th e 7 th ,and bey ond all doub t G iver of L ife. Am tw efinc l there,

t ha t t he . A. fc e nd an t to th e S of the» , L ady of the 8th Houfe d id n ot

kill, n or d id that to the 0 of th e 0an d !( . elTed it; nor could theo to the Oof T t k ill, tho the Direction fell in the 4th H aufe,

that fatal part of H eaven, as fo~ e .e~ leem it; a nd ~ he rea [o n. o fth is w as , becaule n one o f ~ h0[e S lgnthc ators w ere G Ivers o f L Ife,



th at th e Caroline '[able! are falfe; w hen for 'oughr he know s, it is

nothing elfe bu rhis w eakn efs an d inal5 ility in th e O peratio n. F or

h ere 'tis p la in ,T ha t h e hath m ade an Error of 5 8 m in . a nd th is d on etoo in a Conrroverf] for the tru th , as he fay s; a very pretty w ay

to fu ppo rt and bu ild th e S truc tu re of T ru th up on Pillars of Error;ju lt a s th e P rie fls o f h is R elig io n h a ve d on e. p lu nge d th e P eo ple in to

fo m any Errors, and there keep them , that now they them felvesknow not <m e fiep in the w ay to tru th . Thus I a ve f ai rl y g iv enm yReader an A cc ount of the Errors in rhofe N ativ itie s p rin te d in th e

Csrdi n es Ca li , and th at th ey have n ot Ca rd in al S ig ns 0)1 An;,leJ, as h e

p rete nd s; n or a re th ere an y o f h is C alc ulatio ns to b e c re dite d, efpe-cially in Narivities, m oll of them b ein g m ad e to fe rve a ru rn ,a nd n ot

founded on the true B afis. A nd if the R eader w ill read w ith c are,

th e Examination o f th e E rro rs in this Book a b ou t Genitures, h e m ay

foon d if co ve r w h ic h p oi nt h e o ug ht to S rc cr,to c om e u p w ith T ru th ,

o ra t le allw ay s in figh t of her, a profpect a lw ay s givin g fo me h ~e sof the fruition of w hat they purfue, A nd fo I take m y leave of jobn

at this tim e .. and p rom lfe m y R eader to prefen t him w ith m yDtfell io Geni tl lrarNm, in w h ic h Ih all e x am in e t he N ati vi ti es in Gad-

, b ur y 's C olled io ll, in A rg ul's D e D ie bH J C ri ti ci !, and in Morinus'sA{lrolog~a GallicrI, it bein g already in a g ood f o rw a rdne fs .

- In the fo rm er part of th is Treatife, Ipro mifed to {h ew y ou , T hatt he re w as n ev er .any Eminent and-Famous P re dic tio n m ad e o f a ny

ones D eath , b ut w hen the A firo lo gers m ade ufe o f t he Hilef, in Di..redion, and did iJirec t th at to [orn e o f the M a lefic k R ay s o f II an dd,.&c. And y? U m a y . f ee throughout this B ook , that ~y De-th in e th ere d eliv ered IS w holly p urfuant to this Princ iple, for I

a l~ ow n o P ro mitro r to a ny S ign ific ato r to k ill, but to {he G iver of

L ife only ; and how te take or c1ctlthat, I refer you to Book UI.

Chap. '3. of P t o l u m y ' s f!2!!ardrip:zrtite. .A nd the firfl Exam ple ~c have (that oc c urs to my M emory ) is

that of DOli Job ll o f AHf tr ;a in SixfllfabHeminga, P : 49. w hor e D e at h. th e faid Heming" predided feven y ears before and tha t alm ofi to a

day, from th e D iI eC li on o f t he » to th e 8 d f It; ( or th e 1). WJS inthe.

b ut th e 1 > on lv; and therefo re, w hen Ih e wa s d i re c te d to th e 8. of

f!, t hi s P ri nc ~ ly N ativ e w as-m ad e a S a cr il ic e tD ~D ea th ; a s '.y o u m a y

fee b y h is N ativity , p rin ted in th eh efo rem en tlO lle d T rea tIfe . A nd

h ere give m e le ave to o bferve o ne th in g j it is p lain fro m Hemillga's

ow n w ords, That th is w as done by c han ce to o, h e not-knowing th ereafon of th e thing, nor c ou ld he ever do fa again; and therefore

b rin gs th is E xa mp le in (0e fu te A fi ro lo gy . a nd t el ls u s a t l afl, V n;c/# .

h ir H nd Q n o n e ff ie ;, ver; and iris indeed no w onder, that he could notdo [0 again , w hen he (lid not know the true rea[on why th is had

fueh al l effect a s it h ad ; w hich is the fau lt o f too m any betid e He -

min"a, w ho c ou ld never arrive y et at a true R ule, to jud ge of the

Effects o f D ire ctio ns in D eath and Skkne(s.. .Th e I ec o nd Ex amp le , i s t h at of Lucu« &UJntiuf, in th e Nativity

of Pieur Mirandula , where y ou may obferve, that the» to the O 'ofth e 0 di d not kill, n or t he M.C. to the 8. .of h, no r the Afcendantto th e 0 of J I. in the 4th ; but the A [c endant, w ho is the true Hiltg,o r G ive r o f L ife, to th e S qu are o f h , an d Body of c J did do it effe-dually ; (0 that it i s-plain, the Giver of Life is to b e p rin cip ally an d

only taken notice o f in : ) irec rio lls o f D ea th .T he t hi rd E xa mp le , isthat of EdIP,ldVr. K in g of EII,giand,who

died J I ' 1 y 16. / 1 ; 1 1 1 0 15 53. b c~ ng alm oH S ix teen ,{ears o f A ge ~ ahdas it is re po rte d,it w as.p re dic hd b efo re ,b y Cardall,altho h e h ad h i),N ativity im pe rfe ct, a s to th e e xa ct tim e; y et did fay ,That the A f-cendant to th e B o a y of h would kill him, and indeed [0 it proved,an d that hecaufe th e A fc en da nt w as Giver o f L if e by Ptolom'ls Rule;a COJJjull[iiollpreceaing, a nd b oth th e L um in aries, 3 1 1 d p art o f F or-tunc under th e E arth; an d n either 1 /. nor ~ ,w ho are ill Aphcrical,

P la ce s, d o b eh old che P oin ts o f H e av en that a re m en ti oned 'b y himi n th e li ke -c afe a fte r a n O p p t > f i t ft m ; a nd t h er ef o re I do a ffi rm , T ha t

th e Afcendam was th e real an d true Hil.g; an d the EtTeCl:confirms

it to be fo,T he f ou rth Example, is tillt of the N ativity of Vincmt1f' il1g,

where w e fh all find Up00 in quirv, that n eith er th e Afcendant to

th e 8 of the 0 , nor.the )) to the oof the 0, was a ble t o kill thisN a ti ve . .

O p t U (](eformatr~m.Native; no, nor th e M idheaven to the 0 of It neither, that fa~~lDireCtion (a s fom e think) roL ife. But the 8 to the. Body of hkill'd him w ith th e M u n da ne -S qu ar e o f cJ ; an d the r ca fo u w a s,b ec au fe the 8 is c ertain ly Giver o f L ife, a nd th is b ey ond all d ilp ute;

fa that y ou fiill fee th e Hileg is a lway s co n c er n' dv and bu t Ieldornm ifleth, a nd w hen It doth, there are ( as in de ed th ere o ugh r) very

O pm . f J \ t f o r m a t u m .lieve or [ave 'the Native, which I (ay ,· M o J o A J l r o l o J ! . i c o , was_ the

real and true Caufe of his Death. Thus I nave performed,· what

I promifcd ~nPage 20.. and I th.ink ~ po ke e no ug ,h t o t he p ur po feI i nt ended It for., b ut If a ny t hi nk I[ no t fu ffic ;l en t, o r a t le aft-

wife: ufelefs,: -they have the liberty, eith er to im pro ve it, or re-

je ~ it. . .



good R ea fo ns to b e g iv en fo r it, by a ny th at u nd crl la nd D ire cti on s

in their.true Morion; and from thofe thai do Ilot\mde.fland them,

it is not-expected, .

T he fifth Example , is f rom th e Nativity and D eath of Cbsrle) Il,

w hic h w as p re di cte d by a c erta in P erfo n fome y ea rs b efo re .I t h ap -

pened; and it is well- known too, to Ieveral inand about the Cityof L on de n ; to be true, what l here [ay; an d that Perfon to myknowledg made u[e of no other Sigoinc aror, but the-true G iver ofLife; an d in th at Nativity you may obferverw o or 'three things

th at a re v ery re ma rk ab le . Jjt, The A lCc ndant to rhe Body o f hdid not kill him , neither did the M idheaven to Ie 0 of h k il l h im ,nor th e J) to the Body of the 8; my, an d what is more, the 8Hilel, to the 0 of It, did no t kill n eirher , which admits of a que-Ilion, and that ~ very rational one roo , But w hy did it not killhim? BecaufeIt was not Lord of the 8 th ; : is not that a very go-od

reafon; HI, b tl, b a ! O r elfe , b ec aufe .h e was thong, a .nd like anoble E ne my , fc or n'd to hurt him ; by w hich Rule the S tars arc

always,either (00 f ir on g, Qr t oo weak, a cc o rd in g a s M r . A tl rg lo gc r

plcafeth to turn the Scales w ith his Finger; or perhaps the Dire-c t io n f al li ng in the H onfe of Hope, a fortunate C orner of Heaven,an d [0 it c ould not kill him ; or elfe, becaufe rhe» , w ho difpo-feth of th e p lac e of D irec tio n is ill Trine to the A fc cn dan t, w hic h

for ought w c know might {ave; a nd if not tin gly , y et cer tainly,alrogher may be allowed to do it, I)otwitblranding. th e place of

Direction was in pitted a n d d ee p d'%,)'teJ; a plaguy kind ot an UIl-

happlnefs to a man under an ill fate! But to tell you the plain

truth o f t he matter, thcfc are all Sham s and Fooleries. A nd as aL earn ed D ivin e onc e [aid of the P ic tures in C hurc h-w indow s,That they f e r v e o nl y til k . .e e p o u t , th e L igb t, an d (0 dothc fe in {heir

plac es. And fo r the tru e Reafon wh y it d id (Jot kill, YOll have it

in Book Il], Chap. 14, of Pto.!om/s ~adrip .tr l ife , w he re y ou rruy,find . it i f yOll pleafe. And fo I come to tell y ou, That w hen the

o c am e to be about 9 or 10d egre es in Q by Direc tion , heme t

there with Ieven Ma!ef ick Directions, w ithout an y at1.1Hal}(c·tore-lieve

- A SUP PL EMEN T fe rv ic eable to t h e

f o rm e r W o r " =

By w ay of Supplement, J will add a few N,iti.Viti.es, to !hew fur..

- rher how we ought to proceed in the difcovery of truth, th~

only thing I intend by publifhing this an d o th er T re atife s, th at Ihall

come fo rth ill th eir du e 'tirne r and a lfo how m iftakes do arife inth e A firologic k Prac tic e in N ativities, w hic h b ein g p rin ted an d o b-

, truded on the W orld, they are received as truths by the y ounger

S tu de nts , b ec au fe n ot d et ec te d by rh ofe o f m ore Ye.lrs a nd E xp e-

rience. And this I I ha ll endeavour to prove fro m fam e Nativitiesa lr ea dy p ri nt ed , that the m ifrakes of fome People have been as a

Hinge to the prefent Errors that we labour under at this time;

rhote Errors I m ea n, that this A ge is fo in love with, an d I believe

it will b e a v ery _ h ard matter t o. I ep ar at e t he on e fro m the o th er;However I w ill do my part, and let th e M ultitude b elie ve , a nd t heleffer N um ber ad: as they fee c onvenient. N either fhull I be arigry

w ith any man, that w ill not believe he is in an Error , but as heh at h l iv ed h it he rt o, [0 let him go onand p ro ce ed t o th e e nd .

1 have had a Nativity of a y oung M in in my hand thefe Dozen

o r Thirteen years; ' and I hear he is dead of a COIl[umptiol', at the

ArYe of Nineteen y ears and a half; or thereabouts. Itw as g iv en

tobme for a remarkable and prodigious B inh; one that was to be

- of long Life, great R epute, and Fam e , _and alfo R ic h; a nd th iswas becaufe all th e Planets were in their own Dignities, and noill DirtCtions in a lo ng tim e, - Th e F igure is a s follo weth , ( C O t to the

efliruateTime of his B irth, as it was given me without any Cor-

rcctionauhat t ime,orfin,e, t il l n ow .

,.

' O p ' " t R . ! f o t m a t t j , m .

~ 351. 39. A.l .a t ir ud. P l ane t .

T!.o 7 North

, T he re fo re rh at D omin io n w ill f all o n J I I / J i t n - , o r th e ' pa rt o f F o r-tune in t he T en th H~~fe; if w e a cc ep t o f t his . F i gu re ,. b ein g the'eflirnate T im e of B irth, or if w~ make it I oo ne r, a s'i t i sm o lt g e . -

nerally. The p a rt o f.F or tuue c anno t , be c au t e] lt pi ted sJ tr ong int h e Tenth, ill Sexlileto th e Moon, Light of.the Time; and betides



>

N a . ! u s die 12 A u g _ . H o r.

r. M i n . 3 0 ,' M,me 1666.

1J:l6 b ad 6 ~i/- .

Latitu~e, LOlldi'JIi.

2 /- InSouth

cf 0 47 Souih .

~ 0 47 North

~ 0 5 South

j) 3 34 South

_ This is the ellim ate T im e of this G entlem an's B irth, and he-die d of aConfltmplian'at alm oIlTw enty yc 3rso(A ge. N ow , the

main th in g to inq uire , is, w ha t w as th e D irec tio n that kill 'J. thisMan , an d w hy it Ihould be a COllfumptionl I h av e t ol d y o u- al re ad y ,

That the Hileg, or G iver of L ife m ull he direc ted for D eath; for.if a ll t he other p oi nt s a re a ff li ct ed by l.iredion, and the Hileg,f re e a nd befriended by a good Ray , the Natlve {hall not dy e atihat tim e; th erefo re w e m ull tiril r ndcavuur to find cut w ho isG iv er o f L if e, b ef ore I proceed c o determinll th e Caufe an d Time of-h ls Dea th: Firll then, Th e 0 c annot be tii/.,f'" becaufe in the thirdH oufe; nor can the», . he ca uf e { he i SI ~o t ill 311 Aphctical Place,

.unlefs we fh ou ld alre r t he figure, an d make it later about Nine 01Ten M i nu te s in time; b u t i fl be h ad b ee n Apbet.z,fhc could come ton o v io le nt D ir ec t io n b ef or e t he 0 of r t in Zodiac» at abou t Twenty -n in e y ea rs; a nd S e f q l l i q l l t J d r a l e of cf in M : l 1 I d o at Thir ty Iix.or there-

a bo uts; the M u nd ane P ara lle l o f the Su n excepted, which comes

- up C oo ne r or la te r, a cc or din g a s y o u a lte r t he figure in the roth

an d lfi HouCes .Therefore

there are no D irec tions to that P oint, nor near ir, that ar e veryc o nf id er ab 1 e; n ei th er c a n Jupiter-oe hng ty G ive r o f Life, becaufethe part of Fortune is in the Tenth: Therefore I w ill. alter th etim e g iv en a bo ut I I m in ut es la te r, a nd m ak e 2 5 d eg re es offi[cuon the T en th H ou fe , a t w hic h tim e th e Moon,will be HiJeg,'and y etJllpit" b ear a Ihare alfo in the N atives D eath, as y ou {hall fe e by

the Dlredions fo llo win g: T he R. A. o f t he M . C . to that time, is -35 5 d. ~ 5 m , and the dUlance o f th e M J o n fro m tha t p oin t o f H ea -ven,' is 53 d. 6m. he r Oblique A (c en tio n u nde r he r o wn P ole of

. 'Pofirion, iS39 d. 46 m . a nd h er T emp .H o r, IS d. ) m.from whence 'you h av e t he D i re c ti on s f oll ow in g wrought. ; ,

D. M.- Y.M.» ,fd t;, Q ill 1/I1IIIdoiJ,,-------j ~ _,,8 1 " c .. C r a .7167'

.J > ad Par"l lel"1P o i n m l fJ l do r i d , In 15{ .. , ·t.I3 3"I~79:':» ad00 in ·1 I11m d,d jl. , _12 I) - . '3~fI67~

.D "4 Alrlehar4n. tlltll Liltitudint , -,.' "4'33 " ~'r6 - 1~16hJI . ad 0 T t ii i ZodMco fine Llltitlulin, ---.'[;·'58 I ~ ;,J7 6168+J I. ad 0 It i n Z o di at o Clan Latitltaine -'16 35 ~ > ~.I8 1'1684-D l i d Pm'a l l /f um (= ) in 1/IIlTlaOdc. . . "7 41 I ' ! O i l • 19 5'1686

» ad 8.cf motll qoniutr! .' ,-, /9 5 1 ' 120

1 [ 11687

» IN i P l 1 1 ' a U d ' I W l ~,motli r i l p to . . :u eo j .2:1,168$'jJi1d 0 r t in ·Zud iac9 . fine Lari tud ine --" - ' -'25 :,,6 • .-. ~g; 1)1&2..:» ad Par"f/rlrlml. 'fnZodaico:' . - .,' t~6' 19 J . !t.~8 rol,69}

T hu s y ou fee h ere are Eleven D ired:ions, and N ine of them toth e M ? O n , who is G iv er o f Life, th e o the r tw o to 1upiter:: .I h . a . . v e. n ot d ev ia te d fa r from the eftimate Time, becaufe 'it.thQI,ddnotb e ob ie fre dto m e, tha t I ha d m ade . a F igu re fo r my owopurpofe,'and y et I are not [w ear this to'~ true; but, lam [Ilre it isaslikely to be tru e, as an y tim e tha t c an b e f el c d: ed w it hin a n houror tw o of th e e flim ate .. I c onfe f], I d id no t know theGendeman~a nd t he re fo re I d o le av e t he D ile Cl: io ns h er e w ro ug ht , (0 b e . ap -. pl ied , -a n d j udged by thofe that did. know him " :8 LU .as to h is .-

. laft tix y ears, I will g iv e m y Op il 'li on o n t he :D i re d: iQP s· ~ a bo u tth e A ge of T hir te en y ea rs; h e h ad two d an ge ro u s D ir ec t io ll s, a f-te r whi,h I jlldgehe was n eve r p e rf eC t ly healthy; n or d o I b eliev e. - - II he

14' ' 0 / ' 1 1 ' , f R J f o i m a t t i m ~h~ appeared Confum-ptive till abou t his F ightec nth y ear; am i for

hi s Death, he had the MNf I Convers torhe PU;llIcI of tbe tUII .an d

~o to. th e ·Oppo/rtiurro~ lr~arl; an d rh efe .fo llo we d b y th re e 'o th erDuethons that were _VIOl¢nt . A s for allow ing the Diredions of

]rtp;tt"l ro th e Sq"ilili of 8 1 1 1 1 1 r ; , , 1 do oq rbr ing . t~ ( illa sa n A r'g um e nt

O p l M a { i f O T m a t # 1 ~Giver of Life, then I am fare it w ill killat any tim e : For if that

fingle Dired-ion c an kill w hen th e Afc endantis not H ile g " itmuf] c ertainly do it w hen it is; and if Co, then , w hy did it

no t kill in Na./fr.tdamlU's N ativity , w hen beth h an d a w as in c5 ;

and in S ir F t ' l C b . H , ~e s's C af el. C ~ U e t i . G p ] i t ·f · 159· and in D o n Jobn

of A t l jl r ia , p. 65. and in that alfo of th e Ea r of E f fi x. E j ll fdm i L i br ;,

14?



of Death, bu t a C onfuro ptio l1 ; A n O bfervatio n that I h ave m ad e

in d ivers N ativitie s o f thofe that died (:on{'umpt1ve. A nd tho I do

~t juit mention it here, and (0 leave i t to th e Cenfirre o f th e Can-d id o r S c ep ti ca l R .e ad er, t~ give his Opin ion as he thinks ric ; y etI thallende;rvour to prove It when, I print thofe N ativities I have

p rom ifed? am on~ whic h y ou.w ill find Ieveral of C l l n f u m p t ; o n J . But

befides, If there IS fu ch a th in g as th e Plan ets g.o vern in g particularParts of the ~ ody [whic h 1 believe they do] then why I ho uld n ot

. ho fe P la n et s dir(d~~ t o t he M a l et i< ;k Beams-of Sallrm,M,;u ,&c.give

a w cak llfK ahddebthty tatho fe Parts they gm 'c Ju? For I fuppote Wea~ 1 ow n b~ d _D irec tions to be an A fH ~ ion ; and all A uthors do

gIve the prll~ :lpal Parts of the B ody to .Jupiter'S G overnm ent : Pro-

lomy a ll o .w s Ji lm t h e LfUlgI, Arter;er,an~ ~eed; an d Carden th e Lung/,

B I ~ d > . . ~ l v n : , an d F / f { 1 T _ ; forfnt, take w hic h y ou will, 'tis pl:iin,theyal~ .w him ro govern thofe very Parts of the B ody , that alw ay s fuf-

fe ~ I~ Pmf"'!,ionl; an d _-tJiot]l_cfe[ Jj ~e ct io ns d o g iv e [uch Difeafcs;

ye£,u ~ b0 :- CJI d o .n ot~ lI ow t he m t~ kill,but when they a re t o ll ow-

e d w ir h Violent D~etllon5 to the G iver of L ife. Therefore y ou fce

fome Peop If f al l m to a C o n f t m t p t i r n r , and dye of it, an d a ll in the

fp~cc: o r 6~ ~ o nt h, 5 . . and_y ef "o tn er S- li i1ger unde r ·it Te n or aDozea y e a n before dieyayes _ ~ n ! I } " e tfall by th at lin gle D ifea fe a t

laft; wath .t~~fe. A'~~Il~~s.tba.t.21~yS bear it company . _There-fore,. I fay , ns _ m y O PII~ tO I?' h e fe ll In to th at C on fu mp tive h ab it o fBody uflder ~t D inc tion of J"pittrto th e Sqllzre of Saturn an d

h~ ~bB a lf an uc k ~ nc l H ea lin g D ire tlio ll c am e u p a fte rw ard ; 0 re-p airt ha cg re ac h, fl Utb eH ik g time t o t ho feV iol en e an d M alef ick

lkamg, ;thit pto~cd hi s 4'1'D~r., 15 y ou riJ ay fe e a bo ve .,8utl patti,J f~cfte wbanhe C . r p r i t i l J ' s uu y object to th is C ors e-

thoh,. an d DJftdions; .a nd te ll ," ou , that they c an give a good f L l O -

ftanfi~ll\ufonfOt his Death, without, this trouble ami labour, an d

that l~ tht Af~anr t~che;s~~ Mlrr, w hic h c ern es u p exaCl:lyby th i\ ; vb ) ! FIgure that I 8 J.vc fu t -hu; true one. To this I anf w er

The D~iM W 'h kh th ey call the' S I / ' U ' B of Milt! i doth come u 'then . ccy !amly by thrirMeantrt o f T ime. Now, if tha t D i re a :i o~(whICh IS bu t a an~1e 'OneJean k ill, .when th e S t u 1 or M a O l J is G i-

ve r

p.45 ·Pe rh ap s, lik ew ife, I may be queft loncd , why th e M o o n , Hileg to

th e S qu art: an d P ara ll€ 1~ f th e S un i n M l f n do , did not kill him at the

A ge o f T hirte en o r F ou steen y ears, as.w ell as rh e C on veJ~ ParaJle l

a t N ine teen? to th at la nf w-eT,He ha:!' thcn with rhofe Dire8.ions,the

M ; o l l to the M u ndane Tnne of Mercury, who w as in Parallel w ith

Jupiter; 'lrillt w ith th e M o o n an d S a~ "ril a lfo in his R.adix; an~ be-t id es , t ha t M undane.Squa.re W<lS:l lOt In de ed ~Sliuuelll t he Z od la c k ,for the ~1»on w as th ('n by 'D ir~ ctio nill_ .9;d ~re C6 o f Gemi!l i~ with

Latitude. . .. ... Thus 1 have end(avouredto givc an A c count of the Caufe of this

G en tle ma n's d ea th , by th e b elt o f that- htt.Je 6kill I h av e i n A tt ro lo -gy; but if it (hould happen not to be true in Iorne m ens Judgm ent

or Opin ion, I fhall take it a s a g re uF av olU: t <> :b ec o rr ec te d by an y

m an th ar d oth really u nd erfta nd it, and w ill allow his ow .o Rules

to be General, and not confined to one Nativity only , as molt of

their Rules and Aphorifm s-arc ; and llhall be fofar frqm tak ing

it ill.o r b ein g an gry at it,thad do i .nv it i! a n )' .l il n l", andw ll l t b1 . nk h im

for his pains, that truth m ay rec tt.,e the adv.f1u.gc Io rn;.-ny G i. usta lk o f, alid pretend to. A nd one thing lllia ll delire of m y Arita-

goniil:, wh?rlleve~ he is, that {ball un~ertak.e t~ c orrettm e; .T hat

ifh e (h lllatlig n a ny o th er C~ure for rhlsNatlve s d eath , than w hat

.I have done, I do intreat him to tell the World why it lh ou ld b e

a C O l1 j u m p ti on ; and e[pec iaU y, if any m an think s fit : to rely on the

.A fc en da nt to th e Squue of Mar l fo r h is D _e afh ,th at l he yw ou ld beplcafed to g iv e us a Rule or rw o, how we nn U know ~efore- hasdw hen that D ire.tliongives a Frver, when-a C O I l f UW p , i J l l , an d when

a D j [ . n t e r y , M . J d l le _ f i , S 1 1 Z i I l J - p i J X . ,&c." For of all the Aut hors I haveever y 'et read, I hive not y et m et w ith any one (0 bold, as to af·

{ert .,hat D irec tion to give Confumptiol l l ; n or indeed is there ~ny.rea(on it (hould be though,t .to d o it; fQ tth e'N at~ lre oflhe Dire-

Ch~ll is upia an d fu rio us, an d k ills Citmi" , ; . bu t t hi s d i (e a fe , Lan»

pede, makes.no fueh ha H. b ut kills Grad",im.

.U 2Th e

'J 48' Op,""(lvformattmi~The Second Nativity is that of m yoId Friend, M r.]., 8 's Son

who died of the S to ne , F ev er , an d other -Illnefs, a t th e Age of S e~vc n years , a nd a - li tt le more, an d th e ellimate tim e of his Birth

w Js_ alm oft th t~ e q ua ~t~ rs o f an h ou r arter Ten at N ight, .o-. 14:J 6 7 3 . All~ (0 It W as given to m e by his Father above Ten or Ele-ven y ears tince, '

O p t i j ' f J { f f b r ) l z 4 i i l 1 h ~ > . f4~And th e litH thing I I ha ll f al l upon by w ay of Enquiry, is , w hy

this C hild Ihould be Q f fo {hort a L ife, feeing the Muon, who is

Hi/rg, wasin Trine to J u i - i f r r . . . J ( i _ h_ er ~w l 1 H ou fe ; .a nd Angular?W hy ,' truly th i~ is . nO:~eI.y .fuaQgc; : thi!1g,;,iftight1y;con1iqercd;fo r tho (b e h ath: b een illiTl'ine to -Jupiter, .y et Jh e, is iii d ire ct O p-

p ofitio n to 'Mercury app1y ing, and in a M undane.square to SJtRrII,



La t ir ud , P l ane ta r ,

It 2- 34 . So

J . f . 3 No

r: J0

9 No "

I

~ I II No

~ I 18 So

II I 4'0 No

Th.is F igure, as I told y ou before, is fet ro the eftim are T im e

fir.fi g iven ; but U po n filic t enqu iry of his F ather, he d id c onfefs it

~Ight b e allo we~ a quarter later in the E ven ing, and I I hall Ilra in

!t abo ut 7 or 8 m ln ~tes later th an th a t tim e he allow s, and fo m akeIt c om e, to 5 o r 6 m inutes after r r P , M. To w hich tim e the M. C. isalmoll 2~ d eg re e~ of Gfm in i, wh o( e R . A. is 80 d. 47 m . and the A f-

cendant IS 23 degre~ s a~d a half in Virgo 1 th e O.A. of it 170 d.47 rn, A nd from .th ls F igure, I {hall end eavo ur to give a R ation al

!c count of the D heafes and D eath of th is Child he having lain un-

h:r that to,rm en ting dift:afe o f the Stone a bo u't t wo ' y ea rs b efo re

IS Death. An d I hope '1 m ay be exc ufed for my altering the A f-

c en dant three degrees from ' the ellim ate Tim e and the M idh eaven

alm ofi fix; and elpecially b y thofe that alter th eir c orre ct tim e C Q

m an y h ou rs fro m th e ettlm are,

and all th is from C ard in al S igi1 s; to which w e m ay add likew ife,

that the w as very near the Selqu iquadrate of M.m;1I Mu~do , an d

no lefs than three of tn e Hylegiack p o in ts a ff li c te d b y Directions

nc ar at hand, as I fhill- p'refently m ake appear, and thofe of the

Moon in t he T er ms , of-an I qfo rt ui le ; w h ic h Pofitions of themfe lves[h ad th e G iv er

ofLifebeen

freefrom the illR ay s o f t he h ifo rtu ne s]

w ere fnflic ien t 'to have given great W eakn efs un d D itlernpers to

the B ody , no t only w ithdanger, but c ontinuanc e too ; and there-

fore it need not rem ain a wonder, that he fhou ld live 110 longer,

no r be m ore heiltH y w hile he li\~ed.. . 'S£i:andly, W hy the S tone? liliall no t enter into a long D ifcourC e

about the Opin ion of A uthors c oncerning the S tone, 'and its ge·

neration ; W heth er it pro ceeds from a L ap id ific k fpirir, ac co rding

to the Opin ion of River;u!; o ra fio llY D ifpo fitio n, ac cord ing to

Ftrnditu: or w hether a petrify ing' Ferm ent be the original an ti

e ffic ie nt C au fe , a s it is d efin ed b y lUTman ' ; but I Ihall c onfider it

A firo lo gic al1 y, w hic h p erh ap s m ay be allow ed to take its ,begin-

n in g b efo re th eirC au fe s, a nd lik ew ife b e n oflra ng er to t he r ec o n-

c iling them in peac e. For I look upon the S tony Spirit, the Cal-, c ulou s D i(p olitio n; and pet'rify ing ferm ent, to b e but th e effec t of

ap rec edent":C aufe; and thoo gh t h e y ditfer in their Term s, y et

t he y a ll d o d efi gn th e C a m e thing,; and therefore that w hic h is the

c aufe of them , is certainly the caM e of the D ifcafe . A nd I do not

u nd ertla nd th at th e C hild h ad it fro m its b irth .a nd th ere fo re it ha d

a· tlm e-to begin ; , . .I h ave ge ne ra lly o bferved in m an y N ativitie s,- th at w he se -e vee

the S tone w as produced and caufed in the B ladder, .both Saturn 'an d Mm had' a linger in it both by polition and D irec tion; as jf

S"turn affo rded m atter for th e T erren e ferm en t, and Mar s fo r t he

p et ri fic ati on ; f o li ke wif e .in this N ativity w e !hall lind them both -concerned ill rhe Caufe and quality of his D eath , as y ou may ob", '

ferve by the D irec tions follow ing. '

, , _ 0D _ M.Y. M .

» ad 8 ~ crm: Ll l t it t l l{me + 4014 0 0 \ r 6 778;,a 0 It in :Zodillco . c, 5 , 0 4' "9 16'7~

}) lid st('JI,iruliJr"tum rJ fn1 1 : , " , 4 0 . . . . ; , _ ' 5 ' lill" 'ro 1~1g,

® l Id . c ur p r' ; ft . -- 6 44';· 8;16'79

: o p t 1 4 , " { J { t f o r m a t u m .

Latitnd, P 1 a n e t r

ft, ~. ·0Nort~

2 /. 1: ' I 'j N~~a 0 14 Ncrth



J) "iPJ11'IIU4~ r:f in m U1 J4 odi: . 7 4< 1 69;l61'0,

o ad 0 ft 'illmlind. 44.--, 8 56, 7 II)68[

,To which we may add the ;Sun (~ql1dary to the Square of Ss-.tutl! at S ye!lt~ an d th<;M~M ,~ y(e,o nd ary m otio n to the O pt'o fi,

tion of.Sfluiru ~114Square OftM 3 'un at fix .y ears .o f age, w hic h did

not a little add to t he E ff ec ts of tA e o ther D il'c 6tions; and on thedav of his l a fi Revolu tion) Sa,"rn w as to a.degree on the Pladi".l

p la c e o f t he ,l v1 ~Qn, and Mm o n th e R ad ic ,,1 A [c cn da nt.'

Hence l .cO l ,l c l iadc there Dir~~ioils to h av e b ee n rhe natural Caufc;of this Child's Di[ea[<:,and Death : Efpl.!cially, if~mpared with theRadical Poli tio ll s of -the iY!JOII in S qu are to S"Ulr~ iJI munda,andwith-in Rays of the Paral lel and Sefquiquadrare ·of Mom.So that I judge

this Difeafe begun at or ..bout '; y ea rs o f Age, on the Sun ad 0 F till Zodiacu, an d the MQIJ/I,ad SLfqlurpwlT:ltttm M:mi.Jill Mundo: :~ndt ha t , Eb ep .. nt of FOnUlIC to the E D d y of Sauan , th e M a O I l to th e

Parallel of Mst:l, and theSu~ to ;Ibe Square of Saturn ijz MJllI I :Jn,

wore out his Life by a-continued fuccetlionof pain. An d letnoman objec t, that the Jiafs ofVmllJ tucceed th e P arallel of M;I)'l ',

w hic h ac cording to Ptn/amy'S Qothine ought to fave and fupportL ife: I c onfefs it i s h is !)o6hine, and my . Rule; but in this Cafe,

w h er e t hr ee 0 1 t he H il eg ia ck P oi nt s . a.~ eI If fi ic re q. by d jr ec ri ol l, a nd

tlre io urlh vc ry n car it, t he R a) :s of V~IlHJcould by n o w ean s fave:

She m ight indeed pIOWa, an d perhaps Ip cc ific atc th e D ifeafe ;

an d t he re fo re th e might adq ncar his ExpirationlG mc flux of the

B ow els, dittem per of the L iver, and by ac cident, as :bwlg,in con- '

;una ion with Aim,: a Fever" or il1i~ry,byPhy tick. ,'~ .'

Th e lle xt.is o f 3 c lliJd that diedw uhln the year a t th e ag e offix.M onths, or before it, and was given me b y anac cident , he ,tha.t

gave it, and they that f<:l)[ it, d eligning a T ric k up o~ .me, whichproved in the c onc luiion one upon them felves : The t Jg~ re o f the

Etlim arc is as follow eth, and D rought, to me j uf i a ft er hs death.

It

' N J t U s die' 2. 'AugulliHor . 4. M in. 10., 'M;m([684. '

1 > ill d fl.

Lu : in .de , . z . .o w r .; .i . · .

" (

~ 4 + '3 SoutH

'!t :1 16 North

:'»:4 ~ N o r t h.. '.,

n. "

• - - *

It is no great ~atte'r for th,e d a d - tY~~ :of~ li i s Na t iv i ty ' [thOUgll'I do ind ced be lieve it w as a fe w r;n in ut es fo on erJ b ec au fe t ho fe th at :

dy e within the year., do forrhe mot ]. p l~ ~d ye b y polition~ as y O ! !

may fee. B oo k th e Tbh ·d ,~u :zdr .ip .# . t. : cGa f ·9 . ' .fe~ dOl~ ,by ,,~..e~OIl,an d C od id th is Child; the-Pojitio~so;£.themrelve~ pems,(ufijc;lcatly.able to kill'ir',if well 'onlid~d:",'·,: ;.: ',":;' " '-. ,- . ;Brit before 1 proceed , it m a y . l o t be amifs' t ? : te.n you r n e Stoiy

I hinted at above, and it wa s this. About the m iddle of J"mmy

16i'~.o ne th at k ep t a C offe e- 11 ou [e ,a n~ wa ~a P r~ en de rto Allro~gy , cal1'd on m e one Mtern?on,anq t~ ld me I ":~ s defired tQCO~

tohis Houfet~lf;'[h~rrda)'followitlg i n t .h e E ve ni ng to meet four o,r:f iv e very great Afirologm that had a mm~ [Q (pend ~ n hour or tw owith me and alfo told me their Names; fo I prom ,[ed to be there

[D eo ~ e r; "j Ju nt e1t his hour, a n~ d i~ a cc ord in gly pert~rm myPromife . but what th e matter was, 1 Know not; he nor his CO[Jj-

pany wc:e n~Hhere ; and. .. yh en I h id Itaid about two hours, and

w as prep aring to ~e gone, in comes. he, and cx'~ fed the matter aswell as hecould, telling me he w as very Corr y t ne Company ha d

diCappointeCl roe" b ut ~ eii rc :d m e.to liay and fmoak a Pipe ~~tlL. " ~m~

- O p ' " : f J V f o r m a t U m :

him, which I d id: A nd while w e w ere talk ing, he pullsour a Pa ·pe r outofhis Peeker, w hic h w as this Nativity , anddcfired me tog ive mY Q p in io p o (t h_ ~ Child's A ffairs in general: as length of

L ife, R ic he s, P re fe rm en t, .M a rria ge, -Im plo ym en t a nd T ra de ,& ,.'aU 'which he nam ed, ana rnoIe)ik6V ife, So after I ha d f el io u ll r

o p u s f ! { e f o r . m ~ t r l J " J ,I S Jt hs a fte r b irth that pofitioncertainly affcch t he C h ll d 3 1 1 th e

~~~ of its L ife, f u r the Child'$ L ife is bu t a c on ti nu ed c ffc ~ ? f _• • fuch a Pofitio l1 of D'iTi:Cti6h, - if y o u ha ve _ ( )( 1 e: A nd t h et le fo r ~ I Will

c. rnup all w ith that Text of P ,o lu my , V rv et N atu ,! ta nto f p a c t o qlllUl·

;~!e ff 11umerHJ gradirum ; l1tf rpror; 'g~"ort ' " & ~o~imt fm . ma le fi ca n l, t ot

·1/' t r n en '( ;c s d ie s ' t' fl hor,11 pr y m vd o & - vmbus CtZlIfarum nocen-VIae tee ~", \.." h,illm ; an d here y ou fee the Chil~ ( ne d w d he n t he SIJUlcf iambeo t e



coof idered the Figure [w ithout ask ing him any queltlon ] I toldhim Illiou ld m ake a Ihort Judgm ent on- i t, w ithout the c onfide-

,t.atio n'o f M a rriage , R ic he s, o r P re ferm en t, forI, did , judge the

&~dwas eith~r di IJd, or ,dyi l Ig , w hic h h e re ad ily : c on fe f] to be

t ru e, t ha t 'i t w a s -dead, a nd d ied ab ou t a m on th b efo re ~ an d dclired

I 'w ould tell h im my Rea[ol1s for it , w hic h Ie fu fe d. F or, C ay s he ,

.Mr . C. [aid it w ould live till 60 years of age, and M r. S. bi d iewould live to 58, a ,\da third told h im it w ould live till all his

Fr iends were w eary of him . S Q t ha t a fte r,;t he y C aw rhernfelvesb efo ol1 . in their Judgmen~, in hopestl . laU..would have made a

Humble alfo, de f ired lilY O pin io n, th at I m ight have taken my

place on the fam e form w ith then). A nd Ioubt n oty but if-any

th in g h ere a ffe rte d :i s nor true,") Jhall hear of it on both fides mt'.H ead, for fome,Of them areIlill living ~And fo I come to thepoint inhand. -'_ -- -,-" , ' ,,,:, __~_W_" , : ,

.Tbe Reafons therefore of this Child's death w ere, the S un in

; L e o in parallel with M;r!ar id M e " H r y illtonjlm ~fion in the T welf

, !l0ufej and t.he S U _ / 1Hileg. th e S~ i~wit~l t1~c L yo ns H m ! > an d th eMoo~ mConJunchon

wlthS~tlJrn'm VlI'ga ,~ oth pe ~e g~ ll l; fo r a l.•

, though, t~~M a o i T is Ilot 'A.ph.tt~i y~ every A ffi id io ll ' o f a nA p he ti >

'dt p ta ce )d ds t o th e w ea k! 1'e fS 'O f, th e B o d y ' ;~ndev"ry Difeafe or,W e ak ne fs h el ps d ea th in a t t he d oo r; th ere fo re t hi s a f1 {i6 tio p of.theMOOfds no [m all c aufein the Child's death, but I allow the other

'i q'b e t he c aufa fim q ua n on . Again, thtSun, M .rsand Mercury ar e

'a!l in a violent Zod~ ac al Pa,raU el, and ought to be conlidered in, : pa rt ic u la r, - b ec a u\ e the part of H eaven, where they '~re,cc ituate,

doth muc h influence tHeir good or ill Effects': Ahd bfily : The

: 'M o o n i~pply in g to the Z odiac al parallel of Saturn, and neither o f

, t he F ortu nes h elp ed n or h in dre d -in a ll th iS ,,A ffa ir; n eith er c an 1 1 4 .pifer-or Von,u kill b yd ire Cl:io n, le t th em go vern w hat Houfes ihey"will, T hc {e,l fa y,a rd he rru efte afo ns o f th is C hild 's d eath ac co rd in g

'to th e D oc tr in e h ere d eli ve re d. in this T rc atife of N ativities, and

fh al l i n al l C afeS ' h old, w hether there arc D iredions o r'not , asin

m any N ativ ities y ou w ill find no diredions for Chlldrens dy ing

-wirhin the y ear: -A nd betides, if a Diredion is able to ' ki ll f ou rmonths

- .

Squar~ of Sa t lf tl l, - and theJ.c isfiK ,teen e~ rees a rno c tw eentheirtwo B o die s, a nd ' thai lived Ioimany w eeksp .~ake the belt

u fe y ou c an of this lofii',udion. Thefe three N atlvm es have been

all p rin te d in E I T g l i f o already.

The next is that of j.1/Janl1eS B . 1 p t i f l a Card"nul; the Son of theGreat Cardan w hic h hath been printed by his F ather alread y, by

Sixtlu 4b.H,minga w ho b rin gs it as an A rg um en t ag ain lt A llro lo gy ,

bec aufe there w a; no reafo n given by him, 110r Naibad,. no r MJgi-

ntis (w ho hadthefuIvey ing of it, and w ere, 1 re al ly b eh ev e, th re e

of the gteate" M en, and ~all~rs o f i lf tr ol 0, Sy , t ~a t. h av e a pp ea re din t he l af l C c :, pt ur ,. y) f or hIS violen t death: A nd It I S a l fo b ~ ol lg ht ,

againfl us t OC ol l( lI te a nd confound the _ Art, a~ its .Pro .df?rs,

by A l e x i J J I 4 . de Angrlu, p a g _ ~Ol. in his Trearife agamfi Ai.ro~

lo gT he ~ to ry is th us: ,T his Bapt i~aCarJa~~J w a~ the ~ ldeft ~on of

his F ather, b rought up to L earnin g, an d 1Il\ploy e~ h im felf 1I1 t~e_

tludy of P hy f i< :k , _w ~ kh \ lf te I\ :v ar ~ h e p ro fe ft a nd . lI ve d b~: But 10

the 24th y ear of hisagf, be [~ lth o.ut th e A ~vlC e o f his F atheror other Friends] marned a~W lfew lth a fmall Fortu?e, and le[s

M ildelty ; and being. incu rnbred, and ovc n;har~ ed w ith her Re·

lations and his Practice being fmlli, they fen Ul tQ nec ef f it y , an a

th en ce 'in to d ilfare nc ew hic h d iffe ren ce belng aggravated by Dif. -c on tent on the O ne tide, and inc realed by gt'~ ate r p ro vo catio ns o n -,

the o th er, th ey at lallc am e to down-right hat~ of eac h other; andund er this Perturbatiollof M ind he c on trived how [0d efiro y h er;

and the m ethod he pltc h'd upon, w as Poy fon, This p~y ron he -P?t'

into a Cake and Cent i~ to h er b y _a S e rv an t, fhe being then III

t.h ild ,b ea " : '~ nd il 1'~ fm :& tim e a fre t- Ih eh ad ~~ at It; dy ed . , The_ I

next day he was t il ke li u~ b y t he O lH d c rs o fJ ul hc e ,a nd esamlneds ,b ut w as 't o f ar fro m d en Y In ~ th e~ F~ ~ ,t ha t h : c on felf~ d h e h ad b een

tw o m on th s c on tri vin g n o w to do It; and In that time h ad m ad e, . tw o A ttempts at it; bu t m ifio fhi$ defign . F or thisC rin ie he

X was

O p " S ~1or1hatum~wa s B e he ad ed [which is th e c omm on 'Yay o f E xe cu tion in tho fep arts, o f th ofe guilty of B lood] on Apri l 7 ' AmID IS 6 0. b el ng a l-m o ti T w en ty f ix y e ar s of A ge; and tQIS ; .v lt ho ut ;a ny Ac eoun e o f i tsCaufe A f ir oi og ic a ll y , w h ic h l lI ad e ~ t 1 I i n g " and Ale x. ~ An ge iiflaugh at us, and all th~feaKo, that prctencLw A firo lo gy . I h aveth ere fo re m ad e u fe of t h is oppor tu n it y to let the W orld know myO pinion, as w ell as that L earned M o nk 's, w ho hath already diC -

,QRJ~ J J t i f q ~ ,I f 1 tJ " _ .1J ,the Sun , which ! h e ; me~ts i ll 14degreC;5ofCjJlJcrr, whofe A Jk o f D l -rection is 26 d . 2 6 r p.w hic h give~;n t ime 2 5yearsapd 10 (qcmths.at w hich tim e he .~U iil~Qthat. ~b<lppy ~iS(~ft_~~, ~ y ou haveb ef qr .e . he ar d; am i. thatw30~ at~~p<le4,wl~ I1 JQu ,r o t~~~p it ed : io JU . -w h ic h h el pe d} o ~ o ,mp ka .t W : J . t f~tat!aQ~cl~WLiji ~~~~e,· ~ . y~~ ay fee p y theJol~9~ illg{} '~k.'_ ' - : _ . . . ' " . ._,. : .., _



. courfed of it. The. Figurd(hall give, is the fam e witl~ h is F a-c he r's ; t he efiitllateTime 9 £ B ir th ,. for, I am (iire it cannot befa r f rom t ru th ; b ec au fe h is F at he r w as f o I ng en io us a Man,. and Ip re fume c a re fu l i n t ak in g th e tlrne'of it. T he F ig ur e f ollo ws , w it hth e P l an e ts p la c e s c a l c u la t ed from th e Carol ine ' Tab le s, both in Lon.gitude ~n_dLati~uQ e. . _ ,

,

TheMut. i sbeyond all dOlJbtGiver o fUfe in this.Nativity, a"mu ll b e d b ea :e c f or D e at h, a nd t hc r ef ol c ~ ~ bOQ . ta Jt cr in g o ra ni n-

in g anything in the

Fisu,e,we Olall find Ca.ufe f uf fi cie nt a t t ha t

time it d.id, fO pu t a period to h is L if e, a nd t he p ri nc ip al D ir ec t io nwhich ddboycd 1 t, w as the M40n, Hikg t o th e Zoda ic a l·P araUel of

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J ) "" PIl1'IIIi1t-: 1 1 i" Z"tiillco 1 3 0 S 6' 3 ~D..IiCOr t " i b -' ----.14 1,4H

. . A n d ~l tho . th .e fc .~r~{Wl?den (t f> ki ll : i~any .~ i tiv ity ; y et y ouJllly obi~~I!~!1-fhe~~V:~¥l tloof~tIl that y~a,r).(.,e. ~y 14· 1559-rhat S(4l1lT4: was _ i n C ~ n j J U z l 1 i o ~ .with ~heSrm, ~dll direct O p p a . .

. ( Il io n to thj: MOfln~stt~ical_place, an d ]flpitf1' in SqulII'eto it; aotJ-ro a dd to a ll, th e , l r f o o n w as in V i r g o , am i the r e ( ep~ r at il 1 g f r om the-

$qup,re of.the S"". and SaI"rn, ~.nd:soi~g to th e S,pt:11eof M~! , al}~her .own RaAA:al p~~cl ; . ,and SaI,.,n in ~hl; ~~d of 1,ur lJf ~n th e(;unePaulJel of~ linationw i~ h them aU in the ~ I J d . ; ; c , . an d t heS I P ' n ot fa r fe om th e O p p o f i t j o r z of 14MJ applying. Ia y , t he fe c o n-Jitlcred with the .D.irea:ion~,·are ; l Z m o d o IIl1tlltlJli; m ore than pro-

bably able to &iveD~ath,· - . -. .8IJt pc:,rAap~ ,~t~ay be a sk l=d, Why , a. viol~t, p~ath? A nd w hyby the h a » 4 . Q( ~ru~_?: Filii" r he <l? tr e~ \o (Il.f ~ in t ; ;~~er ,~1l4ther e to o .whqe~he .,poualMs ,O f the Sun, M i lo » : , ·8 1 1 , ., - n , M ; .r l, a n d

JlIPiu1', do . a UC ente r, a nd in the T erm s 9f Mrcll!Y jllfo;the SfIJJa.nd M ( J ( ) / l are wid;l vio len t f ixed Stars ; an d the M J o n at B irth a f-

flit-tedby_ theP,U'auels-of - t~eSIIII , and rhe I n fo~~ .n e s. , ,w:qo_; l~~jlike-wifePIQlTIi~tQrsin P~tb. ; ¥d , th~~ lY~r:y ,~~l~sJOI,l ~;ly ,(if y~~pleafe) find drawnoutfor 'YOI,ltufe, 'by ,f.tQ'o~".ln ~h.a,t·Ghaptt:l ',where he clif,ourfetJ! about :o~tural al1~ violent P~ths:;as i n tbe fe'words, E r u n J, ' '" ( ~ morIes 'Iliount.e,& infignu, q/lanao aIIlaplba M , _ , ' : '

J iJ ic i V lJ l1 l i n4 l l t J R '. ~ 1 1 ll sr fe li o r i, f e u C o I 1 ' ! ! 1 l1 i , [ c u r> e 1uC!~a!1J f~- 4 p i -e ie m e s a 1 4 l o p p ; 'f it i f e , r m d u m Long~tt~ne",-, -&c. Now , it is YOllfwQlk

to inquire h ow t he y g9vern in th e Anaretick point, and how theybehold one a no th er . A n d I d ar e - alf ur cy o ll) it is -wo rt h y o ~ uw h il e,if YO Ila te a Lo ve r o f - - A l l r o lo g y . - . . . . ,

X 2 S e c o n d ! ; "

( ) p M ' f1 { t r o ~ m t i tt J . J i~

• S t eo n tl ly ,l t i s a s p la in by theha~ d of Jufiite too; if y ou w ill ob-

ferve Ptolomy's R ules, w hic h in rhefe vety words he expr ef le th it.

H I c ~m J up ite r a t/fp id l m ar te ,m a djlil1 u! , e ru nt n ee es I n J i g n i o m ex Judic i il

."" Ira du cum tnI i RegH M.Anc l how examine the Figure, and feewhetherppiter is n or afflic ted , an d w heth er h e doth not behold

C...! - ' J 5 "I" O P m l fJ { !f o ni ta tu m . < , > "

printed that v,:ry Figure, w hic h he mak~s t o be ha!f an hour be.tore Noon; and for that Reafon, H..,m ga fay s, It c annot be

tru e b ec au fe the Chronicies(I( his L ife fay hew as born at N oon;

but ~ hat A lteration 1 c ould have exc ufed, hid they w ith i t rendreda good ana (ufficient R : e a f , o n fo~~his-D~at~,~kut~h~J on,~~e,ne

fide, and th eO bje d- io n o hth e otQf}r,. are ~uch alike; neL the! .of



Marf, or not; and ~lUy . whether hls' 'Ray s are not interm ixed

with th e Male fi cks i n t he CauC e o f Death;" an d when yo u have doneth at, rea d th e Paragraph that next follows, which I q uo te d b efo re .

, T he fe th in gs , 1 c on fe CS l- ,~ le _9 I,lt of th e c o~ mo nR ~a d; an d fO r

th at R ea fo n I e xp ec t t o.b e.x ea fii re d fo r an IJ)novator·,hut G od

be thanked, there are rio PenalLews in - the,eafe. lexp~ctal[o tob e ' c en fu re d. fo r a 'H.ertrick, I fo ~y ou k no w that th e greater Numbera re a lw a ys 10 the rIght; but rIght or w rong they w ill be fo. And

th erefo re , if I fhould happen i n t hi s my h um ble o ffer to the World,to be out of the way , o r m it le d by a n O pi nio n w ith ou t, A uth ority ,

that J , G. orfome orher, as 6reat, Good, an d C haritab le , as him-felf, .would do me and a ll M a n ki nd · the fervic e, ro put m e in toth e right w ay , a nd p ic k o ut tb ole Na tiv ie ie s that o ur E ne mies h ave

mocked at, give fu bfh ntial R ,eafo ns fo r th eir D ea th s, & c . fuchR eafo ns as ma y b e a ll of a piec e, and not only Ierve.once and no

more, ~ut in all others where the like Pofirions happen, for I in-tend mille {hall be fuc h. And the fooner they take this c ourfe

the f6om!r they w ill fl op my Pen; for I intend to call m oll of thei;

Authors to the B ar, and fee w hat D efenc e they c an m ake for rhrufl-in g fo many Errors upon us, and deluding the People from the

T ru th, ~ hld . ~~th b e~ n a Trade too long ufed. B ut befo re I con-clude this NatiVity , gIve me leave for a word or rwomore,.What I h ave h ere d on e, is by th e Figure o f t he e fl im a te Time,

wltho~t any Corr~ !0!ll and th e Directions a gre e v ery - we ll ; nay,to a Mlrac}e t bu t If It were to be corrected, a nd the Figure fet toth e tru e T im e, which w ould be about 10 m in ute s fo on er.t ha n th e

time here ufed , then Ihould We have a ll t he D irc dio ns< fa ll e xa Ct'·

-asrhe SUn~d p . i f Mar ! t IUIntWdd. th e ~aan ad p J r Sa tu rn mi tl JdoMol .

C _ o n . and w ith thefe the Midhea~nito the 'frine of V t n m - fo r h is M a r-riage at almof] Tw enty fuuty ears of A ge, w ith divers other things

th at m igh t b e ~bfer."cd; but I w ill leave that to the ingenious

R.ea~er to ex erc ife h IS T ho ugh ts o n w ben he th in ks it c on ven ie nt.

T he next f !h all- c en fid er , is th at of Lwit K ing of Bohemia an d

H M n g z r J , - wh ic b I p er ce iv e Het;ung~ ha th ta ke n f rom L e o v I , i m , and. p~ in.ted

\ .

them becoming Iuch learned M en as they twowere, fo r L{)vlltUl

[;;s fays HemingaJ tells u,~' it w as fhe M a o n to the S q H . J r e of ¥ i J f l[hJtkill'd him; A v eJ y u nl ik el y (lot\y t: '. ~:;!c" .', ,

, T he H ift or y of himisthusshe wa?J?cx,n,~~F ;qrn'!#June at Noon,in the y ear 1506. and in the Montl1qfAugujl , irirhe y ean,526 •.

he w as p ut to Fligllt in a Baaelagaint\ th e ' f1tr '<!, an d by t he w ei gh t

of his A rmour, p.rlftnga River, he was drowned; but others fay ,

That h is Ho If e threw him [in the. FHghtl in<l!wet; muddy Place)where he wa s f uf fo c at ed ; a nd this whcll·he:\Ya5 bu t Tw ent y ~ ea r9an d a Month old. C o " , m i n i f o e t H r [fays .H e m in g :" ] A t l ro lo g l" · , i tc id e ll ti 4

h u j l H Cau [am , D ir el ii on em Cor po l' u L unar u ad J inif iiHm quadrat"" , Mar .

tw o B ut if an y A .llro lo ga {h ou ld im agin e fuch,a,Cau\eohhis Acci.dent ,in my Opinion he would Ihew himfeIf but a very :w eak

m an in h is P rofe lli6n , b ec au fe the'Moon is not G iver of L ife, nei- '

ther did that D i re c ti on k il li n. th o fe two .preceding Gm itutes .

of Si r ' fbLQdori M,J}'frne, and M r. Hobb!; y et I w ill not difow ri,b ut z ha t this D irec tlo n o f th e Moon to the,Sq~ re of Marl, mig~t

add to th e Violence of th e other, but in rio wife kill without

them . ' .As to the tim e_ -O fh isB irtn ., w hic h Ht'milig_a:\aysfomuch,llrefs

on, and quarretsbccaure itw as not kept t 6~xa cHy , th o hehim--felf dothnot affeit the tim e to be c xatlly at Noon, bu t u fe rh t he fe

words, Sub Meridiem, about Noon; Ihope then, inm ak e a l ltrleA lte ra tio n'fro m th e e xa ct' tim e of Twelve, 1 maybe pardoned bythe Candid" if root by th e S cep tic al R eaM r s ;. a nd l,a1 fu re' you.w ho ev er_ ke 'e p~ fo n ea r : to his ellimate T l n l C : ~s ' I do here, fhalln ever b e b lam ed byme; for I h av e a lt er 'd 't he figure bun 2 m i . .n utc s fro m N oo n, the Time he afferts';aiid dbb'etieve I c an g iv 'e

a b ette r,A c co 'u nt o f his Death" then the--Maoll to theSqu.ar e of Mm, . ,which Heming~< frtijle~ a t , ;- a f l ~ .: ~ , e . 1 lhe . m i & 9 t.. 1'~~,!ig~reol- , .

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, O p m , ( J { e ! o r m a t u , i a :Thus y ou fee the s~ was d.iretled t o ~ he P aran e" of Sall/,n by

d ir e ct D i re c t io n at T wenty y ea rs of Age ; and at the fame t imeby the GonVqs-M,otio ii ; "thc ' Sun'wa!: ' :a1(optIt into t hePanUe l ,Q fhim dc . an d thefe.attended witH tWI> o t~ r : vi ole nt D ir e8 io nSto t he Slm' Iikewife, and all in C " nC r i " , : ' a W: i te r y~6g ,r i. and n o Be -n ef ic k B eam s t o a ff if t a r id ' [upP0It Life. Now ,,,hat think y ou ~Are not thefeDiIetl:ions of Saturn to th e Sfln.~o~c:.proper to kill.



I h ave giv en y ou th e Planets'places accor(i ing to Heminga in a l l '.except S.""n and th e S#n, which a r e w rough t from th e Carolin;

'fable/; and 1 do really believe, if t he E ft ima te we re - t ru e in theg en er ~, t hi s o,rthecorreCt T ime i )sv er y e xaCl :: . a nd t hi s t he rather.~ecau, e t h e DlreCtIQlls are; fa caturally p so p er to g iv e Death by fuch

m eans,a ud w ay s, as be du:d.' 'TIle S" n is certainly HiJeg,being Conear the Cufp o f t he roth Houfe

.and S",,,,.n Is Anareta. tho he is no t L ord of the S rh H 0uC e' bu tperhaps y ou will (ay of one as bad, that is , th e 4th; ;l1idiudced

you..ma~beUe,..e,it if y.ol1 plc:afe,lt being the common Opinion no~10 pracbce~ And, he died 011th e S~ n to 'the Mundane Pai:aJle1of Sa -temdd . with £ o W others, as YOIl may fee. "

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J) lid !il....uadrlltmJ rJ z,tliiUDum LAtl l lu im- iI 52 21 8 1518

8id P"r"Ue!rnnIt in mundgde, ' 22 2+ 22 3 Ip.88"dPAr"'"IU11l'ftinZDiWrD---~+ 16'l.4 J , J nO.0 i1 dCwprlllt ' 27 38 z7 61 H, , T h L lS

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than that of th e M o o n to th~SqHa;e'i:i(Ma~s ~ndeI t h e E¥ \h. ? Whid;l '

I dare undert:ikr to proy,.e, ~~ve~ , J~~_~ lf . \, any '8 Ian 'nee ,the 1\$

of Afirology was know.il,bu~j5lftetiretves for a Snam, w~cn r i_oth l l1 l ;elfeis to befound todo it. Now,if any O"ltleman;&t. (hall thi~~theCeDiretlions a ll ign td i nt h is Cafe, either to be no Diic~1o~,

-o r no t to have (h e f~cethat I a ll ow t hem , [foi~ I ex~& tC >mee t w i th J that t h e y w i ll be pleaCed to g iv e aIiy ot~r R.~ton~"rhatfeems toth~m lDQri:proper t ha ,o th c (e :l c ~~ ; al fo p ~ in ~ ,. tb !i n, .1 d o, fo r th e beriefit o f o ur Bre tb ren_ ;and no t only.in t h e r e ; butt 'take o the rs a lr ead Ypr i n ted , or fo me o f then own co t\ ed' ing , ani·be fo " kindalfo t o p rin t th e e ftim a te 'Qm e .o f,a c l) . o f ~ eiI OW " -,an d by th at m e an s ~~y will e x ci te : o tn eJ s, Ul uy . th ei rS k lU , a n ilmake OhfervatiOll!. ,.;, -," .: ~ . _ ,'\ 1Bu t p ra y ob[erve" AlthoVmru is I ,. ady of theEigthh Hour~,~

pernicious place; yet.we do not-tind, th~tthc: Afcendant to herS qu are h ~ p Ow er t o k ill. no r d o w e fin d tb eC Su nin Sq"are to th elta dic al H ot ofc op e c ou ld d o it e1ther;"and th o the Stplm' fJf Mtmtry, in the Zodiack~,~me;up~hen to th e ' Af~ da nt, T et.it a~dednotblill

,w t he t ime nOImanner O f his Death . ' '...

Th e n ext is the NativitY'of Gem" ,. Fr if il ll , which 1 5 Infct tu1byH e m i n g . .. . ( f. rom .w ~ om I ta ke it] w ith ag re1 t m any pretty COf'Q~ments:t Obje diO n'f , a nd O bf er va tiO n5 m aCo n i th e c hk fe ft ~fw hic h I w iU Anfw er, and .make u fe o f t he ' P b nc ts placcs:ashe:ha tb .

printed them . ' '. " ' .This Native, G , e m m " Frifilll, w as b orn the B thof ,Drumbet, d;.,

10 h.B m . P.M. 'lo;OS. h e w as a L ea rn ed , I ng en io ll5 M a n, a nd ,both an ab le Phy fi ~i n a r l d ,Mathematician, wdl skilled in M u ~ k,a~diveuorhercuriousStudiJ!s;,butin't 'heyear J555· M I I J 2 ' . hedied of the S , D J i e , bdn8 t he nc omple atly F or ty f ix y e ar s an4 'tift _months old. The Elevation o f h is phct. o f B i rt h, R e n t i n g " hath ~(

told us; bu t 1 jud g ~y th e ferting of th e Fj ~ i s i s- abou t 5~C -grees, O~ Ilea r jt; an d Co I h ave Iet thdollowing,Schcmc.

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. 0p U S t 1 { e f o ! m a t n m ~D.

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Afctl ldens .i 0 0 , -13

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I have ventured roalter.the Figu.re abou~ 3 degrees in the MiJ-

hoav en, an d tw o in t he A f ce ~ da nt ,w h i" h amount s t o a bo ut 15 rni-.putes in-dme, fooner than HeItIiilg~'s.E'igiir~ ~~s, which i s no great .( au k o fd if f'e re n ce i n t fi e me th od H i ; ' ; i n g ! l ufed' ;:llldfol: h is Dea th,he couls! find n ot hin g t ha t he thought the Aflrologers would al-.ledg, bu t . th e Moon to the L)IGru Heart, w hic h h e doth a .litrle laughat , and fa do J ;: bu t with t hi s d if fe re nc e, I w il lt el l y ou t he r ea -' , (Oi l , ~h y 1do-very litt~e c{le~m that D , i ie a i o n " Jild M < ; I b t h not:'The MODII p af fe rh th at - 5t atw hh 4 d e g r e E S and .3 o,[.l)in~'~esf South-L at lt ud e , and the S ta r . ir f el f l ia th ha lf a de~re~ o f i ! v r i b ; fo that. th ei r d lf la nc e i s, at leaf] ) 'degrees w hen (b e pafleth theStar, and'.for rhatreafon c an h av e v ery litt le E ff ec t in point of D eath; andindeed that Dit.eaion c am e up Fiye y ea ,rs b efore h is D eath , .ssyou- may fee b y th e folliiwingJa~Ic, The Mool ) is.here ~e,~fainly#lift" or G iver of l,ife, an d w-as direCtt 'd t~ the' .P'aia\lelof (h e,Sun ;/1 Mllndo, Di red- and Conyers at th e T im e of Death, ' the Moon

h\ying before pa{fca th e Lyolls Heart,and Parallel of M J r I ill MIII,-d a motH rapo. .' . -

':! . . II ad

,)

Th~feDired:ions I_ judge more p rope r an~ natural to give Death,) t ha n t h~ L yon i H ear l; .b ut a s to. iu,Qyalityand Morbitick ~aufe .~t ha t t ak es its Orig ina t ion f rom other P r in c ip le s, a s well as Directi-!)IlS)~S the Mlon.ln up.in Oppofltion to the Sun, and both in SquiUe toSalurn, in a n E ar th ly S ig n in t he A fc e nd an t. B u t, p er ha ps 1m aY lb e

q ue flio ne d , w hy I'b rin g t he Direction of the Moon t~ the 7'rine ofth e Sun, a s a n Argument of Death, w hk h w as e ve r ~ ud ge d o th er-way s. I do l 1 ? t fay, Th.cM~ont o t he <{rille o f t he SH n kips; but Idaaffirm. That to be a Con cu rr en t C au fe o f D e at h; and IS fo fa r f romfav in g' , t ha t i tf ir en g' th ens rh e V i ol en c e o f the o th er D i re c ti on s, a sI'can (hew i n d ivers Examples by me , i n ob f erved and c a re fu ll y t akenNitivitifs. But befides, that 1rinewas indeed a SifquiqHadrate, ify ou c on fi de r it we ll , a nd. ha th na turaUy Vio lence with it. But I laynoftrefs thereon to in force theArgumentofDeat~. '.But Heming4 is pleaf ed t o ask·two Learned ~_ihons: The I1Ill IS.

why the Moonadoppofi1umMartif , di d I :ot ki l t? .Ar)d,'l~ly.Why theSu n afterward to th e Body of Mar s did not kill? TIS flrange, a'man o f h is Reading in that 'undertaking Ihould ask two f uc h ( or ry ,filly QtefHons. The f ir fi could n ot k il l a c co rd in g t o ~Io~amy's Rulein that Caf e, b ec a uf e t he <{r im of JHpi te r fo~low:edw I ; h ! 1 1 a d eg re eand a half; nay. it could fcarce g iv e a ny Sicknefs, No r the lattercould no t kill, becaufethe Su n w as not g ive r of L ife ; it might giveTrouble and S ic kn ef s, bu t by no m eans D eath. W ith ~hefean~fame more idle Objed : io ll s do th Heminga {hew the Excel lence:of hlSP art s in b an trin g a n A r t a nd Study ~hath e ~eve r u?der~ood;alla af-te r he ha thmagni t ied the notHifed of rhefe two DircCtiQtlS'bequ(e.the Native d i~ n ot d ye u po n t hem] . he g ra ve ly te lls u s, t he ~ ho Je -." -r t i s a L ye and Deceit; his w or ds a re t he fe , Argf l i t i taqlU f e / p r a mbe « Dol i rina falf ll l J, i f& m m t l a c i i . But i nd eed i t was his Ignormce. /

no t t he A rt t ha tw a s a c cu fs bl e-

,Ano ther Nat iv i ty iive taken from H , e m i l l g " , ~hlch t om~ I eem s

th e mof\: plain o f a ny tila t'e ve r I h av e ju dg ed o r f< :~ n,'and. yet .h~r ai fe th many Doubt s and Ob je c ti on s) th ~ t d o i nd eed e tt he r thew h im

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I ha ve v en t ur ed toalter.the Figure abOUt; degrees in the Mld -heaver], and tw o in the Af cendan r , wh ich amounts t o abou t 15 mi-nutes intlme, fooncr than Hm#'1g~'S Figur,e W~$, wh ich , is no g re a t

caufe o fd iffe re nc e in t he m et ho d l I ~ " ; i l 1 g a ufc d, and fO I his D eath, 'he could find nothing mat he thought the A firofogers w ould 1 1 1 -'ledg, b ut the M u o n Co th e L)lolu H e a r t , which h e d o th a l it tl e l au g hat, and fa do I ;: but w ith this difference, I will tellyou th e rea-',fan, wh y I d o- ve ry l it tl e e fl eem that Direction an d p~doth not:

Th e Mooll p afle tlrth at S ta r w ith 4 d eg ree s a nd ;g !}Jill~(es of Saluh-

L atiru de , and the S tar 'it felf hath half a d egree o f J:lJrib, f o th at

their dlflance is at leaft 5 -degrees w hen {he paffeth the S tu , and

for rhatreafon c an have very little Effec t in point of D eath; and

i nd ee d t ha t '[ ~i [. ea jo n came up F ive y ears b efo re his D ea th , asyou , may fee by th e f ol low in g T ab le . Th e M~oll is here certainly#ill!" or G iver of L ife, and w as direc ted to th e Parallel of th eSu n ill Mflndo , D ire tl a nd C on y ers at th e T im e of D ea th , th e Mllon

h\ving before pafled th e Lyol ls Hea rt ,a nd P ar al le l o f Msrs in MUII- 'do molu r"pto. .,»~

than the L yo n i H ear t; but as to its Q ga.lity and M orbitick C aufe ~

th at talte s its O rigin atio n fro m o th er P rin cip le s, a s w e ll a s D irc cti-

ons.as tb e M o.Jllln I.eo.in.Oppojitioll to the SUII, an d b oth inSqudI"e toSaturll, i n a n E ar th ly Sign in th e A fc en da nt. B ut, p erh ap s) m ay !b e

q u ef li on ed , why I b rin g th e D irec tion of th e M o o n to th e T r i n e ofth e Sun, as an A rgum ent of D eath, w hic h w as ever ~ udged oth er-

ways . Io not fay , The M?oll to th e Trine o f th e Su n kips; bu t Ioaffirm, That to b e a C o nc u rr en t Caufe of Death ; and IS[0 far fromf av ing ', t ha t it flre ng th en s th e V io le nc e o f th e o th er D ire ctio ns, a s I

c an Ih ew in d ive rs E xam ple s b y m e, in o bfe rve d a nd c are fu l! y ta ken

Narivlties, But befides, that 1rinewas in de ed a Sejqlliqlfadrate, if

y ou c on fid er it w ell, and .hath natu rally V iolenc e w ith it. B ut llity

110 firefs th ereo n to in fo rc e th e A rgu me nt o f D ea th .B ut Heminga is p le afe d to a sk -tw o L ea rn ed ~ ,l1 io ns: T he firfi is.

w hy the Moon ad oppoJitum Ml1rlif, did n ot kill? And ?dly, W hy theSun afterw ard to the B ody of MaTS di d nor kill ? 'Tis flrange, am an o f h is R ea din g in th at i.m d ert ak in g Ihould a sk tw o fu ch fo rry ,

filly Q ge fiio ns. T he firft c ou ld n ot kill a cc ord in g to ~'o~omy's Rule

in that C afe, bec au fe th e 'trine of JHpiter followed within a d eg re eand a half; nay , it c ou ld fcarce g iv e a ny Sicknefs, N or th e latte r

c ou ld n ot ki ll , becaufe th e SUIl w as not giver of L ife ; it m ig ht g iv eT ro uble an d Sicknefs, bu t by no means Death. W ith thefean~

fa me m ore id le O bje ctio ns d oth Heminga I he w t he E xc el le nc e o f hi sParts in b antringanA rt an d S tudy that he never u?der~ oo d;an a af-t er h e h ath m ag ni fi e~ t he n on ~e ffe tl o f t he fe tw o D ir ec ti on s [b ec au (e

th e N ati ve did n ot d ye upon them J h e g rav ely te lls u s, th e ~ ho le

A rt is .a Ly e and D ec eit; his w ords are thefe, Argllit it,zqlU Jf!lpf,,",

b eo VoGir ;" " fal fi ta tH & - menJacii. B ut in de ed it w as h is Ig no ra nc e,

no t the A rt that wa! ! a c cu fab le -

A not he r N a ti vi ty I h av e ta ke n f ro m Heminga, which to m e feems

the moil plain of any that ever I have judged or fe~n,and y et .hlfraife th m an y D ou bts an d O bjec tio nslth at d o in dee d eIth er {h ew h im

y to

O p u s . a { ef o r m a { u m ~t o b e v e ry C ap ri cio us , o r e lf e v er y I gn or an t i n AL lr ol og y ; ye t fomeo f h is Ob je tt io n~ a re r at io n al enou .gh . as y ou !h all fe e an on . I havechofen this Genirure, hec~ufe he·was Heming.'S Acquai nt an c e andNei -ghbout in We(ifrd f land ,and Govemeur o f ufNf'din, for which -reafon, I f uppor e the efi imate Time was true, end the Diredion oft he A fc en da nt to t he D p p a j i t i . 1 1 ! ofM a rJ w asalfo tru e fo r his Death;a~d yct.mlllY Doubts remain, rhar H e m i l 1 g a hath no t offered a t. T he .

O p , u r t t e [ o r n , a t u m :y ea rs to th e Bod ie s o f M a r l and S a t u r n did n ot k il l, S a i u n z beingL ord of the 8 th, arid in it,w hic h in the old w ay hath a m ig hty fw ay .I will g ive y ou a n A nfw er to thefe thing s, b efore w e leav e them .I', The A f c 'eo dant toth e 0 p p o [ l I ; o n of th e S u n could 110t k ill, b e-aufe the O p p o . / i t i o n of V e n M did f o f o on fuc eeed it; a nd f or th e D r a -

g o o l t J TaiJe, I k now no. reafon w hy that Iho uld k ill, nor c annot bepe rfu aded that It e ver k ill'd any one y et, o r e ver will, fo r it is a n

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f ul ly the N i gh t b c fo re ,w h ic h w aS '1f',/fJ'I,3nd the Di red ianwhichgave it,wa s t he A f cc nd an t to the O p p o f i 1 it J n of 1 r U r / , A r II . . 44 d. 2 " S m,which tumed-lmo T im e, g iv es F ort y fe ve n y ea s: s, a nd a bo ut Ele-vei l months . And tho -Hem ing "al low s this Diredlon, y e i h e a sk er h,why he did not dy e on the, Afcendan t ro .the D p p o f t t i o n of the Srln,

_ ,d a ft ;e rthat,to thcl'rlgOns '!."iI~'An'd w hythe.s~ i n h i s yo unge r,CUS

empty void place in the Heavens ,be in g bu t the Interfedions of tw oima gi na ryC ir c1 es , a nd c a n h a ve n o I n fl ue nc e o f it s ow n , b ec au fe itis no body, nor i s i t vifible, and the re fo re veIY i mp ro ba bl e t o g iv ean y E ff ec t , efpecially D eath. A nd for the Su n t o t he ; Body of Msr« 'an d Saturn,could n ot k il l, b ec a uf e t he Su n is not G iver of L ife; bu r

I ju dg e t he 6 rft pf t ho fe m ig ht g iv e th e Small-pox; a nd t he f ec o nd ,fom e little k ind ofm oe fs, b ut ne ither o f them a ny t hi ng . v er y R e-m ark ab le or E minen t, as to the Native 's Hea l th .But it m ig ht b e v er y r atio na lly a sk ed , w hy t he A fc en da nt t o t he

O p p o f i t i o n of M a r l f hou ld g iv e an A p o p l f ' o / f Whkh H e m i n g a ta ke s n o .:notic e of in his O hjediolls,:m d is fa r m ore p rope r to b e ask ed inmy Opin io n, t ha n all thofe thin gs tha t he enq uire s afte r. In thisCafe w e a re to take the Tim e of D eath from M m and his Direlli-o n, b ut n ot t he Q !!a lity of it; for that is ta ken from the oth er D i-reaions that do operate w ith, a nd are next fucceedinli, in directi-on :;.1M o tion to th e G iver of L ife. A nd in this C afe, Jupiter dothgovern th e plac e of D eath, b oth b y D ignity a nd P refenc e; an d fort ha t r ea fo n fpecificates it, w ho y ou t int! in Conj l ln l1 im with Sa t ll 1 ' n , .

an d in S e x t i l e to th e M o a n . an d the M o o n in th e Terms o r J u p i t " ;an d both M~rr, Jupiter, an d Satflr1l in the T erm s of VtJJM, aU whi,ba dd to th e D if ea fe s o f-R ed un da nc e; a nd R ep le tio n o f H umo ur s;an d befides, J u p i t e r d ot h n at ur al ly g iv e a n i l p o p l e x y , and Diteafes ofthe S tomack , by fu ch a P ofitio n as t his is; as y o u m ay fee, if youconfider that C hapter in P td lom ,' s De Gene re Mort ;t . But by t h e :. com mon and general Opinion of D irtaions, this of MiJrt Ihouldr at he r h av e given a F l u x of t he Bowe ls , a : F e v e - r ; or f ome D i fc a fc :t ha t is a tt en de d w it h I nf lam ar io n 01 Hat, continual or intermi t-

dog.2dly, If th e E ig hth H ou fe is th e H ou fe d fO ea th , a nd that every

P la ne t a c cO Id in g t o h is Domi ni on mu fi d o h is O ff ic e; why d id n otthe A f c end al 1t t o the O p p o j i U O I J of V e n M ki ll , f il ebe ing af fi ie ted ,and

a1liftecl by t he B eams o f th e Sun alldllfar" a nd L ad y of the fo-fam'dfatal Fourth H oufe. .

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I la nd in g b et te r. w ho b elieve th at th e SUlJ ought to be alw ay s G iver

of L ife, but eCpecially whenbe is above the Earth in afjY part of

H i:a ven ; w hen th ey obferve, that th e Su n [Q t he B od y of Msrr ; an dB od y o f Jupiter a nc lS al urn , d id n ot kill; b ut t he A f,e nd an [ to · th ofeR ay s d id do it, 3 I 1 d (hat becaule it w as Hi/q!" or G iver of L ife. ,.

LajUy , That the Su n Ihould no t k i ll , is plain frulll t he o ld N o ti on ,

to g iv e th e Smali-pox at almof] F ive y ears bf~ge; a hci "a 1J th e P re - ,

'ellam 'u A ftr o1 og y in ' hit N at iol /. ar e c ha Ue ng e4 to produc e any otherD irec tion , proper W give_ .tha~ ~i~l_{n~$ a t tha t'Ag! ! ., betides th e

Eatthdjre.de~. to-the Heliocentr ick-place of Mar l , An d I beingone , of tOO fe Pjerenders, think my feJfi~ c rned to .offer .Iomething of m y thoughts in that._M atter,-:and hum bly caft in myM ite to that Treafury of Truth, that this curious new Invention



he being L ord of the A fc endaur, and w ill by 110 m ean s h urt h is o wn .

A moll abfurd O pinion! but, w hy MarJ by that R ule fhoul.i kill, Iw onder, he being L ord of no ill H o ule , a nd yet h e [ ur ns M u r de re r;which muft c ert ain ly p ro ce ed fro m his fallin g in to b ad C om pan y

t~ere; he happening to aflociare himfelf w ith the Lords of the

EIghth, and by that m eans grc w as barbarous as they . Vt f oc i l H f ieLomo, .

Thus I have given y ou four Nativities out of Heming,l, that hebrings to affront and ridicule A Hrology w id} , which y ou fee are

not guilty of what he alledgeth, no r i s A l lr ol ogy blamable in thofethings he obtrudes upon the W orld. H e w ..s, Iconfets , a very

Learned Man, and indeed a far better G ramarian than an A llro-loger , for in this he w as M afier of no more than what w as c om-

m on to all. Iould, I onfers, h av e g iv en y ou d iv ers N at iv it ie s

more of his in the fame Treatife, bu t I am fe arfu l o f m ed lin g w ith

bad Tools; divers of his Nativities there mentioned, being to m y

know ledge falfe, and yet ferves him to make a noife ab ou t th atwb,i,h he w as but little ac quainted w ith, as to Its T ruth and Ope-

ranon, H e . te ll s u s, Henry Vlll, was b orn th e z Sth of JUlie; an dy et Stow fay s, he w as born the z a d o f t~ ar.M o nc h, Aiary Qucm

of England [he fay s] w as born the 8th of September , Al lno 15'15.bu t ~tow t el ls u s , it WQS th e I I th of Febmary, 1516. an d J , G, a{-ferts It to be the 17th of F eb ru ar y, e ad emAmIQ. A nd tho he is right

in the day of ~eell Elizabetb's Birth, y et he is out in th e T im e

if Stow may be believed. From whenc e Ionc lude that m o a o eh is f ar -f et ch 'd N a ti vi ti es a re f al fe ; if [0, then it is no' w onder that

t~ey f~ iled his ~xp~datio~ of Effeds; and pray , w ho c an b~ lievehI S mighry O bjec tions raifed from falfe N ativities? O r, w hat c all

be ~~Fecfl:ed b etid es w ra nglL ng, w here fa llh oo d Is m ad e th e Foun-dation? And [0 I take my leave o f h im .

Ih ave th is y ear 1692,feen

a N ativity p rin te d in an A lm an 3c k,

an d brought as a proof of a panic ular D irec tion there alledgedto

is th ou gh t to in cre afe. It. is w ithout doubt a thing mofi ingeni-

Ous.~ .and w~nhyof every curious man's ~mark and Notic e;an4:iUnviH hold. in all N~.tivities to the end 'and purpofe it ishere tmade ufe of, it w ill be of adm irable S ervic e ill. the furtherdifcoveryof Celeftial Truths, and give its I nv en to r th at R ep ut e.

w hic h the W orm of Time than .never deface, nor the endeavourof Enemies ddl!oy , but .nife to his Fajne an Everla~ illg PillarofHonour , that 3 . 1 1 w ho c oll le . a fte ! _ Lh al lp ay a G ra tit ud e to hi s

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The D i fe liCeYOIl :blve httid, ,.u the S f f t a l l - P d x at Fou r ycars antlTti\ t nO li t~ sb ld ; a rt li the Direttion that g av e tha t Difeafc : { .J i c i t ] 'Wa~ the E arth 'to the Helioderrttwk place of MaJ'J!;<".aSldh .

u mota'y ftm, tit> rt\itl (ttl i gl ve , ' nO t · af fi gf l8 ttY o th e~ Dirc8iodproper in' 'that Ca{C',.t thttcfime· w opera ' te ~ whi t .h : if .ftue!pthmt h at mu l l ~ e a t low roto 'be " tbe calffe'of it, whim ~ilI' bCc tez~ .pear updtl th e fliMrtr enquiry into t he ma t te r it' fe~ ", "

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, ::J}J~;,:,(J(qrq4tum~ ', '6:Aga in , W h y lh oq 1d \l~ ~ ~Jl"'"~tftc;d f P-t~ F ;lh Iio ~tric :k -

OppOfition oi.lt4Rr, be~v~~ ;w,~y.•~eIj~~14s the ~f.iP· to tlI,Body of Marl [{~r th e D~~~~ f){C:fslt-~J!f~~'lke¥.crr¥.f\hil1itonly oppofire PQI~~~J.w.l!~lfj~t,b~;t~\l b~b,td;,tW,9 Qir¢ti'i»~1iJt the fam e tim ,: , w hic ~ i \ . r !H'ql,J ,btl~($,qf iDp~§Jwce ~b~n·OI1(.Now, if t he re t hi ng s a re allowed, fh~1Jw, e~W l ~~e~ to th e &-li oc e nt ri ck S e xt il es , S q ua re ~ , a nd T ri ne s o f ! lo lln.q ~l~n~~.j~o~o



J wonder, That:i Mati Ofh is ·vaf i Par ts ,and Abllltlts,· , ih6u ld ~canfidehtiy ~ff"tn~That 1 t it !t ew.asno ¢t'11~r8iTed:ibri to befoundat r ha t d in !! ruitili1etOllil!'tffifl, bu t ~heEarth to theltcli6Gerit;kkplide 6f_MJr J . WOO1811Y t#. itHn;l tt l rtdeWf t tJds th e d u c c t i o n . 1 M o.

t i t S i 1 , i t t t a y l 1 l t n t i f t b 'J 1 1 1 f p e a i t m fee,t"b~n th e Sitn t o t he Z od ia ca lP'r~l1elbf Mthi~upat·fhHlime tlmt~whore Arki s 4{J, 1 + m.in.! ti~~it\ t~ F 6~t e3 rs l ln ~El t; H t t tJ on tr rs ~ : l il d t il ls by higd\Vn F~e, ~ artt~ll 'l 'g~ 2 ~l~~ie:, And t he re f6 re ', If ~ pt >t t •.wh en Mlfu d un e t o the p la c e- of ~ t 1e ff i(m a bo u t the midd l e of '''~nuary, J6 8~ . th en the F erm en taio n b eg an that ga ve th e D ifta ft~N ow , this is no falC e, bu t a real M o tion, and a D irec tion of thatf or ce , t ha t i t o ft en t im e s kUls;- trot·hi this c afe , I judg, it could no tb ec au fe it is a vit!ll~~tiyi~1:.. And.bel ide s , if h e w i ll a ll ow me bu ~

, 'S ·il\iilutilsbf ei :~orin t h e : T im e [ an d l l" ea ll y b e li er et be re a ri :l ,e ryfew Dials [p eltaa, or ,the Obfervers of-Nativities fo pofitive as tod e n y i t ) . t . ' w i t t produce ~otber Di~edi011 [as ' forc ib le as thisis']of lvLws r e t ~e .A fc en d:mt , a nd t ha t 15 th e SelqrUljWdr4,e, w hic h in

djter5 NadvIUcs . I have by me, hath .proveclMortal; b ut t he n itttlIlfl b e w h er e t he A(cenda~t is G iver of L ife; w hic h here is riPt;a nd t h~ ef er e~ n ot , tti mennon theftlaoll Conyers to th e SqltartofSj,urn IT! Ml4lido. r ll e,A fc ehdan t to the SqfU~e OfVellUi, the M oo t :1 0

t he Z od ia ca l S q ua re of M~ CIU1J L,itudine, to the Zoai~t -Squa re o f M e " lO u r y f in e La,ih,, :l ine, & c. w hic h c am e up a l l about, tha ttim e. I judie lb tfe tw o. fu ffic ien t t o pro ve, T hat th e Affc 'rtioO ~or th e Affertbrdepated from th e truth w he n h e d eliy « ed tbat

N otion, A nd to be p~a it tw i th you,Jt was that vety))uectionofth e Sun ad pat M arl,. t ha t p ro ve d t he A t r u p o r t o K io g Char le s I I.B ut b efides a ll th ls, W h y Ih ou ld th e E arth to th e plac e of ltIirz..

g iv e the SmalApox . . ..ftting th e Moon an d Satllrn ar e f a ne at in A q ,e i! tto h~ sHenocehtr~ pl~ce? Why Ihoul~ it no t ha ve J>uir~ plltrid

contm,ual Fevtr~ ~lftIlC~fi'!,.a Fall, witha wound ii~ in~Jt, orf uc h h ke , r at hn .: tb tD tlitt it-w.s~ . - .. "... .. .

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which, we J l l l l f t hlvcH ~" " ,Th ep ryo . f D i 1~ ,iQ51 !i ,Wh i< il }'YQ, ..d~be 0( e xc e ll en t u fe t o t ho le : that ~~Hl\!~iou,sj~ ~t:'V~y; ~n4)am J ur e it w o ul d . pu zz le r Il eW l to ~ 41 y , ",pJil)t!qut~:W~ytfo·4irctl:the ~" ,. ,A f tu rd4l 1 f, . a l ldMi db ta f le n" t o t he -ael~eo,riGk ~ies ~ljlSquatesof fome, Dr a U the PI.~n~, ,~ml~tmeJjI~ _'~OllW:eit to my R(afOn a n d Scnfes; .fPI if Ilh o~ Js l M ~ t 1 } j ! IM~4~avef lto the 8c.dy o f MP - / lt dj o. ~n ui ~l ~~ l1 dG~ c e~ { j~ a l, ' j1 .J l, l~ \ ~e~tt~ r. l.Q1uflgiv~ my E} \¢,~~ -, l¥ e ', ,ke~.teJf,ej~ l laJf~~~meMeridIan .pQIJ:lt but OIlC!!•. &~~to b~lie~e!~'9,bq ds; I1RJ.Ho: f r a n { r t b j t 4 1 l l i a t ; o n ; y e t I b elie ve , .if~JlY-miiln''I'{QU,~gO~.l~Of lw $ . 1 H t

,w.i th his Telefcope at h is 13~k, I ~htrnQt, "blle·he wight fqeNw1 1 1 1 7 degrees of Jjbra.whep.V"1 f ile hitnjD~5 d~l::C~QfJ~J~

Sign, &c•. A nd I am ( \ 1 . ( ~t~i l l .f~\I~~ il. ~Fge1 ihitb C1}iItl,JI"~,to bdieve' :[i l l thi.Rigurc for.E~~fJlple'}thIHbdkl~M~-ff.;pJJ!§eofVtll"l'in S A o r p i 6 , lhow.~ ~nY,w~~ : a f fe & , . At be ;tjls~,Q~i'C:J)i,b¥us Geocentrick~ks. ,Npr ,~Jl i t concern U 5 , ~ball~6 w~~iJlg$ub-jech of E,lgIanJ, areobl~ed,to keep:tbe,L:tw.s.oCCQIlfl.,n1iMPf,e,;lor tbotbere . , e : f u , c . : b . uw s, :Yl:t C\te.yIlJar(.OO m l ' t IlPMllS,ht JW!-

land, n or t ak e n o n ot ic e of us. , .. " ;: i'M a ny m ore things m ight b e alledged in this C afe, to inform

th e I gno ran t.WoJ; .! !, ~bQq t tWsMy f f el y ,a s· i\Yhw .~ jt i sH leg, an dw h ar ,P ar ts ,o f- H ea ve n a re mo lt proper for that Power an d Domi-nion; Le t us I uppo fe the Moon in the T en th" . th e Su n in the A f-c end ant, th en th e E arth m ull b e i n t he Seventh. N ow the Q 1eryIs . whlc :ho f thefe t hr e~ m u fi ~ e allowed r o b ~ Giver of L if e, f ee -Ing they are all in Apbeticalplaces. A g ain ," ho w w e ( ba ll knowwhen the Dired:ions o£.the E ar.th h ave p ow er to k ill, an d w he nnot; and w hether the ,~rth t o t he , He lio ce nt ric k p la ce o f Mar ldoth alw ay s give a Fmr, o r , th e Smal1-pox. For.if ,it h ath n ot a l-w a ys a n a de qu at e E ffe Ct ,. or B u le s- la id d ow n t of he w w he n it w ill.and when it w ill not do it, I am f ur e n o M a n of rearon will be -

lieve that, nor' man y o th er t hi ng s i n A f i. ro lo gy .

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the JlrmCipks,of dircdionalM ption, that i s, i t renders t ha t M o t in l)ufelefs,'bywhichall,Diredim;s ilrc'~de, and-therefore mUft,fet

up a new one b f i t's own ; ,,;,andw hof ot ov er a ff er ts t he D i re ai bn s ofthe Earth, d il li nc H rom t he fe O f theSlI/! in oppofi te -poinr s 3 -' Fa m

ce r ta in theyunderl land not th e M o tio n by w h ie h a ll D ! n: C l: io ll s

a re m ad e, fo r t he y , a re all made b y o ne M o rton , bo th D ir(c tand



Converso A nd w hat 'I h av ee lfe to f ay in th is C afe , llhall refervetill th e n ex t t im e l1 fe e o c c af io ti to : u fe it. .,'P erh ap s th is m l l y ' give [o r ne P eo ple a 'd ifg iIff, a nd ' provoke

them to an ill Opinior iof our felf, ar ia , th ink w e have done th is

ou t of - a capricious H um ou r; b ut w e d oa flu rerh em it is n o fuc h- th ln g, a nd -t ha t it was only two things e ng ag ed o ur T ho ug ht s inthis matter . Fi'Pt T h e C h al le ng e, we ou r ' [elf being an.e < ? f the:Number thereiiloluded; a nd h ave d on e this purely ,i n Vin~i~ti9n'o f ou r (elf; leaving al l e th er' P re te nd er s to actor faywh~t:they

think c on ve nie nt, o r find r hemfe lve s ab le to do in the VindiCationo f t he ir f el ve s. Secondly, Our refpea: to Truth, concerning whicf}-w e have no m ean thought, bu t a very mean and low Opin iou of

ou r ow:n Parts an d AbUides,;. an d therefore, def ir e hU!J lb ly ,~o : lay

o ur p oo r w e ak End e~ vou rs b ef or e e ve ry i ng en io us A rt if t, d ef ir in gOU rfe lf m ay b e candidly r ea d a nd ' u n de rf io o d ; 'a nd ,w e ar e moral-'ly Cure, th at n o ingenious M an will d eny his C on ceffion to this ou r.R eq ue fl, S o w i th in g a ll th e true Sons of Sc ience , a fuceefs aufwer -able, t o t he ir Endeavours an d Withes, W e Ihall tak e o ur l ea ve o rthem at th is tim e.

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