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 vpoÌ„ 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 wheÌ„ some vniforme cloude beâ—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 refractioÌ„ there appeareth either right vnder her or vnder som star a great circle greately illumined or lightned in a maner of a white garlaÌ„d This sighte also is somtimes vnder the sun the other planets but most ofteÌ„ vnder the Moone For the sun through his extream ferueÌ„t 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 appartioÌ„ stayeth the more easely vnder her So like wise sonâ—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 meÌ„tion 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 asceÌ„ded 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 ymaginatioÌ„ 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 portioÌ„ of heaueÌ„ 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 receypâ— of light happening vpon an exhalation that is hot and drye â—â—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 eueÌ„ 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 theÌ„ 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 eueÌ„ so doth the starres and al other impressions in the ayer abseÌ„t kepe them selues from our sight all the tyme that the sun is here coÌ„uersant among vs in her such superexcelleÌ„t glory But let vs returne to the effect of the Mone in the other creatures here below and first let vs begin to coÌ„sider a little vnto what disposition shee frameth those meÌ„ which be subiected borne vnder her constellatioÌ„ 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 rouÌ„d their stature indiffereÌ„t their eies black their browes wrinkled And as in maÌ„ 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 gouernemeÌ„t of the Moone is also the chaÌ„geable Cameleon which turneth her selfe into what colour shee lysteth CameleoÌ„ 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
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. ⧠IMPRINTED AT London in Fleestreat neere vnto Sainte Dunstones Church By Thomas Marshe 1581. Psalme 136. ⧠O Praise the Lord of Heauen which by his excellente wisedome made the heauens which made great Lights the Sun to rule the day the Moone and the Stars to Gouerne the night TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON Knight one of the Queenes Maiesties most Honourable priuy Counsell and Captayne of her Graces Garde OENOPIDES Chius most honourable Syr dedicated at the Tryumphes holde in Greece to the honor of Iupiter Olympus or as others write to Hercules a Booke of his owne framing and makeing all of Brasse the Methode and matter whereof was nothing else but a summary Discourse collected oute of Plato as concerning the continuance circuite and course of the seuen Planets VVhich busines so carefully and costly perfourmed by the aforesayd Chius is here peradueÌ„ture in another sort with other necessary sequell thereof with lesse a doe also and lesse cost scanned debated VVhich small treatise of myne neyther crauing Iupiter nor Hercules but requireth rather youre honors present Patrocynie and fauorable protection Your Honour being now in these dayes to our most renowmed Prince the VVeale Publike eueÌ„ the same that PHOCION a moste renowmed Captayne was to the Athenians And as EPAMINONDAS was to the Thebanes Three rare royall vertues there are which AGESILAVS speaking it vpon good tryall and proofe thereof requireth to bee in a Captayne set ouer the Prynces Garde the first hee sayth is fidelity to his Soueraygne whose person hee is moste carefully to safegarde and defend the second he sayth is an hawty heart and valiancy of Mynde friendâ—y affected towards his friendes and litle esteming the force of his foes and the last he reposeth in ripenesse of Iudgement dexterity of VVisdome in geuing of common wealth councell All which three OrmameÌ„ts Iewels and the same three I dare vtter it thrise doubled and trebled shyne and shewe forth in your Honor very respleÌ„ dishingly Insomuch that if I were as I am nothing fit thereto to determyn as the Orator DEMADES did of Noble Personages and moste worthy VVyghtes euen eyes of the Realme as hee calleth them the consideration of your honors so Infinite and inestimable vertues euen of very right deseruing the same required I shoulde say very worthely your Honors accoumpt as it also hath already among the chiefest Senators and Sages of this Land And whereas many other Nations being gouerned onely as it were Cyclopycally that is to say wyth myght bodely force therewith onely defeng theÌ„selues being wythout theyr wyse Councell as it were without their Eyes as the Poets say the great Gyaunte CYCLOPS is doe yet neuerthelesse for want of the same runne oftentimes to much ruyne subiection and subuersion This our Countrey and Nation the Lord bee hyghly thanked therefore hauing such theyr Eyes and eysight as it hath in deede very cleare perfite and pretious whereby aswell all the whole body of the Realme as also euery parte thereof is most happely dyrected in all kinde of safety howe greatly wee and the same is to glorifie GOD therefore though I should say nothing thereof but be silent therein the very force of such a ryche blessinge and Benefite it selfe would burst forth and speake it Now the cause that only mooued me at this time to craue your Honores Countenauncinge of this Litle Treatise was chiefly the hearesay of your Honoures accustomed Clemency and Curtesy in like behalfe towardes others VVhich being any thinge accepted at your Honors hands shall encourage me hereafter to other Trauayles and endeuours In the meane tyme I shall not cease to pray to the gouernor of all the Lord of Lordes for the prosperous long preseruation of your Honour and for the continuance of your honors estate good lyking to the glory of GOD the contentation of the Prynce and commodity of the Countrey From Northall The last of December 1581. Your Honors humble and dayly Orator Iohn Maplet THE PREFACE to the Reader TYRESIAS King the Thebanes being in that foolishe minde so perswaded with him selfe that the Stars had no such Pryuiledge or rule in Mans body or else as the Astrologians did playnely affirme was as the Poets Imagine with the aduise and consent of the all not suffering such speech striken starke blind and quite bereued of his sense of seing And in deede those ignorant men or vnaduised sort which are in a manner come to the same passe that COTTA the Epicure with CICERO DEMOCRITVS were at that all things here belowe come to passe by chaunce meere Casually or at a venture accordingly as they hap well or ill they are eyther blinde in knowledge or else are wedded to much to their owne Wits and Willes dealing with the caelestiall povvers preposterously For PTOLOMY plainely proueth an especiall kinde of Influence from them all vvhich disposeth all bodies here beneath according to euery ones especiall and naturall propriety In so much that BALBVS the Stoycke is rather to be borne withall then these kynde of Men which vppon three Principall causes and considerations was enforced and driuen to graunte some superior kindes of fatall prouideÌ„ce And the firste reason and cause therevnto moouinge him vvas the viewe of such sundrye Varietyes and such plentifull stoare of Commodities as which doe daily arise both in the Earth as in the Sea and Ayre through the contemperature and variable disposition of the heauenly powers The second occasioÌ„ that brought him hereto was the perceyuinge of the wonderful differences and contrary propertyes both of minde as of body in all thinges almost that hee coulde not chose but thinke and Imagine a sundrye cause for euery one Thirdly the distinct order and placinge of eche thinge to the better coÌ„tinuation of the same in his kinde prouoked and enforced him for to rest and grounde vpon some Superior workemansters or Authors aboue Moreouer a paterne of the Planets property and Influence doth in this respect offer it selfe to be seene apparantly euen in the frame Workemanship of Man kinde vvhereas euery person almost hath his seuerall and sundry Inclination some to vertue some agayn to vice some also hauing good hap and other some hauing sinister fortune And whereas vvicked men for the moste porte ruffle in the vvorld fortune alwais laughing on theÌ„ as MARIVS SYLLA DYONISIVS the cruell Tyraunt PYSISTRATVS POLYCRATES PHALARIS And coÌ„trariwyse it is here vvith goodmeÌ„ for the most parte as it vvas vvith PAVLVS AEMILIVS a valyaunte Vanquisher and a good man yet through cruell fate murdered slayne
bee obserued and kept in the ful Moone so did the Iewes obserue the same most diligentlye so that this Eclipse happeninge then at that instant and tyme could not be as other Eclipses of the Sunne bee natural through the vnfitnes and incommodiousnes of that tyme for there is no tyme so vnpossyble to worke such an effecte as in the tyme of Opposition for then the Sun and Moone which require coniunction in that behalf are neuer more remote or farder distance from coniunncion theÌ„ in that present time In fyue propertyes therefore I fynde this miraculous eclipse that so happened at the passioÌ„ of our sauiour Christ to differ froÌ„ all other eclipses that be only natural The firste which wee laste touched was in the time therof which hapned theÌ„ at the full of the Mone a tyme most vnfit to the generation of my natural Eclipse The second appeared in the corse of the Moone which wher as naturally of her owne proper motion she goeth from the East to the West In this straunge eclipse then seene Dyonisius sayth he saw her with a most swift pace returne very stranngely from the East toward the South vntil shee stood directlye vnder the Sun wheras shee stayed by the space of whole three howers and by that meanes caused darkenes ouer al the whole face of the earth And after the third hour about which time our sauiour Christ was deade shee returned agayne to her owne place in the East with a most swift course appearing there agayne as it had bene in a tryce And so in the sixte and nynth hower shee was seene vnder the Sun but in the euening and at the Sunnes going down she appeared new agayn in the East right opposite to the Sunne The thyrd poynte wherin this miracle differeth from other vsuall Eclipses was vpon the strange begynning of the same for this began on the East syde of the Sunn wheras all other wonted eclipses of the Sun vse to begin to be eclipsed after their naturall order at the west part of the Sun The fourth poynt of difference was herein which was verye straunge For that part of the Sun which was first darkened obscured of his light by the interposition of the moone did lastly shew forth restitucion of his light which is otherwyse in other Eclipses which in the part of the Sunne that seemeth fyrst obscured dother agayne fyrst and formost appeare in the same to be restored And then the Moone passed not asyde from the Sun as she is wont in his naturall eclipse but stode right vnder him for the space of thre whole howers and so shee not after that goyng on beyond the Sun but returning to the East her place from whence she fyrst came gaue great occasioÌ„ of admiration wonder The fyrst esâ—et all difference therin also was vpon the perduratioÌ„ taryance and staye of the same strange eclipse For the Sunnes ordinarye Eclipses cannot continue loÌ„g as which are very spedely perfour med by reason that the body of the Sun doth infinitely exceede in bignes quantity the body of the Moone as also for that the course of the Moone is very swift For which two causes fyrst because the Moone is so little in respect of the other therefore not able any tyme to obscure hyde away the Suns light neither totally nor in part from our aspect And agayne for the swiftnes velocity of the Moones course shee cannot hyde away the Sun beyng so huge and big any loÌ„g tyme but he must needes shyne out on one syde or other Besydes this woÌ„derful eclipse procured of God to shew forth euidently the most haynous fact of the Iewes in abusyng his Son so as it greatly grieued the stars Sun aboue not onely amased many men so that many stroke their breastes and returned from Caluary where he was crucifyed Math. 27 coÌ„fessing and saying verely this was the son of God as the Centurion and others but also ther was a general great darknes ouer al the earth froÌ„ the 2 hower vntil the 9. for els it could not be true that Dyonisius theÌ„ in Heliopolis in Aegipt gaue forth to be true vndoutedly in one of the 〈◊〉 that either the maker of al thinges then fuffered or else that domes day the end of the world was then come if that this eclipse had bene onely in Iudea which is so far of froÌ„ Aegipt Besides this a loÌ„g time after by the duÌ„pe that this sight stroke into the hartes of the people of Athens superstitious meÌ„ Paul being coÌ„uersant among them awhyle and vewinge their doyngs narrowly chauÌ„ceth to espye there an Aulter wherin was writteÌ„ vnto the vnknowen God erected as is sayd preseÌ„tlye after the feare that this eclipse cast vpoÌ„ the AtheniaÌ„s which is very far froÌ„ Iudea proueth it to be more vniuersal so that they scant it to narrowly that seeme to bouÌ„d it onely with in the borders of that place where that villanous fact was committed For shal we thinke that the miraculous going backe of the Sun which happened in the dayss of Ezechias kynge of Iuda witnessing his recouery of helth was alone theÌ„ perceyued of the inhabitants ther not aswel also among nations furder of for if we should so think we should be deceiued Na the K. of Babilon which was a far of sent afterwardes letters vnto the sayd Ezechias by Ambassadours and Princes of Babilon to enquire of the wonder And shal not we vndoubtedly bee resolued that this testimony that God gaue in this order of the abuse of his son reached furder then Iudea na euen ouer all the whole world for euen the very horror of that fact caused the Sun as it were to kepe backe the benefite of illumination of meÌ„ that had so yll deserued at the hands of his Maker Creator But now I hauing sufficiently spoken of Eclipses aad of theyr kyndes and causes I am to proceede to other visions sights caused oftentymes by meanes of the Suns working which are no lesse meruaylous Of the which sorte is the shew and sighte of many Sunnes at once in the fyrmament called of the Gretians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which are ingendred through this occasion When as some cloude of good thicknes and continuant and which is also regular vniforme is placed so Many SuÌ„s seene at once as that it is neither vnder the Sun nor directly agaynst it but as it wer on his syde and so nigh as it may be resolued into rayne and beyng not yet resolued the Sunne by the refractions of hys beams doth imprynte and forme his owne Image there as hee doth oftentymes in brasse that is well and finely pollished And this ymage of the Sun so consisting on his syde is called Parahelius of the Greeke preposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifyeth next the Greeke nowne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which sygnifyeth the Sun so that Parahelius is another impression in all poyntes mostlike to
Concussion A straung Concussion at Fryburge there is sometimes that property that runninge vp and downe within the Earthes inclosure and there boyling like a seething Pot or seething Water at the length it breaketh forth and doth wonderfull harme As it happened at Fryburge in Brisgoia in the yeare of Christe 1509. Ann. 1509 Some called this kynde of Concussion Brasteis There is another kinde of Concussion or daungerous earthquake called Hiatus Brasteis a gasping or gaping as when the earth with forcible matter wtin is driuen to part sunder itself with which kinde of Earthquake the Citty Cyllene as sayth Plutarch was sundred and rent a two in the dayes of Mydas the king and so was the countrey Lygustus afterwards with the same Also of this there is an other kinde called Ruptor a burster Ruptor which bursteth the Earth in twaine and swelleth the same and puffeth it vp like a hill with which the Ilande Hiera as also the City Heraclea in Pontus was wonderfully tossed and tumbled Then is there another kinde of Concussion called Trusor a thrusting earthquake which with violent force thrusteth vp all that is in his way as it goeth Trusor remoouing and bearinge all vp on the to side Then is there another kinde called Mugitus which is after alowing Noyse which with his stronge lowing sound shaketh the Grounde Mugitus which sometimes also soundeth without shaking as when the matter thereof is more weake but yet it striueth and strugleth within and laboureth to get out at the Earthes hollownesse And these kindes of Earthquakes as they haue naturall causes so haue they their names accordingly But there haue bene other Earthquakes which beinge without such causes and onely and meerely procured caused by Gods mighty Prouidence very Miraculously Miraculous earthquakes may worthely be called supernaturall miraculous As was when Peter was deliuered out of Pryson for that was most straunge in deede Act. 16. firste by reason of the time for it was at midnight and the other are only in the euening and morning secondly they differ in forme or maner for this shooke the foundations only of the Pryson house where Peter was shut vp in A miraculous earthquake at Peters deliuery out of Prison and the other sorts shake most of all at the highest partes or tops of houses and Buildings This also did but onely make away for Peters deliuery and so closed vp the same agayne the others where they once make any way thei quite destroy there for a full a doe and neuer close or shut vp the same agayne Wherefore this was only a most speciall and supernaturall kinde of Earthquake But to return to Saturn Hee hath vnder him these Prouinces and Countryes CouÌ„ntries subiected to Saturn India Aethiopia and the lesser Asia Hee also runneth his course ouer the zodiacke in 30. yeares Thus much of the iurisdiction proprieetyes effects qualities of the seuen Planets as also of all other kindes here below subiected vnto theÌ„ and this which I haue already sayd I thinke it enough and very sufficient at this time God graunt vs by the coÌ„sideration thereof to condiscend into a more deepe meditation contemplation of his most excellent and deuine Maiesty which is all in all and all to all as the Poet said well who is to be blessed foreuermore A TABLE OF ALL SVCH Principall matters as is contayned in this Booke A. AChylles Fol. 63. b Adamant Fol. 49. b Adder Fol. 66. b Aeacus Fol. 52. b Aelurus Fol. 15. a Aeolus Fol. 53. a Athalis Fol. 19. a Amurathes Fol. 63. b Arsenius Fol. 64. b B. BAlmetree Fol. 40. b Beares Fol. 47. b Bees Fol. 14. b Beetels Fol. 14. b Blasing stars hovv ingeÌ„dred 35. a. The kindes therof 35. a. the chiefest time for theÌ„ 35. b. What they prognosticate 35. b. their continuance Fol. 35. b Bull first baited Fol. 47. b Bloudy bovves about the Sun vvhen appeared Fol. 33. a Bucklers of fire seene in the ElemeÌ„t vvheÌ„ Fol. 9. b Burning lampes Fol. 11. a Brasteis or the burninge kinde of Earthquake Fol. 72. b C. CAmell Fol. 65. a Cameleon Fol. 14. b Chancharus Fol. 21. b Catte Fol. 14. b Celestinus Fol. 64. a Cephalus Fol. 49. a Circes Fol. 60. b Chalazite Fol. 67. b Chernites Fol. 67. a Chiron Fol. 60. b Clynias Fol. 63. b Cocke Fol. 39. a Cockatrice Fol. 48. b Coloures seene in the ayre Fol. 11 b Comets vvhat they prognosticate Fol. 36. a Cormorant Fol. 15. a Countryes subiect to luna Fol. 16. a Cynamontree Fol. 41. a Crabfishe Fol. 40. b Cynocephalus Fol. 14. a D. DAnaé Fol. 54. a Dactylus Fol. 39. b Day hovv spent in time past Fol. 61. a Day hovv diuerssy accouÌ„pted Fol. 61. b Dictamus Fol. 42. a Dolphin Fol. 57. b Doues 57. a. A Doue caried a letter Fol. 57. b Dragon Fol. 48. b Dyall of vvhoÌ„ first fouÌ„de out Fol. 61. a E. Eagle Fol. 21. b. 37. b Eatites Fol. 37. b Echeneis Fol. 15. a Elaphoceratites Fol. 67. b Elephant dragon Fol. 55. b Endymion Fol. 8. b Europa Fol. 54. a Evvetree Fol. 67 a Earth Fol. 68. a Earth lesse then the stars Fol. 69. a Earthquakes Fol. 70. a Earthquakes destroyinge vvhole Cities countries 70. a. 100. Cyties at once destroied vvith an Earthquake in Lybia 70 a. differences sundry kindes of Earthquakes 71. b. A Vibration or gentle Earthquake happening here in England 1580. 6. Aprill 71. b. A miraculous Earthquake at Peters deliuery Fol. 73. b F. Foxe Fol. 66. a Fyer brusting out of the earth vvith an earthquake Fol. 71. a Fyer brands seene in the ayer Fol. 1â—â— a Fyery flames seene in the ayer Fol. 9. b Flying stars Fol. 11. a G. Galactites Fol. 67. b Galaxia or the milky vvhite vvay of the Ayer in the cleare nights Fol. 12. b Galazite Fol. 67. b Ganimedes Fol. 60. b Garland of the Moone Fol. 12. a GarlaÌ„d of bloudy color Fol. 32. b Garlike Fol. 49. a Gaspings gapinges and gulphes seene in the ayer Fol. 11. b Glanis Fol. 4. a Goates Fol. 65. b Goshavvkes Fol. 30. a Gryffin Fol. 48. a H. Halo or Garlande of the Moone and vvhat it prognosticateth Fol. 33. a Halo of the Sun stars vvhat it betokeneth Fol. 12 b Hare Fol. 65. b Hebe Fol. 60. a Heliotropius Fol. 42. b Hermaphroditus Fol. 19. a Hyatus Fol. 72. b Hieraclitus Fol. 64. b Hiero Fol. 63. b Horse by vvhoÌ„ first fouÌ„d oute 45. a. A tryall of horses Fol. 45. a Hovve to make Horses Warlicke Fol. 46. a Hovv and vvhen horses markes varye vveare avvay Fol. 46. a Hyacinthus Fol. 42. b Hyppodamus the svvyft runner Fol. 44. a I. Ichneumon Fol. 66. b Iuno Fol. 60. a Iron Fol. 50. a Iouialysts hovv disposed Fol. 55. a Iupiter Fol. 50. b Iupter Enhorcius Fol. 54. b Iupiter Heterius idem Iupiter Homoginus id Iupiter Philius ideÌ„ Iupiter Zenius ideÌ„ Iupiter couÌ„tryes Fol. 58. b L. Lapvving Fol. 48. b Lead Fol. 67. b Lodestone Fol. 49. b Lotarius Fol. 64. a Long lack of the Sunne shine Fol. 32. b Lote tree Fol. 41. b Luna hovv called Fol. 6. b Lights in the nighte lyke the dayes light vvhen Fol. 6. a M. Mars Fol. 43. b Mars his countries Fol. 50. a Mars and Sol hovv they differ Fol. 24. a Martialistes hovv disposed Fol. 44. b Maximinianus Fol. 63. b Menalipus Fol. 44. a Mercury his disposition Fol. 16. b Mercurialists Fol. 17. b Mercuries couÌ„tries Fol. 18. b Minos Fol. 52. b Moone Fol. 6. a Moones Eclypse Fol. 8. a 3. states of the moone 7. a 3. Moones appeared at once 9. a. Course of the Moone 7. b. Signes of prognostication in the Moone Fol. 8. a Mule Fol. 65. a Mulbery tree Fol. 66. b N. Nero Fol. 68. a Nightingale Fol. 38. a O. OEnomaus Fol. 44. a Onagri Fol. 65. a Orion Fol. 52. a Ovvles Fol. 48. a Oxe Fol. 47. a Oxen by vvhoÌ„ first yoaked Fol. 47. a P. Palmtree Fol. 15. b Pantaure Fol. 42. b Panthere Fol. 14. a Partiche Fol. 56. b Peantus Fol. 64. a Peacocke Fol. 39. b Pellican Fol. 66. b Peppertre Fol. 41. a Phaeton Fol. 12. b Phaenix Fol. 37. a Picus Fol. 60. b Pomes stone Fol. 49. b Poppea Neroes Wyfe Fol. 65. a Puttocke Fol. 48. a Pye Fol. 48. a R. Rhododaphne Fol. 67. a Rainbovve hovv ingendred 33. a. the Rainbovves three coloures vvhereof they come Fol. 33. b Raynbovves vvhy there is often 2. or 3. at once 34. a. Coloures of the Raynbovv vvhat they be and vvhereof they come Fol. 34. a Ruptor or the brustinge kind of earthquake Fol. 72. b S. SATVRNE Fol. 59. a Saturne vvhose sonne his sonnes Fol. 60. a Saturnists hovv disposed Fol. 62. a Saturnes countries Fol. 73. b Sarcophagus Fol. 67. a Sea foxe Fol. 40. a Scolopendra Fol. 40. a Selenites Fol. 15. b Seleno tropion Fol. 15. b Spurg Fol. 49. a Stars of vvhat bignesse Fol. 69. a Stars hovv they differ in degree of magnitude Fol. 69. a Strombus Fol. 40. a Succussion or the more daungerous kynde of Earthquake Fol. 72. a Sol or the Sun vvhy placed in the midst of the 7. Planets Fol. 23. a Sol his Horses Fol. 25. a Sol his countries Fol. 43. a Sunne channging colour euery day Fol. 24. b Suns Eclypse some general some special 26. a What kynd of eclypse happened at Christes death Fol. 27. b Suns many appearing at once as sometimas 2. sometimes 3. Fol. 30. b Suns Moones Eclypse hovv they differ Fol. 26. b Svvan Fol. 66. b Sysiphus Fol. 53. a T. Tantalus Fol. 53. a Tereus Fol. 52. a Times horses Fol. 61. a Torpedo Fol. 15. a Torches Fol. 9. b Timon Fol. 64 a Touchstone Fol. 49. b Trochus Fol. 18. a Trusor or the thrustinge kynd of earthquake Fol. 73. a Tyger Fol. 55. b Tynne Fol. 58. b V. Venus 19. b. her coloure 20 b. hovv she disposeth them that are borne vnder her Fol. 20. b Vlysses his subtelty Fol. 53. b Vnicorne Fol. 56. b Vulcanus Fol. 51. a Vultures Fol. 38. a W. Whales Fol. 58. a Wolfe Fol. 46. b FINIS
superfluities of the body with the powre and vertue increasinge Saturne is lord ouer the Lyuer and hath to doe with the bottome or lowest parte of the stomacke Iupiter chalengeth a righte in the Belly as likewise in the Nauell in so much that in the Temple of Iupiter Hammon in Lybia the figure or lykenesse of a Mans Nauell was hanged vp to fignifie thereby that the thorough closing and fastning together of the Belly belongeth onely to Iupiter himselfe Likewise hee holdeth the Ribbes and the place aboute the priuities as also the Bowels Entrailes within Moreouer the best and more principall bloude is his as also both the armes and both the handes as well the righte as the left with all the whole powre vertue Nutritiue whereby the whole body is nourished and maynteyned To Mars appertayneth and belongeth the seconde more base Bloude as also the Vaines the Ridney the Celles or placinges of the Chest the Backe the Buttockes the Corse and abundaunce of Seede as also all that full powre of the Stomacke wherein Choler is ingendred Proper to Mercury is the Splene the Mylte the Bladder the Matrix and all those places within the Body which are naturally appoynted to the onely vse and office of nourishing Venus ruleth the Secret partes and ordereth the naturall Seede and also causeth and prounketh to the Lust and Appetite of thinges It may be perceyued also that in some one parte of the body they will all seuen beare a sway Hermes sayth that in the head of man there are seuen Pores or holes allotted to dyuerse and sundry offices of the which euery one of them is subiect to a sundry Planet As that Pore or hole which is in the righte Eare apperteineth to Saturne that in the left to Iupiter Mars also hath the gouernment of that which is in the right side of the nose Venus the contrary Sol is maister ouer that which holdeth the stringes of the Eye Luna ouer the other in the left Eye and all the whole workmanship of the mouth is proper alone to Mercury Great graciouse also are all such Benefites of Mankinde as also the other baser kyndes doe estsoones receiue of the Planets especially when as those of like cōdition nature quality doe meete together in gracious signes of like house And cōtrariwise heauy and hearde is their happe fortune and chaunce which haue and obtayne any thing of them as they be in battlement stryfe contencion among them selues Wherefore I shall not greatly do amysse if in this place I briefly touch which of them with other are in friendly league and likance in like sorte which of them with other are at deadly discorde and disagreement Friends to Saturne and his welwillers are Iupiter Mercury Sol and Luna his enemies are Mars and Vonus Iupiters friends are all the other only Mars excepted Mars is despised and detested of all the other except onely of Venus Sol is in great friendship with Iupiter and Venus and in greathatred with Mars Mercury and Luna Venus hath the loue of all the rest saue onely of Saturne In friendship with Mercury are Iupiter Venus Saturne his enemies are Sol Luna Mars Friends to Luna are Iupiter Venus and Saturne her enemies are Mars and Mercury Great contencion also is amongst them as they be placed in contrary house as betwene Saturne and Venus And a much more great debate or strife is betwene thē as they bee in Opposite lofte or degree in Exaltation Which thing is often shewed forth betwene Saturne and Sol Iupiter Mars Venus and Mercury And further their attonement or agreement is in lyke Nature Quality Substaunce might or powre as is of Mars and Sol Venus and Luna Iupiter and Venus In so much that it was not without iuste cause and occast in that Heraclitus sayd that al things were persited and made by a proportiō fetched from friēdship and discord By these Planets also happeneth better chaunce fortune as also mischaunce misfortune Insomuch that some of them are tearmed the Gods of grace and fortune as is Iupiter whom they name Fortuna maior the greater or more gracious Likewise Venus who in the rules of Astrologie is named Fortuna minor as if you woulde say lesse gracious and yet a Lady of grace The other are called the Gods of mishap or casuall chaunce of the which sort is Saturne whom they name Infortuna maior As also Mars which is called Infortuna minor And Mercury which is called the God of indifferency who is for al companies for with the good he is good and with the bad he is as bad Sol by his shyning Sunne beames and amiable aspecte or countenaunce is cheareful to al things but being in coniunction with other or eclypsed both hindreth much for the presēt time prognosticateth threatneth more for the future time cōming The moone is sent in message from one to another and hath hir recourse and passage by them all so that she hurteth or benefiteth as occasiō serueth by them from them By Astrologie also they haue all theyr determynate kinde As Venus and Luna are feminyne or of the woman kinde And all the other are accompted Masculine or after men They are also deuided into Planets of the day and Planets of the nighte The day Planets are Saturne Iupiter Sol Mercurie The night Planets are Mars Venus and Luna Againe they be so deuyded as that certaine of them be holden for heauy and Massie of the which sorte are Saturne Iupiter and Mars other are as subtile and light as are Venus Mercury Luna But Sol or the sunne is partaker of neither of both these properties Amongst the elementes these do also contend for the superiority For Iupiter dealeth with that commixture whych partely is of the ayer and partely of the Water Luna or the Moone exacteth that which consysteth and commeth of the Water alone Sol also helpeth forwardes the meanes or maner in doing or accōplishing of things Luna or the Moone as it were ministreth matter in such behalfes Mars and Mercury labour their proceeding going forward and doe geue them speedy and quick expedition the firste by the meanes of his force and might and the other by his aptnesse and Dexterity in deliueraunce The plenty and store of matter commeth from Venus and the continuation or wayght of any businesse whatsoeuer is proper alone to Saturne Moreouer all the Sygnes in the Zodiacall Circle doe participate and inioy the qualities of the seuen Planets As Taurus and Capricornus bee Saturnine Virgo and Libra are after Iupiter Aries and Scorpio be after Mars Cancer Leo be after Sol or the Sunne Gemini and Sagittarius be after Venus Aquarius and Pisces bee after the Moone And accordinge to the course of the Sunne Aries Taurus and Gemini doe procure a warme and moyst Spring time very good for the Sanguine Complexion and for tender age Cancer Leo and Virgo likewise