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to_o domitian_n pag._n 193._o now_o if_o this_o knight_n or_o any_o other_o man_n of_o learning_n can_v show_v we_o that_o these_o event_n be_v natural_a event_n of_o the_o star_n or_o that_o the_o star_n be_v natural_a cause_n of_o these_o thing_n and_o that_o by_o astrology_n these_o thing_n may_v beeforeseene_v as_o in_o their_o natural_a cause_n then_o will_v we_o honour_v astrology_n but_o how_o will_v they_o conclude_v it_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o say_v the_o star_n move_v the_o humour_n the_o humour_n move_v the_o body_n the_o body_n affect_v the_o mind_n therefore_o king_n henry_n 2._o shall_v have_v a_o wound_n in_o his_o head_n in_o the_o 41._o year_n of_o his_o age._n neither_o will_v it_o serve_v to_o say_v at_o his_o birth_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o ascendant_n do_v behold_v saturn_n the_o great_a misfortune_n and_o mars_n the_o less_o misfortune_n with_o quadrat_fw-la aspect_n or_o opposition_n or_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o
man_n thou_o consult_v withal_o or_o rather_o the_o devil_n by_o he_o hit_v on_o right_a at_o the_o first_o and_o satisfy_v thy_o desire_n in_o some_o unlawful_a and_o curious_a enquiry_n well_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o that_o day_n forward_o thou_o do_v resolve_v with_o thyself_o to_o believe_v whatsoever_o he_o shall_v tell_v thou_o hereafter_o and_o though_o his_o magical_a skill_n and_o diabolical_a art_n fail_v he_o many_o time_n as_o indeed_o it_o must_v for_o defuturis_fw-la contingentibus_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la scientia_fw-la yet_o the_o opinion_n of_o man_n and_o the_o illusion_n of_o satan_n have_v so_o besot_v thou_o that_o sure_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o thyself_o when_o thing_n prove_v not_o true_a it_o be_v either_o by_o reason_n of_o thy_o heedlessness_n in_o misunderstanding_n some_o word_n or_o mis-applying_a some_o mean_n the_o blame_n must_v be_v lay_v on_o any_o thing_n rather_o than_o on_o the_o devil_n be_v it_o not_o a_o shame_n that_o christian_n who_o live_v under_o such_o a_o bright_a sunshine_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v lead_v away_o with_o such_o superstitious_a vanity_n man_n forget_v that_o they_o have_v learned_a christ_n when_o they_o will_v needs_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o devil_n for_o his_o counsel_n in_o any_o matter_n if_o they_o will_v but_o remember_v that_o solemn_a vow_n and_o protestation_n they_o once_o make_v before_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n in_o holy_a baptism_n wherein_o they_o promise_v to_o forsake_v the_o devil_n and_o all_o his_o work_n it_o will_v ready_o prompt_v they_o to_o their_o duty_n and_o what_o be_v that_o not_o to_o regard_v they_o that_o have_v familiar_a spirit_n neither_o to_o seek_v after_o wizard_n to_o be_v defile_v with_o they_o as_o the_o lord_n command_v levit_n 19_o 31._o where_o mark_v this_o by_o the_o way_n that_o you_o can_v seek_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v defile_v with_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n 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the_o threshold_n from_o enter_v the_o discourse_n itself_o wherein_o you_o have_v these_o thing_n and_o the_o whole_a matter_n with_o sound_a judgement_n and_o varieie_v of_o learning_n perfect_o hanle_v and_o the_o adversary_n drive_v from_o his_o start_a hole_n by_o main_a force_n of_o argument_n and_o so_o cease_v to_o be_v further_a troublesome_a unto_o you_o i_o humble_o take_v my_o leave_n your_o assure_a love_v cousin_n tho_o vicar_n in_o authorem_fw-la &_o eius_fw-la opera_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la meis_fw-la chartis_fw-la inornatum_fw-la sileri_fw-la 9_o totue_fw-la tuos_fw-la patiar_fw-la labores_fw-la impunè_fw-la praesul_fw-la carpere_fw-la lividas_fw-la obliviones_fw-la maiorum_fw-la titulis_fw-la magnus_fw-la sed_fw-la maior_fw-la haberi_fw-la vis_fw-fr magè_fw-fr musarum_fw-la titulis_fw-la dignissime_fw-la praesul_fw-la dordrechtum_fw-la tua_fw-la fama_fw-la capit_fw-la quòd_fw-la ordinib_fw-la missus_fw-la ab_fw-la oris_fw-la angliacis_n doctus_fw-la synodo_fw-la consederis_fw-la ampla_fw-la qui_fw-la characteres_fw-la characteres_fw-la heroum_fw-la legerit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la vergilium_fw-la versú_fw-it ve_fw-la parenâ—…_n legate_n ille_fw-la poetam_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la right_n tuadocta_fw-la manus_fw-la prostravit_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la laus_fw-la tibi_fw-la nec_fw-la minor_fw-la hinc_fw-la quod_fw-la ineptos_fw-la astrologastros_fw-la fuderis_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la astrology_n docto_fw-la conanime_fw-la surgit_fw-la nempe_fw-la &_o condignos_fw-la norunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la pendere_fw-la honores_fw-la sceptra_fw-la jurisdiction_n tuo_fw-la calamo_fw-la firmata_fw-la refer_v molestum_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la et_fw-la pleno_fw-la meritas_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la laudes_fw-la concinet_fw-la ore_fw-la tuas_fw-la consensus_fw-la consensum_fw-la si_fw-la bene_fw-la seruat_fw-la t._n v._o posuit_fw-la s._n t._n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o recapitulation_n of_o the_o chief_a passage_n in_o this_o treatise_n chap._n i._n to_o the_o confusion_n of_o astrology_n one_o witness_n more_o be_v add_v by_o the_o write_n of_o this_o book_n judiciarie_n astrology_n be_v no_o part_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n nor_o of_o the_o mathematics_n neither_o be_v it_o media_fw-la scientia_fw-la betwixt_o they_o chap._n ii_o the_o mean_n of_o know_v aforehand_o particular_a event_n be_v not_o natural_a but_o diabolical_a those_o that_o have_v be_v most_o blockish_a in_o other_o learning_n have_v be_v quick_a and_o sharp-witted_n in_o astrology_n chap._n iii_o astrology_n and_o augury_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a be_v alike_o the_o truth_n in_o a_o prediction_n do_v not_o make_v a_o art_n warrantable_a chap._n iu._n the_o astrologer_n foretell_v that_o be_v true_a by_o the_o help_n of_o satan_n henry_n the_o second_o king_n of_o france_n and_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n death_n compare_v together_o astrological_a prediction_n depend_v not_o upon_o natural_a cause_n natural_a effect_n be_v not_o contigent_a but_o necessary_a of_o future_a contingent_a event_n there_o be_v no_o certain_a knowledge_n astrological_a prediction_n stand_v not_o by_o learning_n but_o by_o some_o instinct_n chap._n v._n astrology_n consider_v the_o fortune_n only_a of_o fool_n and_o the_o wicked_a the_o knight_n invincible_a syllogism_n dash_v to_o piece_n natural_a effect_n must_v be_v distinguish_v from_o contingent_a event_n chap._n vi_o no_o place_n for_o a_o definition_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o controversy_n ars_fw-la be_v not_o the_o genus_fw-la for_o astrology_n and_o astronomy_n chap._n vii_o the_o first_o inventer_n of_o astrology_n be_v the_o devil_n the_o first_o spreader_n of_o it_o zoroaster_n eudoxus_n a_o astronomer_n against_o astrological_a prediction_n panaetius_n and_o cicero_n varro_n &_o pliny_n against_o astrology_n pythagoras_n democritus_n and_o plato_n studious_a of_o magic_n silent_a in_o astrology_n a_o brief_a rehearsal_n of_o the_o point_v deliver_v in_o the_o book_n hitherto_o chap._n viii_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v supernatural_a cause_n can_v be_v foretell_v by_o the_o star_n diverse_a thing_n depend_v on_o natural_a cause_n can_v certain_o be_v foretell_v by_o the_o astrologer_n as_o rain_v weather_n dearth_n sickness_n those_o thing_n which_o depend_v partly_o on_o natural_a cause_n on_o man_n will_n can_v be_v foretell_v by_o astrologer_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v mere_o contingent_a can_v be_v foretell_v by_o the_o star_n chap._n ix_o magic_n no_o part_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n the_o astrologer_n hide_v his_o sleight_n under_o the_o name_n of_o celestial_a influence_n the_o influence_n confer_v nothing_o to_o a_o prediction_n without_o a_o strong_a credulity_n and_o excessive_a desire_n of_o learning_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o enquirer_n astrology_n and_o magic_n in_o practice_n inseparable_a the_o astrologer_n attain_v not_o to_o his_o intend_a end_n in_o a_o prediction_n without_o the_o help_n 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event_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o than_o it_o must_v be_v necessary_a for_o you_o can_v show_v we_o any_o natural_a effect_n depend_v on_o a_o natural_a cause_n which_o depend_v thereon_o contingent_o then_o that_o which_o m._n chamber_n say_v be_v true_a you_o have_v nothing_o against_o it_o but_o mark_v good_a reader_n how_o the_o knight_n dispute_v of_o contingence_n open_v his_o meaning_n for_o he_o perceive_v belike_o that_o if_o he_o shall_v attribute_v these_o prediction_n whole_o to_o contingence_n he_o must_v needs_o thrust_v they_o out_o of_o natural_a cause_n be_v much_o trouble_v wrestle_v with_o himself_o and_o interfer_v he_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o make_v of_o the_o matter_n which_o he_o have_v begin_v for_o to_o make_v we_o understand_v how_o these_o prediction_n may_v be_v true_a though_o not_o necessary_a he_o tell_v we_o pag._n 283._o it_o be_v not_o simple_o necessary_a that_o the_o fire_n shall_v heat_v the_o water_n yet_o if_o