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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 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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 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christian_a knight_n but_o ignorance_n in_o theologie_n can_v be_v excuse_v a_o irreligious_a speech_n of_o a_o astrologer_n who_o think_v by_o number_n to_o attain_v the_o mystery_n of_o salvation_n sift_v punctual_o a_o place_n in_o cicero_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la divinat_fw-la commend_v to_o the_o knight_n read_v the_o king_n majesty_n as_o judge_n of_o
the_o whole_a controversy_n pronounce_v sentence_n against_o astrology_n judiciary_n ennius_n apud_fw-la cic._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la divinat_fw-la non_fw-la habeo_fw-la denique_fw-la marsurn_n augurem_fw-la non_fw-la vicanos_fw-la aruspices_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la circo_fw-la astrologos_fw-la non_fw-la isiaco_n coniectores_fw-la non_fw-fr interpretes_n somnium_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la ij_o aut_fw-la scientia_fw-la aut_fw-la arte_fw-la divini_fw-la sed_fw-la superstitiosi_fw-la vates_fw-la impudentesque_fw-la harioli_fw-la aut_fw-la inertes_fw-la aut_fw-la insani_fw-la aut_fw-la quibus_fw-la egestas_fw-la imperat_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la semitam_fw-la non_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la alteri_fw-la monstrant_fw-la viam_fw-la quibus_fw-la divitias_fw-la pollicentur_fw-la ab_fw-la ijs_fw-la drachmam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la petunt_fw-la de_fw-fr hisdivitijs_fw-la sibi_fw-la deducant_fw-la drachmam_fw-la reddant_fw-la cetera_fw-la chap._n i._n wherein_o the_o ground_n which_o the_o knight_n 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which_o may_v happen_v one_o way_n or_o another_o pag._n 283._o it_o be_v as_o if_o you_o shall_v say_v astrological_a prediction_n be_v in_o thing_n contingent_a not_o necessary_a and_o yet_o astrologer_n meddle_v not_o at_o all_o with_o thing_n contingent_a but_o only_o with_o thing_n necessary_a for_o you_o call_v that_o a_o rare_a contingent_a which_o have_v a_o indifferent_a respect_n to_o the_o opposite_n now_o the_o truth_n be_v there_o be_v no_o other_o contingent_n but_o only_o such_o for_o all_o contingence_n be_v in_o respect_n of_o man_n will_n and_o purpose_n which_o have_v his_o natural_a freedom_n and_o liberty_n where_o some_o thing_n fall_v out_o beside_o the_o purpose_n and_o counsel_n of_o man_n there_o and_o there_o only_o contingence_n have_v place_n this_o be_v always_o in_o such_o action_n as_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n have_v a_o indifferent_a respect_n to_o the_o opposite_n if_o you_o say_v true_a then_o they_o meddle_v with_o no_o 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