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A01297	Antiprognosticon that is to saye, an inuectiue agaynst the vayne and vnprofitable predictions of the astrologians as Nostrodame, [et]c. Translated out of Latine into Englishe. Whervnto is added by the author a shorte treatise in Englyshe, as well for the vtter subuersion of that fained arte, as also for the better vnderstandynge of the common people, vnto whom the fyrst labour seemeth not sufficient; Antiprognosticon contra inutiles astrologorum prædictiones Nostradami, Cuninghami, Lovi, Hilli, Vaghami, & reliquorum omnium. English	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.; Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1560 (1560)	STC 11420; ESTC S116544	28,693	82

watry to some ayry and to somme fyery Lykewyse when you giue to euerye housholder as you call the planettes theyr seruynge signes you grant sem to Saturn som to Iupiter and so forth to euery one their propre signes But this I can not passe ouer with silence that almost euery housholder wyll mayntayne and kepe in his seruyce any seruan ●…es that are so reyugnant from his owne nature and disposition That ys they vse them as ministers in bringyng their workes to effect I meruayle how they do not rather execute their owne wille than the wyl of their maisters As for example Saturne whiche is sayd to be earthy hath Aquarius to wayte vpon hym which all togither consisteth of asry qualities Iupiter reported to be ayry hath two seruantes Sagittarius and Pisces of whome sagitarius is fyry and pisces warry Likewise Ma●… that is whose and drye is contente with the seruice of Scorpio that is colde and moyste Uenus boyng full of cold and moysture hath Taurus an earthy sygne and Libra an ayry sygne dooyng her service I leaue here to speake offeigned the distinctions and difference of howses angles dignities and other like of this kind of all whiche yf they canne proue but one principle by good and sownds reason the way shoulde be more easy for theim to depende the rest But nowe seyng they haue nothynge that can testifie of the truthe of their principles it remaynethe that the arte it selfe beeyng grounded of falle propositions and of them heaped to a huge and greate buildynge this so selender and weake a foundation beeyng taken away muste needes falle downe and lye prostrate These thynges I doo the oftener repete that all men may knowe what vayn bragges they make whyles they take that whi che is no cause in steade of a sure and certayne cause For by what reason Saturnus shoulde sygnifie this or that neyther they them selues nor any man elles canne shewe and that wee haue spoken of Saturne the same also maye bee sayde of all the reste of portendynge sygnes Excepte peraduenture they wyll boaste of somme reuelations to bee geuen vnto the snuen●…rs of theyr arte whyche yf they bee not ashamed to confesse as is their mad boldnesse they shall turne the foly which now a litle repentance wold correct into mer●… madnes Let vs grant them their priuate reuelations visions and fantasies for so we shall encreace their follisshenes with pride and vaineglorie yet we are sure they are not to bee trusted And to declare that more p●…ninely bicause all reuelations are not of one sorte let vs deuyde theim into two kyndes for some are geuen of good angels and some of euyll They that are geuen of good angels are suche as the nature of good spirites is wont to be that is to say true profitable and to be thorte generally good The oracles of ●…uyl spirites agree in qualitie with the geuers of them that is they be false hurtful euyll Now of whether sort this reuelation is by whiche the principles of Astrologie at the first were reueled let vs in few wordes consider Now vncertayn these principles are and to speake playnly howe false we may bothe see by daily experience and also we haue sufficiently aboue declared Seynge then it appeareth that your science is not deriued from a good angel or spirite whe ther you wyll haue it to come of an euyll spirite or of neyther the choyce at this ●…yme O Astrologians shalbe yours In the meane season either ceasse to boaste of your rotten and cancred art orels by som●… waie perswade your principles to be true to suche as without proofe can beleue nothyng whether you entend to doo we that shortly perceiue for if you bold your peace wee haue ouercome and wyll celebrate a triumph for ouerthrowyng your myghty gyant Atlas But if any of you be so ●…ham les that he dare enter into battail again●… truth and vs that maynteyn her quarell yf he be found it ●…onger in armes then we are we wyl geue place and yelde but if he be not able to abyde our strokes we wyll take the castell of Astrologie and destroy all thynges that maketh resistence with weapon fire and famine Nowe we haue cast our dartes bothe in numbre and fo●… sufficient among the thickest of our ●…mies it remaineth that we beate backe the weapons throwen of them or at the least take them clean away that they beyng destitute of them may run about as it were fightyng and beatyng the aire with vayne strokes And to begin of that part in w●…che they put no smalle confidence I haue herd many which boasted that they were able to proue their diuination out of holye scripture which mē whē by reson of cōten tion they wer cōpelled to bring forth what they could for their defēce wold sain haue cōcluded their vaticination out of the first chap. of Genesis For whē God the most excellēt wise workman of nature had crea ted heauē orth with his almighty word had put also a difference betwene the light which he had made darknes more ouer had placed the firmamēt in the midst of the waters Furthermore gathered y e waters y t before couered y e whole face of y e erth for preseruatiō of liuing cretures that he entē ded to create into one place fynally had garnished the earth with a moste pleasant ve●…ure of trees grene herbes the fourth day determinyng to create lights to make distinction betwene day night apointed then their propre vse saying The●… shal be vnto signes vnto appointed seasons for so the Hebru word soūdeth vnto dais vnto yeres the lightes shalbe in heuen to geue light vpō y e erth whose eternal wil theffect streight way folowed For god made two great lights a greater light to rule y e day a lesser light to rule y t night also y e stars Here the prognosticators take no smal cou rage y e god ordened the lights y e thei shuld be vnto signes But how litle these signes make for y t purpose of their predictiōs he y e ●…rarketh y c order discours of y t words shal easily ●…cesue For y t which foloweth of appointed sesons likewise y t which foloweth of dais yeres these seme to me to expon̄d what maner of signes thei shalbe y e is thei shalbe tokēs of sprig sōmer au●…ūne win ter of dais natural artificial lōg or short of yeres according to y e sons course or to y e moones course so of y t rest And wheras here is chiefly mētion made of y e sonne y e moon if we wil nedes by signs vnderstad for shewing thei shalbe vnto signes of he●… whē y t son oraweth nere to vs of cold wh●…̄●…h departeth of abūdāce of humors whē y t moon encreaseth y e cōtrary whē she is in the wane or decreasing But vf of necessitie you wold haue vs to vnderstand fatall ●…dictions

hauynge also gotten conuenient leysure except my tonge or pen do faile me wil endeuour my self vtterly to ouerthrow this tower of Astrology when's they behold the signification of the planets starres that no pece nor parcel therof that remayn Neyther am I so ignorant of that knowledge yf any suche knowledge be as they would goe about to perswade the common people that all suche are whiche despise their for shewyng and premōstratio●…s neyther beyng moued with the desyre of euyl speakyng or enuy do I addresse my self to writyng for I am assured that I do pro uoke waspes but seeyng many whiche are desirous to learne the sciences to haue also muche sette by this celestiall diuination I thought good to admonishe them by this litle treatise that they laboure not in vayue hopyng for that which the place it selfe wil not suffre them to haue that whē they haue throughely seene and considered the whole matter they may leaue to haue in admiration these inuencions of the prognosticatours and if they wyll nedes haue knowledge of secretes and thynges pertainynge to the future tyme they may learne to seeke it out of suche thyngs as are more nere and better knowen vnto them For as it is said and not withoute a cause Those thynges that are aboue vs perteyne nothyng vnto vs and those thynges which are aboue our reache ar not to be sought for with muche curiositie Neither let any man slaunder me as though I went about to impugne or assaulte the moste beautyfull and certayne science of Astronomye as the Prognosticatours themselues suche is their malice crie out yf any man speake boldly against the vanitie of Astrologie But that science as of all humayn sciences it is the most diuine so wolde I wishe that it shulde be embraced learned perceyued of most men especially of all suche as beare and professe the name of Philosophy And let not them bee troubled wyth theyr prowde bragge whiche say that their calculation is thend●… and scope where vnto the noble science of Astronomie dothe tende seyng there is no communitie or felowshyp betwene certen●…y and vncertayntie neyther can truth and fayned falshod at any tyme be coupled and ioyned together And as for the studious they shall not be compelled in vayne to con sider the course of the stars although this diuination be cleane banished awaye seing the knowledge it self yf we trust Aristotle is an end and scope of it selfe Moreouer be syde the most pleasant cōtemplacion of the whole workemashyp of the world doth not y e sciens it selfe bryng w t it infinite profites and vtilities What neade I to speake of so many kind of Dialles so many differences of tymes and yeares fynally so manye varietes and degrees of glystering lyghtes One starre whiche is the sonne as it were the ymage of one god communicateth hys lyght to all the rest whome so longe as the residews of the starres beholde resplendishynge with most bright beames they ●…hine ouer the whole worloe But yf any of them by the enuious shadowe of the earthe be dep●…ued of his syght strayght way as it were mor●…yng and without lyght it is voyde of all beautye and glorye Doth it nothyng auaile to know the cause of so diuers formes and shapes of the moone Suche varieties of dayes in length and shortnesse So manye differences of heate and colde by reson of the Sonnes commynge neare or departynge farre from vs They therfore whyche styffely affirme that Astronomye cannot co●…siste wythoute Astrologie and that the knowledge of the one is vnprofitable without the vse of the other are here reproued of a manifest error or rather conuicted of a shamefull lye Lest therfore vnder the bewtifull and glorious cloke of this sciens of Astronomye they should any longer proceade to commende their false and hyppocriticall art I would wishe that thys little booke were but ones perused and red ouer of all suche as seme to fauour this deceyte and except either their wilful and per uerse affection or elles to grosse ignorance dyd lette them I am assured they would vtterlye forsake and reiecte thys kynde of forshewynge by the starres For longe tyme vnder the pretexte and colour of Astronomye thys auguration or diuinotion hathe bene cloked in so muche that the professoures thereof haue not doubted openlye for Astrologians to call theym selues Astronomars Other some confoundynge the names of Astrologie and Astronomy bothe in teachyng and also in wrytyng haue so mixed the one with thother as though they were not distincie sciences but the one of them dyd hange of an other after the maner of relatiues And herein they are ●…ot vnlyke to men of vngracious lyuynge whiche to the intent they may with lesse daunger and suspition committe he ynous offences will gladly vse and frequent the company of suche as be taken to be good and honest men but the difference of those artes I thynke is manifestly knowen to all men so that I am certainely perswaded it were but loste labour to stande longe in puttynge a diuer ●…e betwene them Wherfore it shall suffise to admonisshe the symple sorte leste when we speake agaynst the art of foreshewyng by the starres they shoulde vnaduisedly thynke that wee dispute agaynste the course of the starres their lawe order or learnyng But wherof shall I take my beginnyng or of what parte shall I chiefely goe about to publyshe and desorte so greate vanitie whether of the vncertainte therof ▪ 〈◊〉 of the vnprofitable yea hurtfull obseruation thereof that so muche troubleth the common wealthe or rather of the impossibilitie shal I shewe that there is no suche science of diuination If that whiche is vncertayn deserue not to bee obserued for what cause I praye you doo you cleaue to the do●…yng of Astrologie If that whiche deserueth not so muche as to be consydered is worthily called vayne or of none effect wherefore shall menne more truste the diuination of the starres then they wyll credite the vnconstant waues of the sea It shall not be nedefull in this place to alledge Aristotles opinion of the future contingēt nether to vouche thauctoritie of other philosophers concernyng the vncertayne and vnknowē procedyng of matters For who doth not see clerer then the sonne at noone days that not the fourth part of those presages or fortellyngs come to passe as they before haue pronounced them Yea who is so forgetfull or of lyttel memory that can not recorde and remembre that the moste parte of their predictions haue chaunced cleane contrary to their calculations It is not therefore without a cause yf we m●… uayle with what face they dare he so bol●… to propounde suche vayn and folyshe varicinatious to be considered of wyse and discrete persons Certainly euery science of what sort soeuer it be consisteth on thyngs that be true certayne and immouable but Astrologie which standeth on thynges that most commonlye are false but alwayes vn certayne and vnconstant Tell me all you prognosticatours by what

notw e standing the argument is in force seing you know not what y e stars do signify you can not by their aspects tell of thyngs to come But there be som whi che as they thinke wil defend their science w e much more strength requiring that we shuld grant them y t al things in erth ar ruled gouerned by the power of y e heuēly signes Truly I am not so hard to be entre●… ted y e. I wold deny the Astrologiās being oppressed w e such calamite so litle a matter but rather I wil geue thē more thē they de mād such thigs as I wold beni thē if thei were obstinate and stubburn now flying to their shoote an●…re and last helpe I wyll gentilly graunt them All higher thynges saith Aristotle woorketh in the lower bebies Let al the power in these lower thinges be confessed to come from aboue Nei ther wyll we greatly at this tyme striue against that deriuation of causes deuysed by M●…rcutius Trismegistus from God to the angels from them to the heuens that it perteyneth to Fortune or fate which he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither doo I see how it shoulde hurt oure cause that we haue in hande if we graunted theim that whiche they moste desire and moste earnestly require that is that the starres haue dominion exercise their power on mens matters contingently that is as it were a certaine inclination or some secrete motion for yf destenye consisted of the starres it coulde not be chaunged but as for the signification of the starres bothe we learne by experience neither doo the Prognosticators denye but that they may by diuers meanes be auerted or tourned to some other effect Therfore seyng we haue granted this that coulde not bee compelled I long to see what helpe you can from thens transferre to youre selues And nowe me thynketh I heare an Astrologian triumphyng on this maner If the course of the starres their reuolutions and aspectes do so strongly woorke in these lower bodies that they shuld be causes of many effectes in the earth what felowe is this that will denye a proposition bearynge witnes to so many learned mens writynges beyng allowed by so many authorities of all ages That the cause beeyng graunted the effect must needes folowe by what reason dare he affirme the cause and denye the effect●… But these so thretnyng wordes what are they at the length but very words in dede For geuynge to euery cause her propre effecte yet wyll I not graunt effecte to that whiche is no cause or if it be a cause I wil not graunt that to be the offect which they wyll haue For they knowe not what the starres doo cause or sygnifie but embracyng an art delyuered of their ancestors without any sure grounde or foundation haue it in estimatiō as a diuine knowlege whiche conteineth in it no more diuinitie and truthe then the rest of the Chaldeans superstitions that yet remayne of whome this science was receyued whiche learned wise philosophers in all ages contemned and vtterly despised And not only heathē men as Porphyrius whiche to Iamblicus saythe That it is impossible that a manu●… shuld knowe the signification of the celestiall reuolutions Iamblicus hymself whi che denyeth that any vertue or power descendeth frome the starres dyuers other contemned the vayne ostentation of this art But the prophete Hieremye himselfe with lowde voyce forbyddeth the Israelites to feare the influence of the starres as the heathen doo But therfore say you do they signifie nothyng Wherfore I pray●… you are they not to be feared eyther bycause they signify nothyng or bycause the signification of them to men is vncertain and vnknowen What doothe not Paule thapostle of the Gentiles exhort his scolar Titus that he regard not foolyshe and su perfluous questions of Genealogies and natiuities F●…r what cause then dothe Ieremie forbydde to feare and Paule to regarde Predi●…ions of Astrologye yf in theym were any thynge eyther to be feared or regarded Go youre wayes nowe and make the people afrayd with horrible threatnynges proclayme great calamitie to follow●… Of pestilence bat tayle and famyne or yf any thynge bee more greuous then these Warne them of a sodayn destruction that shall falle vppon theym As two yeares ago Cunyngham threatned to Egypte Babylon Constantinople and the Cities of Italye a mooste lamentable and vtter subuersion Had not the Italyans Egyptians Grecian●… and Chaldeans greate cause to feare consyderyng that by the iudgemente of astrologians so great ruine hanged ouer their heades Who wolde not in this case haue be●… afrayde except it were such as I can not tell howe preposterously woulde preferre Hieremies pro●…hecie before Cunynghā●… prognostication Lykewyse he that had rather gyue credyte to the Prognosticatours thenne to sainct Paule shoulde he not hauynge his natiuitie caste forsee by it what good thynges and what euyll●… thynges he shoulde in all his lyfe attayne so shall he deuyse to auoyde the euylle and brynge the good thynges to effecte O blockeheade that must haue thy Natiuitie caste howe dooest thou determyne to leade thy lyfe lyke a bruite beaste that thou wylle suffer all thynges to woorke vpon thee Wherefore serueth thy reason which thou dost not vse nay rather which thou dooste abuse in suche vanities ●…wynge thy fortune y e saist by thy natiuity thou wilte endeuour thy selfe to seeke for good thynges and auoyde euyll thynges Why wouldest thou not haue doon so although thou haddest neuer asked counsell of the 〈◊〉 Alas when wyl the world leaue to haue in admiration suche curious vanities But now an other obiection Berosus the Chaldean a most auncient histo riographer reporteth that the holy Patriarke Noah dyd forsee the vniuersall floud by the aspect of the starres and to the intent that he myght auoyd the danger therof he made the arke to preserue the life of hymselfe his sonnes and their wiues and beasts of euery kynde Then is not so auncient a science muche profitable ●…omans ▪ lyfe whiche the holye patriarke dyd practise and by helpe of which mākynd beasts and what soeuer in al the worlde was plesant or profitable in tyme past was preserued from vtter destruction This no lyght or contemptible author hath reported but euen Be●…osus the Chaldeā But Moses the Hebrue beyng also a most iust lawe geuer and historye writer as moste auncient so moste faithe worthy witnesseth That the Lorde God spake vnto Noah and foreshewed the vniuersall ●…loude commandynge hym to make the Arke And lest the Astrologians shulde dreame of a reuelation by the starres prescribed vnto hym a determinate forme and measure of the ship that he willed to be made Then where is your boastyng of the antiquitie and necessarys vse of Astrologie where be your bragges of the patriarke Noah whom you would haue to be a patron of your foly Shal we beleeue Moses whiche write that whiche was reueled by God orels Berosus whic●… studieng to aduance an art inuented of the