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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

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

notw e standing the argument is in force seing you know not what y e stars do signify you can not by their aspects tell of thyngs to come But there be som whi che as they thinke wil defend their science w e much more strength requiring that we shuld grant them y t al things in erth ar ruled gouerned by the power of y e heuēly signes Truly I am not so hard to be entre●… ted y e. I wold deny the Astrologiās being oppressed w e such calamite so litle a matter but rather I wil geue thē more thē they de mād such thigs as I wold beni thē if thei were obstinate and stubburn now flying to their shoote an●…re and last helpe I wyll gentilly graunt them All higher thynges saith Aristotle woorketh in the lower bebies Let al the power in these lower thinges be confessed to come from aboue Nei ther wyll we greatly at this tyme striue against that deriuation of causes deuysed by M●…rcutius Trismegistus from God to the angels from them to the heuens that it perteyneth to Fortune or fate which he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither doo I see how it shoulde hurt oure cause that we haue in hande if we graunted theim that whiche they moste desire and moste earnestly require that is that the starres haue dominion exercise their power on mens matters contingently that is as it were a certaine inclination or some secrete motion for yf destenye consisted of the starres it coulde not be chaunged but as for the signification of the starres bothe we learne by experience neither doo the Prognosticators denye but that they may by diuers meanes be auerted or tourned to some other effect Therfore seyng we haue granted this that coulde not bee compelled I long to see what helpe you can from thens transferre to youre selues And nowe me thynketh I heare an Astrologian triumphyng on this maner If the course of the starres their reuolutions and aspectes do so strongly woorke in these lower bodies that they shuld be causes of many effectes in the earth what felowe is this that will denye a proposition bearynge witnes to so many learned mens writynges beyng allowed by so many authorities of all ages That the cause beeyng graunted the effect must needes folowe by what reason dare he affirme the cause and denye the effect●… But these so thretnyng wordes what are they at the length but very words in dede For geuynge to euery cause her propre effecte yet wyll I not graunt effecte to that whiche is no cause or if it be a cause I wil not graunt that to be the offect which they wyll haue For they knowe not what the starres doo cause or sygnifie but embracyng an art delyuered of their ancestors without any sure grounde or foundation haue it in estimatiō as a diuine knowlege whiche conteineth in it no more diuinitie and truthe then the rest of the Chaldeans superstitions that yet remayne of whome this science was receyued whiche learned wise philosophers in all ages contemned and vtterly despised And not only heathē men as Porphyrius whiche to Iamblicus saythe That it is impossible that a manu●… shuld knowe the signification of the celestiall reuolutions Iamblicus hymself whi che denyeth that any vertue or power descendeth frome the starres dyuers other contemned the vayne ostentation of this art But the prophete Hieremye himselfe with lowde voyce forbyddeth the Israelites to feare the influence of the starres as the heathen doo But therfore say you do they signifie nothyng Wherfore I pray●… you are they not to be feared eyther bycause they signify nothyng or bycause the signification of them to men is vncertain and vnknowen What doothe not Paule thapostle of the Gentiles exhort his scolar Titus that he regard not foolyshe and su perfluous questions of Genealogies and natiuities F●…r what cause then dothe Ieremie forbydde to feare and Paule to regarde Predi●…ions of Astrologye yf in theym were any thynge eyther to be feared or regarded Go youre wayes nowe and make the people afrayd with horrible threatnynges proclayme great calamitie to follow●… Of pestilence bat tayle and famyne or yf any thynge bee more greuous then these Warne them of a sodayn destruction that shall falle vppon theym As two yeares ago Cunyngham threatned to Egypte Babylon Constantinople and the Cities of Italye a mooste lamentable and vtter subuersion Had not the Italyans Egyptians Grecian●… and Chaldeans greate cause to feare consyderyng that by the iudgemente of astrologians so great ruine hanged ouer their heades Who wolde not in this case haue be●… afrayde except it were such as I can not tell howe preposterously woulde preferre Hieremies pro●…hecie before Cunynghā●… prognostication Lykewyse he that had rather gyue credyte to the Prognosticatours thenne to sainct Paule shoulde he not hauynge his natiuitie caste forsee by it what good thynges and what euyll●… thynges he shoulde in all his lyfe attayne so shall he deuyse to auoyde the euylle and brynge the good thynges to effecte O blockeheade that must haue thy Natiuitie caste howe dooest thou determyne to leade thy lyfe lyke a bruite beaste that thou wylle suffer all thynges to woorke vpon thee Wherefore serueth thy reason which thou dost not vse nay rather which thou dooste abuse in suche vanities ●…wynge thy fortune y e saist by thy natiuity thou wilte endeuour thy selfe to seeke for good thynges and auoyde euyll thynges Why wouldest thou not haue doon so although thou haddest neuer asked counsell of the 〈◊〉 Alas when wyl the world leaue to haue in admiration suche curious vanities But now an other obiection Berosus the Chaldean a most auncient histo riographer reporteth that the holy Patriarke Noah dyd forsee the vniuersall floud by the aspect of the starres and to the intent that he myght auoyd the danger therof he made the arke to preserue the life of hymselfe his sonnes and their wiues and beasts of euery kynde Then is not so auncient a science muche profitable ●…omans ▪ lyfe whiche the holye patriarke dyd practise and by helpe of which mākynd beasts and what soeuer in al the worlde was plesant or profitable in tyme past was preserued from vtter destruction This no lyght or contemptible author hath reported but euen Be●…osus the Chaldeā But Moses the Hebrue beyng also a most iust lawe geuer and historye writer as moste auncient so moste faithe worthy witnesseth That the Lorde God spake vnto Noah and foreshewed the vniuersall ●…loude commandynge hym to make the Arke And lest the Astrologians shulde dreame of a reuelation by the starres prescribed vnto hym a determinate forme and measure of the ship that he willed to be made Then where is your boastyng of the antiquitie and necessarys vse of Astrologie where be your bragges of the patriarke Noah whom you would haue to be a patron of your foly Shal we beleeue Moses whiche write that whiche was reueled by God orels Berosus whic●… studieng to aduance an art inuented of the