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         Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.
      
       
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             Merlini Anglici errata. Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy.
             Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.
          
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           Lilly, William, 1602-1681. -- Merlini Anglici ephemeris -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
           Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
           Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800.
           Almanacs, English -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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             MERLINI
             ANGLICI
             ERRATA
             .
          
        
         
           Or
           ,
           The
           Errors
           ,
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           Mis-applications
           of
           Master
           
             Lilly's
          
           New
           
             Ephemeris
          
           for
           the
           yeare
           1647.
           
        
         
           Discovered
           ,
           Refuted
           ,
           and
           Corrected
           .
        
         
           
             By
             C.
          
           GEORGE
           WHARTON
           ,
           
             Student
             in
             Astronomy
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           1647.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           common
           Proverb
           :
           
             Dogs
             bark
             more
             for
             Custome
             ,
             then
             Fiercenesse
             .
          
           And
           had
           I
           not
           assuredly
           known
           this
           
             Whelp
             Lilly
             ,
          
           to
           be
           one
           of
           that
           bawling
           Litter
           ;
           I
           should
           not
           have
           suffered
           his
           perpetuall
           snarling
           with
           that
           Patience
           and
           temper
           I
           did
           :
           but
           before
           this
           ,
           would
           have
           alighted
           from
           my
           Saddle
           ,
           to
           hurle
           him
           one
           stone
           (
           at
           the
           least
           )
           to
           gnaw
           on
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           hee
           is
           now
           growne
           bolder
           ,
           and
           blacker
           in
           the
           jawes
           ;
           I
           must
           begin
           to
           have
           an
           eye
           over
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           care
           to
           keepe
           him
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           lest
           he
           byte
           mee
           till
           I
           bleed
           ,
           and
           thereby
           I
           become
           maniaque
           ,
           or
           Brain-sicke
           like
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           more
           desirous
           of
           his
           
             Liver
             ,
          
           then
           his
           
             Heart
             .
          
           I
           shall
           scorne
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           his
           former
           Grinnings
           ;
           nor
           will
           I
           trouble
           my selfe
           ,
           or
           the
           Reader
           ,
           with
           any
           repetition
           of
           his
           by-past
           Fooleries
           ,
           frantique
           expressions
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           (
           if
           any
           )
           of
           his
           many
           Errors
           and
           Mistakes
           ,
           so
           grossely
           committed
           ,
           in
           every
           of
           his
           Lowzie-Pamphlets
           (
           for
           them
           (
           indeed
           )
           I
           have
           tyed
           and
           twitch'd
           
           up
           together
           in
           a
           Pack-thread
           ,
           as
           thinking
           them
           fitter
           for
           his
           
             Quondam
          
           Hell
           ,
           then
           the
           meanest
           Shelfe
           in
           my
           study
           )
           but
           I
           will
           content
           my selfe
           only
           ,
           with
           that
           dainty
           bit
           ,
           this
           sweet
           bratt
           of
           his
           owne
           begetting
           ,
           
             Merlini
             Anglici
             Ephemeris
             ,
          
           the
           4th
           (
           and
           perhaps
           the
           last
           )
           of
           that
           name
           :
           And
           examine
           I
           shall
           ,
           and
           that
           strictly
           ,
           of
           what
           mettall
           it
           is
           compounded
           ,
           or
           whether
           it
           bee
           simple
           (
           like
           the
           Dad
           of
           it
           )
           and
           the
           truth
           you
           have
           freely
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Errors
           ,
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           mis-aplications
           of
           Mr.
           
             Lilly's
          
           New
           Ephemeris
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           I
           Will
           not
           trouble
           my selfe
           ,
           or
           the
           Reader
           in
           taking
           notice
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           his
           Long-winded-Preface
           ,
           save
           only
           the
           reverend
           mention
           he
           hath
           made
           concerning
           him
           ,
           whom
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           tearm
           an
           
             A.
             B.
             C.
          
           felow
           ,
           
             viz.
             Naworth
          
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           (
           as
           he
           pretendeth
           )
           hee
           found
           himselfe
           intollerably
           abused
           in
           Print
           ,
           and
           could
           doe
           no
           lesse
           ,
           then
           vindicate
           himselfe
           in
           point
           of
           Art
           ,
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Name
           ,
           
             Naworth
             ,
          
           which
           
             William
             Lilly
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
             Booker
          
           (
           to
           make
           their
           Worships
           merry
           )
           have
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           as
           wisely
           ,
           as
           wittily
           ,
           inverted
           to
           
             No-worth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Worth-nothing
             :
          
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Letters
           of
           my
           name
           long
           since
           transposed
           ,
           purposely
           to
           avoid
           the
           Scandall
           and
           obloquy
           ,
           which
           both
           these
           Mounte-banks
           so
           greatly
           delight
           in
           ,
           and
           indeavour
           so
           much
           to
           assume
           .
           For
           ,
           whereas
           I
           observed
           ,
           the
           Common
           people
           generally
           possessed
           of
           a
           
           confident
           beliefe
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           foolish
           conceipt
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           could
           write
           Almanacks
           ,
           were
           esteemed
           (
           with
           a
           Country-reverence
           )
           Wise-men
           (
           like
           
             Lilly
          
           and
           
             Booker
          
           )
           or
           (
           if
           I
           shall
           render
           it
           in
           their
           owne
           Dialect
           )
           Conjurers
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           can
           tell
           all
           things
           ,
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           :
           And
           so
           were
           usually
           haunted
           (
           by
           the
           silly
           people
           )
           with
           a
           number
           of
           unlawfull
           ,
           unnecessary
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           questions
           by
           meanes
           whereof
           ,
           many
           ingenious
           and
           honest
           Artists
           ,
           have
           not
           only
           been
           branded
           with
           the
           titles
           of
           Conjurers
           ,
           Necromancers
           ,
           Wizards
           ,
           Sorcerers
           ,
           and
           Figure-Casters
           (
           in
           the
           worst
           sense
           )
           but
           have
           often
           been
           imprisoned
           ,
           and
           Indicted
           and
           proceeded
           against
           upon
           the
           Statute
           ,
           against
           Witchcraft
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           hardly
           escaped
           with
           their
           lives
           ,
           (
           especially
           when
           they
           came
           before
           Judges
           ,
           that
           were
           ignorant
           in
           ,
           or
           disaffected
           to
           
             Astrology
          
           )
           after
           they
           had
           suffered
           severall
           yeares
           imprisonment
           ,
           and
           thereby
           wasted
           and
           consumed
           their
           estates
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           having
           resolved
           to
           write
           yearly
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           usuall
           without
           prefixing
           a
           name
           ;
           (
           nor
           for
           the
           reasons
           above-mentioned
           ,
           would
           I
           then
           publish
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           in
           my
           owne
           name
           :
           )
           
           I
           therefore
           Anagramatiz'd
           my
           name
           to
           
             Naworth
             ,
          
           and
           by
           that
           Name
           I
           writ
           an
           Almanack
           for
           severall
           yeares
           together
           ,
           and
           continued
           unknowne
           ,
           unlesse
           to
           some
           two
           or
           three
           of
           my
           friends
           ;
           whereby
           I
           seasonably
           prevented
           the
           before-named
           inconveniences
           and
           hazards
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           I
           should
           inevitably
           have
           shared
           of
           :
           And
           I
           presume
           that
           in
           doing
           this
           ,
           I
           neither
           wrong'd
           my selfe
           ,
           nor
           abused
           the
           Countrie
           where
           I
           lived
           :
           And
           what
           ever
           other
           witty
           construction
           may
           be
           made
           thereof
           ,
           by
           these
           two
           trifling
           Gypsies
           ;
           by
           this
           they
           may
           perceive
           ,
           I
           tooke
           no
           delight
           (
           as
           they
           doe
           )
           to
           be
           tearm'd
           a
           Conjurer
           ,
           a
           Magician
           ,
           a
           Cabalist
           ,
           a
           
             Merline
             ,
          
           a
           trucking
           Mercury
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           whereby
           they
           desire
           ,
           and
           indeavour
           so
           much
           to
           promote
           ,
           and
           propagate
           their
           deceitful
           &
           unwarrantable
           dealings
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           
             Lilly
             ,
          
           in
           the
           same
           Preface
           ,
           chargeth
           me
           under
           the
           same
           name
           to
           have
           wrested
           many
           false
           judgements
           from
           Astrologie
           ,
           against
           the
           Parliaments
           actions
           ,
           intending
           thereby
           to
           prepossesse
           the
           Kingdome
           with
           a
           vaine
           feare
           ,
           that
           his
           Majestie
           and
           his
           designes
           should
           take
           place
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           this
           his
           Accusation
           ,
           is
           
           most
           maliciously
           false
           :
           And
           let
           him
           shew
           me
           (
           if
           he
           can
           )
           but
           one
           Aphorisme
           ,
           or
           Sentence
           that
           ever
           I
           delivered
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           either
           quoted
           not
           my
           Authors
           ,
           or
           gave
           a
           sufficient
           reason
           in
           Astrology
           :
           or
           that
           ever
           (
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           hereafter
           prove
           him
           apparently
           guiltie
           )
           I
           wrested
           any
           part
           of
           Astrology
           from
           the
           Genuine
           sence
           thereof
           ,
           either
           to
           make
           for
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           ,
           to
           suffer
           the
           loyall
           party
           thus
           to
           bee
           trampled
           over
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           their
           sinns
           :
           and
           carries
           with
           it
           a
           supernaturall
           Cause
           and
           Reason
           above
           the
           stars
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           discerned
           by
           the
           clearest
           mortall
           eye
           .
           No
           Symtome
           of
           such
           (
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           could
           be
           read
           ,
           or
           observed
           by
           any
           man
           in
           the
           great
           Booke
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           but
           rather
           the
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           instance
           for
           many
           reasons
           in
           Astrology
           :
           And
           whatsoever
           I
           spoke
           ,
           or
           writ
           ,
           was
           (
           as
           your
           owne
           sence
           implyes
           )
           ever
           with
           submission
           to
           divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           not
           busie
           my selfe
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           examine
           and
           retort
           every
           Tatter
           of
           his
           ragged-Preface
           :
           nor
           shall
           I
           need
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Majesties
           Officers
           ,
           (
           whom
           hee
           is
           therein
           pleased
           to
           tearme
           
             Ravenous
          
           )
           from
           
           his
           polluted
           lips
           :
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           they
           may
           not
           meet
           with
           a
           fitter
           occasion
           and
           opportunitie
           to
           requite
           him
           :
           but
           the
           thing
           I
           have
           proposed
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           is
           first
           ,
           to
           ferret
           the
           poore
           Quack
           in
           point
           of
           
             Art
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           in
           matter
           of
           
             Judgement
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           's
           worth
           my
           observation
           is
           ,
           his
           Transcript
           of
           
             Eichstadius
          
           his
           Ephemerides
           ,
           for
           the
           year
           1647.
           wherein
           (
           indeed
           )
           he
           hath
           taken
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           paines
           ,
           and
           deserves
           to
           be
           commended
           for
           this
           indifatigable
           Labour
           :
           but
           withall
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           hath
           therein
           greatly
           betrayed
           his
           owne
           ignorance
           in
           Astronomy
           ,
           or
           shewed
           himselfe
           exceedingly
           negligent
           and
           carelesse
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           fitted
           the
           places
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           
             Venus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Mercury
             ,
          
           (
           but
           especially
           the
           Moone
           ,
           )
           to
           the
           Meridian
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           (
           to
           his
           thinking
           )
           in
           the
           Lunations
           and
           aspects
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           nor
           (
           which
           had
           been
           more
           easie
           ,
           and
           sooner
           done
           )
           prescribed
           any
           Rule
           ,
           or
           Direction
           ,
           whereby
           to
           supputate
           their
           true
           places
           for
           that
           Meridian
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           place
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           And
           this
           Error
           hee
           hath
           beene
           guilty
           of
           throughout
           the
           two
           former
           yeares
           :
           whereby
           
           our
           young
           Tyro's
           are
           much
           deceived
           in
           the
           
             Merline
             ,
          
           when
           they
           thinke
           they
           have
           the
           places
           of
           those
           Planets
           therein
           exactly
           Calculated
           to
           the
           Noone-tide
           of
           every
           day
           at
           
             London
             :
          
           for
           ,
           although
           in
           the
           higher
           Planets
           ,
           whose
           motion
           is
           but
           slow
           ,
           there
           bee
           no
           sensible
           difference
           :
           yet
           ,
           in
           the
           Sun
           ,
           
             Venus
          
           and
           
             Mercury
             ,
          
           there
           is
           an
           apparent
           error
           :
           For
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           in
           their
           swift
           motion
           ,
           their
           places
           at
           noone
           ,
           as
           
             Lilly
          
           hath
           set
           them
           ,
           will
           differ
           above
           2.
           min.
           and
           often
           3.
           min.
           from
           the
           truth
           :
           And
           in
           the
           Moone
           (
           whose
           motion
           is
           farre
           swifter
           then
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Planets
           )
           her
           Error
           is
           intollerable
           (
           especially
           when
           she
           is
           in
           her
           swift
           motion
           .
           )
           For
           example
           :
           the
           first
           of
           
             January
          
           1647.
           the
           Diurnall
           motion
           of
           the
           Moon
           is
           12.
           degr.
           24
           min.
           (
           being
           then
           but
           in
           her
           slow
           motion
           .
           )
           The
           difference
           of
           Meridians
           ,
           betwixt
           
             London
          
           &
           
             Uraniburge●
          
           to
           which
           place
           the
           Longitude
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Wil.
             
             Lilly
          
           hath
           printed
           them
           )
           were
           Calculated
           by
           
             Eichstadius
             ,
          
           )
           is
           50
           minutes
           ,
           (
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           in
           his
           
             Anglicus
             1645.
             
             Page
          
           54.
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Sun
           cōmeth
           later
           to
           the
           Meridian
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           then
           he
           does
           at
           
             Uraniburge
             ,
          
           by
           50
           min.
           of
           time
           ;
           so
           that
           how
           much
           soever
           
           the
           Moon
           moveth
           (
           according
           to
           longitude
           )
           in
           that
           space
           of
           time
           ?
           by
           so
           much
           hath
           
             Lilly
          
           erred
           in
           the
           Moones
           true
           place
           at
           noon
           ,
           for
           every
           day
           in
           the
           yeare
           :
           which
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           for
           the
           said
           first
           of
           
             January
             ;
          
           I
           examine
           thus
           :
        
         
           If
           the
           Moone
           in
           24
           houres
           ,
           move
           12
           degrees
           ,
           24
           minutes
           in
           Longitude
           ,
           What
           moves
           she
           in
           50
           min.
           of
           time
           ?
        
         
           
             Facit
             26.
             min.
             ferè
             .
          
        
         
           And
           by
           so
           much
           hath
           
             Lilly
          
           erred
           from
           her
           true
           place
           the
           said
           first
           of
           
             January
          
           at
           Noon
           :
           So
           that
           whereas
           he
           hath
           placed
           her
           that
           day
           in
           21
           degrees
           ,
           10
           min.
           of
           Pisces
           ,
           she
           ought
           to
           have
           beene
           in
           21
           degrees
           36
           min.
           of
           the
           same
           Signe
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           she
           is
           in
           her
           swift
           motion
           ,
           he
           commits
           a
           greater
           Errour
           :
           as
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             March
          
           1647.
           (
           if
           you
           examine
           it
           according
           to
           the
           former
           rule
           )
           you
           shall
           find
           just
           halfe
           a
           degree
           (
           or
           30
           min.
           )
           error
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           26
           degrees
           ,
           3
           min.
           of
           Virgo
           ,
           (
           wherein
           
             Lilly
          
           hath
           put
           her
           that
           day
           )
           she
           should
           be
           in
           26.
           degree
           33
           min.
           of
           the
           same
           Signe
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           which
           I
           meane
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           his
           Scheme
           erected
           to
           the
           Apparent
           time
           of
           the
           Moons
           Ecclipse
           upon
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             January
          
           1647.
           at
           9.
           houres
           
           and
           19
           min.
           
             P.
             M.
          
           as
           he
           hath
           taken
           it
           from
           
             Eichstadius
             ,
          
           by
           deducting
           50
           min.
           for
           the
           difference
           of
           Meridians
           betwixt
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Uraniburge
             :
          
           and
           to
           the
           same
           time
           I
           erect
           the
           Figure
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Regiomontanus
             ;
          
           and
           comparing
           his
           printed
           Scheme
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           more
           curiously
           set
           ,
           I
           find
           
             Lilly
          
           still
           bungling
           and
           botching
           ,
           but
           without
           any
           result
           of
           truth
           :
           For
           ,
           whereas
           he
           hath
           made
           the
           Cuspe
           of
           the
           tenth
           House
           22.
           degrees
           20
           min.
           of
           Gemini
           ,
           according
           to
           exact
           Calculation
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           then
           23.
           degr.
           30
           minutes
           ,
           whereby
           it
           appeares
           ,
           that
           Master
           
             Lilly
          
           hath
           mistaken
           1
           degree
           ,
           &
           10
           mi.
           in
           the
           Cuspe
           of
           the
           
             Medium
             Coeli
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           the
           same
           figure
           ,
           he
           hath
           mistaken
           above
           one
           whole
           degree
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           1
           degr.
           10
           min.
           for
           hee
           hath
           made
           the
           Cuspe
           thereof
           but
           23
           deg.
           and
           51
           min.
           of
           Virgo
           ,
           which
           should
           have
           been
           25
           degrees
           ,
           and
           1
           min.
           and
           the
           like
           Errors
           follow
           in
           the
           seventh
           house
           of
           the
           Figure
           ;
           and
           proportionably
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           wonder
           with
           what
           face
           this
           senslesse
           botcher
           dares
           tearme
           me
           an
           
             A.
             B.
             C.
          
           fellow
           ,
           when
           all
           men
           may
           perceive
           
           him
           so
           shamefully
           ignorant
           in
           the
           very
           fundamentalls
           of
           the
           Art
           hee
           pretends
           to
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           am
           able
           to
           correct
           him
           in
           every
           point
           and
           particle
           of
           his
           Profession
           :
           For
           ,
           I
           desire
           the
           Reader
           to
           consider
           but
           thus
           much
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           if
           (
           as
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Heydon
          
           hath
           said
           ,
           in
           his
           unparalell'd
           Treatise
           ,
           written
           in
           defence
           of
           Judiciall
           Astrologie
           against
           Mr.
           Chambers
           )
           that
           Astrology
           is
           an
           Art
           which
           teacheth
           by
           the
           Motions
           ,
           Configurations
           ,
           and
           influences
           of
           the
           Signes
           ,
           Stars
           ,
           and
           Coelestiall
           Planets
           to
           Prognosticate
           of
           the
           naturall
           effects
           ,
           and
           mutations
           to
           come
           in
           the
           Elements
           ,
           and
           these
           inferiour
           and
           elementary
           bodies
           :
           How
           (
           I
           pray
           )
           is
           it
           possible
           ,
           that
           this
           fellow
           can
           Prognosticate
           rightly
           of
           the
           naturall
           effects
           and
           Mutations
           to
           come
           in
           the
           Elements
           ,
           and
           these
           inferiour
           and
           elementarie
           bodies
           ,
           before
           he
           be
           able
           to
           Calculate
           exactly
           the
           true
           motions
           and
           configurations
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           of
           the
           Signes
           ,
           Stars
           and
           Planets
           ,
           which
           you
           clearly
           see
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           ?
           And
           I
           marvell
           much
           that
           
             Lilly
          
           should
           bee
           no
           more
           tender
           and
           cautilous
           of
           his
           credit
           ,
           then
           thus
           foolishly
           and
           frequently
           to
           divulge
           his
           unskilfulnesse
           :
           for
           me
           thinkes
           ,
           
           as
           he
           knowes
           that
           he
           cannot
           Calculate
           the
           houses
           exactly
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Sphericall
           Triangles
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           is
           more
           ready
           ,
           and
           built
           upon
           the
           same
           foundation
           )
           by
           the
           Tables
           of
           Directions
           in
           
             Regiomontanus
          
           )
           to
           the
           degree
           and
           minute
           of
           each
           Cuspe
           ,
           yet
           he
           should
           have
           held
           it
           a
           safer
           way
           (
           if
           he
           purposed
           to
           palliate
           his
           defects
           )
           to
           have
           set
           down
           the
           Cuspes
           only
           in
           whole
           degrees
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           published
           himselfe
           thus
           erroneously
           scrupulous
           ,
           which
           hee
           might
           have
           done
           very
           easily
           ,
           by
           the
           Domifying
           tables
           ,
           without
           further
           helpe
           .
           But
           I
           perceive
           him
           so
           impudent
           ,
           and
           shamelesse
           ,
           that
           he
           neither
           heeds
           ,
           nor
           cares
           what
           hee
           does
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           hee
           would
           have
           beene
           more
           wary
           in
           supputating
           the
           places
           of
           the
           Planets
           :
           For
           (
           according
           to
           
             Eichstadius
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           indeavours
           to
           follow
           )
           the
           Sun
           (
           at
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Eclipse
           )
           should
           have
           been
           in
           56
           minutes
           of
           Aquarius
           ,
           and
           the
           Moone
           in
           56.
           min.
           of
           the
           Opposite
           Signe
           Leo
           ,
           
             Venus
          
           in
           Capricorne
           ,
           24
           degr.
           29
           min.
           and
           
             Mercury
          
           in
           Aquarius
           ,
           3
           degr.
           17
           min.
           But
           this
           man's
           discretion
           hath
           put
           the
           Sun
           in
           53
           min.
           of
           Aquarius
           ,
           and
           the
           Moone
           in
           53
           min.
           of
           
             Leo
             ,
             Venus
          
           in
           24
           degr.
           39
           min.
           
           of
           Capricorne
           ,
           and
           
             Mercury
          
           in
           the
           3
           degr.
           20
           min.
           of
           Aquarius
           ;
           So
           that
           he
           hath
           erred
           3
           min.
           in
           the
           places
           of
           the
           Luminaries
           ,
           and
           
             Mercury
             ;
          
           and
           10
           min.
           in
           
             Venus
             ,
          
           as
           may
           appeare
           to
           every
           man
           ,
           that
           will
           take
           the
           pains
           to
           Calculate
           the
           true
           places
           of
           these
           Planets
           by
           
             Eichstadius
          
           his
           Tables
           ,
           to
           the
           Mean
           ,
           or
           Equall
           time
           of
           the
           said
           Eclipse
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           hath
           he
           playd
           the
           Botcher
           in
           his
           Figure
           at
           the
           Vernall
           ingresse
           :
           for
           according
           to
           the
           time
           therein
           posited
           ,
           the
           Cuspe
           of
           the
           tenth
           House
           ought
           to
           be
           13
           degr.
           44
           min.
           of
           Taurus
           ,
           and
           the
           Ascendent
           25
           degr.
           48
           min.
           of
           Leo
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           made
           the
           tenth
           House
           14
           degr.
           0.
           min.
           of
           Taurus
           ,
           and
           the
           Ascendent
           26
           degr.
           0.
           min.
           of
           Leo
           :
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           committed
           16
           min.
           
           Error
           in
           the
           Cuspe
           of
           the
           tenth
           House
           ,
           and
           12
           min.
           in
           the
           Cuspe
           of
           the
           Ascendent
           ,
           nor
           is
           hee
           lesse
           erronious
           in
           collocating
           of
           the
           Planets
           here
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           former
           Figure
           ,
           but
           especially
           in
           the
           Moone
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           placed
           in
           27
           degree
           48.
           min.
           of
           Virgo
           ,
           whereas
           she
           ought
           to
           have
           bin
           in
           28
           degr.
           14
           min.
           of
           that
           Signe
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           hath
           mistaken
           no
           lesse
           then
           26
           minutes
           .
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           much
           I
           conceive
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           his
           ignorance
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Art
           :
           Now
           will
           I
           also
           unmaske
           his
           Errors
           ,
           defects
           ,
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           mis-applications
           in
           matter
           of
           judgement
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           meddle
           with
           ,
           or
           question
           upon
           what
           grounds
           Prince
           
             Charles
          
           left
           his
           Native
           .
           Countrey
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           nor
           who
           were
           the
           original
           causers
           of
           this
           his
           so
           long
           absence
           ;
           It
           is
           sufficient
           that
           
             Will
             .
             Lilly
          
           confesses
           him
           to
           bee
           
             Enforc'd
             upon
             necessitie
             ,
             exiled
             ,
             or
             banished
             ,
          
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           English
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           enquire
           further
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           Scottish
           Papers
           ,
           whether
           the
           King
           be
           at
           present
           restrained
           of
           his
           Libertie
           ,
           as
           
             Lilly
          
           tells
           us
           he
           is
           ;
           Nor
           dare
           I
           interrogate
           by
           what
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           Man
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
             Englands
          
           Person
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           imprisoned
           ,
           or
           be
           disposed
           of
           ,
           by
           either
           ,
           or
           both
           of
           the
           two
           Kingdomes
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           of
           his
           Subjects
           :
           Or
           whether
           His
           imprisonment
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           be
           intended
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Royall
           Person
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ?
           Or
           how
           it
           can
           consist
           with
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Parliament
           to
           suffer
           his
           Majesties
           Honour
           thus
           to
           lye
           at
           
           the
           stake
           ,
           and
           his
           Sacred
           Name
           to
           bee
           traduced
           ,
           by
           such
           Pamphlet-mongers
           as
           
             Lilly
          
           and
           
             Booker
             ,
          
           and
           that
           Pillory-man
           
             Walker
             ,
          
           without
           any
           restraint
           ,
           or
           punishment
           .
        
         
           Neither
           doe
           I
           care
           ,
           whether
           the
           Eclipse
           in
           
             Aug.
          
           1645.
           pre-signified
           the
           P.
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           he
           have
           merited
           so
           much
           Honour
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           a
           Statua
           in
           Crowne
           Gold
           erected
           at
           the
           Charges
           of
           
             William
             Lilly
             ,
          
           and
           an
           Epitaph
           made
           (
           and
           thereon
           engraven
           )
           by
           
             Martin
             Parker
             ,
          
           or
           
             Mercer
          
           (
           the
           Scot
           ;
           )
           These
           things
           are
           all
           beside
           my
           Text
           ,
           my
           intention
           being
           only
           to
           examine
           Master
           
             Merlin's
          
           Astrologicall
           discourse
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           wherein
           it
           is
           invalid
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           The
           judgement
           he
           hath
           given
           ,
           is
           generally
           deduced
           from
           the
           position
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           at
           two
           distinct
           points
           of
           time
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 From
                 the
              
               
                 Lunar
                 Eclipse
                 the
                 10
                 of
                 
                   Ianuary
                   ,
                
              
               
                 1647
              
            
             
               
                 Suns
                 entrance
                 into
                 Aries
                 ,
                 
                   March
                
                 10.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Eclipse
           he
           makes
           the
           first
           generall
           subject
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           the
           effects
           whereof
           
           of
           (
           as
           he
           tells
           us
           )
           
             may
             be
             somewhat
             put
             forward
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             non-apparent
             Eclipse
             in
             the
             15th
             degree
             of
             Capricorne
             ,
          
           December
           26.
           1646.
           
        
         
           What
           the
           Simpleton
           meaneth
           by
           
             Putting
             forward
             ,
          
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           tearme
           in
           Astrologie
           :
           but
           surely
           I
           have
           
             Put
          
           him
           out
           of
           doubt
           in
           my
           Prognostication
           1647.
           that
           Eclipses
           are
           not
           hurtfull
           at
           all
           to
           those
           Regions
           ,
           or
           Cities
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           not
           visible
           ;
           yet
           lest
           the
           testimony
           of
           that
           learned
           Authour
           therein
           mentioned
           should
           not
           be
           enough
           to
           convince
           him
           of
           his
           Folly
           ,
           I
           shall
           further
           recommend
           unto
           him
           the
           words
           of
           
             Cardanus
          
           upon
           
             Ptolomy
             ,
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             5.
             
             Text
          
           26.
           (
           if
           he
           can
           translate
           them
           any
           better
           then
           hee
           hath
           done
           the
           first
           50
           Aphorismes
           of
           the
           Centiloquie
           )
           they
           sound
           thus
           ;
           
             Ut
             igitur
             locus
             a
             deliquio
             affici●
             debeat
             in
             Luna
             ,
             duo
             sunt
             necessaria
             :
             unum
             quod
             Luna
             tunc
             temporis
             in
             hemisphaerio
             superiore
             illius
             loci
             sit
             ,
             &
             cum
             provincia
             illa
             concordet
             signo
             ,
             vel
             trigono
             saltem
             :
             secund●
             cum
             civitate
             in
             solis
             loco
             ,
             vel
             Lunae
             ,
             vel
             Ascendentis
             ,
             vel
             cum
             medio
             coeli
             illius
             qu●
             regit
             civitatem
             ipsam
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             sole
             vero
             necessarium
             est
             ,
             praeterid
             quo●
             
             fit
             supra
             terram
             ,
             &
             conveniat
             locus
             ejus
             provinciae
             vel
             civitati
             Eclipsis
             ipsa
             appareat
             .
          
        
         
           Whereby
           it
           is
           cleare
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           (
           in
           a
           Lunar
           Eclipse
           )
           the
           Moone
           bee
           above
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           likewise
           on
           the
           Signe
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           in
           the
           Triplicitie
           of
           that
           Signe
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           in
           whose
           Hemisphere
           the
           Defect
           happeneth
           )
           is
           subject
           :
           And
           unlesse
           that
           the
           Sun
           ,
           or
           Moon
           place
           ,
           or
           the
           Signe
           ascending
           or
           Culminating
           ,
           be
           also
           the
           Horoscopicall
           signe
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           or
           Towne
           (
           you
           live
           in
           ,
           or
           enquire
           after
           )
           the
           effects
           of
           such
           a
           Lunar
           Eclipse
           ,
           shall
           not
           any
           way
           concerne
           that
           Kingdome
           or
           Citie
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           a
           Solar
           Eclipse
           it
           is
           necessary
           ,
           (
           besides
           that
           the
           Sun
           be
           above
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           place
           agree
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           or
           Citie
           ,
           )
           that
           the
           Eclipse
           be
           also
           visible
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           or
           Citie
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           the
           effects
           shall
           in
           no
           wise
           concerne
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Solar
           Eclipse
           ,
           here
           (
           by
           him
           )
           mentioned
           ,
           is
           not
           visible
           at
           all
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           it
           appeares
           in
           the
           Islands
           
             de
             S.
             Pedro
             ,
             Barbados
             ,
             de
             Don
             Alfonso
             ,
             de
             Praxaros
             ,
          
           and
           to
           such
           as
           sayle
           beyond
           the
           Equator
           ,
           and
           under
           
           the
           Tropick
           of
           Capricorne
           through
           the
           Persian
           Sea
           :
           and
           (
           indeed
           )
           in
           13.
           and
           14.
           deg.
           of
           North
           latitude
           ,
           it
           wil
           be
           a
           very
           great
           Eclipse
           but
           of
           what
           concernment
           is
           this
           to
           
             England
             ;
          
           or
           why
           should
           it
           put
           forward
           this
           Lunar
           Eclipse
           in
           
             January
             ,
          
           seeing
           it
           is
           neither
           visible
           to
           us
           (
           for
           at
           
             London
          
           it
           happeneth
           at
           their
           11.
           aclock
           at
           night
           ,
           &
           so
           the
           Luminaries
           are
           both
           under
           the
           Horizon
           ,
           )
           nor
           yet
           is
           the
           degree
           Eclipsed
           in
           the
           Signe
           ,
           or
           Triplicitie
           of
           that
           Signe
           whereunto
           either
           
             England
          
           or
           
             Scotland
          
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           subject
           ,
           which
           is
           required
           (
           by
           
             Cardanus
          
           his
           Rule
           )
           before
           the
           effects
           can
           concerne
           either
           .
           Whereby
           it
           appeares
           that
           this
           Non-apparent
           Solar
           Eclipse
           can
           no
           way
           helpe
           or
           harme
           us
           ,
           nor
           augment
           ,
           or
           put
           forward
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           Lunar
           Eclipse
           ,
           and
           that
           
             William
             Lilly
          
           in
           thus
           preferring
           his
           owne
           idle
           fancy
           ,
           beyond
           the
           experience
           ,
           and
           more
           solid
           Reasons
           and
           Rules
           of
           
             Campanella
             ,
             Cardanus
             ,
          
           and
           of
           all
           other
           Authors
           that
           ever
           I
           read
           ,
           or
           heard
           of
           ,
           hath
           very
           much
           abused
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           rendered
           himselfe
           a
           very
           Novice
           and
           fondling
           in
           Astrology
           .
        
         
           As
           touching
           the
           Lunar
           Ecclipse
           in
           
             January
          
           1647.
           
           I
           have
           writ
           of
           it
           already
           in
           my
           
           Prognostication
           ,
           wherein
           you
           may
           see
           what
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           are
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           desire
           further
           satisfaction
           ,
           may
           have
           recourse
           to
           
             Origanus
             ,
          
           page
           460.
           upon
           
             Mercury's
          
           being
           Lord
           of
           an
           Eclipse
           ,
           as
           hee
           is
           of
           this
           .
           But
           although
           this
           Lunar
           Eclipse
           bee
           visible
           ,
           and
           fall
           out
           in
           a
           signe
           of
           the
           Fiery
           triplicity
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           doth
           generally
           concerne
           
             England
             :
          
           yet
           in
           regard
           it
           is
           so
           small
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           but
           4.
           digits
           ,
           47
           min.
           42
           sect.
           its
           effects
           will
           scarcely
           be
           felt
           ,
           or
           observed
           by
           any body
           ;
           For
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             Eclipses
             nihil
             nocent
             illis
             Regionibus
             in
             quibus
             non
             videntur
             ;
          
           So
           ,
           
             parvae
             Eclipses
             parum
             nocent
             ,
             &
             in
             pauca
             operantur
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           as
           both
           (
           
             Lilly
          
           in
           his
           
             Anglicus
             ,
          
           and
           I
           in
           my
           Prog.
           )
           have
           in
           effect
           observed
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             in
             caeremoniis
             ,
             religione
          
           (
           to
           which
           hee
           addes
           
             in
             reditibus
             regiis
             )
             ac
             legibus
             mutationes
             affert
             :
          
           A
           likelyhood
           (
           as
           hee
           saith
           )
           of
           some
           change
           ,
           or
           alteration
           in
           Church
           affaires
           ,
           in
           the
           Revenues
           of
           Kings
           ,
           or
           more
           properly
           ,
           in
           such
           matters
           as
           at
           present
           the
           Parliament
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           for
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Wars
           and
           affaires
           :
           and
           of
           altering
           or
           abolishing
           many
           lawes
           formerly
           in
           use
           .
           All
           this
           I
           grant
           him
           ,
           and
           why
           may
           it
           not
           admit
           of
           thus
           much
           malignancy
           in
           the
           application
           
           thereof
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           the
           Kingdome
           are
           weary
           of
           the
           Presbireriall
           Government
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           indure
           the
           smell
           of
           Elders
           ,
           for
           Gentlemen
           are
           (
           commonly
           )
           Schollers
           ,
           and
           doe
           naturally
           affect
           freedome
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           scorne
           to
           be
           constrained
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Beliefe
           to
           Broom-men
           ,
           Coblers
           ,
           Taylors
           ,
           and
           Tinkers
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           such
           illiterate
           ,
           mechanique
           and
           prophane
           fellowes
           ,
           or
           to
           subject
           their
           understandings
           to
           the
           sense
           and
           interpretation
           of
           so
           unsanctified
           a
           Societie
           ,
           and
           shall
           therefore
           wish
           for
           ,
           and
           (
           most
           justly
           )
           indeavour
           a
           change
           of
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           So
           likewise
           may
           his
           Majesties
           Revenue
           (
           so
           long
           detained
           from
           him
           )
           be
           in
           a
           better
           possibility
           of
           regaining
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           part
           restored
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           great
           means
           used
           to
           perswade
           those
           that
           have
           usurped
           the
           Possession
           and
           profits
           thereof
           to
           resigne
           and
           accompt
           .
           And
           that
           many
           Ordinances
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           and
           Votes
           that
           have
           passed
           and
           been
           formerly
           enjoyn'd
           ,
           and
           observed
           ,
           as
           Lawes
           must
           admit
           of
           alteration
           and
           abolishment
           :
           but
           (
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           noted
           )
           these
           things
           will
           not
           be
           done
           effectually
           this
           yeare
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           smalness
           
           of
           the
           Defect
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           scarce
           sensible
           of
           its
           operation
           .
           Yet
           without
           all
           doubt
           the
           Dragons
           head
           in
           the
           tenth
           House
           (
           in
           the
           intercepted
           signe
           
             Cancer
          
           )
           bodes
           very
           much
           good
           to
           his
           Majestie
           to
           be
           begun
           and
           wrought
           by
           the
           Scottish
           Nation
           ,
           who
           shal
           partake
           of
           that
           influence
           .
           And
           whereas
           
             Lilly
          
           addes
           ,
           that
           
             C●lerem
             Regis
             ,
             Principis
             ,
             vel
             nobilissimi
             viri
             alicujus
             infirmitatem
             ,
             vel
             praeclari
             viri
             cujuspiam
             mortem
             adducit
             :
          
           That
           this
           small
           Eclipse
           portends
           some
           sudden
           infirmity
           ,
           or
           casualty
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           Prince
           ,
           or
           worthy
           man
           ,
           perhaps
           some
           eminent
           and
           famous
           Man's
           death
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           he
           had
           done
           well
           to
           have
           cyted
           his
           Author
           ,
           or
           given
           his
           Reasons
           for
           what
           he
           sayes
           here
           ,
           for
           I
           cannot
           pick
           out
           any
           such
           signification
           from
           this
           Eclipse
           ,
           as
           
             Mercury
          
           is
           truly
           and
           really
           Lord
           thereof
           :
           nor
           as
           he
           hath
           made
           
             Mars
          
           and
           
             Saturne
          
           to
           be
           sharers
           with
           him
           :
           Indeed
           
             Mars
          
           stirrs
           up
           Wars
           ,
           intestine
           Seditions
           ,
           tumultuous
           uprores
           ,
           the
           wrath
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           meanes
           some
           unexpected
           slaughter
           :
           And
           
             Saturne
          
           premonstrates
           perturbation
           of
           the
           Humours
           ,
           Fluxes
           ,
           and
           Quarten
           Feavours
           ,
           Poverty
           and
           Banishment
           ,
           Dearth
           Penury
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           but
           I
           find
           no
           such
           sudden
           infirmity
           ,
           
           or
           casualty
           to
           befall
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           as
           he
           chattles
           of
           ,
           yet
           I
           le
           undertake
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           prince
           
             Griffith
          
           should
           but
           this
           yeare
           fall
           asunder
           of
           the
           Pocks
           ;
           the
           next
           yeare
           after
           ,
           
             Lilly
          
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           this
           Prediction
           was
           verified
           in
           him
           .
           Nor
           know
           I
           any
           reason
           why
           
             Scotland
          
           should
           be
           at
           all
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Eclipse
           happeneth
           in
           the
           Fiery
           Trigon
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           which
           is
           Cancer
           ,
           is
           of
           another
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Watery
           triplicity
           ,
           nor
           at
           all
           aspected
           by
           the
           Signe
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Eclipse
           happeneth
           ,
           nor
           afflicted
           by
           either
           of
           the
           Malevolents
           ,
           but
           rather
           fortified
           by
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Dragons
           Head
           in
           it
           (
           as
           before
           I
           noted
           )
           in
           the
           Mid-heaven
           ;
           and
           although
           the
           Eclipsed
           Body
           be
           Dispositrix
           of
           the
           signe
           Cancer
           ,
           yet
           for
           the
           reasons
           formerly
           given
           ,
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           Eclipse
           cannot
           be
           at
           all
           discerned
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           or
           scarce
           in
           any
           part
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           but
           a
           foolery
           in
           
             William
             Lilly
          
           to
           make
           such
           a
           fluttering
           and
           a
           noise
           about
           nothing
           :
           But
           I
           am
           well
           pleased
           to
           heare
           him
           scatter
           that
           one
           truth
           (
           if
           so
           it
           prove
           )
           that
           the
           Scots
           will
           stand
           like
           Okes
           unshaken
           to
           their
           first
           Principles
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           It
           
           behoves
           some
           body
           else
           to
           remember
           their
           Covenant
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           And
           truly
           the
           Scots
           do
           owe
           
             William
             Lilly
          
           a
           great
           many
           thankes
           for
           his
           confiding
           Epithites
           :
           but
           I
           feare
           ,
           I
           feare
           I
           shall
           heare
           him
           ere
           long
           ,
           lash
           out
           of
           his
           open
           Sepulchre
           as
           much
           and
           as
           vildly
           as
           ever
           he
           did
           against
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Cavaliers
           ,
           though
           now
           he
           Court
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           Titles
           of
           
             Prudent
          
           and
           
             Wise
             People
             .
          
           I
           hope
           they
           'le
           be
           wise
           enough
           ,
           for
           those
           they
           are
           to
           deale
           with
           .
        
         
           What
           he
           sayes
           against
           the
           Irish
           is
           not
           materiall
           :
           the
           more
           the
           Fox
           is
           curs'd
           ,
           the
           better
           he
           thrives
           .
           But
           I
           suspect
           
             Lilly
          
           to
           be
           one
           of
           those
           
             London
             Adventurers
             ,
          
           who
           were
           dividing
           the
           Beares
           skin
           ,
           before
           hee
           was
           taken
           ,
           (
           as
           his
           Majestie
           once
           told
           them
           )
           If
           he
           were
           ,
           I
           presume
           a
           man
           might
           purchase
           
             Lilly's
          
           share
           of
           the
           Land
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           at
           an
           easie
           rate
           :
           And
           although
           out
           of
           his
           Malice
           he
           tell
           them
           their
           Ruines
           approaching
           ,
           and
           threaten
           them
           with
           Cupps
           ,
           and
           even
           brimmers
           of
           vengeance
           ;
           I
           believe
           he
           may
           drink
           them
           their
           off
           himselfe
           ,
           before
           they
           once
           pledge
           him
           .
           And
           although
           
             Booker
          
           (
           in
           his
           bloody
           Irish
           Almanack
           )
           hath
           disgorg'd
           a
           filthy
           and
           confused
           heap
           ,
           and
           masse
           of
           
           misery
           ,
           ruine
           and
           vengeance
           to
           befall
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           yet
           you
           have
           not
           heard
           of
           any
           considerable
           losse
           that
           they
           have
           sustained
           since
           first
           that
           malicious
           lying
           Pamphlet
           peep'd
           out
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           beares
           date
           on
           Tuesday
           the
           17th
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           1645
           /
           6.
           
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           have
           beene
           exceeding
           victorious
           ,
           and
           successefull
           beyond
           expectation
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           present
           have
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Garrisons
           and
           strong
           Holds
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           under
           their
           subjection
           ;
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           (
           at
           present
           )
           take
           any
           more
           notice
           of
           that
           notorious
           peece
           of
           Non-sense
           of
           
             John
             Bookers
             ,
          
           because
           I
           have
           reserved
           the
           Examination
           and
           confutation
           thereof
           ,
           to
           a
           particular
           discourse
           comming
           out
           shortly
           ,
           wherein
           I
           discover
           his
           grosse
           Errors
           and
           mistakes
           in
           point
           of
           Art
           ,
           and
           plainly
           prove
           that
           his
           Pamphlet
           to
           be
           stuft
           with
           nothing
           but
           inveterate
           malice
           ,
           and
           unparalell'd
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               J
               will
               adde
               no
               distempered
               conceptions
               to
               this
               Discourse
               ensuing
               ,
               lest
               J
               bee
               thought
               an
               Incendiary
               ,
               J
               can
               breake
               out
               at
               what
               time
               J
               shall
               see
               my
               Pen
               may
               be
               usefull
               ,
               and
               profitable
               for
               the
               cause
               J
               so
               much
               honour
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             No
             (
             Sir
             )
             you
             must
             first
             have
             your
             Inke
             tempered
             ,
             before
             you
             can
             counterfeit
             without
             suspition
             :
             those
             things
             you
             call
             your
             conceptions
             so
             naturall
             Rough
             ,
             must
             be
             first
             Polish'd
             ,
             before
             they
             can
             advantage
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             run
             smoother
             ,
             and
             with
             more
             shew
             of
             truth
             ere
             they
             shall
             deceive
             me
             .
             You
             dare
             not
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             candidly
             ,
             and
             impartially
             relate
             what
             you
             find
             recorded
             in
             the
             Register
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             lest
             you
             should
             bee
             taken
             for
             an
             Incendiary
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             one
             that
             moves
             not
             by
             the
             wyre
             of
             the
             great
             Engine
             ,
             one
             that
             speaks
             the
             truth
             without
             feare
             ,
             or
             flattery
             ;
             and
             't
             were
             your
             utter
             undoing
             ,
             should
             the
             least
             scruple
             of
             ingenuousnesse
             be
             observed
             in
             your
             Lines
             .
             Therefore
             (
             say
             you
             )
             I
             can
             breake
             out
             at
             what
             time
             I
             shall
             see
             my
             Pen
             may
             bee
             usefull
             and
             profitable
             for
             the
             cause
             ;
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             when
             I
             perceive
             the
             Scots
             and
             the
             Parliament
             fall
             asunder
             ,
             and
             dis-joynted
             in
             their
             opinions
             and
             affections
             ,
             then
             will
             I
             make
             the
             Starres
             every
             minute
             pick
             quarrels
             with
             the
             Scots
             ,
             I
             shall
             then
             breake
             out
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             prophesie
             nothing
             but
             losse
             ,
             ruine
             ,
             and
             destruction
             ,
             and
             beggery
             ,
             to
             that
             perfidious
             Nation
             :
             And
             that
             the
             
             States
             of
             
               England
            
             shall
             be
             victorious
             over
             them
             :
             I
             shall
             encourage
             our
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             disanimate
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             whereby
             I
             hope
             to
             be
             usefull
             and
             profitable
             for
             the
             Cause
             I
             so
             much
             honour
             ,
             and
             bee
             rewarded
             well
             for
             my
             paines
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               The
               English
               wearied
               with
               the
               sad
               attendents
               of
               Warre
               ,
               seeme
               at
               this
               present
               Suns
               ingresse
               into
               Aries
               ,
               to
               bee
               desirous
               of
               Peace
               ,
               yet
               not
               willing
               to
               be
               baffled
               ,
               or
               curb'd
               by
               any
               neighbour
               Nation
               ,
               Kingdome
               ,
               or
               People
               ,
               or
               to
               have
               Lawes
               imposed
               on
               them
               ,
               contrary
               to
               their
               native
               humours
               and
               Customes
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             Great
             cause
             have
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             poore
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             North
             to
             grone
             under
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             weary
             on
             ,
             and
             to
             shake
             the
             intollerable
             burthen
             from
             off
             their
             shoulders
             ,
             which
             so
             long
             they
             have
             been
             forced
             to
             trudge
             under
             like
             so
             many
             Asses
             :
             but
             where
             is
             the
             man
             that
             sometimes
             so
             much
             hugg'd
             himselfe
             with
             the
             very
             name
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             that
             endeavours
             now
             but
             to
             ease
             ,
             though
             not
             to
             free
             the
             poore
             Countrey
             from
             that
             bondage
             and
             slavery
             ?
             who
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             present
             misery
             ?
             who
             was
             is
             that
             hyred
             ,
             and
             brought
             your
             deare
             Bretheren
             (
             the
             Scots
             )
             first
             into
             the
             
             bowels
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ?
             and
             where
             lyes
             the
             fault
             now
             they
             are
             not
             sent
             home
             againe
             ?
             Have
             the
             Scots
             baffled
             and
             outwitted
             your
             wise
             and
             grave
             Senators
             ?
             Have
             they
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             your
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             thereby
             blasted
             the
             fruit
             of
             your
             foure
             yeares
             —
             ?
             What
             pitty
             it
             is
             you
             must
             not
             enjoy
             your
             Humours
             ;
             what
             griefe
             it
             is
             you
             must
             yet
             be
             troubled
             with
             a
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             
          
           
             
               I
               doe
               still
               confide
               in
               the
               Integrity
               of
               the
               Scottish
               Nobility
               and
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               hope
               there
               may
               be
               unity
               betwixt
               the
               two
               Nations
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             You
             Confide
             ,
             and
             you
             Hope
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             that
             to
             the
             Portents
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             It
             is
             expected
             that
             you
             should
             Astrologically
             ,
             and
             thereby
             impartially
             relate
             ,
             what
             the
             Signes
             ,
             Planets
             ,
             and
             Starres
             doe
             premonstrate
             to
             happen
             in
             these
             Kingdomes
             ,
             what
             signes
             they
             have
             of
             War
             ,
             or
             what
             of
             Peace
             .
             Or
             in
             plaine
             tearmes
             ,
             whether
             the
             former
             Unitie
             and
             League
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             Scots
             and
             the
             Parliament
             is
             likely
             to
             bee
             broken
             ,
             or
             continued
             :
             and
             of
             this
             it
             is
             that
             people
             would
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             your
             
               hopes
               ,
            
             and
             your
             
               confidence
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             any
             man
             that
             warily
             reads
             you
             ,
             shall
             find
             you
             very
             
             dubious
             in
             your
             expressions
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             your selfe
             so
             cunningly
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             equall
             a
             poize
             ,
             that
             (
             for
             ought
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             bee
             as
             well
             satisfied
             (
             in
             that
             point
             )
             from
             
               Erra
               Pater
               ,
            
             as
             from
             your
             
               Anglicus
               ,
            
             as
             hereafter
             shall
             appeare
             .
             And
             now
             we
             have
             done
             with
             the
             Prologue
             ,
             the
             play
             begins
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               Come
               wee
               now
               to
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               let
               us
               beleeve
               this
               will
               be
               a
               yeare
               of
               admiration
               ,
               if
               wee
               doe
               credit
            
             Bonatus
             ,
             
               fol.
               514.
               
            
             Aspice
             etiam
             in
             revolutione
             Anni
             ,
             utrum
             Jupiter
             ingrediatur
             in
             ●
             ,
             vel
             sit
             in
             eo
             quoniam
             tunc
             augmentatur
             ejus
             virtus
             ,
             &
             majorificantur
             ejus
             significata
             ,
             significat
             enim
             res
             magnas
             &
             mutationes
             mirandas
             ,
             &
             nominatas
             &
             durabiles
             ,
             ad
             bonum
             tamen
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               if
            
             Jupiter
             
               in
               the
               Revolution
               of
               a
               yeare
               be
               in
            
             Cancer
             ,
             
               or
               enter
               that
               yeare
               into
               that
               Signe
               ,
               then
               shall
               his
               influence
               ,
               vertue
               ,
               and
               such
               actions
               as
               he
               naturally
               signifies
               ,
               bee
               exceedingly
               augmented
               ,
               and
               take
               place
               to
               purpose
               ,
               then
               are
               matters
               designed
               by
               him
               exalted
               and
               magnified
               ,
               then
               shall
               be
               wonderfull
               alterations
               ,
               and
               eminent
               changes
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               matters
               durable
               and
               tending
               to
               the
               benefit
               of
               man-kind
               ,
               or
               all
               
               things
               inclining
               to
               Peace
               and
               Tranquilitie
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             Having
             already
             discovered
             his
             decrepednesse
             in
             point
             of
             Art
             ,
             I
             come
             now
             to
             rip
             him
             up
             in
             matter
             of
             judgement
             ,
             and
             shall
             begin
             with
             this
             his
             first
             Aphorisme
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Reader
             may
             observe
             himselfe
             sufficiently
             abused
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             quotation
             thereof
             :
             for
             ,
             whosoever
             will
             persue
             that
             place
             of
             
               Guido
               ,
            
             Colum.
             514.
             may
             observe
             ,
             that
             
               Lilly
            
             (
             to
             fit
             the
             words
             for
             his
             turne
             )
             hath
             left
             out
             at
             least
             two
             lines
             of
             the
             Aphorisme
             .
             For
             ,
             thus
             the
             words
             are
             in
             
               Guido
               :
               Aspice
               etiam
               in
               revolutione
               anni
               ,
               utrum
               Jupiter
               ingrediatur
               in
               ●
               ,
               vel
               sit
               in
               eo
            
             maxime
             in
             15.
             grad.
             ejus
             ,
             
               quoniam
               tunc
               augmentatur
               ejus
               virtus
               ,
               &
               majorificantur
               ejus
               significata
               ,
            
             Et
             eò
             fortius
             si
             receperit
             dispositionem
             alicujus
             fortunarum
             
               significabit
               enim
               res
               magnas
               ,
               &
               mutationes
               mirandas
               &
               nominatas
               ,
               &
               durabiles
               ,
               ad
               bonum
               tamen
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             So
             that
             the
             words
             here
             marked
             (
             by
             a
             different
             Letter
             )
             he
             hath
             quite
             expunged
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             plaine
             ,
             that
             this
             Aphorisme
             hath
             but
             little
             force
             ,
             unlesse
             that
             
               Jupiter
            
             were
             in
             the
             15
             degree
             of
             
               Cancer
            
             (
             which
             now
             hee
             is
             not
             )
             or
             that
             he
             received
             the
             disposition
             of
             the
             
             Fortunes
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             Revolution
             he
             doth
             not
             ,
             for
             
               Jupiter
            
             is
             in
             the
             28
             degr.
             25
             min.
             of
             
               Cancer
               ,
            
             and
             within
             3
             degrees
             of
             Malevolent
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             whereby
             he
             is
             much
             afflicted
             and
             weakened
             :
             and
             although
             he
             be
             in
             the
             Signe
             of
             his
             Exaltation
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             there
             slow
             in
             motion
             ,
             Occidentall
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             Retrograde
             ,
             and
             
               Planeta
               Retrogradus
               nihil
               boni
               significat
               ,
               donec
               dirigatur
               ,
            
             A
             retrograde
             Planet
             hath
             no
             signification
             of
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             untill
             he
             be
             direct
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             within
             five
             dayes
             ,
             he
             begins
             to
             move
             slowly
             forward
             ,
             yet
             ,
             that
             brings
             him
             to
             a
             perfect
             Conjunction
             with
             
               Mars
            
             the
             23
             day
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             and
             they
             will
             not
             be
             fully
             separated
             from
             each
             others
             Beames
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             by
             which
             
               Jupiter
            
             is
             very
             much
             debilitated
             :
             And
             notwithstanding
             that
             
               Mars
            
             is
             in
             his
             Fall
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             the
             strongest
             save
             one
             in
             the
             Figure
             ;
             so
             that
             I
             cannot
             perceive
             upon
             what
             ground
             in
             Astrology
             he
             should
             Prognosticate
             of
             Peace
             and
             Tranquilitie
             from
             the
             Position
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             in
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             
               Cancer
               ,
            
             considering
             him
             so
             weake
             and
             unhappy
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             Conjunction
             with
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             that
             hee
             staies
             no
             longer
             in
             that
             Signe
             then
             the
             15
             of
             
               April
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             
             let
             him
             consider
             what
             
               Messahalack
            
             tells
             him
             :
             
               Conjunctio
               Jovis
               &
               Martis
               significat
               accidentia
               quae
               fiunt
               ex
               pluviis
               ,
               &
               nivibus
               ,
               &
               corruptionem
               aëris
               atque
               bellum
               :
               Si
               autem
               vincit
               in
               eorum
               Conjunctione
               fortuna
               ,
               significat
               fortunam
               ,
               &
               si
               malus
               malum
               :
               Scito
               etiam
               quia
               quotiescunque
               juncta
               fuerit
               fortuna
               cum
               malo
               ,
               apparebit
               natura
               fortioris
               eorum
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
            
             hath
             signification
             of
             such
             Events
             as
             are
             caused
             of
             Raine
             and
             Snow
             :
             It
             foretels
             corruption
             of
             the
             Aire
             and
             Warre
             :
             And
             if
             a
             Fortune
             predominate
             at
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Conjunction
             ,
             he
             signifieth
             that
             which
             is
             wholsome
             and
             good
             ,
             but
             if
             a
             Malevolent
             ,
             the
             contrary
             :
             understand
             also
             ,
             that
             so
             often
             as
             a
             fortunate
             Planet
             shall
             bee
             joyned
             with
             a
             Malevolent
             ,
             the
             naturall
             Effects
             of
             that
             which
             is
             strongest
             shall
             appeare
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             could
             but
             have
             set
             a
             Figure
             rightly
             to
             the
             Apparent
             time
             of
             this
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             which
             happens
             (
             by
             the
             Rudolphine
             Tables
             )
             upon
             the
             23
             day
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             at
             seven
             a
             clock
             and
             14
             min.
             P.
             M.
             in
             the
             Meridian
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             &
             would
             but
             have
             taken
             the
             paines
             
             to
             collect
             the
             severall
             Fortitudes
             and
             Debilities
             of
             Each
             Planet
             at
             the
             time
             of
             their
             meeting
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             found
             
               Mars
            
             much
             stronger
             then
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             and
             likewise
             elevated
             above
             him
             (
             
               secundum
               Latitudinem
               :
            
             )
             hee
             might
             also
             have
             observed
             the
             Conjunction
             to
             be
             in
             
               Scotlands
            
             Horoscopicall
             Signe
             ,
             and
             neare
             the
             Cuspe
             of
             the
             10.
             
             House
             ,
             
               Saturne
            
             (
             their
             Senators
             Significator
             )
             unfortunatly
             posited
             in
             the
             house
             of
             Death
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             And
             the
             Moone
             (
             his
             Majesties
             as
             being
             Lady
             of
             the
             tenth
             House
             ,
             and
             
               Dispositria
            
             of
             the
             Conjunction
             in
             the
             fifth
             in
             a
             mutuall
             Reception
             with
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             beholding
             
               Saturne
            
             with
             a
             Sextile
             aspect
             ,
             and
             the
             Signe
             
               Cancer
            
             with
             a
             Trine
             :
             and
             
               Venus
            
             yet
             in
             her
             Detriment
             ,
             and
             applying
             to
             the
             Quartile
             Aspect
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
               :
            
             and
             the
             Sun
             the
             other
             Significator
             of
             his
             Majestie
             in
             his
             Exaltation
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             with
             
               Mercury
            
             in
             the
             6.
             
             House
             from
             the
             Ascendent
             :
             Which
             severall
             Positions
             being
             deliberatly
             considered
             ,
             and
             rightly
             applyed
             ,
             could
             have
             afforded
             him
             but
             small
             ground
             of
             pronouncing
             Peace
             and
             Tranquility
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             
               Conjunctio
               Jovis
               &
               Martis
               ,
               significat
               mortem
               divitis
               &
               magnae
               famae
               ,
               
               idque
               eo
               fortius
               ,
               si
               fuerit
               in
               Signo
               fixo
               :
            
             The
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             portends
             the
             death
             of
             a
             rich
             and
             famous
             Man
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             if
             it
             happen
             in
             a
             fixed
             Signe
             :
             but
             
               Cancer
            
             is
             a
             moveable
             Signe
             ,
             and
             by
             so
             much
             the
             lesse
             feare
             there
             is
             of
             the
             death
             of
             such
             a
             person
             :
             I
             rather
             conceive
             that
             this
             Aphorisme
             presages
             only
             that
             some
             such
             person
             shall
             have
             his
             Honour
             ,
             (
             and
             may
             be
             his
             life
             )
             questioned
             ,
             and
             bee
             thereby
             in
             some
             perill
             of
             being
             deprived
             of
             both
             .
             However
             ,
             you
             may
             perceive
             by
             what
             hath
             bin
             said
             ,
             that
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             hath
             greatly
             deceived
             the
             Reader
             ,
             by
             this
             false
             quotation
             out
             of
             
               Bonatus
               ,
            
             and
             that
             all
             things
             considered
             ,
             he
             had
             no
             cause
             or
             ground
             in
             Astrology
             to
             delude
             the
             world
             with
             a
             vaine
             hope
             of
             Peace
             and
             Tranquility
             ,
             when
             nothing
             but
             Contention
             ,
             Warring
             ,
             &
             Bloodshed
             is
             threatned
             by
             the
             great
             dominion
             of
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             and
             the
             infortunate
             positure
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             in
             the
             Revolution
             .
             And
             if
             
               Lilly
            
             would
             learne
             when
             this
             shall
             happen
             
               Lupoldus
            
             wil
             tell
             him
             ;
             
               Belli
               tempus
               est
               cum
               fuerit
               Mars
               in
               opposito
               ,
               vel
               Quartili
               aspectu
               Jovis
               ,
               vel
               Saturni
               :
            
             When
             
               Mars
            
             shall
             be
             in
             an
             Opposite
             ,
             or
             Quartile
             Aspect
             of
             
               Jupiter
            
             or
             
               Saturne
               :
            
             
             And
             when
             's
             that
             ?
             Let
             but
             our
             Ephemeris-master
             looke
             in
             
               May
            
             1647.
             and
             against
             the
             22.
             day
             he
             shall
             find
             a
             hatefull
             Square
             betweene
             
               Saturne
            
             and
             
               Mars
               ;
            
             and
             in
             
               October
            
             following
             upon
             the
             21
             day
             will
             be
             a
             most
             terrible
             Opposition
             of
             
               Saturne
            
             and
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             which
             will
             be
             very
             dreadfull
             and
             ominous
             to
             many
             parts
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             and
             upon
             the
             28.
             day
             of
             the
             same
             
               October
               ,
            
             is
             another
             Square
             betwixt
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
               :
            
             and
             no
             doubt
             but
             we
             shall
             heare
             of
             much
             Contention
             and
             Bloodshed
             about
             those
             times
             .
             I
             have
             noted
             every
             of
             these
             Aspects
             before-mentioned
             in
             my
             Calender
             for
             1647.
             against
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Moneth
             whereon
             they
             happen
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             referre
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               interim
               let
               those
               whom
               it
               may
               concerne
               (
               and
               many
               are
               herein
               concern'd
               )
               receive
               from
               mee
               this
               Astrologicall
               Caball
               judgement
               ,
               either
               in
               jest
               ,
               or
               in
               earnest
               ,
               as
               they
               please
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               He
               or
               they
               ,
               King
               or
               Kings
               ,
               Prince
               or
               Princes
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               Quality
               soever
               ,
               shall
               indeavour
               the
               advance
               of
               a
               Forraigne
               Army
               or
               State
               amongst
               us
               (
               as
               it
               is
               certainly
               determined
               )
               to
               yoke
               us
               ,
               and
               destroy
               
               this
               present
               Parliament
               ,
               he
               or
               they
               shall
               never
               attaine
               his
               or
               their
               desires
               ,
               shall
               perish
               in
               the
               Designe
               ,
               shall
               never
               againe
               make
               his
               or
               their
               peace
               with
               this
               Kingdome
               of
            
             England
             .
             
               I
               know
               we
               are
               threatned
               ,
               it
               must
               bee
               so
               ,
               but
               woe
               to
               the
               invader
               ;
               Invaders
               ,
               or
               procurers
               of
               our
               Invasion
               ;
               the
               Invaded
               shall
               prevaile
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               the
               Parliament
               and
               Commonalty
               of
            
             England
             ;
             
               and
               although
               we
               shall
               be
               in
               danger
               of
               betraying
               ,
               yet
               shall
               wee
               behold
               another
               providence
               contradicting
               that
               Treacherie
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               nicke
               of
               time
               ,
               for
               this
               Kingdome
               ofEngland
            
             ,
             
               is
               not
               ordained
               untill
               the
               worlds
               end
               ,
               to
               be
               any
               more
               conquered
               ,
               we
               shall
               give
               ,
               but
               not
               receive
               Lawes
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             ambition
             &
             aime
             of
             
               this
            
             trifling
             fellow
             is
             to
             be
             thought
             a
             Necromancer
             ,
             a
             Conjurer
             ,
             another
             
               Lullius
               ,
               Trithemius
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Ghost
             of
             
               Agrippa
               ,
            
             or
             what
             ever
             you
             will
             have
             him
             to
             be
             ,
             so
             he
             may
             but
             obtaine
             a
             popular
             esteeme
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             more
             easily
             cozen
             and
             cheate
             the
             poore
             people
             of
             their
             money
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             why
             should
             he
             monstre
             such
             a
             confured
             heape
             of
             ridling
             trash
             without
             giving
             any
             reason
             ,
             or
             naming
             any
             Author
             for
             what
             he
             saith
             :
             and
             if
             you
             peruse
             it
             seriously
             ,
             and
             
             compare
             it
             with
             the
             4.
             last
             lines
             of
             the
             4th
             following
             Page
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             him
             plainly
             contradicting
             himselfe
             ,
             for
             whereas
             in
             his
             
               Caball
            
             judgement
             ,
             hee
             saith
             that
             the
             Advance
             of
             a
             Forraigne
             Army
             or
             State
             is
             certainly
             determined
             to
             yoake
             us
             and
             destroy
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             yet
             there
             he
             affirmeth
             that
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             oppressed
             with
             any
             invasive
             ,
             or
             domestique
             War
             :
             And
             if
             Invasion
             were
             but
             attempted
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             it
             would
             puzzle
             us
             ,
             and
             more
             then
             oppresse
             us
             :
             But
             were
             Astrology
             the
             ground
             of
             this
             judgement
             of
             his
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             told
             us
             a
             more
             probable
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             pleasant
             a
             story
             as
             he
             concludes
             with
             .
             For
             ,
             let
             this
             Cabalist
             but
             looke
             into
             
               Lupoldus
               de
               Revolutionibus
               ,
            
             and
             he
             shall
             find
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Victor
               erit
               qui
               invadit
               ,
               si
               dominus
               4tae
               ,
               vel
               7ae
               in
               prima
               fuerit
               ,
               vel
               in
               10ae
               .
            
             If
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             fourth
             House
             ,
             or
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             seventh
             House
             shall
             be
             in
             the
             Ascendent
             or
             Mid-heaven
             ,
             it
             signifies
             that
             the
             Invader
             (
             or
             Invaders
             )
             shall
             prevaile
             against
             ,
             and
             overcome
             the
             Invaded
             .
             And
             now
             (
             Good-man
             
               Merline
            
             )
             is
             not
             
               Saturne
            
             Lord
             of
             the
             seventh
             House
             ,
             and
             posited
             almost
             in
             the
             very
             Cuspe
             of
             the
             Tenth
             ?
             If
             this
             Aphorisme
             prove
             true
             (
             as
             
             possibly
             it
             may
             ,
             if
             the
             Scots
             and
             Parliament
             fall
             to
             pieces
             )
             you
             must
             invent
             other
             Epithites
             for
             the
             Scots
             ,
             then
             Prudent
             ,
             Wise
             ,
             and
             Religious
             people
             ,
             or
             else
             I
             know
             what
             will
             become
             of
             you
             .
             I
             will
             not
             urge
             this
             Aphorisme
             any
             further
             ,
             as
             how
             farre
             it
             may
             concerne
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             or
             
               France
               ,
            
             &c.
             lest
             I
             bee
             counted
             an
             Incendiary
             ;
             but
             a
             few
             moneths
             longer
             wil
             produce
             a
             Miracle
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             And
             for
             this
             
               Caball
            
             judgement
             ,
             bee
             it
             in
             jest
             ,
             or
             be
             it
             in
             earnest
             ,
             I
             hold
             it
             for
             no
             better
             then
             a
             mere
             Scar-crow
             purposely
             devised
             to
             deterre
             his
             Majesties
             friends
             from
             any
             longer
             adhering
             to
             him
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             in
             vain
             ,
             for
             so
             much
             true
             Policy
             have
             that
             Party
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             designe
             were
             a
             foot
             ,
             whereby
             to
             restore
             his
             Majestie
             to
             the
             Rights
             of
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             and
             to
             regaine
             their
             owne
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             discouraged
             in
             the
             prosecution
             thereof
             ,
             upon
             the
             reading
             of
             your
             fooleries
             ,
             and
             this
             (
             sir
             )
             you
             may
             beleeve
             upon
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             Cavaliere
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               If
               we
               consider
               the
               profectionall
               Figure
               of
               the
               last
               Conjunction
               of
            
             Saturne
             
               andJupiter
            
             ,
             
               wee
               shall
               find
            
             Aries
             
               ascending
               ,
               and
               the
               Sun
               ,
            
             Saturne
             ,
             Iupiter
             ,
             
               and
            
             Mercuryall
             
               in
            
             Cancer
             ,
             
               both
               the
               one
               figure
               and
               the
               
               other
               ,
               as
               also
               that
               of
               the
               Annuall
               returne
               of
               the
               Sun
               to
               his
               place
               at
               the
               Parliaments
               beginning
               promise
               us
               exceeding
               faire
               this
               yeare
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             VVharton
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             considered
             the
             Profectionall
             Figure
             of
             the
             last
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Saturne
            
             and
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             and
             find
             the
             Sun
             ,
             
               Saturne
               Iupiter
            
             and
             
               Mercury
               ,
            
             as
             you
             say
             all
             in
             
               Cancer
               ;
            
             yes
             ,
             and
             more
             then
             that
             I
             observed
             
               Aries
            
             ascending
             ,
             and
             
               Pisces
            
             Culminating
             ,
             
               Venus
            
             in
             
               Gemini
               ,
            
             and
             
               Luna
            
             in
             
               Libra
               :
            
             and
             I
             have
             made
             inspection
             into
             the
             sixth
             Revolution
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             to
             his
             place
             at
             the
             Parliaments
             beginning
             ,
             and
             there
             I
             meet
             with
             the
             seventh
             degree
             of
             
               Virgo
            
             ascending
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             degree
             of
             
               Taurus
            
             Culminating
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Mercury
            
             Lord
             of
             the
             Ascendent
             is
             in
             12
             degr.
             45
             min.
             of
             
               Scorpio
               &
               subradiis
               solis
               :
            
             and
             the
             Moon
             is
             in
             5
             degr.
             20
             min.
             of
             
               Aquarius
            
             in
             opposition
             to
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             who
             are
             neare
             unto
             a
             perfect
             Conjunction
             in
             the
             eleventh
             House
             of
             the
             Figure
             in
             
               Leo
               ,
            
             and
             she
             is
             also
             hastening
             to
             a
             Quartile
             with
             
               Saturne
            
             in
             the
             ninth
             .
             And
             I
             thinke
             (
             sir
             )
             you
             'le
             not
             deny
             but
             that
             
               Mercury
            
             and
             the
             Moon
             are
             your
             Senators
             
               significators
               :
            
             so
             that
             how
             faire
             soever
             you
             
             imagine
             these
             positions
             to
             promise
             you
             :
             I
             am
             assured
             they
             will
             performe
             but
             slowly
             ,
             you
             had
             done
             well
             to
             have
             shewn
             us
             some
             testimony
             of
             the
             Peace
             you
             mention
             ,
             but
             as
             you
             have
             denyed
             us
             that
             favour
             ,
             let
             mee
             instance
             you
             one
             testimony
             to
             crosse
             your
             conceit
             .
             You
             may
             see
             (
             sir
             )
             that
             
               Jupiter
            
             and
             
               Mars
            
             are
             there
             also
             in
             Conjunction
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             
               Leo
               ,
            
             a
             Signe
             of
             the
             Fiery
             Triplicitie
             ,
             which
             is
             farre
             worse
             then
             their
             Conjunction
             in
             
               Cancer
               ;
            
             for
             ,
             
               Mars
               in
               Leone
               significat
               bella
               &
               contentiones
               ,
               &
               paucitatem
               annonae
               in
               partibus
               orientalibus
               ,
               &
               erit
               Mars
               in
               hominibus
               ,
               &
               maxime
               in
               juvenibus
               40.
               
               Annorum
               usque
               ad
               50.
               in
               pueris
               tamen
               erit
               hoc
               fortius
               .
            
             It
             signifies
             Wars
             and
             wranglings
             ,
             and
             scarcity
             of
             Corne
             ,
             in
             the
             Easterne
             parts
             ,
             and
             Mortality
             amongst
             men
             ,
             but
             especially
             to
             such
             as
             are
             betwixt
             40.
             and
             50.
             yeares
             old
             .
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             this
             shall
             be
             most
             operative
             amongst
             children
             .
             And
             thus
             faire
             (
             and
             no
             fairer
             )
             are
             you
             promised
             by
             the
             Annuall
             returne
             of
             the
             Sun
             to
             his
             place
             at
             the
             Parliaments
             Commencement
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             credit
             
               bonat.
               .
            
             Colum.
             365.
             so
             that
             you
             see
             what
             ever
             our
             
               Merline
            
             hath
             indeavoured
             to
             gull
             the
             
             people
             with
             ,
             yet
             the
             Heavens
             speake
             no
             such
             Language
             ,
             they
             tell
             us
             of
             nothing
             but
             Warre
             and
             strife
             ,
             &c.
             
             What
             the
             Position
             of
             
               Saturne
            
             in
             the
             10.
             signifies
             in
             the
             Vernall
             Ingresse
             ,
             I
             have
             publish'd
             in
             my
             Prognostication
             :
             And
             if
             I
             should
             grant
             him
             what
             so
             much
             he
             desires
             and
             urgeth
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             
               Saturn's
            
             being
             in
             the
             Midd-heaven
             should
             portend
             some
             sorrow
             and
             affliction
             to
             the
             King
             :
             yet
             
               Albumazar
            
             (
             a
             man
             of
             better
             credit
             )
             affords
             us
             this
             comfort
             ;
             
               Si
               fuerit
               dominae
               decimae
               domus
               Venus
            
             (
             as
             she
             is
             in
             this
             Revolution
             )
             
               significat
               quod
               sequetur
               ex
               hac
               tribulatione
               prosperitatem
               atque
               sublimitatem
               &
               gaudium
               atque
               profectum
               .
            
             If
             
               Venus
            
             be
             Lady
             of
             the
             tenth
             House
             ,
             it
             sheweth
             that
             his
             affliction
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             shall
             bee
             turn'd
             into
             joy
             ,
             prosperity
             ,
             sublimitie
             ,
             and
             advantage
             ,
             the
             sight
             whereof
             ,
             will
             even
             breake
             the
             Malitious
             heart
             of
             this
             proditorious
             peasant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               And
               for
               the
               signification
               of
            
             Venus
             ,
             
               who
               is
               under
               the
               Sun
               beames
               ,
               and
               thereby
               much
               impedited
               and
               descending
               into
               the
               eighth
               ,
               though
               now
               locally
               in
               the
               ninth
               ,
               it
               portends
               a
               disturbed
               fancy
               ,
               and
               a
               person
               not
               free
               ,
               or
               much
               enlarged
               ,
               for
               the
               Sun
               Lord
               of
               the
               
               12.
               and
            
             Venus
             
               are
               within
               Orbes
               :
               her
               debilities
               promise
               him
               no
               great
               good
               :
            
             significat
             enim
             ,
             quod
             eveniat
             Regi
             in
             revolutione
             illa
             ira
             ,
             &
             tristitia
             ,
             &
             contentio
             ,
             similiter
             atque
             timor
             :
             
               she
               as
               posited
               ,
               is
               the
               signifier
               of
               much
               anger
               ,
               malecontentednesse
               ,
               and
               controversie
               ,
               and
               the
               Conclusion
               which
               is
               worst
               of
               all
               ,
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               be
               in
               great
               feare
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               of
               what
               ,
               I
               am
               silent
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             told
             you
             in
             my
             Prognostication
             ,
             that
             
               Venus
            
             her
             fortitudes
             ,
             exceeds
             the
             number
             of
             her
             Debilities
             by
             8
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             to
             be
             accounted
             strong
             and
             powerfull
             in
             the
             Figure
             ,
             so
             that
             what
             detriment
             soever
             her
             debilities
             might
             promise
             ,
             her
             fortitudes
             (
             being
             so
             many
             more
             in
             number
             )
             doe
             utterly
             extinguish
             and
             annihilate
             ,
             whereby
             is
             clearly
             signified
             good
             fortune
             and
             authority
             to
             Officials
             ,
             and
             other
             of
             the
             Kings
             head
             Officers
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King
             shall
             prosper
             in
             his
             affaires
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Reader
             may
             perceive
             your
             owne
             Fancy
             so
             disturbed
             ,
             and
             clowded
             ,
             as
             that
             you
             cannot
             fancy
             ,
             or
             discerne
             any
             sentence
             or
             Aphorisme
             that
             hath
             any
             shew
             in
             it
             of
             good
             towards
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             but
             indeavour
             to
             conceale
             all
             things
             that
             tend
             thereunto
             
             against
             your
             owne
             conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             Principles
             of
             Art
             .
             Nor
             can
             (
             in
             my
             opinion
             )
             the
             Sun
             and
             
               Venus
            
             their
             being
             within
             Orbes
             ,
             portend
             any
             kind
             of
             restraint
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             rather
             absolute
             freedome
             ,
             in
             regard
             they
             are
             both
             his
             Majesties
             significators
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             Cuspe
             of
             the
             twelfth
             House
             with
             an
             Aspect
             of
             true
             and
             perfect
             Amity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               But
               let
               me
               examine
               Astrologically
               ,
               whether
               there
               be
               any
               affection
               ,
               or
               unity
               ,
               betwixt
               his
               Majesty
               and
               Subjects
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               discerne
               saith
            
             Bonatus
             ,
             
               Fol.
               526.
               
            
             Per
             Conjunctionem
             significationem
             ad
             invicem
             ,
             
               viz.
               by
               the
               Conjunction
               of
               each
               significator
               to
               other
               ,
               or
               with
               other
               ;
            
             vel
             per
             eorum
             aspectum
             cum
             receptione
             ,
             quia
             ille
             ex
             significatoribus
             qui
             recipit
             alium
             ,
             committit
             illi
             dispositionem
             ,
             
               or
               by
               the
               mutuall
               aspect
               of
               the
               Significators
               with
               Reception
               ;
               for
               observe
               whose
               Significators
               receives
               the
               other
               ,
               commits
               his
               disposition
               ,
               or
               vertue
               to
               the
               Planet
               received
               ,
               or
               more
               properly
               may
               be
               said
               to
               be
               ruled
               or
               directed
               by
               him
               .
               Here
               doe
               I
               find
               the
               Sun
               Significator
               of
               our
               Honourable
               Patriots
               at
            
             Westminster
             ,
             
               in
               his
               Exaltation
               ,
               receivingVenus
            
             
               (
               his
               Majesties
               )
               in
               her
               detriment
               ,
               
               viz.
               in
               a
               low
               condition
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             the
             Sun
             and
             
               Venus
            
             had
             seene
             by
             Application
             ,
             or
             a
             perfect
             conjunction
             ,
             you
             had
             said
             something
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             but
             (
             Mr.
             
             Wisdome
             )
             you
             see
             
               Venus
            
             is
             separated
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Moone
             ,
             who
             is
             Significatrix
             of
             your
             Honourable
             Patriots
             is
             hasting
             to
             an
             Opposition
             with
             them
             both
             ,
             which
             are
             signes
             of
             small
             Affection
             ,
             or
             unitie
             betwixt
             them
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             that
             Reception
             you
             mention
             to
             be
             betwixt
             them
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             grant
             any
             ,
             for
             I
             learn'd
             when
             I
             was
             in
             my
             
               A.
               B.
               C.
            
             of
             Astrology
             ,
             that
             
               Receptio
               est
               duplex
               ,
               una
               ex
               domicilio
               ,
               altera
               ex
               exaltatione
               :
            
             It
             is
             either
             from
             House
             ,
             or
             Exaltation
             ,
             which
             you
             cannot
             find
             here
             betwixt
             the
             Sun
             and
             Venus
             ;
             for
             ,
             althought
             the
             Sun
             be
             in
             his
             Exaltation
             ,
             yet
             
               Venus
            
             is
             not
             in
             hers
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Reception
             in
             respect
             of
             Exaltation
             ,
             and
             for
             matter
             of
             House
             you
             'le
             grant
             there
             can
             be
             none
             .
             Yet
             I
             remember
             
               Zael
            
             admits
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             one
             more
             ,
             as
             a
             kind
             of
             Reception
             ;
             and
             
               Origanus
            
             takes
             notice
             of
             them
             in
             him
             and
             
               Schonerus
               ,
            
             and
             calls
             them
             
               Receptiones
               minores
            
             but
             he
             does
             not
             commend
             ,
             or
             allow
             them
             ,
             but
             rather
             sets
             a
             marke
             upon
             
             them
             for
             invalid
             and
             superstitious
             ,
             for
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               posteriores
               receptiones
               non
               nisi
               in
               particulari
               et
               ad
               superstitionem
               inclinante
               judicio
               locum
               habent
               .
               Pag.
            
             427.
             
             So
             that
             if
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             or
             Kingdom
             be
             no
             more
             obedient
             and
             kind
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             then
             this
             reception
             inclines
             them
             to
             ,
             I
             shall
             despaire
             of
             any
             Peace
             or
             Tranquility
             this
             yeare
             ,
             nor
             expect
             better
             successe
             of
             their
             formall
             addresses
             ,
             then
             formerly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               If
               we
               run
               a
               straine
               above
               Astrology
               ,
               the
               Hermeticall
               Learning
               will
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               Angells
            
             Samael
             ,
             
               and
            
             Malchidael
             
               are
               the
               Intelligences
               ,
               or
               presiding
               Angells
               of
               the
               English
               Common-wealth
               and
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               Generally
               every
               Astrologer
               is
               satisfied
               ,
               that
            
             Marsis
             
               the
               Planet
               ,
               and
            
             Aries
             
               the
               signe
               to
               which
               Great
               Britaine
               is
               Subject
               .
               If
               the
               greater
               Angell
               and
               his
               Minister
               stand
               firme
               for
               us
               ,
               as
               its
               thought
               they
               doe
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Planet
               be
               well
               fortified
               and
               the
               Ascending
               signe
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               not
               afflicted
               ,
               I
               see
               no
               cause
               in
               nature
               to
               mistrust
               any
               gewerall
               misfortune
               to
               happen
               within
               this
               Kingdome
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               thereof
               in
               this
               present
               yeare
               1647.
               
               For
               though
               we
               find
            
             Mars
             
               our
               English
               Astrologicall
               ,
               Planet
               in
               his
               Fall
               ,
               yet
               we
               have
               him
               very
               potently
               
               placed
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               in
               Conjunction
               withIupiter
            
             
               and
            
             Caput
             Draconis
             ,
             
               in
               the
               11.
               house
               ,
               and
               what
               Authors
               deliver
               upon
               such
               a
               Position
               as
               this
               ,
               you
               shall
               be
               your
               owne
               Judges
               that
               read
               the
               discourse
               :
            
             Si
             Iupiter
             fuerit
             in
             undecima
             ,
             significat
             lucra
             et
             merces
             in
             omnibus
             rebus
             ,
             Haly
             
               378.
               
               When
            
             Iupiter
             
               is
               in
               the
               11.
               
               House
               he
               intimates
               much
               trade
               and
               merchandizing
               ,
               and
               great
               wealth
               obtained
               thereby
               .
            
             Si
             quidem
             Iupiter
             fuerit
             in
             undecima
             significat
             laudem
             et
             bonam
             famam
             ex
             parte
             amicorum
             ,
             et
             quod
             gaudebant
             homines
             ,
             et
             erunt
             in
             alacritate
             ,
             et
             bonus
             effectus
             ,
             et
             profectus
             in
             rebus
             de
             quibus
             habebunt
             homines
             fiduciam
             ,
             et
             de
             quibus
             sperant
             bonum
             Bonat
             .
             567.
             
             Iupiter
             
               as
               new
               posited
               portends
               great
               comfort
               from
               friends
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               shall
               merit
               honour
               and
               a
               good
               name
               ,
               that
               men
               shall
               rejoice
               and
               be
               cheerfull
               ,
               and
               have
               good
               effect
               and
               encouragement
               in
               the
               actions
               they
               seeke
               after
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               matters
               they
               themselves
               expected
               good
               .
               If
               wee
               would
               dilate
               ,
               or
               exemplify
               ,
               why
               from
               hence
               may
               we
               not
               expect
               all
               faithfullnesse
               and
               honourable
               correspondency
               from
               the
               Scottish
               Nation
               ;
               contrary
               to
               the
               expectation
               of
               some
               ,
               and
               those
               not
               a
               few
               that
               divine
               otherwaies
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             If
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             run
             out
             quite
             from
             his
             Witts
             ,
             I
             shall
             here
             make
             him
             understand
             (
             if
             not
             acknowledge
             an
             other
             very
             grosse
             Error
             of
             his
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Angells
             
               Samael
            
             and
             
               Malchidael
            
             doe
             both
             of
             them
             take
             his
             part
             :
             for
             though
             I
             grant
             him
             that
             
               Mars
            
             is
             more
             powerfull
             then
             he
             speakes
             of
             ,
             yet
             is
             the
             Signe
             Ascending
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             sufficiently
             afflicted
             ,
             by
             the
             Platique
             Square
             of
             
               Mars
            
             unto
             it
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             also
             within
             3.
             degrees
             of
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             eight
             House
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             House
             of
             death
             ,
             labour
             sadnesse
             ,
             and
             heavinesse
             ,
             heritage
             of
             dead
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             Ascendent
             of
             the
             revolution
             is
             no
             lesse
             afflicted
             by
             the
             Quartile
             of
             
               Saturne
            
             unto
             it
             :
             and
             the
             Moone
             ,
             who
             is
             Lady
             of
             the
             Houre
             (
             although
             he
             hath
             here
             forgot
             to
             mention
             her
             ,
             is
             separate
             from
             the
             Sextile
             of
             
               Mars
            
             and
             in
             a
             partill
             Sextile
             with
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             but
             comes
             immediately
             to
             a
             Diametricall
             configuration
             with
             
               Aries
               Englands
            
             Horoscopicall
             Signe
             ;
             whereby
             you
             might
             have
             seene
             (
             if
             you
             had
             not
             beene
             worse
             then
             purblind
             )
             cause
             too
             much
             to
             mistrust
             some
             generall
             misfortune
             to
             befall
             the
             Inhabitants
             
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             :
             I
             doe
             not
             love
             to
             create
             new
             jealousies
             and
             feares
             ,
             but
             I
             presume
             
               Will
               .
               Lilly
            
             will
             not
             (
             upon
             second
             thoughts
             )
             deny
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             nor
             that
             hee
             hath
             plaid
             the
             foole
             in
             giving
             judgement
             of
             
               Jupiters
            
             positure
             in
             the
             eleventh
             only
             ,
             withour
             mixing
             the
             nature
             of
             
               Mars
            
             with
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             there
             likewise
             so
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             neare
             unto
             Conjunction
             with
             him
             .
             But
             I
             have
             elsewhere
             told
             you
             what
             their
             Accidentall
             Scite
             there
             doth
             signifie
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             give
             him
             any
             further
             answer
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             since
             what
             hee
             here
             reiterares
             ,
             is
             ,
             only
             to
             clear
             his
             Brethren
             the
             Scots
             ,
             lest
             they
             become
             unruly
             ,
             &
             kick
             out
             that
             small
             proportion
             of
             his
             idle
             brains
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             .
          
           
             
               And
               surely
               were
               not
            
             Mars
             
               overswayed
               by
               the
               presence
               of
            
             Jupiter
             
               in
               that
               Nations
               ascending
               Signe
               ,
               I
               should
               somewhat
               doubt
               of
               them
               my selfe
               ,
               but
               I
               doe
               not
               ,
               for
               the
               truth
               is
               Religion
               and
               Faith
               ,
               overmasters
               their
               naturall
               Policy
               ,
               Really
               ;
            
             Mars
             in
             undecima
             inimicitias
             amicorum
             praenotat
             :
             Mars
             
               in
               the
               11.
               destroyes
               the
               Leagues
               and
               friendships
               of
               People
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             .
          
           
             And
             surely
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             a
             
             Horne-book-blade
             ,
             hee
             would
             not
             divulge
             so
             much
             of
             his
             ignorance
             at
             one
             clap
             ,
             as
             to
             say
             that
             
               Mars
            
             is
             overswayed
             by
             the
             presence
             of
             
               Jupiter
               ,
               cujus
               contrarium
               verum
               est
               ;
            
             for
             as
             before
             I
             have
             proved
             ,
             
               Mars
            
             is
             the
             strongest
             save
             only
             the
             Moone
             :
             and
             
               Jupitar
            
             the
             weakest
             but
             
               Mercury
            
             in
             all
             the
             Figure
             ,
             as
             will
             appeare
             to
             any
             man
             that
             will
             take
             the
             paines
             to
             collect
             the
             Dignities
             and
             Debilities
             of
             the
             Planets
             respectively
             in
             the
             Figure
             .
             And
             therefore
             hee
             hath
             good
             reason
             to
             doubt
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             to
             suspect
             the
             Scottish
             Nation
             will
             become
             Converts
             :
             which
             if
             they
             did
             not
             ,
             wee
             (
             Malignants
             )
             should
             have
             questioned
             ,
             whether
             they
             had
             any
             Religion
             ,
             or
             Faith
             at
             all
             ?
             But
             to
             the
             matter
             :
             
               Mars
            
             in
             the
             11.
             
             House
             presages
             something
             else
             then
             
               amicorum
               inimicitias
               ,
            
             if
             you
             had
             not
             abused
             
               Guido
               Bonatus
               Colum.
            
             571.
             and
             in
             him
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             :
             whose
             words
             (
             if
             he
             had
             not
             beene
             interrupted
             by
             this
             unmannerly
             clowne
             )
             had
             been
             thus
             ;
             
               Mars
               in
            
             11●
             
               domo
               ,
               significat
               paucitatem
               lucri
               ,
               seu
               profectus
               in
               rebus
               de
               quibus
               spaeratur
               utilitas
               ;
               &
               quod
               cadent
               in
               inimicitias
               amicorum
               ,
               &
               significat
               diminutionem
               substantiae
               ,
               &
               desperabant
               homines
               
               derebus
               in
               quibus
               habebatur
               siducia
               ,
               &
               quibus
               spaerebatur
               :
            
             That
             is
             ,
             
               Mars
            
             in
             the
             eleventh
             House
             foretells
             but
             little
             profit
             ,
             or
             gaine
             in
             those
             things
             by
             which
             profit
             was
             expected
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             fall
             at
             enmitie
             with
             their
             friends
             .
             Also
             ,
             the
             diminution
             of
             their
             substance
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             shall
             utterly
             despaire
             of
             ever
             obtaining
             what
             they
             most
             trusted
             to
             ,
             and
             expected
             .
             This
             Aphorisme
             carryes
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             matter
             in
             sit
             ,
             in
             relation
             it
             hath
             to
             the
             differences
             depending
             and
             impending
             betwixt
             the
             Scots
             and
             the
             Parliament
             :
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             not
             held
             fitting
             to
             be
             published
             ,
             or
             communicated
             (
             by
             our
             misterious
             
               Merline
            
             )
             without
             a
             Fee
             .
             The
             plaine
             English
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             (
             according
             to
             naturall
             causes
             )
             it
             is
             most
             evident
             that
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             be
             frustrated
             in
             their
             expectation
             ;
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             mvch
             deceived
             ,
             and
             deprived
             of
             the
             profit
             and
             commoditie
             ,
             which
             might
             have
             accrued
             unto
             them
             ,
             by
             having
             the
             King
             at
             their
             owne
             disposall
             :
             and
             that
             for
             this
             cause
             they
             shall
             fale
             fall
             at
             difference
             with
             ,
             and
             incurre
             the
             dislike
             and
             enmity
             of
             those
             that
             were
             formerly
             their
             friends
             and
             confederates
             ,
             who
             shall
             account
             them
             no
             otherwise
             
             then
             such
             as
             have
             forgot
             and
             neglected
             their
             Covenant
             with
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             And
             hereupon
             they
             dispaire
             of
             the
             Scottish
             Religion
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             come
             nearer
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             not
             so
             much
             credulity
             as
             to
             interest
             them
             alone
             in
             the
             disposall
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Person
             :
             and
             hence
             arise
             new
             discords
             and
             contentions
             ,
             and
             greater
             taxes
             are
             imposed
             then
             ever
             upon
             the
             poore
             Kingdome
             ,
             whereby
             mens
             Estates
             are
             exhausted
             and
             consumed
             ,
             and
             fresh
             miseries
             daily
             approaching
             ,
             if
             not
             timously
             prevented
             .
          
           
             What
             he
             cites
             out
             of
             
               Haly
            
             concerning
             
               Jupiters
            
             positure
             in
             the
             11
             House
             ,
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             answered
             and
             explained
             before
             ,
             upon
             the
             words
             which
             he
             quoted
             from
             
               Bonatus
               ,
            
             for
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             farre
             hath
             Mr.
             
               Lilly
            
             made
             his
             progresse
             in
             preaching
             Peace
             and
             Tranquilitie
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             declared
             ?
             and
             now
             he
             comes
             to
             the
             Qualitie
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             wherein
             I
             scorne
             to
             detract
             the
             least
             scruple
             from
             him
             of
             what
             's
             his
             due
             ,
             but
             shall
             agree
             with
             him
             in
             every
             thing
             which
             he
             performs
             but
             any
             thing
             like
             an
             Artist
             ,
             (
             though
             he
             stumble
             
             of
             it
             against
             his
             will
             )
             his
             quotation
             of
             
               Bonatus
               Pag.
            
             55.
             (
             by
             great
             fortune
             )
             is
             very
             true
             and
             pertinent
             ,
             whereby
             is
             proved
             a
             yeare
             of
             scarcity
             of
             Corne
             and
             other
             Provision
             for
             the
             use
             of
             man
             :
             But
             the
             application
             of
             his
             next
             Aphorisme
             out
             of
             
               Haly
            
             is
             very
             illicite
             ,
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             for
             although
             he
             affirme
             it
             shall
             assuredly
             come
             to
             passe
             in
             those
             parts
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             lye
             South-East
             ,
             and
             full
             South
             from
             
               London
               ,
            
             but
             nothing
             so
             violently
             as
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               Ireland
               :
            
             I
             shall
             prove
             him
             here
             and
             errand
             Bo●cher
             :
             For
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             understood
             the
             Aphorisme
             ;
             
               Saturn
            
             ought
             to
             both
             infortunate
             
               in
               alto
               loco
               ,
            
             and
             elevated
             above
             all
             the
             other
             Planets
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             it
             hath
             no
             signification
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             not
             in
             this
             Figure
             ;
             For
             although
             he
             be
             weake
             in
             his
             Essentiall
             Dignities
             ,
             yet
             considering
             his
             other
             Accidentall
             fortitudes
             ,
             he
             is
             indifferent
             strong
             and
             powerfull
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Aphorisme
             will
             not
             serve
             for
             this
             Position
             .
             And
             if
             you
             will
             know
             the
             principall
             waies
             by
             which
             a
             Planet
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             elevated
             above
             another
             ,
             they
             are
             three
             ,
             
               viz.
               
            
          
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             their
             
               
                 Latitude
                 from
                 the
                 Ecliptique
                 .
              
               
                 Nearnesse
                 to
                 their
                 Auges
                 ,
              
               
                 Position
                 in
                 the
                 Figure
                 .
              
            
          
           
             A
             Planet
             is
             said
             to
             be
             elevated
             above
             another
             (
             according
             to
             
               Ganivetus
               (
               cap.
            
             1.
             
               differ
               .
            
             3.
             of
             his
             booke
             entituled
             
               Amicus
               medicorum
            
             )
             who
             hath
             greatest
             Northerne
             Latitude
             from
             the
             Ecliptique
             :
             now
             if
             we
             Calculate
             rightly
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             
               Mars
            
             elevated
             above
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Planets
             ,
             the
             moone
             expected
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             3.
             degrees
             of
             North
             Latitude
             ,
             and
             
               Saturnes
            
             Latitude
             is
             meridionall
             no
             lesse
             then
             2.
             degrees
             6.
             min.
             
             So
             
               Iupiter
            
             hath
             0.
             degree
             47.
             min.
             of
             North
             Latitude
             ,
             
               Venus
               ,
            
             1
             degree
             .
             10.
             min.
             and
             
               Mercury
            
             2
             degree
             5.
             min.
             both
             South
             ,
             and
             the
             ●
             indeed
             hath
             4.
             degree
             47.
             min.
             of
             N.
             Latitude
             so
             that
             in
             respect
             of
             Latitude
             ,
             
               Saturne
            
             is
             the
             most
             depressed
             of
             all
             the
             Planets
             in
             the
             Figure
             ,
             and
             the
             moone
             most
             elevated
             next
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             and
             then
             
               Jupiter
               .
            
          
           
             The
             next
             way
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             a
             Planets
             propinquity
             to
             his
             Auge
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Altohazen
               Haly
            
             in
             his
             Comment
             upon
             
               Ptolomy
               :
            
             So
             that
             the
             Planet
             which
             is
             nearest
             the
             Summitie
             of
             his
             Epicyle
             ,
             is
             elevated
             
             above
             another
             ,
             which
             is
             further
             removed
             thence
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             consider
             here
             which
             of
             the
             Planets
             is
             most
             elevated
             
               secundum
               Augem
               ,
            
             wee
             shall
             finde
             that
             
               Mercury
            
             is
             in
             
               Apog.
               Epicicli
               .
               12.
               
               March
               Mars
            
             is
             in
             
               Apog.
               Eccentr
               .
            
             the
             14.
             of
             March
             ,
             and
             
               Saturne
            
             is
             not
             in
             
               Apog.
               Epicicli
            
             untill
             the
             4.
             of
             
               May
            
             following
             :
             so
             that
             this
             way
             
               Mercury
            
             and
             
               Mars
            
             are
             both
             elevated
             above
             
               Saturne
               .
            
          
           
             And
             hereby
             the
             way
             will
             I
             put
             Mr.
             
               Merline
            
             in
             mind
             of
             one
             mistake
             in
             this
             kind
             committed
             in
             his
             
               Englands
            
             Propheticall
             
               Merline
               Pag.
            
             78.
             
             Where
             he
             hath
             put
             
               Saturn
               transire
               Apoge
               .
            
             on
             20.
             
             
               Martii
            
             &
             
               Jupiter
               Epicicli
               sui
               superiorem
               partem
               23.
               
               Martii
               ,
            
             wheras
             
               Saturne
            
             is
             in
             
               Apog.
               Epicili
            
             the
             10.
             of
             
               March
            
             and
             
               Jupiter
            
             the
             13.
             so
             but
             only
             10.
             daies
             Error
             in
             each
             committed
             .
          
           
             The
             3.
             way
             by
             which
             a
             Planet
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             elevated
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             places
             in
             the
             Figure
             ;
             as
             he
             that
             is
             above
             the
             earth
             is
             more
             elevated
             then
             he
             that
             under
             is
             the
             Horizon
             ,
             he
             that
             is
             in
             the
             12.
             
             House
             is
             elevated
             above
             an
             other
             Planet
             in
             the
             Ascendent
             ,
             he
             that
             is
             in
             the
             11.
             above
             any
             i●
             
             the
             12.
             and
             he
             that
             is
             in
             the
             10.
             above
             any
             other
             in
             the
             Figure
             as
             indeed
             
               Saturn
            
             is
             now
             :
             And
             if
             all
             the
             Planets
             were
             under
             the
             Horizon
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             is
             nearest
             to
             the
             Ascendent
             is
             said
             to
             be
             most
             Elevated
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             not
             so
             much
             considedered
             by
             Astrologers
             as
             their
             elevation
             in
             respect
             of
             Latitude
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             proximitie
             to
             their
             Auges
             ,
             or
             if
             it
             were
             ,
             yet
             you
             see
             there
             is
             two
             to
             one
             against
             
               Wil.
               
               Lilly
               :
            
             For
             
               Saturne
            
             is
             neither
             elevated
             above
             all
             the
             other
             Planets
             in
             respect
             of
             Latitude
             ,
             nor
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             Auge
             ,
             and
             therefore
             that
             Aphorisme
             of
             
               Halyes
            
             hath
             no
             signification
             here
             ,
             
               Saturne
            
             being
             neither
             
               infortunatus
               in
               alto
               loco
               ,
               nec
               sublevatus
               super
               omnes
               alios
               planetas
            
             as
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             supposes
             him
             :
             So
             that
             the
             South
             ,
             and
             South-east
             parts
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             need
             not
             feare
             this
             positure
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Next
             I
             desire
             the
             reader
             to
             observe
             that
             he
             hath
             cut
             off
             ▪
             corrupted
             ,
             and
             misunderstood
             that
             Aphorisme
             in
             
               Bonatus
               574
               viz
               significat
               naufragia
               repente
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             For
             that
             Aphorisme
             is
             not
             deduced
             from
             the
             dominion
             of
             
               Mars
            
             in
             the
             4
             and
             9
             houses
             of
             the
             figure
             ,
             but
             (
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               Guido
            
             )
             from
             the
             scituation
             of
             
               Mars
            
             in
             
               Cancer
            
             and
             his
             triplicity
             ,
             and
             the
             words
             of
             
               Bonat
               :
            
             are
             these
             ,
             
               Et
               si
               fuerit
            
             Mars
             
               in
               
               Revolutione
               anni
               in
               Cancro
               ,
               vel
               elus
               triplicitate
               :
               &
               maxime
               in
               Cancto
               ,
               erit
               apparitio
               eorum
               ,
               quae
               significaverit
               in
               partibus
               Septentrionalibus
               :
            
             and
             thus
             much
             of
             that
             Aphorisme
             Master
             
               Merline
            
             hath
             quite
             left
             out
             ,
             which
             is
             thus
             much
             in
             English
             :
             if
             
               Mars
            
             in
             the
             yeares
             revolution
             shall
             be
             in
             
               Cancer
            
             or
             his
             triplicity
             ,
             but
             especially
             in
             
               Cancer
               ,
            
             the
             visibility
             of
             his
             effects
             shall
             be
             in
             the
             Northern
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             :
             Further
             
               In
               Cancro
               significat
               naufragia
               repente
               venientia
               ex
               forti
               atque
               subito
               flatu
               ventorum
               ,
               &
               significat
               rixam
               atque
               contentionem
               ,
               &
               bellum
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               Mars
            
             in
             
               Cancer
            
             hath
             signification
             of
             unexpected
             shipwracks
             ,
             happening
             by
             fierce
             and
             sudden
             gales
             of
             wind
             ;
             he
             also
             portends
             strife
             ,
             contention
             ,
             and
             warre
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Lilly
             
          
           
             Gaudebunt
             Reges
             ,
             &
             habebunt
             laetitiam
             ,
             &
             securitatem
             ,
             
               that
               our
               principall
               Governours
               and
               officers
               that
               have
               with
               such
               industry
               these
               many
               years
               steered
               the
               affairs
               of
               our
               Kingdome
               shall
               in
               this
               year
               rejoice
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Wharton
             
          
           
             (
             indeed
             )
             
               Lilly
            
             )
             you
             steere
             by
             a
             false
             Chart
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             absolutely
             signified
             to
             the
             Governours
             you
             speak
             of
             from
             the
             sunne
             as
             he
             is
             Lord
             of
             the
             ascendant
             ,
             for
             he
             that
             will
             look
             into
             
               Guido
            
             Pag.
             575
             whence
             he
             takes
             this
             judgement
             ,
             shall
             find
             the
             words
             to
             carry
             another
             sence
             ,
             
               viz.
               Et
               si
               fuerit
               Sol
               Dominus
               ,
               Anni
               ,
               ac
               Dominus
               ascendentis
               fueritque
               liber
               a
               malis
               ,
               dixit
               Albumazar
               ,
               gaudebunt
               Reges
               ,
               &
               habebunt
               letitiam
               &
               securitatem
               ,
            
             so
             that
             if
             you
             expect
             to
             have
             benefit
             by
             this
             aphorisme
             
             the
             Sunne
             must
             not
             onely
             be
             Lord
             of
             the
             ascendent
             ,
             but
             free
             from
             the
             Malevolents
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             also
             be
             Lord
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             not
             in
             this
             revolution
             ;
             and
             how
             farre
             soever
             this
             aphorisme
             may
             be
             in
             force
             ,
             the
             King
             will
             have
             the
             best
             share
             thereof
             ,
             if
             the
             Sunne
             be
             the
             naturall
             
               significator
            
             of
             Kings
             as
             all
             authors
             accord
             :
             nor
             shall
             those
             Governours
             he
             talks
             of
             want
             their
             part
             of
             what
             the
             Sunnes
             accidentall
             position
             in
             the
             8
             house
             doth
             signifie
             .
             
               viz.
               depressionem
               Divitum
               &
               Magnatum
               ,
               seu
               Nobilium
               atque
               potentum
               ,
               eorumque
               diminutionem
               ,
               &
               mortem
               ,
               ac
               improperium
               Bonat
               .
               577.
               
               I
               'le
            
             lay
             my
             life
             this
             aphorisme
             belongs
             to
             the
             Round-heads
             .
             What
             
               Venus
            
             portendeth
             in
             the
             9
             as
             she
             is
             
               significatrix
            
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             
               I
            
             have
             told
             you
             in
             my
             Prog.
             and
             what
             Mr.
             
             
               Lilly
            
             hath
             added
             out
             of
             
               Bonat
            
             579
             is
             not
             amisse
             ;
             onely
             his
             application
             is
             like
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             idle
             and
             foolish
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             concerns
             all
             the
             Clergy
             in
             generall
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Prick-ear'd
             Divines
             onely
             ,
             as
             every
             Artist
             can
             testifie
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             for
             that
             
               William
               Lilly
            
             seemes
             to
             be
             very
             much
             offended
             with
             one
             Master
             
               Geere
               ,
            
             who
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             was
             sometimes
             a
             priest
             of
             
               Tewksbury
               ,
            
             and
             hath
             lately
             writ
             a
             Pamphlet
             called
             
               Astrologo-mastrix
               ,
            
             (
             which
             indeed
             is
             as
             full
             of
             old
             idle
             Sophistry
             ,
             as
             Master
             
               Lilly
            
             is
             of
             Malice
             ,
             and
             Ignorance
             )
             yet
             I
             hold
             it
             no
             sufficient
             answer
             to
             tell
             him
             a
             story
             of
             a
             Weathercock
             ,
             or
             a
             Cock
             and
             Bull
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             denying
             and
             avoyding
             his
             Arguments
             by
             better
             Reason
             :
             
             nor
             is
             it
             Scholler
             like
             ,
             or
             favours
             at
             all
             of
             Common
             Civility
             ,
             to
             fall
             upon
             scandalizing
             of
             a
             mans
             Reputation
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             not
             wit
             enough
             to
             require
             him
             otherwise
             .
             I
             think
             (
             
               Lilly
            
             )
             you
             would
             scarce
             accept
             of
             it
             as
             a
             sufficient
             answer
             from
             me
             ,
             if
             in
             stead
             of
             correcting
             your
             errours
             ,
             I
             should
             tell
             the
             world
             that
             you
             were
             but
             a
             Taylours
             Boy
             in
             Saint
             
               Clements
            
             Parish
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             summity
             of
             all
             your
             honour
             was
             to
             be
             afterwards
             a
             Scriveners
             Man
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             dyng
             your
             Mrs
             taught
             you
             first
             to
             write
             Secretary
             ,
             in
             which
             respect
             I
             account
             you
             not
             worthy
             of
             the
             just
             revenge
             of
             my
             Pen
             :
             This
             (
             though
             it
             be
             true
             )
             were
             but
             mean
             Logick
             ,
             but
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             you
             are
             lame
             of
             that
             legge
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             may
             do
             well
             to
             borrow
             a
             crutch
             of
             Master
             
               Thomas
               Challoner
               ,
            
             that
             precise
             Logitian
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Nor
             does
             it
             grieve
             me
             at
             all
             that
             I
             suffer
             so
             much
             for
             the
             justnesse
             of
             the
             Cause
             which
             I
             have
             undertaken
             and
             sworn
             to
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             traduced
             by
             you
             ,
             with
             the
             tearmes
             of
             an
             obscure
             footman
             ,
             ungownd
             ,
             and
             unbooted
             ,
             &c.
             the
             time
             was
             when
             I
             have
             been
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             where
             neither
             
               Lillie
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Booker
            
             durst
             have
             shown
             their
             faces
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             whether
             I
             weare
             Boots
             or
             Shoes
             ,
             either
             shall
             content
             me
             :
             I
             have
             both
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             want
             a
             Colledge
             Gown
             ,
             I
             believe
             (
             Sir
             )
             you
             'r
             not
             in
             so
             much
             credit
             as
             to
             take
             one
             up
             for
             me
             till
             my
             nex
             yeares
             Almanack
             may
             defray
             your
             engagement
             ,
             however
             you
             are
             not
             so
             much
             Master
             of
             your
             trade
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             it
             for
             me
             ,
             for
             (
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             )
             I
             was
             told
             you
             Master
             was
             a
             womans
             Tailour
             .
          
           
           
             I
             find
             nothing
             left
             now
             worthy
             my
             notice
             ,
             save
             onely
             the
             Quadrate
             Aspect
             of
             
               Saturn
            
             to
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             which
             hapeneth
             this
             year
             ,
             which
             (
             Master
             
               Merline
            
             )
             saith
             onely
             signifieth
             
               mutationes
               .
               &
               res
               multas
               〈◊〉
               in
               Negotiis
               Regis
               ,
               similiter
               &
               in
               lege
               ,
            
             very
             great
             aterations
             ,
             and
             many
             things
             concerning
             his
             Majesties
             affairs
             and
             the
             Law
             :
             but
             you
             see
             Master
             
               Merline
            
             dare
             not
             tell
             us
             his
             author
             ,
             and
             (
             indeed
             )
             he
             either
             will
             not
             ,
             or
             dare
             not
             ;
             yet
             neverthelesse
             I
             have
             trac'd
             him
             ,
             and
             found
             
               Haly
            
             to
             be
             the
             authour
             of
             those
             words
             ,
             and
             of
             some
             other
             proceedings
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             guesse
             he
             was
             unwilling
             to
             publish
             ,
             by
             the
             tenour
             of
             them
             ,
             
               Haly
               pag.
            
             391
             they
             run
             thus
             :
             
               Significat
            
             (
             saith
             
               Haly
               )
               quod
               existent
               Rebelles
               qui
               adversabuntur
               Regi
               ,
               &
               qui
               querunt
               regnum
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             The
             plain
             English
             is
             this
             ,
             it
             signifieth
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             Rebels
             (
             and
             traytors
             ,
             who
             shall
             rise
             and
             oppose
             themselves
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             shall
             endevour
             to
             deprive
             him
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             and
             this
             together
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             is
             the
             genuine
             signification
             of
             the
             square
             of
             
               Saturn
               ,
            
             and
             
               Jupiter
               ;
            
             and
             these
             very
             words
             I
             had
             noted
             in
             my
             Almanack
             ,
             but
             the
             Printer
             maliciously
             expunged
             and
             altered
             them
             and
             divers
             more
             ,
             whereby
             he
             hath
             unworthily
             abused
             me
             ,
             and
             made
             my
             Almanack
             look
             weatherbeat
             lik
             himself
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             
               Saturn
            
             and
             
               Mars
            
             in
             
               Taurus
               ,
            
             which
             Master
             
               Merline
               ,
            
             saith
             ,
             hath
             been
             so
             learnedly
             handled
             by
             
               John
               Booker
               ;
            
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             laid
             him
             open
             in
             that
             discourse
             I
             formerly
             
             mentioned
             ;
             and
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             serve
             both
             their
             turns
             :
             yet
             I
             cannot
             passe
             by
             one
             grosse
             errour
             (
             above
             all
             the
             rest
             )
             committed
             by
             this
             woodden
             Prick-eare
             
               John
               Booker
               ,
            
             in
             his
             new
             Almanack
             for
             1647
             (
             which
             may
             be
             easily
             known
             ,
             by
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Logger-head
             in
             the
             front
             of
             it
             )
             upon
             his
             judgements
             of
             the
             yeare
             at
             the
             Vernall
             ingresse
             ,
             where
             he
             saith
             that
             
               Jupiter
            
             is
             in
             
               Ascendente
               hora
               revolutionis
               ,
            
             and
             accordingly
             drawes
             fine
             Peaceable
             judgement
             from
             
               Iupiter
               ,
            
             being
             in
             the
             Ascendent
             ,
             when
             notwithstanding
             ,
             
               Iupiter
            
             is
             above
             30
             degrees
             (
             or
             a
             whole
             signe
             )
             distant
             from
             thence
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             the
             11
             house
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               William
               Lillies
               Figura
               mundi
               ,
            
             in
             his
             
               Anglicus
               ,
            
             erected
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Reader
             may
             perceive
             what
             certainty
             can
             be
             in
             this
             dull
             fellows
             Prognosticks
             ,
             who
             is
             thus
             palpably
             &
             intolerably
             erronious
             ,
             as
             to
             misse
             no
             lesse
             then
             a
             whole
             signe
             in
             the
             place
             of
             one
             Planet
             ?
          
           
             And
             thus
             have
             I
             diligently
             and
             carefully
             examined
             
               William
               Lillies
            
             Discourse
             ,
             wherein
             I
             find
             him
             very
             foolishly
             rash
             ,
             and
             even
             brim
             full
             of
             malice
             and
             ignorance
             ;
             and
             do
             now
             assuredly
             know
             him
             unworthy
             the
             name
             of
             an
             Artist
             .
             I
             could
             have
             taken
             notice
             of
             a
             great
             many
             more
             Errours
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             and
             particularly
             in
             his
             Translation
             of
             those
             first
             50
             Aphorismes
             of
             
               Ptolomi●s
               Centil●qui
               ,
            
             wherein
             he
             showes
             himself
             ignorant
             in
             the
             Originall
             ,
             so
             hath
             he
             infected
             some
             of
             them
             with
             his
             own
             foolish
             Commentaries
             ,
             and
             (
             amongst
             the
             rest
             )
             a
             ridiculous
             
             story
             of
             a
             suit
             of
             cloths
             ,
             that
             he
             tore
             many
             holes
             in
             ,
             in
             going
             a
             nutting
             ,
             when
             the
             Moon
             was
             ill
             dignified
             in
             
               Lea
               ,
            
             which
             suit
             he
             sayes
             did
             never
             do
             him
             any
             service
             after
             :
             whereby
             you
             see
             that
             
               Lilly
            
             is
             as
             bad
             a
             Taylor
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             an
             Astronomer
             ,
             that
             could
             mend
             his
             own
             cloathes
             no
             better
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             born
             to
             be
             a
             workman
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             reserve
             my
             other
             more
             serious
             observations
             till
             I
             heare
             further
             from
             him
             ,
             which
             if
             ever
             
               I
            
             do
             ,
             
               I
            
             promise
             to
             lash
             him
             without
             mercy
             ,
             in
             the
             interim
             
               I
            
             should
             advise
             such
             Gentlemen
             as
             desire
             to
             be
             instructed
             in
             this
             kind
             of
             Learning
             ,
             to
             shake
             off
             these
             ignorant
             fellows
             ,
             and
             apply
             themselves
             to
             Doctor
             
               Nicholas
               ,
               Fisk
            
             Doctor
             
               Scarborough
               ,
            
             Master
             
               Jonas
               ,
               Moore
               ,
            
             or
             Master
             ,
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             who
             are
             all
             of
             them
             singular
             Artists
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             honest
             and
             cleare
             intentions
             .
          
        
         
           FJNIS
           .
        
         
      
    
    

