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A88292	The vvorld's catastrophe, or Europes many mutations untill, 1666. The fate of Englands monarchy untill its subversion. Government of the vvorld under God by the seven planetary angels; their names, times of government. An exact type of the three suns seen in Cheshire and Shropshire, 3 April 1647. Their signification and portent, astrologically handled. / By VVilliam Lilly student in Astrologie: who is, amicus patria, & veritas amator. To which is added, A whip for Wharton.	Lilly, William, 1602-1681.; Merlin Ambrosius.; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.	1647 (1647)	Wing L2252; Thomason E387_1; ESTC R201490	73,237	78

Horace and Segment 7. Aph. 166. Genitura valida regna mutant strong Genitures do change Kingdoms yet it is nothing Ponere os in Coelum yet it availeth not to gaze upon the Heavens only Causes Adjutant are Revolutions the Progressions of the great Orb of great Conjunctions before the flood the birth of our Saviour Mahomet and the like which things being rightly considered may not only enable us to foretell the end of the world but perhaps the time also for in the bosome of the heavens as we noted in our second part de vita propaganda et morte retardanda there is a Seminary vertue to be infused upon any for so often as conveniency is bestowed by the sundry Complexions of the Planets and Ascentions of the Signes from this Inferiour matter it raiseth the Form from Potentiallity to Action And in the first book and 6. Chap. de Max. Conjunct We said that the Coelestiall bodies do operate according to the matter disposed which matter if at any time it be found unapt we must endeavour to prepare and fit it for to receive the Coelestiall form for according to Aristotle 2 de Anima Text 26. Agens Naturale non agit in passum nisi secundum materi●m dispositam A naturall Agent worketh not upon a subject but according to the matter disposed Wherefore if the effects foretold shall not happen to be verified in that year not only in those Universall changes and conjunctions but also in every year by the particular Revolutions of years and particular Constellations yet in the subsequent years they shall be verified after that the Inferiour bodies suscitated by the precedent influences shall be made ready Even as wise men by preceding great Conjunctions have shewed that the effects thereby signified were manifested a long time after as Albumazar acknowledgeth in his Iract of great Conjunctions but especially in his first difference cap. 3. viz. That the conjunction which gave signification of the Flood happened 379. years before and that which fore-shewed the birth of Moses did precede 80. years before the effects thereof shewed themselves she like may be said concerning those Starrs w th suddenly appeared in the heavens and afterwards were dispersed As that w th was observed in the time of Hypparchus w th signified the transferring of the Greek into the Roman Empire produced not its effects till after 63. years for Hypparchus flourished 10● years before Christ and the Roman Empire translated from the Greeks begun Anno. 42. before the birth of Christ The Starr also that was seen in the time of Augustus Caesar did premonstrate so many Exiles and Martyrs that many took it to be the cleare Comet which should establish the Kingdom of Peace Others as 't is reported did conjecture it to be the Starr in which Sybilla Tyburtina shewed Augustus Caesar the Image of a beautifull Virgin holding a Boy in her bosom and saying This childe is greater then thou worship him To which Mantuan sufficiently alludeth speaking of the afore-named Sybill Haec cum Divinos vultus sacra pararent Augusto cum Plebe patres citò Tiburis Arcem Liquit et ingentes veniens ad Caesaris Aulas Fulgentem nitido monstravit in aethere circum Irideque inclusam parva cum prole parentem Atque manum tendens vultuque ad Sydera verso Ille puer quis est inquit tu desine Caesar Velle Coli pueroque Aras ac Templa relinque Ille regit Coelos atque immortalis Olympi Possidet imperium et fatalia temperat Astra Pone precor Caesar fastus Auguste superbos Teque licet tractes vastae telluris habenas Esse sub immenso positum reminiscere summi Principis imperio cui rerum aeterna potestas Augustus with the Senate People All Fitting themselves for holy mysteries Shee hast's from Tiburs Tower comes to the Hall Or Court of Caesar pointing to the Skies Where in a most clear ayr shee them did shew A mother and her Babe wrapt round about In a bright Iris or most fulgent Bow Upward her face and both her hands strecht out Viewing the childe and poynting with her hand Who is that Boy says shee O Caesar peace VVorship thou him The heavens he doth command The Altars and the Temples now must cease Leave them to him he rules the Firmament The immortall heavens he orders and doth guide The ●atall Starrs under his Government Are all subjected in the world beside Augustus Caesar let thy haughtiness Be laid aside what though thou rul'st the earth Thou must remember that thou art much less And art his Vassall bragg not of thy birth His power is infinite and rules on high All things are under his Authority Yet the effects thereof viz Preaching of the Gospel the promulgation and publication of the Law the sedition of the people the troubles persecutions banishments bloodshed deaths warrs c. had their beginning God so pleasing after many years The same we are to understand of other Conjunctions and Mockstarrs signifying their effects after many years and the reason hereof is two-fold the first Metaphysicall which we have elsewhere often repeated the second Physicall by the first Segm. Aph. 55. for Quaecunque lentius operantur diutiù● protrahunt effect● suos All such things as operate slowly do protract their effects longer For neither can the force of a Star lye hid nor be abolished Thus also the Cloud about the Asses plainly sheweth Much indeed might be said concerning these things yet because we have spoken thereof in another place we will therefore for brevity sake omit them only declaring that in this Age there was a great Conjunction of ♃ and ♄ in the first face of Sagittary now finished and perfected in the Watery Triplicity concerning which mention was made in our books of great Conjunctions notwithstanding we will here add something more for further explanation Seeing therefore that the great Conjunctions of the weightier Planets are wont to produce great effects as the changes of Monarchies and Kingdomes the comming of Prophets and the like by them also the dead shall be changed and all things shall be renewed and now shall those Sciences be revealed which in ancient time Kings and Princes found out and regard shall be had to the Doctrine and Congregations of Learned men But in our Age new Sciences are not only found out but in some measure men seem to oppose the inventions themselves Indeed from these great Conjunctions and happy significations of the Planets with respect had to the Lord of the Ninth house shall flow Doctrines and Sciences and wise men shall be elected who shall invent new learning for like as the causes are so shall the effects be for good Conjunctions are wont to bestow goodness and good Magisstrate but evill the contrary criminall customs and conditions hence also shall wicked rulers be produced for the sin of the people deceipts wars and Tyrants shall arise and shall oppose themselves to peace tranquillity and lea●●ing For

in comparison of the other Planets therefore shall it vehemently under-value all other Laws Nor will it be said to be presidented by another In like manner the bringing in of Religion Letters and Discipline were signified in heaven and men that were excellent in Arts as we may read 3. Quadr. So likewise the coming of such men as should oppose and wrest things from the truth as Luther Calvin and the like which for brevity sake we omit affirming only and daily experience sheweth it That God the Creator of all things hath written all things in his Universall book of Heaven notwithstanding they be hidden from many In the interim we will declare whatsoever we can darkly read in that great book of Heaven We say Darkly because we ought to assure Contingencies indeterminate and by no means with certainty for by the 1. Segm. Aph. 3. Artes que proprus subjectis inherent nihil certi polliceri de futuris possunt An Astrologer ought never to pronounce any thing absolutely concerning future events and it is worse for him to beleeve that he knoweth those things which he does not know then to be ignorant of such things as he should know by 1 Segm. Aph. 78. Therefore we will say concerning the corroboration of things as we have done in our books of great Conjunctions and as we have before noted but before we come to the great Conjunction of the year 1603. and to the Mock-star which appeared in the fiery Triplicity Anno 1604. which lasted also for one whole year we will first handle the Comet that appeared Anno 1572. and the great ☌ that happened Anno 1583. in the third Decade of ♓ when there was a change of the ☌ from one Triplicity into another viz. from the watery into the fiery Which Comet and great ☌ have not hitherto manifested their effects by reason of their gravity magnitude and slow motion For the elements and mixt things are not presently to assume the magnitude of Form but are disposed in a certain space of time and with the time also the form is introduced so that both by reason of great Conjunctions Mock-stars Comets Eclipses and other by-past calises being almost disposed the form begins to be introduced and the effects begin to manifest and lay open themselves and now we shall begin to tast the first offerings of great Revolutions But before we proceed any further we conceive this one thing worthy our notice that like as the faithfull in Christ laying aside the opinion of Aristotle Ptolomy and others as well Philosophers as Astrologers all those causes which the Philosophers and Astrologers call no causes but signs of the mighty and supream cause we will enjoyn our selves to ascribe for signs and will attest the same as formerly we have declared Therefore we say that as well the great Conjunctions as Mock-stars Comets Eclipses and the like ought not to be called the causes of future events but signs sent from the Supream Cause and from our Saviour Christ for the abomination of the world and the same is strongly maintained in the sayings of Astrologers especiall by Ptolomy in his Centiloquy and Apoth but chiefly in his Apoth and Aph. 3. Because that Arts which remain in their proper subjects can affirm nothing for certain concerning future events Therefore an Astrologer ought not pronounce any thing absolutely concerning future accidents But because the hidden secrets of God are impenitrable therefore we intend not as speculators and screwers out of the secrets of God to prognosticate any thing but with the Philosophers and Astrologers it is lawfull and requisite that we conjecture somewhat about the signs according to the effects of the Stars and like one that is parblinde seeing a thing a far off discernes only a certain confused shadow resembling many things without knowing certainly what it is by 2 Apot. Com. 5. The case standing thus we will come in the first place to the Mock-stars which appeared Anno 1572. and 1604. which remained immoveable The first in the Chair of Cassiopeia not far from that star in the erection of its seat in the Milky way whose Longitude was degr 16. 54. of ♉ Its Latitude North degr 53. min 45. It s Magnitude exceeded not onely the stars of the first light but also ♃ and ● in the beginning of its appearance therefore we may conclude that this Mock-star did exceed the bigness of the earth more then 500. times and that this is truth it is the testimony of Tycho for although the stars do seem but very little to us and appear not unlike little faces in heaven yet by the ingenious observations of Mathematitians it is found out that they are not only equall to the whole Terrestriall Globe but far exceed it by their greatness so that scarce any so little a Star can be seen in the Firmament but it exceeds at the least 18. times the bigness of the earth as not to speak of others those Stars that be of the first magnitude exceed the earth 500. times in bigness And though this may seem incredible to many yet will it not admit of any doubt in any man that rightly considers their unspeakable distance from us Therefore if these little Stars appeared but small to our sight yet certainly they were of a huge magnitude VVherefore from the beginning when it farr exceeded the Stars of the first Magnitude he exceeded the Earth by an incredible quantity For if the fixed Stars of the first magnitude as 't is said exceed the earth according to Mathematitians 500. times even so this new Star so much as he was removed from the Earth had a far greater visible Diameter It will likewise necessarily follow that from the beginning it exceeded that quantity which the earth and water make much more then 100. times but in progress of time it diminished by little and little that at last it vanished to nothing Whereby it appears that the opinion of us and others hath hitherto been erroneous whilst we thought Vapours to be transmitted into heaven and generated Comets and new Starrs For if this Starr exceeded the earth more then 500. times from whence should so many Vapours arise Therefore we say that the matter whereof new Starrs are made is a transparent substance of heaven and a Diaphanous or perspicuous corpulency of the heavens and that it may be reduced to form we say that a new Starr is the Condensation of the thin parts of heaven which indeed is a transmutation of the Diaphanous parts of the Sky into lightness of which here is no place to speake As touching the light of the Mock-Starr Tycho said it was more fulgent and radiant then the rest insomuch that in the beginning it was sometimes beheld in the day time about noon the heaven not being obfuscated with the thickness of the Aire It twinckled also as the other sixed Starrs and for the most part but not alwaies it retained the same colour which was observed from the

these causes in ancient time Learned and wise men were chosen to be Kings and Princes and such as were skilfull in all Arts and Sciences and amongst the Persians none was elected King who was not versed in Magick and the Mathematicks whence those Kings were called Magi and wise men that they might govern the people rightly But now adaies as well the unlearned as learned are admitted by inheritance to the government of Kingdoms Besides in Aegypt Chaldea Persia and Greece where the inventors of Sciences and all learning flourished those that addict themselves to the study thereof shall now be severely punished and those Regions at this present are in a manner quite dispoiled of all Sciences And it is evident that these things happened after the great Conjunction in the Fourth house and false sign Scorpio having great force over those Countreys Which Scorpionisticall Conjunction and decay of the learning of the Aegyptians being foreseen by the most wise Trismegistus to his unspeakable grief he was constrained with a sorrowfull and bewailing soul thus to exclaime O Ægypt There remains only the Stories of thy wisdom and learning For behold the divinity of Sciences is returned into Heaven and only perverse and ignorant men shall abide on earth Insomuch that he that would apply himself to the true study of learning shall be punished with death Thus Trismegistus with how much truth no man is ignorant The Roman Empire also which had been accustomed to elect its King amongst the valiant Captains of War stoops now to Clerks that be strangers to War wherefore the great Conjunctions do not only foreshew that but Kingdoms also and Cities are governed by the great years of the Planets which are described by Wise men some whereof be 1460. others 520. others 480. others 465. others 428. others 264. and the rest 260. and the Cities and Kingdoms are in the height of their Government according to these years and first they begin to decline their Government and then fall into servitude and destruction so that it is no wonder if Cities and Kingdoms and Monarchies do change their manner of Government and as it were a thing deserted of its presiding Planet flyeth to another nature of other Planets and so alwaies Kingdomes and Cities when they have finished their years they proceed to worse and alwaies decline and the starrs do ruinate and destroy their government and custome and by that means the conditions of men become contrary whereby Seditions and hatred vices and evill behaviour are raised in Cities and when those things do reign in Cities the Portents of the Planets are destructions of government and so by those vices flowing from the Planets Cities and Kingdoms are destroyed and led into Captivity or transferred to a strange Government We finde also that so oft as the Creator of all things hath any new Law to establish in the world or any other good for the benefit of man or any evil as a scourge for sin it is his pleasure to admonish all the faithfull that such things are to succeed yea long before they happen and this in such manner as that they should truly acknowledge him to be God and adore him The truth of which is affirmed by so many holy books of the Old Law wherein the Prophets foretold all things which were to befall the Hebrews yea it was evermore designed in the Universall Book of Heaven and demonstrated by the great Conjunctions As that Conjunction under the Constellation of Andromeda did the Circumcision The Conjunction in ♓ under the image of Cassiopeia did the Mosaicall Law the Conjunction in ♌ under the image of Vexillus the first Emperour The Sect of the Chaldeans in the Conjunction of ♄ ♃ and ♂ Whereupon the Chaldeans did begin their burnt Sacrifices and worshiped the Divinity beleeved by them to be mixt with the fire and supposing that the fire was changed into God it 's former accidents still remaining So the Sect of the Ægyptians by the Congress of ♄ ♃ and the ☉ wherefore they worshiped the Constellations of Heaven and the Host of the Sun But the Sect of the Sarazens was premonstrated by the application of ♄ ♃ and ♀ who grew in luxury and concupiscence So God before the coming of our Saviour shewed a sign in heaven by the great ☌ of ♄ ♃ and ☿ in the first decade of Virgo with change of Triplicity concerning which sign of Virgo Albumazar in the 6. of his Introduct Virgo Signum sterile tripartitum biforme in prima ejus decade in qua facta fuit talis Conjunctio ascendit Puella munda corpore decora vultu venusta habitu modesta crine prolixo manu gemina● cristas tenens supra solium aureatum residens pueruns nutriens Virgo is a barren sign tripertite double-bodied in the first decade whereof wherein such a Conjunction happened a● cendeth a beautifull Virgin of a comely body pleasant countenance modest attire long hair holding two Plumes in her hand sitting in a golden Throne and nourishing a boy The very same did Abraham affirm in his book called Principium sapientie where he saith Ascendiv quoque in prima facie ejus virgo pulchra sui capilli longi habens in manu sua duas spicas ipsaque sedet super sedem unam nutrit puerum parvulum ipsum lactando ad comedendumque incitando There ascendeth also in the first face thereof a fair Virgin having long hair holding two ears of Corn in her hand and she sitteth upon a seat and nourisheth a little boy by giving him suck and inciting him to eat The Sect also of Mahomet was premonstrated by the Stars and we noted lib. 2. cap. 3. of great Conjunctions That the ☌ of ♄ and ♃ in ♏ with the ☌ of the ☽ and the warlike irradiation of ♂ in the year of the world 4271. signified the Law of Mahomet and the Turks and seeing that ♏ wherein that ☌ happened by the 2. Quadr. com 54. is the house of ☌ with the ☌ of him and the ☽ for this cause untill this present time he retaineth warlike and Lunar manners and that Law of his enjoyns all kinde of rude gross and popular things Pleasures Vices Wickedness Luxuries and Rapes Wars Conflicts and Effusion of Blood and for that the new place of the ☌ is Cancer of which the ☽ is Lady therefore we conclude the Law of the Mahometans to be Lunar and Martiall by the Authority of Albumazar Lib. 1. Differ 3. and 4. Mag. Con. and when the Moon shall signifie a rude People which are secluded from all skilfulness by the judgement of all Astrologers Therefore that Law is rude and gross popular and an enemy to learning even as the Common people are for by reason of the dominion of Mars it enjoyneth it self to be protected not with Arguments but Arms hence it is that whosoever shall but in the least degree scandalize their Law shall be slain with Iron And because the ☽ is exceeding swift

confirmed 1. Aph. 68. by Albumazar Tract 4. Differ 8. They foreshew that there shall appear in those Regions and Cities that are under the dominion of Scorpio such be Judea Cappadocea Assyria Mauritania Aegypt Cathalonia and the like Kings of beautifull faces many monstrous and unnatural things expending much moneys Venus The Ptisick and Palsey medicines shall be much desired and the wits of men shall be slender and weak about such things as they shall indeavour to find out and excessive plundering shal be multiplied among the ungodly lamentation imprisonments distresses sorrows treachery accusations lameness and feebleness and diseases and darkness shal from time to time possess the air rain snow hail thunder lightning and storms and daily commotions of the Elements shal be increased In the same year 1632 the profection of the sign ascendant of the Conjunction which preceded the Flood divolved to the beginning of Aries which signifieth that in those Regions which are under the dominion of Aries as Germany France Brittany Basternia Syria Palestina Polonia Mino the upper Burgundy Swedeland the upper Silesia and part of Augusta shall use instruments of Iron and Arms and the like and slaughter contention dirision shall attend mens actions and speedy change from one condition to another and death shal be ●eared amongst them their harvest shal be wasted In the same year 1632 the sign ascendant of the conjunction which Preceded the coming of Christ voluing to the 17. Degr. of ♑ signifies according to Albumazar Differ 2. Tract 4. that there shall appear in such Regions as are subject to the sign viz. India Arriana Gedrosia Macedonia Illyria Thracia Albania Rossina Bulgaria Lituania Saxonia Massonia Turingia Hessia Marchia Styrie the Orchades Islands great concupiscence in Women whence shall proceed Adulteries Rapes preposterous Lust Wrath Anguish Lyes Injuries Deceit and wickedness men routing one another out of their habitations And the King of Babylon shall be in danger by reason of some of his Enemies and misfortunes shall happen in his City through fear and death and terrible rumors and discord shall fall amongst men Afterwards the King shall recon●●●e them and blood shall be shed about Babylon and that at the Aequidistance of the Sun to the third face of Scorpio The profection of the Conjunction which preceded the coming of Christ to the 24. Degr. of Gemini signifieth according to Albumazar Differ 3. Tract 4. to those Provinces that be subject to that sign as Hyrcania Armenia Martiana Cyreniaca Arme●ia inferior Aegypt England Sardinia Brabant Wittenburgh Flanders Lumbardy and the like that great Consultation will be had about Supernatural Mysteries as Divinity and Coelestial Sciences the Essence of Faith and Prophesie and in those things goodness of Countenance greatness of Spirit shall prevail moderate and specious pretences and actions and mutual changes of things And that the King of Babylon shall be disguised for the Cause of his Princes and shall be displeased with some of them And there shall be an Insurrection in Armenia and they shall kill one another and afterward those that survive shall fly unto foraign Cities and their condition shall be changed and their Enemies shall prevail against them and overcome them And evil shall happen unto the Romans and they shall dye of sundry Diseases and their sorrows shall be multiplied by reason of these things And disasters are threatned to befal the Inhabitants of Spain through Murther Sickness much Thunder and Lightning and Easterly winds destroying fruits and especially in the Southern parts Abortive births and death amongst children and young men The profection of the Ascendant of that years Conjunction to ♋ that in Numidia Affrica Bithinia Phrygia Ochiden Carthage France Scotland Granada Prussia Holland Zeland Burgundy according to Albumazar Tract above quoted Differ 4. there will be Death and Poverty and their fear shall be encreased by their Enemies and Botches and Death shall befal them and the year shall be remarkable to men by reason of many things that will happen in it as slaughter and multiplicity of destroying Locusts and other Creatures and Wolves shall do hurt unto men The profection of the Conjunction which signified the Law of Mahomet to the 12. degree of Aquarius his square sinister signifies out of Albumazar Tract 4. Differ 11. that hurt will befall Travellers Vineyards will be spoiled through too much wet and there shall be abundance of Locusts and all places on the sea-shore or upon the bank will be fearfully endangered by droughts sicknesses and the like And much goodness and joy shall be multiplied in Arabia and the Romans shall quarrell with their enemies and there shall be loss in Turky The profection of the Sign Ascendant of the Conjunction which signifies the Sect of Mahomet to the 23. degree of ♑ betokeneth misfortunes downfals and loss of the Turkish Laws by reason of deceipt and treachery The profection of the sign ascendant of that year in which the ☌ happened signifying the Law of Mahomet to the 24 degree of ♒ the opposite sign to ♌ and Regulus a star of the first magnitude and Imperial signifies great changes and warfare amongst the Turks and of Christians with Infidels because it is in the square of ♏ and in ☍ of ♌ which will produce great oppressions Now considering and weighing so many and great influences of the heavens clashing with one another and that for so many causes that one Form may be drawn out of the heavenly mixture according to the first doctrine of the first Aphorisme Scientia causarum tribus modis perficitur quod futuri sint quod accidant tandem quod tunc accident The knowledge of causes is performed by three maner of wayes the things which are to come which happen after some space of time and which shall fall out at length Therefore it is a very difficult thing to understand what is meant by these three which consideration is a choice Science and a granted truth not any where to be found but in the Books of Astrology according to the 1. Aph. 34. It is an excellent Science but most laborious and full of difficulty and therefore by the 1. Segm. Aph. 105. many do abandon Astrology as vain others as thinking it uncertain Nevertheless we duly considering the sundry causes and influences of the heavens as well those that be more rare as those that happen frequently and considering also that they are wrapt up in the choisest Philosophy whereas by 3. Aph. 155 Astrologers as they be only Fortune-tellers are the worst of men deceivers and of corrupt behaviour But Natural Philosophers studious of the truth and vertuous And for these things only an Astrologer to be accounted a speaker of the Truth and honest so long as in his predictions he adheres to the Principles of Naturall Philosophy we will adventure with the best of our understanding to the judgement of future Revolutions and shall declare that near the year 1632. either

a little before or after the beginning thereof there shall be a sensible and manifest Catastrophe of the whole world and the destruction of the Law of Mahomet and the Turks And then perchance as we have often said shall a false Prophet arise or a Great man for betwixt the Mock-star a 100. times repeated Anno 1572. and that other in 1604. The mean years do number the age of our Saviour and if we will add the same years to the year 1604. they will fall out in the year 1632. wherein the great Conjunction of the year 1583. which happened in the watery Triplicity and in the end of that Triangle shall come to the Mock star which shewed it self An. 1572. And if again we add the same years they shall happen about the years 1666. near which time the false miracles of the world shall be discovered with the change and destruction of almost all Sects for in 1662. it will take 48. degr half or 1666. if the whole degr the great Conjunction in ♐ 1603. will come to the body of the Star which appeared Anno 1604. with the rest according to the operations of the Planets In the year 1638. the eclipse of the Sun which happened in the year 1621. in the 0. degr ♊ will come to the opposition of the Mock-star An. 1604. Seeing also that in the year 1646. the great ☌ of the year 1583. will divolve to the Mock-star of the year 1572. according to the right ascentions answering uniformly by the Meridian to all Horizons according to the operations of the Planets And if we will add Venus her greater years to the year of the Star 1572. when it was found in Taurus there shall be alterations likewise in the year 1654. because in the year 1653. the greatest obliquity of the Zodiaque is accounted 23. degr 28. min. which is lesser then it may be found to be by observation for about those times as we have declared lib. 2. cap. 11. of Great Con. a lesser Conjunction of the malevolents happeneth viz. in the year 1650. in the Moneth of July about the New-Moon in the first face of ♋ not far from the degree of the Sun And in August 1652 in the same point of Heaven in which the Conjunction of the Luminaries at the time of the lesser ☌ in ♋ 1650 happened and from the Transite of ♄ Anno. 1653. from the South into the North when he cut the Ecliptique in the 6 degree and 40. min. of ♌ in the place of the partile great ☌ of ♄ and ♃ in the year 1623. Moreover 1659. is the period of the revolution of the 14 Orbe in which the ☽ and ♌ shall have dominion and the revolution of the 15. Orbe shall begin in which ♄ and ♍ shall bear rule which sign of ♍ is the sign of the ☌ before the coming of Christ and is afflicted by ♄ wherefore there shall arise great changes in the World So likewise if we add the great years of ♃ to the year of the Mock-starr without doubt in the latter years by 1 Aph. 40. there shall almost be a destruction of Monarchies especially because in those years there will happen most powerfull influences of the Stars But what the Host of Heaven may portend after 1630. but much more after 1650. yea 1660. from the mock-starr 1572. we conceive not only the finall destruction of the Turks but also that there shall be a great decay of Christians and that not only all the Kings and Potentates of the earth shall be hurt by the severall evill Constellations and influences But take heed all you Kings of Spain and France you Princes and Potentates of Italy behold and dread the signe sent from God s●il the Mock-starr of the year 1604 let down in the fiery Triplicity to provoke wars and conflicts by 7. Aph. 34. Rebellions Treasons Desolations Suddain and Utter Ruine and Mischiefs of all kindes So that all men living of what degree condition or age soever shall be naturally inclined to shedding of blood For by the 4. Aph. 6. Every immoderate constitution of the stars brings death amongst old and infirme people but in others violent Events and cruell and utter Ruine Oh! how many changes of Kingdomes Oh! how much lamenting and bewailing the condition of disgrace Oh! what sorts and differences of dangers and troubles are to be feared What unspeakable great and grievous villanies Oh! what turbulent and damnable seditions Oh! what unlooked and unhoped-for mischievous kinds of death Oh! what exalting of wicked and reprobate men the troubled stars of heaven do in abundance belch out Oh! what wretched and indigent persons are every where extold And the rich oppressed and impoverished How many Subjects and servants shall rule whilst Kings and Masters shall obey What Princes shall be thrown out of their dominions Oh! what insolent drunken and luxurious men who shall have the habit of whoredome what inventors of new and unheard of Lusts Buggerers Gluttons Murtherers Cruell deceivers and Traitors and sheeves without cause such as shall deride torment and tear in peices and kill with very vexation all men that be endowed with prudence knowledge and wisdome but they shall be of a constant and firme minde And although these things shall be fierce after the year 1630. yea more fierce after 1650. yet shall they be most terrible and rigorous after the year 1660. Thus have these things been delivered briefly and with a hasty Quill touching the most laboursome and difficult matter proposed which ought to have been handled in another method by another Doctrine and by men most learned in the Art and not by me who am almost ignorant therein and imployed upon other Sciences and Physick and have kept my bed for divers moneths upon a Feaver Notwithstanding as for those causes and the shortness of time they have been by me finished if now at length they shall be gratefully accepted I shall rejoyce that my pains have not been unprofitable and if any thing be taken not so gratefully or less pleasing I hope the Readers ascribing it to the before-mentioned causes will look upon all with a benign judgement for perhaps better things shall one day be added A PROPHECIE OF Ambrose Merlin a Britaine From the Translation of Gefferey of Monmouth Aenigmatically therein delivering the Fate and Period of the English Monarchy VOrtiger king of the Britains sitting on the brink of an emptied Pool there issued thence 2. Dragons one of which was white but the other red And when the one came near the other they began a terrible fight by the vehemency of their breath begot fire But the White Dragon prevailed and chased the Red Dragon to the end of the Lake But the Red Dragon after he had bemoaned himselfe thus expulsed made a suddaine assault upon the White Dragon and forced him to give back The Dragons thus contending the King commanded Ambrose Merline to tell him what that Combat of the Dragons meant Then he

free and receives not the influence of the Stars unless it doth too much commaculate his affection by inclining its self with the commerce which it hath with the body For the Angels who are the movers of the Orbs do neither destroy nor subvert any thing which nature it self hath constituted or framed A Comet of unwonted and unusuall greatness did precede the death of Constantine Arrian Heresy The Arrian Heresie in many Countreys disturbed the holy Church Toward the end of this Angels Government in the time of Iulianus Caes●r Crosses appeared in lines and Crosses in the garments of men Crosses in Garments In Asia and Palaestina wars followed Pestilences and Famine in those places where the Crosses appeared In these times also about the year of our Lord 360. the Franks or Franconians in Originall of the Franc●nia●s in Germany Germany had their Originall who afterwards wasting Gallia gave the name unto it of France having first overcome and conquered the people thereof The description of Francia in greatness is long and wide or of great circuit whose Metrop●●● Moguntia sometimes was now truly and only Herbipolis The Bava●●ans Suevians the people of Rhine Saxons Thuringers this day do occupie a great part of France in Germany under jurisdiction of the Papacy in some places Moreover in the 280 year of the Gubernation of this Angell Anael the Roman Empire began to decline whilst the City was taken and burned by the Goth the Imperia● seat being first translated into Greece under Constantine which was very mischievously done and the only cause of the declining of that whole Monarchy for nee● the determination of this Angell Anael his Regiment there did arise R●●igifus Alaricus Atholfus Kings of the Gothes Also after this Genserick of the Vandals and Attllas of the Hunni who runing all over Europe did most miserably teare the Empire in sunder as is evident in these Histories Zachariel Angel of Iupiter his third retu●ne and Government Ann● 5669. When Anael the Angell of Venus had finished his Regiment then Zachariel the Spirit of Jupiter did reassume the Universall Government of this World the seaventh time the first day of June in the year of the World 5669. the fourth moneth but in the year of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 463. four moneths and governed in his tu●ne 354 years and four moneths untill the year of the World 6023. and eighth moneth but of our Lord God 817. Many men in these times out of their affection to Christian Philosophy betook themselves to live in the Wilderness many Prodigies appeared Comets Earthquakes Comets Earthquakes Blood raigned it raigned blood Merlin born in Tumbe predicted wonderfull things in the beginning or entrance of this Angels Government Merlins A●thur● who commonly is called Arthur the most glorious King of great Britain who overcame the Barbarians restored peace to the Church went away conquerour Arthur● in many battels propagated the Faith of Christ subdued to his dominion all Gallia Norway Denmark and many other Provinces He was the most glorious of all Kings that lived in his time who after many famous actions performed did never more appear being expected to return by the Britains for many years of whom in times past many praise-worthy songs were published by the Bardes of that people of wonderfull Poesie for whilest he raigned England was in its most flourishing condition unto whom thirteen kingdoms were sub●ect In or near these times the severall Orders of Monks began to multiply in the Monks Church of God Theodoric King of Go●hes being an Arrian did possess all Italy slue Boe●ius their Consull All manner of Estates were full of preturbation as well the Empire as Church affairs or Church and Common-wealth were now in great distress Zenon and Ana●lasius Arrian Emperours in the East Theodoric and his successors in Italy Honorius King of the Vandalls in Affrica did excercise no small Tyranny Clodoue●s King of France at length in Gallia being turned Christian both overcame the Gothes and restored peace in many places though not in every Country and Kingdom In the time of St. Benedict and year of Christ 500. or thereabouts in the beginning of the government of this Angel Zachariel the Spirit of Iupiter whose spirits property it is to change Empires and Kingdoms which was done in this Revolution as histories do manifoldly declare and what himself could not perform he ordained Raphael the Angel of Mercury his successor to perfect in Charles King of the Francks Many Kingdoms came to their periods under these 350. years both of the Gothes In Carolo Francotu● Vandalls Burgundians Lumbards Thuringers Alm●ius Bavarians and very many besides Iustinianu● the Emperour first of all about these times beautified the Common-wealth very deservedly with his Laws Many gallant and most admirable men flourished under Zachariel Iustinianus built the Temple of St. Sophia in Constantinople consisting of 400. Towers The Empire is divided and made Bi-partite and ever and anon is more and more oppressed with mischiefs Many signs in heaven appeared about these times as is easily collected from Histories Gosdroes king of the Persians took Hierusalem whom Heracliu● the Emperour afterward slue Mahomet the Arabian in these times about the year of Christ 600. introduced the Mahomet Sect of Sarazens by which Sect the Roman Empire in Asia is now quite extinguished Dagobert King of France slue the English at that time called Saxons whom in Dagobert battell he overcame Its remarkable that by little an● little Christianity about these times began to fail in Asia and Affrick upon entrance of the Sect of the ●arasins therein which now had almost poysoned the whole world About the years of our Lord God 774. Crosses appeared in the garments of men and not long after the Roman Empire is divided a translation of the Mona●●hy being made to Charles who was of the Frankcs Nation in Germany who preserved VVestphalia the Empire and Church from perishing and fought many famous battels The name of Western Galls or Westpha●●●ns in 〈◊〉 after his victory first had Raphael Angel of Mercury his third return its beginning In the 18. place after finishing the rule of Zachariel the Angel of Iupiter Raphael the spirit of Mercury undertook the disposing of this worlds affairs the third time the second day of November in the year of the Creation of the World 6023. Ann● ●●●3 Roman 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who inhabit a Country in Germany b●●wixt Su●●● and Hassia Blo draig●ad eighth moneth and he swayed the scepter of the World 354 years four moneths untill the years of the world 6378 and of our Lord God 1171. In the first beginning of this revolution of Raphael the Angel of Me●cu●y the Monarchy of the Roman Empire ●s we mentioned before was translated to Charles the great After Charles his son Lodowick ruled 25. years who being dead his sons contending ●mongst themselves did again extenuate