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A48496	Catastrophe mundi, or, Merlin reviv'd in a discourse of prophecies and predictions and their remarkable accomplishment : with Mr. Lilly's hieroglyphicks exactly cut, and notes and observations thereon as also a collection of all the antient (reputed) prophecies that are extant touching the grand revolutions like to happen in these latter ages / by a learned pen.	Learned pen.; Lilly, William, 1602-1681. Monarchy or no monarchy.	1683 (1683)	Wing L2214; ESTC R32469	37,157	144

dreadful plague or mortal Contagion amongst the Greeks a considerable time before it began to rage Did not Thales Milesius inrich himself by foreseeing a Scarcity of Olives in the Milesian Fields and buying up a great quantity before hand Did not Socrates foretell the death of Crito Sulla the Death of Caligula The Caldeans the Death and Parricide of Aggripina the Empress by her own Son Nero when he should come to be Emperour and yet so possess'd she was with the Devil of Ambition that she cry'd out Occidat modo Imperet I say with all my Heart Let him kill mee provided he may but Raign Alexander the Great was foretold his Fate by Calanits and Indian and that if he Entred Babylon it would prove fatal and he would dye there which came to pass accordingly Caesar had fair notice given him by Spurina to beware of the Ides of March and fell a sacrifice to his own Incredulity or Negligence in not observing that Caution Ascletarion the Mathematician being accused that he had predicted the Death of the Emperour Domitian The Emperor demanded of him whether he had so done or not And confessing that he had Then quoth the Emperor Pray Sir you that are so Skillful in finding out other Peoples Fate tell me what shall be your own To which he answered That he should very shortly be torn to pieces by Doggs Dominitian resolves as he thought utterly to spoil this Prediction and therefore having order'd him forthwith to be put to Death Causes his body to be laid in a very deep ditch and a great heap of Earth to be laid thereon that no Dogs should come near it But mighty Rains happening washt away the new unsetled Earth and Dogs did accordingly tear his Body And soon after Domitian's Death confirmed the residue of his Prediction Rantzovivus a Noble and Learned Dame p. 99. tells us That the Astrologer of the Emperour Frederiek the Second being question'd by him why he paid so much respect to Rodolphus Earl of Haspurgh than but a poor Retainer to the Court Answered Because all thy Sons being Dead and the Emperour at that time had no fewer than 10 alive He and his Posterity shall come to and Enjoy those Kingdomes whieh now your Majesty does possess Which was answered with a punctual Success Rodolphus being Elected King of the Romans by the Germans Anno 1273. And page 97. he Relates That one Master Christian an Astrologer of Prague Admonished Ladislaus Jagello King of Poland by a Priest that belonged to him Anno 1434. That he should beware of Death that year for that many Planets were then Conjoin'd and there would be an Ecclipse of the Moon under the Earth and accordingly the same year he was Lodg'd in his Grave In the same page he gives that Remarkable Instance of the Incomparably Learned Johannes Picus Mirandula having written and Published a very smart Treatise against Astrology several Artists viz. Bellantius of Sena Antonius Sirigatus a Florentine and Angelus de Catastiris a Carmelite That they might demonstrate the Truth of their Art and Convince him of his Mistake positively told him in their publick Writings That he himself should not Escape or Survive the 33d year of his Age by reason of the Direction of the Ascendant in his Nativity to the Body of Mars who flattering himself with a false Conceit As if he could wrangle away Death or elude the Significations of his Stars by Writing against Astrology indeavouring to prove the Art vain his Death concurring exactly which the Time predicted Confirmed the same Art to be true and more actually Confuted all that he had written against it Than if all the World besides had Conspired to Answer him Fulgosius Lib. 8. Ca. 11. Records the wondrous exploits perform'd by Guido Bonatus the Astrologer at Forly in Italy at what time that City was close Besiedg'd For he Elected or fortold a Lucky Day for Guido Earl of Montferrat wherein if he would make a Sally he should rout his Enemies and obtain over them a Compleat Victory but not without receiving a slight wound in the Knee And that the Earl might be more assured of what he so foretold Bonatus would needs march out along with him and carryed Towe and Eggs and other Necessaries for dressing his wound And in the Engagement the Enemy was vanquisht and the Earl wounded punctually in the place foretold Regiomontanus a little before his death at Rome viz. in the year 1475. One hundred and Thirteen yares before it came pointed out the year 1588. as a time of most signal Revolutions and grand Transactions in the world And to the same purpose there was a Prophecy publisht in High Dutch as followeth Tansen funfhundert achtzitchtacht Das ist das iar das ich betracht Geth in dem de weltnixt under Geschicht doth groz merklich wunder Which I have found thus paraphras'd into Latine Post mille expletos a partu Virginis Annos Et post Quingentos rursus ab Orbe datos Octogesimus Octavus mirabilis Annus Ingruet is secum tristia Fata feret Si non hoc Anno totus malus occidet Orbis Si non in Nihilum terra fretumque ruet Cuncta tamen mundi Sursum ibunt atque retrorsum Imperia Luctus undique grandis erit And may bee thus English From Christo Birth count a Thousand Years compleat And add five hundred more with Eighty Eight That year approaching all men will affright With wofull Terrors which on them will light If the whole world to ruin do not run Or into nothing Land and Seas bee done At least most Realms shall Topsy Turvy turn And men on all sides Lamentably mourn Now if wee examine our Chronicles wee shall find most memorable passages in diverse parts of the world to have happend in that year Was it not unusual and strange That Poland this year should have three Kings assuming the Title whilst the Fourth viz. Stephen Battori was yet unburied Namely Sigismund the Swede Maximilian the Emperors Brother and Henry Valois of France Of which three Maximiliam in the begining of this year was taken prisoner his Army Cut in pieces and by means there of many thousands of men women and Children carryed away Captives by the Tartars That Suedeland in the mean tyme was all in a Combustion which Tumults and lost severall strong Places to the Muscovite The Muscovite himself ran madd and lost his witts The King of Denmark Frederick the Second dyed In France there happend The Barricado of Paris The flight of the King from thence The slaughter of the great Duke of Guise and his brother the Cardinal of Lorrain The Death of the Queen Mother The poisoning of the Prince of Condee and the Overthrow which the King of Navarre gave unto Duke Mercoeurs All which gave that Kingdome sufficient Cause to think 88. a year Extraordinary At the same tyme the Duke of Savoy prepared his Army and surprized the French Kings cheif Magazine in Saluze The Sophy of

the Planets Eclipses Conjunctions Comets c. to foretell future Accidents or as one very significantly defines it Astrologia est Doctrina quae ostendit vires Stellarum cognitas Perpetua Experientia et Qualitates Temperamenta et Inclinationes in Elementis et Corporibus Hominum ortas a Luce Motu et Influentiis Stellarum Quibus Qualitatibus Temperamentis et Inclinationibus Respondent suae quaedam Actiones nisi aut Divinitus aut aliis Causis Fortioribus Impediantur Astrology is a sort of Learning which shews the Force and Vertues of the Stars known by perpetual Experience and the Qualities Temperaments and Inclinations arising from the Light Motion and Influencies of the Stars in the Elements and Bodies of men Answerable to which Qualities Temperaments and Inclinations are their Actions unless hindred by Divine power or some other stronger Causes This Art I cannot say is unlawful but I take it to be but Conjectural and by Ignonorant Pretenders much abused strange things have been and frequently are thereby foretold and prove true when a skillful Artist hath the handling of the matter but many times fall out otherwise sometimes from the Ignorance of him that undertakes the Judgment otherwhile from the Influence of some of the fixed Stars which being seldom taken notice of may cross or hinder what may otherwise be signifyed Or 3dly from the want of a sufficient Treasure of Observations by which Judgment ought to be given The same posture of the Heavens having never twice hapen'd alike in every circumstance since the Creation and by that means leaving the World destitute of stable means whereon to build their Judgment since what can be rationally said in that kind must proceed from the Comparing of Events which have happened under such and such Configurations with what are like to be when the same fall out again Or lastly by reason of the care of the party himself who may by his own Industry prevent what from the Influence of the Stars would have been his Destiny for they at most do not Necessitate but Incline and by the Providence and over-ruling Power of God and the Wisdom of Man are sometimes diverted III. A Third sort is a Geomantical or Terrestrial Divination in which from certain voluntary Pricks or Points made by the hand at Adventure certain Figures are raised From the first four of which called Fathers are produced other four called Daughters These Eight bring forth four Grand Children from them come out Two Witnesses from those a Judge and the Judgment upon this sort of Divination is not much unlike that of Astrology But the Foundation of all this seems to be laid upon a false Supposition That the Soul of man knoweth things to come but is hindred by the dulness of the Organs of the Body And therefore in the practice of it a great sedateness of mind is required a freedom from all noise that may disturb it and such like Circumstances Which he that hath a mind to fool a way time may find in Cattan Flood and H. de Pisis But this kind of Divination I take to be idle vain and superstitious as not built upon any stable Foundation of Reason or supported by any thing but Fancy IV. A Fourth sort is by framing certain Figures of Stone or Metal underneath such Constellations and placing them either in some Conspicuous Place or Town or sometimes Under-Ground by which some have pretended to do strange Feats These are called Talismans of which as also the Language of the Stars with an Alphabetical Table and how from That words are framed which shall declare the Event of things to come according to the Nature of the Question Gaffarel a Learned French-man hath largly written in his Book of Vnheard-of Curiosities and such no doubt they will prove to him that spends much time in the study of them V. A Fifth sort if indeed there be any such thing may be by Communication with Angels and Spirits For many have pretended to such a Converse I do not mean by the Black-Art Conjuring Negromancy or having to do with Devils but with good Angels who out of Charity Love and Compassion to their Fellow Creatures are said often to be willing to forewarn them of impending dangers and discover to good men what may be of advantage Thus the Learned Brown in his Religio Medici sticks not to declare his opinion to be That Mankind owes the Invention of many of our excellent and profitable Arts to the Courteous Revelation of Spirits VI. Lastly There is Enthusiasm or Illumination an Enlightning of the whole Soul either from a certain unusual Crasis or an over-poize of Complexion or strength of purer Spirits or else by some unknown supernatural means as the Possession or Inspiration of some Spirit either good or bad Aristotle tells of one Maracus of Siracuse a Poet who never made so good Verses as when he was mad and immediately before that Story hath these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Many because that Heat is near the seat of the mind are taken with sundry Frantick and Enthusiastick Fits from whence they become Sybills Bachides or inspired not from any Disease but a Natural Temperament So that it seems in the sense of Aristotle much of this kind of Illumination proceeds from an Exaltation of the mind by some Ecstatick operation of the Soul and great Examples in all Ages might be produced out of the Observations of Physitians to this purpose some whereof have been meer Cheats to gain Credit to such as should Cure or Exorcise them Others true and natural where some Melancholy Heat or strong Imagination or lastly through Custom and use the persons affected have brought upon themselves such an Habit that fancy prevailing over their Judgment and Understanding they have pretended to Prophesy and sometimes what they have spoken hath proved true Of these several sorts of foretelling as touching the Astrological Predictions or such as are gtounded on that Art we have briefly shewn whence they may pretend to Credit having in themselves a natural ground as Effects are foreseen in their Causes But as touching the Common Abstruse Indications of great Accidents Wars death of particular men Casualties to Cities c. usually stiled Prophecies from what spring to derive them or to what Cause they ought to be attributed is difficult to be determined To deny that any things have been so foretold or that because some pretending thereunto were either Cheats or Hypochondraique That therefore all were so is to give the Lie to the experiences of all Ages and in many of them the very great time between the Predictions and the fulfilling of them doth sufficiently Evince that they came from an higher Cause than a Melancholy Heat For where that is predominant I have ever observed that between the Prophesie and the time alotted for the Accomplishment there is rarely or never more than a score of years sometimes not so many Moneths I. Concerning the Sybils not

Persia dyed The Turks suffered great Defeats in Hungary And in Constantinople by reason of false moneys paid to the Janizaries they fell into a Mutiny Compell'd the Grand Seignior to deliver up his cheifest Favourites to bee put to Death set fire on the Jews Houses and spoiled their goods by which means above 12 thousand Houses were burnt down to the Ground in that City And nearer home did not the world with wonder behold the Spanish Armado which they foolishly called Invincible shatter'd to pieces by the valour of the English A loss that the Spanish Monarchy has not recovered to this day In a word saith Gallo Belgicus Ortu solis usque ad occasum nullus ferme remansit locus in quo non miratu dignum aliquid hoc Anno contigerit From the rising of the Sun to the going down thereof there was scarce any place in which something wonderful did not happen 'T is a very odd Story which is credibly related of King James how he was premonisht of his death by a Dream wherein his old Master Buchanan appeared unto him in his sleep and gave him these two Verses Sexte verere Deum tibi vitae Terminus instat Cum tua cadenti flagrat Carbunculus igne Sixth James see thou to God do humbly turn Thy Fate draws near and men thy death shall mourn When in the Fire thy Carbuncle shall Burn. King James was the sixth of that name of Scotland and next morning he told his Bed-chamber-men and several of the Lords repeating the verses and averring that he did not make them The success was this The King had a very large and fair Carbuncle Stone usually set in his Hat and sitting by the Fire not long after this great Carbuncle fell off into the Fire and a Scotish Lord took it up and 't was observed the King sickened and dyed very shortly after I shall conclude with that most positive prediction of Michael Nostradamus of St. Remy in France Physitian to the King and a great Mathematician and Astrologer who dyed the second of July 1566. In his Book of Quadrins in French Printed 1555. wherein he very plainly foretells the horrid and detestable Murther of King Charles the First by his own Subjects before his own Palace And in Quadrin 51. thus evidently forespeaks the Burning of London and expresses the very year 66. in these words Le Langue du Juste a Londres fera faut Bruslez par Foudres de vingt trois les six La Dame Antique cherra de place haut De mesme Seicle plusieurs serront Occis Which may thus be Englisht For th' Blood o' th Just a London spilt the same In Sixty Six shall all be in a Flame That Antient Dame shall in the Dust complain And many of the same Sect shall be slain But we are affraid we have already wearied the Reader with these past Stories and therefore now proceed to gratify such whose Curiosity delights in such matters with Mr. Lillies Hieroglyphicks as they were by him publisht 1651. with only this following Preface Mr. Lillies Account of his Hieroglyphicks HAd the Courtesie of the present times deserved it at my hands thou hadst seen an Explanation of the following Pages which in Aenigmatical Types Forms Figures Shapes doth perfectly represent the future Condition of the English Nation for many hundred of years yet to come I have borrowed so much time from my Morning-sleep as hath brought forth these Conceptions You that Read these Lines must know I do no new thing I do herein but imitate the Antients who so often as they resolved to conceal their Intentions from prophane Hands used Hieroglyphicks Images c. The Egyptian Priests were herein excellent and their Judgment commendable Our Saviour also himself commendeth Ne detur sacrum Canibus If Providence shall hereafter assign me a quiet life and prolong my years I may then perhaps leave unto the Sons of Art the several Changes of every Kingdom and Commonwealth in Europe in such-like Characters as these which now follow Notes or Observations on the foregoing Figures and the Nature of Hieroglyphicks in General EGypt the fruitful Parent of so many Miracles has alwayes boasted her self one of the most Early Nurses of Learning The Grecians in the Days of Solon Pythagoras Herodotus and Plato Travel'd ●hither for the Knowledge of Nature and the Acquisition of those Sciences which rendred them so famous But the Egyptian Priests ●nto whom it belonged to teach did never ●ivulge their Doctrines without a Shadow or some dark Representation sufficient and very ●pt in it self to denote the matter they intend●d many times more significantly than many words could do yet not so obvious to be understood by the vulgar whereby they Imagined they kept their Mysteries from Pro●●nation Especially those which related to ●●eir Gods and Nature were wrapt up in certain visible Shapes and Forms of Creatures those Inclinations and Dispositions did lead ●o the knowledge of the Truths intended or Instruction and they by a peculiar name ●ere called Hieroglyphicks derived from the Two Greek words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sacred an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Ingrave as much as to say a Holy Inscription or Sacred Engravement Because all their Divinity Philosophy an● choicest Secrets were comprehended in thes● ingenious Characters Nor were they only Contriv'd to hinder the sublime knowledge of Philosophy fro● being profaned But also that they mig●● Abbreviate the diffused Notions of that Science and fit them for a more easy Comprehension and better Retention in their Memories Every Name is an Abreviation of a Thing but it is not able to give such a perfect Idea of the Properties and hidden Qualities of the things intimated as the Picture of them in a witty Hieroglyphick And further the Egyptians by these Inventions had a design to render their Knowledge Immortal● for which purpose they did Ingrave them upon Obelisks and Pillars of Marble and thi● long before the use of Paper an Invention originally too of the same Country being composed at first of the Flakes of certain Sedgie Reeds growing on the Banks of the Nilt● called Papyri moistned with the glutinou● water of the River then press'd together and afterwards dry'd in the Sun as is Evident from those Verses of the lofty Luccan ●ondum flumineos Memphis contexere Libros ●overat in Saxis tantum Volucresque feraeque ●ulptaque Servabunt Magicas Animalia Linguas ●emphis yet knew not how with Reeds to frame ●or Books but Birds and Beasts Letters became ●nd Animals Engrav'd on lasting stone ●ith Magick Tongues Learning preserv'd a●one Nor did they only express particular ●ngs and some Secret Knowledge by ●eir Hieroglyphicks but also whole Sentences ●riting all their Rules and Precepts rela●●g to the Worship of their Gods or to the ●●vernment of the Kingdom in this manner ●ich will not appear strange or incredible such as have Convers'd in the East-Indies to t is known that there to this day there three or four