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we are not ashamed to sinne but do sinne openly and to the great slander of Christendome the infidell sheweth Christ in his life where we only and that fildome celebrate him with our tongues and because we neither repent nor amend our liues but as the Prophet saith tie sinnes together with cartropes and rather hunt after new then repent the old therefore these tokens of miserie appeare successiuely betokening that God smiteth not all at once but warneth vs by leisure to repentance Wherin if we vse dalliance after long forbearance God wil vse méere force and the plague will be so heauie we shall not be able either to heare the report thereof or indure the mortall persecution Thy words are both true and manifest quoth Frumentarius for euery estate and degrée in this land is giuen to sinne men rather couet to be rich then to be righteous to do wrong then to do right and to conclude the wounds of this world are so fatall as they cannot be healed either by thy counsaile or our complaints In leauing therfore these termes of expostulation and commiseration let me intreat thée to discouer the opinion of the learned touching such comets and stars appearing contrary to the course of kind Frumentarius quoth Anthonie Philosophers say that comets are hot exhalations carried vp aboue the middle region of the aire and there become new stars denouncing future misfortunes And of these Metiors and impressions there are thrée sorts in thrée regions of the aire the one are of the matter of fire the other of water the last periticipates both of the one and the other The comets are of the first cannuk or magnitude and it is said that euery comet is an exhalation hot and drie terrestriall thicke and waightie which by the vertue of the stars is attracted vpward by little and little into the most heighest region of the aire where by reason of the affinitie of the fire and the cominance and agréement of his matter it is gathered and inflamed by the motion of the celestial bodies then increaseth it becomming round by his owne proper motion and conformable to that starre vnder which it was first gathered or rather it goeth by the motion of some other celestiall bodie from East to West or remaineth in one place as the fixed stars After the apparitions of these fierie bodies droughts plagues and other tragicall misfortunes happen And it is therefore called a comet by reason of his hairie figure Of these there are two sorts the one called Crinita the other Barbata for so Aristotle tearmeth and distinguisheth them Plinie in his second booke setteth downe diuers kinds and dependances of them gathered as it séemeth rather from tradition then certaine truth they commonly appeare by night in the North part whence it may be thought the Prouerbe ariseth Omne malum ab Septentrione Of their effects I will propose some examples to thy satisfaction partly such as Garcaeus Peucer and Licosthenes haue touched partly such as haue escaped their diligence In the yeare 681 about the 16 Sinode held at Constantinople and during the raigne of Constantine the fourth then Emperor There appeared a comet according to the Gréeks by the Latines held Crinita which appearing aboue the Horizō thrée months portended great mischiefes both to Rome and Italie For after it insued a great plague and after that a worse famine and besides the heauens so conspired against man that many were consumed by lightning in the yeare 954 like wise during the empire of Otto the first besides stones of huge bignesse falling from heauen bitter winds bearing downe great towers and bloodie crosses falling from heauen there appeared a comet of mightie magnitude followed by a famine so forcible as many millions of men women and children died either by the force thereof or the furie of iniurious warres In the yeare 1265 for thrée monthes space a mightie comet appeared in the East extending her beames to the mid heauen Westward which then arose whē Pope Viban the fourth seest sickned and then vanished when his life finished during the raigne of Wenceslaus the third king of Bobeme another comet appeared after which followed a great persecution of the Christians and after that such an earthquake as ouerthrew many cities and castles in the last year of Lodowie the fourth then Emperour there appeared a Crinite comet for two months space seconded by great famine in the yeare 1352 a comet appeared in the North in the month of December which was no sooner extinct but that great winds followed fierie beames fell from heauen and Pope Innocent the 6 died In the yeare 1482 two comets appeared the one about the beginning of Ianuarie fierie in coulor sparkling in beames and fearefull to behold which bending towards the West at first tooke beginning in the entrance of Libra and after passed so farre Northward that it passed beyond the Zodiake and after 16 daies continuance was extinguished and no sooner was this dissolued but another appeared very fierie and bloodie extending toward the East after which such greiuous plagues famines and war persecuted the Christian clunes as nature suffered not the like ruines in many yeares Thus then it appeareth that comets are tokens and warnings of ensuing death or plagues sent by God to fore warn men that his vengeance is at hand To conclude all signes in heauen are but as tokens not causes gouerned and directed by God not gouerning and materially inforcing man and they likewise that either repose their trust in them or trifle away their studies in their natures they that iudge thereby as inforcers of casualties and hang their wisdome on iusensible creatures are both condemned by God and held foolish by the wise Be not therefore deceiued Asterius build not vpon apparance thinke not all gold that glutereth but flie Magicke as diuelish dispise Astrologie as vncertaine and trauell in the studie which may lighten thy mind and not corrupt thy vnderstanding First ad example to thy persuasion said Metrodorus for those that are wrought by reason are wonne wounded by example I will satisfie thée quoth Anthony for I defire both his thy safetie There liued sometime in France a yoong and toward scholer called Gilbert who borne of obscure Parents yet caried a high mind fixing his studie on Philosophy and delighting in nothing more then the secrets of nature but wanting the supplies of wealth and séeing too few men liue by wit he took vpon him the Habit of a Monck in the Monasterie of Floriarenee within the diocesse of Aureliana not for deuotion or religions sake only but rather to flie constraint then assen contemplation There liuing long time and profiting not a little in stéed of holie misteries he studied Magicke in stéed of Moses Ptolomey so that by this meanes becomming worldly and by that meanes wicked he for sooke his cowle left his cloister and fled to Hispalis a cittie of Spaine there to professe his long affected Philosophie No

sooner was he arirued in that cittie but contrarie to all expectation his fame began to increase his studies to be more vehement his ambition more earnest so that he finally promised the Diuell if he would raise him to the dignitie of Papacie he would be his both bodie and soule This condition ratified betwéene them by these steps he presently ascended First became he tutor to Otto the emperor and afterwards to Robert of France making by this meanes diuers famous scholers and attaining thereby many mightie friends At last wearied with teaching which is a great busie trouble he exchanged his Academy into Archbishoprick his rod into a crosier his cap into a miter attaining the Archbishopricks of Rhemes and Rauenna by bribes and by Simony and not content with these but aspiring prowdlie to a higher place at last by many insinuations with the Diuell and promises to be his bodie and soule after death hée attained the Papacie not crowned by the Emperor as a holy diuine and Philosopher but like a most execrable damned Magician Installed thus in the soueraigntie he poisoned those whom he hated peruerted those whom he loued persecuted the professors of the truth hiding so much mischiefe vnder the shadow of holinesse as the world no sooner espied it but they began to detest him And because where honour is attaind it cannot be lost without discontent very curious of continuance of his life and desirous to escape death by magical incantations he so wrought the diuel that at last he gaue him this answer of his fortune Thou shalt liue so long saith he to Pope Siluester for the name of Gilbert he gaue ouer at his coronatiō til thou enter Ierusalem The vain man prowd of this replie fearing neuer in Rome to méet with Ierusalem and supposing the Prophecie extended to the citie in Paltestine where it only had relation to a Minster in Rome he followed banquetting tooke his delight and pleasure leauing nothing vn sought that might further his vanitie and securitie at last in the fourth yeare of his raigne and the tenth day of the first month whilest he sacrificed and said masse in Rome in the Cathedrall church of the holy crosse in Hierusalem on a sodaine he was warned hée should die and at last he perceiued how vainly he was deceiued where vpon moued with repentance and publickly confessing his sins to the people and exhorting to flie the baits of preposterous ambition and eschue the deceipts and magicall illusions of the Dwell he prepared himselfe to the death which sodainly followed charging his ministers amidst the pangs thereof that after his death they should cut his bodie into péeces and so scattered should lay it on a chariot not suffering him to be buried in any place but where they willingly rested At last he dead and his will effected both to shew Gods prouidence and to examplefie his mercie vpon vnfained repentance he was laid in a chariot so mangled and cut péecemeale and was conducted by the horses to the Cathedrall church of Lateran where willingly staying he was worthily burried she wing in his life the vanities of magicke and in his death the effectuall fruits of repentance Thus hast thou heard O Asterius a true and certaine example Which if thou follow the world will reioice in thy conuersion and thy soule shall haue comfort in my counsaile Thou hast wonne me holy hermit quoth Asterius not without sheading of teares and I long to be instructed in a better kind of studie my former delights are tedious to mine ears and my present state dangerous by my sins O Asterius said Anthonie as thou hast liued ill so learne to liue well take the benofite of Gods forbearance least thou be ouertaken with his iustice Thou séest a good matron will rather die then betray hir husband a stout captaine perish ere he leaue his souldiers so play thou by Christ as thy maister obserue him as thy guide follow him as thy iusticer feare him as thy redéemer loue him and learne to die for him who suffered death for thy follies duly bethinke thée now on the gréeuousnesse of sin hourely flie thou the occasions of offence learn in the beginning to resist temptations mortifie thy flesh that hath beguiled thy spirit kéepe thy toung from talking of vanities restraine thy heart from being intangled with the inordinate loue of visible delights séeke solitude flie idlenesse think God alwaies present and suspect sin alwaies egging and come and learne what the desert is and loue to liue with Anthony Great is my desire said Asterius and forward my zeale but I haue a father to loue a mother to content their presence is mine only comfort their absence my miserie Ah Asterius quoth Anthome this as Hierome saith is the Ram and battering Cannon of all pietie that knitteth vs so much to earthly loue as we despise heauenly Harke what Climachus saith It is better quoth he to gréeue our parents thē to discontent Iesus for he created and saued vs they onely loose vs by louing vs Gods loue must extinguish eternall loue and he that will be his must be wholy his Let not thy parents teares draw thée from him least thou increasest eternall teares to thy owne soule when thy Parents inuiron thee like bées and brey about thée like waspes complaining and lamenting propose thou thy sinnes to thy selfe that thou maist ouercome griefe with griefe Thou are bound to forsake thy father for Gods sake neither doest thou hate thy father by comming to Christ but thou makest him happie by producing thée who art sealed to Christ shall the celestiall trumpet of Christ draw thée to battell with the world saith Augustine Epist. 38. ad Laet. and shall thy mother retaine thée She counsaileth thée perhaps saith Barnard to flie solitude by this meanes is contrarious to thy health and her owne chuse therfore of both which thou wilt either to satissie ones foolish will or to loose boths saluation But if thou louest her truly forsake her rather least forsaking Christ to remaine with her she likewise perish for thy cause perhaps thou will say thou are not sure of thy vocation because thou art called publikely But heare what Barnard saith in 107 Epistle to Thomas Vox haec non sonat in soro nec auditur in publico secretum consilium secretum quaerit auditum auditui tuo gaodium pro certo dabit laetitiam si sobria aure perceperis Thou maist say that solitude wanteth thē delights of this life but I tel the with the wiseman Prouerbe 15 better to be called Ad oleum cum caritate quam ad vitulum saginatum cum odio Thou wilt say the solitarie life is subiect to temptations and I tell thée that those who are tempted are beloued and who abide the assault are worthy of the lawrell perhaps thou suspectest the necessaries of life but heare Augustine what he saith lib de Eleemos Thinkest thou that earthly necessaries shall faile thée where