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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

the Sun is held by all Astrologers to produce unto the Native honourable Acquaintance and Familiarity with some of great Rank and Quality whose Friendship he will make use of to his great advantage more esteemed and beloved of People than formerly both enriched and honoured by means of his Prudence and good Nature sometimes it produceth honourable Marriage also Travel both by Sea and Land whereby Honour is attained to Kings and Emperors it shews the Renovation of Leagues and Friendship and the composing of Differences with their Neighbours And the Sun directed to the Sextile of Venus doth import the Native to have a good Name also some more than former advance to Dignity and Preferment from whence he shall acquire great store of Wealth and be highly esteemed of all sorts of People in general he shall perform all his Affairs with much facility and obtain all his just desires with much love and content it most commonly produceth a Child unto the Native both these Directions happen about the year 1685. and what advantage he now gaineth he need not fear losing again as long as he liveth And about the year of our Lord 1688. this Native hath the Mid-heaven directed to the Square of Jupiter intimating Kings and Princes to gain the Displeasure of their Nobility and Gentry by abridging their Priviledges so that Judges and Lawyers will be at Controversie with him and many of them he will turn out of their Places also Ecclesiastical Persons and those of the highest degree offensive against him whereby will arise much Controversie Contention and Mutations also some of his Kindred will be disaffected to him but at last they will be forced to comply with him and that upon his own terms and they will be glad if they can regain their lost Favour But to mitigate these Troubles he hath at the same time the Ascendent directed to the Sextile of Venus which will make the Native delight himself in all manner of Pleasures and Recreations and that he will gain the Love of the Commonalty and Familiarity with Women of great Rank and Quality it often produceth honorable Marriages and Issue soon after and from henceforth for many years he hath no ill Directions so that according to the Rules of Astrology from which Rules I would not willingly vary this Emperor is like to have a long and prosperous Reign and I know not but that he may attain to eighty two years of age which God grant he may to the Honour of Christendom about which time it seemeth to be somewhat mortal but I will forbear any further Judgment thereof as having a Veneration for the Persons of Emperors and Kings who are Gods Vicegerents on Earth CHAP V. Treating of the Nativity of the most Christian King of France LEWIS the Fourteenth September 5. 11 h. 11 AM 1638. Sub Lat. 49 d. THis Scheme of the Nativity of the most Christian King of France is the same which Morinus Physician to the King of France affirms to be the true one and I suppose nearer the truth than that which Mr. Holwel inserts in his Appendix This Scheme may be seen in Morinus's Astrologia Gallica fol. 555. as Mr. Gadbury hath assured me and also printed it in defence of Scorpio In Mr. Holwels Appendix in the King of France's Nativity he predicteth that most Christian King to become one of the miserablest Princes in the world because saith he he hath many ill Directions But we will first consider the general Fate which is most to be regarded and then proceed to particulars but here I will shew you how there is some small difference between Mr. Holwels Judgment and mine of the time for I with Morinus affirm that he hath 14. degrees and 45. Minutes of Scorpio on the Horoscope and Mr. Holwel saith 22 degrees no great difference in the general fate but in the particular it will in some directions differ ten years of time so that the Accidents which are produced by either the Ascendent or Mid-heaven by Mr. Holwels Scheme will not come by Morinus until ten years after which is a great difference in time But we have here in our Scheme the Regal Sign Leo on the Medium Coeli and the Sun Lord thereof posited in the Mid-heaven also Mercury in his own house in the Mid-heaven which are absolute testimonies of durable Honour he hath also the part of Fortune in the eleventh house declaring that he shall be much advantaged by his professed Friends and that he shall have many Friends likewise the Moon is in Conjunction of Venus Lady of the Eleventh House the House of Friendship but Venus is Lady of the Twelfth House also the House of private Enemies so she is likewise Lady of the Seventh House the House of publick Enemies but inasmuch as Mars Lord of the Ascendent is stronger than Venus Lady of the Seventh and Twelfth it is an eminent token that his Enemies either publick or private shall not prevail against him neither will they be very apt to quarrel with him but those that will contend with him let them be sure to look to come off with loss and damage for they will not be able to withstand him But I suppose the main thing that caused Mr. Holwel to predict of the miserable poverty of this great Monarch might proceed from the position of Mars and the Dragons Tail in the Second House of his Scheme for these are commonly testimonies of waste of substance but Mr. Holwel doth mistake the Dragons Tail is not in the Second House as he hath placed him in his Figure but in the Eighth House and the Dragons Head is in the Second House And if we consider that Mars is Lord of the Ascendent we need not judge him a testimony of Poverty but rather of Riches which is much augmented by the position of the Dragons Head in the second House for Authors say the Lord of the Ascendent posited in the second House shews a great increase of Riches by the Natives own labour and industry the rather being in Reception with the Lord of the second And pray what Prince in the World now living hath laboured more and used greater industry to increase his Riches and to enlarge his Territories than the present King of France hath done neither hath any Prince had greater success than he And thus I shall leave the general and proceed to the particulars Whereas Mr. Holwel desireth any one that will to run down the Directions of this Mighty Monarch I have taken his advice and have run down the Directions of his Figure and I find that the Sun came not to the square of Mars until Twelve years of age but Mr. Holwel saith at Nine therefore unlike the Sun to the Square of Mars should give the Small Pox at Nine years of age Neither do I hold any Direction of either the Sun or Moon a safe Rule whereby to prove any Nativity by but rather by the Ascendent or Mid-heaven yet I

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