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A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545
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[Brothyel, Mathias].
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A PRONOstycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh Anno. 1545. ¶ EXCVDEBAT LONDINI Richardus Graftonus clarissimi Principis Edouardi tipographus The prologue ¶ The practyse of master Mathias brotheyl of Rauensburgh vpon the yeare of the incarnacyon of our Lorde Iesu Chryst M. CCCCC xlv Wrytten for the pleasure of the moost noble prynce and lorde lorde Frederyke couÌ„tye Palatine vpon Rhene duke in Bauary c. I Doubte not most noble and benigne lorde but that your highnes knoweth the texte of Moses in hys fyrst booke entytled Genesis wherin he sheweth and declareth that God almyghty created all thynges of nought of none other thyng but only by hys deuyne worde breath of hys mouth made all thys whole vnspeakeable worke of heauen earth the sea and al that in theÌ„ is conteyned aswel visyble as inuisyble that he doth yet styl with out ceassing or intermission worke what soeuer is done amoÌ„ge al his cretures by the same his deuyne power For in such wyse hath god as ye wolde say inwardly powred him self into al his creatures that al men onelesse they be clene destytute of syght or voyde of al reason may se that God is contynually with vs and that he gouerneth and susteyneth all his creatures by certayne meanes and sheweth his diuine goodnes emonge al his creatures by the heauenly influences And thys poincte also the moost wyttye and lerned men I meane naturall Phylosophers haue after a sorte wel perceyued and through their awne reason and cleare wyt haue so ferre atteigned that they haue agreed in thys that there is one only God that al creatures are by one certaine excellent diuine sapience ruled vpholden and susteyned And these Phylosophers also haue come so nyghe to the verite to the knowledge of God in their hygh contemplacions that they haue determyned and auouched al thys whole wonderfull fayre and ineffable workemanshyp of God as namely the heauens the sonne the moone with all other sterres and creatures to haue ben created and made by the hyghest artifycer chefe fourmer of al thynges which God moost entyrely loueth maÌ„kynde fauoureth the same because he hath engraued enplaÌ„ted in the hartes of men his diuine wyl pleasure by the light of nature the enducyng of the lawe of nature hath made mankynde an image like vnto him self his sprite immortal incomprehensyble quycke or swyft of knowlege much apt to coÌ„templacion euermore hauing minde to his oryginal that is to God and to thynges ghostly prone diligent fayne much desyrous ¶ He hath furthermoe so sensybly vysybly clothed couered the soule with fleshe bloud other materiall substauÌ„ce taken of the earth and made it seÌ„sâ—â—le perceyuable to the sence of touchynge that it loueth earthly traÌ„sytory temporal or mundayne thinges Plato auoucheth man to be the soule onely whiche soule hath the body but as a certayne tabernacle and instrument And whaÌ„ it is infused into the body it is as ye woulde say obscured or darkened as it were enbraked or enprisoned in a derke dungion so that it forgetteth all heauenly thynges maketh searche to inquire of thinges vnnecessarie as what God doth in heauen what thynges men dooe amonge them selues not what thinges God worketh emoÌ„g vs in the worlde by his creatures as namely of the skye the sunne the moone the other planettes and of the whole fyrmament where the heaueÌ„s selfes neuertheles shewe fourth hys ryghteousnes as wytnesseth the Psalmest in suche wyse that al thynges chaâ—ces to come emonge vs in earth do folowe ensue by the course influence of the sky by the reuolucion of planettes of the stars fyxed All which thinges although thei be vnto your excelleÌ„cy manifest by your owne experieÌ„ce sufficiently knowen yet ye may somewhat more clearely vnderstande perceiue as wel by this pronosticacioÌ„ of mine as also by the practises of other meÌ„ that haue wrytteÌ„ in this kind that the Eclypses of the two great lightes of the other sygnes in heaueÌ„ without doubte do induce sygnifye great perels of the worlde dissensyons emonge those persons that haue the power of the world be rulers gouerners in the same which thing is of me in the chapters here ensuinge in this lytle worke of my practyse in many places shewed declared ¶ And forasmuch also as I know most noble prince your highnes by reson of your noble vertues mete to be in a priÌ„ce furthermore by reason of a singuler prudence geueÌ„ to you of God that ye haue a specyal inclynacion a singuler affeccion towardes experyence and towardes all artes I haue thought it best in preseÌ„tynge myne obeisauÌ„ce seruice to dedicate thys my Pronosticacion vnto your hyghnes huÌ„bly besechyng that the same wyll accept and take in good part this my lytell labour If at any time I can do plesure vn to your hyghnes in greater thynges I acknowledge my whole studye dyligeÌ„ce and trauayle bouÌ„de thervnto yea and promise my self also to be both prompt ready from tyme to tyme. In the meane whyle besechyng that God almyghtye wyll longe kepe and gouerne your highnes prosperously in reast and peace and lucky state of al thynges ¶ Geuen at Monace in the yeare M. CCCCC xliiiii on the day of the Natiuite of saynt Iohn Baptyst A Pronosticacion ¶ The fyrst chapiter sheweth of the influence and effycacy of those planettes which shal chefely beare rule this yeare IT can not be denied but that the worde of God and the work created by his deuyne worde that is to say heauen earth and al that is conteined in theÌ„ are so annexed vnited together that it is impossyble to knowe the operacion of the one without the othâ—r For wylt thou knowe the power and strengthe of the worde of God then must thou searche in his workes â–ª by the which we naturally vnderstaÌ„d what God worketh with hys creatures â–ª and what he wil worke herafter For here in earth nâ—xt god almighty as Ptholomâ—â— in the fyrst quadripartite techeth al â—aâ—ses as wel of thinges to come as of thynges that doth chaunce vnto vs coÌ„meth through the heauenly course influence of the planettes predominatinge or bearynge chefe rule who of al the moost expert auctors in this arte of Astrology is best alowed and folowed Therfore wheÌ„ I sawe wrothful and coÌ„tencious Mars in the fygure of the reuolucion newly entred into the house where Venus was I may not geue the power of the hygher rule to the womannyshe or femynyne planette Venê° but she agreeth with the angry Mars to be an aydour vnto her â–ª wherby Venus may gouerne this yeare after her wyl and dysposycion wherfore euery wyse man wyll coÌ„syder the nature and propertye of these two planettes so loke vnto theyr matters through the deuyne helpe that they fall not into the vngodly inclynacions of them For it is wrytten Vir