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A04764 Of the crinitall starre, which appeareth this October and Nouember, 1580 F. K. 1580 (1580) STC 14894; ESTC S1098 4,307 14

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❧ Of the Crinitall Starre which appeareth this October and Nouember 1580. IT seemeth gentle Reader a difficult and hard matter for any man to wryte or doo any thyng that shoulde be well accepted in these dayes especially when the opinion of men is growen strange and diuers accomptyng ech thyng eyther too whyte or too blacke too sweete or too sowre too woorthie or too vilde Yet at this tyme not respectyng curious opinions neyther regardyng the speach of the Captious so muche as the request of friendes doo set foorth this my iudgement touchyng this Crinitall Starre shewyng to vs the greatnesse of Gods goodnesse by such a forewarnyng to repentaunce But suche is the corruption and hardnesse of this Age that we contemne and neglect all tokens in the Heauens by respectyng our onely securitie for the tyme present And yet yf euery man woulde recken the course of his lyfe past he shoulde see in hym selfe great cause to tremble at these thynges And also if we consider what great rout of euylles doth beset vs and way how many hath been destroyed or what hurtes hath been by Lyghtnynges Earthquakes Ground openinges Flooddes tempestes of the Sea great Windes infectious Ayre Warres Mortalities Plagues strange Diseases and such lyke which thynges Commettes doth commonly pronounce to ensue I suppose that the remembraunce of such dangers woulde make vs not to be altogether cardlesse of these Tokens threatnyng to vs calamities for our vnthankfulnesse And therefore who so euer doth make light accompt of Earthquakes and gleming Starres and is not mooued at the syght thereof with the seare of Gods displeasure the same people doth also as lyghtly and as lytle regarde their owne conscience and amendment of lyfe Wherefore it is tyme that we ceasse from puffyng vp our selues with pryde letcherie and enuie and to cleaue to repentaunce and to lay holde vpon Dauids Anker which is the multitude of Goddes mercie For as it is in the .xxxi. Psalme Mercie wyll muiron them which trust in the Lorde Nowe if any man suppose that nothyng can be rightly gathered by Astronomie of Comettes he is muche deceiued and he is too blynde in his hart that thinke it signifie nothyng for touching the last tayled Starre which appeared 1577. agaynst the face of the great Planet Saturne toward the Southwest it is euident that the effect of his signification was to continue three yeeres and dyd ende but a lytle before Michaelmas last past And touchyng the fyrst yeere 1578. the effect was seene Southwarde by Warres with the slaughter of Princes And in the seconde yeere 1579. it brought foorth great irruption of Waters and Floddes And in the thirde yeere 1580. the effecte of that Commet was dreadful by a feareful Earthquake the syxt of Apryll betweene fiue and syxe at nyght And with Warres against the Portyngales by the Spaniardes vnto whom that Commet was specially appropriate by vertue of his place and terme in whiche it stoode And also with a new kinde of strange disease as it were a Sommer Rewme he hath ended his effectes And immediatly vpon the endyng of all these effectes there is come to appearance a Crinitall Starre farre different from the other in place situation and cooloure which I obserued to appeare immediatly after the new Moone the .viii. day of October placed betweene the .xii. and .xi. house of the Heauens after Sunne settyng the Moone fyrst of al receiuing the shadowie vmbration of this Crinita by a quartyle radiation from Scorpio Secondly I noted the Sunne to receiue the next shadowe by strong aspect and that the Sunne aboue all other Planettes is mostly and woorst radiated in the tyme of the continuance of this Crinita fyrst with the quartile of Saturne secondly with the opposition of Mars Which thyng doth signifie in that the Sunne and the Moone which be Animae mundi doth especially receiue the impression of his euyll aspect that the Sympathy of his influence shall be greeuous with Plagues and infectious Ayre with calamitie among the people and with captiuitie and euyl to some persons And this shall be to the Countreys lying within the eyght and nynth clymate Also I note that this Crinita is fixed agaynst a Starre of the thyrde Magnitude neere vpon the Dolphyn of the nature of Saturne and Mars and is of a Septentrionall Latitude from the Zodiacke And also that this Crinita is fixed vnder the Signe called Aquarius beyng an Ayeryall and Westerne Signe there placed neere vnto that ponderous Planet Saturne possessing his owne house with the company of Caput Draconis whiche portendeth towarde the Northeast and Northwest Countries within the tyme of his effect great corruption and infection in the Ayre great harme and hynderaunce by ragyng Windes Waters and Flooddes miserie among the people of the sayd Countreys Damnum altis hominibus deceitfull deuyses and great terrour to some with captiuitie Next to this I doo obserue the coloure of this Crinitall Starre to be wateryshe darke pale and Saturnine which is the very coloure of death whereby it signifieth sadnesse sorowe Plagues miserie mortalities feare and hunger to be among the people dwellyng within the eyght and nynth Clymate And all this for our vnthankfulnesse vnlesse we repent vs of our sinnes which are so ryfe among vs. Farther I note howe that the tayle of this Crinitall Starre is extended towarde the face of Mars and towarde the Northeast partes which is the true testimonie of Warres bloodsheddyng of sodayne irruption of Souldiers of Sicknesses Plagues Sweattes blooddy Flixe and heapyng vp of sorowe among the people in the Northeast and West Countreys Finally I obserue that this Crinitall Starre is of a thyn substaunce that it shal last tyl the Sunne hath passed vnder the end of Libra Scorpio Sagittarie and so long it shall be apparently seene at Sunne settyng in the tyme of his continuance to be in the xi x and part of the .ix. house and that it is in the .xi. Signe from Aries Which doth signifie euyll conspiracies deceitfull dealynges and muche terrour and daunger to many men in the Northeast and West Countreys so that to conclude this fyrst part the full signification of this Crinita is to continue two yeeres and three quarters And therefore let vs pray that GOD may diuert and turne from vs the daungers which it signifieth in Plagues warres and inundation of flooddes windes and waters And thus generally of his place coloure and signification next folowe what where and when his effect shall fall The seconde part touching this Crinitall Starre WHere as I haue shewed generally what this Crinital Starre signifieth it foloweth in this seconde treatise to declare in what countryes the effectes shalbe and at what tymes For seeyng the earth is diuided into foure partes Europe Asia Affrica and America and euery one of these comprehend a multitude of Countryes and euery Countrye is subiect to diuers perylles of the heauens and doth dyffer in clymates and in the obliquitie of the
Horizon Then it must needes be that no Comet or tayled Starre can shewe his effect generally in al the foure diuisions of the earth but properly to those Countryes ouer which it is placed accordyng to clymatical and parellell lynes So then touchyng this Crinita waying his ascention his Latitude Northerly from the Zodiacke with the extractyng of his euyll shadowes vpon certayne poyntes of the heauens with his place and terme in which i● stand I finde by Astronomical diuision that the effect shall not reach into Africa nor to the middle Seas neyther to any Countryes specially but to those which are within the viii and .ix. Clymate and properly to those places Cities and Townes which are vnder Aquary Taurus Leo and Scorpio placed in the foresayd climates Wherefore to come to proper places I finde that the effect of his shadowes shal be seene in those places which be neere to the Ryuer of Rhene and Danubius so that Germany shal feele of it Also the force and euyll shalbe shewed vpon Flaunders Hollande Zealande and Freeselande and no lesse vpon Denmarke Danske Englande Scotlande and Irelande And in lyke case to Pollonde and Belgica in Fraunce and Pycardy Some of these Countryes feelyng it with Plagues mortalities some with blooddie warres some with the death of great Peares and other some with misery by great Floodds wyndes and ouerflowes of waters of which other countryes Southward East as Spayne Barbarie Italy Turkie Greece and all which dwell out of the eyght and .ix. clymate shalbe free in respect of the corruption of ayre greeuous harme which is portended by weather both by Lande and Sea Next whereas I note that the effectes of this Crinita shall appeare two yeeres and three quarters I obserue by the profectional Athazer and other circumstances that the next yeere 1581. the effectes shal be as folowe First touchyng diseases there shall raigne Inflammations Burnyng Feuers Plagues Hart burnynges Blood shotten eyes Blooddie flyxe Measles Pockes Pleurisies heate in the stomacke fallyng sicknes Phrensies and the stone these be the pryncipal diseases Also the partes that shall be mostly touched be the hart chest brayne eyes backe bladder but it geueth the signification forcible vpon the mynde and brayne of man that men shall be geuen to be peruerse of hart and that madnesse furiousnesse phranticknes sadnesse melancholy and cholericke disposition shal be seene greatly to abounde in men of the foresaid countreys the next yeere and therefore let vs pray to God lest for our wyckednesse he turneth vs to a reprobate sense Also the next yeere it bryngeth foorth adrye Sommer that the earth shalbe scorched and waters shal be scant and betweene ●amma and Michaelmas shal the full terror appeare in some of the foresayde countryes in Plagues Warres Craftie deuises captiuities to some estates and with great sadnesse to people And betweene Simon and Iude and Hallowmas weeke shall Hollande Zealande and many partes of Englande be greatly indammaged and indangered with sodayne stormes and flowes of great waters and greeuous weather Nowe touthyng the yeeres folowyng 1582. and. 1583. marke what two euyl yeeres they shalbe for wyndes rayne and flooddes and inundations in the foresayde countryes This Crmita shal by his vmbration and course of his signification bryng foorth two strange marucylous Candelmas Termes for euyll weather huge raines or snowes and wyndes with inundation of great waters and two sorowfull Sommers for abundaunce of wet raine ouerflowynges whereby these Monethes shall be very greeuous and hurtfull Februarie March 1582. 1583. and Iuly August 1582. 1583. Wherefore seeing this tayled Starre by his pale coloure doth signifie great losses and hinderaunce to the Countreys aforesayd by irruption and inundation of great Flooddes and by one hard Winter the next yeere 1582. and two wette Sommers to the great indammagyng of many places of the foresayd Countreys and to the hurt of the Husbandeman and Merchaunt wherevpon myserie dearth penurie and calamitie may growe to some of the foresayde Countreyes in the same yeeres For that cause it shall be necessary for vs to pray to GOD that he may stay his Plagues and Warres the next yeere and to geue vs more moderate yeeres then this Crinita signifie of 1582. 1583. For the speciall signification of this Crinital Starre is in brynging corruption in the Ayre by vnseasonable weather the next yeere 1581. by Taurus impressing ariditie and drynesse vpon the Earth with infectuous exhalations bryngyng plagues and Cholericke motions in the hartes of men The monethes the next yeere of y e appearance of effectes be Apryl May August September Nouember The seconde yeere 1582. the impression is by Gemini in procuryng much agitation in the ayre vntemperate times by great windes raine snowes floods The worst moncthes be February March Iuly Angust October The thyrde yeere 1583. the Athazer fall vpon Cancer whiche shall bryng foorth a wet yeere much rayne and darke wether with many flooddes that the groundes shalbe much harmed and rottes among the heardes The woorst Monethes of these effectes be February March Apryl Iuly August September October Thus thou hast Gentle Reader my extraction of this Crinital Starre with the iudgement of the Eclipses ●omoyned Hopyng that thou wylt iudge of it accordyng to tryal and not by a captious opinion And so I conclude wyshyng euery one to feare GOD and his signes and to pray that he may turne from vs what euyl so euer his Comettes signifie indewyng vs with his holy spirite Fare wel F. K. FINIS GOD saue and long preserue our most woorthy and gracious Queene ELIZABETH 1581. 581. 1582. 1583.