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Heavens Astrology first revealed to the first man Adam by God himself Not Diabolical or illegal but most lawful and most to be desired of all other natural Sciences A great means to draw us to God and acquaint us with his Divine incomprehensible self Nota. LOok also into the Preface of Gerson his Trilogium Astrologiae Theologizatae who reduces in that piece Astrology to Divinity and you shall finde that he acknowledgeth it an admirable and Noble Science revealed to Adam the first Patriark by God and so to his posterity Ergo most lawful and to be desired above all Sciences in the World not being either Diabolicall Illegal opposite to trust or confidence of God but indeed rather a great means to acquaint us with his Heavenly and incomprehensible divine selfe when by the motions and constant influences of the Coelestial bodies we know the corruption generation and procreation of all things in this Elementary world and so contemplate and talk or converse daily and hourly with him who is not to be beheld by fraile mortal eys or flesh nor to stand in the immediate presence of that dreadful omnipotent God whose voice alone is a consuming fire c. Gersons words I say are Propterea non est hoc negandum de Astrologia quam esse Scientiam Nobilem admirabilem primo Patriarchae Adam sequacibus revelatam Theologia non abnegat Wherefore it is not to be denyed of Astrology but to be a Noble and admirable Science revealed first to Adam and his posterity Divinity refuseth or denyeth not for there is nothing more certain then that God hath in his secret wisdom so disposed of the constitution of the Coelestial bodies that his Will by their operations and several influences is acted and performed thereby so that to the end of the world it is fore-ordained and decreed by him to be so performed and accomplished by them according to the opinion and excellent judgement of P. de Ariaco who in his Concordance of Astrology with Divinity proveth the Flood Sects Noahs flood Sects Schisms and other accidents foreknown and signified by the Heavens The Heavens is Gods instrument by which he governeth and ruleth this Elementary world The Heavens have many and divers vertues and obey the Commandment of God Schisms and other most notable accidents to be signified in Heaven long before and this is confirmed also by Gerson who in his second Proposition acknowledged Heaven to be as indeed it is the Instrument of God whereby he governeth this corruptible and inferiour Elementary world And further saith he Erraverunt hic aliqui dicentes coelum nihil agere sed tantummodo signum esse allegantes illud erunt in signa tempora They erre who think the Heavens do nothing but are onely for signes alleadging that and they shall be for signes and seasons c. For he further in the third Proposition saith and approveth it to be a probable and subtile opinion that God foreknowing the chances of men had described certain agreeable tokens in Heaven concurring with the course of the world even to the day of judgement By this I say is my words and the opinion of P. de Ariaco confirmed and in the fourth Proposition he declareth that Heaven hath received many and divers vertues of God according to the variety of the parts of the Stars of the Planets and of the motions of them though not comprehended by all men and so forward he testifieth that they obey the commandment of God But this by the way let us now proceed CHAP. IV. That the Heavens and Stars have influence on inferiour and Elementary things Proved by Scripture or the word of God And acknowledged by Philosophers and the learned in former ages LEt us now then having cleered this Objection viz. That Astronomie is an Art or one of the Liberal Sciences but not Astrology and proved that they are one and the same Science though distinct parts and that they were distinguished but of late times by ignorant cavillers against it prove that the Heavens have influence together with the Stars on Elementary and sublunary things being also by many unknown in the works of God not to use a harsher terme denyed to have any The Heavens or influence of the stars cause of Fertility and Sterility Of Sterility That the Heavens have a great and strong influence on sublunary Elementary things as touching sterility and fertility which we shall here begin first with there is none but who are most impious will dare to deny since the Word of God himselfe sheweth us the truth thereof for first if you look into the 26 of Leviticus ver 19. you shall finde there the Lord threatning his children with sterility for disobedience saith I will make your Heaven as Iron and your Earth as Brass viz. The Heavens shall not duly by their influence distill those comfortable showers of fertility they shall be hard as Iron and your earth as brass that it shall not receive any impression there from c. And so likewise on the contrary when of his infinite Goodness and Mercy he promiseth plenty he sayeth I will hear the Heavens and the Heavens shall hear the earth and the earth shall hear the corn and the wine and the oile and they shall heare Jezreel Hos 2.21 22. Of Fertility So that hereby you see cleerly a dependency of the earth on the Heavens and their influence Jezreel the people of the Lord when their ways shall please him shall be heard by the corn wine and oile viz. all sufficient necessaries they being comprehended under these words and these having their dependency as it were from the earth as growing out of it shall be heard or assisted by it or furthered to its utmost ability but all this will not do without the Heavens hear or assist the earth with its sweet influence nor then except God the disposer and orderer of all things hear and give his blessing to the Heavens so that hereby we see God most cleer in the order and disposal of nature God is to be seen in the order of nature and in his works Nota. who is the first moving and efficient cause to whom all causes are but subordinate yet you see that next unto himself the Stars are secondary causes and from him immediate causes of all our earthly enjoyments or afflictions for what causeth that amongst corn the ground being diligently tilled and painfully mannured by the Husband-man and the Corn sowed herein being clean and pure from other mixture of seeds what causeth I say that yet notwithstanding there will several flowers both blew red and purple grow amongst it also out of the same seed Darnel solders and smutty geare if this be not occasioned through and by the influence of the Heavens it is occasioned by nothing in the whole fabrick of the world But yet for further confirmation hereof the 33 of Deut. v. 14. you see doth manifestly make

in the Eastern parts and abundance of provision and the earth shall be fruitfull and the year generally successfull but if she be impedited it will be nothing so well Venus Lady of the year in Aquaries Again if Venus be in Aquaries in any Annual Revolution and free from impediment men shall be in a happy and prosperous condition during that Revolution and there shall be no abundance of rain nor snow neither much cold in Winter the year shall be successfull and plentifull and people in a happy condition and prosperous if Mars work not the contrary Venus Lady of ●●e year in Pisces Lastly if Venus be in Pisces free from the Malevolent aspects of the Infortunes and Lady of the year there shall not be much cold weather in Winter nor much snow nor rain but what shall be necessary and convenient and that too in due Season the Earth shall be fruitfull the year plentifull and the Sea quiet and safe from Shipwracks and Pirates but if she be afflicted Retrograde or Combust and beholding the Ascendent she denotes Thunders and Lightnings also death amongst men and pains in the eyes and generally unless Mars hinder they shall abound in all things that are produced by the Earth CHAP. XX. Of the Significations of Mercury when he is Lord of the Year in any of the Twelve Signs IN the next place we are to look what are the significations of Mercury who is the second of the inferiour Planets and the next under Venus who if he be Lord of the year and posited in Aries Mercury Lord of the year in Aries there shall be abundance of water and rain and a scarcity of provisions in the Western parts he signifies also great winds much dew and many thin clouds also death to young men and women Now because he is of that quality that he participateth still of the nature of that Planet in Configuration with him it is requisite we have respect thereunto for with the Fortunes he is good with the Infortunes bad in his own nature indifferent and he is with the Masculine Planets a Masculine Planet and of that signification with the Feminine a Feminine Wherefore if Mercury be joyned to the Moon either by body or aspect it denotes plenty of Fish if to the Sun plenty of Wine and the safety and prosperity of women and so much the rather if Mars and Venus be then in Conjunction or Aspect with the Sun and if Saturn be in the place of Mercury he signifies very much rain and abundance of Waters but if Mars be only then with the Sun he denotes pains in the eyes and much war and blood-shed Mercury Lord of the year in Taurus If Mercury be Lord of the year and located in Taurus he signifies many showers and plenty of waters and a destruction of Corn and the fruits of the earth through diversity and change of ayr pains and infirmities in the eyes in the Eastern parts and the death of Great and Noble men unless Jupiter or Venus work the contrary by their benovolent aspects to him or to the Ascendent but if Mars behold the Ascendent he signifies the death of Cows and the greater sort of Cattel especially in the Southern parts Mercury Lord of the year in Gemini Also if he be in Gemini and be Lord of the year in any Revolution of the World he denotes Wars in those parts subject to the sign much snow and dammage to the fruits of the earth and plenty of wine This is one of the mad Rules of the Ancients I would fain know why not a plentifull year for every thing else as well as wine if he be strong for this is his own house and if he be weak how comes he to be so successfull to Vines and nothing else they say also he signifies pestilencies and death inflammations swellings and eruptions he denotes also much dew and moist ayr I believe it should be a wholsom good ayr and health and prosperity to the People in general the Antients say if Jupiter or the Sun behold the Ascendent of the Revolution Pestilence and Sickness will be lessened and that there will be a diminution of these evils and men in the Eastern parts shall be stronger and in a better and happier condition then before it is clear to me all this will happen without their assistance so Mercury be but free from impedition and the malevolent aspects of the Infortunes when he is located in this sign Reader thou mayst follow the Ancients in every thing they say if thou wilt and be a Drone for ever for my part I am absolutely resolved to the contrary especially in these and such like whimsies of theirs Mercury Lord of the year in Cancer If Mercury be Lord of the year in Cancer he signifies slaughter and bloodshed in the Western parts I believe it should be in the Northwest parts a little time and experience will soon decide the controversie scarcity of provisions and the fruits of the earth mischief and detriment to Trees and Seeds many infirmities through Rheums Defluxions and Swellings and those chiefly in the neck throat and brest such as are Squincies Kings-evil Obstructions and stuffings in the pectorals through thick gross tough Flegme unnatural Swellings or Hydropical Humours in the legs If he be joyned by either body or aspect to Mars and Venus both together he denotes the murthering and slaughtering of great and Noble men or perhaps of such as are rampant in authority in any Nation for which your Revolution is made but if Venus and the Moon be so joyned to him judge the contrary Mercury Lord of the year in Leo. Also if he be in Leo and be Lord of the year he denotes excessive and vehement hot weather in Summer also hot and warm winds also if he be beyond the tenth house viz. towards the seventh he signifies impediment and dammage to those parts or to that Quarter of Heaven viz. Southwest Southwest and by South and Southwest and by West and a diminution or a scarcity of Provisions and Fruits but not an absolute Famine If he be in any Configuration of the Fortunes the evil will be lessened by so much as the adjuvant Planet is in strength and the aspect in goodness but if beheld by the Infortunes by so much the more is the mischief increased by how much the worse is the aspect and power of the malevolent Planet he also signifies the death of Lions Wolves and such beasts as are ravenous Mercury Lord of the year in Virgo Again if he be in Virgo and Lord of the year there shall be much rain and plenty of Corn and the fruits of the earth too I may add and there shall be many Infirmities of the eyes and death in the Southern parts I should truly rather conclude this sign being the house wherein he is both exalted and essentially dignified by house contrary to the precepts of my

method before any or all other Astrological Philosophers whatsoever and therefore as I have already said with him I shall conclude as touching this matter adding only this Chapter which I have collected out of of Junctinus that we may hasten to a conclusion of this Treatise CHAP. V. Of the Sun and Moon Eclipsed in any Decanate or Face of the twelve Celestial Signs DIvers rules have I before delivered unto thee which I collectedout of Junctinus wherefore now for conclusion of this point I thought good to give thee this Chapter out of him also the which he gathered from the writings of Proclus When there happens any Eclipse either of the Sun or Moon in Taurus Virgo or Capricorn it denotes a scarcity of the fruits of the Earth and Corn in Gemini Libra or Aquaries a Famin and outragious diseases Pestilencies and Mortalities in Cancer Scorpio or Pisces the death and slaughter of obscure common Plebean kinde of people continual quarrels and seditions and great damage to Navigators and such as converse in the Sea or Sea-affairs in Aries Leo or Sagittary I need say no more then this thas it is sufficiently declared in the handling the several Decanates of these Signs wherefore it will not be amiss if we also go through every sign of the whole Zodiack beginning at Aries that so thou mayest not be to seek upon any Eclipse of the Luminaries and first then of the Sun When the Sun is Eclipsed in any of the first ten degrees of Aries which you have heard is the first Decanate or Face thereof it portends the sudden and frequent motion of Armies continual expeditions assaults and batteries with many tumults seditions and controversies and an inclination of the ayr to intemperate heat and drought In the following Decanat or Face viz. from the tenth to the twentieth degree of Aries it denotes the Imprisonment trouble and sadness of some King and danger of death unto him a corruption of trees that are fruitful or of such fruits as are produced of Trees as also of the Earth In the last Decanate or Face viz. from the twentieth to the thirtieth or last degree of Aries he bringeth grief and sadness to mortals and the death of great women and a scarcity or diminution of Cattel viz. those of the lesser sort because it is signified by Aries An Eclipse of the Sun happening in the first Face of Taurus afflicteth Negotiators Agents and Solicitors destroyeth businesses and the Corn upon the Earth In the second Decanate or Face of Taurus incommodities to such as bear children and also to Travellers In the third Pestilence and Famine from whence we may collect the destruction of greater Cattel viz. Buls Oxen and Cows An Eclipse in the first Face of Gemini of the Sun causeth dissention amongst Priests of what Order soever they are inveterate hatred and seditions and a contempt of both the Law of God and Man is to be feared In the second thefts and robberies piracies and slaughters In the third the death of some King and various mischeifs to such Common-wealths as are under Gemini and the frustration of such Cities affairs and Negotiations Again an Eclipse of the Sun in the first Face of Cancer troubleth the ayr and causeth var●ous winds and alterations of weather In the second dryeth up Rivers and Fountains and causeth petulent and greivous mortalities In the third through Armenia and Africa and the rest of the Regions and Places subject to Cancer Hidropical diseases seditions and the disease of France Naples Spain England and indeed of all the World yet commonly called the French and Neopolitan disease or more plainly the French Pox. Also an Eclipse of the Sun in the first Decanate of Leo denotes the death of some eminent Prince and the scarcity of Bread-corn In the second troubles and anxieties to Kings Princes and Great men or Magistrates In the third captivities slaughters rapines and profanation of holy and sacred Houses I conceive he hereby meant Churches Monasteries and such like Moreover an Eclipse of the Sun in Virgo argues the grievous calamity and death of some certain King in the confines of Virgo In the second Famine Pestilence and deadly Seditions In the third to Pictures Poets and Merchants and such as live by their Ingenuity and wit slaughters destruction banishment and the like If an Eclipse of the Sun be in the first Face of Libra it corrupteth the Ayr causeth the Pestilence and a scarcity and dearness of Corn In the second portendeth the death of some Great King under the Dominion of Libra Seditions and Famine In the third discords amongst Great ones and detriment in their estates Also if an Eclipse be in the first Face of Scorpio it moveth and stirreth up Wars and tumults slaughter hatred captivities plots and treacheries In the second mischief to some King whose minde is averse to war In the third the rise of some tyrant the slothfulness and idleness of the former King hateful to every one In the first Face or Decanate of Sagittary if an Eclipse of the Sun be it shews grievous dissentions and deadly fewds amongst men In the second the death of Camels and such Cattel as chew the cud especially the greater sort and such like In the third prejudice to Horses and Armies Again an Eclipse of the Sun in the first Decanate of Capricorn it denotes unhappiness and chances to Great men the transmigration of some King and the Rebellion of the Nobles and rusticks In the second hired souldiers are excited and animated against their Commanders and Superiours and frustrateth all their devices In the third it induceth the tumultuary motion of the King and causeth Famine Moreover an Eclipse of the Sun in the first Face of Aquaries causeth publique sorrow and sadness In the second publique thefts rapines and roberies Earth-quakes and Famine In the third the death and slaughter of sheep and beasts of the field Lastly an Eclipse of the Sun in the first Face of Pisces drieth up Rivers and unfortunateth the Sea and the affairs thereof In the second the death of famous and excellent men destruction of Fish Earth-quakes c. In the third sedition cruelty furiousness and inhumanity of souldiers The Moon eclipsed in the first Face of Aries An Eclipse of the Moon now in every Decanate is to be considered since we have done with the Sun wherefore when the Moon is Eclipsed in the first Decanate of Aries she denotes Feavers destruction of Woods by fire and a siccity and dryness of the ayr In the second Pestilence In the third Abortive births incommodities and such like dangers to women An Eclipse of the Moon in the first decanate of Taurus denotes destruction and death to great Cattel In the second the death of the Queen of some Region under Taurus and a scarcity of seeds and barrenness of the Earth In the third she shews cruelty on Serpents and such like Also an Eclipse of the Moon in the first

of Waters in the Western not so soon and it signifies many sicknesses and that Wolves and mad Dogs will rage And if in Virgo In Virgo it denotes the extirpation of Domesticks belonging to some King or Prince or their removall out of one place into another or out of one Kingdom into another or their banishment or their being carried away captive and their goods and offices shall be taken away without any hope of restauration neither shall they ever recover them it denotes also damage to Merchants and mutual injuries and injustice amongst men also vexations and captivities and much labour pain trouble tribulations and sadness Feavers Abortions in women a noise of Arms c. If it appear Eastward the sooner are its Effects manifest and portends war if Westward the later and denotes quarrels and a rankeness of Corn. In Libra it denotes theft and robberies also cutters on the High-way In Libra and men shall fear poverty and want and shall suffer through cold it denotes also the death of some eminent man slaughters and secret plots and treacheries a scarcity of Rain impetuous Winds a drought of Fountains and other waters a want of the Fruits of the Earth and Provisions for the use of man Earth quakes c. And if it be Eastern these Effects will the sooner appear and the Kings of Babylon and such as are under the sign Libra shall be unfortunate and Horses and Mules shall be dear and Wars amongst the Romans but if Western the contrary and servants shall contemn and reject their Masters and the fruits of the Earth shall not be altogether so scarce In Scorpio any Comet signifieth abundance of war and rebellion to Kings In Scorpio changes and alterations detriment and damage to souldiers labour and travel to all kings of men contentions amongst Great men great perils and dangers the death of some eminent man and a scarcity of waters at some certain times mischief to such as are with child a scarcity of Corn and the fruits of the Earth and pains in the Testicles and Bladder And if it be seen in the East or Eastward these do soon appear and it denotes a scarcity of rain and that Wolves sand Dogs will ravin but if it be Westward not so soon and there shall be Locusts and such like creatures Also a Comet in Sagittary denotes a decay of Nobility In Sagittary and a suppression of Great and Noble men wise prudent and learned and much evill and tribulation will fall upon them and especially to Scribes or Lawyers moreover captivity of Princes war and such like But if it be seen towards the East sooner will these be effected and it signifieth the death of Kings fightings robberies and a scarcity of Provisions for the life of man if towards the West later and it denotes many fantastical dreams and that women shall have many Abortions Again In Capricorn in Capricorn any Comet signifies fornications amongst men war amongst King and Nobles many calamities and misfortunes quarrels poisoning of Kings the death of Princes cutting by the High-way contempt of Religion men and things and it also shews persecution of or to Religion hail snow and a sharp winter to the great anoyance of the seeds of the Earth also it threatneth Famine Pestilence and the like If it be first seen in the Eastern part of Heaven its Effects will suddenly appear and it denotes that Kings shall be damnified by their enemies and they shall be the occasion of their death and alterations in Government snow also and abundance of rain to the destruction of Vines and other the fruits of the Earth but if in the Western not so soon and it denotes a Year of abundance of grass and water Moreover if in Aquaries In Aquaries it denotes many wars and slaughters and the death of some honorable and eminent Prince or Lady in the Eastern parts say some of the Antients but I should have judged it in the Western parts Aquaries being a Western sign c. war for a long time Epidemical diseases an obscuration of the Ayr with thundring and lightning Pestilence also and the death of both Illustrious men and also the common sort of people If it appear in the Eastern parts their Portences will sooner operate and it denotes abundance of grass if in the Western later and it signifies various rumors and chiefly of war and that many men shall be imprisoned and captivated Lastly In Pisces a Comet in Pisces signifies war amongst kindred and to another and there shall be much slaughter contentions also touching matters of Faith and priviledges and customs in Religion and antient Traditions there shall be also many apparitions in the Ayr fishes shall many of them suffer destruction and it shall be dangerous Navigating Kings shall War one against another the father against the son and the son against the father and brother against brother c. And if it appear in the East part of Heaven the sooner will these be manifested and it signifies enmities between Kings Nobles and Plebeans tumults bickerings c. if in the West part the later and there shall be many anxieties and deaths amongst men in the Western parts I should judge it in the North-west parts and this shall continue three years and and there shall be many birds fishes and inundations and overflowings of Rivers When Comets chiefly manifest their Effects You have heard that they chiefly shew their Effects to those parts to which they emitt their beams or rayes to the which I may adde the Regions where they are seen and the Kingdoms Countreys Provinces and Cities subject to the sign wherein they appear but the time when it shall be chiefly most manifest is when the Sun comes to the place of their first appearance or to that Planet of whose nature and complexion it is c. And thus much of Comets and Blazing-Stars come we now to great Conjunctions and so conclude these our labours CHAP. XI Of great Conjunctions their Number and how to judge of their Effects MOst of the Antients have been short in their judgments on this subject yet some more copious then others but none so effectual as I could wish for thy instruction since by the Conjunction of the Planets all the accidents and mutations of this Elementary World are known especially by the Conjunction of the Superiours how ever such as they are I shall here deliver unto the with my best assistance time and opportunity may happily produce more hereafter in the Interim understand thus much That there are seven sorts of Conjunctions considerable The first and greatest of all the rest is the Conjunction of the two superiour Planets Saturn and Jupiter in the first term or degree of Aries which happens but once in nine hundred and threescore yearr The second is the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the first term or degree of every triplicity and this is accomplished once

observe on what day of the week New-Years-Day falleth for if it fall on Sunday Sunday a pleasant Winter ensueth and a natural and kindly Summer and sufficient fruit the Harvest will be indifferent for weather yet some wind and rain it will produce a temperate Spring and it seasonable it denotes also many Marriages plenty of Wine and Honey the death of young Men and Cattel robberies in most places news of Prelates and Kings and cruel wars towards the end of the Year or at lest much dissention and discord amongh men If it fall on a Monday Monday the Winter will be somewhat uncomfortable the Summer temperate No great plenty of fruit many fansies and fables dispersed abroad many Agues the death of Kings Nobles and Great men in most places marriages and a downfal of the Gentry If on Tuesday there followeth a stormy Winter and a wet Summer Tuesday a various harvest and moist Spring Corn and fruit indifferent yet Garden Herbs shall not flourish great sickness amongst men women and young children and a mortality of Cattel many men shall die of the Bloody-Flux and every thing save corn shall be dear On Wodensday a warm Winter in the beginning Wodensday but towards the end snow and frost a cloudy Summer plenty of fruit also of corn wine hay honey and other things damage and hard labour to women with child death to many children plenty of sheep news of Kings and great wars and blood-shed towards the midst On Thursday both Winter and Summer windy a rainy Harvest and a moist Spring Thursday many Innundations towards the latter end of the Year much fruit and plenty of the fruits of the Earth and honey but flesh shall be dear a death of Cattel in general great trouble wars and commotions and women shall be loose and licentious On Fryday a stormy Winter and no pleasant Summer a moderate Spring Friday save only it will be windy and an indifferent Harvest and small store of fruit wine and honey corn dear many blear Eyes Youth shall dye many of them Earth quakes in many places much Thunder and Lightning also Tempest and the sudden death of Cattel Lastly on Saturday a mean Winter a very hot Summer a late harvest Saturday and a dry windy Spring Garden Herbs shall be cheap much burning plenty of honey flax and hemp the death of antient people in most places many Feavers but chiefly Tertians great rumours of wars and sudden murthers in many places for or upon little or no occasion c. Thus much from the falling of New-Years-day the which although the Illiterate and Vulgar may make use of for the frequent verity thereof yet would I not have them depend thereon for I cannot I must confess finde any sure ground why the Antients should thus conclude wherefore here I desist with this Conclusion To God alone be the Praise FINIS The Post-Script To the Iudicious and Impartial Reader UPon the closure of these my Labours and when so much of the Epistles was printed that I could not conveniently bring in this which I am here to deliver unto thee appears an invective flashy weak ridiculous inconsiderate cholerick raving and rayling Pamphlet against one which it seems he is displeased with for not concluding with him on the Annotations which he published on Jer. 10.2 The which as indeed ridiculous so should I have smilingly passed it over in silence and not rendered my self thus worthy of laughter in recording his folly but that he was so absurd and childish as to bring me upon the Stage whom he knoweth not and who is altogether a stranger unto him save for what the Mendax Rufus Rolandus or his Brother Orlando furioso hath maliciously and contrary to his own knowledge delivered unto him Vpon the first sight thereof I perceived it to be a scurrulous Pamphlet no more worthy the heeding then Politicus Phreneticus or Walkers dissembling and lying Occurences as it was composed of such like paper and variety of letter being I beleive by the Printer published gratis and therefore by him not thought worthy of better paper letter or work being such mean stuffe so doth it contain the like phrensies invectives and whimsical inventions and evasions I shall not spend time or paper to mention any part thereof save only where he is pleased now and then thinking he hath sufficient ground from the malicious aspersions of the unworthy before mentioned for his imprudent and impudent taunts and language to vent his washipness and froward crasiness against me his reason I know not unless it were for answering a Dr. Homes who was when he commenced Doctor a strong man for the Bishops then he became a Presbyterian and now a most detestable Independent turn-coat of his own Livery who had vainly and ignorantly attempted to beat down that which he is altogether ignorant of or for that none could ever yet give me a Reply though it hath been attempted with all the vigour and rigour that might be but to no purpose as appears by the first Book of this Volume In his 92 page he boldly tels his Reader Sir Christopher Heydons large discourse and Wil. Rameseys reply to Dr. Homes it sufficiently confuted But he doth not in the least tell us how nor make it plain it is enough for this old man to sit at home and hear people talk or read the title of Books but search no further either for want of time or judgement for if that patch up pretended Reply to my Book were ever perused by him he cannot be ignorant that there is not any one Argument of Sir Christopher Heydons so much as mentioned much less discussed or confuted and as touching mine which this old Tom if I might answer him in his own language and shew him his plain stiling of me without being guilty of the same absurdity with him or if I might vindicate my self from his aspersions by casting the same dirt in his face that he hath boldly done in mine learnedly tearmeth a Reply as his learned Confutor did before him but sober men know it is preposterous to call that a Reply which is an Answer but it will quickly appear as I have said to the Judicious by the first Book of this Volumne that the main and chief arguments therein remain at yet both by him and others unshaken nay by Mr. Gataker himself they are unrefelled though much carped at as is plain by his subsequent words where he affirmeth the alligation of both Sir Christopher and my self that Astrology was revealed by God to Adam Seth Enoch and there posterity to be frivolous and groundless as also at the lower end of his 4 page and at the beginning of his 168 page he doth not only hint at the same but passeth it over with a peremptory attestation of the contrary without either argument proof rime or reason against it me things he should not so frequently have taken me up unless he could