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A50702	Catastasis mundi, or, The true state, vigor, and growing greatness of Christendom, under the influences of the last triple conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo, the late comet, &c. together with the true genitures of Mahomet the imposter, the Grand Seignior, the German Emperour, the French monarch : proving thence that the Turks will be defeated in all their attempts against Christendom, &c., notwithstanding Mr. Holwel's menaces to the contrary in his Catastrophe mundi, and his appendix thereunto : also the said Holwel's monstrous falshoods and errours discovered, retorted, and confuted, and himself remitted to the Turks, to comfort them now after their losses before Vienna / by John Merrifield ...	Merrifield, John.	1684 (1684)	Wing M1845; ESTC R2397	35,949	49

of Jupiter the Sun Moon and part of Fortune in the Ascendent and other Testimonies which I will here omit and proceed to the general fate of the Native this Scheme was taken out of the Book de Cometis written by my very good Friend Mr. John Gadbury The Sun Jupiter and the Moon in the Ascendent are sure Testimonies of Honour both from great and eminent Persons as also from the vulgar People it makes him extreamly proud so that he will esteem none so good as himself but will be apt to quarrel with those of his neighbouring Nations but the Moon in this Nativity applies to void of Course shewing most of his Undertakings to be unfortunate in this Nativity Saturn Lord of the Ascendent is in square of Mars Lord of the tenth House the House of Honour so will he himself act something that will be prejudicial to his own Honour Mars Lord of the Tenth is in the Eleventh the House of Friendship and there in Conjunction of Venus shewing the Native will have many Friends that will procure Honour to him by their means which will be Leaders and Generals of his Armies the rather because Mars is Lord of the eleventh House the House of Friendship but Jupiter Lord of the Twelfth is in the Ascendent shewing that he will have secret Enemies about his own House or Palace and that there will be many Seditions and Tumults raised against him by his own Subjects but they will not prevail against him but will be defeated in their Designs The Lord of the Eleventh is in square to the Lord of the Ascendent which will cause the Friends of the Native to prove deceitful to him Saturn Lord of the Ascendent posited in the Second shews the Native to use industry to increase his Substance and to inlarge his Territories but Saturn is an Infortune by Nature and by being posited in the Ascendent will rather destroy the Natives Substance and diminish his Empire the Dragons Tail in the Third makes his Inland Journies not to be very Fortunate therefore not much like to inlarge his Dominions by Land-Armies but Saturn must be spiteful though he be defeated of his Enterprise as the Moon is Combust so hath he been all his Life-time in Combustions and Troubles even from his Minority his Sea-Affairs seem more successful than his Land-Affairs do yet he hath had his Affairs by Sea often defeated by the Venetians which have taken sunk and burned many of his Ships and Galleys The Moon Lady of the seventh House the House of publick Enemies is stronger then Saturn Lord of the Ascendent shewing that he shall not prevail against them neither will his Enemies be apt to quarrel with him seeing the Moon Lady of the Seventh is in Sextile to Saturn Lord of the Ascendent but he disposing of the Moon in the Ascendent and in the Sign of the Ascendent makes him think that he can over-power the whole World and especially Christendom not considering the Moon is in her own Triplicity and in an Angle and therefore not to be prevailed against for though Mr. Holwel in his Appendix page the 25th faith that the Turk is ordained within a few years to gain a great part of Christendom yet I do aver that according to the Rules of Astrology they shall not gain one foot of Land in Christendom but what they shall pay dear Sawce for let them have a care they lose none of their own for I would have Mr. Holwel as well as my Reader know that the influences of the Stars have not limited so short a continuance for the Christian Religion But the main thing that provoked this Emperor to give such an Alarm against Christendom in general and Vienna in particular are because about this time he had the Sun Moon and Ascendent directed to the Square of Mars and Germany being under Aries drew him with a vast Host that way supposing that Germany had been his own with little or no Resistance and so his Ambition was against Rome Italy France Spain and all Christendom but let not him boast that putteth on his Armour but he that puts it off But had Mr. Holwel rightly understood the Grounds of Astrology he might have rectified his Scheme by Accidents and he might easily have seen that there had been but little hope that the Sultan should gain Honour or enlarge his Territories about this time by the Sword nor need he have judged Vienna to be taken upon such Directions but that is like the rest of his nonsensical stuff I have wrought out the Directions of this Nativity and will acquaint you with some of them to shew thereby the truth of the Scheme and others what Fate the Grand Seignior is yet like to undergo In the year 1648. on the 17th of August Ibrim Father of this present Emperor of the Turks was strangled in Prison and his Son Mahomet being not full seven years of age was proclaimed Emperor in his Fathers stead but he being in his Minority the Government was wholly left to his Mother who by the Advice of the Councel took on her the Regency he had then the Mid-heaven directed to the Sextile of the Sun and Moon when he was about nine years of age he had his Mid-heaven to the square of Mars then were Domestick Troubles as well as Loss by the Venetian War he was for the most part of his Life healthful of body but he hath often been unfortunate in War although he have had many good Directions of both the Sun Moon and Ascendent but the general fate of his Nativity and the many ill Directions of the Mid-heaven hath made him often unsuccessful in War At seventeen years of Age he took on him the Regency about which time he had his Ascendent Sun and Moon directed to the Anticians of Mars About twenty one years of age he had the Ascendent Sun and Moon to the Sextile of Mars then was great care taken for the carrying on the War both against Transilvania Hungary and Venice About the year 1669. came the Ascendent Sun and Moon to the Sextile of Venus and soon after to the body of Jupiter then was concluded Peace with the Venetians and he prevailed in War against the Polanders and he much delighted himself in Pleasures and Recreations but about the same time he had his Mid-heaven to the Conjunction of Mars and see the effects of it for in the year 1673. the Poles deny paying to the Turk their promised Tribute General Sobieski now King of Poland fell upon the Turks Camp then under the Command of Chusalin and other Bashaws killed about twenty five thousand of their Men with most of their Officers this was very considerable for besides the ordinary Baggage they took two thousand Purses of Money that were brought to pay the Souldiers and twenty five thousand Waggons of Provision and Ammunition and about this time he had the Mid-heaven to the square of Saturn Lord of his own Ascendent But since that

Persians had War with the Indians and then the Grand Signior taking advantage of the Persians went himself in person with a mighty Army against Babylon and with much ado and the loss of a great many men took it from the Persians on promise of quarter but contrary to his promise he caused all Men Women and Children to be barbarously massacred and by this you may see the faith of a Turk And thus much of the signification of this Conjunction and of what is past I proceed now to what is yet to come I come now to speak of the Triple Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo in the year of our Lord 1682. And it is a Maxim according to that of Cardan Segm. 5. Aphor. 63. Operationes Planetarum nunquam cessant donec contraria à Planeta vel Stella fixa aut signi parte contrariae qualitatis impedimentur vel in Solis radios incidant The operation of the Planets never cease until they are impedited by a contrary Planet or fixed Star or from part of the Sign of contrary quality or when they fall into combustion viz. into the rayes of the Sun In this Conjunction those Planets are not in evil aspects of either the Sun or Mars therefore no great matter of their effects could operate at the time of this Conjuction but about the beginning of November 1682. the Sun came to the Square of both Saturn and Jupiter and also of the place of the Conjunction at which time the effects began to operate though but slowly but about the latter end of January following the Sun came to the Opposition of both Saturn and Jupiter and the place of the Conjunction this insinuated mischief into the heart of the Turks to proclaim open War against Germany and in the latter end of August and beginning of September when Mars came to the Square of Saturn and the place of the Conjunction the effects began to operate to purpose as we know about Vienna and had not Jupiter been stronger than Saturn Christendom might have had too great a cause to have remembred it for Mars is an Enemy to both Saturn and Jupiter but a little after Jupiter met with the Conjunction of Venus governess of Libra and thereby raised the Siege being the Sign under which Vienna lieth And whereas this Conjunction hapned in Leo we may consider by what hath been already said that Christendom never suffered much under such Conjunctions but hath come off either with honour or victory although they have had many Troubles and Afflictions for under such Conjunctions they have beaten the Turks and almost all that have opposed them Now if I should be asked the reason why the Christians have been so fortunate under the Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo Consider that Jupiter in Leo is stronger than Saturn there and disposeth of Saturn in his own Triplicity for Saturn being Perigrine and in his Detriment he is as a man in custody of his Enemy forsaken of his Friend and not able to work the evil effects he might do if he were strong either in his own House or Exaltation for what hurt can an envious man do when he is bound in Prison and forsaken of his Friends Saturn can do no more in this Conjunction neither can Kingdoms nor People under Saturn but envy the happiness of Religions Countreys and Persons under Leo and not under Leo only but those that be under any Sign that is in Sextile or Trine to Leo which are Libra Sagitary Aries and Gemini But here peradventure I may be asked the Question why Vienna in Austria being under Libra sped so ill To that I answer Had it not been for this Conjunction it might have sped worse for the Besieging of Vienna was not wholly occasioned by the Conjunction but rather by the last Comet that appeared in 1682 and passed through Libra and the Conjunction may well be reputed the Raising of the Siege at Vienna or if any one will have it to proceed from the Conjunction only it matters not for it is no more than I told you before that Saturn or the Turks by him represented would shew their Envy to Religion Countries Cities and Persons under Leo and under Signs in Sextile or Trine to Leo but would want strength and power to destroy them for if we compute the Loss that the Turks have sustained by that Siege both in Substance and People and compare it with the Loss of the Christians we may say that the Conjunction was not prejudicial but rather beneficial to Christendom and prejudicial to the Turks Yet I do not say but these Places under Leo and in Sextile and Trine to it may have Troubles but their Enemies shall not have power to prevail against them to overcome them for though Saturn be the most superior yet being out of all his essential Dignities he shall be forced to seek to and comply with the Sun and Jupiter and that upon their terms and not upon his own But these Regions Countries and Cities under Aquarius being in opposition to Leo and those in square which are Taurus and Scorpio will be like to be most sufferers under this Conjunction by one means or other either by War Famine Sickness or Inundations of Waters c. for certainly if those under the Sextiles and Trines partake of Evil much more those under the Squares and Oppositions will be Sufferers by their effects as may be seen by this following example being yet in the memory of many thousands now living in England In the year 1663. there was a Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Sagitary and Gemini is the opposite Sign London being under it what sad fates did London undergo soon after for in the year 1665 there was a lamentable Plague and in 1666. the City almost consumed with Fire many more sad Accidents I could instance but let this suffice at this time And because that every one that may happen to read this Book may not be an Artist good enough to know what places are under the Signs before mentioned I will here insert the Names of some Countries and Cities under Leo and under the Signs in Opposition and Square to it which are as followeth Under Leo are Italy Sicily Bohemia the Alps Gallia Togata Apuleia Phoenicia and part of Turky Cities Damascus Syracuse Rome Ravinna Cremona Ulms Prague Lints Confluentia Bristol c. Under Aquarius are Samaria Amazonia Tartaria Muscovia Westphalia Mosel Aethiopia Media Arabia the desart Cities Hamborough Breme Montserat Pisarum Ingoldstad and Trent c. Under Taurus are Russia Polonia major Lorrain Campagnia Helvetia Switzerland Persia Cyprus Parthia Ireland Cities Parma Nants Bononia Sena Mantua Sicila Tigur Tarentum Lucern Lipsic c. Under Scorpio are Norway the Higher Bavaria Campagena Cappadocia Idumea Catalonia Barbary Fez Cities Gaunt Algera Messina in Italy Frankfort upon Odar Valentia and Catalonia in Spain Thus I have shewed some of the Places under the Signs in which