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A03125	A manifest and apparent confutation of an astrological discourse, lately published to the discomfort (without cause) of the weake and simple sort, as will by the sequel of that which foloweth, euidently appeare With a briefe prognostication, or astrologicall prediction, of the coniunction of the two superiour planets, Saturn and Iupiter: which shalbe in the year of our Lord God 1583 the 29. of Aprill, at three of the clocke in the morning. / VVritten the 25. of March by Thomas Heth, Master of Art.	Heath, Thomas, astronomer.	1583 (1583)	STC 13255.3; ESTC S106102	23,841	84

who are not able to testifie And therfore moste straunge it is that the audacitie of euery slender student in this science should be such as vpon so small causes so certainly and peremptorily to pronounce such great and wonderful effects assuring the same vpon his credit But how so euer his credit be certaine I am that thorowe the like rashe and vnlearned attempts the art it self hath béen greatly discredited In so much as it is in a maner contemned of the common people the which was in times past estéemed both of Prince and Potentate in such sort as they became earnest Studēts therof Wherfore it were to be wished that some of the chiefest Mathematicians of this Age and of this our Country wel learned and long experienced would vndertake the wryting of these and the like cases wherby other yunger Schollers might bee the more benefited and the common wealth the better profited And were there any cause of feare by this Coniunction portended it were more reasonable and conuenient that Liberati the Italian shoulde rather admonish the kingdome of France and Italy his country then threaten the realme of England thereby For that in the yere of our Lord 1524. after the like Coniunction in Pisces the French king was taken prisoner at the siege of Paui by the Duke of Bourbon which in dispight of the Cardinall Wolsey went to Rome besieged the Citie his Souldiers fact and spoiled it the Pope driuen to fly to the castle of S. Angelo wher hee continued long in calamitye The seconde yeare after was a peace concluded betweene England and France the fift yeare following was the newe Testament translated into Englishe by William Tindall and printed the sixt year following the Pope was banished and suite to the courte of Rome forbidden and the same year died Cardinal Wolsey all which I am perswaded was no losse to England likewise the cleargy was condemned in the premunire No other great matter happned in this land by the space of 10. years after that Coniunction except it were the losse of the holy mayde of Kent who with her complices Monkes and Fryers were worthely executed and put to death and certaine houses of obseruaunt Friers put downe But to return from whence I first digressed the signe of the great Orbe at this present is Gemini The Lady and gouernesse of the Orbe Venus The degree of the profection the twenty eight of Libra the diuisor Mars the ascendent of the coniunction the twentie nine degree and 51. minutes of Pisces The Lady of the hour of the sayd coniunction Venus The Lord and gouernour of the preuention precéeding Venus Al which considered it euidently appeareth that Saturn hath no Dominion in any of the premises much lesse in al or the most of them And therefore were he Potentior Joue in loco coniunctionis as some in considerately haue supposed him yet cold-he not at this present work those effects by him signified by reason of his dissent and disagréement otherwise But according as Iels where promised I wil first begin with the doctrine of Ptolemy in the sixtie three propositiō of his Centiloquium whose words are these Cum Saturnus Iupiterque cōiūgunter vtrum eorum sublimior sit vide iuxta illius naturā pronuntiato The which propositiō containeth much matter and very difficult in few wordes For by the word coniunction as some of the learned haue interpreted he meaneth in the same place Coniunctionem tam secundum latitudinem quā longitudinē Both which at this presēt by great good hap in a maner concurre though the same by the Aucthor bee neglected and omitted A farther consideration thē the whiche notwithstanding of other some there is required herein the vniting and contactiō of their bodies the whiche for that the difference of their Latitudes is more thē the Semidiameters of their bodies can not be for as muche as the Semidiameter of the bodie of Saturne is but 4. minutes and the Semidiameter of the bodie of Iupiter is 6. minutes bothe whiche added together maketh 10. minutes and the difference of their Latitudes is 26. minutes Ergo it appeareth as is saied and how requisite this third consideration is in the iudgement of corporall Coniunctions saie thei the Eclipse of the Sunne and the Moone doth euidently declare For that whē as the Latitude of the Moone exceedeth the Semidiameter of both their bodies there happeneth no Eclipse be the Coniunction otherwise neuer so partile the which opiniō although it bee very reasonable and probatle yet will I not much stande therevppon for that it seldome happeneth to concurre with the two former considerations and yet the Coniunction pretending matter to insue how be it it must of necessitie be graunted whē it so happeneth to be the more significatiue and of greater effect Ceteris paribus The second point contained in the former proposition is to consider in this Coniunction Quis eleuatur super alterum the whiche worde eleuatio for that it is somewhat ambiguous is therefore diuersly vnderstoode of sondrie Writers some takyng it in one sence and some in other as Trapezuntius commentyng vpon the same proposition vnderstādeth Per eleuationem altitudinē planetae in epiciclo affirming that when soeuer two Planets are cōioyned together he that is nearest of the twaine vnto the Apogeon of his Epicicle dicitur eleuatus super alterum when they are of like distaunce frō the former Apogeon Quod nullus eleuatur supra alterū And some there are as Guido and such like who referre the same vnto the latitudes of the planets so conioyned thus saiyng thereof that if it happen their Latitudes to be both one way and into the North he whose Latitude is greater to be eleuated aboue the other but if bothe their Latitudes bee into the South thē he to be eleuated whose latitude is least of the twaine If the latitude of the one bee into the North and the Latitude of the other into the South then he whose Latitude is into the North is eleuated aboue the other in to the South but if their Latitudes be bothe one way and like muche then he who is ascendent to be eleuated aboue the other descendēt in the same and when as neither of them haue any Latitude from the Ecliptike thē none to be eleuated aboue the other and a third sorte there are who consider Per eleuationem declinationem ab Equatore saiyng that in this and the like Coniunctions it is to be cōsidered Quis planetarum habet maiorem declinationem whiche if they happen to bee bothe into the North then he who hath the greatest declination of the twaine is thought to be eleuated aboue the other but if their declination bee into the Southe he whose declinatiō is lesse of the twain but if so be that the declination of the one be into the North and the declination of the other into the Southe then he who hath his declination in to the North but if their

¶ A manifest and apparent confutation of an Astrological discourse lately published to the discomfort without cause of the weake and simple sort as will by the sequel of that which followeth euidently appeare With a briefe Prognostication or Astrologicall prediction of the coniunction of the two Superiour planets Saturn and Iupiter which shal be in the year of our Lord God 1583 the 29. of Aprill at three of the clocke in the morning VVritten the 25. of March by THOMAS HETH Master of Art GOD IS MY DEFENDER Printed by Robert Walde-graue dwelling in Foster Lane ouer against Gold-smiths Hal at the signe of the George By the assent of RICHARD VVATKINS The Epistle to the Reader GENTLE READER IT may seeme a thing somewhat more then needful to write of that whereof another hath vvritten so lately yea and as the most thinke so largely and learnedly as is possible in that behalfe and nothing omitted therein that might any way tend to the declaration therof The consideration vvhereof caused mee at the first to pause at the matter and in so doing found them that had hitherto vvritten thereof to haue mistaken the grounde of all their iudgement presupposing a vvrong and vntrue time of the coniunction of the saide Planets wherevpon they seeme to grounde the principles of al their iudgements and therfore I could not but certifie you thereof and with the best of my endeuour seeking to satisfie you with the trueth haue enterprised to write this treatise following in humble wise praying you well to accept the plainesse and simplenesse of the stile as of one not so well exercised in the eloquent pēning or the rethorical flourishing of any peece of work though the same be a thing very commendable and requisite as in the contemplacion and practise of the art cheefest to be expected herein hoping that no indifferent person vvill thinke the worse of so excellent a science for that the students in the same profession seeme to vvrite the one directly contrary to the other the first threatning great harme to the vvhol world the second promising good hap to the same the rather because that contrariety in writing is a thing not onely incident to this profession but also vnto sundry other studies vvherin the learned in ech faculty are to consider and iudge who in his profession vvriteth most learnedly and substantially vnto vvhose censure I submit my selfe and this my trauell vvishing that as well the vnskilfull Astronomer vvhich takes vppon him the Art vvithout knowledge thereof making mountains of Molhills and myracles of meere trifles might be better aduised ere hee publish his doings to the vievv of the vvorld discrediting himselfe and the Art thereby as also that the vnlearned ignorāt sort which iniuriously vpbraid and defame the same thorough their dispightfull and malicious speeches for that the predictions which the vnskilfull in this science prognosticat answere not their expectation to the full either to suspend their iudgements for that the blinde are not able to iudge or discerne colours either els to impute the fault where of right it ought vnto the artist and not vnto the Art VVhich doing their credite vvoulde be the more and the commendation of the Art no lesse then in truth it doth deserue and othervvise their rash and indiscreet iudgement wil no lesse appeare herein then in the condemnation of the common lawes without cause when as their humour is not pleased and their cause iustly condemned But the Godly and learned through their example admonished whose iudgement is more and meaning better will I hope well conceiue of my simple plaine meaning herein to whose good consideration I referre the declaration of that which followeth TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL Sir George Carey Knight and Knight MARSHALL OF HER MAIEsties most Honorable houshold THOMAS HETH vvisheth long life vvith much felicitie RIght worshipful according to my duety vnto your worship and my natiue Country though somewhat preuented by the hasty and rashe atemptes of other some I haue at this present published that whereof I hope your worship will accept which is my censure and opinion according to the groundes of Art of the coniunction of the two superiour Planettes hapning in this yeare of our Lord a thousand fiue hundred eightie three the twentie eight day of Aprill about the fifteenth houre of the Astronomicall daye The which reduced to our vulgar accountp is the twentie ninth day at three of the clocke in the morning or neare about the same as I am able to prooue by plaine Demonstration though Leouitius and an imitatour of him Frauncis Liberati an Italian Doctor Vir equidem ab omni liberatus iudicio affirme the same to be the second day of May at three of the clocke fifteene Minutes in the morning vnder suche a Celestiall Scheme as followeth erected for the Meridian of Paris But howe farre hee erreth from the truth the thing it selfe wil sufficiently shew Likewise Stadius somewhat nearer to the truth though farre different putteth it the twentie eight day of Aprill iust at noone to them of Antwerpe vnder such a figure as followeth The same by some reduced to London very sleightly Wherfore before I can come to say any thing thereof I am driuen to disprooue many of their mistaken Axiomes Wherwith they seem to bring the world into such admiration that they of the better sort knowe not what to thinke thereof and the rest more simple brought into no small feare and discomfort therby As touching the first who yeeldeth no reson of his predictions I boldly say they are meere immaginary and altogether friuolous For if he iudge by the coniunction he seemeth to leap ouer the stile before hee come at it For that a great Coniunction Eclipse Comet or Reuolution can not worke any matter that shoulde come to effect before the same first appeare vnto the world and therefore were it so that his estimate of the Coniunction were anye thing neere vnto the trueth yet he coulde not prognosticate therby anything to fall out before the time of the sayd Coniunction the same being the efficient occasion thereof as he doth in the beginning of this yeare 1583. the 26. day of February two moneths before the coniunction amonges a greate manye of other strange matters His wordes bee these preparation de guerre en Angliterre c. non obstant les iours quaresme Likewise the thirteenth day of March Diuision in Angliteire courriers en Flanders en Almaygne c Which saying because it touched our natiue Country I thought good to recite as also for that God be praysed therefore it came nothing so to passe Nor nothing neere the trueth for as all men know there was no cause of preparation to warre or likelihood thereof much lesse any preparation at all But it is an ancient saying and not so old as true written by Ptholomi in his Cen●iloquio propositione 12. Amor odiumque ne vera eueniant iudicia probibent s●quidem minuunt

that they are likewise wedded to their owne sorrowes and harmes for that the busie man neuer wanteth woe But to come now to the Moone who beeyng neither peregrine for that she is in suo Decano neither in opposition with Venus but seperating from the trine of Mars neither she beeyng Ladie of the tenth house but of the seconde it were against reason to thinke that she should in that constellation shew any heauie calamities imprisonmentes disturbances tribulations thought anguishe and sorrowe vnto the common people so that in very truthe there is not one Aphorisme in the whole tract that agreeth with the figure of the true Coniunction then how is it possible to pronounce ex faelsis verum Neither is it hereby to be thought that the Commons shall carrie either disloyall bisobedient or rebellious hartes towardes their gouernors And though the world be wickedly giuē yet it is not like that any should bee so vnfaithfull to their Prince or vnnaturall to their Coūtrey as to disquiet the cōmon wealth therof vnlesse it be some suche whose significatours of their Natiuities be infortunately situate in signis odiose obedientibus whiche from the beginnyng as thei haue vnhappely begunne their Insurrections and Rebellions so haue thei vnfortunately proceeded and miserablie ended the same I praie GOD with my whole harte that all so mynded and disposed maie come to the like successe in the ende as no doubte they shall through GOD his Iustice had this Coniunction neuer been And for as muche as the Sunne beyng Anima Mundi is not become Maleficus neither the Fiery triplicitie infortunate neither the Signe of the eleuenth and fift house wherein the Moone can no way bee placed neither Saturne in the eight nor Lorde of the sixth and seauenth house his iudgement dependyng therevppon together with other incidentes of that Figure by hym erected are willingly as vnneedefull for breuitie sake omitted and had been here vnto small purpose recited but as hee is verely perswaded that there is no Countrey or Nation shall beholde the same Coniunction vnpunished so am I certainely assured that he is greatly deceiued and were it so that it extended the force and significatiō thereof vnto the first and second Climate whiche is Per Meroen Aethopiae per Syenē Aegipti sub Tropico Cancri it is no doubt farre different from the 8. Climate and 18.19 and 20. Paralell wherin this our Countrey lyeth neither are Pisces Gemini Virgo or Sagittary signes that ascendent or Horoscopicall vnto all the Countries and Cities of the whole worlde neither Saturne or Iupiter Dij topici omnibus gentibus and therefore the influence of this Coniunction not to stretche ouer all the worlde nor vpon al sortes of people in the same For the omnipotent and almightie Iehouah who sitteth aboue bothe Planettes and Starrie Firmament and rules them at his wil and pleasure hath ordeined them as well to bee signes and tokens of his mercie and loue towardes vs his chosen and elected as of his wrathe and iustice towarde the wicked reprobate vpō whom he neuer brought any iust scourge or punishment for their sinnes and wickednesse but he first called them to repentaunce by some suche fearefull signes and tokens if the same might haue pearced their obstinate and stony hartes But to come to the Author his perticuler Iudgemētes as touching weathers and suche like accidentes Nothyng there is therin contained more praise worthy then the reste before mentioned And whereas vpon the conuent and assemblie of the Planettes happenyng in the Moneth of Aprill in the yeare of our Lorde 1584. in the Signe of Aries at what tyme Saturne and Iupiter shall forsake the Signe Pisces is promised a Comet immediatly to ensue I plainly saie it is a verie weake argument wherevpon to inferre suche a greate matter and accident by as by the induction of Histories will bee proued In the yere of our Lorde GOD 1505. in the latter ende of Iuly there was assembled the Sonne the Moone Saturne Iupiter Venus and Mercurie in Leo a fierie signe after whiche there followed no Comet Again in the yere of our Lorde God 1544. in the middest of Nouember there was Saturne Iupiter Sol Venus Mercurie Luna all conuented in Sagittarie a fierie signe as the former after whiche there followed no Comet at all Likewise in the yere of our Lorde God 1564. in the ende of Iune there was Saturne Iupiter Mars Venus and Mercurie assembled in Leo a fierie signe and the first before mentioned After the whiche there followed no Comette Drought or Heate but rather greate floodes and inundatiōs increasyng the Riuer of Thames in suche sort that it ouerflowed the marshes and drouned muche cattell and also the same yere there insued a verie cold and hard Winter in so muche that the riuer of Thames was frosen ouer the like whereof hath not been seen at any tyme since nor in many yeares before As also Owse bridge at Yorke carried awaie with the force of the Ise at the same tyme Howbeit Leouitius promised a Comet and the contrary weather who was therein deceiued so maie other presumyng no lesse And as for the Comette whiche appeared in the yeare of our Lord 1556. in the beginnyng of March it coulde not any way be signified or forshewed by that assembly that thē was in Aries for that the saied Comett appeared before there was any more entered into Aries then three who were Saturne Mars and Venus and therefore I may safely conclude that the saied blazyng Starr or Comet was no more caused thereby then that whiche happened after the meeting in Leo in the yere 1434. or the which happened before the death of Charlemaine Anno domini 814. after their concourse in Sagittary Wherefore whē a Comet is to be presaged debet aliunde peti therfore dare I not giue any consent to thinke that wee shall haue a Comet 1584. vpō that Astrologicall conclusion and slender reason before mētioned For why I am certainely perswaded that they are ingendred vppon some other farther cause for that in the yere of our Lord God 1572. when there was no concourse of Planettes in fierie signes there appeared a straunge Comet in the Asterisme of Cassiopeia towarde the North parte of the worlde in the Moneth of October whiche was of long continuance And again in the yere 1580. in the moneth of Nouember there appeared an other toward the Southwest which lasted the space of a fortnight appeared very great whē as there was no meetyng of the Planettes in any of the fiery signes at or immediatly before the same Furthermore it is saied by hym that in the Moneth of Aprill 1584. there should be excessiue cold and extreme heate caused by the Coniunction of Saturne and Mars in Pisces and Iupiter and Mars in Aries whiche is a thyng very absurd for al mē know that two extremes do make a meane and two contrarie causes the one cōsumes the other and