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A01297	Antiprognosticon that is to saye, an inuectiue agaynst the vayne and vnprofitable predictions of the astrologians as Nostrodame, [et]c. Translated out of Latine into Englishe. Whervnto is added by the author a shorte treatise in Englyshe, as well for the vtter subuersion of that fained arte, as also for the better vnderstandynge of the common people, vnto whom the fyrst labour seemeth not sufficient; Antiprognosticon contra inutiles astrologorum prædictiones Nostradami, Cuninghami, Lovi, Hilli, Vaghami, & reliquorum omnium. English	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.; Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1560 (1560)	STC 11420; ESTC S116544	28,693	82

blynde and not seyng when theyr eyes bee open Thus much for oure entente our order shall be suche as best maye be perceyued For wee wylle fyrste speak●… agaynste the wholle knowledge generally and thenne particularly agaynste euery membre and parcell thereof And because wee wylle spende no paper in superfluous sentences we must remembre what was sayd in the former booke that it was impossible for any man to haue any knowledge of thynge●… to comme ●…y the course of the starres Wherevnto wee wyll adde for playnner ●…nderstandynge this that foloweth As towchyng t●… mouynge and course of th●… hea●…ens bycause menne may see th●…ym they myghte also as they haue doo●… by longe and dilygent obseruation fynd out a learnyng that shuld ●…each the truth of thē but seing the starres be all of one forme or facion y t is sphericall or rounde like a ball although some be greatter then some also some hygher then some it can not be that a man beholdyng or lookyng vpon them shoulde vnderstande of what qualities or significations they are As for the coloure of them although to speake exquisitely by the rules of natural philosophie they haue no colour is ●…o lyke in moste exceptynge the sonne and the moone that in so smalle varietie of colours a man can not discern so dyuers and manye qualities And not withstandynge that they ymagine the planette Saturne to bee blacke or blewe and Mars to be redde or fyery they can if they were disposed I meane the learned sorte gyue an other reason of theyr colour nothynge seruynge for the auauncement of theyr pretende●… knowledge By this it is manyfest that by seeyng lookynge or beholdyng the starres no man can knowe what they signifye forasmuche as by the syght nothyng can properly be perceyued but colour and fashion Then what waye is it possible that a man shuld vnderstand what those hygh bodies all of one colour●… and fashion shoulde betoken Some wyll say peraduenture that as the course of the starres was founde out by diligent obseruation so lykewyse theyr sygnifications were learned by earneste markyng wha●… chaunced alwayes vnder euery sygne or planet Howe vntrue this is we shal part ly nowe declare and partly leaue tyll we come to the particulars Fyrst therfore that their significations coulde not so be learned it is manyfest by this reason That those thynges whyche chaunce or come to passe bee infinite that is innumerable to men howe then coulde a certayn numbre of men know or learne whether all those thynges came to effecte as they had marked in a few for although they had taken their obseruation in as ma ny as they coulde yet were there manye mo yea tenne thousande tymes as manye whiche they knew not of that myght happen clean●… contrary to theyr deuise Dothe it not then playnly appeare that by obseruation no man coulde discerne what those sygnes and heauenly bodies dyd forshew Then if neither by beholdyng thē nor yet by marking or obseruatiō of thē it might be that mans witte coulde fynde out their signification there remayneth no waye howe to knowe them but that fonde fantasy of reuelation by some spirite or aungelle Whiche I haue not without a cause before touched although some wold think that I ymagin that obiection of my selfe because that of some it is so obiected not onely in woordes but also in writynge Concernynge reuelation we haue some ●…ynge sayde all readye wherevnto we wyll ioyne this that God vse●… not by his mynysters to reueale any knowledge vnto menne but suche as is to his glory and theyr profyte Nowe what auayleth it to Goddes glorye that mortall men shoulde haue vnderstandynge of all thynges that he purposeth to doo as who shoulde saye he woulde haue men as cunnynge as hym selfe or as thowghe he shoulde rule the world by theyr prognostications And no profyte canne it bee to menne to haue suche knowledge whyche yf it were true as it is moste ●…alse they were not able to preuente If God therefore dooeth not reueals any thynge whiche is not to his glorye and the proufyte of his creatures me thynke that vayne obiection is cleane put out of the waye Lette this suffise for our purpose of inueyenge generally Therefore proceede we to the particulars whiche althoughe there bee as many as there bee dyuers actions yet we wyll intreate onely of two●… sortes the one of foreshewynge the states of thynges and tymes that other of chusyng dayes and oportunyties And to begyn with that whyche semeth chieffest amonge theym to prognosticate of warre and peace I meruayle that menne are so madde as to looke for warre oute of theyr predictions knowing that the cause therof proceedeth not of the starres but of the deuyll whyche alwaye labourethe to breake the bondes of vnitie and concorde that shoulde be among christian men And where doothe he plant the cause therof but in the kyng whose heart the scripture witnesseth that as the diuisions of waters so is it in the lordes hande and whether he will he moueth it Seyng therfore that the kyng is not subiect to the influence of the starres neyther is anye thing that procedeth from hym gouerned by theim and thenne consequentlye and necessarilye it folowethe that all matters concernynge the commune wealthe as warre and peace discorde and rebellyon lawes and suche lyke can neyther bee forshewen nor foreseene by Astrologie dearthe and plentye bee caused by reasone of seasonable weather or vnseasonable Then yf the starres haue nothyng to doo with wether they haue lesse to dooe with plentie or scarcity which ar caused therby As for clowdes wherof rayne commeth they are drawen vp in thynne vapours by the heate of the sonne into the myddle region of the ayre and there by colde are made grosse then by some wyndes they ar dissipated and dryuen abroade or elles by some resolued and drop downe And thys is the cause for the moste part of rayne fayre wether so y e except the vncertayntie of the wynd may be knowen by the stars rayne and fayre wether can neuer be foreshewed But wherof commeth the wynd ▪ I am sure they wyll not denye the Philosophers definition gathered oute of the seconde booke of his Meteors which is that the wynde is an exhalation whot and dry drawen vp by the heate of the Sonne and for the weight of it selfe fallyng downe is laterally or sydelonges caried aboute the earthe By this definition all power of signifying starres is cleane excluded And as towchynge the place frome whens the wynd bloweth the same philosopher doth also declare that as it hapneth the matter thereof to be caried so frome that place it moueth And here by the way where as I vse the wordes of Happen and Chaunce you muste not take me that I meane the thynge shoulde come by blynde fortune or case For I am of opinion that nothyng commeth to passe without a cause but my meanyng is that by the causes and occasions therof so it came to effect But

hauynge also gotten conuenient leysure except my tonge or pen do faile me wil endeuour my self vtterly to ouerthrow this tower of Astrology when's they behold the signification of the planets starres that no pece nor parcel therof that remayn Neyther am I so ignorant of that knowledge yf any suche knowledge be as they would goe about to perswade the common people that all suche are whiche despise their for shewyng and premōstratio●…s neyther beyng moued with the desyre of euyl speakyng or enuy do I addresse my self to writyng for I am assured that I do pro uoke waspes but seeyng many whiche are desirous to learne the sciences to haue also muche sette by this celestiall diuination I thought good to admonishe them by this litle treatise that they laboure not in vayue hopyng for that which the place it selfe wil not suffre them to haue that whē they haue throughely seene and considered the whole matter they may leaue to haue in admiration these inuencions of the prognosticatours and if they wyll nedes haue knowledge of secretes and thynges pertainynge to the future tyme they may learne to seeke it out of suche thyngs as are more nere and better knowen vnto them For as it is said and not withoute a cause Those thynges that are aboue vs perteyne nothyng vnto vs and those thynges which are aboue our reache ar not to be sought for with muche curiositie Neither let any man slaunder me as though I went about to impugne or assaulte the moste beautyfull and certayne science of Astronomye as the Prognosticatours themselues suche is their malice crie out yf any man speake boldly against the vanitie of Astrologie But that science as of all humayn sciences it is the most diuine so wolde I wishe that it shulde be embraced learned perceyued of most men especially of all suche as beare and professe the name of Philosophy And let not them bee troubled wyth theyr prowde bragge whiche say that their calculation is thend●… and scope where vnto the noble science of Astronomie dothe tende seyng there is no communitie or felowshyp betwene certen●…y and vncertayntie neyther can truth and fayned falshod at any tyme be coupled and ioyned together And as for the studious they shall not be compelled in vayne to con sider the course of the stars although this diuination be cleane banished awaye seing the knowledge it self yf we trust Aristotle is an end and scope of it selfe Moreouer be syde the most pleasant cōtemplacion of the whole workemashyp of the world doth not y e sciens it selfe bryng w t it infinite profites and vtilities What neade I to speake of so many kind of Dialles so many differences of tymes and yeares fynally so manye varietes and degrees of glystering lyghtes One starre whiche is the sonne as it were the ymage of one god communicateth hys lyght to all the rest whome so longe as the residews of the starres beholde resplendishynge with most bright beames they ●…hine ouer the whole worloe But yf any of them by the enuious shadowe of the earthe be dep●…ued of his syght strayght way as it were mor●…yng and without lyght it is voyde of all beautye and glorye Doth it nothyng auaile to know the cause of so diuers formes and shapes of the moone Suche varieties of dayes in length and shortnesse So manye differences of heate and colde by reson of the Sonnes commynge neare or departynge farre from vs They therfore whyche styffely affirme that Astronomye cannot co●…siste wythoute Astrologie and that the knowledge of the one is vnprofitable without the vse of the other are here reproued of a manifest error or rather conuicted of a shamefull lye Lest therfore vnder the bewtifull and glorious cloke of this sciens of Astronomye they should any longer proceade to commende their false and hyppocriticall art I would wishe that thys little booke were but ones perused and red ouer of all suche as seme to fauour this deceyte and except either their wilful and per uerse affection or elles to grosse ignorance dyd lette them I am assured they would vtterlye forsake and reiecte thys kynde of forshewynge by the starres For longe tyme vnder the pretexte and colour of Astronomye thys auguration or diuinotion hathe bene cloked in so muche that the professoures thereof haue not doubted openlye for Astrologians to call theym selues Astronomars Other some confoundynge the names of Astrologie and Astronomy bothe in teachyng and also in wrytyng haue so mixed the one with thother as though they were not distincie sciences but the one of them dyd hange of an other after the maner of relatiues And herein they are ●…ot vnlyke to men of vngracious lyuynge whiche to the intent they may with lesse daunger and suspition committe he ynous offences will gladly vse and frequent the company of suche as be taken to be good and honest men but the difference of those artes I thynke is manifestly knowen to all men so that I am certainely perswaded it were but loste labour to stande longe in puttynge a diuer ●…e betwene them Wherfore it shall suffise to admonisshe the symple sorte leste when we speake agaynst the art of foreshewyng by the starres they shoulde vnaduisedly thynke that wee dispute agaynste the course of the starres their lawe order or learnyng But wherof shall I take my beginnyng or of what parte shall I chiefely goe about to publyshe and desorte so greate vanitie whether of the vncertainte therof ▪ 〈◊〉 of the vnprofitable yea hurtfull obseruation thereof that so muche troubleth the common wealthe or rather of the impossibilitie shal I shewe that there is no suche science of diuination If that whiche is vncertayn deserue not to bee obserued for what cause I praye you doo you cleaue to the do●…yng of Astrologie If that whiche deserueth not so muche as to be consydered is worthily called vayne or of none effect wherefore shall menne more truste the diuination of the starres then they wyll credite the vnconstant waues of the sea It shall not be nedefull in this place to alledge Aristotles opinion of the future contingēt nether to vouche thauctoritie of other philosophers concernyng the vncertayne and vnknowē procedyng of matters For who doth not see clerer then the sonne at noone days that not the fourth part of those presages or fortellyngs come to passe as they before haue pronounced them Yea who is so forgetfull or of lyttel memory that can not recorde and remembre that the moste parte of their predictions haue chaunced cleane contrary to their calculations It is not therefore without a cause yf we m●… uayle with what face they dare he so bol●… to propounde suche vayn and folyshe varicinatious to be considered of wyse and discrete persons Certainly euery science of what sort soeuer it be consisteth on thyngs that be true certayne and immouable but Astrologie which standeth on thynges that most commonlye are false but alwayes vn certayne and vnconstant Tell me all you prognosticatours by what

to returne into the way agayn seyng the cause of the wynde is not forsene by the starres no more can the wether that is partly caused by it nor yet the dearthe or plentie whiche chaunceth by occasion of the weather bee by Astrologie foreshewed Then wi●… al those ●…ut of your Prognostications for what shoulde they doo there of whiche it is impossible that you shoulde prognosticate Sycknesse and healthe depende vpon dyuers causes but nothyng at al vpon the course of the starres for what way soeuer the starres runne their race yf there be in the body abundance or defect or from outward by corruption of the ayre infection it must nedes be sycke and it none of these bee though all the starres in heauen with all their oppositions and euil tokens shuld meete in the howse of sicknesse yet the body shoulde bee whole and in good healthe But you wyl say that those causes of sicknesse are wroughte by the constellation of the starres Wel ones we haue a good con fort of Hieremy the prophet that those are not to be feared And to aunswere this obiection I woulde haue taken paynes 〈◊〉 that the moste parte of Astrologians ar by profession phisitions whiche yf they be in dede as they professe and haue learnyng accordyng to their degree which I doubt not but they haue they knowe assuredly that the causes of sycknes and helth hang nothynge vppon mouyng of the celestiall bodies The more shame is it for theym yf they stiffely and stoutely maynteyn and defende that which they know to be moste vayne and false But leaue sycknesse and healthe to theym that haue chiefely to doo with theym and comme to Natiuytyes or Fortune tellynges If I hadde not beene my selfe seduced by suche a vayne credyte that I gaue to the wrytyngs of Astrologians I would neuer beleeue that any manne endewed with common sence and reasone shoulde haue respecte to castynge of Natiuityes or Fortune tellynges For what madnesse ys yt to thynke that beeynge but twelue sygnes and seuen planettes euery syngular manne hath of theym his singular constellation I confesse that euery syngular manne by the prouidence of God is guyded and preserued but that euery man that is borne hath his syngular influence it is to muche incredyble For I dare be bolde to saye and if I were dryuen to it by good reasone proue it that at one instant or Nunc there is somtyme borne a kynge and a sclaue a warryour and a cowarde a wyse man and a foole a learned manne an vnlearned persone a true man and a thefe a ryche man and a poore a Christian and a Pagan a manne and a beaste Howe thenne shall the Astrologian telle all these theyr Fortune by one constellation Furthermore what a straunge matter is it that one constellation should woorke to so sundrye effectes as yf an Astrologian hadde erected a fygure for one mannes natiuytie a nother commeth to knowe of a thynge loste at the same instant the thyrde commeth to heare yf a sycke man shall dye or recouer All these muste haue theyr aunsweres shapen theym oute of one fygure But they wylle say perchaunce that all these canne not happen at ones then lette theym answere me to this question Is there but one kynde of thyng done in the whole worlde or vnder one meridian at one instāt or moment And be allother ydle for that tyme ▪ As for exāple when one stealeth is there nothyng done at that tyme but ●…alynge When a kyng is borne is none borne el●… but kynges Or when a sclaue is brought forth is thir none els that season brought foorth but sclaues Therefore yf they can not auoyde the mischefe of this answere let them bee ashamed to practise any more suche vayne predictions yea let them be astayde to vse tellyng of fortunes lest they be counted in that poynte as yll as wicked Ma●…asses of whome the scripture reporteth that amonge other his synnes he had also regarde to soothsayenge and fortune tellynge As for Consurynge I wyll not charge them bycause theyr predictions ar not so sure as they are wonte to make But perchaunce they wyll say that al that I haue yet sayde eyther agaynst their arte generally or against these particulars y●… of no more strength then stubble or straw Wherfore to shut vp the gappe I entende to laye a greate blocke in their waye And I shall desyre theym when they make answere if they make any at all that accor ●…ynge to the prouerbe They wylle not stoumble at a strawe and leape ouer a blocke And the blocke that I wyll laye is of the heauy burthen that the Lord by the prophere Esays 47. Chapter threatneth vnto Babylon the inuentresse of this art where h●… sayth Nowe let the heauen g●…sers and beholders of starres the moone prophetes come and delyuer thee yea and lette theym shewe thee whan these thynges shall come vpon thee Beholde sayth he they shall be as strawe whyche yf it be kyndled with syre no manne maye rydde it from the ●…hamence of the flame Doo you not heare O you Astrologians that the prophets saythe that you canne haue no knowledge of thynges to came as of warre syckenesse dearthe vnseasonable weather destruction and suche other whiche he threatneth vnto Babylon For it is manyfests that this phrase or maner of speakynge which the Prophete vseth Lette them shewe when these thynges shall come to passe is a stronger ●…gation or denyall thenne yf in playne woordes he hadde sayde They can not shew●… the●… when these thynges shall comme to passe Marke also what rewarde is promised to the vsers of this foreshewynge that they shal be●… in Goddes wrathe as straw●… kyndeled with syre But I leaue this to theyr wysedom and discretion to consyder and wyll proce●…ede to the second kynde of particulars that is Elections or chusynges of dayes And here haue I nothyng to do with Galeues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for it is meruayle yf that it be not obiected against me but I begynne with good dayes to let bloude And what is the cause of bloudde lettynge surely I thynke eyther to dyminishe humors in the body or els to abate heate or at least some suche cause in the body whiche if it be vrgent wyl not sticke to kyll the body without consideration of signe or planet orels if it be not so vehement wyl hurt the body without respect of good days or yll Therfore seyng this abundance of bloude wyll not tarie for good dais or yll but wyll procede to annoy the body wherfore shuld the body tarye for good sygnes to bee rydde of it And lykewise of purgations what sort soeuer they be If any thynge bee nedefull to be pourged yt wyll not ceasse from annoyeng vpon good dayes and woorke his malice onely vpon tuyll dayes but who so euer is troubled with any suche thynge shall feele that his disease lyttle regardeth the course of the starres and he yf he bee wyse wyll as little