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the_o threshold_n from_o enter_v the_o discourse_n itself_o wherein_o you_o have_v these_o thing_n and_o the_o whole_a matter_n with_o sound_a judgement_n and_o varieie_v of_o learning_n perfect_o hanle_v and_o the_o adversary_n drive_v from_o his_o start_a hole_n by_o main_a force_n of_o argument_n and_o so_o cease_v to_o be_v further_a troublesome_a unto_o you_o i_o humble_o take_v my_o leave_n your_o assure_a love_v cousin_n tho_o vicar_n in_o authorem_fw-la &_o eius_fw-la opera_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la meis_fw-la chartis_fw-la inornatum_fw-la sileri_fw-la 9_o totue_fw-la tuos_fw-la patiar_fw-la labores_fw-la impunè_fw-la praesul_fw-la carpere_fw-la lividas_fw-la obliviones_fw-la maiorum_fw-la titulis_fw-la magnus_fw-la sed_fw-la maior_fw-la haberi_fw-la vis_fw-fr magè_fw-fr musarum_fw-la titulis_fw-la dignissime_fw-la praesul_fw-la dordrechtum_fw-la tua_fw-la fama_fw-la capit_fw-la quòd_fw-la ordinib_fw-la missus_fw-la ab_fw-la oris_fw-la 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treatise_n chap._n i._n to_o the_o confusion_n of_o astrology_n one_o witness_n more_o be_v add_v by_o the_o write_n of_o this_o book_n judiciarie_n astrology_n be_v no_o part_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n nor_o of_o the_o mathematics_n neither_o be_v it_o media_fw-la scientia_fw-la betwixt_o they_o chap._n ii_o the_o mean_n of_o know_v aforehand_o particular_a event_n be_v not_o natural_a but_o diabolical_a those_o that_o have_v be_v most_o blockish_a in_o other_o learning_n have_v be_v quick_a and_o sharp-witted_n in_o astrology_n chap._n iii_o astrology_n and_o augury_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a be_v alike_o the_o truth_n in_o a_o prediction_n do_v not_o make_v a_o art_n warrantable_a chap._n iu._n the_o astrologer_n foretell_v that_o be_v true_a by_o the_o help_n of_o satan_n henry_n the_o second_o king_n of_o france_n and_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n death_n compare_v together_o astrological_a prediction_n depend_v not_o upon_o natural_a cause_n natural_a 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