and the like when this Comet first appeared it did appear near the place Saturn of the first appearance of the Comet 1680. therefore shall this Comet have saturnal effects unto those places under Cancer and Aries those places under Cancer shall be subject to great Inundations and those under Aries Plagues and Wars the Comets having so swift a motion through those Signs it appeared in doth denote the siddainness of the action that shall follow and for as much that it did not set at its first appearance therefore are these Northern parts of Europe most concerned in the effects thereof among which places let Scotland beware I also fear London will be sensible of the effects of this Comet and before the year 1683. be quite over I fear a great Plague from which good Lord deliver us for all those places are concerned in the effects of this Comet where it was visible if we will pertake of the Sins we must pertake of the Punishment I pray God keep the people of England in peace The New Moon following the appearance of this Comet we shall find Capricorn ascending and Saturn Jupiter and Mercury in the 7th House and the Comet and the Sun and Moon in the 8th the Comets being in the 8th should shew a Mortality to those people under Capricorn and Cancer but the principal signification of this Comet declares War the destruction of Cities the ruin and downfal of Kingdoms the slaughters of Mankind and a many other tragical evils experience confirmed by many Ages and from thence observed doth inform us that the Comets seen in the Air have evident effects but for the better informing of those that are curious inquirers into the nature of Comets I have Incerted a Catalogue of all the Comets that has appeared since the coming of Christ Anno Domini 66 A Comet appeared for 6 Months Anno Domini 70 A Comet appeared a great one Anno Domini 213 Another great Comet appeared Anno Domini 363 Another Comet appeared Anno Domini 454 A Comet appeared 10 Weeks together Anno Domini 571 A Comet of a great magnitude appeared Anno Domini 814 A great Comet appeared Anno Domini 839 A great Comet appeared Anno Domini 983 A great Comet was seen Anno Domini From the year 983 we have no Account of any Comets till the year 1106. Anno Domini 1106 A great Comet appeared Anno Domini 1169 Another Comet was seen Anno Domini 1214 A Comet appeared for 18 days Anno Domini 1301 A Comet of wonderful Magnitude appeard Anno Domini 1341 A Terrible Comet was seen in the Heavens Anno Domini 1375 A Comet with a Beard was seen many Nights together in the Heavens Anno Domini 1390 A Great Comet Appeard Anno Domini 1402 A Mighty Comet was seen in the Heavens Anno Domini 1421 Another Comet appears in the Heavens Anno Domini 1440 A Great Comet was seen Anno Domini 1450 Another Comet Appeared Anno Domini 1456 A Comet appeared in the Month of June in Cancer Anno Domini 1457 Another appeared in June in Pisces Anno Domini 1460 A terrible Comet appeared to sight Anno Domini 1477 A Comet appeared of the Colour of Saturn Anno Domini 1442 A Comet appeared for two Months Anno Domini 1500 A Comet of a wonderful magnitude was seen in April for 18 days together in the sign Capricorn Anno Domini 1506 There appeared two Comets the first in April the 11th and lasted but five days the second was in August following Anno Domini 1512 A Comet appeared in Leo. Anno 1521 Another Comet appeared Anno 1530 There appeared a Comet that passed through Cancer Leo and Virgo and lasted a Moneth Anno 1533 A Comet appeared a great one and it did move Retrograde through Gemini Taurus and Aries Anno 1538 A Fiery Comet appeared in the Sigd Pisces with a very long Tail Anno 1545. A Comet appeared in the West in colour like Bloud Anno 1558 A Comet appeared in form of a Spit in the Moneth of August of the colour of Saturn Anno 1569 A Comet appeared in 12 degrees of Capricorn at the setting of the Sun Anno 1572 The Comet or New Star appeared in the Chair of Cassiopaeia and continued above a whole Year of which Star that famous Tycho Brah wrote of Anno 1577 Another Comet appeared of a great Magnitude Anno 1585 A Comet appeared many Weeks together Anno 1602 A Comet appeared Anno 1607 Another Comet appeared Anno 1618 A Comet appeared from the 26 of November to the end of December and passed Scorpio Libra and Virgo Retrograde Anno 1652 A Comet appeared in the Sign Gemini and ended in Taurus Anno 1664 A Comet appeared in Libra and passed through Libra Virgo Leo Gemini and ended in Taurus and was of a Saturn colour and had a Retrograde Motion Anno 1665 A Comet appeared in April in Pisces and moved direct through Pisces Aries and ended in Taurus Anno 1671 2 A Comet appeared in February in the Sign Aries and passed through Aries Taurus and had ended in the beginning of Gemini Anno 1677 A Comet appeared on the 23d of April in the Sign Taurus Anno 1680 A Comet appeared in Libra and passed through Libra Scorpio Sagitarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Aries and ended in Taurus near the place of the Comet 1677. Anno 1682 A Comet appeared in Cancer about the 14th day of August and passed through Cancer Leo Virgo Libra and ended in Scorpio in Opposition to the ending of the two last Comets Any one that has a mind to be versed in the Quality of the events of Comets must look back into History and he shall inform his Judgment very much yet for the instruction of the young Artist I shall recite a few Examples which I hope will not be taken amiss 1402 The Comet that appeared then was the fore-runner of Tamberlain's entrance into Asia calling himself the Wrath of God and the destruction of the Earth kills 200000 Turks takes Bajazet Prisoner binds him with Fetters of Gold and put him in an Iron Cage and carrys him Captive through all Asia making him a Foot-stool when he ascended his Horse That which follow'd the Comet 1520 that passed through Cancer Leo and Virgo was no less than 404 Parishes drowned by an Inundation with all their People and Cattel The Turks take Buday in Hungary That which followed the Comet 1558 was the death of Emperour Charles V. and 3 Kings 2 Queens 2 Dukes 15 Cardinals besides a many more pety Princes and one Pope That which followed the Comet 1559 was a great Famine in Austria Swavia Bohemia Bavaria Russia Lituania also a very great Inundation in Flanders and Holland no less than 400000 People besides Cattel And that which followed the Comet 1618 the long War in Germany by the Bohemians the death of the Emperour and Queen Ann with a many more eminent Mutations in all parts of Europe and so
1666 the Sun came to the New-Star and the Moon to the Opposition of the said Star and then was London burned London is under Gemini and the Opposition fell in Gemini also Anno Domini Ascenda Directed M C Directed New Star ☉ Directed ☽ Directed 1618 ad â–¡ ♃ ad ☠☿ â–¡ ♀ ♂   1620  1603 1603   1622  □ ♀ ♂ 1603    1624    ad ☿ ad ☠☿ 1625  ad ☠♄    1628 ad â–¡ ♂ ad â–³ ♃    1629 ad â–¡ ♃     1632  ad ☠♂ New Star    1633  ad ☠♃    1640 ad â–¡ ☉ 1603     1649  ad â–¡ ♂    1650  ad â–³ ☿    1651 ad ☌ ♀  ad â–¡ ☿   1654 ad ☌ ♂ 1603     1656    ad ☌ ☿ 1603 ad ☠☿ 1603 1660    ad ♄ ♃ ad ☠♄ ♃ 1603 1662 ad âš¹ ♄ ad ☉ â–¡ â–¡ ☽    1666    ad ♂ New Star ad ☠♂ new star 1667 ad ☉ ☠☽   ad ♃ ad ☠♃ 1671 ad âš¹ ♂     1672 ad âš¹ ♃     1673    ad ☉ ♀ 1603 ☠☽ 1675     ad ☽ ☠☉ 1603. Anno Dom. Ascendant M C New Star ☉ ☽ 1981 ad ☿  ad â–¡ ☿ ad â–¡ ♀ ad â–¡ ♂ 1683  □ ☿ 1603 â–¡ ♂ 1603 1603 1684  △ ♀ 1603 ad â–¡ ♄ ♃ 1603   1686  △ ♄ ♃ 1603 ad â–¡ ♄   1691  △ ♄    1692    ad â–¡ ☉ â–¡ ☽ ad â–¡ ☉ â–¡ ☽ 1694   □ ♂ New Star   1696  ad â–³ ♂ â–³ New Star ad â–¡ ♃   1697  ad â–³ ♃     ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ 1619  ad â–¡ ♀ ad â–¡ ♂   1640 ad ♄ 1620   ad â–¡ ♀ â–¡ ♂  1648 1627 ad â–¡ ♀ â–¡ ♂ 1603    ad new star and ♂ 1630  ad â–¡ ☉ it â–¡ ☽    1631   ad â–¡ ☉ â–¡ ☽ 1635 ad ☿  1638 ad â–¡ ☉ it â–¡ ☽    1649 ad ♃ 1650 1658 ad â–¡ ☿ ad â–¡ ☿    1651   ad â–¡ ☿   16  ad â–¡ ☿ ad â–¡ ☿ 1666 ad ☿ 1603. 1664 1682  1603 1603  ad â–¡ ♂ 1603 1683  ad ♄ ♃ 1603  1671 ad ♄  1684   ad ♄ ♃ 1603   1686  ad â–¡ ♄  1678 ad new star 1674 ad â–¡ ☉ â–¡ ☽ 1687   ad â–¡ ♄   1689 ad â–¡ ☿ 1603     1691 ad â–¡ ♄ ♃ 1603   1679 ad ♃  1693  ad â–¡ ♂ New star ad â–¡ ♂ New star 1686 ad ☉ 1603  1694  ad â–¡ ♃ ad â–¡ ♃   1695    ad â–¡ ♂ 1603  I shall conclude with the words of Spineus in his Catastrophe mundi where he saith Take heed all you Kings of Spain and France you Princes and Potentates of Italy behold and dread the Sign that is sent down from God viz. the Mock-Star of the Year 1604. let down in the Fiery Triplicity to provoke Wars and Conflicts by 7 Aph. 34. Rebellions Treasons Desolations so that all Men living shall be naturally inclin'd to shedding of bloud for every immoderate Coâ—stitution of the Stars brings Death amongst old and infirm People but in others violent events and cruel destruction of young men or their utter ruine Oh! how many Changes of Kingdoms Oh! how much lamenting and bewailing the condition of disgrace Oh! what sorts and difference of dangers and troubles are to be feared what unspeakable great and grievous Villanies Oh! what turbulent and damnable Seditions Oh! what unlooked and unhoped for mischievous kinds of death Oh! what exalting of wicked and reprobate Men the troubled Stars of Heaven do belch out Oh! what wretched and indigent Persons are every where extolled and the rich oppressed and impoverished How many Subjects and Servants shall rule whilst Kings and Masters shall obey What Princes shall be thrown out of their Dominions Oh! what insolent Drunken and Luxurious Men who shall have the Habit of Whoredom What inventers of new and unheard of Lusts Buggeries Gluttons Murtherers Cruel Deceivers and Traitors and Thieves without cause such as shall deride torment and tear in pieces and kill with very vexation all Men that be endued with Prudence Knowledge and Wisdom but they shall be of a constant mind and although these things shall be fierce after the year 1630 yea more fierce after 1650 yet shall they be most terrible and rigorous after the year 1660 God divert the evil that is yet further portended from the effects of this New Star from the Kingdom of England for since the Year 1660 there hath been a great deal of this production come to pass and a great deal more there is behind which not only England but France and Spain and Italy and Germany Holland Scotland and almost all the whole World in one measure or other within this 20 years will be sensible of viz. Wars Plagues Famine and cruel destruction of Mankind with the burning of Towns and Citys And so much may serve or the Judgment of the New Star CHAP. V. Of the Comet that appeared Anno 1618. OF this Comet hath Mr. Lilly treated of in his Prophetical Merlin therefore I shall not undertake to write my Judgment thereon because the Effects are already past only write down the Ephemeris thereof and the Figure of the Full Moon following that from thence and the effects that be past we may be able to find out a true measure of time for such like Prodigies which cannot be done without Examples for the Ancients have given us but very little light therein The Comets place at Full Moon following which was Nov. 21. at 12 b 15 m. P. M. 1681. The Comet first appeared about the 11 day but was not seen by every one till the 18 day from which time the Ephemeris begins Month days its day motion G. M. its motion in Longit G. M. Declination G. M.  Novemb. 18 3 20 20 0 â™ 10 20 S. 1618 ad â–¡ ☿ 1623 Novemb. 19 3 0 16 30 â™ 8 35 S. 1619 ad ☠new Star 1572 Novemb. 20 3 35 13 0 â™ 6 10 S. 1620  Novemb. 21 1 30 9 25 â™ 3 30 S. 1621  Novemb. 22 1 30 7 55 â™ 0 35 S. 1622  Novemb. 23 1 30 6 25 â™ 02 00 N. 1623 ad â–¡ ♄ ♃ 1623 24 1
much shall serve at this time for the Judgment of these Comets CHAP. XI The Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter October 1682. Astrologically handled THis Conjunction which we are now to handle happeneth to be the fourth Conjunction since their last entrance into this Triplicity the first being in the Year 1603 already handled in the Discourse going before And forasmuch as this Conjunction falls in the Regal Sign Leo of the fiery Triplicity and being the fourth Conjunction they have made therein which Conjunction 1603 being the seventh return into this Triplicity since the Creation of the World and that this Conjunction in Leo being thrice repeated will therefore produce eminent effects and seeing it being a thing impossible to get the true time of the Conjunctions themselves we must content our selves with the times of the New and Full Moons before and after the Conjunction the first Conjunction happeneth about the 17th day of October 1682 the second Conjunction happeneth on or about the 20th of January 1682 3 and the 3d. and last falleth about the 10th of May 1683 according to the Caroline Tables of Thomas Street the full Moon before the Celebration of this Conjunction falls on the 6th day of October at 1 h. 33 m. P.m. and the New Moon following falls on the 20th day of October at 1 h. 41 P.m. the Figures of Heaven are as follow Full Moon Octob. 6. at 1 H. 35 P. M. latt 51.32 New Moom Oct. 20. at 1 H. 41 P. M. latt 51.32 Now Authors tell us that if Saturn and Jupiter be conjoyned in Leo there should be some sturdy Prince that should trouble all his Confederates and that all Princes should grow ravenous and exercise Tyranny over their Subjects and shall endeavour to make himself great by undirect means but in the height of all his greatness vanisheth by sudden death or is much molested by his Vassals leaving his Posterity in a very unsettled condition for although this Trigon breeds valiant Men yet they are extreamly unfortunate and those evils that have a beginning under the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo are fixed for a long time for every Prince doth vainly conceit himself to be the only Alexander but their Pride and Vain-glory shall bring themselves and Posterity to a State much worse than their beginning This last Conjunction we had in Leo was that which happened in the Year 1623 and that was followed with the Death of King James 1625 and a great Plague and we have cause to fear the approach of another great Plague in the Year 1683 from which good Lord deliver us for if we do but consider the position of Heaven the Full Moon preceeding this Conjunction you will find that Mars Lord of the 10th in the 8th House in Quartile to Mercury in the great Conjunction and the Sun Lord of the 8th is in Quartile to the Sign Ascending and the Conjunction it self is not far from the 8th House these things make me to judge that we have a Plague very near us and a very great one and that before 1683 be over but I dare not be too positive in such determinations but when I consider the Conjunction it self I find it to fall in the sixth of those places that have Aries for their Ascendant and in the 4th of those that have Gemini therefore let those beware for they are threatned with no less than a Mortality and that a great one which God in his Mercy divert For a preparative to this great Conjunction we have the Sun Ecclipsed upon the 24th day of July at which time Mars Lord of the 7th was in the 10th in Quartile to the Sign Ascending the Eclips falls not far in longated form the place of this Conjunction viz. in or about 11 degrees of Leo Junctinus tells us that when the Sun is eclipsed in the Fiery Triplicity denotes the Banishment of some Great Person with discord and hatred between the People and some great Ruler or Governour many repinings grudgings and dissentions Motions of Armies much War and slaughter of Mankind burning of Houses depopulations of many Countries and Citys very Pestilent Diseases the Eclips it self fâ—ll in the 10th therefore it will chiefly concern those that are Rulers and Covernours of Towns and Citys The next thing that helps to usher in this Conjunction is the Conjunction of Tory Mars with Jupiter as if he did intend to poysen Justice with a hasty cholerick humour and cause those whose places is to act prudently to act like Mad-men as if they did endeavour to set all in an uproar Mars naturally as he is posited in Leo doth represent Men of a daring Spirit hectoring and bouncing governed too much by their own will and delighting much in quarrelling and can hear of nothing that will please them so much as Wars and Battels and his being in Conjunction with Jupiter makes him have a great shew of Religion with all his actions Let those places under Leo look to it for they are principally concerned yet those places under Aquarius and Scorpio and Taurus will have a great share in these kind of actions I pray God bless the Kingdom of Ireland from unruly actions for they are under Taurus and this Conjunction and all the Conjunctions in Leo are in Quartile to that Sign Upon the 11th day of September 1682 there was a Conjunction of Saturn and Mars in or about the 16 degrees of Leo this Conjunction on of Saturn and Mars falls near the place of the last of the three Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter May the 10th 1683 from whence may be expected great Alterations as to Mundane Affairs Mars I find in the Conjunction to be elevated above Saturn having more North latitude than Saturn and Saturn being very weak therefore hath Mars more power than Saturn therefore what is chiefly signified by the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars will be wholly Martial Now if the Ottoman Family had their Rise under the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio as is verily believ'd it did then that People shall afflict a great part of Christendom for he has lately or will very shortly change his Aphelion into Virgo which doth shew that those People shall move out of their own Country in way of Conquest and shall continue so doing for some years to come even till they have made themselves Masters of great part of Christendome It we consider the quality of Saturn in this Conjunction of Saturn and Mars we shall find Saturn to be very weak for Leo is Saturn detriment and is just like a man that is an Enemy to his own House and Family and one that should seek to destroy his Posterity Saturn generally is the cause of Matters Political and Civil all subtle and Politick Councils deceitful private and cunning Stratagems covetousness self-ends destruction to some Ancient Family and Building as to Laws Liberties Customs and Priviledges depopulations And this he doth signifie in Political Matters In
the 10th House we find Scorpio and Mars Lord thereof in the 8th and the Conjunction is in Quartile to the very degree thereof Now the 10th House signifies all Magistrates viz. Kings Princes Governours of Towns and Cities viz. Majors Bayliffs all Captains and Conductors in War likewise all Justices of the Peace all these shall find great trouble in their place and Office some of them shall exercise Tyranny over them they are to rule and by that means cause their Subjects to rebel and by that means bring themselves and posterity to great destruction others of them will act beyond their Legal Power and by that means bring themselves under the lash of the Law of the Countrey wherein they live and shall end their days by publick Justice others they will end their days by Plagues others will end their davs by Famine and others by Gun-shot In short there will be a great rout of such men represented by the 10th House Upon the Cusp of the 11th House we find Mars and Venus therein and Mars casting off his Square to Sagitarius out of the 8th the House of death As to Kings and Rulers of Countries the 11th represents their Associates Councellors Allies their Treasure Ammunition Soldiery now Mars being Lord of the 10th and being placed in the 8th in Quartile to the 11th House from which may be conjectured that the Princes of the Earth should grow very ambitious and shall wast their Estates by War If any one will be but pleased to inquire into History they will find that the Roman Empire had its rise under the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Scorpio and that was 45 years before the coming of Christ and by reason of there being a triple Conjunction in the Sign Leo in Quartile to the Conjunction that preceded the rise of that Empire from whence may be expected great calamity to befal that Empire if not a final Catastrophe About the year 1331 began the Ottomon Family and that was under the Gubernation of a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Gemini Now is this Conjunction in Leo 1682 in Sextil to that Conjunction preceding the Rise of the Ottoman Family this shall cause that Monarch to thrive much besides he at this time hath very good directions in his Nativity and forasmuch as the Conjunction favours that mighty Prince and afflicts the Roman Empire therefore may it be conjectured that he shall dismember the Roman Empire of some of his Territories and shall continue so doing for some years If we consider the 9th there we find Libra 21 degrees and the Sun in the 9th in his fall opposed by the Moon Lady of the 7th and Venus Lady of the 9th has lately been in Quartile of Mars The 9th signifies Religion Pilgrimage long Journeys or Voyages Ceremonies Sacrifices Faith Clergy-men of all Sorts Arts and Sciences the Law it also signifies learning in general and all Church livings That which is worth our taking notice of is the Comet that was seen in the Year 1680. when it came to be visible over all Europe it was in Quartile to the degree of the 9th as if the beginning of trouble should fall upon matters of Faith from whence may be conjectured that there shall be great persecution to those that are of a contrary opinion to those that are established by authority even to the undoing of many thousands this Comet had its first appearance not far from the degrees of the 9th and therefore all matters relating to the 9th must suffer during the time of this Conjunction Operation and for as much as the Comet was in Opposition of Saturn when it appeared December 1680. shall there be great wrangling and great fewds both about matters of Law as of Divinity If the Ascendant represent the vulgar sort of people then doth the 2d House signifie their wealth upon which we find Aquarius and the Dragons-Tail not far from thence and both Saturn and Jupiter are in Opposition to the second also Now the second House signifieth Riches Estate Goods of Fortune Money Plate Houshold-slust Corn Jewels and is the proper personal estate of any man Now this Conjunction falling in Opposition to the second House signifies there should be but small buying and selling and as little enriching ones Estate Notwithstanding many shall much desire it I cannot but judg from hence the sudden undoing of many a man by Rapine Thievery Taxes legal or illegal there will great impoverishment to the Estates and Inheritance of the Nobility to the Clergy to the Gentleman to the Lawyer and the industrious Merchant and to the Yeomen and hard labouring Farmer the Diurnal operating Labourer the Curious or Idle Mechanick the Collier Tinker and the most sordid of all Professions except the Hangman To the Merchant I divine great loss by Piracies Shipwracks and by broken Crediters or Bankrupt Debtors I cannot imagine by this Conjunction being in Oppositon to the second who or what kind of man or of what Nature and Profession he shall be of that in these Turbulent Times as these are like to be for some years after the first Conjunction shall either thrive or keep his own And forasmuch as the second House hath a fixed Sign on it and the Conjunction it self in a fixed Sign also so shall be the means whereby men shall be impoverished He that is rich to day is not certain to abound to morrow he that kept Servants this month may be a Servant or a Slave himself the next An Universal Poverty in Estate in Cattel Corn and what not a time uncomfortable I see for some succeeding years bad to all good to few If the tenth signifies Kings in general you shall find Mars but in a dejected condition in the 8th and worst of all he is in Quartile to the 11th that signifies the support of Princes With what difficulty labour and discontent shall the Grandees of the World have to supply their necessary disbursments for part of the years allotted to the conclusion of this Conjunction In the next place if we make Jupiter the general Significator of the Nobility Gentry Episcopacy Lawyers Prelacy is from Jupiter Munkery from Saturn so that Cloisters of Fryars as well as Benefices of Bishops will smart and come short of their Revenues If you will know by whom this shall be Mars being Lord of the 10th points Authority and strong-hand by the Souldiers the Dragons-tail denoteth vulgar Persons Clowns day-labourers Vagabond fellows their own Tenants as forward as any body for what either the Souldier Regal commands or Magistracy leaves the Peasant will in time lay hold of the rest Guido Bonatus tells us that if Jupiter be corporeally joyned to Saturn men do their actions silently clocking all their actions with Religion with an appearance of Fidelity and Observation of the commands of Justice shall this Age be pestered with such sort of these men that shall pretend Justice and Law and rob men of their Rights and Estates it
beginning which will continue now until almost all Italy is lost which will be in 3 or 4 years after this yet is poor Oxford afflicted that City will find what it is to have a Comet appear in their Sign but be thou patient when thou hast been tryed thou wilt appear like burnished Gold it is in vain to contend with so Potent an Enemy as thou hast to deal with this being all the hath to boast of that her sufferings are not alone There is a Family in Europe that had its rise to greatness about the Year 1344 that Family now will find a downfal for ever the Name of Percys had their Original about the year 1067 under a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Virgo and the Conjunction in Pisces 1642 3 brought that Name and Family to nothing SECT 16. Of the Astrological Judgment of the Year 1698. IN this year we have no Directions of the great Conjunction only we have the Mid-heaven of the appearance of the New Star 1604 to this Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter 1682 we have also a famous Conjunction of Saturn and Mars in 18 degrees of Aquarius in Opposition to the Conjunction 1682 and 1683. There is also a famous Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in 22 degree of Scorpio August 29 we have also two Eclypses of the Sun the one in Aries England's Sign the other Libra The first falls March the 31st at 7 of the Clock at Night in 21 degrees of Aries not visible The second will be September the 24th at 4 of the Clock in the morning and therefore not visible it falls in 11 degrees of Libra there is all the second Quadrate of Saturn and Jupiter this year Saturn is in 19.28 of Aquarius and Jupiter in 19.28 in Scorpio This is like to be a year of much action for now Saturn transites the Conjunction 1682 by an Opposition and Jupiter by a Quadrate great shall be the effect of this Quadrate it threatens Italy with no less than Confusion and a total subversion of the triple Crown although it may not be fully compleated this year yet this year sets a great say to it the Sea shall swell with great Navies of Ships and there shall be great Sea Fights England thou shalt have a hand in it thou shalt be victorious Now France's Power is brought low the late War hath destroyed thousands of his Subjects few or none of them but hath suffered to purpose through the pride of an insulting King and the envy of the Roman Clergy the vallant Tartar receiv'd a great Thunder stroak but if you will look for the Bolt you must go to Ireland The Eclypse of the Sun in Aries destroys the Sheep and Hogs it denotes the Death of a Woman of great note and also lamentable woe to most men and in Libra denotes the Death of Kings and Nobles it stirs up Sedition and Trouble about Customs and Priviledges it is the Fore-runner of a Famine and those places under Aries and Libra are most concern'd SECT 17. Of the Astrological Judgment of the Year 1699. THis year we have the great Conjunction 1603 comes by direction to the Opposition of Mercury and the Sun to the Opposition of Mars and Venus to the Opposition of Mars and the Moon to the body of Mars also and we have the New Star 1604 comes by direction to the Quartile both of the Sun and Venus besides the effects of the last Conjunction of Saturn and Mars last year and the Opposition of Saturn and Mars this year Besides we have no less than 4 Eclipses this Year The first will be an Eclypse of the Moon on March the 5th day at 8 of the Clock at Night in 26 degrees of Scorpio visible The second will be of the Sun on March the 21st day about 8 of the Clock in the morning in 11 degrees of Aries The third will be an Eclypse of the Moon on August the 30th near Noon in 17 degrees of Pisces The last will be an Eclypse of the Sun on the 13th day of September about 11 of the Clock in the Morning in 1 degree of Libra and much about the time of this Eclypse there happens the Opposition of Saturn and Mars which will aggravate the effects thereof Great will be the Action of this Year those Villanies that have for many years been kept as a Secret will now be made known to every one All Nations will be troubled with Rumors of Wars every Religion preparing Armies Traffick prohibited both by Land and Sea the Main Sea shall hugely swell with mighty Tempests so that the Sea banks in many places shall overflow their accustomed bounds Inundations universally every where now Holland look to thy self terrible Sea Fights will be this Year occasioning the water to look more red than the Red Sea the water turned to Blood War and Blood shed over all the Earth one Nation shall send so many Men to the Wars that it for a time shall seem to be desolate of Men in the Eastern part of the World a whole Army shall be destroyed by Fire from Heaven with their Wealth and Treasure There shall also be a great drought and want of Water and the Earth shall be so parched that there will be no food for Cartle Great Plagues and War shall cover the whole face of the Earth and so destroy Mankind that there will not be sufficient Labourers to get in Harvest and the Vermin shall so destroy the Fruit on Trees that all be barren a general Famine and Dearth of Corn will overspred most Nations of Europe so that Thousands shall starve for want of Bread yet at the last we have a Sextile of Saturn and Jupiter each of them being in their own House Now shall one appear suddenly a great Conquerour the World filled with the fame of this Man who shall all of a sudden give Peace to all Europe Oh! Happy time SECT 18. Of the Astrological Judgment of the Year 1700. IN this year we have the Ascendant of the great Conjunction 1603 by direction to the body of the Moon and Opposition of the Sun and Venus There is also a Conjunction of Saturn and Mars in Pisces December 29th day we have also two Eclipses of the Moon The first will be on February the 26th day about 6 of the Clock in the Morning in 15 degres of Virgo visible The second will be on August the 18th about two of the Clock in the Afternoon in 6 degrees of Pisces This year will produce no great matter only every Nation is endeavouring to settling it self now is Rome destroyed and the downfal of the Seat of Peter the Conversion of Turks and Jews soon follows Religion truly preach'd universally over all the World a general Peace no more Treason or Rebellion for a great many years every Man now possesses his own Vineyard our youths grow up to Mens Estates old Men live their full years England thou shalt rejoyce as well as other Nations in the many blessings God affords you annually FINIS 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 Dorcet street next door to a Glaziers viz. Arithmetick Geometry Gaging Surveying of Land Trigonometry Navigation Astronomy Dyalling 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 Serveying of any Man in England He hath also ready for the Press and will shortly be made publick a small piece 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 situated 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 shewing 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 Content 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-way and Rivers with the manner of making a Map of any County or Kingdom The like never before extant By John Holwell Philomath