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A46219 Pseudo-astrologos, or, The spurious prognosticator unmasked. Being a short examen of the the manifold errors and fallacies, falshoods and flatteries, published by Mr. W. Lilly in his Merlin 1659. Wherein his ignorance in astrology is explained and exploded; his scandalous girdings at the king of Denmark, duke of Brandenburgh, and the states of Holland, noted; his nefarious dealing with the late lord protector of England, and the king of Sweden, discovered; his impudent, arrogant and artless assertions, retorted and refuted. / By G.J. ... Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.; Lilly, William, 1602-1681. Merlini Anglici ephemeris. 1660 (1660) Wing J10; ESTC R28945 12,387 18

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