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A06859	The diall of destiny A booke very delectable and pleasaunt: wherein may be seene the continuall and customable course, disposition, qualities, effectes, and influence of the seuen planets ouer all kyndes of creatures here belowe: also the seuerall and sundry situation of countryes and kingdomes. Compiled and discussed briefly, aswell astrologically, as poetically, and philosophically by Iohn Maplet Maister of Arte.	Maplet, John, d. 1592.	1581 (1581)	STC 17295; ESTC S120741	65,061	168

cause a hoat Summer a dry very good for the Cholericke complexion and men of middle age Likewise Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius cause a colde and moyst Autumne agreable to the Phlegmaticke cōplexion and younge age And Capricornus A quarius and Pisces cause the Winter naturally to be cold and dry aunswerable to the Melancholicke complexion and to olde Age. But of these thinges we are to speake of as Occasion shall serue more particulerly as hereafter followeth Of LVNA or the Moone AS Sol or the Sunne is the Beauty Grace and Countenaunce of the day so in like sorte is Luna or the Moone the comforter light geuer and glory of the night And they both haue for this such their Graciousnes and goodnes the greatest preheminence and accoumpte of all other Planets Whereupon it was not wont good cause and consideration that in olde and auncient time both of these when at any tyme they were Depictures or drawen forth by any Artificer Engrauer or Paynter they were then chiefly set out in the fashion seemlinesse or Habite of a Virgin and in both their handes were placed and put fine and feate Arrowes or dartes to signifie thereby that the light which proceeded frō these two was onely cleare vndefiled and withoute spot and that these were the onely Planets which threwe as it were and cast from them the glistering beames of cleare and comfortable lighte as Arrowes or Dartes whereby all things cheared and continued the better in their Estate wyth well lyking LVNA hovv called This same Luna therefore is with the Poets called Lucina the Gouernour or Goddesse of the nyghte And for that she doth not onely appeare or shyne in the night time but is seene oftentimes ouer our heade in our Horizon in the day time It is growne to a custome and brought nowe amonge vs to this passe effect that shee is also of some called Diana as if you woulde say Duana for her thorow presence both in the day night or as Tully better reasoneth for that shee with her bright looke oftentimes causeth the night to appeare as though it were day This of al the other planets is placed lowest is nighest to the Earth for which cause she sheweth forth seemeth vnto our eyesight to bee so great her figure or fashiō of body is roūd of her own nature she is fiery although casually intermedling with vapors water so forth she appeareth to be in colour watery which much troubleth her whereupō it is reported that were it not for such lettes hinderaunces as by this meanes it is subiect vnto she would shyne forth as fully as doth the Sunne The Hebrewes call it TSAR or LECANNATH the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 She geueth her chiefest light on that side or part which is opposite against the Sun is euer darkned on that side which is turned away frō the Sun In the Moone be 3. states or cōditions to be obserued waighed that is to say Three stares in the Moōe to be noted either as she is in coniūction with the Sun or els as she is on some of his sides or els as shee departeth goeth backe furder of from the Sun Whē the is in this last of 3. point she will appeare end wise with her hornes reaching towards the East Secōdly as she is in oppositiō with the sun and draweth nighe to that pointe shee appeareth all ouer a like rounde with the Sūne but her reuolution then is most towarde the West And lastly as on eyther side shee turneth more or lesse towardes the Sunne so is shee the more obscured or lightned Marcianus sayth that there is a certayne Stayne or Spot euer seene in the Moone which blemisheth her brightnesse greatly especially thē when as some matter of Mystes or of any other Metecre is troublesome vnto her Her house is onely in Cancer Her exaltacion is in the fourth of Taurus Her qualies are cold moiste As likewise her effectes or workinge is to make colde and moyste Where she coloureth she geueth a saffron colour in tastes or sauoures she worketh maketh the saltest Her course or race is of all other Planets most swift her course for in 28. dayes she passeth through all and singuler Signes of the Zodiacke And for such her swiftnes or haste it happeneth somewhiles that shee is vnder the Sunne another while aboue one while she is before another while behinde And when as the Sunne is in his course or circuite by the nethermost circles of the south and the Moone contrariwise in the highest circle of the North then the top of the Moone appeareth like a Cockbote or small ship and her hornes are vpwarde But when as she is vnder the Sūne her hornes giue downewarde towardes the earth From the Moone are gathered and coniectured certaine probable signes Certayne prognostications from the Moone whereby we prognosticate and foreshewe of the alteratiō of times mutability of the weather to come As when the Moone by and by after her chaunge doth appeare red shee prognosticateth wyndes and tempestuous weather the most parte of the sayde Moones continuance Agayne if vpon her chaunge shee incontinently at her Top or highest parte looketh blacke or be there darckened shee foresheweth rayne and a wet moyste first quarter But if shee bee onely obscured about the middle of her shee prognosticateth a fayre full Moone and last quarter of the same The Eclypse of the Moone is generally caused through the interposition of the earth betwene the Moone our eyesight The Moones Eclypse but then especially is she Eclipsed when as the bodies both of the Sunne Moone and Earth are right oppositly set one ouer another in one the selfe same contrary line so that by such occasion one darckeneth and obscureth another Her chaunge increase and decrease hath much troubled the wits of the Astronomers As hardly also can they render a reason geue forth the cause why one while shee croketh in to hornes why another while she wexeth all rounde why one while she shyneth in one parte of her why another she geueth light al ouer why now she is seene all night why now but a piece of the night why now leauing the nighte time shee sheweth her selfe onely in the day time why now shee is cleare and radiant why anon blotted and blemished why now caried Northwarde why anon mooninge directly Southward Which al and other such like meruaylons and straunge effects and properties are reported by Plinie in his second booke and eight chapter to haue bene best obserued by Endymion being as is there sayde rauished in great loue for such her astonishmēt fel so to affectionate her that accomptinge more of her then of all the other Supercoelestiall powres shee to requite him like loue agayne is sayd to haue discended on a time and to haue kissed the sayd Endymion as he lay a sleepe vpon Latmus Mountayne in Caria

white nighe and next vnto blacke or intermedled therwith or as the flame seemeth oftentimes moste straunge through the straungenes of the fumes thereof Gaspings gapings in the aire So the cause of gaspynges gapynges and gulphes sene oftentimes in the ayre riseth vpō the same occasion partly that the fiery impressions or flames of fyre afore rehearsed do and partly vpon the occasion of the colours seene in the ayre last spoken of There is seene oftentymes also in the starlight nights vnder the moone as somewhiles also vnder the sunne and starres as it were a garland called of the Greekes Halon in Latine Corona Halon or garland of the moone whych is engendred through a refraction of the sight in watery Cloudes as diuerse other apparitions are But then specially doth this garland shew about the Moone When it shevveth chiefely whē some vniforme cloude be●ow which is on all sides alike thicke or thin is placed directly vnder the moone so that her beames coueting to perse and go through the same are there stil kept and retayned or els are beaten backe by the force of the cloude and so shee being letted therein to go any further directly disperseth her beames alonge by the outmost sides of the clowde by which refractiō there appeareth either right vnder her or vnder som star a great circle greately illumined or lightned in a maner of a white garlād This sighte also is somtimes vnder the sun the other planets but most oftē vnder the Moone For the sun through his extream feruēt heat doth disperse sunder the matter of such a cloud doth not suffer it long to abide vnder him but the moone hath not such force of dispersing therfore this appartiō stayeth the more easely vnder her So like wise son●whyles wee shal see this halon or garlande about same starres Halo or garland of the stars but that is when betweene those starres vs ther is oppositely set some harren weake clowde which is vnfytt to the generation of wynd or rayne For if the clowdes were thicke and warry it were not possible for vs as daylye experience approueth it almost to haue sighte of or to beholde the starres themselues Now as the poets also make mētion ther is besydes all these straunge sightes in the element which do appeare most in the night tyme a peece or parte of the Skye keeping away all a longe in colour mylke whyte of the Gretians called Galaxia and latined via lactea Galaxia or milky vvay Which part of the Skye as they say was once burnt by the vndiscrete dealinge of Phaeton Paethon who desiring to take vpon him an enter prise which was very vnfit for him and wherof he had no skill that is to rule hie father Phoebus charyots and horses by not keeping the due order and way in dryuing of them ascēded and went vp so hie nigh to the pallaice of Iupiter that hee had like to haue set the same on fyre with the Sun but as it happened say they that matter beyng espyed preuented in tyme the most misfortune that then befel was that this Phaeton burnt a peece of the Skye which appeareth vnto vs to he as it were a whole streete But what this ymaginatiō of the poet herein purporteth that I passe and pretermit onely the truth of this whyte coloured milkye and streetlyke sight of the ayre is through this occasion There is vndonbtedly a certayne part or portiō of heauē in which the light of many starres ioyntly lodged and receiued by a refraction from them all do cause this whyte coloured appearaunce Aristotle sayth that it proceedeth or rather sheweth forth by the meanes of some receyp● of light happening vpon an exhalation that is hot and drye ●●d thinne withall The cause why these nightly sights as also why the starres themselues are not seene of vs to skyne in the day tyme is for that the Sun letteth the same by whose great light the lesser light of the starres and other ayriall sightes are obscured and darkened euē as the quicke cole be it neuer so litle yet in the night tyme is seene of vs in his full shyne but beyng greace and shyping out withall thorowly quicke aliue yet in the broade day light beyng put in an open place doth rather seme dead thē aliue doth neither geue light norshine vnto vs al is because it lyeth as it were yeeldeth it selfe to the Sunsmore noble light and most gloryous shyne euē so doth the starres and al other impressions in the ayer absēt kepe them selues from our sight all the tyme that the sun is here cōuersant among vs in her such superexcellēt glory But let vs returne to the effect of the Mone in the other creatures here below and first let vs begin to cōsider a little vnto what disposition shee frameth those mē which be subiected borne vnder her constellatiō The Lunists hovv disposed Touching the inclination of all such parties which bee borne vnder Luna or the Moone they be naturally mutable mouable without fidelity and constancy geuen to prouoke much anger and discord betwene friends they be also very enuyous agreeued with the prosperity and good fortune of others they bee also ful of hatred and in their conuersation and manner of lyfe they be verye childish The colbure of these commonlye is a pale or whyte colour althoughe now and then they haue therwtal a little red intermedled Their face is roūd their stature indifferēt their eies black their browes wrinkled And as in mā the chiefest creature the Moone hath this scope or sway so likewyse it hath as greate force in the bodyes of bruite Beastes and in them woorketh at her owne wil such straunge effectes as bee no lesse to be meruayled at The profe wherof the Panther geueth forth whose body is altogeather ordered by the Moones dyrection Panther for as Agrippa sayth he caryeth or weareth the very badge or patterne of the moone vppon his shoulder which continueth and vanisheth euerye moone accordingly as the Moone her selfe doth eyther encrease or decrease The lyke argument is of Cynocephalus Cynoce phalus whom some make one of the kyndes of Apes other some English ye the Babyon Of this Horus APOLLO wryteth that hee pisseth twelue tymes in the Day and twelue tymes urthe night And that in the wane of the Moone durynge all the tyme that shee is darkened hee coutinually lamenteth neuer eatynge any thing at all Whereby he playnly pronounceth what parte and rule the Moone hath in him ouer his whole hodye vnder the gouernemēt of the Moone is also the chāgeable Cameleon which turneth her selfe into what colour shee lysteth Cameleō Vnder her are also the Badger the Otter and whatsoeuer kindes which liue and doe engender monstruously Cat. The Catte also whose eyes do wexe either greater or lesse at the continuance and chaunge of the Moone