An Astrological Addition, or Supplement

An Aſtrologicall Addition, or ſupplement to be annexed to the late Diſcourſe vpon the great Coniunction of Saturne, and Iupiter.

Wherin are particularly declared certaine eſpeciall points before omitted, as well touching the eleuation of one Plannet aboue another, with theyr ſeuerall ſignifications: as touching Oeconomical and houſhold prouiſion: with ſome other Iudicials, no leſſe profitable.

Made and written this laſt March, by Iohn Haruey▪ Student in Phiſicke.

Whereunto is adioyned his tranſlation of the learned worke, of Hermes Triſmegiſtus, intituled, I[•]tromathematica: A boke of eſpeciall great vſe for all Studentes in Aſtrologie, and Phiſike.

LONDON Imprinted by Richard Watkins. 1583.

Angliae diurnum, nocturnumue Votum▪ Ioannis Harueij Hexaſticho breuiter expreſſum.

Apoſtrophe ad operis Patronum: altero Auctoris Hexaſticho ſuccinct[•] comprehenſa.

Ad diem XXI. Martij▪ ſola è Muſis Vranie cum Erato, benignius aſpirante.

To the Right worſhipful Maſter Iuſtice Meade, returning from his Honorable circuite, IOHN HARVEY wiſheth long health, and continuall increaſe of all prosperitie.

MAy it pleaſe you Right worſhipfull Sir, after ſome reſpite from ſo great buſineſſe, as your Honorable circuit carrieth with it, to accept fauourablie of the affectionate minde of a yong ſcholler, I will preſume in ſtead of the beſt well-come-home, that my poore ſtudy can preſently afoord, to preſent your good woorſhip with a briefe Aſtrologicall exerciſe, which I lately vndertoke vppon this occaſion. Hauing ſundry times peruſed the Aſtrologicall diſcourſe touching the great Coniunction of Saturne & Iupiter, publiſhed the laſte Ianuary by my brother Richard, and therein noting by the way ſome wante of certaine neceſſarie [〈◊〉] profitable Iudicials, which ſeemed con[••]nient to be added for the more expres and particular diſcuſsing of ſome pointes▪ generally, and that diligently too, by him conſidered, but not ſo narrowly, and preciſely examined, as they might haue been, (which was not my opinion only, but the iudgement of ſome his learned welwillers, and great commenders otherwiſe) I reſolued in the end to eaſe him of that labour, knowing himſelfe to bee otherwiſe buſied vpon more ſpecial and neceſſary occaſion. Which I was the more willing to enterprize, for theſe foure cauſes. Firſt, to ſatisfie the demaunds and deſires of thoſe his lerned friendes: then, to ſtoppe the mouthes of his enuious & carping enemies: thirdly, to benefit ſuch of our Coūtrey generally, as by prouidence are deſirous to worke their owne commoditie and ſafetie: and laſt of all, to practiſe my ſelfe particularlie in ſuch an exerciſe, as was ſo profitable for an Vniuerſitie man, ſo conuenient for a Student in Philoſophy, & the Mathematicks, and finally, ſo agreeable to that ſtudie and profeſsion, whereunto partly by my naturall diſpoſition I was inclyned, and partly vpon farther aduiſe of my friendes, and ſome priuate conſultation of mine owne, I had wholy betaken, and as it were betroathed my ſelfe. Beſides which cauſes, the verie worthines and dignitie of the Arte it ſelfe, not only in reſpect of the high and heauenly matter, or obiect thereof, according to the diuine verſes of Doctor Antony Myzaldus.

Semine caeleſti ſatamens, caeleſtia quaerit

Semina. And ſo foorth;

But alſo, euen for the other three Logike cauſes, the efficient, the forme, and the end or finall cauſe; might as wel commend this exerciſe vnto me, as it hath done many the like, nay many for all excellencie both of qualitie and quantitie, farre vnlike vnto other manner of men, then I either preſently am, or am euer like to be. For the firſt author and principall efficient, what enemie to Aſtrologie can deny, but God him ſelfe, poſuit duo magna luminaria, & ſtellas in firmamento caeli, as Moyſes writeth in the beginning of Geneſis: Why? vt diuiderent diem, ac noctem, & eſſent in ſigna, & tempora, & dies, & annos. In quae ſigna? nimirum in ſigna naturalium euentuum, vt futurae peſtilentiae, belli, & pacis, penuriae, & abundantiae, caeterorúmque ſimilium phyſicorum effectuum, as a learned wryter very well in my ſimple iudgement expoundeth that place of Moyſes. Beſides, who knoweth not that all good giftes, and all good artes descend from aboue, and had their originall from the father of light? Whereupon Melancthon in his preface to Purbachius, his Aſtrologicae Theoricae, not only concludeth generally of all liberall Artes, Cum Artes Dei munus ſint, non defuturus eſt Deus his, qui ipſius dona tuentur, & conſeruare ſtudent: with this comfortable addition: Erunt & fatae ipſa aliquando Artibus aequiora: but alſo particularlie inueigheth againſt all ſuch Epicures, and contemners, as ſet them ſelues againſt the moſt heauenly and diuine knowledge of Aſtrologie. In which Inuectiue, he is ſo earneſtly bent againſt them, that he breaketh foorth into theſe vehement ſpeeches. Epicureos illos, qui neque pulcherrimos motus caeleſtium corporum admirantur, neque cognitionem eorum vtilem eſſe contendunt, ne hominum quidem appellatione dignos eſſe iudico. His reaſon is. Etenim non ſolum bellum gerunt cum humana natura, quae praecipue ad has diuinas res aſpiciendas condita eſt, ſed etiam [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] ſunt. Voluit enim Deus horum mirabilium Curſuum, ac caeleſtium virium notitiam, ducem nobis eſſe ad diuinitatis cognitionem. And againe ſhortlie after he addeth: Haec ſi quis arroganter conteninit, naturae ſuae immanitatem prodit, non aliter atque Cyclops apud Homerum, qui negat ſe vllos vereri Deos. So that Melancthon, is not afraide to condemne them euen for Epicures, and Atheiſtes, that condemne this moſt goodly and godly Science. And as for our ſecundarie Authors and founders, what two more famous Princes amongſt the auncient Aegyptians, and Romanes, then Hermes Triſmegiſtus, and Numa Pompilius? Or what two more excellent kinges amongſt the later Aegyptians and Aragonians, then Ptolomey, and Alphonſus? The reſt for breuitie I ouerpaſſe, ſauing that I muſt not omitte the poets honorable teſtimonie, as well of them, as of the forenamed:

Faelices animae, quibus haec cognoſcere primum,

Inque domos ſuperas ſcandere cura fuit.

Credibile eſt illos pariter vitijſque, iociſque

Altius humanis exeruiſſe Caput.

And ſo forward, till at laſt, he geueth them this marueylous commendation, taken from their marueylous effectes:

Admouere oculis diſtantia ſydera noſtris,

Aetheraque ingenio ſuppoſuere ſuo.

Now if we conſider either the internall forme of the Arte it ſelfe, or the externall forme of our cheefeſt Artificers: can it be gaineſaide, but the one is heauenlie, like the matter: the other, eſpeciallie, in the Greeke and Latin toungs, as diſtinct and Methodicall, as was to be found in any Philoſopher, or Mathematician of the ſame ages? And nowe of late Adolphus Scribonius of Marpurgh in Germanie, in his ſmall Tractate, intituled Iſagoge Sphaerica, hath ſomewhat reformed the Artificiall maner and order of our more auncient Aſtrologers, according to the exact and exquiſite rules of Ramus methode, howbeit he doeth not ſo farre go beyond them in maner, but he commeth as farre behind them in matter: as euery learned Aſtrologer muſt needes confeſſe. Laſt of all, touching the end, or finall cauſe of Aſtrologie, he can do very little, God wot, that is not able to mainteine the ende thereof to be partly diuine, and common with other Artes, partly humane, and proper vnto it ſelfe. The diuine or common ende, is the glorie of God; the humane, or proper ende, to do good in the world, by ſuch predictions, and diuinations, as the principles and rules of this Art truly deliuered, and rightly vnderſtoode, doo afford: firſt, in forewarning what euils and miſchiefes are like to enſue: and then in foretelling, what goods and commodities may be reaped by timely prouiſion: for the better auoiding of the one by preuention, and the more certeine enioying of the other by forecaſt: according to thoſe notable verſes of the learned Poet:

Illic Aſtra, polos, caelum, ſeptemque planetas

Conſulit Aſtrologus: terriſque reportat eorum

Concilium, hinc armans illas, firmanſque caducae

Contra caeleſtes Iras, Superumque furorem.

Which finall end, togither with the other three reaſonable, and logike cauſes, beeing reaſonablie and logikelie conſidered, I can not ſee howe the worthines or dignitie of this Arte, can any way be impeached, without great indignitie offered therevnto. Vpon indifferent examination of which cauſes, whereby he principally meaſureth the worthines or vnworthines of euery good or bad thing, my brother Gabriel, was much the better content, as he hath him ſelfe confeſſed, that both my brother Richard and I ſhould take theſe paines in Iudiciarie Aſtrologie, which otherwiſe he had rather we ſhould haue beſtowed vpon the more popular and ordinarie ſtudies of the right morall and naturall Philoſophie, Arithmetike, Geometrie, and Coſmographie, with the firſt principles, and moſt neceſſarie precepts of Aſtronomie, ſo farre as fetting their grounds from infallible experience, they extende but to the obſeruation of the place, magnitude, and motion of euery ſtarre, with their whole number, as partly by Geometricall menſuration, and partly by Arithmeticall ſupputation, both ſeuerally & iointly they haue beene deſcried, to the altitude or depreſsion of ech of them, whoſe farneſſe & neerenes either vnto vs, or amongſt them ſelues, is ſo exactly determinable by the vſe of the Aſtrolabe, either Quadrant, as Ptolomeis was, or orbicular, as ours now vſeth to be: to the deſcription, & determination of times, which auaileth ſo much, aſwell to the exerciſe of Husbandrie, as to diuers other expedient and neceſſary vſes: to the ſituation of places, in declaring the longitude, latitude, and diſtance of euery place, which is ſo great an helpe in Coſmographie, and ſo ſpecially needefull for direction in Hydographie or Nauigation, being otherwiſe deſtitute of all certentie in the middeſt of ſo many and huge ieopardies: or finally to the intimation of any ſuch meere Aſtronomicall experiments, without mixture of any Iudicials, either Arabian, or other, pretending any prediction of things to come, or diſcouerie of hidden & ſecret matters. So that conſidering the premiſſes, and therevnto referring that moſt notable iudgement of Melancton, vpon Ptolomeis Magna Syntaxis, where he ſaith: Explodenda eſt illa Epicurea Philoſophia, quae tollit finales ſtellarum cauſſas, & affirmat earum omnes naturas [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉]: & ſi ſint finales cauſſae caeterarum rerum, cur non dicemus etiam eſſe pulcherrimorum corporum, & perpetuarum Motuum? Certitudo in motu, artem opiſicis indicat; Ars conſilium, ac cauſam finalem neceſſariò complectitur: vnde & ſtellae haud dubiè ſuos habent tum effectus, tum ſignificationes in elementis, & in ijs, quae inde gignuntur: vt manifeſta experientia, & omnibus ſaeculis conſentiens, teſtatur congreſſus ſiccorum ſyderum magnas ſiccitates, humidorum, humidas tempeſtates efficere: and ſo foorth, till he proceedeth thus farre: At caeleſtes hae ſignificationes non modo magnas mutationes tempeſtatum, ſed etiam ciuilium rerum denunciant; vt oſtendunt euentus, qui comitantur Eclypſes, & magnas Planetarum coniunctiones: nec illa ſigna vllo modo pugnant cum religione, cum Deus ea & propoſuerit, & gubernet. For theſe (I ſay) and the like effectuall conſiderations, my brother Gabriel, beeing of him ſelfe otherwiſe affected, hath not diſliked either of my brother Richards, or of my exerciſe in this kinde. Wherevppon as he at the length was the boulder to dedicate his Aſtrologicall Diſcourſe vnto my Lorde the Biſhop of London, who accepted moſt fauourablie and curteouſlie thereof; ſo am I alſo the rather encouraged to direct this my ſmall Treatiſe folowing, beeing a ſupplement of the ſaide Diſcourſe, vnto your good worſhip, who I hope will likewiſe vouchſafe it either the ſame, or the like fauourable acceptation. Neither durſt he then, or I now, haue preſumed vpon any ſuch dedication vnto ſuch perſonages, but after good aduice and deliberation, as well touching the premiſſes ſpecially, as generally touching the more ample auouchment of the whole Arte, being ſkilfully handled, diſcreetly ordered, and lawfully practiſed, as it ought to be: which being more fully and perſwaſiblie proſequuted by my brother Richard in his ſecond Diſcourſe, entreating of Februarie Newes, and by the way defending both the right Iudicials of Aſtrologie, in genere, and his owne particular Iudicials concerning the effects of this great April cōiunction, in ſpecie: I hope there ſhall not here neede anie farther Apologie either of his fact, or mine: Conſidering withal, what good and effectuall cauſes moued vs, as well to the vndertaking of the priuate exerciſe, as to the aduenturing of the publique Dedication vnder the names of ſo graue, and ſo well reputed perſonages, for their calling and wiſdome. For my ſelfe, I am to adde, that not only the right worſhipful eſtimation and account of your name, and honorable Commonwelth vertues (which notwithſtanding are of ſo great reputation here in Eſſex, where my moſt abode ſince Michaeſmas laſt, vpon ſome occaſion hath been) hath cauſed me to preſent this Aſtrological Treatiſe, together with my Tranſlation of Hermes moſt famous Iatromathematica vnto your good worſhip, but alſo certaine other reſpectes, no leſſe effectuall. If I had been ignorant before, yet ſince my late continuaunce here, I coulde not but learne how ſingular account you make of all good learning, what eſpeciall great fauour you extend towards the ſtudious and learned; and laſtly, how ready and deſirous you are to defend and maintaine both the one and the other, eyther by priuate, or publicke patronage. Which very affection of yours, ſo euidently declared by ſo many actuall ſignifications therof, might of it ſelfe, without farther reaſon, ſufficiently encourage me vnto this dedication. But I cannot forgette my Brother Gabriels report of the bountifull and courteous entertainment which it pleaſed you aboue three yeeres ſince to geue vnto him, and the Oxforde Preacher, his Companion at that time, being both but ſtrangers vnto you. Which entertainment I heard him both then, and ſince, much cōmende, as well for your worſhipfull and rare courteſie, extended towardes them, partly by familiar diſcourſe vpon ſome chiefe pointes of learning, and partly by manifeſt declaration of your good liking, & welwiſhing otherwiſe, as for the greatnes of the cheare, choiſe of the companie, manner of welcome, and ſuch like. Which he ſaide could not chooſe but proceede of a liberall, and worſhipfull minde, of the wiſer, and learneder ſort: as no doubt it did. Beſide this, I haue lately heard it credibly reported here in Walden, that your good worſhippe ſhould like very wel, and commend of my brother Richards Aſtrologicall Diſcourſe, with farther mention, not only of my brother Gabriel, to his eſpeciall commendation and credit, but euen of my poore ſelfe too. All which cauſes, and reaſons concurring, as they doo, how much were I to be blamed, if I ſhould make any other choiſe for this my firſt Dedication, then of your good worſhippe? To whom my onely ſuite, and humble requeſt is, that it may pleaſe you to accept fauourablie of ſo ſmal a teſtimonie of my duetifull good will, and heartie affection, vntill God ſhall enhable me to make ſome reaſonable amends with ſome other of greater ſhewe, and more importance. Which I truſt wil not be long, if my ſtudie in the Mathematikes and Phyſike, may haue that ſucceſſe, which I hope in God it ſhall. In the meane time, preſuming in ſome part, of your wonted goodneſſe, and fauour, and crauing pardon in the reſt, I moſt humblie commend your worſhippe to almightie God. This firſt of Aprill. 1583.

Your good worſhippes alwaies at commandement, Iohn Haruey.

AN ASTROLOGICAL ADdition, or ſupplement, to be annexed to the late Diſcourſe, vpon the great Coniunction, of Saturne and Iupiter: Newlie ſent by Iohn Haruey, to his worſhipfull, and beloued Brother, M. Gabriell Haruey.

GOod Brother, vnderſtanding here in Walden, how deſirous ſome haue been both in London and Cambridge, to eſpie a hole in my brother Richards cote, and knowing his own buſineſſe otherwiſe at this preſent, I haue aduentured to adde vnto his Aſtrological Diſconrſe, what I (vpō ſome cōference) thought, might reaſonablie be demaunded, as therein requiſite. My meaning is not to perfect Apelles picture, or to teach him, of whom I may learne: but to doe as much for him in his wante of leyſure (ſo farre as my reading will extend) as I would wiſh him to doe for me vpon like occaſion. Whereunto I was the readier, in reſpect of that vſe and fruite that I might priuately reape of ſo ſchollarlie and philoſophicall an exerciſe. Which agreeing, as it doth with that finall profeſſion, which I haue already after ſome deliberation, made choiſe of, cannot (I conceiue) but be a very profitable and auailable exerciſe for me. It is no great matter that my yeares can yet affoorde: I eaſily graunt, (notwithſtanding more reading in the Mathematicks, and eſpecially in Aſtrologie, then euery one knoweth of, that as the Poet ſaith, Adhuc mea meſsis in herba eſt. But as my ſpring beginneth now with the Spring, ſo I hope by Gods grace, to ſee the harueſt, that ſhall yeald and bring forth my harueſt. If I procead not, the fault is only mine own: if I ſuccead, I muſt be thankfull firſt vnto God, & then vnto thoſe, whom it hath pleaſed him to make my founders, and chieflie your ſelfe. But that I may the better proceede, and ſucceed, as well in this briefe Treatiſe now, as hereafter in my other larger exerciſes, I am taught of our great Arabian Aſtrologers, to begin, go forwarde, and end, with God: aſſuring my ſelf of the vndouted certaintie of the auncient Greeke verſe: [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉].

Which being my principal & final ground, I doubt not but I may as ſafely, and lawfully exerciſe my ſelfe in the practiſe of this ſtudie, as of any other liberall Arte. Howſoeuer ſome through ignoraunce, and ſome through other ſiniſter cauſes conceiue amiſſe thereof: contrarie to Saynt Ambroſe, Theodoretus, the famous auncient biſhop Thomas Aquinas, Ioannes Hiſpalenſis, ſometime a reuerend biſhopp in Spaine, Lucas Gauricus, a learned Italian biſhop, Ioannes Ganiuetus, Michael a Petra ſancta, & Franciſcus Iunctinus, Doctors of diuinitie, with diuers other of like grauitie and reputation, who haue been great fauourers, and practiſers of the ſame, wel and orderly vſed. I would to God I were but worthie to carrye the bookes of ſome, that haue trauailed this way: and namely of thoſe, whome my brother Richard namely commendeth for their ſingular ſkil, and paines taking in this facultie. Vnto whom I may trulie adde, Septimius Seuerus, Veſpaſianus, Hadrianus, Athelſtane, a noble king of England, whoſe Aſtrological worke, as you do beſt remember, is mentioned by Ramus in his Scholae Mathematicae; Leopoldus Auſtriacus, Laurentius de Medicis, & certaine other moſt worthy Emperors, Kings, and Princes; to let paſſe Hermes Triſmegiſtus, Numa Pompilius, Bladud, one of our firſt Britiſh Kinges, and ſuch other of greateſt auncientie. Neither can I muſe and maruell inough, that any learned Diuines ſhould bande againſt the right vſe of Aſtrologie: conſidering what my brother hath alleadged, ſpecially out of Melancthon. Whereunto may be adioyned that notable iudgement and autoritie of Dauid Chitraeus, deliuered by him in a Treatiſe of his, intituled, De ſtudio Theologiae rectè inchoando: where Chitraeus wordes are verbatim theſe: Arithmaticae, & Aſtronomiae cognitio, in Eccleſia, ad doctrinae de Anno, & Calendarii conſeruationem, neceſſaria eſt. Non enim initio mundi, non Exordia, & propagatio Eccleſiae, non ſeries diuinarum patefactionum, non or do Imperiorū, non tempora aduentus Chriſti in carnem, & ad iudicium, non tempora quibus praecipui doctores Eccleſiae vixerunt, & maximae res in Eccleſia geſtae ſunt, non ratio celebrandi Paſchatis Iudaici, non magnitudo miraculi, quo Sol patiente Chriſto obſcuratus eſt, non talia multa cogitari & intelligi, ſine numeratione Annorum, & initijs doctrinae Aſtronomicae poſſunt. A ſufficient reaſon, a man would thinke: which neuertheleſſe he alſo confirmeth, and ratifyeth, firſt diuino, and then, humano teſtimonio, after this maner: Ideo Deus ipſe in prima ſtatim ſacrae Scripturae pagina, iubet nos ſpacia motuum Solis, & Lunae, qui dierum, menſium, & annorum metas conſtituunt, & maximè omnium illuſtria Dei, & prouidentiae diuinae ſigna ſunt, obſeruare. Vere enim, vt Plato ait, gratiſsima, & omnium dulciſsima de Deo fama, in aſtris, & doctrina aſtrorum ſparſa eſt. In conſideration of which reſpects, the forenamed Iohannes Hiſpalenſis in his prologe to Albumazar the Arabian, interpreteth him ſelfe and other Aſtrologers thus. Cum dicimus Planetam aliquem, malum futurum praeſignare, nihil aliud ſentimus, niſi quod ſui Creatoris mandato vt creaturae inſeruientes, eius praeſcientiam imitando hominem ipſum malum nobis oſtendunt. To which effect alſo, the foreſaid Ioannes Ganiuetus, in the ſeuenth chapter of his fourth Difference, determineth in theſe wordes: Culpando planetarum ſignificata, etiam pro certo diuinam ſtatim culpamus prouidentiam. Nihil enim aliud planetae, quàm quod Deus praeuiderit, aut praedeſtinauerit, ſignificant. Which is likewiſe confirmed by Ioannes Picus Mirandula, in the firſt booke and ſecond chapter of his Heptaplus, in following theſe two autenticall▪ Maximes: Nihil agunt cauſae naturales, quod non diuinae Artis ordo praeceperit. And, Omne opus Naturae, eſt opus intelligentiae. Whereof the firſt he alleadgeth as a ſound principle of the diuine Platoniſtes; the ſecond, as a common Rule of the Perepatecians, both theron grounding a diſtinction of cauſes, the one exemplaris in God him ſelfe, the other organica, in his Inſtrumentes and creatures. Which conſiderations being preſuppoſed as they ought, and laid down for our very firſt and principall foundations, let me ſee, I ſay not what Diume, but what diuinitie maketh againſt vs? eſpecially if withall the autoritie of Gemma Friſius may be takē, who in his Preface to Stadius Ephemerides, auoucheth this Arte to be ſo certainlie true, and infallible, that he is not afeard to attribute euen, verā & neceſſariam [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] thereunto. To which purpoſe I could likewiſe apply diuers other as credible teſtimonies, & namely of the forenamed Michael a Petra ſancta, Iouianus Pontanus, Iacobus Gohōhemes Oſtofrancus, and Lucius Bellantius Senenſis. But the legitimation of liberall ſciences, and as wel of this, as of any other, is to be auowed rather by the generall practiſe of all ages, then by any ſuch particular proofe: and therfore hauing as wel herein, as in the whole courſe of the Tractate following, added ſomething to my brothers diſcourſe, I will forthwith proceede to the like Supplement of the entire matter it ſelfe: requeſting therein the ſame fauourable patience, which you extended to his larger Diſcourſe. I muſt craue pardon for the forme and ſtile, wherwith I am not yet ſufficiently acquainted. If the matter only be anſwerable to your expectation, I ſhall thinke my labor well beſtowed. But howſoeuer it falleth out, I hope, In rebus magnis ſit voluiſſe ſatis, will reaſonablie ſerue for my purgation. Better a common excuſe then none at all. Thus preſuming the beſt, I am bould to offer you the Aſtrologicall Treatiſe following: not pleaſing my ſelfe therin, but deſirous to pleaſe you, and pleaſure other therewith.

An Astrologicall Supplement.

[••••]iall ſcheme or Figure ſetting forth in moſt ample manner the true [〈◊〉] ſtate of the heauens, at the time of the great Coniunction of the two [••]r and moſt waightye Planets, Saturne and Iupiter, in the ende of the Trigoniſme, namely in the third and laſt face of Piſces, and the 21. de[•••] the ſame ſigne. Anno 1583. the 28. day of Aprill, a little before high [〈◊〉].

* Crus Equi alati, ſiue Pegaſi. Barbaris, Scheat. 23. o. ♓. Mag. 2. Naturae. ♃ ♂

A note of ſuch Aſtrologicall partes, touching dearth & plenty, as are to be annexed to the preſent figure. A peece of Thales Mileſius his Oeconomicall Aſtrologie: and of verie great vſe for ſuche, as by their trades, are to deale in any of the particulars folowing.

• Pars oliuarum. 11. 2. ♈
• Pars hordei 13. 26. ♐
• Pars tritici 14. 42. ♏
• Pars fabarum 10. 10. ♑
• Pars ſaccari 8. 7. ♎
• Pars mellis 9. 4. ♒
• Pars ciborum dulcium 12. 39. ♍
• Pars ciborum acrium 10. 30. ♑
• Pars ciborum ſaporis. apij, vel herbarum huiuſmodi ſaporem habentium. 14. 18. ♈
• Pars medicaminum ſalſorum 28. 16. ♐
• Pars medicaminum acrium. 27. 24. ♌
• Pars medicaminum venenatorum 10. 56. ♊
• Pars vuarum. 8. 27. ♏
• Pars dactylorum 12. 39. ♍
• Pars caeparum 10. 30. ♑
• Pars nucum. 10. 10. ♐
• Pars melonum 27. 4. ♋
• Pars ciceris 12. 9. ♍
• Pars croci 24. 42. ♏
• Pars lentis 14. 18. ♈
• Pars ſiſami 27. 4. ♋
• Pars milij 10. 30. ♑
• Pars Bombicis. 8. 7. ♎
• Pars ris. 27. 24. ♌

A Note or Table of the ſeuerall Fortitudes and Debilities of the Planets, according to their ſituation and placing in the former Figure.

The order of the Planets, as they are either ſtrong, or weake; more familiarly expreſſed for the common capacitie of the vnſkilfuller ſorte.

BY this diſtribution, or Table may eaſily be gathered what Planets are ſtrongly ſituated in the prefixed figure of the Heauens: as alſo what Planets are féeble and weak in the ſame. Now it followeth that wée lykewiſe conferre them amongſt themſelues, accordinge to the true and exact number of their Fortitudes & Debilities, that it may yet more manifeſtly and ſenſibly appear which of them are moſt ſtronge and fortunate, and which againe moſt weake and infortunate, and how one as it were lineally ſuccéedeth another in ſtrength and power.

Firſt the amiable Planet Venus amongſt all the other Planets is ſimply moſt ſtronge and fortunate in the former celeſtiall ſcheme: For if the number of her debilities be ſubtrated from the ſumme of her fortitudes, there till remayne 13. teſtimonies of ſtrength, which no other Planet obtayneth in this Figure. Notwithſtandinge ſhée is ſomewhat weakened by certaine other accidentall Debilities, then are yet named: for ſhe is aſſociated with the Dragons tayle, which as Guido Bonatus well teſtifieth, Cum bonis mala eſt, & boni bonitatem minuit. Alſo not paſſing two houres before ſhe was oppoſite to the Moone, ex Diametro, béeing ſituated in quarta coeli maſculina, ſuper terram in die. Beſide that, in ſigno maſculino, contrarie to her owne proper nature. And laſtly, Septentrionalis Aſcendens, which do all ſomewhat aſſuage and abate her courage: wherefore her ſignifications can not be altogither ſo fortunate and effectual, as otherwiſe they might, and would haue béen.

2 Then the two ſuperior Planets conioyned Saturne and Iupiter ſuccéeds, which are both very ſtrong and valerous in compariſon of their debilities, becauſe their fortitudes are not only equiualent: but euen as many mo in nūber as their debilities. For Saturns teſtimonies of ſtrength are 18. his debilities but 9. So likewiſe are the fortitudes of Iupiter 18. his debilities but 9. Wherefore Saturne and Iupiter ſéeme equally matched in power and ſtrength: but in reſpect of Circumſtances, I take Iupiter to be the ſtronger of both, which being generallie taken, is a good and laudable token, but particularlie diſcuſſed, not ſo good; as ſhall more plainly be declared hereafter.

3 Mercurie is next in ſtrength, although in verie déed his ſtrength be rather weaknes, then ſtrength, and little or nothing at all to ſpeake of. For albeit his vertues are more in number by two, then his debilities, yet he is not ſo much exalted by thoſe two teſtimonies, as he is depreſſed by his Aſcenſion in Meridiem, by béeing, in ſigno mali planetae, & in cadenti loco caeli, which on the contrarie ſide, doo much increaſe his euill influence, and make him more infortunate. Nam ſicut ſignum turbat Domum, ita Domus turbat ſignum, & ſignum Planetam. An approued rule.

4 Now as concerning Mars, Sol, and Luna, they are very weake and infortunate in the prefixed ſcheme, but eſpecially Sol: For whereas the debilities of Luna are but a ſewe moe, and the debilities of Mars ſcarſe halfe ſo many mo as his fortitudes: the detrimentes of the Sun are in number full as many mo as his incremēts, which proportion muſt nedes greatly increaſe and augment the ſtraunge euents threatned by this corporall coniunction of Saturne and Iupiter in the eighte houſe.

5 Finally, Pars Fortunae, that is, the place of Heauen, wherein the rayes of the Sunne and Moone doo concurre or méete, is fortunately appoynted in this Figure, being fortified with no leſſe then 16. vertues Neuertheleſſe, Iupiter Dominus Domus Partis Fortunae, being placed in domo magn[•] infortunij, & etiam mortis, and there accompanied with Infortunium Maius, dot[•] ſomewhat decreaſe the good Fortune of Pars Fortunae; And ſo much the rather, becauſe Pars Fortunae it ſelf is ſituated in the 8. ſigne although notwithſtandinge it bee reſidente it the 7. houſe, yea & it is very nigh the cuſpis of the 8. houſe too, for it wanteth but onely too Degrées of the ſame.

And thus much generally touching the true conſtitution of the Planets, at that Moment.

Now to deſcend more particularly vnto the preſent matter; The Dignities & Debilities of Saturne & Iupiter, according to their ſituation in the celeſtiall figure at the time of their Coniunction, being already ſet downe; that the true effectes and operations of their méeting may the more manifeſtly appeare, it followeth that wée conſider which of them is eleuated and exalted aboue the other, at that inſtant. For Ptolomey in his 63. verbo Centiloquij, deliuereth this Maxime. Oportet aſpicere in Coniunctione Saturni & Iouis in eodem Minuto ad eleuationem vnius eorum ſuper alterum, & iudica cum fortitudine eius, ſcilicet eleuati in hoc mundo, & ſimiliter fac in 20. reſiduis Cōiūctionibus. Vpon which notable place of Ptolomey, his Interpreter Albohazen Haly commenteth thus: Eleuatio planetae ſuper planetam eſt, vt ſit remotio ab Auge Circuli ſui breuis, minor remotione alterius ab Auge Circuli ſui breuis, & ille dicitur eleuatus ſuper alterum. Where I gather that per remotionē ab Auge, he vnderſtādeth their diſtance from that poynt of their excētrick, which is fardeſt diſtant from the Center of the earth. And when he ſaith, parui circuli, he meaneth, as I ſuppoſe, their ſeueral Epicicle, affirming ye he which is neareſt the ſummitie of his Epicicle, is eleuated aboue the other, which is farder remoued from ye ſummity of his Epicicle. Marry this muſt be found out & knowē, per vtriuſque Argumentū aequatū, which Argument wil ſoon euidently declare, & certainly demonſtrate the ſame. Wherfore to omitte now for breuities ſake, Minuta differentiarū cū partibus proportionalibus, and ſo foorth, forſomuch as they make no ſenſible difference, I will directly & compendiouſly, by Arithmetical, & Aſtronomical ſupputation, ſet down the true Argument of ech of them, as I haue purpoſely calculated the ſame for that very time: and briefly collected them in the two ſhort Notes, or tables following.

By which calculation I gather firſt, that Saturne is deſcending in his Eccentrike, or Deferent; becauſe his Centrum aequatum [•]s, ab vno gradu in ſex ſigna; and that Iupiter on the other ſide is Aſcending in his Eccentrike or Deferent, becauſe his Centrum [•]equatum, is aboue ſixe ſignes. But forſomuch as Argumentum aequatum Saturni is nigher 0. grade, 0. minut, then Argumentū equatū Iouis, (for when the Argumentum equatū of a planet is 0. G. 0. M. he is, in ſummitate Epicicli) I take Saturne to be nigher he ſummity of his Circle, & conſequently to the eleuated aboue Iupiter, ſecundum Augē, by reaſon of his proximitie to his Aux. Which eleuation, according to the ancient principles of Iudiciary Aſtrology, premonſtrateth the violēt depreſſion, & gréeuous oppreſſon of the Eccleſiaſtical Iouials by the force of temporal [•]otentats: yea & that ſome of them ſhall not only be afflicted & tormented, but alſo cruellie [•]recuted, and vtterly extinguiſhed by their [•]ight. For Saturne eleuated aboue Iupiter, [•]n domo mortis, called [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] threateth vnto thē not only much feare and dread, with the loſſe of ſuch goods as their predeceſ[••]rs enioyed before them, but alſo extreme [•]erſecution & execution by death. Marry in re[•]ect of circumſtances, and certaine credible [•]idicials, I ſuppoſe that ye Iouials ſhal in the end haue the better day, and triumph ouer the Saturnmes, worthily by the iudgement of the learned. But I define nothing morallie, béeing only to ſuruey the naturall cauſes and ſignes of naturall effects. Now forſomuch as ſome Aſtrologians obſeruing and regarding only the latitudes of the Planets at the time of their Coniunction, make him to be eleuated aboue the other, whoſe latitude is eyther more Aſcentent in Septentrionem, or leſſe Deſcendent verſus Meridiem, (as namelie Ioannes Ganiuerus, who in his booke intituled, Amicus Medicorum, the firſt chapter, and third Difference, making mention of the great Coniunction of Saturne and Iupiter in the 13. grade of Scorpius, which hapned, Anno, 1425. affirmeth that Saturne was then eleuated aboue Iupiter) Why? becauſe, as he there alledgeth, Maior fuit illius latitudo verſus Septentrionē, therby gathering and concluding, that much vnwonted trouble and ſorrowe ſhould follow to the cleargie, and ſo ſoorth. Now I ſay, for the diſcuſſing of that interpretation, I will heere in like maner ſet downe ſhe latitudes of the Planets from the Eclyptike line towards the Poles of the Zodiaque at the time of this Coniunction, that it may therby likewiſe appeare, whether Saturne be then alſo eleuated aboue Iupiter according to his latitude.

Saturne therfore is deſcending from the Eclyptike line towards the Antartike pole of the Zodiake 1. grade, 20. Min. wheras Iupiter is deſcending from the Eclyptike line towards the Antartike pole of the Zodiake, o. grade, 54. Min. Wherefore Iupiter on the other ſide is eleuated aboue Saturne, ſecundum latitudinem, bicauſe his latitude is leſſer than Saturns is. For as when they are both Septentrional Aſcendent, he is exalted aboue the other, whoſe latitude is greateſt towards the North, (as Ioannes Saxonius teſtifieth in the end of his Commentary vpon the fourth difference of Alcabitius his Iſagoge, ad Magiſterium Iudiciorum Aſtrorum) ſo on the contrary part, when they are both Meridional Deſcendent (as now they are) he muſt néeds be eleuated aboue the other, whoſe latitude is leſſer towards ye ſouth. So that according to this kind of eleuation, ſecundum Latitudinem, the eccleſiaſticall or ſpirituall power ſhould flouriſh and increaſe more and more, and their eſtate become more proſperous and fortunate, which is cleane contrarie vnto the Aſtrologicall iudgement before gathered, and drawen from the eleuation of Saturne aboue Iupiter, ſecundum Augem. More therfore now lieth the point of the doubt, whether the eleuation of one Planet aboue another, according to his Aux, or according to his latitude, be moſt effectuall. For the true concluſion, and determination of the premiſſes, muſt be drawen from hence. A matter of no ſmall difficultie to decide. For mine owne part, touching the credit of Ioannes Ganiuetus, although I ſhould liberally graunt that he was, in ſacra Theologia, & in ipſa Aſtrologia ſuo aeuo facilè princeps, & ob eandem Aſtrologiam ab omnibus ferè Chriſtianitatis, & Regibus, & Principibus, nec non ab ipſo Pontifice Maximo, haud paruis annuis ſtipendijs donatus; (as Gondiſaluus Toledo, ſereniſsimae Francorum Reginae Medicus, Lugdunenſiſque pro Rege electus, commendeth him to his ſonne Antonius Toledo) yet am I rather to ſubſcribe vnto the ſoueraigne iudgement and authoritie of Ptolomey in theſe Aſtrologicall poynts, eſpeciallie nowe in this, for two or thrée notable conſiderations, and amongſt the reſt, becauſe ſome other probable Arguments, which may Aſtrologically be gathered from the Figure erected for the time of this Coniunction, ſéeme alſo to verifie the ſame. For Mars, Lorde of the ninth houſe, called ab adiuncto, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉], placed in Domo cadenti ab Angulo Medij Caeli, to wit, in the 12. houſe, tearmed, Cacodaemon, â ſignificatione triſtium euentuum (eſt enim Domus, ſeu locus triſtitiae, aerumnarum, maeroris, laborum, paupertatis, carceris, occultorum inimicorum, impoſtorum, meretricum, & ſuch like) ſignifieth the impriſonment of ſome great Eccleſiaſticall perſonage, of the nature of Mars, or Mercurie, but becauſe the royall Planet Sol, reſident in Corde Caeli, ſiue Regali Cuſpide, called [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] is ſeparated from Mars by a quartil radiation, it ſéemeth that there ſhoulde ſome mercy be fauourablie pretended, but not effectuallie performed. For Mercurie, Lorde of the Horoſcope the houſe of life, and alſo of the ſecond houſe the houſe of ſubſtaunce, beeing withall infortunatelie ſeated, in Domo cadenti ab Angulo, to witte, in the ninth houſe (for he is there peregrine, and deuoyde of all his eſſentiall dignities) doth argue not onely the vtter loſſe of his goods and ſubſtance, but the depriuation of his life too, which is alſo more manifeſtly ſignified by the Quartil of Mercury with the Dragons head, in violent ſignes, namely in Capricorne, and Aries, nam hoc etiam capitis paenam minatur. Wherefore great debate and much diſſention is like to ariſe touching matters of Eccleſiaſticall gouernement, and religious controuerſies: whereby many ſhall be forciblie diſpoſſeſſed: ſome vtterly vndone; not a fewe vnmercifully ſlayne and murdered: ſpecially in thoſe Regions and Cities, which are vnder the regimēt of the third Quadrangle. Wherwithall I am to obſerue, that Mars is in Leone, and that the citie Mora is ſubiect to the gouernment of this ſigne, conſidering that it was Aſcendent in the Eaſt angle at the laying of the firſt ſtone towards the foundation thereof, as is generallie auouched, and ſufficiently confirmed by the beſt Aſtrologers. Ergo, Nunc caueat ſibi Mora, vel ſaltem alij ab ea caueant, nè haec mora illis tandem trahat periculum.

Moreouer, Sol is in Tauro, the night houſe of Venus, Venus is Lady of the tenth Cuſpis, & ſoiourning in the 10. houſe, but placed in the 11. ſigne, namely in Geminis, the houſe of Mercury, there accompanied with the Dragons tayle: Mercury him ſelfe is infortunately appointed in the ninth houſe in Ariete, and Mars Lord of Mercuries Manſiō place is afflicted in the 12. houſe in Leone, as is aforeſaid. All which circumſtances béeing equally wayed, and diligently conſidered, this concluſion I ſuppoſe may probably be inferred: that the effects of Saturns eleuation aboue Iupiter, ſecundū augem, are like to be more effectuall at this inſtant, then the effects of Iupiters eleuation aboue Saturne, ſecundum latitudinem. Vincunt enim ſemper plura teſtimonia, ſiue boni venturi, ſiue mali illa fuerint, in praedictionibus Aſtrologicis. The Iugemēt needeth no mans countenance to geue it autority.

Wherfore if I may freely vtter, that which I Aſtrologically conceiue, I imagine that ſome prophane helhound, ſome fierce and cruell Antichriſt, ſome outragious and irreligious Mahomet, ſome Turkiſh Martiall Tyrant ſhall ariſe, who wil play the ſecond Athi[•]a, or Totilas, by ſcourging the zealous people of God, who wil furiouſly aſſault the holy citie of Ieruſalem, who wil violently oppreſſe and horribly torment the Inhabitaunts of that bleſſed Cittie. And ſhal not then Iniquitie haue the vpper hande? Shall not then the abhomination of deſolation ſtande in the ſacred place? Shall not then ſorrowes by ſenſible Addition and Multiplication, amount to huge ſummes. But he that keepeth Iſrael, ſhal neither ſlumber nor ſleepe: Neither dout I, but the almightie and almerciful Adonay, through his infinite power, and exceading goodnes, wil cōfound this miſchieuous Helhound, in his diueliſh Imaginations, and vtterly deſtroy him in his ſpritiſh attempts, and helliſh practiſes, to his owne ſmall ouerthrow and confuſion: and to the ſingular comfort, and vnſpeakable conſolation of true Chriſtians, the only elect children and heires of God. Marry firſt perſ[•]quution is like greeuouſly to aſſault and inuade many Nations, and kingdomes, before this generall peace and quyetneſſe may be hoped, or looked for. Wherfore if haply ſuch troubles and tribulations happen in our dayes, (as no doubt by all Aſtrologicall and prophetical prodictions they wil) let vs patiently poſſeſſe our ſoules and bodies, and euen in the midſt of them, lifte vp our eyes, and handes, and hearts to heauen, the only ſanctuary and Caſtle of our ſuccour, for euen then is our redemption nigh at hand; euen then is the time that the Lord ſhal deliuer Iſrael out of all her afflictions; euen then ſhal we enioy perfect felicitie: and who ſo endureth to the end, the ſame ſhalbe bleſſed without end. Finally, a great new Monarchie is like to be eſtabliſhed, and ſhal not the true Goſpel of the kingdome be vniuerſally preached thorowout al the world, for a witnes vnto al nations? ſhall not al people vnder heauen be gouerned according to the right meaning of that auncient prophecie, Vnus paſtor, vnum ou[•]le? About the neceſſarie, or contingent veritie whereof, much here might be added, but I haſten to go forward with the reſt, beginning where my brother Richard left, & for ſupplye of his wants, adding thoſe iudgemēts, which I haue collected ſince the 2. edition of his Aſtrological diſcourſe, which could not be ſo exactly & perfectly finiſhed by himſelfe, as otherwiſe it might haue been, by reaſon of certaine other impediments, which euen in the midſt of that treatiſe, forcibly called him from thoſe Mathematical and Philoſophical ſtudies. It remayneth therfore, to note, that Saturne Lord of ye 6. houſe, in Greek, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] ſo called, quod triſtia & aduerſa portendat, (eſt enim domus aegritudinum, & vitiorum corporis) premōſtrateth the dangerous, and greeuous aſſaults of many Saturnine & Melancholike diſeaſes; who becauſe in mans body he ruleth and gouerneth the right eare, the ſtomack, the ſplene, the bladder, the bones, and teeth: he preſignifieth many cold diſeaſes proceeding of ye defluxiō of humors to thoſe parts: as namely the flux, ye dropſy, ye ptiſick, the collick, ye ſtone in the raines & bladder, ye vehemēt gnawing, or pain of the belly, ingēdred in the ſmal guts, called Ilia, ye palſy, ye gout in ye féet, ye tāker, ye black iaūdes, ſtiches in ye ſides like pluriſies, black morphew, quartane agues; as alſo cōtinual ache in ye ioints, pernitious catars, roughs, rewmes, pooſes, hoarceneſſe, wheles, & bliſters, ringwormes, running with drie ſcabbes, and ytchings, byles, & vlcerations, paſſions of the ſplene, the leaprie proceeding of melancholy exceedingly, aduſt, called comonly Elephantiaſis, beſide ſome ſhrewde, and fore paines in the legs & feete: together with ſome other mortal & peremptorie diſeaſes, proceading partly of corrupt blud, ryot, drunkennes, and ſurſet, partly of ſuperfluous, rotten, and putrified humors, ſo long continuing aud induring, that they ingender Hecticke feuers, and conſumptions. For Saturne, Dominus domus Infirmitatum, reſident in domo mortis, doth plainly and manifeſtly foreſhew the violence of ſome vncurable and deadly ſickneſſes, which ſhall greeuouſly afflict, and vehemently oppreſſe many euen vnto death. Wherefore I would wiſh thoſe, that feele themſelues diſeaſed, if ſo be they deſire to be reſtored againe to their wonted health, to ſeeke in due tyme for helps and remedie at the hands of the learned and expert Phiſition, before the infirmitie be fully growen, and throughly rooted. It is too late they ſay, to ſpare when all is ſpent and conſumed, too late to ſhut the cage, when the byrde is flowen out, too late to bar the ſtable doore, whē the Steede is ſtollen away: And is it not to too late to require remedie for a diſeaſe already confirmed? what learned Chirurgian an will take in hand to cure a mortal and vncurable vlcer? or what wiſe Phiſician will vndertake to reſtore that Patient to health, which is depryued of his ſenſes, ſpeach, reſpiration, and mouing, through the violence and importunitie of the ſtrong and vehement Apoplexy? which cannot poſſiblie be reſiſted, as Hippocrates witneſſeth in the 42. Aphoriſme of his ſecond booke. Alſo the Leapry, called Elephantiaſis, if it be eſtabliſhed and confirmed, is by nature, an immedicable, and deadly diſeaſe, which notwithſtanding, if it be looked to in time, may be cured by Phlebotomy, annuary purgations, or the like meanes, as Galen himſelfe affirmeth in his ſixt Commentary vpon the 47. Aphoriſme of Hipocrates, where he reporteth, that he had cured, inchoatam Elephantiaſin, by thoſe remedies. Now therfore let euery diſcreete Patient remember the common ſaying out of the witty Lattin Poet: Principijs obſta. Stoppe the beginninges: together with that alſo which followeth.

Serò medicina paratur.

Cum mala per longas inualuere moras.

To which effect the vulgar Hexameter, prouerbially vſed, might likewiſe be fitly applyed: Maximus ê minima ſcintilla naſcitur ignis.

And yet I graunt the Phiſitian may euen in this extremity geue the patient good councell, he may wiſh him wel, and ſo foorth, and peraduenture eaſe the importunity of his malady ſome litle deale: Sed hoc aliquid, paene nihil eſt, & the verſes are famouſly knowen.

Vtile non eſt,

Conſiliū poſt facta dari, quod oportuit ante;

Conſilium poſt facta, Imber poſt tempora frugū.

Wherfore if poſſibly it may be, the firſt houre of the diſeaſe approaching, is diligently to be obſerued, and truly ſignified vnto the Phiſitian, as Hermes Triſmegiſtus aduiſeth in his Iathromathematica: that a figure for that time being erected, and the Poſition or conſtitution of the heauens not ſleightly, but throughly conſidered, the cunning Phiſitian may therby iudicially gather, whether the diſeaſe be curable aud ſuppliable by medicine, or whether yt patient be deſtitute of hope, & paſt recouery. But they yt deſire to know more cōcerning this point, may haue recourſe to the ſaid Iatromathematica, tranſlated not long ſince into our engliſh tongue, by my ſelf, at the requeſt of M. Charles P. a very ſpeciall frend of mine. Which tranſlation, I haue here alſo purpoſely annexed at the end of this ſmall Treatiſe, for the generall benefit, and commoditie of thoſe, which are deſirous thereof, that they may with ſo much the more eaſe, and les labour, attaine to ſome reaſonable knowledge of thoſe moſt neceſſarie ſecretes, which Hernes Aegyptius, the firſt and moſt auncient Aſtrologer, that hath committed any thinge to writing, (who liued before the incarnation of our Sauiour, 1488. yeares,) lefte behinds him for the perpetuall good, and vſe of al ſuch, as were to ſucceade him in the heauenly practiſe of Aſtrologie, and phiſicall Philoſophy. But reſeruing mine opinion of this famous Mercury, and his profound works, to ſome other time, I am to returne againe to that Aſtrologicall iudgement before drawn from the Lordly dominion of cruell Saturne ouer the 6. houſe, and his ſituacion in the 8. place from the Horoſcope. Where I furthermore obſerue, that this infortunate Constellation, doth not onely preſignifie and prognoſticate many contagious, and peremptory infirmities amongſt men, (as is alreadye according to the rules of Arte probably declared) but alſo a great diſtruction, and mortality amongſt all kind of ſmall beaſtes, and cattell: as Dorotheus one of the 9. Iudges, doth in the verie like caſe conclude. But foraſmuch as the two great Lumynaries, are amongſt the reſt of the planets, the principal and moſt effectuall workers in al naturall & terreſtriall bodies, tam animatis, quam inanimatis, as Ptolomy proueth more at large in the 1. booke, and 2. chap. of his Quadripartite conſtruction. by whoſe influence ſpecially; fit incrementū & deſtructio omnis Indiuidui Animalis, as Haly alſo very well commenteth vpon this 86. Aphoriſme of Ptolomyes Centiloquia: Sol eſt origo virtutis vitalis, quae eſt Cordis: Luna eſt origo virtutis naturalis, quae eſt Epatis: particularly in priuate natiuities conſidered, but generally in all publike, and not onely Aſtrologicall predictions, but alſo Phiſicall and Philoſophicall diſcourſes, maintained and obſerued: we are neceſſarily conſtrayned at all times to haue eſpeciall reſpect vnto their motions, but cheefly to the courſe and motion of the Moone, who as the auncient Aſtrologers affirme, is: Delatrix omnium impreſsionum & influentiarum aliorum planetarum, quae per globum ipſius ad nos vltimó decendunt. Wherefore I will here alſo diſcipher their ſeuerall inclinations, and effectes: with the proper and naturall ſignifications of each of them, according to their ſcituation, and conſtitution in the celeſtiall figure, at the time of this great Coniunction: but ſo that I will auoyd to repeate any iudgement already ſet downe by my brother in his Aſtrologicall diſcourſe. The vertues and debilities of the princely Plannets, Sol, and Luna, are at the beginning of this Treatiſe, ſet downe by way of partition: Wherefore (to cut off al ſuch Tantologies) I not be ſo tedious, or forgetfull of all good Methode, as to rehearſe the ſame againe in this place. But forſomuch as their debilities are mo in number thē their dignities, I am by the way to conclude (as I did before) that they are very vnfortunately appointed in the preſent ſcheme: and conſequently, that many miſchiefes, with much vnwonted ſorrow, are preſaged therby. Marry this amongſt the reſt, is ſpecially worthy the noting, that the Sun is then within 3. degrees, 50. minutes of the moſt violent and moſt mortal fixed ſtar in the whole firmament, amongſt 1022. called cōmonly, Gorgonium, ſiue caput Meduſae, barbarouſly of the Arabians, Caput Algol, whoſe Longitude is in the 20. grade, 38. mi. of Taurus: Latitude from the Ecliptike line. 23. grades, 0. min. A ſtarre of the ſecond magnitude, that is, 90. times ſo big as the earth: of the nature of Saturne and Iupiter, but of Complexion ſomewhat temperate being Septentrional. Which Starre, conſidering it is ſo nigh the Cuſpis of Caeli Culmen, the Sunne being then alſo therein ſituated, but peregriue, and almoſt conioyned therewith; it ſhould by all Aſtrologicall Iudicials ſeem, that ſome ſuddayn miſchiefe, and violent oppreſſion, is progneſticated and portended to ſome great perſonage, or mighty magiſtrate, placed in high ſeate, and ſupreame autority: as by the ſequele is moſt like to appeare, where it ſhall happen.

Luna is likewiſe in the prefixed figure extraordinarily afflicted, and oppreſſed by the preſence and company of another moſt cruell and miſchieuous fixed ſtar, called of the Graecians [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉], barbarouſly, Cor Scorpij, whoſe Longitude is in the 3. grade, 40. minute of Sagittary, Latitude 4. degrées, 0, minute. A ſtarre of the ſecond Magnitude alſo, but of the nature of Mars, with a litle ſpice of Iupiter; Complexionis magis humectantis, quam Comburentis, quia Meridionalis. Which Coniunction, ſignifieth as I cōiecture, the furious audacity, and outragious impudency of thoſe which ſhall ſeditiouſly ariſe, and priutly conſpire againſt their Magiſtrates, preſaged by the late oppoſition of Luna with Venus, Ladie of the tenth houſe, who is alſo conioyned with a violent Martial fixed ſtar, of ye firſt honor or Magnitude, yt is, 107. times ſo big as ye earth, called of the Grecians, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉]: of the Romaines, Pallilicium: of the Arabians, Aldebaram, and moſt commonly of our late Aſtrologers, Oculus Tauri Auſtralis, ſiue ſiniſter: But becauſe my brother Richard in his diſcourſe hath more at large deſcribed the ſame oppoſition of Venus, and Luna, according to their celeſtiall ſituation at that time, purpoſing not, as I ſayd, to reiterate anything heare, that is there ſufficiently expreſſed, I wil go forward with ye reſt, remitting the ſtudious reader to ye page in his booke: but not omitting to cōſider this by the way, yt the effects & operatiōs of the great Cōiunction, are like to be the more fearful & terrible, by reaſon of this infortunate conſtitution of the Sun and Moone at that inſtant.

Item, Iupiter, Lord of the Weſt Angle, placed in the 8. houſe from the Aſcendent, & there infortunately afflicted by the preſent Coniunction of frowning Saturne, who is gouernor of ye 5. houſe [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] ſignifieth extreame ſorrow, with much perrill & danger vnto women labouring with child: or els, that many women ſhal take great care, and be ſore greeued for their children, becauſe they ar not. The ſame conſtellation threatneth likewiſe, much ſhrewde diſſention and hatred betwixt man and wife. Moreouer, Mars, Lord of Imū Caeli, placed in domo 12. wil help to increaſe the trouble and anguiſh of parentes for their childrens cauſes, afore mentioned.

Item, Venus, Domina domus dominij, being there alſo reſidēt, but ſituated in the 11. ſigne, accompanied wt Catabibazon, in caſu ſuo, id eſt, in oppoſitione exaltationis ſuae: ſignifieth exceeding much quarrelling, ſtrife and contention, touching matters of the 10. houſe, in ſome countrey ſubiect to the gouernment of the ſigne Gemini: A ſigne of the partition of the thyrd Quadrangle.

Alſo, Venus, Domina domus Fratrum, Sororum, Conſanguineorum &c. being appointed as is before rehearſed, doth furthermore prognoſticate very much falſe dilſimulation, and tretcherie euen amongſt brethren and kinſfolke, who ſhall hinder, indammage, & hurt one another by ſome cuſoning menes, and by diuers vnfaithfull, wily, and deceitfull dealings. One notable token amongſt many other of the worlds ſmall continuance, as by the holy Scripture might eaſily be proued.

Item, Mercury peregrine in the nienth houſe, there placed in Ariete, foretelleth, as I ſuppoſe, the comming of certaine ſtrange Ambaſſadors, into this Realme of England, about ſome matters touching Religion, for this Iland is ſubiect to the dominion, and regiment of that ſigne. Whereunto I adde, that Mercury, Lord of the ſecond houſe, vnluckely ſeated in the ninth houſe, portendeth much los of goods to trauailers, meſſengers, merchants, and generally to all Mercuriſtes, as well on the land by theeues, and robbers, as on the ſeas, by ſhipwracks and Pyrates. Which is alſo more plainly preſignified by the oppoſition of Pars Fortunae to the ſeconde houſe, in the Cuſpis of the eight houſe, which oppoſition ſeemeth to threaten, not onely loſſe of ſubſtance, but of life too. And therfore the foreſaide perſons are to prouide for themſelues accordingly.

Hetherto I haue orderly by Aſtrologicall Analyſis, proceaded in diſciphering the ſtate of the heauens, at the time of the foreſaid notable Coniunction, by interlacing thoſe [•]udgements, which being by him pretermit[•]ed, I haue ſince the ſecond Impreſſion of my brothers booke, gathered out of as good, and autenticall Doctors, as any we haue. Now, that nothing may ſeeme to be wanting in this preſent Tractate, being ioyned to his former Diſcourſe, which might Aſtrologically be obſerued touching the ſame great Coniunction: I thinke it not only not inconuenient, but alſo requiſite to note briefly ſome Iudicials, concerning the dearth and plentie of thoſe Astrologicall partes mentioned at the beginning of this Treatiſe: which partes although commonly they are onely conſidered of the beſt Aſtrologers, ether generally at ye Sunsen[•]ance into the point Equinoctial Vernal, for [•]he whole yeere immediatly following, if a [••]ed ſigne, (as either Taurus, Leo, Scorpius, [•] Aquarius) be then Aſcendent in the Eaſt [•]ngle, or els particularly at the beginning or [•]ery Aſtronomicall Reuolution, for the [•]uarter next enſuing, yet notwithſtanding, [•]ſomuch as the virtuall influence of any great Coniunction of the ſuperior Planets, is more notable, yea and more forcible too. then the influence of the Sunnes circular returne, to that indiuiſible point of the Zodiack from which he firſt digreſſed, as ſome of the moſt approoued Aſtrologers affyrme. I ſuppoſe, that as great and as certaine a teſtimony, either of dearth, or of plentifulneſſe enſuing, may Aſtrologically be drawen from the ſituation and conſtitution of the Planets in the celeſtiall ſcheme, at the time of this rare and ſtrange Coniunction, as otherwiſe from the poſition of the ſuperior bodies in the heauenly figure at the Sunnes annuary recourſe, A puncto ad punctum ſigniferi. For as this famous and memorable meeting of the two ſupreme and moſt mighty Planets in the laſt face of Piſces, hapneth very ſeldome, to wit, but once in the ſpace and continuance of 800. yeares, ſo when it chaunceth, it commonly cauſeth ſome ſudden changes, and violent alterations, either by meanes of ſedition and warres, or conſequently by famine and penurie, proceeding of the barrenneſſe and ſterility of the earth, therby preſaged & prognoſticated which my brother Richard hath already in my opinion ſufficiently confirmed in his Diſcourſe. Wherfore, I will here now compendiouſly, but diſtinctly, ſet downe the ſignifications of thoſe parts, drawen partly from the ſignes wherein they are placed, but eſpecially from the Lords of the ſignes, thoſe I meane, that haue moſt eſſential dignities in ye ſame, concluding according to their ſituation & conſtitution in the prefixed Figure, ſiue in Angulo, ſiue ſuccedenti illi fuerint, ſeu cadenti Domo. Withall, regarding their ſeuerall aſpectes, and mutuall radiatious, as alſo whether Dominus domus be come ad locum Deſcentionis ſuae, and ſo forth. But I imagine it ſhal ſuffyce for the preſent, to declare the bare iudgements only, that is, the effectes ſignified, by noting in a word, which partes ſhalbe Cari precii, which medii, or indifferentis precii, and finally, which humilis, or vilis precii. The cauſes and reaſons of euery Iudiciall, euery one that is but meanly trauailed in the Principles of Aſtrologie, may of him ſelfe ſoone gather, and eaſily diſcerne: neither do I loue to be verbally tedious, whē fewe wordes may as well, or rather better ſerue the turne. Fruſtra enim longius fit per plura, quod breuius fieri potuit per pauciora. Wherefore to proceede roundly to the expected Diſtinction, the foreſayd partes,

• Concerning the dearth or cheapneſſe thereof, are by my Aſtrologicall iudgementes like to be either
  • Of a high, or deare price, as namely theſe.
    • Pars oliuarum: whereof Thales Mileſius toke ſo notable aduauntage, for the enrichment of himſelfe.
    • Pars hordei:
    • Pars ciborum amarorum.
    • Pars ciborum ſaporis apij, & herbarum eiuſmodi ſaporem habentium
    • Pars ſalis.
    • Pars Medicaminum ſalſorum.
    • Pars medicaminum acrium.
    • Pars ſiſami.
    • Pars nucum.
    • Pars lentis.
    • Pars Ris.
    • Pars Nucum.
    • Pars Melonum.
  • Of an indifferent and more reaſonable price. as
    • Pars tritici.
    • Pars Ciceris.
    • Pars ſacchari.
    • Pars Mellis.
    • Pars ciborum dulcium.
    • Pars croci.
    • Pars medicaminum venenatorum.
    • Pars Bombicis.
    • Pars Milij.
  • Of a lowe price, or good cheape, as
    • Pars fabarum.
    • Pars Vuarum.
    • Pars dactylorum.
    • Pars Caeparum.
    • Pars ciborum acrium.

Euery one that vnderſtandeth any Latine may ſufficiently play the Interpreter.

Which ſhort partition may generally ſuffice for a competent knowledge of the forenamed parts, vntill they ſhall be more diligentlie conſidered, and more particularly diſcuſſed by me, in euery ſeuerall yéere, as vpon ſemblable occaſion, I ſhall then more ſpeciallie obſerue the ſame at the Sunnes annuary recourſe into the firſt Second of Aries. I haue here ſummarily inſerted this little, as a briefe teſtimonie eyther of dearth or plentifulneſſe enſuing, drawen onely, as I ſaid, from the ſituation of the Planets, at the time whereof I now ſpeake, but in my yéerely Almanacke I purpoſe, by Gods good leaue, more exactlie, and ſo farre as I may poſſibly attaine therevnto, more perfectly to examine the ſame according to the infallible Rules of this Arte, at the ſeueral reuolutions of euery ſeueral yéere, ſo continuing till the effects and operations of this Coniunction ſhall fully be accompliſhed and ended.

Nowe touching the Conſtitution of the ayre, whereof I haue as yet added nothing, forſomuche as this famous Coniunction happeneth in Piſces, a ſigne of the partition of the watery Trigoniſme, I conceiue thereby, that great ſtore and abundance of rayne ſhall enſue, which will cauſe many huge inundations, and ouerflowings in ſundry places, and that many fierce and boyſterous winds ſhall eſtfoones breake foorth, the rather alſo, becauſe both Saturne and Iupiter are then likewiſe oriental from the Sunne. Nam Phaenon orientalis eſt frigidae complexionis, & humidae item Phaēton: wherefore much troublous and tempeſteous weather is like to be looked for, which is like ſo long to continue, how long the one ſhall be within the Semidiameter of the other, that is, within nine degrées of the other, for the ſeuerall Semidiameter of eche of them is 4. degrées, 30. minutes, ſo that concerning the diſpoſition of the Ayre, the watery effects of their méeting began the 5. day of February laſt paſt, this preſent yeere 1583. and ſhall endure vntill the 14. day of February next enſuing, Anno 1584.

Immediatly after the terme or end of theſe effects, Mercury ſhall receiue both Saturne and Iupiter: and be corporally conioyned with them, firſt with Saturne, then with Iupiter: which portēdeth ſmal good to ſome of the clergie: for Mercury beeing at the time of this Coniunction infortunately ſeated in the 9. houſe, and nowe in Coniunction with Saturne and Iupiter, ſignifieth the loſſe of their accuſtomed tiths, yea and the diſpleaſure of ſome noble perſonages, or great magiſtrates, through whoſe procurement they are like to be ſhrewdly hindered and endamaged. It ſhould ſeeme alſo that they ſhall be xppreſſed by meanes of ſome Martiall garboyles, and warres, becauſe their meeting is in Aries, the diurnall Manſion place of Mars.

But as touching the whole continuance of all theſe, or ſuch other terrible Accidents, and feareful euents, threatned by this grand Copulation of Saturne and Iupiter, firſt prognoſtically intreated of by my brother Richard in his Diſcourſe, and nowe enlarged by my ſelfe in thie Tractate, I am perſwaded that they ſhall forcibly begin to take place [〈◊〉] in this preſent yeere 1583. For no doubt much ſecret villany ſhall be committed, much falſe packing vſed, much priuy ſedition foſtered, and great Martiall furniture, and preparance for warres ſhall be heard of, to ſome mens coſt, euen within the compaſſe of this very yeere. Which accordeth with that Maxime of the noble Prince Leopoldus Auſtriacus, in theſe very words: Annus ipſe erit peior in quo Saturnus & Iupiter coniunguntur. But ſhall ſtill violently continue, and cruelly inuade the inhabitaunts of the earth, vntill ſuch time as the one ſhall oppoſe himſelfe againſt the other by a diametrall irradiatiō, which according to the true and daily ſphericall motiōs of theſe Planets exactly calculated by the excellent Mathematitian Ioannes Stadius, in his Ephemerides; ſhall fall out iuſt, Anno Domini 1593. the 21. day of March, about 30. Minuts after thrée of the clocke in the after noone. Saturne béeing then placed in Cancer, and Iupiter in Capricorne, the one in the 11. houſe, the other in the 5. houſe, as appeareth by the Figure, which I haue here calculated for the very time of their Oppoſition, at which time the diſtance from the one to the other ſhall be 180. Degrées.

The Caeleſtiall ſcheme, calculated for the future oppoſition of Saturne and Iupiter.

So that the perillous effects of this grand Coniunction ſhall continue and ſtill increaſe on, vntill the accompliſhment almoſt of ten whole yeeres hereafter enſuing, which then ſurceaſing, the operations of their oppoſition ſhall begin to worke, beeing in like maner forcibly to take place & perdure till their next Coniunction, which ſhall not happen vntill the yeere 1603. the 21 day of December about high noon: at which time they ſhal be conioyned agayne in the 10. grade, 26. minute of Sagittary, a ſigne of the partition of the fiery Triangularity, and then the Mathematicall circuit beeing fully finiſhed, the effects of this Coniunction, and oppoſition, ſhall togither end, and not before. Etenim effectus durant vſque ad reditum, quia nihil datur inane in natura, as is well noted by Cardane. But I am of opinion, that the effects of their oppoſition, ſhall be more violent and ſpeedie, than of this very Coniunction. Nam diametrae radiationes, quemadmodum & Tetragoniſmi, mortes repentinas, & violentas mutationes faciunt, Cōgreſſus verò generalia Accidentia, as one very learnedly iudgeth. And Haly the Arabian in the 8. part, & 6. chapter of his Aſtrologicall Iudicials, ſeemeth to affirme, that, Diametralis cōfiguratio, eſt fortior & maioris vigoris, quàm vllus alius aſpectus; in writing thus: Scito quod oppoſitio Saturni & Martis eſt deterior eorum Coniunctione, & deteriores, ac maligniores ſignificationes demonſtrat. Beſide theſe, Guido Bonatus in the 13. chapter of his ſeconde Treatiſe, confirmeth the very ſame, where he determineth flatly, that Oppoſitio eſt aſpectus vltimatae inimicitiae, vltimatae maliciae, & vltimatae diſcordiae; his reaſon is, Quia trahitur â Saturno, & â Luminaribus; nam domus Saturni aſpiciunt domos Luminarium ab oppoſitione: ideoue dicitur iſte aſpectus perfectae inimicitiae, quo niam Saturnus eſt infortunium maius, & fortior caeteris alijs infortunijs. But as concerning this preſent oppoſition, it ſeemeth extraordinarily malicious, and extremly pernicious, in that they are moſt vnhappily affected, & afflicted, in caſibus, & detrimentis ſuis: Quae quidem conſtellatio Religioni maximum periculum minatur. A iudgement ouer true. But becauſe I purpoſe hereafter, if God ſpare me life, to diſcourſe more at large of theſe particulars, I wil here only add this one reſolute & peremptory iudgement of the great Aſtrologer, Cyprian de Bohemia; Coniunctiones, oppoſitiones, vel eclypſes, in Virg. & Capr. quod in his ſignis Iupiter religionis Iudex magnopere debilitetur, mutationes in religione, ſacroue ordine denunciant. Wherfore I will nowe returne againe to the preſent Coniunction, from which I haue a little digreſſed. The continuance of wheſe effects beeing expreſlie declared, it followeth, that we likewiſe expreſly determine, de ſubiectis locis, in what Countries and Cities they ſhall eſpecially worke, and moſt effectually ſhewe them ſelues. For Ptolomey ſaith, Vnuſquiſque locus habet ſuum ſignum & Planetam proprium. And that in reſpect of ſome other Aſtrologicall circumſtances is the reaſon, as Ganiuetus affirmeth, that the plague, or any other noyſome and notorious calamitie happeneth in ſome one particuler towne or citie, rather then in another, they beeing both ſituated in one and the ſelfe ſame Region. Wherefore concerning the preſent Coniunction, I ſuppoſe that thoſe Realmes and Cities ſhall chiefly be vexed and afflicted with the euill influence thereof, which are vnder the partition of the third Quadrangle, that is, vnder theſe foure ſignes, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittary, Piſces. Vnto which ſignes ſuch Regions and Cities are ſubiect, as are particularly allotted to eche of them, and here ſeuerally deſcribed as followeth.

• Vnder the 3. Quadrāgle are cōteined the foreſaid ſignes.
  • ♊ ☿ Gemini, whoſe gouernment extendeth, to
    • Regions,
      • Hircania, Armenia, Martiana, Cyrene, Marmarica, the lower Egypt, Sardinia, a part of Lombardy, Flaunders, Brabant, Wittemberge, England.
    • Cities,
      • Corduba, Ceſena, Viterbium, Verſels, Louaine, Bryges, Magūtia; Hafford, Kitzingium, Rhegiū, Turinum, Bamberga, Norimberge, Villacum, London.
  • ♍ ☿ Virgo, which hath in ſubiection
    • Regions.
      • Meſopotamia, Babylon, Aſſyria, Achaia, Grece, Crete, Croacia, Carinthia, Atheſina, the dukedome of Athens, a part of Gallia Comata, a part of Rhene, the lower Syleſia.
    • Cities.
      • Ieruſalē, Corinth, Rhodes Papia, Signia, Brunduſiū, Aretium, Nouaria, Toloſe, Lyons, Paris, Baſill, Heilderberge, Epphord, Wratiſlauia.
  • ♐ ♃ Sagittary, which hath,
    • Regions.
      • Spayne, Arabla the happy▪ Tyrrhenia, Celtica, Dalmatia, Slauonia, Vngary, Morauia, Syleſia, Miſnia.
    • Cities.
      • Tolet, Volaterrae, Mutina, Narbona, Aucnionis, Cullein, Agrippina, Stutgardia, Rotenburge, Buda, Tuberinum, Caſchouia.
  • ♓ ♃ Pices, which hath
    • Regions.
      • Lidia, Pamphilia, Scicilie, Calabria, Portugal, Normandy, Phazania, Nazomontilis, Garamantes.
    • Cities.
      • Alexandria, Hiſpalis, Cōpoſtel, Ratisbone, Parentium, Wormes, Rothomagus.

Whervnto alſo the fine Citie of Florence, ſéemeth to be lately added by Franciſcus Iunctinus, a Doctor of Diuinitie in the ſame Citie, notwithſtanding that Lucas Gauricus, Ioannes Schonerus, Cyprianus Leouitius, and ſome other approued Aſtrologers, do place it vnder another ſigne: and namely moſt vnder Aries. For in his introduction, ad Aſtrorum Iudicia, Iunctinus letteth downe the natiuitie therof, with the 2. degree. 28. minut of Piſces in the Horoſcope, as vnderneath followeth. Which Figure I haue here purpoſely inſerted, for that I thinke that citie to be very ſubiect to the foreſaid great Coniunction, not onely bicauſe the ſigne Aſcending in the Horoſcope, is the ſigne wherin this Coniunction hapneth, but alſo becauſe certaine other iudgements, which the learned in this facultie may therby eaſily gather, touching the ſtate of the ſaide City, do import as much. In which reſpects I tooke it not amiſſe to impart the Figure it ſelfe to the more particular conſideration of ſuch, as can, and will take the paines to examine the ſame Aſtrologically.

Inclitae vrbis Florentiae natalis, Horoſcopicè delineatus.

Hither I ſuppoſe may thoſe Regions and Cities be alſo added which are ſubiect to the dominion of Saturne, that is, thoſe which are vnder the regiment of Capricorne, a ſigne of the partition of the firſt Quadrangle, and Aquary, a ſigne of the partition of the ſecond Quadrangle. For theſe two ſignes are Saturns own proper & eſſential manſion places. Wherefore I will here in like maner write downe, ſuch Realmes and Townes, as are comprehended within their ſeuerall Gouernements: forſomuch as they are very like alſo to féele the gréeuous and miſerable effects threatned by this Coniunction.

• ♑ ♄ Capricorne hath
  • Regions.
    • India, Arriana, Macedonia, Thracia, Gedroſia, Boſsina, Albania, Bulgaria, Grece, Lituania Saxony, Heſsia, Orcheney. Ilands, Maſouia, Turingia, Marchia Styriae.
  • Cities.
    • Machlinia, Iuliacum, Cleuonia, Berga, Gandamon, Vitua. Brādenburge, Auguſta Vindelicorum, Conſtantia, Derthona, Fauentia, Oxford.
• ♒ ♄ Aquary hath
  • Regions.
    • Araby deſert, Oxiana, Sogdiana▪ great Tartary, Denmarke, Sarmatia, the South part of Suetia, a part of Bauaria, Paedemontium, Weſtphalia.
  • Cities.
    • Hamburge, Breame, Ingloſtadium, Tridentum, Salisburge Mons Ferratus.

But euen amongſt theſe very nations, countries, Ilands, territories, cities, & townes named and diſtinguiſhed here by me, according to the inſtructions of the beſt Aſtrologers, and Coſmographers, there is alſo a great difference. For thoſe perſons ſhall eſpecially be vexed, and oppreſſed by this infortunate poſition of the celeſtiall bodies, in whoſe Radix, or otherwiſe in the annuary profection of the natiuitie, the 21. grade, eyther of Piſces, Sagittary, Virgo, Gemini, Capricorne, or Aquary, is by progreſſion Aſcendent in the Horoſcope, or in whoſe natiuitie, the Sunne, the Moone, or [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] Geniturae, is reſident in the ſame grade of any of thoſe ſignes, or within fiue degrées of that grade: for they are moſt like to be ſore tormented, and vehemenly diſquieted with the troublous affections, and perturbations of the mind, yea and gréeuouſlie afflicted with diuerſe noyſome and wofull infirmities of the body, which ſhall become mortall and peremptory vnto thoſe, which haue Saturne thus ill affected vpon the 8. Cuſpis, or whoſe Hylech or Alchocoden, is ill affected in any of the ſaid places of the Zodiake.

But they, which in their Radix haue Culmen Medij Coeli, or Pars Fortunae appointed in the ſame parts of the Signifier, ſhall ſuffer in honor, worſhippe, ſubſtance, and riches, and be vyolently wronged by ſome cruell and extraordinary miſchaunces to befall them.

And they moreouer, which haue any of the other ſiue erraticall ſtarres, as either Mars, Venus, or Mercury, ſituated in the ſame degree of thoſe Signes, ſhall by ſome miſchieuous meanes or other, be in like manner hindred and indammaged according to the naturall ſignification, qualitie, and inclination of each of them ſo diſpoſed.

All and ſingular which foreſaid euents ſhal be multiplyed and increaſed, if any hurtfull direction of the natiuine ſhall then happen, which doth conſent, or any waies accord with this Coniunction. But if any fauourable, and friendly direction ſhall come in place, the leſſe harme is to be feared, nay in this caſe, directions are alwayes to be preferred before the great Coniunctions, or Oppoſitions of the ſuperior planets, as alſo before the Eclypſes of the Sunne, and Moone, for that their effectes are more forcible and effectuall then the operations of any ſuch Copulations, or obſcurations, which worke only as generall cauſes, and do therfore hurte thoſe men chiefly, whoſe natiuities accorde with the firſt beginninges or foundations of any ſuch Regions, or Cities, as are moſt like to feele and ſuffer the cruell influence and terrible operations of any ſuch heauenly Accidents.

Here therfore I am to leaue euery man to the conſideration of his owne priuate natiuitie, howbeit I could my ſelfe rehearſe ſome of good calling, whoſe Horoſcopes are thus appointed, but that I intend not to become odious, or tedious by this kinde of commemoration, to any particular perſon, eyther nowe in this Treatiſe, or hereafter in any other more learned and painefull Diſcourſe touching theſe or the like poyntes, where notwithſtanding they mighte happily ſerue to a greater purpoſe, and farther vſe, then nowe preſently they may, for proofe and triall of the foreſaide euentes, as they ſhall afterwardes fall out more effectually. But I am growen ſomewhat longer, then I purpoſed in the beginning, and therefore will heere drawe towardes an ende, moſte heartily committing euery man, to the ſerious care and regarde of his owne ſafetie, and conſequently to the tuition of the omnipotent Adonay, who of his infinite and ſingular mercies and goodnes, graunt, that we which nowe liue for a time, may in time ſo liue to the true and ſincere worſhippe of him that liueth for euer and euer, that by ſo liuing wee maye learne to dye, and by ſo dying liue with him for euermore. Sub Lunae ſecundo Gabriele, variae hominibus impoſitae ſunt leges, veri Dei cultus negligitur, falſorum Deorum religio nimis propagatur, as Ioannes Tritemius wryteth of that age in his booke de ſeptem Secundeis, And doeth it not behoue vs to take carefull heede, and beware in time, leſt a newe Ioannes Tritemius, or ſome other of greater credite hereafter ariſe, to diſcredite this our loſt age, ſub lunae tertio Gabricle, with the like report, for neglecting the ſacred and ioyſul tidings of the goſpel, which being neuer ſo plentifully taught, was neuer more ſcantly learned, and being neuer ſo truely preached, was neuer more falſly followed, or more lightly regarded, then now generally it is. The more preſent ſhame, the more future puniſhment. What maruell therfore though ſuch plagues hang ouer our heades? What maruell though Gods vengeance be at hand, nay even now ready to fal downe vpon vs, to oppreſſe, and conſume vs? What maruell though the ordinarie courſe, as wel of all naturall, as of morall things be quite turned topſie turuie?

In which Prognoſtical Epigrame, Hieronimus Wolfius, whom our Maſter Aſchame in his diſcourſe of Germaine affaires, calleth his very friend, and whoſe excellent learning partly by his Tranſlations, and explications of Demoſthenes, and Ipocrates, partly by his other as well Aſtrologicall, as Philoſophicall, and humanity writings, is famouſly knowen ouer all Europe. In which Propheticall Epigrame, I ſay, this learned man hath truely deſcribed, and as it were liuely painted out the wicked peruerſity & peruerſe wickednes of this age: with a neceſſary inuectiue againſt the abuſes, and enormities now raigning: by conferring and comparing the ſame with the manifold tokens and miracles Aſtrologically prognoſticated, touching the future moſt miſerable eſtate, and condition of the world, which ſhall ſhortly no doubt more ſenſibly appeare, to the terror and aſtoniſhment of all reaſonable Creatures then liuing. I meane not here to recapitulate the horrors of the marueilous yeere, 1588. or to vnfolde other auncient predictions, & prophecies, in which, Concluſio, as we ſay in Logick, Semper ſequitur deteriorem partem, I would to God, the ſhadowe of the earth, and earthly things, did not take away the cleare light of the Sunne from vs, and cauſe an horrible Eclypſe in vs. Lord, that euery man would priuately contend to amend one, and both priuately and publikely pray for the amendement of all. How ſoone would God be moued to deale with vs, as he did by the Niniuites, whoſe puniſhment, vpon their vnfained repentance was differred long beyonde the compaſſe of the 40. dayes, prophetically forethreatened by Ionas? And did it not pleaſe God to prolong the life of king Ezechias for the ſpace of 15. yeeres, notwithſtanding that the Prophet Iſaias had prognoſticated his death, as at hand within one day? Other examples might be alledged, to ſhew that puniſhments decreed from aboue, are in ſome part alterable, vpon humble ſignification of a contrite and reformed heart: Which God graunt to all his elect, and namely to vs in England, whome he hath ſo graciouſly indued with ſo many, and ſo long enduring felicities. For the proſperous continuance, and perfection whereof, my final wiſh, and prayer is, as I haue compryſed the ſame, in theſe foure rude, but hartie verſes:

Elizabeta diu, atque diu cum Principe Regnū

Floreat: ô operis ſumma fit iſta mei.

Hinc Alpha vt caepit; ſic Omega deſinet iſtine:

Scilicet haec Anglis Omega, & Alpha ſuis.

The Concluſion.

NOwe good Brother, as in the beginning of this treatiſe, I addreſſed my preface vnto you, ſo hauing thus ſupplied ſuch Additions, as I thought requiſite to bee annexed to my brother Richards Aſtrologicall Diſcourſe, I am here in the end to committe, or rather ſubmitte the ſame, as wel to your iudgement for reformation, as to the Cenſure of our learnedſt Aſtrologers, for allowance or diſalowance. The only fauour I require at their handes, is this, that they would iudge as they finde, without any ſpice of parciality, which oftentimes corrupteth, euē the ſoundeſt iudgements otherwiſe. I would be loath to attribute, or arrogate too much vnto myſelfe: let other determine for me, or againſt me, as with indifferency, grounded vpon reaſonable ſkill, they ſhall ſee occaſion.

I was here purpoſed to haue taken my leaue; But ſeeing it hath bene my good hap, (for ſo I interprete it) ſince my ſupplement of the former additions, to light vpon two new bookes, ſpecially concerning theſe matters, the one a French Almanacke, or rather diſcourſe of certaine Aſtrologicall Accidents, either lately hapned, or ſhortly to happen: the other a prognoſticall iudgement of one Robert Tanner, touching the foreſaid Coniunction, I am bold to trouble you a ittle longer, with a note or two, concerning them. As for the French diſcourſe, I can ſay the leſſe for my ſmall ſkil in French, yet thus farre dare I preſume vpon the very Title, or Inſcription, thereof, that Docteur Francois Liberati de Rome, is none of the perfecteſt Aſtrologers, either in Italy, or in France. For in naming le 2, Iour de May, for the time of the Grand Coniunction, he ſheweth him ſelf ouermuch addicted to his maſter Cyprian de Boëmme, who contenteth him ſelfe with Alphonſus Calculation, whereas according to Stadius, a more exacte and abſolute Mathematitian, following the moſt perfect Rules of Prolomy, and Copernicus, it is certainly to happen vpon the 28. of April, which my brother Richard & I haue therfore reſolutely ſet down, notwithſtāding our knowledge of Leouitius & Meſtlinus difference. Marry he promiſeth to make an amends, in his Ephemerides, and diſcourſe of the reformation of the yeere, and of the Paſque: which I may hap expect a good while yet, if he hold the right veyne of ſome Italians. In the meane while, ſee how his laſt iudgement iumpeth with ours, for the courſe and ſtate of the yeere preſent, Et finablement [•] An. 1583. ſera pluuieux, & dangereux pour lee biens de la terre, et anſsi repentini tumultus et apparatus belli. And therefore we are hartily to wiſh, & pray with him, Dieu par ſa miſericorde nous delieure du mal et du danger que par les Aſtres, nous ſommes menazes, & nous enuoye la paix, & laſainct grace. Which is al that I am preſently to note touching the contents of that French diſcourſe. Now as for old Tanners Prognoſtical iudgemēt, who intituleth himſelfe a ſtudent in Aſtrology, and Coſmography, he were the rather to be borne withall, if his ignorance and ſimplicitie, ſauoured not ſo much of ſelfe lyking. I cannot but maruaile, that hauing ſeene the other Diſcourſe, he was not aſhamed to put foorth his: wherin his only labor in a manner is, to ſet downe his ſchemes in letters, being before deſcrybed in Figures. For what is all the reſt, but a mingle mangle of ſtealths, and patcheries out of Leouitius, Rogers ſecond comming of Chriſt, the French Almanack, and my Brothers Diſcourſe, out of which, hee hath more then once, or twiſe culled out whole ſides verbatim, without any mention of him, together with certaine iudgementes of Stadius, applyed without all iudgement, in referring the ſame to no other Meridian, then that, which the ſaid Stadius reſpected in his calculation for the latitude of Anwerpe. And alas, what other iudgements are in that ſily Pamphlet, whereof it ſhould beare the name of A Prognoſticall iudgement? Truly were it not, that his pretended deſire and zeale to doo good, may ſeeme ſome way to excuſe him, the ſimple old ſtudent in Aſtrology, and Coſmography, were otherwiſe to be handled for his ſimple young labour, then I will here ſpeake of. Which neuertheleſſe I write not ſo much to diſgrace him, or to credite my ſelfe, as to aduiſe the diſcret Reader not to ſuffer him ſelfe to be abuſed by any ſuche gloſes of good intention, but to ſuſpend his iudgement vpon triall, before he reſolue vpon truſt. The olde fellowe may perhaps beare him ſelfe vpon his experience, as it is ſaid he chéefly doth: but as reading can do little without reaſonable good experience, ſo experience cannot do very muche without reaſonable good reading: which to ſay troth, ſeemeth to be farre from this wofull Prognoſticall Iudge. And that which is moſte of all, he concealeth their names, to whom he is moſt beholding: and publiſheth that for his owne, which God wot he hath litle right or title vnto. You know who affirmeth, Ingenui Animi eſt, profiteri per quos profeceris: and may not my brother ſay to this olde Coſmographer, as Tully doth in one place? Tu, qui a Naeuio vel ſumpſiſti multa, ſi fateris: vel, ſi negas, ſurripuiſti. But God, and the world forgiue him, as we do: and let both him and all other account of vs no otherwiſe, then they find vs in very déed: which I am ſure is your chiefe deſire. I might eaſily enlarge this Epiloge with interlacing of other matters: and namely touching Hermes moſt learned Iatromathematica, and my Tranſlation thereof, annexed to the preſent Treatiſe, for certaine good conſiderations: but to auoyde tediouſnes, as well vnto you, as vnto euery other curteous Reader, I will here ceaſe from interrupting your weightier ſtudies, and moſt hartily commit them, and your ſelfe vnto God: with like commendations from all our friends in Walden, Stanſted, and Mayners.

Your louing brother to commaunde, Iohn Haruey.