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utmost_a sedulity_n to_o make_v himself_o a_o worthy_a subject_n fit_a to_o receive_v and_o entertain_v so_o great_a and_o wish_a for_o fortune_n and_o preferment_n and_o by_o this_o careful_a disposition_n of_o man_n in_o himself_o it_o often_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o hit_v the_o mark_n and_o arrive_v at_o the_o port_n and_o haven_n of_o his_o so_o longing_o look_v after_o promise_a happiness_n and_o good_a fortune_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o terror_n fear_n and_o horror_n of_o calamity_n and_o evil_n foretell_v so_o work_v upon_o man_n thought_n and_o imagination_n that_o when_o they_o be_v to_o undertake_v any_o matter_n of_o concernment_n they_o hang_v in_o suspense_n afflict_v themselves_o fear_v doubt_v and_o cast_v a_o thousand_o stumble_a block_n and_o scare-crow_n before_o their_o apprehension_n and_o thereby_o leave_v the_o business_n unattempted_a or_o at_o least_o not_o bring_v to_o perfection_n and_o so_o fall_v through_o their_o own_o folly_n into_o those_o misery_n &_o sad_a catastrophe_n which_o be_v predict_v unto_o they_o of_o this_o we_o have_v a_o excellent_a and_o convince_a example_n which_o happen_v in_o a_o roman_a army_n as_o lucius_z writes_z be_v ready_a to_o fight_v the_o enemy_n the_o commander_n and_o southsay_a priest_n as_o the_o then_o custom_n be_v behold_v the_o entrail_n of_o a_o sacrifice_a victim_n thereby_o to_o conjecture_v of_o the_o future_a event_n of_o the_o battle_n but_o alas_o they_o find_v all_o the_o omen_n inauspicious_a prefigure_v nothing_o but_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n yet_o wise_o consult_v among_o themselves_o they_o lay_v a_o fair_a varnish_n on_o a_o rot_a inside_n and_o by_o a_o officious_a or_o rather_o necessary_a and_o profitable_a lie_n make_v the_o army_n believe_v that_o the_o omen_n pretend_v laurel_n victory_n and_o triumph_n the_o soldier_n by_o this_o encourage_v prognostication_n though_o only_o a_o time-service_n lie_v hearten_v and_o animate_v with_o courage_n and_o undaunted_a bravery_n join_v battle_n and_o bold_o engage_v the_o enemy_n put_v to_o flight_n and_o rout_n those_o squadron_n file_n and_o troop_n which_o the_o augur_n and_o diviner_n through_o their_o superstitious_a observation_n denounce_v victor_n contrary_o misias_n high_a admiral_n of_o a_o great_a armado_n of_o the_o athenian_n behold_v a_o sudden_a eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n vain_o imagine_v with_o himself_o that_o if_o he_o weigh_v anchor_v that_o night_n and_o set_v sail_n some_o disaster_n or_o storm_n will_v scatter_v and_o confound_v his_o navy_n through_o foolish_a fear_n he_o stay_v still_o in_o his_o suppose_a safe_a harbour_n but_o before_o morning_n to_o chastise_v his_o folly_n he_o together_o with_o his_o whole_a fleet_n be_v surprise_v by_o the_o syracusan_n and_o here_o to_o make_v good_a my_o promise_n make_v in_o the_o beginning_n to_o avoid_v prolixity_n i_o conclude_v this_o discourse_n concern_v astrological_a divination_n to_o the_o eternal_a father_n creator_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n to_o the_o holy_a spirit_n to_o who_o only_a thing_n present_a past_a and_o future_a be_v perfect_o know_v and_o manifest_a be_v all_o glory_n honour_n and_o praise_v for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_o finis_fw-la the_o index_n of_o the_o discourse_n contain_v in_o this_o short_a treatise_n chap._n 1._o 1._o astrological_a divination_n contrary_a to_o divine_a scripture_n ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o theological_a doctrine_n and_o by_o it_o confute_v fol._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o vanity_n of_o apollo_n oracle_n 7_o 3._o why_o the_o devil_n in_o foretell_v future_a thing_n so_o often_o err_v 9_o 4._o the_o truth_n and_o verity_n of_o christian_a religion_n can_v cohere_v with_o the_o truth_n of_o judicial_a astrology_n 10_o 5._o how_o severe_a the_o church_n have_v be_v in_o former_a time_n in_o her_o censure_n against_o this_o kind_n of_o astrologer_n 17_o 6._o concern_v many_o most_o false_a and_o evident_o impious_a assertion_n 19_o chap._n 2._o 7._o judiciary_n astrology_n arraign_v and_o convince_v by_o philosophy_n and_o the_o professor_n prove_v altogether_o ignorant_a of_o celestial_a thing_n 22_o 8._o against_o the_o fictitious_a antiquity_n which_o these_o man_n vain_o boast_v to_o have_v concern_v observation_n 27_o 9_o of_o the_o strange_a star_n which_o some_o year_n since_o appear_v 31_o 10._o what_o a_o difficult_a thing_n it_o be_v punctual_o to_o observe_v what_o force_n the_o aspect_n of_o the_o star_n have_v in_o every_o man_n nativity_n 33_o chap._n 3._o 11._o suppose_v astrologer_n to_o know_v the_o very_a depth_n and_o cognition_n of_o heavenly_a matter_n yet_o by_o eight_o reason_n it_o shall_v be_v make_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o tell_v future_a event_n 37_o 12._o beside_o celestial_a cause_n the_o knowledge_n of_o particular_a cause_n be_v most_o requisite_a to_o know_v their_o effect_n 38_o 13._o of_o the_o equal_a birth_n and_o unequal_a fortune_n and_o event_n of_o twin_n 40_o 14._o the_o equisite_a argumentation_n of_o bardesanes_n against_o astrologer_n 45_o 15._o whether_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o prognosticate_v what_o a_o good_a or_o a_o bad_a man_n shall_v do_v 53_o 16._o how_o vain_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o astrologer_n can_v tell_v any_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v choose_v chief_a bishop_n or_o pontifex_n 57_o 17._o that_o the_o art_n and_o science_n of_o astrology_n be_v none_o or_o not_o considerable_a 59_o 18._o the_o vanity_n and_o falsity_n of_o astrological_a prediction_n 61_o 19_o error_n of_o astrologer_n in_o chronology_n 63_o 20._o astronomancy_n in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v explode_v and_o condemn_v by_o prudent_a and_o know_a man_n 68_o 21._o what_o sort_n of_o man_n delight_v in_o these_o astrological_a prediction_n who_o st._n ambrose_n compare_v to_o a_o spider_n web._n 72_o 22._o a_o argument_n against_o three_o fundamental_o of_o astrology_n judiciary_n 75_o 23._o whether_o the_o birth-star_n of_o any_o man_n can_v be_v the_o certain_a cause_n of_o thing_n which_o shall_v befall_v he_o 80_o 24._o whether_o the_o conception_n or_o nativity_n of_o man_n be_v more_o considerable_a to_o foretell_v fortune_n 82_o 25._o the_o vanity_n of_o astrologer_n in_o apply_v their_o art_n not_o only_o to_o man_n but_o also_o to_o wall_a town_n and_o city_n 84_o 26._o why_o astrological_a observation_n may_v not_o be_v as_o prevalent_a in_o herb_n and_o animal_n as_o in_o mankind_n 85_o 27._o concern_v the_o antiquity_n of_o astrology_n among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o chaldean_n 86_o chap._n 4._o 28._o whether_o or_o no_o if_o the_o star_n be_v not_o cause_n they_o may_v be_v certain_a sign_n of_o future_a event_n 89_o 29._o whether_o or_o no_o according_a to_o st._n augustine_n the_o star_n be_v sign_n of_o all_o humane_a affair_n 9_o 30._o of_o the_o nature_n and_o variety_n of_o sign_n 9_o 31._o whether_o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n be_v sign_n oâ—_n humane_a affair_n 9â—_n 32._o whether_o those_o man_n who_o make_v the_o star_n sign_n of_o future_a thing_n do_v thereby_o upon_o necessity_n establist_n that_o thing_n call_v fate_n ibid_fw-la chap._n 5._o 33._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o astrologer_n foretell_v many_o thing_n true_a 103_o 34._o sometime_o by_o the_o very_a instinct_n of_o the_o devil_n man_n be_v prick_v forward_o to_o divine_a future_a thing_n 104_o 35._o by_o how_o many_o way_n the_o devil_n by_o himself_o can_v foretell_v or_o teach_v other_o to_o do_v the_o like_a in_o future_a thing_n 105_o 36._o how_o many_o several_a way_n and_o how_o grievous_o man_n sin_n who_o either_o make_v use_v of_o the_o devil_n or_o help_v of_o his_o servant_n the_o fortune-teller_n to_o know_v future_a thing_n 108_o 37._o these_o kind_n of_o astrologer_n be_v for_o most_o part_n of_o a_o wicked_a life_n and_o conversation_n 110_o 38._o of_o the_o use_n of_o cast_v lot_n among_o the_o ancient_n to_o discover_v future_a thing_n 111_o 39_o by_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n those_o who_o so_o earnest_o gape_v after_o the_o knowledge_n of_o future_a thing_n be_v catch_v in_o satan_n net_n and_o toil_n and_o entangle_v in_o many_o pernicious_a error_n 112_o 40._o many_o foretell_v future_a event_n rather_o out_o of_o prudence_n and_o experience_n in_o humane_a affair_n then_o by_o art_n astrological_a 115_o 41._o the_o too_o much_o confidence_n and_o credulity_n of_o such_o as_o run_v after_o astrologer_n oft_o time_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o speak_a truth_n 116_o finis_fw-la