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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d magician_n now_o ashaphim_n say_v the_o learned_a critic_n signify_v astrologer_n and_o those_o which_o observe_v the_o star_n in_o the_o morning_n or_o evening_n twilight_n and_o though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v in_o the_o general_n signify_v wise_a yet_o because_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v among_o the_o chaldean_n and_o egyptian_n such_o as_o use_v devilish_a art_n it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o ill_a sense_n as_o of_o that_o brood_n afore_o they_o repent_v mention_v act_v 19.18_o 19_o 20._o many_o of_o they_o which_o use_v curious_a art_n bring_v their_o book_n together_o to_o be_v burn_v before_o all_o man_n and_o count_v the_o price_n of_o they_o fifty_o thousand_o piece_n of_o silver_n the_o most_o of_o these_o book_n in_o most_o probability_n be_v astrological_a book_n for_o divination_n because_o first_o the_o art_n be_v call_v curious_a art_n curious_a in_o the_o rule_n and_o principle_n above_o common_a mean_n of_o knowledge_n 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be_v not_o as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n in_o his_o very_a first_o entrance_n of_o the_o list_n for_o first_o he_o say_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o word_n divine_a afore_o will_n ramsey_n bring_v we_o false_a hebrew_n and_o falâ—e_a greek_a to_o maintain_v his_o false_a opinion_n his_o false_a interpretation_n of_o latin_a you_o have_v afore_o second_o to_o the_o word_n observer_n of_o time_n which_o be_v give_v we_o in_o false_a hebrew_n for_o the_o word_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o gnonen_n or_o to_o write_v it_o rightly_a onen_n but_o menonen_fw-mi and_o also_o in_o false_a greek_a for_o there_o be_v no_o such_o word_n in_o the_o septuagint_n the_o near_a that_o be_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o be_v wide_a from_o the_o word_n william_n bring_v and_o be_v not_o apply_v to_o meonen_n but_o be_v the_o last_o word_n save_o one_o in_o the_o verse_n i_o say_v to_o the_o word_n observer_n of_o time_n will._n ram._n or_o sir_n christopher_n heydon_n do_v not_o bring_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n from_o moses_n time_n and_o downward_o but_o the_o church_n have_v be_v against_o they_o render_v the_o text_n against_o astrology_n so_o the_o church_n in_o israel_n so_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n so_o the_o greek_a church_n and_o so_o the_o church_n former_o in_o syria_n and_o arabia_n first_o 3._o because_o w.ram._n his_o great_a ignorance_n tell_v d._n homes_n that_o he_o the_o say_a doctor_n quote_v arabic_a but_o tell_v not_o his_o author_n as_o if_o he_o be_v ashamed_a therefore_o to_o inform_v will._n when_o i_o first_o quote_v either_o the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n in_o samaritan_n or_o the_o bible_n in_o chaldee_n syriack_n or_o arabic_a i_o will_v give_v he_o a_o touch_n of_o aptiquity_n of_o each_o now_o first_o for_o the_o samaritan_n exit_fw-la hoc_fw-la fuâ—te_fw-la hebraeo_fw-la â—â—quit_fw-la guid._n mich._n le_fw-fr jay_n samaritanus_n textu_v ducit_fw-la originem_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la divisione_n religionis_fw-la sed_fw-la â—_o colonia_n cuthaeorum_n quae_fw-la in_o samaream_n venerat_fw-la sedésque_fw-la decem_fw-la tribuum_fw-la sub_fw-la salmanasara_fw-it deportarum_fw-la 2._o regum_fw-la c._n 17._o anno_fw-la host_n 9_o post_fw-la legem_fw-la mosis_fw-la 776._o mundâ—_n 3228._o vide_fw-la â—lur_n apud_fw-la hieron_n in_o prefer_n lib._n reg._n &_o epist_n ad_fw-la gâ—alat_n c._n 3._o for_o the_o church_n in_o israel_n the_o samaritan_n penteteuch_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o i_o be_o fain_a to_o write_v it_o because_o the_o printer_n have_v no_o samaritan_n letter_n which_o more_o evident_o be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o cloud_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d time_n and_o be_v use_v to_o signify_v a_o observer_n of_o time_n the_o samaritan_n version_n which_o again_o i_o be_o force_v to_o give_v the_o reader_n in_o hebrew_n letter_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v one_o that_o by_o draw_v line_n exercise_v prediction_n or_o foretell_v according_o upon_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n the_o learned_a quote_v and_o allege_v herodot_n postquam_fw-la inquit_fw-la herodotus_n art_n ommbus_fw-la legibus_fw-la vetitas_fw-la exereere_n coeperint_fw-la in_o tantum_fw-la aucta_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la vanitas_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la observatione_fw-la syderum_fw-la futura_fw-la praedicere_fw-la etc._n etc._n profiterentur_fw-la thus_o of_o the_o church_n in_o israel_n or_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n second_o for_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n give_v of_o the_o word_n viz._n j._n chaldaeus_n coatextus_fw-la celeberrima_fw-la inter_fw-la judaeos_fw-la par-phrasis_a hine_v desumpsit_fw-la originem_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la capâ—vitate_fw-la babylonicâ—_n exolevisset_fw-la lingâ—a_fw-la hebratca_fw-la neque_fw-la eam_fw-la anapliu_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la g._n m._n l._n j._n the_o two_o tribe_n call_v judah_n 1_o their_o chaldee_n targum_fw-la render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o to_o the_o hebrew_n which_o the_o latin_a translation_n interpret_v qui_fw-la observet_fw-la horas_fw-la that_o be_v a_o observer_n of_o time_n 2._o their_o hebrew_a talmud_n and_o rabbinical_a tract_n say_v thus_o on_o the_o word_n these_o observer_n of_o time_n be_v such_o as_o do_v appoint_v time_n for_o the_o do_v of_o thing_n say_v such_o a_o day_n be_v good_a such_o a_o day_n be_v naught_o such_o a_o day_n be_v fit_a for_o to_o do_v such_o a_o work_n such_o a_o year_n or_o month_n be_v evil_a for_o such_o a_o thing_n it_o be_v unlawful_a say_v the_o rabbin_n there_o to_o observe_v time_n though_o one_o do_v no_o work_n but_o make_v it_o know_v they_o be_v lie_n which_o fool_n imagine_v to_o be_v true_a and_o to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o wise_a man_n maim_v in_o treat_n of_o idol_n cap._n 11._o sect._n 8._o three_o the_o church_n former_o in_o syria_n do_v render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o
periphrasis_n alii_fw-la of_o the_o syriack_n translation_n of_o the_o scripture_n some_o think_v that_o the_o pentateuch_n of_o moses_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o end_n of_o canticle_n be_v translate_v in_o solomon_n time_n at_o the_o request_n of_o king_n hiram_n of_o tire_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n or_o absolute_o all_o say_v other_o that_o after_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o ren_fw-it tribe_n and_o after_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n say_v other_o the_o re_z be_v a_o syriack_n translation_n make_v thus_o jesudad_n syrus_n and_o greg._n bar._n hebr._n syir_n in_o syro_n arab-morim_a &_o alii_fw-la or_o circumlocution_n describe_v rather_o the_o antic_a or_o strange_a gesture_n or_o behaviour_n or_o manner_n of_o work_v in_o his_o unlawful_a art_n than_o the_o kind_n of_o the_o artist_n himself_o but_o they_o render_v the_o former_a word_n divine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o exercise_v prediction_n or_o foretell_v which_o be_v the_o immediate_a and_o native_a signification_n of_o the_o syr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d four_o for_o the_o church_n in_o reâ—litust_n in_o arabicum_n conteâ—tum_fw-la omnes_fw-la orientales_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la magnoperè_fw-la venerantur_fw-la guid._n mich._n 1._o j._n sed_fw-la hinc_fw-la maximam_fw-la mutuantur_fw-la cenamendationem_fw-la quod_fw-la s._n high_a orzimi_fw-it saecuso_fw-la quidam_fw-la è_fw-la sacris_fw-la libris_fw-la hâc_fw-la linguâ_fw-la scripti_fw-la reperirentur_fw-la quorum_fw-la auxilio_fw-la librum_fw-la job_n in_o septingentis_fw-la fermè_fw-la &_o octingentâ—â—_n versibus_fw-la reâ—litust_n arabia_n mention_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n they_o render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o moses_n text_n by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d munaggim_n that_o be_v a_o astrologer_n five_o the_o greek_a church_n in_o their_o translation_n of_o who_o great_a antiquity_n divers_a hundred_o of_o year_n afore_o christ_n and_o after_o he_o quote_v by_o the_o apostle_n i_o need_v not_o speak_v be_v well_o know_v do_v render_v our_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o small_a edition_n of_o the_o sept._n that_o i_o have_v see_v which_o be_v more_o than_o one_o or_o two_o which_o linguar_n which_o bib._n m._n gal_n 7._o linguar_n one_o translation_n render_v i_o know_v not_o why_o unless_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o speech_n of_o astrologer_n qni_fw-la verba_fw-la observet_fw-la i._n e._n that_o observe_v word_n theod._n word_n editie_n paris_n sept._n cum_fw-la aqu._n sym._n &_o theod._n another_o divinationes_fw-la observans_fw-la i.e._n a_o observer_n of_o divination_n to_o which_o let_v i_o add_v my_o mite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v hesych_a be_v divination_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v bud_n etc._n etc._n signify_v divinaculos_fw-la consulo_fw-la to_o consult_v with_o diviner_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v lucian_n be_v ominatio_fw-la vaticinii_fw-la genus_fw-la so_o then_o will._n and_o sir_n christopher_n be_v quite_o out_o in_o their_o greek_a and_o quite_o beside_o the_o authrity_n of_o the_o church_n unless_o by_o the_o old_a latin_a translation_n they_o mean_v the_o popish_a church_n which_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o balance_n against_o the_o forementioned_a church_n beside_o all_o they_o the_o protestant_a church_n in_o france_n in_o their_o french_a translation_n both_o former_a and_o late_a render_v the_o word_n by_o prognostiqueux_n that_o be_v a_o prognosticator_n which_o be_v a_o name_n that_o astrologer_n do_v willing_o take_v upon_o they_o in_o their_o book_n so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o regard_v the_o translation_n of_o particular_a man_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o give_v a_o word_n or_o item_n that_o will._n and_o sir_n christopher_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o put_v so_o much_o weight_n upon_o hierom._n the_o vulgar_a paguni_n and_o montanus_n for_o 1._o hierom_n alias_o the_o vulgar_a for_o they_o be_v all_o one_o at_o the_o first_o till_o some_o late_a interpolator_n corrupt_o make_v a_o difference_n they_o both_o render_v it_o qui_fw-la observet_fw-la somnia_fw-la at_o que_fw-la auguria_fw-la he_o that_o observe_v dream_n and_o augury_n put_v two_o noun_n under_o one_o verb_n with_o a_o copulative_a viz._n dream_n and_o augury_n both_o which_o be_v in_o the_o astrologer_n or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o so_o dote_v and_o tell_v we_o tale_n but_o if_o he_o observe_v either_o he_o be_v here_o condemn_v augury_n see_v the_o roman_a antiquity_n of_o augury_n who_o but_o a_o ignorant_a know_v not_o that_o the_o augurer_n do_v prognosticate_v from_o the_o aspect_n of_o the_o heaven_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o fly_n of_o bird_n as_o the_o doctor_n before_o hint_v and_o therefore_o auguro_fw-la or_o auguror_fw-la be_v common_o use_v as_o the_o common_a dictionary_n will_v show_v will._n etc._n etc._n in_o general_a to_o signify_v to_o divine_a to_o conjecture_v to_o foretell_v to_o surmise_v what_o will_v be_v to_o suppose_v or_o guess_v and_o for_o those_o that_o be_v more_o learned_a than_o will._n worthy_a of_o learned_a quotation_n they_o may_v know_v that_o augurium_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la &_o conjectura_fw-la futuri_fw-la etc._n vid._n calv._n bud._n alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n var._n etc._n etc._n sumitur_fw-la autem_fw-la latiùs_fw-la pro_fw-la quavis_fw-la divinatione_fw-la sive_fw-la conjecturâ_fw-la i.e._n in_o a_o word_n to_o signify_v any_o foretell_v quote_v vad._n ejus_fw-la lexic_fw-la juridict_n and_o the_o learned_a author_n he_o quote_v and_o that_o learned_a j._n calvin_n have_v these_o word_n augur_n simile_n sunt_fw-la impostoribus_fw-la qui_fw-la mathematicorum_fw-la liberali_fw-la nomine_fw-la ad_fw-la umbrante_n svas_fw-la ineptias_fw-la profitentur_fw-la se_fw-la fata_fw-la cujusque_fw-la nôsse_fw-la natalitias_fw-la syderum_fw-la observationes_fw-la i.e._n augur_n or_o augurer_n be_v like_a to_o impostor_n who_o cover_v their_o foolery_n over_o with_o the_o name_n 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