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A47492	Vates astrologicus, or, England's astrological prophet, fortelling what is likely to befall Great-Britain and Ireland, particularly the great and famous city of London as also France, Holland, Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Sicily, Apalia, Bohemia, Turkey, and indeed all Europe, but more especially the see of Rome, for twenty years together, beginning March 10, 1683, and ending March 10, 1702 : likewise astrological judgments of the effects of that famous triple conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, being thrice repeated in that regal sign Leo, the great dignities of the Sun and Jupiter: also some remarks upon the eclipses, and more especially upon that great and famous visible eclipse of the sun, July 2, 1684 : with twenty years predictions from some of the most eminent mutual aspects of the planets, and eclipses of the luminaries, and annual revolutions of the sun : here are also many hieroglyphicks representing the future state and changes of the world : to which is added a treatise of the pestilence, both for the prevention and cure thereof / by Richard Kirby.	Kirby, Richard, b. 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing K623; ESTC R17066	50,255	59

of Sorrow and Affliction and there retrograde and combust of the Sun and the Moon is in the eight in her Detriment in square of the Sun and Mercury Therefore I fear but little of good can be expected this half year the vulgar and common people are still dejected and make great Complaint for the Want of Trade and Moneys and all such things as are necessary for their Supportment and besides the Moon in the 8. doth certainly shew that a great many people must yield to pale Death this year who will not be denyed by the Princes of the Earth when their time is come But the Moon being the Earth's attendant and but a secondary Planet cannot signifie such grand alterations in the World as the primary and superiour Planets do especially when they happen to be conjoyned together as here they are in the angle of the Earth and there opposed by Venus from the 10th which sheweth that many Fears and Troubles shall fall upon men and that their Hearts and Minds shall be possessed with Jealousies and strang Apprehensions and that not without just cause for you must note that Saturn and Jupiter in the fourth retrograde shews some secret Plot and Design a hatching but let the Contrivers thereof look to it for it will be most happily and timely discovered for it was never known that ever Women were good Counsel-keepers Therefore I judge that Venus in the 10th in Conjunction with the Dragon's Tayl and being in opposition to Saturn and Jupiter shews some Woman or Women shall discover the Villanies of this Plotting Council c. And besides it signifies a Dark Obscure Air Earthquakes and Destruction to the Fruits both of the Trees and Earth Also it signifies Povorty and Indigency also a Scarceness of Fruits and Provisions great Mischiefs Cold in the extremity grievour Fears Anxieties Terrors and Troubles much Want and Scarcity of the Fruits of the Earth and a superfluity of Evils Torments and Grievances incident to those places under the signs Leo and Aquarius which be Rome Italy Cicily Bohemia Turky Phenicia or Chaldea for Satura and Jupiter da●ts their Evil Influence mostly into the Courts of Prince and will shew their dire Effects to those Countries and Regions which are under the signs Leo and Aquarius as Tartary Muscovia Sweedland Piedmount Hamborough Breem Trent Bavaria and Salizburgh And further you must note such Positions as these do alwayes denote Strife Trouble and Confusion amongst the Grandees of Europe with many Informations against great Persons in the Courts of Princes and those which are of the highest Degree and Quality besides I judge this hath been a long time a contriving since this Opposition is made from fixed signs and angles c. Now Saturn is in a sign wherein he hath no essential Dignities which shews that ancient people shall desert their Habitaaions and be drawn out of one place into another it may be out of thei own natural soil for here is no loss than four of the Planets retrograde which motion shews those places under the signs Ares Leo Libra and Aquarius to be in a strang kind of posture at the time of this ingress But at the latter end of March and the beginning of April the t●o superiours become both direct by which motion they meet in conjunction in May at which time I fear much Treachery with Tumults and Commotion of Arms in many places of Europe for take this for an approved Aphorism that when any of the superiours viz. Saturn Jupiter or Mars are in conjunction or any other malevolent Configuration one of another there happens great and manifest Alterations in this Elementary World with Alterations of Laws Customs Kingdoms and Empires Therefore Rome prepare thy self to entertain Showers of Judgment for a Plague is threatned unto thee and I am apt to believe this is thy declining Age for the Lord hath declared in the 6th Chapter of Ezekiel and the 3d Verse Behold I even I will bring a Sword upon you and I will destroy your high places Verse 4. And your Altars shall be desolate and your Images of the Sun shall be broken and I will cast down your slain Men before your Idols Verse the 11th For they shall fall by the Sword by the Famine and by the Pestilence Verse the 13th And you shall know that I am the Lord when their slain Men shall be among their Idols Verse the 14th So will I stretch mine Hand upon them and make their Land waste and desolate from the Wilderness unto Diblath in all their Habitations and they shall know that I am the Lord. I had almost forgot Cauda in the 10th in that humane sign Aquarius which shews that Rulers Great Men and Landlords shall be very Injurious and Tyrannical over their Subjects Servants and Tenants and shall afflict tax and grind their Faces beyond common humanity and honesty and Tradesmen will devise wayes in their Trades to cozen and cheat their Neighbours and the Chief Rulers shall have Crosses and Troubles and perhaps some of their Honours ecclipsed and still all this shall be carried on by a cloak and shew of Friendship and that by some She Counsel and all these things will fall in particular upon those places which are under the signs Leo and Aquarius perhaps Tartaria Muscovia Aethiopia Media Italy Damasco Bohemia and Rome in particular England I could say something to thee too but it is no great matter whether I do or not since thou dost not care for hearing it Now as to the Diseases this half year they are many and are signified by Mars in the 6th in Libra and Venus lady thereof who is posited in the tenth in Aquarius both a rial signs thus Venus being opposed by Saturn and Jupiter who are with two notable fixed Stars of the nature of Saturn and Mars then by consequence it must be Pains or Swellings in the Leggs and Knees occasioned from some cold cause with violent Pains in the Head and Heart also Afflictions in the Reins and Kidneys either by Stone or Gravel lodged in those parts and consequently pains in the Bladder with a hot Urin nay in this Case we may expect the French Pox to be very frequent and chiefly to those Persons which are of the Nature of Mars and Venus and besides we may justly fear the Plague or some other Epidemical Disease equivolent too near approaching for Mars in Librae signifies Diseases occasioned by Corruption of Blood through Chollar as the Pestilence Burning Feavours Tertian and Quotidian Agues Megrim Carbuncles and Plague Sores Burnings Scaldings Ringworms ●listers Yellow Jaundise Bloody Flux Fistula's Shingles Calentu●es Small Pox Meazles and all Diseases of Chollar Let no man think that I predict these things positively for the Heavens shew only natural Inclinations not positive Actions therefore if we bend our Wills to serve the true God and strive to taste of the Cup of Repentance we need not to fear but that the Lord will remove the

Treacheries and the Death of Kings Nobles Princes Emperours and Powers who knows but that these unusual Apparitions and Meetings of the Superiour Stars may be the fore-runners of the Catastrophe of Rome for it can pretend nothing but Tranquility to us in England since it is in Trine to Aries our Ascendant yet violent and raging Diseases must certainly be expected from which I pray Good Lord deliver us c. The Configurations of those Glorious Celestial Bodies are like Seeds scattered in the vast Field of Time and if so 't is a wonder if some of them do not appear and grow up to Maturity for most Men do know and will readily acknowledge Superiours do influence and govern Inferiours and there is an appointed time and season for every thing under the Sun Nay it were Ridiculous for us to think that the Load-stone should have so much affinity with the Iron and the Stars of Heaven should have no affinity with their fellow Nature below for even as the Iron receives the Virtue of the Load-stone so doth our Bodies receive the Good and Evil Influence of those Celestial and Heavenly Messengers Therefore I conceive the genuine sense of this present Conjunction is That Mens Intentions and Actions will generally and wholly incline to settle or unsettle the Laws and Constitutions Customs and Priviledges of Nations for the Conjunctional Returns of the Superiour Planets into the Fiery Trigon have always been attended with many notable and memorable Changes both in Church and State and very great Actions and Alterations in Kingdoms and Countries almost Universally all over the World The first Restitution of this Trigon after the Creation of the World was in the days of Enoch who walked with God and lived 365 years for which space of time was the Church of God preserved The second at the Universal Deluge at which time the whole World was destroyed Then Noah was a Preserver of the Church of God in the Ark The third in the time of Moses and the Children of Israel at which time the People of God were delivered from the Egyptian Slavery The fourth in the Monarchy of the Medes and Solomon's Glory who builded a Temple for the People of God The fifth in our Blessed Saviours time and the Roman Empire Caesar Augustus in whose Days and Reign our Saviour Christ was born who came upon the Earth to Redeem Mankind The sixth Return was in the time of Charles the Great who caused a flourishing state of the Church of God And now this seventh Return into the Fiery Trigon which is a Sabattical Return hath a most singular Mystery in it and promiseth something of more signal moment to the World than other Conjunctions do c. The Signs afflicted by the Infortunes in this Conjunction are Leo Virgo and Libra the opposite Sign to the Conjunction is Aquarius and those Signs in square are Taurus and Scorpio The Sign of the Conjunction designeth Rome Italy Sicily Bohemia Turky Togata Apalie Emilia Sabina Phenicia Chaldea Orchinia Dalmatia Syracusa Rouvenna Cremona Confluant Prague Liniz Crinifium wherein shall be much Dissolation Famine Tumults and Uproars c. this Conjunction will afford much Distraction Discontent Sorrow Commotions of Armies Wars Blood-shed and Pennury to many more Nations and Cities which are under the opposite Sign Aquarius as Amazonia Sarmatia Tartary Valachia Muscovia Sweedeland Westphalia Mosellpiomont Bavaria Ethiopia Oxiana Sogdiana Media Arabia the Desart Hamburrough Breme Mountserat Pisarum Trent Salizburgh Ingolstade c. Norway under the Danish Government must be sensible of this great Conjunction too for it is Subject to the Sign Scorpio Flanders I pitty thee and that Honourable House of Austria for in time you will want both Friends and Support for the Conjunction Influence designs a greater blow than thou hast had already here are many more Kingdoms Cities and Corporations which must look to feel the dire effects of this Conjunction as Russia Polonia Lorrain Campaine Helvetia Rhetia Franconia Parthia Persia Ireland Cyclades Towns of Asia Bononia Sona Mantua Taurentum Panorma in Sicily Peruvium Caput Histriae Brixi Zurich Lucerna Nants Herbibolis Carastade Posuania Leipsig Genasa Novograde Melagony Comagena Cappadocia Algiers Valentiani Spain Forum Pestorium Taruisum Julium Fess Gethulia Catalonia all these places are threatned with strange kind of Alterations in their Government perhaps Wars Famine Dissolution Plague Pestilence Mutinies Commotions of Armies Plots Treasons Treacheries Massacres Rebellion and such like horrid Evils for Armies shall run like Lightning over a great man Countries of Europe and will afflict Christendom with the Sword more than ordinary nay they will bring more under subjection within the space of ten years than any Armies have done for twice ten years last past there will be many and unexpected Slaughters Imprisonments Banishments Captivities great Slaughters and Dammages amongst the Navies at Sea also c. London I should not forget thee too for I am affraid that thou wilt suffer some kind of Catastrophe e're long from which I pray God deliver thee for it hath been observed that the Planet Saturn never passes through the Sign Leo but he by his Evil Influence leaves some considerable Impression upon the City of London but what this Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo may produce let us patiently wait to see the event for Sickness I dread and those most dangerous from which let us pray Libera nos Domine Good Lord deliver us for in 1625 Saturn was in Leo at which time a great Plague began in London which caused the Parliament to remove to Oxford and truly I do fear another great Plague in London e're Saturn hath pass'd the Sign Leo 1683 and this the more because Mars was in Conjunction with Jupiter on the 8th of September in Leo and on the 12th day of the said Month Mars was in Conjunction with Saturn in Leo and on the 9th of October and 30th of January Saturn and Jupiter were in Conjunction in Leo and in May 1683 they make their last Conjunction in Leo near the Degree of the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars the September before all these things being considered makes me conjecture that we shall have another Plague e're 84 which God divert But in case we should escape a Plague this year and the year 84 then will England be the most happy Nation under the Sun c. The next thing I have to deliver to the World is by what manner of means every Nation City and People is like to suffer under this Conjunction But since it is impossible to get the true time of any Conjunction of the two Superiours viz. Saturn and Jupiter Therefore I shall deliver my Judgment according to the best of my Reason As thus Suppose we place Aries upon the Ascendant then will this Conjuction fall in the Fifth House which is opposite to the Eleventh and in square to the Second and Eighth Aries is the Ascendant of England France Germany Polonia Burgundy Denmark

Men Moneys and Ammunition and all such things which are necessary for their Supportment they are also threatned with great slaughter of a number of Men as well by the Sword as by violent and raging Diseases c. Thus you see if we place the Signs upon the Ascendent by Succession we shall find by what means every Nation Kingdom City and People is like to suffer under the Influence of this Conjunction c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1683. IN this year of 1683 we have no less than 3 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon in Leo and Aquarius January the 17. O Eclipsed visible in ♒ January the 30. ♄ ♃ ☌ ♌ February 1. ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♌ May 2. ♄ ♃ ☌ ♌ July 28. ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♒ besides 2 Conjunctions of the Superiours Saturn and Jupiter who meet with many Oppositions of the lesser Planets before the time of their second Conjunction on January the 30th which doth declare the unsettled Condition of the Vulgar and Common People and that they dread some great Troubles or Calamity too near approaching but whethether it be Plague Pestilence Wars or Famine I shall give swift winged Time leave to discover the truth thereof In the beginning of May Saturn and Jupiter make their last Conjunction in that Regal Sign Leo but some few days before they meet with a square of the Sun from Taurus therefore whatever Great Person of Europe hath Leo ascending at his Birth shall suffer Troubles with loss of Honour nay Kings and Princes shall also find many troubles and vexations in their Government and Governours of Towns Forts and Cities shall receive much Loss and Dammage and in all probability many of them may be called to an account by their Superiours and those in particular which abode in those places under Taurus Scorpio Leo and Aquarius as Rome Alsatia Spain Hungary Austria Dalmatia Macedonia Greece Gaunt Flanders Brandenburgh Muscovia Albania these places are also threatned with Fires Wars Famine Plague Pestilence Rebellion or such like Calamities c. Oxford Holland Hungary and the Turk himself is much herein concerned and besides Italy mones and Spain doth cry and London fears the Pestilence from which I pray Good Lord deliver us this year and for ever more faxit Deus Amen c. Mars his long Trancite through the Sign Libra doth now threaten the Noble Austrian Family with many Afflictions for the Princes of Germany will be unfaithful to him which may cause the Death of many of the Inhabitants those places which are under Aries will be great Sufferers too as Burgundy Denmark France Germany Polonia England if I am not mistaken in my Judgment we shall hear of some Destruction amongst the Natives in France and that some kind of Massacre if not timely prevented But blessed are those which dye in the Lord for they rest from their Labour Oh the Condition of the common People they shall suffer many Troubles and Calamities in that Country yea in the very middle thereof but before they will indure it long they will join together and cause a Rebellion then wo to those which blowed the Fire of Destruction for they are taken in the Flame themselves c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1684. January the 6th ☉ Eclips invisible in ♑ January the 3. ☍ ♄ ♂ from ♍ and ♓ June 17. ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♑ July the 2. ☉ Eclips visible in ♋ October 3. ♂ ☌ ♍ ☽ Ecclipsed Decemb. 11. in ♋ visible HEre is an Opposition of Saturn and Mars on January the 3d from Virgo and Pisces and there is also a notable Conjunction of those two Malefacts on the 3d of October in 13 Degrees of Virgo and is in square to the Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter 1603 and 1663 therefore whatever Prince of Europe hath about 13 Degrees of Virgo ascending at his Birth must yield to pale Death this year for he will not be denied by the Princes of the Earth when their time is come The King of France will go near to have his Honour Eclipsed this year for this Conjunction happens in the Mid-Heaven of his Nativity this Conjunction likewise threatens Babylon Assyria Gallia Carinthia the Dukedome of Athens Mesopotamia Hirusalem Achaia Greece Creet Lyons Paris and Basil with Mutinies Tumults Wars Commotions of Armies Treacheries and strange Rebellion Spain I pity thy condition for thou art like to have great losses both by Sea and Land and besides in many more Countries there will be great slaughter of Men where there is frequent motions of Armies especially in France for I fear some kind of Bloody Massacre there amongst the poor Natives c. There is no less than four Eclipses this year and three of them visible they fall in Cancer and Capricorn Now the Ancients tell us that Eclipses in Capricorn are the Fore-runners of the sterility of the Earth and the Tumultuary motions of Princes and that in those places under the Sign Capricorn it likewise signifies that some Great and Eminent Person shall depart this Life in a terrible and deplorable Condition and that Men shall be given to slander and betray one another and those Eclipses in Cancer excite mens minds to quarrel and new attempts of War with Treachery and Sedition also thundring noises and uproars in and about Religion they also threaten the Small Pox Consumption Dropsies with violent pains in the Stomach and that to those persons and places subject to the Signs Cancer and Capricorn c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1685. NOw the late Conjuction of Saturn and Mars begins to opperate to purpose June the 6. ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♐ June the 21 ☉ Eclipsed visible in ♋ November the 30 ☽ Eclips visible and total in ♊ Londons Sign therefore the King of France if he be alive may expect to be driven from his own Confines or abode and that by his own Subjects if not it is probable he may come to some sudden and unexpected Destruction either by Poison or by some other means equivolent c. Here is no less than 3 Eclipses this year between those glorious Lamps of Heaven that is one of the Sun and two of the Moon The first is a Lunar Eclipse and falls in Sagitarius therefore Hungary Morovia Dalmatia Sclavonia and Spain seek out for a good Physitian for you are threatned with a Plague or some other violent Distempers equivolent the two last Eclipses are made in Gemini and Cancer the Second which is of the Sun in Cancer is of no great signification since it is invisible and very small yet Men will be apt to Cheat and Cozen one another and that under the pretence and species of Religion besides this Eclipse may cause various Winds and alterations of Weather whereby the Air will be much troubled and that in Burgundy Holland Scotland Granado Africa Constantinople Tunis Venice and Genoa but the Third and last Eclipse of the Moon in Gemini is of

Conclave of Cardinals shall tremble and shake for fear c. The power of France is also brought very low even as low as Pharaohs lean kine for the late Wars hath destroyed many thousands of the poor Inhabitants and that by the means of the Roman Clergy and the pride of an insulting Governour Ireland and Holland hath also drank deep of the Cup of Affliction and Englands Foundation stands firm and unshaken God continue it c. The Eclipse of the Sun in the last Face of Aries destroys the lesser Cattle as Hogs Sheep Goats Conies Hares and is the fore-runner of Lamentation Woes and Mourning unto mortal men or most sorts of Men and the death of some Noble Woman but the Eclipse of the Sun in the Second Face of Libra portends the Death of some Eminent Prince or King or Noble Man and for breach of Customs stirs up Sedition and designs a Famine Those places under Aries and Libra are most likely to suffer and feel the Effects of these Eclipses c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1699. January the 14 ⚹ ♄ ♃ in ♐ March 5 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♍ March 21 ☉ Eclipsed visible in ♈ August ●0 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♓ September 13 ☉ Eclipsed visible and great ♎ September 13 ☍ ♄ ♂ from ♌ and ♒ October the 10 ⚹ ♄ ♃ from ♐ and ♒ THis year we have four Eclipses of the Luminaries viz two of the Sun and as many of the Moon The second Eclipse of the Sun will be visible and bigger than any Eclipse that hath been seen in England this fifty years it falls in the beginning of Libra on the 13th day of September about eleven of the Clock before Noon at which time there will be an Opposition between Saturn and Mars from Leo and Aquarius that will aggravate the Effects thereof to purpose therefore I judge great will be the actions of this year and that for a settlement of Peace throughout the whole World for we have no less than two Sextiles of Saturn and Jupiter from Sagitarius and Aquarius each Planet possessing his own House the one beginning the year and the other ending the year but before there is a perfect Conclusion made all Nations will be troubled with Rumours of Wars every Region preparing Armies Traffick prohibited both by Sea and Land The main Sea shall hugely swell with mighty Tempests so that the Sea in many places shall overflow its accustomed Bounds causing violent Inundations in many Countries also terrible Sea Fights this year such as hath not been before occasioning the Water to look more Red than the Red Sea so great a Drought and so great a want of Water will appear in many places that multitudes of People will dye in many places for meer want of Water great Plagues and Mortality also cover many places of the Earth and so destroy Man-kind there will also appear such noysome swarms of Fowls and Flies that will devour the Corn upon the Ground causing great Famine and Dearth of Corn in many Nations of Europe and suddenly after unexpectedly appears a great Conquerour the World being filled with the Fame of this Man who suddenly like Augustus gives Peace unto the whole Earth c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1700. IN this year we have only two Eclipses of the Moon February the 28 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♍ August the 18 ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♓ December the 29 ☌ ♄ ♂ in ♓ the one in Virgo and the other in Pisces likewise a Conjunction of Saturn and Mars on the 29th of December in Pisces the great Dignities of Jupiter from which Configurations I judge there will be no great matter of business in Agitation this year only every Nation will be endeavouring to settle it self for all Princes have a strong inclination for Peace and the continuance thereof for most Princes will make Leagues more firm and strict than formerly here will be almost a new World for our Farmers now take pleasure in their Husbandry the Merchants hath prosperous Returns and the Mechanicks quick Trading every Man repairs his former losses and soon after follows the destruction of Rome with the downfall of the Pope England be thou content and return God the due praise for the many Blessings he affords thee annually for the late Sextil of Saturn and Jupiter in their own proper Houses doth promise Peace and Tranquility to thee and indeed all the World Now old men live their full years and our Youth grow up to Mens Estates c Yet I must tell you by the way that these Eclipses of the Moon in Virgo and Pisces with the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars also will leave some notable impression upon those places under the Signs wherein they happen and what those Effects will be I shall leave you to examine Mr. Lilly's Annus Tenebrosus Printed 1652. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1701. IN this year we have no less than four Eclipses of the Luminaries January the 28 ☉ Eclipsed in visible in ♒ February the 11 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♍ July the 2 ☉ Eclipsed visible in ♌ and great August the 7 ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♒ October the 2 ☍ ♄ ♂ from ♍ and ♓ viz. two of the Sun and as many of the Moon we have also an Opposition between Saturn and Mars from Virgo and Pisces The first Eclipse of the Sun is in the second Face of Aquarius The second Eclipse of the Sun falls in the second Face of Leo but the first Eclipse of the Moon falls in the first Face of Virgo and the second Eclipse of the Moon happens in the last Face of Aquarius but what they portend or are the fore-runners of that I shall leave to Astrologers to determine when the time cometh For I am apt to believe that some Nations will not see an end of their Troubles till Dooms-day c. Therefore let no Man think himself happy until the day of his Death c. According to the Rudolphin Tables in Mr. Coley's Clavis of Astrology The next Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter will fall in May 1702 in that Equinoctial Sign Aries the Ascendant of England Readers in this my Astrological Judgment for 20 years I have considered every year the Figure of the Suns Revolution as well as the Configurations of the Superiour Planets and Eclipses c. Nemo sine crimine vivit That Man never breathed yet nor never shall That did all well and had no fault at all Here followeth a Treatise of the Pestibence both for Prevention and Cure thereof c. IN the first place let such as would avoid this Disease avoid the fear thereof for fear changeth the Blood into the Nature of the thing feared the Imagination ruling the Spirits Natural c. Secondly Let the Body be kept soluble if it be not so Naturally take a Scruple of Pillalae Ruffi Pestilentialis at Night when you go to Bed c. Thirdly And if the

the common People but by those of the highest Degree and Quality as may be seen by Cauda in the 11 which in my opinion causeth great expence and loss of Estate to those belonging to the Church or Church Livings c. IN the next place I shall give you some small judgement upon the figure of the Suns enterance into Libra which commences this year September the 12th 2 houres 31 minutes past noon as the following Calculation doth express c. Time Long. ☉ Apog ☉ Epoch s. d. m. s. s. d. m. s. Years 1600. 9. 20. 55. 2. 3. 5. 44. 8. 80.     36. 16.   1. 22. 10. 4.     1. 49.     4. 7. August 7. 29. 30. 44       41. Dayes 11.   10. 50. 32.         Hours 3.     7. 24.         Min. 17.       42.         Mid long ☉ 6. 2. 2. 50. 3. 7. 11. 6. Apo. sub 3. 7. 11. 6.         Anom Res. 2. 24. 51. 41.         equa sub 0. 2. 2. 50.         ☉ place 6. 0. 0. 0.         Viz. in ♎ 0. 0. 0.         The FIGURE followeth ☽ ⚹ ♄ ad □ ♀ ♃ ☿ ⚹ ☉ ☿ ☌ ♃ ♀ ad ☌ ♃ ☉ ad □ ♂ ♀ ad ☌ ♀ lat 51 32 Londi In this scheme of the Suns ingress into Libra Saturn and Mars rules the first and tenth and Venus and the Moon the 4th and 7th All the planets are above the Earth and the Moon and Venus are in their own houses Mars in his exaltation in the sign ascending and Saturn lord thereof in Virgo in the 8th in reception with his disposer besides here are no less then three planets in conjunction in Libra with part of fortune in the 9th viz. Jupiter Venus and Mercury and the Moon applying to a square of them all This Position shews some high dispute concerning Religion which now is in its Zenith of Power and Glory and doth Flourish like a flourishing Bough which never fadeth and now and not till now our Land begins to Thrive and Prosper after many a hot dispute And now the People begin to take delight in themselves and Love and Obey their Superiours It likewise shews great Profit and Advantage to the Industrious Merchant from several parts beyond the Seas and probable the arrival of some Embassodour from forreign parts or at leastwise great news from the remote parts c. Besides the people should thrive by removeing from on Place or House to another and men should love and delight in the Law both of God and Man Moral and Divine and should esteem of all good learning and strive to be vertuous they should likewise be desirous of each others Society and delight in all honest and good Learning and apply their minds to find out hidden Secrets and Mysteries and should perform mony long Journeys with safety and pleasure c. This position doth likewise shew a healthfull Air with great profit by small Cattle and Servants who will prove true and trusty to their Masters Besides the Moon in the 7th shews that many Marriages should be performed this Quarter and those very Eminent and Men should be fortunate in Women and Gain and Profit much by them But the lord of the ascendant in the 8th who is old Saturn shews that many antient People shall make their exit out of the World this Quarter And the square of the Sun to Mars who is lord of the 10th doth shew the death of some great martial Person who lives in great splendor but cannot deny Death when he comes For Sol is lord of the 8th and is posited therein and in his fall Therefore Mars lay by thy sword and yeild to that Messenger for it is appointed all men once must Die c. And thus I proceed to the judgement of the Winter Quarter which happens Decem. the 10th 14 hours 11 minutes past Noon as it is explained by this following Calculation Time Long. ☉ Apog ☉ Epoch s. d. m. s. s. d. m. s. Years 1600. 9. 20. 55. 2. 3. 5. 44. 8. 80.     36. 16.   1. 22. 10. 4.     1. 49.     4. 7. Novemb. 10. 29. 12. 22.       56. Dayes 9.   8. 52. 15.         Hours 15.     36. 57.         Min. 6.       15.         Mid. long ☉ 9. 0. 15. 17. 3. 7. 11. 21. Apo. sub 3. 7. 11. 21. Anom Res. 5. 23. 3. 56. equa sub 0. 0. 15. 17. ☉ place 9. 0. 0. 0. Viz. in ♑ 0. 0. 0. The FIGURE followeth ☽ △ ♀ ad ⚹ ☉ △ ♂ ☉ □ ♄ ☿ ⚹ ♂ □ ♄ ♀ ad □ ♃ ☿ ⚹ Lat. 51. 3● Londini The angles of this figure are all common and all the Planets are Sub●errane and Mercury is lord of the two principle angles viz the Ascendant and Mid-heaven and Jupiter is ruler of the north and west Angles Saturn is unfortunately placed in the ascendant and in square of the Sun and Mercury lord thereof this gives ●ay for the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter to spread its effects all over the universe and besides here are many plotting counsells on foot still contriveing how and which way they may bring their wicked designs to pass for Mercury is lord of the ascendant and the Sun of the 12th and they are seperateting from the square of disaffected Saturn who is naturally evil and corrupt Self ended Covetous and Malitious one who hath been an underground worker this many years in contriveing damned Plots to the ruin and subvertion of Nations But since Mercury is in sextil to Mars and hasts to a sextil of Jupiter who is in strong reception with Mars by house and because the Sun hasts to a trine of Mars Jupiter and Mars likewise is applying to a trine of Jupiter himself the Moon defluxing from a trine of Venus applying to a sextil of the Sun and a trine of Mars and asextil of Mercury Therefore I judge that many will labour to secure themselves and their friends too as well the Martialist as the Gown-man Therefore look to it Preacher stand fast Souldiers since you are about to unite and maintain your principals and have at their seminaries by ghess for Venus goes to a square of Jupiter and Mars to an opposition of Saturn c. The Moon is fortunate in the second Therefore she promiseth that men shall gain and profit and abound in riches haveing plenty of all things but Saturn in the ascendant who is lord of the 6th denotes mischeif and troubles to the people in their proper persons also many strange infirmities and vexations to those under the signs Virgo and Pisces as you may read in Mr. Lillys Christian Astrology page the 96 and 99 c. In the next place I

Mars are in Conjunction nearer the place of the new Star which appeared in 1604 and they are both in Opposition to Jupiter such prodigious Conjunctions and Aspects as these produce none but Rebels and such kind of Treacherous Villains c. Moravia Misnia Sardinia Lumbardy Flanders Brabant Armenia Martiania Dalmatia Hungary Moravia Sclavonia Gallia Togata Sicily Aphalia Bohemia Phenesia Emilia Chaldea Rome Damasco Prague Confluant Sarmatia Tartary the great Mosel Piemont Media Swedeland Turkey all these places are much concerned this year England and France are much concerned herein also but France is more concerned than England for they are full of tribulation they drink deep of the Cup of Affliction the Hungarians and the East part of Germany begin to look blew upon it for they fear a Famine and Rome it self begins to quake c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1693. January the 11 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♌ April the 22 ☍ ♄ ♃ from ♊ and ♐ July the 6 ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♋ June 23 ☉ Eclipsed visible in ♋ and great July 31 ☍ ♄ ♂ from ♊ and ♐ December 16 ☉ Eclipsed in ♑ invisible ON the 22d day of April Saturn and Jupiter make their Opposition from Gemini and Sagitarius and there is also a remarkable Opposition between Saturn and Mars from the same Signs and we have no less than four Eclipses between the Sun and Moon this year from which Configurations we may rationally Judge of many strange Actions and Calamities which is likely to happen in several places of Europe as thus Spain is still a loser Oh what a Distraction is there and not only there but in many more places besides for Bohemia Sycily Togata and some part of the Turks Dominions is threatned with Penury that is with scarcity of Grain and other Provision Rome is also much concerned herein and if they have a Plague this year let them think of me for there is a bitter Potion prepared for that City therefore Tom. Jesuite prepare thy self for a change nay the Pope himself also Hungary Dalmatia Moravia Misnia Sclavonia Celtica Chaldea Phenicia Orchinia Damasco Siracusa and Rouenna do also lament and well they may for their Afflictions are great Holland Scotland Granado Burgundy Zeland Prusia Numidia and indeed all Cities under Aries Libra Cancer and Capricorn are much herein concerned Holland is threatned with many Diseases and sudden Deaths to the meaner sort of People Scotland Granado and Burgundy are also threatned with Mortality The City Gemini must also expect to have a share of this years Transactions perhaps some of her Magistrates brought to Justice for their former Villanies and in all probability some secret Plots may be discovered and the chief Actors thereof brought to severe punishment London is under the Government of Gemini so is Flanders too that Land is like to suffer extreamly by their own Folly c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1694. January the 1 ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♋ June the 10 ☉ Eclipsed visible in ♋ June the 26 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♑ December the 6 ☉ Eclipsed invisible in ♐ December the 10 ☌ ♄ ♂ in ♑ IN this year 1694 we have only four Eclipses between those glorious Lamps of Heaven viz. Two of the Sun and as many of the Moon we have likewise a notable Conjunction of Saturn and Mars which falls in Opposition to the visible Eclipse of the Sun which happens June the 10th in the first Face of Cancer therefore all places under the Influence of Cancer Sagitarius and Capricorn must expect many Troubles Vexations and Calamities in this year 1694. Now Muscovy have a care or else some potent Enemy will invade thee and bring greater Calamities upon thee than thou hast had heretofore the Sweed and Tartars are also up in Arms and if the Sweed be invaded tell him it is his own fault because I gave him timely warning before the Danes aim but to small purpose Scotland Holland Granado and Burgundy must look to taste of the bitter Cup The Turk also grows very potent and still increases his Dominions and Constantinople fears the Pestilence Zeland Prusia Venice Genoa Lucas Pisa Bernyork Macedonia Thracia Albania Saxony Spain Dalmatia Hungary and Ireland must look to partake of this years Transactions Oxford also must look to taste of this year for here is a violent storm impending and wo to that City whenever it falls for the Comet appeared in Capricorn her Sign c. Also the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon in the first and third Faces of Cancer denote many Diseases to the Female Sex and also sudden miserable and unexpected Deaths unto many they also incline Mens minds to Arms and to violate National Leagues deceitfully under the pretences of Religion They also cause a disturbed Air and stir up strange kind of Weather and variety of it and that in those Countries under the Sign Cancer but those Eclipses of the Sun and Moon in the second Faces of Sagitarius and Capricorn portend the Death or much Destruction unto such Cattle as naturally bray and of the bigger sort of any such Beasts as are useful for Man they also denote Incursions of Armies into Neighbour Countries Captivities frequent uproars in the Souldiery and that to all places under the Signs Sagitarius and Capricorn c. Astrological Judgments for the Year 1695. I Shall judge the State and Condition of this year from the Configurations of the Planets May the 18 ☽ Eclipsed invisible in ♐ June the 1 ☉ Eclips visib in ♊ Aug. 12 ☍ ♄ ♃ from ♍ and ♑ August the 23 △ ♄ ♃ from ♍ and ♑ November the 10 ☽ Eclipsed visible in ♉ November the 25 ☉ Eclipsed invisible in ♐ and Eclipses of the Luminaries which are as followeth as thus We have a notable Opposition between Saturn and Mars from Cancer and Capricorn it falls the 12th of August and on the 23d day of the same Month we have a Trine of ♄ and ♃ from ♍ and ♑ besides we have no less than four Eclipses this year two of the Sun and as many of the Moon The first Eclipse of the Sun falls in Gemini London's Ascendant and the last Eclipse of the Sun falls in Sagitarius it is made in the second House it threatens Spain with Destruction amongst their Cattle both great and small it also denotes many Robberies and inhumane Murthers in that Country with strange kind of Out-rages in Hungary Dalmatia Moravia Sclavonia Misnia Celtica and in all places under Sagitarius but the Eclipse of the Sun in Gemini which is made in the Eighth House bodes mortality to great Persons and that in Flanders Brabant Sardinia Hircania Armenia and in London too and because Mars is Lord of the Ascendant and posited in Taurus in Opposition to the same therefore I judge we may expect to hear of popular Insurrections in those places under the Sign Gemini Mars in Taurus shews some troubles more than ordinary upon

Body be full of Blood bleed so much as strength and age will permit c. Fourthly Take a Spoonful of Vinegar of Squills three or four times a day viz. at ten of the Clock in the Morning and just after Dinner and at four in the Afternoon and likewise after Supper Fifthly Take the quantity of a Hazel-Nut of Methridate it is thus made gather half a handful of green Rue any Sunday morning a little after Sun-rising then take six blew Figs and six Walnuts and forty Juniper Berries and a little Bay-Salt beat these altogether into an Electuary Sixthly Let all Passions and Perturbations of mind be avoided and likewise all violent motions and likewise I shall advise all those which love their Healths to avoid the drinking of Wine and strong Drink for all such things as these inflame the Blood Seventhly Let all People keep their Houses pure and clean for a foul House is like soft Wax sitting to receive any impression also let there be a good Fire kept therein and let your Diet be of good Juice quick of digestion and be sure you eat those things which are sharp with your Meats as Vinegar Verjuice Oranges Juice of Lemmons and Citrons or Pomgranets let all Fruits be avoided except such as are sower let not the Stomach be over-charged with excess of Meat or Drink and in Summer time let the Blood be cooled with cool Herbs as Endive Lettuce Purslain Succory and let your Drink be Whey clarified with them let your smells be of L●udanum Storax Calamitis Camphire Cinnamon Nutmegs Wood of Aloes Liquid Storax c. Lastly These things being taken inwardly are preventional and resist the Diseases viz. Angelica Roots Zodoary Bolearmeniack Terra limina Methridate Treacle Tormentil and Petasitis Roots and Citron Pills thus much for Prevention In the next place I come to Provision for it when prevention is too late and first of all that Provision may be timely I begin with the Signs of one Infected which are 12 The first is when the outward Members be cold and the inward Members burning hot the second is heaviness weariness sloth and indisposition of the whole Body and difficulty in breathing the third is pain and heaviness in the Head the fourth is carefulness of mind and sadness the fifth is a marvellous inclination to sleep for the most part for sometimes watching and raving vex them the sixth is the flowing of the Eyes the seventh is the loss of appetite the eighth is immoderate thirst and often vomiting the ninth is bitterness and dryness of the Mouth the tenth is the pulse is swift small and deep the eleventh is the Urine for the most part thick and stinking the twelfth and most certain sign of all is if there appear risings behind the Ears under the Arm-holes or in the Groins without any manifest cause known or and if Carbuncles arise suddenly in any other Member these when they rise shews Naturh is strong and able because it thrusteth the venom from it in the beginning of the Sickness nay many times before the Body feels it self sick now these risings appearing in any place shew which of the Vitals is most afflicted with the Disease for if they appear about the Ears the Brain is most annoyed by reason that is the purging place of the Brain if the rising appear under the Arms then the Heart is the part afflicted for that is the purging place of the Heart but and if it appear in the Groin the Liver is most infected for the Groin is the purging place thereof but if no rising appear at all it fore-shews Nature to be weak and not able to expel and thrust forth the Venome but when those spots appear that are called Tokens they shall shew that the whole Body Universally is Corrupted c. If you feel your self infected first upon a full Stomach take a Vomit presently also in the beginning of the Disease let the Diseased Person Blood on that side that the rising appears as if it should happen in the Neck bleed in the Cephalica on that Arm viz. if it be on the right side bleed the right Arm if on the left side bleed the left Arm if the rising appear under the Arm bleed in the Basilica of the Arm on that side the rising appears but if it appear in the Groin breathe a Vein in the Ancles of the side it appears on but if none at all appear consider which parts are most grieved with Pains and Aches and proceed in Blood-letting according to the former Rules Sweating also is a very Sovereign remedy which you may effect by some such Medicines as these viz. Methridate Venice-Treacle Mathiolus his great Antidote Black-Cherry-Water Serpentary Roots Electuarium de Ovo the Blood being cooled with this or the like Juleps and let him or her drink no other Drink take Harts-horn and Ivory of each one Ounce and a half of the flowers of Violets Burrage Bugloss Clove-gilly-flowers Rosemary and Marigolds of each two Drams of the Roots of Petasitis and Zedoary of each three Drams of the Roots of Scorzonera one Ounce boyl them all in a Pottle of Water until it comes to a Quart and when it is almost boyled add to it Saffron and Chochaneal of each ten Grains then strain it and add to it Syrrup of Violets Clove-gilly-flowers and Melessaphylli fernelii of each one Ounce Oyl of Sulphur 12 Drops let this be drank so often as the sick is a dry if the Diseased be astringent keep the Body soluble with Clysters and let them be refreshed and strengthened with Cordials and if they sleep not provoke sleep with Diascordium but have a care of Opiates in the beginning of the Disease if they vomit much as some do vomit up all they do eat and drink stay it with Spirit of Mint or bake a Toast very well then dip it in Wine Vinegar chew a little of this while it is hot and hold the rest to your Nose and it will close up the mouth of the Stomach and if any swelling do rise consider first whether it be likely to brake or not that you may know by its lying deep in the Flesh and looking white it is not likely to break you must then anoint it with Oyl of Lillies or Oyl of Camomell but if it rise to a Head and look Red and lye not deep in the Flesh it will break then take a young Pidgeon pull off the Feathers from the tail and hold her bare Fundament to the swelling and it will draw out all the Venome some lay Venice Treacle to it for Venice Treacle draweth the Venome to it but sometimes the swelling falls down again and is black this shews great danger of Life and that comes through cold taken therefore you must be very careful and see that you do not take cold in this Disease for it is very dangerous but when it is too late to prevent the Remedy thereof presently take a Pidgeon and with a sharp Knife slit her through the breast to the Back break her open and apply her yet alive to the place if this do no good apply a cupping Glass to the place for a desperate Disease must have a desperate Cure for what is it that a Man will not do to save his Life so long as there is hopes when the sore is broken apply a Milliot Plaister to it and tent it with Linimentum Arcei and make no great haste to heal it up Lastly And if Tokens appear which by most people is affirmed and firmly belived to be an infallible sign of Death let the Person so infected be let Blood and when you have so done give such Physick as shall be thought fit by an able Physitian for the cleansing of the Body from all ill humours and let the sick have such Cordials as shall cool the Blood and strengthen Nature then see through the providence of God whether Nature will not be able to rout the Disease Another Remedy for those that have the Tokens which is somewhat more desperate than the former as thus whilst natural heat remains wrap up the sick Person in a Blanket wet in cold Water and that will cause a violent Sweat and thereby purges out the Corruption from the Blood c. For a Plague Sore Boyl or Carbuncle Bay-salt dryed and beaten into fine Powder and well incorporated with the yolks of Eggs makes an excellent Plaister being spread upon Leather This also is an excellent remedy for the Plague take Ivy Berries when they are Ripe and dry them then take half a Dram of the Powder of them in Plantain-Water and sweat upon it another if a piece of Angle-Gold be put into Juice of Lemmons and after 24 hours taken out again and a little Angelica Root in powder put into it and drunk by such as have the Plague cures to admiration but you must gather the Angelica on a Sunday just as the Sun rises because it is a Herb of the Sun and the Gold should be put in at the same time c. So much for the Prevention and Cure of the Pestilence c. But if Nature frown the Case is hard And if Art want the matter all is marr'd Do not we know that the Learned Physician giving a Medicine to his sick Patient expecteth not that it should immediately operate some hours he alloweth for the Medicines operation God is our Physician the Heavens his store-house or Shop the Sun Moon and Stars his Instrumental Medicines and Drugs their motion his time he gives in operation If Physick work not as the Learned Doctor conceiveth it ought to do aliquid latet there is an obstruction he little thought of Therefore if I mistake or fail in these my Prognosticks perhaps the Great Jehovah hath reserved the Honour for some more worthy and deserving person than I am therefore blinds my Senses or else permits me not to see or fore-tell what those Heavenly Messengers are the fore-runners of c. FINIS

d. m. s. Years 1600 9. 20. 55. ●3 3. 5. 44. 8. 80.     36. 16   1. 22. 10 5. 11 29 47. 29.     5. 8. August 7. 29. ●0 11.       41. Dayes 9.   10. 50. 32.         Hours 9.     22. ●●         Min. 10.       ●5         Mid. Long. ☉ 6 2. 3. 0. 3. 7. 12 7. Apog sub 3. 7. 12. 7 Anom Res. 2. 24. 50. 53. Equa ad 00. 02. 02. 33. ☉ place 6 00 00 00 Viz. in ♎ 00 00 00 The FIGURE followeth c. ☽ △ ♀ ⚹ ☉ ad ⚹ ♄ △ ♂ ♀ △ ♃ ☉ ad ☌ ♄ ☿ ad ☌ ☉ ☌ ♄ ♂ ad △ ♃ September the 12●h 8 hours 24 minutes past noon 1686. The Angles of this figure are partly fixed and partly common and all the Planets subteranean Mercury and Saturn rules the first and tenth and the Sun and Jupiter the fou●th and seventh the City sign ascends let the figure be set by any tables extent bold daring Mars is in square to the same and he is lord of the 12th what more mischievous Plots a contriving still against our Metropolitan City Oh how uncertain and unstable the nationall affairs of this World at present are especially those either of active or rich Princes any person though of mean capacity may perceive by the application of the Sun and Mercury to the body of Saturn the actions and consultations of Princes will be very eminent and considerable this half year which may cause some fude amongst them and in all probability incite them to attempts of War for Mars his sudden application to the sextil of Jupiter in Scorpio shews some treacherous designs in counsells which can intimate no less and besides Mars applies to the body of Saturn a notable conjunction in earnest it is of ill influence upon all Persons and Places concerned therein as Austria Livonia Caspia Thusia Seres Sundgavia Bastrina Delphinat Alsatia Sabandia Lisbone Cajetam Spiers Franckfoord Laudem France Germany Burgundy Denmark Palestine Polonia Florence Sweeden and England By this position the winds should blow high threatning many losses some by Pyracy others by Shipwracks and the high wayes of our Nation pestered with Theeves from which occasions we here of strange Murthers and unusual Robberys out of houses in houses in the western and northern Roads of England with fearfull Divisions and many Tumults much Tergiversation in Counsells much Treason high ranting Pamphlets dispersing the seeds of Treason inviting to the Murther of Magistrates Plotting and eminent Martial-men found guilty thereof yet the state of England stands firm and our Foundation rests firm unshaken but have we our share in sad news or unwellcome Intelligence Between this and the close of the Year the Aust●ian Cedars shake some Princes begin to decline Saturn is entered into Libra he entred Libra too in 1657. at which time the Emperour of Germany departed this life a sober Prince and of grear Majesty Therefore I judge the affliction of Saturn this year 1686. doth foreshew that some Honourable Person of the Austrian Blood may in the circuit of the year end his days near upon that tract of land or in that country where even he dyed c. The Moon is in sextil of the Sun and adds to a sextil of Saturn and Caput is near the cusp of the ascendant and Mercury lord thereof applies to the body of Saturn who receives him like a noble soul in his exaltation Saturn is lord of the 10th such significations as these shews great unity and love Between the Superiours and Commons of this Land yet there is much repining amongst the common and vulgar sort of People for such things as are necessary for their supportment for Mercury is retrograd and the Moon is near Cauda Draconis and is hasting to an opposition of the degrees ascending c. Now the next thing to be considered is what diseases are likely to happen this half year as thus Libra desending on the 6th and Venus lady thereof posited in Leo intimates diseases of Blood and Choller and Jupiter in the 6th in Scorpio a watry sign shews diseases of Blood and Flegme and Saturn the Sun and Mercury in the sign of the 6th shews diseases of Blood and Melancholly thus all things being considered and well weighed in the ballance of reason I judge that the diseases of this half year will be of compound humours yet Blood will most abound and that to be much corrupted and disordered whence may arise many strange kind of Agues and Feavours likewise Dropsies Consumption stoppage of Urine weakness in the Reins and afflictions in the Longs whence many strange kind of Coughs proceed c. In the next place I shall give you an account of the luminaries ecclipsed this year and so I shall conclude as thus there is but one ecclipse only and that is of the Moon and it falls on the 19th of november at eleven a clock at night and is well worthy the observation of the Ingenious Sons of Urania it happens in the first face of the Coelistial-Twinns near Occulus Tauri it begins in the 10th house and ends in the 9th Mercury and Jupiter besiege the Sun and the ecclipsed Moon is opposed by them all and that from as violent fixed Stars as she her self is near which according to the Doctrine of the Antients threateneth Incursions and Rapines of Enemys likewise the death of some Noble and Illustrious Woman besides many solicitations of Private and Publique things if not frequent motion of Armys in many places of Europe c. So much for predictions upon the Annual revolutions of the Sun and Ecclipses only In the next place I shall give you a word or two concerning that tripple Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter which happened 1682. and 1683. in that regal sign Leo it being the great dignitys of the Sun and Jupiter it was ushered in by two new Stars which appeared in 1680. and 1682. just such a one as the first was seen before our Saviours Birth at which time there was a great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Pisces as it doth appear by the Rudolphin Tables it was in Caesar Augustus his Reign in whose time the Sybillians were very expert in the knowledge of this Noble and Heavenly Science for one Sybillia Triburtina told the Emperour that it pointed out a Child born of a Virgin which should be greater then he therefore she exhorted him to worship him c. Histories Ancient Writers and Common Experience in former Ages testifieth unto us that these Signs in the Heaven as appearance of Comets and Meetings of the Superiour Stars are the assured fore-runners of the sterility of the Earth Pestilence Famine War alterations of Kingdoms States and Empires Laws and Customs Winds Earthquakes Inundations extream Heat and Drought grievous Diseases and Infirmities and such like horrid Evils likewise Anxiety and Trouble Treasons