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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68628	A confutation of the tenne great plagues, prognosticated by Iohn Doleta from the country of Calabria, to happen in the yeare of our Lorde, 1587	T. R.	1587 (1587)	STC 20589.5; ESTC S110572	6,966	18

the place of the Sunne is or the Sunne clyme aboue the starrie firmament whereas the sayde Asterisme is which well he cannot before Assention day which is long after the 25. day of March or els the said Asterisme cannot possiblye ouer-shadowe the Sunne obscuring his light And it is no waye to be feared that a terrestriall Dragon were there any as Gelnerus maketh great doubt shall flie so high or beare a body of that breadth and bignesse that it shoulde ouer-shadowe the whole bodie of the Sunne the space of foure houres the said body of the Sunne being more then 160. times bigger then the whole earth for in what part of the earth shoulde first be fostered a Dragon of the said bignesse not in Alexandria Graecia or Arabia nor els where vnlesse in the dizards of Calabria from whence onely such marueiles do come To the second touching The marueilous great water-floodes vpon our Lady day in Lent the 25. day of March by feare whereof many people shall die Being no reason shewed hereof it may be thought that Doleta thorough the ouer-muche moistnes of his braine dreameth of inundations and flouds vnlesse the Moone being then Prope vrnam aquarij effusionem aquae hee inferreth the same And the same Flouds to exceed especially in Calabria where no doubt then Calaber-furres will bee deare for that the Calaber-skinns wil be most drowned which may cause some lamentation in the Budge-row in the VVinter following To the thirde which is There shall arise a maruelous great winde for feare whereof many shal be cōsumed or distraught of their wits This prediction is very generall he telleth vs not what winde it shall bee nor out of what quarter it shall come it is not like to bee the sweete Zephirus or Subsolanus nor yet the blustering Boreas that can blowe from Calabria ouer all the world or cause these inconueniences by him resited wherefore he doubtlesse meaneth these windes ingendred in Microcosmo as Colica passio Vteri ac Ventriculi inflatio capitis vertigo and such like which may marre and consume many a good stomack and dull amaze or distract the wittes and sences of the Parties troubled therewith either els hee meaneth the winde caused thorough the continuall motion and agitation of the wings of the Calabrian Dragon so much mentioned To the fourth which is The 12. daye of Maye will arise an other wonderfull great Floud and so great as none the like since Noys-Floud and continue three daies three nightes and many Cities and Townes standing on sandy grounds will be in great danger Two great floudes within two monethes that goeth harde but if they bee generall and throw downe Cities and Townes in Calabria and else-where Sheperton-Church must needes bee in great perill for it is built vpon sandye ground and already in hazarde The best is it must last no lōger then Ionas was in the whales belly three daies and three nights the reason of which prediction happely is for that the Sunne principal Luminary obscured with his Dragon at the same time will be in Longitudine cum Orione which Orion as the Poets affirme was made Ex vrina deorum and therfore so much wet and moisture to abound either els for that the beginning of the Raine in the time of the Deluge happened in the saide moneth now threatning the like To the fifth which is Infidels and heretikes for feare will flie and gather together and a great part of Christendome in danger to be ouerthrowne That Infidels and Heretikes feare it is no harme that they wil willingly flie it is not lyke I am sorie he hath no better groundes to builde his iudgement on in this pointe But the ouerthrowe of a great part of Christendome is farre vnlike for God hath promised to saue his owne although he chasten like a louing father and toward the ende of the worlde the number of the elect are promised to increase and the Gospel to be plentifully preached throughout all nations ioyfully of them receiued To the sixt which is After the great waters in the saide yeare on S. Margarets daye in the Dog dayes will bee a great and fearefull death for the pestilence will bee in such force that fewe places in Christendome will be free And howe is that like insomuch that so great plentie of water going before and cleansing and washing away the filthie sliminesse vncleannes of the earth the causes of vnhealthfulnes and infection as also his great mightie winds dispersing the vnwholesome cloudes and ill vapours and thereby clearing and preseruing the ayre from putrefaction and corruption the especial causes of pestilence and lyke contagion the heauens heauenly influences threatning no such thing vnlesse that he feared that this day through the vertue of the Saint whose name it beareth might ende and destroy his Calabrian Dragon for that S. Margaret is written to haue destroied the Dragon by reason hereof such pestilent and corrupt vapors to euaporate and breath out of the said Dragōs bodie so wounded and corrupted which may fill and infect the aire therewith which dogtricke of his happening in the Dog daies as it maye cause when it happens death and mortalitie so will it againe cause Sanguis Draconis to bee verie plentie good tidings and ioyfull newes to the Apothecarie To the seuenth which is There will bee through the world great chaunge of Religion and wonderfull straunge newes vnto all people as touching the same This of all the rest is a most vnlikely thing For that towarde the ende of the worlde Christ hath promised to increase the nūber of his elect as also that his truth shall perseuer vnto the ende in the ende Vnlesse he meane the infidels shal be conuerted to christianitie and the heretiks to recant their heresies and acknowledge the gospel and veritie as by the prediction following it seemeth he meaneth no lesse in that hee saith The Infidels shal flye vnto the christians the Turke shall lose his scepter Which thing although it seemeth straunge yet hath it beene long of the faithfull hoped and is of all true Christians hartely to be wished To the eight which is The Turke with his Mahomes shall lose his Scepter and a great chaunge in his regiment thorough hunger and warrs so that most will rather seek helpe of the Christians then at his hands This is as ye would say to good to be true For how is it like that an Empire which hath been so long establishing in one yeare to bee ouerthrowne Well maye it decrease Peditentim as it were but not sodainely ouerthrowne although God at his pleasure can destroye it it followeth not that he wil doe the same for he is called omnipotent Non quia ommia vult sed quia omnia potest a posse ad esse non valet argumentum And meanes and not by againe hee worketh by miracles in this age I rather would wish that the Turke might bee conuerted to the faith

of Christ then lose his scepter For in case he lose the same and an egge harcht of the same birde succeede him therein what auayleth it to the profit of the Church or comfort of the congregation of the faithfull And herein M. Doleta greatly forgetteth himselfe where he saith that the Turkes shall seeke helpe at the christians and before that the greatest part of Christendome shall be ouerthrowne But happely he careth not what he saith be it neuer so contrary so he may seeme to say somewhat at all To the ninth which is There will also arise great Earthquakes and the fruit of trees will be very strange and hollow within This is a thing possible though not likely and very hard for any to prognosticate were he of much more sufficiency then Iohn Doleta declareth himself to be For were hee throughly apposed I doubt he would hardly shew the causes Philosophicall and Naturall of Earthquakes and whereof the saide Earthquakes are caused and ingendred in that his doctrine hath beene so grosse and palpable in the rest And as for the fruits which shall be hollow within I am perswaded he is moued so to thinke for that further reason see I none because he seeth people so hollow harted at these dayes thinking that other fruites of the earth woulde produe accordingly Either els that much fruite the saide yeare will proue worme-eaten consequently hollow within which thing is nothing strange Lastly to the tenth which is On saint Bartholomews day will be great mouinges of the earth both on hilles and vallies for feare whereof fewe shall remaine aliue This prediction of all other is most straunge and vnlikely vnlesse Doleta be of opinion with other some that the Sunne standeth still the earth moueth about and hilles and vallies as parte thereof follow the same and so fall or stumble into some of those degrees termed of the Astronomers gradus puteales and to proue this conceite and opinion aforesaide hee may happely make so good a Demonstration as I knewe a young gentleman of like opinton who sayling from London to Graues-end imagined himselfe and the vessell to stand still and the trees and firme lande to moue and depart from him this ye see the force and fruit of a strong imagination which with the rest I refer to your deliberate iudgement good consideration Else doth hee happely meane the mouing vppe of the earth thorough the rooting of swine or casting of moles which in truth may doe much hurt especially to the husband-man I hope none other mouings shal be seen in this our Country no more then any of the rest of his ten plagues presaged and before mentioned which as they were prognosticated without Art or learning so shall they come to passe Nusquam Nunquam and all men say Parturiunt montes nascitur ridiculus mus Thus hauing thoroughly viewed these newes from Calabria I wish all men to be resolued that as they are rashely published by the Author a fellow of Brazenface Colledg not like to come to effect so would they not worse esteem of good Artes whose commodities are great conclusions most profitable when they are published by those that are in truth learned therein and of zeale and good meaning deliuer them to the worker the rather when they see these predictions which the blind-Baiards and the vnlearned in Astronomye set forth altogeather with out effect as hath of late too often béen seen which I pray God almighty at his pleasure to amende and long to continue the happy and prosperous estate of our dread soueraign Lady the Queenes Maiestie graunting her to haue such loyall and obedient subiectes as may ioyfully and willingly followe and obserue all such holesome profitable Lawes as her Maiestie and her honourable Counsell shall directe appoint them whereby it may be iustly verified Quod corpora inferiora reguntur à superioribus corumque sequuntur motum He that shall liue in the yeare 85. And in 86. no hinderance sustaine But in 87. remaineth aliue And in 88. is vnhurt and vnslaine If in 89. no losse make him sad Hath he not cause thinke you to be glad The Conclusion THus Christian Reader hauing sufficiently disprooued these friuolous newes I would not haue any man to think that it is my meaning to perswade the world to sleep in security and that vvee haue no neede to be vigilant to vvatch and to pray vvith all humility Either els that there is no tokens of Gods wrath threatned for sinne the contrarie whereof vvould euidently appeare if wee did but looke into the common manners of the people For neuer vvas there seene such excesse in apparell chiefly in the meaner sort neuer such pride in all degrees neuer such coue tousnes in the rich such extortion in the vvealthie such vsery crueltie disloyaltie whoredome theft idlenesse enuie malice So that a man may boldly saye the weather is not at this season so colde but Charity is tvvise so colde All vvhiche are manifest tokens of Gods heauy displeasure euen at hand which partly we feele by this bitter dearth vvithout neede through out all the land A fatherly scourge surely for our iniquities especially for neglecting our dutie to God and our Soueraign whose health is our safty Therfore it is high time that we fall to hearty repentaunce the onely salue against sinne after the example of the greate citie Niniuie And then vndoubtedly God vvill turne from vs all those plagues whiche the signes of heauen shall at any time forevvarne vs of beeing the sure tokens of his loue and fauour toward his Chuch and chosen as well as of his vvrath and vengeaunce against the vvicked whereof the greatest Cities and mightiest Nations in all ages can beare vvitnesse VVhich vvell may put vs in minde of his almightie vvisedome and eternal prouidence which in the beginning established the heauens causing them to mooue vvith such harmonye and constant regularitie that from time to time they might foresheey not onely the natures and inclinations of men but also the great mutations of times and the subuersions of Countries warres depopulations deuastations plague Pestilence famine and infinite other miseries vvhich he keepeth in store against all such as either vvilfully or negligently forget him or oppose themselues against his vvorde and vvill to vvhome be all honour and glorie vvorld vvithout end Amen FINIS