Laws to his Neighbouring Nations Indeed he was a Man ordained to bring a great deal of Calamity upon Europe in order to prepare Matter for one that shall be far greater than he But were I to write the Calamity that is like to befall the French these succeeding years it would take up a large Volumn but this I will let them know that the Commons of France will be in Arms in a short time against this present King and I have good reason to believe that he if he lives to see but two years will be driven from his Seat by his own Subjects and if he doth die before as I believe he will then the next King will be served so and the Turk will invade his Countrey and lay many of his Cities waste the Protestants of France will joyn with the Turk in the doing of it then will there be great Wo to those Roman Clergy they will have cause to curse the time that over they were born to be the cause of so much Bloodshed Neither will Spain be free from great Calamity for he must strike his Sail to that mighty Monarch the Othoman Emperour And thou Oh! Italy hath a great share of this Cup of Gods Wrath for great will be the Scarcity that will be in thy fruitful Countrey and a universal Plague will overspread thy Territories and the Turk will destroy with Fire and Sword a great part of thy famous Towns and Cities and he will come even to the Gates of Rome and Saok it as bad as the Gauls did and will keep Possession and destroy it with Fire and strew Salt upon it then will the Pope be forced to fly from Place to Place and soon after will there be no more such Cattle in the World About which time the Turk will possess Venice and will to the grief of all Christendom lay that most famous City waste and carry the poor Italians into Captivity Neither shall the Muscovite be free for the Tartar will gain from him a great part of his Countrey on one side and the Turk on the other insomuch that it will bring great Calamity upon his Countrey many of his Towns shall be destroyed by Fire and his People will be carried into Captivity That most famous Kingdom of Poland will be a great Sufferer insomuch that the very Key of Christendom will be lost and his most fruitful Territories will be made a Province of the now Emperour of the Turks CHAP. V. Of the Opinion of MAHOMET and under what Constellation it had its Rise and under what Constellation it will please God it shall have its Desolution THE Opinion of Mahomet may be said to have its Rise at the time that Mahomet had his Flight at Mecca being drove from thence by the Saracens and from thence the Saracens began their Computation of Years which was in the year 591 and in the year 590 in July there was a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Gemini and about twenty nine Degrees thereof and upon the sixth day of July 590 at two Hours fifty three Minutes Post Meridiem and the Figure for the Latitude of Mecca which is twenty three Degrees and is also to the Eastward of London three Hours twenty three Minutes the Figures for both London and Mecca are as follow MECCA ♀ in ♌ 1 53  ☿ in ♌ 14 16  10 House in ♎ 29 14 4. House in ♒ 29 4   11 House in ♎ 1 13 5 House in ♈ 29 10   12 House ♎ 29 10 6. House ♈ 1 13 ♂ in ♠6 29  Ascendant ♠25 10 7 House ♉ 25 10   2 House ♠22 48 8 House ♊ 22 48  ♃ in ♊ 28 0  ♄ in ♊ 29 13  ☉ ☽ in ♋ 16 13 3 House ♑ 24 33 9 House ♋ 24 33 LONDON 10 House ♊ 10 4 House ♠10 ♃ in ♊ 28 23  ♄ in ♊ 29 13  ☉ ☽ 16 34  11 House ♋ 21 5 House ♑ 21 ♀ in ♌ 1 53  ☿ 14 26.  12 House ♌ 22 6 House ♒ 22   Ascendant ♠15 7 House ♓ 15   2 House ♎ 6 8 House ♈ 6   3 House ♠2 9 House ♉ 2 ♂ in ♉ 6 29  Here it is plain to be perceived that Mahomet had his Rise under a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Gemini what the reason all former Authors imagined that he had his Rise under a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio I know not there having been no such for above 630 years before Now here sinding the Moon to be Lady of the ninth House and placed not far from the Cusp thereof and she dispoing of the Sun Lord of the tenth House from it may be judged that the Law of Mahomet is Lunar and by reason of Mars being in Trine to the Sun and Moon there being no Planot in Aspect to them but he for this cause until this present time they retain Warlike and Lunar Manners and that Law of his injoyns all kind of rude gross and popular Things Pleasures Vices Wickedness Luxuries and Rapes Wars Conflicts and Essusion of Blood and for that Cancer upon the Cusp of the ninth and she being Lady thereof therefore we conclude the Law of Mahomet to be Lunar and by reason of Mars beholding of the Place of the Moon with a Trine out of Scorpio his own Sign it is in part also Martial therefore according to Albumazer Lib. 1. differ three and four Mag. Con. the Moon shall signifie a rude People which are secluded from all Skilfulness by the Judgment of all Astrologers therefore that Law is Rude Gross and Popular and an Enemy to Learning even as the common People are for by reason of the Dominion of Mars in the Watry Triplicity and his being in the same Triplicity in his own House in Trine to the Ninth it injoyneth it self to be protected not by Arguments but by Arms hence it is that whosoever shall but in the least degree scandalize their Law shall be slain with Iron and because the Moon is exceeding swift in comparison of the other Planets therefore shall it vehemently undervalue all other Laws nor will it be said to be Presidented by another Again to speak Astrologically seeing that the Faith of Mahomer remaineth Martial and Lunar if we take the great year of both Mars and the Moon and the half Summe of both their years and add to the time of the Rise of Mahomet it will bring us to the time that Faith shall begin to be Abrogated Now if we add only the great years of Mars and the Moon to the Rise of Mahomet that will bring us to the time of their greatest height as for Example the great years of Mars are 480 years and the great year of Luna is 260 years these two being added make 740 years which 740 years being added unto Anno Domini 591 the time that Mahomet had his Flight from Mecca
An APPENDIX TO HOLWEL'S Catastrophe Mundi BEING An Astrological Discourse of the Rise Growth and Continuation of the Othoman Family With the Nativities of the present French King Emperors of Germany and Turky All truly Rectifyed and Astrologically handled ALSO What Progress this present Emperor of Turky shall make upon Europe in this Intended War with the House of Austria Where unto is added a SVPLIMENT of the Judgment of Comets By JOHN HOLWEL Teacher of the Mathemacicks and Astrology London Printed by J. G. for F. Smith at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil 1683. To all those that are truly Lovers of Astrology and other Mathematical Learning throughout all Europe Most Worthy Sirs IT being my Fate to bring into the World a small Piece of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter Entituled Catastrophe Mundi about six Months ago wherein was a Method shewed how to lay â—o Foundation of Judging of future Events relating to Mundane Affairs and finding it hath been kindly received by the Ingenious of this Age I have attempted to write an Appendix thereto wherein is laid down a Method how to handle Astrologically the Original of any Family by which means may be discovered their several Impending Fates and that from the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter For it is known to all men that all Families Cities and other things that had a Beginning have been subject to Mutations and at last to Desolution but the Antients have been very silent in Matters relating to this very Subject insomuch that I was at a stand which way was best to take but considering the Beginning of Empires Kingdoms Cities and Families have their Original from the Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter for the better Satisfaction of the young Student I have thought good to handle in this small Piece the Rise of the Empire of Turky and have traced his Rise and Growth with a great deal of Labour quite through the Turkish History and in the same manner may other Empires be handled if the Rise of them be but known and from thence may the many Mutations of the World be discovered All those that go about to Judge the Event of Europe from the Entrance of the Sun into any of the Cardinal Points build their Judgment from very uncertain grounds for that very Point is not fully determined by Astronomers and I judge it as hard to got a true Figure of any of those Times as it is to get a Figure of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter as for Example Mr. Richard Kirby in his Votes Astrologicus lately Published tells us That the Sun enter Aries upon the 10th day of March at 3 Hours 41 Min. A. M. And from thence he very learnedly gives a Judgment of the Spring-Quarter for the year 1683 but according to Mr. Street the Sun enters Aries but 21 Min. A. M. the same day no less than 3 Hours 20 Min. difference and most Astronomers of our Age do agree That the Sun ' s greatest Paralax is less than half a Minute and so consequently Mr. Street to be the nearest the truth Now I leave it to the Sons of Art to judge what sure Ground any Artist can have to draw his Judgment from any of the Enerances of the Sun into the four Cardinal Points seeing Astronomers differ so much but what Mr. Kirby would have done for Matter to finish his Astrological Prophet had it not been for my Catastrophe Mundi I know not for all the material Matter in my Judgment of Years he hath very fairly transcribed There is also Emitted into the World a small Piece bearing the Title of Catastrophe Mundi performed by a very Learned Pen wherein the Author was pleased in his Preface to tell the World That I had confused the Hierogliphicks under pretence of placing of them right And yet this Learned Pen after all confesses That they were not placed right in Mr. Lillie's Time From whence I had the Key of placing of them right is best known to my self However I have been so kind to the Sons of Art as to emit them into the World rightly placed but the Learned Pen would do well to let the Gentleman have his Book again from whence he had all his Catastrophe Mundi out of for it is a great piece of Ingratitude not to restore it Worthy Sirs the Thing it self will speak what pains I have been at to compose it there being no President in this kind as ever I could light of which Labour and Pains I present to the World hoping the Lovers of Art of this Age will judge of it according to its Merits which if it be kindly accepted by you will be all the Reward that I shall expect In the mean time Farewell From my House on the East-side of Spittle-Fields over against Dorset-Street next Door to a Glasiers May 9th 1683 John Holwel The Proeme GReat have been the Mutations of the World since it hath pleased the Eternal Being to lay the Foundation thereof among which are reckoned several great Monarchs or Empires that have been erected and continued for several hundreds of years but yet at the last had their time of Destruction by whose Fall there were new Ones erected as for Example 1258 years before the comming of Christ is said to begin the Persian Monarchy and that was under the Influence of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Virgo that Conjunction happening the same year and this Monarchy continued in its Ebbing and Flowing 810 years at which time began the Grecian Monarchy and 7 years before the beginning of the Grecian Monarchy there was a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Taurus and this Monarchy continued in its Ebbing and Flowing near 405 years at which time there did happen a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio which did destroy the Grecian and lay the Foundation of the Roman Monarchy which Monarchy hath continued with its Ebbing and Flowing ever since But that which is worth our taking notice of is that the next time that Saturn and Jupiter made their last Conjunction in Gemini the Bishops of Rome claimed to themselves the unlimited Title of Supremacy it being the same time that Mahomet established his Opinions and as they had their Rise together so will they have their Fall The Subject Matter of these following Sheets being to shew the Rise of that famous Empire of Turky and the several Mutations of it and how far they may inlarge their Territories in Europe and how long that Empire may continue in the Othoman Family and likewise at what time it may be expected that they may change their Religion to Christianity and consequently the Fall of Antichrist all which being the Subject Matter of an Astrological Discourse of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in 1285 which was the Conjunction that preceded the Rise of the Othoman Family and likewise of that Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Sagit that preceded the Preaching of the Gospel which happened in
Ecclipsed by the Moon Lady of the twelfth House what can be expected from thence but that those sort of People inhabiting in those East Parts of Germany should come to have great calamity fall upon them and that by a Lunar sort of People Now the Moon in the great Conjunction preceding the Rise of the Othoman Family is Lady of the sixth House and by that meanes doth represent the Subjects and Vassals of that Family and in this Conjunction Ecclipsing the Sun not far from the opposite Place of that Conjunction doth declare according to Art that they shall over run all those Places of Germany that had Leo arising at the middle time of the Ecclipse and all those Countries that are under Leo Aquarius Taurus and Scorpio and likewise will overthrow all those Monarchs that have their Rise or Foundation under the Influence of a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo Taurus and Scorpio but those Places will first have their share of Suffering that are under Aquarius the place of the Ecclipse among which places let Valachia and the South Part of Poland beware neither shall Muscovia be free but shall tast part of the bitter Cup that is allotted for Europe to tast Mars making of his long transit in Libra tells us that Austria shall be much wasted and the People thereof be brought very low and a great part of them will be carried Captive and their great Town Vienna will go near to be lost and the Seat of War will last longer in Austria than in any other part of Germany The Moon and Sun and the Conjunction it self being in Square to Taurus doth declare that Poland should be much wasted by both Turk and Tartar for this Conjunction is in Square to the eleventh House of that Kings Election and the Ecclipses fall in the second and Mercury Lord of the seventh House at the time of his Election is in this Ecclipse in Square to his tenth and Mars Lord of the tenth is in Libra weak this bids Poland to be very careful how he doth go to War during the time that this Conjunction is alotted to operate which will be near twenty years for if he doth fall to War with either Turk ot Tartar he must expect to gain nothing but the Devastation of his fruitful Country with the destruction of his People if not the bazard of the Crown and Dignity of that Kingdom Neither will the Swede be in a better condition for if he doth go to War with any of his Neighbours he will receive great damage by it if not lose part of his Country And by reason of Mars being placed in Virgo at the time of the first of the three Conjunctions and did make a swift passage through that Sign this doth declare that Croatia should be one of the first Places that the Turks should bring under their Subjection and will make great waste in that Province and carry the People Captive And because Mars at that time he was in Virgo did cast his hateful Square to the Sign Sagittarius doth declare according to Art that Hungaria shall suffer much by the Turks and shall by them be made desolate in those parts next Moravia and they will bring that Kingdom under their Subjection in a short time Moravia being under Sagittarius must expect to have a great share of the Turks Invasion and a great many of thy Towns and Cities will be laid waste and a great scarcity of Corn will be in those Parts by reason of the Raging of Armies Neither will Slavonia be free from the Calamity of hot Neighbours for the Great Turk shall make his Way into Italy that way and shall bring under his Yoke that Country and will carry the People into Bondage And by reason that Saturn and Jupiter make a Triple Conjunction in the Sign Leo doth declare that the Turk should advance his Forces into Bohemia and shall there do grent damage he will lay waste all the Monasteries and will carry the Priests into perpetual Bondage It doth grieve my heart to think what great Calamity will fall upon that Kingdom Under the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo was the last Bohemian War which caused that Place to indure most sad Calamity but those that were the Cause of that Evil in those days will all of them be brought to destruction that there will not be so much as one Nest for those Unclean Birds left Oh! the many years of great Scarcity that shall full upon that Place occasioned by the Devastation that is like to be by War This Triple Conjunction being in Leo falls in Square to Scorpiâ—â— this doth bid the Duke of Bavaria look to his Country for the Turk is like to invade him with a very great Army and will lay waste a great part of his Territories and joyn it to the rest of his Conquest And Mars being posited in Virgo at the first time of the three Conjunctions doth foreshew that the Dukedom of Wittenburgh shall have the Turk to Range in his Bowels and make great Devastation at which time the Crown of France will begin to shake for fear and wish that he was a little farther from him but it will be in vain for the Turk will invade his new Conquest in Alsatia and from thence pass through Lorrain into France and take Burgundy in the twinkling of an eye all the seventeen United Provinces submit to his Protection without being invaded and by so doing save their Country from Fire and Sword and at the same time the Turk is so Victorious in the South-West Parts of Germany Another part of his vast great Army will Range in the North and North-West Parts thereof and pass through Bohemia and enter Franconia and from thence he will invade both Higher and Lower Saxony even as far as the North Parts thereof it will seem strange to hear that the Turk should be got so far into Germany as Westphalia and the Country of Juliers but so it will be and God's Will must be done Germany was first conquered by the Romans under the Influence of a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio and the Empire of the Romans was Erected under the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio this Conjunction falls in Square to that and this Ecclipse falls in Square to that also and the Ecclipse being the Lunation before the second Conjunction of Saturn and Jupitor January 1682 3 this will cause that Empire to have a very great Shake if not totally subverted to the Power of the Othoman Family and seeing that there is such great Preparation on all Sides for a great War with the Turk it will be needful for us to consider the Nativity of this present Emperour of Germany and there to see what Directions he hath This present Emperour of Germany was Borr the 30th day of May Old Stile 1640 at nine Hours 3 Minutes post Meridiem in the Latitude of 48 Degrees The Figute is as
doth also declare that he shall travel from Place to Place it will be a great wonder if he be not in danger of his Life in a slight by Water the Sun also being then directed to the two Asses hear what Mr. Lilly saith to such a direction he tells us that those Persons that have such a direction a soot should have a very unhealthful time of it and bring a sharp Feaver along with it the Native will be in danger of his Life by Gun-shot he loseth both Honour and Fortune at once he should receive much damage by Souldiers he will be in danger of a violent Death or else condemned to perpetual Slavery he hath also his part of Fortune directed at the same time to Square of Mars and Opposition of Venus this doth also bring along with it a great deal of loss in Estate and Goods in short never any man in this World ever had so many bad directions upon him at one time but it was both the Ruine of him and his Family And from these things I conclude that this will be a most unfortunate War to the House of Astria for they will but go nigh to lose all they have Neither will the Kingdom of France escape the hands of the Turk for he will lay waste a great many of his Florishing Cities but it will be occasioned by his own Subjects for his Oppression will be so great that they will cause a great Rebellion in France and when the Turk is in Germany they will invite them into France and then wo to Italy and Spain but seeing the Welfare of France as it now stands depends upon the Victoriousness of this King now injoying the Crown thereof let us make Inquiry into the Nativity of this Potent Monarch Lewis the XIV He was born the 4th day of December New-Stile at nine Minutes twenty four Seconds after Midnight in the Latitude of 48.51 North. The Figure is as followeth  ♄ in ♒ 1 3 M C in ♠10 8 4 House in ♓ 10 8 ☉ in ♠12 42  ☿ in ♠24 41  11 House in ♎ 10 13 5 House in ♈ 10 13 P. F. in ♎ 12 14  12 House in ♠1 37 6 House in ♉ 1 37 ♃ in ♠2 33  Ascend ♠22 0 7 House ♉ 22 0   2 House ♠16 12 8 House ♊ 16 27 ♂ in ♠24 11  ☋ 4 54  ☊ in ♋ 4 54  3 House in ♑ 25 50 9 House ♋ 25 50 The Planets Lat. ♄ 0 15 North ♃ 1 12 North ♂ 2 28 South ♀ 0 24 South ☿ 1 24 North ☽ 2 34 South This Nativity was Rectified by Accidents at nine years od months the Sun came to the Square of Mars the French King had then the Small-Pox at thirteen years od months the Mid-heaven came to the Square of Mars then he had troubles in France Twenty years od months he had his Mid-heaven to the Sextile of Venus and Sextile of the Moon at which time he was Married At twenty years nine months he had his Ascendant to Cor Scorpio at which time he had a Violent Feaver Note also that the Poles of Position of the Sun and Moon and Pars Fortune are found by the Doctrine of Triangles The Right Ascention of ☉ is 164 4 ☉ Distance from the Meridian is 2 22 ☉ Ascential Difference is 0 17 ☉ Pole of Position is 2 22 ☉ Oblique Ascention under that Pole is 163 47 ☽ Right Ascention with Latitude is 123 50 ☽ Declination with Latitude is 16 34 ☽ Distance from the Meridian is 37 52 ☽ Ascential Difference is 9 21 ☽ Pole of Position is 28 39 ☽ Oblique Descention under that Pole 133 11 The Right Ascention of Part of Fortune is 191 15 The Declination of P. F. is 4 52 The Distance of P. F. from the Meridian is 29 33 The Ascential Difference of P. F. is 3 00 The Pole of Position of P. F. is 31 35 The Oblique Ascention of P. F. under that Pole is 194 15 Any one that will be pleased to run down the Directions of this mighty Monarch will find that he hath had his Mid-Heaven past the Sextile of Mars Lord of the Ascendant this caused him to prosper in his Arms this happened in 1679 this mighty Monarch hath in or about August 1683 his Ascendant directed to the body of Mars with Latitude this will bring upon him many Miseries in Body and Mind he will go nigh to be in danger of his Life by a Feaver and as Mars is placed in a fiery Sign and the Ascendant about the same time comes to the Square of Mercury Lord of the tenth and eighth Houses this will aggrevate the Evil much and will cause his Subjects to rebell against him and he will be in danger of Fire or Gun-shot sometimes it doth signifie a danger of being stab'd and forasmuch as Mars being Lord of the twelfth as well as the Ascendant bids him beware of being taken Prisoner and during the time that this Direction is operating the French King will be subject to have dangerous Falls from Horseback and to back this Direction he hath his Sun coming to the Square of Saturn Lord of the third in the year 1684 this is also a very bad Direction and brings along with it a great deal of Infelicity to him a great Decay in his Fortune Now about this time he looses all his former Honour both by Land and Sea he will likewise undergo many Dangers all that he will take in hand for above these seven years if he should live so long which I am perswaded he shall not prospers ill let him beware of being cheated of his Life about August next If he lose his Life by any violent means then any one may see there is some truth in Art if he doth escape that time with his Life he will be in great peril thereof and if it be preserved it will be but for a worser end for he will become either Banished or Imprisoned soon after but whether by the Turk or his own Subjects I leave to time to determine but sure I am that he will become if he doth escape with Life then one of the miserablest Princes in Europe Better would it have been for him to have been contented with what his Father left him than to bring such Judgments upon his Head by his being so unjust If he had but taken notice of what Mr. Lilly wrote in the year 1672 when he made his first Attempt upon Holland he might have fared better than he is like to do His Words are these A certain kind of Astonishment said he shall surprise an active Potent of Europe seeing neither his Actions of War or Peace succeed according to his projected Expectations for he may know that their is an over ruling Power that can contradict all Politick Counsels when not grounded upon Equity And this he ought to remember that he is not the Man ordained to give
will find Saturn to be Lord of the 9th and Jupiter Lord of the 10th both of them in a very dejected condition Saturn doth represent all Matters of Religion and by reason of Mercury being Lord of the 12th and 4th is exact Opposition to Saturn also he being in Conjunction of the Comet This according to Art should shew great trouble and Vexation to all those that retain Principles contrary to those Established by Authority they will have great Losses as to their Moveables for which many of them will fly from one place to another in hopes to better themselves and forasmuch as Mars being Lord of the 11th House and being placed in the fourth in Opposition to the Moon Lady of the Ascendant Now the Ascendant according to all Astrologers doth represent the common People the 10th House all Magistrates the 2d the Moveables of the Common People the 11th the Assistance of the Magistrates the 9th all Matter relating to both Law and Religion of the Common People From these Considerations may be drawn a Judgment Astrological first you will find both the Comet and Mercury in Opposition to the Ascendant and Saturn Lord of the 9th Saturn disposing of both Sol Mercury Venus and the Comet both Saturn and Jupiter and very weak What these may signifie according to Art I leave the Artist to consider it will also be necessary for the young Artist to set a Figure for the time that the Comet is first seen after it enters a Sign By which means there may be a discovery made what the signification of a Comet should be and what Nation of the World should be most passive as to its Effects when this Comet first entred Aquarius you will find Cancer Ascendant and Saturn in the Ascendant and Mercury in Opposition to him Mars in Opposition to the tenth the Dragons-head in the 10th also Venus in Opposition to the 2d House and Jupiter Lord of the 10th in Gemini Retrograde when the Comet entred Piscis you will find Cancer also ascend and Saturn in the 12th the Moon in Opposition to Venus near the Cusp of the 8th the Opposition of Mars Lord of the 10th and to the Square of Jupiter Lord of the 9th These are notable Configurations and will have as notable Events to follow them were it lawful for any Artist to write them but he that is but meanly versed in Astrology may know the signification of these Configurations Now the Places that will be most concerned you may find in my Catastrophe Mundi When the Comet came to appear first in Aries you will find Leo to ascend and Saturn Lord of both 6th 7th and 8th in the 12th in Opposition to the Sun Lord of the Ascendant and Taurus is in Square to the Comet and the Comet is near the Cusp of the 10th and is hasting with all speed to the Square of Saturn and any one that will be but pleased to set a Figure for the time which was January 3d. at 45 Minutes after Sun-set he will find which way tho Comets will bend their Effects most and if you set a Figure for the time the Comet was first seen in Taurus you will find the Comet upon the Cusp of the 10th House and the Moon Lady of the 12th in Conjunction of the Comet and the Sun Lord of the Ascendant is not far from a Square of the Comet also From these Considerations may the young Artist be able to give a Judgment of this that appeared in the year 1680. Now we will come to consider the Configuration of the Planets at the first Appearance of the Comet in Leo 1682 August the 16th And if we set a Figure for an hour after Sun set you will find Aries to Ascend and Saturn Lord of the 10th 11th and 12th is in the 6th in the same Sign Now had this Comet had but small Latitude it would have been set but by reason of its great Latitude it was near the Cusp of the 8th Now at the time of these Comets Appearance in Leo we find Mars to be in the very beginning of Leo also and the Sun and Moon have lately been in Square one to the other The 10th House is Capricorn and Venus Lady of the 7th is in Libra strong and there doth Square the 10th If any one be but pleased to set the Figure for the time proposed he may the better consider of it still remembring the Ascendant to represent the Common People and the 10th the Magistracy Now when the Comet entred Virgo the Figure is almost the same only the Moon will be in the same Sign with the Comet the Comet being visible in the 7th House the Figure being set for an hour after Sun set for the day the Comet entred in each Sign will inform any Artist what the signification of it may be yet for the benefit of the Reader I shall insert my Judgment of both these Comets in general It bids the East part of Germany beware for they by the protence of this Comet are threatned by great Devastation by the means of War the Turk will invade him and will lay waste many of his Provinces a mixt sort of People will over-spread Austria and all the East North West and South-West Parts of Germany the House of Austria will be brought very low by the hands of both Turks and Christians Poland thou art like to have a great Calamity fall upon thee both by the Turk and Tartar it is best for thee to stand upon thy own Legs for if thou joyns thy Forces with any Prince against Turk and Tartar it will be in part thy Ruine they both will prevail against thee in such sort that thou wilt wish thou hadst never been born such Calamity will follow upon it The Muscovite will do well to look to himself and secure his Territories for there is Vengeance coming upon him in a short time and that both by Turk and Tartar Swedeland if I might be thy Counsellor rest in Peace for thou wilt be very unfortunate in War but alas thou wilt not believe it but know that if thou wilt dance the Piper must be paid and if thou dost go to War with any of thy Neighbours as I believe thou wilt soon thou wilt repent when it will be too late And thou Oh! Spain wilt have cause to curse thy Counsellor for thy Kingdom is like to be brought very low and for thy Cruelty in the West-Indies shalt thou be driven from thence in less than 30 years and thy People shall become very poor France prepare thy self to undergo a sad Calamity for there shall be a great Rebellion in the Bowels thereof that shall shake the Family that now injoys the Crown thereof if not a quite Overthrow Italy thou art like to have thy share of trouble for the Turk will over-run thy fruitful Territory and shall lay Rome waste and drive the Pope from those Parts and soon after shall there be no more All those Lands that are said to be under Cancer will have great Calamity in general that is the poor People will have great loss as to their Moveables from which Evil I pray God bless Scotland I could tell likewise what is like to befall those Places under Aries but the Times will not bear to hear it therefore I desire to be excused because I have said so much as may satisfie any Artist in this Point Therefore my Friends at this time FAREWEL Advertisements ARts and Sciences Mathematically Professed and taught by the Author John Holwell Philomat at his House on the East side of Spittle Fields over against Dorset street next door to a Glaziers viz. Arithmetick Geometry Gaging Surveying of Land Trigonometry Navigation Astronomy Dyaling Geography Fortification and Gunnery and Astrology in all its parts He also Measureth Building and Surveyeth Land for any one having the most Experience in Surveying of any man in England He hath also ready for the Presse and will shortly be made publick a small price of Dialling called Clavis Horologie wherein shall be shewn how to make all manner of Regular Dyals and how to reduce all Irregular Dyals to Regular Forms by means of a new latitude and new declination And also a Table of Altitude of the Sun for every hour of the day in the beginning of each Sign from one degree of Latitude to ninety and their Application for placing of the Furniture on all manner of Dyals however scituated with the manner of making the Dyals that was in the Kings privy-Garden with a many Varieties that were never before made publick A Sure Guide to the Practical Surveyor in two parts The first showing how to Plot all manner of Grounds whether small Inclosures Champain-Ground Wood-Lands Mountains and Dales by the Semicircle Plain Table and Chain As also how to find the Area or contents thereof with the manner of protracting Reducing and Dividing the same and also how to inclose a Mannor lying in a common Field with the drawing of a perfect Draught or Map thereof and how to deck and beautifie the same And likewise how to convey water from any spring-head to any appointed place The second shewing how to take the Ground-Plot of any City or Corporation As also the Mensuration of Roads High-wayes and Rivers with he manner of making a Map of any Country or Kingdome The Like never before extant By John Holwell Philomath FINIS