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A88292	The vvorld's catastrophe, or Europes many mutations untill, 1666. The fate of Englands monarchy untill its subversion. Government of the vvorld under God by the seven planetary angels; their names, times of government. An exact type of the three suns seen in Cheshire and Shropshire, 3 April 1647. Their signification and portent, astrologically handled. / By VVilliam Lilly student in Astrologie: who is, amicus patria, & veritas amator. To which is added, A whip for Wharton.	Lilly, William, 1602-1681.; Merlin Ambrosius.; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.	1647 (1647)	Wing L2252; Thomason E387_1; ESTC R201490	73,237	78

of Nassau King Albert the Emperour hundred thousand Christians Rudolph●a being dead Adolph of Nass●● is elected King he governed six years whom Albert the son of Rudolph afterwards overcame and slew in fight neer Wo●mes and was chosen Imperator in the yeare of Christ 1298. he governed ten years and was slain by his brothers son The Order of the Order of Templats subverted Knights Templats by command of Pope Cleme●t the fifth is destroyed the Isle of Rh●de is recovered by Christians out of the hands of the Sarazens after the War and si●ge thereof had continued four whole years Albertus being slain by his Nephew Henry is constituted the eighth Emperour being Count of Luxenburg who rei●ned 5 years he being dead Lodowick the fourth of Bavaria reigned 32 years beginning in the year 1315 unto whom the Popes of Rome gave a Crown Carolus forth King of Bohemia Imperator Frederick Duke of Austria opposeth himself against Lodowick but is overcome by him After Lodowick Charles the fourth King of Bohemia is constituted Emperour who converted the Bishoprick of Prague into an Archbishoprick he reigned 31 years there were most fearfull Barthquakes This Charles did institute many things in favour of the Princes Electors concerning their Customes and Tallages which were not in use formerly Gunther Count of Schuartzinburg stiling himself King opposed Charles the Emperour but prevailed nought at all against him After Charles his Son Winceslaus governed 22 years after whom Jodocus Marques of Moravia succeeded Sigismund Cozen German of Winceslaus Winceslaus was deposed Leopold Duke of Austria 8 Earls and more then 4000 souldiers fighting against the Switzers were all by them slain Iohn Hust Opinion During the government of Winceslaus King of Bohemia Emperour the Tenets of I●hn ●uss had their beginning Winceslaus being deposed Rupert Count 〈◊〉 of ●hine and Duke of Bavaria was elected and ruled 10. years In the year of our Miserable slaughter of Christians Lord God 1369 the Christians did ingage themselves in a war against the Sarazens which succeeded ill by reason of the French mens Arrogancy because more then one hundred thousand of our men did dye in that war besides such as were made Captives amongst whom was Iohn Duke of Burgundy many were the wars of those times Sigismund made Emperour In the year of the World 1407 Sigismund is made Emperour and governed 27 years he indeavoured to wast and destroy the Kingdome of Bohemia thereby to extinguish Heresie but it little availed him The Kingdome of France is most grieyously wasted and consumed by the English and Burgundians Sigismund being departed this life Albert Duke of Austria Sigismunds son in Law succeeded in the year of Christians 1438 and only raigned two years an admirable man and worthy of the Empire He being deceased Frederick the third Duke of Austria the Son of Ernestus by election of the Princes is chosen Emperour and reigned 56 years a man of a Divine soul and peaceable conversation who began to rule Anno Dom. 1440. Frederick the third Emperour Tumults of VVars In the year of Christians 1453. Constantinople is taken of the Turks by ●reachery of a certain Genoway and a little after by degrees all Greece fell from their Christian faith For a little time after many Kingdoms and Provinces of the Christians were harrowed wasted and taken by the Turks Many and most grievous wars the Christians had amongst themselves about this time in France England Saxony Westpha●ia Prusia Flanders Sweden and other places In these times the Printing Art of Printing was newly found out and invented at Mogunce the Metropolis of Almain by a wonderfull industry and not without the specialll gift of the Deity In the year of Christ 1456. the Turks were overthrown in Hungria by the faithfull Earthpuake Christians whereof many of them perished The Pilgrimage of young men to Saint Michael was wonderfull There were Earthquakes in the Kingdome of Naples and more then fourty thousand people perished thereby In the year of the World 1462 M●guntia is taken and spoiled being the Metropolis of the Franconians or Francks in Germany Charles Duke of Burgundy overcame the Franconians in Anno 1465. after that in Duke of Burg●ndie● VVar. 1467 he destroyed the cities Dinant Lieg● An. 1473. he entered ●elderland and with much valour obtained it in like manner all the whole Dukedome of Loraigne A Comet during all the moneth of Ianuary 1471 appeared Charles Duke of Burgundy not long after besieged the Town of N●ssicum one whole years space viz. in about 1474. which Magnanimous Prince was afterwards slain in war 1467. The Turks took away from the Christians about these times many of their cities Nigrepont in Eu●oia the Kingdome of Bosnia Dukedome of Speta 〈◊〉 Mysia and more Kingdomes besides these in the Eas● Anno 1476 a convocation of fools was in Franconia of Germany neer Niclaushausen full of errours Anno 1480 the Turks besieged the Rhodians with a powerfull Armie but prevailed not departing the same year from Rhodes they took the city Hydruntum more then twelve thousand Christians being slain there only 22 souldiers escaping The next year Mahomet Emperour of the Turks died to whom Bajaz●t his first born succeeded in the Kingdome having reigned now at this present 27 years In the yeare of Christ 1486. Maximilian the Son of Frederick was instituted King of Romans maximilian Emperour at Frankford and saluted Caesar by Iulius the Pope 1508. who instituted the Order of warfare of Saint George purposely against Hereticks and Turks he brought the Switzers low by war and even to this ●ay makes war against the R●bellious Sicambrians he will be fortunate against all such as break their Leagues or Covenants with him The King of France after his wonted manner a constant persecutor of the Empire is discovered to plot new devices against it The Omnipotent protects those assigned to the Government of ●amael An●o 1508. the V●netians Rebels to the Empire of Caesar are threatned with War and Banishment Punishment of stubbo●nness Aenign●● will be the reward of an advised sausfaction About the end of this third Revolution of Samael the Image of alteration shall pass to the first and shall be the Perdition of many men for unless Y be reduced again God assisting al algos there will be translation of one Monarchy or of some great Kingdome A strong sect of Religion shall arise and be the overthrow of the Ancient Religion It 's to be feared least the fourth beast lose one head Mars first of all in the Government of Samael foretold the Flood in his second returne the siege and destruction of Troy in his third toward the end thereof will be found great want of Vnity from matters preceding may be Judged what will or ought to succeed This third Revolution of Mars shall not be consummated without Prophecie and the institution of some new Religion from this year of our Lord 1508. here yet

an unknown hand and from a far Country and near the same time Mr. Booker receiving another out of Shropshire containing in effect the same things intimated in mine with a desire of satisfaction from either of us concerning the effects depending thereupon which the people of those Countreys do earnestly desire I then cast off all vain fears either of displeasure like to happen unto me from virulent tongues or self-content and have adventured the Discourse ensuing for my spirit is totally publick The Form and mauner of 3. Suns seen April 3. 1647. Some Naturalists do hold that the Parelii or Mock-Suns are nothing but Images of the Sun represented in an equall smooth watery Cloud placed on the sides of the Sun into which the Sun beams being received as in a glass express the likeness of fashion and light that is in the Suns and than they naturally betoken tempest and rain to follow and tha● the storm or tempest is greater when they appeare on the South-side of the Sun then when on the North. Others do hold although no friends ●o Astrology that they portend contention amongst Princes for Kingdomes producing for examples hereof Gal●a Otho Vite●iu● and they further say that a little before their so great wars three Suns appeared it is also affirmed that not long before the sl●ghter of Lewis King of H●agaria three Suns were seen so also near the time when Iohn the V●yvod Ferdinando and the great Turk strove for H●●garia That there is something of nature in the unusuall Apparitions of three Suns I do verily beleeve but that Nature her self solely without commotion or disturbance of the ministring Aeriall Spirits doth inforce such Prodigies I cannot assent in opinion Let me injoy my own understanding herein without tincture of Heresie but to the purpose these mock-Suns of which I now treat have signification of things Politicall and Ecclesiasticall They are as to our present Parliament in things Politicall the admonishers or Monitors of some fraud deceipt or clandestine Councels now or suddenly to break forth against them and even so it was after the civill War between C●sar Pompey a little before the Triumvirat-ship of Octavius Anto●i●s and Lepidus Monent de conspirationibus insidiis quae stru●nturinter eas qui gubernacula rerum te●dunt So also in Hungary did three Suns appeare a while before the death of Lewis and the hot wars that John Ferdinand and Soliman the Turk made each against other for that miserable Kingdome Breviter significant amulationem ant concertatione● inter aliquos de summa rerum In matters Ecclesiasticall they prenote a Sophisticall depravation of the purer doctrine and calumnies and slanders which shall be spread abroad under a colourable honest pretext variously to misreport and deforme those who are really and worthily accounted religious pious Orthodox and sincere christians they signifie a strong desire in many to distract us in Religion to spread Heresies and corruptions in doctrine Pa●●lii sunt ambitiose illi qui summis vi●● pr●clar● meritis de Ec●lesi● vel ●pponunt ●quare se volunt a●t per calumnias falsas criminationes obscurare illorum de●us contendunt Sed ut nativus splendor evi●cit ●ucat as evanescentes imagines ita tand●● ex omnibus certa●●i●ibus feliciter el●ctatur veritas discussis fugatisáque omnium mendaciorum fucis tanquam purissimui Sol enitet clarissimum jubar ostendit viz. As the native Splendour doth overcome counterfeited vanishing Images so at length truth is happily more beautifull through all her hard contentions and the Sun having dispersed and vanquished the foggy mists of lyes doth most purely shine and sh●w forth his most pleasant rayes These mock-suns appearing so often in this Kingdome of England and almost in every County thereof are the infallible and assured heauenly messengers of some more then ordinary Contingencie neer at hand and of so eminent and universall a mutation and Catastrophe as neither this present age is or the preceding was sensible of 3 0 Apr 1647 7 14 A. M. D'n's diei ♄ D'n's hor ♃ ☽ a ☌ ♂ ☽ in □ ☿ ☽ ad □ ♀ Lat 5 ♃ In a moment of time these variations shall not be apertly manifested for in the Lunation preceding being on the 25 of March no Planet appeared above the earth and in our figure of Heaven we finde ● ☿ ☿ ♄ in the twelfth house the other Planets all being Subterranean we have five of the 7 Planets fixed ☉ and ♃ in their exaltations the matter intended is lofty significant and admirable the time when not at hand If we run in the path way of Vulgar Astrologicall Judicature solely without mixture of the Caball thereof Then the figure of heaven informs us that as the ☽ was lately in ☌ with ♂ so the wars and distempers of this Common-wealth had been terrible and great and as shee stands at present in □ of ☿ Lord of the ascendant in the figure shee portends our head pieces or understandings had as much need to be refined and as piercing as formerly our swords and that we have now as great and as urgent necessity of good and sound Councell as formerly of souldiery for as ☿ is weak so doth he argue our spirits are stupified and amazed our Conceptions sluggish our Councels contradictory and unprofitable for ☿ and ☽ are in □ out of such signes as hatefully aspect each other we have now ♂ come neere to the place of the ☽ eclipsed 10 Jannuary last and ☽ to his place ♐ is now locally with many violent fixed stars having great Septentrionall Latitude from the Ecliptick his influence and vertue being thereby much more strengthened and the souldier whom he generally signifies animated from hence we shall be sensible of the male-contented souldiery nor will the Commonalty in many parts of this Kingdome be any thing satisfied and if you will know wherefore we finde ☽ Lady of the second afflicted that is their purses are empty or they discontented by too much exhausting of their moneys or that they are jealous the souldier will devour all by free-quarter yet notwithstanding all these difficulties and their most heavy undergoings no uproar tumult or bloodshed shall arise from hence for ♌ and the ☉ are in reception and ♃ hastens to enter the signe Leo and the ☽ makes great hast from ♂ to a more benevolent Planet all which say councell and discretion will moderate the distractions amongst us This very moneth of May towards the latter end thereof shall discover much accordingly as we predicted in our Anglicus 1647. to which moneths Judgement I referr those that desire to know more and shall warily read and understand it and compare it with our judgement upon the Eclipse Lunar in January and the remainder of the effects of the Solar Eclipse in 1645. not yet determined The malevolent Planet ♄ in this present May meets with the Quadrature of ♂ in signes fixed ♂ transiting neer the degree ascending

THE VVorlds Catastrophe OR EUROPES many Mutations untill 1666. The Fate of Englands MONARCHY untill its Subversion Government of the VVorld under GOD by the seven Planetary Angels their Names Times of Government An exact Type of the THREE SVNS Seen in Cheshire and Shropshire 3 April 1647. Their Signification and Portent ASTROLOGICALLY handled By VVilliam Lilly Student in ASTROLOGIE Who is Amicus Patria veritatis Amator To which is added A Whip for Wharton London Printed for John Partridge and Humphrey Blunden and are to be sold at the Cock in Ludg●●e-street and at the Castle in Cornhill 1647. To the READER I Had private thoughts of publishing these three succeeding Treatises some moneths since but my continuall imployments and stedfast desire of perfecting an Introduction to Astrology now in the Press silenced my further Notions But one day happily complaining of my want of convenient time to Translate these three succeeding Treatises unto Elias Ashmole Esquire my noble Friend and what pretty pieces they were and how desirous I was my Country men of England should be made partakers of them This worthy Gentleman no sooner heard my complaint but offered Balsom to the wound and most humanely and curteously proferred his learned indeavours to make Catastrophe Mundi and Merlini Prophetiae render themselves in the English tongue A work I assure you both painfull and full of intricate Lab●rinths well becoming that sharpness of wit wherewith he is naturally endowed Which Version of his into our mother-tongue he hath excellently performed in significant Language and terms of Art correspondent to the sence of the first Author In Astrologie he is well versed and in Antiquities no mean Student for who shall read Merlin in the Latin Copy shall wonder at the dexterity and sharp apprehension of this Gentleman that being in years so young should understand and distinguish terms and names so obsolete and not frequently vulgar and yet hath he rendred them in our mother-tongue in so compliant and decent Phrase as might well have become an Antiquary of double his years Motor eram suasorque operis mihi satque superque est Interpres meritum si ferat ipse decus The Author of Catastrophe Mundi was Spineus Ph●sition to the Duke of Mantua it was Printed 1625. and is since translated into many Languages if well understood it 's a piece of excellent Learning and comes close to the times and tells Princes their own and what they shall expect as you may read in the three last leaves compared with other places of his book He saith he wrote a Book of great Conjunctions which I could not attain though I have sent to all parts of Europe for it c. Ambrose Merlin lived in the time of Vortiger these are the Prophecies for which amongst the learned he is so renowned they were never in the English before They were Printed at Franckford 1608. and Commented on by one Alanus de Iusulis a German Doctor who hath taken much pains to explain them c. But when he came to the last sixteen lines part whereof is now in fulfilling and beginning thus The splendour of the Sun shall languish by the paleness of Mercury c. and so to the end which part of the prophecy cannot be understood but by those who have judgement in Astrologie these predictions being grounded upon the more secret Caball of that Art wherein Alanus was nothing versed he berein failed exceedingly It s true this Age is near to the very end of the Prophecy and so we may fully expect a grand Revolution and to that part thereof which begins Jupiter shall leave off his appointed course c. The Key follows Monarchy Kings are signified by the Sun The Law the Pen by Mercury War by Mars Commotions cruelty and bloodshed by Orion Religion and Episcopacy by ♃ Jupiter Courtship Treaties Queens Women by Venus Famine sca●city and Mortality by ♄ The Commonaltie by the 12. Houses Absence of the Planets predicts the want of Gentrie and their hard fates Twins signifies London The Scales intimate Justice and the Austrian family The Ram intends France and some parts of England The Virgin portends the Norman Race of Kings in England and a particular King besides Scotland is deciphered by the Crab Sagitary means an English King The tail of the Scorpion hath relation to a familie declining c. Author of much mischief in the world but especially in this Nation The Scorpion was the Father the tail his of spring The Zodiack signifies Order and Government c. Plelades relates as to mutinies seditions and tumults occasioned by the vulgar Offices of Janus point out Courts of Justice they that abound with more leasure let them study for a further Key to unlock these Mysteries to the Learned it may suffice with the illiterate or envious it sounds as a fable but the Key is true The Government of the world by Angels my self Englished the Author thereof was a learned Abbot of Germanie The subject being not vulgar or ever before this time being much spoke of amongst us English will draw the enmity of some upon me I intend God sparing me life to Write an especiall Treatise hereof wherein from the beginning of the World to these times and some hundreds of years succeeding I shall endeavour to manifest such Mysteries involved in this learning as yet have not appeared wherein I shall go near to give every Common-wealth of Europe a smart conjecture of the continuance or destruction of their State and Government From some malevolent churlish and envious Clergie I must expect blows which I assure them shall be well returned Oh men of envy that for so many Ages have envied mankinde the knowledge of learning that formerly Cloistered up Books and suffered them to perish in your Closets unopened because all should be ignorant but your selves Had not some Gentlemen of Divine souls and many worthie and gallant Physitions preserved Arts and published their admirable conceptions I am confident to this very day the Fraternitie of Clergie-men would have kept us at a distance and without the knowledge of many learnings we now know for which at sometimes they snarl at the Authors Vpon the Government of the world by Angels you shall hear the modestie of that reverend and knowing Scot the Lord of Marchiston In pag. 6 of his exposition of the Revelation There are Books saith he of the Jews containing as they alledge Doctrines proceeding from the mouths of the Patriarchs affirming every great Angel of seven to rule the world 490. years which we wanting the warrant of Scripture can neither affirm or condemn Amodest and noble censure far from the virulency of some Junior Divines now living that assume a faculty to meddle with what they understand not let them be forgiven now its hereditary The discourse against Wharton who lurks like an obscure scurrilous Traytor to his country now at present in this City and hath the c●rse that God bestowed upon