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jovist_n this_o man_n to_o be_v bear_v under_o mars_n another_o under_o sol_n some_o under_o venus_n some_o under_o mercury_n some_o under_o luna_n and_o from_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n collect_v their_o horoscope_n glide_v by_o little_a and_o little_a from_o affection_n to_o astrological_a cause_n upon_o which_o foundation_n they_o erect_v what_o idle_a structure_n they_o themselves_o please_v chap._n xxxiv_o of_o metoposcopie_n metoposcopie_n to_o know_v all_o thing_n from_o the_o sole_a observation_n of_o the_o forehead_n pry_v even_o into_o the_o very_a beginning_n progress_n and_o end_n of_o a_o man_n life_n with_o a_o most_o acute_a judgement_n and_o learned_a experience_n make_v herself_o to_o be_v likewise_o a_o foster-child_n of_o astrology_n chap._n xxxv_o of_o chiromancy_n chiromancy_n fancy_n seven_o mountain_n in_o the_o palm_n of_o a_o man_n hand_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o seven_o planet_n and_o by_o the_o line_n which_o be_v there_o to_o be_v see_v judge_n of_o the_o complexion_n condition_n and_o fortune_n of_o the_o person_n imagine_v the_o harmonious_a disposition_n of_o the_o line_n to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v certain_a celestial_a character_n stamp_v upon_o we_o by_o god_n and_o nature_n and_o which_o as_o job_n say_v god_n imprint_v or_o put_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n that_o so_o every_o one_o may_v know_v his_o work_n though_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o divine_a author_n do_v not_o there_o treat_v of_o vain_a chiromancy_n but_o of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will._n these_o fortune-teller_n have_v this_o to_o say_v for_o themselves_o that_o though_o they_o judge_v not_o of_o the_o event_n or_o effect_n of_o thing_n by_o the_o cause_n of_o thing_n yet_o they_o judge_v thereof_o by_o such_o sign_n as_o be_v take_v like_o impression_n from_o the_o same_o or_o like_a cause_n which_o to_o the_o same_o thing_n continue_v still_o the_o same_o and_o to_o thing_n alike_o continue_v still_o alike_o they_o far_o say_v 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sylla_n and_o caesar_n be_v mighty_o addict_v to_o this_o art_n of_o late_a year_n peter_n of_o appo_n albert_n the_o teutonick_n michael_n scotus_n antiochus_n bartholomeus_n coclitis_fw-la michael_n savonarola_n antonius_n cermisonus_fw-la petrus_n de_fw-fr arca_fw-la andreas_n corvus_n tricassus_fw-la mantuanus_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr indagine_fw-la and_o many_o other_o famous_a physician_n but_o none_o of_o they_o have_v be_v able_a to_o make_v any_o far_a progress_n than_o conjecture_n and_o observation_n of_o experience_n now_o that_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n in_o these_o conjecture_n and_o observation_n be_v manifest_a from_o thence_o because_o they_o be_v figment_n ground_v upon_o the_o will_n and_o about_o which_o the_o master_n thereof_o of_o equal_a learning_n and_o authority_n do_v very_o much_o differ_v therefore_o be_v they_o most_o certain_o mad_a and_o drown_v in_o error_n that_o will_v undertake_v to_o foretell_v by_o such_o sign_n as_o these_o not_o only_o the_o complexion_n of_o the_o body_n and_o disposition_n natural_a but_o also_o the_o very_a affection_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o chance_n of_o fortune_n evident_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o zopyrus_n concern_v socrates_n nor_o must_v we_o believe_v what_o appion_n the_o grammarian_n have_v leave_v behind_o he_o in_o writing_n that_o one_o alexander_n do_v so_o discern_o paint_v or_o express_v the_o likeness_n of_o resemblance_n that_o from_o thence_o he_o can_v tell_v the_o certain_a year_n of_o past_a or_o future_a death_n which_o that_o they_o can_v be_v know_v by_o those_o art_n be_v not_o so_o much_o incredible_a as_o it_o be_v impossible_a but_o it_o be_v give_v to_o these_o idle_a sort_n of_o people_n thus_o to_o dote_v and_o frame_v chimera_n to_o themselves_o by_o the_o instinct_n of_o the_o devil_n who_o by_o that_o mean_n lead_v they_o from_o error_n into_o superstition_n and_o from_o superstition_n into_o infidelity_n chap._n xxxvi_o of_o geomancy_n geomancy_n of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o in_o the_o chapter_n of_o arithmetic_n be_v a_o art_n that_o by_o certain_a point_n separate_v either_o by_o chance_n or_o by_o force_n out_o of_o which_o it_o compose_v certain_a figure_n by_o number_n even_o and_o odd_a liken_v to_o those_o in_o the_o heaven_n make_v a_o kind_n of_o divination_n and_o therefore_o by_o all_o writer_n call_v the_o daughter_n of_o astrology_n there_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o geomancy_n which_o almadal_n the_o arabian_a introduce_v which_o by_o conjecture_n take_v from_o sound_n or_o appearance_n as_o noise_n in_o the_o earth_n motion_n cleave_v swell_a of_o the_o same_o as_o also_o by_o the_o sound_n of_o thunder_n raises_z a_o kind_n of_o divination_n or_o fortune-telling_n lean_v entire_o upon_o the_o prop_n of_o astrology_n as_o very_o observant_a of_o hour_n of_o lunation_n as_o also_o of_o the_o rise_n set_v and_o figure_n of_o the_o star_n chap._n xxxvii_o of_o augury_n avgurie_n or_o mark_v the_o entrail_n of_o fowl_n of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o sort_n be_v a_o art_n which_o be_v hold_v in_o great_a veneration_n in_o ancient_a time_n even_o so_o great_a be_v the_o esteem_n thereof_o that_o nothing_o of_o those_o thing_n that_o belong_v either_o to_o public_a or_o private_a affair_n be_v act_v before_o the_o entrail_n of_o beast_n be_v inspect_v this_o most_o ancient_a art_n as_o pomponius_n laetus_n testify_v be_v receive_v by_o the_o greek_n from_o the_o caldee_n the_o first_o among_o who_o amphiateus_n tiresias_n mopsus_n aphilote_n and_o calchas_n be_v account_v the_o chief_a from_o the_o grecian_n it_o pass_v to_o the_o etrurians_n and_o from_o they_o to_o the_o latin_n romulus_n himself_o be_v a_o soothsayer_n who_o first_o ordain_v that_o the_o choice_n of_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v confirm_v by_o augury_n and_o dionysius_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o art_n of_o soothsay_v be_v most_o ancient_a even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n and_o ascanius_n before_o he_o put_v his_o battle_n in_o array_n against_o mezentius_n make_v a_o inspection_n into_o the_o fowl_n and_o see_v the_o augury_n answer_v his_o expectation_n he_o fight_v and_o overcome_v the_o phrygian_n also_o pisidian_n cilician_o arabian_n vmbrian_o tuscan_n and_o many_o other_o observe_v the_o ceremony_n of_o soothsay_v the_o lacedaemonian_n always_o have_v a_o augur_n to_o attend_v upon_o their_o king_n who_o they_o appoint_v to_o be_v always_o attend_v in_o public_a council_n and_o among_o the_o roman_n there_o be_v a_o college_n of_o augur_n they_o who_o first_o bring_v this_o art_n in_o request_n be_v those_o that_o teach_v how_o that_o there_o be_v certain_a light_n of_o discovery_n and_o revelation_n that_o descend_v from_o the_o heavenly_a body_n upon_o the_o inferior_a as_o it_o be_v certain_a sign_n constitute_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o motion_n lie_v rest_a gesture_n walk_v fly_v voice_n and_o feed_v in_o their_o colour_n and_o work_v wherein_o by_o a_o certain_a occult_a force_n and_o silent_a harmony_n they_o do_v so_o far_o sympathize_v with_o the_o celestial_a body_n with_o who_o quality_n they_o be_v affect_v that_o thereby_o they_o be_v enable_v to_o foretell_v whatever_o those_o celestial_a body_n intend_v to_o act_v from_o whence_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o this_o sort_n of_o divination_n depend_v only_o upon_o conjecture_n ground_v partly_o upon_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n partly_o take_v from_o parabolical_a similitude_n than_o which_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o deceitful_a therefore_o panaetius_n and_o carneades_n cicero_n chrysippus_n diogenes_n antipater_n josephus_n and_o philo_n hold_v it_o very_o ridiculous_a beside_o the_o law_n and_o the_o church_n condemn_v it_o of_o this_o sort_n be_v those_o mystery_n of_o the_o caldaean_o and_o egyptian_n which_o the_o etrurians_n of_o old_a than_o the_o roman_n and_o now_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n of_o superstitious_a heathen_n adore_v chap._n xxxviii_o of_o speculatory_a divination_n upon_o the_o same_o ground_n the_o art_n of_o speculatory_a divination_n be_v found_v which_o
contain_v several_a charm_n against_o devil_n and_o their_o possessing_n as_o also_o against_o disease_n as_o josephus_n write_v as_o for_o my_o part_n as_o i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o god_n reveal_v many_o thing_n to_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n which_o be_v contain_v under_o the_o covert_a of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v communicate_v to_o the_o profane_a vulgar_a so_o for_o this_o art_n which_o the_o jew_n so_o much_o boast_v of_o which_o i_o have_v with_o great_a labour_n and_o diligence_n sâ—arched_v into_o i_o must_v acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v a_o mere_a rhapsody_n of_o superstition_n and_o nothing_o but_o a_o kind_n of_o theurgic_a magic_n before_o speak_v of_o for_o if_o as_o the_o jew_n contend_v come_v from_o god_n it_o do_v any_o way_n conduce_v to_o perfection_n of_o life_n salvation_n of_o man_n truth_n of_o understanding_n certain_o that_o spirit_n of_o truth_n which_o have_v forsake_v the_o synagogue_n be_v now_o come_v to_o 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