John Partridde - Opus Reformatum or Treatise of Astrology

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GBNTLBMEN, .,

THO I have heredetecfcd_4nd difaov-ereddiverJ Errorsinthe StudyandPr,eliceof Aftrology, efpecial/y in that Partofitthat concerns Nativities; andatfo/poke/lightlyoffome .Attthors who4re 1111tch v�!11ed , and ingm,ttjleem a_mong divers Pr4/Jitioners; andlikewife condemned their J,fTritings, Ar being filledwith" little ctfe but Errors aNd idle lnnovA.• tions , which are indeed but the f4me thing,- ifrightly co»fidtred. , Tet Iw011ld not he mi/underftood in ivhat I . have here done; 4,zd thought (becaufe I chargefo m,my withft1ijlakes) that 1 think my {elffreefrom FtttJts, Errors, and Overfights ,. either i» my Praclice or rVritings; or thatIintend to direc1ttnd teach theSt11dents inthisArtto endeavo11rafterf,1eh a PerfefJion: No;I know too well, that Over-fights ,ind deceptio fonfus, istoo_t.me, and toovifib!e aCh•aller ofH,eman-Nature; and to Err, is the known and common C!l!&mity that 111,mkind is/ubje.:.1 to; for bejides the Infirmities ofour Conjlitutions, the Depravity ofour Wills,and .4.jfemons, th�Obfa,-rityoforer-vnde,jlandi,�tt,, and the J,Ve�kne/s of our1udgments; The Cmfe on ourOriginal Parents for theirTranfgre.//ionatthebeginning{eemsJliUtolyeheavjon 011rSho11ldcrs,andte/Js 11splainly, ThatSorrow.andS,veat,

ThornsandThijlles, Life and'Error, are infeperaMe. Bui ·ye there-is a differen'ce betiveen the Errors of Nature, contra voluntatem, andthe ErrorsofPrac?ice, introduced by Crtjlom ar.d Difcip.linf, .Al!d!hefe. ,1rethey that Icontend agai;jf, andende1ivoi!r to reform'; rho the otheralfo 011ght not to be foriotten.

Nor rroilld I have any one think/ that I intend todeJlroy the Art ofA ftrology ty 1vhat I have here done; no, J do aff;tre yo·,, that i·his i1 the ltajl of my thoughts; nor irould 1 impair any p.,rt of it Ihat I judge 1t/ef11! and fcrvic�able, either for its ,�'Hf!'OYt ot Reputation. But my real ln(.ent and l�efign is to excite the Lovers of tbis Contei'"r1ptible Science; to refine it, ttnd v1.1,ke it more coherent in its Principles,,a_?Jd. more certain i;;, its Vfe and Pra{iice, t/;an -it if at prefent; and al(o to lay by thofe Idle N0tions 11nd Practices ,,fed therein, 1vhich have dra,t'n the Objeflions of Learned Pens "POiJ 11s. For tho I am not willing to fiva!!o,v' doiv7; thofe fulfom Errors with ivhich it is clog'd and loaded; it doth not therefore fo!loiv' that I Am an Enemy to its Trttth and Excellence' and mu.ft be debarred my lnqtJirJ toivards itJ Perfet!ion, and mt permitted to appr,0ach the Spring of its Ori·ginal 1mth. I do"bt f!Ot but you may findJome Errors in this Tr_eatife, 1vhich )Ote m,ty impute either to ,ny Overfight, or 1vant ofSkill, 1vhich-yo11 pleafe; yet I hope t?e_y m.1J deferve ;•our Exct1fc and P.-mlon, efpeci,dly when yore confider, that I have-11ndertaken to t11rn the Torrent of a mighty Stream,· and that 111ith fuch little .A/li'jlance a�· 1 have received: I being idebted to no Man for any Jer'Vice or helptherein, bttt to my Honottred Friend andLate Deceafed M1tjlcr, Dr. Francis Wright, by n:hofe JnjlrnElions only, I own my [elf enabled to perform ,this, and what I have el/e at pre/ent 1111der my Confideration for the Treff. B,tt fer my Errors (if any /ball think them fo)

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fo) !,id. d�wn in Praclice, hy way of Rrite·, IdeJir'e' no excufe for them, but refer them toy 111r Confideration, and for·tmit very prerpofe I have printed themhere; •and ttl/o hope·,' that thofe Gentlem�� that thiRk them Jo, will he pleaf,:d-foinform my Vnder.ftanding,• and give me better NotioHs in print, n:ith better_Proofs for iheir Do::1rine, than I havegiven for mine; ttnd I do afJttre them, I ,viii re__ Ji!y f,ebmit and crj Peccavi. .And /o [·come to fpeik p.1rtiml-arfJ1,· ,

Firfl: , To the Book it /elf. lil ,vhicb thore haft the whole Myflery of Aftrology relating to Nativities) according as 1 ,mderfland it ; but_ it is difperfed .here ·an� there throll/hout- the 1Vhole Book and Matter alfo, and will take· thee fome time,and p:zins too, to co!lec1 and digeft it into· a method [vr Prac1ice, which is no hard matter, if tho11,· .art b11t willini to take a little pains; and niitho!lf pains, l can affe1re thte-� thore n1ilt prove but a very ordim,,ry Artifl in thy Profef/ion I h.1ve there. given thee the Nati�· vity of Oliver CrCl�well, n,ith my Re,fons for its Correllion, and affo his Difeafe, kr H'hich he expired; n1ith a

T:ableofDirec1ionsfi'om hiJ Birth to his De,1th; wit'1 eltch Ark, its tme MeaFre, ttna' the Tc.�r of our Lord 111hc11 it did begin,to oper.,zte. I h.zve a!fo fhell'd the i;,coherence ofthofe Rules laid do:J'JJ on fever.-il Occafiom, .not' only in his Nativity, b11t in diver.s, o:hers; and·the j11ft. Caufe 011r Enm,ies have from thence to Cavil at, Ltnd ridic11le the Art and its frofe./fors. ·I h,zrve alfo thro,1J?,hot1t that Nati-vitJ J on m_y ]rtdgment therf.on, wbo!(y d,Jfented from the Common Method llOiV prarfifed; and 1vbere Ih.we fo done_, I h,t11c a!fo <�iven )'ON the Text o/ Ptolomy for my Jttflift_c.cition to prevent m_y /,einff qre�(lion'd in pri;;t; that tho{c ,vho think my 'Jl,Jethod nc,v, may·ex,itnine i/;at,. A1'thor, and fee 1vhether I have done hi;,, and the'Art it' .

it [elf'j,if!ice or not. I have alfofhew'dyou the ex�ellmt _ u/e·of..the Hile6, andthe.·'rvanit! of . their callingthe Lordof .theE17.hth, the Anaret� andJ"dg_rngthe R.!t._alityofDeath· f rom his lVature and-l�ojitirm. And indeed, I hAve heen plain in e';Jery thing e/,fe rfafi,lin theJt1dgment ofa Nativity, with my particul.,r Upinion and 1.vlethod, th11t 1 ,,fi in all Ru·Yoll!tional Fig11res, and ttlf.1 ho1v. to take them. ·An1to tell yo11 pl�iJ?(Y, atl _ other 1lft:thods are really lnno� vattons, andnew I-ro1effs ,v1t'1011t .mygroundfrom .Authors of AuthoritJ'•

In the ,S_�c�nd Pttrt, � h.we _ ende,wottred to {hew )'Ott, That tbe optnron of Cardinal Signs on Angk�, according to Mr. Gadbury's Opinion inhis CardinesCreli is vain and gr01mdlefs; and thi Arguments and Aphdrifms he· ·brings to prove it, are l!,g'd in /;y Head and Sho11lderj and of no Validity to that pttrpo/e; and that the. Nati: vitiesbronghtto tkat end, are al/ofic1itious. Jn the Sup:. pl�ment J have y_z7:mJOU/everai N,ttivities O11t ofHemrnga, that he brtn.,�s ,1s Arg1tments againfl Alh'ology, bww{e!1e cor,ldfndno RtafonsdirectionalfortheirDeaths, Sickncfs, and other things in his way ofAfi:rology, which 1 ha1.Je e�deavou�ed here _ to fhe1v was _ �o hard thing to do; and zn partmtlar, rn that 1Vat1vtt7 of Cardan'i Son, aboM tvhich hoth he and AlexanderdeAno-elis do fujficiently ab11fe _ ihe Aflrqlogers, and the Art� bec�1tfc tl�e,e was no p1rell1on fo�mdfor his Death, either hy his f'ather, Magmus, or Na1bod, three Great Men in their Tir:1cs. -It ,va� ftrft printed hy Placidus de Titis, in his Pnmum ·Mobile, which may "dmit of a Corremon, as mlf.J he {een hy that printed·in this Book; and yet n·e both k�e_p exu:7/y to Cardan's -ej}imate Time, as may·be.

fe�: aljo hJ his orv» Fig!"e i.n his CtJmment o� Ptolomy,

Lw. 3. Cap. 14. Aand tndeed, I could havegwen ro11, divers

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virs.11J()rt 01tl of Hemi1�a, were I »ot certain thatfp,,,e ofthmntreftalfl, and/11rc he t()ok _ them opon f'mjf. Jn the whole thing the/'e is much l7ariety, both in the M4tter antl Method, and t.hife fo,mded on ver;· good Pri11eiples, which I·/hall defivo· more methodically hrreafter •ccording as Ifoal! fndthis is .received.in the 11Vor!d. I Jo not pretend, that eitherthe Mat.ter or Method, i.; either ef them- new, hut only theold onesrevived; and tofarthe truth, itisfoold, thatI,anfafelyfay, itisfarf!,ot, an�'the whole of it wi!Jfeem flrangr· to this Age. fflhichI h!!m• bly offer to·the conjideratio11 of. the Ingenious Students, and intreat every one to examine it fario1tflr and deli· ber�te/7 before he gives a determinate .Jttdgment, either i» Approbatio1j or Exprobation of what I have here done.

Secondly, To the St11dio11s Lovers of Alhology in Gt11erAl. I hope Gentlemen, there will be no need to perfwade yo" with Argi,ments, either to bdieve, or ajfert the Truth of A{tr�logy ; efpecially you �hat have air,-,idy hAd A pro/pell of.tt from the Top of Pifgah ; ,md h.ive Jfo-11 better opinionof itsTrllth and Exullence, th.1n )'Ott 11re able to demonftrate to- th� VnbelieverJ, by Fxamp!es ofyo11� ow�; fair Preditlio1�s (Imean) �f the Fffe:ls oF any D1rea1on before the Accidents happened , for it is that 1111'.ft gi�e yo11r Art 11, Repu-ta-tion� And yet I judge it. 11M] not be wholly improper to perj�vad-e 1o,e to a �reater dilif.eNC� and labo11r in your favera[lVlethods of i'r:i::!ice in that Art; notfa m11chfor the difaovery ofNeiv 1Vhims .,,JNotions, witho,uteither Gronnd or Re,if(Jn, ttndJome ofthemnotatall,mderftoodbytht:ir Inventors.mdTeachers; But for i'!'prrwing thofe we have ,zlre,1�'1 in·our Pojfcffe.: en; ti!Mtu·try- whether they willfland the Tefof Exam1!les and EJ1ami1111tions infever.ii /\'lttivitieJ; noi10.fjend , time

.t;t1!,e i11 makint,· � noife:Abo11t a ibing. 6ttt /ltt!e lnown; ..1nd perh.ips le/s- tmderflood; krtt to n·ork.., and 6y the variety of E�:amples. to try and compare one .n1ith an°Qther � ,md at lrzjl fee how _their Rrdes n�ilt -a:r,ree in the g.ene-. rat; for J.can afJ,1re JOII, one- hour /pent that rvay,/bait

•·te.1ch you 7i1orefubftantulK.,;owleq_e,c in tlefe things, than.

.a n1hole days prating. Al!d to this, end, it is not ·a mjb. m.1tter ;d;.1t yortr Trincip!cs ·are_·, wf.;cthe;- �e9<:ei1triGk, .Heli�centrick, or Selcnoccptrick ; nor n>bether th_e�r Dirccfiom are DircB:, Convcrs, Rapt, or Secopdary, wroHght i� Mundo or Zodiac�, i;; the Crepufculine 'Circles, _ or the Obfcurc Arks; Jo yo,1- willb11t r!Jftke yor,r, .Doclrineall of4 piece; andM JOit"/" Dire:IFns do 'the fame at o;;e time, that theJ d;; at another, and not give /omething in one J\T.ztivify, and mi/s in T,venty others� rvhm rort try them again. And to' this p11rpofe, I do advife �11011, not to rely onyour Authors; nor_ ·1ake--11p -their �11/e->· in JfJttr P,r4cti�e-, with(!11f �examinlng their Abi(i!y 4;_;dTmth. For Jun aff11reyou,-1luu.alithe Prinr)p,zl Authors of th� lafl Century, and more (except two or three) h,we done very little for the Art of.. AHro!9gy, rm!efs it_ was. to mltl:e it Ridic11lo11s and �·pntemptible; fo_tbat :tlio./c tl'ho are' di(pofed to lattJ., h at-_ �.fi�ology, need not read -Heminga, Alexander de Angc]is, Chambers, and the rejf of them that have ridiml'd it in Ptint ; h11t have· recour/e to our OJViJ "Authors' and. co;;fider- lllJ_d compare then;· n1ell, a11d they will find fooleries/t!.fficicntfor their pm-po[e a_nd dejign that way, be it what it will: Om: !{,ties in Judgmmt are Jo deficient, that they are ,generally not to be rely'd on; and 111httt is mo_r_e ,, one thrvarts a11other, by mhich means the To1111._� $t11,dentJ. • know no_t 1_!_'�i4; /0, lelie,ve or f"1l01v. 011r nc,v-mA.de A.phorifins are/o.f='h"-,'th,1t not one in ten of- them ,viii �old accordi11g to. tf;c. Text givenfor 01,r D�rec1ion and G11/de. In the Bffec1�

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of DirdliomtheJ bavefoll"&wtti Matchivel,s R11/e (Throw/ dirtenough, and fome \�itl Hick); 1!am'd ab,md4nce ofAccidcnts to attmd tAch Direllion-, ttnd the Devit'.r in't if fome of.,them do 1JOt httppcn to tAke ejferl. · B11t in the Diretliom aflignedfor �// *ir;d()f .Accidents, Death, &c. there they h4ve or,t-donc them/elves; and fo invoh/d· tts into a Lahyrinth ofConf1tfion, -th4t weare not �hie to,mderftiwd them if we will vMke Rea/on ot1r 611ide, ttnd compare one thing ivith ailother. Therefore, pray Gentlemen, take it into yo11r Conjid�ration, and let /omething le done,, that the next .A._z_,e may be hetter ir.for,;/d hy ;•ou, thttn ive n,ere bJ that ,�hich went before 11s. Let 11s have lefs //o .✓ l11'!1es, and more Tmth; fer�er Rt1les, and more tJ the Jmrpo/e; plainer Directions hmv to ivork rvith fen,•er Contradiaio;u; refine the Art, ttnd reje:1 thofe Fooleries it is loadec/, ,vith; -affert its ·TrHths, fnd declaim its Errors, and then it will appear t,1 be n1hat ,ve tell the 1'Vor!d it i:, and wo,tld hA'Ve it tho11ght tobe. Nay, let ttf have all tbe New Inventions likewi/e that c1w be difcJvered, provided they are_ tme. There iJ one thing more, Gcntkmcn, that Iwouldfay to joN, ,md that is, Do not h11g Innovations /or 110 other Rea/on b11t beca,ife they are ne1v;; That trick bath been too often prtt 11pon 11s already, 4nd nw /Jy thofa �oo, thttt knew very little of tbe matter; and had ,u little ikill, llf thofe _that ende�vo11red to follow their Dt'nEli<>ns_;· bywhich me.ms 1111d n,ays our Erroneom Conf,ifions ,vere not a little increttfed. Nor would I adrvife yor, to he afrAid of any thing that i.r new, hecaufe it is fo; hrinJ!. it to,the 7otechftone and trJ it; and th4.t iJ to be Jone no otlkrzvays,. b"i by Labour 'and E�perienct; for ifthe thi11g it [elf h !'th a good Botto"!, andfeems rationftl, it may prove worth J01'r -while to e::ramine it: And'./;y this way1 inhut yot,to putwhat I h_ave done tu the tryat, 4lldi.fit rvil!11ot hold, and i» the generalftani -a the

the :ej! ': Ifha!i be_ re11dy to recant and· beg yo"r better Information._ . _ . • •_

Thi i jly, To the Er.emies of Afl:rology to whom thG

I am not 0Vi1,ed either by I(jndnefs or D;ty, ;•et I'have a few words tofay, tho 1 do not expert to make fJne Convert by my fo doi».s· It is the hard Fate of Aflrology

JZnd AH:rologers to 11ndergo the. fevere Cen/ure of you, Gentlemen, who never knc1v 11ny thing of it , but its Namc; i;ind I Am col'Jfident, Jome of1011 do not know one. Chtrr,iaer from another , nor did yo11, eJJer yet t1.rrive. at that Ski!/ tv erell a Scher"; -of.J:le�ivm� whjch ifyou did, yet they are very /mall Aotltttes to mtJtlc any man to be J11dge of a thing h� isfo little acq11ainterl, with; as, I Am cer_tain the Major part tire , that pretend to ridimle this S:1,dy. For whate�er the Coll!mon Prqfejfor,s pretend_ to, either _ by falfe Notions, or n:orfe Pra8ice, I oivn it, �»d fludy rt no otherwa_,·s tha11, a Bran:h of Natural Philofophy, an� do think it is no h,1.ra matter to give it a fair Foundation on very rational Principles, and tho/e I thilll!, dcmonjln.ble too tvjt�o11t any. great Difficulty and Tro11bte;.

�»d they. ttre Motion, Rays, and Influence;· and thefa

�n that _ Part of Aftrology that takes notice of Nativities

111 part1cular ; which Part of it I have made mofl /!.enerally ml Stu'fr; a�dfor the othe� Partsofif,)et tbofe who, h•ve 1mploy d them/elves therem ,_ take the fame ·c,ire tojµflify it hoth by ExAmples and R1'le s.- . And I do believe that_ t/;is of Nativities being done, will give ftnne Repu• titton to � the other Partsof A{hology likewfe; 11ml this a:. _pre[ent is f11llm. ,mder my Confi�rat.iorr, tho I believe there art Jome far 1JJore able than my/elf to do it, ifthey were pleafed _to take_ the trouble - of /11&.� a .W�rk 11pon them. _ • •

.Andwh:1tever your -.AJ!ertions are of its being forbidden. ip Sacred Writ, -thQ ar,e re�llyfalfe, an,d 4o.,ipt any mvrc· t prohibit·

·To che- Readers. ix prohibitthat, than theComm'a,1rlgiv;nto·the Prophet Hofea to Marry a Whore, did jujlify U.'horedom; for ivh"at is[aid there igainft it, dotho�IJ reprove the Pretende rs·a.bufe ofit, and the Peoplesfupcrjltttousdependance thereon; which every honeft Arti_ft willdi/orvn ttt this day� thatbeliev�·s the Power {)fan EternalGod·. ,, �,.• -•_ _• Neither CMJ it be an E;.nemy to Religion and -Piety; for by hoiv much the more every good M1tn /.:noivs the Nlyjleries ofNat111e i7: her variorts- 1·Vays and Operatiom, 6yJo mr1ch .the more �twill brin_g him to.admire and contempl4te that undeniable Po,ver of the Trernendns Deity that irjlgave it its _ Being "':d Order; and ll'e fee d1ily rvhen the be.ft of thtngs fall mto the Hands of Ill Men, n'!Jttt a Sc,mda!o11-s Account they give of them, and pervert ·the ir la1vf11l Vfa. Hence tkre is no reafon' to believe, that the .Ab11fe of Virtue, or a;JJ other 11fef,1l thing, pleads its Prohibition, either by Law or Arguments; if fo, {tzrewell Food and PhJftck.

And bejides , if ti1e -fho:1id allow (what fom'C ofyou fay) that tb�re is no verit7 in �t, ;•et that �:ither doth not procl,zm, tt ,mlanful, br,t 111.ft{y reprehends us for [pending Jo much time_ in a thing void of truth, and would dr1iw from good MenratherPity than Scorn; but we defire neither, beii!Jg able to juftifr its Truth, and that it is d more worth and r{e thanJome Studiesthat c�rry aJreater AppLi11{e 411d, Repute; concernin� which, I hope fomething ivill be done J;ereafier.

B1tt y01!r great Objellion that makes it Ridic1'loll4 and. Scandalous, I mufl �clmowledge is too true, That many of its Pretenders tel1 the World they can do things that are impoffible, and under the pretence of Ajfrology acl: abundance.of Villanies: And tho{e, perha/.JS, �rmorant of the_Study, do'not know to the ,ontrt1ry, but that /,1eh things 11,r�prefcribed by its R,tles and Rudiments. Andfeei!}g thtJ

2 hav_e

ka.vethe lmp11tlence.to_aEJJach things, ] hope itwill /Jeno­

Vffence to !he J-Vorld _ to· know {ome of them, nor to 11ny hon�� 1rti/1- to he4r tf told;-and therefore t4ke thefefew, an1 J"age hy ihem what they are that ufc {ttch Roguifb Trrcks.

. There isalittle R11ddy-fac'd Conjurer, 1vho in my hear­ tnghad the lmpr,dence (Iheing 11dmmvn to bim) to tell the Comp.my that he co11ld do Jeveral thinJ?,s 011t of his !'ower; andatla.ftf:id,Thatbe�ortldraifcSpirits; andtha� if4-nJ of the CompM�y 1vould come to him one .1t a time; he 1vo1dd fbe,v them " Spirit that /bould appear fairly on the Table. So I advifed them to go, which they_ did, and al,vays when they c411u, he pttt them off with a Ro� gr,ijb ExcN{e, till he h.1d iired them, alldfo thq rvent no more.

The[4me l'd11nb,1a aWoman t4me to him 011t of South­ wark to askhim a Q_uejli(m; andt'hat w.u, If her 1vfisfor- ' t11nes ivere all over; hetoldher, no, theywere not; huthe had an Art to make themgo offtptick!y, 1vhich/be dejired: Sohavin;r, extorted & Feefor hil F{f,11re, toldher,{be mreft fit down 4nd pare the Nailsof her Fin�erJ and Toes, and lu'll_t him fix Shi/li11gs more to lmy fix Ounces of Aqua­ fortis; 4»d by/eiting them in a Sand-heat, t14 her Nails. r<>n/um.'d, fo/bor1!dher Misfort1111es;..aUwhirhthe fVoman Jid. Thenhebidherremovefrom·herHo,1.fato JUJoth,r,and he woNld cgme and write fomething hehind the Door ·tlul.t fh01,ldmake herJort11nate. And a. ilfonth after, fhefent a Friend to him, to lmow how it wmt on ; fa he riwt down Stmspretending tofee, nndt4me up 11gain, Andtoldher ifwent onvery well; but the poor rVoman iJ fti/1tU Jhe w111, poor 1111d1mhappy.

Mrs. B. in ·Holbourn tcok j 1. of ll M�id, to make her Sweet-heartLove ANd,Marry,her, whohAd the� l,Ot a.new Mi.Jlr.efs, 1111d le.ftthe former; the 1Maidf»dint �erfalf - cheated,

To ·the Readers; che,ted, wentto.a Fellow ahou� White-ChappeI, who took 10 s. of her to make the otherCht'at b;i,,g-rhe , 1. again: To11 mayg11efs attheCo,t/eq«ence. , -

ThereisoneIgnoraptConfident n!loiv, thatgives 11, P,rper folded 11p andJeala, for which he Bubblesfpme of 5, ·and fomeof 10 s. apiece for them; andthisis to makeMm and fVomen love one another in order to Marria,ge, and toprtr cureLt,JciviousMeeting1, �c.and-tom.:l:e �eople {ortt1mtte. Tims he ferved :'!, poor JJJ::id' in the M1nones, and chettted herrvith thtmfo longasfoen1011ld Jina Mone7, andbelieve �L� .

Others, andIco11ldname themtoo, pretendtofetchP-eople back that are abfcnt or rtm tt1V.tJ ,, �nd this byforce.o/ Magick as t!ie_y c4tlit; to take off1-Vit-ch-cr.ift /r01n thofa th:y fay are Be1l,itched; and a!fo to promote or prevent Copulation, accordi;1g totheir Clieiits dejire, either 011t of Loveor1',fa/iceto tholethey intendit; n•ithab!!nda1Jcemore of{ttch fluff, as.lco11ld relllfe, th11t ispra:!ifed ttnder the pretence of Ailrology, �YaCreivofSc11ndalol!sChe.tts. Yet Ihope, Gentlemen , _yo,e 1vill not call this A ftrology, bttt Clmiting, Rogreery, and .Almfe, both on the Art, and the People; andtherefore Iwoddintre.1-t_1'oi/.to �onfidcr1vha�it

is w11, rvttt!d condemn, beforeyott t:zke the Seat of _'fH/llce, andpafs thefevere Sentence again/!th�t irhic/JIaJJJ/11rc �-t prejent J'OII do notHnderfl,md. . . . .

Lafily,SincethefeSheetswereprmtzng,therets a Trea�ife coine to my hand from Padua, ivritten by one Antamus Francifcus de Bonattis, inwhich hegivesttsa nt:'iV :1-lethod ofDirec1ions, lmt n_ot by him (hef�'Ys/ i11�ented, lmt hy his Mt1Jler Conflonerms; andbecau/e tvething.isn1ho!!yNe111 , andasyetflrangetothisNation,there beit�(!, 110othero/'thofe Books i� England hutmine, Ibc!ie:vc, andlWJ p.trtlyf11re; therefore 1 ivi!l oive JO# one Oper,ition in the Protecfor • Crom\vell's N.,fivity,Mcordinrzto/;ismt'thod, anditfh,i/l � u be

To·the Readers.'

befull4s,plain as thqfehehath given in his Book, r,ithoti.t any Diremon to underjland them. And it is ofthe Sun tothe Bod}of.Satutn 11tthe timeofhis Death, in hisMethod 1:nd Operation, and tothat endyen inujl know that Crom. well lived 59 Tears, 4Months. and & Days. The Sero. Noa.Ar� of tht Radix, is 4162. ,vhich gives the S.uns diflance from the Fifth H;,fe 204s. The Sem. Noa. Ark ofthe Direc1ion, is 3417. hence itg iv!S 1he dijlanet ofthe Sun from the Fifth Hou[e·, 1679. or -�7 d. j9 m. which addedto t.heplaceofthe Direclion, leaves the C11fp of the Fifth Holffe in 7 degrees 19 milmtcs of Leo, as you m4J fee by thefo!Lwing Figure and Direc1ion together. For hy" Fig11re he Alwttys explains and demon•flrates his Direfliom; andindml,this Direc1ionagreestothe time of 59 Tears, 4 Months, and odd days.

To the Readers;

.Thus, Reader, I have given thee, with this C11rioftty, afb�rt Accormt of the Book. and defire thee io read it impart1a!ly, and confich the Matter and Dtflgn of it to the end I ht1ve ,vrit it. Correa the Errors that ha�e Jlipt the Prefs, which are not many, yet perh1tps there may he more tban I have oL/erved ; Deal hj me as JOI) wouldh,we an�ther do by yo11 in the like Ca/e ; I beg no Pity, brtt !"fltce; u/c megenteelly, and itfball he afurtherOhlig4trcn

To your :Friend�.

V S R E F O R MA 'TV M.

IShall not. enter into an Ar6ument:1l Contcfl: about the Art of AHrolog\' in general, but lea\·e thafWork for the -more florid Pens ro di[cufs. Njthcr will I at this timeundertake to dcmonll:nte the: Motion by.which Dirdlions a!em:ide, nor the Principles uf this Art; nor yd thofo things.that.we call Caufes AHrological, they being not only in-. tended, but a\fo more proper focanother Tri.'atife: I having defigned here_to.!hew fome of thofe vifiblc (l had alrnolt faid palpable) Abfurdities, clue fome of the gre:itelt Profdfors_,· notonly of our own Nacion, but others alfo, m1y jultly be accufrd of: Now, if Direlbons, thofe things tl11twe call Caufcs of Acddent, in theLifeof Man, do really produce an Ertelt at any time,· then mull they certainly at aH times give fomcthing proportiona1 to, their Natures, and ·ihe Adjuncls that ·do attend chem; or el[c fome Rules of Exceptio11s hid down, . by which .we may judge and diitinguilh when they will or will not anfwer the R.uks gi_ven us by our Authors on the Etfecl:s clDirecl:ions. I know ve,ry well� that the fameDiret\:ion (h.Jl not have the fame Effect at onetime that it ha.eh at Jnother; and I think l know the reafon why ; bufyet there ihaH be an Etfcll:, and {uch a one too, as " fhall be agreeable to its own nature, and part of Heaven. And tothispurpofc, GuidJ B,m.1t1t:<Jpe.1kingdthingsof this kind, fays, Caufa entm, p2rfc[Ja, pcrfdiuin ind:,cit }�ffccium : Whkh i5 indi::ed· really true; not ouly in thisof AH-rology, but alfo in all other Philofophick m1tters iri 1farure. I�or if we ow1't a thin� to be the real Caufe of any other l'hing at one time, w_hcn perhaps it fiull pafs l>y twenty times aftcrward without the kait {hdw of a11 Effect, isto tellthe World in.phi1l'terms, Thlt we neitherknow nor und1:rihnd what we mean our felvcs ; or d[e Ly reafon of our Ignorance we are not ahle to diHinguiili between a Caufe B and

•

. and.:"an·_Effect , according to our own .Principks in that Art whkh 'Wl,;' pretend_ to; which gives our .Adverfarics jufi Caufe to fay, n'ut enim A{lrologi ''?n lntelligunt, aHI fi_lntfllig1tnt gra'Zliter Err:int.

For I am rerfnaded, if the Afirologers, or foch as are fo ' dr?'m(j �ere .isked, i--!ow _ many of �h_c[c Directions,'that they ca:t ,\la,nJ ones, bwc-111 divers N,1t1,;1t�,s paffcd overwithcmt givin�� Dc.1th'� or any Difeafe to the Injuryof the Body'; they woulJ be :ipt coc011fc(c;, Asmany of themhave.miffed as hit and •):et they a1�very wel_lfatistiedwiththeirmcthod,a_ndgoon a;con­ tidcnth 111: 1fth:::yhadneverfOLmd either erroror difappoimment

:isy� fln!l tin<l That further examined and proved throughou; this , 1reat1[e; fo� 1 hav� made ch?iccof this :�ubject, asthe pro­ pudr. I co�ld pitch u�on tc.;, ,bring i:ne readily to the point in hand, that 1s, toexpoJe thefeFooleries and Abfurdities which I find notin one, but moHofour Authors: Nay, our Enell)ies

!ooa_re no��ithout their Ab{iudjtie�, aswe may feeby Hemj�g11, In the Nat1V1ty of PopePaulthe Third, pag,e72. whereinamong t�ere� of hi5 _ Objections, hetd]s usoffome reputed dangerous D!�Cetionsthatthe Pope had pafte�, and yet did no injurytohis Ltte; and one of_,hofe he mentmns, was the Afemdent to his owr_i_Squ(lTe;-� very learnedObjecliolf! And I think no wayslikely to gtve any thtng good or bad, and thereforemuchlefs Death; but I do not/fo much blame Heminga, (thoa very Learned Man and well read inthe Artof Afirok,gy) asIdo Cerefari111rnfMan� tua, who wrote the Predictions that H2mingacarps at, in which h� �at? theft: �<?rds, D.V. R. grawter {e h,zbebit CH!'J magm, v;,� difcrm11�1e qme �leJ trit 4uel 5 M.1ii, I549. exdlreliio11e Horo[copiad fuumtrmumqu,pro qtt.1drato h:1�et:'7', roquiacflinfig11ii brevium 'Af­ ce,ifi:mum. I mufi 11eeds fay, It1saveryoddfort of Airrologyto my e"r�, to hear _ them talkof the Afcendant to irs own Trine, �nd ,this by fo emment a Man asPari1 Cmfariu1 was; and what 1s y�t more flrange, that h� lhould from hence prcdi& danger of Deat�. And be��e:,we tin_d the famerhingprinted inCardan about thisPopesNauv1ty, where hetakes'fometittlenotice about thofe Directions, but fays not one word of that about the Af­ c�ndant to his own Trine, which makes medoubr whether he did not _countenance that Opinion alfo. Now, pray.kr me ask any man whatcanbeexpettcdfromfuch likeDiredions·asthefe? and whetherthe�e�tile1,Sq11M� and 'Irine1 oftheDreagons Head • • and

0pm

ff{efor�atum: .

and ·T.1tl, arenot as proper and effectual as thefc are? For tho I do allow that therG arc fuch p•oints, as 8_rxtiler, Sqrures, and 'li'im.r tothe Afcend,·mt, Midbeavcn,&c. takeninMunrio, erat,h:atlwi{e in theirimaginary W3Yin theZ,1diac"'-; ytt "·haris there toirradiate thofe points or parts of theHeavm�? forthe Afcendant andTenth canemit noRays, andthereforecangive no Powerto theotherpartsof Heaven tobecomefervice°ableafterthis manner • as they pretendto ; therefore I fay, if thefcPoints were ever fit for the u[eherepretend�d, theymufi be everfoin fame me�fure, mor�orlefs ; ,but inalrmy Practice Icould- never find it ; and I am fore thereis no ground nor reafon to belicv� it, kt themfay _,what they·will; yetbythefeand fuch-like ways, yC'ung Students arc fcduced and led by the Nofc with theteTongs of Authority.. And thereforelet thisfcrvefor an Inihnceingeneral, That there are"�erhods ufed, whkharebochVaif andImprobable; forevery Caufe muH:have its Etftct, or elfe it is noCaufe..

Totheft:Imight add thofe Dited:ions that_are fo often made - ufeofinallNativities,and withaslittlefuccefsas thefe are,aswill appearby whatf'ollows, fo.far as it concerns this Nativity 1am about tohandle. Forif weallow thofc Retfons there a1ledgedto betrue, thenwefhall1indabundance of Nativities to beabove theOrderof Nacure, and reach of che Stars, or elfe the Stars havedone theirdLity negligently and by halves, when we lhall fin-dfo inany people haveefcapt:d the Afrendant tothe Squai;cs a!ld Oppofitions�£_ Samrn and Mm? and this poo,_(?-ent�ernai:i (allby)t, which1smdce_d a pe _ rfecl: piece of Imp0Hib1hty _ , 1f the Rulesof the beft Mailers of It are true, and the Expmcncc of , thofc that have tried them, the far:ne. Now to fatistie you yet further, thattheir Dire&iondor Sicknefs, Death, andother Accidents, aregenerally. vain and impertin�nt, and tl�at th�re are very few, if any of them, that are _ really fctled _ 10 their o�vn judgmentandopini9n, howt9 dc:termme thofe dungs accordmg to Rule and regular Method ; do but carry a Nativity of any perfon that is dead, to any of them,_and delirc ttreRcafon of his Death Afirologically, they {hill immediately give you fom , e (ham Hory orothereither of tlre Moon to theSquan: orOppohtionof Jupiterand Venus Rulers of the�i�lah Houle, �heAfce�1dantto the Drar,ons-Ta:l, or to the ArtifCl'ln of fome 111. naturd Star; nay, they{ballailignyou fame Dirc _ ction t'?_che Akendant to kill, whentheSun andMoonareboth mApheucalplaces; or .

-OpM fRJformattm,�-

Optd �form�tum�

elfeDiredions totheC:nn J)-1 • • or FifthHoufcs under th�rEar��n, h!atd 1� the d Th1�cf, Fourth, able 10 Reafon N '� IC1 are mdee nr.1theragreethtir own h·nd;. F a o tl r tre d , no h r their ow l n Rules publilhed trom S • 0 t e.y not tc l \'OU I fl • :m, M w1 and ./J.f< d 1 ong tOrJes of the tiz-a1ot /ft? Andc�i/11�0� ( ant fo�e the M1dhearn1) being them. unlcls it w _) , ever now, them keeptotheufcof WLkhispl.1in to �/�t:vh attn when�1othingel�c woulddo? or c�lc rhe) do not b,di:ve\h�monot und1,;r/land thcirownRules, (as in thecafeof the Prot et • T<� my k1.1owlcdgethere was Birch generallyagreed Gil C a�d�t Figureot CharlestheSecond's flli��tgy, and by whicl;a cert!i�e;:�ra�:ii�tl;:;;�tif-'tif<d �.';���il i1g1� �ybt�,,thi�h filgure D they all faid he\Vou;d Ji��toea7t� h -, . 1mcc r11s r•ath you _ , t cm,_arid-perhaps everyoneof th. , fh. nia} g� to twe�1ty of andalh1mdifferentCaufrsforhis0:�h:w youa_d1ffcrent.tigure, foundc<l about rhat p 1· ' N . . ,theybemgasmuchconr nees at1v1ty and D h wereaboutthe Protector's . Of 1 ft d{i e�t , as ever they arc, Icouldgivqoua 'rca;nu !tie e�n .

uc_l�-ltkefioriesa�thefe

ule bur to lhcw you tl g t I m:xr' b wh1ch willfervcfornoother

g1ows p I . ', 1J gnorance ccomcs Pt1wertzt1 h • opu t.11 andGrner.11 al whicl ( • •. fi

J• ' w en It

Impudrnce and Error and' b , · 1 1f!1e It b � UJlly gu.uded by Truth bythebeard , I n1 11 t) the( al111tance tt commonly takes thisAxiom' • a 1ere ore condude. thefe things with

·That every c ft if/ l .• that R,;le :: eJ;;eci:avea_ CertainEffa'c1; ancl/;j, one t·. , 'h } · ton that hatb P01i1er tokillat rn.e, at J ,7t another, -or e!l'c a df'.1,fl. R11/e tofl.Jeiv rezlon toth _ :I' goo J/l(IJ.,ant1al _ ;,� •J'-' _ eco;1trary.

It hath been.thecommoncufio f Afirology, toimpofe-on rhe worl;o �urbMnden�Pretendersto tend ro, by �r_inringthe-Nativities�f �1 a ule theArt they prefor whenthev are la1·d 1· 11 th . G

ea? perfonsfor true ones 0 I · • e1r ravcs 1t • fi ' trn;g can h,1ppcn afterwardsable-to ' Ispre umed that· nothe1� Rules, in the prete11ded Cor c/onrradtdthe Authority of Gemturc .·rornowall A 'd re ton of the decea-fed man's .!i , ' cc1 ents ce:ife d h ursrefr fatistied that wh t d ' an t ecommon Profef. au] ·11· · ' a was one was true th- b eor w1 mgcomakeany farther Iii . c '. ey not eing1qu1rya1terit, nor perhaps CJll

�anthey.- From hencethey pretend togive reafonsfor aH the paHaa:ionsof Life, Famous or Inbmnus, He _ alth, Sickneis, and lafiofall Deathitfrlf; makingevery thin�appearasplain asthe Sun upo�theMeridian, efpecially to·thofethatdo notunderlbnd it. Ancl lefi any of t,hofe advantagious notions l11culd be Iott, ·they •are prin�ed a�d i:.:ublifhed to inCTrn�rhc vrung.1j•rocJ �1!d\ Studentsinthis Sct(ncc, wheretky may iH�d theN;t1 v1ty prm ted and the Reafons thcre0f annexed; vvich cl1oice: Rules and A�l1◊rifms titto beocnfidercd by thofed1at �ue_Eegimeis; that theymaybe led out of their way ; and by ;the Old_'ones, that r theymay becontirmedin their Errors: F()� thofeNativities that arecommonlyprinted, are made bytheAHrolofers·; theyoften differingfromthetruetime, one, two,orthreehcvrs, andfcmetimesmore: So_he did,tba_tpromifedhis Client inprim;he rm1Idli1.:e oneortwoandt!:Jirtyyarslonger, and tbepoorGrntlmian ll'dJ clc.rdbe-;_ fore1/;c_-Book waspublifhcd.. �othatit_is faferto_tJke aNativ·iry by guefs only,-.than by their Correcbon, and pc rlup� 11eai-cr the truth : Nottomenti.Jn the fiorv ofSir F.H. or Mr. P. ,vich mJ11y.others, that may fa_irly c!1�llen_ge a phc�inthis fi�ry, beli?es this Gentleman, whoieNattv1ty 1s the fubrct of tlus Treaufe, and hathbeen as unfairlyufed by them, as any man whatever� Foras longashelived; they lethim.have Pifces afm1�i!1g, and ·MJo in·his Afcrndant, which they thougl-.t: was a Poht1011 v_ery fuitable to hisG1andeui: andCourage, and for one that was fu great a Warriour. A�1d �his p:dfed verywell _amongthem for • fomqea1s,_w�thoutany d1fir�H�f:the truth of 1t _; �nd _bythat Fig.urethey could proveallhis Stcknefs, Honours, Y16tor1es-,_&c. But at/aftbi died_;. a1�d to the_am�zcmen� of t�c whole Sow.ty, without any Direction to kill hnn; which w1thout doubt put themoutof theirTrines fora while,·till they had agreed upon maki1,1shimaNew Nativity;. �or itwas invaii_, forthun to be• Iieve that. any man would tlunk thatto be.1115 true: one; when theyhadnoDirection, ( 110, notafh:unone ) tomak:thewor'.d believe that he dyed by Ord..r-faom the Stars; anct- that w.as firanacthattheyh.1dnodirection atthat cimeJorthey arcft:ldom unpr�v\ded of the Afcenda!lt-to the Square or Oppofition of JupitermVe11u1, the Afceudant to_his o-..y11Sextift, Sq�m, or Trini inSignsof Long or ShortAfcent1ot,r�s,-o�cafionfervc�-; or the Sztn or Moontothe·Sqttar�of theDrago111-'I-azl, or fuch-ltkefluffas this1 is; andthothismay.fec:111naufcousandfulfome, {obearfuch·

fooleries

OpM �{orm�ttm1;

fo'.)krie;:1sthefeare, yetI doaffine ou 1 thing�, and worfe, ifworfe can be Y . t1�} d_o_makeufe offoch this drn;; it frcriu they lvd!Wtr. .', lln)_pl:��t ot tc.1fon : But at b fI . � l lUl1 1re:1..t(Ol1S J, rht rh ,1 pr'- J) e to plls aiTiong thereH f th , . � y :• 'iUt: it amw.\iativity muftbefoundour o d _e�oc1�ty; anJ tilt'rebre that prnvc:-hisDeath thoit·pr·ove�an h�t rnu,�t be focha-oneroo A .i , nor Ill" e1enu eh,; ntxtthey picchcd u n • / tirr.eof hi�Birth than theform� pon, ":f< farthedrcm thetrueAriaf\fcending'and theS• • c.:hr'wHas ' _or nowthey m:kehim 1 u,,m Js orofcopcin 'L d ') tum�ndM.l1'1faOppofitionfromtheCu; f\ ::.1m•u1' a_n ,aHoules, and inSquaretohisTenth .•ps o t c_tir!t a!1d{evC'nd1

l1is Midheaven and in Square··t h , . an A d t J"P'�f"I' mOpj]otition to -' 0 1s cenua t h• I nuke but an untoward N'ativit ( _n, w 1, 1. wotild Rules and Gdb • · . Y' acrnrdmg•to their own ' a ttrys mparr1cubr printed b h. ftIf. borrowed), for a Perfon of his Coura e , y I�e , but all Prefenceofmind inhismolldanger JdConduci, Bravery, and o_ntheAfrcndantmultbe allowed�oufu n. ��taki1,1gs : For.M!'rr

t10n, andTemper by bein in rh t t\ cw Is Mannen, D1fpofiN.ztiv.pag.9r. a1�dthen h1s beia � llge; a�fou m1�,fee,Dolir.

inSquare toJunitEr muji m k ngm d ppofmon tuSatHrn, and r , H " eaveryo dtern 'd

'Pe;711{h, R_afh, and Vnf11cce[,fal in hiS' gener rE d man, MJrofe, withal S1cl,Jy3 vide Cardit1. Cceli a

d. n e�vou�s, and words: To which- I·wilJ add T, h p g. h 34. §. 7�•. ID his own {h l, k h. . -, at t e 0ppohtJon of er ou O ma e 1mttmora111 andfarfil d · •

Al(l(Urn Cowardly, andofaBajefpiri1 .• �ur�, an ld by confeque!1ce alittle chargeanyofthefe thingsin'tbcJ :u ;::vcihc:arhtsEnemies

hewas Brave, BJld, and:GenerOH! . :�at�n Im; buttheyfa,ythat Tt·rror upon him, butalways be�t th te.�ev�hEdanr Fearor when hetookthem ufedthe :. into 1s nem1es ; and thanPrifoners ; butbetides the;1a�;en•kcG�ntlemen atliberty, Tenth in 0ppotitfon to M. d a 0�� t at theLord of the heaven, isa fatal-Politiontoa;,/n b�ttmSquare tothe Midandchcnprayhowlhould fuch n p��,�s ?nour whenbornroit; PoweIasheadvancedto ifrla. o R 1t l 1on givefoch Grandeurancl.

ty; butIfhallleave·an the!eArguments andReafonings,becaufe

Ihavebetter toinfiHuponl which will betterferve, and more dcmonilrably prove the Falfity of thatFif;ure, _and the Unskilfulne($ of him that made'it;.:and foIcome tothematter more nearly.

Tht Fit,ure of thi�Great Man's Nativityis owned by 3. very worthy Gcntkir,an1 one J. G.1di�m:y byname,::mdby himprinted in hiscrowdofErrors, calledColi'd.lioGenit1t,·:mmz ora·Colkcrion

-

6 F ' 1e1r u csaretrue� vid vsz i\T l?ag.1 4• -or ic iscertain .that s t • •.. e ,,ur._Hi.Jt. fromthe Firltand Seventh' wouldJur,�a�� M,irs in?ppohcionman, andfubject·to man Misfortum� c •� a veryi:J-mrurcd' fomcPagesaf<e.rthisman�cr fromt�e�;and �deed Icould{pend di�edl�opRoiiretothis.Pofit,ion an mown uthnrs andword§, this whichwasthenprinted w� nit�c h ry p prob�le.ro_prove,that _ ' e rote"iors·trneNativity;

of choice N::tivitie5, th1t is, of his own making; now this [ could havepa[cdby, and look'd onitas thedfcttandcva[ig,ht ofhie;Juve,nileyears ; but'_heprintsthe fame ag,�inin hi:- Card. Cctli, afrertivc and twentyyeats, to {hew that he wasftill the fame man, andth:ithe-hadnomoreskillinhisow11Prnfcfiionin 1685, thanhehad in 1659; and by doing that, he feems to meto jufiitie all the Erro1sofhis Collection, bccau{che hath hitherto givenusnoCautionconcerning anyof thnfcErrors in thatbook,ofwhich thefcoftheProtcch>r'sarefomeofthegrcateft; andtoCaythetruth,this ofhisCardinfsCa:liisasfullor'Fo.olcriesandabfurdities,· astheother;-.whichI £hallendeavourmore fully ro evince, beforeIconcludethisTreatife. ThetimehefersthisFigure for, isthe twentyfifthofAprilat almofi forty fevcnminutesafterthreeoftheClockintheMorning 1599. andupon thatPoiitioi1hefpei1dsawhole Pagetorellhis Reader)thattherearefcveralthingc;concurtoproveittrue�hdides theDirectionsheaftermentions; asthe0ppofitionofS.zturnand MarsfromAriesandLibra,thetl\reeSuperioursintheirown Digni• ties,andaboveallCardint1lSig111,poffeffirig chc fourAnglesofthe Figure ; whichin theNativityofCharlesGtt{bvtu; aswdl as.in this of the Protc[ior's, was (JsGadb. fays) fullyveritied. And fromchefe two Fictitious N;:tivitics ( for.iuchtherbotharc ) heconfidently forms this notion·intoati_AH:rological Aphorifm, and prints it in his ChoiceCullefrio,z, Aphor. 18. of whir:h more hereafter; and after abundance of Corry·nurr belides, he con• eludeswiththefe wo.-ds. ' Prcfumi"gthatdhers Artitbwillbe 'curious infcauning thisGeniture, I fhallfortheir ailiU:ancc, ' and preventionoftrouble, prtfent them with a.C?talogueof 'feveralAccidentsofhisLife, andtheD�nd:ions, &c. thatwe.re '(inan AfirologicalJenfe) the properO:cafionsof thtrn, �nd '(withnqfmallpaint•�r11e) theyarethefefollcwing. And

Qpru (j_{eformatum.' .

AnJ herel defire the Re-1dcr• and all th t ti115, co .:011fid:::r his reafons fur�he Corrcc1�1gprhe�enNd t?_be Ar• ' t IS _at1vHy.

r. ln the Yeu 16+0. 'this Native's Gra d b

t!�cn h .:: w:1s hrlt called int� ru<11 · k b 11 r. n l cu b r egan' for

.M . f , r � 1. 'U 111c1s )y eing h £i >m�cro arl11ment; to_ligniticwhichhe h�d [� ,.. c otn a

Im.'.\l 1d-lwavcn to the Dr.i,,on'J H· d • 's J. G. fays]

hlethi11 g. th.::t thisN1)d e lliould g'�v/ now, ls d nut this a proba-

111 C I T g1 eatcr a vantageth tl

l': . ent1e rmeo( S.iNtrn andSextile f 111 an 1e d , II f 1 · 1 (J 1t JrJ, naythe greatefi . a ' or t,11s wa;;t 1ebeginning.andground ofall ·1

Honors and Preferments both 1' 11 the St d tJCrc1Lofhis

·11 b . ate an Army N "f

)Ottw1 11t conhdc r , this D,·,,J!.ani H-,ul and 7 • • O�1 but tl:c Int�rfcdionsof the Ecliptick,and Orbite �1tre nod11ng

oppo!:tc Pomts, and thofe two Circles b • • �� Moon at tl , c 1 N , are ut tmagmary d 1t.rc1oret1etwo odescannotbe othei·w:1, . A • ' an ofrhcfe Points{hou]d beaFortune d I }S. I gil in, Whyone

i· M r I t ' an t 1e ot1er an Infortune

h )a _ t y rcry t1at me greater MaHersof thisScirnce tl·11 r. •, t nr own bofoms Bue to tl1e t,, f'. -• I I rt1ervem h · �1e ttonm 1md• p l • t e reafon th�t the M. C.adC.iput !hould iv·e fo�h ray w1at ISnour, and lay the gi;ound-work for the t g I prcfcnt hot eh T · f c- • urnre, w1en the M c .o e r.neo ,1,iturn, and Se�cilcof!tl.1r1 • w • : ·-

�,/nddga ! ve G nothingatall, aswe.know of:'and,;c::�:�eJet,ore cug,nc )y od and Nature tober_ M .1 ive, . d d I rogreat a' an asheafte

Optu <R...eformatton.

nz;11 with Imprifanments and Scandal� upon the M. C. acl CtUedam dra�oniI; but to tell youplair.ly,· thofe _ Accidents·.(ifthe Ffgur� is tme) .were·from theSun ad oppofiturirSaturni:Jwhois thereal AuthorofCuch things as thofe, as theCafe then flood; and·he !Y<ithletMr.Ea/hvo�d,pa�,170.pafsby_hi;M.C. adQ withoutany

1 remarkableeffcd, whtch {hews a kmcl of plaguy Ill-rtlture in him, toletthe youngman-at 20yearsofAge pafswithout fome goodCffcd·ofit:, forehemight havedeferYed.fomething at that Age, as'wellasOliver, to have atl atforty. 1na word, I think hehathknocked twoorthreelittleBabeson the hcad 1befidcs with the Vra1.011s Ta�l; which isasufcfula.Sthtother111itsplace,•.and ferves fometimcs. Jt a dead lift. But kt him prove to mc,fk can,whytheHead and t.\ilihouldnot bebothof oneandthefam:: nature, iftheyhave anyinflue11ceatall, orpowertogive goocl o.r evilin direcl:ion; I confefsI c6Uld neverfind it.

��-' a;/ut too, from the nature and prindples ofthof ro::irs, o uy, Power and Couraf!,e? And.indeed f wo _e wo 1wnc0 Jil.1n to prcfent the Worldwith fom T "{j uld Int_reat ref�lv� and unfold the fe fecret Nojfrum1 not e �eatie that might behcvmgWorld as Ifu ofel II I )et nown to theunef1part ofthe N;tion. ,�rdittcl� V s t1e gr�Hat,dif�1ot rh_egreat.

fh ld I

11s r.:11,0111 ,a give th1- � "f.

JU g_1twill be

JU lJ ppento proYe true' Iprotellit isa n d • �• _I It very ; butId_oubr thisis the tirtl Experime1�10 � �nt�Je �1fco!he_lafl: coo ofitskind; for whofocver (hall han

It 111 another Cafe of the l·k . ive _occahonto try wretchedly deceived and chea,re� na�?e ' l w1ll tind t�ernftlves

C II ..o.· I . ror t 1rouµhout his Ch •

o C�LIOns 1e ntver tellsyou a ·wo d f n • Dice by the :W.C. ad Q but of that 71.: ;1� , an b y ?ne bemg·preftrrcd

• 1 m.llll1rcr S e11w eJ et d f II p.11,. I' r. butto tell.you the truth it . Q e t e ow, Ar-- d h b d , was not on thut but th �<.;n ll ant tot e o yofViw11,ashettllsyouhim(elf;bu; h d t notre youonewordoftheeffect uf the M C I n e ,or1 • St,1rkt)'s N1tivity. However hetickled�tf 1/

1 Dr. C,corge · ) 1s,.rte�1 Mr. Blynma,z

cL-c�11d

2. Secondly, In thcYear-1642. hewa-s preferred tot�eCorumand of a Collonel of Horfo; having before, like an honefl: Gentleman, and true En�lifh!nan, r_aifed a Troop of�oi:feat hi. ownCharge, and re�ved111hisownPerfontodefendhis-Country • again11 thethen growingPDpithlnterefr,·whichlikeaQelu.gcwas ti�e to overthrow all. -He had then, fays J. G. theMoondire-, ctedto the Scarpinn•s- H.e.rrt.; but whetherwith, orwithout Latitude, he hath nottold us: butletit bewhichIt"ill, it iswholly falfe; t�r.the Moon'spole ofPofitioninthatplacein hi:i Figu�eis ahaut50; and herObliqueAfcentionunderthat Pok in theoppofite pointisabout 350d. IS'. fothat the Ark ofDire� etionwithLatitude,is 37d.28':a11dwithoutLatitudeitis 45d. 14'. 'whichaciordingto Naillad's meafure� willgivemore th,11 45 years: andthereforeneitherofthemcancomeupintheY,ar 1642. ashe pretends. �ut fuppofeit didcome up then, why mull:it givefucpconfiderablePrefermentasa Colloncl of _ HmJe, whichtohimafthat time was verygreat, both as t9 hisCommand and TruH repofedin'him? why{houldit notgivetrouble orlickncfstohim; thedeathofhi.sWife, orMotherJ,jfhehad oneliving) aswell, or ratherthan givehonourandpreferment? forinthe_N:itiv.ityofthe FrenchKing, pag.40. ofhisCollcltion, · �e-gives himaviolentFeveronthedirectionoftheAfcendantto the Scorpim'.r He,irt, without any thingclfetoatlifr it, cxct'pta Tranfitof'MmontheMoon's Radical place. Andinpag.43• i� the RevolutionofGu(rawrtheSecond, itis thereb1ought in-as C aa

Opus (!{fformatum.

an Argurn�t ofJeath� theS11n and Satu;,z in Co • , the Cor 11\., 1s therecalled violent bccaufe f tl , nJuijchon near the Nativityc,fthe Prirrceof0r,1nge pag ;4 1.c _An�re.r. And in ofto kill his·Mother, and to give'him ' � His t eremadeufe but to affifi it, he tells us thatthe M C

.a g1cat deal of trouble; S . ' , came up the h quare ot �aturn ' which is notorioul1y falfe ft n to t e fuch d1rethon atthat time or near it y ' r,°r there was no and Foppery, whenhe comes'to Dr Gou

;'sNet_a_tei'all this Stffjf fends him to Cambrid11e upo� no�ther6 D e 1 - i.avity, PJf!..107• he eh S · ' B b • re1..Lion but the S e cJrptons ear_t, and nothing elfe to aHi, •, un to ,vhat anExcellentAftrologer Mr J G ._ ir J It. Thus youfee S • • • 1� ane1 how b d• tarsarc to thofewho can skillullv corn -, d l o � tentthe I ·u · 1 mm t 1cm• makecl u one,_ give another trouble, fend a third t ' • lem ma�ea fourth aCollonelofHorfc: Butif a11 ho g�mbrzdge, and cd ll1 the Pr,tu]or 's Cafe it ferves noth; c J)swereallowdion, nor co prove the ti�neofhisFi ur.ng ac_al�

t9 the Correknowany thingofDiredions, know�er�,:�c:�f; for;i_ll n�rn that would have bm1 nearjythe fame had t)h • h�t thisDirection or earlier : butI wonder v.hy J G {h 1J tune . ecn takenlater wellfur finking the Oath of Aiiegianc�u t chx:cJ S almag�infi Crcmcall h' h h O 1s overc1�n 5 h � un' w en-t Jt Ki11g had broke and {i k h' o ' a • e Oath- long before-� and we all rcmc b un is Coronat1011 that did it fin� a1foin the Year J68�

1 er d vcr; 6 · S well who it was N · ' · d ' an 1 7 toal fi h at1ons_rum, an defiruchon.oftheProtc:Han R•• • mo t e

3· Tlmdly, In theYear 1 64- he was t �hgton. t� the Earlof M.mchejfe1·.; at jhich timi.::ag�-L(/l!te11J11t-Gener!Jl, d1rc_0edtotheTrineofMm; but this isalt< }_s ehad !h� Moon caukthere is no fuch direction·as I o d cxtreamlyfalfc, be-

I . h le pntcn s to at tl . • wuc any one may fee by workin thofc O • 1_1s tune; the Axk withoutLatitude wh. l � h I perat1011s,mwhich knows i11that way is 48'd 2�,1 is d t c h on y Direction that he I ii b h ' • 'f. an t cArk wit! L • d • a mo 41, ot which are far diHant fr " l attru e Is come up at that timehe-mentions I om_164.,. �nd cannot cannot correct without forneoth, 101_npr It . = b�t if it did, it gles. . . er to agree wHh" It to theAn-

4- Fuurtbly, He tc:115' us rh�t h _ MJ11ch£jlrr his Oeneral, anl refm�dqJ;;relled with !he Ent of himinParliament,a1;d_mana:e<lit f< 11 e�s l_�forma_tions_againfi and came off-.\·ithhonour . the o we �t �t 1ecamed lmPoint, tHmbeingonhisAfccndant,and�au R (e:}thl1s was (hefays) Sa! ie ica placeofMarsinOppofition

pnfitron tohis own; andtheAfce�dantdireB:e<lto

tne Tennsof

M.irs. Certainly- this Man _was infatu.1tcd when he wrotethis Nonfcnfc; for I havemoreCharityforhim, thanto think hehad folittle Skill or Senfctobelieve this, andnotknow bctt�r; but t:11 usof?Trantit of Satm'fl by Mar� his R�dical placein opRofit10nto his own: Why,whatwas tb1s toCromn'fll? ·whvdid not (ifthisis true) S,1tur�1 d_o hima mif,hefthe la(l: year, ,vben he gN his Limtenant-Gcncrah Commiffion, for he was then Stau tionary on the Radi.:al plac� of M.zrs, and no harm ob[ervcd.

- We;H: buttheAfccnJantwas alfoaffiidedbytlirtc1ion ; boiv..(o� why.it cJmeto-theTerms of Mc1r1; Ay, .this is fomcthing·like todothe feat : didever an-ySoul hear anInfa1iil.,1c.Sonof;·,1InfallibleChurch give fuchRc.ifons as thefe are� In the laf.l: yeur he faysthe Moon tothe_Trineof!JlJrs gaYChim Prcfciment; and is that DirectionJo foon9v�r? will it not continue i.n force-one year ? and if itd{)th, praywhyfhouldtheTenns ofM.m be a1kdgcd asanlnjmy to him,and heundera verygoodManialDircclion ? Why flrnuldnottheTrineofMJt•Jg1v,etheContc:lt (if therewasfucha_Dircdionatthattlme,ashe faystherewas./ more likely than the 1.'euns qLM.m, it cridingin hisA<lvantage and Honour? whichcannot bciallowed filchanAfHia:i011 ashefecms to inlinuatc by theTranfit'of Saturn. But whymult theAfcenchmttotheTerms of Mars be brought in now as 1 caufe of difference? Dothit always giveQuarrels and Contetis? Did it alfo give Qgatrcls, Contells, and Difference, when the Afccndant .--cametothe beginningof Cancel', which.was'the·Terms of M.1:-s aTfo, which wastwoor threeyears afterwara? I doubtit; and Ithink it would Be worthwhile toask theGeAtkman,if it'did not fallin pittedand fmoakydegtees; ifJo, thenit isbeyond all quellion and doubt ; buj: thetruthof '.)l}. is, there'was nothing :elfetQ!hamin atthistime,.andthexeforethismutt do ; yet I do _thi'ilk there is no ma11.willlo�k·uponthisasa goocl reafon.and. argument_toprovetheNatlvity t-rue.

5, Fiftbly� ln 16+5 he faysOli11erCromwfll wasmaqe Lieu.tenant-Genera\ toSir·T/Jonus Fairfax, andthis undertheDireelion of t�eMoon.totheSextile of Sat«rn,Lordof the TenthHoufe; and indeed itwasw�l he wasUml of thcTenth, ore\fehe had

, �ei:tainlyloft bis.Honourand PrefermentatJhat time ;-however, thatisa\fofalfe,thcrcwasn<?focb Directionatthit time;-andthat for theR.eafons before�mentioned. -• , C 2 6, Sixthh1,

Op,u (J{.tfm

6 SiJ(t!bly In 1648) for hi 5·c n�n ding·wit h the Parliame nt and Co rne o her things hefa,-she had hidim1 to th e Squareot s_a1 1un and thepart of For une tothe Oppof tion -of Venm: As for tha t of VenHr l am fore 'tisfalfe , forhe is not ab e eithu to take ordirectth e par tof Fo rtune andwh atismor , if thepart of F r tu newere cru lypla ced n that Figure, it lh ould be inabou 1r or 12 degr ees of Leo, and he ha th made it inone a11d twen­ ty;.and fort hat Diredion of ul al help tot h e C orrection

7 Seventh y,- In 1649 he wentoverto Ireland to oppofe the PopHh Rebelsin tha N ation , and d efen d thePr otefiant Religion an� a Gad�ztryfa_ys hehad F ux and F eaver t ere fo thefe thm&5 ?e gi es lum t e �o on to her own Squar e, and the Con t a t1fc10n of J�rp�te ; �) a s, poor man ! he cyer knew yet how to c ke � n Anr�1c1o n or Zodiacal Para kl, wh h yo u p leafe an dI wi ll venturea!1even Wager of what hewill, th t he doth notk_n�w how todirect theMooneit her<oanAn tifci on or Con! ant1fc10n_of an y Planet ; fogreatishis Con ence and Ign�ran m pre ending to athing heu nd e,fla nds not. And furt erm ore had he M oo?be�n fo d lr�ed att hat thne, as �efa yslhe was t th<?fe tw o drre. cb ons, I am ccr taln he wou kl ha e had neithe Flu:8; n�r Fea cr at thattime if Pt ldmy fa )'S true ; butyou R1u - bear bet er

8. EiJhthly I» J 65o an d 16.5 I, he be at the Scuts a Dunb.r, a�d the. C.w,i:1 /ien at Tl' omfte.r to,thei .hea rts co nte nt; for thi � gi ve shrm theSu 1i fQ his own Se xtile� but how he d oth make do, I cannot dJ , for be Arkof dire ct n is 53 46, an d riv abo_ut5.4 years, and he �,as no w but 51 and 52 year of .1.g,.,. wuch tsa grea t-d�tferencc inpoint of tim e; but h doth nottd you_one w orcLof heS�tothe Squareof Mirs and &it11rn ; 110,: the ud fe c. h, one of wh1 d1happene d at·4:8 rearsQf ·Age an th ot�e r at 51 ; an d tho he could not teltwha!'\ hey gav e, ye t h nugkt_ha _vet?ldu_swhat the r eafon was that the y'didnot kill,o at 1eatl�ifegive S1ckn efs,a� Y i.ella sthe-Moo tothe Con m)tifdo cf Jupi ter andher �wn Square; orwhy the Sun to the Squa �f Sat1wn.i_o MmJ!_ f!lv:.ildnot_�ivc lofs ·of Hot�l.Jl', nd da ma o�e pu atroJJ � weJl. �the � .C.,to-the Drag-0n1•be d, gave the -&:�Jtefiof &�r ; but thcfe, 1 fuppofe-areNo /lrHnti lodged no m h kat

Opu� - <J(eformat1m1

on of hisbody of Ta tology, o a more convenient (ime Now if thisNa tivitythathe hath prin ted w r true, then the Sun is pofitvcly Giver of Life, which if fo, he hath ( according to Ptol my) no only the p i ip Go ernme nt of Honour and Grand ur butof H alth, Sick cfs,, Life a nd Dea ch a nd thm:fore it is the grea eH w ond er t o e, that under t\_\.10 fuch di�ections the re{ho uld b noeff'a t en d himeither ofSicknefs or Scanda

..bµt hefe are [ma ll thi ngs with honefi John _ _. ,

9. Ninthly, 1n 65, in De btr, h wa P roclaimed Prote{io .of E11g la11d; l ehad he S dired:ed,to the body o Jz�pite r, Sext il of the Moo n, nd he pa Fo rtune to th Sexttl o Ven us ; tho[e dircdio s , Ico nf fs r probabl efor fuch an cffccr an• the fo rmer c omes_ to th time h fay s·i doth bu the ·l fi o the th ee he kno w o thing of it. 1 o l'mtMy- In 654 h c cluded Peace w ith France and makes aLeagur: wit h ,C..' d w ; :. d fo tha t Gadb fay h e had th pa rt of Fmtun to heT i f Ma s ; bu t tha t ca�no tbeall�we d fo if he had Jiv ed e t y y m long r thanh�did_ th� t dtrect!on would not have 01"!1� up ; fo ti'll p robable a D:r�101 �tha t 1 tobelkd d fo h c b t l s , po or ma n us hi s wan f skill.

11. Ele vsntbly. In 16 5 6 h e c� ll d a.P�rl iamen� an d they defiredhiqi to ta ke upo h m th e Title o f Kmg whic hhe refufe d fa r th s he h d (a G d .fays ) th epa t o f Fo rtun e to theSextil e of S llfrll, Lor� of th T e th : I ha ve littl e occafio n tofa any thing more to this, bec I tol d y.o before ch t heca eith er take no di c t t h t Poi u.- 'Iwelfthly, I 657 h e fen t Si x thol:1fand men ove r int Flandm, under the C om m d of S r Job n KrynoJd by \�·ho me anshebeta mcM-1!t f D unkirk._, h hadthen the Sun dt_red ed to heSex. tile of Mercury ; a n d wh y ihou d n t this Scxu le': Mcrcuty,being ii•S� oflon g A.fce cio1 ,b e e�u al to aSqua r e? fo, whyilio uld it,give an_y g d at l ? Butl et it be th e one or th

0che th i as wtll s-th e rdr c by o mea nsferve o pro e th

Figur'e true, wh i ch is th hin ghe aims

• .• ,3. 1hirtce 11tbly � In he y r �5-8 onSepumb e� t�cThtrd th r t G neral aod ��t at efm _ n di d of.a n lntc mpttmg Fe ay e!

_tirfi but. aftcr ward C nt mu a ; whi h GadkutY t� _s s �

a ufed hvthe Af cen dant ( h s fays h ! n th ls Nat1? 1t y

f. Life ) di fu d h S of M mCanc r hisfa il

Giv

Opiu rR.,sformatum.·_

Sun totheHead of Rrc�ln,11� the partofFortune to the Square c,f the l\for:m. As for th1,1ait of the � to the Square ofthe Moon, that cmnot be directed to the Afpects in the Zodiack .becaufe oftcntimes rh.it �oth not move h1 it, nor hc_knows noo;hcr way of dirl<:tinb. Anct for theSuntothe Head of Hrrnlcs 'tis afmall Star of th: �-:C Oi1d Magnitude in 18 degrees of C.wcer,'and almoft 7 degrees of North Latitude ; .bat he <lim:l:s it here without La- tirude : If tflii. hath any torcno kill without Latimcle,-v.:11.ydi_d t�ot the Sun to that Sta�with Latit�1dekill, itccming up withthe SquHc nf S.Jtttrn, arid the 'dj_ tp the Oppofltion of rr.oms, in theyear 16+S ? For ir would be more ableto ki'll when the Sun was atHic1:ed by two v�olentPrornittors, than by one;- and the rJther if the Sun !bould prove Hif'l,, 'as1 believe you will find ic is i,; thi� Fi;c:.urc of his making : And here by the way, I mull t.1ke the libnty to que!lion this trifling Gentkman·how he pro,,.ts r_hc Afcendanttobt Givr.r ,f Life ? For in his borrowed Rules in the _ DJEir ,f NJtiv. he tellsusthat the Sun in the Afcendantis Hileg an? l l:opehe_willnot make twoAph.eta'sin one N1tiviry.: And aHo 0:11,�m11 In lntrodufJ. p.zr. 3. c.ip, 2. preachcth the v[ry fame Do.:hm:! ; fodothArgnl, Pezeliu1, Ram:.,,,11, and all the reH of our A_urhors ; but above all, the Great Ptolomy, in hisfiJu.zdr;part�m l�b. 3. cap. I 1. and·c.zp. •3. where he is particular"a.rid very pofi� t1�e, w�en he_fays, C1tm autem qtt£rim111 in �if locis patentiffim;,m, pmmeJ crtt Medium Ca:li, deinde Hnrofcop1u,.&c. So that you iee the Horofcopeis one of the chiefefi prerogatory places; and ytt this w.orthy Gentleman, contraryto the Rules printed by himfelt� and all our ancient Authors,rejedstheSuninthe�iddleofthe Afren­ dant, and confidently or ignorantlytells us, That the Afccndant is Giver-Of Life,_or Hileg; and thisfor·no other reafon, ( as I can fee) but togive countenance and credit to his own erroneous-­ ·practices ; and to lead ( likeJack.,witha Lantbom ) other men out of the way, intorhefe bogsof E-mjr, lo thor�Idoaffirm That th_e S_un :Withinfive degrees above the Cufpofthe Afcem!a�t, till �ithm fiv;degrees of.the CufpoftheSecond; orrather,tofpeak m Ptolom_ys terms and n:caning, within thecompafs of his double H_orary rnnes th7re, he_ 1s to be acc�pted for Giver of Liferpro­ vided the Moon 1s not 111 an Aphet1cal pla�e above the Earth or ·th_e put-of �or�une, &_c. qualified forrthat power : Batin 'this _ �1gure of_h1s: tne Sun1s beyondall doubt GiverofLife,hebeing mthe vcr,- rni.ddlcof theHoufe> at1d havingthere noCumpetitor.

OprM (l{_efoiwatrtm.'

Hence that whichGadb.affcrtJ in_this c!Ce�. is a �alp�ble fa]lhood, whichmight have been ex·culed m a Novice, but 111 a11 old B:�tTJtbcr it ou.ght to be·reproved, and that lh1rply to _ o : Bm let •t �o hmv it will, it was a ,rcditforCroniwe!l, that h_1s_Foes c?uld find nothingto kill him but th� Head of H:rm!t:1, JOm�d wnh a fictitious Dircclion; and that.is th� Arcendant t(_)t?eSquuc of MJrr, which in reality could not come up before Nmery years of age, ot'thereaboats. .. _ -

. Buethe main Di1cfrion that Mr. J,1/Jn lays all the �ref5 of th� matterupon, isthe Afcendantto the Squ�i:eo_[M.m mth� Zodiaclt, which is, G. to faythe truth)) no hd1�e�i�1 at f all ; f p o 1 r you may a5welldire& the Afcendant to t C t1.nt11Cl0!1 0 a�1y anet, 35·coan Afpcclin theZndiack ; they being b�tl.1 1mpoil1ble to be •donebyany one� Jofme1tcepted. But fuppo(e 1cwere allowable, and thatthere was fuch a Direction in �aturc, �s- he theretellsus there is, yet that Direction could not kill_; for it he p1eafcthbut to read ·Ptolomy, Lib. 3. Cap. 13. �qdr1p�r1._ h� there tells us, That if the Rays of-Jitpitcror Venru tall Wlt�t_n �1ght or twe�vc degrees after a Maleti�k Diredion, tl:.it D1_rect�on cmuot kill : Now in this cafi:, here is but one·Mllch�k pu�ct1onto theA(ce-ndant; and that is the Squ1re of M;r1; winch 1s focce_eded by t?e

Afcendantto the Sextile of the Sun, the Bod.,y of Jupiter_, Sext1le of the -Moon,andSextikof Mcrwry,and they _ all nearly_m Afpect to Jupiter,. and for chat reafon partaker>.of �11s natur� 111 a gre1t • . fore · therefore-how this body of- D1rechons(hould ( contra­ �et�all �ood and t\ttthentick Ru\es) Kill, fee�s to m7 a Myfiery ; a,1d what is more, that _ he fu�uld_dye of tuch a D1feafe�� an intermitting Feav<:r or Poyion ; tqr 1� 1s not �1.m, but the Sun and Jupiter, .that do fpedncate the D1fcafe ; and how they_two fbould kill, bqt cfpecially after that mann�r, ,I' hope my Friend J 1.11 'v•111explain in his twenty years P!Om!fra BodycfTautology, wvhcn he thi:1ks convenient to print it; �nd la�fo i1� tl d 1atJ�ok to give us full direction for the und , er l nandmg 11 h s pme .a:t. t zm h em d , and fmoaky D.grec:s ; ,vhich, per1aps,, m.1y a_ve a &rea an in killingthisGentleman, tho he hath not mentioned1t� nor do we underilandit, which i,worfe. , . But fdng Aihology is allowed ancl ow: _ 1ed by fo�e of the 'moll Learned, to be a bUll:le of Experience improved mtoRul�s . by continued nbferv..itirms of t_ho[e Acciden!s_and Effecl:s tt1at d1d ahvays attend different Dircchons and Pobuons ; Hence it then follows�

follows, Th� li/J�Caufasmuffalways fme J;�Effe81,.orelfeRules of Exception-laid down to know when they 1hall, and whtm they H1:1H not give chofc ,om::non Elfc.:rs that they all tell us of: For ir the Afccndant, Sµn or Moon to the body,. Sr.Jare or Op.. potidon of S.iturn and MJrt, !hall ki1l intwo or t-htee·Cafcs, a'hd mifs in !en or _twelve, it leaves AHrology an idle, foolifh, and rcpro4chful Study, �eing uncertain and vain;- andtherefore not to be lludicd nor dctended by any but m-::n of a Reputatio11 equal to it fdf: For rf the Afcendant to the Square of-M..1rJ, in this pretended Nativity of the LordProta.7or·s, fhou\d ktll-when theBody of Jupiw> St·xtileof the Sun and �IJOn, &c. a-s.c fo near, then Ido affirm, 1b;tnothingcanbinderittttairy tir.ze, but itmujf alw:1ys cert..l!II/ykjll; which if true, then prayobfrrvewhatfollows, taken 011t of tlntL:uned Trdfife, called C,J//e{iiGenitrmi, al3ookfull of Contradictionsand Error� a>_tothi.: Principles and Truths of AHJolo�y ; which I !hall more "fully detect hereafter, but giveyou aglimpfcof it now, to !hew you wh:lt d. fort ot man he is, that. pretends to be the leader and Top-m'anof rhe Society of Afirologei:sin Engl.ind, andhow he and his Notions oughtto be believed.

1. Firjlthen ; In tne N;tivity of .!!.!J,en M:zry, pag. 11. the Afccndant to the Squneo( M:mdidnotkill,thoitwasaffiftcdby theaBodics of !rftrn1ryand the S1111) and tacy -both Maktick and Percgrin ; nor did the SquareofSaturnaftcrwardkill her.

2. In the Nativities of AnnQueenof Hunp,ary,pag. 28. Lewi{ the Xm,h. KingofFrance,p:ig.34. and Clnrfa G11fbvw,-Kingof Sweden, pag. 3,. helets thofeth1ecout:live theAfo.:ndant to the Bodyof M.ir,, whichmull: be undoubtedly more violc11t than theSquare; andintwo of tlie three ir cameu_p young. In rheCafcof Frcderic�K_in1,nfDmm.zr�, pag.37. itdidnot kill, tho fr fell neartheLyons hcut.

3. In the Nativity ofthe Eal'lof Effa;,c, pag.4�. wehaveamoit admirable lnftance; forthere the Atcendant to the Squares of the Sun, the M1Jon,and Mart, all together, had not Powe� and Strength en,oughto kill, and y_ct 110 :itfiil:ancc_fromJupita and VenHr to help.or fave ; whenyoufeeintheCafeof CrJmwell, thatthe iii1gte Square of Murtdid rhe bu(incfs, thd the Body.of Jupit£r,&c. were very neartothephc;e. This•isBrick;,Co1trlAJiro-lngy with a witnefs! Rifumtenea#,•.

Opw.-_rJ{efarmatN�. 17

4. JntheCafeof CajimirKing of1olanJ, pa&_46. itdidlike• wifefail,thoMar,wasthereamongthePJeiadu, andfor'thatrea� fonthemoreviolent.

�--IntheNativityofCharle,'torten[on., thegreatSw,Ji{h General,pag.,48. whereMiltsisinConjllRllio!Jwith the Sun, Lordof theEighth,andinSquaretoSatur11intheEighth,yetthisworthy Gentlemanletshimout-livethe AfcendanttotheSquare ofSa1urn, Bodiesof·Marsand theSun, and fends him tothe other worldontheAfcendanttotheOppofidonofSat#rn. fothisNativity HonefiJohn hathChown asmu,h of hisIgnorance {asto the Ruks ofAllrology)asinanyoneCa{ethroughoutthe.whole Bookbetides; for herehegivesthc.Afcendantthe Powerof Hikg, andyetboth S1'n andM(Jon in·Aphirticalplaces, theonein thefirll,�ndtheotherinthefc:venth.. • , ,_.

6. IntheNa(ivi�yofthe.Dut,befsofSforti11,page64.theSquare of Mar,didnot'kill, buttheAfcendanttotheOppofitioncf the MoonandtheSuntotheSquareofPen111 did,�ndyet neither of themGi".ersofLife; neitherdidtheAfcendanttotheSquare of M.rr,killintheNativity ofDJJ11Johnof411ftri11, pag. 65.

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7. Inthe N1dvityof GeorgeD� ofAlb�le, pag.70. neithertheSquareofS�tlhn or Mars tothe.Afcendant could kill •him, andyetMartLordoftheEighthHeufe.

8. IntheCafeofPopePa11lthe;,h.theAfcendanttotheSquuc of M11r1didnotkill.,.; andyet the Oppofition ofMercllrJ outof theEighth.Houfefellnearthefame place.

9. Inthe C.afe of PoptGregory 15. pag.81. the Hotofcopeto theSquueofM11r1didnotkill,andyetthatAngleGiver-ofLife; butthe Squareof Mercurydid ittothe pwfoieawhileafter. I fup1>9fe Msr,wasPopirh!y inclinedatthattime,-and therefore wouldnot hurt hisGhofily Father.; but Merc11ryappearedtobe adownrightHeretick,andhadnorefped:eithertohisAgeorIn:fallibility.

10. IntheNativity ofCi,rdinal:PeterBemb#t, �g. 85.the fam• Afpelt didnotkiil, and yet MmLord of theEighth. Ireally judgethathewasa PlpilHnthofetimes; whatthtnk youJohn, _was heorno? Youarethebet�erJudgof thetwo, becaufcyou are ofthatPerfuafion. , -

u�JntheCafeof Mr.7'bamM GataJter, pag. 102. the Squue ofMars, and Oppofition of rhe Sun·out of the Eighth, would notdo; butthc:Oppofitionof Sa,,,,.ndidit afterwards.

12. In

Oput,-�jtJn,JcltU'!I�

u.'Inthe 1:'1ati_vity ofJ11dgReevu,·pag. 121. theSquareof

•'f1,m, Oppofittonof the.MQon, and Body ofSaturn couldnot kill; ?utafterthat,fomethingelfedidit. '

.13. lnthe�fe.of 0r;•:l<i�lirrt�l.af91J,p'4g, 1:33: 00out-lived !heAtle_ndant t<Jth�:�CJ�re·of.'MilrrandtheS,m,.both•whkhAfpeatsfellnearthe·Ljoni-'liur,; • -

14. Inth�Genitu:re·of·Mr�S1,pbenRogers,pag.138.theAfcen­ _dant �asdirtcled tothe Squareof Mari; andyet that could not kill him, althoui;ih the'Square of theMoon gave her affiflance.. .•

15, Inthatof Mijor-Genm,l Limber,, p�g. 167. he paffed-the AfcendanttotheSquareof M.11·1, auddivers years after todie SquareofS.ztumandtheMoon, andlivedmanyyearsaft:rward

l.�• JntheCafe of Dr.Geoj'r�leNeve, pag. 178. he lilttwif; Qut-_hvedthe-AfceodanttotheSq�ateofMm,andto-thes�uare ofSaturnafter-thatalfo.. > •

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17. In the Nativlt·� of �r:J-1IJJ1,Bookfr, pag: 1-87,-:you Mit

�he�efindthatheout-livedtheAfcaH�amtotheSquareofMart

S9ua�e·�f_theSun, S,ua1eof,theMoon, :;md Squareof Mercu , and.hyed·m111yyea,rsafter�a.rd. : .-�. • i ' ry,

18. IntheGC?niture·�f �r�Will.Leyho#rn�.pa�. 187,; youwill find _ that_he alfohat� Ollt•l1Y�dthe Afcandantto. theSqua.i:eiof M.irsandMe�cury, and _yett?efefellt'learthe Cufp of the'fourth �oufe� and mCancerhkewafe; asudid inthat Fi:gure Hon.ell Jobngaveu�.for.thetrueoneof. OliverCromwell, I9;In his?WnNativity.,:pag.1.90. h�out-livedtheAfcendant tothe-Oppofitumof Mar.r; andl�vesyet,asI fuppofe. _

�?· IntheNatk1�y:of Mr.JohnMaUe,.,pag. 18·0. heout�ived t�e1 Afcendant tothe·Squareof. Mars., butunh1ppilydyedafter­ w�rd on the.Afcend�nt:co_ the S_quare of Satmn-, as Honefi Jom'Jfuy_$, ...,. . . , •

-T��Ih�vegiven·y�uabove·.Twen,tyExample&cofth�'tAfpcc¼ and_Darect10n outofhisownBook, where itdid notkilli arid lco�ld haveg1v�n you· me>reout�f; t�efomea1fo, if lhadnot �u&ht-thtreov_ti-and-above.(ufficientto-pwvetheImprobability

� Wh�t t�1str1fli�1g man putsupo� usfor truth; Now ler an 1�p�rt1�l ��fu1oufiy ,confider:·too· Rieafons thathe ives• r� prov�hisf'1gmctrue� (�hid� he fays cofthimfo muchg pains) a�d efpec1a1Jythatfor-hlSDea(h, andcompuethe,Collectionof Examples

Qpus,.'fl...,tfo_rmat#;mz;

_ Ex�1mple�lhaveher�ma4�,withtho,fe Re<}fons he.bathgiv.en, �ndt�cn,t_dlme,,Wrethe.r·t,h�:Afemda_ra.t�0:tbi$q,meofM"rsis a Du,ectiontit tc;> bebeliev:�d ancl clepen4�d.0·11, for_thd)eath of QlMrCromwell: Foryou;feel1ei�istwenty t9oneaga-infiit , and .,,-;lij{e �a�[�s ha.veno.t li�c=;E,ffe�s,(.wi�lioutR1,1Jcs,ofExccpti., on ), ;�n-I willcertainlyrpiounceAflrology) and believeit no inm.e,: findIdarefurthc1 affureyou, Th.attheAfirology wbich �s.gc1w�allyµ,ude'!Jfeof, Studied, and I'ral;Jifad, isiatherfit.tobe laugh'4�t,thanbelieved; asyoumay_cafily feebythe tillythams ofGadbury, if youcompateqnethingwithanoth�r thrm1gholilt •his whole Book, called the Collection, ,,hkhina ihort timeI �illlalfo�xpafe. • .. . . __

And for·metobelievethatthtsGet1(leman diedontheAfccn• da'nt.to the��uueof Mari, aw:r fo plaina-ConvittiOJlof the t:,rror, whenthereare,J'werityE?Campltsunder his ownhand to· prove whereand.whenithathmiffedof thit E1fect, istotellall �n�nkind,ThatIamanIgnorant,CredulousFellow,void·bothof ReafonandSkill, and fittobe impofod upo11 by�nyonethatis willingto at�CJllptit. And formy p1rt, wheril�o�fider that there ;ue agreatnumb�r of Ingenious pc,fon� of: aU.Qt!alities andDegrees in thisKing�fom, who u�1d�rlland Aflrplogy v.ery well, an.d haveobfervedthe:ShamsandC\1�itsof t-hislmpollor, Iworn!crtheywerenevercalledinquefiion.,andexploded b�for� now; for theywillfcrvcfor110-qthcrufe, Qlltto lead theyoung Studentsoutof their.way, andbringan0441mij,pontheSdence itfelf, whenitisr.cadby fochmen,, who �henthtyohfervc its incoherenci:, atereadilyapt tomakeufeof it, orany thinge\fe theycan pickup tobrand itwithInfamy; forwhich eml-they neeanottroublethernfelvestoreadBookswrittenagainfiit; for letthempcrufe butourown Autho�s, �l')cl :thepvill notfail to find Huff enough to m�kethcmfo\ves �e�ry.at;.·alidyet forall this,1bere if aTrueAjtrologyinbeing: Li�tle.Thanksto. 01.fr Modern Authors.

Obje!J. Butperhapshere.maytifeanObjettion, andI would nothaveanythingleft inth�dark., that UO'o/o,s:utstomymemo• ry : Forperhapsfomc.m1y fay, Doy'3u.belie.vethat·itisp�bl�

fottheAfcendanttoth::Squ�repf Mm,tokill atanytinte? or doyouthinkitcannever�ill?

Opiu <I{�fonntitum�

• . Anf�. Yes; That 1 can attell upon experience, that it doth kill ; andI canttUyoufeveralNativitiesinhonefiJohn's C9lledion, thathave dyed 6n the Afcendant to the Square ofM,r, and Squ�r� of Sa111rn, tho unknown to nim ; but it mull bein'fuchNauv1t1eswhere the Horofcupe is Giver of Life • for no Point canbe dir�cl-edfor Death, but the Hileg; and th�reforewhofoever p�achfethcontrary to tha·tRule, crreth, and willnever do any thmgwell; and you{hallfee more on that fubjecl, That no �anever yet madeanyfamousPredictionofDeath,but whenhe drretled and made ufeof the Giver of Lifein his Operationand· Judgment.

Thushave Imadeitas plain aspoffibleitcanbe, toany Artift, or otherPretender toAHrofogy,Thatthe R.ulesandReafommade ufe of to prove the trur}:i of the Protedor's Nativity, arefalfe anderroneous, . and b?ilt upon fuch Principles as are not truein themfelves, neither wdl they hold true in other Pofitions, to effectwhat the� ar� brought here to prove. Andalfo- the major part of th�

D1r�d1?ns that he there talks of, will ferve to any otherPofitmnwnhm half an hour oranhour, withalittle varia-tton; but forthe firfi, the fourth, thetenth, andthe thirteenth; being thofe that do depend particularly onthe truth of the Figure, they areforidku.Jouflyf�lfe, thatt�ey neednoorherArgumc11tsto expofe them, butthetr Non-dfcct in other Genitures • and therefore � d� advife.Jlll Ingenious, LaboriollS Artifis, t� compareo�ething withanotherafterthismanner, in thofebooks �otforth mto the�orldby ourModernAurhors; and ·atlatl rry 111 theirown Pra�-tce, whetherthofe Ruleswill hold ornot; and alfo let themcorn1der,whether rheyare nocimpofed upon in di.. vcrsothercafes, asweH as in rhisNativity.

�ftl.J, l , wouldadv�e_Mr-. John, feeing Mm hath played thefe Trr(ks, an'dche�red�•mfo? to proceed againfihim by a·Form of 1:.a.w,. ash_e knows_how, wtthour doubt; and rhe Bookfcllers of Un�nfay he �ath very good _skillin Sc.indalum M.1gnat11m1, for whichthey dehrehimtoremember the Eulof p Firftthen, Lethimbringa�o Warrantoagainfi·him, andtake away his Charter, (he knows where to hareJadges for that PU"f>O�), un}efsht: canlhe� good·r.:afon·why he hathdonehis dut)Z :fo· neghgemly, pmially, and bafely, killi1ig one part of ma?ktnd, andletting Twenty efcape, that lay at•hismercy ; by wh1eh meanshe_hath brought Catholick J.1hn�sReputationinto do�bt

doubt and quefiion, for which he can never make him fatisfa�ion, unlefshe can help him to a greater fuare of---. And in the next place have himbefore Father Petm, and lnquitition him for I-doubt-rhe Knave is not found in the Faith, but harh a pl;guy {bare of Herefy and Difobedience. How! ferve honetl John fo! But itwill be fo fometimeswhen Papinsdeal with Heretical Stars.

And then let him draw up an hwnble Addrefs to Monfieur Titan, in the Name ofhim, and his Society, in qua b,mril,ur Mnnflretur; that hehath fot a lopg time drove ona Trade-of Lying, (butnot a wordof his Ignorance-) bting ,heated and abufed by afortof obfii111te and difobedient Stars. And that ifnow at lafi he pleafeth but to give hisMandamM, that S.1tzm1 and M.m, &c. may henceforward obediently comply with all the Altrological Rules in falhion, that he fball be in duty bound to thcw himfelf foll as skilful as ever.

And fo I come to prcfent you with the true Nativityof this Great General, without Shani or Trick; and the Dited-iqns_lhaU alfo hav:e'an equat·EffefrinotherNativities, according torhe Hyphothefii before biddown�

<!tOUl\Utll, Lord Protector·�f E.NG�4ND.

Fairly and faithfully handled according co the true Principles of A{hology.

THE timeofthisGreat Man'sbirth, accordingashegave it himfelf, wasonSt.Mark;_sday in theyear I599• Summo Mane, at HH,,tin?,ton, whof Latitude is 5: deg, and, afew minutes; and thisisthe dlimateti�1e given.

Now the main point is, how we mufi underfl:�nd this £hort Sentence, Summo Mane; andit can in my Judgement have no othermeaningthanvery early intheMornin¥, thatis, i11thevery topof.lhe Morning, or foddenly after Twelve, for fo the word. feems toimport; and inded I can give itnoother Interpretation butthis; fortheword Sum,noinull betheretakenAdvtrbially, and derived from th•:Adjcllive S11mmu1, whichin that fenceicishere fpoken, fignifiestheveryhighefi, extream) utmofi, _ top, &c, ofthe -Morning; thoIconfefs the wordMoming takes 111allthew�ol� - time

-thne-ftornT�elye,,qrMidnight, tillTwelve atNoon:, butU he h��b.�nbr,,rn:afrc;r Sunrifipg, Iamvery apt t?believehewould hav� qfed ;u�ot4er way ofel{pr(:0ing it, asbyAmeMerediem, &c. butif before S1:4� Jifmg:, � imked t.hey all agree he waj, :cheniI cantake itinnootherfencebutthisthat I have-alreadygiven,The top ofthe Morning, and t�ti,me pitche'1.upon., isat.about 5 minutesafterone oftheClock, at1d to that rime the Planets places, bothin Longitude �nd Latitude, are calculated by the Caroline Tables, asfolloweth, , • · -

No-- 23 r ·so I Qf 3 9

�9 No 10 40

From th�ir l�rigirudes andl ta�it-udes·tlttwfound'; a·re their Parallels, or:Antifdoot'ootaJned, as h_er�·you·may Lee•

. ; • ..,11, :_�, r, ;,.:J �-;• _ , .ft s z � s 2 "f• • 24 '.;s·: ·x-· 1,f· s� � 2/, ··10: 4s j Qo :'i-o' 4·s vs i9. ::h: n· 19 11 -.?'

r:J 7 55 "f ·'. ··1 H, � 1i, 5 11¾_ 22. 5 K � J' :; . 10 -� {}; I� .z, l ,.-? ,$0 £o �7 50 vs _ � 20 : 5�' .t5 2,0 .�?, Ill. _- 9-·, ,4•. Q ·. � 4: ;:;;:

» 10 31, .� 2,0 3J,, *· 9: 2-9 "f.' 9_ •29· �·-· 0 13. 57- -� -13 57 JI\,_ 16' 3 Q 16 3 :z::,

Now-m,.�ain:the·Cufpfof theTwet�e Houfes., lproceed in themcthod1foHowing·� By·tiking·the-Yight Afcention·of the Sun, and1the; l'f8'i\� Aftentfon··of '.Jlimei \and'addihg tl'iem together, gives.

Opiu �formtiium:

givestheright Af�ention of the· Mid-Heaven; to which adding thirty Dcgrees,givesthe Obliquet\fcentionofthe EleventhHoufe; and foby theadditionof thirtyDegrees, wegainthe other fix of theOrientalHouf�s, asinthefollowing Example.

.Afamt. ReE1" Solis AfaentiRefl.Tnnpori4

A{&ent.Rtfl.mtd, Ctzli Adde

.Afcm. Ob/iq.Dom. 1r Aide

Afaen. Obliq.Dom. 11 .Adde

Afam. Ob/iq.Afaauien. .Addi

Afam.oblif·D0111. lAdde

Afam.ob/iq.D,111. l

4r '16 196 14 237 ... 1'\. ·2,�d p.' 30 267 40 � 18 30 297 4o vs 30 3�7 4o· 'IS 16 19 30

3$7 4° * 16 30

• 27 40 ts 6..

Many of our Modem Profdfors have l.Tladea great noifea: bouttaking theMinutes and Secondsforthe CufpsofeveryHoufe, which I thinkare bothufel�fand impertinent; for what ufe do they make of thc1p, when they h�ve ta�e11 �hem? nooe, as I know ; however, I willgiveyoua fhort Example, and leavethe refifor thofc thatthink them nfeful. , : . .

FortheM. �c. 1 take t(ledifference . betwee1i -the two Arf<!, greaterand leffer; then the Right Afcention of the M. C. and thatis62. Then I takethedifference betweenthe next Ldf. and theRight Mcention, and thatis S4 ; •then I lay by the Rule of proportion,If 62 gives 60, 51- fhall give 52 , which leaves the Cufp of·theTenth in'i9 deg.Sz minutesof Scorpio.

And fortheCufp of the Afcendant, I alfo take the difference as beforebetween the twoArk! , greater .and leffer than theOblique Afcentionof.the Afcendant, and thatis 44 Minutes; and alfo betweentheldfer4rkandthe Oblique Afcc11tion, whi�h is 14 Minutes: then I fay as'bdo�e,·By the Rule of Propo1t10n1 if 44 mi•

4+minutes gives io minute�, 14 minutes fhall giv� 19minutes, whichtells �,thattheCufpof!�eAfce�dantreffethin2·6degrees and 19 minutesof Capricorn, 1;1nder the Pole 52. l omit to , take notice ofthe Equoltionfo� thofefew·min!]:tcsabove 52.the Poleof Birth; and therefore the'figure without any further operation, isas followeth ;

Die 1f.Aprilis, Hora 1. Mirmt.4. Second. 56.

15-99.

I.�titE-de, ifiintn,g!_o�.

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A Table of the Directions in this Nativity, with the feveral Arks thereof, the meafure of Time agreeing to each ofthem, and the year of our Lord when they began to take etfecl.

Nomina.Di��-

SOL;;Tmninos1/, Sol.:zd*1./,inZodinco

L11111J ad*1/,inZodincoci,m.Latitudine

Lr1111111d* �inZodincoc11mLatjt11di11e

SolndC1rp11s�

LtmiladT-ftni11,ru'. 1,/,.

LunandT.'J'1ni11oso

L11naad*2/,Zgj/jacoJ;11eLatitudind

i,ma,1dparnil.ltun]j,mu11d1Jdd.

SoladO)./.inmundodd;

L11111,ad£::..�Zodiaco/meLatitudi•b

SolndS,jquitjundra:umJtmundodd._, Sol11dparalltlu1?!,�in�odiaco-

Arcus Menfur.1Anni

Lt,111,-adtnralltftl)Tii*.Zodiqc11 ••

EBadparallelum in:Zodiafo�

4Jw:demad-J(-0

LtmaadSemlqtJIIJ/rattm,J./.rtMUfgdd.

Lunaad1araJJ,J,m�--'1in.Zod)�co-

EBadPt.Vnl!elufn..CJ.inz,diJJFO,

Solpdpleiadnl1Rl1Ltititudfu�...� _

Lu1111ad"6.�i,zZialllCOcu.;/,Latitud,·ne'

EBadp11r•Tlelumdmundodd

l,u1us11dTertninosh--

LuntJadTemfinorft·

$11d□0mrmdo.dd

Lun.,II(/p::r11//elum_proprium-

ffindparalltluml)inZodiaco-

Sol'"'Terminor'h---

Lu1111ad□ � inmundodd. ,-

MediumCtE/i8d:�r:J--

SoladPltiadesfineL11titt1dine

MuittmC,zli11d6'J/.

€'? 11dpar11/le1"mhmrmdodd.-

Lt11111adTernino,�

EBml6 oinmundodd.-•

ffi 11dCorpusJovisdd.

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Having finilhed theTahleof.Ouedions, giveme-l�av7to fay a word or two about the-Directions oftheSrm, as 1t 1s dehven�d and.approved by the bcfi Authors in that way a�d_method: The Diredions of the SHn under the Earth are d1fkrcnt fromthofeabove theF:11:rh, and cl:attwoways: Frill, Bybei_ng -in theCrepnfculineCircla: And fccondly, By beingin eh�Obfcrm Ar/.t; an.:l the caufe of this difference is from the Sttns being nearertoo, or further fromour Horizon or Hernifphcrc, or rather (which is more:proper) according to the IntenGonofhisLight toward ourR:mifphere;-for whenbe is i . n th�Crepu/CHline Circlu he doth much more,alfcd us,_and his Dneehons are moreforci6Ie thanwhen h�is in_theObfc,mArk.; Now·, in the Operation for theDireclionsin· the ObjcureAr/{,, the . mainthing is, the Part proportional for t�eoccurrentpl_ace. •But1 . n that forthe Cn:pu{czeline Circles afcendmg_ordefcendmg, the ch1efc:H: tlung tobeobtained, isthe Oitivedi.ffermce, andboththefeare tobeapplied, as directed tocomp1eat and perfcet thofe Direl½ionsinthe Zodi:1ck.: And thefe things will appear the-more plain, ff we confider a few things about Directions, w1ththe realand n_atu•. ral Motion thereof. The P.s;orogatory Vircue of th� S,m ot M.Jon rern1in�immovabk in Munda , movable in the ZqJi.ic"'-, which isplain,-becJUfc the: N')cforml Ark iseitherextended or contracted; accordin� as they by their directional Motion fuaU ch1ngeand alter thdrDcclin.'.!don; and bythef.nnercafontl)ake their dHlances gre1tcr er Idsfrom the two next Angles"; from whence arifeth-tl11t divcrfiiyaid variety of Operation inwork• ing the SwJJ. dircdions true, whil.:h is. a MyHcry not known to many.

But yet forth�r to Wuftrate this-truth; Suppofe the 151h Degree of.Arin lh@ld afcend under the Elevation of52._at which� time, aboutJixdcgtees of Cancerwill beonthe!mum Ga:li; the - Seminoclurnal

/ Opru �eformatum.

Seminocl:u11yal Ark ofthe end ofAriu in Horary Trinesis 75 d. 3o'. ofTa:1rm, &, d• . 6'. andofthe endofG_emini51d. 3o!. bywhichyoufeethedifferencebecweenthe-Sem.mocl-urnalArkof the30th degreeofAriu, and the 3o�h degreeofGtmini, is 18 degrees, which is the 20th partofthe whole Circle, whichin oneQuadrantmuHofneceilityformapotherObliqueArkofdifference in the diltance·be�ween the 30thdegree of Aria (wh,re wewill foppofe theS,m tobe) and the�ndofG�nini, the place ofa Pr·omitcot, eirher Body or Afpccl-; and that the Nocturniil Circleofthe3othdegreeofA.riu) from which the Sunmovesby direction, is greaterby 18 degrees') thanthe 3oth degreeofGemini, towhi�lrPoint the Sun mufl: �ome tomeet the Prnmittor: Andthisis fuch adifference, tlutneithertheCirclesofPolition,, nor theHoraryTimeswill, orcan1egulate, becaufetheyare both . formedfrom the fame Principle� and the reafon of it ri:ally is thatwhich I fpoke ofbefore, That the prorogatory,virtueremainsfixed in!-,hmdp, but'mo_veable in Zodiaco: And by reafon ofthatmobility, itmakesavariationjn itsCirdebyreafonofiti Declination;_ forat tha.t time before-rneotionedofi5 degreesof AriesafcencHng� the Sun betng-in 5oofthefameSignunder.the Pole·5i. theditlanceoftheSftnfromthe AfcencTantwillbe 6<Jegrees, 3�minutes; butwhe11theDi1efrionisfinithedtothe30th degreeofGrmini., the Sim_willbe difiant fromtheAfcendantbuts degrees) 3 minutes; fothat your ownReafonwilltell you, if his dilla�t gt.ows Ids, his Pole mufi giow gr�ater ; and then whereisthetr_uthofyoordirection?- An<lk_tthisfuffice toha"e fpokenofthegcoundofdirecrionwhichhathfaHe�inbya�cident-; itnot beingintendedatfitfi;perhapsImaytake.atune.tod1fcourfe itlarger.andplainer. • , •.. _

TheSun (as it is. agreed.on-by all).when he is above the Earth, exertsbisPowetmore, and hislnflueni;e_is.gr�ater, artd mm:celfcclualto usffl wl Ca(es, whe.therhe be Significatoror: Pr-omittor, thauwhemheisundertheEarth; iffo, the»whenhe isundertheEarth, byhow mud1neaicrheis ,othe Horizon, by fomuchthemore (efpecially intheCrepufculineArk) thePoWf11 and Intlurof,hisLightand Vertue affectsour.M�ridian; and ac� ,ordingtothe int:enf1011-ofhis Ljght� foishis vital and P1�roga.toryPower. -

ButnowintJlisNativity,thoughtheSttnisundertheEarth, yet hisA;cidents arc tu,h that will not admit him to�ny Eenera.l • llu]e

Rule that 1 have feen in order to diredion; for at tnc time of his birth we tind the Sun in the third Houfe difiant from the At:. - cend_anc-52 degrees, 9 minutes; and inthat P?intofthe �odiack hisObfcure Ark isonehour 44minutes, and htsCrepufculmeArk is two hours and 49 minutes� which toget�er make up h�s No-. ctarnal ArK fom hours 33 minues. Hence you feeat the-ttmeof birth we find the Sz,m within theLimits-ofhisObfcure Ark, and by thathe ought tobe directed fo long as he hath any, whichterminates in the beginning of ftmini, whe�heisincreaftd in h�s Nm·thDeclination about 4 degrees and 8 mtnutes;fo that then bts Nocturnal Ark ·isabdicared,-and hewithin the Crepufculine Ark, where he ought_to be direcred alfo, diffe��nt f�orn th� former method : but at that time alfo the metlfod.mentioned 1s obHrucl:ed for the Nodurnat Ark iibut one continued Crepufpulum, and 'admits of no operation ; becaufe the Ortiv�difference is _not to be gained as in other Nativities. T�at is, in·other Nativities ofdifferentPofitions, ordifferent Elevations, o� at other Seaf?ns ofthe year; forall Nath:itiesof the fame Pofitton andElevation areliable to the veryfameCircurnfiance, whent?eS�n 1s near the_ So1HitialTropick, andunder the Earth, as here mthisnowur�der contideration. · •

Now the whole curiofity and difficulty (as I faid before) in wotking Directionsofthis fort and nature, is to gainthetrue 0�• tivedifference that is proportionably allowable for each Ark of d1fiance, andto apply �taccording �s it ?ug�t to the Ark o,f D1!e• clion, by which meansthe trueD1recho!11s p�o�uced and obtam• ed. But this cannot be petformed m this Nauv1ty, andtherefore I will propound another way, which t?me feem� rati�nal in this C.&, andthatis tQ-diredtheSun, astfheweremthe Crepu_fcu. line Circles without the Ortivr4ifference : For though we cannot dtred: the Sun as he oughtto -be, yet we ou�t �? puriue t�e trafr and method ofTruth-as far,·and asnear as1t1spoilible, m ordertoobtain what weexpect from thedit1anceand Ark of Direction: which ifit bedone ( foraH the preceding Directionsof the Sunjn the Zocliack arepc_rformed,accordingto,Pto!o�, Bythe Oblique Afcention, takenunder the true Pole ofpohtt�n; And thofo Directions inMundQareperformed by the ufoa! way of Pro.. por.tion, &c. without the Obfcure Ar� ) \�e !hall tin� a coilfi�c:­ rablcdifferencewhenwecompuetheDirechonsfollowmg, which are wrought after that method-with thofe perforµieJ after the • ufual

Opiu ff{efornii1ttm1.

ufual manner, and inferted in the Table of Dired:ions preceding. Forindeed the Dire6Hons oftheSunt�ere wrnughthaveno great matter to do:in the pnblick_Tranfatl:ions and Mut�tiorn; of �his Native's Lifir;.urilefs we do allow (as a certain Bounce among us. hath done)'1ba.t badDireliians in Violent and Eminent Natiziitiu, giveglorious andeminent Effilis; and that tbty donot/hew their Effells by injuring the Native, b,tt thofe who are/Ju Enemies, and J1Pithwhom he dJth contend� which is a pretty fortofCant, thatthe Effectsof the Star� lhall in one Nativity from the fame Rayand Direcl:fon, give Sick..nef.r, _Lofs ofHono111', Imprifanment; and, perhaps, Death in theconclution, t-0 theNative; andin anotherNativity to hisEnemies only: a verylikelyStDry, and jufi Cuch fiuffasthe refiof his is who hath \mpofed this upon the World.

'But as to the Sun, he is the principal Signific3:tor of aJI Honour - Grandeur and Reputation, as well by Directionas by Po­ fitio� ; for asthe·Moon is hgnificator ofall common and general Actions of human Life, fo the Sun is figniricator principally of thofeofHonour, &c. Hence wemayvery wellexpect theSunto givefomerhing confiderabl6 in this·.Great Man's Nativity : for I think every 01)e allows the Accidents and Contingencies of humanLife are broughtto pa{s, and •prC>4uced by directions, as the onlycff-:ctofMotion; andtheref�rc as thisNativehath bad g�eat and prodigious Effefrs, fo the Direchons ought to he fomethmg in proportion to what was produced; forfrnm poor weak DJredions therecan be butfmall and mconfiderable-Effcdsproduced. However, I do notlay this down asabfolutelyneceffary to be followed ; I oniy propound it, as�eing an.�nufualC?afe1 thatyou, whoeveryouare that underltand it� may Judge which 1s the moft probable; thoughI am fatisfied that th� Direclions ofthe S1111 in ..the Crepufculine Circles are true, hut m this Cafe we.have no Rule andtherefore this methodis offered as afupply to that de­ fed-:'that is, whitherthe Sun directedafterthemethod and mann�r when he is inthe CrepufculineCircleswithout the Ortivedifference (whenIt cannotbe had, as here)wiffnot nearlycorrefpond to Truth, as in other parts oftheZodiack whereit �an betaken. Inwhich thing I fubmit my felfto thofe skilful in thatway ancl method, and only enterit-downas anEffaytoa betterdifcovtry; for I am wellaffured, thit the befi method ofdired:ions yet difcovered,may admit ofcortedion and emendation, ifthe P�o�ef.. fo�s ofthis Studywouldbepleafedtotake pains andlabour111 tt; F but

op,., CR.!/0 1;,na um; but o p artofthemarc gno,ant, and tileother idle, _ancl fo-thA w kli by ; butfor thecommon way, a5 it is a ve y eafieone fo is a very falfe one; an4he thatrretends toA�1rol�gy,.afl(\ hath not found himf�lf heated by his oVfn Rues 111 D1reclion� & fomehmidredsof times, lthink he ha ht�ken,but eryli�tle pai thofe Op�ratlons; or elfcby th heJp o abad memor h b th forgot.them: but it fcrves h�tum; aa.d fo long a� non · kn w better every one is con ented, and, I fuppofe , moll: o th are f far frommendingof lr, that were, the e a bet�Cliprodu ed they are fo fond of their Erro s, that they wi Hnotp;i wi h their ola one., and therefore let th�� go on �nd fee wha they n make ofi ; and whether thsl havc}wre done pleafet or not care not ; under which coulidera,tion, I come now (as Ipro�ifed you) o give half a fcote Di cfrions to fpend _you J dgm nton -an toconfider w at profpect heyhaveto Tmth )'et I dooot expect every one to be ca abe ofjudgin gwht:th it betrue or falfe and therefore would nqt have e ry lht Capriciu think �h t��all fo.rhisOpinion, or would ave himbufi y <:mc med m glvmg his J�dgment ��out th� matterI befo h pprehends it: And yet without fettmg a Figure, n

y 1 a1fur y (fomeohhem) areno fmaHFools.

Thefe things beingthu performed, and do�e,L� usnowamine the whole Work, and fee hpw the Du cbon s do agr h; for

'the former.partofhi L fe beingto me unknow n ·nei ther is thetean fohd Account of anyofnote by thofe that have written his Life; ai1d therefoeIfhaB make ufeonly of h fe Acidetsthat are certainy true, and generaUy k_nown toall Man y t ll el th Publick

ofAge

Anno 1 640. He was by his Country hofena Member i tl1a Patliament chatKin,g C. 1. called to fi in Nvembtr, and thi wa the firfifiep hemade into the Publi k; but Jca1111ot o w n this t be fu great a pref rmenta fome do, becaufe it is attended wit labour trouble andch�rgc; yet1 muft acknowlcdethat th isla th e ground-wo kofh sfuture R1feand G a�dcur H had then the Mo n diteded to theOppofition ofVem1 ill Z diaco; Maim a Trinn'm cf in mt1ndo·Jd. andtheMid�heav n d6 � and Of t ,an inhi�R.tvo\ution for thatyear Jupi erwas in exact Sxmc to ht lladical Mid.;heaven; thu's youfee he hadboth good a d,baclDtedion�in thisyear; and thereforel donotdoubt but he hadfom rug lln g ft E. �i ll hi her Affai

Anno·�641. LikeaTrutE11glifof?ta'H�e taited attoo·p_ofif�

1 hi5 ownCha ge toaffift tbe-Patl\ame\W, �nddefd\d ·his Goutry again{\P opery, which wa then com inginlik aflood heh thn the© ad Sefquiqu .1 drat of � dJ and tothe 6 1 d4-theS to the'fqu�re of the Maatr,:and the.� ad Sefquiq��rat of.� '8� th pa a lf a ck R bh . ., J

•.!Aftnd i64i. He hii:di a Corrimittk,nfora-Ilegimeht_of Hot whichR gimenthe aife )nhis owrtCoun:tYofFteeho11�rs,a FteehtMe s Sons, ,vho did really go out m poh1t ,;>fCorucie td fet ve thei't Countty h1th�t fi,me of danget ·: .h� h d w o n il\fth

_4nn() 1643� He w_�s-very_acHv�il,1t�eNo.rt�,,where h�op fed theE'al ofMdcaftle,artdtothatpu'rpofeJD!ntdwJt_htheL? mHang�b,y �fld didt�ePa�liatnt:nt a_t1clWh��e�at�on,g�U� n� _Ser� lt{.thisSutrnnethealfotopkSta»ifor�. from tp�Khtg'sF6r es;_this � 'the firrtyeat ththe Wast�lteu. notic�bfhipl:lb l �, efieemed by the Parliam nt, becaufe heylound him faith ful had now··the MoonadD JI. in m11ndo dd, Moon ad* ft i m

.fiehadalfo amofi

admirabte'Revolution,

0piu (J{.tformatum." -

fortheMoon wasonhis RadicalMid-heaven in Trine to Venus, and both M,mand Vemu in Trine to his Mid-heaven, with other advant,1geous Pofitions. I remember H:mejr John exclaims .a5ainfihim in this. year for his whiningand ditlimulatioo in Religion, which I confe(s iftrue was a v _ ery ill thing; but�rithce John tellmeone thing, Wasthi; Hypocnhe at White-b:1ll, 111 the Year 1643. grcattr than that at Brtdain 165�. when none but tf1c goodmen mull beg a b!effing _onthegoodCreatures? &c. Andwhen oneofth_o(egood Pufons asked a certain Gentleman ho:v t?ey fp�nc the S.ikbath-day ; why, fays he, wefpend the Mormngmreadmg,and Puvate Devotion• butin the Afternoon-they�lways·r1et together, and every ma; took a portion or part of Scripture, and fpoke fromthat. and when they.had all done, then His Majcfiy took up evtry :nan's Notionsdelivercd,fpoke tothem difiincHy, giving-hisown Opini- 01:1ofthe �hole matter ; and after _ fome Exhortations to a good Lile, he hunfelfcqncludcd theday m Prayer ; which made thofe good men fay, that they had a King in Covenant with God. I think this enoughwithout mentioninganythingoftheScotchCo­ venant, to inform honefi J. G. that he might have forbore that Rdlecl:ion'onCrom,r,ell; foryou feeit is aneaiiematterto givehim a Rofl?landfor hisOliver.

Anna 1644. Hedifferedwith theEad ofM1nchefter, one ofthe ParliamentGc:�c:r�ls� a�ou! the�ndu(t ofa Bated, I think that ofMar(lon-Moor, about whichtheyaccufedeach other; butCrom-

•!Uc�rneoffVidor,and fiillHood fair with·thcParJiament,making htsownCafegood. He had now theS,m adSemiquadrt1t of � in ,nundo dd. the Sunto hisownS,xtile in m,endodd.·and the Moon to _ the Car 11\. wi_th latitude. In his Rev.olution he-had the Sun in Conjund:iQn with 1upiter, theMoon in:ConjuncHoriwith Saturll and Mars in Trine to hisRadical Mid-heaven.

A11no 1645._. CromweUwas madeLieutenant-General to Sir Tba­ JIIM Fairfax, anddid the Parliamentand NarionadmirableServke intheWef ofEngland,inO�ford{hire, andat Nafeb_J: He hadnow theSw, tld paro1l1eltm1 d in mundo mo111r.Jpto, the <iB adpn JI, mu,11 raptt1, and the S,m ad *� inmundo d'4

Opm -�formatum�.

..A�11J1647. was ayearoftroubleandmuchlabourtohima�ut theDifferences ofthe Army; ·his.Enemiesappear'd openlyagainO: him andendeavour to outhim by-divers Afperfions; but at latl be

an1mpeachme11tagainlt�etninParliament,and w!thmuch {lrugling he at lafi got cle�r w1t�1 Honour a!ld Reputation. He hadnowthe Moon ad 8 � ,nZod,aco S. L. the MC. ad 8 2/, and the Afcendant tothe Squar·e of Jupiter; and in the Second Table he had the Sun ad Squareof MarJ, and parallel ofJ:,piter, which • ·are indeed all of them·very apt and proper·Di,rections fo�-fuch TroublesandVe?{ationsashe the11und1:rwent. The R�v�lution for thatYearwa·sbutindifferent, moreofbad thangood m it; for the Sun, Moon and Saturn was inConjunction•.

.Anno 164�t was a Year of much Labour and Toil t� him: for then was he imploytd to reduce the Weljh Rebels, whtch he did e{fecl:ually; after that hewent againfi Duk!Hamilton and the Scots then inLancajhire, wherehebeatandtooktheD�Prifoner; and ;oward the end ofthe Year hewaschofenbythe Parliament togoGeneral for Ireland;· he had nowthe part of�ortun� tothe * of 'J/, ; in hisRevolution for thatYearhe hadhis!tfoon l� Sf�­ tilt to hisRadicalMid-heaven, andSatktninOppofitton to it, � on the radical place of MJrs, and in Trine to his Mid-heaven, which 1 judgegave'his Armsfuccefs.

Anno 1649. he·went General for _ Ireltmtl to refcue that poor Kingdomout·oft�e hands.ofthePapills, �ho had fo�rbarouOr: rnurthered 2ooo·oo of the Protefiant Engl,(b before in the Year 1640. and onJuly the 10th �efet forward on hisJou�ny,which God waspleafcd to pro�per withfuccefs, and thac glorioufly too, as youmayfee by theH1fioryofthatWar; andefpeclally his tirft �ndertaking, which_wasatVrogedab, wherehefionn'dthat ,firong . Garifon, andput themtotheSword ; andbythatmeansfnghtea the whole Country; and made other Towns eafier tobetaken. Butduringliiscontinuance in thi� _Ki�1gdom, theyfayhe hadthe Flux, yet bythe bleffingofGod he did very �ell�. He had now hisMid-heaven-ad 6 :» ; the Moonad b. d UJ Zo1ta:oc. _ L. two. very greatpire�ion:, and.fit forfuchanUn�ertakmg : hts�CVC; lution was but mdlffcrent, but whatwasan it, was good• His Maon wasinhisRadical Horofcopein TrinetotheSun, and in* to � onthel\adkalplace ofhis c1.

' An�

Op!# (/i_effJr►ntstu�.,'.',\

Anno t65v. he was made urd GeirertJl ofall the Forces-in the Commonwe.1/thofEng1•11d, andwas then fentintoScotlandto reduce themto obedience. And onJulythe 22dhe.entred chatKingdo� with a powerful,Army:; and on Sep,,mber the 3dfollowing, he Chafiifedthe Scot,in thatmemorableandfamous Batrelof D1t11bar, where he flew 3ooo and took Icooo Prifoners, and withthem Lieutenant-General LrJmfdm, Adjutant-Genei:al 'Bic'l{_erton , Three Collone1s, Ele.vcnLieutenant-Collonels, Nine Majors,Fortyfeven Captafo,, SevenCaptain".'lieut_cnants, Twelve Cornets, Seventy �ight Enligns, Thi,ry. Quh�; _Fifteen thoufand Arms, ancl 'two hundred Colour�: ·fie hadriowthe Moo11 ad* h inZodiacoC. L� the © adCorpUJ Lune, and_the Alcendantto the body of the SHn with the Directions ofthe laH: Year, whichare not yet over.· In hisRevohnioh·for that year, thue is n()t any thing remarkable; • aJh�atis, wttind (he SuninConju1i&ion with � and Mar,. -.

Anno 161I� th·eValiantCr�;,,rviheattheSensat11'M"tr/let�where hefook:Duke H:zmiltona·nd TwelveEarls,Lords,andKnights; be..: tjg:es � ThreeM!ijor�Generab, ,and Fc;>urother,Generals, Twelve CoUonels, .Si;,ttt�tn Litlite11.�nt•Collone\s, Twenty one Majors-, a:HundredandknOaptaius, «Htlfldred �_ndthircyfixLle�tcnan,s, Se\t�ntyfix;£ornet�,:Twt'ntyone Enfigm,Ni�ty�arrermallers; NIN E PARSONS, Nine .Chyrurgeons, Thirty oftheKing's Domefikk Servants, Eightthouf�ndPr!foners, Twothoufand'1ait1, �nd,� H��dre<l,ancl:fi{�y.Colqu·r�ta� , . ��eh all theh: Baggage, AmmunltJOQ .and:A,ctill��Y:• ;togetbcr with the ,Plunder ot the TQWn.• ,Hq h�tnO\\t,therSuir -to the Square of � mo111 Converfai @ aJ-SefqH;q11Jdratum � in mNndo dd. the:Afcendant to the St�tile ofMercury, and theMoon to eh�Cor. Ill S. L. In the Revolllli�n the�e is littl� or:ndthing.<.0n1i��tabk. .

.. •. fj r;·•• .';-, . .. l

.Ann<' u�5a-1: we.lwvc but Jiule;accouQt.pf his Pub)ick Aolior}� amlAffa!rs,in (hi,Year;. neither -have we any Direction, except iJ�the Se�ond !able.,.the S11n ad*.D• but a very good f\cvolu• ttoo, (he Sun m Tnne to-:Jttpiur, the M(1onin Tri11e to'the Midheavent and· alfoinS'-quare to S,,.in* �\ *·a and 6 ro JI,.

• 1•

, trl11w •65-;• .-lirthrfbcginnihgoftbeycar·be dtffolved the Par,,t ,Hmcnt, and.illthe year afTerward he was buficabout the Affairs Qf the Nation, andin DLcember·be was m1dtP1otcaor. Hehadnow

OpUd �eformatum.

now th« Moon-a,J 6 '2/, in munda dd.. Sun ad Term S the Moon to betownSquarein the Zud. C. L-and in theSecond Table.the �un tothe body of Jupitr; hisReTolution for th11 1 tYe�r wasbut ID• different'. , •

Anno 1654. he made Peace with the D"tch, fent a Fleet tothe Wt(f Lu:lie, under the Command ofPen, made a Leaguewith Sn,e� den &c. hehadnow theSu,i to the Sul(til, ofVenu1 in mundo dd. bu;intheSecond Table rhc 0ad * �;·ai1d indeedeitherofthem m.ty be allowedfuch an effect. • /

Anno 1655. His Army in the W'rtf•l11diei was defiroyed by . the overlightoftheCommander; the�le�ttookJ,1marca ; .hercmved Ad:drdfesfrnmdivfrs partsoftheNation, andheappom�s-aCommittee to-provide relieffor thepoor Protefiants-in Piedmont. He had now his Mrumdiretl:ed to,t,heTrine of Ma,1 in Zodiaco S,L.• but a very ill Revolutioi:i, Mau on his Afcendant inSquare to theMoon.

Anna·1656. there was a Pl�t again&his'ufe'. by fome of his Guard' and alfo to fot White-hallon fire ; but·it w-as difcovered, and Si�dercom apprehended , and_alfo condemned for it, but died in the Tower; and as it wasfuppofed, he poifoned himfelf. The P,oul1oralfo called a.Parliament, or fomethinglike it, who confirmed him in his Title and Power that he ludi before: He had now his Sim ad □ d in Zodiac,,�. and·t-o.'the panllel ofJHpiltr inZ'odia'roallo; whkh are-very likethe'Effoch ofthisYear. In�is Revolution he had hisSHninConjund,ion·with Jupiter andTn�e ofSaturn, and'the Moon in Trine to the �sun and- Jupiter, and m Conjuna-ion with-Sa,wrn, .. .Ann<! 1-657. He fent Forcesinto Ftantl�tt,o,fight the-�paniitr_d1; he took Dunkjr\,•&c. He had; now the Moan ad * ft m Zod,aco S; L. and tha Sun ad □ Ti in Zodiac:, likewife. Irn-he Revolulution he had h_is Moon on the R.iidical Afcendant in Trir,e to &turn.

But in Anno 1658, afrer the greatSuccefs of hisArmyin Fldn• dm theConfirmation of hisTitle-i and many other Publick Af• ' fair�of Statebeing di{patched by him ; asthe Relief·ofthe perfecuted

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cuted Protefiants in Poland and Bohemia, his prefervingthofe In .P.i�dmon, from the Frtnch Pcrfecution, &c. on SeptembEr the 3d. hediedofanIntermittingFev�r, having.beenfickabout-aMonth, and was takenat H..zmpton-Court,towhich place herefortedoncea week.Iknowfomepretend he waspoifoned,andalfofaytheyknew the man, which wasone ofhis Phyfidans: and folethim befor me, for that dothnot concern my bulinefs here in hand: If his Doclor did poifon him, and then bragofit, I think he w�save1y Ill man; forwhatever0frvfrwas, eitherastohis Power, Principles or Religion, ifvery bad in all, was no authority for him to commit aprivate murther, nor any way extenuatehis Crimes of Murtherand Blood ; butaggravated and made more hainous, as beingd9nebyhisPhyfician; whichwouldbeof illconfcquence, iliould Cuch things growinto,ufiomandapprobation; and whoever ilioulde1�couragefuchathing, would be very unwilling tq fuffcr by the tame way themfelves ; therefore ina word, if the Phyfician did do it, Ithink he was the worfi of men. About Junethis Year, the Moon, whois giver oflife, cameto the parallel of Mttr1 in Mundo Mi/tu Converfo; and about thelatter end ofAMt:,uft following, he had the Moon fo the parallelofMarrin mNndom/Jtu direlio: and this followed by the Moon to her own Square in ZodiacoSineLat. the Moon to the parallel ofSaturnin nmndo motu direlio &- mJt# Converfo; the Moon ro the Square ofSaturninmundq-motuConverfa,alfototheSquareofMar1inm,mdo motuConverfo. Thus you fee he hadfeven Ditetlions violent and malcfick (andnotonegoodDirectionbetween)tokillhim:which not-only inthis, but inanyotherCafe to the Giver of Life, fhall dothe fame without lharnminginth�t'fcendant tothe Squareof Mt1r1, asourPopijhConjureryoufeehathdone; andyetat-thefame time takethe confidencetotell the-WorldtheHurofcope was Giver ofLife, when the Sun is but eleven degrees 33 minutes diftant fromtheAfcen�ant,.whkhaccording foallthe Afirological Au• thorsthat l have read, is, and oughtto be Giver ofLife. As you mayfeein Ptolomy's�,adriparti., Lib.3. cap.i3. Campanella, Lib. 4. cap. 4. Artie. 2. with.many others that I would defire theworthy Gentlemantolook over, andexamine them well,and afterhehath donethat, to refolve uswhathe means by.that ExprdlioJl inbisDd{lrine ofNi.uivitier, plg.218. wherehe fays, The Suncannot beGiverofLife, ifbewere inanApheticalplace, becaufethe Birtb isNoaurnal. Methinks itfoundsa littleodd.

,, , 0piH 'fl{_efbrlnariin. • � '

But_yet 'furthei'·'tbdear�h� poi� �bduf:the Fliieg;Jbectaure·11 have mentioned my Authority for tt, I will �}fo prove. it-plaitily from my Author's words� :w'ith the Book_-,md C�apter, ,en he may-yeaffmne:h� accu(lome� iifl: of'I�1cnce,-�nd--�� ·my Qgotations, ashechd inhis-1t'o/ryto_mr�lntimttktff,1:087., w�:n thofe �otadons werercaUycruc,.as.��elire;. th'eTrant�ac�on that l ufe is that ofMelanllhon, -wh1th 1s-rhe 1beft Tr.rntlarmn of Ptolomy ii� beirig, and hathI think gi1�n the une� melnin,gdf Pto/omy's words; and if you pl��fe 'but to . loo!{ mto. the ·r1�h. Chapterof chat 'f2.yadripartite, and the Third B�ok , }OU ·w,111 there tind rhc(e words..."Cumamem q1utimt11 •inIJ11 /0�11 pmnrif[rmum,primur"erztMd111mCitli,arindeHorofe(ipu,,poffoz!11tdecima durr.ni fuccedmr Media Ccrli, di-indeocc.ifiu1, pofteaNonU.t domtu Antecerlttz-s Medium Ccrli. In this Chap�erhe is l�bpuiing·toprove, and alfo lay a·own by Rukthe place of the Prorog�tor·; an� after he h�t? fpenc (ome time _to fiiew the Prorogatoty -pla�e -in ·genml; _ ht comesIllthe Wurds beforeme11tionedcothe·patnc:ulars, �nd wfuch of them__do p:�ecede in Powera11d Order; and therefore f�i1s he, Whenweinquire who is mo{t power[ul ill thefe places, the firft m·ordIT u tbe Midheaven; next after that theAfcendant, 1hen ,t�e.:�{l;(J,:'�tt� Haufe, then theSii,entb, and/aft -0f aUthe Niritb. ··;_And': die'l'e�fo� why heis fo_particular inthis-��fe� •is becauf�the 8� �-na:,9Jfon may beforne'timc:s both iii Proiogatory Places, -and bo�,·�dfltend for priority ; therefore in fuchaCafethefe•Rules ate-·tobe-c<"n.;. fidered and compared with , th6fe of the 'I'thChapter ·of th� fam�Book; bywhich it m�ybe <lecided.:which'of the -�t)-h�v.e the «-ea-1 Power of H,leg, or.giver _of:Li��- fkntc C\'rta�1_ly _Nir Author �y '.taking fuch paiiis ·and care·to by·down pattk:\Lr Rules how to ele&the giver of Life, did intend a grc>atc.t·,tfe:o be made ofit� thanany ofour late Pretenders, 1 per-,·e1v�' ,. :ire aw�re of; which feernsmo�e . plain fromth��rltP�ra�r"ph c,1 �he �4th Chapter, where he d1fcourfeth 1�h.01�y of tht: -\ :,1�n•.t1r..tl Point,, and whoorwh�the judgeth tdbe -3/,�i:ll'etdr yet"h�l�_o .\'S none.tohed�red:e<;ltothatpoiilt, but i:r-e Hu�i,.ot givanf U�e; and therefore _he begins that Cha11t�r with thcfe words, l,;v,,rto ProrogaJate, duoma4ilumendifunt, &c. • � . _ , .

No�� ifthis Docl:,rincbe true, and"th.at t�� Pr��etf�'llrnf'Jh\�

Science will be pl�aJed'to allo_�the'G�eat P�_olomy �·-�\\:t'.tnth�·1r -good:Opinions ;" thc1j d{i? Lyin;,o��()e:�f:��t�is;'t}Ltite ;1U' nf doO[S, arid bcfic.les-me·Matk in-his ow�1dile, 'when he tc!ts - G tae

theWprld, That.the Su!lcannol be giveref Life, if he were m an Aphelical place; as in thepage before-quoted. Forwhen heal·, lows theAfcendant in Cromwe�'s Nativity, the power of Hileg, andtheSunat thefametimewithin 12 degreesoftheCufp, and locallyin it, feemsto mea fubfiandalpiece ofNonfence, quite c.ontradidory tothe mofiapproved Authorsin being,.whoallow all of them, thatthe Afcendant is the fccond place--in·power toentertainthePr07'ogator; and that the Sun thereisalfo certainly Hiltg, iftheAfgon is not above the Earth. So that fhould I infifi onnootherreafon butthis, it would befufficient to prove the Figure andTime of his Nativity falfe; and this becaufe he makesthatimaginaryDitectionofthe Afcendant to theSquareof M11rs, _theonlyone toprove the truthofthewholeCalculation. For ifwelhoutd allow.fuch a Direction in that Figure, as theSHntotheSq11are ofMar1,..(which indeed thereis nonebefore·he fhould be Ninety-one yearsof Age) yet it is-wholly mifapplied> anda powergivento itquite difiincl from the Order of Niturc, andtheAuthorityof Au_thors; theAfcendant not having power • to killwhen theSun is inthe Horofcopt, or anyother place, giver "of Life. I havebeentheplainerand fuller in this point, bccaufe it isthe Prindpal Foundation'.of Nativities, and the o.nlything firfttobe known in,the D_iredions and Predidions about Life and Sicknef5; and dieonlything neglected and forgotten atthis timeamongtheProfdfors, botholdandyoung; theyhavingonlytheNameofit, butnothingof itsPower�ndUfe; butIhave fpokeq enough ifunderfiood; anclmorewillbe to.nopurpofeif not underfiood. · •

Butagain: In this Nadvitythathe hath publHhed•andafi'e·rt� cd fortruth, thereisanother NotorioUJ Errvr1 and'thatis, helets theSun pafs by theSquareof Marr, theSquareofSaum�, and·body of Jupiter, Lordof the eighthHoufein·thefourth, th�t fatal place as they call it? an:d kills him with ·the Afcendant to one fingleDirectiononly. Now, ifwe lhould altow tnat.the·Afcen� danthad power, anddid killbyDirectionto theSquireofMarr; Why fhould notthe SIUI.to thoie three fatal Dire8:ions beforemention_ed, givetheNativethe fameeffectof Deathlongbefore; asthey did now? Ikoowno re�n �o thecontrary, according to that fort_pf AfiwlogJ which iscommon among moft of the Profcffors-, but efpecially ufedby this our Famous and rnofi Renowned Nlllivi�M�l<_cr;_as mayappear bt thofe. Ing�nious and

LearnedTreatifesthat hebath befriendedthe-World with, being filled withabundance of Errors and Contradictions. But toreturntoour.Bufinefsagain; atthetimeofthis greatHero'sdeath, betides the·Directions mentioned as the true Natural Caufes thereof; there were other things worth our confideration, that did concuras·Concomitants to thefame; and the firfi washis Revolutio�·for that year, and indeed a very remarkable one it was ifwe confider it wellandfully. AndfeeingI havementi- oned fomethingofRevo'l_utions, I wiOalfof�eakaword ortwo oftheiru{i:and abufe. The Profetfors of this Agemakeagreat / bufile aboutthe exa&timeof a Revolution, that is,,...to find tJ1e exatt Minute and Secmld when the Sun comes to his Radical Place- forwhichpurpofethey haveinvented·agreat manyFooie-ries, �ndtolittlepurpofe; butwhen_thi�exachndcriticalTime is obtained, and a Figurefet, they gravely tellus of firangeand prodigious Effects that,the Planets have by being in particular 'Houfes therein; that the HorofcopeandMidhuvenofa RevolutionalFigure, isofa great fignificationbothtotheNative'sU�ea�d Reputation. Nay, they are. now grown to that perfecbon m their Tradedf this kind� that they w,orkDiretl:ions in that Figure like astheydo in theRadix; ta which purpofe alfo they havemadeusa meafuteof Time, withotherkinds of Tablesto compleat their Folly, and render their Art ridiculous. When indeed the Ancientand more·AuthentickAuthors:hav� takenno noticeoffuchthingsas thefe; andPtol�himfelfbathnot_above _ four Lines inhis four Booksthat have·any re\atfon to theRevolutions in Nativities; and therefore howtheycame byall thefe whims, it would beworthwhileto confider, (for we have not onewordabouttheminFirmicus, qneoftheoldefiAfirologerswe have t-hatcameafterPtolamey), a�1dperhapsmayfindafpare(beet inmy nextTreatife, tounriddlc·theJuggles that theyhave'jum• bledtogethertocheatthemfelves, and therefi of Mankind. For I doatfllre you, Thereisnothingin ,heirmethod ofR.evolutio9, ·neithercan they fetchtheir�uthorityfurther back than Otiganur, .Argo/, Schaner, Hifpalenfir·, Junl1ine, and two or three moreQf -themthathavetakenitupuponvery flende1 Authotity, andthey that fiill follow, do every oneendeavour to improve theErrors ofhim that wentbefore. ForIwillnow foberlyask·onequefiion andthat,is, to'tell 1newhat theyhavefoundinthe R.evoluti6n�lDirecl:ions,thatwasnotas.plainlydif,ovcr�dbytheTranfits

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in the Revolution, and the Returns? Iffo, what·aiould we gQ to make abundance•of €0nfulion when itmay be done withlefs trouble ? And· to be plain wlth you; The truth and-myfiery o( Revolutionsdothteallyconfifi in nothing-eJfebutthe Tra:nfitsand ReturnsofthePlanetstotheRadicalPoints.and·PartsoftheNa.. tivity, and to the place§ ofDirection, And to thisend there ls no,needofabundanceof labour to gainthe exaettimeoftheSuns. return tohis Radical place; ifyou mifs ten Minutes-of it intime; it will be no great matter of Error in your- Judgement, if you underlbnd your Bufinefs. Andto fay thetruth, theRadicalFi-• gure may very well ferve- for every. Revolution throughout the �ative'swhole Life, placing the Planets in thedegrees of thofe Sibns thatthey fhaU befound in atthe·timeoftheSun, return to hisRadical place, or near-it. And aft.er this manner Iwill give _ the Figure of· this great Native's fiml Revolution; and it is as followeth,

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Landini. /-

Having confidered the Dire&ions, and alfo.the Point or Part of'the Ecliptick the Mo(ln, who isgiver.ofLife}, is.arrivedat in this·year by direct Direction·inZoditl�; and du.t is.about.14d�-, grees

grees of Sagitary, the exact Square toher own ltadical Place, and at the time of ·the Sum return,. goingto tbe oppofite point oft:hatplace� and to·the Square of her own place in rhe Radix; Sat�n and· Jupitr'f areboth retum'd to d;eir-own Radical Places; aml fo is M�r1 and theMoon to the Square of theirs; Mercury and VenU4 are in T.1urM, where.theywerein the Radix, and not far from-theirown Radieal Places. So thatyou fee all the Planets arereturned·totheir own places, except M.ma11d_the M10n, and, they are in.Square to them. Now, the ufe I {hail make of the Revolution is·this; The Maon,,M:.r1, and Satm-n, ar�all of them Prornittors by direclic>n ; Mari· is in Squ:ue to S:11um, Lord of the Radical Horofcope, who is return'dtohis Radical Place; and the Moon, thoHifrg, yet Che is herea Promittor alfo, and is going to thedirect Oppolition of the place of Direction, and to the Square of her own place; and_betides this, M.m is .going to the Mun�ane Parallel of the Sun. And to fum up all, we tind both the Moon and Mari in violent ConUellations; theMoonbeing with theAldebaran-of the.Nature of Mar.r; andMar, iswith thofe Stars in the beginning of Cancer., called Caftor& Pollilx, of the natureof Saturn. So that we may from the S11111 tttum, and.the _then Configurations compared with_the Directions, conclude, 1hat according tofecond Caufes, it could be no lefs thenmortal. WhenI havedone this, Ialways confider Seco11dary D.irea:ions, and P1ogrctlions, and, alfo obfei:ve if they helpontheWork; forif all concur, wemay cert.ain_ly ju�ge that nothing but a Miraclecan fave; _ and therefore.u11dc1 thisRev� lution; wefind thattheAfcendant by Secondary Mononwas d1-. relted to the Oppojitfon of Jupit�r, the Sun under the Squfte of Sat1trn, and hadbeen fo.about hx Months, and thf' Mjoll tothe Oppafrtio�ofM'Jrr, and-thatjuft coucheth about the time of hisSickne(s, allwhich are ill, andihew a hld year. The·Rrogrdli- , ?n began Jzmury the 2d, about fi� of the Clock in the Mor1�mg, Anna 16c¼. and was.but an md1fferent one_; you may 1£ you pleafe, call it bad; tor,the Moan.was _ on the �lln1 Rad,cal. ...pJace, S.itHrn and Jupiter on-the pl�c;eof D1�ecbon,, m Square to theM,J,m's Radicalplace, and M.m m Oppnfitton tohis ownplace; but Venus is on the Radical Afcendant in Conjzmclion with the Sun, and that is all that may be cailed guod in this ProgretliveLunation. But above all, the Ingreffer and Tranfits of the_Planets at· the time-of the beginning o{ his.Sicknefs; and of.his

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Death, arc very remarkable ; for about the time that- he wastaken Sick, �hich wasAug,i/ the 26th, the�e was.a Tranfit and lngrefs of the Sun.on the Moon's Radical Place in Square to the place of Direcrion ; and a little before that 'there wasa _Cor11111clion ofthe 'frfgo11, Mur,, and Mercury, on, or �ear the fame �egree, and fo co?figurated asbefore J and the very day<;>f his Death, th�Mooll d1� Tranfit the !ladical Placeof Mars's Body, and Satu_r_nsOppofit10n, and_ alfo 1n Oppofition to Saturn that very d�y of lus Death ; . and_the Sun m an exact Zodiacal Parallel with Sa111rn, and going to the Zodiacal Parallel of M.m and ro his ConjHnliion alfo. Thus I have endeavoured to fh;w yoll how � underfiand __ th� metpo� and manner of judging Death by P11ma� and Conver, Dmtl1on1, Revolutiop.r, Secondary Dirtcli011.r, Progrrffeon1, Tranfi11, and lngrejfes;- which if rightly under­ fiood an� pr�ctifed , would give . the Students in this Science more fat1sfalllon than all thofe Whimspubli!hed by our Modern Authors, and fiollen from them by our Popifh Oracle. And I hope by this tim� lhave given the Profeffors an� Studentsin this Art fu� fatisfacUon ; in . proving t�af the Natiyity which Gajb�ry punted_, was notonoufly falfe, and grounded upon Pnnc1pl�_next to none; and that the Reafonsand Rulesgiven to a�ert �tsT��th, are no ways becoming a M:in of Skill or Ingenuity, cfpec1ally one that pretends tobe the Mallerand Head ofthe.wholeTribe, and endued with the advantage of Twenty five yearsExperience, ancl more; _when he wrote and publilhed Cromwell'sN,ativi!Y laft in theyear 1685. And fo I come in the ,1�xt ·place to .give you my General Judgement on the whole· Figure, after the manner that_the refl of our ProfeHion do 011 theTwelve Houfes; and perhapstoo, I may followthe fame Or­ der In my Judgment, but not in their Rules and Principles of Judgmenr. •

TH E firfi thing 1 !hall confider, is the length or ihortnef� ofLe h the Native'sLife; and from the Pofitionsin general, what uJf' of time may be probably ailignedfor the number of his years ; yet -• I know very well there can be no pofitive Judgmcnt given on that pbint,"be,iufe the number !,Jf his years <lepends on chc difiance bctwetn the giver ofPfe, and the Anarctick point, asto the certainty of their 11umbcr,. and the timeof Expiration; but yet give ·me leave.to tell you there mufi be.Argumentsof aJong Life in the Pofition, or.eJ[e I !hall be very fparing in his number ofyears; and to be y.etmore plain-with you, the Argumentsof Long,Llfe- are.fuch good Rays and Pofitions, that roborate and foirify theGiverof Life, and thkthe more when the Hileg isnatura1ly firong, and.well�placed in theFigure. ' -

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And in thisNativity we find the Hileg Angular, in 7'rine to the The Moon,Sun and Mercury, in Sexiileto Jupim, and alfoin Reception with isHileg. !ylercury; andbefidesthefe, �e find the Sien ancl MercurJin Sextile totheAfcendan�, and in Sextile toJupiter likewife, and he in his Exaltation in Cancrr, and no ill Rays of S111,un and M.m any waysafBicting either Sun, Moon, or Afcendant ; fo tnat we may rationally conclude,the. N4tive wasddigned by Nature fora ,;i:mfiderable long Life; and not only long, but alfo a healthyone. I know there. are Come according to the ufualCant ,.would'tell· you, That . the Square of the-th_reeSuperiorsfrom thofeCardinal Signs lhould give him bad Lungs , with pains in hisHead, the Vertigo}, Leth.Jrgy, &c. impErfdlions in-his Kein1, Gravel, Stone, and abundance m01c of thefe things, had theyfeen his Nativity before he had been grown toyearsofRireoefs. ButI dare venture tofay, Thathe had 11one of thefe, the.Gravelexcepted; _butthey rhat wouldknow.moreofthefe things, letthem read carefully the Ijrh Chapter.of the 3d Bookof.Ptolomy's�adripartite, DeL£•· fi,mib1u& morbu Corporum. •

The Native's Underfiandi�, Judgment, with an·the other underFaculties of the Soul, dc:pending on the Pofitionand Configura-flanding tion.s of.Mermry, as one well fays, f:2!alit�cs animie , qa�£ropriie a11dJ"dg-_ fUlll ment,&c.

A}rdgment on theprecedingNati1Jiiy, afterth(ma:11F ner of the Trvell,e Hou/es.

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fimt menti,, & riit1Jci11tttionu, fumuntllrin Jm;,ulu ex Mmurii condi· tione. Whichiftrue, d1enhathour Nativea motlexcdlentPolitinnforinte11edualAbilities, for hisMi,rcmy-isas thongas in any Figure I have fcen. Forhere isMerwryjull pafi.theConj1m{ii1J11of the-Srm, and inhis Oticnta! Occidentaliy, incrcal1ng in Light and Motion, in Receptio.n\'dththeMoon; butthatwhichisthegreateft, and.mofi co be obfr:ived,. is, that the Mom Leholds him with a 'Trine, and Jupit£r with a-S!xti/e; and_what ismore, .Jupiur alfo bch�lds him bya Mundane Square, fo that they a1e re. allycontigLfrated-, both inZr1diaco& Mundo ; and hctides we find himin a fixed Sign, the Hcuk ofVinuf, andinaZodiacal Paralld\vith Ve111u, in Sex:iletotheAfwul.znt. Thefo Polirions mutt be allowed to giveall the greatand exccOcnt �alifaations that are requilite to.makeaCounfellor, a States,mari, and a Soldier; hereis no RatbncJs, but Refolution upon delibc,rateConfideration; here is no Timidicy,-nor yet unHedinefs in .Judgmcnr; bereisno Dulnefs nor Stolidity, butaNatural and Native Sharpncfsof-Fancyatall times, fiteithtrfor Inquiry orCouncil. Ina word, TheMoanin VirgoinTrineto Mercuryin Ta1m11, iswithout doul:t the moll agreeable Pofition togive a good1 quick arpreheiifivcFancy and Judgment. M11ltrempzim ada'!im;f'proprietates fignJ confmmt, in quib1e1 Mermrizu & Luna verfanrur, 11111/tmn & ftcl!r1r1im adfpeclm ad folem& ad Cardine,, & natura·cujtifl,bet planet.£ Con;,rum, certi, l11clinationibus ffnim�. �adr.iputitePtolom�i, Lib.3. Cap. 18. .

of his I 1hall conlider his Riches from the part of Fortune, as the Riches,&c.generalSigniticator of Wealth; butyetbefore I begin myJudgri'lentthereon, givemeleave roprcmifea word or-two: Iwould not have you think ,. becaufethat he arrived to the Government ofaNatio1�and hadtheufeandcommandofth�KingdomsMoney andTr,afure,thatI call himRichJor I look orrrhattobe butthe common Attendant of his Honour and Gr:mrleur, and notthe iXcellmce Qf his Fortune toRiches., For a Kmgmay ha.vevafi Sums of Money, and y:t be no rich Man . a; we have feen in K.C. 2, and a King mav have fat ldfei Sums than ever hehad, andyet beaverrrkh Ma�and lay b.y him a great Treafure for _his. ow�1 Ufeand tJofiericy, diflinet from the lntcref of theNa'tion and People, as �as K. H.·7. Therefore I would not-be thoughttobuild His.Honour uf)'?n his Riches, whichisindeedno foch thing, butthatkindof hisWealchwasreallyfoutidedonhis • Honour

,Honourand.Grandeur;-fortheSword wasthe Anviluponwhich he wroteout his Fortune, his-Honour, &c. And as thatalways brings a ccrrainCharge,Jo . itµfually bring��.Supplyof�ortune tod(fray it. Andthcrdore I !hall confider-hisFo�tunedtfimcUy and {cpmtely, fromthat which 7ame �yhisHono�r, �ndwl�at itmight have bten, had hecontrnued m that Stat1on m which hewas Born and Bred. Adrem V(rO, the part of fortune (as I faid before ) is the only Signiticator allowed �Y. Ptolomy, for Riches a1)d Fortuue in the World; and that we hnd about 2 degrees diHant from!heCu[p ofthe Sixth Houfe in�anm, in S�xtile toVmu1 anddifpofed of bythe Moanand Jupiter, all which ·areHrongandpotent,anddocertai11typ�omife (whoeverhathfuc!1 aPofition) Riches and�fenty of thethmgsof �ortun_e; �nd thts by-variousways and means. Andl amofOp1?1011, that1t be:ng in Cance�, a Tropical Sign, doth notacl'1a little t�the Adva�tage.. Ptolomyfays; Lib. 4. Caputdefacul�a1ib�1:

J�p1ter-perfidelt­

lattm, pr�felittriir, &c. ''!'hat�henJupitergtfes his AtEllanceto the Natives Fortune , hedoth lt by Places andOffices ofTrufi:, Command and Rul-:in theGovernment, &c. Andtho he:doth notfay it, yetI judge theM1J{ln in Tri?e.to the Sun andMercury, gives-the fame �hings_as relatetQ-D�mmton; andtherefore f�om thefea,ndfuchhkethmg�, wemay

JUd�e·fhould grow-�•c�,

and increafe his E(late. But then-wehnd.theparr fortuu ts m an exact Zodiacal Parallel with Mdr1, and is alfo going·to his Mundane·Parai1d; thisgives damage �nd1?,fst�his . Efiate, and why·m1ynotthisbe theExpeuce and Wa�u1g1ofhisE�te and FortuneinMilitarySf;rviceatthebeginriing:ofthe-Wars, and afterwardtoo I believ_e? Andindeedit is·tnP1olomy's(?WOwords, • . Mar1e�Militia &Gubernatione'E;xercituum. Aridt�oIthinkhe-?id increafe his fortune, as.he did advance,in Hor.our; yetI thmk fomemen would haw got mo:ce, for lcould :neverheu thathe·-leftapyfarge·Sums at_his Death, unlefs they_�re-Deb�s. I do therefore conclude thitthe Parallels of Mm had their Effects alfo aswellas the'other Rays; but befides thefe, we tindMrm intheSecond thong, andalfo Lo1doftheSt�ncl; �tinOppo.f}• tionto-S11turn, �nd Sqllllf_e to.Jupiter_; _ this fhewed hewo�ld gam much, and adv��ce-'mighttly-, but. tt· would-,be.�y Jtolence, 1'"' 0ice, andwithOppoftti"on-tpo. ,But wherecveryou findMari f\ronginthe Second/;that'Native.always-'8etsmu,h�'pe-tfM a,tt - H · · nefas,

Opu r�for �

mf.u ; hec do

. heli es.

of t!. N Th e old way and cufiom is to ju dge the fe thing� from the rz e' K T hir Houf e.. B\lt P,£J9 �.te� chethus a noth er Doc hme., and thit �ud Bi� to j dge of Bruth ats an d Si Hers by the Te �th and E leve nth '-" t Hou t: .s with VenutbyDay �nd theM on by Ni gh ; and tlm he duth 1; t·do dogma ically "nd po fitivtly \v ithout end ring you re a{on for it Lib. 3. Ca p. 5 from whic Pri n cple and I\1 (thod l_doh re formand co\l ct my Judgm ent. The Si gn Sagi a ry d oth .po fft:f both th e T enth an �le v nth H? ufes, �n d Jtpi r Lord of ic , is in C :111 tr, a f ui ful Sig n , and m Sextt e to he Sun and Mvo but in Square to Sawrn and M.m i and b,oth Sr1 tur11 ancl ·°At.zrs are in O ppofifi , and cafling th ir·Sq ares to th e Cu[ p of the Elevent Ho .ufe. The fe Pofition frem plai ly to iliew he had B rothers; bu t not ab ove one Sitter, it a1\y; but not ma ny, i an y ot bothSc:xe s,'fiwuld li_v.e toy ears of Difc retionan�riper Age and do th inktheS fxtite of tpe Suna d} d

rniy,h live tofome confide ra bleAge.

But the Squareof JNpiter o M.1rt and Saturn and thm Squares alfo to th e Eleventh Ho fe, {houl d al fo{hew, that rheir Agree ment wa but indifferent, an d hat the reil: of hisConfa ngu inea Relations (Children ex �epted) and he, {bould not· ha e an.ex traord inary ntim acy·and Kindnefs the one for the oth r, n�the indeed lho uld the y very well a gre dn r alicv-, th o i� hi� Po fi a11 Qualityhis Power co mmand ed it ; and the �fo e his more �ife dorRelati ns.'durfi do 110 lefs th an ih� w himthe Rcfp ed: dire t hisQua lity, and.for whi<;h reafo � I fha11 orn . t all�rthcr ifco, urf there of. But,.bef e-1.Jnak e an ond of this Par agra ph, lcfi fli ould be qudlio nc d, becaufe bavc ov er turn d th e.old cufi om o the Th ird Houfe -i wil not be ami fs if I give yo u Pto/()111/S ow w ords,. and p, haps tha t ma y Hop rn?1e violen t foqui ry f rom the {bort- t ghte d C apricn, tha think h mfelf �b le t� call 1�e t anaccount ; and his wo ds a r e th efe, De fr., tribus ve r'o, jiqu.u g m ra li brvr(l�(atione- content Uf uit ne< fup�a q�a m poffebilt t]l 11�m

ru111 '9'p rf•CNl aria E .i8e q11ttre t Ph yflca att ne de Gt>rmam1 � e t11dtn, #Ulre nat ilfwme• J dicii,m , ex Ji no M C. � "!aterno loc i)tcip_ie nte Vtlll'fefll lnJerd n , fP'No li• Lwu1 m. c� n,m uJ fign'f"'& f, ard ens �nifieem nsi,trm s, & MLibero ·, er t idem.ftal rum LocJH Aa coDci tbu.s f id inu a,cur_iof,

Opus ff{eforma�um.' 5

fcrttta i al et , D. tr m (lell ll cet in Hu refcopa faffa themau , :tt

i Gcn {i Lib 3 Cap 5

Th u [u l y of j dg ng there ma tters among the Profe1fori of the Naof th s Sci ce i g ie n!,- is from the Fourth and Tenth Houfes, tive'.s FtJ. as th e do B the , SiUcrs , a nd Relations from- the Third thc mid Ho fc.· But th -G rea t Pt lo my takes •his Judgme nt from- the Sun Moibcr and SJ ur fo th F ther a nd the Moon and Vem« for the Mo ther. And rding to thei r Pofirions Streiig th, ,Weaknefs and Cmitig atl o to th th Sta r with refpect to the Puts o He ven , \vhc r th� a r e a ll placed fo he judgeth o thei _Con diti , O ig i n a , Heal th RLhe Lr.:ngch £> Short nefs o Life , &cJ Y think ·i i s no altog ( tht amif to tak norict: of th o f H f es, e l as di othe Hodie th a he mentions· and t hi th r h er, becaufe .(tind he call th e Temh Houfe, Lo cttr Mat ZM ir i an the r place and thdefor e {hall confiderthemog ther . In hi N tl ve' s Radid Figure we fin<.} both th Su and MJ0 f ex ell e tl fort ited b y th egood 8eams o f th bentffrk Jtfpiter.� betid es, they alfo ir 1nm t t.·ach ot he fron : 7,url and V"_i11,o ; th M n is thdhonger ofth e two as being :\ngu

l r, i e fi ng i Lig h t, a n d in Paralle l a� we a Scxti ewit J11piter, hois in C an �, h s Exaltation direct an increalin in Moti . ·Bu die Su n is in 'l rm ,lmong violen t Star Cade nt, fl ow in Motion an d onl y i n S·xti e to Jupit er in th e Zi1d

-ac k , bu i n Squ re in _Mtmd And if we ad d to·rhei e Significato s, the L d f tbe F ourt h dn Tent Houfe s whic h·ar

- Jupit an d M cury, w ·{ha ll no t find an y t�ing co 1fiderabl e to

l te he Ju d g nt fr om th e forme r Dcterminadonot th e Moon

V nm , a d J up it e , beingfa r fironge tha 1 th e Su11 Mercti� an .Sa1 fr m w h enc e it s natura l to ji.1dg ·tha t th e Native s �rents we� e m od� rate y he lthy a n long li1'd � an tha t rHe migh t live till the Nativ wa s arrive d t o a .perfed : Age au d t

a co nfid era ble num b r of ye a rs; y t IiliaJl- judg e th e Fath r tob th mor he l th y, but th Moth r th e inore dur�b e an d lmf.

Lht er ; that the - w s fobjed : to the§plfm an d·Vaport becau fr rh

Moon is n P..a rallel with Mr , an d J11tJiter- in Squa e to S mt

an d MJ .(; th Ch e a s fobjed to-Ob1 truttions of herLu,1 R

po ch d m and St om ack_., becau fe oftheform er Squ J re of �aturn a·

Jupite A

n d th o 'I h a e bee n fo,favourab le tothei r o d M11mp ­

/ £ t -Thirdand Four h Houfcs· as'not tb

c:ondcmn it;yet I d

'--Op,u (J{eformatunj:

fay, That this·Doctrine of the GreatPtolJmyismollrationala11d confentaneousto Nature; and�hatI canexperimentallyjutHfyin fome hundredsofNativities. oftfie N�-. _Sedngall Peoplearefubjcd:toComeDifiemperpfBodyorother, ti'J,le I v,f-lt1snot .1m1fs to fay fomething tothis point·alfo. A1�d before I ellj,s,&c. beg.in it� I will ask.J. G. wh.it Difeafe or Difeafes the Protellor had thar were: fixed, chronick and.-.durable, becaufe he bath placedS,atHr11.(intheNativityheharh mz.de him) -ontheCufpof the Sevemh,·a·little towardJ the Sixth Houfe-, in Oppofition to M,m on the Cufp of theAfcp1dant, rhe onlytwo poinrs in the who!� .Sche�e to -give broken Bones, ditlocated Joynts, and �?romck D1fe3fes; and_yetI donot1emember .:haf,it was ever fa1d he was_fubje� to either of chem, [perh-ips now and then 11 �uud, thehonour,,hle Mur�of" Soldie,] �ura Brav�, Lully, Jolly Gc�tkm.m, as I my felfcan tefltfy, h_avmgfeen-him fomefcores oftune?. And ro this purpofc, t-willgive you Ptolot1ry's own words m theLale) asyou willtind it, Lib. 3. Cap. 17. De L.efi­ onihm&morbuCorporum And ,he begins with thefc words following, when hecomesto inquire inrothe Hurt? and Difeafc�of theBody. V,1ivirfal11vero,w,ul<J hlfc t(f. DunCfJrdinuH<1rizo11tis l'fpiciantur, v1del{ceth, q11i eJtinortu, &alterqNie/linoccafu. Pr.ec1pu.1 vero co,.fidmturt,, qui eft in nccap,, &LncM.Anteceden1, q11i ptorfM noneftCnp11lat1H Afct'11denti. Et·obfi:rveturquomodom11hficiPI"'" ?et.e_�aLocaadfpiciH1Jt, •s;_e11imgradihmql4iAfcmduntiHdilt�sLoci:,, pmfofunt Cvrpore, aidadfpic,umeo1 q'u.1dra10 adfpdiu,. vet ex nppa­ fito;Jiualttr.planeta ,ru/eftc111, feu 11urqHe: L�finnes, &morbinatil aCCJdent, Thus you-fee in the Nativity that J.G.made for the Prntdlor,, this very Rufe of Ptulomy takespla<.:e potitivdy; for ther� we find Saturnup�1n_theCufpoftheSeventh, in dir�clOp­ pafitzantolefarson theCufp,Jf the Afcendanr. J\nd you lc.e alfo boththeAngJesvftheHorizon inthatFigurea1eaffiickd which by Ptolomys Rule [whkh _ I fuppofe _chey do not dar� denyJ oughttogm: Hurtsand D1feakstohisBody: Bueonthe-contrary, hewasa·Brave,Bold, Healthy,FortunateMan,andnone more freefrom Wounds,·Hurts, orDifeafesof Bodythan him1elf. So that . this is�notherfirong Argument tuprove rhat Figure falfe, andthat theFig•r�•.ma�r did not knowanything of the matter l!e preten�ed to give_t_he World an aCQOUt of. �nd yet to add more, netthetJ.G. noranyMan eJCccan fhewmeatrue Narivi-rywhere the twoln!ortuncswe.re inOppofition-fromthe Tenth and

Opt� (J(eforuzatum.-

and Fourth, orFirfiandSeventh, andthatNativeprovea·fortu• nate �anorWomanthroug�outtheirwholeLife, asdidthisQentleman. _!\nd·fo I came·to conlider the_Figure-of his Nariviry, [whichlcallthe trueoneJ and tofeewhat Difeafeor Injuriesto hisBodyarepredictable, according.tothe D9chi11e.and Prjncipks oftheforementioned Author. - :

BoththeAnglesoftheEaftandWc{f, arefreefromtheMalefick .Beamso(Satur�andMars,<Yc,andtheSixthHoufe,whkhishisLc,u Antecedensispofi'efibythebenign Plan_etJupiter,andthereisnoill Raycalltoth·eCufpoftheFirffandSeventhHoufes,bll{thfSquue ofVenMfromtheCllfpofthe·Fo�rth; andbdidts, theMcJonwho . isLady·oftheSeventh,·isinSexiiJetoJupiterinthe SixthHoufe, andtheSuninSext#etohim aHo. Which Pofitionsareno ways likely to give any Chroi,ick Difeafo or Hurts, and Accidents"'of detriment to his Hody; neither indeed had heanythat-wasre:. markabkandvHible; andforthofethatare not fo, ltltink they areinconfidcrable, efpecially, if we·confiderthat·allMenarefob� jcdto fomelittledefed:sin Nature, which may be Impediments, butnot DifeafesinPtolom_y'sfe"nceandmeaning; for intl�e.Chapt� beforemenrioned, he doththusdiitinguith betweenHurtsand Difraft:s._ Di_ffe1'11ntenim l1.ec interfe.._. L.tfiofemel_corrumpi,membrum aliquod, nfcadfPrtpojreaCruciatus Intenfionem:rt}(}TbusVero,atdaffidm, autperl1111rv.zl/acomptosexcrnciat. fiut to confid,r what he fl)ight be fubjeclto,_ let us confider M"r1andSaturnin0-ppoji,ion, andbothin SquaretoJupiter; -thefe •might givehim fomethingof the Gravel in the Kidnies, with._a. hear in. or ab�ut _rhofe pms; he might alfo be fubje�cothe· Hod-a,·h, orfomelittledifordc-rthere, coming from th� Stomacl(. and Spleen; forwefindboththeMaleficks inSquue to Jupiter in C.Jncer; andbetides this, he might"alfobeliable to'fomeObHn1-cl.ionsofhisLung,,•eiche,byColg,, &c. but noneofchekcontinualI bur ac�idencal, a_nd orily happening upon_bad Direction�. Trantits1 �e-urns,&c.

The Sun and Moon both in·ScxtiletoJupi,er: and i�Trine tooftheN� eachotherfrom 7a11rUI and Virgo, -andtheMaiJTlandJupiterapply• t,'IJe'sMr,•ingro a-vfunda,1e_Parallel; the S#llis !nSrxtile lO theAf�endant,riage1 &c.. and Ven"!_ in '-'.quare to it; and Saturn no"'ay;atBicling rheSignificatorof Mariiagc, are indubitable Signs cha. theNative fuould Manr. ,Tlie M1on in Vir:,o; a barren Sign a,,d a.Sign of one _!bape, andinAfpecttono Oriental Plauct> andbut to one

•

dental, bdides tlieSu"Jt-and Mirmry, which inthiscafe areall one, fhould allovy him but one Wife, nor isthereany Rule here that allowstwo ; the,-time o( l1i5 Marriage !hould neither be early nor late, but between both; and therefore, I judge, h:! might Marry about the Twooty rifth or Twenty fixth yearof hisAge;,for ,, in Mens Marriages) I cfieem Eighteen yearsof Age early, and Thirty ,·carso_f Age'late; butin Women, I couqt Fifteen early� and Twenty hv� late. And as to the Defcription of his Wife, I fhall take_ a method quite oppofire and concr;ry to the common way in Practice; and cherdorc I do fay pofttivcly, That the Sun -' _and Jupi:a·arc Signiticators of this Gentleman's Wik, with alit• tle mixture ofMmu,y, but that concerns her Intellect more than herBody. Thefe.Pofitious defcribes her tobe aWoman well defcerided? of a middle Stature, fldhy Body9d, and when in years Fat,· her Hair brown, or :rather br1ghtHh, a Woman of a high Spirit,agenerous-Temper,a healthyConfiitution,Ambitious,Lcingliv'd, a11d one ofmuchInge�uityand Sence.

But if honelt J.G'sFigure were true.,·Che Chould be one ofthe� w_orfihumouredWomeninthe World for Pafliim and Pride; f�r tneydcfcribethe Wifealways by the Seventh Houfe, andthe Planets therein placed, and there we tbaH find Saturn in OPflrfitiq,, to M.m, an� Square toJupitl!r; and befides, accordingtotheirown Rules, Saturn onherAfcndant in Oppnfition to Mart, fhouid give the Nativc a Wife, but thort-liv'd; -tho I confefs"' l know no reafon why thofc _two Stars fo placed ·and contigurated, _fhould give the Woman a thorter Life than the Man. But I contefs th�y aie not to be asked Reafo11s, (or if any one doth �ive them thaf troµble, it �ill bewithout fatisfatHon to him fu; l-is pains, for �heb Notio\lS_are Apodicl-i�al, and theirRules withcut Reafon. .-

Ofm rJ{eformatum; ,;Cufpof-the�ourth, and th�·Moonalfo Angular,. I fhould conclud�,• that the maJOr plrt ofthem were remJlcs: and b<.:cau(e Vt1J1M is f�ce fr�m all mmner of Aillidion, a1�d Jr,pitcr Cadcnc in the Sixth, m Square both toS,1wrn and "!Ylim, fo I judge-there: were Come �f rhe M.ilcs �ied...b�fore ch::y came to Ripends of years, or Maturity. That his-Chtldren {hould- advance to a' coniiderable

Ofthe Nlf"

In confidering the Native's Children , and their QQalilication, 1ive'schit-we mufihave rccourfe to the Tenth and EleventhHoufes and the Jren1&c. Planets placedtherein, orin the H0ufesoppohte ro rb�n'i ; our in this Figurewe find none in either butVemu, and rhcreforc let us -, conlider her withthe Lord of the Tench and Elevei1th :i11d t!1e Motm; and we find-]HpiterLordof thofe Houfesin C.,,:c:r, a Pro­

·Hfa:k Sizn; �nd hisown Dignitks, in Sextile to the S1m ii1 rhe HoufeofVrmi;, ctnd inSextile to theMoon intheSeventh ar,d alfo in Parallel with her applying. Thefe Potitions fhew , that tbe N'1tive lhould have many Child1cn ; and as VenUI �as on the • Cufp

q__�ality o� �tation, i� vitiblc, beca�(e JupiM, who istheir Sigmhcator, 1s IllC.mcerh1�,Exaltauon, rnScxtiletothe Szmand Moon th� Fountains of Prom?tion and Honour; but perhaps fomemay obJet¼: and fay, Y-0u m!gh� have [pHe� your labour inthatpoint,Ob'ecl• andnor pretfnde4 to give areafonfo� 1tbytheStars,_feeing their 11 Father was advanced roa -degreeto make\his Children as Great ashimfelf,_ and leave therp in PoffcHioti of fuch a Power, as co be able ro defend themfclves when h� wasgone.. To this I an• Aifi fwcr; That . rhereisno Man rifeth to anygreat and rernukablc n Wo. Pofi or Statton,_but he mull have great and illuttrious Pofitions _for Co doing . and�ctin&; anditisveryprobable, thatfomeotthofe Sta�s that givehim _ hisHonour, . may be alfo Sign!hcators of his Children, and fo gtVesan llluHr1-0uslffue, aswell as-an honourable Parent. Bq_t befides, we tind:...Jupi1er in SquQre both to �ars and Saturn, aswell as in Stxtile to the Sun andMoon, which didalfotbewRubs and Misfortunes in theii lives which l thall. leave to the Reader to judge, whether it,was v'eritied or not. Andobfer_ve, th�t a·poo� Man as well as a rich Man, may have famous and emment Cnildren; and a rich Man asweH as a: poor �an, rn�y .h�ve:·J>?Or, dejecl�d, '3.nd infamous Children, and this fr?m Prmc1ples �-�ature, andRules in Atbology, with·. out any �nJury to trueD1vmtty, or the Gre�t Being. But rocon� elude �h�s �ara&raph, ·( ��fire �II thofe who are Angry with my Me�hod m Judgmg on thts SubJeet, as well asthe-who1e Figure betides, that they woul� forbear �1arrqUing with' me, and f�ll upon Ptolo,,,y; but tuft let me. advifo them-to underiland him.

. By _Ion� Journies, !e cmnmo�ty underlland thofe of theSea, oftheNa;._ m gmng tnto othc� _Kmgdoms orN�tions, which our common tive'sLong_ Trade Altrologers Judge from·the Nmth Houfe, and his Lord·. 1,r1rne,1, �ut I .paf� �y th�t, and fay, that the Signiticato�oflongJourney; &c.. In this �gur, IS the Moon, rM ,ht ·th�,. f.leafttb_,may read more tit largt, _ L1b. _ 4•.Cap. 9!• Qgadripar.J and'as the is in Trine to the SHn, m 1�,netoMera,ry, h,tDifpotitor, and/in Sexfite to]Hpiter;

• fo,

_ Optu (J{fformatum�

fo �is Journeys .fliould be abcut great and eminer,t Adior.s anclBuftn�ls; at�d the Hfue of them Chould be Great, Famous, and_ Fortun�te;_ for yo� fee the Mum is no ways affii�ed, ndcher were hts Undertakmgs beyond Sea in his own Pe1fon wit:,,-ut Succef5 an� G_lory, he always ccming home Victor ar.d Coi;q_ueror. _ B'Jt 1f W� !hould ac<:ept a1 1d jud¾:,e by J. G's Fi6ure, and �ake e1th�rJ11p1tcrc,r_S.iturn, theyhaving both ot them Dcminion tn the Nmth Houfe, but Jupitir the mo1\- Powtr, his long Juur11eys would have been [byth1t PolirionJ foll of Labour, Toil, �rouble, and _ generally \\1thout Succefs s but ifthJt iliould have given fucccfs,1twould.havebeen attendedwith n:uch difliculcy and doubtfulnefs.

0[ �)e Ni1- How,-and to what degree of Greatnefs this Ge,;tleman di"d tz'tle 1 Ho- • • k h nour 11wi -amve, ls �,own to! e w�ole World, and therefore I ihall diGrnndeur. redly ex�m•�e-the Caufes of it Afirologically, -without any fur-· ther mq�ny mtot�e ModIM Acquirendi; feeinghe was really poffdl: of the �reatefi Powerthat-the Dominion of England was able to give ham.

In hi� �adical Fig�rC:we find'Six_ofthe-Seven Planetseffenti�lly fo�uhcd, accordmg to the Dignities allowed rhem by Ptolo?11,. 1,b. I• for Saturn and Jupittr ai--e in their Exaltations\ Mars mhis own H?ufe, VenlH in . herown Houfe; MercuryinTuururin Recepum�-�•th the Moon 111 Virgo;- and what is -yet more the �oon, wno!sthe LummConditionarium\ is Oriental from the'Sun IS Angular 1nSextile to J11piter, and.in Trineto-theSun and-Mer� tllrJ, her �pofitor; and what isyet more,·the Pofition of Saturn, J11p,1�, and�arr., :.ire perh_aps themofi co·nfiderableof all, they all cafimg their Benefick Beamsto theTenth Houfe, the An, - gle_of Honour and . Preferment, an� they alfo in thofe Signs

W�ICh we call Cardmal, and are in the Zodiack, equal to thofe pomts that�e call Angles in the Figure. - And-thefe are thereafons that I give for . this Nat�ve's Riting and l\d�·ancement; and as the ��ree

S�permrs are m the CardinalSigns, in Square and Oppo�t1on one __ to another, fo you fee he attained hisGrandeur b� a kind of Violence, Force, and Labour,, joyned and affified ":Ith_Pow.er: and by that means and method he maintaineditall his tame. --

.The :SirtltisNocturnal, and theMoon isLight ofthe Time in an Angle , and her S.itellit�s ot_ StipJtorer, according to Ptolomy, _ are t!1e �, Mercury� Jupiter, and Ven,u,.file being in Trine and Sextile

Srxtile_tothcmalt; ·nay,andwe may reckon Saturn,andMar.1too' for !be is_in a Zodiacal PJrallcl with them alfo applying; and the Three Superiors, according to his Rule, are, two ofthein in 'lrine, and one in Sextileto the Mid-heaven, and all of them applying Hkcwife, ·and Jupitrr Lord ofthe Tenth, the Angle of Honour. To which 1 win- add this Obfervation, That neither Sun norMoon is in any ill Afpeel with any of_the Planets, nor3ny of the Planets placed to hi5 difadvanta�c fo the- Figure. The Sun who is always the_Signiticator of Honour, Glory, and Reputation, is likewife free from ali ill Circumllances, and inTrine to-the Mao_n, Scxtileof Jupiter, and Conjun[lion witn Mercury, and M.m juft riling before him. Which if compared and confidered with the.following Chapter of Ptolomy, {hews, That Arms and Armies -Would be the Practice of his Life, the. Delight of his Soul, and by thefe things he would raife his Honour and _:·Fortunes.

The gre�t Conjunliion of Saturn andJupiter� in theYear 1623. in the 7th.degree of Leo, i,ear the Cu{p of his SeventhHoufe, in 'lrihe toMarr inhisSecond, and in Sextileto S.1turn in his Eighth, was none of the fmalleil:Caufcs of hisGreatnefs and Promotion; n�ithcrwas that C01rjunliion in the Year 1643. which was _on the Cufp of his Second, in exad: Trine tohis Tenth Houfe, and in

Sextiletol/enm. '

Butperhaps it may feem firangeto fame,- why hewas fo Old Whyfalong before he began to appear u_pon the Stag�of Mundane Affairs; befm he which thing- is not indeed very Hrange, becaufe all the Plai1etsbern ]0 are inOccidentalparts ofHelven,JupiterandVenzu excepted; and;:.:ra�n j;; none Angular butVemt� andtheMJ011,allthe ref\beingeitherinCa- World. dentor Succ�dcnt Houfes, which alw�ays give whattheypromife in thelatter part oftheLife ; andthisis the more contirmed too, if we obfe�ve , that all but the Moon and Sat11r11 are under the Earth. Sothatif the Pofitions are but really perpended, it will feem no- firange thing that thjsNative did not AdvanceandRife Cooner. But- ifJ. G's Figurefuould be allowed, all the Planets are Angular but the Moon;, which mufi without doubt give the Native his Honour and Prefe.rment early,·even in his younger .Ycars, which'cis plain he-had not. l confers, I have no Authority from Ptolomy for this Judg-mcntof theTime andAge, when the Native !11all receive thole thingsof Honour promifed himin hisRadix; he onlyfpcak41g to"thethingin general,Sidigniwem)vel- I. - non

non,haf1at. Bu�myExperiem:e inmanyNativities, andthe method by which we Judgeeuly and late Marriages, which ismuch after the £ame �anner_, with fome other things t�at I have formerly rcmarke� mth� fameCafe, is fufficient formetobelieve that this method 1s not improper tobe followed and pralHced in J. d • this, andthings ofthis-Nature. u gmg

Oftf]eNa- Ptol _ omy makesa�ifiinclion between Friends and Frlends, and rwes �nemtes and E _ ne�1esJ for he calls nothing Friendlhip, but what· Friends, u durable and mt1relyrc:al; and all the relt ofit he calls FamiTa nnd Ene- rity d h ffi.a. f C r. l • miu,&c. , an . t e e e�, o onveuation and Society. By Enemies and Enmuy�he underfiands a perfect Radical and pcrperu:il-Hatc

All rhe other things of L?ifferei1�e, Debate, and Controverfy, h; 1?ok� upon It to �e nothing more than little Accidents or Cafualties m Convcrfanon. And to confider and judge of thcfe h dot� not make ufe of the Eleventh Houfe as the manner is;'bu� conhde�s the Sun, Moon, Part ofForlune, and Horofcope. ,and h:s reafon !s, becaufe he _ judgeth Friend/hip and·Amity amo�g Men ,to be eitherfor Counc,l, P/eafure, or Profit; and indeed upon fom� or a�l of thefc Principles, Men do generally love ,and fupport or drtfer and defiroy one another , and therefore hif Judi ·' founded uponn:afon. gmen, 15

In the _ Radical Figurewe find the Sun, Moo11, and Afcendant well bef�1e�1ded by the Rays of the other Stars, but the Part of Fortune 1s m Parall� both to SatHrn and Mars both 1•0 z d' d M di nd .1 , ...,o 1aco, :". �n o, a 1.v.1dt-1, whocomes verynear Ptolomy'sRule who 1s m �1s ov:nH?ufe, and not m�ch above 17 degrees diftai;tfrom t�e S1111 (afi.cndr�g) �ytheObliqueAfccntion, is inSqt1are'toJup1te,, and Oppofitton with Saturn; rhe Milon is in Reception with MerCW'),and allther�� o _ f thePlanets intheir own Dignities, except the Sun. �ence,It 1s reafonable to ju.Jge, That this Native 1hould have both many Friends, and many Enemies.-and as the part _ of Fort�neis afflicted rnofi of the four, fo I judie thehatred of h_1s Enemies was real, and the caufe of it was :becauf�of h•5 Profit and Adv�n.tage he received with his Pow�r and Honou�. B _ efides, Venu, rs m Square to the Afcendant which • h "fl him _ forh _ e Enemies thac did envy him for th; Pleafu:�11!n� E�re of his Life, a�d oth:r t�ings that were the advantagious Gir�m.fiancesof �ts Stationhe was in, at the latter end of his cl_avs. hile he �as m the Army he had many Enemies, and they ndne Df the OrdmaryPeopk;'but the Parliament was hisFriend at an tirni.:s.

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tunes. When •he came to be j',:Qteclor I h<:·had'Enemies always plotting agun.ft him; but at the fame time all _ Njtions . were his Friends, either for Love or Feir ; and�what 1s more, Jt was his ownfrude11&e, Courage,Ca11,;cil, and Condtlli, that csrr�d him through and i.bove all thefe thi11gs; and this is aptly figniticd by P1olont1's own Rule and Words, wbid� �re thef�, Cum L,mu_n-s eongruunl, eril amiciti�adjunf1t1·confi/io opt,,,,a& tutiffima. Wh1eh in this _Figure•and Nativity takes place., f�r the Lights- a,re in Trineto each other; the one in ConjunciiOJZ, and the other in Trine and Re,eptiou with Mcrr:ury,_and alfthefe j.ilific:d by the Beams -of Jupiter, �ho !sin'C�crr, and'!n'[rin�t?" the Mid-h�v�n ; �y which means he 1s doubly concern d m givmg and fupportmg htS -Honour.and Frieodiliip,whichwerdndeedreally infeparable. In a word therefore , this Valiant and Fortunate Native had □a!1Y Enemies, and thofe great and �onfiderablc in their �ality, and this judgeable by this Pofition.; b�t he had mor� . Fr _ 1ends, and thoff more powerful to fupport his lnterefir which 1s ,chc ufual and natural Etfectoffo good and for(unate a Polition, as be was bld\: with. Thus you fee thebefiand moft �dent Afirologers, had other ways to judge of Friends andFriendthip, Enemies and Injuries by them, withoqt making ufc of the Seventh Houfc, the Elevcnth�and Twelfth,with th.eirLords and Governors, andPla.. pets.placed therein,which met�od isindeed abfurd andrid�cu�ous, ifcompared with Pto/omy'�, which is founded on hett�rPrmc1ples <lPhih>fophymd Reafon. Bllt��e.of.thofeFoolmes yuu , £hall havein myDefeliioGeniluarum, .now ready for the �refs. . ...

Itis notvery material to OUJ' workin han'd to take ·notice ofoftheNII� this part of Judgmetit in thisNativity, becaufe he was not liable ti"Je't ser­

·to the Fate and Acciaents of priv:lte Men; for Princes fcldom v,mu. know their Scrvaiit&, [fome ·few except�d], and by that means a-:en<�t liable toany Duferences and Difcord witli them, nor are theirServantsadmitt�d.to auy intimate Familiari�y with t�eir MaHers; for-when they are put into.anEmployment, theServiceexpeeled fr,om.them i-o that.lrnploy, is Diligence and Faithfulnds intheir:Dutyoothcir.MaH:er. But we may certainlyconclude, That allPrinces have Serva11ts.of both fort=,goodand bad;for according asthofeMinifiersofState:areatfeded, ,that-put-in,_ and imploy the Inferior·Servants, fo muil that Princ:e expect to 'beferved or be betrayed; and -I �ould wifh�had no Examplesof this·15ind in F.nglaad. -

But

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Butfor theReaders fatisf.icl:ion, I will alfogive theJudgment ofthismatter withfherell. Ptol!Jmydothallow theTwelfth Houfe �nd Planets placed therein� t<? fignify the Native's Servants; ·bu; 1ftherearenonei1� that Houfe, to takethofe placed in theSixth• butmofichieflytoobfervehowtheLordoftheTwelfthHoufedoth agree, or difagree with thechief andmofi princioal parts ofthe Figure, .and from thence cmke your .Judgment �f the matter in hand. In theNatjvitynow1.mder conLiderJtion, we find Saturn Lord of the Twelfth Houfe in Librtt, his Exaltation, but in no Afpcd, eirher goodorbad, to the Mid-heaven, Afcendant, Sun MJon, or part of. Fortune, onlyin Parallel with the JaH of them' which lhould indeedlliewthe Native'sServants.to benoneof th� hefi ;.but if w� confider th_at Jupiter is in the Sixth Houfe, and there111;a Zod1a9l�quare, but a Mundane Stxtije to Satum, I fbould.Judge that his Servants were Moderate, Trufiy andJufi; an_d tlmtherather,becaufe Ve1111� beholdsthe Cu(p ofthe Twelfth, w1rh_an exaet T_rine; but this lafi Ifpeak-of my felf, there being nothrn�of t�atm.the Rule. Upon thewholematter, Ido judge,_ had.thisNativebeen of theCommon<l!:!ality, and liableto thofe Amdents that Subjects mull meet within fuch Affairs, thathis Servants would have bc:en jufi in their Duty, but fiubborn and head-firong, andthattheNativeandtheywouldhaveagreedmo­ deratetywell; fome little-differences therewouldhave happened butyettrueand trufiyin the main.. _ • ., f>f tft N.i- I am 110w cometothelat1 part ofJudgment that istobe given tzves h N • • f p fc , Dtath,anJ on-� e fiattJY o anfY, er h on1,,Nam 11/t:a_mortem nihil ; but tho tthtrthing, mo �on ue parto tne w o e Art, as It 1s now Llnderfioodan_d thatdepmdpracbfed by all rhofe that pretend toundcrfiand the Langllage of th�eo,i tU the Stars, an�have jufi skill enoughinhard Words, to make the toztsCaufa refi of Mankmd believe that they are really what rney confi­ :;�Jro;;:· dently call themfelves, t�atis, AJlrologet1. And therefore I Lhall ug;.111. be� htt}ethelargeronthis Paragraph. Firft, TotbewtheWorld the1r-M1fiakes. AndSecondly, To give a few DirecHonsin order to fetthemright·; butinthisILhall bevery lliort·andconcife and that for feveral Reafons, which perhapsyoumay find elfe�here. menti_o�ed- in this Treatife... ForI amnowhandling a Natjvity, not g1vmgGener�lRu]� foto do; whkhperhaps I mayperform at a more convernent tune;. for l reallybdiev.c (.have taken liS much pains in that pa.rtofAfirologythat concerns Sickncfs and Oeath,:as anyMani andforthatrcafon, [think I oughttounder.. fomd.

ffand it as well. Howeve�, when tirn/(hall- ferve, I will give the World what I have prepared·and intended1 and let them that arfmore skilful and knowing Correct it, f01· w_hich I will givethem thanks, ifI am convinced that theyhave done it. But 1 ·fhall divide my Difcourfe on this matter intoThree Parts, and bring al)underthree·difiitic} Heads. '

Fir{l, The Caufe ofDeath.

Secondly, The �ality of Death. I mean of a natural"Death, lnotin�endinghere torun intoa Difcourfeof Violent _?nes, becaufe it_would betoolong,andalfonot fl!itable tomyprefent purpofe:

Thirdly, To comparetheCaufe with theQgality, And, i:contr.1; fromwhencewill arife fomeQ�eries.

The Caufe of Death is varioufly affcrted ;- fome laying the The cartfe· .Caufeof it on a bad Revolution. Soone ferved·my Friend'-Mr.ofDa1th. 'It.. B. whom they faid Jay.under a b.id Revolution fouryears fuc-ceHive, andkill'd him at laH, for which they could never give any other reafon, and yet had his Nativity to confider in the thing.· Some hythe fircfs on Eclipfes of the Luminaries, and thefe fhey tell you do mighty things,·efpecia\lyin Death. Nay, r..nanyof them . to my knowkdg haveno other Caufe.to alledg for the late Abdication, but a poor fmallEclipfe of the Su,.•, on -t�c S1tn'sRaaical Place, and·day of hisBirth, Ouobcr 14· 1688. M.me: Which if they pleafe to -confider, t�ere was an Edipfe of theMoan, April 15. 1660. neu that p1ace1 and that· a very great Eclipfe, and yet did·him no harm. Alfo in 1669. 0{1ober-14. at__ which time the Sun on nis Radical Place was Eclipfed in 2 de• greesofSeorpia, thevery placeof the DragnnJ Tail; and yet I ao not remember that·it did him an..y harm, nor yet kill'd him ; but any thing ferves when better Reafonsarenotin their Power� Sometimes they tell us, that ·great Conj1mlii01u kill, and yet that· (hall not .happen indivers Years after the Conjunl1fon is over and paft. And thisI haveoften heard altedgedas the �aufcof.Death, when fuch a Conjunction hath happ�ne1 �n the M1d-heaven, Af.cendant, Sun, or Moon, &c..9f a Nat1v1�y, m which _the� could find out no other reafon more fubfi_antial. They likewtfo fay, That Comets ofrentimes kill when they begin,- orexpire on the chief Pointsand.Parts of the Nativity. But this a: well asallthe Reafons

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Reafons beforementioned, are falfe a·nd grouncllefs, and I do pofitively fay, cannotKill, nor ever did, perfe, at·auytime. Howfar·· fuchthings asthefe are concernedin D�ath,Iam fenfible,andmay fometimeor otb�rgiveamore particula�.ac�ouqtthereof; butto f.aythcieKill, isnothingelfebut a:Rcfu,geforlgn.91a��, ill�d let them bringmeone_Examplewherethefe_,oranyof.t�e1���ve,�illed, �nd I will bring them twe1 . lt'/ where they have ·not � it, andyetattended withas much violence as the other. •• But notwithfiandiug they have thefc-Back-doors tolet in Excufesand Shams,tocheatand delude themfelves and others; and alfotoBafHeaudBantera more fcriousInquiryafterTruth, which_ they pretend is their Standard; l fay, thefe very Men do _atro own, and allow, that violent Directions to the Hil£>giac�points, - give Sic�1eJi, Death, and other MiJfortune1. In which I doagree with them, and doaifert that thefe are theonly, real, andprincip,zl Ca1tfu of.Death, and that all the others are but..SnbjcqNe11tIand Collateralt. AndJheic:Dixectionsare nothing,elfc but Bodies and Rays1carried andconveyedfrom one pa1t ofHeaventoanotherby the perpetual Flux of Motion. And aboutthefeDirections there harhbeen agreat,and a longConteft,one beingofthis Perfuafion, and anotherof that, how to contrivetheir Operations, to bring theSigniticatorandPromittortogethcr:accordi�tothetruedefign and intentofNature; in whichpuim I find.theyarenot yetwell agr�ed , neither is it certah1 when they will; th"o in the Angles it iscertain there can be no rnifiake, norind_eed any where elk,, if t,hey would but obfcrve, and purfuc Truthin thatTract that Nature bath made. But in this pointwe do aH agree, thatDi.. recuons of �/vfolent NaJure give Death; and in this I doagree with them, and-th.1t it wasDirecl:io.ns that was the caufe of this Native'� (the Protctl-or's) Death; and yet I am pot unfentiblc, that he bad icii that yearan ill Rev.olution) 'a11d �n Eclipfe of the Sllll in M.1y 1658. in exa6l: Square to the Morm, in the Radix., who is Giver of Life. And that.the Cornet of 16p. h.d itsbeginJling in orabout the .10th degree .of-Gemini, in Squ:ire to the Moon's Radical Place, and theMoonin his lall Revolutionon d1at yery pi.iceit:1Gemini, or near it; with fame other things, which I dono ways.allow to bethe caufeof his Death, but thofc Direrccl:ioru only iritjle precedin.gTablc,.and,the.yarc,asI remember, Seven innwnger.

, This being granted , rhat Directions are the Afiro1ogicalTh

Ca�fcs of�ath;_ �he next . t�ing.i� to inquire into the Qua�ity

of tt, and how to Judge tlus accordmg to the Method and Direttionsof our Authors, would puzzle a far fironger Brain than I have to imployin it; as I bdieve you will conclude, and readily judge, .�hen you have heard theCaufe opened, and the Matterfaply fiated;·accordingtothe ufual Method and PratUcenow in ure·ar.oong thofe Men called Afirologers, or I fuch as pretend tb it.

In any Nativity, when they come to confiderDeath, they tell us, That the Native's Death will be by fuch Means, Ways, orDifeafe, as isagreeabletothe Lord of theEighthHoufe, his !'future, Pofition, and Configuration. And to tolour the Foolery of this Dclulion, they tell us, That the Lord of the Eighth Houfe is trye Anareta, or killing Planet, when there is not one inTwenty, ·or Thirtythat dye by the Dirc:cHonof the Giver of Lifi!, rothe Lord of the Eighth Houfe. If fo, the(J there is nothing more plain tha11 rhe .Conrradic.lions'in their veryRules, laid downto infiruct thofe rhataremore Ignorantthan-themfeJvcs, ifanyfuch are to qe found. For is it nota·plain piece of Nonfence tofay> That this or that Directio1ds the caufe ofDeath; and at the fame timetell us fikewife, that theDifeafe by which he·mufi ex-. pire, wiH beo(theNatureof theLord oftheEighthHoufe, &c. when perhaps Vef1U! may be Lady of the Eighth, in Trine to the •Moon, or Sextil�to Jllfiter; but perhaps the Direction�y bethe S11n or M1on, Giyerof Life, tothe Sq«amo�Opp(Jfition1ofSaturn and Mir1, and one of them Lordof the Horofcopc. And itisimpoffible toreconcilethefetwo Rule� together:,tomake them either agree, orferyefor aCloakto hide theirErrors, for th_erecannot be two Caufes to fpecificate one and thefameDifeafe, and thofe C�ufes.-foAntitheticallyoppofite, andyet the Difeafe fhall p-artake bur of one of-them when all is done, and that is the Direction or Directions, that the Giver ofLife is then directed to; and · accordingtothe Nature ofthat Star orStats, fofhall the Difiem� per or _Difcafebe, And indccd,thisistheon!y rationalmcthod,and -: the other altog·ether improbable; for it i�_theoccafionof the Directionstouchingat-that time, that givesthe5icknefs, which if fo, it is reafonable to think that fhould give the �ality ofthe Difcafe alfo, and not the Lord of .the Eighth. :But I will end all ina word or,two about this matter, and ifJcan·, pat it out , of:

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ofdoubt; letJupiterbeiordoftheEighth, and'init, inPifou, orwhere youplea(e, in'Trin�or Sextileto theSunorMoon, and theGiverof Life·bedirected-totheBodiesofSarnrn, Venur, and Mercury, in Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn, orAquary; efpecially near anyviolent fixed�tars, or totheBodyofSaturnorMars, and-· the Squaresofthe other two; and that Native !hall either be poyfoned, or intoxicated with poyfonous Phyfick,, and this in defian_cetoJupiter, LordoftheEighth: whoIam fure givesno fuchthing. AndfoI come to the third thing, and thatis to .. comparetheCaufewiththeQ!!aliryorEffect, which isthe Di[eafr:, &c. _

The Com• Th·ewaytocomparethefethings,_istoexamine,fuchNativities parifon _ 0! asthechiefdloftheProfefforshaverublifhedto the--\Vorld, and both, w,t� tofeehowtheymake theirRules, andtheDeathof thePatient the fi2!!.ertet .f h o·r. {i b f.. l M. . • • , F thmceari•agree; 1 t e 11�ae . e . r?mt1e Sun9r . �rrj it1sa . ever, a_ Jing. Hellic1<,, orfuchhke; 1fit1sfromSawrn, lt1saColdD1ficrnper, asCough,, Defi11pon1,_ Ag uu, &c, iffromJupiter, Apop�exies, Impoftb11mes,_difeafesof theLung,., &c. iffromVenur,Dyfenttries,difeafes·oftheStomac�andLiver, Fiftula'1, anddifcafesofRepletion; iffrom Mercury, Deliriumr.,¥adncf1, ConvHljions,Cougbs, and difeafesoftheBrea!f,withallthofe Infirmitiesthatrifefrom·an excefs-'ofDrinefr; if_from·theMoon, ViarrheM,-andother Fluxes ofthe'Bowels,Convulfi�iu,Objlrullion.rinyoungWomei:i, difeafesof theWomb, and Cuch like. Thenagarn,.theygivevarietyofDif.eafcs, whichaccordingtotheMixtureandComplica�ionofthei�Rays, isno,veryhardthing to examine, ifyouarebutwilling to t_akca little p.:rirts. Andtherea(on whyIadvifeyoutocorn:. parethe.Difeafe and itsQuality, withthat which you call _ the Caufcofit., is for you_to·obfervc howthey doagreeonewith another,andhow.allofthemtogetherdoagree�ndcorrtfpond,to the Ruleslaiddown forthatpurpofe. Dollr.ofNativ.pageI42. fell. 1. page261.feU.8. And.to con{iderwhen any Nativeor Patientisdead,whofeNativityisknowntobetJueandcertain; whetherhadyou b�ntohavegiven yourJudgmenttherepnbeforeDeath youwouldhave predid:ed thatDifeafeofwhich he died, orComeoneverylikeitinNatureand�ality, [forIknow therearenonecanbeabfolutelyparticubrJ bythePolitionofthe Lordof theEighth Houfc, havjngrefpelt to thlt Angle it- felf, thePlanetsinit, and thofeCoilfigura�ionswithwhich theLordofitisaffected. Ifay,afewTrialsofthisNature, inalittletime - will

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willfoon{hew you, towhich fideTruthcafiet!1a favourableAfped'rwhethcrto(hePower-ofthofeDirectionsat Death; orto� the·Powerand:Pofitionoftl,eLordoftheEighthatBirth. To which purpofeJetusIT)akeafearchandinquiryinto fomeNativitiesthatare.knownaiidallowed.

�ery i. WhowouhFhave judge;� bythePofition·oftheLord oftheEighth, that-KingJamesI.fhouldhavebeel½_poyfoned;for JupiterLordofit, was.inSextileto�heMoon, andinSquaretothe SunandMercury,whichChouldratherhavegivenaCougb, µificmperof theLungl, anda,H,�icl{Fewr, than an 1'1gu� and Pq3,[on. ButtheDirectionsthat·kill'dhimdonaturallygivePoyfon, forit wastheSun,Hi(eg,totheBodyofMar,, Sq�are9£Vinur, andBodyofSatffl'fi. _ . -· .•

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•!i!!!.:ry2. WhatArtifiskill'dinthatLearnedDoctrineoftheLora oftheEighth,__wouldhavejudgedCharles$lliouldhavediedby Violence, whenMarsLordoftheEighthwasinSrxtiletotheSu,1-y andLordoftheAlccndant·, andin noillRaywithany, butthe· SqL1arcoftheMoon.? Andy{;tthe Directionsthatkill'dhim were Violent, and might give De�thby a fortofVi9lence, among which,thathediedby wasonekind. ---

�Hery3. Whowouldhavejudgedth1ttheEarlofEffexthould, havebeenBeheaded,whenJ"pilerLordoftheEighthwasinLibra, andfreefromallMalefickRays? OJUec.Geni. p. 45.

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�try4.. TheCafeofDukeH.nr.ilton;why_hefhoulddyeinthat mmncr,whenJupiterandMn-swerenowaysaffiid:ed, theJormer beinginSextiletoSatm·,!,andinTrinetotheSmi; andthelatterin_ noMpc&withany,buttheOppofitiontoVi:n.ui CnUec.Genit. P· 67.

-�?TY �- WhyGeorgeDukeofAlbem.irle (boulddyeqfaDropfy, whenMilt'I, LordoftheEighth,·wasin Squ,mtotheSun,-andin Sexrileto.Vemu; which·cani:iot be·allowedtogi•:ca'Dtopfyinmy· Opinion. Collt1e.Genit. p 7_0. -_. •

�,ry 6. WhySirRobert H,lburndid notdyeaviolentDeath, feeing'tt!Jr.randtheSunisinCt11Uu_ntlionint�eEighrh,�mongviolenttixedStars; and·S.Jt11rngoingt<:JtheSqH,mofJupiter, L<Jrd oftlutI:Ioufe fromCardinalSigns;whichisindeed.a_veryviolent Potitiun. Callee.Genit. p. 124. , •

�ery7..Why M(. MJffi.111ie1lofhould not expire byaNat�r�l Death,feeingthattheMoo1J,LadyohheEighth,wasnowaysaftl•ct... ed, butgoing to theTrineofMm, TrineofS,m'-rn� an�Trineof

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the Sz,n. Collec.G enii-. p. 1SS· But Ifappofethis i� one�

' uleNati vit�es and theretoreought nottoquefitoned.

�ry8 Why SirFrech Hol le., fho u lddy �byfo vi:>lent Death,as being fh_octopi ces,w he n theM11.on, Lady of the Eig th, wa� fe peratng from theTri e of Vi IM, Lady ofth �Te'.1th and gomg to the Bod ofJttp iter, Lord ofthe Afcend ant �n Pif m; fort_�e Moon was not full_16 d egr ees 1_1 Pifoes by he rL atitud ; a� J upu erwas almofl 19d gree s b his Collell.Genit. p. 59. l11S 1 th eGentleman that was to Hve fome de cad s of Ycars, ( by J Gad. P ed d it.

!ff?.. mr y 9· that Nativi yp rinted for 0/ivE Cr mwells Collea Ge,i t. p. 145. Why Ju piter in Squ are to Mm ai:td Sal rn fhoatd ghc n Agm nd F ver, and s theyfay, P?yfon; w hen :1.t the me time, J upiter is 111 Sextile to the Moon , 111 Se x.t'.!_ e t? the Su11, to Mercu y, and VinHS, which Po fitions d onot ufe tog1�c fuc h Acc den ts, but rather aConfam ption orCom eotherDife afe fth lmJgr But betides th at, even in this Fig ure h erebefore us , and bym now c ned- ed, why Lhou d.Merc'!" J th at go ver ns the C ufp ofth E ghth and is-in SextiletoJupiter, an d T�in �o the MiM; or "f:e mu whogo �rn the rellof thatHo ufe, bemg mnoillAfpect�1th anyofthem, butinher own Houle, an df� e as wellfrom Bench�kas Malefick Be ams, giv eaµyDife afe ofth e Nat reoft hat hedied of? When ceit ls plain, th atnone of th efe Ray s, ei he ofM ercu ryor Vlllz«, can·be alowed byan y Rule I h�ve tead i tha t �e thod ofJudgment fromthe Lor oftheEigh th Houfe, o giv either:i F ver, Ag,,e, or-Poyfo n, &c. And mdce ro e xamin 1tra ti nally it will app ear a v ry la me empty fort of a Rule, tha the ord of a·Ho ufe lhould giv fo confid erable an Accid ent Man's Life, as th e Qyaityof he Difca feof whi_ch he mufi dye andth at Houfe but nimaginary Poin tor.Pa t of Heaven, that_h is calle dtheLo dof and beca u(e he i L ordof hat�9uf e,hemu kill and defir oy ; nay, and give D�at by fucha ki nd-of J?�fea as is notuf ual to his Natur e, Politto n, or any otherQEahficat on whk h ifthey wouldbu confider, renders theirArt (by the ow nllulesJ a veryun certai n,fala ci ousIn_q uiry, as �o h app arb the rAuthorscompared with th?fe Qi ertcs precedmg. �nd fo cometogivethetrneQauf _of his-D eath, that m allNat1vm sfhaU ho d Goodand A h

O,u fJ{efortndtUm� 67

1..4/lly, He thatwUI <:o�e t� theu ue know lcd g�f Afirology In this thil�g of D th he rnu«tn t�e fall _place throw by all _ thefe Shams d F lerie s t h at are_kept mufe.without ,uiy Appro_mtt!on oftr u h or yother Authority but that whkh forne call AnuquttY And Ih; b e n fom ewhat the lot1ger on thismatter to !hew how idle athing it s iii it fclf and yet ho�.much ma�nified_by �hofe thatpret e h o A.U rol ogy. Not a Nat ivity done withou the ufe of this Rule; and no 01 1e Nativity in forty; where the Rule takes plac e un lefs it i by ch nce ; fo til l theycan prC:tte to me that theyhav a be t _fo u� datio fo r their Houfes :�ha�1 any � can !et learn, I mu��g th i pa rdon, fo m y no behevmg this a�c a grea t many F le i m or in th Att ofNati,ities (? which willg i ve a full er Ac ountfhortlyinm y DefdJ.Gm .Ther 1sno othe thingca {l u in th e Ca fe o De:i.th . and the �at�rc andQQaIific ationof h Dif fc , bu t the Dmchon or D1rechon tin are then i for e d op er tio n ; byDirectio toth eGive _ o Life. do k o wledg th t R ol ti�nt; SecondaryDireOia,u, wi!h 'Tran[iu Returns, Eclipfe1,&c m_ayincreaf e th eArg�ments of the<::er _t�mt ofDeath,bu l l fthemtogethe rcanno tgiv e Death or fpccrhcat theDife fe th le ads_r it ,. bu r th Diretl:ion s only As coul;i fbew y i fo me of,tl1ole·N1ti ities men_tione i th forl'!1e �crie s, w here th Oifeafes did exall:f y correfpond to th e Dire ltio s, _tha t gav th em, Senf A ftrologico And t thi _p�r�fe there - mayforn eti rn es b three or fou r �lanet s concernc: 111 �h m atter•fo meti mc b u t ne, bu t'rarel yle fs the ntwo ferv eto giv the Difeare a Dea th T th s purpofe in th Nativity of Cb arlu I I. t - th e MJ th tg ve the Difeafe bu t t wasM.z that kill'd hi m alth o ther wer e d iv'ers Direelions ; I am fur fix or [even in f�r- a n do peratio n whe n h e-died an d help'd t complat h W k f M rtality Likewif e in th s ·Ca e of th PJ oted-or Cr mw ell, t w s no t Mercury or Venm Lor d orLadYof the_Eight hH oufe ,. thatga.v e:hime� an-�M F-tt1tr , �r -Prtyf-otr non or. S rn, L d of th e A[cendan t in th e Eight h m Oppofi ti n to M.m ; b t it was th e Oirecl:ionsofSt1turn, an d th e Moo he r fc that ga ve h is Dif af e, but thatof Mm kill d nim _ An th t Ido ;i ff rt tob e th etru eCaufeof h is Death an d £ha ll hu�e

apr opo rti nal Etf d: al+ oth r Nativit�es _ whe e t?e Mo n

Hileg and n that part of H a ve�; that_1s 1t fba lJ_g iv e Death but pe haps i m y not be by the fam e D1feafc but 1t fha ll be th fa N t r viole t and quic as indee d a e mo fi f th?

Op,u (l{efor"}atum.

Diredions where M�rand the Moon are concerned, but efpecially where rhey fway aud gpvern. And that you may be the more farisfied, do but examine the.Nature of the Promittors in Diredion, -and compare them· with the Natur·e andCircumfi�nces of his Dife.1fe by whkh he expired. Both which being.througbly confidc:red, in the next place confultthe Textof Ptolomy in his Fourth Book, Chap. 10, 1J� genere M!J,ti1� and Jou will (I believe) be foonfatisfied aboutthe truth of that m<ltter. And fa I willconclude myJ?ifcourfe on the Nativityot this Great General, Statefman, and Politiciaa'; whom Ml_.Dreyde,z in his Panegy1ick on his Death, commends for his greatLabour, Toil, and Indufiry, byendeavouring� the utmofi to fhorten the Kingdoms Miferies, and put an end_to theWar, which other·Men made their Trade and Profit, and made it their bufinefs aifo to protracl- it. His wordsarethefe,

Ourformer Chief,, li�e Sticklers oftbe War·; Fir/l[ought t'enjlame the Pmie,, then tqp(Jife; The 9!!Jarrtllov'd, but did the Caufe·abhor, And didnotPri� to hmt1 but mJ� a naife.

War, ollt' ConJ,-mption, fl'M their gainful Tradt; We inward Bled, JPhiletbrypro!�n;,'dour Pain. Hefo11gbt to1!nd ou,fighting, and efl.zy'd_ Toftanchthe Blood hy-breatbingofa Vein.

THE SE CO N D PART.

The Arg;;mer;t th:1t i11d11ced me to it·

IHaving finilh�d thisGreatMan's Nath�ity, comded the Figure-, and refuted thofe·ab:urd Errors, which others have builtthereon, underthe Notionsof Rulesand Directions-for the Young Students to Steer by; I am directly led to examine aBooknotlefsh!l'd.with Errors, thanCromweV'sNativity [printed by the Gentleman you have heard mentionedin thisTreatifeJ was.with falfhood and fh'ams. A Book written to·introduce a·ne_w a.nd imaginaryWhim, that J. G. ditl believe the Po�ver of histhen!ntcreil-,wasabletoputupon the World. A Book, thatthe _ Argumentswhicharebroughttoprovethethingtherepropoui1ded, and his Principle afferted, ate eith<:r falle,mifapplied,or elie lugg'd in byhead and fi10ulders. A Book, not wrirten to do the ArtillsofE11gland anyService, but ratheran opportunitymade ufe· of, to fhew how plaguely he wasahufed, and his Reputation curtailed,bybeingcalled and·etkemed.a Papifi, from the Popifh-Plot to that time; ancl yet_at the fame time, with a tide-long, skewwhiff;\rgument, to ridicule the Objetlions againH -the Cheats, Fooleries, and Abfurditiesin hisPopifh Religion, asI flull have occafi9n tofhew anon more at Luge. A Book, wr:tten to jufiify and maintain the.Errorsof his Youth, [I had almofi faid , the SinstooJ which were greaten(?ughthen,-and might have fav•d him this Iauourof Paintinga1�d Hangingupa Sign, tohavcJite-ril thecaiier fern and difcQvered; ;.md_to fhcw you. he had no. more skill in Allrology at.Sixty years of Age, th_an he had ac Thirty, For in the Yearof our Lord, I660,- and 166I, he made a Collecrion of N;1tivities, and moH of_thei:n f�lfc ones, as thall ere -

Qpifs (J{eformaturn,'

long appe1r. FromthefeNativities,thusmade,�1e'for�'�_ ahundred Aphorifms, and moll: of them as falfe as,his.Nat1vmes. I , fay f�om thefe falfeNativities, �eforrn'd t�ofe choke·Aphorifm , s, a quarterof which, I am confident, to t�ll?. dayhe _ never provd to be true. And from two of thcfe Nat1vmes, [and I am certain they ar� both falfe, for ( have made one �ppear �o already, andwill do fobytheother beforeI corn:ludctlu�TreatifeJ namely Ch:zrlt1 G1t/lavus, Krng of Sweden, and Oli-Der Cron.well, he form'd theEighteenthAphorifm, whi,h was this, CiJtdinal Si?;,1�1 po.Jfcffing the Ang.la ofa Nativity, ma�estin �ati�e �of any Cond1t1on orCapacityJ mr;ft-Emintnt and Famour 11! bi;&mrrar_ron, at!� to dofuc/J Aa1 ,;r After·a;,rsfh.111adm!rehim.· An? fromthisAphonfm m3de in the Yeu _ 1661. he writes a Book m theYear 16S+. to juHifyandpromotethe t!1ing_wl�ich he calls, Cardin�,Ca:li, which ismy prefentbuhncfsto,mquireinto,

An 1;1quiry into J. G'f C,rdinal Errorf, '

THere�re afort.ofMen in theWorld, _ rhat'whethertheywrite or talk, do pretfRd �t is for nothmg elfe _ butT�uth; of thisStamp and Noifo, ist�e Authorof our Cardg;,:rCcel,; as �ou may fee in his fawning Epifikto the Learne4 Sir E.D: who, as he thereconfdfeth,Tav'd himfromthe Gallows. Andtndc�dthe . whole Trcatife is nothing elfe but. aheappf-Words and Jmglc ; nothing at all relating fit�er to Truth m gene�al, or t�at. �f Afirologyinputicular; 1t 1s hke the commonDiak�of his D1-_ fcomfe Eh{ive and Treacbcrous. And for the finl Eighteen Paragra,phsin hi� Book, there is no_t'a word to the purpo{e, and matter of the T,catife. j\nd therefore I !hall pafs by �11, t1!l I come to that part ofit, �be,c hedifcourfcth aboutCardmalSq!,l!J on Angla, &c. whidt is the only t�rng l have undertaken to refute, accordingas he hath afferted 1t; for whatcve�the mytte.ry ofCardinal Signsis, I am furc he�a!� awron&Notton abou�the matter, andthat not onlyrhe Nativrncs _ lic buildshis Aphorifrns upon, but alfo thofehe b1ingstoprovehis . Thrnry, ar.: �alfc. Bu� before-I begin to exami11e tha� Book, 1twill not beam1fsfor me • to

to lay down my Opinipn; as :m Axiomconcerning the Power of Cardinal Signs.

Cardinal.Si.gn1-fr,)1ifyIWlhing 01z the Angle.r of any Natfrity, &c� Bui Cardinal Signs ontbe �nglu of a NJtivity, andfame ofthe Sup_eriorspla"dtlierein, do crrlainly makt MenFamo1t5and Prodi• ,gioM in t�eir Gtneration. Andfo they dr1 is thofeSig111, tl;anol hr 1beA11gtei.

Whoeverheisthatprctenas toAll:rology, anddeniesthePower ofCardi_nQI Signs, not only in N:iriv:ities, but in other gene.-al Affairs of theWorld, makes too much haHe todifcover hisIgnoranceand Folly; and whoever he bethat placeth more Power in them, than Authorsand Experience allows and jufiifics, makes toomuch hafle'todifcoverhisConfidence;,whkhindeedhath been indivers or_her thi11gs in thisArt, the Practice of roo many Profdforsof Allrolo�; bywhich mean�we are at this dayfo fuch a Labyrind1 of Errorsand Confufion. For moll of the Modem Authors [Icallthen:i Mod_ern thathave been within OneorTwo hundi:ed years] havedifper[ed Errors, and.·according to their In-terefi,•fo theywere believed and promoted. Take·an Infianct in one; and thatis the Lcarm:d Trearife ofNaibod on A/cahiti111, which hath made fuch noife amcngfame very Leafned and Judi­ cious Men. ConcerningwhichBook, ifI wereto[peakmyplain Opinion, Ferhapsit might not be convenient in this place; fo! I hive a very-'ordinary Opinion of the Book, altho Learnedly drme; and this for fome reafons of my own, difiintt from the Opi1)ion of other�. • And betides, I �ould point out' their Errors·� and fom_e of their Authorstot>, but thatit is not-my bufine(s in this phce ro meddlewith thofe things; but aU in good. time.

WhyCirdinal Signs fhould givethofe ftupendiousand amazing , Elft-:th in Nativities, &c. that_thisGentleman fpeaks of, and yet JJOt known to-the-Ancient-s, is a thing I cannot eafily believe.; neit11er is itat this day affcrted by any but hiltlfelf, and thofe of o�r Nation,·whq, w,ere deluded into the belief of this idleA(;. fertion. For the Cardinal Signs without Planets in them, are butemptySpaces inHeaven; andwhat-rea_fon-thcre i5, thatthofe empty-Sp.:ces·thould be allowed fo gre�t and might-ya Power; ', if

Op� @Jf;m1t1tum:

if they haveany Cuch lhing\ mull in my Opin_ion depend on o�c, of thefe three Reafons1 accord.Ing to_ their Affertion. Fir(t, It ma.Ta'eitherreticle in the N:1me, Power, :andVirtue of the Sign. Or, Secondly , In the Narnre and Power of tbe fixed Stus th·ac areintho(eparts 9f Heaven. Or, Thirdly, f\s beiQg the Medium, and t�o excrcams of the_ Ecliptick. As to the firlt, I difown it �holly, not allnwing any Myltick Power to the Name of .Ariu, Cancer, Lib,:�, or Capricmt, nor any more Power and_Vi�tue to that partof Heaven fo cailed, thantoany of thepartsof theZodiack bet\des; for we all know, that the Names of the Twelve S�ns, are bu_tw�at the tirlt·1nvcnters imagined thofe GonlteHa� tions to belike, ancfhave thcreforec11led.-themby thefe Names. And· what-ismore, thofe CoriHellationsand Partsof Heaventhat did poifefs tbofe points at the time when thefe Signswere fo named,areeitherbythe Precellion ofthe fixedStars,or Retroceffionofthe Equinox,divolved from thofe Points,near awhole Sign-; _ as in the SignAries,.which takesitsNamefrom the Ram, the Figureof_which C_reature is defcribed in that part.of Heclven; and.

I judge .tt thanimewa.s in.,·or neaNbe Point of the Equinox ; hut now·the tirfi Star in that Confiellation , and -known by the name ohbe tirfiStu in·me Ram's Horn, is in_28 degrees of Arie,, and_about 3010140 minutes. So that ift�e Fi:�ure ofthisCreature gave a name to the Sjgn, and a power t<;> the-Part,oLHeaven; then the Preceilion ot the tixed Stars hath quite alteredth�, Ca(e, and it is flipped away into that part and fpr!ce then cal-:led 1azmu, a.nd fo of the refi ;-•niether do I care by what Names youcall theSigns, fo I can.but tell what you inten� by them, ancl that we may by thofe Namcs know how, and where to find the Seven Planets byth�ir motionsdifperfed throughout theZodiack. Butbelidesl the ·empty Sp1ces·of Heaven were never yet pretended by any Man, to haveany the leaft Powci: imaginable,-without the prefenc� of the Planetsor fixedStusto jllutlrate them ; and fo rar l do.allowthem;· and no further. . ·� .. Second{y, As to rhc power of the fixed Stars in thofe-Signs, I thinkn() Man will lay the firefs there, b!'.caufe rhere are nu fuch thing in two or three of chem, unlds they will make fuc� Stars

a; h;ve great Norlh or South-Latitude ufeful in �his Cafc, ,which J am very unwilling to aUow in Nat�vities; for _the fixed Stars th1t have great Lath_ude, c.m have but littleforce in the Angles of :1 NJt1vity; and-I h9pe noManw1lldeny, thatthe point,they call

Qfil�f./!(�faYf!l<t{,�

c,.1Ub�·�urp Qfthe ff.dufc• rnuft �c.i� die_ E�Hp�ick,: whether inthe Horokope,or Mid-hcave1�,.or'theopp6fite Points._•::111 the $.igµ 4riu,1rtw�c,j� nota S,tar;ofthe-firil Ma�n-�tude�noranx:of .thoJc(;qnd,:but �lle�rad.aj1�_(;,iril!e9( Antfr_q�eda,,-and th'ey-ha� ving NmhrJ..atitu�k, �bout26 degree�; however,-if'thcy were ll_carer, 1 lhould nottookQpon �ho!eSta��·aljl(toit1Lifl:ratca Space of Heaven, fufficient to give it.Juch a·Power; feeing there arc• Star, far �ore co,1i�<;rabl(i<? t,�a(purpofe }n the Zodiack; tho· nqt.iri C��djn.atSigns.. In_Cancfr'.�p_fin� no�c of �h�firfi:Magn��­ t�e, bµt§J,:in,,.orthe.Grrl!'fr-?Jqg� _and that.Star 1s about4b:de� greesf.rom theEcliptick:withSo�h-Latitudc, �hkh in.little too fartoh�vethisp_owerherepretended. Therefl:·areallofthefecond MagnitQd,e, �nd.they are. the.Br,gh,-F�ot of,the.1'wiri1in'the begin!1i�1g pf 9..an,cer' with 6 degrees 50_mihut,es"of ·Sa11th� Lati-: u�de; and the .Star ,�ailed Herc,d,�s, �it� the·'.Llfcr·vor,, hiving: abOLn I6 degreesofSONtb-Latitude; there.akoth�rs�lfo,-but/I think lefs ferviccable to �heir purpofe than there·are, jf1they de.:. pend on the Powerof fixed Stars. InLibr,:nheie are two of tlic; firfi Magnitude, the Y.ugin, Spikt a�dArllirrur; yet none but the Yirgi,_,r �Pikt.fe�v�ceable_in.tpisWo1k,:''as �eing11eattnc Ecl�ptick�'. and hath but.httle Lamude; bur'Ar[!,,,.111.hath fibo� 3odegrics, ofNorth-Latitude� and doth-iifcwi�h the middleof Virgo.· Ai1cl' when the qeginningof Libraafcends, that Star'is a conftderable d�!lance above the �<?�izon, �nd not to_be faid inthe Afccndant; aqd\betides,)� culminat�s�ith the/begim,ting of Sc<1rr_o,--and: for· tJ:lof�.re�(o,�norw�ys femceab1e. •. In Capricorn there 1s alfo.bu, oneStaipf the firft Magni�de, the �tightStar·in the'H�p, cal-led_ Lyra, which bath above 60 degrees·of North-Latitude; and tho � �4]1ricirrn, yetitrifoth with thtlatter·part of Libra; _there' ar�.diver� �tars,more in that Sign, but all of thethird Magnitudc ; a.n�)efs·, �xcept tha(•in the P'#lfm-t,- called the B,·ighl $1ar ,. w�ic.9 ���Jt,.almo� W �egre�s �f Nonb-Latitude. Thus you fee,there ·1s ,b.Lit on� Sign of the four', that '1ath an eminept fixed.$,ta�near_ .the E�liptick, which is the V,irgins Spi� lp,:�br"J �nftho .it rifeth with the ;21ft degree ofthat Sign, fFt.it fets.wi�h.the -ve�y�eginning.. Hence,-thefe things ha�e no.fway widi ►me to bdicve lhat 'the fixed Stars . are able to· ma'kc' thefe' Sig�s fo_ famous and; powerful; as'my Virtu_ous Adve1fary doth'atfert, aqd endeavourtomake usbelieve.. For It isjilaip�· That other· Sf�ns'arc endowedwith.famous and cmi-

OpUI �,tfo.rtn4tj4fn;

OJ>tH.,.f/{efhatum�-.\

T���yo�

fee our Anccfiors hadfome:·reafon forbelieving-the CardinalSigns, foconfiderabldntheir.AfirologicalObforvations andJudgm�ntsonNativities;&t\.'1Vhen1thc:yfoundPlanetstherein

•P!aced,.whichaccording-to.their.?Pofitions did, and always wm givethingsremarkableaccordingtotheirNature. Asforexam­ ple, In the-Inclinationsand<l!:!aiifications,of the Mind, which•is r�e Rudde1 to fleer the Bodywith. ,Ptolomytells us, Thatthe Signs add much to theTernper.iture ofthe:Mind; buc·how? Why theyaret�ofeSignswhereinM�rcln'JandtheMoo!)areplaced. AndthenhetellsyouofTropical,Fixed,Bicorpo1eal1 &c! Lib.2.

•C�p. 18. And thefame things are preached alfo byCampanella, Li�,�.G_ap.7. Artie.I&2. Sofays]unliin�likewife, Proq,ulitalt amm, ,g,tur, confidera LoCHm Mercurii & Lun� qu.e fi�n,i o,cupenl. S�ecul. Afir.foJ.50.CoJ.4..Neither isCarda11hlentaltogetherin tlmthmg, but peakingalmofithefamewords, D11,1de Ex"m. Ge­ nit11r. in tcrtia, in OllavtJ, •in, Nona & a/ii., .Nativit"tib111. Se­ condJ.Y_. In . D,feafes, if.thofe that fignify their ,Infirmitiesarein CardrnatSigns, they certainlygive themoreviplem fort<.fDif­ cafc:s, and filchasare har�to�becured', astheupr{/[y,'-an�other Leprousa1�dCut�neousD1feafesrhatfpreadthewholeBodyover, andfomet1mc-s CancerousAccident§. But all,thefe mutt beei­ therw�enthe Luminaries, or Significatorof the Difeafe, �rein thofeSignsandPartsofHeaven, VidePtolome•minLib.3.Cap.17. AndofthefameOpinionisAlhubater, Thatitisthe,prefeneeof th� Planetsi!l theSigns\ n�t_,the Signs the1_nfelves,·that givethe D1fcafeorD1feafos, DeNattvlla, C11p.63: ButThirdly.andLaflly,, !hatwhichismore to myBufineG, and willpointtothe MatterInhand, isthatthh1gof Dignityand Preferment; in which.Cafe MManeverlaicl'the,Caufeil)d-GroundofityetintheSigns of Heaven, bu..t-:ehe Planets and ,their P?litfon�, till my Worthy FriendJ.G.beiuo1ofct1t011.fo(>f. NeuherJ1111liine,norOmar,nor P1olom,, norCi:m,panella, norC11rdan, norAlbobali, norGuido Bma1w,or anyotheroft�e�thai h;avecometomyhand,havegj�enany countenan�etofuc;hakmdofJgdgmentasthisisbeforem�rlfioned. ·And to.g•v�o.ncTc�tfor.all, from·oneof their oldefi.Authors thattheyfomuchadn:ir�f:(1 having fpokenc:ncmgh_of,P1olt1m,lbe� fore, onewhom he ta\ks,-of, but knows. nothing-of the Man nor �Is �atter] a� rha� isAlbohali, . DeJudi.Nativit.Cap.3�: de d1g?1tat�, .Afp,cede�<?" domm11mejur& partemRegni c11m fH<J dommo, &folrmmN,1rv,.t111iJ?114 diMrnh, LHnam inNolf11rnit{; & fcias.

fciliq,miitn,.habtsitpi�,tligni111111,Jl',;;Jif11erit bltti-i11Hm, q� p/,,,.udignitaiesbab#erit, d.domim,n, AJcenienthAlil1ifal, r,tlCon,;. ,,.;x,;c,""'Configuratio, eri,Na1111homoR.tgilll,, G'e�,egnoditefcetd' fu"!"""".bonorm, confeq11t1ur. Obferye 1( fays"_hc):theSign of the TenthandhisLord, an� thePartof·D!gnityandhisLord, with theSun inDiurnd Nativities, butthe_MooninNocturnal; for if there were: Commixtion or Configuration between that·Planet thathath mollDignities, andthel!.{)rdoftheMcendant; hethat isthci1born(b:itl advance to fome Power in Government, and fhall growRkhthereby. AndtoteJlyouthetruth, thisAuthor dorhfpeakthefame Languagethatrheyallgenerallygive outf�r Doctrine·in th� Cafe;,tho fome m1y make little Additions of theirown, -yet none ever denied this, neither doI believe that Mr.J.G. will diredlyoFpofeit,,fhoIjudgehethinksthis<lifcc,veryofhis'1}oreexcellentthanthat, but_notfogenerallyufeful; (orthe formeristo be confidered.inallNativities, efpecially in Mens; butthisofhisinnonebutthofehavh1gCardinalSignson all the Angles, w�ich may amount to oneor two in•Twenty. Howeverthatisnothingagainfiit,neitherdothitiimpair·theIn• vention,weretheAphorifmitfelftrue; whichisplainto-me,thaf itisnot. ButJetevery onebelieveashe likes. AndfoI cometo hisArguments.and Reafons, by which heendt:�vmusto prove andenforce thebeliefofthatidleOpinionabout CardinalSigns; &c. to be ofthem(elves able tomakeany Native great and fa... mousin his- Generation. The firll Eighteen Paragraphs ofthe Book being fpent onlyinWordsand·Noife, without- a�y:Rcla-,: tion 'to the matter inhand,':he comes atlafitolayhisPrinciple andThefisintheNineteenth Paragraph; hetellsusthereinplaili words, thatitisfofamousandrema1kable,that,itwants 1tothin·,: butBeliefaqdPTDPf. PraYJ,!·Whatdothe.moilabfurdErroiswant betides," or fiand mo1e,in-need;o£than th(?fe·twothings·;- nay, letErrorsbe butbelieved,jndialittleproofwiU:fervetun1·�mongt thofe Converts. And to faythe truth,: he doth aslgood astclli us.inthofewords, That Antiql\ity:dqthnot-'in,the Jea(lown0£ protect-it; and.wbethc:uhLModem Afirologerswi>uld own-ancl1 hdicve·it, or nbt, he.wa;iq:f�doubt. ;_Fm.niriis�tafn:,'.tha� whu:h:wantsthe4tte{Ia,ionofAntiqu�ty;and:the-.ionfen11�"Mod,r• .A!irologm, isa perfect Innovation, andwh�lly.ftrangetothofc:ob that Profdlion. Aridtheverywords of1 thisPangraph putsthe: wholematterinto.doubt. Ncithen

Op,u fJ{eftirmatum: ·•

Neitheri5 the twentieth anyways tothepurpofe; for theMov,tJbltF,a{l.r of the.Cb11rcl,, the Jn,,ifh-I'alf(Jl}er, Feaflr of TabernflClti, and V1tle11VmedBm,J, th.1t he there talks of, are no more�to hisCadin4lSig111, than the Mi{l..before Adam that went up from the Euch, was to the 1,ll wet Su,n,mr, or the Children of lfratJ's going through the Red-Su, to the mofi Renowncd Sali1buryRaccin 1688. But whenhe talks of our Bldfed Savio.ur's corn• inginto the W-orld, andaILo:fufferingWlderCardinal Sig�s, 'tisa fo1tofCant thatI donot we11_underlland,;.lfhe means by that, a Conjunction of the Superiors, 1b,,1 ufalfe; for the Conjun&ion that preceded the Birth of our Saviour, was in Gm1ini, AlfittJ. 7'befa14. Chron. Cap. 54• If hemeans _that he had.Cardinal Signs on theAngle! ofhisNa_�ivity,at Biuh, thatIdmy; for C,1rJan and Mori,rJHhavenomorefwayon lllY Faith inthat thing,than Jobr,'s Ar3umenfshave forCardinalSigns; ana belides1a Learned IJivinc of our-own Nation , did once believe that Pofition of Cardan,s having Libra afcending; but he altered his Opinion•afterward, and madeit S4'_.itary. However, it ii my Opinion, That if the Angelsin �eavendo not know whenhe will come, poorMortals on Earthdonot know whenhedid come; and 'tis athing better Jee_alonethan medled with. For letany man_but·contid.er how we are put to it fomctimes togain the true time ofa Birth of_a Man or Woman, borninthefame Pari(hwhere welive, andperhaps not forty years before; nay, and it may be not·find it neitherin the,Conclufion,thothe rime may be givenas certain[and perhaps more.tooJ as that of our Saviour, Alexander the Great, Nm, J11liMC.efar, and abundanceoftheold Popes,thattheypre• tendto·h.avebythem, but mofi of themfalfe; for the dil1ancein time,thefaultsin Chronology,theobfcurityoftheirBirths,and the impotibility.ofhavin�the.mtranfmitted[iftheyweret�enknownJ down tous trueatthisddlarKc,.areArguments fuffi,1cmdy rational tobelieveall thofe, or atlcalmoftofthem arefalfeand fictitious. And by thefameRule, his Confident Adventure [in his 31ftParagr.J that hetells·youof, illullratedmore.fullyontheGe·niturc of hiSJ,)mmo,tal Arch.biihop of ever Pious Memory, &e. was-buta·Ddafion,aod FaHity put upoo- Mankind, and thofe in pani�lar thatateStudiousin.t,hatScience; and that bringsmeto hisReafonsgroundedonAuthority. And the firfthe givesus, is fromC4re/an, Seg.5. Aphorif. 129. Abfufolif,ab Arietead01111mun,Inb"'1ili1bilemreddil.J11ftrinampar1em, Borealem

Opu (J{e/ormatu,n.'

B()'l'e4lem4Ultmhabitartfacit. A Cancro dtl Iibram,_Fiene b.ibit4bitur Borealu & Auftrali dominabitttr. A'Libra ad Capri«irnum, Auftrinr., babitabitu_r, fat.l·bartali pmi minimeimprr.ibit. .1t'�dflticorno:atl Arie• ,em, imper.ibr,nt' Aujlrales.BarealihtH qu.zfi dr[olati!.. ·In E!:glifh thus, When the SuH's Afog.eon moves from Artu to Cancer, it depopulatesthe South partof the World, and renders the North habitable. From CancertoLibra, the N(Jftb lhall be well:.peopled, and govern �.he So,ab, .From �bra t<;> Capricorn, the South {hall_be well-peopled, but not gov�rn orcommand the Ndrth.

F1�mC�­

pricorn to Ariu, the Inhabitantsofthe Sout� {hall_have t�eDominion over rheNorthetn Countrys, they bemgas Itwere defolate. I thinkI thall have no great need ro fay any great matter to this reafon in histwentyfecond Paragraph;ncithcr wouldanyMan but he have brou�ht this to proveCardihal Signs on the Angles as he�ndeavours. And all thatany Mancan pretend from thisAphorifm is that CardandidbelievetheCardinal Signstohaveagreat fhar� ln'che Affairs ofthe World in general, ancl of the dividing and ditlinguilhing the Parts ofthe World, to the times of their Rife andRuinin particular. But thatitbathanyrelation'toNativities he that hathbuthalfan Eye, mayfee thecontrary ; and he may as well affert from the fame Aphol'ifm, that every .time the SNn patTeth anyof t�cfeCardinal Points, there rnufi be forne great Action done in the World, and alfo Men bornt6do great things forthe F�undations or overthrowof_��vernment; a�d Indeed theAphor1fm feemstofavouithete, rather tha11 t�e other ofhis; but tobe J?lain, itco�cerns'neithen�fthetn. Butfuppofe I illould dentthe Authority ofd1e Aphorifm,'as beinga thing groundedonSuppofition,theWorld being asyettoo (hort-liv'dto· prove onequarte�.ofit; .I �eU-eve itwill rnui;h : weaken Jabn�s dep�µdanceonit; and to t�is purp0fc, pray .confider;whe�hes the. Aph�/ion1arefixtpr moveable, for ourAuthorsareaf.adifference aboutthat point, whkh isthe.main thingth:i(Cardanhathground. ed it on. Now, ifthe Aphelionsare·movabte, thenthat ofthe-Srm compleatsits Periodical Revolution irial�oil 23000yca.rs; butif thflaretixt then it hath noother motmn_thanthe PreceBionof theEqµind,i, whkh �ilJcomple'atitsRevolu_ti_on i1_1almC'fi lSOOO

ftnr_n HelvicU( and Al/fed,m, &c. !lath hot fc�n yel the,numberof 6p�..fo thatwe have above 190�01.earst�runthrough, �efmc. weQiallbe able [orothers fos: us] tofet theu ha11'1s tothe truth., · ' of

Opu,_ <J{!:f�rmai14m�

ofthisAphorifm. AfinelargeTradofti�etocompleatand prove thetruthofanAphorifm)when we [I fuppofeJ-iliall havenoocca• fionto.quoteorufeit: Arid llicwsCardan asw�ll irnploy'cl at the-. writingof i�,.. asJ. G. was, when hebrought 1tto prove Carch�. nal Signs on.tf1e,Angles of a Natlvuy, &c. and I thmkno Man that hath his Sences intire,-_will conclude the'Arguments thence derivedcohav,�yfwaytQ make imparthl Men·believeit. And for his difcour�there ofBakingandBrewing)itfee.mstoinemor� remotefromthe matter, thanwhathefaid before; itdothindeed °£hew chepowerand forceofFermentationatthetimeoftheV�r-:: nilEquinox; �11d yetI dare fay John did. nevertry the Exp�d­ ·mentin theufe of an Elediontothatpurpofe, tho hecommend, it to others. Nordideverany Manyetfay, ThattheBeerbrewed at thes.,u entranceinto the Signs Cancer, Libr4, and Cppricorn1 obtained-anyfingularApprobationforStrengthandVirtuel before -thatbrewed atothertimes.hitheyear. '. •

TheTexthe hathquotedftomLudoviczu de Regii1 inhisTwentyfourthParagraph,:isno more tohisdefignedmatter, thanthe TextofC11rda_n. AndnowIfee, wher�cyer hefindsa•� Aphorifm withthewords Equin�m�ta�d Tropicli�_it, �e prcferit.ly takesit by theLugs, andprdfeth1tmtohisServ�cerightorwrong.; and forthofe·two wordsfake only, hathhebroughtthat Aphorifmto provethe fooleryofhisowa imagination, when there is notone wordin theTexttoencouragdt. An� thereforeI fua�I notdw,ell ·onthefe.d\ingsthat�refoobviousand·plait),.butpr(?cee·d tothofe thingsthatarei�o�eidle, and.more r�diculo�s•: �.; •..··' ••

• I �illputhis_26thand 27thParagraphstogcther;fortheproof �f which, prayobfervewhatAphorifms he ufeth, and confider __w�thyour�If, whatfor�ethereisinthemtohis:e11dandpurpo(e.

�,zdo St11ur,z111 in Libra '9"J11piter in Cancro/ueri�,_ l11nc "'f'gn_iin M11n�M111"1/oites comintertt. .-That .t}1ere,ili.Jll,hippe·ngreat Mu·utions inthe· World_� when S�um fhalJ:beip...I.ibra, and J•p#er i.nCancer, Card. Seg-'7�.Apbor.6� • An·d isnot thisa veryfwaying Te�t to _prove Cardinal Signq>n Angles, to.do thofemighty things th�tmydearJ�;, Mr, Jabn pre.tendsto. _lsthereany}>n� :word in the Text, thatcan·1,e: fuppofc�- to cou11�enanc'c fucli a .t.hing? None_as I can,ditcer���h'frthofe two w�ds, ..q�ia� -�incer. Andth�wfth·a�good]eafon•a'Ji�fuccefs, }jelugs•io J)iafr. podi111, Aph.79. Sign,F°4!!in�iali'!/ent�1111t11rdomin;,'!'_b.i{>n'tf•Pf'L: fta1um ugum, &c. That Equmotbal Signs ateperceivedtohave

OpJH:1/.{eformatttm,.' - •

PowerandDominionov�rLaws,·Rcligion,_Rights, andCeremonies. Andbecaufetheyhave fo, then bot� they and-theTropicksmufiP"[eontheAnglesofaNativity, dogreatand firang�things, fays,7.G. Whytrulyh�.mighta� well

Textsto·prove the Birthofthehttle:

Pr111�e.9f.w;ales_,��h•s�M��er;.

_orhis own Marriage at Wildhol:lfe. ,F�r_thew�rd,E9,unol11alput,to Lan,1 and Ceremoaie,, do in.my Opm1011 pomt_ directly at thofe things, rathert�anNadviti� in�isSenfe. �t becaufewe�o

low theEqumoOW and TropicalSignsto �ave:great- Po�vc:r111divers Cafes, when the Planetsar�in them,.m,uil: we t�ereforeallowthem to do every·thing, and havea fhare.in everyCaufein .Nature,-purely·bytheirown Power without the·prefen'4: of the Planets? 'Tsa DoctrinethatIcanneitherlearnor�llow. And I darebe confident, thatJ. G. himfelfdoth notbelieve t�e thing thathebathhereendeavouredtop.it�pont�eWorld;hedid itonlyto fhewhisParts, and howhewa�arm�d

the,Art of Perfuafion, on which you may fee hedid depend Ill thisattempt, Bu!ofallthemarksofConfidence thro�hQutpis whole Book, recommend 1.11C fo his 28th Paragraph; tn .which· hebath·really out-done himfeJf, and not oo!yiliewed th�World theAuthorityofhis gro110dl�fsFoundat!on, bqt �is_uns_k1U:ul�efs . inGramm11r, and hisConfidenccllhad_hkctohavefaidfomcching elfe] inaffirminga thing without the leatl: pretence·_ancl Chewof Authorityinthe.veryAphariunitfelf. Nay,Iwill gofurther_, ancl ,hallengehimfelf,oranymanintheWoi1d_toprove,thatthere1sone LetterQ1Tittleinthewhol_eAphor�fm,thathatltthelcaftpretence imaginableto.proveanytpi�gaboutCardinal Signs, orany other oftheSig11sontheAngles,ortheCufpsofanyoftheotherHoufesi whichisapieceofunheard-ofConfidence., foraMantoput-upon theworldat fucharate, andma�eAuthorsfpeakwhattheynever thoughtor intended, nor will thewordsirit�e leaftfavourwhat he ddigns.. .- -.

Hequotes_onlyfour words of the Aphorifm, i. e. CometccIR Cardinibus,R.egummortes,&1;. Comets(fayshe)n,benwer,heyap• pe,r in Cardi1ialSig111, 1/Jey beto/t!n ,beD.utbofF.mperor1, Prince,, Pa1enfale1,&c. Cardinal Signs youfee', do �ilfcarry ·a Signal of Wonder andAma_zementi11them. Byw_hkbyoumayfeehelaysthe fuefsof thewhot�AphorifmonthewordCardinibz«, whichheren�ersfor CardinalSigns, and therefore praytakethewholeAphor1fm to'gether, that youmayfee the Impertinence andIgnorance_of the - M - Man;

Opus fBJJormatum.

Man.Seg.3.Aph.r

17.Card;,,,.Cometeimmobilu

Seditione1,mobilesamem Bella indicantab_Externw. InCardinibM Reg1trnMortesinnono loco Reli• gioniJJall,rtatn, in Oliavo velDNudecimoloco Pe{lilentiam,autJtJ-atn(l,n fegetum,in,mdecimf?NobiliumMoftes� Which_is thus inEnJ!.lifh: Im-moveableCometsgiveSeditions; butmoveableComets fhewWars between Nations; in the Angles, deathof Kings_; in the Ninth Houfe, injury to Religion; intheEighth and-TwelfthHoufes,·peflilence anddamagetotheftandingCorn_; intheEleventhHoufe,. thedeathofNoblemen. And nowwhere, and bywhatword of -aU thefe wethall gcrpower ind room enough to lug in Citrtli11i:ll Sig111, Ivow itfeems·to me itnpoffible, unl�fswe wereanimated with-fuch So_ulsas h_cmef\fG. was,- when.he,wroteit. Ohmy dear-Joy! thatever thou fhouldfi tranflateCardinihlH for C"7'dinal Signs, and_�iftake,C�r�ini��forCardirralihm._ Foritis.plain, that Cdfdan meansnothmgelFe HyCardin'ibZH; :hut'tht AnglesoftheFigure OT SchemeofHeaven· delin�t_ed' in pl'ano, �caufe he mentionsthere alfo the other fonr Houfeg ahove the Earth, ;.e. the Ninth, theEleventh,. theTwelfth, ,and.EighthHoufes. Now, if 'lohncanbuttdl us, by what.Rulein Grammar,bywhat Figurein Writ�ng� -orConHiultiott{this ,vord·is·to: be-t.hltstun�ttftood in (aJ�µrq_f�aew-ib�_c,ntcc;l�i�id'��?•aliiff,whimofCd1dinolSign$ on·')/ngleJ-, I fllall be'.,eady tp-recant wha�I have·written, and to give himnotonly�he{light_hano, butalfo the Se1viceofmy Pennnceagain to jufiifyhim: But }-am forehe will faveme the �ahourof both, an�p!cadguiltytot�fChargeI have herelaidbefore-him. T�isC!hnebidbeenpardqnabkin ayoungSuckling, that'is wantonfyp�aymgaboutthefoot'of�mr:1ffur, andneverhad time todigefihislritbu�ionsandRule$laiddown, andgivenhim �y his- Nuding-Mother: �utfor an old Ben-weather thatboalls his beingfuatcht from the Breafi ofMiaervaat tenyearsof Age; Andyetforalltbat,fay1,bek_nowrmoflwtird1inTbomaiiusa·11dRider; andthat hebath Mars, Lvrdofhis Afcendant, and SaturnandJupiter; Atmutensrfhi1Figurt, wbichwllffa t,,e/J.1<,1ton,nto hi.r Adverfa· rits, tbatIi�Snailsthey pull intheirHorns atthe leafi touchef hit rm, anddHr/lnot peep OHi intheir DWll Vindication. Say'lt thou fo �JohnlWhythenperhapsµponthatPrefumption youundertookthis migh�y-Work, to unhingethePrinciples of Afirology with your Cardines Crtli, and throw Heaven outatWindows, by helpof a Newlnvemionfrom Bric�Court; 9r perhaps-he hath got the c;,:: i/dalllm maj111 P�r'"elfl, which they fay dHfolvcs all Metals, and may

OptH -�eformatum.·

may, beingufed'3ndimprovedbyfogreataVtr111ofoas thisjg eafily dHfolve theAngles ofaFigure..into..the�.firft Matter, an,d'from then,$! to make,C�t/#nalSign, �t.plea.fure. _,Perhapsyou-will.not believe this; why, thefe are no. hard things in John's Religion and_I believethePri_eflwith hisHoe eft Corp111, fando oneaswell as theother; Ayby,my (houl canhe. Thus youfee»pon whatAu� • thorityJobn-Gad.:bathraifed this_mighty Structure ofhisCardiize.r Ca!/,i; andto.fay:t\lc tr�th�.�heother-patts ofhis Bookarefullas falfeasthisis, thonot(o�bvious·��d notorfous. Fortotl'anfl,He inC11rdinihllf, to·b�meantinCarrJin.al S#g�, tellsasinplainterms, itlliews him to be Egregioufly Ignorant, or Auda,ioufiy Confident,·inoffering foboldlyto alfertathingwithoutanyAuthority, that he .mufi needs. believe wa�-underfiood l;,y fome bodyelfe � well as himfelf, forotherwife hehadb�en lafe. And·.fo1will lea�c QlYold_Fr!erld_"Jr.:Cttrdinib111,onlydcfiringhimto,take.gQod -11ouceoftwo Lmesin·Marcel.Palinge.

Indoliumrar'o effepreb11m conugit, &a,r11 Errorumin tenebrtH mentem lg(IOrantia,rudit.

In his 2,91h Paragraph, he fetcheth,an Aphoiifm from-CardtiR, as hefays,if he doth notmifiake; which.tells us,That He, who;, bornatNooll,�hen 1he Suntntersthe Ver1ral-Equinox,,R'illbegr.etJt,anJ - famous, wilhoutotherTeflim"niu. And:thisAphQrifm},bn,fays, isdiredlyintendedby CardanJor,tliatvery enclthat,he_herebr�1Jgs•kj andthatthis puts thematterOutofallCo(ltfOVetfy,and fways the Balanceon his fide, b(:caufeatthattimethc:CardinalSignspoffefs the four Angles of the Celefii�l Figure, .and makethe thing as plainasa Pike-fiaff. Now obferv.e, this isas notorious as the other, andth� thing�Hedgedby himdiredly falfc;; by whicli he bath�ewedhis accullotnedConfidence.toahairagain.ForifCardan had mtcn�ed fuchaDoctrine, -as-my Fliend hete.bring.9 it to prove, then·he would havefaid.thus, Whofoeverii ho,non thiljide theLatitude of54deg1;.the daytheSun•tnter,Aries,·JFillbeGtt<JJ,&c. An�to makeit more•plaiMotheEnglij1,, hc-_dothe�cll\dCBt,Ji,;d(, an� allPlacesbeyound itoutof hisi1,1tent·; chat,is,-.hebathwiit anUnive�falAphorifm,and··.yet,l\ath(McepteclallSc,tland)!·pal't.of lr�nd,. mo(\ part ofSweJen;3� 0Di,rnwr�,. anddivcrSiothci:King..: -domsandDominions�utofit,whichisbldcedafortofNonfence in it.felf� ancl nono-becbarged,:upon-C.,-d.ffl, wUi-aEOthcr

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that better defervcs it� For Cardan lays down his Aphorifm in plain words, andmakesitboth pofitiveandgeneral, whichitcannot be in Gadbury's fenfe that he here ufeth it for; and this is plain, becaufein the Latitude of55 degr. when the firfi Scrup�eof A,·iuisontheCufpofthe 1othHoufe;thd1rfidegreeofLeoafcends on the Afcendant, which puts theAphorifm q1;1ite out of doors, to allthemPeopleinthatLatitude, and beyondit, if].G.is to be believed; when Cardan's Aphorifm[ifthereis fucha oneJ intends nothing elfe but the Sunin the'EquinoxandMid•heaven together.So that the thing is plain to everyone that will'but confider, That whatfoeverhehere brings inunderthe notionofAuthority,is all of it firain'dand forcedbeyondtheintentof theAuthors; asyoumay feemore_plai�ly inhisfollowing 3oth and 31fi Paragraph. And here he comes to aclofeP1oofofthe Argument, and this he fays, isfrom hisnobleFirmicu1, intheNativitiesofPindar, Ar• cbiloc1M,andArchimeder,Fol.173 & 174.AndthefethreefamousMen are butintwoNativities, andthofe two nowaysbroughttoprove Cardinal Signs, butthattheConjun£lionofMari, �nut, andMerCl!'J inLJbra,ln che Afcendant,in Oppofitionto J11piter inArie, in the·se-• vc�th, intheNativitiesofPindar andArchilocm; and theConjHnlli�n ofMar1, Venu,, and Mercury in Ariu, inOppofition to Ma11 inLibra, inthatofArcbimede,, do produce great Men, and thofe ofexcellent Parts; but this was not from the Cardinal Signs [tho I do allow the Pofitions to bethe better for being inthofe SignsJ but fromthePlanetsinthofeHoufes anaPartsofHeaven; andonthat and thatonly, dothFirmicH1Jay the£trectsof thePofition, as you mayfee, p. 173. Butitwas prettyodd, .thatthey twolho!.lldhave both one-Nativity, ;. e. Pindar and Arcbil�cH1, and happen to be born inone anclthefameMinute,whichiftrue, isa mightyConfirmationtoAfirology;andthattooconfirmed byanotherexampleof Demoftbene,andH?rmodorus,whowerealfoborntogether,asFmnic,,1 fays. But if 1ohnbath no better ArgumentsandAuthoritytoprove hisHypotheftsby,than thefe,hehadasgoodgiveuptheCaufe;for I believeFirmit111knewtheNativitiesof Demo/ihenei, H:rmodon,1, �rcbimides, PindarandArcbilOCHs, much aboutfowell asJ. G.did Judge Hales's, �ir Frech.Holles·s, Oliver Cromweu•s, Charle, GH/fa• V11ii's, Kingof·S1Petk11; and the French King's, in his Colltllion of Genitures,.with forty more that I could·name, ifoccafionferv•d. And in his 33d Paragraph; afterall·theftAfi"ertions, he fays, He 4!ion,1 no re11fonJfby bu Aphorifmfho,udnol R't.tr,beLivery andq,ara-

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l1er ofTrutb; unlefs it can.beproved, thatPerfons havebeen born withCardinalSignsontheAnglesoftheirGenitures, andlivedto yearsof Maturity, andhave not beenfamousin one kindorother, ;. t. forHonouror DHhonour, Viceor__Virtue, Wealth or Poverty, Learning or Ignorance, Courage orCowardice; and,iffo, thm the complaintbrcughtagainfi him is·unjull.

TothisIanfwer, The Propofition isveryunfair, for there isno Man bornintotheWorld [oratleafiwaysveryfewJthatkeepsthe exatlMediumofhisBirth, buteitherfallsbelowit, 01rifethabove it,andfohathmoreofHonour.orDiihonourinhisGeneration;and forLearningorIgnoranc�, I wonder he lhould t1lk ofthat in_thisDifco�rfe, when heknows that depends whoUyonthe Moon and Mercll'f'J• And I utterlydeny randheknows it tobetrueJ thatany man had evermoreofCowardiceorC_c:>urage, forhisAnglesbeing pofi'efi"ed byCardiml Signs; for the one depends on theRaysof S11turn,and theotheronthe BeamsandPowerof M.m. Andthatof Honourand rnlhonour,Pove1ty andRiches, dependsontheirpeculiar paufes, and no ways concerned with the Cardinal Signs on the Angles; yetI grant thatthe Caufers of thefe things being in thofeSigns [no matter what Houfe they are in] may �ake their Effects more remarkable and famous. Ai1d fo my_Fnend John leaveshisAuthorities, and fallsinwith hisAntagonifisaboutother .things, whichIChall over-hale, becaufe there are famethingsthat will yield matter that isworth reading, efpecially about'that of his own_N�tivity, and the reafon of his ImprifonmenJi as you have itinh�34th Paragraph.

Wherehetells_us,ThathedidforefeehisbeinginthePopilhPlot in1679. twentyycarsbeforeit fellout, andthatby his ownNativity. WhyreallyJohn this was a mightyArgument ofyour Skill;. butfuppofeIfhould'notbeableto believe it? Why, thenI judghe will rebukeme limplyforit, becaufe he printed itii1his Doclrine of Nativities, more thanTwentyyears before, andtherebyJtappearsto be certainly true, it falling . out exat½ly according to the time there mentioned in the Table c;>f Directions, which was the Medium Ccrli adquadratumSoliJ, falling onthe 12th Houfe of his FigureatBirth, which {hewed lmprifonment, and the Fruwnsof Great Perfons. Ay, thatis to the purpofe, falling on theCufpof theTwelfth,· whichisaplaguycorner of Heaven. Andyetforallthis, I do 11ot believe one tittleofit; andI.willtellyouwhy,in a. vety fewwords; I cannot believeit, becaufeeverySquareor �.l- clrate:

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drate in anyCircle, oughtto ,onfifiof90degr. andnomore,whethcrinMundo or Zodiaco; butthis worthyGentlem<1.nmakes thisof his toconfolof123 degr. andafewminutes,whichfc:ems tomean odd fOl'tofaSquare; and indeed IwonderhowmanyfuchSquares he, oranyotherofthofePhilofophers will makeina Circleof3·60 degr.Fortheproofof rhis,dobut obferve,Theyall allowthatthere are but90deFr'· betweentheMidheavenand theAfcen�ant, which makes up theSquare, (ll!adrature, or1,thPartoftheCircle;fothat theSmzmuficometotheAfccndant, beforetheMidheaverrcomesto his Square; but at'tluttime, when my old FricndJ"ys the; M. C.: cametotheO of 0; the Sun was 33 degr:and morefromtheHo-rofc?pe; a1:dtof�Y.the �ruth, theMidh�aven tothe: Squareofthe Sim mJ Gs Natmtywill notcomeuptillabout85,or86 years of Agebyhis Figure, which is [t� be plainwith you] falfe, 2dty, I cannot believe it, becaufc the M. C. to tr.·� D of � fhould have been a� Ma!efick, and ofasill import as the D ofthe 0, beciute heisin d wir.hthe 0, andhisSquarefalls alfo on rheCufp of the 12thHoufc,and retnotroubleoftpcNature nndQpalityofthat in 1679. when he was in thePlotto Murder Charier II. Nordid his M.-C. to rhe D of� iri 1685. ever g�vehimanythingoftheNatureofthe Di�ctionatthat time. Aadbefides, whyfhouldnotthe Mid-heaven to the O of JI,, at about 24 or 25,1·ears ofAge give lmprifonment, and the Frowns ofGreatMen> Bitbops, and Lawyers) bythe fame Ruic that the0did it afterwards.. I knowhe lut:i nootherSham toexcufeitwith, butbyfaying, it did not fall ontheCufpofthe 12th'Houfe; aplaguykindofanArgument,and on::wcu1dthink iris fufficient toconvinceanyman. But 3dly and LajilJ, l cJnnot believe it, becau[e he lets the Midheaven·pafs by the Bodyof 'ft, which is a real and vitible Direction, and a moil fatal onetooinallNadvitiesieithertoLife)Liberty1 or Reputado·n; and t-rumps up an imaginary 'Direclion, which there- is no fuch thiffgin nature. I know HhallhaveEnemiesinthlscafe,anU.rhcrcfore I \Vilt put it fairlytothem all. Pray, Gentlemen, which doycu thin� is the mofi proper Direcliori to throw a maninTo Prifon for ·bctra.ying the Nation,. cndeavo_uring tobring in Popery [this is plain_upo1� him., for he tuin�d PapiH afterwardsJ to Muraer the -King, and(uch likeCrimes ; i/Je Mid-bea'llm to the Bodyof'h, or to to the· □ of ,bi 0? IftheDofthe 0, thenwhat did Jz g!v.c? ifJi,. whatdid the Dofthe 0 give?For youhavenotAccidentsforbotl� Dlretlions; and atthattime, whenhemakes the M,C. totheBody of

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oflJ·to beinforce,was hetopand top-gallant; thenitwas everyone p•IJ'din /Jis Horns at the dajh of his Pen, not daring to appear in-their own Vindication, Prog.to his Alm�n. I 669-.. Whereitis plain to me�that oneofthefetwoDired:ions isfalfe,thcybeingbothexpircd,and but· oneAccident, zdly,That his ownNativityis {alfe,andthathe never knew yethowtocorrectit.And3dry,that he did notunderfiand one word ofthe truthofAfirologymore atthewriting ofhis Cardine, CC?/i�thanattheprintinghis Doctrineof Nativities. Andfor theothci.partof this 44thParagraph, thatIhavenot.touchedon, 'tis aU falfe,and alye;andI will inliance in onething.He['!}'! he doth efteemit allmmi D11ty to be Obedimt to-tbe Lawful E{fablijbedGovernmcnt,both in Church andState. Here hehath plainlygivenhimfelfthe lye; forin 1690. hewascatchtatthePofi-Officeinfendioi·aTreafonableLetter,. in which w.is aPopifhDeclaration, andaScandalous Copyof Verfes onthe King and Qt!een, which he promifed in his Letter ihould,-bc printed fpecdily: foJhort, there was eno�h to havehang'd twenty meninthet\YOlateBloodyRtigns,and yetthis Gentleman efcaped; and how many offuch Letters he did fend, that werenot catcht,hewillnottellus,Ifuppofe; andwas thisobedience to thelawfulGovernment ? Yes, witnoutdoubt; anddo but call at John's Officeof S,dition, and thereyou·fhall finda PopilhCafuifi fhalJ qukeitas plainastheNofeonyourFace. But,I fuppofe,John meant, tb.1t it_wd.J all me111 Duty to be obedient to the Eflablifhed Government th4t would[et up Popery. Averyhonefi, confciencious Fellow, and a trueSubjed to a Proteflant Prince; ha! Mafs John, is that trne? VixCredo. Butbythis youmayeafityguefs,whetherwhathe fays is tobebelieved, ornot, lethim fawnandditfemble withthe Government in whatLanguagepe pkafeth, Nay, I dare be pofitivehe willnottaketheOaths to Their MajeHies, as�ppointedby Parliament,. heis fogood a,, Englifhman. Bue tal� about Charlu the Martyi·, and his immortal Arch-hilltop, and thereyouhithim; if youwould knowthe rcafon, 'tis becaufe-t�eir Religionis all ofa piece. And_yet further, let himbut obfcrve his ownwords in the 56thParagra?h, Whereis our Love toChriJtianity, (fays he) or the bleffed A11tborofit, who b�th taught JM better Lffons, tlJau to injur� the �ie�of another, ur io c.1/tfiery Bombs at the lnn!Jcmt, and 1Lis witbo.tt fir/1,U�• ing a re.zjim of the Dijfertnce,or fairly proclaimillg, JYar? and fo011 inthe following Paragrah. It fcems it was anInjury at that time to fall upon Hvn, without giving either warning, or fhcwing Cau(e why. But he had forgotthat in 1687. whcn.he_did be•r�b.eland -Villain.

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I.gavenoCaufe nor Occauon; onlyhisZealforPopery�nd the HolyCaufe,prompted him on toabufemewithout aCaufe, andto(hewhimfelfamalicious,enviousFellow. Ar.dinthat humour I leave him quarrelling withGa.f[end�1 andtriflingwithhisReader, andcome downtohis 80thParagraph, where I findhimvery angry withhisA'dverfary forthinkinghewasaPapifi; whichdothindeedfhew theilrengthand excellence ofthatGentleman'sJudgment; forGad.did really turnPapifi aftaward.

AndhereletmebegmyReaderspardon formydeparting from the-rext; thoindeed_itisnot myfault,forI am fiillpurfuing his matter; by which you mayfee what {bift he m_akesto leavethe CardinalSign,, andluginanArgumenttolhewhisCardinalErrors,hisReligionImean._Andforabovea·dozenParagraphstoge­ ·ther,hedothmerrilyRidiculetheEnemiestoPopery,andthofethat believethefioryofPopeJoan. Concerningallwhich, Ilh�.n only m;iketbefe Remarksfollowing, not beingwillingt9fpendPaper and Time upon fo idle and foolifh a thing, as J. G's Religion.

1.Then,Letusobfervehowpeevilh-heisinthe82dParagraph,and howunwillingto becountedaPapifl,andwhatShrugs,Shams,and �ibblcsheufestoevadetheStory:Aildatlafi,toconvincensthat .he isnoPapifi, he tellstheWorld theymay fee him at tneAbby­ Churchveryoften at DivineService[not a wordoftheSermon] which without doubt isafpecialwaytoproveamana Protefiani ; as ifnoPapifis camethither; butwhohathfeen him there in the lafi fouror fiveyears, everfince he ufed to go to Ma_fs, andwas F,.ather Peters's Convert; everfim:e he told Cap. C. that P<;>pery wastheonlytrueReligion;andtofumupall,fincehewas Married byaPopi(hPriefiat Wildhoufe. 2dry,lnalltheParagraphs,wherehe hathcomplainedof hishard ufage, underthat report, ridicul'd Paperyafterafhamfortofaway, hislaughingat�hefioryof Pope Joan; howDan1,erfield andCarehad be-papified him; howColey badfenthimto bis Beads; and howhe wasburnttwiceinEffigy with the Pope;yetthisisremarkable,inall that ridiculous Stutf,he doth notfay,Hei-1noP�I:;onlyendeavourstplhamabelief upon us,as hewoulddothisof hisCardiniilSigu.,dry,lfhewasnoPapifi, why-did healwaysforgettoput intheFifth ofNovember , by the nameofGunpowde�Trtafon-day, whichhedidmanyyears together; andyetIhaveheard·himfwearheforgotit; butIknowwhathe-, hisOaths,andhis Promifesare, efpedallyinalltholethings, when and

an'clwheretheP�pi{hCaufeis concem'd.· •uhew·asn?Papifi, or aWell�willcr'd:Ht, whydidhealway$herd!�tththe�r1efi�of�hat Facl:ion:and'\yithotherspuoli'cJ\lyknpw'n:l?apifis,and'1n:tht1r1Coml panytalkimpµ�e11�lyindcf�n�eof'the�an�·th�itCh�rch, as;�•my felfhaveheard?lfhewere:noPap1fi,why_d�dheend�vourto1make fomanyConvert�tothatPeifu��ontB ,u� ifldo1:otnamewho,;I knowhisfacultyoffwearing,ByHca,vens�t1saly�,�1Ubetheanfwer. 1• Then heel\deavouted.toConvertM_r. f>:. aD1v1neof theChurch ofEnglandtothePopilhperfwafitm,, :"'.hichhi(puhy�arts ��snot abletodo••thenhewent•withhim·toa:LeatnedGentleman 11-1 the Cityofth�tPerfuafion,whodidhisencleavourtoconvincea1�dcon� vetthim,butitwouldnotdo;thenhewentwithhimtot�atlearnedGentleman,Dr.G.whodid[faidMr.-B.J _fay�smuchforthatfalfe lyingReligion,asanyCafu;Jfofth�mallcoulddo;andaftertheyha� exchangedfomeSheetsofPaper11:iControverfy,th7Doctorkth•s cxpeetedConvertrefiin�isown �eifuafion.- AtthismyFnendJ� G.wasveryangry, aildw1th.tauntmgLanguagetold Mr_.B. that he didbelievehem.ufiatlaftofallbeforcedcohavehimtoFather _ Petre,andFatherEIM,twoNotoriousandArch-Ttaytors,�t�hattime vayfamousand'indufl:rioustcrdcH�oythePro�cfiantReh�to?, an_d fubvert theL�wsoftheLand. AnotherGent�e�n,wa�-011� Sull.P. whom healfo�i?p�rfuadetoturn Pap1ft, andtold ht�1twasthe; onlyrilingRehg1on; andhedidforefeebythe-Starsfromthe o of ft and 1/,inQ, thatitwouldroot out theNmbernHmf};; a�d·bc theUniverfalFaithoverallE,,,.ope; �ndt�erefore_d1d:adv1feh1mita- t�rnbetimes and bean earlyConvtrt,:·whichwasthebeltwayt� Preferment�hentheGove·niment'came·intoCatholickHands��y whic1, you mayfee on what T?pickthisworthyGentlm_un.builds hisRtt.igion,and what:madeh1rnatl�C\turnprofe{lP�p1fi; .upo� the whole, itJdmit�of a feafonabt� �ry,)Nhethcrq.-no thl$ werenotdown-rightTreafon,acco�d1�g-totheAn�1en.tLa:wsofdw Kingdom ofEngland ? 4thly, pobutconfider;:�hat a _ busfle,h� hathmadeinnineParagraphsabout PopeJoan,·thePetttcoat-Pre� late. In whichI doobfervetwothings; 1.-Whata·pretty fo�tofendeavourheufethtoputthewholeStoryintodoubtandquetho1� howmany(hmishathhe lug'dinhyh�ad!nd�uld_ers, ro.amt11� the Readerabout it? How many ObJeet10n�.are there r.a1fe<\,-�o -makethethingfeemimprobable? Ho,wmany Doubtspro�ou�ded inreferencetoherQgalityof_State,andherpregnant·Condmon,to render itirnpolftble? How manyPeoplehath,he.therere.fleetedon - N as i

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asNonconfurmi&�.,n1d<;>t�rs, t0-abufe themwithWsLanguage andusbytheimp<:>f,Jwr,oftMsit\,i:guments_?.HawllJ�Y.�_ppofiti9n: hithhe,putbywayiof,Jpro�(t�:what h;mte1ld,�,: ',Vhe11.indeedhe h111rnop,oof;fb,th.e r�aJ:l��\«;�f.ll�()bjection_t<>..�n���Y., but_ theZaalofhisSflij1 (or_t_�e:J>�pijhCa.u(e,.and huMa;hcc:tpProte.ftact's,. bcauhattitne�li��lnga�theGh�rc� bel_i�ye�. _I confefs, thewayhebath taken, 11ra_fiQCSham•argument,.tho notto·,on• l'incethem, !'fCM◊il3.Uerf:(f.?JM, ��l�. m,ake��emb,tle_ve'.f(�s?n abufeup,onHoly<uhuft:Jlj..,l\fl�.br.'thas:way9f_�_rgy.�eqt, J1da11c·.tQ fmar, lc�u1d.perfec'tlf·.��n�_.,dcari> a11�jufiify_aaert�n·Sinner withfn:amileofColkdf!.e•Jfrett;for example,fuppofea man hath� �od.,lnisk,(;omcly; genfil�Woman-tobisWife, whatneedhathhe tcigoa Whoring?:o..� \YnQ:Cal�bclitvche,wo�ld��mpHimthcr tnih�Wifet01eav_cthe�ffu��aJiqp.,11�4,_.�ndc�ha.bkwirh�?-Who ea'>�imaginehellioul«lb1in��

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Mofe�ai1dgethtt�hh�hald,and �henhaveperoutt9Mrs.IP'righls mlyein? Wh6willbehevethatwhentheWomanwas.upagain;he tbouldfo:ktodd.troyher? Who would judgea man thatcame to -Pt•yc!rs'cochcr�J1 �$a.PtoteHant, lhould everPlottoMurdera ��1�sgoodtiP.rotcfiantashimfelf?j\n�c.i�any �an_be/erfua�­ cd� tmthewhohat.llladefomuch:NmfeaboutOut)·an Allcgt�etoKings;fhbu14.becatch,inaPlotabout�woyear-ago,todefuoy lmeof.the·btflKinp intheWorld, ,onlyheisaP,.otfffonr, andthat J�bn·hatcs.�tainlyl1'0111111willbeJiue,app,rernmd,��magineone ward:t>fdmmbetrae.;).betaufeit<lo(linotfeetnneedful, ��quifite, ttirit"tdfar.'y.·•ThusI.thiuk}:hav,t_�lea.r:�.th�t<fentle,pan from his Sihf,a�w�ltash�·hatha,i:ifl.lted:tht)St€>ryQfPopeJg""'on_lyinfewer -Wcit'd't. And2dly, toJhcwthePapift$�thatwhathedid nowby a ftd�long·gl:inteasa:P10tefi1ht, wa�_toletthem know,_hewould andertak�an,thing�e-t'ac�dsaHaPapifi, when th�yfhouldhave tbltl'lgecno11ghtofcttipl�opetybyaLawt _and toletthemknow, Thrtt-htwo1.11ldBe-hcYetick-,hePtotefiant�, andChurch of&�land thel'I, ashehad heretdforeBe•rtbt�'Jthe Nonconformifis. Andif yoateadfiisReply, p.8. . anddiversotherplacesinthatBook, Jou will fit1dhisArgumentsfor fodoing; where hedoth,asgoo as • tell us, Thltalldidfcwho were agai11fi ferting 4p Popery, and thwartingthatKingsdcfigns, weredown-right Rebel,, Trll]torr, andHmti��andfitfornothingbutJayle,,Faggot,Gibbet,andAx_. Thus hath jdlln-tindicattd the-PopeandChairofRmu, fromthofc Afpcr6onsof:Tatipora.lWhoredom,.whkhwangoodEmblemof • • her

thing remarka?le, andt hatis, he�el istheReaders th ofe Aphorifrn r, call�d th eCentiloqu ,umo f Ptolo my, arer eall owned to be Ptolom y s wh1c� I pofiti ve y de ny., an d �i,1 do my nd eavour to ma ke m; Affert10n good ; and thisfor twoReafon s� 1_ Tolbew th e young Stude nts howthey may��n t�eco mmongr ofs Error s.And i�ly,to letthcW orld-kno wIdo not dd fent fromthe co ethod without good Re fon and Au thorit y.

�ver yTextuary Autho r, that writes upo n an Sc ience, Art or Sub1ca-w hatf eve r, doth generally takecare that hisM atter beall q_faPi;c�, andnot: o�eplaceor1;dt to thwart another, one Principle?1reclly oppqftt e to ano the ,�!1d ag enera inco J1e rcnce throu ghouthiswh olematter; forif fo, then no manwil bea ble eit her ro u_nde ftand him, orreceiveanyBenefit or lnf<?rmation by hi wri!mgs An dwhof oev��·!eads the·!t_uadripartit of Ptoomy, willfoo Ju dge.that �� \17� s qoraman l�kelyto'beguilt yoffucha\1-Abfurtlity or weak�e fsmhisJu�·gm ntand ij.:e afoILAnd theicforeforthe betterclearmgof t hn�a tfer, lwill �keth ep ains tocompare fome o thofe A phonrq is, W'lt hf4omeof�he Texts in his�dripartile.An before I beg m,let_me take thelibertytoma�e thISO bfe rvatio n up_ o� tha�� at �an� i:Jtd d16 eAp�qrifm�faid tobe his lhthofe Ioo Aphonim s; we fuid I6thatdo 10·p articular refer to, anch ncern E ecl:ioris, divers -�orary�eitfons , and fo rne Decnm bitur es &c yet [notw1 h fiand111g the Aphorifms fc erntobew rit enwith afor ofAut hority] P1 loy hatµ not writ ten oneword ofany of thd p art�of��rolo, gy, :f!or:si��_tbe_lta� coantena c�t?th� in ��1 ofhisWrrttngs,�whJc}l tohr e (eern s·ve,ryfir ange,. tha tne ha thno th!ou gho ut �is•�ilripI_/z�ti�e, :hli dethe leall:ment iono(.any fu� t�ing �o� anr,i�fctenceto�nyfu ch B<?ok, whichwe mayfupp fe manf�we�Iskilld _ ashew� s,w ouldhavedone,ifhehad defi,g ned't h��e.�ro!��nrthing-�f_thelike nature;andr�e refqf e to �ive fom �b� okeh, ,�per f��Scnteric�sabo ut,a ny Sclc itc e� that we.�no wh �as:Mallet �f,)�t�:tell th� Wo�ld, that'e)tfierhekn ew 'no more:, ti a!leafiwifetfhedid,wasmaUci oufly refo�ved to hid it from P ofiertty;w�l chu nchar itab leOpinion l'c nno be indu ced tobelieve n mor eth,n th at hey are�is�p_� orif� , an d by him penn d ; whi I da re be bold tpfay,_therw_erc n_oti·:_-But p·erbaps fome may fa

Tha t �e, 1!1ayhave W rltte� £6��h1ilg?fthat natlire, which migh be oft , ustrue, fu ha tbmgm1ghJ b�,butthen th erew ould hav been fom cRef e ren ce to it irifome of his W.ritings, as·h e hath n �d D he

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he b th ma d e m�nti ofa Book that is loft, i. e Iiber Magn.e Com­

po{it i qnu ; b t ot wo dof anyelfe , as I could meet with And fo I o 1 toc nfide r the Aphorifms themftlves

In the 57th A p h or if m, 'tis faid, Thal they who ba'De 'Y' or e. afcendin1,ffe-'U be th caufe of thei n D ith Which is direclly repugnant.to th Do fr rin d l v e d i the Chapter , Ve gener M,1rti1, Book 4th, of his!!J.!!� ri p ar it e,wh e he make no u[e o any ot the Houfes in his Judg ment b ou t D a h, but di Midheavm; neither doth he take notic eof'the 8thHo ufe i any thing that relates to Death aPd it is upon the myfii kP we of tha loufe,the 37 th Apho rifmi !"ounded Now� ifhe ha d though th obfcu r Houfe had any powe in tha thing ofD athw he ihe wrote hi s Apho rifmI he would havccertainlymade fo me difc o eryofhi Opinion when_he wa writing tha Chapt er,D eMo Bu t neithe in that,nor theothe rofDifeafes,doth he ke any otic ofIti theleaIt But the reafonofthisAphorifmis Becaufe,whe 'Y' fr n ds , then c1 isLordboth ofth eAfcendan t and Eigh th H ufs; a dw he � afcends t hen !t i s Lad yofboththof Houf s; _fo_th t th �ord ofth Afcendant • beingLordofth e8th

Houfe, mak th N uvefom ewayo r othe r th eCauf e an dAutho of his ow n D elth, w�ich_isa n abfurd thingtobe1ieve an tha tth Hou fesfh uld-give apowe rtothe Stars becauf etheSigns [appointedthem fo th e i r Ho ufes ] happe n tobe upo n thofe empt y Space s in theHe en s, hich theyca llHoufes, thewhol eSchear nbein gdivided i o tw elve equa lpa rt s ; an d doyou thinkth s is no t avery likel fi ory, and h t P olo my doth agre wit h Ptolom y ver y we ll Wha fayyo u I ih o l d alfoha v e o'bf erved that.in th e fame Aphcrifm it faid , H h a1 b h 11X r 7€ afcm ing n n th e Horofcop , jha llbe ,h ca fe and u h r ofh w n Pr firm ian d Advantag ; an dth e rea{o n ir becaufe th e fam e S r l r dof th e Fir!lan Tent h Houfes,whic is di r ecl: y opp ofi t o Pt olomy's Dodrine in th eChapte DeDign ­

tat . And fo isthe 46t h Aphori fm The 76 th Aph if difc urfec h abou t violentDeachs an d lay sth cau fe of the vi ole toth e charg�of h in th e Tenth ; an d y t th Nati ve[fo foo th J mufidy offucha Death,asthe Sign onthe Cu fth F u h fi gn ities Ifit be a n Embly Sign he (h all be 1<,nockd h H d by th falofa HJ f e. If Watr r Sign be {h ll be drowne d Bu -if a H m ane Si g n, l1ejha l1 b H, gi And at la i\ tel ls us n th e en f h A p h o if m Th tif aF. t nejh ll be inthe Eigh h Houfe - he/h be ne cir thrfeda nger1, .butJh Unot4ye by them Whi ch ovothrows th hol D ct i f P l om concerning violen t peath an d !latur to

too. Forhe lays noHrefsonanyoftheHou{esforviolentDeaths;but the Pofition ofthe Luminaries, &c. andfor the EighthHo�fe, he doth not fo much as takenotice ofit tluoughout his Whole Book as I remember; but for the Midheaven,he mentions it twice in th� Chapterof Death, and nomore; and then r.o waysfavouringthis Aphorifm, ifyouunderfiand Pto/omyancl hisPiinciples. Whence it is plain, that the Aphorifm isdirectly r�pugnantto the Dofuinc of Ptolomyfo his &._uadriparJite. ,

Ir:i the 58th and 66th Aphorifms,.youfind the w0rd Profecrion ufed, both in the Englifh and Latin, .not onlyin thl-!Tranfiation of <frapczttnti1M,but intlutof JovitJ11JHPontamu-alfo; but Tr.ipe�mtiztJ's Commenting on theCentiloq111fllll, gi.vesusa-Orange Explicationof the 58thAphorifm; andtellsus ofaconfufedmotion,whichhefa. thersonthis Aphorifm1ancl en_d.eavoms toprove itbyhisown Nadvicy,which_he-calls anApbe1icalP1Y1fel1ion,[ofwhich more anon] andIbelieve thinks itisa coafofedllll)tion himfelf, becaufeheufos. terms in his Difcourfe� that.ar.e r.cal}y do1.tbtful- and fufpidous ia themfelves; as. Ta111tnpr<>pt,rvJrioJGirculor11mmultiplicef<JIUanfrMJ11o, &flelliJrttmloca, no/fitapr�cife nobuCotftita111re1fl.t1.1,itat. But when he comes t9Commentonthe66th,heinvertsthiswordPr_ofecHoo, and makesit fig-nifyanotherfort-0fDo&rfo.e, ofwhkhPt'1lomy-hath fpoken more folly in Chap. 16. of BookUI'" about Addition �nd Subfiraction in a kitli� Dil'.etiion; a:thing,kriown.to-v.er.y few Gf . our Age, either Tlaeorically or -Pra6hcaUy,. I fay he inverts this word Profdiicm to quiteanothe. thing,whollyremotefrom theformer,lnd yetthe wordiat�l'extisthe-famein.both,i.e.mrhri'1'.9andwhy.they Lhoul(l h1vc t-w.ofoch diff'el'(nt figniliaations,l know not. ·However, that I will pafs by, itbeing.nofto my prefent pur• pofei Now, ifwe do-allow this.word Profe�ion, asTr3Pf�ti111 hath tranflated·ir, andgiventhe meaning ofit in the.fiJH Apborifm; we fhall not find one tittlein the fow·&oks ofPlolumy, to give any colour or :fbew to fuch a Notion; uo, flOt io the lafi ChapterofhisF.-ourth Book., where they w-0uld infinute a grnund for chat,and fomeotherlnnovations. Andashe hath given us the meaning of.the word ii: rhe oth.er Aphorifm 1 the Text is much darker, and far more ;ibitrufe than that Text in Book UL and Chap. J4. wherePtolo1nydmh-lay down that Rule pla.in\3.nd eafv. Whence it is viiible, t-har the CentiJotp,i•m, and ·thef!<.11adripartite, were theproducts of two Heads, and be(pcaksthem alfo men of ditfcrent Parts and Abilitit:s. :But hefides, this word Profil1ion, or _ Ilief111&T@-,

ntt.lwuT�, doth refcrto Motion,. and· that too-ofthe,Hilegicals, .JS theyallown.; andl do notremember, That I everfound that word·-in.either-of his two_lafr Books, wherehe di[courfethofNativities alone; but whenhema�cs mentionof the Hilegica\\'oints, he always u[cththefcwords1ArpiT1x.@- T6,;r@-, Perom11escafmvtrirJta As yoa may foein his I Ith,r3th,& 14thChaptersofhis3d Book: and in the 11th of hisFourth. ·A11d to tell youthetruth, I really think that word 'flw�ct.T@- ic; ill uanflatcd., for it truly fignifies, AmbulaJ'io��tllt via inq:ualiquir'111lhula1. And thereforeis referablet-0 Direlticfo. Laftty, As to this thingofProfetlions, as nowunder-Hood, i lookon it as aconfufed groundlcfs thing, and inconfentaneous both to Nat\ilre a.n<l its Morfons·; for the OrderofNature lsregular, but rhisis whollr irregular: For Example, Tfiey make e·ichHoufetomove awhole:Sign everyYear;·andifyouhavethe firfi:degree of r,;;; afcendlmg at Birtht thenext·yearyou mull have the firtldegreeof *-there; when you know_byObliqueAfcc11tion there is){intercepted,andyouwillthenfindyourwholeFigureperfectly indiforc\er-, an_dnoways agreeingtoanyFigureinourTable of Houfes. For when you come to have I degr.of* afcending, youought by r-.i1e andorde� to have 19degr. of ..t on theTenth, but in the profedio�al Figure you mufi hav _ e :i degr. of ·VS culminating, and fofo1ward ev.ery Year ; bywhtchway you will have no regularFigure again, till ;z;.comes to be onthe Afccndant, as atBirth. Hence yo� may fee,ify�upleafe, what a confufion we are brought toby foilowing AuthorswithoutAuthority,and 11'/hat prettyInventions havebeen found out to kickT1uth out ofdoors. And after all this, They render mel:rzcT@- inthe 77th Aphorifm, to fignify Direitlions-, as Trapezu_ntiiM_allows in his Commentary thereon; and yet with it, becau[e he will not lofe his Opinion, jumbles in a tame Difcourfeof Profcctionslikewife, buttoaslittle purpofeascheformer. AndIdodeclare, Iknow noufeofthething, nor.any Authorityfor the name, ifthey infinuate any other Mocion by that name, thanthe real and natural Motionofthe Signifi. -cator in Dfrection,-ofwhich letevery manjudgeashefinds himfelf infoim'd by·his Reading, inftruB-ed by his Reafon, and inclin'd inhisPraffice. Buttherearc diversotherthingsthat 1could take noticeofunder thiscontideration, were itwholly needful, as tht 78th, and 88th Aphorifms, which do not want adeficiency fufficientforObjdlions ofthis na_ture; butI judgethis_enoughto lliewwhatought.cobeconfidered, and toexciteablerPenstoex• patiate

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pa tiat e ther eonfor the b enefi tofthofe thatmayc ome after us; and to let them know all is not tr uththatis Printed an d Pu blifh d to t.ieW orld u nder thenam eand notion ofAftr olog o t care no t a rufh whe her they believe me or no ,Ihope no man hathathcommo n-fen ce, and ha th al foread the �adripartite wiJl eve r bel ieve the 95th Apho rifm was penn d by Ptolomy,whereit isfaid 'thattb eImagesandform1oftb nf!,J,&c.tbatrife rPitbe very d i{ inlldecanat in tbe Afcenda 111of Na tivit ieJ, {haVjhtw wha Trade, Art orImp lOJme nt l�e Native will cbufetoli ve by. Which,ifyou pleafetocompare with the Doctri ne ddive cd inthe4th C hap cro the4th B ook wherc he di fcourfe that large_, DeM,gif lerio you \�ill find tha t twothi gs were neve r writ mo re oppotite and c ontrary than he ytwo are Fo rPtolomy makes no ufeei her.of th eAfcen�ant or theFacesof the Si gns, ortheIm gesand Far msof meno things t herein rifing;which isfoabf urd a Doctrinetofather upo P tolomy if butcomp are dwithhisown wordsin his�adr partite,th no man cana ffert it to be his withou t blufhing the fame mo m ent His w ord5are the , M.zgi /ler iido minzufum itur ex duobzM mndi1 afal & fif.no M dii Ca:li. Whi ch in my Opi nion have no Relati on, Propor tion or Likene fs tothewords in the Ap horitlica lText, andye both be lieve d to be ourA utho rswords ,when here isnothingmor unlike n the verygro und and prin cip leit felf, andfor I canno belie ve it to be the Doclri neof theG reat Ptol omy.

L ajf/y, And to men io nno more, pr ay loo kintothe 56t h Aphorifr:w inwhkh you find a lam account of th e Mo n's na ture in he f ever al di lance s fromthe Sun w here hetellsyou f om the New to the Full ffor fo I underil and it] the Humi dity an d Humo ur o Natur al BocficsdotIiincr eafe, bu tfrom theFull to the New it decrea foth; wh kh inge neral te rms I b lieve maybe trueeno ugh. Bu the n towha pur pofe tho uld Ptolomy giv e us an Apho rif m herebc uta thing of thi na t ure, and leav itfo imperf ct as he ha h thi.: C entiloqu um [ifhis] when he had long before given it u plainerwo rds, and _m ore in rcllig ible ermsto beu ndcrf\:oo d [for fuppofc thefeAp hor1fms were w ritlatl ] in the 6th Chapter ofh

1 fi Book,wh rehe pla nly tells s, L unaen im aConjun{iian e, donec apparrt dimidi .Jta, magu Ej rigat,ix. lnde ufq 11e adplc lU11i um calefac

A plrnilunh domeiter urn dimidi ata app.mt deji ccat. Abettem pm dmec occultatur, frif!.ifa it. WJikh s in plain words and terms,ca fy beap prehcnded Then whatne ed had Ptolom y a fterth s, togive co forg

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wh athe ha�·writ hi mfelf , and foiQ.-hisdoating, fumbling days , did that-whichwas ne xt 't ono thing; which I judg this,�nd a great manym ore ofthofe Aph if in the Cemiloqui•m to be nay, there ar fomcof them feem to me to be very idleor imperfectly given to us , as the 16, 50,65,78 , 87 , a d divers others of them that may be juiUy called in q e ll:i n Thus I have gi.ven you my Optnion, whyI think the 8 undr edAph rif 1 , called the Centiloquium of Pto lom_,, are in�eed and i ru th.no his ..t\1�d thu fa have I gone alfo to info rm M .] (! nd _ 1, s A t4gonift, 1 _ nthe 108th �angraph That tho feApho if m ar m thk ato theirAuthor and tha they we re notbis whom th ey beHe ve, a daffirm th�m tobe ;and thereforeJf'theywillh e h m o behis , d that theycan prove ircoo theywi\1 very m ch im pai theAuthori� o fPt,lttmy in my Judgmentand: O pin ion; nd h ly reafou 1s becauf c t� Text rnth �•.d ipJrli t is n ver t be_ il d toth�f in _th7 Aphorifins tinlefs fome witty M derat can umt their Prmc1pk b th Myfiery-ofLangu Jge i · Le rn Commen upo bo!h of c:,em ln aword hi is no tth nlytimethatJ G. hath affi rnied thofe ,Aphorifin;to ber, l omy.'s;a�dtht�efor c; l_�m ofopin.!0t1,tha teith: henev err ead the�adrifktr'l te , or 1fh e ha�n , he neve r undcrftoo d1 bey on dthe:bare ords, k n o wingnothio�ot'th eprind�les , nor �e6grl of the'Autho , as t the Phylofophtc k - �ttrolo� ca \ Puchc t�e reof ; hllt f thefe't�o{h ld happen to _ be true [which la��ur theyare not]\ I am c 911_fid cmth e ver�td compare on e Prmc1pl wit hano the r,an d to be plain wit h y��l�m partl y fµr e heca1�nqt . but I ho pthe will nde voo�t�lear�-l�:•�1�a �_anof_f�ch mrght P�rt and Ingen uity, as he h mfelfin dive s o fh1sWn�11gs tel su heis], iftheHoly HatlotofRom tlat h·no tmad e him asperfe� an infallible ashc Telf, which a complifhmcnt mo llofher Bab esreac �o,and arr� at l d feeing h hath bee nofth at Sacre d PerfuaJio fo many ye ars, ;t �o ld b e :.�ng� fh e tho�l d-not hav e a�tame fomething of he mg� y(h! hhcat_1ons an d VJrtuc s both _ m _Mora lity and Religi and to have ar ived at he unerrin g Prmc1p e potitivePerfecfom Whic hifhe b ,then_farc wel all hop es of R

formati n in m y okl F i n , fo whe e th at fo rt oftruth hathon prevailed , th ere isfeldo m any clmittan c(! or entran ce for Hmtic Petfuafion and lnfl:ru di n , eith .torefor mhis Erro rs inSden c orhisHobby- hone Religi un-d ! 1b .:t wer afell wJhouldturn P

pift,af b ving twenty to s_, Pete s Wefiminfic r; M a Pr

. Havingrunover thatpartofhis proofth�t depcnds on Authorit1e5 �d Reafons; Iamnowcometothe Second part of his proofand that •� his Tr,1inof��pe_rirnce'l �she hath e11t_i�ledit, and propom�ded todo ItmTenNauvmes,_w m:h lfh.ill dithn,ctl examine by.rhemfelves, and prove th maJor part-of them(a fe, as wd l ilS thePrrJtelforCromwell's was. And for thofe fewthat are true, will·{hew thattheydepended uponotherand more probable Cauies, than rhat of Cardinal Sigmon Angles; and io th examiningofthem I £hal confider the pnffibility of the�r Truth , by tha probabil�ty �f their Accident th1t d,id �trend thembothin theirUvcs, and at he time of Death. ForI will no� takethemupon trufi fromhim, as he hath fromothers;and fooke 1t forgranted,becau(ehefaysit;and whofoeverfha11 examine his CollectionofGenitures,0,�11certain]yfind th4= majornumber ofthemtobefalfe,becaufetakenup on truft as hehath done the refi he hath publitbed, for themollpart, by whichm ans -ihe Readers are abufed. And the firfi Nativityhe begins wth i that ofCharle, GHjtllVM,Kingof Sweden,whom he tells us was �

Itwould h hee�1 ver y con venient - if my worthy good Friend would haebeen fo kmd a to have givenus theellimate time of this Gieat Prin , 's Birth;but .feeing we have i not,I rt)Ufi make the befi u!e ofthat�e.J}ith hee �fforded us; and this N;ltivity, he f�ys, in his Collcd:1o n he rreded by the M C adCorpus 'JI,, at whkhtimc QJeenChritina furr ndred, an d he was uowned, being then about 3 2 yeas ofAge,a d at 37·he dyed which without further trouble to the R.eaderJwil l acceptforuu_th, a�d ask him ifhe doth really be­ lieve that tfi�..,¥C�ad. d Ti kill 'd him, which he affirms did do it in his<?oll cf1-op,o.�G.cnitures i� and ifhe , fiill fays he dot)1 �would have hun tell usby wha tRul�•t mufido here, and m1fs m 2oo 30 befide F ti lay thi down a an Axiom tha tthe M.C adCor pw ft,m ay,rui nd defi ro the HotJou r, Ejlatt and Repu,ationo the Native,but neverkill him, ifthe 0o r» happentobeinan Aphedcal Pl ace, whi�hinthisNativity you ffethe)isin and therefor queilion th o,holt Figur e; fo theD, whoi� Hileg, could comea that timeto noillDirectlonoftheLord ofthe4th6th,8th or 12th buton th c n tr ry, was very nea r the Zodia,al 6 of i withou Latit�de, �. fr f omalJ i�Rays•.Bu t iftheBody of 'fl had fuch a mighty inil r e [ashe fays] at thattime·tokill being directed to �he Midh en J whydid no t the Afcen.dant to the Body of cl inhis det i ent,; and the Midheaven tohisSquare kill himwhen he was you ng,b twc n theAg e o f 12 and 1 5 ; for I d�rebecertai th wo Di caions hav e moreforce than one, whether good o bad. i Bu t I will.defcend .toExamplesin otherNativities, and th firf i (hal l be h s own, which if tru e as hebath printe d it in hi D llrine of Nati ities, and owned it twenty.five year s afterinhi Carfli ne c�Jj, tha t his M c a d □ 0 cam e up in theyeu 1679 which iffo, .th n th Midhe aven to the Bodyof lt came u p in th year 1670, 0tbeginningof 167 and wasfofar from killinghim o defiroying hi Rput ation, that-h e was then in the top of h Gr11ndt14r, g ing in h s Reputation ruffling any on e whom h pleafed, :ind n o w ays Sick, ox:, in dangr of Death The fecond the Nitivity fGujf Adolphm, printed by my Friend likewif Vide CaUe� Gen 31, whe e he Je s him pafs the Midheaven t the Body of Ma rs, . d Squ e f $at1'r1 &om viole t parts o �av�:n, as fm�th y s coul d be ; an d kills him about thre yea af e , with theS o the Sq1' are f M.Jr and Oppr,Jitia.n f Sturn•. B the , fay , wh y d id not thofe tw o ot �er Direction .kill hi th ee yea rs befor as well as �ne kill this ma ? Perhap

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fie will fay, be,aufe the,S11n is Hileg, and inthe A[ceJtfanl; w�y:, then by the fame Rule, is not the Moon Hileg here in the Ninth Houfe, and fo of thefameforcewith the other? ButJfuppofe, if he had notfound the Sun complying w,ith hisskill readily, ithad bec:nbutaltering theMidhcavenandAfcend"nt twoorthree degrees, and thenthe other lhoul9 havedonethe(cat as·currently as in this man'�··\_Vith thisalfo, confidertheNativityofNoffr11dam11�, where t!1e S11n 1s placed on the Cufpof the Midheavcn,.,'abd yet he outlived the Midhe'1Ven, and Sun tothe Body:of Mercu;J.'..;!'oppofition of M_m, Oppr'fition oi Saturn , and Oppofitionof _1up{ie-r; Lordof the !1gbtb 1-foufe, and thethree latterallinConjunclio11inCancer. Now, •�northis�veryfiranget_lory,thatthe Stars!houldbefoplaguyparttal rn their Influence, to kill Charles Gu{lavtl!, becaufe he was a lighting King; and let-:('vo(lraJamiH Jive,· becaufe he wasa Popifh Prophet? 'TisveryHrange!one fingk Direaionkill'dCharierGicflavM, two would not killGu{lav,u. Adolpb1«, nor four Nojlradamur, arrd yetalltothefamepointand partoftheFigure, theMidheavc:n. Nay, in his ownNativity, it did not fo much as m'ake him Sick, norgivethe lean fymptomofdanger to his Life, alcho the.AJcendantwasGiverofLife! • . •. .

�oththisW?rthyFriendofminebelieve,thatany-mancanthink or Judgethefe1rreconcileableStories caneverberankedamongthe trurhsof ALlrology, orthatanyman{hallbe fovoidofReafonand Judgmentto believe his Notion in the one, and make his undertta�dmg flo�pto a ly_e, and giveconfent'tO thetruthofthe other; �e!ng oppohteone toanother, ·asto theNotion and Practice. For ..It 1s mofi certain, ift�e BodyofSaturn[orOpp{lfitioneither']tothe Cufpof_the Tc:nth, did or doth ever kill, I think it mufialways �o 1t wuhout Rules of Exception; but here he forceth a Notton upon us, wh1�h�eorenlycontradi6lsby permitting· the contrary _ ro , pa(s �o� Doltr1ne motherNativities, asyoumayfeeinMt. Step�mss Natmty for one, . where Satttrn is in Sagitary inOppofaion tothe Sun, au_dyetthe Mid-heavento theOppoficionofone, and the Bodyoftheotherwould not kilL In the NativityofMr. StephenRogerr, the Mrdheaventothe BodyofMarididnot kill,/', 138. M�.Gata�r _paffe? the �,d_heaven�o the Body ofSatumandMari, without domg him anyInJury to his Health; and fo did Dr. Murt�n, P:92• pafs �ndout-live the M.C. tothe Body ofSaturn; and )et thisgre�t Prmce mufi fall by a Direction, thateitherwould_-oI could not kill any Bodyclfc� �veryhM"dFate!·

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I cannot deny the Midheaven to the BodyofJupiter, tohea Direcliop fuitableenough tofignify thatofhisCoronation; yetdonot believeitwa�that which gavehimthat Promotion. But fortheBodyof S.nurnfo:(his_ Death, Idodeclare it isathiug impotlibk, and never to be allowedby any manthatpretends to underfiand Afirolog-y; unlef5it isforcl £ham toferve a cum whennothingelfe will do, thC'Rule bdngdiretllyagainfiit; andyou fee here arefeveral _meris Nativide5,whereit.did notkill; nay, in hisown too; and.for thatveryreafon, Ithink heoughttotell the Wodd whyit did not kill. AndI ari1 fure thofeExamples thatdo, andmufiprove anew Notion [a_s this ofhisisJ oughttobe unquefiiot1able; and thefe of hisarenot,andupon very good Authoritytoo. AndI do dare him to<hewmeanExample inatrue-taken Nativity, wheretheSunor MoonweregiversofLifc,andtheDirectionstotheMidheavenkill'd

3)1dtheAph�t_aa� thefame time freefrom all Ma�efick Rays by Di� rechon, asmthisofCha"fles Gujlavtus, the1lluftnous I{jngofSwe• Jen. 1 fay, Ifhe can fhewmea true-taken Nativi�y [that Icanbe farisfiediscrue, and notrickor fhamuponroeJ wherefuch�Direction kill'd under the circurn_H:antial Qialitications bcforernentioncd I I �ill dif�wn myDiana,theQ:reatPtolomy,forIdo think I partly undcnlan�h11n.andampartlyfurehe,nornomanelfecanlhewfuch �one, if�he Doctrineof Ptolomy , [wl1ichofallisthemofirationalJ 1strue;and I can alfoa{f�reyou,rnatIt1s not everyone thatfayshe knowsa�dunderfiands�1m,t-hatfpeakstr�th. Andtoconvinceyou, �-�oul?, 1fneed were, gtve.Exampkfuffictent. Now� tofumupaH r�ereIS butone Direction to prove rhisNativitytobe true, accord: 1i1g t? JohnGad�·sCorrcdion, and that istheM.C. ttdCorp1u Jovif �or hisCoron�tron; ancl for thisAcodent byalte1ingthe Figurea forte, I can g1v�youthreeorfour Diredi�1�s, thatarc asprobable. asthat he g1ves,1t not more; andthe firfi1s, theMidheaven to the *ofo; The,fecond·is�·tqe M.c.tothe6of !i! ; The third is,the Midheaven to the* ofthe », and 6 of the 0; But the fourth andthe molt probable, wa,the » -to the·Mundane Parrallelof ')I.' and chis fndden1y followedwith the 0 to the like Mundane-Par� rallcl of 'J/. ; and then the 0 and » will come to the Mundane Parallelof hfor his Deathdire&andconvers; and alfutotheZodi�cal Par.did of �; r 4 et°_\I confefs this laH Direction is forriething an 1mpropc:rone, hecauktheyarc, w.henthe Diredionis riailhfd both uutof the Edipci�k; andfm: that reafon, I do notlookonib�tas � Cjl\{c, but a Concomitant. The O and �.in the Rernlution

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in o and 8 to the »'s Radical place, and the » in direcl O to rJ. hisR.adicalplace,andthe Dbyfecondary motionin D tothe 0;and this is the moft proper_ Pofition th�t I can th�nk rati�nal to felcd: for this greatMan's B1rth, nothavmg the e{bm,1te ume; andthe Figureagreeingto thistime, }Yill be about fix degrees of Gemini ontheTenth, andaboutthe middleofVirgoafcending, whichdoth precedehis time above anhour. And I knowno reafon, butthat he maybeas farout in this, ashewa� intheFre��bKing's, thathe printedatthefametime,andw?uldfhllhaveJufhhedit [nodoubt] had notM.iirinzH longago convmc�d lum. And to�.onclude, I a'!1 not furethis Figure that I have fuepof�dforthe Kmgof Sweden s Birthis true• but I amconfident his is not, and thereforeit will but meanly piead far the Ha11our anr.l Powerof C'1rdinal Signs on the Anglesofa Nativjty.

The next he makes ufe-0fto prove his wildNoti011, is theNativity of theDukeof Guife, and itis·the Pofition following; the PlanetsplacesfromOriganIM.

Opm (J{iformatum:

Upo� this _Pofidon,� Johnwould alfobuild hisimaginaryWhim ofCardm:11 Srvu, whichhehath here, bywhat·AuthorityI know not;placed ont-hefourA11g1<'5, Heneitherteltsushiscfiirnatetime how, or by whatmeanshecamehy.it; norbywharDirectioosand Accidents he hath corrededit; but with·a fort ofConfident Im- , polition puts it upon us, as if we were bound to believe it bccaufc hefays it Andfor thatvery reafon, I do miilniLi the truth ofit well-knowing tpat �11he ever didin Nativities, was for the cnotl par�atte�ded wHh little tlfe !·utl�noranceand Error toan extra• ordtnary degree; andfor thofe thing, that he hathbefriendedthe World with, they were all eic�er borro:V�d or fiolen [as I fhall . prove hereafterJ themethod bemg onlyhis. But asforthisNativity, it maybetrueastoits Etfcels, and nothave,CatdinalSignson the four Angles , as youmay ob{erve by making it a little fooner and yetthePofitioneverywayas forcible with -i" on the Ioth a.nd * onthe�fcendant, asby�avingthefe Sigt�s thathe hach pl�ced there; outmay have CardenalSigns.onthetourAngles andnota rulh thebetter forthat, exceptingthefour Planets tha; "fand � carr!es along.�iththem. Foritisthe Planets, riotthe.Signs.that do,,mtheOpinionohhe-mofi:Sober-Afirologers, thatwere Mafiers of what they profeffed, influtnce the-Affairs ofMottals, and give thevarietyot Fortune, goodorbad, totheSonsofMen. FatwheneverPtolomy makes ufe of the Signs ip hisJudgment on Dzfeafas Marriage, �a/;ties ofthe Mind,Dig11itp,, 13.idm, and DetJJh; Jcisf0: noother rcafon, but be,aufethePlanetsarethere as-Io.n.illuftrate in . all thofe things beforementione� if it were;eally nccclfary to this my prefent bufinefs, and that1twouldnot (wellthisTreatife toobig. But If�p-pofe the �otationisfufficient, andtherefore Jet thofe_tflat arewilling to knowmoreofthe matter, readtheText, an� fee wI;:ther I f�eak trut� or !lot. Befo�e my worthy good Friend J• '-7· had amved at thrs mighty Myfieryof.C:zrdi111Jl Signr, !her�were�chcrCau�est�atd1ddo aswell asthefetasyoumayfee m �•� DJc.irme of Nat1VJt1es, p. 163. where he hath given youthe PobtwnsasArgumentsforKinglyGenitures, inallwhichthe Planets o��yare'confidered;, ;md fometimeswiththem, their Domal Dig• mues, but nevertha(, wcthout the Planet, but often the Planet withoutth�t. Why-ihouldnotthe Lordofthe.Tenth, in'c5 with.the 0in the Afcmd.Jnti11his Exalt,ttiD11, give confiderable Preferment and raife a Man above the degree of his Birth? Why fhould no: fourPla11ets in chc two EquinotlialSigns, give.a mana Fameand Reputation

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Reputation in theWorld, and makehim popularin his Qeneration? Why lhould rot the J> [who is Lightof theTime] in *�o the �idheaven, ·:.nd in 6to 2/, in the 7th, with the VirginsSpikf,give aman theFavourofhis Prince, andtheLoveofthe People, and-thefeforfome remarkableAd-ionsandScrvitesto hisCoLintry? Why fhoutd not � in exalt 6to the Midheaven, app_lying in t5 herownHoufe, beaJlowed togive Hmour, Preferment,Renown,and Rep111a1ion !"his Generation? I _ fay, W�ythouldnot all the�e•po• pularPoftuonsand ConfiguratlOns, give the Duke ofGuij?tha( HiJnour, Preferment,andPnpularity,thatheenjoyedinhistime, withoutcrowding in the Cardinal Signstogivethat, whichtheother werefullyable to perform. Andtothispurpofe,prayobfcrvc but myFriends own Rules in his Dod:rineof Nativities, [that-rake place inthis Pofition] p.46. T/Je 0inrheAfcendantinhwF�alu,J.. on; Hen,iOR•le uverother,; Hlii,illatquireAuthority t Htmour; antl Dignityfro,mPrinces; Hewillh,t·vegreatIncreafe,(IfRichu; Hewillbe ofLong-life,andPoTmful; And'inp.55.hefays, Jupiterin the71b deehzm,beNativetobeVitlori1JU1Wt-rhi, tllhlic'<.Enemies,_ &c. Inp. 164.he fays, IYJJen·theLordofthe 1.oth jhalJbe.p{lf,t,dintheAfcen· dant, itgiver,.,earAutl,orit_.,totheNativeoverVulf,ttrPrtfom;•He will beBelovtdandHmo,mdofGnatPerfon1, andfh.zlJbeimpl'!)1edinOfficu ofConcermmnt, Adminijlrations, &c. and the great tbin7.1andbu[rnefs oftheKinp,dom; He alfo rtceivuHtmo11111ndP!'ofitfroml,i1EmploJment andProfef]ion. Now, ifthefe Rules [all which take place in this Figurethat hehath printedl wereevertrue; why lhould theynot befo flill? And iftheyareto now, -we haveAfirologicalReafons -er.o·Jgh to prove the probability of his Grandeur and Forturie, withoutflying,tothisfillyfhamofCarclinalSigns, inventedforno othireafon, buttothew hisSkillinthemanagingabad Caufe,and totry his lnterefi: amongtheAfhologicalStudents, how far they woulddanceafterhisPipe, in.complyingwith tho{eErrorsthat he thoughtfittoimpofeonthe World. Orelfeitwastoout-bravehis thenAdverfarywithacantin,g Notion that hehadneverheard of', nor re.id inany Afirologic:al Author, before this Learned Anfwer that hewas pleafed togive him, calledCardine.rCt:fli.

But afterall this noife and talk, Let us compare this Pofition withfameotherAphorifmsofJ.1hn's, inhlsDotlrineofN,1tivitics, and you lhallfee howhedo_thbe0avehim, and by hisR,dn, what a l(llavehemakes him,tobe, And firfl, in p. 46. hefays,·fPhrH Saturnjh.10beintheAfcendant, hegivesm.iny Trouble, andD.:ffimlliu, mdanc/Jolry

md,1i1ch.1l!YP,r11i,bation1, bothofMindandBody ; hiJLifefhallbefull ofDolo11rs, Griif,r., and7m1ble1; anditwillbeaTcrroiforhimtolive. In p, I06. he te11sus, Th.1twhen.tinLord oftbeAfcc11dantft1allbein theTn·clftb, itgi·vei1beN,1th:em.111yE11emies, an�muchEvil, andm.z'0'Oppofitio111fromthem; bewillbe illdangerofmuchlmprifonment,and m.111y M,,lrjf.ztiens and lt,fortmucie, from M.ilicioiu Pcrjinu. Pray let meddire theReadernor to be furprifed at thdc Contradictions, when he compares thefc Aphorifmswith thtm jufl: nowmcntioncd;foryoufee (ac{.iordiqgtoJalm'sPrinciples·andPracticeinAfirology) we do as Gamefiers in thdr Pailime at Ninc-p:ns, fet upa whole Family by the po\verof the Srars,·and immediatcJy kkk themdown again. But-toproceed, in p.95,Do[fr. Nativ.he fays, Satµrn Significatorrffi.fomers, andilldi,[!,nificd, [,H inthisNativityJit 111:1kr1 bim.E11vio111, Covctom,'Timerozu,-aLyar, andaperfea Hypocrite. Andalittleafter.hefays,TheSunSignificatorofM.J1111e�s,,uhere, mak.[1 a Proltd, l{1Jllefs, turbulent, Domimcring·Fcllow;onewhofePromfu'jhall endinJinoak_: In the Collect, Genit.Aph�Ia. TheSun intheAfcen•d.1nl mJ�f.I (mincr.t Boaffm, and"i-'.f>Ypro11d1'erfen1;andby thefamer11/e tbatMarstherem.1k[sLyau,Saturntherewithhimmuffma�everydeceitful,p.:rftdipuJMenandHypocritu. And there.ifoneAph()rifmmore among thofe inJ1is Colkttion, whkh [iftrueJ overthrows this whokFigureitfclf;andw�knowAph0rifrnsoughtto beundenia• hieRuks,a·:·:d 11cxttoinfallible; ior theirveryName-tellsus,That �hey.arcRulesfeparated fromtherefl:, tobeobfcrvcdasMaximsof truth. And th�t is the 25thAphorifin, where he fays, That the LQf'doftheAfccndantfrrone,ertban the Lord c,f•tbe Seventh, tbe N.itive alm1ys Oi}frcoma /Jif E.nan,e1; ar.dtl;econtf'ary. But in the:Figurtof thisgreatDuke, W!! rind 2/, intheSeventh in6 to the I>; and � Ladyof the Scven�h in t5 her own.Houfe. So thatthe Seventh Houfe, and his Lord, ar.::far firo�1gcrthan theAfcendant and his Lord,bywhichRule hefhouldbealwaysovercomebyhisEnemies, that is, befhould �eunfortunate, '3ut onthecontrary, healways overcamehisEnemies,andwasveryFortunate,anddidgreatthings inhistime, as nilybe feen by thofe thatplea(e toread that Book calledhisMc1n'lirs. ·ForI do not intend to give the Hillaryofhis Life, and fuppofeyoudo not expetl it.

.But the greatand principal Objection that I have againll: the truthoftheFigure, faidto�chis Nativity,fr tb.1t ofhfrDe.1thinthe ye�rI664. f9r_whic� I-amcpnfident,mygoodFriendJ.G.c:mgive noreaf911,noraffignnacaufcdirecrioJ1alfromthatFig_ureand Po• - P fition.

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tion. I fayagain, Theycannotgiveany Diredion forhisDeath, Iet themmakewhatpoi!H theyplea[cGiver of Life,orHilcg;and J hope ifmygood Friend :V�ll allowtheC.rrdi11.1l ...�iJ,nJ tohave foe� rower [wirhthe good Pt•fit1ons h:reprcfc_nr]_r�g1'le(uchfiupcnd1�1us�f- tn..'tsin theAffairsand AcbonsofhisL1tc,hew11lundoubtedlygive usfomeaccoutalfoof the Directimi, orother rnyflickCaufe of his Death.ForifO!ivcrCromwtlllC/Jarle1Gu�.1?11H,andTVillit1mLa,td,hadfignificanrCaufesinnature tofordbewtheirDeaths;Ihopehewillhot denythatAuthorityan? AflrologicalD�i_nonfirationinthe_Nativit_y ofthisgreatand1lluflnousDukeofGuije; and therefore,. 1frhere 1s _ nocaufetobeall1gnedforhisDeathbymyFriendJohn,oranyofhis· Admirers,theargumentrefolvcs it(elfintothisD1/,mm.1'. i. e.Either A/frol.1ey if defir:imt,anfnot _able�ogivew:_��co11nt (Iftl!em.zttcr; or,.�(cthe Fif!,riregh'm bymy Fr1end.11fa!Jeandftwt1our, an_dmdHjfrt,-;i�(lym.ideto (erveatttrn ,tfocc:1.fio11didrrqHire; asI Jhall makeappearby what fol·1ows. The 0, whoisinthisFigurefcttothetimeinfcribedthetrue GiverofLife, andisdirected tono bad ormalefickRaysatthetime oftheDuke'sdeath, forhepafithe 0 tothe D of r:!, at almofi 34 yearsofAge, Ar�33deg. and tothe 6 of the»at40yearsofAge, Ar�39d.33m. andtothe6 of2/, at47yearsofAge,Ar�46d.11 m; nor were there any Antifcion in their way, _to be pretended to in manyyearsbefore nor aft�r•. The Afcen�ant, which accordin� !O theirPrinciplesmay alfokill,tfduefredto111 Rays,forJllthe0tsm thefameHoufe,[ashehathgivenusanEx:ampleinOliverCromwell] bllt that alfo is tree fromall Malcfak Beams by direction ; forthe Horofcopepaffcd the □ of cJ [modoCommum] aq6 years·ofAge; Arlu5d. 41 m, andthe 6ofthe.Dat 42. Ar'<,41 d. 53m. andthe 6 of2/, at49. Arl{48 d.3r m. which wasinfoll forceandpower at-the time ofhis Death. TheJ>wasun�ernoillRays at thattime neither, for{hehadabouta yearand ahalfbefore pairedbythebody of �withoutLatitude,andlhedothnotgovern·either4th,6th,8th, or 12th Houfes, [athingofmighty ufeamong themall]·therefore {he cannotdo anymifchief. Butthe Midheaven paffedthe D of � muchaboutthat time;yetIcanhardlybelievetheywillJayanyfirefs uponthatneither, andthatforthereafons befor�mentioned.. And yet fheisanodd fortofa Gentlewoman, andbemg amongv10lent �xedStars, themightgivehimaplaguyliftatthatrime,bythefame rulethat theM.C.tothe BodyofTi kill'dCh.zrlesG11Jlavll!; perhaps he mightdyeofaJ.ove-fickfir,bccaufe fheisLadyoftheSeventh;or clfeforwantofMoney., be,aufe!heisLadyoftheSecond, Ha,ha,ha!

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N'ow underthefeconfiderations.Iwillreferthewholematter to anyimp�rdalArtiltfor judgrnent[prov�dedh�dothnotch�ngehis Religion toooften]wh�th_erhe reallyth�nksthisto _ berh�trueNativityof theDukeof GuiAandthathehadt_heCardinalS1gn1onthe fourA111:.le.r, which fsthe onlythingI hav� �n�errakento refute , whichI think naturally follows, 1ftheNatmty1s falfe•.�n�lafily, whetheritisnotfarmore probable, thathehad �afcendmgabout 8 or-1odegrees;and t�en there is�aufe enoughfor �is Death, an4forhisGrandeurtoo; the»and <$ JntheAfcendant;the 0,Ti-, and � in 6 and 2/, in* to-theMidheaven. H9weverthisisbutguefs., yet I da�e aver it is as near- the mark as his; for you·may be Cure_ offome hours ofError in the time; and'tis well, ffthere arenot iome days alfo,, for they arc fmaJl faults in his Practice.

ThenextCardinalExampleis'thatofWilliamLaud,who�ecomparesco Je[MChriji,.and fays, . Hewas l!lurdercd, thohedie� in a Parliamentaryway ; butI beheve he willnotown thatex�reffion in thefufferingsofthela!egoodPeople, whowere Martyrsmdeed foroppofingofPopery. TheScheamtsa� followeth, faysJ.G.

Optu �formattmz.

ThisBilh�psNativityisbroughtalfobymyFriend,toprovei.�hat � hathammdthe _ World ihould believe, butitisasfalicasanyof theotherbeforegomg,astothetimeand truthofhisBirth asI(h.ill makeappearbeforeI lelvcit,andth!swithasmuchplainer�'aspoili� hie Ican. Asto the Planets places,1tmattersnot whetherthey arc true _ orfalfc,_thotheplaceof�herediffersfromhisplace, givenby Leov,,,�about7 degr. butitis nottheexacl:mannerof Operation Iquelhon, but themifapplringtheRules for1Pracrice, laid down hyou�approvedAu:h<?rs, .and thebringing in ofInnovations. This man, � am mformcd, was born ofmcm Parentage intheTown?�Rcadm�, and _ fromthencebroughtup attheHofpitaltitfor theUnncrfiry, towhichhewas fent, andfpenthistimefordivers yearsamongthofrmenofLearning,afterwhichhewaspreferredin theChurch,whereheadvaaced bydegrees,tillhecameto beBilhop ofC.1,�terbury; and�sIremember, h�was40year$ofAgebefore he grew�ntoanypubhckfameandrepute.Now,itisfomethingttrange that 111s Nativity and TimeofBirth fhonld be known toanyman becaufe he was born o�6bfcu!e P�m�ts, then brought upamoni \ Strangerst�atnevermmdormqmremtothefeCuriofities, having fomanyChildren under.theirTuition,.whichwould be anendlefs work, ifthey_�ould makethattheirStudy,whichisveryrare. Butbdick�► t�eBJtthsofmt:narefolth)tn.minded, tilltheybegintoadvancempreferme?t; no,north,cnneither,tilltheycometoadegree _ofconfider�bleh�1ghtabovetheHorizonoftheirBJrth;anJ''tis well kn(}':".n; tmt'�ewas .to�ards 50years ofAge beforehe made any co1ttickrahkF1gure 111 hislmployment. Allwhichconlidecc:dtoge-= ther, m�kes�e m�ch doubt and mifirun .th7 truthofrlie Figure:, whe� I iJnd tt fo d1fficult to gam � Nauvuy m the Parifh where,1Jlve, tho.born not above 24 or 25 years before.

2dly, If you plea_feto coi:npare,this Figure and Nativity, with thatofthefamousSirTheodore M�yernefollowino- )'{)Uwillfind the Horofcopts bot�thefamein4degr.of�, the Planerspl:ces being .nearly thefame 1_11 ?oth, theprincipal diferencebeingin the0and l).; tne0 �ere 1s m 2tdegr. .\nd·ahalf in �, and thereq dcgr..

�nd a half 111 thefameSign; the: .D here is 3 degr. in }t butthere

111 7 d�gr._in m,; allthe1ell-ofthe Planetsarenotc011fiderablydif•

f�eA{teither• The 0.isGive_rofLifeinboth Figures)as beingin t e cendant, and yet '1 [whommyFriend faysJ is Ai1areta in theone, d�th.1mtfall o�ttobe fointheother, ofw.hich MyHcryJ .. �nownothing, nor-I-believeheneither, ifhewere tobeaskedabout' the

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the bufi�efs; ButinJf,11t(lr3,, in theye:n- 16.;J hewas Beheaded at· Wfflminjtt'r; and thismyFrien� tells usw;is�egun bythe: Mid\1�ven, direcrcdtothe Bodyofo.m 11 dcgr.ot TIXon theCufpot the 12thHoµfe[�hichnodoubtis forri.ethingthewo!feforthat]which gave·h1s lmpnfonment,Anna-1641.andabout fou1· year$ atcerthe Afcendant tothe body of·h withLatitude, putan endtohis Life. N�v, ifthis(hould,happentobetrue,whydidnot SirTbeo.Mayrrne fuffer Irnprifonment fiveoriixyearsbeforehim,-andalfodyeayear fooner; becaufe c! inhisNativitywasbut5dcgr.and ahalfinTTX, and fr but:.i5�egr. in 1n. ; arid thislaH wasthe moreviolenJN.itivity ofthe two, becau(e 2/, who iswidPthe Aidfbaran, is in-exafr Dtoo, andthe»and�areintheViaCombujb, goingtothebody offt in tit, and � Lady ofthe 8th Houfe, an Argumtnfof much. violencewith John; but infiead of dying fooner than theBifhop; thcfe plaguypartial StarslethimJivelongerbyten year's:, and befide_s, whenhedid dye, it was a natural Deat-h, andheofagreat Age,NowIdoconfcfs,itfeemsaParadoxtome,whytheAfccndanc tothebodyof ft.fhould not killtheDo8oraswellastheBi(hop, and theMidheivento theBodyof r3 givelmprifonmentto the one as. well·as to theother; for oand Tt have as good a title to their powerin DoctorMarcrne's Nativity, astheyhaveinthe Bifhop of

Cantrrhury 's, nay, andIthinkmor�too; fortheyfay, andindeed it is commonlybelieved, Thatgl),1dandholyMeil litie abovethePower andInfluenceoftheStars; and iftheClergy-men[theShepherds1 arenotgoodand holy,theLord oemercifultotherefiofthe Flock. Therefore, ifthisbetrue, andth-atthelnfluenceof-theStarsc�rries foabfoluteafateinitspowerto[pare neithergoodnor bad, Ihope. itmay ferveforanArgu,rnent toconvinceourEnemiesofchatProfctlton ; oratleafiwifetakeofftheheatofthdrPailionagainftthat, whichbutfewofthemunc1.�rthnd)10wpertly foevettheytalkofit.

Butisit notvery firangc.:, ThattheAtcendanttothe Bodyof fz tbould provefocruelintl·1eone, and fofavourableintheother,and wh�tis moreH:rangc,feeinghedied a ,,iokntDeath,why{h0u1Jnotthe Midheaven to theBoq_yofO kill him, as \:i,.·cll'astheM.C� ad Corpus n,did the KingofSweden, [bcforemrntioned] pmamt to the92d Aphorifm inhisColle�ion of Genitur�s. Nur d�l kno""., ThatthereisanyReafontobeg1Ye11,whytheMidheaven[tntheB1�!hops]tothe Dof h-!hould not beasromrkably fataltohim,asthe Body oferwas; nor why the 0to_the Body of h; and O of 1..f [hebeingHi/eg] !huuld·notkill in both, as w.cll as theA{i:endaut - to

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toth�Body of lt in the.oi1e, and to the D of o in theother.- Ifay, the!c things being wellconfidered, carry ,viththema vifib1c Contndidion ot1cto another, andwillwithout doubt atthetirfl: light only,convinceanyrJticnal, thi,�king man, thattho{eNativities are 1c1ily tictiriuus, a11d northe trueNaturalones a'sprctcndd; forit is ccrt3in, if they weretrue, there,vouldwithout doubthave been fomc effect inthe D,:crors, likerhatofthe Biihop)ontheMidheaven t,) the Bodyofo, andas furerad the Dcet0rdiedas theBifi10p, on _ the AfrmdanttotheBodyof ft. Butfeeing itwas not fo, Idodefoe rhatworthy Pcrfon, the Authorofthole Fooleries, togive us thereafon whyithitinth_eon.:, andmW: in the othc:r; whid1 I a� confidentwould be a great ServicetoalJ, butcfpecially rome hi3 moll: humbleServant. Andalfo,Thathewouldbeplcaf<.:dtopermit rhatTreatifepromi(edinhisCollect.Genit�p.90.tobeprintcd;where he fays, he_will giveus'aTreatifeat largetodcmomiate the:Cone• dion :and Truth of the Nativity of thi� his Immortal B,{hop and l'tl.JrlJr,

LaJUy, Theveryfame Arguments.fiegives to provc,ThattheBi-· fhop fhouldAfirologically dyeaviolent Death, arc the famein the Doctor's, theDexcepted,whoisnotin 8 too, butin cheCombufi waygoingtotheBodyof Tt [and-ifheundcrfiooditJina Mu-1dane Squarewith o, tho notexact.· Andthereto.re Iwouldnowaskanyman that underfiands thefe things, ai:idhathconfidercd andcomparedthem together, Whether thefe two Nativities are not hard tobebelieved byany onethatis not ufedto believe Lies, Nonfrnce, andContradictions ; foritismoficertafo theycannotbebothtrue, if either ofchem is ; andtotell you the truth, I think neitherof themis, and fhallreH inthatOpinion, till I fee my Friend hachin Print-made it plainer to me and the whole World, than he hath already done;.or I believe is able to do. Andwhen thatis done, Iwill tell him my further Opinion andJudgment in the thing, and affure him, that this fpeaks but very little to the purpofc for Cardin:1! Sif!..111 on Angle.§, accbrding ,to his Notion and Aphorifm. Butthere i_s one ihing more�s rcrna_rkable as any of the rel1 ro prove the Figurenotoriouflyfalfe, which Iforgotbefore; and that is inthe year 1626. when he was coming into Favour at Courr, · and learning to be an lntlrurncnt for their ufe, in order to be Bifhop of Cant_erbury, [good,Bilbop Abbllt being,then to be turn'd <?Ut, becaufc he wou!d notLicenfc Knavilh Books] a Priyy.Countellor, and a Judge m the Star-ChamberAffairs, hehadthen his Midheaven

Midheaven dirclkd to the Squ1i-e of Sa111rn in Leo; and che S11,1_ to the Square of M:iu in Sagitary _ ; two a$ violent and d:rn�erou•i' Direelions, asany in the whole F1gure; not9nly�nmy Op�mon , butallowed to be fo 1,y all the Ancient and Famous Attthors and Modern Pro{dfors. By the fir(\ of thefe, in the Nativity �f the Duke of1\li,,jmor:mcy, he was beheaded, :lSfaith M·1rinm, A/fro!. Gali.p. 401. And in.p. 4_?2• the f�me Author kills Duke AJbert, the EmperorsGeneral, wHh the _ Mtdheaven tothe �qu.mo�M.1r1. And my FriendJobn, himfelf, killsJudg�Reevesw1rh1�othmgbm the Smz to the Squ:m ofS.;turn, Collect. p. n1. which 1s lefs able thanthe Bodyin myOpinion. Andhefends Dr.Gougeout of the World.upontheSmicotheSt11meofM1r1;butI �u11needsfay,thcre was fornething more, and that was -tlJe A{ccnd.int to _ the Dr.zgon1 Tail, a plaguykindofathing,p. 1o�._ 'And hehath let _ theGreat Frcncb Officer dye·on the Sun to Ins own fquctre, w:thout any thing elfc to affitt it. As alfo on-Judge Reeves, the fingle Squ,are did 'the like. Nnw, what man of Senfe can believe thistobe William La,d's Nativ_ity, and atthefame time believethere is _ any Credit tobegiven to the ArtofAfirology, when theContrad1lhPns in it are lo vilible, nay, I mayfaypalpable, as myAdverfary foingeniouflymakesappear.

The next Eminent NativitythatmyWorthyFriend makes ufe of, as an Example to prove his Projec¼ by, is that ofm� �o;d Thomti, Cliffu,d, fometimc; Lord Trcafurer ofEngland, �nd It 1s as followeth. He hath not told us, what wasthe Elcvat1011 of the Pole; butI think he hath fethisFigureforthe-Latitudeof53·and, a h.ilt� or thereabouts. Lord

Thi�Gentlemanbeingnot,oneofthegreatefiBirthsirft�isNation,wasadvancedtooneofthegreatenplacesthataSubJeercan enjoy,whichwasLordTreafurer,towhichhewaspreferredthe 28thofNovember,intheyear167z�anddidnotcontinueinitafull year,butrelignedhisSraff,retiredintotheCountry,anddied.Hence wearctoinquirewhatAllrologicalCaufestherewere,1ft,Forhis AdvancementtothatgreatandeminentPofi. 2dfy,Whatgave thelofsofhisHonour. AndLa/Uy,TheCaufeofhisDeath. For ifthe ArtofAfirolugyistrue,wemu11expectfroma,trueNativity, fomerationalandprobableCaufeforeac_hofth,&.

hathcorre�edthisfigurebyforhisAdvancement. ButJcthim notcheathimfelfwiththatNotion,forIdoaffurehimThatth M. C.tothe*of�comes_notupinthisFigure till'58or6c rearsofAg�;however,Iguefs'cisthatwhichhedependsonateh� time,notwtthfiandingthe»isinSquaretoher bothinzd' adM J I. cl. . ' otaco, n unaoappymg,an 1sveryunlikelyinthatConditiontogive fuch�onour.�utfuppofeIlhouldallowthisasmofiofthemwilldo 111thetrPrathce,thereisnothingelfetoaffifiit,fortheDisthen �erynearth�Bodyofh,andtheSquareof�,therefore'tisfirange ,itilioulddo1twhenthetwoLuminari_s:swerefonearillRaysby D1rechon;arydthatofthe*of!i!foweaka·Ray,andin71Xher fall,neartheoppofitepointto2/,. 'ldly,Th�lofsofh�sHon�urcanbeattributedtonoDiret.lion, , butt��twhich_gavehisD:ath,andthatwasatleaH:adegreefrom _ _touching _ ,�hichmuftgiveatlcaftayear;butthiswillappear moreplam111thelaftofthethree. •3dly,Fo,rhisDeath,whichwas�bo�t

Au;,ufiorSeptember,

in theyear1673.andtheyhavenoD1re6t10ntopretend to inthat Cafc, . butthe_0totheBod-yofrJ;andthereforeletusfeehow thatwillagreetothetimeofhisDeath,hcbeingthenjufi43years ofAge..The0isdif�antfromthe10th,about�6degrees,which giveshtsPoleofP..ohtionz4degreesandafewminutes.The0.1 Obh�u�Afcentionunde{thatPole,is133d.50m.TheAfcention ofcJ�s177�-5m.�ro1!1whencetheArkofDirectionis43deg._ I5mm.wh1,h·turndmtotimeac,ordingtoNaibod1Mealurein th��ocfrineofNativities,gives43years,and322days,thatis, with.inaMonthandafewdaysof44years;butthisNativedied whenhewas43.-almofiawholeyearbeforethedirectionof d toucht. .Andh�whewillor,anreconcilethis,I(houldbeglad tofee,wttho�thisoldcuaomof(hammingandiliifting.

1ft,As to hisprefermenrthereisnotonethingtofignifyit, for noneoftheHikgiack-Pointsaredirectedtoanyremarkable BodyorAfpecl:atthattime;efpecially,thatisanywayadequate tohisHonour.'the0waswithinadegreeandahalfofrheBody ofrJatthatti�e,whichIamforecouldnotgiveeitherHonour orContentofMind.TheMidheavenwasthengotinto4degr.of 'llX,whercthe*of�falls;andlJuppofe'tisthatDirectionthath�

hath

T.h�truthis,The0tothe�odyof<:J,didkillthisGentleman, andItdidtouchexactlyatrhetimeofDeathoralittlebefore·but he _ had!lotCardinalSignsontheAngles,a�hefoolithlyandfondly1m1g111es;andIdareventureaWagerwithhim ifhisword couldbebelievedortrufied,tha!theefiimatetime,ifc�reful!ytaken, wasafter11�ClockthatMorning,QontheIothHoufeanclthe Arkofrnre6ti�i1_thatkill'dhim,was39degr.10m. ,AndaFigurefetaccordmgtothatProjection,willfhcwhisHonourandits Grc.itne�,itslhortDuration,;mdthefhortncfs-rfHist'ife,&c. Forthefirltofwhich_, hehadthe0totheMundane-Parallelof�, Q which

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which is a grea and a glorious Di cri n ) he b eing in his ow n Dig� ni ties in Trine and Reception wi h �, a cl alfo inexact 1rine to he Atccndan t. Fo its{hor conti u e, he hJd the 0 i n th e I oth in an e xa4 Mundane Squu to l!; a d f or his Death, the D iru:Hon before alkdgi d, wh ch i fa likehi Nativ ty than tha t he th her giv n him; an d I d are- mo b epofit v , Sign Qon he Ioth But f his, whi ch he hath giv n fo his Nat vity wa s t.rne le h m but t ell us why. ac ordi ngt o th Rub of hi Pra ctice the Afce,,d nt tothe Body of h, L rdqf th 4 hHo ufe that fata l Co rne .o fHea ve n [as they fa)] and to h Sq u r e of �,whoisLo rd of th 12 th , andh1th D gnitie sin h 8 h Ho f , di d not killthis N tive as well as itdid h s Bilbop C.md ho h d by his Cakul tion no thin gbutthe lingleBodyof ft witho utany thingtoafftH it and ye th.e 0 G ver of LHe,as he re. An d A �ee of Hu nga ry, wh odie upon no othe rdire ct nbu t th Afc cn� t to the Bod y of Ti an with that he * of � orM Gt1 �r th t he fays died orithe Acend an tto the 8 of lr, o nly the Bull1 Ey to _ail i!l it Or Pftf Bcm bu1u pont he.f am e Afp d, an d no hi ng clf w ith it which he fay here, s n aturally a killing di ecti Or the Lo rd F ancis Villiers o thebo dy of o ; an d y et ch c » in the I oth G er of Life O in Hr,n y the Third ofFr ce,th A f cen d ant o the 8 o - lt an d th J) l_ikewife Hi(rg, Or in Cb J tie i K g of Dmmar Jt whereth bodyof 'ft kill'a of it f clf, with little af!i itan ce from an u nluck Clirua cre ical Ycar. And [to ·n me no m re kH it ihoul<!l be bu hen fomand n feou s to rhe R ad r] Th-1t Ex ellnt young Prin Edw rd the 6t1 J, King ofEn g nd, wh al fo die don theAfc ce da to the bo�y of ft , and y t_ th T eof 'J/, falls )UH afte itin rrx 1 could m nticn mm y mo e in hi s Le a11 ed Colielii o11, that w011 be fe rvic eable to ml kego d ha I prete d to atid giverh Lyefaly to hi;o wn I nar ifici .l Calc ula i ofthi Na tivity whi ch be fa he lnd the ho no ur to pe form , nd lf u pro e by thatL ord's Coma nd; but theL ordkno ws h_a it s, for w n uH on ly take own acc o unt of it, which w ith doubt will be fp adngly giv

Now pra y confid er, Is i n t ery H ra1�ge tlut all thdc Gre at Ec ellentand Le arned menfu lddie o th tfe dir d-ions and yet t hon ourable Nativ e th ou \d fo be f nom'd by the Sta rs co cu t - li an d furviveth ofc two Di ed-i o �s, when afing le O!leha1h doneit fe h ed and alloft h emprinted byhirn b fa Ni1ti'l'i

f rmatum� printed in his Ct1r di ne 1 Ccxli we en fo h t E d - but tu iliew the wond erf ul power of C d nal Sig,11 1 An1:, l ; a d-yet when it com es to_th Concl uf ion, I dare fa y yo will ot fin d one true Fig�re among ll th e Te n tha_t this w r tb y G l hath printed to that purp fe. For yo fe e by comp ring h (m with the other the_ carry wit h th m p1ai!1 Cont radictio ns ; thwart s th defig, fiet ntends them for , and fa irl tell s t h� Au th t hi s fac - that heis eith e a' ver y I�norant ma n, or aConfid ent Impft r; fo no man will de ny[ J G. exce pted ]_h t Like Ca r ought tohaveLik EtTe cl:s ; or clf e Rule sof Excep tion liid do wn to le � u kn owwhen th�y will1 an� when th y w i_ll n ot give th f Effoct s they talk of, fc mg they m1fs fo often> which I am fo re h will ot undertak e r do, th einlideof hi C r..iii um being no li 'd it atter fuf-fo.:im for tint g reat W01k And e what h fo l ng promife d Bodyo TdUtology may br ng fo rt h 1 k now no t nd I bel ev e a Blin ma nwou ld begla d to fe it; I ju dgeit ma y b fu llo f word s an to a l ittle pu pofe as th e re fi of th e hin g s h hat h wrot e ; h hath, I confc fs, the Farm,but not he Po r ; th 1Yord1 and Jigle,bu tno� the M.1tter; that.we w�nt .W_eh vebee n fe �dup lon enough w ith abu nda nce ot emptmefs,m H k e Ex ample an d un pro fita b1c Rules in theArt of N ativiti s. Bu I will take yourA

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thors oft e bcft Aut hority into my confid tio n, dite chheir D chine , an d fairly la y befor eyo ur ey th r pal p ableContradictions; foth everyonethat is notbli d, n a y�w ilfu y blind ,{ha llan mu11co n fefs, thatthe Afirolo gy no w in ufei no thin gel icbutSha and Noi fe; fo rifoneDir edion in 40 or 50 hit s , it ismo re th anth fomct imcs rind;and ifon AHrologe in nAg happe ns toma ke fa r andafamo usPr ediltio nbefo r e-h and th ti an fw er 'd by the Efo�, it ferv esthenextAge to boafi of� Fo ifth y had no tPa i!

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Htminga ,whopredifred theDeathofDunJa bn ofAuftri toa fewda an dLuci uBe tanti111 bout he Dea th f!t-lir d l z byh m preditre with fome fewo thers , the y wo uld be h rd p t to it to g ve t Wor d E am ples of hei Sk l, and Pr f fthe truth of th eir A

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Learned and Famous M r. Thom Hubh f M:1/ sbu ry one th bath give n fuffi cie nt pro ofs of hi Abili ies b y hi m 111y Lea

ed Tre atif es tha t he hath befrien d ed t he r ld w it h; a nd c de cende d ofmean Parenta g� , wa q li ed w ith natu rala nd th ei\ E p l t s Leam ng can ple

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for; and!hereforeI do not blame John forbringing fofamous a Man's Birth to provehis Alfertfon, if he is able tojufiify the Truthof it, whichismy nextbufinefsto inquire.

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the 8th Houfe ; and yet heSq ar c t>f � kills bcing-dir eltcd tothe Ai:.e nda nt; n�w, pr�y {id �li r ufe the y ma ke' of h r Hil g an� Anar ta ; for he fays, The 0 giv r of Lif o /t,i ver ()f Yea r, � 1_sth de tl:ro ycrofLif , ndye t the A{c nd.111 to the Squ m of � ktlld thts Le:irned N·.1 e P ay, w hyili uld not th 0, whoi Hilif!, to the Squar e of � i n tl�� 11i n biu S tH rn i, kill as w ell as th Afc endant tothat poi nt ; this i N nc ewi h a witncf if I underfiand h m a11d th�grea ter, b e auf it c a n1e from him 'sm fuppo( all thefc du n gsthat he fay re t ru e in a mm that had fuc aFigu re as he hath printed fo r th Bir th i me ofSir Mmbe w ye here it i� a!l Fo 11�ancl lmp ett in [Ih1d lr nolt aidlm pL1dcncc becau fe It 1s pubhcklyowne d , th t he .as bo n 12 houts <lill:anc fromth attime; and fo ou gh he d 1 kn ow. t m {y be 12 days

Sue nishi Con�de rn:eintak i g N t i it ies ontrull and by he.i.r-fay and the n 1mpohng chemon th World for trur.h ,�hkh he hat been often atchtin ;but h o w ofte th ey have pa ffe d ·!Jndte ft ed tomeyetunknown A du p on this v eryAutho iity ofhta -fay,Icer t �mly�h cve, he h_ath t�u mpt upthi s N ativi y ofM r H,bbs toprov htsno tonofC�rdm alS!gns be tr� ashedi dtha ofJudgHi

to pro ve l1l a vtrtuou Sign d wnho ut dou btbotha lik euue.

2dly Th emcan efs ofhi s Pa re tage, c nfid.:red \V ith th parto

Eng land wher he-wa bo rn, y �nd er it dubious th.ere bein

very few ,ror:a, of the me nd middle for of Pe ople 1n the r �ote pa rtsfr orl_lLo n�on, thatta k e any notk e ,ork e pin m-m 10 ry th

rnn c when thetr Chitdr e n e bo rn; and much lefsthe n whe AHro logy w as fo l ttle kn w n i thuri ou rNa tiori of En 1,land; na

fc arcc atallknow n , unlcfs am g fom e Learn ed Mcn, whowere ab to rc�d otherLa ngua g �f dc? th cir wn , there b ein g at-th at tim but lt !tl ofA firology p m ed m t he E f!.lifh Ton gu , and that litt ver y tmp er fedly known , hm dl cd , an d undc rfloo d Befid cs t low nefs ofhisBirthobli g d him t be broad be cime s from his Prcn�; a�dasI hea r� he t the Univerfity at 13 yearsofag whic h did pr event himof th ofe fr q ur n t -o portffnitie to t im e ofhis B rthfromhi P nt if rh y did re me mbe it 3dly, I ne r he ard that h s e ver fi dioufl y in dined to t �ele l.li at lnq�ir y; and fo�th�t r fo n, mightnegle cl: th e takingntice of hi s Buth, and th rnk 1t w thhis Memo ry andA nimaverfio n;bywhic h mean , ifhe d de ve r k no w the dayw henhe w d b pofi i h did t kn ow or at lea flwi fe remeurs, a

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every oneofth ofe will mak e a gr eat alt rati in a � tivity efpe cia\ yinon that hath igns of (h ort A f cc i o n inthe Afcendant; and indeed mmy�agecl Peopledo r e.m c-!l1 b th Ye ar and Day of the ir Birth, bu tver few ofthe mca g yo the abfolu te ti me of the day henitwa s. When e 1concl ude whe h h d g theda and year hemad e hi m ru'ch aNativ it ya he h9ug h t ag r eeabl to the Life Actions, and Lea uii ngofth Ge tl m n And t ho �6 conclu de it poffib lcfo r him to ge t the d ay, ye t do n o all owth

Fig ure to be tiu e; bur per haps he h atii mad th is P olit ionto abu f him, as you ma y fee by rhc I 2th and 86thAp ho i m s in hisCollction, wherehe gives all fuch Pet.fons as h e th 0 an rJ-i nth

A(cend ant,avery bat\Characl:er ,ma king hemLy 1 ,B o jter 1 ,Pro11d Pe rju red,Con riv cr1ofMifchiEf, andInv ent rs o Fabl a ; a d mor e fuch likeill Nam es hebefio ws upo nthem howwe ll the yd_efr rv e them 1knownot. I-!owever, t h of e N1mes do o t at allagre wit h th Ch aract erhe ives himinhis Card ne!Ccrli , whic h lhe w s my Fri en Jubn c:in make the Stars g e an d ad wha h e p1 ea f t h ; co l h Broth,and wa mhisFinger an d a\lwi h th C eBr ath

Bu t to put all ,; iut of d o ubt, let us come n r d clof rr to th matter for feeing they do allow ha Di cti are th e Caufc of Death ; or at lcaltwifc, that fe w or ne dy without the m Letus fe \vha tthey canaffign for his de h, either o th e 0, » , Af cen da nt , for they ar e a\l a\i�e to th m, tho I do affir m th e here to be Giver of Life, acc ordin g to tDe Po fitio n pri nte Th G ent lemandied i Dm mb r, in theyear 1 67 9 bein g th rn 91 yea and 1o month�ol d; and the Ark of Dire-:ti n to give th at numb of �ears, a ordins to thei r mc afure of tim e, i590 deg r ,Im

Now oHer ve, The Diretl:io n tluthe co cl ud kill'd him, w as 1 Afc enda nt to the Squ areof o, and the 0 th Body of 1/, Lo ofthe 8th Ho u[ 1 w ch tomef c cms v ry l1 nn; 1 t h � t the 0 (hou pa(.:;the Squ are ofr.J, and heoutlive it al tt th ee yea rs, and tan -dye on theAfcm dan t to a il11m Directi o , called the Squ of c3 [f or the true one did not co me up i �out 22 ye rs afte-ward] and atil tc h 1timet o, whenth 0 as by Direet on with avery litt leof the Bo d y of 2/., the g, nd o l y B /famuk;S tiJr theH av ens who fe illRays alway s fa , d rt ai nly rnL1 ch mo his Body in theafcendin gpa rtof Heave ; b i it i: ot ve ry llran th at he hould onl ide nt ly ta i-:c: th Di c cH on'i co the Horofcope give Deat , wh en he.0 s fo e .ir it; for h ACcc1:d ant c1n not Li i h b d Directio ro it when th

isfo near, as inthis Example. But isit not more firange [how hisCatholickSouljudgethinthecafe,Icannottell] thatthe.Square of r3 lhould_kill, and the Afcendant to the Square ofthe0 lhould not at'about 82 years ofAge; and indeed, by John's good leave [if Ptolomy isallowedto betrueJ theSquare of o cannot kill, be• caufeheisunderthe S1111-beams; but anyTooth good Barber, fo wecanbutmake Cardinal Sign,.pn the .Anglei ofthis, orany other Nativity. Inlhort, I juagehe willfind but frwof his own party [Imeanas to the Principles ofAfirologyJ thatwill believe the Afcendanttothe Square of the Sun fbould pafsbyandgivenothing; and afewyears after, the Squareof�rs kill; and this at fuch a time too, when the Sun intheAfcendantwasdired:ed to the Body ofJupiter,- but indeed hewas LordoftheEighth,-Oh!that altersthecafe mightily -H1, ha,In.

But to tell youthe truth, the Moonis Hil% or GiverofLife in his Figure, andforthatrcafon, neither Sun norAfcendantcan kill byDircc¼ion; and at thetimeof his Death, £hewasdi-rec¼ed to no illAfpec¼orRays.· Thefirfi thing {hemeets,·is the *of � in *, whichwouldtouchatorabout 9 5 yearsofAge. ·AndCo Ileaveit, tillhe{hallthinkfittoaffignfameotherCaufeforhisDeath,andtell uswhatAuthorityhe hath forthetimeof�irth, and by wha__tAuthorityhe will provethis figure, orany othertrue; ,affuringyou, thatthisisnotMr. Hobbt's true Nativity; I willnotfayitis not the day, butI amfure it is not thehour, only a time pitcht upon) and choknbyhisunerringJudgmmt, to proveonefaltitybyinventing ofanother; or tofpeak more tothe purpofe, he calls for help to SaddlehisHobby-horfe. I could put divers other things to him,which I am furewould puzzle hisfertile Brain to find fecurity for their truth; as,whohewillconcludeto be Hilcg, andthentheLord ofthe Alcbacoden, whomtheychufe fromthefor�er? andwhether theNativelivedthatnumberofyearsdefignedbythat Star, andno more; and whether d [who mull: be Lord of theAlchocoden, according totheirnotionsJ being Co.mbuil in his detriment, and affiid:ed by h, can give anymorethan hismean years, whichare Forty, thothisNativelived Twentyfiveyears beyondhisgreatdl: y·ears� whichare Sixty fix. Withmore ofthis Nature, that I pars by, fuppofing there is enough mentioned to convince any ratio. nal man, that the figure of Birth by him atTertcd, is allSham and Trick.

J clo believe hehatb takenthis FigureofMr. B1n1on, as nearthe Account hehimfelfgave_-ofit, as canQ�; �nddotherefore judge, ifthisknottrue, itfanot Mr. John's fault,·but.theLearnedNative himfdf, whogave -it t� q1eWorld�in fcattered _Sentenc�s in his Anatom;: ofMelancho11y_; an,4.as! amIf!formed, d�� alfo give ord�r whenLiving;for themk:nbmg1t-0nhisToml,fto�emOxfo��fterhis Death; which did notonly fhew the GentlemansIngenut!J, but • alfohis Integrityh� letting·th� �orld.underftand.�ow f�r.h:�as acquaintedWith his ownN�uv1ty, left fome.Ingenious.NatlVlty• mikeror other, £hould furreptitioufly have trumpt;up afpurio�·s one after his.Death; which·is a thing very commqn,-not only m ourNation butin otherslikewife; andbythatmeanswe.cometo bav.e.foma�yGreat'mensJJirlhsthatare real_lyfa��eandhnagi�ary, and _yetimpofed upon us for abfolut� �rut_h, which the unsk1lful, ingenuous menrunawaywith, andb�bevcthemto beas.ri:port�a to them. Andto,onvinceyou thatthinstrue, takeanExample1n R ouc

Thenextbelfrings, istha_tofth�FamousMr.811,:ton, A�thorof The Anatomyof�elancholly, toprove·hisiicUti�usNotion.

.Mt. �,rt<>n.

.CJ�f/R.efo�m�1t11.m.

�eman, andt�atistheff�ck��ing_, whofeNativitywa,pruited byMr.G�y1n 1661_� IllwhichFigurehemakes 22 degr.ofnt afcending, a�d thetime i7min. after Eleven; and this heaffirms tobetruebytheProbation_9f,threc_Di1edions,andtheirConcurrent Accidents,asmaybefeen·hihisGolleltibn. M,irinm, heprintshis Nativity"in:his.AftrologiaGallica, p.555. inwhich hemakesalmo!t 15degr.oftflafcend, and theTime 15mi,iut.afterElevenofthe Clock,._Mam, thefamedayandyeu,andproveshisalfo'bytwa..or • thrteDiretlfons; towhichhe·addeth anotherArgurnen�oftruth, thatthetimeofthedaywasknown,po•i'lltitudintmSo!iJ·Aflrolabio f""'!"a,.apudfanliun,GermiJnwm; and thisamanwduld thinkwere veryexad,comingfromaLearnedPc:;n, andhealfoaLoverofthe Asr, aswellasaProfe{forthereof. And,yetafterallthis., Ihave hadanaccountfromAdriano, thegreatJ,,LJthan.Jlici.zllatPariJ,that theFrenchKingwas-bornat1 � minutesafter FouroftheClockthe fameday intheMorning; whkh-isfufficienttoacquaintm, that then,·isamifiakc, oralittleKnaveryinthisAccountgiveii.fovariouf1y; andisnotonlyinthisman,butothersJikewife;ofwhkh moreinmyDefellioGenitur.111"11;

Butasto Mr.Burton-SNativity, Iamnotwillingtomakeafearch intothetruthofi!,andthatfortwoReafons. The1Jtis, TheRefpeel:IhavetothatLearnedGend�an, beingunwilling:tocallhis Skillinquefiion, becaufeI think hegaveitus to the befiofhis knowledg,without_;inydefignofTrickor lnterell,eithertobubble µs,orputafaHhood�P?'ltheWorld.undertheNotionofAHrology. And the 2dis,.Be.ca.ufeI haveno Accidentsthat are confiderable h1theCourfe'ofhislJfe,:totrytheverityoftheFigureby, either ofSsc�neft) Preferment�otlJeaJh, whicharetheontygroundstotry indpro�eaNativity,wheth.ertrueor-fal(e. Andyet�ifthisishis true F1gurc, I,fhould look upon ittobeverydifficultforhim to pafsthe» tothe.Bodyofb, witha9dwithoutLatirudeinZodi4co; and _ thistherather, becaufe 1'ihathr�rca!mofi IdegyeeofNi,rtb.. latitude; butfur the r�afons bcforemennoned, l fhall omit all thingsQfthatn�t\Jre.

- Butfuppofcwe fhould allowthisNativity tobetrue, andthat Cardinal SignsonAnglesthou!d do thofewonders thathefays theydo;-yet I cannotfee whatground there isfor his bringing thisFigutetoprovekby. Forherelsalmofi29degreesof'i'on theAfcendant, andthataSignof fhottAfcention, accordingto bis-ownNoti9n,.andevetyoneselfe; and the mofihe canmake it,

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Optu 'R...eformatwnI

it;_���notabove36ri:inutesbe!owtheCufpoft�Atccndant,that theSago 'fhathtorife; �ndmb�Fig,m, thereis.thewholeSi� 0, and 6 degreesofII, 111thatpart, called t�e AtEendintor·H� rofcope: Hence it follows, that he- Jays the wholefirefs ofthe matterontheveryCufpof theAngle, oiL�ncoftheHorizon, to provetheMyfieryofCardinalSigns,whichiftrue,1thinkheput�it u_ponavery���i�Lisproo_f,_ bothi_nthi�.Figure, andalfointhatof Cl�arles G,eflavzt.f beforemenuoned; for 1fwe make this"aweryfew mmutes later, and thata·.yeryfewminutes fooner-1. youwill find o _afce�dinphi--t�eone, aq�� intheother; andinmyOpin�on, ":Ill mighu!ythakc, ifnotwhollyconfound the vetyPrincip� of hisdefign; for I do not qelieveeveryFigureofaNativityto be true, thatl�efaysisf�; andtherefore, ifthefdhouldbecorreded, whatwill beco�eofhisNotion? Andfo�thatoftheKingofSweJm, Ia?lforei.tisnottrue, andthatfortheR.eafons_there•Hedged. �utbetidesallthefethings, hemayhavehis ftinthe �orh, and 2/, tuhis 6thHoufe; nay, and_d"ind with hisA[cendant, arid foi- all thathave t5afcendin�; and indeed, tomyapprehenfion,:itfcems morepr�able�(fbe �, be�µfe-�( �hat�xpretfton,.01Mti' Burton's 9uoted byMr.G.,Jhuty, Ana <!principalSignificatetofmy 1,Manmr1, in p.zrtile dwi_tb,myAfiendatlJ, .&c. Andhythat,wordpartilc d, I underfiaodexadly,.ontheAfcendant, andiffo, t5muilbea(c,_nding, forcJ is-,almofi I degreein:thatSign-, as�d.wellpknows; andthenpray,,:WhatwilT"he'doforailiifttotickletb'e-EarsofhisAd�i�e!sfotq-0eb�liefofCardi;1alSign·s,andtheirpow�i�this �a- �1v1ty? Nay,®llU:obfuvehqwheJhuffies,andhowheisputto 1�to1:oak.e a Nativity[nay,drivento thelafidegreeof"f] toimpofcan Erroron theWorld, and tocheatusandhimfclfalfo into thebeliefofalye. • . --

Bu _ tthereison�th!ngmoreIobfenei11the;:126thPara:gnph,and thatrs,hewentt?Dr.FiJk.,toknowwhatthemeaningof}/,inthe 6thHoufewas,andthisintheyear 1650.ofwhomhefays,helearnt -that little ofAfirology that hehath. Utterlydifowning his befi Malter, Mr.Lilly, bywhofeAtliftance [hefaysintheEpill:leio hi� Dt1UrincofNativitiuJ an'clF<;1vours, he was enabled ro compleat th,tBook,whichwasprin(�aintheyea-r1_657.·Now�doyouthin� th:itMr..LiDy'sAcquaintancreh1ddottehimnoSeivke, befide, the ufeof Booksinthat-Seven years? Or do you believehi�askini Dr.Fis'<,thatonequefiion, bad fet himinaStationabO"lethewant ofotherInftruetions? Iffo, hewasthe:.iptctlScholartr,'one, ind

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Opiu (J{tformatum·.· the_moftungrcatful totheotherofanyman1iving. ButIlhalllor._ bca�anyfurtherAggravationofthatIngratitude, bccaufethewhole Nationisfowellacquaintedwiththething.

HuSeventhNativityhe b�ing5 to provehisdreamingNotion> IsthatofMichatl Nojlrtldamus', asfolloweth,

Opui:(/{!fonnatu�

Noftr�damu,.

_Nffus die 14 Decc:m­ bns10 Meredie, -1503.

The timeofthis GentlemansNativity, Mr.Gadburyhad from that fhort Account ofhisLife, printedbyMonfieurGmncieru in Engli/h, a.t the beginning of that Treatife ·called N11ftradamUJ's Prophecies, where itisf.id,•hewasborna�St. Remy, aTownin Provence, the 14thofDecember, ona Thmfday aboutNoon 1503� and thathediedofaGozaand l>ropfy atSa/an, a_CityinProvenct, ornearit, onJ11ly�. Anno 1566. beingthen Sixty two years of /\'if,, and SixMonths. TheLatitudeof thePlaceisabout 43 de� grecs; andhowoui:.wonhy Authorwillmake2degreesofVS on the 1.odlHoufc, and u degrees of c ontheAfce_ndantin that Elevation, istomearnyfiuy; for ifhe makestwo of VSonthe Midheaven,thcrewillbeaboutfourof 1'afccnding;butthat Erfor l.wllt� by_, it beingnot to mybufinefspowinhand, beittrue or..

•or f�l[e• nor-will itdeface· or co�found his deTign that·thething isbroughttoprove; rhothereilof _ the Houfesarc likewife Erro.: neous, and therefor-eI {hall-proceed·manothermethod. . IperceivebytheAuthorsExprc:tlionab_outN�on, t�attheNative did not leaveaparticular Account, at what tune m that dayhewas born• forthat ttboutNOfJn, mightbe aboutan hour or more beforeor ;fter it, or elfethe-Stars in thisinansNativityhadnot theufua.1forceandeffect, that Ml.Gadb111yallows,andaifertsthey have inotherMensGcnitures,-ofwhichmoreanon,whenI come tothofeObjectjons..The Sign 'f iswe11:_k'?owntobeb':1t I hour. and 5 minutesafcendingon·theH?ro�cope1nthatElevation?--and thereforetheerrorofhalfanhour m timefooner, and 56mmutes in d�elaterthanthisFigure, willvery _much·al!ertheCaf:, and. extreamly{haket�eAuthoritybot�ofhis_Aphor1fm�1:d Skill, �o farastheya,rebothconcerned,in�hts Figurea�d �at1v1ty ; ar,d 1f I mifiakenot hisDear-Vraniawill futfc:radehqu1umalfo, bythe Confide-neea'rid·Credulityof her over-forwatd and bouncingSt:•. cretary; butit·isno.ftrangethingto feehonefl Mailersabufedby: the-knaw:ryoftheirfawning�glave�ingScrvants•

. However, ifthisFigurdhouldbetrue [�h1ch_1sveryuncertam. anddubious]itisfarfctcht,and,atth_ebcU g1�e�mageneralt�r.m. aba11t Nocn whkh noman ought to rely.onwithout Corecbon,. byasmanyAccidents-astheCalerequires, o� canbe gotten; and toaffirmthis histrueNativity,_without fuchReafonsand Autho• riry, elpeciaflyinCuchaCafeasthisis,.whereitismadeaprinci�al, Pillar-to:CUpport fogreataStrult1;1re,�hehereendeavourstobuild· uponit, istomeagr�at!trgu��t, �1�h�rofthemansWcakn�f!,· orhisConfidence, behevmghiszp{ed1x1t 1� overand above_fuffi�enttofiemtheTorrentofallotherAuthority; andthereforelw1ll-bringit tqtheTouchfto�e, astherea\teftofits u�tl�_orfal�ood;. and inthat trial l thall rell my felfvery wellfausfiedoft1ther., withouttroublingyon-_with many Argume!1ts, which at thebefi; fervesbut tofpoilPa-per, and tireyourPat1encc. -Yet,letmetelL yo·u, thisisasnotoriousa·picceofFaHhoodand-lmpofition, a5-a11y he-hathbrought.tothisputpofeandpr?of..

But �efore Ibegto tPexaminethe Figure 1� general,· it will be 1 veryneceifary tofettle.theFiguretofo�e p�ucul _ arde.grer.:on the., Midhcavei1 andAfcendant; ftr Laslfatdbefore1itweallow2degreesofVS·ontheTerith, there willbebut·4degreesof1' m�the: Afcendant• andif we Qwuld al\ow 11 de�reesof 1' afcendmgjl. '

Opt#·fJ{eforinattm,.;

therewillbe about5 degrees.3ominutesof·VSontheTenth. And-bccaufe I will gke him all the fair play imaginable, I will take thatwhich fands fairefi for his ad�antage!i [d10�c did not ferve mefowhen I wasin H1Jlland] and.I think tbat is pdcgrees-oCf on the Afcendant; fol' I do fuppofe _out of the Abundi1nce of his lgnor,snce ., he doth.conclude t11e t\fcmdantto the 8 ofthe 0was the Diredion upon which thisNative did expire; now;iffo, I would fain be rcfolved, whether theAfcei1dant(othe.8 ofthe 0, islikelyto gil'e the G1111tandDropfy; whichDifeafes he fathers on, h inhisDofiriueefNativitiu, p. 122. Anditdlsus there.alfo, That the0 gives Swooningr, l,rflamtS1ion1 of the E;u, Palpitatioll of the Hurt, 2nd Wringings at the Stomack.; which Difcafes arenot the ufualAttendantsofDrtJf>fiuandGo,,u.

I cannot find any other Dired:ion he-can pretend to, that may beallowed to give Death, ·but thatof the Afcendant co the 8 of 0; forthe»byDirection, isat that timein.theirwa-ycometothe ninthdegreeofVS, havingpaH tJe Bodyofthe 0, and herown *; and not ,orne tothe Body of �, and 8 of1/,, Lord of the 8thHoufe, that pc!J1icious part of;Heaven ; andthe0 isat that agein2 degreesof* byDire&ion, beingcome tothe placeof his own *, and within.flaysof the .»'sb.,- which isthenext.Dire- ,,,., dion; and therefore wemuficonclude [feeing none ofthefecan_ be lug'd intodo the bulinefs] that the 8 of the 0 tothe Afce_ndant, was the fatalPoint that kiH'd him, notwith.fiandingthe � _ ofthe » wasvery nearafter. Thm you fee a ferryfhift isbetter than none; and for ought we know, nad not this unluckyDirectionfell info untowatdly, hemighth:ivelived tillthis-time, unJefs 'JI,, Lord of the 8th, had happened to have birded 11im off; ford beingLordoftheAfccndant, would without doubt nothurt his own; and lt durfiaswell have cat his Fingcn, beingunder thepowerof ($ inhis Triplicit)' [and betides veryweak in hisdetriment] asmolellorkill him; !ucha pretty fort ofAfirologyhe pretenJsto_beMaficrof.

In this Nativity we find both the 0 and » in Aphetical Places; and it is certain one ofthem mullhe-Hiler., orGiver of, -Life; and yet the Afcendantto the 8 of the0kill'd theNative; which if Co, I am fure it can do italways,·and that.with much moreeafeand certainty, whenthe Afcendant isGiverof:Lifr. But let·u�have recourfetohisCollcdion ofGenitures, and thereyou -willfind abundance of.Nativities, wheretheAf�nd•nt'to the O and

and 8 of . the 0 did not:�il� asinPopePaulV.p. So. T)r.Morton, p.92. B1lliopV{htr, p. 96. Mr.Gina��•,-,p. ·1 02. Mi::Child,ty;f>. 1 14. Mr.Vaugba111 p. 117. whhadhis 0 inthe Eighth indirtit 8 co the J), and yet the Afcci1dant to tile Bodyofthe one and � oftheotherd�dnotliillr whatthinkyounow, arethcfeiartial • Stars or not� Sir Robert H1lburn, p. I24. Sir Fmb.H,I�,, p. 159_. thatw.1s to l _ 1ve fome Decades ofyears, he alfoout-lived the 8 of the 0. 1 MaJor--Generaf I.�n(rrl, p. 166. VinconWing, p, 18-2, an_ evm ha1f(core that out.llvd the Afcrndant to the 8 of the 0; and fome of themun��rwent it� Influence at a conftderableAge roo. And. I cmdd fom1thyouwithtnore likewife'under his own hand, only I think thcfc fuflicknt to prove that Dired1on falfe and fidiiious �s to his:Death, and the Caufe of it; and to thew this LearnedArtit1's Skill, isaslittle ashisMoc.Icily and good N!-ture ·�•· •.

�ut bc.fri.les _al_l this, there ate fevtr�l Nat_ivities in being, in which our Nauvtty-makcr il!ows-thc Midheavcn totheBodie�or Oppofitionsof ft and o to ki!J; fometimesbyviolence, and fomc:timcsother ways, and this doneonty by atingle Directionf'feither-, as in the Cafe of Char/uGr'flal,llr5, and W1L'i.1mLaud the Midheaven toth�Body of fi·in theone, and to the Body r/0 in theotJ1c�; but int-hi! Nativitythe 0, who is Giverof Life, and theMtdheavrn, wer�-h.>th at once �i,elted to th�eBodyof �, and. 8 of �, Lordofthe8th in the4th; and then tothe aof ·T} and (1 from the4thlikewiie; all which had not powerenoughtokill him tilttheAfcendant came to the 8ofthe0; Fla,l,.i,h.z, aprettyfort<Of Stars, and asprertilymanaged byrhofcthat.pretend an acquaintance with the�. fod!ed r cmnot blame Perple, whenInear them cryout agamH thel-oo]erks and Cheatsof Ailrology• for a ,ccordingtothiskind ofDodrine, no 111anwouldtroublehi; head with the Study of a thfog•fo. contradiltory and 'uncertain t-�at.coul� find any thingelfo to exercife his T1'oughts and Me� d1tat1ons m. I know the- Anfwcrfome of themwill make me,. ru:id fay, TbeMidbucmtn�.J?:fJ.i1lsTm,in vMi!ltDe.:rthr, Collect.GeJlltur. Af>h. 92. To that l anfwer, They knO'W•nothing of the Caufc ot a violent Death, till it,is overand paH; and thereforethatis butailiam,··:miafillyone t-oo ; fodfit harhpower tokill atonetime, it hat�atanother; and.rhoa man maynot dye by an Ax, or a Halen., yet·he may dye violently in his Bed, or fome otherway, for the Stars are notbound to a pnticulatiV�y. and

and methocl. Andl do affertit for truth, that if it did ever kill, it mulldo fo always [witho,ut R.·ulcs of Exception] and I ·know _ no reafon [nor he ndrher] why all thpfe Directions to the Sun and MiJheaven fhouldnothavekill'dthisNative. And befides, he talks without knowledge'about the viole11ce- of Nativities; for what violent Politions are there more inGu�al'IH Adolpbm's Nativity, than in this ofNoflradamml And alfo, what isthereofviolence more inCharles GuJiavM, than_ in the Duke ofAlbemarle's? Colhll.Genit.p. 70. andyet two.ofthemdied violent Deaths, and the other two N�tural onei:s; but befides;.before the People arc -dead, he knowsnota word whichisa violent oneforDeath, and whichnot; but when they aredead, andthatbyviol�nce, hecan -pr:efentlyfnd the Caufe. What Nativityin hisColleclion carr!�; moreviolencewith it: thanthatofCbarles TortenfontheSwedifh General,wherethe 0and °'arein d inVS inthe Afcendant,and bodt in D to Ji in his own·Dignities; the l> isin d with ¥, Lord of the 12thin �, withviolentStars, in dired D to·Ii, and in 8. to (!, andthe OLord-of�he8th, andalfoto !i.,.whohachDignities therelikewire. Nc,w;isit not firange, that thisNati-ve underfo violent a PoGtion fhould dye aquiet Natural Death, when 'thofe two Kings of Swer-!en, efpeciaOy G11flav,e1Adolphus, undera vc::ry moderate Poftion lhould dye violentlyt Which things Mr. John would verymuch oblige theWorldwith, -toI-etus know �heRea• fonsofthem, and toacquaint U!I with thofec��ious�o"r,,�'s, br ·whichwe maybe able to unclerfiand thefe [hltherto-1mprobableJ Nativities aswell ashe.

To conclude, ThisNativity wasaboutNoon, thatis1 alittlebefore 11 aClock, .atwhich time he willnothave 1'a{cending, but the latterpartof �, and the Sign -I' on the Temh.. And u11der this Pofirion and its Elfecls, he will at the time of his Death la... Eour under theInfluence of the 0, GiverofLife, to theMundane Parallelof oand ·ft, Direct'1nd Conveis; which arc proper Directions togive the Gout a1id Dropfy. And therefore, ifMr. Johll doth not think this a reafon fufficient, I wotlld de_fire,one from him more Authentick.·

The next he brings toexerciCe hisTaltntin, is that of Gregory LcpBz, a- Spani(h Hermit, �:m� ?f hisown l\eligion, and t!1cretore _ he ought toknow the exact-tune -when he.was brought mtp �-, World. The Figure follows, . _ Grego?

Op,u f/.{eformattim; Gre,gorJ--Lope�·

Iwonder Mr.G.1d. {houldhavefo much confidenceon!�is Reputation as to think tobe believedinthis, and fuchlike Cales, when hefay;thething is fo; frcingwehavef?u�� himt.udyfo often i� his bcfiiending Mankind with fuchCunohtles asthefe are, ��tlvidcs I'mean, andnotone infortyofchemtrue, as may be 1ull1tiecl byhisLearnedCollection,andtheOpinionofeveryoneabout that Book; for itisnotonlymy felf, but diversot?ersalfo, , thatareof the fame Perfuation withmeabout the FaHittes, andv1fible Contradiltions fo openly jufiitied and aiferted by the Author in that Treatifc, and not only there, but in mofi of thofe B�oks_h�hath eublifhd, to ir..form the unlearned World. Doy�u thmk •!1sre�­ ionablc tobelieve thathe fhould obtainthetruetimeofthtsmans Birth,· who wasbornatfogreat a difiance, asMadridInSpain, and perhapsunknown to all hisFriendsand Acquainta_nce [and pr�.;­ bably himfelftooJ till after his Death? When wefmay be certam he could not give us the true Nativities o_f thofe born �t home 1!1 ourown Nation and nearhim, andhad the opportunityoftheir , S Acquain•

Latitnd. 41, MAdrid.

Opu�.�hrniatuni.

Acquaintancebelides,

as.Si�·Fre�'b:

HoUu, Nie CHlpepper, Mr.Lilly. Nay, he hath given us hi! own falfe, and printed it three or four times over; befides thofe ofOliVfrCromw.:U, Two Kings ofSwc._dcn, Judge H1la1 and abundance more, too manyhere to relate. I fayforthofe very re:ifons he ought [fince he hath crackthis Credit foJ toendeavciur always to provethofe Nativities he gives us, that when they !hall h:ipp:n to be quetlioncd by any in mine, or other mens Comp:iny, we may have fomething to fay in his Vindication, which now we have not, relying only upon his S�-fo.

To give us an old Lorr[;• PopijhJlermit, born 150 years ago, to prove anInnovationofhis own, thatfiands in_need of better Authorityand Security than he is able to proJucc. AFellow born in Spain, and notaSoul living nowthateverknewhim, whichat the befl: tells us, ir can be knnwn no otherways, but by report and hear fay; anq for ought w.e know [or he either] it may be fome days, but I am fore-�ome hours dittance from this time, or elfc the Rules of Atlrology that 1 am Malter off, are not true. I admire he hath not m-de a Nativity for Pope Joan, his Brother Jud.;s Jfc,rriot, St. Patr,ick.,, MonfieurSt. Ruth, and the Gold.enFar... mcr; for wit'nout doubt, they had all of them Cardinal Signs on theirAngfes, and would mightily conduce to the Probation of th:it Aphorilm, if he wouldbut takethe pains to let us know them according to his heft and moil approved Rules of Nativity­ making.

Do but confider howmany People he hathtold us died on the Midheaven.1nd Sun to the Squareof Saturnand M,m ; howmany he tells usdied on the Afcendant to the Square ofthe s,.m, Body ofS.zturn, and Body of M,m; how rnmy he n1th affirmed went to the tilentSh.1deson the MtJo� �o the Squucof the Sun, theOp'.. pofitton of S11tur11, ,he Oppohrton of Mars, the Midheaven and Sun t? th� Anri�ci?ns of Mars and S,mmr.., all which have r,affed overm this N1t1v�ty, and none of them had po,vcr to kill. Neither do I know when he died, yet am putly Cure theywent off without Death, becaufe G:1db11ry fays1 he was about Twenty one yearsof Age beforehe grew thusReligious; andhemuft continue fome }'ears in (his method of Pidy, or clfc he would not have o�tained fo great�n Etleemind Reputatton to be counted a Hermit. B.ut thefe Directions came up, fome at Twenty, othersat Four orFive aQd twenty, fome at Thirty; and theythatcameop latelt,

Optu �efor1natu,n�

lateft, were_at Thirty fix or (even �y this Pofition; and yet I am of opi11ionhe out-lived that Age, if everthere were fuch a man, and that he did not Harve hirnfelf to be counted Holy.

Beficfes allthis, I fee 110 reafonwhy aConjuncl:ionofMars and SM.Hrn inScorpio., theSquare_ofthe M1on and Sun, and Moon· and Mercury, the Square of Jupiter and Veniu, and alfo the M�ndane �ar.1lklofJupim, Satttrn, and MJrs, fhould makea·man fo ext��ly Pious;md R.dlgious, asourFriend J.Gad. tellsushewas. lhave heard_him often fay, it was averyh.ud thing for him to be good and honefi, who had:a Conjunction of Satum and MJrs atthe time ofhis Birth; and iffo, I am fore 'tis cheworfe for being inScorpio. I doxeallyjudge, ifthis Figure is nearly true, or within an hourand a half ofit, hedidnottumHermit forthe fakeof Religion ,. but forthe lcfs o'f a Mifhefs, or clfe a Difobligation by fome Debauchery of hers. For at the A�e oftwenty years, he had his Su,z to the Sextile of Vi,mr, and Squ:mof!Ylars by Direcl:ion, which is very likely to give fuch an Effefr;. and if fo, he only grew furly and fouton thatAffront; by thecontinuanceofwhich, andhis-ownforgetfulnefs,it became a cufiomto be thus Religious; tofignify which, he labour'd under the _Moon to the Oppofition of Saturnwith and without Latitude, about four yearstogether, fromTwentythree9rTwentyfourforwards.

And tho l havenotfogood aproofforthe�11,tyofthisFigure, as I have of fevetai of the former, yet I am partly fureit is falfe, bccaufe he Qut-livedrhe Sun, v,,hois Hilef!. tothe Squareof Sat#rn and 'M:zrs. And fo I ,ometohis Ninth Exampleof Truth in the CafeofCardinal Signs on the Angles. The Figure follows, fct Ptolom.1ica1Jy,

Op,u (J{eformattmt�

Sir 17Jeodore Mayerne.

Latitud,Planetar

Tt 1 49 North '1/, 1 :12 South

tlifferenceintheirBirthsisnotanywaysremarkable; whatjs, you mayobfervein theplaces ofthe }) and�. Inthe Doctors, the })is inthe beginningof Ill.in d with�, andbothgoin,gtothe* ofc!. In theBifhop's, the .D isin * in D to '21- and 8 to r:J, applying to both. But whythefe (bould caufefuchvafi:differenceand difproportionin their Bodies, I confefs,'l know not, nor do I believe my Friend is able co reconcile the oneto the other, or either of them to hisStars. IndeedI win allow the Bifhops Intellectuals to be whollydifferent from the Doctors, ashis » in D to 'J/., (the Patron of Religion) in 8 to cJ, !t with fi in_ll\., and � Retro-. grade with theVirgins Spil<f, do very well lhcw. And I couldtell you, what theypromife in fuchPofitioostoo, ifI thought I might efcape the [evere Cenfure of beingmaliciout1yinclin'd ; but this I do fay, the Pofitionsare naturallyliketheman, asto his Tern;, peratureand Humour, in theway:mdorderofNature.

I a�_certain [feeingmy good FriendJ.G.make�W;lliamL111d, and _Su TheodorrMayerne, to have almoft the fame Pofitions or with vetylittle difference, fcarc� confiderableJ that they ca�not be both true, if eitherofthem?t Co; for we fee here, that they �ave ?oth 4dcf,r:c�?f;;::.afcending, . and � LadyoftheAfcendant m in m both Natmttes, andthe 0 111 boththeirAfcendants and 'JI. in 6 tothedegre� afcendingexacrly, the .»inaWatcry-fignin bothalfo. Her�ce,feemg they __ a1e�o�ucha likeintheirBirth�,why 1houldnot theirBodiesand Conlhtuttonsalfohave beenfomewhat proportionalin reference ro their Statu1cs, Corpukncy, Paffions, general Fate mFortunes andMisfortunes; inallwhich thefetwo men werenothing alike; theBifuop being a littleman' Spare bo­ died, Rail1 and Furio�s; t.he Doctora full-grown, t'arge Bcdy) cxtream Corpulent? w!thagentle, eafyTemper. The Bilhophad the latter . partof h1� Lifefull ofTrouble, Di(quiet, and Confufi. on, and m conclul1on atcendc:d withaviolent Death. The Do• ttorhadt�elatter part of his Life�iet, Eafy, and Compofed, and at Chelfy where he lived, died of good oldAge. And the ' tlifferem:e

Asto theSoul, that DivineandEternalpartofMan, Ican byno means allow tobe affected, governed, or fwayed by the power of the Srars, any further than it is informed, or mitlcd by its Natural Organs, the Senfcs I mean; for without doubt, byhow much the more bruitHh aman is, the more vicious and depraved ishis Mind and Thoughts, thofe Preliminaries to the Soul, by which mediumitis always converfant with, and exalted to tho!e glorious Manfions above, or confufr<lly hurried amongthofe Corruptions of Nature·, which arc not only a Clog to the volatile· Soul, but a Sinkof Ruinand DeHrucrion, in which [it is tobe feared] too m:my,haveperifhed, bothBodyandSoul.

ButtoreturntoourStarry-lmlinefsagain; Therearc mmymore thingsto prove the(etwo Nativitiesdo 11ot agreein, betides rhe[e mentioned. The Biflrnphe,liveda11 his daystingleor unmarried. The Doctor had bothWifeandChildren, [oneof which married to a French Muquc(,;J andth� Lord of theSeventh:the fame Star, and in thefame place in boththe Figures; and 1 lwpemy Friend

Jobn will not make the :D in 8 too, an Argun:ient of a lingle

Life ; that Potition, Iconfers; isoften judgedtobe a wantoncne, but neverforbids Marriage. Nor I cannotbelievehe will layany· weight or1\refson the .l>'� Separationfromthe-□of h, they beingnow at7degreesdillance, and the .D in Afpectboth to 2/, and o' applying'in the Zodiack, and to a Mundane Afpet of � alf0. Well, but how{hall we reduce all this. into a way for Practice, and to be fcrviceable another time, whenwe m�et with fuch crabbed

OpM rf{eformatt,m�·

crabbed flulf aga.in? Why, really I cannot tdl you w.h1ch way to begin tha� work; it is beyond _ all _ rhe �ulc.s of All,roiogy tha� I 1\ivcll�r.i\d and �cad:a,!d do think itwill pro�ea knotty, puzUog piece ot \\Qrk; tor which reafon. we mull beforced tointreat our worrhy good Frirnd, co fin_:our us with this Tnfoimition, arid kt the �orld !mow, whySir Th,od?re.M.1yerne thould marry, ·and why IJ'il:1,mJ Lmd il10uJd not; and indeed he is the onlyman able to �o ir, baing fu�nHhccI �ith at�the curi�us, delicate, tinc-fpuu Notwns, and thole loftyF.u(lrunu, du:�1nteift.nccofthe wfo&Art lodged _ only in his �a�dous Head, tlut wighty Magniue, or r.i: thcr KmJe.dmm ot Alirok,gy. _

But betides this, it will not be improper toconfider theDircd-ions in thisFigure.ind Nativity; for itiscertain, that Planeti whi�h was An.mill in the BiG10p"s, muflofnecdfoy do the fameOtlice in the Dodor's, bccaufc the Figures are both the: fame, and the fame Hil;:g alfo; and cbe Planets ofa M.ilctick Influenceare in ti1c Came parts of Heaven, and Lords of the fame Houfes in the oneFigure as well as in th� orheI; �!1d_ifthe Lords of the 8th and 4th had power to lmpnfon and Kill 111 the Bilhop's Nativity, I know noreafon to the contrary, why they fhould be debarredof that force and ability in the Docl:or's, purfuanttotheirDominioninthofctwo fat�! Houies bcforementioned, which my Friend lays a mighty wc11;ht upon. For if rh-:ir Dominion j5 fo confiderablc by being Lurds o�t!10fc Houfrs, as our FriendJohn, and fomcother Authors tJls us _ it 1s; then bqond alldoabt, we may rationally judge that !he Malign tnflucncc·tnatA�thors fay is lodged in, fr and o, which r:ndcrs rh(:m p(:rfcct E,,cm1cs to our Namre and Beior.: and alfo Aud1or� �)!- J?cath_ and Sicknefs, mull mightily add to t!�eir Power and ..\.b1!1ty m pomt ofDea�h, efptcially in the Dodor•s Nativity: And yet 0ur �earned Author kills the Bi<hop on the Alceodant to _ the _ Bodyot h; and Im the Doctor live ten years beyond that Dm_cbon, and dye on the Afcendant to the D of cJ, and 8of 2/,, w�i�h to me feems a mighty Myfie _ ry, thatJi {hould have power to Kfll, and yetnothave power to kill; when I amfurethere is no rea _ {on tobe allign _ cd, that':111 reconcile the Contradiction toany uri�nahnan. Bu,U:Mr.J.G.c�nfhe.w me,oranyone,bywhatDirecbon� Configurauon, or Pofiuon,. &c. h ismore enabl�d to kill in t _ he �thop's.,ili� heisinthe ��or's;.or bywhatway ormeaas be is �1fahlcd_m hl: pow�rofk1Uuigin the Dolftor's Figure more tha� 1n the . B�ps, Lwill ceafe my fuithcr_in4.uiry �tQ the Ieft of

ofhisErrors, andnot onlyacknowlcdgmy Ignorance, butdo him Tightin Print; nay., ErilmibiM.1gn111Apollo. For he tells!us in plain terms, That the Bilhopwastaken upand imprifoned on the Midheaventothe Bodyof <:!; ·wherehecondnuedaboutfouryears, and was then Beheaded on rhe-A(ceild-ant to·the Body of 'ft; and yet theDoctorhad both thefe Directions� and neither ofthem kill'd him, tho atthattimehewasveryInfirmand extreamtyCorrulent; the-r.dore, ifthefethings lhould be true, or believed fo to be, how fhall we rei:ondle tnis Doctrine to his 92d Aphorifin, where he fay.s , Tin Direl1ions of the Midhr((Um never·kjlfr-, but wbm a ·violent Vratb if t/Jreatned. Which.Aphorifrn was made from the King of S'R'tden's,tofervea turn atthattime. In which Na.iviry, how fball we believe thathis M. C. to the Body of ft did kill him, when we feeplainlythefefwoGentlemenour-lived theirM.C.to the Bodyof 0, and Jolmhimfelfhis M;C. to the Body of 'ft• But bcfides all this, my Friend hath mightily difcovcred hislg11oranceinthe Directionallignedfor the Doctor'sdeath, which cells us plainly, Thattho he doth make a noife with Ptolomy's Name, yi:t he dorh not underfimd one word ofPt(J/omy's Matter and DodrnJe.• For he fays [Collea. Gen.p. 126.J that he died on the Af.. cendant direltcd tothe D of o nearthe Ant..zm. Now�ifyoupleafe but to obferve, '2/, is 5 degr. 20 m. in rr, and o is 5 degr. 27 rn. in 'llX. whichis a very fma\ldifferencein i\ where the Oppofirion _ of the one fallson the Square of the other exaclly, and borh Directions muti: bea·Uowed totomeupat the fametime, and this inthe, _ Houfe and Terms of '1/-. Therefore, if he or any one elfe ple3[e but tolookinto the J4thChapter ofthe Third Bcokof Pto!om/s�adripartite, they may find rhefr words, he there difcourling ofthofe things that do prevent Deathin dangerous and killingDirec.l:ions;. his words are thefe1 Impediu11tur enim, cum infines beneficarumInmt• rnnt, ardcHm beneficaadfpexrritqitadratoAfpellu, aUI Trif!ono, autoppofi10 gradu l11terfdiorcm. The Mortal Effects [fays heJ is hindrc:d, when the Direction happensjn theTermsofthe Bcnehcks, orwhm, a Bendick beholds the lnterfefror by a �adrate, Trine, or oppofite Degree. So, that by Ptolmny's ownRule, this Directionof the _Afcendant to the□ ofo could notkill, becaufe 2/, beholds his Ra•.

• dical Place, and theplaceofDirectiontoami1mre-; and becaufethe Oppafition is amore perfecl- Afpe[f than the Square, it mull without doubt have over-powered it, taken awaythe Sting ofits Nature, and prevent'Cd the Mortal Etfccl>had this Learned PhyfiJap's Nativity:

·Op,u �fornz�tum:

tivit� been true and exact Nay, youfc�PtolomJImakes two difiind: Ruksof them; theR,l)JofJu�iter,_and the'!m111 if Jupiter, which arc, I dne be conhdeEt, fuffic1cntlyable to over-ballancc both the � ofO:, and theAntam. AnO· chereforc I !11all rdl my frlf fatisf;cd [u�l chat _ W()J 1 thyGentlc!1}an $allbetterinform myJudgmc.nr] mat tee_mg Str 1modoreMJyerne did out.Jive the Midheaven to the Bodyot o� and tht; Afc.cndant to the Body of ft, when there was not a�y tl11ng to f�ppor�, affi!l, or fave him; itishighly irnprobabk thl:i fuppofed lJirdhon [for indeed it is no moreJ of the AfccndJnt to the _ 0 of o 1':lear the A11t.Jre1, fhould fend him to his 9rave, whrn It was fo much ovcr-fwaycd by aBencfick R,ay, and !n che Terms of 2/, befides: All which conlid�rcd , fpeaks aloud !n my Ears, �lut the P.retendc� Na�iviry ofthis Learned Phyfician Js mofl noto11oufly talk, and eitherignoran_tly or knavifhly obtruded up?n_u�, to prove one of his [uppofed MyHeries, as vain as his new hclig1on he was fofond of in the year J687, 6....c. which now he frcms co be alham'd of; for he deniesthatcvtrhe was a Papi1i . but, Op.irtct mendaccm effe mcmorcm. ' -,

And yet tc1 . bc. moreplain with myReader, in purfuing the Rules d Altwlor,y In t _ he track of Truth, give me leave to make thcfe fu{ther(�bfer\"ation� on _ the fal�ty of his Figure in improving·little

f3,fe N,,C11ms ;;�J Dmchons wuh a great deal of tlounlh, and af• 1mg by· chok of n ore w�ighr a,:d moment in perfrd fiknce fs if they were no� wm�h 1�ctmg, or tit to be ohfcrved by the H�dious Reackr. An� chc !Jr/1 1s, The Sun in thcAC.end.nt,which is allow�� bJ all Artill:- [1 �' ,-'LlI A�rhorto�1] to be Hiler�, orgiver ofLife; �,1d_,or to chufc .i g1v<.r uf 1-1fc, and ncvc.:r intend J.t:y turihcrule,.,f ir, _ 1s r:u� rc g1vt: a mm?r thing a Ni.k-nameto c.rnfe it to be adwired wt:h_outanyptrnl1ar �feor.-\Jvantage, unlcfsitis bychance to �rvc a turn , and _ then its Po\\�er and Virtue is proclaimed in w,_or�s :it large ; _ :is Ill J,ime! I. l\ing of Great Brit1Jin ; in Dr. Le 1:n-('.s, ;'• I 19. m the Duke ofGlaC£jrcr-, p. 17. Cdldi. Go,it. and

�1�J In thJ _ tofO/H:�rCromncU, wh�re our Author makc.;s ufc ot that �c;�rn to mforce hisArgume:nt wHh rhc grcatLr pcwer and proba­

b1l!1ty of Dearh. And to _ be ila\n with you, .I know no 'reafon we

h:1•e t� o�fcrve a Htl,g, 1fwe ao not m:ike it rhtonlyand rinci­

r,al pomt Ill 'Dirct�ions of Life a,�d Death ; and I am fore ft(l/om

wr1L�ld nor have _ given f� many curious Ruks for the more cxaJi trnd _ u�g of �h� �1verofLife,. had it 11ot been of morethanordinary ur� 111 Natmttes, and efpecully in_chofe Predictions of Life: and Death.

Death. Nay,theword it felfbefpeaksit�PowenndOffice,which by theLatin Authors isrendred, Proro1,atorTlit�, averboprorogare, which is to prolongorcontinue; andnothingcan·do that, but what hath the full and fole Power and Command of it. And pray obferve, That allthe fiveHykgilck points, are notcalleclProrogators at the fametime, butdllt Point or Star only, that isGiverofLife. Bythe Gree�, it is called, x.&ei®-tt �(,)n�, aut 'At£m, that i�, the Lord of Life, or a Meffengcrfcnt out on a particular Bufincfs ;· and it is'derivedfromtheVerb,'Apfnf,U, Demitto. Butby theArab1orCh.1ldeu, who feem to be the firH Authors of theword, it l� called Hileg or Hi/cch, deri\·ed from the Radical H€brew word,=1"1i:1, Amb11l.zvit; which lignifies one that wJlks forward, as ina Journey, making a regular Progrefsfrom the a qro to theadqttem ; and befides, avery EminentAu_thortells usitis, PlanetavelLoc,uCcrli, excujiudigrFffio11e fettdircclionc de (iatuvit.£Judic,rnt.Ajlrologi.

Now, if this !hou1dhappentobe true, That fromthis Point, and from thisonly, weought tojudgeofthelength ofLife,and alfo the timeof Death bythe dangerous and mortal Direcrions ; let us fee what ufe our profound Authormakes of the Hileg in this Nativity, as well as in that ofthe Bilhop, in both which the Sunis certainly Giv.;.rofLife, bytheRulesgivenbyOrigamu, PczeliM,and Ptolomy; nay, we m�y add Argo!, Campanella, and theLearned Author,-&c. of the D!JarjncofN.:ztivitier, p. 90. all which agree, That theSHn in theAfccndant [theMoan being underthe EarthJ is certainly Giver ofLife, as in the NativityofthisLearned Gentleman. Therefore, ifyou direct theO to the Body of ft, with and without Latitude, you will find ic comesup at or near the Age of51. c"m Lat. and at the Age ofalmofi 53; fine Lat. and this in lll., the Dignities of rJ, Lordofthe8th Houfe, and notfar f�omhisSquare; whatthe Effect • of this Direction wa�,I know not,but this you may be certain,that hedid not dye of it. The next is,theDirecrionofthe 0 to the □,of d,near the Scorpio111 H�art,wirh the 8 of 2-',Lord of the 6th, at or about theAge of66 years,:in Agethat generallybrings Death ; but . efpeciallywhenthe Giverof Life is diredcd to the Malefick Raysof d,Domimu domm.Mortfr,andto thebeams of 2-' Lord of the 6rh,and thcfe amongviolent tixed Starsofboth theirNatures; and )'Ctthi� furly old Manwould not dye upon thefe neither, but lives, expec1ing further ordersfor his remove. What! not dye on theGiver of .- Life, being directed to <3, Lord ofthe 8th Houfe, thtir true and only Ana'ffttJlThis is awonderwith awitnefs; Tace, tace, it is fo;, T a�

·Opu,.-f1>Jormdtum: J 'Aµ! I \

.

tivity bee� true and ex�a Na:y, youfeePtolom)'makestwo ditlincl Rulesofthem; th�llay1of.Jup_irer, and th'efirm.•ofJupiter, whkh arc, I dare beconhde11�, fq,flic1enttyable.toover-ballanccboththe �of�, and theAntarer. .AnO· chereforc I fball rcft my fclf ftisticd (tt�lchat _ W()IthyG�ntle!Danlpallbet�erir,i(o!rn myJ�dgrne;1�cJ :that tee_mg Str 1beodoreMayerne did_'.out-live; the Midheaven to the Bodyof cJ? and theMcenda..t tothe Body of ft, when therewas not a�y th1�g to fop.par�, affill, 01fave hi(ll; itishighly improba­ bledm fuppofed Dll'ethon .[for �11deed i_t is no·_moreJ of theAfccndant W the _ D of o near theAnt�res, fhould fend,him to his �rave, whe,n It was fomuchover-fwayed bya BenetickR,ay� and -!n theTermsof J/. _bdides: All �h.ich con(id�rcd, fpeaks aloud �n myEarsl �hat th_e pretended Nauvicy ofthisJ:.earned Phytician 1s moil notououfly talfo, and ei�her�gnoratltly orknaviihlyobtrud­ ed t1pon_u�, to prove one of his fuppofed MyHeries, as vainashis newRelrgtonhe•,vasfofondof inthe year 1687, &c. which now he f�cms cobe affiam'dof; for hedenieschateverhewasaPapiil; , but, Oparlel mendacemeffemcmorem.

Andyet_to_be. moreplain with myReader, in purfuingthe Ruks _d !-\!hology m t _ he trackof Truth, give me leave to make thefe further �bfervation� on _ thefalfityofhisFigure-inimprovinglittle

�Jl[c Notions and D1r,ch?ns with a great deal (!fflourifh, and paf­ :hug by·thofe ofrrore weight a1:d moment in perfcd filence as if they were not wor�h �c-ting, or tit to be obferved by the H�dious Reader. An� the tul1 1s, The SunintheAfi.end;;nt,whkh isallow­ td bi all Art11ls,[r,��-,,urA�tho�too] robe Hilcg, orgiver ofLife.

�nd_1or toch�_fca gm.:r ofLife, and never intendar.yforihcru{e of 1�,. :1$ bu� togive a mm?r thing a Ni--k-nametocaufe it to bead­

�.!1red . wlt�outanyptcuh�f �feor.Advantage, ·unlefsitisbychance

!o !tpc a turn, and _ thc.:n its Po":_�r and Vi1tue is proclaimed in �or�s as large,; _ as m Ja_mu I. Kmg ofGreat Britain; in Dr. Le l\tn: . s, p. I 19. m thepuke ofGlacejie1!, p. 17. CGlldi. Go,it. and �lfo Inth�rof0/iverCromndl, where our Author maktsufeof th"t

[.c�m to mfo�ce hisArgumrnt�ith_rhcgrcartr·pcwe1 and prob;...

1H1tyvf Death. A1�d to . be1--lam wnh you, ,I know no'reafonwe h:l\e t� o�fcr,v� a �tl<g, 1fwedo not nukeit rheonlyand prind• pal po1nc m_ 'Dirct�10ns of �ife and Death: and I am forePtolom

�o�ld not have _ g1vc11 f� ma_ny � . urjous Rules fo1the more exaa tHtu,g of!h��1verofL1fc,. had1.t uot beenofmorethanordinar ufi. m N,Hivmes> and efpmally m_thofe Prediclions of Life ana Deat�.

Death. Nay,thcworditfelfhefpeaksit�PowenndOffice,whichby ·theLatinAuthors.isrendred, Prorof.atorPitie, averboprorogare, which istoprolongorcontinue; andnothingcan·dothat, but what hath the full and folePower and Command of it, And pray obferve, ThatallthefiveHylegiackpoints., are-notcalledProrogatorsatthe fametime, but.thatPointot Staronly,that isGiverofLife. Bythe Greek!, itis called, x.Je.i®-1' �t.1n�, aut '·Afit11t,, thatis., the Lord of Life, or aMetfrngerfent out on aparticular Bufincfs;' and itIs-derivedfromtheVerb,'A�i,,µ,, Demitto. ButbytheArabsorChaldeu, who feem tobe the firH: Authois of theworcl, it iscalled Hilegor _Hilech, deri\·ed from the Radical H€brew word, =,1;:t, Ambu/,jvit; ·which fignificsone thatwalksforward, as inaJourney, making a regular.Progrefsfrom the a quatotheadquem; and befides, a very EminentAuJhortellsusitis, PlanetavelLoci#!Ccrli, excujiYdigreffione fettdircllioncde�atuvit£Judicant.AJlrologi.

. Now, if thisfi:to�1dhappentob�true, ThatfromthisPoint,·and from thisonly, weoughttojudgeofthe.lengthofLife,and alfothe timeofDeath bythe dangerous and mortal Directions; let us fee what ufc our profound"Authormakesof·rhe Hileg in thisNativity, as well as inthat ofthe BHhop, in both which the Sunis certainly Giv�rofLife, by:theRulesgivenbyOriga111u,1'ezeliM,and Ptolomy; nay, we m�y add Argo!, Campanella, and theLearnedAuthor;&c. oftheVuc]rineofNativitier, P·90. allwhichagree, That theSHnin _ �heAfccndant [theMoon being underthe Earth}is certainlyGiver ofLife, asin the NativityofthisLearnedGentleman� Therefore, ifyoudirell: theO·tothe Body'ofb, with and without Latitude, youwill find it cornesup atorne·ar the Age of51. cHm Lal. and at theAgeofalmofi 53� fineLat. and this in llt, theDignitiesof�, Lordofthe8thHoufe, andnotfarf�omhisSquare; whattheEffect -.ofthis Direction wa,,I know not,but thisyou may becertain,that hedidnot dveof it. The next is,theDirectionofthe 0 tothe □�of o,near theScorpio111 Hrart,withthe 8 of ¥,Lord ofthe6th, ator about theAge-of66 years,auAgethat generallybringsDeath; but efpedally whentheGiverofLifoisdirededtotheMalefickRaysof c:J,DomimudomruMortu,andtothebeamsof ¥ Lord ofthe 6rh,and thcfe amongviolent fixedStarsofboththeirNatures; and yetthi') furlyold Man would not dyeuponthefe neither,· b�dives� expecting furtherordersfor his remove. What! notdye on theGiver of ,,, Life, being dired:ed.to o, Lord ofthe 8th Houfe, their true and only Ana,eta!·Thisisawonderwith awitnefs; Tace, 1ace, itisfo,; T md

andtoo true tomakea Jet\:of.it; he did·out-live that Dircclion, orclfetheNativitymyhone1l old Friend hathprinted_forhisBirch, is falfe; and indeedIwould advife'Mr.Johnto knock under; and fayitis falfe, or clfehe breakstwoofthernainHingesofAllrology atonce, ;.t, the PowerofHileg, and theirAnarrt11. Well, welJ; butwhatneedsallthis triumphandnoife abouta thingofnothing, or nothingwort'1 at leafi? For tho the S11nto the Lordofthe 8th Houfedidnotkillhim, yettheAfcendantdid his �utincfs [and ve­ rified the trueRulesofArt, everywhit aswellastheSun] uponits Directionto the SquareofMa'f1, which you will find came up at 81.yearsofAge, aHt circumcirca, and·therefore the-Anarcta is not to beblamed. AndforyourHil.g, itmaybeall nonfcnceforought Iknow,neitheramJboundto believeapackofold muftyAuthors; and I knownoreafontothecontrary, buttheHorofcope.oughtto bea fiandingHileginallNativities,and atall timesoftheday. Softandfairmygood Friend, notfohot andpaffionate, I pray ; methinks you talk alittleoutoftheway,whenrou·would have the Afcmdant tobe afiandingHi/egrwhich you will not fufftr to be fo; butyoudanceit backwardsand forwards,as theydothePup­ petsinthe Shows, and makeitferve anyturn, and doanyfcrvice youhaveoccafion for, as Maniage, Death, Preferment, Deathofa WifeorHusband, Sickncfs, Sorrow, Changeof Religion, Lofs of Efiate,Gettingof Riches and Children; arid twenty thing5 more ofthisnature, you make the Direction oftheAfcefld:rntfignifyin yourComc¼ionofNativities. And I doubt not, butifyoucould dancethe S•n and M"on too and fro, from one_Degree or Sign to another,asyoudo theAfcendant, therewouldbe-nothingdifficult ,inJheArtofAfirology., buttherewouldbea plainreafonforevery thing, and alfo afordble Dired:ion forevery Accident. Oh, the wonderfulHorofcope, and the excellentufe ofit! But mydefign and delire is, that this Ingenious Author wou�d be �o kind to us, astoletus knowwhenthe,ill DirectionstotheHilegwillnot kill, and when· the Directions to the Horofcope fhalldo i.:, that the youngStudentsand Practitioners may notbecheated and deluded with expectations ofathing thatwill never fuc�eed the Operati­ ons. And indeed, the Direction he here builds upon, of theA(. cendanttotheSq11areof'Marifor hisDeath, wa;overalmofitwenty years before 'hisDeath; fo that intru_ththere could be noCaufe affignedfodt,buttheOppofitionofJupiter1andtheScarpionsHeartto the.Afcendant.Andtho lhavcheienotmentionedtheBiU10p's Nativity,

,i,rity, yetthefam��rr.orsherea11�dge4in!he�o4or�s, cloJDoO�f themalfocl�imthefame�(:mit�s ii.;ith�B1lhop$, Whu.hfoi.brtv�ty's-fa�«=, I here o,n�t,-havingal,e?,dyobfet;vedf�veralthingstl!,cre, thatare notmendone� hm, which Iwouldadv1feY?4�ocomp�Je inthereading, �ndthe11conHdcr, w.hetherthe��Nat1vltlf�arectrue orfalfe, an4whitcr�dit�ndreputetqeycanbnng.toCm:4:!lalSigns on,Angle,,, according�sheµ;ith(la.t�clth!!matte�� I bavmgalic�df . gra1;1te4, that Pl�nets �1 Cflrdi11al Sign,o�Angles, . .dp an�wjll g1!e Glorious Effects and Eminent Men; and fo wil,J. the Planet$ m �ardi�1alSig111out.ofcheAngj,es, or intheirownD!gnitic:sinAngle!,· tho n9t in C41'rliRalSig111. �ud fo I conclude this Examcnof hts TenGenitures, with,theErr9-rsob(erved. . . iSut yet, btfore f•c<mclude withmy old wor,thy Fnend, I w1Jl D1cw yoµ avjfibleJ)emonfira,ioµ of h_is !g1'or,mce �nd-:- ; and alfo.what Crfdit is to be given to his C;1Jculat1oos Afirono­ ,mical, as.well as Allrological. J,ieh.avinga gteatOpioi�n ofhis ownAbilitiesinAfironomy, ando£his being cap;ible toJudgebetweenth�truthof theCaraJine1abl.eJ:,andtherefiE;x:tant, took .an -0�cafioninT-,,igi�Almanack[whlchiswritte11b�him]�ofallfoul \1,pon thofc Tables, andthofethatufe themalfo,}Jltheye�r 169!· .upontheoccationoftbc01s,e.nt1,inginto'Y'; aoc;l t�ebetter.tofact.liratehis.detigu , ilndma�citpl;1in �ndclear t�1;11sRea�er, that the Carol,7-'ables arc-{,&l(e; heCalculatesthe0's.p�ce [oratIc1fi• wif� faysfo] h.y thed,(iropomiaJnglicana, written by Mr.-Nicha/111 Gteenw.ovd.; l,>ywhichOpei:atio_nMr.J.G. tells _ us, That the 0 c�ters the fiffi point of "fonMarch Io.at 53 mm paft 6a Clo,kJn the Morning, according to whichtimehe ought t� mak� o degr. of l:5 afcending-in theVernal Figure , but he ma.kes2 degr.of l:5; yetthatmifiake Iwillallow him, tho'tisflfe. Andthi:o he be- • gin�to blutler, and.felt 1,1�, h,ow� fome Almanack:nw�r,1 lore to)>e fingul�r, to oppofe mamfefi verity; that they are m love,,w1t� fillhood, and believe lies: Oh, b�a�e JohnI .J:>!um nuVa mendacw ifidefuerUl}t.in 1zovatu!il Butat . lafihe1s . vc;ry�1y1l, andtellsthe01, ,they..inayhugtheirownConceits, �ndndetheirownHobby:horfes, and.welcome. Now, after all this 1mpudc:ntf.qrtof daring, let anyimpartialMan butlookintoM!.Greenwood_s Alm�n�qkfor;that . year, andtheCalculationofthe0sentrance mto "i'., . dQne from hisownTables:,- bywhich J.G.·�lfopretendsto·do.his; a!1d.yqll will there find, thatthe 0 mrers "i'on M1rch 10. at 5.i mn�-;p.1fr

7 a Clock inthe Morning, differing from the Le;\rncd:Mr. J·<!·

mm,

, 58min._nearanhour. InwhichCafewe mufi certai�lyallowMr;. Green_w11od w·underfland his ownTables well; ..3nd therefore the other mufi be intheError, and not he;.which if fo, then whatneed J.G.make fuch a noife about the truth and exad:nefs of anyTables, whenhethu5 dealsinError by Whole-fale, totell ·us, that theCaroline 'lable1arefalfe; when for'ought he knows, it is nothingelfe blit·hiswe3knefsand inaoilityintheOperation. For here'tisplain,Thatheharhmadean Errorof58min. andthis done too in a Controverfy for thetruth, ashe fays_; avery prettyway tofupportandbuild theStructureofTruth uponPillarsofError; jufrasthePrieflsofhisReJigionhavedone, plungedthePeopleinto fomany Errors, and there keep them, that now they themfelves knownotonefiepinthewaytotruth. ThusI havefairlygivenmy ReaderanAccountoftheErrors inthofe Nativities printedin the CardinuC<Zli; andthattheyhavenotCardinalSign1opAn;Je1,ashe pretends; norarethereanyofhisCalculationstobecredited, efpeciallyinNati�ities, mofiofth�mbeingmadetofer�earurn,andnot foundedon thetrueBafis. And if the Readerwill readwith care-, the

the7th, and beyond all doubtGiverof Life, Amtwdfod !here: thattheAfcendanttothe S ofthe D,Ladyofthe8thHoufedidnot kill nor didthat to the Oofthe0 and � etfefriq norcould the 0 :o the □of 'h kill, tho the Dirdlion fell in the 4th Houfe·, that fatal put of Heaven, as fo�c e!leem it _ ,- and �he reafon . of this was, becaufe t�one of �hofe Stgnthcators were Givers of Life, butthe i> onlv; and theretore, when Che-was'1ired-ed to the 8 of fi, this Princ;lyNativewasnadea Sacrifo:etoDeath ; as-youmay fee by his- Nativity, printed intheheforemcntioned Treatife. And heregiveme leavetoobferveone thingj it is plainfrom Hr:minga's ownwords, Thatthiswas done bychancetoo,henotkno'wingthe reafon of rhe thing, nor could he ever dofoagain; and therefore bringsthisExampleintorefuteAflrology, andtellsusatlafi, VnictJ birttnd1J non·efficitver; andirisindeednowonder, thathecouldnot do fo again1 when hecl-id 11ot know the true reafon why this had fuch an effe&as ithad; whichis the faultoftoo manybefideHemin1,a, who could never arrive yetat a true Rufe, tojudge ofrhe Effects ofDirectionsin Death and Skknefs..

E�amin�tion_ofthe_ErrorsinthisBookaboutGenitures,

hemay foond1fcoverwhichpomtheoughttoStecr,tocomeupwithTruth, oratleafiwaysinfightofher; a profpecta]waysgivingfomeh�es ofthefruitionofwhat·theypurfue. And foItakemyleaveofJohn at this time,, and promlfe my Reader to prefent him with my DefeliioGeni11rra,11m, inwhich I {hallexaminetheNativ.itiesinGad,bury's Colledion, in Argul's De·viebHJ Critici,, and in Morinuf's A/lrologiaGaUice1, it being alreadyin a go·od forwardnefs.

-IntheformerpartofthisTreatife, l.promifedto£hewyou, That therewas never·any Eminent and . Famous Predicl:ion madeofany ones Death, butwhen theAfirologersmadeufeoftheflilcf. inDi-reclion, and did <lirectthattoCome of theMalefickRaysof ftand d' · &c. And y�u may fee ,throughout this Book, that �y Dcthme there de}tvered 1swn?lly_purfuant t? th�s Principle, for I al�owno Prormttor toanyS1gruficator rokill, buttoche Giverof Lifeonly; and howtotakeor clcd: that, Irefe, you to BookIll.

Chap. 13.ofPto/rJmy's�ardtip:zrtite.

Andthe firfl Eximple wp have (thatoccurs to my Memory) is thatofDo11JohnofAuftriainSixtruabHeminga) p.49. whofr:Death - thefaidHemingapredid:ed fevenyears before and thar almofi to a day, fromthe Directionof the l> tothe 8 dr h; for the J> was m the.

The (econd Exam_ple, isthatof Luciru Bell.1ntiur, intheNativfty ofPicmMirandur::z·,whereyou may obfrrve, thatthe .» to the Dof the0did not kill, northe 1'\-J.c.to the 8- of ft,·nor theAfcendant totheO of 'JI,inthe4th; buttheAfcendant, whoisthetrueHileg, or GiverofLife, totheSquareof Ii, and Bodyof a did do itdfccl:ually; (othatit is-plain, theGiveroflifeistobeprincipally and · only take1i [lOtke ofin Directions of Death. •

Thethird Example, isthat Qf Edrv,irdV(.Kingof En�land>who died ]1,ly16, Anno I 553· befog almoftSixteenyears ofAge-; aiid asitis rcported,it was_predich:d· before·byCardan,altho hehad hii, Nativity imperfect, as tothecxad-time; yet did fay,That tbc Af.;. cendant tothe Boclyof h would kill him, and indeed foitproved_; ai1dthat becaufetheAfcen4antwas GiverofLife byPtolomy's Rule; aCoJJjf'nltion preceding, and both the Luminarits, a11d partofFm:tuncunder the Earth; and neither 1/, nor �,who are in Apbctical.. Places, do behold chePointsofHeaventlut arementioned·by him in thelike-ca(eafteranOppof,t�m; and therefore1 d?affirm,... That the Afcenchnr was the 1·cal and uueH,7L·g, and rhi�Effecl- confoms it to befo.

The fourth Example, is th1t of the N.1tivity of Vincent lf'ing, where we lhall find up0n inquiry, that neither the Afcc:ndant to the 8 ofthe0, nor.the ,,tothe D ofthe0, \.Yasable to killthis Na.rive_

Optu rf.(eforJr!att�m.

Native; no, n9r the Midheav�n to the O of h neither, that fa(il Dired:ion (as fome think) to Life. But the 0 (O the.Bodyof b kill'd himwith the Mundane-Square of r:J ; and the reafou was, bccaufethe 0is cenainlyGiverofLife,and_this beyond·alldHpute; fo that you fiill fee the Hileg is always concern'd, and but fddorn miffeth, and whenitdoth, there are (asindeed there oughr) very good Reafons to begivenforit, byany,hat underilanq Din:cl:iom in theirtrueMotion; and fromthofcthatdonot\.mdci."fiandthem, it is notexpeded.

The fifth Example, isfrom theNativityandDeathofCbarlesll, - whichwas predicted by acertain Perfon fome years before,ithappened; andit iswell-knowntoo, tofcveral iii'and abouttheCity ofLondon, to be true ., what l here fay; p,nd that Perfon to my knowledgmade ufe of nootherSignilicator, butt-he-trueGiverof Life; and in that Nativity you may obfcrve two or-three thi11g$ that are veryremarkable. 1Jt, The Afccndanttotht: Bodyof ft didnotkillhim, neitherdidtheMidheavenco,he D of ft killhim, nor the i) to the Body of the 0; nay, andwhat ismore, the 0 Hile�to the □ of ft, did notkill n'cithcr; which admits ofa queHion, and that� very rational one.too, But why did it not �ill him ? Becaufe ·ft was·notLordof the8th; -is notthataverygood rcafon; H.1, ha, ha! Or elfe, beca"fe _he was thong, and like a nobleEnemy, fcorn'd to hurt him ; by which Rule the Stars are always,eithertoo firong,or too weak, ac,ordingas Mr,AHrglogcr plcafeth to turn the ScJles with his Finger; or perhaps the Direction fallinginthe H011fe ofHope, a fortunate CornerofHeaven, and fo it could not kill him; or clfe, becaufe the i), who difp,J• fcth oftheplaceof Direction is in Trineto theAfccndant, whi�h for oughtweknow might fave; and.if not Gngly, yet ccrtair1ly, alrogher may be allowed to do it, notwithlrand.ing. the pla,:c of Direction was in pitted and deep dcf,/f.eJ ; a plaguy kind ot an unrnppinefs to a man under an i1l fate ! But to tell you the plain truth ofthe matter, thcfc are all Shams and Fooleries. A11d as a Learned Divine on.:-c faid of the Pictures in Cburch-windov.s, That they ferve only to l{eep out _the Light, and fodo thcfe in ,heir pbces. And forthe trueReafon why itdid not kill, you have it in Book lit Chap. I4. of Pto.!omy's �adrip.1r1ite, whereyoum.1y, find.itifyou pleafe. And fo I come to tell you, That when the 0 cameto be about 9 or Iodegr,::es in Q byDirecrion, he met there withfcven Ma!efick Diretlions, withoutany aili1tam:e·to re1ievc

lieve or fave·'the Native, whi�h I fay,' MoJoA_flrolo;,ica, was the realandtrueCaufe ofhisDeath. Thu<; l have performed,.what I promifcd �n Page 20•.and I th _ ink !poke enou�h-t() the pnrpofe I intended 1t for.; but 1f any thtnk It not foffic1ent, or at leaft• wife·ufelefs,··they have the liberty, either to ill)ptov.e it, or re• ject it. _ ,

�A SuPPLEMENT Jerviceable •to theformer Wor�

By wayofSupplement, I will add afew Na·tivities,tolhewfur• ther how we o�ghtto proceed inthedifcovcry oftruth, th� onlythingIintend bypublilhing this andotherTreatifes, thatfhaU come forth in theirdue'time;· and alfo how mifiakes do arife iil the AfirologickPracticein Nuivities, whkh beingprintedand oh, truded onthe World, they are received as tr!.!ths by the yowiger . Students, becaufenotdetecl:ed bythofe ofmoreYe.1_rsand Expe• rience. And this I fhall endeavour to prove from fomeNativities already printed, that the miflakcs of fome People have been as a ·Hinge to the prefent Errors that we labour und,r at this time; tho{e Errors I mean, that thisAgeisfoinlovewith, and Ibelieve it will be avery_hard matter to fepaJ�te the one from the other: However I will domypart, and lettheMultitude believe, andthe ldfer Number ad:astheyfee com1enient. Neither fb:ill I be angry with any man, that will notbelie\1c he is in an.Error ; but as he hath lived hitherto, fo let him goon and proceed to theend.

I have had a N1tivity ofa young Manin myh�nd thefeDozen orThirteen years,·and I hear he is de�d of aCm1[umption, at the Age ofNineteen years and a half; or thereabouts. It was gm:n to me-for a remarkable and prodigious Binh; one thatwasto be • of long Life, greatRepute,and Fame, _and alfo Rich; and this was, bccaufe all the Planerswere in their _ ownDignities,. and no ill Dim:lionsina longtime.-The Figure is.asfoll0weth) fettothe efiimate'Time of his Bh'th, as it was givenme without'any Corrcetion atthat time, ·orfince, cil! now•.

R.3.52.

Ti o 7 North

'l/, I H South

c1 o 47 South

� o 47 North � o 5 South

- TherefoethatporiiiniqnwiU fall on Jupiter or the ·par t ofFor tune in the TenthHou,fe; ifw e accept of this Figure,. being the eftirnat Time of Bir_th,; or if w� make it foonei', as'it is mon ge,. nerally. The pa_rt tFoi:t une cnnot, beca�f Jupiltr isJtrong in theTeuth, i11 Sextile tothe Mon, Light oftheTime ; and-betides thereare no Diret¼ ns to that Point, nor near it·, that are vcryconfiderable; neither can Jupite -be finglyGiver of Life becaufe the part of Fort un e is i �h T enth Therefore I will. alte thetime givenabout I minut later,andmake 25 degrqe of.Fi[ces on the TenthHou(e,at whichtime theMoon wiB bcllileg,atid yet Jup#er beara (hare alfo i th N atives Death, a you Chall fee b the Directi ns follow ng: TheR A� o fthe M C. to that time i 355 d. �5" m. and the di{lance ofth e Ma from thatpointo fHea

ven, i 53d. 6 m, h r ObliqueAfcention under herown Poleo pofition is3 .9d. 46m andher'tempHor 18d. 5m fromwhence h h Di tti following wrought

-Thi is the efiimate Time of this Gentlemans irth, a d h ·died of a Co finnption at linon Twnty ycmo(Age. Now,'th matn thing to inquire, is, what was th Direction that ki:Id-th Man _, and wh it thould be aCoifumpt�on l J have toldyoual eady Thatthe Hile , orGiver of Life mull hedi.w�kd for Dea h; fo Jf all e other po nts are afflicted by rirection, an� the Hile ·free and befrimded by a good Ray, the N tl\'e !hall not dye a that time; thereorewe wufi tirH cndca�cur to find out wh o i Giver of Life before proceed ro detcrmina heCau{e andTime ·hisD ath f'irfithen, The 0 anno beHifrg, bcc.:;;.ufe in he thi Houfe; nor can tlie », .hecauf ilic is 1;ot in an Aphi: ical Plac unlefswe fuould alt 1theFigure, �nd make it lacerabout Nine 01 Ten Minutesintime; but if (be h d beenAphet.1,ilie cou ld comet no violent Directionbefore th D of � inZodiac,1 at about Tw�nnine y ars and Sefquiq11adrateof c1 n MmdoatTh irtyfix?or therabouts; the Mu dane Parallel of the S n excepted which comup fooner or

Thus you fee here are Eleve n Directions , and Nine o f them t theMaon, who is Gi er of.Life, theoth rtwo toJupiter �� .I ha.v . not deviated far from th e efiim e Time ,. bccauie ,idhQ1,i\d no be obiefred:t me, ha Iha d made a Figu r e_formy ow o·purpof and yet Idare not fw ear this to� true;- but 1 ·im furcit is -likely tobe true, a ariytimeth atcan �e felccle d with n a n ho or twoofthe efiimte. I confef�, I didnot knowthe Gentleman and therefore I do lea e the Diletlio ns here wroiJght o be ap1ied ,-and judged_ by th o f e th a t did �o w hi11k :8� s o hi laft fixyears, I will g i e myOpieio n ori the:Diredion � abo the Age ofThirteen

h had twodangerous

Opus:<RJ/ormattim�

h�appearedConfum-ptivetill�bouthisEighteenthyear; and for -hisDeath, heInd theM�Convers totheParallc:loftbetun •and al�o ro _ the Oppofitio,ro� M_ar1; andthefeJol!�wcd bythree'other Direchons that were_Ytolcnt. A,(or.allowmg the Directionsof J,,pitarotheSq,,.JieofS4tnrn,1do�t-61:i�g.t�cinasanArgument ofDeath, but aConfuroption ; AnObfervationthatIhavemade indiversNativities-ofth<?fe thatdiedConfompcive. And rho Ido b�t jufi mentionithere, an<lColeav�ittotheCenforeoftheCanchd orScepticalReader, togive his Opinionas hethinks tir; yet I tball ende.ivourtoproveitwhen) I print thofeNativitiesI have promifed? amonijwhichyou _ willfindfeveral ofCl)nfumptions. _But befidcs, 1fthere1s fuchathu,g asthePlanetsgoverningparticular Parts ofthe ��y [whichI believe theyd<?] thenwhyJhouldnot thofe Planc�sdirctt�dtotheMalefickBeat:nsofSa,111n,M.tr1,&c.give awcakllfkahddcbdity.tathofcPartstheygo\'ern?ForIfuppofewe allown bad Dirc:cl:ions to bean Affliction; and all Authors do givethepri�:ipalParts oftheBodyto}upiter'sGovernment: P,:1Jo�allo _ wsfirmtheLfUZgt,Arterier,andSeed; andCardantheLungs, Blt1<1d,,.�,v�,.andFlcfb; fodnr,takewhithyouwil1, 'tisplain)they al�o . whim.tog�vernthofev�ryPart�of�heBody, _ thatalw�ysfuf. le�•�Pmfwnp,1on1s and.t�9tJl_efe_Q1�echonsdogtvefuchDiftifes; ye.s_aubo�,�do _ not�Howthemt�kill,butwhentheym:followedwithv10Je11tD�etl1onstotheGiverofLife. Thereforeyou fre fo'1}e PeopI�fallmt�aConftmrptirm, and dyeof it, andall in the fp�,� or ij� �onth,s� and_ye�·otners· linger under ·itTen or a Douayeanbeforet}iey'1y_es _i_n<Jfetfall by that fingleDifeafe.at laft, with.t��fe_Att�n��s.thu-al�ys bearitcompany._ .Therefore, _ Ifay, ns-�YOpnuon, hefellmtothatConfumprive habitof ,BodyUflder�t DlttctionofJ11pittr to the Sq,t:rreofSatm-n and h��bBalfamick�nd HealingDiretlion cameupafter.ward;ore• j)airthat·8retcli, tilltbe1-Jikg cameto thofeViolent andMalefick Jkanig�;thnpto�edhis4,rip,f., as.you·may�eabove.

_ ButIpattlff<>t:cfttwbanheCirprieitlsmiyobject tothisCorre� thon,.andDirtdions; ,anchellJOU,thattheycangiveagoodf1.1bltanfi�Ji\afonfothisDeath, wirhout_thistroubleandlabour,and thatl�thtAf�a.ntt�che;S��MMr,whichcomesupexactly bythisve:ryFigure thatlgtvcfot-htstrueone. TothisIanfwer TheD�-iGnwhkh thtyc_all rhe'Sl/"4,eofMatri dothcomeu' then _cct!amlybytheirMeafartofTime. Now, ifthat Diredio�

[whlCh IS buta·6ng1e-One) -canktll,.whenthe SunorMaoaisGiver

GiverofLife, thenIam fureitwill kijlatanytime: ·For ifthat fingle Direction can kill when the Afcendant is not Hil�e,, it muft certainly do itwhen it is; and iffo, !hen, why did it· not killinNaftmlamulsNativity, whCQhotb h an.d a wasin d ; andin SirFr,cb.H,�e_s'sCafe,.CoUel1.G,enit.p. 159. and inDonJohn ofAuJrria,p.65. and inthatalfoof theEarlofE.ffex, Ej11fdemLibri, p.45.

Perhaps,likewife,l inaybequefiioncd, whytheMoon, Hilegto theSquarr;andParallel_oftheSu,iinM11ndo, did notkill himatthe AgeofThirteenorFou..tteenyears, �s:wellas_t.he Conver�Parallel atNineteen?tothat1anfa-er,Hehd'thenwiththofcDireclions,the M;o,, to theMundaneTrine ofMercury, who was in Parallelwith JupitEr; 'IrinewiththeMoonand Sa!urn al[o inhisRadix; an� be•id�s,thatMundane.Squa.rewaS:l��inde��·S(iuuemtheZodtack, forthelvl»on wastht'nbyDir�tlio� _i1.1__�;d�reeis �f Gemifli� with Latitude. , . ThusI haveendeavotiredtogiveanAccountoftheCaufeofthis Gentleman'sdeath, bythebellof that-htt.le6killIhaveinAfirology; butifit{houldhappennottobetrueinfome rnensJudgment orOpinion, I {hall take itasagrea.d•�_avollrt<>becorrected byany 1nan thatdoth reallyunder!l:andit, andwill allowhis OW.fl Rules to be General, and notconfinedtooneNativityonly, as moil of theirRules and Aphorifms--are; and I lhall b:: CofarfrQm taking · itill,orbeingangryatit;that1doinv.iti:an}'-.(i>.nt',andwlll tlnnkhim for hispains, thattruthmay'receivetheadv1.nu.ge fom?:nyG,£"us talkof, aridpretendto. And onethinglfu'allae11reofmyAritagonit1:,wh?focve�heis, that{hallun�ertake'?correlt:me; That ifhe{h1\1affignanyotherC�u[eforrh1sNatives.death, thanwhat .I haved011e, I doh;itreat himto tell the World whyitfi1ould be a Conf,,mption; ·ande�pecially, if any manthinks fit torelyon the .AfcendanttotheSqu,ireofMarifor hisD_eatb,_. t�t theywouldbe pkafed to giveus aRule_ortwo, howwel1hU know�efore-has� wneneh.itDire.diongivcsaFever, wheniConfumptim, and when .aDy{entety, M.id11e_l1, SmJll-pa:(, &c._ForofalltheAuthorsI have every'et read, l have notyetmetwith anyonefobold, as toaf.. fert,slut Direction to give Confumptio111; nor,i,ndeedis thc:r.eany .reaConit lhouldbethough.t to do it; forthe·Narnreofthe Diredi�nis upidaml furious,-and killsCitm_in,; ,burthisdifeafi:,L•-'tJta pede, makes.no fuchhail, butkillsGtadatim.

Opw-·(J{,eformattm,� _

The Second Nativity is that of my oldFriend, Mr.J.. B'sSon who died oftheStam, Fever, andother-Illnefs, attheAgeofSe� ven years, anda-little more, and the eHirnate time of his Birth was _ almofttht�e qua!t�rs ofan hourafterTenat Night, -Dec. 14: 1673. An� fo1t·wasgiven to meby hisFatheraboveTen orEleven years tmce.

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Andthe firfithing I {hall fall uponby wayofEnquiry, is, why this Child fhould··be Qffo fuort a Life ) feei�g the M_uon, who is Hilcg, was.inTrine to Ju'j_[te!'..,.J��11_�r-�w� Hou,re; .�nd Anguiar? Why, truly thitis_ no:�cr.yJluQgc; thi�g.,', i( 'rig�itly;·confiqered; for thofhe hath:been ii1;'Irint•t-0-Jupiler,�retJhe.is•in·dired Oppofition to·Mercuryapplying, andina Mundane.Squareto S.mm1, andall thisfrom Cardinal Sig11s; towhich we may addlikewiCe, that (he wasverynear the Sefquiquadr�te of M.min Mu11do, and no lefs than three of Hie flykgiack Points affiictecl by Direcl:ions near at hand, as I iliill·p'refently makeappear, andthofe of the Moon iritheTerms of_-·anl11fortuile; which Pofitionsoftl.mnfelves [hadtheGiverofLifebeenfreefrom theillRaysoftheInfortunes] were fofficient ·to havegiven great Weaknefs und Difiempersto the Body, notonly withdanger, butcontinuance too; andd1�refore it need not-re�aina wonder, t�athe Chould Jive nolonger, norbemoreheiltHy whileheli�ed.

This Figure, asI t�!d you bef9re, is fet to the efiimate Time firfigiven; butupon firidenquiryofhisFather, hedid confefsit �1ghtbeallowe� aquarter later _intheEvening, and I{hallfrain !tabout7 orSminuteslaterthan that timeheallows, andfomake Itcometo5 or6minutesafter 11 P.M.TowhichtimetheM.c. is alrnofi 2�degreesofGemini,whofeR,A, is 80 d.47m. andtheAfcendant ts 23 degrees and a half in Virgo, theo. A.ofit170 d. 47m. Andfrom thisFigure, Ifhall endeavourto givea Rational !ccount ofthe D1feafesand DeathofthisChildhe havinglainun�r that to_rmenting di�tafe ofth� Stone abou� two-years before his Dcat�. AndI hope·I may be excufedformyahcring theAfcendantthreedegreesfrom·the efiimateTime, andtheMidheaven almofi fix; andefpecially by thofe thatalter their correcttUJle fo many hours from theefiimate,

Sci::mdly, WhytheStone? I £hallnotenter intoa longDifcourCe about theOpinionof Authors concerning the Stone, ·andits ge.: ·rleration ; Whetherit proceedsfroma Lapidifickfpirir, according to the Opinion of Riveriu1; or_a fiony Difpofition, accordingto Ftrndi,u: or whether a petrifying·Ferment be the original and effide,ntCaufe, as it is.defined by Belmont ; but I (ball confider it Afirologically, which perh3psmay be allowed.to take its,�eginning beforetheirCaufes, andlikewifebeno.firangerto thereconciling theminpeace. For I lookuponthe StonySpirit, theCal, culous Difpofition� and petrifyingf�rment, to bebut the_effectof a·precedenf'.Caufe ; and though they differ in their Terms, yet they all do defignthefamething,; andthereforethat whichisthe caufe of them, iscertainly the caufe-ofthe Difcafe: AndI do �ot undtrllandthattheChildhaditfromitsbirth)andtherefore it had a•time·to begin.; .

I have generally obferved inmany Nativities,·thatwhei:e-ever the Stone wasproduc�d and caufedin the Bladder, .both Saturn . • and M.m had· a·tingerin it bothby polition andDirection; as if S.1tttrn affordedmatterforthe Terreneferment, and Mars forthe petrification ; folikcwife:in this Nativity we{hallfndthem both concernedin the Caufeand quality ofhisDeath, as you may ob7 fcrveby the-Direc1:io'ns following.

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-.Towhichwemayaddthe;Sunf�qadary totheSquu·eofSa-: tur,zat 5 ye11t� andtheMt1111J)>y-(e,ondarymotiontotheOppofi; tionof.$.atur11�uJ:ISqqareoftheSu�ratfix.years.ofage,whkhdid notalittleadd totbe l!tfectsoftheotherD>irc6tions; andon the davofhislaiRevolution, Sau,rnwas to a.degree:ontheH.adic-.i1 pla,ceofthcMaon,andMmontheRadic�l �fcendant.

Hentcko�d1.1.dcthefoDir��ionst0\lavepeent�.:naturalCau[� ofthisChild's0ifeaft:,andDeat_h:Efp�ciaUy,ift�mparedwith�h� RadicalPofoio11sof.theiYf,1a,1inSquaretoS�Ulrni.11munda,andwithinRaysoftheParaUclandSerqu.iquad.rate•ofMm.SothatJjudge this Difeafe begunator.bout5 yearsofAge,onthe Sunad□ ft i11 Zodiaco,, andr:heMo<m . adSef.q1uqr1iJdratttmMartis.inMundo::�nd that,£he :p.utof For�urn:to-the .BodyofSatiu�, thel\�ao11tothe Paraltdo[Mars, andtheSurJto.,tbe SquareofSaturn!-nM,mdo, woreout his Lifeby a-:ontinued.fuccttlion of pain. Andletno manobjett, thatthe ftafsofVimufocceedtheParallelofM.irl', which<\CCOrding toPtolomy's Qochineought to faveandfupport Life: lconfefsitishisDodrine, andmy.Rule;.huti:nthisCafe, where_threeoftheHilegiackF<>ints:a�e;i(Ricle� by4jredion, and thefounhvery nearit, theRa)'.§ofVimucouldbyno·rueansfave: Shemight indeed protr,H�t and p�rhapsfpctific.1te d)eDifoafe; andthereforethemight ad<J-nearhisExpirationfgmcflux ofthe Bowels, ditkmperoftheLiver, andbya\:cidenc, <!S:b.eu1g:incon-· juntHon,vithl\1m,'.aFevet,.ofini�ry.by_Pl_1yl1ck. _ -� _,

Thenext . isofac\ildth�tdi�d"withh�theyearattheageofli'( Months, orbeforeit, andwasgivenmebyan·a,ciJ_ent; he.rha.t gave ic') and theythatfrntit, deligningaTrick uponme, which prnvedintheconclufiononeuponthemfelves; Thefig�reofrhe EUirnatcisas tolloweth, andbrought_tomejufiafterins_dt::ath.

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Idoindeedbelieveitwasafewc.ninutesfooner]becaufethofethat: dyewithintheyear, doforr�1e��llpa��dyebypolitic�� asy�: mayfee BooktheThi1d,fi?._�dr.ip�t•:t�af,9-.Je!dor�,by,4ue�oo, a.iiclfodidthisChild; the.PolitioIJsQf.�nemfelve�p�ng.(u.ffl,1eat�y. ·abletoklll-it", ifwdlcori11dc.r.ed:·,' ·!:···: ;,: •..\.. -.h___ .•.-.-

Buebeforelp;occed, itn1ay 11ot beamifst?:teUyout eSto1_y I hintedatabove, and itwasthis. AbouttherniddlcofJ:1n11�ry. 161!-onethatkq,taCoffee-l1l!ufe,andwa�a�r�endertoA{lro� gy, call'donmeoneAftern9on,a11�tqldmeI ":�s�efircdtoco� tohisH�ufe•tl,lt;7'h�rfday·fol1owing.int_he·Eve�mg to.111eetfmuo,r: fiveverygreatAfirologmthathadamm�tofpcnd�nhourort;wo withme, andalfotoldmetheirNames; foIpromlfedtobethe1e IDea�ermilunteJathis hour, an?.di� accordingly pert�rm my Promife; but"'hatthematterwasi�.Kuownot;henorhis<;;on:i• panyweren�ttbei'e; and'!henIhidUaidabouttwo�ours,aud waspreplringto·�egone, incomes.he, andcx�ufcdthematteras well as hecould, tellingmehewasvery forrytheCompmyhad di(appointcd n;ie,,but�eiired me.tofrayand fmoaka Pipe '.With, _ _ him,,

Opeu:(J)Jformatum:

him, whichI did: Andwhilewewere talking, he pulls_out a Pa. per outofhi� Po,�et, whichwasthis Nativity, andddiredmeto give JTIY Qpi11ion 0£rh_� ChHd's Affairs in general : as length of Life,_ Riches, PrefermtQt, .fylarriage,:Imployment and Tnde;·&c. iaU·whiclt henamed, and more)ikewife. So after·I had ferioufly <onfidercd the Figure [withoutasking him any queHionJ I told him IlhouJdmakea fhort Judgment on-it, withoutthe confide� .tation:-ofMarriage, Riches, or �referment, fod:did. judge the ��d,was �ith�r d,.zJ, or_dying, which �e readily;c;onfefi to be true,t�at'itwas,dead, and djedaboutamonth-before ;and ddired I'would tell himmyReafons.for it, which Irefufed. For, fays he, -Mr. C. faid it would live till 60 year� ofage, and Mr. S. faid it would live to 58, an,d a third told liill! it would live till all his Friends w�te weary ofhim. SQ thacafrer�i'rhey Caw thcmfdves befool"d. in thtlir Juclgmen;, h1 hopes rb_aU...would h1ve made a _fiumble alfo, dcfired ·�y Opinion, that I might have taken my place on the fame formwith ther�_1. And I doubt not, .bqtifany thing here affertedjs nor true;·l Jhall hear of it on bothfidcs mr., Head, for fome,of them are fiill living -�· And foI come to the ·pointinhand. -•-- - -,....,. . ...:. -.��-.."··.. . �· ;

·Tbe Reafons therefore of .this Child's death were, the Sun in '.Leoin p�ralJel�ith M.1r1ancl'Mercury it1Conjuntfion in theTwelf -'Hnufe; andthe SunHileg. the Sun iswiththeLyons Rr!art) and the • •MooninConjunction·wltb S-at1irn•in Virgo'.both pe�cgrin; foralrth�ugh:t���ooitis�ot'�ph#�i y� cvery-_Atfl'iction·ofan·Aphetit·

·dtptace)ddsto iht 'Yeak�efs·of,t�1e B�dy'; �nd ev�ry �ifeafe or . Weaknefshelpsd�athm�t the.:dobr;thereforethisafl{i6tiopof-the 'Moo,ds no fmallcaufein the Child'sdeath, but Iallow the other

·. 'iq'be thecaufafine quanon. Again, the.Sun, M•r1 andMercury are all in a violent_Zod�acalPa,ralld, and ought to be confidcred in

� :particular,- becaufe the part.of Heaven, �Here they'�re,fcituate, 'doth much intluence tHeir good or ill Effects·: AndLafily," The

.•'Muoni� applyingto the Zodiacal ParallelofSaturn, and neither of t�e Fortunes h�lped n?rh�n<lred'inalJ this Affair; neither can 1u-pmr·or Vimu kill byd1red10n, let themgovernwhat Houfes they

·wilJ.Thefe,tfay,arethetrueReafonsofthisChild'sdeathaccording

·tothe Do�rine hereddiveredin this Treatifc-of Nativities, and

.thallin allCafes-hold,whether there are Directions or'not; adn many Nativities you will find110'diretlionsfor Chlldi:ens dying

•.wi�hin the year :•And befides, if a Direction is able to ·kill four months

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months afterbirth., that Pofition certai1�lyaffcd:s th�Childa11the time ofits Life, for the Child'$ Life i� but a contmuedeffe� ?(

.. ft haPofitionofD'rrecnoh, ifyouhav.e one: AndthaeforcIwdl

f��-upallwith that Text ofPto�omy, ivetNa1�1 tantofpacio quan­

lHJ_e{r 11ummn grad11uminter-prorog1Jforem& �o�tmam,maltficanz, tot videlicet menfas, dies, 't«el horas pro medo & v,r,bus Ca11farum pocen� '. . and here vou fee theChilddied whenthe Swn cametothe ,um ' i -d l fi b Squar� of Satnrn ,·and there is ix_tem egrees a mo ctween theircwo 1;36dics, and·thathved fo 1 rnany weeksp_�ake the bell ufeyou can ofmisIrilH_uction. Thefethree Natmt1eshave been all printed in E11gliffe alreadY.

The next is that ofJ,1banner B.1ptifla Cardi1nu1;· the Son ofthe Great Cardan which hath been printedbyhisFather already, by Sixtzuith.Ht?minga, whobringsitas,anArgumentagainfiAfirology, becaufe therewas no reafon givenby him, nor Naibod, norMaginils (whohadthefurveyingofit, andwere, Ireallybelieve, rhrec of thegte�te� Men) and �afi�rs ofAfirolopy, t�a�have appeared in the latl C�{it�rJ) forh1s v1�lent death: A�d it ts alfo b�ought againfi us to cml(ute_ and �onfoundthe. Art, ai:id its Pro,df?rs, by .Alex.m4, de Angelu, pag. �01.· in his Treattfe agamfi AlLro� logThe �tory isthus: This Bapt1�aCa�Ja:i�J wa; the �Meft �on of his Father, brought up �oLearn1ng,�-and 111\ploye� htmfelfm t�c_ Hudyof Phyfick, ,w��ch�frerwar� heprofeftand _ hvedb�: ButIn . the 24th year of his agf, lle [�1th�ut the Ac\v1ce �f his Father or other FriendsJ marr�ed a ___ Wife with a(mall.Fortu�e, and Ie[s MndeHy; and being111curnbred, and overchar�ed �ithher Re• lations and his Pratl:icc being fm1H, they fell mro neceffity, ?-�d thence'into difforen�e1 Which_diffeiencebeing·aggrav�ted_?Y D1fcontent on the one hdc;, and mcreafed by g-rea�rProvocationson theother, theyat }a1t_came tod()wn-righthat!:ofeachothe.r; and underthis Perturbation ofMindh� contrived-howto defiroy her; andthe methodhe pfrch'd_upon, �as Poyfon. ThisP�yfon he·p?t• inro a CJke_, and fent it;o herby_aServant, fhe .being then m thild-becii ·�mi.iii·�?mall:time a!tet·{he had·eat it; dyed.. • The._ next dayh� wastake�·uP.byt_�eOfH<tcrs ofJulHce,and e�amined·; butwa's'fo far fromdenyin'gtbe�F��,th�th7confeff�d hehad been two monthscontrivinghow to do tc, and 1nthat tu�e ha� �ade twoAttempts at it·· blit mill of hi�dcfign. Forthis Crime he ' X was

Op"s �Jormatum�

wasBeheaded [whichis:thecammo�\flYofExecutioninthofc parts, ofthofeguiltyofBlood}�nApril7•An�1S60. beingalmoftTwentyfixyearsofAge;·�ndthis�1thout�anyAccouotofi:s Caufe Afirologically, whi,h made�mingi1andAlex. �Angeli, laughatus, andallth�feal(o, thatpretencl.wAfiro)ogy..Ihave thereforemad,eufeofthisopportunitytolettheWorld_knowmy Opinion, aswellasthatLear11edMonk's, whohathaJreadJdifcourfedofit. TheFigure.I(halJgive, isthefamewitl�hisFa• thcr's;theeRli:uate Time 9£Birth,.for.IamCureit.cannot.be· farfromtruth;becaufehisFarberwasfoIngeniousaMan,.andI prefumecarc.fulintakingthetime'o(it. TheFigurefollows,w"ith thePlanetsplacescalculatedfromtheCaroline'Iablu, bothinLongitude�n_dLati�tudc.

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, ·and�:1r1�0iherc·.�r�}w);ci<:nttpkillJJ,1an(�at�vity;yetyo� Jiuy9bf���:�r.-fhe���.o]p.tionf��thatY��-r,:i.f, M,+iy14. 1559. ,thatSfl11mi:was_in:wnpuzllio,,wit��heSa, �dndirect:.Oppo, (uionto�h�_Ma,n�st\apkal_place,andJupiteri11Squue�oit; ancJ �toadd_toall,the;f4wnw.ac;inVirgo,ancltherefepimdngfr<?[t�$qup_eohbeSf411andSa#Mrn,�ndj;Oi�gtQthe&J1meofM"f1,al}� her.ownRadkalp,�ce.1 andSat,un.in Jh�f�dof 1'111r111�nthe {,lme.Para.,llelof:Or4;1in;ltioµwith-themallintb.�Jad,i:c,.andthe StPInotfirJrolJltheOppofitio11,ofMarsapplying. Ifay,theft;con.ktletcd withth�Djr«l:ion�,-arein_motlonatlU'ali; moretf)an probal>lyablefO&iveD�ath! -. -. • -

TheMutaisbeyondalldo..btGiverofUfeinchis.Nativity, antf mufihedbcacdforDeath,tndt�refo,e'!�hO\l.t�tcringor·firaininganythingintheFigure, weOiallfindCaufcfufficientatthat timeitdid,toputaperiodt,ohisLife,andtheprincipalDired:ion whichdeJboycdit,wastheMlon,BiltgtotheZodaical.P�rallelof the·

81'-tpe,r�ap�·�tfl.ilYheask�d, Whyavi9le�t'P,�ath? Andwhy bytheh�n4-o(J,uru�.?'...Fi,#1,'.fh�.C?tr���O�l,f�·inc��er) �nc,l th�tetoowbCJe�hefaraH�ls,ofthe$unJMP_onJ•S"�n,�.r,_and JIIJJiter, do.allCcn��an�intheTermsQ,fMere..,,,jilfo; the$wi and /40(Jll �re\\dt9yiolentfixedStars; andt4f!-14�onJ,t-Birthafflictedby_the:P;uaUe,�-of-t\leS1111, and.thelnfo�w.nes,, r�QO_;l_[�jlikewifePrQmi(to.rsInPea.tb. ;4,n,d,thef�rw�rf,"'ql�syoy��Y(iffOll plea-Cc).finddrawn.optJor,io�tufe,·byflQ/o�,-.ln�h.�.Ghaptt:a:, wherehedif,ourfetµabout:nituralan�viol�ntPe�ths,;as-inthefe 'words, Erwzt. (Jld(� mDTtesi,iol,n.t.e,&infigne.1,quando aNI apiba�..; Jift�i'D0111insmtur_lOtrJlmerfell�ri;feuC0111!!1lli,feuex'J"t!.4'-r.itof..1fpi• cien,es11141oEP.iJfitife"111d11mLong4tt,unen,_,.&c. Now, ici:;y-0�r.wo,ik toinquirehowtheyg9vernintheAnaretickPoint,,andhowthey beholdoneanother.AndIdare-aifurcyou, itis-worthyoµrwlille, ifyouateaLoverof--Afirology. -• -

-,,opmi<!tfonr1ar-u1ti'.·}

printed that ve_ryFigure, which h� mak�s.tobeha!fanhou�'before Noon ; and for that Reafon, Hmunga fays, tt cinnot be trne, becaufe theChronicles et(his·Lifefay·he·was bornatNoon; but thatAlterationIcould haveexcufed., hadtheywithitiendred

•• a goodand fofficient R:eaf,on foi,_hi�_D�at��

-hu� �h�on_!�e,

one fide, andtheObjeehon otlthe other,. are�uchahke; neither of them becoming Cuch Learned Menas they·two�were, for LDvitiu, [as fays Heminga] tellsu_�, itwasthe Maon to the Sq11.1re of ¥n1 th:itkill'd him� Avery unlikely f\6!:Y1: .. •. -..: .;r-:. ,

Opinionwithout·Authority'

• Stttmdly,lt , isasplain bythe.ha�dofJufiitetoo; ifyouwilloh• fcrve Ptolomys Rules, whkh in thefevery wordshe expreffeth it. �c�mJupiteradfpicitmartemadjliltur, eruntnecer lnfigniorerexJudicii, "'",rad11eumamR:egum. .Ancl howexaminetheFigure,. a11d fee whether };,piterisnor afflicted, and whetherhe dothnot behold Marr, ornot; and �my� whether hiS'·Raysare not intermixed withtheMaleficksintheCaufeofDeath;-andwhenyouhavedone that,readtheParagraphthatnext follows,_which I.quoted before. , Thefe things, I confefs1._ue_.9_�_tofthe coajm�nRo,ad:; and for thatReafon I expea t0-be_cenfur.ed for an l1)novat,or,; but God be thanked, tl]erearerioPenal-Lawsin.the·C.afe. lexp�fr atfotobe'cenfuredfora'Heretidr,Joryou knowt'hatthe greaterNumber arealwaysin theright; butrightorwrongtheywill·be fo. And therefore, ifI fhouldhappenin thismyhumbleoffertotheWo_rld to beouroftheway, ormHlcd byan

thatJ.G. or-fomeother,.as 6reat,Good,andCharitable,as him! felf,.wou_ld do meand all Mankind the fervice•, tb putmeinto therightway, andpickoutthoreNativitiesthat ourEnemieshave mocked at, give-fub{hntial R,eafons for their Deaths, &c. fuch Reafonsasmay be allof apiece, andnot only{erve.onceand no more, �utin all otherswhere the likePofitionshappen, forI intend mme fhall be flll:h. And the fooncr theytake this courfe thefoorn!r theywill fiopmyPen; forI intendtocallmofiofthei; Authors_totheBar, and feewhatDefencetheycan makeforthruftingfo mantErrors upon us, and d�luding the People from the Truth, �hrd,��th be�n a1radetoolongufed. But beforelconclude thisNauv1ty, gtvemeleaveforawordortwo-more.

_ WhatIhavehere done, is bythe Figure oftheefiimateTime, w1tho�tanyCorr�!o!l, andtheDirectionsagreevery-well; nay, toa Mirac}et but1ftt wereto becorreaed, and theFigure fetto thetrueTime, which would be about 10 minutes-fooner:'rhanthe timehereufed, thenfhouldwehave alltheDircdions{allexaff; -as-theSun�dpttrMar,mundodd. theMoonadpJrSaturn rmi!JdoMoi. C,on.and withthcfetheMid�ea�nitothe'Iri(!eofVtnurfor hisMarmgeatalmofiTwentyfoutyearsofAge, with divers otherthing5 that might be �bfervcd; butIwill leave that to the ingenious R.ca�er toexerc1f� hisThoughts onwhtn-he-thinks itconven�ent.

T-hentxtlOull-conftder,..fa thatof.Lewu Kingof Boh,miaand l:bmg�J•-whichI een:eiveHet;iing,�hathtakenfr�m Leovitim, an:d �irued

_ TheHifioryof.him.isthus;he�:a�:,1;>�1MJl0e5qt'ny_Junea�Noon; in the year 1506. andin the Mont�QfAugujl, in,theyear_1,526. hewasputtoFligl1tinaBattelagainittheTztr�, andbytheweight ofhisArmour, p.rlling.aRiver, hewasdrowned; butothers f ay, That his Horfe threw him [in the_FHghtJ-in_�_wet�muddy Place1 where hewasfuffocated; and.thisw.hen-he:\Yas but Twe�ty,¥earg and.a Monthold. ComminifeetHr [faysJleming:..J .A{l,olog111·itcide11ti, hujIUCa11fam, DiretiionemCorporu�unaruadJiniftrumquadratHmM-'r• tu•.Bue ifany.\Hrolo_gaChouldimaginefuch,a_Caufeof-t.hisAcci•• dent, 'in my Opinion he woul4Jh� himfelf but a very:weak man in his Profelfton, becaufe the·Moon isnot Giver ofLife,' nei-, ther did that Direction kill,in..t�ofe two -preceding Grnitu"i-es of Sir 1h1Qdore Miiwne) and Mr� Bubb,; yet I will not difowri., but,,that this Ditectionof the Moon tothe,Sq�re ofMarr, might add to the Violence of the other, but in 110 Wife kill without them." . _ .

A's tothe:iime,'6fbis.Bir.tn.,.which Hemingf\aysfomuch_llrefs on ) andquarrelsbccaufeit wasriot kept to �xael�y, tho hehim-felfdoth.notaiTer·tthe-time tt> beexactly at Noon, brttufcth thefe words, SubMeridiem, aboutNoon; thopethe_i1, irtmakeaUttle Alteration·rrom the_exacr'time•of Twelve, lmay.bepardoned_by the Can.did,, ifr.otl;>y the Sceptical Reackrs;.�nd I.affure1 y6u, whoever ke·ep� fo near :ro�his e!Hmat� TJn1c as'I do here·, fhall never be-blatiied by me; for I have alter'd'chdi)gurebu'.t'l2 mlnutes froinNdon, theTime he afferts'; ·aridclo ·b'etieve I cangiv-e a.better . AccountofhisDeath,, th�nthe-Jiloo�totheSq�areofMm,.. which Hem1n1ifmile� at,t�!i�---�--�n:he-m��9t� '. -T��--f�g�rc fol.--

• lQw.s.,, -

IhavegivenyouthePlanets-places·accordingto-Hemingain·alt'-exceptSM#i'nandtheSun, whicharewroughtfrom theCarolin; Tabler;and1doreallybelieve, iftheEftimatewere·trueinthe �enertl,thisofthecorrectTimei1sveryexa�:; andthistherather, -�ecau1etheD1re!tiQ11sare_fooa:turallyp�penogtveDeathbyfuch means.a11dways;asbedied. • -

The�lln:iscertainlyHilrg,beingfoneartheCµfpoftheIothHoufe, -and S'11,rrnisAnareta, thoheisnotLordofthe�thH,.mfe• but perhapsyouwillCayofoneasbad, thatis, the4th; .indfodeed yo�a�bdie11e.itif1,oupleafc, itbciqgthecommO:nOpinionno� anprachce� And,hediedontheS�nto·theNlundanePatalle1ofSa� tlD'nild. w-ithfourothers, �syoumayfee.

;,OiJIIA·,(f}tform,itum." r...., -s-vp "11-

Thusyoufeethes,,_,,w�d_irecl:edto�heParallel'ofSa111,nby directDirecl:ion atTwentyyearsofAge; andatthefametime bytheGonvQ"s-M,otiorittt-ie'S.un·w-as·:11foplltintothdwallelQf himde. and thefe·.attended witi tw<>ot�r:violent 0iretliotl6 totheSim-likew1fe, andall"inCancer,:,aWitcrj'-:6gri, and npBe... nefickBeams-toaffiftarid"fuppottLife, Now, 'jhatthinkyou�-• ArenotthefeDiretlionsofSaturn tothe�•n-�o��-propertokill, thanthatoft�eMaontoth�.Sjuatio'(Ma�s�ndcrtheEa,nh.? Whic\l-Idlreund�rtak1to1noy,.e, n�ve�.J��-\"!'1:tany·�an,neethe� -· ofA _llrologvwa_sknown?bu!�fte�'fetvesforaSnam,w)icnno.th!Bi elfe1stobefoundtodoit. Now,1fanyGentleman,&t.fhallthini thefe•DireclionsalligntdinihisCafe, eithertobenoDire'11o�.; -ornottohaveJhef�cethatIallowthem, [foi�Iexp�&tC> meetwithJchat.theywillbepleafed togiveariyod�rR�ton! thatfeemstoth�mmqre,rropertha.1:1thc�;��lld;'.alf�P�!��-.t!tffll, 1do,forthebenefitofourBrethren_;andnotonlym�efe,butt takeothersalreadyprinted, orfomeoft4crirownco\�ing, an•befokin�alfo topri�the efiimateTjme:of.ad).of�cirow.,., andbythat��ansrJi�ywillexsi�c;otn�s-tD��thcir·��nl__,anil: makeObfervat1om. • . · - •

Bu�prayobferve, AlthoVmlUis1:,adyofthe_EigthhHpuf�,� perniciousplace; yet.wedonot.tind, th�tthe Afcendanttoher Squareht.d-powertokill, nord�wefindtbe--:Sunin.iq•aretothe RadicatHotofcopecou\ddoitelth�r�.�dthothc�q,,m.'fJfMm#ry -intheZodiackcame'.upthcnto.theAfccndant,yet.ita�dcdnothlilg .•totheti�enormannerofhisDeath.-� •. • _

ThenextistheNativity'ofGem"'4Friftat,-which-islnferta1·by. Heminga._(f.rom_whomttakeit]witha-gr�manyprtttyCorQ.. ments,Objcition{; and Obfervations thetconi thechiefeft�f; whichIwillAnfwer, and.makeufeofthe·P1anctsplacc5:1s--he:hath. printedthem.. • •_ -• • •

ThisNative, GemmaFri.fiw, wasbornthe 8thof-Deamhet,It;.:_ 10h. 53m.P.M.-·1508.hewasaLearned, lngcniomMan,and· bothanablePhyficainand-Mathematician, well�killedinMufidt, anddiveuorhercuri(?usStudiFs; butin·t'hc1,car1555. 'MilJ2,.he \ diedof.theStalit, bc_ingthencompleatlyFortyfixyea�an4�monthsold. TheElevationofhisphcc_ofBirth, Htnringobath--� told us; butIjudg�YtbefettingoftheFigure,isis-about5.wfcgre.cs. oinearlt; andfoIhaveJetthe.following,Scheme.

Latima. ·Planeti

'11-o 45 North ft 2 o North J) I 41 South·

• Opus (J{efarmatnm; :i

D. M.Y.,M.A.C:

}} 11dCorLeo,zi4·---------14;• 154r 8 1550

l) MlPnr11lle'11m 0 mundode. 49 545' 6 lHJ .D 11d6 0inZodi11co____,__.;..,--149 3746 ° I H4

61

I haveventuredto alteqheFig�re�bout 3 deg.-c.esin the Mid.heaven, andtwo intheAfcendant, whi"hamountstoa.boot 15mi,putesin·time, foonerthanHm,i11g,ls.Figur��is,.w�·kh,isnogreat caufeofdifferenceintnemethodHentingaufcd·; ·�11d forhisDeath,. he coulsl find nothing that he tnought the Afirologerswould al:Iedg, but,theMoanto theLyanJ Heart, whichhedotha littlelaugh at, zndfo doI;: hue with_this diffcrei:ce, i :will fell you.therea- ·,(on, w,hy 1do-verylittle cfiei;m that D,iied:ion., Jtjdp;<;loth not: 'TheM.0011patfeth-thatSta,whh4d_eg'rec.:s'ancl 3oi,l}fo��eiofSattth­ Latituc.le; and the Starkfrlfhath'halfade�b-edof ]jurr·b; fo that :t..heirdifiance is atleafi 5-degre�s wJlen (he paffeth the Stu, and .forthat-reafoncanhavevery ·little Effect inpointof Death; and indeed that�itection came up Five yea,rs.b_c:for,e his Deat_n, .2_s . youmay fee by.thefollo'wingJablc� TheMoo1iis.'herne.�tainly #lit., or Giver ofLife, arid \ias dircctc?d tQt:�e· _P'ai�iteJ.�f the ,SunillM11ndo, DirecbndConvers attheTime ofDe:ith�·theltli1on l)\Vlngbefo1e paffcatheLyo111 Heart,andParalkl ofMm in Mu,�-domotsrapto.

l) adP,ralle/um 0m,mdodd --- 150 ,546- 5 1�5, Afcmdens11d□ 0 ' _____,n ':i649 9 I H7

l) adParllf!elam TiZodimSequit

Th�feDirectionsljudgemorepropera!'�naturaltQ.�iveDeath,

1thaP.th�Lyoni Heart; .but as to i,s.Q!!al1ryand Morb1hckCaufe� that taltcsitsOriginationfromo�hcrPrinciples, aswellasDirecti.ons,�stheMoon:louo.inOppafrtionco thes_un, a11dbo�hin_Squqeto Sat11rn, inanEarthlySign intheAfcendant. But,perh�psImay1be quefiioned, whylbring the DirectionoftheMaon t�the Trine of theSun, asanArgument ofDeath, whichwas ever�ud_geclotherways� I don�tfay, Th�Mpantothe1'rimoftheS,mkips;but ldo affirm. ThattobeaConcurrentCaufcofDeath; and1sfofarfrom fvin�'lthatidlrengthenstheViolenceoftheotherDirections,asI ,can fhewindiversExamplesbyme, inobfervedandcarefullytaJteo Nitivities. Butbcfides, that1rine·wasindeeda SefquiqHadrate, if youconfideritwdl,and,hathnaturallyViolence withit. ButI lay nofirefsthereonto inforcetheArgumentofDeath.

ButHemingaispleafedtoask-twoteamed�.ftions: Thefirfiis, whytheMoonadoppofitumMi1rti1, did notkill? A�du1ly, Whyt�c Sun afcerward to the Bodyof Mars did not kill?. 'Tis �range, a' manofhisReadinginthat·undertaking fhouldasktwo fuchforry, fillyQµefiions. Thefirftcouldnot·killaccordingto�,o�omy'sRule in thatCafe, becaufe the1rineofJ11piterfo}lo�edw•;h!na degree anda half; nay,itcouldfcarcc giveany S1cknefs. Northelatter couldnotkill,becaufetheSunwasnot giverofLife; itm�ghtgive Troubleand-Sicknefs, but by nomeansDeath. With �hefe,an� fomemoreidleObjecnonsdothHeminga{hewtheExcellenceofhis PartsinbantringanArtandStudy�hathe�ev_�ru�der�ood;anaafterhehathmagnifie�·thenon�cffeelofthefetwoDirccttow(bequ(e theNativedi� notdyeuponthem]·he gravelytellsus,thewbole.-\rtis�LyearidDeceit; hiswor'dsar� thefe, .ifrg.hjlttq11efeipf11n, b.ecDo!Jrinafalfea1i1&mendacii. Butindeed.1t washislgno�ance, not theArtthatw�!taccufable.

AnotherNativityi havetakenfromH,emi11ga, �h:ich�om�feems the mofi plai1iofanyt�t'ever Ihavejudgedqr fe�n, ·an�.yeth� raifcthmanyDoubtsandObjections,th�tdoindeedetthcrffiewhim y to

�-70. 5: A.·

Latirua Planet�

'JI, o 4� North ft 2 c North ] J 41 Sourh·

-0piu (J{efa!matttm.'

Natus die 8 Decemb,r Hor. 10. Min. 53. P. M. 1508.

Sub.Latit. i4.

• I haveventuredtoalter�heFigureabouf 3 deg.-eesin theMid-hoaveu, andtwointheAfcendant, whkhamounrstoabc-ut 15rniJ1utesil1'time, foonert�an�ng./sfigurf!w��, which-isnogreat caufeof differenceinthemethodHm1ingt1ufcd ; and forhisDearh, he coul� find nothing that he thought the Afirologerswould ;il'.ledg, but theMuontotheLya,11 Heart, whichhedothalittlelaugh at, andfo doI;:but withthis difference, I willfellyou thereafon, w,hyIdo-verylitc�e cfrecrn that Diredion_, andp��orhnot:

-TheMoonpatfeth-thatSmwirh4deg"reesand 3992inq·(esofSa,ithLatituJe; and the Star.it felfhathhalfadegreeof 1-ivrrb, fothat their diflance is_ atleafi fdegre�s wµen the paffeth the Star, and for that·reafon canhavevery little Effect inpoint of Death; and indeed thatDic.eclion came up Fiveyears before his DtJth, -2s . you.may fee by.the follc,wing Table. TheMuonishere ce�fainly :,Hikt,, or Giver ofLife, and was directed t9the· P-aia.ltelofthe

.SunillMundo, DiretrandConvcrsattheTime ofDeath�theMoon ba._vingbefore paffedtheLyons HeJrt,andParalkl ofMJr1 in Mun· do,mturapto.

ThefeDirectionsI judgemoreproperan� naturaltQgiveDeath, than theLyoni Heart; butas to its Qgalityand Morbitick Caufe, thattaltesitsOriginationfromotherP1inciples, aswellasDircctions,astheMoaninLeo.ir�Oppofitionto theSu11,andbothin_Squt1reto Saturn, inanEarthlySignintheAfcendant. Bur,perhapsImay1be quefiibned, whyI bring the DireetionoftheMaon totheTrine of theSun, asanArgumentofDeath, whichwasever�udgedotherways. Idonotfay, TheM�ontotheTrintoftheSunk1Jls; but Ido affirm. That'.tobeaConcurrentCaufeofDeath; andisfofarfrom faving',thatitfirengthenstheViolenceoftheotherDirections,asI -can fhewindiversExamplesbyme, inobfc:rvedandcarefullyta}{en Nitivities. But befides, that1rine·wasindeedaSefquiqitadrate, if youconfideritwdl, and.hathnaturallyViolence withit. ButI lay nofirefsthereontoinforcctheArgumentofDeath. ButHemingaispleafedtoask-twoLearned�.fiions: Thefirfiis, whytheMoonadoppofitumMi1rtu, didnotkill? And2dly, Whythe Sun afcerward tothe BodyofMarsdid not kill?. 'Tis ftrange, a manofhisReadinginthatundertaking lhouldasktwofuchforry, fillyO�eftions. Thefirftcouldnotkillaccordingto�to�omy'sRule in thatCafe, becaufe theTrineof]Hpiterfollowed w1t�111adegree andahalf; nay,itcouldfcarce giveany Sicknefs. Northelatter couldnot kill,becaufctheSunwasnotgiverofLife; itmightgive TroubleandSicknefs, butby nomeans Death. With �hefean� fomemoreidleObjectionsdothHemingafuewtheExcellence:ofhis PaitsinbantringanArtandStudy�hathea.everu�der�ood;anaafterhehathmagnifie�thenon".'effectofthefetwoDirccbons[becaufe the Native di� notdyeuponthemJ he gravelytellsus,-the�hole ArtisaLyeandDeceit; hiswords are thefe, Arg,ut,uquefe,pfana bee D;llrinafalfitalif&mendacii. Butindeedit washisIgnorance, not theArt thatwa!taccufable•

AnotherNativityIhavetakenfromHemillga, whkhtom�feems the mollplainofanythat·ever I have judged�r fe�n, andyet_her raifcthmanyDoubtsandObjections>thatdoindeedettherfhewhim y to

tobeveryCapricious, orelfeveryIgnorantinAfirology; yetfome ofhisObjc�ion�arerationalenou.gh,asyouChallfeeanon. Ihave chofenthisGcniture, hec�ufehe-wasHeming•'sAcquaintanceand NeighbourinWefifrdfland,·and-Gove-rnourofLJNrdin, forwhich reafon,Ifuppofetheefti1nafeTtrrlewastrue, andrheDirectionof theAfcendanttot'hcDppa]iti.n,ofMariwas·atfotrueforhisDeath; a�dyet . mJnyDoubtsrcrnair.,tharHemingahathnotofferedar.The Figure1sasfollowcth,withthePlar1etsplacesashehathgiventhem; butIhavealteredtheTime24minuteslaterthanhis, andyetwe buthagretuponthefameDircdionorDeath;weonlydifferir1our MeafureofTime,whichisthecaufeofour:differericeintheFigur�.

years totheBodiesofMar,andSa1umdidnotkill, SaiunJbeing Lordofthe8th,aridinit,whichintheoldwayhathamightyfway.

. IwillgiveyouanAnfwerto thefethings,beforewe leavethem.

1,, TheAfcendantto-theOppof11ionoftheSuncouldnotkill, bccaufetheOppofitionofVenurdlclfofoonfucceedit; andfortheDra• goo,uTaile, I_knowno,reafonwhythatthouldkill, norcannotbe perfuadedthatite\?erkitl'danyoneyet,oreverwill, foritisan emptyvoidplaceintheHeavens,beingbutthelnterfetUonsoftwo imaginary.Circles, andcanhavenoInfluenceofitsown,becaufcit isnobody, norisitvifible, andth_ereforcveryimprobabletogive anyEffect,efpeciallyDeath. AndfortheSuntothe;BodyofMHs• andSaturn,couldnotkill,bccaufetheSunisnotGiverofLife;bijt IjudgethefirftpfthofemightgivetheSmaV-pox; andthefo:ond, fomelittlekindoflllnefs,butneitherofthemanytlling.veryRemarkableorEminent, astotheNative'sHealth.

_ThisGent'lclmndiedofan�;,,yonthe7thofJ11m111,y,1572. beintthenalhle>fffortyclght:yeusofAge. HavingdIUnk:plcnti­ fullytheNightbcfore,whichwasTr,,,lfJ"Y,andtheDirettion-which gaveit,wastheAfccndanttotheOppo(t1iunoflhr1,A�44d.21m. whichturned-intoTime, givesFortyfevenyeai;s,.andaboutFJc... vcnmonths. Andtho-HemingaallowsthisDirection,ye�heasketh, whyhedidnotdye·ontheAfcen�antto:theDppofttioiloftheSlln, �dafterthat,tothc-Z>ri1gan,'!__�!'�i 1 findwby-theSIi!!_inhisyounger

Butitmightbeveryrationallyasked, whytheAfcendanttothe Oppo]itionofMarsfhouldgiveanApoJ>!t39? WhichHemingatakesno" noticeofinhisOhjeclions, andisfarmorepropertobeaskedin myOpinion, thanallthofethingsthathecnquitesafter. Inthis CafewearetotaketheTimeofDeathfromMarrandhisDiretHon butnotthe(malityofit; forthatistakenfromtheot_hcrDi­ redionsthatdoopsratewith, andarenextfucceedin�indirection�\MotiontotheGivetofLife. AndinthisCafe, Jupiterdoth governtheplac�ofOe�th, �othbyI?ign!tyan�Pr�fenc�; �ndfor thatreafonfpecdicatcstt, whoyoutindmCo11J11nll,anwithSat11tn,• andinSext;le totheMo1111, andtheMoonintheTermsofJupiter; andbothM:zrr,Jupiter,andSatflrnintheTermsofVtnM,allwhic:h addto theD1feafesof-Rcduntiance,·andRepletionofHumours; andbefides�Jupiterdothnatural\ygi':e�nApoplexy,andDifeafesof theStomack, byfuchaPolittonasthis1s; asyoumayfee, ifyou ,onfidet thatChapter inPtolomy'sDeGenereMonis. Butby du:commonandgeneralOpinionofDireaions, thisofMar1 �oulcl ratherhavegivenaFluxoftheBowels, aFever, orfomeDifcafc: thatisattendedwithlnilamarionorHeat, continualorintermitrtng.

2dly, IftheEighthHoufeistheHoufedfDeat�,andthatevery PlanetaccordingtohisDominionmuft�ohisO�ce; �ydtdnot theAfcendanttotheOppojiliouofVenUIkill, {hebcmgafthcted, and a11ifiedbytheBeamsoftheSunandNLr,1,-andLadyofthefo-fam�d fatalFourthHoufe. d y 2. 3 fy,

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3 dly, Thtfethingsconfidercd, may helptoinformtheirunderlbndingbmer� whobdievethatthe Su11ooghttobealwaysGiver of Life, but efpecially when heis abovethe Em}) in ar:iypartof H.:aven; whentheyobferv.e, thatthe Sun totheBodyofM-'rr.; and BodyofJupiterand 'daturni didnotkill; buttheAfc:endanctothofe Raysdiddoit, andthatbe-:-au(eit wasHtleJ!.i or_Gi\·erofLife. 1 • LaJfly, Thatth�Sunfhouldnotkill, is plainfrumtheoldNotion, hebeingLordoftheAfcendaut1 andwillbynomean,;hurthisown. AmoH abfurdOpinion! but, why Mars by thatRulelhoulJ kill,I wonder, hebeingLordofnoill Houfc, andrctheturns Murderer; which mufi certainlyproceed from his falling into bad Company there; he happening to affociate himfclfwith the Lords of the Eighth> and bythatmeansgrewas barbarousas they. Vt faciJHfie l-omo.

Thus I hJvegivenyou four Nativities outof Heming,z, that he brings to affrontand ridicule AHroJogywi1_h, which you feeare not guiltyofwhat he allcdgcth,. nor isAtirologybl.lm1bleinthofe things he obtrudes upon the World. He w•.:�, I confels, a very Learned Man, and indeed a far better Gramarian thanan Altrolager; forin this he was Mafier ofno more thanwhat was common toall. I coul�, I confefs, hJve given you divers Nativities moreofhis in the fameTreatife, butI amfearfulofmedlingwich bad Tools; diversofhisNativitiestherementioned, being to my knowledge falfe, and yet ferves himto make anoifeabout that wbi,hhewasbutlittleacquainted with, astoIts Truthand Operation. He tellsus, Henry V_IU. was born the 2�thof June; and }'et Stow fays, hewas born the�2d oftl:lat.Month. Mary Quern of England [he fays] was bornthe 8thof September, Anno 1 5-15. but�towtellsus, it WQS the11th ofFebmary, I 516. and]. G. affertsJttobe the 17thof February, eodem Am10. Andthohe is right in the dayof�een Elizabetb's Birth, yet he is out ·intheTime, I�Stow maybe believed. Fromwhence I conclude, that mofi·of hisfar-fetch'd Nativitiesarcfalfe; iffo, thenitisno wonder that t�eyf�iled his �xp�dado�ofEffects; and pray, whocan b;Jieve hts mighty Ob1ed1ons ra1fed fromfalfcNativities? Or, what can he��peeled betides wranglLng, wherefallhood is madetheFoun­ dation? Andfo I takemy leave ofhim.

I havethis year 1692. feena Nativityprinted in an�lmanack, and brought as a proofof a pitticulu Direction the1e aUcdged to

togive the Small•pox at alniofi Five yearsof�ge; and ·at/the Pre• , ,endm to Aftiology in thir. NatiolJ, are challenget) toproduce any other Dircttion, propert<rgive:.�h_a( �i�lm�� attha� 1'\g�., befides the Earth-.dir«te�.t�•the Heliqceptrick<pla�� ofM4rs. And I being one,of thofe.P.1:etenders, think- mY:JeJf;�erned to_offer._fomething _of my thoughts in tha�-_Matter,-:and humbly can in ·my Mite to that Treafuryof Truth, thatthis curious new Invention isthought to increafe. h:is without doubt a thing moll ingenious:�..and w�rfhY of every :curious man's R;emark and Notice; an4KtoviH hold.in all:N�tivitie� to the end :and purpofe it is herermade ufe of, itwill be�fadm�rable Service in the further difco�eryof CelefiialTruths, and give its Inv�ntor-thatRepute, whichtheWorm of. Time fball_never deface, nor the endeavour of Enemies ddl!oY, hu�_raifcto_.�is _Fa.me an Ever1af\it�g Pillar o(Honour, that a_ll·wh_oco�e. afte!_(hallpay _a Gratitu�e to his Mertiory, Th_e.Figurefolh?ws, fet;�c�9rding_to

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TheDifeafeyotfhavehetrd, ,n�theSl'lla11•p'iicatFm1ryearsand Tti\tn<5titlJs bld;· and the Oirettion that gave that Difeafc{,., Jici1] 1'1as-the Eaith:a, the1-tel�odentr�k place·ofMa,.r:�·.arulh• h motaiy ftm, n't>rt\iffl titi-igive,·hot:affigA -artyothti·Dirdtiod proper in:that Otfo, -attbtt:time-woperate� whit_h:iftttielpthen thatmufi�e all�wed ttY�e�-heCattfe·e>fit, _ w�irn�ill'benez·ap� pearupdnthefotthtrenqmry intothematter tt'fe� --•

Iwonder, ThM-:iMattofhis·vanPar�s_and Ab111tlt�,-•ilmttld� c{mfrdehdy..tffittn�.!T-1\at�ht!teW_linoc,t'h�rIJ>ited:ibtitbbefound atihatt�t'ihit�e'.totne't�, bi.it�heEatth·totheftclioc:ehtikk plide�_.MJrJ. WOO'u11ytmi�t�i-tirtdeWltl){lstheditt:ttiont1lMotioti-,;rtt.lftiltnt1ft by.l11{f,emitmfee, 1liitthe:SNn to dieZodiacal Pir�11elbfMthic�llpat-fh'eflimetimt� whofeA'tkis4d. 14m.

il'?t4r,i��:int� Ft>�'felir� in�EigHtttionths\!trtd thisby_�g

t>Wn_Figm'c, riot aftt�ul'g�-a !tt��_ic::, And theref6i'e·1f�pt>ie;

•�henM<1uea�totbtplace{){-�nettitm ab6Utthen'liddleofJ•-.. nuary, 168;. then �he Fermentaton began that gave theDifta1h Now, this isno falfe, butarealMotion, and a Directionofthat force, thatitoftentimeskillsi tklt.fnthiscafe,Ijudg,itcouldnot becaufeitisavit?l��tiyi_t.Y_,:. An�_belid�, ifhewillallow mehu;

·· -, tni�utiJs-bfer�or intneTime [ancl I-reallybelien'thereare,ery f�wDialsfpexalt, or,t�e Obferve(s ofNativities fopofitiVeasto �Y,it) !'wi�lprolluce--:W_otherl>i�edi011 [as•forcible asthis·isJ ofM,:Wstot�c.Afcendant, and thatistheSeJqNilJlladr4te, whict,in ditersNadv1t1cs, I haveby_me, bath.provedMortal; butthen it ttmfihewheretheA(ccnda�tisGiverofLife; whkhlrere isnbtJ alldt��efere� not"ffimentionthe.MooaConversto the,Sq1tart of S;iturn in Mwido, t'.he,AfcehdanttotheSqiur_eof-Venw, the Moot:to the Zodiacal �quare of M� ct111J faritudine, to the Zo'1iff61SquareofMe,auryfineLatitudine,&c. which cameupallabout-that time. I jud&e lhtfctwo fu�cicn� toprove� ThattheAffc'rtioQ� or the Affertbr·depated fromthe truthwhen he deliY«ed tbat Notion. Antitobe):liaittwith you, Itwa�thatvety,l)irectiotl°of theSunadpatMars,. thatpro_vedtheAtropos toKiogCharlesJI.

Butbefidesalltl:us, WhylhouldtheEarthtotheplaceofltliri give.theS'!"'llrpox, fetingtheMoonandS�t"'tllarefonett_inAt,e(!I: toh�sHehocchtr�pl�ce? Why lhoul? 1tnot-have »U11'�plftrid contmualFevtr;;F&,!•"�fi1!,�Faf4withawoundatffil_\lin�.it,or Cuch hke, rathn_:tfttntliattt-w.s1

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Again, Whyfhoq14 \l<# • f1111 <li�ttt.c;d fP{�J:;ihlio�trick_ Oppoiitionof!4,,,, be �v��:W,�!•�-eli�lw�l4�-thci�i-¥totµ,BodyofMars[{�rtheD���i;�-c;i-s\1,��·��:h�,efAry-�i9i, Gnlyoppofite.P<?•���].�,}µA),fiJtPl; ,ifiJ:ll�' �4:-tw,-9 Qir�_i91,, it the fame-um-=, whic}J �-r�:�<W,btl,;f$,qf l;llPJ§Jm-ce ���n one. Now, ifthe� things are allpwed, eh��,w��wl�rit.lto dlt &liocentrkkSextiles, Square.$, apdTrinesof�11th,q f,l�n�Jj �o-�o which, weJDµft hive_i��T�epry9.fDi,�iqp�, -whi'il),W,Q1.ll� be otexcellent ufetotho(e:t�t ��;(lij<_l_fou,s i��i.W�V; ,n4·) a�Ju�eicwould.puzzlemcw1to�qly,,Jpifil)t\-Qut�:wiy,ito-clircct the�#11,�fiM<Unt,.and•Midbtaflen.,tQthe-Helioc;et1Jric:;kB<x!ies�§I Squaresoffome, oridl.thePlane_�, t\���dteJ1��1e�o11g\c ittomyRcafun andSenfes; .fprifIthoillsl �qtttb�iMi4tieavcp to the Bc.dyof"MM-1lidio�n�i�l!�l1d,Ge:oceno·i�al,.•,iiJl,l·-�\iwe

:�t-t�,.I:.mu_ft givj: my E¥,e.��--il�e·,.Q_e�feJ.f,e •� Raif���:.dle Mcndtan.p<m:it but one�. -&��-�o b�li�,e;�-:()fhe,,js;1¥:�Jo 1'ranf"bjt4111ia1ion; yetIbelkve, if�ny-man·wQu.M g9J(lto·Jlu;$..,, :w.ithhisTelefcopeathis13�k, Islol.lbvno.t,·.blit-hemj&htf4eN¥1 in17degreesofLibra, whiP.f/11feehimio�5d�ye,ci;qf:l�J� Sign,&c.._And.I�m(�e,�-will_f�\li,s:.a.L1,ge,jfiith·chm,�, tobe.lieve{iuthisF.igu,cfOJ.EJCcJmple}th1Hbeilidm.<;AO�-k;pJ�ge of-Venudn Sforpio.fhowd�nY:W�S:affeet,'Pt.bc,;fjij�,-Q�i,e;-0{.bf usGeocentrick&.dies.,Npr,gnit�onqernus,tbJn'18wc�ingSubjecb_of E,,gi,anrJ, �re_obli&ed,to keep:the1L�.of.CQtJfl"nli,i,p�; iortbo.there11:e.f�l).�ws,,:_yetdtey1han.nofuJ��pP.Jl,1,1Sh1&1,land, nortakenonoticeofus. . • _..., J:i 1

Manymore things might be alledged in this Cafe, toinform theIgnorant..Wo���t�bQ�t.tbjs.Myfte1y, a.s·;llmefl.:jt isHleg, and wha�P.arts,of-Heaven aremoltpropr!tfor thatPow_erand D01ni11ion_; Letus fuppofetheMoonin theTenth,..the Sunin the Afccndant, then theEarthrrtufibeintheSeventh, NowtheO!iery Is, whichofthefethre�mufi �e allowed rob� Giverof Life, feeIngthey are all in Ap�etic�lplaces._ Again,·howwe Lhall know whenthe Direclions o{.the Earth havepowerto kill, and when not; and whetherthe•�rth to the·.Heliocentrick place of Mars doth always give a Fever, or,the Small-pox. For.if.it bathnot always anadequateEff"ect, orRules--laiddownto£hewwhenitwill, and when itw�llnot do it, I am fureno Man ofreafonwill believethat, nor manyotherthingsinAfi.rology.

,a�ly,·th�eEa'rth.dirc&ed�t6,any�Bcidies�r••Afpelh,.doth.ddboy

the Principles.ofdiredional-Mption·,that-is, itrenders that Motio� ufelefs, ·by:-whichall_Direaioris ai':C',ltiia�e, and:therefore muft,fet up a·newoneofit'sown ; :and·whofdt.verafferts the Direaions'of theEarth, dillinet from thefeofthe·Sttiz in c,ppofite·poiii�si.-Iam certain they underfiand n'o� the Motion by'which all D!rcct{ons are made, for they,are all·ma.de by one Morton, both Dirdl and· Convers. And whad .haveelfe to fayin this Cafe, 1 lliall r�ferve tillthe nexttimd1feeoccafioh to:ureit. • ..

Perhaps· •this may �ive fome People.a•difguff, and.provo�e ·them to·anill Opinimi of our felf, ana. thii1k wehave donethis outof-a·capricious·Humour; butwe doaffure them·it js no fuc�1 •thing, �ma•t�at it wasonlytwo �hings c:11ga_gcd _our Tho.ugh_ts in this matter. Fir)l,. The Ghalleµge, we ourfelf_beingone <?fthe :Numberthere included, and havedone this purelyiii1Vin�i�ti911 '()four felf; leavingall othr.r- Pr�tenders to act'or fay wh�t:,they think convenient, or find themfelves able to doin theVindication oftheir(elves, Secondly, OurrefpelttoTruth, concerningwhicf}

•we have no mean thought, butavery meanand low Opihton_9f our o�.nParts arid Abilii.ies_;.and therefore, ddire hu(Jlbly.ft>:Jay our poorweak Endeavours before every ingenious•Artifi:a de(fri�g our felfmay be candidlyreadand·underfiood;•and,_wearemoralJ. ·lyfure,thatno ingenious Manwilldeny his Conceffion to thi-s·our ;Requeft. SowifhingallthetrueSons ofScience, a fuccefsanfwcr� able,to their. Endeavoursand Wifhcs, We lhaH take our 'leave or them at this time.

Omnitab·affiduo nim,rmn ar1·nafcitur ufu. • '. : Palinge, Lib. S� I'