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portugal_n ambassador_n have_v audience_n 15_o the_o fleet_n arrive_v at_o burlington-bay_n mr._n bradshaw_n send_v as_o agent_n to_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o merchant_n november_n master_n thomas_n may_n die_v sudden_o in_o the_o night_n 20_o dutch_a fleet_n on_o the_o back_n of_o godwin-sand_n 29_o general_n blake_n worsted_n by_o the_o dutch._n 30_o phoenix_n frigate_n recover_v from_o the_o dutch._n february_n 18_o 19_o 20_o a_o terrible_a sea-fight_n betwixt_o the_o english_a and_o the_o dutch_a near_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n &_o portland_n wherein_o the_o dutch_a be_v worsted_n english_a fleet_n in_o the_o levant-sea_n worsted_n by_o the_o dutch._n anno_fw-la 1653._o april_n 20_o parliament_n dissolve_v by_o the_o army_n 30_o a_o council_n of_o state_n declare_v may_v 28_o the_o english_a fleet_n arrive_v from_o the_o northwards_o in_o plymouth_n road._n june_n 2_o 3_o another_o sea-fight_n between_o the_o english_a and_o dutch_a who_o be_v 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chancery_n vote_v down_o by_o the_o new_a parl._n 10_o m._n lilburn_n bring_v again_o to_o his_o trial_n 20_o m._n lilburn_n acquit_v by_o his_o jury_n but_o send_v back_o to_o newgate_n 26_o act_n for_o marriage_n 27_o m._n lilburn_n remove_v from_o newgate_n to_o the_o tower_n september_n 2._o londoner_n petition_v the_o parliament_n for_o continuance_n of_o tithe_n nou._n 4_o a_o act_n for_o redress_v of_o mischief_n arise_v by_o writ_n of_o error_n and_o writ_n of_o false_a judgement_n 23_o dr._n wymberly_n a_o learned_a divine_a and_o noble_a friend_n of_o i_o die_v 25_o he_o be_v inhume_v at_o westm._n dec._n 12_o the_o second_o parliament_n dissolve_v have_v sit_v about_o as_o many_o week_n as_o the_o former_a have_v do_v year_n 16_o general_n cromwell_n swear_v lord_n protector_n 19_o proclaim_v so_o in_o england_n 21_o proclamation_n make_v for_o continue_v all_o person_n in_o their_o office_n jan._n 19_o a_o ordinance_n declare_v what_o offence_n shall_v be_v adjudge_v 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aphorism_n of_o haly_n have_v no_o signification_n here_o saturn_n be_v neither_o infortunatus_fw-la in_fw-la alto_fw-mi loco_fw-la nec_fw-la sublevatus_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la planetas_fw-la as_o william_n lilly_n suppose_v he_o so_o that_o the_o south_n and_o southeast_n part_n of_o this_o kingdom_n need_v not_o fear_v this_o positure_n at_o all_o next_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v that_o he_o have_v cut_v off_o corrupt_v and_o misunderstand_a that_o aphorism_n in_o bonatus_fw-la 574._o viz._n significat_fw-la naufragia_fw-la repent_v etc._n etc._n for_o that_o aphorism_n be_v not_o deduce_v from_o the_o dominion_n of_o mars_n in_o the_o four_o and_o nine_o house_n of_o the_o figure_n but_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o guido_n from_o the_o situation_n of_o mars_n in_o cancer_n and_o his_o triplicity_n and_o the_o word_n of_o bonatus_fw-la be_v these_o et_fw-la si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mars_n in_o revolutione_n anni_fw-la in_o cancro_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la 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nine_o then_o divide_v the_o number_n by_o sixty_o the_o number_n of_o minute_n in_o the_o distance_n of_o mars_n from_o jupiter_n and_o saturn_n and_o the_o quotient_n be_v three_o twenty_o part_n which_o we_o multiply_v into_o twenty_o the_o number_n of_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o conjunction_n of_o saturn_n and_o jupiter_n and_o the_o result_n be_v three_o which_o add_v to_o twâ—nty_o and_o the_o strength_n of_o that_o conjunction_n shall_v be_v twenty_o three_o that_o be_v almost_o eight_o time_n so_o much_o as_o the_o strength_n of_o mars_n six_o time_n so_o much_o as_o the_o strength_n of_o saturn_n and_o five_o time_n so_o much_o as_o the_o strength_n of_o jupiter_n and_o the_o like_a of_o the_o rest_n the_o strength_n of_o every_o planet_n may_v be_v know_v by_o the_o magnitude_n thereof_o and_o the_o slowness_n of_o its_o motion_n for_o by_o how_o much_o great_a the_o planet_n be_v and_o by_o how_o much_o slow_o they_o be_v in_o motion_n by_o so_o much_o strong_a be_v they_o in_o general_a cause_n but_o not_o so_o in_o particular_a for_o example_n i_o will_v know_v what_o power_n saturn_n have_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o moon_n as_o to_o length_n or_o continuance_n of_o their_o effect_n i_o see_v that_o saturn_n revolution_n be_v perform_v in_o twenty_o nine_o year_n and_o three_o hundred_o fifty_o eight_o day_n wherein_o be_v 10750_o day_n this_o i_o multiply_v into_o the_o square_n of_o his_o semi-diameter_n and_o they_o make_v 96750_o day_n in_o like_a manner_n i_o multiply_v the_o circuit_n of_o the_o moon_n into_o the_o square_a minute_n of_o her_o semi-diameter_n and_o the_o factus_fw-la be_v 7899_o day_n and_o one_o eight_o part_n of_o a_o day_n i_o divide_v the_o one_o by_o the_o other_o and_o the_o quotient_n be_v twelve_o and_o so_o much_o be_v the_o proportion_n of_o saturn_n strength_n to_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o moon_n the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o conjunction_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o length_n or_o continuance_n of_o their_o effect_n and_o it_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v in_o one_o word_n because_o the_o effect_n continue_v until_o the_o return_n as_o the_o conjunction_n of_o saturn_n and_o jupiter_n till_o another_o conjunction_n and_o the_o ingress_n of_o saturn_n into_o the_o first_o point_n of_o aries_n until_o his_o next_o entrance_n into_o the_o same_o point_n for_o nihil_fw-la datur_fw-la inane_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la and_o therefore_o if_o the_o effect_n shall_v not_o continue_v until_o the_o return_n it_o be_v a_o mathematical_a circuit_n not_o a_o natural_a a_o cause_n without_o a_o effect_n yea_o a_o kind_n of_o impotency_n wherefore_o proportio_fw-la circuitus_fw-la ad_fw-la circuitum_fw-la ut_fw-la temporis_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la probandum_fw-la nevertheless_o every_o one_o of_o these_o circuit_n be_v reduce_v to_o the_o half_a thereof_o because_o that_o from_o the_o opposition_n the_o force_n of_o the_o