Herodotus Cum Deus puniturus est gentem vel orbem prodigiis id solet prius significare i. e. When God intends to punish a Nation Countrey or City he is first wont to give them notice thereof by apparitions or Prodigies And this shall suffice for answer to the three Questions and for the first Section also viz. of some disquisitions touching Prodigies SECT II. Being a brief Catâ—l gue of the most remarkable Prodigies sâ—en and observed since the birth of Christ together with the effects that have succeeded them ABout the time that our Lord and Saviour was born which was in the year of the world 3849. and 43. year of the raign of Augustus Caesar many wonderful and remarkable Prodigies shewed themselves in the Heavens and this more frequently then in former years as Josephus in his Jewish Antiquities testifies Which unusual sights occasioned the Magi or wise men of those times in theiâ— predictions to conclude That some more then ordinary person would arise or appear in the world which presages some learned Persons applyed to Augustus Caesar who then raigned prosperously But the more divinely inspired interpreted them to signifie him who as the Prophet Isaiah saiâ—h should have his government upon his shoulders Even the Saviour of the whole world Now the Birth of Christ among Christians being accepted of as the most principal Epochae I adjudged it convenient to dig so far intâ— the golden Mines of Chronologie and History and hand unto the world a brief of all the Principal Prodigies and Apparitions since that time together with their effects which take as followeth An. Chri. Prodigies Their effects 5. Many Prodigious births in Germany Armies in the Air seen at Rome Tiberius obtains a victory against the Cauchi in Germany he subdues the Lumbards The Pannonii rebel A very great Famine in Rome 6. 10. A terrible Ecliâ—se of the Sun And Prodigious storms of rain and hail in Germany The Pannonian war is ended The second German war began Varus defeated and killeth himself The Illyrians subdued by Tiberius Ovid banished Româ— 12. In Cyprus a great Earthquake that overthrew many Cities Christ disputes with the Doctors A great and tâ—rrible Comet then seen Athenaeus slain by the fall of a House Antipater and Philip build Caesarea Philippi and Bethsaida in honour of Augustus Caligulâ— born Augustus granteth the Tribunes power to Tiberius 13. 15. The light of the ☉ was seen apparently to fâ—il The Heavens seemed to burn Fierâ— Beams fell from Heaven Bloody Comets seen Lightning sâ—â—â—kes out the first letter of Caesars Name Vitellius born Agrippa slain and Julia starved to death Germanicus overcometh the Bracteri and Arminius A counterfeit Agrippa raiseth Forces and cometh to Rome Is betrayed to Tiberius and executed Caesar dyeth Ovid dyeth 16. 17. The River Tyber overfloweth Rome Thirteen Cities destroyed with an Earthquake Noysome Flyes in great swarms and companies in Germany Guiderius in Britain refuses to pay Tribute Germanicus overcomes the Chatti and Cherusci and Angrivarii Drusus Tiberius Son rebels but is subdued by Camillus Piso corrupts Tiberius Army in Germany 18. 22. Blood rained in Rome Great flocks of Grashoppers Armies fighting in the Air seen in Poland and at Rome c. Pompey's Theatre burned Sejanus favourite to Tiberius is executed for aspiring his Son strangled his Daughter first deflowred by the Hangman then put to death Drusus is poysoned 23. 29. An Army of Souldiers seen in the Air at Rome Fiery Torches a blazing Star like a sword with many other wonderful Prodigies now seen in Germany The Arabians defeat Herod The City Tiberius drowned Tiberius turned Tyrant and in stead of being called Claudius Tiberius Nero Thâ—y named him Caldius Biberius Mero Otho is born 30. 34. A very great darkness in the day-time which continued from six a clock until nine and yet no Eclipse of the ☉ for it was at a full Moon Christ the Saviour of the world was crucified Agrippina wife to Germanicus starved to death by Tiberius Tacitus saith Tiberius caused now above a thousand to be slaine in Rome 39. A very great light seen in the Heavens and a voyce tancountred Saul going to Dama cus saying Saul Saul wâ—y persecutest thou me This Prodigie was the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Pauls conversion Some would have this to have hapned in the 35 yeâ—r of P C. Caligula would be worshipped as a God commands it executeth divers Knights and Gentlemen 47. The Heavens seem wonderfully to burn A Comet of very great magnitude appeaâ—ed for many dayes together Lightning fell from Heâ—ven upon the standards of the Pretorian Souldiers Vespâ—sian goeth into Britain taketh the Isle of Wight The Romans overcome the Picts in Scotland Herod dyeth 20000 Jews slain between the Gates of the Temple Messalina foâ—câ—th Salvis to repudiate his wife marries her they both are slain 48. 50. A Phoenix seen in Egypt And an Island of thirty fuâ—longs in length aâ—peared in the S â— which was n ver before seen A very great Famine in Rome Vertidius banished by Claudius Vannius expelled his power Domitian born The whole Country of Trevers is wasted by Clodomore 57. 53. Three Suns appeared at one time in Rome And in and about the Coasts of England for certain dayes the Sea seemed as blood Claudius poysoned by Agrippina 3000 Romans defeated in Scotland Agrippa poysoneth Silanus he poysoneth Narcissus for 17 Millions of money and he also poysoneth Britannicus 54. 56. A Comet of a very great magnitude appeared for a long time together in Italy Nero begins his Acts of villany Cartismand Queen of the Brigantes rejects Venutius her Husband he wars against her The K. of Scots taketh her buryeth her alive 59. A terrible Eclipse of ☉ The Stars also were seen Nero's supper burned with Lightning An Earthquake at Rome ☉ eclipsed again and again viz. 3 times visible in 3 yeers Many Jews perish at Caesaria Nero commits Incest with his Mother The Britains slay 70000 of the Romans and Suetonius destroys 80000 of them as he comes from Anglesey Saint Mark writes his Gospel c. 60. 61. 63. A great Comet appears and lightning falls before Nero's Table A very great inundation in England Rome is fired by the meanes of Nero he rejoyces in that villany This yâ—ar the Jews rebâ—l and many of them are slain 64. 66. The Ocean seemed blood A prodigious accident at Colchester in England viz. the image of victory turned back An Earthquake in Asia A Comet appeared six months Another Comet and three Suns together Gessius Florus slain by the Jews Bodice aided by Corbred King of Scots killeth 70000 Romans Vespasian sent against the Jews The Romans take Jamnia and Lydo The Gadarens yeeld Nero attempteth to cut the Isthmus in Peloponnesus 67. 69. An Earthquake A strange bird of notable greatness seen at Rome A blazing star Two Eclipses of ☽ contrary to astronomical demonstration she appears black and bloody Armed men seen in the air Jerusalem taken by Titus
to be the only instrumental cause and the bringer of Prodigies forth It therefore freely follows and that by sufficient proof That Prodigies have a Natural cause And so I descend unto my third Question Quest 3. Whether Prodigies are the Antecedents of worldly changes Resp For answer unto this Question I shall begin with the authority of the Learned Molineus fol. 160. Non est negandum coelestia vel aëria ostenta saepe fuisse praenuntia calamitatum We may not deny saith he that the Heavenly or aërial Prodigies are oftentimes the Messengers or Ambassadors of misery and calamity unto mankind In the year of our Lord saith Lycosthenes and from him Dr. Bateman 1500. there appeared a Comet of a dreadful greatness for eighteen days together in the North under the tropical sign Capricorn and saith he the same year the Tartarians spoyled Russia and Polonia Dubartas as paraphrased by J. S. in his second days work fol. 16. goeth farther and saith The Drops of fire which weeping Heaven did showr Upon Lucania when Rome sent the flowr Of Italy into the wealthy clime Which Euphrates fats with his fruitful slime Presag'd that Parthians should the next year tame The Proud Lucanians and nigh quench their name The clash of Arms and clang of Trumpets heard High in the Air when valiant Romans-war'd Victoâ—iously on the now canton'd Suisses Almans and Cymbrians One speaking of Prodigies adorns this truth further thus Solet enim benignissimum Numen ubi mensura flagitiorum nostrorum ad plenitudinem venit vindictam hic potius temporariam quam aeternam parat naturalium istorum effectuum occasione uti terrore illo ad poenitentiam sui respectum convertere It is thus in English The wise Creator of heaven and earth is wont when the measure of our wickedness comes to an height rather to inflict upon us temporal then eternal punishments and to use for our amendments the occasions of these Natural effects thereby to convert us with the terrour of those sights to a repentance and dutiful respect of him And the same Author speaking of Prodigies in another place saith In mundo multos significant effectus mirabiles i. e. In the world Apparitions and Prodigies do signifie and declare many wonderful and remarkable effects Nec est quisquam nisi cuius animus ab religione plane obrutuit qui ad fulmina fragorem tonitruum aut cruenti cometae aspectum non tangatur metu Cometam qui dicitur Xiphias portendere bella experientis comprobatum est Pogoniam presignificare mortem regum Quam ominosa fuerit stella crinita 1607. testantur tot calamitates urbium Ecclesiarum projecta cadavera Saith Molineus Neither is there any unless such a one who hath no Religion who is not affrighted at lightning and the clashing noise of Thunder and the sight of an horrible Comet A Comet like a Sword as we have sufficiently proved by experience portends wars And a Comet with a Beard doth signifie the death of Kings how ominous that stella Crinita or Blazing Star which appeared in 1607 was so many calamities of Cities and desolation of Churches sadly testifies The Holy Scripture seals this truth and adds abundant weight thereunto as most fully appears from that sign in the Heavens which appeared to the children of Israel in Egypt Exod. Chap. 13. And that also in Joshua's time of the Suns standing still Josh Chap. 10. But especially in those two memorable ones â—t the birth and death of our Saviour Mat. Chap. 2. c. Nay if we consult History we shall find That there hath never been any notable Apparition or Prodigie seen in the Heavens but it hath been attended in the seqâ—el with some more then ordinary 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or change here on earth And it is a right-handed and sublime truth that God maketh use of the Heavens and Elements for the discovery of his mind and intent unto the world as well as of the tongues of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or messengers viz. his Prophets and Apostles yea he speaks unto mankinde by them as the Kingly Psalmist hymneth Psal 19.2 Dies ad Diem eructat Sermonem nox ad noctem ostendit Scientiam Our Translation renders it Day unto day uttereth speech night unto night knowledge The intercourse of day and night speaks or declares the mind of God unto mankind generally But when the days or nights are chequered with Prodigies or sights unusual then do they discover the mind and intent of the most high unto mankind more particularly Loquitur cum hominibus Deus non modò lingua humanâ per Prophetas Apostolos Pastores sed non-nunquam etiam ipsis Elementis in formas imagines diversas compositis saith one God speaks with men not only with the tongues of men by Prophets Apostles and Teachers but sometimes also by the Elements composed or wrought into divers forms and shapes Tertullian after an enumeration of many wonderful apparitions and Prodigies cries out Omnia haec signa sunt imminentis irae Dei That they are all signs of the imminent wrath of God Nay Dubartas illustrates it yet further Sec. days work fol. 14. Here in the night appears a flaming Spire There a fierce Dragon folded all in fire Here a bright Comet there a fiery stream Here flying Launces there a burning beam Here seems a horned Goat environ'd round With fiery Flakes about the Air to bound There with long bloody hair a blazing Star Threatning the world with Famine Plague and war To Princes death to kingdoms many crosses To all estates inevitable Losses To Herds-men Rot To Plow-men hapless seasons To Saylors Storms To Cities civil Treasons Then the which what can be more plain to prove that Prodigies are not onely the Antecedents but the ordinary and usual Antecedents of worldly changes I willingly pretermit an infinite number of examples in this kind as the many and admirable Prodigies pre-curring and presaging the death of Caesar and the innumerable company of Ravens seen in the Air before Alexander the Great passed from Media into Babylon and the perfect companies of Armed men seen in the Air at the time the Greeks had a conflict with the Persians and the fiery Spears seen in the Air before the Sabines invaded the Romans and the three Suns that appeared in the Heavens and in a strange manner contended each with other for superiority not long before the cruel contention that happened between Galba Otho and Vitellius for the Empire of Rome And the four Suns that appeared besides the true Sun in the year 1233. which presaged that unappeasable quarrel between Henry the third King of England and the Lords of the kingdom and also the forerunner of that sad devastation to England by fire and sword it being then consumed and utterly destroyed from Wales to Salisbury with many more reserving them for the second part of this Treatise And so I shall close this answer with that divine saying of
and many thousands slain Otho killeth himself Cerealis with Forces goeth into Germany The Samaritans invade Maesia Rotterdam in Holland built Dardanus tyrannizeth in Scotland and slaine by Corbred c. Cesennius Petus expelleth Antiochus 70. 71. 72. 76. Many strange and wonderful voyces heard in the Heavens A great blazing star or Comet this year viz 77. The Silures subdued by Julius Frontinus Hadrian born A very great Pestilence in Rome Alienus Marcellus conspire the death of Vespasian are executed for it 77. 78. This yeer there fell unto the ground three Cities with the force of an Earthquake in Cyprus Most part of Britain is subdued by Agricola he putteth Karanoth the King to flight and the Scots also Vespasian this yeer dyeth of a Flux 81. A terrible Comet now appeared The Tomb of Augustus the Emperour opened of it self Flames of fire issued out of the Hill Vesuvius Haldanus the Sweve restored to his Kingdom from which he was expelled Titus dieth Lynus a Bishop of Rome Martyred Domitian repudiateth his wife marryeth with the widow of Titus 82. 89. Blood rained in Germany Three Suns were seen at once in Poland and there hapned much lightning and thunder that consumed many brave buildings The Emperour sends two Armies against the Goths and they are both routed Philosophers and Mathematitians expelled Rome Britain reduced to a single Province and at the Emperour 's own dispose 90. 98. An Elm-tree saluted Appollonius Tyaneus and spake to him with a distinct voice The Sun is this year eclipsed And a great earthquake in Naples Cocceius Nerva dieth Two Saxon Kings rebel against Froto he overcometh them and maketh them his Tributaries S. John writeth his Epistles Rome and France fall at odds The third Persecution began 99. 107. A very great Earthquake in Asia Many prodigious sights in the air as fightings c. in the Elements seen and observed in Spain The French and Saxons plant Colonies in Germany The Saracens and Arabians subdued A Bishoâ— of Jerusalem crucified Babylon and Seleucia taken Nero's House is burnt 112. An Earthquake in Galatia At Rome Lightning from Heaven consumes the Temples of the Gods An Earthquake at Antioch Great Lightning and strange and unwonted winds Together with horrible noises in the Earth The Romanes reduce several places into Provinces Jews rebel in Egypt and kill 200000 men They force those which survive to eat the dead They slay 2â—0000 in Cyprus and at last are slain themselves The Chaldeans rebel Lucius sent against them he recovereth some Towns 114. 120. In 120. there hapned a great Earthquake in Nice And in the yeer 123. hapned another there Britains Scots and Picts rebel Christians put to death in Asia Britains reduced by Adrian Apollodorus slain by Hadrian 123. 134. This year there happened two very great Earthquakes in Palestina And Milk in a Prodigious manner was also rained at Rome Christians persecuted by the Jews The Jews rebel against the Romans Julius Severus goeth against them Armenia and Cappadocia are wasted by Pharosmanes 140. In 140. a great Earthquake happened at Rome A great fire also that destroyed 340 houses which were environed with water In 142. a Serpent seen in Arabia The Northern Britains rebel Lollius subdueth them L â—t instituted by Thelesphorus a Priest of Rome Mogalgus groweth odious to the Nobility of Scotland and at last they murther him 142. 152. Frogs rained at Constantinople And three Suns appeared there at the same time with a Star a Rainbow Polycarpus Martyr'd Aurelius Caesar seeing a wonderfull fire at Rome causeth the persecution to cease by an Edict from himself Hermogenes ran out of his wits and dyed 162. A very great Earthquake in Bithynia The Surges of the Mediterranean Sea in a calm elevated themselves to the top of a mountain far distant from it and cast the foam a great way upon the main land Britains repine at the Roman oppression and reb l Agricola subdueth them The fourth persecution began Vologesus King of the Parthians invades the Empire Verus goeth against him and hath good success Divers sects spring up this year and impede the progress of Religion 167. This year there was seen a wonderful fire in the Heavens which seemed to pass from the East unto the West French renew their Anâ—ient league with the Germans The Germans with an Army enter the Empire as far as Italie Pertinax is sent against them and repels them 170. Wolves howled hideously in Flocks neer Rome Crosses were seen to sweat with tears Rain mingled with fire falls from Heaven at Prema The Senate adjudge Cassius an enemy to the State and be is slain by the Souldiers In this year was great jarring among the Bishops and Church-men of most Nations concerning Religion 177. A great and Terrible Earthquake and many inundations at Rome This year there were many strange fires seen in the Air and some to fall thence The Marcomanni and Quadri rebel again The Emperours go against the Scythians and overthrow them Smyrna in Asia quite destroyed Antonius gives a great sum of Mony toward its repair 183. Great swarms of Locusts were seen to cover the ground and in many places to destroy Corn-Fields and Meadows A great Earthquake in Asia A Temple burnt in Alexandria The Britains war is ended by Marcellus The Scots and Picts go back again Daci rebels and is reduced to obedience by Albinus and Niger Scots of the Isles rebel Goths do much harm in Austria 187. The Stars were seen all the day long at Rome And some Apparitions hung streaming down in the very middle of the Air. Perennius and his Son executed for treason Apollonius being accused for a Christian is sentenced and executed Hunno of France wars with the Romans 190. At Rome there fell a wonderful Lightning from Heaven upon the Capitol and the fire increasing did burn the Library and all the houses neer it Cleander who possâ—ssed Perennius's place is excecuted to please the people 2000 die in a day of the Plague at Rome Commodus removeth the head from the Colossus and putteth one of his own upon it 192. Stars in the day time continually appeared All kinds of Creatures contrary to their Natures brought prodigious births this year Fire consumed the Temple of Peace The Temples of Peace and Vesta c. burnt at Rome Commodus groweth ridiculous and the people taking notice thereof he excecuted many of them Commodus is strangled by Martia his Concubine Pertinax is consul 87 days and slain by the Souldiers 194. A Characteristical Prodigie in the Heavens Flames of fire descended from heaven The Stars also appear very bright in the day time King of Scots slain by a Musitian for causing one of his kindred to be executed Severus goeth against Niger whom he beat three times and then slew him at Antioch-Herod besiegeth Byzantium 3 years together 195. There were seen at Rome three stars about the Sun very glorious An Eagle alighted on the Image of a souldier Bees wrought their Combs upon
souldiers Engines A sudden fire in the air towards the North. Severus followeth the war against the Parthians Satrahel coming to rule Scotland kills many of the old Lords of the Kingdom Constantinople taken by famine Satrahel strangled by his servants Brittains beaten by Severus Albinus's head sent to Rome 196. 303. A great lowing and fire in the earth A Whale comes ashore at the Haven of Augustus A Comet for many days together was seen at Rome Scotland received the Faith about this time The fifth Persecution began Many from Jerusalem flee into the Wilderness to avoyd the Persecution The Romans wast Arabia Strange Heresies broached by Praxeus 204. 208. A wonderful lightning fell from Heaven upon the Image of Severus and blotted out three letters of his Name Severus was then going to Britain but never returned thence 50000 of his Army die Many of the Calidonians upon a Rebellion were massacred cruelly 219. An Eagle flying takes away the Cap of Diadumenus Diadumenus is slain within fourteen Months of that time The Britains rebel and invade the Roman Territories 230. Sreames of fire and strange lightning seen at Rome Armed men seen in Muscovia and Polonia An inundation at Venice The Persians invade Armenia and the Romans they wast the Roman Territories Alectus slain in Battle King of Scots slain by his guard The Emperor goeth into Persia and is overcome 237. A blazing star seen at Rome that extended it self a very great length and was seen both to burn blaze many nights together Maximilian comâ—th out of Germanie and is slain by his own souldiers his body given to be torn and devoured of dogs Goths at this time became terrible to the Roman Empire 241. An Eclipse of the Sun which as my author saith was so great that it made the day to seem as dark as the night Athirco of Scotland kills himself Strange Heresies spread themselves The Persian waâ— initiateth The Persian is vanquished and expelled Syria 244. The Sun eclipsed totally A great Earthquake which caused the earth to gape so extreamly that certain Cities together with their people were swallowed up Gordian is slain by Philip. Philip dies and Marcus is chose by the Senate and dyeth within five days Next Serverus Hostilianus is chosen who dying Philip the Arabian is chosen and Eusebius calls him the first Christian Emperour 257. Great Thunder in the earth with terrible darkness an Earthquake The Sea overwhelmed many Cities in Europe and Affrica The Goths take Chalcedon and spoyl it They take Nice also The sickness rageth in the Roman Army The Goths burn the Temple of Ephesus they enter Macedonia and Asia 264. This year there were many exceeding great Earthquakes and darkness for many days together Spears also were seen in the Elements at Rome The Germans and Scythians wast the Empire The French mischief Italy Claud. Censorinus made Emperour in Italy and slain there Donald in Scotland usurped and kept the Nobility in fear threatning to kill their kindred whom he had took 300. An horrible Earthquake at Tyre which destroyed many Buildings and an innumerable company of people Many Monsters were also born this year Dioclesian assumeth the name of Divinâ— Honour Many Christians are burned in a house at Nicodemia The tenth persecution beginneth 144000 put to death in Egypt and 700000 banished The Persians and Goths worsted 314. This year a Banner with a Cross seen in the Air and divers Armies Fighting Penitents were also seen to hover in the Air in Spain Two Councils cal'd and held this year one at Arls against the Donatists The other at Ancyra in Galatia to restore the lapsed Arrius begâ—ns to broach his Heresies is condemned by a Council at Alexandria 315. 320. This year was a hand seen in Lateran at Rome without a body which in the sight of many men writ upon a wall these words Hodie venonum Ecclesiae infusuâ—us To day he will pour Poyson into the Church Rome beautified by Constantine Lamps and Wax-candles in the day time used in the Church first Constantine goeth into Gaul to appease a sedition of his Souldiers French aid the Samarte against the Romans and in a Battel kill 46000 men 323. A Fountain ran with oyl in Italy There was also a terrible Comet seen for many days together at Rome Constantine and Licinius met at Chalcedon Licinius is overthrown Octavian Fleeth into Scotland and by the aide of Fincomore recovers Britain Licinius is put to death 340. An Earthquake in Asia that overthrew many Cities A child of six months old Prophecies in Rome Constantine the Eldest is slain The Siege of Nisibis is raised Constans raiseth forces against the Gauls he subdueth them Athanasius is exiled 343. A great and terrible Eclipse of the Sun And an Earthquake whose force was so great that it overthrew many Cities in the East Paul banished Hermogenes slain in a tumult Constantius persecuteth the Clergy Julius entertaineth Athanasius and other banished Catholicks the Arrians are offended at it Arrius his heresi s spread at Antioch A persecution in Persia Constantius is beaten in Persia The Heathen Templâ—s shut up Nisibis besieged again by Sapores 344. A great and terrible Earthquake that shook Antioch and most of the Eastern parts for a year together 349. A great Earthquake that overthrew a City into the sea all of it except the Church Dirachium fell with an Earthquake and Rome was shak n three days and three nights together together with divers Cities in Campania Constantius giveth battel to the Persians and overcometh them but his souldiers drunk with wine and beer as well as with success the Persians come suddenly on them and make a great slaughter Magnenâ—ius conspires against Constance although he had once saved his life 362. An Earthquake in Persia doing very much harm This yeer an Ox is said to have spoke in Italy Nicodemia overthrown with an Earthquake Vandamore taken by Julian Constantius maketh peace with Sapores and shortly after dies Christians persecuted Julian to Constantinople prepares for the Persian war is slain at Chresiphen The Temple of Apollo Daphneus burnt 369. A great inundation or overflowing of waters in Sicilia and a general Earthquake over the whole world Romachus defeateth Angusian and the Picts He tyrannizeth and the Nobles cut off his head Valence putteth Athanaricus to flight 377. A Comet of wonderful greatness and another general Earthquake in Cicilia The Scots and Picts are set at variance by Maximus The Goths turn Arrians They wast Thrace Thessaly and Epirus Gratian killeth 35000 Germans 384. This year appears a terrible sign in the Heavens in all parts like unto a fierie Pâ—llar And the River Tiber overflows her Banks again Maximus killeth Gratian treacherously possesseth Britain France Spain Affrick Vandals Lumbards quarrel Priscillian is executed at Trevors by Maximus after an appeal to him from the Council of Bourdeaux 392. A new star in the Heavens that appeared in the form of a sword for forty days together
Armed men and Castles seen in the H avens at Greece Valentinian strangled at Vienna Eugenius is made Emperour Honorius wars against Eugenius King of France slain in battel Romans impose a tribute on the French 399. Strange fiery Clouds seen in Constantinople An Earthquake and great Hayl A star like a sword seen at Rome In many places hailstones fell which were bigger then a stone of eight pound weight A great snow a great Eclipse of the Sun other strange meteors Goths divide into two factions and consume themselves with Civil War Gildo killeth his children is forced to flâ—e is taken and strangled Temples and Idols destroyed The Sybils Books burnt at Rome Gaina the Goths General rebels is taken and slain by the Prince of the Huns Alaricus wasts Pannonia and Dalmatia without opposition 430. 412. This year the earth at Eutica as if it had been sensible mourned for 7 days together with a horrible lowing At Rome great flocks of Grashoppers were seen in the Air. Arthaulphus warreth with the Vandals The Spaniards Country parted between the Swedes and Vandals Pelagius a Monk in Britain broaches his opinions Heraclian is slain by his own Souldiers 434. It rained blood at Tolosa A Comet of wonderful Magnitude appeared in the Heavens this year In Swethen a Dragon was seen flying in the Air. A great Famine in Constantinople Pope Bassus dieth The French besiege Archillas The Emperours make peace with the Vandals Goths break peace with the Romans The Britains war with the Scots 454. Apparitions in the Heavens in England Spears burning seen at Rome Many earthquakes Moon Eclipsed A Comet this year appeared ten weeks together This year Aelius is slain Catigern and Horsa slain in Battel at Aylesford in Kent The Britains beat the Saxons and drive them into the Isle of Thaner King of Goths slain 463. A great Earthquake in Rome and in many parts of Italy with terrible showres and great storms of Hayl The Goths wast Illyria Beorgok is slain in Italy by Ricimer The Popes priviledge is obstructed by Hillarius a Deacon of Rome 471. An Earthquake at Vienna Wolves and other Beasts wander all the year through that City and devour men The Kings Palace is consumed by fire Ricimer aspireth and being discovered fleeth to Milan he proclaimeth war against the Emperour Besiegeth Rome killeth Arthemius Lusitania and Burgundie wasted by the Visi-Goths 483. In Russia Armies of men were seen in the Air. An Earthquake also and two wonderful blazing Stars appeared A Rainbow encompassing two Suns Gyles King of Soyssons is slain and Clovis taketh many Cities A persecution of learned men in Affrique Zeno giveth himself to ryots and cruelty he putteth many to death 507. This year there fell a great and fiery Dart from Heaven in Affrica And dark spots were also observed in the bodie of the Sun The Emperour gives the Goths money to depart his Dominions Clovis warreth against Alaricus for Religion and killeth him Italy wasted by a present sent to Clorus of 100 Ships and 8000 men 529. Wonderful lightning at Antioch An Earthquake at Constantinople Legible letters seen in the Air at Rome It rained blood in the Vallies of Lucern and Peidmont four days together The Persians war against the King of Colchos and the Emperour The Vandals put their General to death The Jews are suppressed The Emperours General Mundus defeateth the Getes who wasted Thrace 539. A famous Comet seen in the regal sign Sagittarius And flocks of Ravens seen at Rome The Emperour and Persians break their peace The Persians take Antioch and wast the Eastern Provinces The Emperour purchaseth his peace People ordered to pray toward the East 546. The Sea flowed up four miles into Thrace and swept away many people A very great Earthquake in Constantinople The Emperour wars with the Lazii The Goths setting upon the Romans at the siege of Septa are all slain Totilas besiegeth Rome and takâ—th it Belisarius recovereth it c. 555. A fiery Launce in the Element appeared from the North to the East The Heavens seemed to open in France and lights shined out for two hours space An Earthquake shook Constantinople for six weeks The Ostro-Gothique war endeth in Italy this year Narses winneth Liguria and Venice fâ—om the French The Romans rout the Persians at Phasido The Jews and Samaritans persecute the Christians and burn their Churches in Caesaria 570. At York in England the Fountains ran blood Blood also fell from the Clouds in Lumbardie In Kent a boy laughed in his mothers belly and at London Trees seemed to be on fire The Persians begin a war with the Romans The Emperour entreth into a league with the Ethiopians against the Persians The Huns break into Germany and are expelled by the French The Persians invade Armenia and take Antioch and Daras 590. A great inundation in Constantinople A Comet this year that blazed a Month together In the River Tiber were seen a Dragon and many Serpents It overflows Rome An infinite company of Grashoppers in Lombardy Many Locusts in France A famine so great in Britain that the people assembled themselves together in flocks to cast themselves into the Sea Romanus gaineth from the Lombards A Plague so great in Rome that 800 men fell dead in an hour in the time of Procession Antharis is poysoned at Papia Huns invade Europe and Thrace Emperour goes against thâ—m but is forced to return 597. A horrible Comet seen in Constantinople The Elements seen to burn in Poland A fiery Launce seen in the Heavens at Rome Pope Gregory redeems many Captives The Sclavi wast Thrace The Britains and Scots invade the Saxons France and Poland are miserably wasted 618. A grievous Earthquake in Palestina A sign in the Heavens like a sword flamed thirty days together A Comet appeared for a month together and was seen at Hierusalem Brunchild a Daughter of France found guilty of the death of Ten Kings she is tyed by the hair of the head and by Arms to wild horses and torn to pieces Romans and Persians at odds The Emperour defeated in Thrace 639. An Earthquake at Antioch Horsemen seen in the Air in Muscovia And blood rained at Naples The Saracens become Lords of all Mesopotamia Sigebert the East Saxon dieth Dagobert becomes the sole Monarch of France The Pope looseth his treasure by the Exarques 651. A wonderful Storm at Constantinople that spoiled Fields and Gardens A fiery Dragon seen in the air there also The Saracens invade Isauria and for a great sum of money grant the Emperour a peace for two years The Pope imprisoned at Constantinople He is banished and starved 674. This year there appeared so horrible a fire and a Rain-bow in the Element that many men cryed out the world was at an end Rain with Thunder and lightning which slew both men and Beasts in Italie The Saracens besiege Costantinople seven years and at last 30000 of them are slain their Fleet is fired by Carrinicius who revolteth from them Bamba warreth
as a good Argument to prove the other Planets habitable The Lubeckers waste Denmark King of England goeth into France and besiegeth Turwyn Bajazet the Turk is poysoned The Spaniards take Tripolis They war in Navarr The Lubeckers worst the Danes at sea The Switzers invade France and do much mischief there 1521. Three suns with a Rainbow seen at Vienna A great burning Torch suddenly after A Circle and Cross appears with the Moon A burning Beam in Germany Venetians aid the Hungarians against the Turks The French loose Milan English and French quarrel Emperour invades Picardy King Henry the Eighth writes against the Pope 1530. A very great Comet that passed through Cancer Leo and Virgo was visible to all Europe A very great inundation in Holland In Holland 404 Parishes drown'd with all their people and cattel The Turks take Buda in Hungaria Cardinal Woolsey dies The Clergy fined and paid to the King 100000 l. for divers misdemeanors 1539. A bloody star and Cross were seen flying in the air Armed men swords and funerals were seen to walk in the air in Germany A blazing star this year A great fire in Constantinople which burnt the Goal and consumed 700 Prisoners therein The Irish Invade the English and are beaten The Ganthois mutiny and behead their Magistrates 1550. Corn rained from Heaven in Carinthia Three suns seen in England An earthquake and bowls of fire seen in the Elements Armies of men seen in the air in Saxony The sun seemed to cleave in sunder Great troubles at Antwerp The sweating sickness in England the French War with the Emperour The Duke of Somerset in England executed for Felony The Queen of Swevia dyeth Thâ— Pyrats carry 6000 Captives out of the Isle of Gaul neer to Malta 1562. An Earthquake in Constantinople Clashing of weapons in the Elements and armed men seen there Much thunder in England Five suns seen in Holland English take many Towns in France A great plague in England Muscovites invade Livonia 9000 slain at Dreux in Normandy among which the King of Navarr Danes and Lubeckers invade Swevia Polanders beat the Livonians 1568. Many Locusts in France The Heavens seem all on fire in Hungary In England when the true moon was under the earth appears a moon and a cross with a refulgent star at the top thereof Third Civil War in France King of Swedland deposed and imprison'd Prince of Conde taken and shot to death with a Pistol Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland rebel Selymus invadeth Cyprus The Polanders and Danes fight at Sea 1579. A fiery Dragon and great troops of Ravens flew through the air in Germany A great tempest in Bohemia An Earthquakâ— in Holland Armies in the heavens seen at Antwerp Two armed men in Gelderland seen in the air Polanders take Livonia and Polotia from the Muscovite Popish Clergie expelled Antwerp by the people The Emperour prohibitâ—th the protestant Religion at Aken Uraniburg Castle built by the most noble and ever to be honoured Tycho Brahe 1602. An Earthquake in Engâ—and A Comet of very great magnitude appeared Armies of men seen in the air in France Swarms of Grashoppers in Germany Spaniards invade Ireland but beaten thence Swedes attâ—mpt Livonia in vain Basta d â—e teth the Transylvanâ—â—n and killeth the Vayvâ—d of Valachia The Turks loose Alla regalis and 60000 men Qu. of Engl. dyeth 1610. Fiery Darts and Launces seen in thâ— heavens Four Crosses seen at once in the air in Spain Very great thunder and an Eaâ—thquake there also Danes War with the Sweds Persians invade Babylon and kill 20000 mâ—n Kinâ— of France is slain Polonians overcome the Muscovites 900000 Morisques exâ—el'd Spain 1616. Divers mock-suns in the West of England An inundation in Holland The shape of an Elephant in the air sâ—en in Germâ—ny A Lyon was heard as my author saith to roar in the air Archbishop of Spalato into England Venetians war with Ferdinand of Austria Hollanders beat the Spaniards in the South Sea The Tartars invade Podolia they burn four Cities and 400 Villages and carry with them thence much booty 1622. Three suns appeared at Heidelburg An Earthquake in Italy Many prodigious lightnings rains in France Circles seen about the sun anâ— moon in England The Jesuites and Papists expel'd the Netherlands Duke of Brunswick lost his Arm in battel A great dearth in Moravia and Silesia Bergen in Norway almost consumed by fire 1627. Two Armie were seen to fighâ— in the air in Pomâ—rania A great fiery beam in France seen in the air An Earthquake in England Polanders recover many places from the Tartars Persians beat the Turks English take the Isle of Ree and loose it again The Hollander beats the Spaniard in the Indies 1635. An inundation at Rome Five moons seen in Noâ—mandy at once Italy this year brought forth many monsters A Sickness at Rome Division in Scotland about Religion Hollander and Spaniard fight at Sea A great Plague at Venice The Spaniards beat the French 1638. Six suns seen in Cornwall at once several apparitions of men in the heavens preparing to fight with each other also Navies of ships in 1639. An Eclipse of ☉ Scots begin to rebel against England The King goes in person to appease them They rout the Bishops and turn high Presbyters The Hollanders beat the Spaniards Fleet. The Irish massacre the English 1645. Many apparitions this year seen in the North of England Divers Parelia's or mock-suns An Eclipse of the sun in ♌ All England together by the Eares The Civil war prevaileth The Scots return home again in 1646. The English go into Ireland and subdue it 1652. A great Eclipse of the sun Two of the mâ—on A two-handed sword seen in the air in Cheshire Armies of men encountring each other in the air seen in the North A Comet in ♉ and ♊ The English subdue Scotland And beat the Dutch at Sea They beat the French at Sea this year also The Lord General Cromwel in 1653. made Lord Protector of all Britain and Ireland 1654. An eclipse of the sun An Earthquake in the West of England Apparitions in the air in the North of England A very great rain in Bohemia The King of the Romans and the Pope of Rome dies English take Jamaica and war with Spain English and Sweds unite Cardinal Ghisi made Pope in 1655. The Polanders routed by the Swede 1656. An Earthquake in Cheshire doing much harm viz. sinking the ground and rending up many Trees by the roots to the great damage of the Country In Nov. 1656. A fiery Dragon seen in the air in Scotland In 1658. August A great Whale came up to Greenwich neer London a thing seldom known before The English land in Flanders and take Mardike from the Spaniards they grow angry thereat and wars between them grow high King of Denmark twice invaded by the King of Sweden In 1658. Dunkirk taken by the English Oliver Cromwel dies Rich. Cromwell confidently succeeds him in Government as if it had been his
scrutinies pertaining thereunto Subsect 2. Of Eclipses 1. What an Eclipse is An Eclipse is a privation or want of light in an opacous or dark body which at some times is beheld or aspected by a luminous bodie and is therefore termed of the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eclipsis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod est deficere A wanting waining failing or obscuring And this accident for such it is hapneth most truly in the opake or dark bodies of the Earth and Moon yet more vulgarly and commonly and therefore more improperly believed of the Sun whereas it is impossible for a Luminous body and such is the Sun yea fons Lucis the fountain of light to suffer either a privation or obscuration as I have elsewhere demonstrated But to stoop to the most ordinary capacities let it pass for a truth that the Sun when the Earth is eclipsed 2. The Suns Eclipse how caused The Eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the opacous and dark body of the Moon between the Sun and our sight which for a season obscureth or hideth the light of the Sun from our sight Now this only falleth out at a new Moon or when the Sun and Moon are in Conjunction But you must know that it is not every time the Luminaries are in Conjunction that the Sun suffers an eclipse but when the Conjunction happens within the limits or ordinary boundaries of an Eclipse And they are chiefly these following First if the apparent latitude of the Moon at the time of the visible Conjunction exceed 34. min. 51. sec the Sun at that time cannot be Eclipsed Secondly when the mean motion of the Moons latitude at the middle time of the Conjunction of the Sun and Moon is distant from the North Node which the Greeks term 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Caput Draconis less then 20 deg 40 min. or from the South Node which is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Cauda Draconis less then 11 deg 22 min. then may the Sun be eclipsed at that Conjunction Thirdly if the apparent latitude of the Moon at the time of the visible Conjunction with her and the Sun be less then the sum of their Semidiameters then may the Sun be eclipsed or at the least we may be deprived of his light but if none of these happen at the time of the Conjunction you may be confident there can be no Eclipse Now Eclipses of the Sun are either total and without duration which happeneth when the Moon hath no apparent latitude at the time of the visible Conjunction or partial which happeneth three wayes 1. when the Diameter of the Sun is only darkned as when the apparent latitude of the Moon is equal to her apparent Semidiameter it will be 2. when there is more then his Semidiameter darkned as when the Moons apparent latitude is less then her apparent Semidiameter 3. and lastly when there is less then the Suns Semidiameter darkned as when the apparent latitude of the Moon is greater then her apparent Semidiameters 3. Of the Moons Eclipse how caused The Moon being as you heard before an Opacous and dark body having no light but what she receives from the Sun by the inteâ—poâ—ition of the vast â—ody of the earth between the Sun and her comes to suffer an Eclipse And this happeneth always at a Plenilunium or an opposition of the lights But you must know that her Eclipse or want of light is not always after one and the same manner as may appear by these following reasons First by reason of the inequality or difference of her latitude which in some Eclipses is nothing at all and then the Eclipse is greater and of longer continuance or duration Secondly when the latitude of the Moon is so great that she falleth but little within the shadow of the Earth and by consequence comes to suffer the smaller Eclipse You are to understand that as the Sun is not subject to an Eclipse every time he is in Conjunction of the Moon so the Moon is not capable of suffering a defect or want of light every time she is in opposition of the Sun But if you would know when the Moon shall suffer an Eclipse and when not observe these two rules First if the latitude of the full Moon be less then the sum of the Semidiameters of the Moon and the earths shadow the Moon may then suffer an Eclipse but if her latitude be greater she cannot at that full Moon be eclipsed Secondly if the middle place of the Moon shall be distant from either her North or South Node i. e. the Dragons Head or Tayl less then 15. d. 12. m. she may at that opposition suffer an eclipse But if her middle place be farther distant she can then suffer no Eclipse at all as being out of the limits and boundaries thereof 4. Of the portents of Eclipses falling in either of the Triplicities It is notoriously known that Eclipses of the Luminaries are of a sad import and tendency to mankind generally and this according to their quantity obscuration duration and part of Heaven they fall in An Eclipse of either Sun or Moon in the fiery Triplicity viz. ♈ ♌ â™ denotes the death or exile of some famous King ro Prince c. death of whole herds of Cattle great Wars burnings of Towns many Murthers Slaughters Thefts hot violent diseases strange â—pparitions in the air many abortions in women scarcity of Fruit or Grain grand mutations chiefly in those places subject to the sign wherein the defect happens An Eclipse of either Luminary in the airie Trigon is the Precursor of Famine and pestilential diseases fierce sicknesses high and stormy winds blowing down many Houses and buildings yea the very trees by the roots But if an Eclipse of either light happen in the earthy Triplicity viz. ♉ ♠♑ it is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or fore-runner of a great scarcity or wâ—nt of grain and all sorts of things that grow upon the Earth as herbs fruit c. and sometimes it presign fies Earthquakes An Eclipse of either of the Luminaries falling in the watry Triplicity viz. ♋ ♠♓ presageth a rot or consumption of the vulgar people many rumors and discontents great seditions and expectations of Wars destruction of water-fowl and death of Fishes great inundations and overflowing of the Sea-banks This for the signification of Eclipses in general More particular judgements follow 5. What is signified by the Suns suffering an Eclipse in any Decanate or face of the twelve Signs In ♈ Sol cum laborare visus fuerit in aliquo ex primis decem gradibus ♈ crebros armorum excercituum motus portendit continuasque expeditiones insultus bellorum cum tumultu plurimo Seditiones controversias intemperiem aeris ad siccitatem potissimum vergentis i. e. When thou shalt observe an Eclipse of the Sun to happen in the first ten degrees or decanate of the Ram it generally portends
rumors of Wars motions of armies continual expeditions seditions and controversies great intemperancie of the air and a most excessive drought In sequenti verò decano regis carcerem c. But if an Eclipse happen in the second face of ♈ it denotes the captivity or imprisonment of a King or great Person sometimes death but always great sorrow to him or them it bodes the destruction of fruit-trees and a rottenness and putrefaction of such things as grow on the earth by the means of which both men and beasts are afflicted In the last decanate of ♈ it 's the forerunner of lamentation and wo to most men and of the death of some woman of great note also the destruction of beasts and cattle of the smaller sort In ♉ In ♉ verò denario primo negotiatores affligit c. but if there happen an Eclipse in the first decade of ♉ it denotes misery and affliction to all Negotiators Agents and Sollicitors or such as are imployed in Publick affairs many will busie themselves in unnecessary employments and bring trouble to themselves thereby it also presages destruction to corn In the decade of ♉ an Eclipse fore-tels many difficulties and discommodities to Travellers many abortions to women it presages the production of Monsters or unnatural births In the third face of ♉ an Eclipse signifies both Plague and Famine a mortality among all sorts of great Beasts as Horses Cows Oxen. In ♊ In ♊ primis 10. Gradibus Sacerdotibus in quovis ordine sacris initiatis dissentionem c. An Eclipse falling in the first 10. degrees of ♊ prenotes dissentions strifes seditions and contentions among Clergie-men of all sorts and also among Merchants and Mechaniques great hatred and contempt of the Laws neglect of godly and praise-worthy exercises breach of Contracts and Covenants In the second decade of ♊ it denotes many murthers much robbing at land manay Piracies at Sea fruitless Treaties turbulent and scurrile Petitions the common people grate the ears of their Governors withal In the third face of ♊ it portends the death of some Emperour King or eminent person various losses and crosses to the republique great trouble in the management of civil affairs much infortunacy to all sorts of people both superiour and inferiour In ♋ In ♋ decem primis gradibus aerem perturbat c. An Eclipse in the first 10. degrees of ♋ denotes much trouble in the Air men will be inclineable to wars and controversies and apt to violate Leagues and Covenants and many religious deceipts will be put in practice In the second face of ♋ fountaines and rivers are dryed up there will be much incontinency knavery and circumvention practised among men and women In the third face of ♋ many seditions and diseases are threatned unto the inhabitants of those Countreys subject to ♋ small Pox Dropsie Morbus Gallicus pains in the stomach Consumption In ♌ In ♌ denario primo summi alicujus Principis mortem c. The ☉ eclipsed in the first 10. degrees of ♌ denotes the death of some famous Prince or great person Great scarcity of grain and of all things that grow on the Earth The ☉ eclipsed in the second decade imports great tribulation and sorrow Anxiety and trouble unto Kings and Noble personages In the third face of ♌ many Captivities besiegings of Towns and Castles robbings and plunderings a profanation of holy places and a destruction of Horses by murrain In â™ In â™ decano primo calamitosum regis alicujus exitum c. An Eclipse of ☉ in the first face of â™ shews much misery and sorrow if not death to some King or Prince A slaughter of men and a dearth of corn In the second face it denotes famine Plague thin crops of corn great droughts and many seditions among men In the third decanate of â™ it threatens misery to Mercurial men as Painters Poets Printers Stationers c. they will be driven to extream want It procuceth many murthers banishments c. stirs up harsh fancies in Satyrical Poets by writing which they will reap reproach In ♎ In 10. primis grad ♎ aerem corrumpit c. An Eclipse in the first 10. degrees of ♎ corrupts the Air whence a plague ensues it incites youth to much wantonness and vain delight provision will be dear But if the ☉ shall be obscured in the second face of ♎ it denotes the death of some eminent King or Noble-man sâ—irs up seditions trouble about Customes and Priviledges 't is also the fore-runner of famine If in the third decade of ♎ it stirs up high and wonderful controversies amongst the Nobility and much damage and detriment will befal them in their Estates by prodigality it portends the rooting out of an Ancient Family In â™ In â™ denario primo tumultus bellicos movet c. In the first decanate of â™ an Eclipse of ☉ stirs up wars and tumults captivities treasons murthers dissentions and many mischievous under-hand basenesses In the second face of â™ it presageth the destruction of some King or great person and declares him averse to Wars or Armies In the last decade of â™ it denotes the coming in of some stranger-tyrant and the odiousness of the present Governor by reason of his sloth and negligence In â™ In 10. primis â™ Gradibus seditiones inter Mortales manifestas ostendit c. prenotes dangerous seditions among men and that they shall be averse to all manner of accommodations or Treaties the Prince as well as the Peasant deeming and dreading deceits in those that they hap to deal with In the second face of â™ death and destruction of those Cattle that bray as the Hart Stag Buck Ass and of the bigger sorts of beasts that are useful for the support and nourishment of man In the third decade of â™ Horses shall be prejudiced and afflicted and Armies then on foot thereby the Nobility and Gentry much crossed and they most simply and foolishly undo themselves In ♑ In ♑ decano primo infoelices habet magnorum virorum casus An Eclipse in the first decanate of ♑ portends unhappy Chances and strange casualties to attend great persons and that some King or Person of eminencie shall flit and shift his place or habitation by reason of the revolting of Nobles and vulgar people also from him In the second ten degrees Souldiers will contend with or rebel against their Commanders Emperor or King but they shall not prosper It threatens a scarcity of grain and that many people shall die for want of bread In the third decade of ♑ an Eclipse prenotes famine great penury and want to the Husbandman bad Harvests Also the tumultuous motion of a King or great Person In â™’ In â™’ primis 10. grad An Eclipse of Sol in the first ten degrees of â™’ prenotes publick sorrow and mourning to Gentlemen or men of the highest rank In the second decanate of â™’ famine and an Earthquake Monopolies Robberies Rapines and which is worse such
things will be countenanced by men in power and authority In the third face of â™’ an Eclipse foretels the death of field-Cattle and most brutish creatures and many times great inundations In ♓ In ♓ decem primis gradibus fluvios exsicâ—at c. The ☉ eclipsed in the first ten degrees of ♓ denotes the drying up or draining of Rivers and that the Sea-Coasts shall be unfortunate and fishes driven far from the shore In the second face of Pisces an Eclipse is the designator of the death of some famous or excellent man destruction and waste of fish neer the Sea-Towns it also bodes an Earthquake and the questioning of some Church-man In the last decanate of ♓ cruelty sedition and much bitterness of spirit is threatned much inhumanity among Souldiers quarrels and controversies among Clergie-men and Lawyers Thus much for Eclipses of the ☉ in any decade of the twelve signs 6. What is portended by the Moons being eclipsed in any of the decanates of the Twelve Signs In ♈ In ♈ decem primis gradib obscurat Luna Febres futurus adium incendia combustiones nembrum ac aeris siccitatem ostendit The Moon suffering an Eclipse in any of the first ten degrees of ♈ prenotes that fevers shall be very rise and the burning of Houses and destruction of woods the Air will be hot and dry and many Cater-pillars and destructive vermine will then appear In the second face of ♈ it bodes a general pestilence or fatality in most diseases In the third decade of ♈ many abortions and dangers unto women great danger or death to many feminine persons of quality In ♉ In ♉ denario primo nece c. In the first decanate of ♉ the murrain or some pernicious disease reigns generally among Cattle In the second face of ♉ it presages the death of some eminent Queen a dearth of Corn and the barrenness of most things growing on the Earth In the third decade of ♉ then follows a plague among noxious creatures and all sorts of vermine In ♊ In ♊ decem primis gradib In the first ten degrees of ♊ it denotes the incursions and rapines of enemies fraudulent negotiations violent Petitions many missives much employment for Scribes and Secretaries In the second ten degrees of ♊ the sudden motion of Armies men are careful and solicitous both of private and publique affairs Judges will take care that justice be executed In the third decade of ♊ it foretels the death of some eminent and famous man and he haply to be famous for learning In ♋ In ♋ denario primo bellum omnino concitat In the first partition of ♋ mens minds are stir'd up and excited to War Treachery and Apostacy An Eclipse in the second decanate of ♋ prenotes bitter and sharp exactions intolerable assessments and burthens to afflict and oppress the commonalty also much harm at Sea In the last decanate of ♋ there succeeds many diseases to women and sudden and unexpected death to many of the ignobler and meaner sort of people In ♌ In ♌ decem primis gradibus In the first ten degrees of ♌ an Eclipse portends a sudden evil to befal some great King or Prince or the death of some eminent and Noble person In the second face of ♌ it presages the progress of a King and a strange Catastrophe in mundane affairs In the third face of ♌ an Eclipse portends much discontentedness in people generally and shews them to be given to novelties and desirous of new Laws c. In â™ In â™ decano primo aegrotationes regum inducit c. An Eclipse in the first face of â™ denotes grand sicknesses unto Kings and great persons many discords and dissentions universally raging among them In the second decade of â™ an Eclipse prenotes destructions and calamity to Counsellors Lawyers Solicitors Secretaries and the like But in the last face of â™ mankind is generally afflicted with many diseases there will be much scarcity of bread and a paucity of all sorts of grain In ♎ In decem ♎ primis gradibus In the first 10. degrees of ♎ many hail-storms are produced much ill weather turbulent winds violent Tempests c. In the second decade of ♎ an Eclipse presages much mischief to Catch-poles Informers Petty-foggers Trepanners and such like cattle and that they shall severely suffer for their knavery In the third face of ♎ it denotes the death of some noted and eminent person and that men pretending religion shall raise seditions in the Courts of Kings and Princes In â™ In â™ decem primis gradib horrenda tonitrua fulgura protendit c. An Eclipse of the Moon in the first decade of â™ threatens oftentimes terrible Thunders great Lightnings and Earthquakes And a multitude of destructive Creatures in the waters In the second face of â™ presages that sharp and hot feavers shall afflict men and that siccity shall destroy the Olives and infect the Air. In the third decanate of â™ it is the prodromus of many murthers and seditions and all manner of wretchedness will follow mankind will be generally oppressed with many obnoxions diseases In â™ In â™ 10 primis grad Latrocinia c. An Eclipse in the first 10. degrees of â™ denotes many thefts murthers rapines In the second decade of â™ many diseases will range among horses and mules c. And the Seas will be much troubled with Pyrates In the third face of â™ generally a Plague followes and very great evils afflict mankinde and Consumptions will raign among men In ♑ In ♑ decano primo suggillationes in homines movet c. An Eclipse of the Moon in the first decade of ♑ incites men to slander scandalize and asperse one the other and signifies that a great person or man of eminency shall come to an ill enâ— In the second face of ♑ souldiers will mutiny and make uproars and make incursions upon their neighbors Countries where they will thieve much and captivate many In the third decanate of ♑ the death of a King is to be feared and many conspiracies among the people and there will be many mutinies In â™’ In â™’ decem primis grad In the first 10. degrees of Aquarius an Eclipse presages that much perplexity shall happen to a King and that his health shall be very much impaired In the second decanate of â™’ an Eclipse plagues the poor country-man and hinders his seed-time and prejudices him much otherways In the last decade of â™’ an Eclipse declares a wonderful mutation in all affairs and many times a change for the better It also prenotes a relaxation from many former oppressions In ♓ denario primo Sacerdotibus aeditibus c. When an Eclipse shall happen in the first ten degrees of ♓ it is the fore-runner of much sorrow to all sorts of Clergy-men and Church Officers And the like In the second decanate of ♓ an Eclipse is the denoter of the death of some eminent person or persons In the third face