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A16293	A pronostication for diuers yeares ryght vtyle and profytable to al sortes of people, wherin is declared what persons hath mooste and leaste dominacions ouer the starres and elementes, whereby the iudgementes of the astrologiens be scarsely true, geuynge together great consolation to those who muche fear the constellations. Also of the fourth and laste monarchie, the whiche Charles the. v. ryghte victorious Emperoure of the Romaynes, and Edwarde the. vi. mooste noble Emperoure of great Bryttayne, by the grace of God, gouerneth, comprehendynge also brieflye some words of the last age of the world, gathered together by Master Arnold Bogarde doctour in medecyne, resident in Bruxels and translated into Englysh oute of Frenche by Iohn Coke, clarcke of the Recognysances, or vulgerly called clark of the Statutes.; Prognostication pour plusieurs années. English	Bogaert, Arnould.; Coke, John, clarke of the Kynges recognysaunce.	1553 (1553)	STC 3204; ESTC S120622	13,978	56

y e birth of Chryste vnto his passion and resurrection whiche cometh to xxxiij yeares and certayne dayes whose nomber is vnknowen And for euerye yeare of Iesus Christe they accompte so manye great yeares Mosaiques y t is to say Iubilaires and make euery yeare fyfty yeares the which iubiles semeth ryght wel to accord together for .xxxiij. Iubiles be of our Ciuile yeares M cccccc and. L. wherevnto adde certayne fewe yeares for the portion and rest of the dayes y t Chryst lyued amongest vs more thenne the sayde .xxxiii. yeares It shulde be more euident yf euerye one of the sayd yeares of the life of Iesu Christe we shulde make comparison and similitude to euery iubile of the churche then begynnynge And if the symilitude of thynges make so many yeres of Christ as of the Iubilaires of the churche it shulde be the more to accoumpte of the ende of the world but forsomuch that these thynges deuines oughte to be more subtyly and at length treated and that it pertaineth more vnto Theologiens then to medecynes we wyll make here no further mention There is other thynges that would a litle serue to this purpose as thaccomplishment parfytte of the escriptures and Prophecies insomuche that one iote is not wrytten in the holy scrypture that shall not be ▪ accomplysshed before thende of the worlde By these wordes we maye certaynelye perswade that the worlde is nowe lame and very aūcient and in maners and fashions falleth and greatly halteth Nowe lette vs pray the eternall father of oure Lorde Iesu Christ maker of thumayne gendre that to this tyme so euil and daungerous by whom merueylous sygnes sheweth vs greate calamyties for the loue of hys sayde sonne ▪ oure sauiour whom he woulde to be offered for oure synnes that he kepe his church and so by the vertue of the grace of his holye spirite he confyrme and conforte in suche wyse oure couraiges that we feare not any daungers or peryls nor alsoo the death Here we haue finished our pronostication yf the reader had not attended some thyng of the warres peace fruites of the earth and suche lyke thynges as men were accustomed to put in pronostications Our pronostication forsomuche as it is vtile and continuall of dyuers yeres maketh of suche thinges no mentiō addynge neuerthelesse that the warres whiche hathe happened in the churche in the laste dayes of the worlde that is to say discentions sectes dyuers factions and lyke thynges be more to be had in horreur then the discordes of Emperours and kynges and what is worse they be more hurtefull then shoulde be warre turquoyse Let vs praye to god that it wyl please him to be peace and accorde in his churche and as he is the selfe same veritie so to declare and manyfest the only verite and in suche wyse to accorde the hearts of prynces that they maye with one minde resist the cruell beast whiche alwayes is thursty of the Christen bloud The Lorde shall geue largelye the fruites of the earth yf we folowe the counsayle of Moyses Deutero .xi. Chap. and Leuitic .xxvi. The Lorde sayth yf you walke in my ordinaunces and kepe my commaundements and do them I wyll geue you the rayne in his tyme the earth shall geue fruyte the thresshynge shall reache vnto the vyne harueste and the vyne haruest shall reache vnto the sowynge tyme you shall eate your meate in plenteousnes and dwell in your landepeaceably and I wyllsende peace in the earth and you shall slepe without any man to make you afeard These thynges we must daylye remember to thend that GOD turne not his wrathe vpon vs and shette the heauen But lette euery man walke so in his vocacion that he asmuche as he may kepe hymselfe from offendynge God and lette vs at his hande attende his greate munificence the whiche to his owne he neuer denyed ¶ Conclusion ¶ Gentle Reader seynge that pronostications comonlye be not welcome and that men call them the bokes of lyes we wil asmuch as i vs is possible preserue ours from that vyce and haue fortified it by holy scripture and with the sayinges of the good philosophers more then by the doubteous opinions of thastrologiens this maner hath not ben longe vsed but when it shalbe in vsaige it shall haue the moore swetenes and grace for euerye tyme hath his guyse and vse of his methode or practike what he wyll we haue folowed oures semynge to vs mooste conformable and nereste the trueth And to thende that those whiche haue almooste loste theyr corage and be ouermoche fearefull we maye delyuer from theyr feare and that they shulde not fall as dyuers dyd the year past into desperation Fynallye this calamitie and myserye the whiche was wonte to come by pronostications toke his begynnyng of the phisicions for leuing the counterpois they meddled thynges agaynste the deuoir of Phisicke Reade and geue no more fayth to pronostications then they meryte and confyrme your harte in such sorte agaynst al thinges that you may lyue ioyousely and in the ende dye in the fayth of Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ Imprynted at London in Paules churcheyarde by Myllyam Awen

those be the whiche by studye education and institution couenable maye not surmounte nor chaunge theyr affections and maners And to those herevnto contrary as those the whyche by studye education disciplyne institution science or otherwayes may surmounte and vanquyshe theyr affections it is notarye that to them the starres beareth lytle or no damnaige Neuertheles we wyll not susteyne with the Stoiciens that men be without affections for euery manne foloweth the nature of his seede but those whiche be more wyse may by industry art and maner of meates chaunge theyr complexions for the natures and entendementes of some chaungeth more easelye then those of other wherefore this celestiall worde serueth knowe thy selfe This studious prouidence is greatlye necessarye to oure lyfe the mooste parte of this philosophye is comprehended in decent and couenable education the whiche as wytnesseth Quintilien muste begynne in youth by thys reason it maketh that the moost noble and those which eateth beste meate be more ingenious then the other The ayre is aswell ryghte couenable to the prudence and industrye of man as the bloude wytnesse Hyppocrates in the boke of thayre and waters c. To make couenable and decente education or nouryshment we muste consulte wyth the Phisition which knoweth a good part of Astronomye beyng a parte of Phisicke for that is as muche couenable to a Phisicion as necessary as sayth Hyppocrates in hys sayde booke of thayre and waters c. For thereby the varyacions of tyme and mutacions of the stomacke is knowen And after there muste be considered the rysynge and goynge downe of the Elementes pryncypally of the Canycle after Arctures and thoccident of Pleiades or Porceletes for the diseases in these dayes commonlye make theyr Iugementes and shewynges the other maketh the personnes to dye and other chaunge into other kyndes of maladies this sayth Hyppocrates These rysynges and occidentes of the Elementes we haue putte in oure Almanackes wherwithall euery man that wil may ayde hymselfe these thynges be almoost forgotten of the phisicions whiche neuerthelesse wyll be of great estimacion and not onely be forgetfull but dyspraysers whiche is worse I feare that the ignoraunce of diuers is cause of enuye whiche is alwayes hurtefull to al good artes but of these thinges we shal speake at an other tyme more amply ¶ Of the laste Monarchie whiche is of the Romaynes presentlye gouerned by the grace of God by Charles the .v. Emperoure ryght vyctorious DYuers haue prescribed thynges muche variable of y e last Monarchie and of Charles the fyft Lorde there of but for that the most parte be fables we let them passe takynge onelye that which sayde by Daniell the Prophet his prophecye the whiche is e true cronicle of this worlde ytynge of this Monarchye sayth as herafter foloweth The fyrst is the moost noble of al thother beynge of the Chaldeens and Assiriens the whiche is represented by the head of gold of the stature of Nabuchodonosor And by the Lyons hauyng wynges of an Egle the whiche amongest all other beastes is the most noble so is this Monarchie whervnto is ioyned for the nature of the beastes crueltie and rauyne The seconde hath bene of the Mediens and Persiens lykened to the poictryne arme of syluer of the stature aforesayd like vnto a beare and stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teethe in his mouth he had thre greate longe tethe and it was sayd vnto hym aryse eate vp much flesh The thyrde was lyke vnto a leoparde this hadde wynges as a fowle euen foure vpon the back this beast had fowre heades and there was power geuen hym this was of the Grekes and Alexandre the great kynge of y e Macedonians by the nature of the beaste this Monarchye is knowen yf it be not sufficiently knowen of al men gentle reader loke on the historye of Gesnerus of fowre foted beastes she hath also ben likened to the bely and cuysses made of brasse Of y e fourth sayth Daniel that it is the last of the Romaynes and of ours now present After Daniell sawe in a vision by nyght and beholde the fourth beaste was grymme and horrible and maruelous strong it had great yron teeth it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the resydue vnder his feete it was farre vnlyke the other beastes that were before it for it had tenne hornes c. It is also compared to the legges of Iron in the stature of Na buchodonosor to the which partes of the feete one was of yron and thother of earth Of these Monarches reade Iosephus Sabelliq Canon Sebastian Munstre The historye of Alexandre the great and Daniel the Prophete in the seconde and. vij Chap. of his Prophecie other Historigraphes worthy of fayth By this is sufficientlye knowen the shortenes of the world To whom our Sauiour Iesus Christe the onelye Messias so much desyred is borne reigning Cesar August there is comon yeares passed synce thincarnation M ccccc lij yet from y e houre of the Natiuitie the sayde Romayne Empyre hadde longe endured that is to saye XLVII yeres when Iulius was made Consul It is shewed vnto vs further how god toke great cure and solicitude ouer vs that the mutatacions of Realmes been made and predicte dyuynelye to thende that beynge admonished by good counsayle we maye auoyde euilles further by thinter pretation of Daniel it is euident that this Empire shalbe deuided and departed whiche the tenne hornes sheweth diuers partes of hyr be seperated as Englond Fraunce Denmarke Espaigne Pole and other Saynte Paule testifyeth that before the coming of the defection of the laste tyme they shuld not come And because the same is passed longe tyme it is lykewyse true that the daye of the lorde approcheth that the Empyre is come to y e Almains Cardanus referreth the greate beare to the last starre of the taile when she passeth sayth he ouer Constantinople she geueth ouer thempyre After she is come vpō Fraunce to the Galles and laste she is come to the Almaynes to whom she trāsported thempire The tayle of the beare sygnyfyeth force withoute comparison and she is yet situate vpon the Almaynes hitherto be the wordes of Cardanus The nature of this starre is like and semblable to the strength of the beaste proposed in the fourth Monarchie The fortune of this Empyre shal not be alwayes vnanime but sometyme habound in puisance sometyme weake and affeabled whiche is shewed by the legges parte Iron and parte earth This Romayne Empyre hathe hadde some magnifique and noble Emperours of greate vertue and felicitye as Arthure Maximian Constantyne the greate Charlemayne and at this present Charles the .v. Hitherto in some thynges victorious other Emperours they haue had with out any vertue and in feates of warre infortunate and in dyuers batayles vanquysshed By this it is euident and clere that the victories come of God and that the Romayne Monarchye shalbe the laste and shall not be vanquysshed destroyed nor reuersed then only of God and by the