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         Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.
      
       
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             Mercurius cœlicus: or, a caveat to all people of the kingdome, that now have, or shall hereafter happen to reade the counterfeit, and most pernicious pamphlet written under the name of Navvorth: or, A new almanacke, and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 1644. (Said in the title page thereof to be) printed at Oxford by His Majesties Command.
             Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.
             Booker, John, 1603-1667. Mercurius cœlicus.
             Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681. Mercurio-cœlico mastix.
          
           [2], 6, [2], 4 [i.e. 14] p.
           
             Printed by J. Raworth [i.e. H. Hall], for John Partridge,
             London [i.e. Oxford] :
             [1644]
          
           
             In two parts. Part 1 is an Oxford H. Hall reprint of John Booker's Mercurius cœlicus, with sarcastic marginal notes by George Wharton (who used the pseudonym Naworth). Part 2, Wharton's Mercurio-cœlico mastix, has a separate dated title page and separate pagination; register is continuous.
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           Mercurius
           Coelicus
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           CAVEAT
           To
           all
           people
           of
           the
           KINGDOME
           ,
           That
           now
           have
           ,
           or
           shall
           hereafter
           happen
           to
           reade
           the
           counterfeit
           ,
           and
           most
           pernicious
           Pamphlet
           written
           under
           the
           name
           of
           NAWORTH
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           New
           Almanacke
           ,
           AND
           Prognostication
           For
           the
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           IESUS
           CHRIST
           1644.
           
           (
           Said
           in
           the
           Title
           Page
           thereof
           to
           be
           )
           
             Printed
             at
          
           Oxford
           
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Command
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           J.
           Raworth
           ,
           
             for
          
           John
           Partridge
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Mercurius
           Coelicus
           ,
           OR
           A
           Caveat
           to
           all
           the
           People
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Suppose
           you
           are
           all
           furnished
           with
           
             a
          
           
             Almanacks
          
           and
           
             Prognostications
          
           for
           this
           whole
           yeare
           ensuing
           ,
           before
           this
           time
           ;
           At
           leastwise
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           bestow
           your
           mony
           on
           so
           lying
           a
           
             Pamphlet
             ,
          
           or
           spend
           your
           time
           so
           vainely
           in
           reading
           so
           notorious
           
             Vntruths
          
           as
           this
           counterfeit
           
             b
          
           
             Naworth
          
           would
           fain
           perswade
           you
           to
           beleive
           .
           As
           for
           the
           
             Chronologicall
          
           part
           thereof
           ,
           which
           he
           stiles
           thus
           ,
           
             With
             a
             breife
             Chronology
             of
             the
             most
             remarkable
             Occurrences
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Rebellion
             :
             Calculated
             exactly
             for
             the
             Latitude
             and
             Meridian
             of
             the
             famous
             Vniversity
             and
             City
             of
             Oxford
             ;
          
           I
           must
           intreat
           you
           to
           beleive
           me
           ;
           for
           the
           very
           
             c
          
           truth
           is
           .
           All
           that
           
             Infamous
             Chronology
          
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           
             Collection
             of
             Vntruths
             ,
          
           raked
           out
           of
           the
           Dunghill
           of
           
             Mercurius
             Aulicus
          
           his
           abominable
           
             lying
             Legend
             ;
          
           which
           ,
           like
           the
           
             Infections
             Disease
          
           now
           raging
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           other
           the
           Westerne
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           had
           like
           to
           have
           poysoned
           all
           the
           people
           thereof
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           
             Anti-Mercury
             ,
          
           our
           freind
           
             Britannicus
             ,
          
           seasonably
           given
           them
           an
           
             Antidote
          
           to
           purge
           and
           cure
           the
           
             Melancholly
          
           gotten
           by
           that
           
             malignant
             Aulicus
             .
          
           I
           beleive
           he
           hath
           
             calculated
          
           it
           
             exactly
          
           for
           the
           
             Meridian
          
           of
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           for
           it
           can
           serve
           no
           other
           place
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           The
           
             e
          
           people
           there
           ,
           dare
           not
           speake
           truth
           ;
           And
           how
           then
           ,
           thinke
           you
           ,
           dare
           they
           write
           ?
           His
           reckoning
           up
           of
           (
           fained
           )
           
             Victories
          
           at
           this
           and
           that
           place
           ,
           are
           all
           false
           
             Calculations
             :
          
           Methinks
           the
           very
           
             f
          
           thought
           of
           
             Keynton
             ,
             Edge-hill
             ,
          
           or
           
             Newbury
             ,
          
           should
           strike
           him
           dead
           .
           I
           could
           tell
           him
           of
           
             g
          
           
             Alton
             ,
             Gainsborough
             ,
             Arundell
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           If
           
             h
          
           
           he
           would
           but
           tell
           us
           of
           their
           (
           our
           enemies
           )
           true
           
             Losses
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           of
           their
           fained
           
             i
          
           
             Victories
             ,
          
           in
           which
           (
           to
           their
           perpetuall
           
           shame
           )
           they
           so
           much
           boast
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           would
           be
           more
           sensible
           of
           the
           bloud
           that
           
             k
          
           they
           have
           caused
           to
           be
           spilt
           ,
           &
           unanimously
           rise
           to
           suppresse
           their
           cruell
           Tyranny
           ,
           
           their
           bloudy
           and
           inhumane
           cruelties
           .
           How
           dares
           he
           write
           of
           
             Victories
             ?
          
           If
           ever
           they
           (
           for
           whom
           that
           
             Almanack
          
           was
           calculated
           )
           got
           any
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           Treachery
           .
           As
           for
           the
           word
           
             Rebell
          
           he
           so
           often
           mentions
           in
           that
           lying
           
             Chronology
             ,
          
           surely
           (
           if
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           in
           my
           Figure
           (
           which
           I
           seldome
           do
           )
           he
           meanes
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           live
           in
           that
           
             Clymate
          
           where
           he
           calculated
           his
           
             Erra-Pater
          
           (
           for
           he
           is
           of
           very
           neere
           kindred
           to
           
             m
          
           
             Mercurius
             Aulicus
             ,
          
           who
           is
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Pater
             Errorum
             )
          
           together
           with
           those
           inhumane
           bloudy
           
             n
          
           
             Irish
             Rebells
             ,
          
           who
           before
           and
           since
           the
           
             Cessation
          
           in
           that
           unhappy
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           are
           come
           over
           ,
           and
           joyned
           with
           the
           
             Atheisticall
          
           and
           
             Papisticall
          
           people
           of
           that
           ,
           this
           ,
           and
           other
           Kingdoms
           ,
           To
           destroy
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           subvert
           our
           
             Religion
             ,
             Lawes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liberties
             ;
          
           To
           bring
           in
           
             Tyranny
             ,
             Slavery
             ,
             Popery
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           misery
           that
           ever
           this
           Nation
           suffered
           :
           Surely
           ,
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           Rebels
           these
           are
           they
           ,
           Of
           the
           off
           spring
           of
           
             Cain
             ,
          
           very
           
             Cannibals
             :
          
           I
           have
           gotten
           these
           base
           words
           by
           reading
           of
           him
           ;
           And
           therefore
           ,
           lest
           I
           be
           infected
           with
           this
           
             Oxford-Malady
             ,
          
           I
           send
           him
           his
           
             o
          
           words
           againe
           ,
           which
           he
           shall
           never
           claw
           off
           till
           he
           amend
           his
           
             Calculation
          
           and
           beg
           
             p
          
           pardon
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
          
           for
           his
           so
           grossely
           abusing
           them
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           seduce
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ;
           But
           ,
           I
           doubt
           ,
           
             A
             great
             Seale
             ,
          
           which
           he
           sayes
           (
           falsly
           )
           is
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           will
           do
           them
           little
           good
           :
           And
           for
           the
           other
           the
           
             Great
             Seale
             ,
          
           which
           
             q
          
           truely
           is
           here
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           will
           make
           such
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           whom
           I
           named
           before
           
             (
             Rebells
             )
          
           shall
           ,
           ere
           long
           ,
           receive
           their
           just
           reward
           .
           Reader
           ,
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           There
           was
           never
           so
           many
           Lyes
           heaped
           together
           in
           so
           short
           and
           few
           lines
           ,
           since
           the
           word
           
             Almanack
          
           was
           used
        
         
           But
           stay
           Master
           
             G.
             N.
          
           I
           have
           not
           done
           with
           you
           yet
           ,
           in
           your
           
             Astronomicall
             Observations
             .
          
           If
           you
           be
           the
           same
           
             Naworth
          
           of
           
             West
             Aukland
             ,
          
           that
           wrote
           an
           
             Almanack
          
           for
           the
           yeares
           1641.
           and
           1642.
           and
           referred
           it
           to
           the
           Latitude
           of
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           I
           honour
           you
           ,
           and
           now
           give
           you
           thanks
           for
           your
           
             Remembrance
          
           (
           in
           one
           of
           them
           I
           then
           saw
           before
           it
           was
           printed
           )
           of
           some
           
             Observations
          
           I
           made
           upon
           the
           
             Eclipse
          
           of
           the
           
             Sun
          
           in
           
             May
             ,
          
           1639.
           which
           you
           had
           published
           to
           
           the
           
             whole
             world
             ,
          
           had
           not
           some
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Chaplaines
           ,
           
             Baker
             ,
             Bray
             ,
             Wikes
             ,
             Heywood
             ,
          
           or
           some
           of
           their
           fellowes
           ,
           made
           an
           
             Index
             Expugatorius
          
           thereof
           ,
           as
           they
           usually
           did
           in
           my
           
             Almanacks
             .
          
           But
           me
           thinkes
           you
           should
           not
           be
           he
           that
           then
           wrote
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           yeare
           1642.
           you
           understood
           your selfe
           very
           well
           when
           in
           that
           years
           
             Revolution
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Effects
          
           of
           the
           two
           
             Eclipses
          
           of
           the
           
             Moon
             ,
          
           you
           said
           thus
           (
           for
           I
           will
           use
           your
           own
           
             r
          
           words
           )
           
             Mixing
             the
             Effects
             of
             the
             Eclipses
             with
             the
             Lunateous
             ,
             &
             other
             powerfull
             Aspects
             which
             the
             Embassadors
             of
             Heaven
             pronounce
             unto
             us
             ,
             The
             Conjunction
             of
          
           Jupiter
           
             &
          
           Mars
           ,
           
             the
             15
             of
             May
             ,
             And
             of
          
           Saturne
           
             and
          
           Mars
           
             the
          
           30
           ;
           
             VVe
             cannot
             cleer
             our selves
             in
             generall
             or
             particular
             of
             many
             strange
             Accidents
             ,
             (
             which
             will
             amaze
             and
             distract
             divers
             ;
             )
             for
             the
             Moon
             is
             (
             at
             the
             middle
             of
             either
             Eclipse
             )
             in
             the
             eighth
             House
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             in
          
           domo
           mortis
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Mars
           
             is
          
           Almuten
           ,
           
             or
             cheif
             Ruler
             at
             the
             first
             Eclipse
             of
             the
             Moon
             ;
             And
          
           Mercury
           
             of
             the
             second
             ;
             And
             both
             of
             them
             in
          
           Signis
           humanis
           :
           
             If
             therefore
             we
             escape
             sharpe
          
           tertian
           
             Feavers
             ,
             
               War
               ,
            
             Famine
             ,
             Pestilence
             ,
             House-breakings
             ,
             Rapes
             ,
             Depopulations
             ,
             Man-slaughters
             ,
             secret
             Sediditions
             ,
             Banishments
             ,
             Imprisonments
             ,
             violent
             and
             unexpected
             deaths
             ,
             Robberies
             ,
             Thefts
             ,
             and
             pyraticall
             Invasions
             ;
             If
             also
             Libellers
             ,
             and
             Distempered
             Letters
             be
             forestalled
             and
             intercepted
             .
             Let
             the
             Glory
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             For
             when
             Villany
             is
             unmasked
             ,
             Vertue
             shineth
             :
             Busie
             tongues
             ,
             and
             variable
             Rumours
             will
             seduce
             or
             induce
             many
             ;
             but
             nothing
             for
             their
             good
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Thus
           far
           are
           your
           owne
           words
           :
           And
           now
           ,
           Master
           
             Naworth
             ,
          
           let
           me
           intreat
           you
           to
           remember
           what
           I
           mentioned
           at
           that
           
             Conjunction
          
           of
           
             Mars
          
           and
           
             Iupiter
          
           the
           same
           15
           of
           
             May
          
           you
           speake
           of
           ,
           1642
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Praefectos
             bellorum
             cautos
             hic
             esse
             decebit
             ,
             quod
             Res
             ipsa
             loquetur
             .
          
           About
           which
           time
           the
           
             Illegall
             Commission
          
           of
           
             Array
          
           was
           put
           in
           execution
           ;
           And
           at
           ,
           or
           near
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
          
           was
           setled
           by
           the
           happy
           Councell
           and
           Advice
           of
           this
           
             s
          
           
             Thrice
             honoured
          
           (
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           )
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           As
           likewise
           that
           other
           
             Conjunction
          
           of
           
             Saturne
          
           and
           
             Mars
          
           in
           the
           end
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           where
           I
           used
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Circa
             hoc
             Tempus
             Bellica
             Stratagemata
             audientur
             :
          
           Just
           at
           that
           time
           when
           
             Hull
          
           was
           sorely
           threatned
           ;
           but
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           it
           is
           yet
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           kept
           out
           of
           the
           
             Enemies
             possession
             .
          
           Though
           there
           hath
           been
           used
           much
           
             Art
          
           and
           
             Subtilty
          
           for
           the
           betraying
           thereof
           ,
           to
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           whose
           Care
           and
           Trust
           it
           was
           
           then
           committed
           ;
           In
           due
           time
           
             t
          
           they
           will
           be
           dealt
           with
           as
           they
           deserve
           .
           You
           may
           please
           to
           remember
           the
           23
           of
           
             October
          
           1641
           (
           which
           with
           you
           1642
           is
           called
           .
           
             The
             grand
             Rebellion
             )
          
           It
           is
           very
           true
           ,
           the
           23
           of
           
             October
             ,
             1641
             ,
             The
             unparallel'd
             Grand
             Rebellion
             of
             Ireland
          
           burst
           forth
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           punisht
           you
           that
           very
           day
           twelve-moneth
           ,
           over
           against
           which
           very
           day
           and
           time
           in
           my
           
             Almanack
          
           for
           that
           year
           1642
           ,
           I
           had
           noted
           thus
           much
           upon
           the
           
             Opposition
          
           of
           the
           
             Sun
          
           and
           
             Mars
             ,
             Ventorum
             murmura
             generabit
             aura
             inquieta
             ,
             Caedes
             quoque
             cruentae
             &
             lites
             atrae
             hinc
             inde
             per●rebescent
             .
          
           That
           very
           time
           you
           lost
           so
           much
           
             Noble
             Blood
          
           you
           speak
           of
           ;
           And
           were
           so
           
             soundly
             beaten
          
           between
           
             u
          
           
             Keinton
          
           and
           
             Edge
             hill
             ,
          
           by
           the
           truely
           Valiant
           
             Robert
          
           Earle
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
             
               The
               Parltaments
               Lord
               Generall
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           You
           'l
           say
           ,
           It
           was
           pretty
           well
           ghest
           ,
           
             Good
             wits
             may
          
           
             x
          
           
             Iumpe
             ,
          
           I
           do
           not
           love
           to
           rub
           the
           Gall'd
           Horse
           back
           ,
           you
           know
           my
           meaning
           (
           as
           well
           there
           ,
           as
           in
           many
           other
           places
           of
           my
           
             Almanack
             )
          
           well
           enough
           ;
           But
           you
           are
           turn'd
           
             Court-parasite
             ,
          
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           part
           Kinred
           ;
           Yet
           me thinks
           we
           should
           agree
           about
           the
           Effects
           of
           the
           last
           
             Great
             Conjunction
          
           of
           
             Saturne
          
           and
           
             Iupiter
             ,
          
           which
           happened
           on
           the
           
             y
          
           sixteenth
           of
           
             February
          
           the
           last
           year
           :
           You
           calculate
           
             z
          
           Backwards
           ,
           of
           things
           done
           ,
           and
           past
           :
           I
           tell
           you
           of
           what
           's
           to
           come
           (
           which
           is
           the
           true
           end
           of
           
             Almanacks
             )
          
           Hath
           the
           small
           difference
           of
           latitude
           between
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           so
           much
           altered
           you
           ?
           Sure
           you
           came
           by
           
             Sea
             ,
          
           for
           feare
           the
           
             Scots
          
           should
           
             †
          
           catch
           you
           ,
           
             Et
             sic
             Animum
             mutâsti
             :
          
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           in
           that
           
             Great
             Conjuction
             .
          
           If
           I
           
             a
          
           understand
           my
           
             Authors
             ,
          
           or
           my selfe
           ,
           
             Iupiter
          
           was
           predominant
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           about
           
             (
             Malignant
             )
             
               Saturne
            
          
           (
           a
           name
           properly
           given
           to
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           your
           frinds
           .
           )
           And
           no
           doubt
           as
           
             Messahala
          
           an
           Author
           ,
           I
           know
           as
           well
           as
           your selfe
           ,
           who
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Cum
             Iupiter
             fortior
             fuerit
             Saturno
             ,
             significabit
             bonum
             in
             eadem
             Conjunctione
          
           (
           as
           in
           this
           
             Conjunction
          
           he
           is
           )
           
             b
          
           I
           agree
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           portends
           much
           good
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           the
           places
           you
           speak
           off
           ;
           But
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           those
           places
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           must
           first
           be
           
             c
          
           purged
           of
           the
           
             Malignant
             humours
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             Benigne
             &
             Wholsome
          
           can
           come
           in
           their
           stead
           .
           I
           told
           you
           what
           
             Alsted
          
           had
           foretold
           many
           years
           since
           upon
           that
           
             Great
             Conjunction
             ,
          
           I
           laid
           it
           was
           a
           
             Fore-runner
          
           of
           a
           
             d
          
           through
           
             Reformation
             ;
          
           And
           he
           said
           
             Hujus
             
             Conjunctionis
          
           Ignis
           
             consumet
             omnes
             scorias
             &
             Faeces
          
           Vrbis
           Romae
           ;
           you
           see
           since
           that
           
             Conjunction
          
           what
           Effects
           it
           hath
           wrought
           ;
           
             Remember
          
           
             e
          
           
             Cheapside-Crosse
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
          
           1643.
           
           On
           that
           day
           you
           call
           
             Inventio
             Crucis
             ;
          
           And
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           what
           was
           done
           the
           eighteenth
           day
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           this
           very
           year
           ,
           upon
           that
           very
           place
           ,
           where
           
             Cheapside-Crosse
          
           once
           stood
           ,
           There
           was
           many
           Idolatrous
           and
           Superstitious
           Pictures
           ,
           and
           Images
           ,
           Crucifixes
           ,
           Crosses
           ,
           Popish
           Bookes
           ,
           Whips
           ,
           and
           other
           your
           
             Roman-Archi-Episco-Papisticall
          
           Trinkets●
           in
           a
           flame
           ;
           The
           Witnesses
           (
           besides
           many
           thousand
           other
           People
           )
           were
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           The
           Honourable
           the
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lord
             Generall
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lord
             Admirall
             ,
          
           with
           many
           other
           Colonels
           and
           Commanders
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           
             Assembly
          
           of
           
             Divines
             ,
          
           the
           
             Scotch
             Commissioners
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lord
             Maior
             ,
             Aldermen
             ,
          
           and
           
             Common-Councell
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           passing
           from
           
             f
          
           
             Christ
             Church
             ,
          
           to
           
             Merchant
             Taylors
          
           Hall
           ,
           guarded
           by
           the
           
             Regiments
          
           of
           the
           Trained
           Bands
           of
           
             London
             ;
          
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           day
           many
           Popish
           Reliques
           were
           consumed
           to
           ashes
           ,
           which
           (
           no
           doubt
           ,
           though
           it
           will
           
             g
          
           displease
           the
           
             Pope
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           and
           your
           Friends
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           elsewhere
           )
           ,
           It
           will
           be
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           men
           ;
           Such
           a
           sight
           and
           day
           ,
           you
           had
           not
           at
           
             h
          
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           nor
           ever
           was
           there
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           since
           
             Inventio
             Crucis
             ;
          
           you
           see
           now
           to
           what
           heighth
           the
           
             i
          
           fire
           of
           this
           
             Conjunction
          
           flames
           ,
           it
           is
           comming
           to
           
             Oxford
          
           very
           shortly
           ;
           you
           had
           best
           shift
           for
           your selfe
           ,
           For
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           the
           
             Vniversities
          
           must
           be
           
             k
          
           purged
           ,
           you
           see
           what
           a
           necessary
           
             Element
             fire
             is
             ,
             Newcastle-Coale
             is
             comming
             ;
          
           you
           would
           fain
           perswade
           and
           seduce
           the
           people
           to
           beleeve
           that
           this
           
             Conjunction
             ,
          
           which
           Authors
           call
           
             Conjunctio
             Planetarum
             maxima
             ,
             Quippe
          
           
             l
          
           
             qua
             reguntur
             leges
             Imperia
             Regiones
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           doth
           
             Praemonstrare
             res
             magnas
             &
             mirandas
             venturas
             in
             mundo
             ,
          
           yet
           you
           say
           it
           hath
           no
           signification
           of
           
             Warre
             ;
          
           I
           thinke
           it
           had
           not
           of
           this
           
             Warre
          
           which
           you
           and
           your
           friends
           (
           our
           Enemies
           )
           at
           
             Oxford
             )
          
           have
           raised
           ;
           For
           there
           was
           many
           yeers
           before
           ,
           strange
           
             Terrestriall
             ,
             Ecccesiasticall
             ,
             Politicall
             Conjunctions
             ,
             Conspiracies
             ,
             Confederacies
             ,
          
           I
           know
           not
           what
           to
           call
           them
           ;
           you
           know
           
             Causa
             praecedit
             effectum
             ,
          
           and
           who
           were
           the
           
             Planets
          
           that
           ruled
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           Malignant
           Influence
           they
           had
           over
           this
           
             Kingdome
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           
           what
           they
           have
           producced
           from
           other
           Forraigne
           States
           ;
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           That
           this
           late
           
             Coelestiall
             Conjunction
          
           hath
           got
           the
           predominancie
           ,
           &
           all
           the
           
             Christian
             World
          
           will
           feel
           the
           effects
           thereof
           ,
           more
           &
           more
           euery
           day
           .
           Shall
           I
           tell
           you
           what
           I
           thinke
           of
           that
           
             Great
             Conjunction
          
           you
           speak
           of
           ,
           which
           was
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           the
           third
           of
           
             November
          
           1640.
           
           The
           which
           God
           be
           blessed
           
             m
          
           continues
           yet
           ;
           though
           some
           
             Stars
          
           of
           the
           first
           
             Magnitude
          
           have
           fallen
           since
           ,
           &
           others
           have
           proved
           Errant
           indeed
           ,
           yea
           ,
           &
           though
           the
           Terrestriall
           
             Moon
          
           hath
           
             n
          
           Eclipsed
           our
           
             Sun
             ,
             for
             as
             
               Solest
               Rex
               Planetarum
               ,
            
          
           so
           
             Rex
             est
             Sol
             Parliamenti
             )
          
           &
           other
           
             Stars
             ,
             Stellae
             peregrina
             ,
             nebulosae
          
           have
           mixed
           their
           Beams
           ,
           &
           deprived
           us
           of
           the
           sweet
           &
           ordinary
           
             Benefit
          
           we
           use
           to
           receive
           by
           His
           presence
           :
           yet
           it
           will
           check
           your
           
             Opposition
          
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           that
           I
           hope
           the
           Kingdome
           shall
           not
           be
           hurt
           one
           jot
           by
           the
           Malignant
           Influence
           thereof
           ;
           I
           meane
           your
           
             Anti-Parliament
          
           there
           ,
           will
           prove
           a
           meer
           Meteor
           ,
           an
           
             Ignis
             Fatuus
             ,
             A
             nothing
             .
          
           And
           though
           you
           may
           there
           force
           
             Votes
          
           to
           Murther
           the
           Kings
           Liege
           People
           ;
           Commit
           Perjuries
           ,
           Prophane
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           Assemble
           all
           the
           false
           
             Priests
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iesuites
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           Keep
           the
           King
           from
           comming
           to
           
             His
             Parliament
             ;
          
           Yet
           I
           trust
           that
           
             conjunction
          
           which
           was
           in
           
             Novemb.
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           co
           operating
           with
           that
           other
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           will
           worke
           a
           Through
           
             Reformation
          
           indeed
           ,
           throughout
           this
           Realme
           ,
           by
           a
           timely
           
             purging
          
           it
           ,
           of
           all
           
             Atheists
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Iesuites
             ,
          
           Bloody
           
             Irish
             Rebels
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           true
           Religion
           ;
           and
           bring
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           bloody
           
             War
          
           they
           have
           raised
           ,
           to
           condigne
           punishment
           .
           And
           as
           the
           
             Starres
          
           of
           Heaven
           in
           their
           Courses
           fought
           against
           
             Sisera
             ,
          
           so
           no
           question
           ,
           But
           these
           
             Stars
          
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           (
           where
           that
           more
           notable
           and
           more
           greater
           
             Conjunction
          
           was
           ,
           you
           speake
           of
           )
           though
           they
           have
           a
           sharpe
           
             Combate
          
           with
           cruell
           Enemies
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           a
           Noble
           and
           Glorious
           Victory
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           
             Homo
             trium
             Literarum
             ,
          
           which
           I
           bid
           the
           Kingdome
           beware
           of
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           not
           
             Erasmus
          
           his
           
             Adages
             ,
          
           you
           may
           please
           to
           search
           in
           some
           of
           the
           
             Colledges
          
           (
           if
           the
           Books
           be
           not
           pawned
           )
           be
           sure
           you
           may
           have
           it
           in
           
             Bodleys
          
           Library
           ;
           and
           therein
           in
           his
           Title
           
             De
             contemptu
             &
             Vilitate
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           finde
           these
           words
           .
           
             Homo
             trium
             Literarum
             ;
             Per
             Ironiam
             dici
             potest
             in
             eum
             qui
             generosus
             ac
             ingenuosus
             Videri
             cupiat
             ,
             Inde
             natum
             ,
             quod
             olim
             ingenui
             nomen
             ,
             praenomen
             ,
             
             &
             Agnomen
             in
             literis
             aut
             Insignibus
             suis
             tribus
             literis
             notare
             soleant
             ;
             Vt
             pro
             Quinto
             Valerio
             Maximo
             .
             
               Q
               V
               M.
            
             Plautus
             in
             Aulularia
             jocum
             aliò
             detersit
             ,
             nempe
             in
             servum
             Furacem
             ,
             Subjicit
             enim
             :
             
               F
               V
               R
            
             trifurcifer
             :
          
           In
           this
           sense
           I
           understood
           it
           ,
           And
           thereby
           meant
           your
           
             Cavaliers
          
           would
           turne
           
             Theeves
          
           and
           
             Robbers
             ,
          
           as
           you
           may
           easily
           understand
           ,
           by
           the
           residue
           which
           follows
           my
           Premonition
           ;
           But
           because
           you
           have
           corrupted
           the
           Text
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           use
           to
           do
           )
           and
           have
           construed
           
             Homo
             trium
             Literarum
             ,
             to
             be
          
           
             o
          
           
             Rex
             ;
          
           I
           shall
           heartily
           desire
           ,
           and
           pray
           God
           ,
           That
           
             His
             Maiesty
          
           would
           not
           hearken
           any
           longer
           to
           you
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           but
           return
           to
           
             p
          
           
             His
             Parliament
          
           at
           
             London
             ;
          
           and
           then
           that
           place
           of
           Scripture
           you
           mention
           as
           a
           
             Donation
          
           to
           him
           (
           at
           the
           end
           of
           your
           Legend
           in
           
             December
             )
          
           will
           be
           performed
           ;
           But
           till
           that
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           of
           an
           
             (
             Ablation
             )
          
           another
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           
             Proverbs
          
           25.
           5.
           
           
             Take
             away
             the
             wicked
             from
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             Throne
             shall
             be
             established
             in
             Righteousnesse
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           till
           this
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           foresee
           that
           honourable
           Greeting
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           ,
           
             Paulus
             Iovius
          
           saluted
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Great
           with
           ,
           will
           happen
           this
           
             Revolution
          
           to
           our
           King
           
             Charles
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           Master
           
             G.
             N.
          
           because
           you
           and
           your
           friend
           
             Aulicus
          
           may
           not
           any
           longer
           abuse
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           you
           by
           your
           lying
           
             Almanack
             ,
          
           and
           he
           by
           his
           lying
           
             Pamphlet
             .
          
           I
           will
           give
           you
           both
           one
           
             Character
             ;
          
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           in
           the
           same
           
             Erasmus
             ,
          
           a
           litle
           before
           
             Homo
             trium
             Literarum
             ,
          
           your
           Companion
           
             Homo
             Trioboli
             ,
             pro
             Homine
             nequissimo
             ,
             planeque
             nullius
             pretii
             :
          
           The
           English
           whereof
           ,
           is
           truely
           your
           name
           ,
           
             No
             worth
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Man
             worth
             nothing
             .
          
           And
           so
           I
           wish
           you
           leave
           calculating
           for
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           return
           to
           
             Durham
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             q
          
           
             Scots
          
           are
           approaching
           ;
           and
           upon
           your
           submission
           ,
           they
           may
           happily
           remit
           you
           your
           Errours
           ;
           But
           beleeve
           me
           ,
           if
           they
           
             r
          
           take
           
             You
             ,
          
           &
           
             Aulicus
          
           together
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           you
           cannot
           receive
           the
           
             Benefit
          
           of
           the
           
             Seal
             ,
          
           you
           say
           is
           there
           ;
           For
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           you
           are
           both
           impardonable
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Booker
             .
          
           
             24
             Ianuary
             .
             1643-44
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A96281e-110
           
             a
             Yours
             have
             furnish'd
             but
             a
             few
             this
             yeare
             .
          
           
             b
             Spell
             my
             name
             ,
             and
             confesse
             your
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             c
             
               London
            
             Truth
             ,
             whereto
             you
             had
             need
             beg
             assent
             .
          
           
             e
             Yes
             they
             daily
             tell
             you
             (
             in
             plaine
             English
             )
             you
             are
             Rebels
             and
             Traitors
             to
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             f
             You
             mistake
             .
             The
             sight
             of
             them
             could
             not
             .
          
           
             g
             Reckon
             up
             you
             gaines
             ,
             and
             spare
             your
             Thanksgivings
             .
          
           
             Nay
             I
             'le
             try
             if
             you
             can
             doe
             that
             ,
             you
             have
             seene
             the
             way
             .
          
           
             i
             Victories
             are
             ours
             ,
             Fictions
             yours
             .
          
           
             k
             
               They
               at
            
             Westminster
             .
          
           
             
               l
            
             Remember
             your
             purchase
             of
             
               Eccleshall-Castle
               ,
            
             and
             
               Arundell
               .
            
             'T
             is
             easier
             with
             you
             to
             purchase
             ,
             then
             conquer
             .
          
           
             m
             Now
             you
             honour
             mee
             .
          
           
             n
             Those
             that
             your
             pretended
             ●ouses
             sent
             over
             to
             suppresse
             the
             Rebellion
             there
             ,
             (
             whil'st
             themselves
             had
             raised
             a
             worse
             here
             )
             are
             now
             return'd
             to
             secure
             His
             Majesty
             from
             their
             more
             Bloody
             hands
             .
          
           
             o
             It
             seemes
             they
             have
             wrought
             ,
             For
             since
             you
             tooke
             my
             Dose
             ,
             you
             have
             vomited
             filthy●
             Humours
             .
             I
             hope
             e're
             long
             to
             cure
             you
             .
          
           
             p
             I
             need
             none
             ,
             if
             I
             did
             ▪
             it
             might
             be
             drawne
             at
             
               London
               ,
            
             but
             must
             be
             seal'd
             at
             
               Oxford
               .
            
          
           
             q
             Yes
             truly
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             His
             Chancellor
             be
             at
             
               London
               ,
            
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               Articuli
               super
               Chartas
               An
               28.
               E.
            
             1.
             Ch.
             5
             But
             as
             they
             are
             both
             here
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             counterfeited
             another
             Seale
             there
             Read
             at
             leasure
             (
             and
             for
             your
             comfort
             )
             that
             other
             Statute
             .
             
               An.
               25.
               E.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             r
             You
             doe
             well
             in
             rehearsing
             of
             them
             :
             For
             they
             deeply
             concerne
             your
             Pretended
             2.
             
             Houses
             ,
             and
             City
             :
             as
             being
             the
             Authors
             of
             all
             the
             Miseries
             therein
             meant
             ,
             and
             since
             verified
             .
          
           
             s
             For
             1.
             
             Murther
             :
             2.
             
             Sacriledge
             &
             3.
             
             Robbery
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             t
             You
             mean
             the
             two
             Hothams
             .
             First
             ,
             hang
             them
             for
             being
             Traitors
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             then
             do
             what
             you
             please
             with
             them
             for
             their
             Treachery
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             u
             You
             made
             them
             2
             Battles
             when
             you
             spoke
             of
             your
             Victories
             .
             P.
             2.
             lin.
             2.
             
          
           
             x
             from
             off
             a
             Ladder
             yours
             may
             .
          
           
             y
             Origanus
             tels
             you
             the
             20.
             
          
           
             z
             Had
             you
             done
             it
             rightly
             forwards
             ,
             you
             had
             saved
             me
             that
             Labour
             .
          
           
             †
             Look
             to
             your
             Money
             ,
             they'●
             first
             catch
             that
             .
          
           
             a
             I
             can
             prove
             you
             doe
             neither
             .
          
           
             b
             Remember
             your
             Title
             pag.
          
           
             c
             His
             Majesty
             intends
             it
             no
             doubt
             :
          
           
             d
             I
             told
             you
             so
             too
             ,
             in
             my
             Prognostication
             for
             this
             yeare
             P.
             
               ult.
               l.
            
             n.
             16.
             
          
           
             e
             Did
             Alsted
             tell
             you
             of
             the
             demolishing
             of
             Cheap-side-Crosse
             ?
          
           
             f
             Those
             that
             founded
             that
             Church
             and
             dedicated
             it
             to
             Christ
             ,
             thought
             not
             of
             demolishing
             the
             Crosse
             .
          
           
             g
             In
             earnest
             I
             tell
             you
             the
             Popes
             glad
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             a
             gainer
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             h
             They
             are
             better
             taught
             and
             implored
             there
             ,
             then
             to
             pull
             down
             Crosses
             ,
             deface
             Churches
             ,
             or
             to
             rake
             amongst
             the
             ashes
             of
             the
             dead
             for
             Treasure
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             your
             Hellish
             crue
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             i
             That
             fire
             hath
             been
             long
             a
             comming
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             (
             yea
             ,
             before
             that
             Conjunction
             happened
             )
             yet
             came
             never
             nigher
             then
             
               Tame
               .
            
          
           
             k
             That
             's
             done
             already
             .
             We
             have
             not
             a
             Rogue
             (
             like
             your selfe
             )
             left
             (
             that
             dare
             show
             his
             head
             )
             in
             a●
             the
             Citie
             .
          
           
             l
             Let
             Latine
             alone
             ,
             you
             see
             you
             cannot
             spell
             it
             .
          
           
             m
             They
             cannot
             continue
             long
             :
             They
             are
             in
             a
             
               Cadent
            
             House
             already
             ,
             you
             know
             the
             Tearme
             .
          
           
             n
             Sirra
             ,
             Meddle
             not
             with
             Eclipses
             :
             You
             want
             Arithmetick
             ,
             Geometry
             ,
             and
             the
             Opticke
             .
             The
             Terrestriall
             Moon
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             you
             mean
             the
             Qu.
             
             Majesty
             )
             she
             is
             as
             much
             above
             your
             malice
             as
             your
             slaunders
             .
          
           
             o
             You
             are
             used
             to
             Lye
             ,
             I
             construed
             it
             to
             be
             
               Say
            
             or
             
               Pym
               .
            
          
           
             p
             
               Nathaniell
               Fiennes
            
             ha●h
             another
             exposition
             .
          
           
             q
             Durham
             with
             its
             Neighbours
             will
             make
             the
             Scots
             return
             .
          
           
             r
             'T
             were
             good
             you
             were
             as
             well
             resolv'd
             as
             wee
             are
             .
          
        
      
      
  

