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far_o be_v it_o from_o those_o good_a christian_n their_o intention_n to_o bury_v or_o burn_v all_o good_a learning_n that_o make_v a_o bonfire_n we_o may_v well_o so_o term_v it_o of_o those_o their_o book_n of_o such_o superstition_n at_o ephesus_n act._n 19.19_o and_o so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o that_o which_o mr._n s._n will_v herein_o intimate_v that_o the_o oppose_a and_o reject_v of_o these_o fanatical_a and_o superstitious_a fancy_n shall_v either_o arise_v from_o ignorance_n or_o endanger_v the_o bring_n in_o of_o ignorance_n much_o less_o drown_v the_o world_n in_o it_o that_o such_o frivolous_a conceit_n and_o superstitious_a practice_n have_v be_v never_o more_o rife_a then_o in_o time_n of_o ignorance_n and_o when_o the_o world_n be_v drown_v in_o darkness_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o since_o the_o light_n of_o god_n save_v truth_n and_o knowledge_n have_v shine_v more_o clear_o among_o we_o then_o among_o most_o abroad_o and_o the_o study_n of_o art_n and_o science_n in_o these_o late_a time_n be_v improoved_a and_o flourish_v with_o we_o this_o pretend_a art_n or_o cheat_v trade_n rather_o have_v lie_v till_o of_o late_a so_o neglect_v and_o disregard_v among_o we_o that_o mr._n lily_n be_v enforce_v pitiful_o to_o complain_v will_v to_o god_n we_o be_v so_o happy_a merlin_n that_o he_o may_v still_o have_v cause_n so_o to_o do_v that_o we_o english_a of_o all_o nation_n make_v least_o use_n of_o this_o art_n insomuch_o that_o mr._n booker_n another_o atlas_n to_o underprop_v all_o good_a literature_n with_o we_o ready_a to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n unless_o he_o bear_v it_o up_o have_v alone_o almost_o without_o help_n until_o mr._n l._n come_v in_o to_o ease_v he_o by_o his_o own_o virtu_n and_o ability_n a_o admirable_a scholar_n for_o so_o many_o year_n maintain_v the_o reputation_n of_o the_o art_n almost_o utter_o decay_v catastr_n and_o howsoever_o it_o have_v begin_v to_o thrive_v and_o spread_v abroad_o with_o we_o in_o these_o loose_a and_o licentious_a day_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o selie_o sort_n of_o ignorant_a and_o profane_a people_n that_o flock_v most_o after_o it_o and_o be_v mr._n lily_n and_o his_o fellow_n practitioner_n most_o constant_a customer_n and_o such_o as_o can_v well_o be_v content_a to_o have_v all_o religion_n as_o well_o as_o learning_n abolish_v whether_o drown_v or_o burn_v so_o they_o may_v be_v free_v from_o tithe_n and_o tax_n they_o care_v not_o with_o who_o mr._n l._n therefore_o labour_v to_o ingratiate_v himself_o yet_o will_v have_v this_o art_n uphold_v and_o this_o trade_n stand_v still_o whereas_o those_o that_o plead_v for_o learning_n and_o lerned_n man_n man_n as_o i_o perceiv_v by_o some_o that_o have_v late_o take_v good_a pain_n to_o that_o purpose_n do_v just_o and_o judicious_o condemn_v it_o as_o pernicious_a and_o prejudicial_a both_o to_o church_n and_o state_n and_o wish_v it_o utter_o abandon_v mr._n
p._n 103._o l._n 3._o chap._n 16._o verse_n 13._o page_n 21_o l._n 16._o c._n 17._o v._n 5._o p._n 83._o l._n 6._o finis_fw-la aug._n dio_n l._n 55._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 47._o aristor_n hist_o anim_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 43._o plin._n hist_o nat_n l._n 8._o c._n 15._o see_v of_o chiromancie_n m._n l._n p._n 84._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o babyl_n aperto_fw-la capite_fw-la plaut_fw-la capt._n 3.1_o tertul._n apolog_fw-la c._n 2._o lucian_n pseudomant_n biblioth_n l._n 6._o annot_n 10._o in_o genes_n 1.14_o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr mag._n l._n 3._o vid._n crespeâ—_n sum_fw-la discipl_n eccles_n judic._n lib._n prohit_n reg_fw-la 9_o cato_n cens_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr divin_n l._n 2._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 11._o ibid._n pag._n 14._o ibid._n ibid._n pag._n 16._o pag._n 17._o lucian_n ad_fw-la dic_fw-la prom_fw-la etc._n etc._n pref._n to_o his_o prophecy_n in_o 44._o pag._n 16._o tertul._n apolog_fw-la c._n 5._o mr._n r._n hook_n f.g._n apud_fw-la trinovant_n ministr_n pag._n 16._o pag._n 28._o ibid._n pag._n 37._o pag._n 38._o plaut_fw-la mostel_n pag._n 17._o matth._n 5.12_o &_o 23.34_o 37._o 1_o cor._n 4.9_o 13._o 2_o cor._n 6.4_o 5._o erasm_n adag_n 24.60_o vid._n scal._n emend_v temp._n l._n 7._o &_o codign_a hist_o abass_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o see_v miltons_n figure-caster_n see_v tully_n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la l._n 1._o pag._n 47._o plut._n in_o camil._n liv._o lib._n 6._o pag._n 8._o &_o 47._o sophocles_n vid._n cic._n de_fw-fr sen._n plut._n de_fw-fr sen_fw-mi polit._n aristoph_n schol._n ran._n fabr._n gymn_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o vid._n aug._n epist_n 48._o de_fw-fr discipl_n christ_n c._n 2._o cont_n julian_n l._n 6._o c._n 1._o pag._n 56._o preface_n de_fw-fr nouâ_fw-la stell_n serpent_n c._n 11._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 11._o suet._n lib._n 5._o c._n 21._o pag._n 7._o ephemer_n ann_n 53._o hiâ—â—on_n prologue_n in_o pentat_fw-la longin_n de_fw-fr sublim_fw-la preface_n to_o his_o world_n catastrophe_n pag._n 49._o pag._n 20._o pag._n 42_o 43._o ibid._n aug._n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 5_o 6._o &_o in_o joan._n tr_fw-la 8.9_o greg._n mer._n l._n 6._o c._n 6._o &_o in_o evang._n hom_n 36._o vid._n senec._n qaest_n nat_n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o pag._n 23._o sen._n the_o benef_n l._n 5._o c._n 6._o plut._n in_o pericl_n plut._n in_o nic._n thucyd._n l._n 7._o thucyd._n &_o plut._n ibid._n plin._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o plut._n nic._n plut._n in_o dion_n liv._o l._n 37._o polyb._n l._n 5._o curt._n l._n 4._o c._n 10._o herodot_n l._n 7._o plut._n alex._n curt._n l._n 4._o c._n 7._o 7._o plut._n idem_fw-la apophth_n &_o the_o fort_n alex._n vid._n laert._n anaxarch_n anaxarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n sympos_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 1._o dio_fw-mi lib._n 60._o liv._o lib._n 44._o plin._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o liv._o ibid._n plut._n aemyl_n plut._n problem_n rom._n qaest_n 76._o pag._n 23._o m._n sen._n contr_n l._n 4._o calvis_fw-la chronol_n macrob._n in_o somn._fw-la scip._n l._n 1._o â—_o 20._o plin._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o lâ—u._n l._n 26._o plut._n aemyl_n ovid._n fab_n l._n 7._o macrob._n somn._fw-la scip._n l._n 1._o c._n 15._o juven_n sat._n 6._o sen._n ep_n 92._o plin._n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o macrob._n in_o somn._fw-la scip._n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o kepler_n de_fw-fr mere._n in_o sol._n ambr._n hom_n 82._o pag._n 19_o pag._n 18._o pag._n 19_o pag._n 25._o horat._n serm._n l._n 2._o sat._n 5._o pag._n 31._o pag._n 51._o pag._n 26._o pag._n 28._o diodor._fw-la l._n 16._o c._n 92._o pag._n 27._o virg._n eâ—log_n 1._o pag._n 37._o pag._n 38._o horat._n art_n poet_n pag._n 28._o pag._n 38._o pers_n 2.2_o pag._n 39_o 40._o de_fw-fr consens_fw-la evang._n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o pag._n 22_o 23._o pag._n 4_o 5._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 26._o pag._n 27._o pag._n 28._o pag._n 23_o 24._o de_fw-fr consens_fw-la evang._n l._n 1._o c._n 23._o lord_n h._n howard_n of_o pretend_v prophecy_n fol._n 384_o fac_fw-la 1._o ibid._n fac_fw-la 2._o in_o euterp_v pag._n 22._o ibid._n ibid._n vid._n araâ—um_o in_o phaenom_fw-la &_o theon_n schol._n virgil._n georg._n l._n 1._o plin._n hist_o nat_n l._n 2._o c._n 59_o &_o l._n 18._o c._n 35._o sen._n qaest_n nat_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o plaut_n curcul_fw-la 1.2_o 1.2_o horat._n art_n poet_n poet_n tibul._n l._n â—_o c._n 4._o plin._n l._n 2._o c._n 59_o pag._n 49._o pag._n 43._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 51._o pag._n 37._o pag._n 9_o 10._o â—lac_fw-la l._n 2._o ep_n 2._o adu._n marc._n l._n 4._o c._n 51._o pag._n 25._o plin._n l._n 28._o c._n 2._o diodor._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 31._o cic._n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la l._n 2._o cic._n ibid._n gell._n n._n a._n l._n 14._o c._n 1._o de_fw-fr nov_fw-mi stel._n serp_v c._n 27._o contr._n astrol_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o &_o cic._n ubi_fw-la sup_n eurip_v iph._n aul._n in_o apocoloc_n encyclopaed_n uranos_fw-es cop_z par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 12._o diod._n l._n 32._o phot._n cod._n 24._o essay_n 35._o dio_fw-mi lib._n 54._o admon_n de_fw-fr astrol_n pag._n 43._o pag._n 9_o heraclit_fw-la ep_n 2._o nicocles_n anton_n melis_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 56._o eurip_v apud_fw-la arrian_n alex._n l._n 7._o appian_n bell_n civil_a 2._o plut._n de_fw-fr pyth._n orac._n &_o de_fw-fr orac._n desit_fw-la cic._n divin_fw-fr l._n 2._o sen._n ep_n 85._o aug._n confess_v l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o extorqemus_fw-la ut_fw-la pereamus_fw-la sarum_n de_fw-fr provide_v l._n 6._o 6._o suâ_fw-la sibi_fw-la patientiâ_fw-la de_fw-la trahit_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr pat_o c._n 1._o 1._o psal_n 50.21_o esse_fw-la svi_fw-la simile_n deos_fw-la putat_fw-la plaut_fw-la amph._n amph._n mal._n 3.17_o lucret._n the_o rer_n nat_n l._n 4._o astrolog_n predict_v for_o 48.49.50_o alab_v in_o appar_n ad_fw-la apoc._n jul._n scal._n pag._n 56._o in_o protrept_v memorab_n l._n 4·_fw-la de_fw-fr divin_n l._n 2._o ibid._n ibid._n de_fw-fr trump_n cruâ—_n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr nou._n stelâ—_n serpent_n c._n 11_o praefat._n ad_fw-la li_n â—und_v vid._n dr._n staughton_n in_o felic_n novis_fw-la sec._n preface_n to_o world_n catastr_n de_fw-fr stel._n serp._n c._n 2._o pag._n 60._o de_fw-fr divin_n l._n 2._o preface_n to_o england_n prophet_n merlin_n job_n 42.7_o 8._o isaiah_n 50.8_o 9_o jer._n 20.11_o rom._n 8.33_o psal_n 37.6_o pref._n to_o eng._n proph._n merlin_n laert._n l._n 2._o preface_n to_o eng._n prophet_n merlin_n var._n eumenid_n vid._n popin_n ad_fw-la eund_n pag._n 5_o 6._o pag._n 15._o pag._n 18._o epist_n before_o world_n catastr_n pag._n 6._o thucyd._n l._n 7._o impres_n pragae_fw-la a_o 1606._o in_o 40._o j.s._n pag._n 10_o pag._n 14._o pag._n 9_o pref._n to_o an._n ten_o ibid._n de_fw-fr doct._n christ_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o &_o de_fw-fr magistr_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o epist_n 256._o basil_n sel._n â—rat_n in_o noâ—_n pag._n 10._o pag._n 12._o j._n s._n pag._n 9_o pref._n an._n ten_o see_v lily_n dark_a year_n p._n 55._o and_o title_n page_n to_o world_n catastâ—_n franc._n pag._n 25._o pag._n 14._o ibid._n pag._n 15._o pag._n 25._o pag._n 14._o pag._n 19_o see_v goclein_n hereafter_o laert._n zâ—non_n pag._n 19_o pag._n 18._o ibid._n pag._n 19_o pag._n 27._o pag._n 28._o pag._n 55._o pag._n 54._o ibid._n ibid._n discourse_v of_o effect_n of_o sat._n &_o jup._n conjunct_a 42._o in_o anti-merlin_n â—en_n med._n 2.â—eno_fw-la â—eno_z vid._n â—lut_n stoic_n repugn_v c._n 2._o sveton_n l._n 4._o c._n 53._o pag._n 21._o cic._n de_fw-fr clar._n orat._n &_o de_fw-fr repub._n plat._n nom_fw-fr de_fw-fr justiniano_n aristot_n post_fw-la phys_n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o aug._n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la dilig_v c._n 4._o &_o soliloq_fw-la c._n 20._o pag._n 19_o council_n in_o deut_n qaest_a 2._o pag._n 10._o pag._n 49._o pag._n 63._o oper._n tom._n 9_o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 22._o c._n 8._o aug._n de_fw-fr temp_n 174._o pag._n 7.8_o an._n ten_o p._n 11_o sen._n epist_n 115_o gal._n hortat_fw-la pag._n 19_o see_v plin._n l._n 28._o c._n 2._o &_o cicer._n de_fw-fr divin_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr divinâ—â—_n l._n 2._o pag._n 15.19_o pag._n 15._o ibid._n pag._n 23._o pag._n 15._o â—nstit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 5._o â—_o â—_o pag._n 14._o ibid._n pag._n 18._o pag._n 21._o pag._n 18.19_o pag._n 19_o plut._n mario_n galatin_n arcan_fw-it l._n 8._o c._n 19_o diogenes_n laeâ—t_fw-la l._n 6._o antiqit_fw-la l_o 5._o c._n 1._o pag._n 20_o pag._n 14._o dio._n l._n 42._o plut._n apopth_n hist_o nat._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o prefac_o to_o engâ—_n proph._n merâ—l_o juvenal_n sit_v 7_o w._n l._n where_o before_o ibid._n pag._n 21._o pag._n 21._o ibid._n pag._n 21._o thuc._n l._n 2._o idem_fw-la l._n 3._o diodor._fw-la l._n 13._o c._n 107._o xenoph._n hist_o graec._n l._n 2._o see_v goclein_n before_o thucyd._n l._n 8._o pag._n 14._o pag._n 13._o sphaer_n c._n 10._o pisc_n in_o gen._n 1.14_o pag._n 13._o dilher_n elect_v l._n 3._o c._n 21._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 16._o pag._n 17._o pag._n 17._o pag._n 64._o pag._n 19_o pag._n 17._o ibid._n orat._n de_fw-fr pasch_fw-mi probl._n phys_n part_n 2._o pag._n 17._o raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we part_n 2._o c._n 8._o sect._n 6._o pag._n 18._o ibid._n pag._n 16._o pag._n 19_o pag._n 16._o ibid._n pag._n 24._o pindar_n pyth._n 9_o m._n anton._n l._n 12._o sect._n 35._o contr._n eunom_n 1._o pag._n 25._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 25._o hist_o l._n 37._o pag._n 22._o pag._n 26._o preface_n to_o eng._n prophet_n merlin_n preface_n to_o world_n catastr_n see_v mr._n edw._n waterhouse_n apolog._n for_o lern._n &_o ler._n man_n pag._n 22.23_o pag._n 22._o artapanus_n apud_fw-la diodor._fw-la tar_n albumasar_n apud_fw-la h._n l._n howard_n tacitus_n hist_o l._n 5._o raymund_n pug_n sid_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 8._o sect._n 6._o albert._n nom_fw-fr specul_fw-la ex_fw-la alâ—umas_fw-la origen_n tom_fw-mi in_o gen._n apud_fw-la euseb_n praepar_fw-la l._n 6._o c._n 11._o instit._fw-la l._n 3._o petr._n alliac_n in_o gen._n 30._o &_o the_o leg._n &_o sect._n vid._n sixt._n sen._n bibl._n sacr._n l._n 6._o annot._fw-la 10._o gvil._n paris_n de_fw-fr univers_n part_n 1._o petr._n alliac_n ubi_fw-la sup_n &_o in_o the_o theol._n &_o astron_n concord_n henr._n machlin_n comment_fw-fr in_o albumas_n vid._n sixt._n sen._n l._n 5._o annot._fw-la 81._o ever_o digbie_n in_o theor._n analyt_v
inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n rev._n 17.5_o or_o such_o a_o mystery_n as_o those_o be_v the_o gentile_n use_v in_o the_o sacrilegious_a service_n of_o their_o counterfeit_a god_n which_o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n in_o derision_n of_o they_o say_v protrept_v may_v well_o be_v term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d muscipulae_fw-la mousetrap_n invent_v to_o take_v and_o hold_v fast_o selie_o people_n like_o mouse_n nor_o indeed_o be_v these_o man_n mystery_n any_o other_o then_o mere_a decipulae_fw-la cheat_v gin_n contrive_v and_o set_v on_o purpose_n by_o cunning_a man_n as_o people_n common_o call_v they_o thereby_o to_o conie-catch_a selie_o soul_n simple_a creature_n such_o as_o solomon_n harlot_n invite_v to_o she_o prov._n 9.16_o and_o by_o make_v their_o purse_n light_a to_o make_v their_o own_o pocket_n the_o heavy_a but_o sir_n suppose_v that_o our_o english_a priest_n be_v all_o of_o such_o shallow_a capacity_n be_v all_o of_o they_o such_o wiseacre_n in_o regard_n of_o you_o wizard_n that_o not_o one_o of_o they_o be_v able_a to_o conceiv_v or_o comprehend_v the_o abstruse_a secret_n of_o your_o science_n be_v that_o the_o only_a reason_n why_o they_o blame_v astrology_n or_o be_v all_o those_o such_o blockhed_n and_o duâ—pated_a dunce_n who_o not_o blame_v it_o only_o but_o reject_v refute_v arraign_v and_o condemn_v it_o long_o before_o they_o or_o be_v they_o all_o such_o as_o in_o like_a manner_n condemn_v it_o at_o this_o day_n or_o be_v it_o their_o ignorance_n in_o the_o fideral_a science_n that_o enduce_v they_o all_o so_o to_o do_v to_o look_v back_o to_o antiqity_n another_o manner_n of_o antiqitie_n then_o m._n l._n can_v show_v for_o his_o magical_a imagery_n and_o here_o not_o to_o repeat_v again_o what_o be_v before_o say_v of_o anaxagoras_n we_o shall_v add_v of_o socrates_n 4·_fw-la in_o who_o step_n plato_n precise_o tread_v only_o what_o xenophon_n report_v that_o concern_v astrology_n or_o astronomy_n for_o he_o use_v those_o term_n promiscuous_o be_v demand_v his_o judgement_n he_o give_v his_o advice_n that_o man_n shall_v so_o far_o forth_o exercise_v themselves_o in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o star_n as_o to_o attain_v thereby_o to_o a_o exact_a account_n of_o day_n and_o night_n month_n and_o year_n and_o as_o use_v may_v be_v make_v thereof_o for_o journey_n by_o land_n or_o voyage_n by_o sea_n but_o for_o further_a curiosity_n for_o man_n to_o spend_v much_o time_n therein_o he_o deem_v not_o so_o profitable_a albeit_o say_v xenophon_n he_o be_v in_o such_o thing_n not_o unskilful_a himself_o partly_o because_o it_o may_v withdraw_v a_o man_n from_o the_o study_n of_o thing_n more_o useful_a and_o partly_o because_o it_o will_v not_o be_v please_v to_o the_o god_n for_o man_n to_o be_v enqire_v into_o those_o thing_n the_o knowledge_n whereof_o they_o have_v conceal_v 2._o and_o reserv_v to_o themselves_o and_o as_o for_o those_o that_o out_o of_o plato_n school_n succeed_v he_o eudoxus_n say_v tully_n one_o of_o plato_n auditor_n and_o one_o for_o his_o skill_n in_o astrology_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a without_o difficulty_n deem_v the_o chief_n in_o those_o day_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n which_o he_o leave_v also_o in_o writing_n that_o unto_o chaldean_n in_o their_o prediction_n and_o designment_n of_o man_n life_n from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o birth_n there_o be_v no_o credit_n to_o be_v give_v ibid._n panetius_fw-la also_o say_v he_o a_o prime_a man_n among_o the_o stoic_n report_v that_o archelaus_n and_o cassander_n the_o chief_a astrologer_n of_o the_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v though_o in_o the_o other_o part_n of_o astrology_n they_o excel_v yet_o this_o kind_n of_o prediction_n or_o foretell_v by_o the_o star_n they_o use_v not_o and_o these_o astrological_a prediction_n he_o himself_o also_o reject_v ibid._n scylax_n also_o of_o halicarnasse_n a_o familiar_a friend_n of_o panetius_fw-la a_o excellent_a astrologer_n and_o a_o chief_n man_n in_o the_o government_n of_o that_o city_n repudiate_v all_o this_o chaldaiacal_a kind_n of_o prediction_n be_v it_o out_o of_o mere_a ignorance_n then_o that_o these_o man_n give_v in_o their_o verdict_n thus_o against_o such_o kind_n of_o prediction_n or_o be_v it_o out_o of_o any_o inability_n and_o incapacity_n to_o attain_v unto_o any_o secret_n in_o nature_n that_o these_o our_o late_a upstart_n wizard_n who_o profess_v to_o proceed_v in_o a_o natural_a way_n have_v now_o attain_v but_o be_v then_o beyond_o those_o man_n reach_n or_o be_v it_o since_o their_o time_n that_o those_o good_a angel_n mr._n l._n speak_v of_o have_v reveal_v these_o mystery_n to_o such_o holy_a man_n as_o mr._n l._n and_o the_o like_a of_o their_o rare_a skill_n in_o the_o genuine_a part_n of_o astrology_n you_o hear_v what_o ample_a testimony_n and_o by_o who_o it_o be_v give_v they_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o other_o eleusinian_n rite_n or_o magician_n mystery_n that_o these_o our_o wizard_n exercise_n deal_v with_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o dark_a i_o suppose_v have_v they_o be_v acquaint_v with_o they_o be_v judicious_a man_n and_o genuine_a artist_n they_o will_v never_o a_o whit_n have_v like_v the_o better_a of_o their_o conceal_a covert_a and_o counterfeit_a art_n but_o come_v we_o down_o to_o lower_v and_o late_a time_n be_v joannes_n picus_n that_o illustrious_a count_n of_o mirandula_n such_o a_o dull_a pate_n or_o be_v it_o out_o of_o mere_a ignorance_n of_o their_o profound_a mystery_n that_o he_o blame_v astrology_n he_o be_v for_o his_o pierce_a wit_n and_o depth_n of_o judgement_n in_o most_o science_n style_v in_o those_o time_n the_o miracle_n of_o the_o age_n he_o live_v in_o and_o he_o write_v twelve_o book_n yet_o extant_a against_o this_o judicial_a astrology_n of_o which_o jerome_n savanarola_n how_o acute_a and_o judicious_a a_o man_n his_o work_n show_v give_v this_o censure_n qi_fw-la pici_fw-la mirandulani_fw-la libros_fw-la de_fw-la astrologiâ_fw-la legerit_fw-la &_o intellexerit_fw-la 4._o neque_fw-la astrologiam_fw-la irriserit_fw-la dignus_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la qi_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la derideatur_fw-la he_o that_o have_v with_o understand_v read_v picus_n his_o book_n of_o astrology_n deride_v not_o astrology_n deserve_v of_o all_o man_n to_o be_v deride_v himself_o or_o be_v claudius_n salmasius_n one_o who_o in_o these_o time_n for_o his_o extraordinary_a variety_n of_o learning_n as_o well_o deseru_v the_o title_n give_v picus_n as_o either_o of_o the_o two_o scaliger_n joseph_n his_o predecessor_n or_o julius_n his_o father_n either_o of_o who_o some_o learned_a man_n have_v so_o entitle_v such_o another_o ignoramus_fw-la in_o this_o wizard_n esteem_n who_o in_o his_o late_a elaborate_a discourse_n of_o the_o critical_a day_n and_o his_o preface_n thereunto_o prefix_v have_v shrewd_o shake_v the_o main_a foundation_n of_o their_o supposititious_a science_n and_o it_o may_v just_o be_v hope_v will_v so_o utter_o raze_v they_o as_o that_o not_o only_o no_o coin_n but_o no_o rag_n will_v be_v leave_v towards_o the_o raise_n and_o re-edify_n of_o it_o when_o he_o shall_v go_v on_o with_o his_o promise_a work_n in_o that_o argument_n mean_o while_o he_o have_v sufficient_o discover_v the_o vanity_n and_o looseness_n of_o their_o ground_n and_o principle_n and_o evident_o show_v how_o deep_o he_o have_v dive_v into_o these_o their_o so_o much_o vaunt_v of_o and_o high_o esteem_v mystery_n or_o be_v john_n kepler_n the_o emperor_n rodolphs_n mathematician_n such_o a_o selie_o fellow_n and_o of_o so_o shallow_a a_o capacity_n 11_o that_o he_o can_v not_o reach_v their_o mystery_n who_o charge_v they_o as_o ignorant_a and_o unskilful_a for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o regard_n of_o any_o exactness_n in_o the_o genuine_a part_n of_o astronomy_n lay_v open_a at_o large_a the_o deep_a of_o their_o mystery_n discover_v their_o error_n and_o mistake_n in_o their_o own_o principle_n that_o which_o salmasius_n also_o oft_o do_v yea_o write_v as_o bitter_o and_o tart_o against_o they_o as_o any_o other_o whosoever_o as_o hereafter_o shall_v be_v show_v and_o free_o profess_v that_o be_v urge_v and_o importune_v to_o write_v somewhat_o in_o that_o way_n â—und_v his_o mind_n enure_v to_o geometrical_a demonstration_n consider_v the_o unsoundnesse_n and_o qagginesse_n of_o their_o ground_n it_o fare_v with_o it_o as_o with_o a_o restive_a jade_n or_o headstrong_a horse_n that_o come_v to_o a_o slow_a hang_v back_o and_o can_v by_o any_o beat_n or_o rate_v of_o his_o rider_n be_v bring_v to_o set_v foot_n into_o it_o but_o to_o come_v home_o to_o ourselves_o and_o here_o to_o pass_v by_o all_o other_o sec._n nor_o to_o recall_v the_o lord_n verulame_n who_o some_o learned_a have_v conceive_v to_o be_v one_o special_o raise_v up_o to_o help_v to_o bring_v art_n and_o science_n on_o