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destroy_v and_o bring_v many_o to_o theâ—_n grave_n 3._o thomas_n trig_n in_o his_o calendarium_n astrologicum_n 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o junes_n observation_n thereof_o have_v these_o word_n i_o 〈◊〉_d much_o fear_v a_o sickly_a season_n in_o earnest_n from_o which_o evil_a god_n of_o 〈◊〉_d mercy_n protect_v this_o great_a and_o populous_a city_n for_o mars_n possess_v gemini_fw-la the_o ascendant_n of_o london_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o thâ—_n sickness_n than_o begin_v to_o increase_v 4._o in_o my_o own_o ephemeris_fw-la for_o the_o present_a year_n 1665._o in_o thâ—_n month_n april_n at_o what_o time_n the_o pestilence_n first_o begin_v to_o sheâ—_n itself_o i_o have_v these_o poetical_a observation_n if_o england_n keep_v but_o from_o sickness_n free_a then_o england_n may_v a_o happy_a kingdom_n be_v â—hereby_o you_o see_v i_o fear_v not_o only_o the_o pestilence_n but_o the_o â—eat_n damage_n that_o thereby_o this_o nation_n have_v sustain_v and_o iâ—_n like_o yet_o to_o undergo_v thereby_o 5._o and_o in_o my_o discourse_n of_o the_o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n pag._n 47._o thereof_o after_o a_o consideration_n of_o the_o natural_a portâ—nts_n of_o the_o two_o first_o comet_n i_o subjoin_v these_o word_n when_o we_o consider_v these_o several_a dreadful_a signification_n which_o i_o there_o at_o large_a mention_n aâ—_n any_o that_o list_n may_v read_v it_o may_v put_v we_o all_o to_o our_o â—â—â—tany_n from_o war_n plague_n and_o famine_n libera_n nos_fw-la doâ—â—ine_fw-la good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o and_o in_o pag._n 51._o of_o the_o same_o book_n as_o have_v a_o sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d vision_n of_o the_o present_a pest_n from_o the_o apparition_n of_o those_o celestial_a monitor_n the_o comet_n and_o other_o eminent_a occur_v cause_n i_o bewail_v the_o world_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o many_o and_o terrible_a affliction_n they_o denounce_v unto_o it_o thus_o the_o sword_n be_v a_o enemy_n that_o by_o the_o sword_n a_o man_n of_o resolution_n and_o magnanimity_n may_v contend_v with_o and_o be_v in_o hope_n of_o a_o victory_n but_o the_o plague_n and_o famine_n be_v adversary_n there_o be_v no_o fence_n for_o or_o defence_n against_o they_o be_v so_o sure_a a_o ambush_n that_o the_o subtlety_n of_o all_o the_o machiavil_n in_o the_o world_n can_v enervate_v or_o destroy_v enemy_n that_o the_o stout_a of_o man_n can_v take_v a_o revenge_n upon_o although_o they_o see_v their_o dear_a friend_n murder_v by_o they_o before_o their_o face_n and_o in_o pag._n 53._o and_o 54._o in_o my_o catalogue_n of_o place_n that_o be_v by_o those_o comet_n etc._n etc._n design_v to_o suffer_v and_o become_v passive_a i_o name_v england_n and_o london_n and_o although_o these_o prediction_n be_v particular_a enough_o as_o to_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n yet_o have_v it_o not_o be_v that_o i_o be_v loâ—th_n to_o affright_v folk_n too_o much_o with_o the_o sense_n or_o thought_n of_o danger_n before_o it_o come_v i_o can_v have_v be_v much_o plain_a and_o much_o plain_a i_o be_v also_o in_o this_o very_a particular_a pest_n some_o year_n before_o it_o come_v to_o many_o of_o my_o peculiar_a and_o better_o know_v friend_n as_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o city_n some_o of_o they_o by_o my_o encouragement_n only_o and_o i_o be_o confident_a be_v both_o ready_a and_o willing_a to_o aâ—â—est_v the_o truth_n hereof_o if_o occasion_n require_v it_o or_o if_o that_o that_o i_o have_v now_o say_v from_o divers_a other_o as_o well_o as_o myself_o in_o print_n do_v not_o satisfy_v in_o this_o matter_n let_v this_o therefore_o in_o this_o place_n suffice_v to_o prove_v to_o the_o ingenious_a that_o by_o astrology_n this_o present_a pest_n be_v foretell_v even_o as_o hypocrates_n that_o prince_n of_o physician_n by_o the_o same_o art_n be_v also_o enable_v to_o predict_v that_o rage_a plague_n which_o happen_v in_o his_o time_n for_o the_o which_o curious_a skill_n he_o be_v so_o honourable_o remember_v by_o sir_n christopher_n heydon_n in_o his_o unanswerable_a defence_n of_o astrology_n as_o also_o by_o many_o other_o eminent_a and_o worthy_a writer_n chap._n viii_o that_o the_o air_n be_v unjust_o suspect_v to_o lodge_v the_o contagion_n it_o be_v receive_v general_o for_o a_o truth_n that_o the_o noble_a element_n of_o air_n do_v harbour_v and_o lodge_v the_o contagion_n and_o that_o man_n etc._n etc._n suck_n in_o a_o kind_n of_o venesick_a poisonous_a matter_n therewith_o and_o so_o come_v to_o be_v infect_v with_o the_o pestilence_n which_o iâ—_n true_a it_o prove_v custom_n a_o most_o terrible_a tyrant_n in_o follow_v whereof_o the_o magistrate_n shut_v up_o people_n infect_v in_o house_n or_o room_n to_o prevent_v the_o spread_a thereof_o for_o if_o the_o air_n be_v at_o such_o a_o time_n infect_v and_o do_v real_o harbour_v the_o contagion_n the_o hot_a it_o be_v the_o more_o infectious_a it_o needs_o must_v be_v and_o consequent_o the_o plague_n in_o far_o great_a danger_n of_o increase_a by_o this_o customary_a care_n then_o if_o it_o be_v whole_o omit_v nay_o be_v the_o air_n the_o palace_n of_o the_o pestilence_n in_o a_o time_n of_o sickness_n it_o will_v be_v even_o dangerous_a for_o person_n to_o assemble_v either_o in_o church_n or_o court_n of_o justice_n nay_o for_o many_o to_o talk_v together_o in_o a_o street_n since_o the_o unite_n of_o breath_n must_v make_v a_o addition_n of_o heat_n unto_o that_o which_o be_v too_o hot_a and_o pestilential_a before_o but_o we_o accuse_v the_o air_n unjust_o to_o lodge_v the_o contagion_n and_o that_o for_o these_o reason_n 1._o the_o air_n be_v that_o element_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o preserve_v all_o thing_n and_o without_o which_o nothing_o can_v remain_v alive_a and_o can_v we_o reasonable_o suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o estrange_v itself_o so_o much_o from_o its_o native_a quality_n as_o to_o lodge_v within_o its_o bosom_n so_o destructive_a a_o enemy_n as_o infection_n the_o air_n be_v a_o pure_a element_n be_v attract_v 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the_o air_n sake_n we_o remove_v some_o plant_n and_o open_v the_o root_n of_o other_o or_o else_o they_o either_o die_v or_o bring_v forth_o nothing_o worthy_a nay_o fish_n as_o one_o ingenious_o observe_v though_o they_o breathe_v not_o perceptible_o yet_o we_o see_v the_o want_n of_o air_n kill_v they_o as_o when_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a frost_n imprison_v a_o pond_n in_o ice_n it_o can_v therefore_o be_v that_o that_o element_n which_o have_v all_o these_o noble_a and_o preserve_a quality_n shall_v lodge_v so_o foul_a a_o guest_n as_o the_o contagion_n 3._o the_o air_n say_v learned_a feltham_n be_v not_o corruptible_a we_o speak_v false_o when_o we_o say_v the_o air_n infect_v the_o air_n itself_o ever_o clarify_v and_o be_v always_o work_v out_o that_o taint_n which_o will_v mix_v with_o it_o every_o breath_n we_o take_v it_o go_v unto_o our_o heart_n to_o cool_v it_o our_o vein_n artery_n nerve_n and_o in_o most_o marrow_n be_v all_o vivify_v by_o their_o participation_n 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