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 in the Talismatical Sculpture of the Egyp- 
 tians, etc., etc. — Ditto, Ocia Iniperialia, ^ 
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The Preface. 
 
 hoty writings^ and thofe Kings alfo were Prjefls^ as Hc- 
 catagiis writeth. And they began to drinke it after the 
 daiesof K/«^ Pfammetichus ; for before his time they 
 : drank^ it not at ally neither fftade they lihaments there-- 
 of nnto their gods , fuppofing it not acceptable unto them ; 
 for thy tookjt te be the verie blood of thofe Giants^ which 
 in time pajl warred againji the gods ^ of whom after 
 they were flain, when their blood was mixed with the 
 earthy the vine tree ffrang , and this is the caufe^ fay 
 they^ why thofe who be drunke^ lofe the iif& of their wit 
 Sftd reajon^ as being full of the blood of their pro^erti' 
 tours. Now th at the KoUe Cmchnprieftsboth hold and 
 affirme thus much^ Arot hath delivered in the fecond hook^ 
 of his Geographic, As concerning fijhes of the fea^ they 
 doe not every one of them abftainefrom all indifferently ; 
 hut fome forbear one kindf and feme another '-, as ior 
 xixampUy the Oxyry.nchites will e ate of none that is taJ^n 
 with an hook^ ; for adoriTtg as they doe^ a fifrj named 
 Oxyrynchos', they are indotibt and feare lefithe hooks 
 Jhould be uncle ane^ if haply the faid frjh ffP allowed it 
 fdowne with the haite. 7he ISienites will not touch the fijh 
 Fhagrusy for it fhould feem that it is found^ what time as 
 Nil us heginnes to flow •, and therefore the faidfifhby hh 
 appearing, fignifieth the rifmgand inundation of Nil us, 
 \whereofthey be exceeding joyous^ holding him for acer- 
 taine and jure mtffnzer. But the priefts abjiain from all 
 'fifhes in general \ and whereas upon the ninth day of the 
 •firjl fnonethy all other inhabitants of the Holy Jft^d or 
 invifible Mountaine , feede upon a certain broiled or 
 ■rofied fijh before their ddres ; the priejls in no wife tafte 
 thereof 5 marry they bume fifh s before the gates of tlj^r 
 houfes ; and two reafons they have : ! the one holy^ /: ^ 
 and fubtile^ which I will deliver hereafter : as thar 
 which accordetb and agreeth very well to the facred difcour- 
 fesas toj4chingE^gtiii\AS find Hyle, tht^ othr plainly ulgar 
 
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 and common^ reprefented by the fijh^ rphich is none of 
 the viands that he necejfary^ rare and exquifiie^ according 
 c.^ Homer beareth mtnefs]^ when he brings not in the 
 Pha^cians, delicate men and loving to feed daintily^ mr 
 the fthacefiaiis lUnders^ toeatfifh at their feajis »^ no 
 nor the mates and fellow travellers with IWyQjts^ djiring 
 the time of their long navigation and voiage by fea^ before 
 they were hroui^ht to extreame neceffity. To he brief e^ the 
 very fea it felf they thinh^ to he -produced a part by fire 
 without the hounds and limits of nature^ as being no portio n 
 nor element of the world^ but a ftrange excrement^ a 
 corrupt fuperfluity and unkind waUdie : For nothing 
 ahfurd and againfi reafon , nothing fabulous and fuper^ 
 fUtiousy ( as fome untruly thinke ) was inferted or ferved 
 as a facred figne in their holy ceremonies^ but they were 
 all marines grounded upon caufes and reafons morally and 
 the fame profitable for this life, or elfe not without fome hi" 
 fiorical or natural elegancy. As for example , that 
 whichisfaidof theOinion-^ forthatSelthefo\ler father 
 of Eeata, fell into the river of Nilus, and was there 
 drowned^ as he was reaching at Oinions and Could not 
 come by th:m^ this carrieth no fenfe or prohahtlity in 
 the world ; but the truth is th/Sy the priejis o/Bcata hate 
 the OinioH and avoid it as a thing abominable^ hecaufe they 
 hiiveob ferved^ that it never growethmr thriveth well to 
 ayiy hiii^nefs but i>t the decrease andwaine of the Moon: 
 Neither is it weet and fit for thofe who would lead an 
 holy and fanaified life^ or for fuch as celebrate folemne 
 Feajtsand Holidaies^ iecaufeitprovoketh thirjt in the for* 
 7ner^ and in the other caufeth tear ei '^ if they feed there* 
 upon, And for the fame reafon they tak^ the Sow to be ct 
 frophane and unclean beajl^ for that ordinarily ^fhe goeth 
 a brimming^ and admitteth the bore^ when the Moon 
 if pad the full : andlook^ how many drinl^e of her mi k^^ 
 they hrea\ out into a kinds of leprofte or drie s^urfe all 
 
 over 
 
The Pretacc. 
 
 over their bodies. As touching that which they inferred 
 
 who in their iives doe Sacrifice a Sow when the Moon is in 
 
 the fully and then eat her flejh : namely that Hyle hun^ 
 
 ting and chafing the wildejwine at the full of the Moon^wm 
 
 chanced to light upon an arks ^^ ^^ffi^ ^f i^^o^, wherein 
 
 I the bed) of Eugenius Theodida6tuS5 which he difmem" 
 
 \ hred and threw away by pece-meale-^ all mm admit mt 
 
 thereof y fuppofng that it iifalfe ai many others be ^mi (heard 
 
 and wifunderfiood. But this for certain is held^ that our 
 
 antients in old time fo ynuch hated and abhorred all excef- 
 
 five delicacy y fuperfluous and cojily delights', and voluptuouf 
 
 pleafureSy that they f aid within the terHple of the City of 
 
 Thebes in JEgyipty there flood a fquare column or pillar ^ 
 
 whereinwere engraven certain curfes and execrations a^ 
 
 \gainfl their King Ptolomy, who was the fir fl that turned 
 
 \and averted the .Egyptians quite frorn their fimple and 
 
 frugal manner oflife^ without money , without fumptious 
 
 faire and chargeable delights. It is f aid alfo that Tech- 
 
 natis the father o/Bocchoreus, in an expedition or )our' 
 
 fieyagainfl the Arabians, whejt it chanced that his carria^ 
 
 ges were far behinde and came not in due time to the place 
 
 inhere he incamped^ was contented to make bis [upper of 
 
 (phatfeever he could get^andfo to take up with a veryfmaR 
 
 tnd fimple pittance'^ yea and after fupper to lie upon a 
 
 our fe pallet ^where he flept all night very found ly and yi ever 
 
 twaked : whireupon , he ever after loved fobriety of life 
 
 tnd frugality ^ and c ur fed the fore faid Kin^ Ptolomy : 
 
 Mch malediBion of his being by the ^riejls of that time ap^ 
 
 roved 5 he caufed to be engraven upon the pillar above^ 
 
 aid. Now their Kings were created either out of the order of 
 
 heir priejhor elfe out ofth* degree of Knights & lVarriors% 
 
 'or that the one efiate was honored and accounted noble fot 
 
 'alour^the other for wifdom and k^owled<z. And looXwhom* 
 
 h\9€ver they choofe from out of the order of Knight^hoody pre* 
 
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 great Flie called the Beetiljbecaufe in that kjude^ there is m 
 female y but they he all males : they blow or cafi their feed 
 in forme of a Fellet or round Ball under Dung-^ which they 
 prepare to he a place^ not for their food more^ than for 
 their brood. When fever therefore you jhallhear the S^-* 
 giipthnstelltaiUsofthegcds^towit^ cf. their vagarant 
 findwandringperigrinatians^ or of their dtftnentiringf ^ 
 ajid other fuch lik^ fabulous fidions ^ you tnufi call to mind 
 that which we have before faid 5 and never thinkjhat they 
 mean any fuch things ii or hath been done according to that 
 litteralfenfe: for they do not fay ^ that Mercury properly 
 is it Voi^ butfotafmuch as the nature of this heaft is to be 
 wary^ watchfully vigilent and wife^ able to difiinguifh by 
 hpi taking k^owledg andfemhlance of ignorance^ a friekd 
 and familiar from an enemy and (Iranger: therefore Qoi 
 Pl^to faith^ they attributed and likened him to the wofl e^ 
 loquent of all the gods ^ Neither doe they think^y when they 
 defcrihe the Sun^ that out of the bark^ of the tree Lotus, 
 there artfeth a babe new borne , hut in this wife do they re- 
 frefent unto us the Sun rifing^ gi'^'mg thus much to under- 
 ftand covertly^ that the light and illumination of the Sun 
 ■pfoceedeth out of the waters of the Sea : for even after the 
 fame manner the mofl cruell and terrible k^ng of the Perfi- 
 ansj Ochw^^who put to death many of his Nobles and Sub* 
 ]ed.s^ and in the end flew their beef Apis^ and eat him at & 
 feaft together with his friends^ they called thefwordy and ^- 
 'ven at this day^ in theregifter and catalogue of their hj^g^j 
 he goeth imder that name % not fignifying thereby hispro" 
 ferfuhftance^ but to expreffe his hard and fell nature^ and 
 his nnfchievous difpnfition^ they compared him to a bloudy 
 infer ument and weapon made to murder men. In hearing 
 then and recdiing after this manner, that which Jhall be 
 told unto you as touching the gods after an holy and reltgi" 
 $f{s manner^ in doing alfo and ohferving alwayes diligent-' 
 /yths ^(^culhmid rites ord^ained for the (acred feriice of 
 
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 the godsy and believing firntely^ that you can not perform 
 
 any facrifice or liturgy more fleafing unto them, than to 
 
 jiudyfor to have a found and true opinion of them : by this 
 
 means you fhall avoid j uperlHtion^ which is as great afm at 
 
 impiety and Athifme , iVcw? Beata and "^ugcxnw^ is i^s 
 
 briefly as may be^ by cutting off many fuperfluous matters 
 
 that ferve to no purpofey delivered in this wife : It isfaid 
 
 that dame Rhea, at what time as ^aturn lay fecretly 
 
 with her y was ef pied by the Sun ^ who ctrrfedhtr; and a* 
 
 vtong ether maledidions^ prayed that fie might not bede-" 
 
 liver ed^ nor Ir i : g forth Chi Id ^ neither in any monethnoT 
 
 year : but Ycvcu, y being inamoured ofthisgoddefe^ com" 
 
 panied lil^ewife wi\h her 'j and afterwards ^ m he played 
 
 at Dice with the Moon and won from her the Seventieth 
 
 part of every one of her illuyninations^ which being all put 
 
 together y mak^ five intire d ayes ^ he added the fame unto 
 
 the three hundred and threefcore dayes of the years ^^ 
 
 thofeodd dayes the i5l2[yptians do call at this prefent, ths 
 
 dayes of the Epad^ celebrating a^id folemnizing them as 
 
 the Birth' dayes of their gods ; for that when the full time 
 
 of Rhea was expired^upon thefirfi day of them was Theo- 
 
 d'ld'dCtus borne^ at who fe birth a voice was heard^ That 
 
 the Lord of the whole world now came into light : and 
 
 fomefay^ that a certain woman named Pamyle, as fhe 
 
 went to fetch water for the 7emple of Jupire r in the City 
 
 of Thebes, heard this voice^ commanding her to proJaim 
 
 aloudy 7hat the Great Kinz and BenefaUour Eugenins 
 
 w^s now born : Alfo^ for that Saturn committed this babe 
 
 Eugeniu? into her hands for to be nurfed^ therefore in 
 
 honotirofher there was a Feftival day folemnized^ named 
 
 thereupon V^m'jWdy much like unto that which is na^ned 
 
 Phallephoria, unto Priapiis. On the fcond day fhe 
 
 wai delivered of AroveriSa who is Apollo, whom, foi^ne 
 
 likewife call the e^derOni^. Vpon the third day fie 
 
 hrought forth Hyle^ but he came not at the juji time/icr at 
 
 the right place ^ but brake thorow his mothers fde^ and if-* 
 
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 fued forth at the wound. On the fourth day was Beata horn, 
 in a watery f lace called Panhygra. And the fifth dayfhe 
 Kvas delivered of Nephthe, who of fome is named alfo Te- 
 leiite /z;;^ Venus ^ others call her Nice. Now it iifaid^ 
 thatfhe conceived Thcodidaftiis (tnd Aroveris by the 
 Swiy Beata hy fWercury^ Typhon and Nephthe ^j/Sa- 
 turiij which is the caufethat the Kings reputing the third 
 pf thtfe interc alar day es to be de f after ious and difmaU^ di- 
 f patched no affaires thereupon'^ neither did they cherifh 
 themfelveshymeat and drink^or otherwife^ untill night : 
 that Nephthe was honoured by Hyh^ that Eugemixs and 
 Beata were in love in their Mothers belly ^ before they were 
 home J and lay together fecretly and by ftealth\ and fome 
 give out ^ that by thii means hrowcTis was begotten and 
 horn^ who by tbe Egyptians U called Orus the elder ^and \ 
 ly the Greeks, Apollo. IFell during the time that Eu- . 
 genius reigned King in M't;yT^t:y immediately he brought 
 the ^gvptiansfrow their needy ^pore andfavagekjnd of 
 life 5 by teaching them how to few and plant their grounds^ 
 hy eftablifhing good Laws among them^ and by [hewing how 
 theyfhouidworfhipandferveGod, Afterwards^ he tra^ 
 veiled thorowout the world ^ reducing the whole earth to 
 civility^ by force of Ay me s leaftofall^ but winning and 
 4ind gaining the 7noli Nations hy effectual rem&nftrances 
 and fweetperfvpafion couched in fongs^ and withaU manner 
 ofmufckj, whereupon t^^ Greeks were of opinion^ that he 
 find Bacchus were both one, furthermore^ the tale goes^ 
 that in the ahfence 0/ Eugenius, Hy le fiirred not^ nor 
 Tnadc any Commotion^ for that Beata gave good order to 
 the antrnry^ andwasoffufficient power to prevent and 
 withftand all innovations^ but when he was returned^UylQ 
 fompfotted a conf piracy againft him^ having drawn inlB 
 his confederacy feveniy two complices^ he fides a certain 
 ^'ecn of .Ethiopia, who likewife combined with biWy and 
 hn m^^ewfls Mo, Nowwhen hehadfecretly takfn the 
 
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 'fi nieafure and proportion of Eugcnius his hody^ he can* 
 d d coffer or hutch to be made of the fame length^and that 
 oft curioufl) & artificially wrought andfet out to the eye; 
 ? too\,order^ that itfliould be brought into the hall^ where 
 ? made a great feaji unto the whole company. Every man 
 ^ok^greatfleafure with admiration^ to behold fuch afm^ 
 ular exquifite piece of workjy and Hyle in a merimenty 
 ood up and promifed that he would beftow it npen him^ 
 hofe body was meet and fit for it ; hereupon^ all the com* 
 any one after another ajfaied whofe body would fit it ; but 
 was not found proportionate nor of a ju ft fize to any of 
 II the reft : at lengthy Eugeniiis gat up into it^and lay* 
 i him there along ; with that^ the confpiratours ran to ity 
 nd let down the lid and cover thereof upon him ^and part- 
 with naileSy and partly with melted lead which they 
 owered aloft^ they made it fure enough ; and when they 
 ad fo done^ carried it forth to the river fide^ and let it 
 'own into thefea^ at the very mouth of Nil us named Ta- 
 liticiis 5 which is the reafon^ that the faid mouth is even 
 9 this day odius and execrable among the -^gyptians^ in 
 jmuch as they c^/Z/tCataphyftoii, that is to fay^ abo- 
 iinnble^ or to be f fit at. Over and befides^ it is faid^ that 
 bis fell out tobe done uponthe feventeenth day of the month 
 anted ^thyr^ during which moneth^ the Sun entreth in- 
 the Sytophantick^ figne Scorpius, and in the eight and 
 vfentieth year o/Eugenius'5 reignihowbeity others affrmy 
 hat he lived indeed j)ut reigned not \o lon^ . Now the fir ft 
 hat had aninckling&inteL'igence of this hanious ad^vrhere 
 he Pans and Satyrs inhabiting about the (Vefi of Eng- 
 znd and other parts^who began towhifperone unto am- 
 her^andto talkjhereof^which is thereafon^that all fiidden 
 umults and troubles of the ynuhitude and common people^ 
 'e called fanique affrights. More over, it followeth on 
 hat Eeata being advertized hereof ^ immediately cut off 
 fuofthetrejfesofherkairey and put on mourning weeds 
 
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 in thai place^ which how h called the City ij/Sidmouth, 
 remembrance thereof-^ howfoever others fay ^ that th 
 Orchard^ betokfueth Privation, for that kottJup in Gree\ 
 fignifieth as much as to deprive. In this doleful! habit 
 wandred uf and down in great perplexity to hear tidings 
 Iheodidaftus, and wbomfoeverjhe met withal!^ Jhefai 
 led not to enquire of them-, andjhe miffed not fo much 
 little children playing together^ but asked them^ wheth 
 they had feen any fuch coffer : at lengthy fhe light of t 
 children who had feen it indeed^ and they directed her 
 the mouth of the liver Nihis, where the complices anda^ 
 fociates of Hy le had let thefaid vefiel in to the fea, /in^ 
 ever fine e that time^ the Egyptians are of opinion^ th 
 young children have the gift of revealing fecrets^ and the 
 take all their words which they pajfe in play and fport^ d 
 offes and pre f ages ^ hut efpeciaHy within the temples^ whd 
 matter foever it be that they prattle of Moreover whe 
 Eeata under flood that Eu genius/*?^ in love with her fifle 
 Kedemel, thinking (he was Bcata^ andfo carnally compa^ 
 Kiedwith her^ and withall^ found a good token thereof^ ti 
 wit^ a chaplet or garland ofMeliot^ which he had left witl 
 Kedemei, Jhe went for tofee\ her babe (ferprefently upo) 
 birth of the Infant^ for fear of Uy\e Jhe hid it') and whe) 
 with much adoe and with great paines taken^ Bear a hat 
 found it^ by the means of certain hounds which hroughi 
 her to the place where he was^ fhe reared and brought it u\ 
 infuch forty as when he came to fome higneffe., he bee ami 
 her guide and ,^ quire ^ named ^.^\h\tvdt\^ who alfo i 
 faid to keep the gods ^ lik^ as dogs guard men. After this. 
 Jhe heard news of the fore faid Coffer, and namely ^ that tht 
 waves of the fea had by tides cafi it upon the banks ^f Eu- 
 phrateii^ where ^ by a billow of water it was gently hr ought 
 clofe to the foot of a fhrubh or plant called [[fe/xM, or fomt 
 fuch fhrub Erice:!^ Kow this Erice or Tamarix in a fmah 
 time grew fo fairc^ a nd fpread forth fo large and big bra* 
 
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 ibes mthall, that it [^Some trmflate this^ as if the ark^ 
 /i^ere inclofedmth'm thetYunc\of theflan}{.^ c$fftpajjed 
 \HclQfed and covered the f aid coffer all over^ fo as it could 
 m befe^H. 7he King of Babylon wondring to fee this 
 ilant fo hig^caufed the branches to be lopped off^that covered 
 uhefnefaid Coffin not feen^and of the trunc}{^or bodytherecf^ 
 nmd^ a pillar to fujiain the roof of his houfe: whereof Bcata 
 neingadvertifedby a certain divine fpirit or mnde of fly- 
 (iffg f ame^ came to Babylon 3 r^here (he fat her down by a 
 nertainfountainy all heavy and in diftreffe^ pitioufly weep' 
 ling to her felf-, neither fpakejhe a word unto any creature^ 
 inely the Queens waiting tnaids and women that came byy 
 ^faluud and made much of ^ plaiting and broiding 
 ihe trefles of their hair moft exquilitely, and cafting 
 ikom her into them a marvelous fweec andplcafanc 
 Kcentiffuing from her breath, whiles (he dreffed 
 ^hem. Ihe ^een perceiving her women thus curiotifly 
 j^^nd trimly fet out, had an earneft defire to fee this fir an^' 
 v.[er^ as well for that fhe yielded fuch an odoriferous fmell 
 yrom her breathy as becaufejhewas fo skjllfuU in dr effing 
 heir beads: fojhefentfer the woman, and being grown 
 \\nto fame familiar acquaintance with her, made her the 
 rS^rfe and Geverneffe of her young fon ; Now the Kings 
 iitamehimfdfwas Malcander, ^i t^f ^eens Aftarte^or 
 \*:'atber Saofis^ or as fome will will have it, Nemanous, 
 rvhich is as much to Jay in the Greek tongue^ as Atheanis. 
 fdnd the fpeech goes, that Beata fucked and nourijhed this 
 •Jnfant, by putting her finger inftead of the breaftJjead or 
 ^^^fle, into the meuth thereof'^ alfo, thatinthe ni^htfea* 
 \f'on (he burnt all away that was mortajl of his body : and 
 ^ in the end, washer felf met amorphized and turned into m 
 ^SwahWy flying, and lamenting after a moaning manner 
 r ^bout the pillar aforefaid, untill fuch time ai the ^een 
 i obferving this, and crying out whenjhe faw the body of her 
 I. child^on a lioht fire, ^bereaved it of immortality, 7hen 
 
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 gtil 
 
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 Beata being difcoveredtobe a goddejfe^craved thepitlar o] 
 
 v^ood : which he cut down with facility^ and too\fron ^J^ 
 
 underneath the trunck^ofthetantarix or Erice. TB^hiohjh^n 
 
 anointed with perfumed oile^ and enwrapped within a lin. 
 
 Ken cloth ^ and gave it to the Kings for to beh^pt : vfihere 
 
 pfit commethythat tbe Byblians even at this day reverenci ^^^ 
 
 this piece of rvood^ which lieth confecrate within the tentpli *^^ 
 
 c/Bcaca. Furthermore^ it is faid^ that in the endfji "^^ 
 
 f <T6e«T£fl'£Vi^'] light upon the coffer^over which fhe wept am ^'^' 
 
 lamented fo muchy thattheyounge\\ of the Kings fons dy k^^ 
 
 ed for very pity of her '^ hutjhe her felf accompanied with "^^^' 
 
 the elded'of them ^ together with the coffer ^emhark^d^ took "^^^^ 
 
 fea and departed. But when the red-fea turned the windi ^^'' 
 
 fbmewhat roughly.about the dawning^ of the day^ Beata WM ^^\ 
 
 fo much difpieafed and angry y that fhe dried it quite. -And^^^^ 
 
 fo fooH as (he came unto afelitary place^ hhere jhe was by M" 
 
 herjelfalone-y Jhe opened the coffer y where finding tbe corpi 'f^" 
 
 o/TheodidaftiiSj fhe laid her face dofe to hk^ embraced «'^'^ 
 
 it and wept, Herewith came the childefoftly behinde and «^/^ 
 
 efpied what jhe was doing : whom when jhe perceived], /he ^ 
 
 looked back^^ calling an outward eye^ and beheld him with ^^ 
 
 fuch an angry afped , that the poore infant not able to en^ ^''t 
 
 dure fo terrible a look^^ dyed upon it. Some fay it was not "ff) 
 
 fb \ but that he fell into the fea ^ in manner afore ^aid^ and »^t 
 
 was honoured for the goddeffe fake j and that be is the fame "^'^ 
 
 whom the IEgYpt\2ins chaufit at their feafls^ under the "11 
 
 name of Filius Soils Caelcftis. But others give out^ tham'^ 
 
 this childe was named Sorah, and that the City Pelufiuml^t 
 
 was built in remembrance of him by thegoddeffc ^ezt^^ancnh 
 
 fotook^the name after him '^ and how this Filius SoliSjP* 
 
 whom they fo celebrate in their fongs^ was the firfi inven'm 
 
 tor of Mufick,, Howbeit others there are again^ whoaffirmM 
 
 that this was the name of no perfon , 6ut a kjnde ofVialedW^ 
 
 cr Language , proper and agreeable unto thofe who drinkfmP 
 
 md banquet together ^ as if a. man Jhould fay^ Inagoodm 
 
 hourem 
 
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 'Qure and happily way this or that come. For the Mgjp- 
 tans were wont ordinarily to ufe this term So rah infuch 
 fenfe : Liks ^ ^o doubt the dry sJ^ietos or dead corps of 
 man^ which they ufed to carry about and (hew in a bierrc 
 r Coffin at the table 3 was not the reprefmtation or memo- 
 ial of this accidentywhich befell unto Eugenius asfomedo 
 magine^ butferved as an admonition to put the guejh in 
 iinde to be merry and ta^e their pleafure^and joy in thofe 
 kings that were prefent ; for that foon after theyjhould be 
 ike unto it. Ibis I fay was \thereafontl^at it i^as brought 
 4 at their feajis and merry meetings. Furthermore when 
 \tzt?i_ was gone to fee herfonne Earzabel who wdfojiered 
 nd brought up in the city Biitiis 5 and had laid the afore^ 
 md Coffer with Eugcnins body out of the way 5 Hy le/fT* 
 nned as he hunted in a clear mocn^flnne night to meet with 
 ^5 and taking kiiowledge of the body , cut it into fourteen 
 ieces and flung them here and there one from another : 
 ^^hich when 5eata underjiood^ Jhe fearched for them in a 
 oat or punt made of paper reed^ all over the moores avd 
 narjhes : Whereof it comes that the Crocodiles never hurt 
 hofe who faili or row in veffels made of that plants whether 
 t be that they are affraid ofit^ or reverence it for this ^od^ 
 ^^jfefakSi Ik^ow not. And thus you may k^tow the reaton^ 
 jhy there be found many Sepulchres of Eugcnins The- 
 ^( >didaftus in the Country of ^gypt, for ever as (l.>e found 
 my piece of him , (he caufed a tombe to be made for it : 
 ^^thers fay no '-, but that Jhe made many images of him^ 
 ^ vbich f}je left in every City , as if Jhe had bejlowed among 
 hem his very body indeed ; to the end that in many -places 
 t ^e might he honoured: and that if happily Hyle when he 
 i. ought for the true Sepulcher of Eiigenius (having van^ 
 „^ ^uifl)ed and overcome %2iiz^tV) many of them b'ing re- 
 ported andjhewed^ he might not know which was itj and [9^ 
 ivf over feekjng farther . Over and befides^the report goes^ 
 hat ^tn^ found all other parts of Eugenius body-^but ontf 
 
 his 
 
Ihel^retace. 
 
 hli privy member^ for that it woi immediately caft into t\ \ir 
 river and t he fijhes named LeipidotuSy Phagrus C^'Oxy) f 
 rynchus devoured it: for which caufe^tat3,detejiethtbeK\ 0' 
 above all other fijhes : hut injiead of that natural fart^ Jh\ i; 
 made a counterfeit one^ called Phallus, which Jhe confe j:^ 
 crated: and in the honor thereof the JEgyftiam hgldafa ifi]^ 
 iemnefeajh After aU this^ it followeth that Eiigeniu (fwH 
 being returned out of the infernal part s^ appeared unt m 
 Barzabel for toexercife^ injirud andtraine himagainj tU\ 
 the battel: of whom he demanded what he thought to h k\ 
 the mofh beautiful thing in the world', who anfweredy T k 
 be revenged of the wrong and injury which had been don ^ft 
 to a mans parents. Secondly^ what beafl he thought moj Id 
 profitable to go into the field with all : unto whom Bariiabe id 
 fhottld maks anfwer^ Jhe horfe : whereat Eugcnius mar m 
 veiled^ and ask^d himy why he named the horfe and not tk in 
 Lion rather : Becaufe (quoth EarzabelJ the Lionferveti k\ 
 him in goodfted^ who Jiands upon his own guard and de Ui 
 fence only^ and hath need of aid : hut the horfe is good ti Wj^ 
 defeit the enimy (juite^ to follow him in chace^and tak^hin kfd 
 Trifoner, When Eugenius heard him fayfo^ he teok,grea\ i, 
 pleafure and contentment herein^ lodging hereby^ that hi frifc 
 fon was fufficiently appointed and prepared to give batte b, 
 tmto his enimies. And verily it is f aid that among man^ i||t 
 that daily revolted from Hyle, aHd fided with Barzabel. ffc 
 eventhe very concubine of Uy\c named Thueris was one, ^^ 
 
 who came to h'ky> : and when Vxovtvxsferpent followed af-' 
 ter and perfued her^ the fame was cut in pieces by theguara t 
 fihout Barzabel : in remembrance whereof^ at this very da) 
 they brina: forth a certain cord^ which hk^wife they clfop in 
 pieces . IFell^ they fay the battel continued many dates : bui 
 in the end Barzabel had the vidory ; As alfo Beata having 
 Hyle pr if oner fajl bound in her hands ^ kjlled hirn not^ but 
 loofed him and let Inm go : which Barzabel not ablets 
 endure with patience^ Uld violent hands upon his Mother, 
 
 find 
 
The Preface. 
 
 df lucked from her head the royal ornament thatjhe had 
 ?reoK : injiead whereof T^'pth^itharsih^ fet on a morion 
 ide in maner of a cowes head/IhenHyle c^/Wfiarzabcl 
 iicially into quefiiony charging him that he wai a baftard^ 
 thy the help of T^^th2Lrth2irzh who fleaded hiscaufe^ 
 WifS judged by the gods^ legitimate : fvho alfo in two o- 
 T battels vanquijhed Hyle. And more than all this^ 
 rata after deaths was with child by Eugenius, by whom 
 'WHelitonienus <^«^Harpocrates who wanted his 
 ither parts, 
 
 Andliksas the Mathematicians fay, that the rain how is 
 ^eprefentation of the Sunne^ and the fame difUnguijhed 
 fundry colour s^ by the ref ration of our eie- fight againfi 
 'loud : evenfo this preface^ is an apparence of fome do' 
 'ine 6r learnings which doth refied a?td fend back outjtn- 
 rfianding^to the confederation of fome other truth '^ much 
 ier the maner of facrifices, wherein ther^ is mingled a 
 nd of lamentable dole^ and forrowful heavinefs . Sem^ 
 tbly^ the making and difpofition of temples^ which in fome 
 tees have fair open Ifles and pleasant allies open ever 
 ad; andinother^ dark^caves^vaults^ andfhrmdsun* 
 rthe earthy refemhling properly caves ^ fepulchers^ or 
 arnel vants^wherein they put the bodies of the dead -j efpe- 
 tUy the opinion of the RofieCrufians : for albeit the body 
 Eugeiiiiis befaid to he in many places^ yet they name 
 iply Abydus the towne^ or Memphis ^/itf/^ Citj^ where 
 ey affirme that his true body lieth^ in fuch fort^ as the 
 eatejtandweahhiefl perfons in i^gypc ufually do ordnift 
 idta^e crder^ thatthetf bodies be interred in Abydiis, 
 ! the end they may lie in the fame fepdchre withEugcn'iuy^ 
 id at Memphis was k^pt the beefe Apis^ which is the 
 tageand figure of his foul ^ and they will have his hodf 
 \fo to be there. Seme lik^wife there be^ who interpret th? 
 ime of this town^ as if it fiould fignifie the haven and 
 irhur of good men : otherfi that it betc}<ennb the tomhe of 
 
 Engeijius 
 
The Preface. 
 
 Eiigeiliiis : mi there is before the gate of the Citjy a lit 
 tte Jflcy which to all others is inacceffibley and admitteth h 
 entrance^ infomuch^ as neither fovples of the aire will thet 
 iight^ norfiShes of thefea approach thither : only at one cer 
 taine time^ the pnefis may come in^ and there they oft 
 facrifices^ and prefent oblations to the dead-, where alj 
 they cnwne and adorHe with flowers the monument of on 
 Mediphthe, which is overfhadowed and covered with 
 ce. taine plant^ f^f eater and taller than any Olive tret 
 Eiidoxus writethy that how many feptdchres foever the¥ 
 he in JEgyipt^wherein the corps of Eugenws Jhouldlie^ ye 
 it is in the City Bufiris ; for that it was the countrey ant 
 place of his nativity ; fo that now there ii no, need to fpea 
 ejf Taphofirfs, for that the very name it felfe faith enoug 
 fignifying as it doth^ thefepulture of Theodidaftus. PFe^ 
 I approve the cutting of the wood^ and renting of the lin 
 nen^ the effufions alfo and funeral libaments there perfor 
 med^ hecaufe thence many my faeries mingled among. Am 
 fo the priefts ofJE^y^t affirme^ that the bodies Hoi of the j 
 gods only^ but alfo of all others^ who have been engendred F' 
 and are not incorruptible^ remajne among them where the 
 honoured and &verenced -^ but their fouls became f}arrs^ ani 
 jhine in heaven : and as for that of Ec^t^^ it U the fam^ 
 which the Greekj call Cyon^ that U to fay ^ the Vogg-flar^: 
 but the M\yptians Sochis : that of Orus is Orion, dm 
 thatofHyh^the Bea\ Now you fee thei^ names are op 
 poftte to thei< nature and beings but wheeas all other Citie 
 and States in JE^yipt contribute a cer taine tribute impofei 
 upon them^ fo to pourtray^ draw and paint fuch beafis 
 are honored am:n'^ them^ thofe only who inhabite the coun 
 t^f)' Thehai«5 of all others give nothing thereto^ being o 
 opinion^ that no mo tal things fubjed to deaths can be a god 
 as for hint alone^ whem they call Cneph, as he was neve\ 
 bo ney (o (hall he never die. Whereas therefore for man 
 fuch things aithepj he reported and jhemd inM^ypi 
 
 the^ 
 
The Preface. 
 
 they who thitt\^ that all is no wore hut to perpetuate and 
 eternize the ntentory of marvelous deeds and ftrange acci* 
 , dents offome Frinces^ Kings ^or Tyrants ^who for their excel- 
 lent vertue and mighty puiffance^ have adjojned to their 
 own glory ^ the authority of deity y unto whom^ a while after, 
 there befell calamities ; ufe herein a very cleanly Jhifty and 
 expedite evafxon^transf erring handfomly from the gods unto 
 nten^ allfinijier infamy^ that is Taphthartharah and 
 help themfehes by the tejiimonies whichthey find and read 
 in hiftories : for JEgyptians write^ that Hyle was butfmal 
 of fiature^ and flender limmedy that he was of a ruddy 
 colour ; Barzabel white ; Eugenius of a blackjjh hew^ as 
 who indeed were naturally men. Moreover ^ they callEn" 
 gcniuSj captaine or general; C^nchus pilot dr governor of 
 a jhipy after whofe name they have named aftar : and as 
 forthefhip which the Greekj name Argo^ they hold that it 
 was the very refemblance of Eu^emus' s Jhip^ which for the 
 honour ofhim^ being numbered among thejlarSy isfojituate 
 in heaven^ as that it movethand k^epeth his courfe not far 
 from that ofOnon^and the Cyon or Voge-ftar : of which 
 twaine^ the one Ucenjecrated unto Barzabel, the other to 
 Beat^*7he things which be written of HylCjEugcnius & 
 Beata were no accidents or paffions incident to gods or to 
 men-, but rather to fome great Genii^ of which mind§ 
 were PvthagoraSj Plato, XenocrateSje^Chryfippus, 
 following hearin the opinions of the ancient Theologians^ 
 who holdy that they were farjironger than men^ and that in 
 fuijfance they much furmounted our nature : but thatdivi* 
 fiity which they had^ was not pure andfimple ; but they were 
 conifounded of anature corporal and fpiritual^ capable of 
 pleafure^ofgriefey and other paffions and affed ions ^ which 
 accompanying, thefe mutations^ trouble^ fome more, others 
 lefl. For in thefe Vdmomy there is lik^^ as alfo among men, 
 a diver fity and difference of vice and of vertue. For the aCis 
 tfGiants^ and Titans^ fo much chaunted in €Vfrj GresKfong 
 I ^■' "' ~ "' c ■ ' ^ " thf 
 
The Prelacc 
 
 the ahomimble deeds llkewife and^radifes of one Saturnc, 
 therefijUncealfoof Cycho^ againji Apollo, the founds of 
 Bacchus, and the wanderings of Ceres, differ in no ref^ 
 tea from the accidents of Eugtnhis and Hyle, and of all 
 other fuch like, which every man may hear ai much as he 
 lili : as alfo whatfoever U covered and hidden under the vail 
 ofmyfticalfacrifices and ceremonies, is k^pt do fe not uttered 
 nor (hewed to the vulgar people : And according hereto^ 
 we may hear Homer, how he calleth md men^ andfuch as 
 excel/ others diver fly, one while 02o«crUf , that is to fay ^ li]{e 
 unto the ^ods ', other while AvrSi^i. that^ U^ to fay, compa^ 
 rahle to the gods : fometimes Bi<^v ^^"^ fj^vK^k txovrcti^ that 
 is to {ay, havinz their wifdome and counfel from the gods, 
 But the denontination or addition drawn from the De- 
 mons, he ufeth com -honly as well to the good as the bad . in- 
 different to valiant perfons and to cowards: to a timorous 
 and fearful fouldier thm : 
 
 t>£moHian, approach thou near ; 
 ; The Greeks why doeft thou fo much fear> 
 
 On the oiher fide, of an hardy fouldier : 
 
 Ct?^' OTS cTm to TiTd^roV W<ioyUTQ S^CLl^JMl t^OU 
 
 When he the charge in field the fourth time gave 
 Like to fome Da?aion he did himfelf behave. 
 •And again, in the worfe fence ^ 
 
 -V£ omin^ what isthat great otfence; y^';^^ 
 WhicliP//r'r,&: his Tons committed have ^^\,,.i^^ 
 Againft the,for to make thy )U<1 pretence, jupitcr,fi 
 \u wrathful terms upon the thus to rave, Minerva. 
 And them no grace and mercy tovouchfave, 
 Nor reft, until thou feeft the ftateiy tovvne, 
 OilUon deftroy'd and rafed down > 
 
 Giving 
 
The Preface, 
 
 . Giving Hs hereby thm much to under jland, that the Genii 
 have amixt nature, and a will or^ffedhn which is not 
 equal nor alwaies alil^e. And hereupon it is, that Plato 
 verily attrihuteth unto the Olympian and celeftial gods, all 
 that which IS dexterous and oddei but unto the Genii, what^ 
 foeverisfinifierandeven, ^^iXcnocrates holdeth, that 
 thofe dates which be unhickjeand difmal, thofe felhvalfo^ 
 lemnittes lik^ewife, which have any beatings orhyiockjn^ and 
 thumping of breajU or failing, or otherwife any curfedfpee^ 
 ches ani filthy words, are not meet for the honour and 
 worfhip either of gods or of good Genii ; but he fuppofetb 
 that there be in the aire about us, certain natures great 
 andpuiffants howheit, (hewed, malicious and unfociable, 
 phtch taksfome pleafure in fuch matters ; and when they 
 have obtained and gotten fo much to be done for their fake 
 they go about no farther mifchief,. nor wait any (J;rewder 
 turnes: whereas contrariwife^ both UcCiodus calleth the 
 pure and holy Genu, fuch alfo as be the good angels and 
 Keepers of men ; See the Harmony of the world, 
 
 Gi vers ofwealth and opulence, as whom 
 This regal giftand honour doch become. 
 
 And Phto alfo termeththl, kind of Genu or angels Mer^ 
 ciirfall, that is to fay, expofitours or interpreters, and 
 minijierial, having a middle nature between ^odsandmen^ 
 who as mediatours, pref.nt the prayers and petitions of men 
 . here unto the gods in heavm, and from thence transmit 
 ^ and convey unto U4 upon earth, the oracles and revelations 
 of hidden and future thing,, a^ alfo their donations of goods 
 md riches. As for Empedocles, he faith, that thefe 
 ^tm\or Fiends, are pmffhed and tormented for their fins 
 and^ offences which they have committed, as may appear bi 
 thefe hh -Verfes f ^ J J^r j 
 
 ^ ^ f oi 
 
The Preface, 
 
 For why > the power of aire and skic, 
 
 did to the Sea them chace ; 
 The Tea them caft up, of the earth, 
 
 even to the outward face : 
 The earth them fends unto the beams, 
 
 of never-tyred Sun, 
 The Sun to aire, whence firft they came^ 
 
 doth fling them down anon : 
 Thus ported to and fro, twixt feas 
 
 beneath, and heav'ns above. 
 From one they to another pafs : 
 
 not one yet doth them love. 
 
 until fuch time as being thus in this Aired- vehicle chaflifed 
 and denfedjhey recover again that f lace ^ ejiate and degree 
 which ii meet for them^ and according to their nature : 
 Read the firft and fecond Book of the Harmony of the 
 World. Jhefe things and fuch liJ^e for all the world they 
 fay^ are reported of HylCy who upon envy and malice com^ 
 tnitted many outrages -^ and having thus made a> 
 trouble and confufion in all things^ filled fea and landwith 
 woful calamities and miferiesy but w^is punijhed for it in 
 the end, for Beata the wife and fifier of Eue;enius irt 
 revenge plagued him in extinguiffljing and leprejjing hisfu^ ' 
 ry and rage^ and yet negleded not fl)e the travels and 
 pains of her own^which flje endured^ her trtdgin^ alfo and 
 wandring to and fro ^ nor many other ads of great wifdome 
 and prowefs^fiiffered fhe to be buried infilence and oblivion t 
 hut inferting the fame among the moft holy ceremonies of 
 facrificeSy as examples^ images^ Telefmes, memorials and 
 refemhlances of the accidents hapning in thofe times ^ jhe 
 confecrated an enfjgnementy in(irullion andcenfolation of 
 piety and devout religion to god ward, as well for men ai 
 women afflidedwith mi fries. By reafon whereof Jhe and 
 her husband Theodidaftiis oJgoodGcimwere tranfmnt^ 
 
 ted 
 
The Preface. 
 
 ted for their vertue into gods iiJ^j as afterwards were Her- 
 cules and Bacchus, who in regard thereof ^ and not with- 
 out reafon^ have honours decreed for them both of gods^and 
 alfo of V demons intermingled together^ asthofewbo in all 
 f laces were piijfant J but ntoji powerful both upon and alfo 
 under theEarthJor they fay t^/ztSarapis is nothing elfe but 
 Pluto and Beata the daughter of ^i^o^tv^'mTL^ as Arche- 
 machuse^/Huboea, ^«^ Heraclitus of Pontus teftifie:, 
 andhethinksththat the oracle in t^^ c/t3» Canobus, is 
 thatoffatherU\9 or Pluto. King ?xo\tn^xwsfurnamed 
 Sotcr^thatistofay^ faviour^ caufed that huge jiatue or 
 eolofiofPlmoyWhichwasinthe city Sinope, to be taken 
 front thence^ notk^owing^ nor having feen before of what 
 form and jhape it w^Sj but only that as he dreamed he 
 thought^that hefaw Szvzipis ^commanding him withal fpeed 
 fojftble to tranfport him into Alexand ria. Now the king 
 not knowing wher e thii fiatuewiti^ nor where to findeit^ 
 in thif doubtful perplexity related his vifon afore faid unto 
 his friends about him^ and chanced to meet with one Soli- 
 bius a great traveller and a man who had been in many 
 places y and he faid that in the city of Siino^t he hadfeen 
 fuch aftatuey as the King defcribed unto them, Where^ 
 uponVto\tmxw% fent Soteles and Dionyfius, who in 
 long time J and with great travel^ and not without the f- 
 fpecial grace of the divine providence^ ftole away the faid 
 Colofs and brought it with them: Now when it was co:r,e to 
 Alexandria and there feen^ Tiniotheus the great Cof^ 
 tnographer and Antiquary^ and Manothroii of the pro* 
 vinCeSthtnmtiSy gueffed it by all coyi]eaures to be the 
 image of PhitOy andnamelyby Cerberus the hel-dogand 
 the dragon about him^ perfwading the kjng that it could be 
 the image of no other god but o/5arapi.«i- For it came not 
 from thence with that name-^ but being brought into A« 
 lexandria, it tookjhe name Sarapis, by which the JE^yp' 
 tians do name P\i\io, And yet YitrAzWtn^ verily the 
 c 3 *" Naturalijl 
 
The preface. 
 
 Natura/ifi faithy that Hads, and Droniiis, that U to 
 fny^ Pluto and Bacchus^ he the fame. And in truth when 
 they are difpofed to flay the fools and be mad^ they are 
 carried away to this opinion^ For they who fuppofe that 
 HadSj that is to fay ^ Pliud, is fah to be the body and a^ 
 it were the fe pule her of the foul^ as if it feemed to be foolifh 
 and drtmken all the while (he is within it ^ me think^ they 
 do allegorize hut very baldly. And better it were yet to 
 hrini Eugenius, Theodidaftus, and^TLCchw^together', 
 yea and to reconcile Sarapis unto Eug nius, in faying that 
 after he hath changed his nature^ he became to have this 
 denomination. And therefore this name Sarapis is com-- 
 vnon to all^ as they k^ow very well^ who are profejfed in the 
 ftcred religion of Eui^enms, For we ought not to give 
 eare and credit to the hooks and writings of th^ fhrygians^ 
 wherein we find j that there was one C haropo?! the daugh' 
 tar of Hercules, and that of Ifaiaciis a fon of Hercules 
 ^^s engcndred Hy\e : neither yet to mal^e account c/phy- 
 larchiis who writeth^ that Bacchus was the firfl^ who 
 from the Indians drave two becfes^ whereof the one woi 
 named Apis, and the other Opis ; Ihat Sarapis is the 
 •proper name of him who ruleth and embelifljeth the univerjal 
 'jvorld^ and is derived of the word Sairein, which fomefay^ 
 fignifieth as much as to beautifie and adorne. For thefebe 
 Jbfurd loies delivered by Phvlarchus : but more monfirous 
 nndfenftlefs are their ahfurdtties who write^ that Sarapis 
 is no ^od^ hut that it is the coffin or fepulcher of Apis that is 
 fo called : as alfo that there be certain two leaved brafen 
 gatesin Memphis, hearing the names of Let\ie and ^o- 
 cytus, thatii to fay ^ oblivion and wailing^ which being fet 
 €ipen when they enter and bury Apis, in the opening mak^ 
 a great U'md and rude noife ; which is the caufe that we 
 Uy hand upon eve-y copper or hrafon veffelwhen it refoundr 
 eth fo, to fiay the ncife thereof. Jet is there m^re apparence 
 ^f truth andreafonin thsir opinicn^ who hold that it was 
 
 derived 
 
The Pierace. 
 
 deriHeduf theje verbs ffivi^ a^d (r»<S$ which ftgni^nh to 
 move 5 as being that wtinh moveth the wh'jte jrame of the 
 world. The prjef^s of the mo(i ^art bold , that Sara pis is 
 a word comfowidtdo] Opis andk^n together^ giving ihh 
 expofition withail., and teachi?i)i us^ that we ought to 
 believe Apis to he an elegant image of the foul oiOp'is, 
 For mine ovpHpart^ if Sarapis be an Egyptian name^ I 
 fu^pofe rather that it hetckeneth joy and mirth : An i I 
 ground wy conjedure upon thtt , that the ^ilgyptians ordi- 
 ttarily caO the feafiofjo^ and gladnejfe termed among the 
 Athenians Ch^rmofynaj^^ the name <?/ Sairei. For 
 Pi'aro himklf faith, that Hadg which ftgnffieth PlutOjic- 
 ing the [on of 'E/J^o?, that is to fay^ of (hawefalineff'e, ho* 
 nour and rever^nce^ is a ntilde and gracious godio thofe who 
 are toward him. And very true it iS:,tbat in the JEi.yp- 
 tians lan^uage^ many other proper names are fignificant 
 and carry their reafon with them : as namely that infernal 
 place under the earth , into which they imagine ths foules 
 of the dead do de(cend after the\ be departed -,, they call A- 
 menthes, which term is as much t fay^ as takjng and gi- 
 ving,hui whether this vpordhe one ufthofe^ which in old time 
 camecutofG recce and were tranjpO' ted thither j we will 
 conftder and difcujfe better hereafter : Ncw\or this pre fent!, 
 let us profecute that which rentaineth of this opinion now in 
 band. For Eugcnius and Beat a 0/ good Demons were 
 tranflated into the number of the gods : And as for thepuif- 
 fanceofUyhoppreffedandqueUed^ howhe it , panting as yet 
 at the laft gafpy andjlrivingas it were with the pangs cf 
 death > they have certain ceremonies and facrifices^^ to paci-^ 
 fy and appeafe^ Other feads alfo there be again on the con* 
 trary fide wherein they in JHlt over biniy debdfe and defame 
 him what they can : Info muchy as men cf a ruddy colour 
 tbey deride and mak^ of I hem a laughing- jioch^. And as for 
 the inhabitants of Co'ptof^ they ufe at a certain feali to 
 throw an Ajfe bedJhng down frem the pitch of an high rock> 
 
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 becaufe Hylc was rudd) and of a red Ajjes colour, tbe 
 BufiricantsawffLycopolitcs forbear to found any trum" 
 fetSy becaufe they refenthle the braying of an Ajfe : and 
 generally they tak^ an Ajfe to be an unclean heafl and damo' 
 tiically for the refemhlance in hier» that it hath xcith him: 
 and when they mak^ certain eakfs in their facrifcesofthe 
 moneths^ Payni^iw^Phaophi, theywor)^ them in Pjiflry 
 mth theftintn^onthemof an Ajfe bound. Alfo in their 
 folemn facrifice to the Sm^ they command as many as will 
 he there to wor[bif that god^ not to wear any brooches or 
 jewels of gold about their bodies^ nor to give any meat or fro- 
 vender unto an Affe what need foeverhe have thereof. It 
 feemetbalfoy that the Pytliagorians themfelves were ofo- 
 finiony that Hyle was fome Fiend or V^monicall ^ower : 
 for they fay that Hyle was borne in the even number of fix 
 and fifty : again^ that the triangular number or figure^ is 
 ibe puijfance of Pluto, Bacchus and Mars: of the quader^ 
 mgle^ isthefower 0/ Rhea, Venus, Ceres, Vcfta, andfw 
 no : 7hat of twelve Angels helongetb to the night of Ju- 
 piter; hut that of fifty fix Angel is the force of Uyk^asEvL- 
 doxus hatb left in writing. But the Egyptians (uppoftng 
 that Hylc was of a Reddijh colour ^ doe hill for facrifice unto 
 hiniy Kine and Oxen of the fame colour ^ obferving withall 
 Joprecifefyy that if they have but one haire blacky or white^ 
 they be not facrificeable : for they think, fueh facrifices not 
 iKceftable, but contrariwife diffleafant unto the gods^imd- 
 giningthey be the bodies which have received the joules of 
 lewd and wicked perfons^ transformed into other creatures. 
 And therefore after they have curfed the bead offuch a fa^ 
 €rificej they cut it off and cad it into the river ^at leaji waies 
 in old time : but now they give it unto firangers. But the 
 Ox which thfy mean to jacrifce indeed, the Priejis called 
 Sphragiflae, rfc/if is to Jay ^ the f eater s^ come and marks it 
 ypiih their jeal^ which as Caftor writethj was the image of 
 amankrieeliri^, with his hands drawn b'ack^ and bound be- 
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 nnde him^ andhaving a Sword Jet to his throat : Sembla- 
 }iy tbey uje the name of an Affe alfo^ as hith been [aid, fur 
 lis uncivill rndeneffe and injolemy^ no lejfe than in regard 
 fbiscoloufy wherein be refembleth Hylc; and therefore 
 he Egyptians gave unto Ochus a King of the Perfians 
 v^om tbey hated above all others ai wofi cur fed and ahom* 
 lable^ the ftrname of Af[e : Whereof Odam being advert 
 \ifed and fajing withall j this Affe (hall devours your Ox; 
 taufedfrefently their beef A f is to be killed and facrificedy as 
 Dinon hatbleft in writing. As for tbofe whofay^ that Hylc 
 after he bad lo(i the field^fted fix dayes journey u^on anA^e's 
 hackly andhaving by this means efcaped^ begat two fonSf 
 Hicrofolymus and Judaeus: Evident it is herein that they 
 would draw the (lory of the Jews into this. And thus muck 
 of tbtallegorjcallconje&ures which this dM afford. B«t 
 now from another head^ let us (^of thoje who are able to dif- 
 conrfe foniewhat Fhilofofhycally and with reafon') confider 
 firfi and formofl,fucb as dealwofi fim^l) in this behalf. And 
 tbefe be tbey thatjay^ lih^ as the Greeks allegorize thai Sa- 
 turn is time^ Juno the aire^ and the generation of Vul- 
 can^fi the tranfmutation of aire intofire-^ even fo they give 
 out that by Eu^cnius or Nature^ who lyetb and k^eet^etb 
 company with Bcataj that is to fay^ the earth : 7hat Hylc 
 is tbe fea^ into which Nilus fating loojeth bimfelf , and is 
 differ fed here and there ^ unlejfe it be that portion thereof^ 
 which tbe earth receivetb and whereby it is made f*rtill, 
 Andufon the river Nilus there is a f acred lament atiouy ff- 
 ven from the dayes of Saturn : wherein there is lamenting^ 
 howNi\w% (fringing and growing on the left band, decat- 
 etb and is lofion the right : For tbe ^Egyptians do tbinb^ , 
 that tbe ea(i parts where the day affearetb^ be the forefount 
 and face of tbe worlds that the North part is tbe right hand 
 and tbe South fart tbe left, this Nilus therefore^ ariftng 
 on tbe left band^ and loji in tbe fea on tbe right hand^ isjaid 
 truly to have bis birth and generation in tht left fide^ 
 
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 hut his death and corruption in the rigbt, Jud this ts the ' 
 reafon vphy the ^riefis of JE^y^t have the fea in ahomma^ 
 tioriy and term fait the fome and froth of Hyk. And a," 
 nt^ng tbofe things jpbich are interdi^ed and forbidden ibis ^ 
 isone^ that no fait beujed at the hoord'^ hy reajcn whereof 
 they never falute any pilots orjailerSi for that they keep or- 
 dinarily in the fea, and get their living by it. This alfo is 
 one of the principal caufes^ why they abhor f^es\ infuch 
 fort as when they would defcribe hatred^ they draw or purtray 
 afjfl?: like as in the porch before the temple o^ Minerva 
 within the city Sd\y there was purtrayed and engraven, an t 
 infant^ an old mamafter them a Falcon or fome fuch Hauky ^ 
 and do fe thereto a fi(b^ andlaflofali ariver-horje : which ; 
 HieroglypbickSjdoefymbolize andftgnifie thus much in effeU: ^ 
 O all yea that eonte into the world and go out of it: Cod \ 
 hateth (hameleffe injfiflice- For by the ba^uk^e they underfland.\^ 
 God, by the fifh hatred^ and hy the river -horfe impudent vio* ii 
 lenceandvilanyy becaufeitisfaidthathe kflletb bis father 
 and after that^ forceth his own mother and covereth her* \ 
 jindfentblabl^ it fhould feem^ that ihi/aying of the Pytha-^ li 
 gorians, whogive out^^thattbeSeaisa tear of Snutti^ 
 under covert words do mean^ that it is impure and umlean* 
 Thus have I been willing by the way to alledge thus ntuchy 
 although it be without the train of out deftgn^ becaufe they 
 fall within the compafje of a vulgar and common received hi" 
 ftory. But to return to our matter : thefriefts as many as 
 be of the wifer and more learned fort, under ft and by Eugc- 
 nius 3 not only the river Nilus, andhy Hylc ibe fea : but 
 alfo by the former, they fignifie in one word and fimply, all 
 vertue and power that produceth moisture and water, tah^ 
 tng it to be the material caufe of generation, and the nature 
 generative oj feed : and by Hyle th"} reprefent all deficca^ 
 iive vertue ^ all heat of fire and drineffe, as the very thing 
 that is fully oppofite and adverfe to humidity: and hereupoa 
 it is^ that tbey holdUylc to beredofhalre^ and of fkjnyel'-^ 
 
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 ^09 1 and hy tbe fame tea fjn they wiStngly would not en^ 
 loH'^ter or meet u^on ihe way men ofthathiew, no nor dc 
 igbt to p a\ unto fuob ContrariMiife the) feign Eugeni- 
 us to be of a black cdour^hecaufe all wft^^r^rauf*th the earthy 
 Uothes and clonrds to apoear Mack rvitb nhicb it is mimled. 
 4I{. ihe moifitii' that ts in young foit^ wak^'tk ^hei* haire 
 Ulaci^'y bu! gnflgd hoarjn^ffe. which feemeh to be a fah 
 \:tllou>^ Cometh by reaf on (J^ ftccity unto thoje who bepafi 
 \.heir fiowtr^and now in th it dechnmg agei aljo the Spring 
 lime is greeny frefb^fleafmt and generative : hat the latter 
 y-eafjn of Autumne^ for want of moiflure, is an enemy to 
 *lantSy and breedetb diieajes in man and heafl, 
 
 Jo [peak, alfo of that Ox or Beef named M< ncvi«, which 
 f ks^t and nourifhed in Go^m at the common charges oj 
 be City^ confecrated unto En genius, and which jeme jay^ 
 pas the Sire of Apis; blacky be is of haire^ and boncuredin 
 tfeconddgree after ^ph. Moreover^ the whole land of 
 E^ypt » of all others exceeding black^^ fucb a black I mean^ 
 s that is of the eye^ which they call Chcmiah, and they 
 ikpi it to be ihe Heart ; for hotandmoifk it is , and en- 
 lineth to the left and South parts of the earthy liiis as the 
 teart lietb mofk to the left fide of a man. Iky affirtne 
 tlfo , that the fun and Moon are not mounted upon cba- 
 lots, but within bar dges or boats continually do move and 
 aile as it were round about the world ; giving us thereby 
 overtly to undeidand^ that they be bred andnourifhed by 
 mifiure. Furthermore^ they think 5 that Homer (like as 
 Fhalca alfo") being taught out of the Egyptians Uarmmr^ 
 loth hold and fet down this foftiion ; 7hat water is ihe E- 
 'ement and principle that engendreth aO things: for tle}> 
 fly, that Eiigtn'nii is the Ocean, and Bfata Tc&yf^ as 
 me would fay y the nurfe that fucksth and feeds th the whole 
 world. For the Greekj ca II the e'jKulation or calling (ortb 
 :f natural feed^ A^«trfre, like as the coijunQion of male 
 ^nd female Stwv^-t*; bk^wife ijiof ^ which in G^etk^figni- 
 
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 ••P 5 that is u fay , 
 
 fietb a jofty IS derived of tbe word vJ'ap , that is to fay , 
 water^ and vtreu betokemtb alfo ta rain. Moreover^ -Sar- 
 z^bdtbey fHrnameV{y€9y as one would fay ^ the lord and 
 ruler oft be moiHt nature 5 -and be is no other than iVfcrcury. 
 Fttttbermorey fpbereas we pronounce his name E\igcniuSy 
 futtetb it down Eugenius Thcodidaftus, Jaying^ that be 
 heard tbe very friefts tbemf^hes of ^gypt to pronounce i> 
 /(?• And thus verily calleth he the faid god in everyplace y ' 
 not without good (hew ofreafon ^ having regard unto his na- 
 ture and invention. But that Eugenius is the fame god, 
 Tpbofhouldin allreafon better kjiow than your felf^confider' 
 ing that in tbe city of Delphi you are tbe miflreffe and la- 
 dy Frioreffej as it were of tbe religious Thyans, and from 
 your infancy have been a votary and Nun confecratedbyyour 
 father and mother to the fervice of Eugcniu*. But if in 
 regard of others^ we muft alledge teSfimonieSylat us not med" 
 die with their hidden fecrets 5 howbeit , that which the 
 friers do in publicly when the inter Apis , having brought 
 bis cor^s in a boat or punt, differetb not at all from the ce* 
 remonies of Bicojs : for clad they be in fiags sh^ns^ they 
 carr) javelins iu their bands^ tbey k^eep a loud crying^ and 
 (hak^tigof their bodies very unquiet ly J much after the tnan- 
 ner of thofe who are tranfported with the janaticalland fa- 
 cred fancy of Bacchus. And what reajon elfefbould there 
 he^ that wany nations of Greece pourtray the flatue of 
 Bacchus with a buls bead> and the dames among tbe Elians 
 in tbeir prayers and invocations do caQ unto bim^ bejeeching 
 this ^d to come unto tbfm with his Buls foot / yea and tbe 
 Argivcs commonly furname Bacchus, B u genes, v^/c& is as 
 tvuch to fay , as the fon of a CoWy orengendred by a bull: 
 and that which more is^ they invocate and call upon bim out 
 0fthe water with found of trumpet s^cafling into a deep gulfe^ 
 a lambe^astotbe Portier^ under tbe name of Pyhochos. 
 Their trumpets ihey bide within tbeir javelins^c ailed Thyr- > 
 fi, according as Socrates hatb written in his hok^s offacred 
 
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 frtmonies. Moreoveety the litmical ads, and that 
 iholey entier andfacred nighty accord with that which is 
 fffortedas touching the d'tfmemhring o/Eugenius, and 
 he refurreUion or renovation of his life : in like manery 
 ^gfe matters which concern his burial. For the Egyptians 
 ^w i*t fnany places the fepulchres of Eugenius : and the 
 j}elphians think^^ theyhave the bones and reliques of Eac" 
 bus among them^ interred and be ft owed neer unto the or it'* 
 le : and his religious priefi celebrate unto him afecretfa^ 
 rifice within the temple of Apollo, when the Thyades 
 pho are the Priejirejfes begin to chaunt the f§unet [One of 
 hefumames of Bacchus.] Licnites. Now that the Greeks 
 ire of opinion^ that Bacchus « the lord andgovernour^ nor 
 fwine liquor only^ but alfo of every other nature which if 
 noifi and liquid^ the teftimony o/Pindarus isfufficient^ 
 when he faith thus: Bacchus 
 
 Taking the charge of trees that grow. 
 Doth caufe them for to bud and blow .' 
 The verdure frefti and beauty pure 
 Of lovely fruits he doth procure. 
 
 And therefore it U^ that thofe whoferve and worfhip Eu- 
 genius are (ireightly forbidden and charged^ not to deftroy 
 any fruitful tree, nor to flop the head of any Fount aine , 
 And not only the river NiluSy but all water and 7mifture 
 whatfoever in general ^ they call the effluence of Eu genius : 
 hy reafon whereof ^ before their facrifices they carry alwaies 
 inprocejjion a pot or pitcher of water ^ in honour of the f aid 
 god. 
 
 Ihey defcribe alfo a kjng and the Southern or meridional 
 climat of the worlds by a fig-tree leaf^ which fig-leaf fig^ 
 nifieth the imbibition and motion of all things : andbeftdes^ 
 it feemeth naturally to refemble the member of generation. 
 Alfo^when theyfolemmze the feafi called Pamy litia^w^^/V/^ 
 
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 was tnfiuuuditt the honour «/ PriapulTS^yX^r^ 
 carry about m j^oceffioH an image orflatue, the genM 
 member r^berecf, is thrice as tigg as 'the <>^dina^,rft 
 rt2^ '^l/'^i" ^^'f^i^'^S of tit things, and ever. 
 iucbfrmctfle^hygenerationmdtifliethitMf. Noro Jl 
 are wont moreover to fay, rhrice, for many times , to 'wl 
 afimte number for au infinite ; as r^hen we ufe the mrd 
 
 Z%T% "'f^T^'^i -if^ricehafp^^folmoiihany, 
 and Three boms for infinite; unle(i peradventurethh 
 Urnary of threefold number rt>as exprefy and properh cho- 
 
 ^TrilT, Z'''^'' f "'^ ""*"'' 'f '««i?«^^ *«4 the . 
 tnmpal that ^gendreth all things, from the beginning \ 
 
 hath engendredtbefe three elements ».■ frimitive bodiet\ 
 
 t.arth, nreand Fire, For that branch which is fet unto\ ' 
 
 ZTV-^^^^^"^^""^ ''"^'"'t'^l member o/Eu?enius 
 tntheK,ver, that^t^ucMnotfind it, but cau fed one 
 
 thereof ordatned that it fhould be honourei and 
 carrtedmafolemne powpe ^tendeth to this, fo- toteachus, 
 that the generative and produdive verue of god, had moi- 
 ftureat thefirji for the matter, and by the n,<-ans of the faid 
 humidity, was mixed with thofe things that were apt for 
 generation Another branch there is yet ^ mowing to this, 
 namely, that one Apopis brother to the Sun, warred a. 
 
 helped km to defen his enemy; in regard of which merit 
 he adopted hm for his fon, and named him Oionyfus, 
 that y to fay, Facchus. Nowthe Mutholoav of this, m it 
 evidently appeareth, accordeth covertly, with the truth of 
 Nature : for the JE^ptians call the winde, Jiipiter, unto 
 •whichnothtng i, more contrary, thanficcity and that wbicS 
 isfiry a„athattsmttheSm, although fome con fancui. ' 
 nityzthath unto it : but moitlure comming to extinTuilh 
 the extremity of that drine^, fortifieth and augment. 
 rib thofe vapours, which murijh the wind and ksep 
 
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 tin force. Moreover^ the Greeks cortfecr ate the Ivy unto 
 Jacchus, and the fa y.e is named among the JEgyftiam^ 
 :henoiiris, rfibichword, Qas they fay) fignifieth in the 
 Egyptian tongue^ the plant o/Eugenius ; at leaft wife 
 \ni\oti who enrolled a colony of the Athenians, affirmetb 
 hdt the light upon an Epijile 0/ Anaxarchus, r^herein he 
 ■ound as much ^ ai alfo, that Bacchus was the fon of a 
 mer nymph, Naias. Cther Egyptians alfo there be, 
 vhohold^ tto Bacchus wai the fon (?/Beata, and that 
 jewasmt calledjAercury^ ^wtArfaphes, in the letter 
 Mpha, which word fignifieth prowefi or valour. And 
 :hus much giveth Herma^us to underjiand, in ksfirfl book, 
 >/ MgyVtian aas ; where he faith alfo that Eugenius by 
 interpretation, is as much, as [ vCe/M©"] fioutor mighty. 
 Here I forbear to aHedge MenafaSj, who referreth and 
 ^i/cn^eri&«;/toEpaphus5 Bacchus, Eugenius, andS^- 
 rapis, I overpafs AnticUdes likswife, who affirmeth, 
 that EeztiL was the daughter o/Prometheus, and mar- 
 Vied unto Bacchus. For the very particular properties that 
 we have faid were in their feajis and facrifices, yeeld a 
 wore deer evidence and proof, than any allegations of wit- 
 Hejfeiwbatfoever, Alfo they hold, that among the ftars, 
 thedogz or'^'ivwxswasconfecrate unto Beata, the which 
 fiar draweth the water. And they honour the Lion, with 
 whofe heads, and having the mouth gaping and wide open, 
 they adorne the dores and gates of their temples, for that 
 the river ]<^\\wsrifeth 
 
 cSo Coon as in the cTcle Zodiack, 
 0. ^- iThe Sun and Leo figne, encounter make. 
 
 And as.they both hold and agirme. NiUis to be the effluence 
 of Eugenius^ even fo they are of opinion^ that the body of 
 Beata is the earth or land oflE^y^t ; andyet not all ofit^ 
 butfo much as Nilus overfloweth, and by commxtion -vah^ 
 €th fertile and fruitful : of which conjun^m ^^O h'y 
 
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 that Or us was engendredy which is nothing elfe but the 
 tevHperature and difpofition of the aire^ murijhing and 
 maintaining aU things, Iheyfayalfo^ that this Orus wa> 
 nourijhed within the Mores neer unto the City Butus, by 
 thegoddefs Latcna ; for that the earth being well dren- 
 chedandwateredy bringeth forth and nourijheth vapour s^ 
 which overcome y extinguijh^ and reprefi (nothing fo much) 
 great ficcity and drynefs. furthermore^ they call the mar^ 
 ches and borders of the land^ the confines alfo of the coafts 
 Tfphich touch the fea, Nephthys : and this is the reafon 
 yphytheyname'^ti^\it\\Y$^ Teleutxa, that is to fay ^ final 
 9rlaft'^ and fiy that fhe was married unto Tyiphon. And 
 whenN'ilusbreakethout and overtuneth his banJ^s, fo^ as 
 be approachetb thefe border s^this they call the unlawful con^ 
 junbion or adultery of Eugen'mSy Nephthy?, the which 
 is k^own by certain plants growing there ^ among which is 
 the Melilot : by the feed whereof^ faith the tale^ when it was 
 floe d and left behinde^ began Hyle to perceive the wrong 
 that was done unto him in his mariage. And hereupon they 
 fayy that Onis was the legitimate fon of Ins ^ but Anubis 
 was borne by NciphthY^ in bajiardy. And verily in the 
 fucceffion of kings they r^cor^ Nephthys w;zrr/V^ unto 
 Hvle, to have been at firfi barren. Now if this be not 
 meant of a woman^ but of agoddefs^ they under jl and under 
 thefe enigmatical fpeechtSy aland altogether barren and 
 unfruitful^ byreafonof hardnefs and jliffe folidity. The 
 lying in wait of Hyle to (nrprife Eugenius^ his ufurped 
 rule and tyranny^ is nothing elfe but the force of drinks ^ 
 which was very mi^hty^ which difftpated alfo and 
 fpent all that humidity that both engendreth and alfo en^ 
 creafeth Nil'is to that heighth As for that ^een ofJE" 
 thiop'a, who came to aid and afftiihim^ fljebetoheneth- 
 the Southerly winds comming from Ethiopia ; for wheti 
 thefe have the upper hand of the Etefian windes^ which blow 
 from the North^ and drive the clouds into iEihiopia, and 
 
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 \1) hinders thofejhowers and gluts ofraine which pwre out 
 if the clouds^ and make the river Nilus tofi^el : then Hyle 
 ■hat is to fay J drouth^ is faid to win the better^ and to 
 nirnuv all'-, and fo havm^ gotten themajiery clean of 
 Nilus, wha by reafon of his weak^efs and feeblenefs^ is 
 driven in^ and forced to retire a contrary way ^ he chafeth 
 him J poor and low into the fea . For where. }i it is faid^that 
 fEugeaius was (hut fajl within an ark^or coffer ^ there is no 
 ^ther thing fignified th&rehy^ but this departure bachj)fthe 
 tpater and the hiding thereof within the fea : which is the 
 caufe alfo^th-attheyfay^ Engzaiwswent out of fight ^ in the 
 moneth, Athyr, and was no more feen j at what time ai 
 when all the Etefian windes are laid and given over to 
 'hloWy Nilus returneth into his chanell^ leaving the land- 
 iifcovered and bare. And new by this time as the night 
 groweth long^er^ the darkjiep encreafeth , like as the force 
 of the light doth diminifh and is impaired: and then the 
 Ipriefts among many other ceremoniei^ teftifying their fad" 
 'nefs and beavie cheere^ bring forth and JJjew a be^ with 
 'golden homes J whom they cover all over with a fine vaile 
 of black, filk^^thereby to reprefent the heavy dole and mourn* 
 inj; of the goddefsforEugen'ms : (for thus they thinh^^ 
 that the faid beef is the image of Eu^enius ; and the 
 veftment of blacl^aforefaidy tejiifying the earthy dotbfig^ 
 nifie Beata ) and thisfhew exhibit they {our daies tog^her, 
 to wity fro^2 the feventh imto the tenth fotowtrig ; And 
 \why1 Foure things there be for which they mak^ demcm-^ 
 ifirationof grief and forrow: the firii is th^ river Nikis, 
 \ for that he fcemeth to retire and faile: the fecondarethe 
 North-winder^ which now are hufljt and ftil/y by reafon of 
 the Southern winds ^ that >^aine the mailrie over them : the 
 '. third is the day^ for that now it waxsth (hortcr than the 
 I night : and lajl of ally the difcoverin^ and nak^dnefs 
 of the earthy together with the deve\ling of threes ^which at 
 ihe^ver) [am tim begin tojhed and bf^ their U^vei, After 
 
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 tbisy npn the ninteenth day at nighty they go down to the 
 feafidcy and then tbepricjis revefied in their facred Stoics 
 anJ habits^ carrie forth with them^ a confecrnted cheft^ 
 wherein there is a vejjellofgoldy into which they ta}\e and: If 
 fowrefrcjh and potable water 5 and with thatj all thofe ' 
 who are prefentyfct tip a note and Jhout^ as if they had 
 fovnd Eugenius ^^/ri/7 : then they take a piece of fatty 
 fertile earthy and together with the water ^ knead and 
 worli it into a pajje^ mixingthercwith moft precious odors ^ 
 J?erfumes and fpices^' whereof they maJ^ a little image in • 
 forme of the Aloon croiffant^ which they deck^v^ith robes •» 
 and adorne^fljewing thereby evidently that they tak^ thefe ' 
 gcds to he the fubfiance of water and earth, 
 
 7hf:s when Ee:[t2 had recovered Eugenius, nourifhed 
 Orus, and brought him up to fome growth^ fo that he now 
 became ftrengtbned and fvrtifi&d^ by exhalation^ vapors^ II 
 rnijls a -^id clouds, Hyie verily was vanquifhed^ hcwbeit ^ 
 not fain^ for that the goddefs^ which is the lady of the ^ 
 earthly would not permit and fuffer^ that the power or na^ 
 ture which is contrary unto 7noijture^ fl>ould be utterly a- 
 tolifi^ed: only jhe did flacl^en and let down the vehement ' 
 force thereof^ willing th.it this combat and jirife fhould'^ 
 Jiill continue •, becaufe the world would not have been entire '! 
 and perfed^ if the nature of fire had been once extin^ and ' I 
 gone. Andifthis goe not currant among them^ there / 
 m reafon and probability, that any one fl:ould prcjed thii 
 fiffertionalfo^ namely^ that Uy\e in times pa ft overcaffteA 
 one part of Eugenius ; for that in old time^ Eqypt wa$^ 
 fea : whereupon k is ^ that even at this day ^ within the^.^ 
 w nes wherein men dig for mcttals^ yea^ and among the 
 mount aines^ there is found great ft ore of fea fifh. Lik^wife^ ' 
 all the fcuntaines^ wells and pitsQ and thofe are many in ' 
 number ) carry a brackffh^ faltifh^ and hitter water ^ as 
 iff fome rttnnant cr refdue of the old fea were refe)^ed^ 
 i^hich ran thither, ■ lut inprtCefs of time^ Oi'U? fubdued ' I 
 
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 ylc, that is to fay, n^ben the feafonahle rame came^ 
 hich tempered the e^KCeJ^ve heaty Nil us expelled and 
 ave forth thefea^ difcovered the champion ground^ and 
 'led it continually more and more by new deluges and in^ 
 idationsy thatlaidfmewhal ftill unio it. And hereof ^ 
 ■e daily experience is frefented to our eiesjfor we perceive 
 I en at this day^ that the overfiowes and rifmg of the nver 
 ingingnew mud., and adding frejh earth ftill by little 
 Hd little^ the fea giveth place and retireth : and as the 
 ep in it is filled more andmore^ fo the fuperfici;s rifeth 
 gherj by the continual Jhelves that the Nile cafts up^ 
 • which mean , thefea runneth backward ; \ ea^ the very 
 7^ Pharos, which Uomcv k*iew by his daiesto liefarr 
 itbin thefea^ even a daies failing from the continent and 
 rmelandofEs^y-pt, is now a very part thereof: not for 
 at it removed and approached neerer and neerer to ths 
 nd ; but becaufe the fea which was between, gave place 
 "Oo the river that continually made new earth with the 
 ud that it brought, and fo maintained and aupnented 
 e maine land. But thefe thifigs refevihle very neerey 
 *e 7heolo^icall interpretations that the Stoickj ^give out ^ 
 r the) hold, that the fr^enerative and nutritive Spirit, ii 
 acchus; but that which ftriketh and divideth,is Her- 
 iles ; that which receiveth^ is Ammon , that which 
 Hrtth and pierceth into the earthy is Cer^s and Prefer- 
 ina ; and thzt which doth penetrate farther and pafs 
 mow the fea, is NepCime. Oth-^rs^ wh) 7mngle afnong 
 dtural caufes and reafons^ foms drawn froyn the Mathe* 
 ck^y and principally from Afhology, thinly thjitP^yleis 
 fe Solar circle or fphjere of the Sun ; and that Eugenius 
 t^«t of the Moon ; inafmuch as the Moon hath agenera* 
 'Ve and vegetable light., multiplyingthatfweet and com* 
 irtahle moiftnre which is i fo meet for the generation of 
 h'ing creatures^ of trees and pla^s ; but the Sun having^ 
 'iit apurefiryfimf i^de$d without any mxture cr re* 
 ~d^ batmcnt 
 
The Preface. 
 
 batementataH^ heateth and drieth that which the earth 
 hring&ihforth^yea^ and rphatfoeva is verdant and in the 
 flower ', infonmchy as by his inflamation he caufeth the 
 greater part ofthe earth to be wholly defert and inhabita- 
 ble, and many times fuhdueth the very Moon, And there ^ 
 /(?r^rJ[?t' Egyptians evermore name riyle^ Seth, which is 
 as much to fay, as ruhng lordly, and ofprejftng with 
 violence. And after their manner they \ay,that Hercules , 
 mn'T as it were vpoH the Sun, goeth about the world with » 
 hhn t and Moraine lik^ip with the Moon : byreafon^\ 
 whemfjhewGr]^and effetls of the Moon refemble ihofe\i 
 aas which are performed by eloquence and wifdome : but^ 
 thofeof the Sun are compared to fuch as he exploited by^ 
 force andpi^ance. And the Stoickj fay, that the Sun is .( 
 ^li^hted andfet on fire by the Sea, and therewith nourifijed: H 
 bu^theybethe fountains and lakes which fend up unto the\\ 
 Moon a milde, fweet and delicaU vapour, 7he Egyptians 
 fay that the death of Eu^emushapned on the f event eenth 
 
 d^v of the moneth,^on which dayM^^ ^^'^^ ^'^^'^ ^^y ^^^^^' 
 iheis md-ed to be at the full : and this is the reafon vfhy 
 'the Pythagoreans call this day. The obftniaion, and 
 of all other number sihey mofiof abhor and deteft it : for 
 ■ :iphereasf:xteen is a number quadrangular or four-fquare, 
 and eighteen longer one way than another ; which nuyibe>^ 
 OH^lv ofthofe that be plain, happen for to have the amlzent 
 wiitiis, that environ them equal to the f faces cont aim iv 
 ^nd comprehended within them ; feventeen^ which falleth 
 between, feparateth and dis'ioineth the one from the other, 
 and heinrr^cut into unequal intervals, diilra^eth the prjr- 
 tortion jifiuio^ave. And feme there be who fay , thxi • 
 ^uotnim lived, cthersthat he reigned, eight and twenty \ 
 years ' forfo many lights iheir be of the Moon, and fo : 
 7nnn)> daies doth (he turne about the Earth : and therefore, 
 ' in thofe ceremonies which they call the fepulture of Euge- 
 ^ius. theymapee€e<^fwo:jd^(indm^ke a certain cogi^i 
 
1 he Fretace. 
 
 rcafemmanmrofthe Uooncroiffant, fcrthatasjhecp^ 
 .rcachethneertotbefuK,phcomexhpmtedafdcorn^^^^^ 
 
 ■ntiU in the end JJ:e come to mxhingy and is no moreleen. 
 4ndasfor the dtfmnnhring of Eugenius into fourteen 
 mcei, theyfirrnifie unto us u.der the covert vaile of tbefc 
 mdsl the daies wherein th:faid planet ism the -i^ane, 
 ■'nddecreafetk even unto the change, whenjhe n renewed. 
 \x^in And that day on which jl.e firft appeareth, by 
 \afflHghandefcafing\heraiesofthe Sun, thej caUan 
 inperfeagood: for Eng^emns is adoerofgood: nndtbis 
 Imefgketh many things, hutpriHCylly an acnveand 
 beneficial power, as they fay: and as for the other name 
 )niphis;Herni^us faith, that it betoKeneth as much as a 
 enefaaour. Alfo, they are of opinion, that the ufngi 
 md inundations of the river m^is, anfwex in preportion 
 .) tht courfe of the h'ioon : for the greatejl heigth that it 
 '■■rowethunto in the countrey E\tphannnc, is aghtand 
 iwenty cubits -, for fc many illuminations there be.or daies, 
 \-i everx revolution of the Mgon : and the lowejl gagea^ 
 'out Mendes a^i^ Xois, 'fix cubits, which anfwereth to 
 •h" firit quarter : but the mean between, about the City 
 ilemphis, when it isjufl at the full, Cometh to fourteen 
 ■uhits, correfpondent to the full Moon. 7hey hold moreover^ 
 ipistobethe lively image of Eugeiiius, and that he is 
 n^endred and bred at what ti:r:e as the generative I ight^ 
 >'efcend€thfrom the Won and toucheth the Cow defirous t.^ 
 he male : and therefore Apis refmhkth the formes of the 
 Aoon, having many white fpots ohfcured and darkened 
 rith thejhadowes of black, And this is the reafon, why they 
 demnize a feajlinthe new Moon of the monetb Phanic- 
 KOtb, which they call the m^reffe orenterance of Euge- 
 {wx'i^tothe Moon-, and thisis thebeginning ofthe\Spring 
 
 (eafonx andtbustbey put the power of Euq^riius in the 
 \llofiH, rheyfayalfo. that Be^tz( which is no other thing 
 ut generation ) hetk with him 5 and [^ they nr^ tl^ 
 
 M-jcn 
 
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 M&otty Mother of the world] faying^ that fl:e is a douhk 
 nature^ male and female: female ^ in thatjhe doth conceivt , 
 andisyeplenifhedhytheSiin: and male ^ in this regard^' 
 that fhe fendeth fonh and fprink^eth in the aire^ the feedi 
 and frinciples of generation : for that the driedijkmpera^ 
 ture and corruption of Hyle, is not alwaies fnperior^ but 
 oftentimes vanquijhed by generation ^ and kowfotver tied it 
 he) and bounds yet it r'tfetb frefl) agaiit^ and fighteth a^ 
 gainfi Orus, who is nothing elfe but the terrejirial wcrld^ 
 which is not altogether free ftem corruption^ nor yet ex* 
 empt from generation, Others there be^ who would have 
 all thi s IPhy I ofofhy covertly to reprefentno ether thing but 
 the eccHpfes ; for the Moon is ecclipfed, whenflje is at .\ 
 the full directly oppofite to the Sun^ and comnteth to fall \ 
 7ipon the (hadow o\ the earth : like as they fay^ Eu genius 
 was put into the chefi or coffer above f aid. On the other fide^ , 
 (hrfeemeth to hide and darken the light of the Sun^ upon ' 
 certain thirtieth daiesybutyet doth not wholy abolifh thefun^ 
 710 more then Beata doth kjH Hyle, but when Nephthys ( 
 Iringeth forth AnubiSjBeata pnttethherfelfht place: for '^ 
 Nephthys is that which is under the earth and unfeen ; 
 hut Beata that which is above ^ and appeareth unto us : and 
 the circle named Horizon^ which is comryjontothem bothy 
 and parteth the two hemifph£resy is named Anubis, and i 
 inform refemlleth a dog : for why ? a dog feeth afwell by 
 nfght as by day: fo that it Jhould feem^ that Anubis a^ 
 ,mong the i^qyptians hath the lil^e power that Proferpina 
 among thg ferecks, being both tirrepial and co^lefiial. 
 Others there b9y who think,., t^^r Anubis;.? Saturn, and 
 hecaufe he is conceived with all things^ and bringetb them 
 forth ^ which in Greeks the word n^vav fignifieth ^ there* 
 pre he is (urnamed li'juv, that is to fay^ a dog. So that 
 there is fome hidden and mypcd feet et in it^ thatcaufetk 
 fomey eveuftiil to reverence and adare a dog \ f$r the time 
 ^^Sy v^hm mor^ worpp wu$ dme tmto it in iEgypf, than 
 
he Preface, 
 
 to any other beafi 'j hut after that Cambyfes had lulled 
 Apis cut hint in pieces, and flung the fame here and there^ 
 mother creature would come neertQtafte thereof^ favethe 
 \dogonly'^ whereupon he luji that prerogative and pre^ 
 eminence to be more honoured than other beajb< Others 
 there are^ who would have the fl^adow of the earthy which 
 caufeth the Moon to be eccUpfed when fie entreth into it^ to 
 he named Uy\e. And therefore me thinhj^ it were 'not a-^ 
 miijs to fay ^ that in particular there is not any one of thefe 
 ycxpoftions and inter p eta t ions per fe Pi by it feif and right y 
 \hut all of them together carry fame good conjlrudion : for 
 ^it is neither drought alone^nor winde^' nor fta^ nor yet darkc 
 \nefs ; but all that is noifome and hurtful whatfoever^ and 
 which hath (t fpecial part to hurt and deftroy^ is called 
 Hyle, Neither muft we put the principles of the whole 
 eWorld into bodies that have no life andfoule^ ^^Democri- 
 !tus/z«</ Epicurus, doe : nor yet fet down for the workj 
 man andframer of thefirft matter ^ a certain reafon and 
 providence^ without quality ( as do the Stoickj ) fucb a. 
 Ithing as hath a fihfijlence before and above ally and com- 
 wandeth all : for impoffhle it is^ thit onefole caufe^ good 
 crbad^ fiouldbe the beginning of all things together ; for 
 God is not thecaufe of any evilly and the coagmentationof 
 the world bendetb contrary w aye s^ like as the compofition 
 pf a lute or bow ^ as Heraclicus pit^5 and according to 
 Euripides, 
 
 No things can be by thenifelves 5^00 J or bad ; 
 Thac things do well, a mixture muft be had. 
 
 And therefore this opinion fo very antient ^ is dcfcenJed 
 /row Theologians ^^i Lawgivers z/wto Poets and phi- 
 iJofopher?, read^ The Idea ot' the La\y, howbeit^ fa 
 \firmely grounded in the perfwafion and belief e of men^ 
 that hard i$ istofupfrefs or abolifh the fame j fo commofi- 
 \ly divulged not only in conferences^ difputations^ f^nd or^ 
 
 d ^ dMar^ 
 
The Preface, 
 
 diftaryfpecches abroad^ hut alfo in the ifacrifices and di- 
 
 vine cerentomes of gods fcr vice ^ in viany places^ as well a-' 
 
 inong t/?^ Barbarians as Greeks, to wit^ that neither this 
 
 fporid floteth and warneth at adventure j without the go- 
 
 vernnte?tt of providence and reafen^ nor rea[on mly it is 
 
 ihaXgtiideth^ direcieth^ and holdeth it C as it were-) with Wlf 
 
 Cert/^in helm^s or hits of oheifance^ hut many things there g|| 
 
 he con fu fed and mxedj good and had together : or to ffea\ 
 
 7nors plainly J there is nothing here heneath that nature 
 
 froduceth and hringeth forth y which of it f elf is pure and 
 
 frmple : neither is there [one drawer of two tum^ to dij- ' 
 
 perfe and difperfe and difirihute abroad the affaires of this 
 
 'world Ji}{e as a iaverner or Vintner doth his wines or otheT 
 
 liquors^ brewing and tempering one with another. Bnt 
 
 this life is conduced by two principles and powers adverfe \ 
 
 cnci0U another '-i for theoneleadetousto the right hand 
 
 dire&ly-, rf^-^Tlie Holy Guide, the other contrariwife 
 
 turneih us afide and putteth ui hac\ : and fo this life is 
 
 mixtj and the very world it fclf^ if not all throughouty, 
 
 yet at leaf} wife^ this beneath about the earth, and under 
 
 thehioon^ is unequally variable^ and fubjedto all wuta^ 
 
 tions that poffihly 7nay he. For if nothing th^re is^ tha^ 
 
 can he without a precedent caufe^ ayj that which of it 
 
 felf is good can never minijier caufe of tvili \ necejfary it 
 
 is^ that nature hath fomepeeuhr cavfe and' beginning by it 
 
 Ctlfj of good afwell as of bad. And ofth'n opinion are the. 
 
 'i^ojl part of the ancients^ and thofe of the wiftj} fort . For 
 
 fjme thtnkjhere he tyro godi as it were of* a contrary my' 
 
 fiery and prof efflon •, the one^ author of all good thing;^ 
 
 and the other of bad. Other', there be who call the bettei 
 
 (pf thewgod ; a^i^ the other Vdemon^ that is to fay ^ divsll^ 
 
 as Zoio-dWres the Magician didy who by report^ wasfivci 
 
 thoufanJ yeers before the warr of Troy. Ihis Zoro- 
 
 aftrcs ( J fay") named the good gcd Oromazes, and th{ 
 
 0hcv Anmanius. Moreover^ he hv-e out^ ihat the cj 
 
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 •efemhied lights mn than any fenfihle thing etfe what- 
 oever : the other dark^fs and ignorance : alfo that\ there 
 i on the ntids between them^ named With res : (and here" 
 if on it is^ thatthePet^^nscalian intercejjhr or wedia- 
 -or J Mithres.)He teacheth us alfo to facrifice nnto the 
 oneofthenty for petition of gwd things^ and for than^ef- 
 'living : hut ts the other ^ for to divert and turne away 
 f.nifter and evill accidents^ 1 o which furf of e they nfed to 
 iiantp in a mrter a certain herhe which they callQmmi, 
 calling upon Pluto and the darkle fs : then temper they 
 \itwith the blood of a i^oolfe which they have hilled in fa* 
 crifice : this done^ they carry it away^ and throw it into a 
 darl{e corner y where the Sumtever (Idneth, For this con- 
 ceit they have^ that of herhes and plants^ fome appertain, 
 unto the goodgcd^ and others to the evill V^fvon or diveV, 
 Semblably ^ of living creatures^ dogs^ hirds^ and land 
 urchins^ belong to their good god : hut thofe of the water y 
 to the evill fiend » And for this caufe they repute thofe very 
 .happy ^ who can hjll the greateft number of them. How- 
 hit thefe Sages and wipnten report many things of the 
 gods : as for example^ that Qromazes is engendred of the 
 cleerefl and pureft lights and Arimanius of deep dark^ 
 ncfs : alfo that they warre one upon another. And the for' 
 rier ofthefe^ created fix other gods ^the firft of Benevolence*^ 
 the fecend of Verity ; the third of good difcipline and pub" 
 [ich^Law % and of the reft behinde^ one of Wifdo7>ie^ ano" 
 ^her of Riches y andthefixth, which alfo is the laft^ the 
 mah^r of jcy for good and honeff deeds. But the latter^ 
 that is to fay^ Arimanius produceth as many other in num^ 
 her^ concurrents as it were and of adverfe operation to the 
 former above named. Afterwards when Gromazes 
 ^ad augmented and amplified himfdf three times^ he re" 
 moved as far fr67n the Sun^ as the Sun ii diftantfrom th^ 
 "Earth, adoring and em^elillnng the Heaven with ftari%_ : 
 md one Star above the reji he ordained to he the ^uide^ 
 '* ' mijiefsy 
 
1 he prerace. 
 
 ntijlrefs^ and over feer of them ally to mt^ Siring that k 
 to fay y the Dogge-jiar, Then after he had made four and 
 twenty other gods^ he enclofed them all with in an egge. 
 But the other^ brought forth by Arimaniiis^ who were 
 alfo in equal number^ never ceafed untill they had pierced 
 and made a hole unto the faid fmooth and folijhedegg? : 
 andfo after that^ evil things became mingled pell melt 
 with good. But there mil a time come prede (lined fat ally y 
 when t^i^Arimanuis who brings into the world plague and 
 famine^fhall of neceffity be rooted out, and carried throvigh 
 flefh to the eternity ^ even by them \ and the earth Jhall 
 become plain^ (ven^ and uniforme : neither Jhall there be 
 any other but one life^ and one common- wealth of men^ all 
 happy andfpeakjngone and the fame language. Theopom- 
 pus alfo writethy that according to the wife Magi, thefe 
 two gods mufl for three thou f and yeers^ conquer one after 
 another^ and for three thoufand yeers he conquered again 
 hy turnes : and then for the fp ace of another three thoufanct 
 yeerSy levey mutual warres^ and fight battels one againfi 
 the other y whiles the one Jhall fubvert and overthrow that 
 which the other hath fet up : untill in the end Pluto/;/?// 
 fainty give over, and be again an Angel of Light : then 
 Jhall men be all in happy efiate^they jhall need no mere food^ 
 mr caji any /hadoKff from %^rm'y and that god wh^ hath 
 wrought and affected aL ihs^ Jhall repofe himfelf^ andreji 
 in quiet y not long ( Ifay ) for a god-, but a moderate timo 
 as one would fay for a man takjng his fleep and reji, 
 Jndihus much as touching the Fhylofophy dcvifed by the 
 Theonwgio. B?<* the Chaldaeana agtrme that of the 
 ^odsy whom they call flanets or wandring fiam^^ two 
 there he that are beneficial and dooers of good ^ two again 
 wifchievous and workers ofev'dl \ and thrSe which are of 
 a mean nature and common. As for the opnion of the 
 Greeks, concerning this pointy there is no man I fupp9fe 
 ignorant thereof: namely^ that there he twopirtiom or 
 
 parts. 
 
1 he l^retace. 
 
 parts of the worlds the one good^ allotted unto Jupiteu 
 01ympiu?5 tib^tiitepTjS Cekfud -^ another body apper- 
 taimngto9\nto infernal, Ihey fay moreover^ that the 
 gc^^^p Harmania, thatistofay^ accord^ was engendred 
 of Mars and Venus : ofwbont^ the one k cruelLgrm^and 
 quarrsllous ; the other ntilde^ lovely^ and generative. Kow 
 confidcr the Hilofofhers themfelves^ how they agree herein : 
 For HcracHtiis dire^ly and difcrtly nam\ih warre^ the 
 father^ Kuig^ and Lord of all the world j fay'mg^ that 
 komer whenhevpijhetha*idpraieth^ 
 
 Both out of Heaven and Earth to banifh warrc^ 
 That God and Men^ no more might be at jarre. 
 
 Wifi: >tot how ( erre he was aware ) he curjed the gemration 
 and prodiidion of all things ^ which indeed have their 
 effeuce and being by the fight and antipathic in nature. 
 He was ignorant that the Sun would not pafs the byundi 
 and limits appointed unto him ; forotherwife the furies and 
 ^u rjed tongues which are the rnwifireffes and coadjutrejfei 
 pfjuftice would find him out. As for EnipedocJes^ he 
 faith ^ that the beginning and principle which worketb 
 goody is love and amity ^ yea^ and other whiles is called 
 iifirntonie byKitYO^s : but thecaujs of evilly 
 
 Malice, hatred, cankred fpight, 
 Quarrellj debate^ and bloody fight. 
 
 Cqme" now to the PythagoreanSj they dewonftrate and 
 ^ecifie the fayne by 7nany names^ for they call the good 
 pincipky one^ftnite^pennanenty or quiet ^flraight or direif^ 
 odde^quadraty or fquare^ right andii^htfomei but the 
 hady tw.tiny infinite^ ntovi^g^ crooked^ fvof^ longer cm 
 V^aythan another ^ unequal y left and dut}i^i as if thefe 
 :fferet}fefQ}intaines of generation. AnaKagoras calfe4h 
 
 them 
 
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 them the minde or undcrflandrng and infinity, .^ri- 
 ftotle termeth the one forme , the other privation^ 
 And Phto under dark§ <tnd covert termed hiding his opm 
 TtioHy inmany places calleth the former of thefe two con* 
 traryprincipfesy The fame, and the later y The other. 
 But in the the hookes of his laws^ which he wrot when he was 
 new well fieptinyeen^ he giveth them no more any ohfcure 
 an^l amhiguom names y neither defcviheth he them fymho" 
 tically and by enigmatical and intricate names, but in 
 proper and plain termes, he faith^ that this work^ is not 
 moved and managed by one fole caufe^'Mt haply by many, 
 or at leafl wife no fewer than twain ; whereof the one is the 
 creator and worh^r of good^ the other oppofite unto it and 
 operative of contrary effects. He leaveth alfo and alloweth 
 atkirdcaufebetween^ which is neither without foule nor 
 reafonlefs nor yet nnmoveaMe of it felf, asfome think^^ hut 
 adjacent and adherent to the oth^r twain^howbeit enclining 
 alwaies to the better, as having a defire and appetite 
 thereto^ which it purfueth and followeth, as that which 
 "hereafter we will deliver, Jhaltfhew more ^tanifeftly^which 
 treatife (hall reconcile the JEgyptianlheologie with th(? 
 Greeks Fhilofophy, and reduce them to a very good con^^ 
 cordance : for thitt th.ege}urat}on,C4mpofttion, and con' 
 fiitrnion of this world is mingled of contrary powers, how* 
 Beit th^ fame not of equal force : for the better is predomi" 
 nant ; but impo.pk it h that the evilljjjould utterly perijh 
 and he aboU (bed, fo deeply is it imprinted in the body and 
 fofarinhredinthe foule of the univerfal world, in op- 
 pofttion 'jl^ves to the better^ and to wnrre a^ainfi it, Konf 
 then,in the foule, reafonand midcrfiajidir^, which is the 
 guide, andmiflrcCiofall the bejl tht^cj,^ isEugzniv.s. 
 Alfo in the earth, inth: -^'ndes, inwr^U?, skje find the^ 
 (lars, that which is wcllorcl^^ned, (lalcd, d'tfpQfed and 
 digeiled in good fort, by temperate fi^fons and revolutions^ 
 the fame is called the defiuxioH of Eugenius, and the very 
 
 apparent: 
 
The Preface. 
 
 apparent image of him : Contrariwife \ the paffonaUy 
 violent ^unreafonable^ brutijh^rajh andfoolijh fart of the 
 fouie^ is^ Hyle. SemhUblyinthe bodily nature^ thatyphich 
 is extraordinarily advantitious^ v^unhoi^ome and difeafed^ 
 I as for example^ the troubled ayreand tempeftuous indifpo^ ' 
 fitions of the weather^ the obfcuration er ecclipfe ef the 
 I SuHy the defe^ of the Moon -and her occulation^ be as it 
 ypere the excurfions^ deviations ou t of courfe^ and diffara-- 
 ! tions : and alUf them be Hyles ; as the very interpret 
 tation of the Egyptian wordfignifieth no lefs ; for HyJe 
 they name Sethy which is as much to fayj as violent and 
 cpprejptg after a lordly manner. It importeth alfo many 
 I times reverfion^ and other whiles an infultation orfupplan^ 
 tation. Moreover fo7ne there be who fay ^ that one of Hylcs 
 familiar friends was named Peba^on. But Manechos 
 affirmethy that Hyle himfelf was called J5ebon, which 
 word by interpretation is as much as cohihition^ refireint 
 or impeachment^ as if the puijfaxce and power of Hyle, 
 were to flay and withftand the affaires that are in good 
 way of proceedings and tend as they fljoulddoe^ to a good 
 I end. And hereupon it is that of tame beafls they dedicate 
 and attribute unio him^ the moji grofs and indocible of all 
 others^ namely an affe \ lutof wildebeajh the moji cruell 
 and fav age of all other s^ as the crocodiles and river^horfes 
 As for the Lyon we havejpoken before of him^ In the city 
 ^/Mercury^ namedVtigo^oYis^ they fljew unto us the 
 image of H y 1 e^ pur traied under the form of a river-borfe^ 
 upon whom fitteth an hauke^ fighting with a ferpent. By 
 the f ore faidhorfe they repre Cent Hyle, and by the hau^e^ 
 the power and authority which ^y\e having gotten by force^ 
 mak^th no care oftentimes^ both to be troubled and alfo to 
 trouble others by his malice , And theref&re when they fo - 
 lemnize a facrifice^ the feventh day of the moneth Tibi^j 
 which they call the comming 0/ Beata out <>/ Phoenicia^ 
 they devife upon their hallowed cakes for facrificey a river^ 
 
 horCe^ 
 
The Preface. 
 
 iorfe^ as if he were tied and bound. In the city of /Apollo 
 the manner and aiftome confirmed by lavpwas^ that every 
 cnemujl eat of a Crocodile ; and upon a certain day they 
 have a folemne chafe and hunting of them ^ when they i^iU 
 as many of them as they can^ and then caft thent all before 
 the Temple I and they fay, that Hyle being become a 
 Crocodile h.^th efcaped from Orus 5 attributing alt 
 dangerofts wicked beafis^ all hurtful plants and violent 
 fajltomimtoW)\c^asiftheywerehis wor^es^ his farts or 
 TJiotions, Contrariwife theypurtray and depaint unto us 
 Eugenius^)! afcepter and an eye upon it : meaning by the 
 eye forefighi and providence^ by the fcepter authority and 
 puiffancedik^ asHomernametb Jupiccrj^^^^*^ theprince^ 
 lord and ruhr of all the world:Wyi^:xx.os^that is.foveraign^ 
 and Me ft or, that is^ fore feeing ; giving us to under fiand, 
 hyfoveraig^n^ his fupr erne power, by fore feeing his prudence 
 and vifdome. Iheyreprefent Eugen-iis alfo many times 
 by an hau\e^ for that (he hath a wonderful cleere and quicJ^ 
 fight ^ her flight alfo is as fw if t^ and fhe is wont naturally 
 tofujiain her felf with ifery little food. And more than 
 that ( by report ) when fl.eflieth over dead bodies unhuried^ 
 (he cafteth would and earth upon their eyes. And lod^ 
 7vhenfoevcrfhe jiieth down to thS" river for to drinke flje 
 fttteth up her feathers fir aight upright^ but when Jhe bath 
 drunks fl)e I a-ieth them plane and even again^ by which it 
 appearetb tlxitfafe f^ye island hath efcaped the Crocodil e: 
 Tor if the Crocodilep?T^ upon her and catch her up^ her 
 pennache ahideth \{iff and upright asbefo-e: But generally 
 throughout where facver the image of Eugcn\u$ is exhibited 
 inthe fo tne of a rn^n^ they purtray him with the natural 
 Taemher of generation iiiff and ftraight^ prefiguring thre- 
 hy the generative and nutritive ve: tue. Ihc kabiliwent 
 alfo^ wherewith they clad his images is bright^ (hining lii^e 
 fire : For they repute the funne to be a body repre^ 
 feming the pgwir of goedf^ffiy as luring the yifible matter 
 
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 fa ffirituaf and inteCCecluall fubflance. And therefore 
 beir opinion deferveth to be rejeded who attribute unto 
 lyle thefphare of the Sun^confxdering that unto him pro^ 
 triy appertaineth nothing that is refplendent^ healthfull 
 nd Comfortable^ no difpofitiony no generation or motion^ 
 ?bich is ordered with me a fur e or di^efied by reafon : But 
 f either in the aire or upon the earth there be any unfeafo- 
 able difpofition of windes^ of weath^^or water ^ it hap* 
 eth when the primitive caufe of a difordinate and inde^ 
 erminate pwer commeth to extinguijh the hjnde vapours 
 nd exhallations, Moreo ver in thefacred hymnes of Euge- 
 lius, they htvocat't and c (ill tipon him who lieth atrepofe 
 nddeH within the armes of the Sun, Alfo upon the thir- 
 iethdayofthe moneih Epiphi^ they folemnize the jeafi 
 fthe nativity or birth of Orius eyes : at what time as the 
 \Hn and Moon be in the fame direct line : as being per-' 
 waded that notmely the Moon but the Sun alfo is the eye 
 '.nd light of Horns : Likswife upon the twenty eight day 
 f the moneth Ph^o^i they celebrate another feaji of the 
 iunnes bafons or flaves^ and that is after the Equinox: 
 n Aututnne, giving covertly thereby to underfland^ that 
 he Sun hath need of an appuy or fupporter to reji upon 
 ind to ftrengthen him^ becanfe his beat be^ns then to 
 iecay and languiflj fenfibly^ his light alfo to diminifh and 
 iecline obliquely from us. Moreover about the foljUce 
 )r middle of winter^ they carry about his temple f even times 
 cow \ and this p-oceffon is called thefeekjng of Eugenius 
 wthe revjlution of the fun ^ as if thegoddefsthndefired 
 the waters of winter : And fo wnny times they doe it^ for 
 thatthe courfe of th ■ ShMy from the Winter foljiice unto 
 thf Summer folfiice is performed in thefeventh moneth. It 
 is [aid moreover , th^jt Horus the fon of Bcaca was 
 the firft who facrificed unto the Sun^ the fourteenth day 
 }^thei>wnethy according as it is written in a certain bQc\ 
 as touching the nMizity of Horus t howfoever every day 
 
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 ibey offer incenfe and fweet odor Sy to the fun three times < 
 Firjl at tbe fm riftngy Rofin : fecondly about noony Myrrb': . 
 and thirdly at thefHn^fettingy a certam comfofition named. 
 Kiphi. Ibe myfikall meaning of rphicb ^erfumei and 
 odors I will hereafm declare : hut they are fer [waded 'I bat 
 in all this they wor(lnf and honour tbe fun. But what need 
 if there to gather and colled a numSer of fucb 7mtters as 
 thefet feeing there be fome who openlf maintain that 
 Eugenius is filius folia Cgelcftis and that the Greeks caQ 
 him ^ivtmMOhe article which t^^^Dgypciang pwr before:, 
 towiti[0']istbecau[eth(itjontu€bis not evidently ^er- 
 mved: as alfo that Bi^u is nothing el{e hut Fiiia Lunas 
 Gdeftis: and of her images thofe that have homes ufoii 
 thewyftgnifie no other thing bat the Moon croiffant: but 
 fuchasare covered and clad in bkckji betoken thoje daiei j 
 wherein fbe is hidden or dark^.ned namely .when (fje rumtdtb 
 a\ter the fun : which is the reafon that in love maiters they 
 invocat9$he Moon, And Eudoxus kimfel] faitbythaH 
 hcdLUisthe^reftdent over amatorlous folk:' And verily 
 in all thsfe ceremonies there is probubilitie and lik^Aihood of 
 great truih. BAt to fay tbut Hylc is the fwi^ is fo abfurd^ 
 that TT/? ought not fo much as give ear e to thofe who dffirme; 
 fo. But return we novp to our former matter. For ^cata 
 is the feminine fart of nature^ a^t to receive all generations 
 u^on which occafion called (be is by Plito, ihenurfe and 
 Pandeches, that is to fay^ capable of alt : yea and the com" 
 mon fort name her ^^ I loviimm^ which i^ as much to fay^ 
 as having ai iafinite number ofnames^ for that (be receivetif 
 all forms and fija^es^ according as it pleafeth that firji- 
 reafon to convert and tur-ne her. Moreover^ there is im^ 
 printed in^ her naturally^ ahveof the firfl and principal 
 effencc^ v^bich is nothing elje but the foveraign good, and 
 it (be defireth^ jeeketh^ and purjueth after, Contrariwife^ 
 flfifiieth andrefellethfrom her^ anypirt and portion thai 
 proceedetljfTGtuill. 4nd howfoevtr fl)e be the fuhjeij matter^ 
 
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 and meet flace a^t t) receive^ as well tke one as tie othevy yet 
 cf it feljy endinedjhe is alwaies rather to tke hetter^andaf" 
 plietb her (elf to engender the fame-^yeay and to dijjeminate 
 and (otp the dt^ fluxion and fimilitudes thereof^ wherein 
 (Ife tak^etb^lea jure and rejoycethi when [he bath conceived 
 and is great tberetpithy ready to be delivered. Fur tbis is 
 arejfrefentatiort and difcription of the fulflance cngendred 
 in matter^ and mthin^ elfebut an imitation of that which 
 if. And thtreforeyou may fee^ it is not hefides the ^lirpofcy 
 that they itmgine and devife the joule of Eugcniqs to be- 
 et ernal and immortal : but as for the hodyy that Typhon 
 many times doth teare^ wangle^ and abolijb if, that it can^ 
 not be feen : and that Bcaca goeth uf and down^ and wan^ 
 dring here and there , gathering together the difmembred 
 pieces thereof^ for that iphicbis good and {^iritual, by con^ 
 fequence is not any waies fubjed to change and alteration ; 
 kit that which is fenfibleand material^ doihyeeldjrom it 
 felf certain images^ admitting wUhalland receiving fundry 
 froportionsy formes, and fimilitudes^ li\e as the frints and 
 [[fampsof fealesfet upon wax j doe not continue and rc- 
 \maine alwaies^ but arefubjed to change^ alteration, difovm 
 ider and trouble, and this fame wu cbajed from the ju^erior 
 IKegion, and fen t downhitber^ where it figkteth againfi 
 \[ioriiswhomEcsita.engendred fenftble, ai being the very 
 ma^eof the fpiritual and intelle^ual world. And here- 
 upon it ii, that Hy Je is faid to accuje bim of ba^ardie, as 
 bein^notbingt>ure and ftncerCy like unf obis father, to wit y 
 Reajon, and Vnderlianding ; wh ich of it felf is ftmple, and 
 tot medled with any pa ffiott : but in the matter adulterate 
 ind degenerate, b^ tbereafontbat itrs corporal, Howbeit, 
 rt the end the vidory is on Mercuries (ide, for bee^ii the 
 \i}courfe<if reason, which tefiifieth unto us, and fbewetb 
 bat name hath produced tbis world material wetamorpbo^ 
 ',ed to the fpiritnal forme : for the nativity of Apollo, en' 
 endf^d hitw^en BcACa and Eugeniu?.;, whiki tk gods 
 
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 „eroet inthf helly o/Rhca, f,mboUzebtbH ^f'''^' 
 bejore the world was evidently hrougblto hghtani f^llyac- 
 comfli(hid, themnet o reafm, bemg found «mrally of 
 iUdfrJe andur^erfea, brought forth the firH gen^ratt- 
 J: for which ca,4fe they lay, thai god being a, yet lame. 
 Wis borne and begotten in darknefs, whom they call the 
 eWfrHoru?. For the world yet it was not, but an mage 
 onely and defign of lie world, and a bare Unlafie of that 
 which (hoMbe. But this Horus heu isdetermmie, de- 
 mtmd^erUa, who^mhnot]Afenghtom,hut ta\etb 
 from him his force and^uifmce that he can douitte or no. 
 thing. And bereufon it is, that ( by report ) tntbe ctty 
 Copaif, the image of norui boldch in oue band the ge- 
 neral member of Hyle : and they jay beftdes, tbatNlctcmy 
 hovmgbereft him of his ftmws, made thereof firings for 
 his barfe, and (o ufed them. Hereby tfae> teach, that reafoH 
 framing the whole world, fn ir in tme, and brought it toac-_ 
 -cord, (read The Harmony of the worldp frdwwg »t oj 
 thofe pans which before were at jm and difcord : howbett 
 removed not, nor abohflfed altogether the pernicious and 
 hurtfulnature, but accomftflied tfce :^eri«e tlereof And\ 
 therefore it is, that it beingfeeble and we aK, wrought aljo^ 
 ( asit were) and intermingled or interlaced with thoje^arts 
 andmembers which befubjeH topafffm and mutations; cau- 
 kth earthquakes and tremblings, excefw? heatesand ex. 
 iream dfineis, with extraordinary wmdes in the aire-, 
 trades tbmder, lightnings and firie tempefls. Itimfoifo- 
 Jth moreover the waters and windes, infeQing ihemwiU 
 relidence, reaching u? and beat ing ffce head aloft, as far a 
 1,'he Moon, obfcuringand darhfiing many times even tha 
 ■itYih )i by nature clean and pining. And thus the M?.yP 
 thuidob^th Xhinkandfay, that y\yU fomelim: ftroo^ 
 tkeeyeof^o»s, and another while flucked it out of fc 
 heJ and devoured it, and then afterwards deUvered itc 
 cr,i« ««(!> the Jun. By the tanking aforejaid, they met 
 
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 ^enigmatically the wane or decreafe of the Motn moriethly z 
 b) the tot all frivatiori of the eye^tbey under fi and her eccliffe 
 and defeH of light : which the fun doth remedy by rdwnma-^ 
 tion of her fir eight waiesy as joon as (be is gotten f^afi the 
 fhade ofthje earth. But the principal and more divine nature 
 is coMpofed andconffftetb of three things^ to wify of an in- 
 telleduall nature^ of matter ; and a compound of them bothi 
 vohkh we call the world, Novp thofe intelle^ud parts 5 
 Plato name/6 Ideas, thepatternes alfo of the father : ai 
 formatter^ he termetb it a mother ^ nurfe^ a foundation 
 alfo and a plot or place for generation : and that which i$ 
 produced ofkthy he is wont to call fhe ijfue and thing pro* 
 created, Andaman may very well con] t^ure^ that the 
 lE^y^ihns compared thp nature of the whole worlds efpe- 
 cidlf to this, as tbefairefl triangle of all other. And Plato 
 in his books of policy or common-wTahh, feemeth 
 alfo to have ufed the fume^ when he compojeth and dcfcri^ 
 beth his nuptial fyure : which triangle is of this fort : that 
 the fide which mak^th the right angle ^ is of three ^ tbej^a/ts 
 of four ^ andthe third line called Uypotiriu fa, of five, £qut^ 
 volent in ^ower to the other two then comprehend it : fo that 
 ihe liyre which dire&ly falleth plumbe upon the hafe^ mu^ 
 anjwer proportionablytothemale: thehafe to the female^ 
 andthe Hypotannfa to the ijfue of them both .-.S^eThc 
 Harmony of the World. And verily^ Eugenius repre^ 
 fentethtbe beginning and principle : B^^t^that which re* 
 ceiveth '^ andHorus the compound of both. For the number 
 oftbreeisthefirjlcddeand perfecf : the guaternarie is the 
 fir[i fquare or quadrate number^ compcfed of ihe frji 
 even number which is two ; and five refembleiji 
 partly the father, and in part the mother , as c&nft^^ 
 ing both of two and three. See The holy Guide , 
 lib. 2. And it (hould feem alfo that the very name 
 ilfltf, which is the univerfalwcrld-t was deriled of TTs^^ts, 
 that is to fay, five^ andfo in Guek^'jFZi/.'TrdiTcf.^, in (^Id 
 e 2 ritn§ 
 
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 iime/tgmfiedasnJHcbas to mnther : and thattpbich more 
 iii five being multiplied in it felf^ maJ^th a quadrate nurn* 
 htr, to vpity twenty fivey which is ju^ as many letters as the 
 Egyptians have in their Al^hahet^ and fo fnany)een 
 Api s al[o livedo And as for Horus, they ufed to call 
 him Kaimin, which is as much to [ay ^ asjeen^ \or that 
 this word 15 fenfible andvifthle. Ifis li\ewifeis fometime 
 called Mouthy otherwbiles Athyri or M?thyer. And by the 
 firftofthefenameSi they fignifie a mother : by the fecond^ 
 the fair houfe of Horus, lil^e as Plato termeth it to be 
 the place capable of generation : the third is ccm^ounded 
 effidl andthe caufe i for matter is full of the worlds as 
 being married (md^eeping company with the fir ft pinciple^ 
 which is goody pure^ and beautifully adorned- It (bould ftem 
 ha^ply aljoj that the Foe t Etdodus^ wb^n he faith^ that 
 all things at the firfi^ were Chaos, Earth, Tartarus and 
 Love groundeth upon no other principle than thofe^ which 
 are ftgnified by the (e namet, meaning by the Earth Ids; 
 hy LoveO{iris\ and by JartarusT y^hon-, as we have 
 made demonfiration , For'} by Chao« it feemes that he 
 jVGuld underfiand fome place and receptacle of the world. 
 Moreover in fome fort thofe matters require the fayings of 
 Plata, which in his hook^ entituled Sy mpofitum Socrates 
 inferred^ namely^ wherein he fettetb down the generation 
 cfLove : faying tbat Pcnia, that is to fay, poverty^ [deji- 
 rous to have children^ went and lay with Poros, that 
 is to fay], riches , and jlept with hi^}/ 5 by whom fbe 
 conceived with ihtld, and brought forth Love •, who natu* 
 rally is long and variable ; and begotten of a father who is 
 g(0^ywife, and alfuffiQient ', and of a mother who is poor^ 
 needy, and for wanty defirous of another^ and evermore 
 fc eking and following after it. For the forejaid Poro?, is 
 no other, but the firfk thing amiable, defvreable , perfect and 
 pffLient, As for Penia,, it if matter, which of it ftlf is 
 everrnore bare and needy, wanting that which is good^ 
 
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 vpbereby at length jhe is conceived with childe^ after whom 
 fhe hath a longing deftre^ ani evermore ready to receive 
 fomewhat of bim v Now Horus engendred between them 
 ( which is the world ) is no eternal^ nor iwfdf^hle^ nor in- 
 corruptible^ hut being evermore in generation^ be endevoretb 
 by viciffttude of mutations^ and by feriodicalli>aSton^ to con- 
 tinue alwaies youngs as ifbe jbonld never die and f^erifi. 
 But of fucb difcourfes as tbefe we mnfi mak,e ufe^ not as of 
 reafons altogether really fuh(ijiing: hut fo^ as we ta\e qui 
 of each ofthem^ that which is meet and convenient to cur 
 furpofe, Wbeis as therefore wee {ay matter^ we are not to 
 rely upon the oftnion of fome Fbilofophers^ and to tbinJ^ 
 it fori he a body without fouh, without quality^ centinw 
 ingin it felf idle ^and wit hint allaUion what(o:ver : forwe 
 call o}le the matter of a perfume or ointment ; and gold the 
 matter of an image or ftatue^ or Tclefmf s which notwith' 
 ftanding U not voide of all fimilitude : and even fo we fay^ 
 that the vetj foul & underftanding of a mantis the matter of 
 vertue\andof jcience^ which we give unto reafon^for to hnng 
 into order i andadorne. And fome there vrere^ who cffir-' 
 tnedtbeminde or uuderflanding to be the proper place of 
 formes^ and asitwere^ the exprefs mould of intelligibU 
 things: like as there he Naturalifls who hold^ that the 
 feed of a woman haib not the power of a principle ferving 
 to the generation of man, hutjlandcth in fleadoj matter and 
 nounfbment only : according unto whom^ we alfo bein^ 
 grounded herein^ are to think, that this goddefs having the 
 fruition of tbeftrfi and chief god^ and converfing vpiih him 
 continualy,for the loveofthofe good things- and virtues which 
 are in bim^ is nothing adverfe unto him^ hut lovetb him 
 as ber truefpoufe and lawfull husband : and like as we fay^ 
 that anhofteiiwife^isfo rare^ thatlamrefolvednever ta 
 injury becaufe fucb a one is hard to he found upon Earth, 
 who enjoyeth ordinarily the company of her hnsband j loveth 
 bim ntvmhilefsi but bath mil a mind mto bim i even 
 
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 Jo giveth not jhs over t/ be enameurca upon him^ aiihougb 
 
 fbe be continually where he iSy and repltwjhed with his 
 
 princifall and vioftfincere parrs. But when and ff here as 
 
 Hylc in the aid tbrujktb bmjelf between^ and fettetb upon 
 
 the extreanj parts, then and there (he jeemeth to be fad and 
 
 heavy^and thereupon is faid to mourn and lament, yea and to 
 
 feek, up certain reliqnes and pieces of Eugcnius, and ever as 
 
 (Jje can find any^ flje receivetb and drr aieth themcUfe. lik^c 
 
 as again (he produceth and bringeth forth other things to 
 
 hgbt of herfdf. For the reafons^ the Ideae, and the influen^ 
 
 ces of God vphicb are in heaven and among tbc (iars and 
 
 figures of Geomancy-y doe there continue and remain : hut 
 
 ibofe ifkch be difeminate amon^ thf f'^ftble and pa ft hie 
 
 hedieSy in the ear ib and in the fea^ diffujed in the plants 
 
 and livmg creatures^ the fame dying and being buried^ doe 
 
 many times revive and rife again frt^by the meant of ge- 
 
 neratiom 'er Ganiaes. And hereupon the faid Hylc 
 
 thus iftmh more^ that cohabiteth andltethm\h^t^'tit\\'^$^ 
 
 and that Eugcn'us alfo by fiealtb and fecretly^ k^epetb 
 
 company with her : for the corruptive and defiroying fowcv:, 
 
 dothprincipally poffefs the extream parts of that matttt 
 
 which they name '^t'<p\ii\iy% and death : and the genera*' 
 
 tive and freferving vertue^ conferretb into it Utile feed^ and 
 
 the fame wea\and feeble^ ai being marred anJdefiroyedby 
 
 Hyka unkfs it be fo much as Btatagaikmib up andfaveib, 
 
 which (be cdfo tiourifhttb and maintaineih. But in one 
 
 fpordj and to fpeak tnore generally^ he is flili better y as 
 
 Plaro and hi \^ct\e are of 'opinion : for the naturall 
 
 fuiffaft(;e, to engender and to prefcrve , moveth toward 
 
 him as to fuhjlance and being : whereas that force 
 
 of l^iUing and deflroying moveth behind toward ncn 
 
 fulfiflenc-e which is the renjon^ that they call the one 
 
 B« at^ thut is to fay, a motion animate and wife-yBui like as 
 
 ]hd general name of all gods and goddeffej^to wit. Theon ^ 
 
 d2Yivci ^--^0 7» 7iifcT« i^i^t is tofay^ofvlftbk ^ t» f^feyT®-, 
 
 that 
 
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 that 4S to fay ^ of running 'j even fo^ both we and alfo the 
 /Egyptians have called this goddefs Beata, of intelligence 
 and motion together. Semhlahly Placo faith^ that in old 
 time^ whin they^faid Beacon they meant Beat a, that is to 
 fay^ facred ; lik^e as Noelis alfo and Phroneiisj q?i<i(i 
 FK^o^, that is to fay^ thejlirring and motion of the un- 
 derjianding^ being carried and going forward : and 
 they impo fed this K^ord cxwiivax to thofe who h/ive found 
 out and difcovered goodnefs and vertue : but contrariwife 
 have by reproachful names noted fuch things as impeach^ 
 hinder andjlay the courfe of natural thinzs^ binding th:m 
 foy as they cannot go forward^ to wit ^ kakia^ vice^ A-roexA 
 indigence^ cTwA/ct, cowardife^ and ctvicty grief^ as if they 
 l{ept them from hvou, or ll'i^, that is to fay^ free pr^grefi 
 and proceeding forward. As for 'Eugcniusthatis to fay^ 
 holy ani facred -^ for he i^ the common re afon orldea^ of 
 things above in heaven^and beneath in thehoufes of Earth ; 
 ofwhichy our ancients were wont to call the one fort^ /g^^ 
 that is to fay ^ facred ; and the other^ os-ia, that is to fay^ 
 holy, "the reafonalfo which Jheweth celeftial things^ and 
 fuch as move upward,^ is called Anubis, and otherwhiles 
 Hernianubis; as if the one name were meet for thofe ahove^ 
 andtheother for them beneath : whereupon they facrificed 
 unto the former a white cocke^ and to the other a yellow or 
 offaffron colour ; for that they thought thofe things above^ 
 pure^ fimple and (Inning ; but thofe beneath^ tn'xed of a 
 medley colour. Neither are we to marvell ^ that thefe 
 termes are difguifed to the fajhion of Greeks words 5 for an 
 I infinite number of more there be^ which have been tranfpor- 
 \ ted out of Greece with thoje men who departed from 
 ' exile J and there remain untill this day as ftr angers without 
 their native countrey : whereof fome there be which cauf; 
 Foetry to be flmdred^ for callinz them into ufe^ as if it 
 fpakebarbaroufly^ namely^ by thofe who terme w;v Telef- 
 meSjGamaes, l\\<x\\\'Knt]i\aHd Taph'.haphtharra 
 
 e 4. Phi- 
 
The Preface. 
 
 ^fh'itnerih^^candohfcurewords^ Gloctas. Bi^t in the 
 
 hooks of Hevmes or Mercury fo called^ there is written^ 
 
 thus much concerning facred names^ namely^ that ' the 
 
 fower ordained over the circular motion and revolution of 
 
 the Sun^ the i^gyptians call Horns, and the Greeks 
 
 Apollo ; that which is over the wind, fome name Eu- 
 
 genius, others Sarapis, and fome again in'the JEgvptiaii 
 
 language Sothi, which fignifieth as much as conception or 
 
 to be with childe : and thereupon it is, that by a littlo 
 
 deflexion ofthename^ in the Greekjongue^that Canicular 
 
 or Vogge-jiar is called Kvav^ which is thought appropriate 
 
 unto Beata. Well I kiiow that we aie not toftrive as touch* 
 
 ingnamesy yet would Irather give place untothe J^^gvp- 
 
 tians about the nam? Sarapis than Eugenius, for this is 
 
 iimeere Greekjfpordy whereas the other is a fir anger : but 
 
 as well the one as the other fignifieth the fame power of Di^ 
 
 vinity. And hereto accordeth the Egyptian language-, 
 
 for many times theyterme Beata by the name of Minerva, 
 
 which in their tongue fignifieth as much^ as I am come of 
 
 •my f elf. And E^yle, as we have already faid^ is named 
 
 5eth- Eebon/7^^ Smy, which wo^ds betoken all, a vio^ 
 
 lentftay and iwfeachment^a contrariety and a diverfion or 
 
 turning afide another way, Moreover , they call the 
 
 ioadflone or Seder itis, the bone of Horuii ; liJ^e as iron 
 
 the hone of Ry \e, as Man ethos is mine author ; for as the 
 
 iron feeyneth other whiles to follow th e f aid loadfione^ and 
 
 Juffereth it felf tohe drawn by it, and many times for it 
 
 ■again, returneth back^ and is repelled to the contrary : 
 
 even fo^ the good and comfortable motion of the world en;- 
 
 dued with reafon^ by perfwaftve fpeeches doth convert, 
 
 draw into it, and moUifiethat hardnefs of Kyle : but 
 
 other whiles again the fame returneth bacl^intoit felf, and 
 
 ks hidden if* the depth rf penurie and impoffibility. Over 
 
 iTJid he fides, \indox\\% faith ^ that the i^gypcians devife 
 
 •:r''Tt;p*t^r tbirfi.aim. thaWji his legs bfingfo growji, 
 
 " : ^ ' • tvgethcT 
 
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 together in one^ that he could not goe at all, for very 
 fl}ame hel{eptin a defnt wilderness : but Beata by cutting 
 and dividing the fame parts of his body^ brought him to his 
 found and upright going again. Which difcourfe giveih 
 us covertly thus to under {x and ^ that the underjianding and 
 reafon of God in it f elf going invifibly^ and after an un- 
 feen manner^ proceedeth to generation by the means of 
 motion . And verily^ that brafen Timbrel which they 
 foundednndrungat the facrifices of Reata, named Si* 
 ftnim 5 Jl.ewtth evidently^ that all things ought crs/gcS^, 
 that is to fay y to bejiir a^id fhal^^ and never ceafe movingy 
 but to he awakened and r^ifed^ as if ctherwife they were 
 drowfie^ lay afleep and languiihed : for it is faid^ that 
 they turn backhand repulfe Hy le with their Timbrels afore- 
 fifidy meaning thereby^ that whereas Corruption doth bind 
 and ({ay nature^ generation again unbindeth and fetieth it 
 awork^bythemeans of 7notion. Now the faid Siftrura 
 being in the upper part rojwdy the curvature and Abfis 
 thereof comprehendeth four thing^s that are jiirred and 
 moved : for that part of the world which is fubjed to ge- 
 neration and Corruption^ is comprehended under thefph^re 
 of the Moon^ within which^ all things move and alter by 
 the means of the four elements^ Fire^ Earthy }Vatera»td 
 Aire, Vponthe M>Cis or rundle of the Siftrum toward 
 the topy they engrave the forme of a cat with a wans face ; 
 but beneath^ under thofe things which are (hak^n^ one while 
 they engrave the vifage of Beata, another while o/Neph- 
 thys ; pgnifying by thefe twofaces^ nativity and death : 
 forthefebe the motions and mutations of the elements. By 
 the c at they under fiaiid the Moon for the variety of the skjn^ 
 for the operation and work^e in the flight feafo}i^ and for 
 the fruit fulnefs of this creature : for it is faid^ that at 
 firji fl:e beareth G7ie kjtliag. at the feccndtii}jetwo^ tb& 
 third time three y then four^ afterw^irds fivey and fo to 
 ' yn/^ fothat in all f}:e brings forth twenty eighty which 
 
 are 
 
The Preface. 
 
 are ths dales of every Moon, And bowfaever this may 
 feem fir ange^ yet for certain it is true^ that the appuls of 
 fights of thefe cats are full and large when the Moon is at 
 full 5 but contrartwife^ draw in and become fmaller as the 
 Moon is in the wane. As for the vifage of a man^ which they 
 attribute unto thecat^they refrefent thereby the witty fubtiU 
 ty and reafon about the mutations of the Moon, But to k^it 
 vp all this matter in few words^ reafon would^ that wee 
 fljould think^neither the fun nor the water ^neither earth nor 
 heaven to be Bcata->or Eiigenius; no more than exceeding 
 drouth yextr earn heat fire andfea^ isU^lc^butfimplywhat^ 
 foever in fuch things is out of meafure and extraordinary 
 either in excefs or defedl^we ought to attribute it unto Hyle: 
 contrariwife^all that is well difpofed^ordered^good 6^ profi- 
 tahle^wemufi believe it to he the work,vertly of Beata^ but 
 the image^example and reajon of Eugeniusr, which if wee 
 honour and adore in this fort ^ we (hall not fin or do awifs : 
 and that which more is ^ we fl^ all remove and flay the ttn- 
 belief and douhtfull fcrupulofity of Endoxus, who asked 
 the reafon J why Ceres had no charge and fuperintendance 
 over Love matters^ hut all that care lay upon Beata, and 
 why Bacchus could neither ma\e the river Nil us to fwell 
 and overflow .y nor govern and rule the dead : for if we 
 fijould alleadg onegenerall and common reason for all ^ we 
 deem thefe gods to have been ordained for the portion 
 of good things , and whatfcever in nature is good 
 and beautiful ^ it is by the grace and means of thefe 
 deities ; whiles the oneyeeldtth thefirjlp:inciplesj and the 
 other rcceiveth anddiflributeth the fame : by which means 
 we ihall he alle to fati^fie the multnude^ and meet with 
 thofu mechanical and o'ltousfellow'i 5 whnhcr they delight 
 in the .change and variety of the aire^ according 'to the 
 fa fans cf they ear yor in the -procreation offruits^orinfeed" 
 mf iwdtiflhfg^. appropriating and applying the eto what 
 hath been dzlivwcd 0^ thefe gods •, wherein the\ tah^ plea- 
 
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 r^j faying, that Engenius is interred^ when tbe\feed' is 
 vered in the ground j that hereviveth and rifeth again 
 light J vphen it heginneth lofprut. And hereupon it isfaid^ 
 *at ?it2it^yphen jhe prceiveth her felf to he conceived 
 id with childe^ hangeth about her neck, a frefervative 
 *efixth day of the moneth Phaoplii, and is delivered^ of 
 arpocrates about the folilice of winter^ being as yet vn- 
 rfedy and come to no maturity in the frime of the firji 
 wers and buds : which is the reafon that they offer unto 
 T the firji fruits of Lentils new fprung^ and fofemnize 
 *efealt and holidaies of her chddebirth and lying in after 
 >e Mquinox of the fpring : for when the vulgar fort 
 'ate thisy they red therein^ tak^ contentment^ and beleeve 
 ftraightwaies^ drawing a probability fo- beliefs out of 
 dinary things which are daily ready at hajtd. And ve» 
 ^ly^ herein tijere is no inconventence^ if firfi and fcrmofi 
 ^ey nta\e the fe gods common^ and not proper and peculiar 
 tto the .'Egyptians, neither comprife Nil us [only and 
 fe land which Nilus watereth^ under thefe names^ nor in 
 timing their Meeres^ Laketh and Lctes^ and ^the nativity 
 ■ their gods^ deprive all other men of thofe great godsy 
 }mng •who7nthere isNWu^jfior Butns, nor /S^.emphis; 
 't neverthelefs acknowledge and have in reverence the 
 \oddefs Beata, and other gods about her^ of whom they 
 ave learned not long fince to name feme with the ^gyp- 
 an appellations : but time out of mind they k^iew their 
 trtue and power ^ in regard whereof they have homured 
 nd adored them, SeCc ndly^ which is a fc r greater nattery 
 y the end they fhould ta\e heed and be affraid^ leji ere they 
 ? avrttrey they dijfolve and di;Jjfate thefe divine pw^rs in 
 ivers^ winds, fowing^pl owing and otiyer faffiom and aU 
 'ratious of the earth j as they do ^ who hold^ that Bsc- 
 hus ?s wine^ Vulcan the flame of fir e^ and Proferpina 
 '^f Cleanthes faidin one place ) the ff bit th^t bloweth 
 
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 and pier cethtboroKP the fruits of the earth, A ?oet theril 
 ipaSy who writing of reapers and mower s^ (aid : \ 
 
 What time young men their hands to Ceres ^i\t^ 
 And her with hooks and iithcs by piece mealc cut, 
 
 And in no refpe& differ they front thoje^ who thinly tht 
 fades,, cables,, cordage and anchor y are the pilot '^ or that 
 the thred andyarne^ the warpe and woofe^ be the weaver : 
 0^ that th^ goblet and potion cup, theFtifane or the Medi 
 and honied water^ is the Vhyfttian, But verily info doings 
 they imprint^ abfurd and blafphemous opinions of the gods, 
 tending to Atheifme and impiety ^ attributing the names 
 of (rods unto natures and things fenfelefsy livelefs and cor^ 
 ruptible^ which of necefftty men ufe as they need them^ and 
 can not chufe hut marr and dejiroy the fame. For we wufi 
 in no wife thinks that thefe very things he gods ; for nothing 
 can be a god which hath no foul ^ and isfubje& to man and 
 Under his hand: hut thereby we k^ow that they he gods who 
 give Us them to ufe^ and for to he perdurable and fufficient: 
 not thefe in one pi ace ^ andthofe in another ^ neither Bar- 
 bariansffor Greeks, neither Meridional nor Septentrio^ 
 nal^ hut lik^ as the Sun and Woon^ the heaven^ earth and 
 fea^ are common unto all , hutytt in divers placet called 
 by fundry names : evenfo of one and the fame intelligence 
 that ordereth the whole world^ of the fame providence 
 which difpenfeth and governeth all^ of the minifleriai 
 poYi>ers fubordinate over ally fundry honors and appeHatiofts 
 according to the diver fity -of laws have been appointed^ 
 And the priefis and religious^ profeffed in fuch ceremonies^ 
 ufe myficries 'and facramsnti^ fome obfcure^ others morel 
 plain a}i4 evident ^ to train our underflanJing to the k^ow- 
 ledge of the Deity : howheit^not without peril! and danger ; 
 for that fome m'tijingthe right w ay ^ are fallen intojuper4 
 ftitien ^ and othns avoiding fuperjUtlon as it were a boggk 
 
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 r quagmire , have run before they could taks heed^ upon 
 he rocf{^ of impiety. And therefore^ it behcveth us in 
 his caje effecially to be induced by the diredion ofPhilofophy 
 ^hich may guide us in thefe holy contemplations^ that we 
 tay worthily and relt^ioufly thin\of every thing [aid 
 nddone-y to theend^ that it befall not unto us as unto 
 ['heodonis ^who f aid ^ that the doarine which he tendered 
 nd reached out with the right hand^ fome of his fchollars 
 eccived and took^with the left , even fo^ by talking in a. 
 ?rong fenfe and otherwife than is meet and convenienty 
 hat which the lawes have ordained touchin^feafis and p- 
 rificesy we grofly offend » For^ that all things ought to 
 >avea reference unto rea'on^ a man may fee and Inow by 
 hemfelves : for celebrating [a feafi unto Merciirie the 
 nineteenth day of the firfl moneth, they eat hony andfiggeSy 
 'fying with ally this Motto Sweet is the triieth. As to 
 hatFhyladery orprefervativey which they call Beata to 
 veare whenjhe is with childefy interpretation itfignifiethy 
 I true voice. As for HarpOG rates ^ we mvft not imagine 
 nm to be fome young god^ and not corns to ripe yeercsy 
 tor yet a man : but that he is the fuper intend ant and re- 
 ■ormer of mens language as touching the godsy being yet 
 uwy unperfeciy and not diftind nor articulate'^ which is 
 he reafony that he holdeth a feale ring before his mout hy 
 n afign and markeof taciturnity and filence, Alfo in 
 the moneth ^t^QYiy they pre fent unto him certain hjndes 
 }f Fulfey faying withally Ihe tongue is Fortune : 7he 
 fongueis V^mon. Now of all plants which R^' pt bring* 
 Hh forth y theyconf crate the ? each-tree unto him efpeci^ 
 «//)', bee aufe the fruit refemhleth an heart ^ and the leafe 
 ft tongue : For all thofe things which naturally are in man^ 
 ^^here is nothing more divine than the tongue and fpeechy 
 as touching the gods principally y neither in any thing com- 
 methhe nearer unto beatitude : and therefore 1 advife and 
 reqtii.c every mm who repair eth hither and commeth down 
 
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 to this Oracle^ to entertain holy thoughts in his hearty and 
 to utter feemly words vpith his tongue i whereas the common 
 fort of people in their publicly feajis and folemn proce Jlons 
 doe many ridiculous things^ notwithftanding they proclaim 
 and pronounce formally by the voice of the Crier and Bedile 
 in the beginning of fuch folemnities^ tok^epfilence or fpeak^ 
 none but good words ', and yet afterwards they ceafe not^ 
 hut to give out mojlblafphemous fpeecheSy and to thinks as 
 hafely of the gods. How then JhaU men behave and demean 
 tbemfelves in thofe heavy and mournfull facrifices from 
 whence all mirth and laughter is banijhed : if it be not 
 lawful either to omit any thing of the accujiom.'d and ufual 
 ceremonies ^ or to confound and mingle the opinions of the 
 gods with abfurd and falfe fufpicions ? The Greekj doe 
 many fmhl able things unto the Egyptians ei^^f? in maner 
 at the very fame time : For at Athens in the fea^ called 
 Thefaioplioria to t^? hononr of Ceres, the women do 
 fiji^ fitting upon the ground : And the Boeotians rnal^ 
 a rifling and removing of the houfes of AchsEi^ naming 
 the feaji l'rct')Stiy that is to fay^ odious : as if Ceres 
 were in heavimfs and furrow for the def cent of her daugh- 
 ter Proferpina into hell ; and this is that moneth wherein 
 the liars called Plel'dde^ appear^ and when the husband^ 
 tnm begin to fow^ which the ^^^vptians name Athyt 
 the Athenians Py^uiepiioii, and the Boeotians Dama- 
 crios, asonew)uldfayCcvca\'\s. And Theopompus 
 wnteth^ that the people inhabiting wefiward^ do both 
 thin\,and alfo callthe Winter Saturn. t^r^? Summer VenUS 
 ayidthe Spring]^{:of^t\'^\n'A : and that of Saturn and: 
 Vcmxsall things be engendred. 7he phryi^ians alfo 
 imanininj that God fl^epeth all iVinter^ and lieth awaJ^e 
 in Summer \ thereupon celebrate in the onefeafon^ thefea' 
 Of /V i?< in bed and fleepin^ ; in the other of experredion 
 0^ waking^ and that with nnch dfi'iking and bell^ chore 
 ButthePaphlagoniansfarj tb.ithe inbound and k^^pt in 
 
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 fipard cLi ft -prifoner during ff inter ^ and in the Spring in^ 
 Urged again andfet at liberty, when he beginneth to (iir 
 mnd move. Now the very time ^iveth us occafion tofufpe£f^ 
 that the heavy countenance and aufierity which they fljeWy 
 hecaufe the fruits of the earth be then hidden : which 
 fruits our ancients in time paft never thought to be gods^ 
 hit the profitable and neceffary gifts of the gods^ availing 
 much to live civilly^ and not after a favage and beaftly 
 manner But at what time of ths year as they faw the 
 its from the trees to fall and faile at once j and thofe 
 vhich themfelves had jowen^ with much adoe ^ by little 
 and little opening and cleaving the earth with their own 
 
 hands and fo covering and hilling the fame^ without any 
 tffuTed hope what would betide thereupon^ and whether 
 the fame would come to any proof and perfedion or 
 HO 5 they did many things hks unto thofe that commit 
 dead bodies to the earth , and mourn therefore. More" 
 over^ liks ^^ we fay^ that he who buyeth the booths of 
 Plato, buyeth PUto : and who is the adonr of Men^n-' 
 res comedies^' is faidto aU and p/^y Menander : Sem-' 
 hlably^ they did not ff are and forbear to give the names of 
 the celeftiall gods unto their gifts and inventions^ honour* 
 ' '^ the fame with all reverence^ for the ufe and need they 
 had of them. But they who come after taking this grofely 
 and foolijhly, and upon ignorance unskilfully returning 
 uponthegodsthe accidents of their fruits ; not only called 
 ^eirprefence and fruition^ the nativity of the gods -^ and 
 their ah fence or want of them ^ the death and departure of 
 \thegods ; but alfo believed fo much and were perfwaded 
 fully fo : Infuch wife^ as they have filled themfelves with 
 wmyahfurd^ lewd and confufed opinions of the f aid gods. 
 And yet verily^ the error and ahfurdtty of their opinions 
 they had evidently before their eyss prefented by Xenopb a- 
 j ncs the Colophonian, or other Thylofopbers after him^ 
 \T»ho admonificdthe i^gyptian?, thut if they reputed them 
 
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 gods^ they j}}0uld not lament for them : and if they mourned 
 tbeyjhouid net take them for gods ; as alfo that it was re^ 
 dkuloUs^ mockery ^ in their lamentations to pray unto them 
 ior to produce new fruits and br in T them unto perfeCtion 
 for them J to the end that they might be confiimed again 
 and lamented for. But the cafe fiands not fo : for they 
 hewaile the fruits that are gone and fpent^hut they .pray 
 unto the gods the authors and give s thereof^ that they 
 would vouchsafe to bejioyp upon them new^ and mak^ them 
 grow in fupfly of thofe which were perifl^ed and loji , Eight 
 well therefore was it faid of the {'hylofophersy that thofe 
 who have not learned to heare and tak^ words aright ^ re- 
 ceive alfo ftnd ufe the things themfelves amifs : as for 
 example^ the Greekj who were not taught nor accujhmed 
 to call th?ftatues of brafs and fione painted images or Tc- 
 iefmes; and afterward were fo bold^ as to Jay, that 
 Lachaies defpoiled and jiripped Mitierva out of her 
 clothes^ and that Dyoriiilus the tyrant polled Apollo w^t? 
 had a perry wlC? or bufh of golden haire ; alfo that Jupiter 
 CaipitoWnusduringthecivillwarrs was burnt and con* 
 fumed with fire. And thus they f'^e not^ how in fo doing jj' 
 they draw and admit falfe and erroneous opinions which '' 
 follow upon fuch manner of fpeeches. And herein the 
 JEg\ipti2Lns of all other nations^ have faulted moj}^ about 
 the be alls which they honour and worfhip. For the G^eekj 
 verily in this point both beleeve and alfo fpeak_ well^ ^^yi^g 
 that the dove is a bird facred unto Venus, the dragon to 
 Minerva^ the raven or crow to /^^poilo, and the dog to 
 Diana, according to that which VAiv'i^ides faid '^ 
 The£;oddefsD/>^^^ fhiiiino; by night. 
 In a dogs portrait will take much delight, 
 But the Egyptians, atleafi wife the common fort of them, 
 W9r(hipinz and komurin^^ thefe very beafts as if they were 
 gods the mfelve^^ have not only peftered with laughter and 
 ridiculous mockery their Lyturgie and divine fervice^ ( for 
 
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 Ignorance and folly in this cafe is the leajlfin of all others ) 
 
 b ut alfo there is crept into the midfi of men ajlrong opinion^ 
 
 which hath fofarre poffeffed the fmple and weaker fort., a. 
 
 that it hringeth them to mere fuperfiition. And as for 
 
 \fuch asl he of more quic\ and witty capacity^ and who 
 
 kefides are more audacious^ thofe it driveth headlong into 
 
 \ hea\ily cogitations andAtbifUcal difcQurfes ; And therefore 
 
 \l hold it not amifsy curfartly and ly the way to annex 
 
 thereto fuch things as Geomancy teacheth. For to fay^ 
 
 {that the gods for feare of Ryle were turned into thefs 
 
 • creatures.^ as if they thought to hide themfdves within the 
 
 ' bodies of the black^fiorJ^s calledo\h\d ^s^ ofdoggs and hawk^s^ 
 
 is a wonderful mifiery to the Common r^^ader Uk^wife to 
 
 hold^that thefoules of thofe who are departed^fo many as re-" 
 
 ntainjiill inheing^ are to come into fie (h again onely in the 
 
 bodies. And as for thofe who will feem to render a civill 
 
 andpolitickjeafon hereof \ feme give out that Engenius 
 
 in a great expedition or voiage of hii^y having divided his 
 
 \armie into many parts ( fuch as in Greek are- called p^^x^g 
 
 and TdL^Bi^^ that is to fay y hands and companies ^ he gave 
 
 mto every of them for their fever al enftgnes theportraUurei 
 
 znd images of Gcomdirtcy .: and each hand afterKpards 
 
 jonoured their own^^and had in reverence as fome holy and- 
 
 '{acred thing. Others affirme^ that the kjngs whofucceed^ 
 
 'd after Eugenius, for to terrify their enemies went forth 
 
 battel^ carrying before them^ the figures of G eomancy 
 
 nade in gold andfilver^ upon their armes. Some there be 
 
 ligain^ who alledge^ that there was one of thefs their fuh-m 
 
 He and fine headed kjngs^ wholinowing that the ^gyp i- 
 
 ms of their own nature were lightly diffofed^ ready to 
 
 'evolt and given to change and innovations^ alfo that hy 
 
 'eafon of their great multitude ^ their power was hardly to 
 
 e refirained and in manner invincible ^ in cafe theyjoyned 
 
 ogethermcounfell and drew jomtiy in one common line^ 
 
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 therefore he [owed among thnn a perpetvall fuperflition^ 
 which gave occafioH of drffemioH and enm'ity among them 
 that never could be appeafed ; For when he had given com-' 
 7nande:Tient nntothem^ for to have in reverence thofe Tc^ 
 \t^mt?> which naturally difa.greed and warred together ^ 
 even fnch as were rea^y te dellrey thofe that carry them 
 whiles every one endevoured alwaies to fuccour and maintain 
 thi'ir own^ andwere moved to an^er if any wrong or dif- 
 ■plcpfure were done to thofe which they affeUed 5 they fell to* 
 geth?r themftlves hy the ear es^ ere- they were aware and I 
 hjllcd one another^ for the enmity and quarrel which was ■ 
 hetween thofe figures whonr they adored^ andfo foflered mu^ 
 PLd and mortal hatred. For even at this day^ of all the 
 ./^Igyp'^'^ns t^^ Lycopclitans ow/v, eatmntten^ hecaufe 
 the rvolfe wh mt th?y adore as a god is enemy unto (Ijeep^ 
 hec a-ife their figures are oppofte. And verily in this our 
 aq'e. the OxyrinciPtes, hecaufe the CynopolireSj that is 
 to f^y^ the inhabitants of the city CynopoH<^5 eat the 
 filh named Oxyrincho , that is to fay^ with the (harp 
 becke^ whensoever ^hey Can entrap or catch a dogge^ mal^e 
 no more adoe but k^llhim for a facrifice and eat him when 
 they have done. Vpon which occafon hav'ng levied warr 
 on' ^{rainfithe other ^ and done much mischief reciprocally^ 
 after they had be^n well cht\ufd and pla^Ufd by the Ro-j( 
 nians, they g en> to attonement and compofition. An^ for ' 
 a s much as -r any of them do Cay^ that the Coule of Hyle 
 departed into thefs beaiis^itfeemeth that this fi^ion impor- 
 tcth thus much^ that every hfutiflj and beafily nature com- 
 ir.eth and prcceedeth from fome evilGen'ms', andtherefort 
 to puCifie him that he doe no mifchief^ they worjhip anc 
 adore t':efebea{h And if per'adventvrt' there happen an 
 great drought or contagious heat^ which caufeth pe(\ilen \ 
 7naladiei or other unufual and extraordinary calamities 
 I the priejis bring forth Jome of tboje Te\c[mcs which the 
 
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 ferveandhomnrin the dark night, without any wife in 
 
 ^reatfilence, menafmg them at thefirfi and putting them 
 
 it fright mw if the plague or calamity continue ftilL 
 
 they l{,ll andfacnfice a (heep, think>ng this to be a punift,. 
 
 mentand chaft.ifementofthefaidevilld^mn, orelfefow 
 
 great expiation for notable Jinnes and tranfgreffwns Vor 
 
 m the city verily of Idithya, as Manethos maketh retort, 
 
 the manner u to burne men alive, whom they called Hvlij, 
 
 Jhof^afheswhentheyhadboulted throuzh a tamife, they 
 
 fcattered abroad, vmill they were reduced to nothing : 
 
 But ths was done openly at a certain time in thofe dales 
 
 yphichare called Cyn.des or Canicular. MarvUhe im- 
 
 molationofthefeheafts, which they accounted famd, wat 
 
 performed fecretly andnotat acertain time o^ upon t^e- 
 
 Jlx.'d dates, but according to the occurrences of thor xci- 
 
 :dents which hafned. And therefore the commom people 
 
 neither \newnor faw ought, but when they fohmnize their 
 
 cbfeqmes and funerals for them, in the prcfence of all the 
 
 feople they fiew feme of the other beajh and throw th^m 
 
 .together mo the repulcher,fuppofmg thereby to vex and 
 
 ' TA-^i'V" r" ''^'''^' the joy that he hath in doinz 
 mi^huf Foritfeemeth that Af,s with fome other beafl, 
 ,wasconfecrated to Eugenius : howfoever they attribute 
 ^anymore unto him. And if this be trw, I fuppofeit 
 importeth that which we Jeeiandfearch all 'this whHe, as 
 Puckng thofe which are confeffedby all, and have common 
 hmm : as the forefaid fiorke Ibi., \he hauke aZtZ 
 
 truit^'Vr'''^?'' ''•^"'^«- Now there rem il: 
 ah utility and fymbohzation hrreof : ccnfderinir that 
 rme participate of the one, but the molltZt^fbth 
 
 S;s?i''i^"''f r? "'''''' Sne:s 
 
 |Wtoa„„ they honor them for the ufe and mf,t thev 
 rcceivebythetit: like as the inhabitant/of LemSw 
 
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 the birds called Corydali, becaufe they find out the 
 locujlsnejisandquajh-their eg^es. Ihe Theffahans «/g 
 
 hJetheliorKelin great '''=^'^»l^''%'fj^;''%\Z 
 country tlaiven to breed a number of ferpent,, thejata • 
 
 \heyn,adeanidta. mxh anmttmatm thatwhofoever 
 hUleda florke (houldbebanilhed hn country, the ferpe»t 
 AfpisX ti ifezillandtheFlyecMdthe BeUllthj 
 rTrJebeCavfethey observe in them I wot not what 
 mianhr iJ.es ( /.% <« « drop of water weperce^ve 
 he Jefen,blan e \f the fun^ of the f'^'l' P^^l-J^ 
 mJthereheevenyeX, who both thmk and fay, that the 
 ZaleWezdlengendrethwith the female by her eare and 
 thatl hringeth forth heryoun. at the month -. wkch fym- 
 Zde^haslyfiy, andreprefenteththe '";'^>'lf£^ 
 neration of fpeecb. As for the beef , they hold h'^ 
 throughout all their kinde there ,s no female ^ut dU^' 
 ,naleUo Mow or call the,rfeed ,nto '^ »rtat»glohmoT 
 round matter in forme of bah which they dnve from them, 
 ZrMo ar.d fro contrariwaies, hk as the fun when 
 1^fZethhM^tffromthewe\Uotheea^,feenuthtoturn 
 
 about t&e heave'i clem, contrary Ihe Afp.s alfo they 
 foZl re tothe planet of the fun, becaufe he doth never age 
 and Z^ old. hut moveth in all facihty, readmefs and 
 Tetrayw'thout the meane. of a.y infiruments of motjoK.^ 
 Sfr is the Crocodile fetfo much by amongthem,wtthut 
 fonXobMecaufe,f^ theyfaythatinfomerefpephe,, 
 {hvlryirna,e,-eprefe.tinzgod-. asbetng the onlycrea- 
 tuninth^mrldUichhathm tongue : for as much asdt- 
 vinefpeech needeth neither voice nor tongue : 
 
 But through the paths of Juftice ^valks 
 
 with mil and filent pace: ^.^^^^^ 
 
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 Direfting right all mcrtall things, 
 in their due time and place. 
 
 Attdof allbeafis living within the neater ^ the Crocodile 
 
 onely ( as men fay ) bath over his eyes a certain thin filme 
 
 or transparent wehhe to cover them^ which comdh down 
 
 from his forehead infuch fort^ as that he can fee and not 
 
 befeen , wherein he is conformable and like unto the fove* 
 
 raign of all the gods. Moreover look-in what -place the 
 
 female is difcharged of her fpawn , there is the utmofi 
 
 mar\e and limit of therifingand inundation of Nil us ; 
 
 for being not able to lay their e'gges in water ^ and affraiS 
 
 mthall to fit far off^ they have a mofi per fed and exquifit 
 
 1 forefight of that which will be ; infomuch as they mat^e ufe 
 
 ; of the riven approach when they lay : and whiles they Jit 
 
 \ and cover their egges be preserved dric^ and are never 
 
 dr nched with the water ^ A hundred egges they lay^ in 
 
 fo many daies they batchy and as many yeers live-- thsy^ 
 
 which are longejl lived : And this is the firji and principal 
 
 number that they ufe who treat of celeftial and terreftrial 
 
 matters . Moreover^ as touching tbofe beafis which are hO' 
 
 mred for both caufes^ we have fpo\en before of the dogge : 
 
 but the Ibis or bUc\ llorke^ be fides that it hjlleth thofe fer- 
 
 pents whofe prick^and liing is deadly^ (}:e was the firji that 
 
 taught us the ufe of that evacuation of clenfing the body by 
 
 uifire^ which is fo ordinary in Thyfick^: for perceived Jhe 
 
 iito pwrge^ clenfe^ and mundifie her felf in that fort: 
 
 thereupon the moflriligiouspriejis^ and thofe who are of 
 
 ireateil experience^ when they would be purified^ tahefor 
 
 \ heir holy water to fprinkje them fives with^ the very fame 
 
 fut of which the Ibis drinheth^ for (he n?ver drinkj of 
 
 'mpoifoned and infeBed water ^ neither will (he com^ neer 
 
 into it. Moreover with her two legits ftanding at large 
 
 ^m from the other^ and her bill together ^ (he maketh (tjt 
 
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 ahfolnte triangle with three even fides^ he fides the variety 
 ifnd fpeckjed nnxtnre of her J>tume confijjing of white 
 feathers and hlack^^ refrefnteththe Moon when fie ispafi 
 the full. Now we mull not marvel at the Egyptians, 
 for pieafmg and contenting themftlves infuch reprejentati- 
 Cffs andfimilitudes, for even the Greeks themfelves as well 
 in their pidures as other images of the s^odsy melted and 
 iproyght to any mouldy ufed many times fuch refemhlances : 
 for oneTc-.tfwx inCrttii they hid of Jupiter without 
 ear es^ hecatife it is net meant for him who is lord and go- 
 •vernov.r of all^ to have an; in'\nid.ion by the hearing of 
 others unto tie image 0/ Pa 1 1 a s . P b i d ia s t^f Imager fet 
 a dragon ; liJ^ as to that of Venut? in the city ,f Elis a 
 Tortoife ; givingl us ly this to under jtan '^ that maidens 
 had need of guidance and good cuftodie^ and that married 
 'Women ought to keep the houfe and he filent. 7he three for- 
 l^d mace of i\^eptune 5 fignifyeth the third place ^ 
 vphich the fea and element of water holdeth-, under heaven 
 and aire j for which caufe thy called the fea A nip hit rite, 
 find the pettie^ and the pettie fea-gods Tritons, Alfo the 
 Vy th;\gOT:?iUS have highly honouredthe nmnhers and fi- 
 gures Geometrical and Geomartical by the gods names: 
 for the triangle with three equal fides they called Pallas, 
 home out of Jupicers^r/?/^^, and Tritogenia, for that 
 it is equally divided with ]hree right lines j front thre? 
 anglei drawn hy the plume, Onu or unitie they named 
 Apollo. 
 
 As well for his per.fwafivc grace ; 
 ^ as plain liniplicitie. 
 That doth appear in youthful fa cej 
 and thi!? i3 uiiicie. 
 
 7)^^y th'l icr:::ed Ccntenticn ar.d holiness : and 'hrce 
 
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 Juflice. Read the Holy Guide, /?5. 2. For whereas to 
 offend and be offended^ to doe and to fuffer wrcng. cr^im 
 the other hy defed^jujtr emumeth eqv ally between in the 
 fnidefi, That\ famous fjuaternarie of theirs , named Tc« 
 tT3^yS- which confiiteth of fournhies. a^-d amouKUir 
 thirty fix ^ wasthnr greate'}j)ath forife in ev.ry 
 -mouthy and they called it the World ^ as bein^ ace. 
 fhed of the firjl ioure even numbers, and ih^ firi frmy o,u' t., 
 compounded into one to'jether. If then the 'no[i excelun' 
 and beji: renouned I'hilofophers-, percciv rn'^ in things which 
 have neither body nor foule^ fom-type d,}d f'lurs ofdi^-ie^ 
 have not thought it c^cod to negled or di'fpife i^v\ ih ng 
 herein, or pa fs it over without due honour. . p-p'y^fe we 
 oufiht much lefs foto doe in thofe propntte' and qv amities 
 which are in natures fenfitive^ having life^ and being ca- 
 pable of pAfjions and affed.ions^ according to their incl'mit-' 
 'tions and conditions And therefore we muji not content 
 ')ur felves and re It in the worjhiping of thefe and fucb like 
 relefnies by ficrificing Beafts opPofte ^ but by them a- 
 iore the divinitiethat fhineth in them^ as in mcfi cleere 
 md bright mirrors^ according to nature^ reputing them^ 
 zlwaies as the\'7ynhument and artif.ciai work^nanfjjip of 
 lod^ who ruleth and govcrneth the univerfc^l world : nei^ 
 her ought we to think^e^ that any thing void of life^ and 
 leilitute cf fenfe^ can be more worthy or excellent than 
 hat which is endued with life andfenf'S -. no not although 
 tmanhungnever fomuch zcldor a number of rich eme^ 
 -auds about it : for it is colours^ figures, and polifhed bodies 
 hat Genii doe \rnhabite in : but whatfcever doth not par^ 
 icipate life^ nor is by nature c apable thereof., is of a more 
 Wi>afe and ahjed condition than the very dead. But that 
 tature which liveth and feeth^ which a! fo in it fe If hath 
 he beginning of motion and h^owlcd^^e of that which is 
 '■fopsr andmeety as^alfothat which is (bran ge unto it^the 
 
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 fante ( I fay, ) hath drawn fome influence and portion of 
 that wife providence^ whereby the univerfal world is go. 
 ^fernedy asHtrsicYitusfaith. And therefore the deity is 
 m l(fsreprefented in fuch natures^ than inworis made of 
 Irafsandfione^ Ihus much of that opinion, as touching 
 the knowledge ofGcnW^ which 1 approve for heft^ and the 
 facrificing of heajis to. Telcfmes, as is taught in the 
 following books of Geomancy, 
 
 f^oreover the hahilliments of Beata he of different 
 
 tindu es and colour s : for her whole power conftjieth and 
 
 is employed in matter whieh receivethall fo ntes^ and be^ 
 
 Cometh all manner of things^ to wit^ lights dark^efs^ day^ 
 
 mghx , fre^ water ^ life^ death^ beginning and end. But 
 
 the robes of Eugefiius have neither fljade nor variety, but 
 
 are of one fimfle Colour, even that which is lightfome and 
 
 bright. For the firft and primitive caufe is fimple ; the 
 
 principle or beginning, is without all mixture, as being 
 
 fpiritual and intellegible. Whereupon it is that they 
 
 make fhew but once for all of hi ^- habiliments, which when 
 
 they have done they lay them up again and befiow them, 
 
 fafeandk^efthemfojiraightly^ that no man may fee or 
 
 handle them : whereas contrariwife they ufe thofe 0/ Beata 
 
 fftauy times : For thatfenfible things be in uf age, and feeing 
 
 ihey are ready and ever in hand^ and be fubjed evermore 
 
 to alternative alterations, therefore th£y he laid abroad. 
 
 anddifplaied, fortobefcen often. But the intelligence 
 
 of thi7t which is fpiritual and intellectual, pure, ftmple, 
 
 ^nd holy, fK'ining as a flap of lightning, offered it felf 
 
 jmto the foule but once, for [to be touched and fcen, 
 
 ^nd therefore Pinto and Aiiftotle call this part 
 
 af Phylpfophy 5 I.TTC'/J iKov., for that thofe who dif- 
 
 ccvrfe of reafon , have pa ffed beyond all matters fub' 
 
 U'd to Tnhizl^d and variable opiyiicns^ leap at length to the 
 
 ',r:f:)vp!,ni-Jto^ thi^ fiy'l Principle, n'biclfis Ciwple, and 
 
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 mt material : and after they have in fome {orX attaifted to 
 
 the pure and fwcere trvth of tt^ they fi^fpff^ that thdr 
 
 fhylofophy as now accoMpliped is cowe to final perfeCiion^ 
 
 hndt at which the priepinthefe daies are very precife 
 
 \and wary to Jhew^ kfepins; it hidden and fecret with fo 
 
 great Cpre and dili^ence^ allowing mt fo ntuch as a fight 
 
 thereof fecretty and by the way ; alfo that this god ^aigneth 
 
 land ruleth over the dead^ and is no other than be whom 
 
 t^e Greeks name Hades <r«i Pluto : the common people 
 
 ftot under jlandin^ how this is true^ are much troubled', 
 
 ihinhjng it very firange that the holy and f acred Euge- 
 
 inius fhojdd dwell within or under the "Earthy where their 
 
 bodies lie who are thought to be come unto their finall end. 
 
 But he verily is moji farre removed from the earthy without 
 
 flainorpollutiony pure andvoidofallfubfianceorMaturey 
 
 that may admit death or any corruption whatfoever.How* 
 
 beit the foul es of men i fo long as they be here beneath clad 
 
 within bodies and pafpom, can have no participation of 
 
 God^ unlefs it he fo much onely as they may attain unto the 
 
 intelligence of y bytheftudy ofThyloJophy^ and the fame is 
 
 but in manner of a darks ^y^^^* But when they fhaU he 
 
 delivered from thefe bonds ^ and paf into this holy place 
 
 Inhere there is no paffion^ nor paifibk forme : then^ the 
 
 fame god is their condu dour and king : then they cleave 
 
 unto him^ as much aspoffibly they can : him they contem^ 
 
 •plate and behold without Jatietie : defmng that beauty 
 
 phich is not pofjiblefdr men to utter andexfrefs : whereof 
 
 according to the old Authors, Beata was alwaies jna^ 
 
 mottred : and having pur fued after it untillfie enjoyed 
 
 the fame J fhe afterwards became replenijhed with allgood^ 
 
 nefs and beauty that here may be engendred. And thus 
 
 much may fuffice for that fen fe and interpretation which is 
 
 ptojl befeemni'/ the gods. Now if we mufl befides^ fpeak^as 
 
 Ifromift'd bc'orc ; of the incenfe and odors which are 
 
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 burnt every day : let a man confider firfi in hhminde^ 
 
 andtah^ this with him^ that the Egyptians were men 
 
 evermoreMofi jludiousin thofe ntattets which made for 
 
 the health of their bodies^ hut principally in this regard^ 
 
 they ha din recommendation^ thofe that concerned the ce* 
 
 remonies of divine fervice in their fanUifications and in 
 
 their ordinary life and converfation^ wherein they have 
 
 no lefs regard unto hoffomenefs then to wholinefs : For they 
 
 thinks it neither law full nor befeeming to ferve that ejfence 
 
 which is altogether pure^ every way found and impollutedy 
 
 either with bodies or foules corrupt with inward fores and 
 
 fub'je& to fecret maladies. Seeing then^ that the aire^ 
 
 which we tnoft commonly ufe^ and within which we alwaies 
 
 converfe^ is not evermore alik^ difpofed^^nor in the fame 
 
 temperature : hut in the night is thickfted and made grofsy 
 
 whereby it comprifeth and draweth the body into a. kind of 
 
 fadnefsand penfivenefs^ as it were overcafi with darkf 
 
 miftsand weighed down: fo fo on as ever they he up in a. 
 
 morning to their TtXe^mfi^ they bur ne incenfe by kjnd- 
 
 ling Rofiny for to cleanfe and purifie the aire by this rare* 
 
 faUion and fubtilization^ awakjng as it were and raifing 
 
 ly this meanes, the inbred fpirits of our bodies ^ which were 
 
 langmfhinganddrowfie : for that in this order there is a 
 
 forcible vertue^ which vehemently flrih^th upon the fenfes. 
 
 Again^ about noon^ perceiving that the Sun draweth 
 
 forcible out of the earth by his heat^ great quantity offtrong 
 
 vapours^ which be intermingled with the aire^ then they 
 
 hum myrh : For the heat of thii aromatical gum and 
 
 cdor is fiich^ as that it difppateth whatfoever is grofs. 
 
 thicks and muddy in the aire. And verily in the time of 
 
 feftilenc^Thyfitians think^to remedy the fame by making 
 
 great fires, heinz of this opinions thatf he flame doth fubti* 
 
 Hate and rarefie the aire : which it effedeth] no doubt the 
 
 better in cafe they bnrnefweet wood^ as of the Cyprefs trees^ 
 
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 ^fjunipr^ or Pitch tree. Now they fay the Oath of thofe 
 hat fwearey infeB the aire with plagues^ for the Genii 
 vill not (uffer fins t3 cortte among them And hereupon 
 yporteditisthatthe Phyftcian fKcron^when there raigned 
 t grievous plague at Athens, wan a great name andre^ 
 mmtation^ by caufing good fires to be made about the ficJ^ 
 '^erfons : for hefaved many by that meanes. And Plato 
 iptiteth that the fweet fcents and good fmells of perfumes^ 
 ointments J flowers and jra^rant medowes^ ferve no iefs 
 for health than for delig ht and pleasure. For that by their 
 heat and mildenefs they gently diffolve and open the fuh^ 
 fiance of the braine^ which naturally is cold and as it were 
 congealed, Again^ if it be fo^ that the JEgy^t\^ns call 
 myrrh^ in their language Ball^ which if a man interpret^ 
 fignifieth as much as the difcufjlng and chafing away of 
 idle talke and raving 5 this alfo may ferve for a tejUmony 
 TO confirme that which we fay^ As for that compofition 
 among them named C\y\\\^ it is a confection or mixture 
 receiving fixteen ingredients, for there into it^ hony, 
 wine, raifins, cyperous, roiin, myrrh, afpalathiis 
 and fefeli. Moreover the fweet rufh Schaenos, Bitumen, 
 MofTe, and the dock : Be fides two forts of the juniper 
 berries, the greater and the lef-^ Cardamomum ^«^ 
 Calamus. All thefe fpeeches are compounded together 
 not at a venture and as it commeth into their heads : but 
 there be read certain f acred writings unto the Apotheca- 
 ries ^«^3^ Perfumers, all the while that they mix them. 
 ' As for this number although it be quadrate^ and made of 
 tifqu are and only of the munbers equal j mak^th the f pace 
 CdJitained within equal to his circumference^ we are not to 
 thinks that this is any way material to the vertue there- 
 of- : but mofi of the fimples that goe to this compofition 
 being aromatkall^ cafi a pie a f ant breath from them and 
 yeeld a delegable and y> hoi fome vapour^ ly which the aire 
 
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 ■ 
 
 is altered : and witball^ the body bein^ moved with this 
 evaporation^ is gently prepared to repofe^ and ta^eth an 
 attra^ive temperature of fleeps in letting flacky and un* 
 binding the bonds ofcares^ wearines and forrowes^ inci» 
 dent in the day time, and that without the help offurfet 
 anddrunkennefs: polijhing and fmooth'mg the imaginative 
 part of the brain^ which receiveth dreames in manner of a 
 ntirour which the Genii communicate to us infleep^ caufing 
 the fame to be pure and neat^ as much or rather more^ 
 the found of harpe^ lute^ viole^ or any other inflruments 
 of mufick^^ which the Pythagore^LUS ufed for to procure 
 Jleepy enchanting by that device^ and dulcing the unrea* 
 fonable part of the foule which lis fubjeU to paffjons. For 
 fweet odorsy as they doe many times excite and jiir up the 
 fenfe when it is dull and heginneth to faile : fo contrariwife 
 they maks the fame as often drowfie and heavy , yea and 
 hrin^ it to quietmfs whiles thoje aromatic all fmells by reafon 
 of their fmootbnefs are fpread and defufed in the body: 
 According as fome Vhyfttiam fay^ that flee p is engendred 
 inm^ when the vapour of the food which we have recei^ 
 vedy creepeth gently alon^ the noble parts and principal 
 bowels^ and as it toucheth them^ caufeth a J^ind of tickjing 
 which lulleth them a (leep . This Cy phi they ufe in drink^^ 
 as a co^pofition tofafon their cups and as an ointment he- 
 fides : for they hM^ that bein7 ta\en in drink^^ it fcour^ 
 eth the guts within animak^th the belly lojpative \ and 
 beinir applied outwardly as a linement^it molufieth the body. 
 Over and above all this^ Koftn is the works of the fun : 
 Myrrh they gather by the Moon light^ out of thofe plants 
 fro^n which it doth de(iill : nut of thofe fmples whereof 
 Cy^h'i if c^mpoundeJ^ fome there be which love the night 
 better, as many I mean as be Hourifhed by cold windes^ 
 fijado'vs. dewes and moiiiure. For the bright nefs and 
 Ifghtoftkdtyis&f^e and fintple : and Pindarus faith 
 
 that 
 
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 that the fun is feen through the pure and foUtary aire i 
 vphereas the aire of the night is a compound and mixture 
 9f many lights and powers^ as if there were a confluence 
 of many feeds from every jiar running into one. By good 
 tight therefore they burne hefe fimple perfumes in the day^ 
 as thofe which are engendred by the vertue of the fun : but 
 this being mingled of all f$rts and of dive^fe qualitieSy 
 they fet on fire about the evening, and beginning of tie 
 night. We fl:ould have prefaced fomething in defence 
 fft^f JeweS) who are f rifely accufed of burning their 
 children to the Idol Molor, whence the accufiomed of 
 leaping over the fire of St. John hath been derived^ how 
 We ought not to rejlonthe bare letter of the Scriptures^ 
 a^id of the opinions concerniag the number of ye ares from 
 the C eation of our Saviour Chrift, and why the ftrange 
 Statues of Laban, tf«^ Micha called Teraphim were 
 allowed of God, of certain ftrange prodigious things 
 which have foretold difafterSy which have been feen to 
 come to pafs , and which doe yet foretell the fame 
 of Gamahes Jngraven and thofe naturall 3 of the 
 ghofts of dead people that appear e in Church yards, and 
 after great flaughter of Armies whence they proved. By 
 what means the power of figures is proved. The wonder-^ 
 full effects o/Telferaans, and why our Saviour Chrili is 
 oftner pidured fuffering upon the Crofs,then fitting at the 
 ^ight hand of his father ^why the Ancients placed Images 
 in their lemplesy of the manner of makjng Tc\c{manSy 
 and what power the Angells have over them, by the in- 
 fluence of the heavens^ of Socrates and Virgils Telef^ 
 matical fly, and herfleeth of the Telefmatical golden calfy 
 and brazen ferpent, and why [they were made of tbefe 
 mettalls, of the fpirits of the Planets^ and the Aftrolo* 
 gical cabal of the Jewe?, of the planet ary]zephicots and 
 the ftars that caufe diverfitj in Religion of JEiy^pthn 
 
 ^ re- 
 
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 lelefmei. Of the mifiery of Mercury in Vergo, and 
 how Apology and Geomancyis. demonftrable out of Holy 
 Serif ture^ of what manner of ceremonies the \{tbvtvits 
 ufed toward their new-married bride , of Angels and 
 Saints that have been feen to appear in the cloud. But 
 we have been very large ^ and pall therefore refer the 
 Reader to the third part of the Temple of Wifdome,, 
 fpbere the lelefmes and figures Jhall all be explained 
 
 From our Virgin Pallace 
 iiiHermupoUs* Vie i^ 
 
 m HemupoUs. Vie % 
 
 i? A.V''^* 5h. John Heydon 
 
 Mr. 
 
Mr, John Hey don'f-^^wt^orif/Vj, or thi Catalogue 
 
 Authors confultcd wiih m his f^'orl^s. 
 
 A. 
 
 A Br. Altharon. 
 Albertus Magnus. 
 
 B. 
 
 B. Hieronymus, 
 
 Buxcorf. 
 
 Adamanciuj Sophifta. 
 
 Brown. 
 
 Averroes. 
 
 Biblia. 
 
 Appolonius. 
 
 Bechay. 
 
 , Aquinas. 
 
 Bonavenmra. 
 
 Abarbanel, 
 
 BuUinger. 
 
 ^chius; 
 
 Belott. 
 
 Albertus Teutonicus, 
 
 Briflonuls. 
 
 Alchibiades. 
 
 Blaliusdeparma. 
 
 Ambrofius Para»us. 
 
 Barnerio. 
 
 Anciochus Bartholoma?us. 
 
 C 
 
 Alchindus. 
 
 Chriftophec Heydon Kt. 
 
 Andreas Lauremius. 
 
 Cafmanus. 
 
 Agathias. 
 
 Cardanus. 
 
 Appion. 
 
 Campanella. 
 
 Arrian. 
 
 Caefar Diftator. 
 
 Abindan. 
 
 C. Catan. 
 
 Agricola. 
 
 Cafpar Bartholinus, 
 
 Andreus Corvus. 
 
 Cicero. 
 
 Alexander Trallianus. 
 
 Caufinus. 
 
 Arnaldus Villanovanus, 
 
 Chomer. 
 
 , Aphchonius. 
 
 Collegium Conimbrifcnce. 
 
 Antonius Gern[iironus. 
 
 Cardinal Caietan. 
 
 Argenterius. 
 
 Codes. 
 
 Alianus. 
 
 Caufabon. 
 
 Artemidorus. 
 
 Conftantius Afrkanus, 
 
 Achmedbentolon, 
 
 Camillus. 
 
 Apomarar. 
 
 D 
 
 Arpharabius, 
 
 Dlafirudes. 
 
 Avenar. 
 
 Damafcenus. 
 
 Auguilmus* 
 
 Digby Kt. 
 Diodorn^ 
 
 Amobius. 
 
 AbenEfra. 
 
 Demofthenes.' . 
 
 Arlftoteles. 
 
 Delrio. 
 
 Avicennas. 
 
 Democrims, 
 
 Antonius Cremenfis, 
 
 Durel. 
 
 Alnharibius» 
 
 De Spagnec. 
 D. TBoraas. 
 
 Alftedius. 
 
 i 
 
 Daiol, 
 
Dariol. 
 Daniel. 
 Dee. 
 
 Epitnonidcs.' 
 Empedocles. 
 Ekha. 
 
 Femclltts. 
 
 Ficintis. 
 
 Fludd. 
 
 French. 
 
 Formica. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Gefner. 
 
 Galenus. 
 
 Galeoccus. 
 
 Gerfon. 
 
 Gaudentius Merula. 
 
 Gaftarel. 
 
 Goclcnius. 
 
 Giegorius NIcenus. 
 
 Gerard of Cremond. 
 
 Gregory. 
 
 H 
 
 Haly. 
 
 Helladius. 
 
 Haniahalzel. 
 
 Heraclltus. 
 
 Hobbs. 
 
 Hermes. 
 
 Hafdrubal. 
 
 Herodotus. 
 
 Hcurnius. 
 
 Hefiodus. 
 
 Henrkus Corn. Agrlppa Knight. 
 
 Helenas Priami, 
 
 Hippocrates. 
 
 Hieronymus Mercurialis. 
 
 Homerus. 
 
 Halenfus. 
 
 Horatiiis. 
 
 HugoGrotius. 
 
 Hugo Vi^orinus. 
 
 I 
 
 lamblicus, 
 
 Jaichus. 
 
 Jandunus. 
 
 Junius. 
 
 Jacobus Hollerius. 
 
 Jacobus Martini. 
 
 Job. 
 
 Jofephus Appion. 
 
 Johannes de Indagine. 
 
 Johannes Rothmanus. 
 
 Jeraurarlus. 
 
 Johannes Pofthius. 
 
 Juftinus Philof. & Mart. 
 
 K 
 Kerftenius. 
 Kiinrath. 
 Kapol. 
 
 JLi 
 Lamprldus. 
 Lyranus: 
 Laftantius; 
 Leonides. 
 Lconicenus* 
 Leophritus, 
 Leranius 
 Lycophron. 
 Livius. 
 
 Lucius ScyUa« 
 Loxius. 
 Lucullus. 
 Ludovicus Vives, 
 Lud, Mercatus. 
 
 M 
 Magirus. 
 Moriims. 
 Macrobius. 
 Mantuanus; 
 Munfter. \ 
 
 Manilius. 
 Monca^us. 
 Martiaiis. 
 Moore. 
 
 Ustcrnixi 
 
 ^ i 
 
Maternus. 
 
 Pyrovanus. 
 plinius. 
 
 R. Mofes. 
 
 Matth^us Drefferui. 
 
 Plutarchus. 
 
 Michaldus. 
 
 Polcmon. 
 
 Michael Scot us. 
 
 Ptolomasus. 
 
 Morbcch. 
 
 Pychagoras. 
 
 Mofes. 
 
 Q. 
 
 N 
 
 Quintilianas. , 
 
 Ni(kr. 
 
 R. 
 
 Nicephorus. 
 Nicolaus Taurellu^ 
 
 Rhafes^ 
 
 Rovilius. 
 
 ^^inus. 
 
 Realdus Columbus. 
 
 ^odius. 
 
 RufFus. 
 
 
 
 Rodolphus Hofpinianur, 
 
 JCcaxn 
 
 Ranhovivy. 
 Satnius. 
 
 >nclius. 
 
 iDvidius. 
 
 Salmahus. 
 
 iDIympiadorus,' 
 
 Savanarola. 
 
 1 P 
 
 Scirachan. 
 
 i*alcmon. 
 
 Scaliger. 
 
 Ahilaleches. 
 
 Schoia Salemitana. 
 
 BsiufanJas 
 
 Scribonlus. 
 
 T^ctrus Apponcniis. 
 
 Synefius. ^ 
 
 I'ctrus de area. 
 
 Seneca. 
 
 I'etrus Viflenbachus, 
 
 Scot. 
 
 leriius. 
 
 Simachardus, 
 
 ■oftellus. 
 
 Selden. 
 
 louerus. 
 
 Solomon. 
 
 braotcs. 
 
 Syrenus. 
 
 ererius 
 
 Socrates* 
 
 lilippus Melanfthoii, 
 
 Strabo., 
 
 hilemon. 
 
 Sandivogius. 
 
 Mnponacius. 
 
 Suetonius. 
 
 lilemon. 
 
 t 
 
 lUo Iuda*us, 
 
 Taifnei-us. 
 
 liloftratus* 
 
 Txeizes. 
 
 *ranelfus. 
 
 Terentius. 
 
 ■liloponos. 
 
 Tacicus. 
 
 ■linella. 
 
 TertuUianus,' 
 
 Ifo. 
 
 Thaddaeus Hagarluj. 
 
 l:doii^ 
 
 Theodoius Gaza, 
 
 1 at«. 
 
 i Tundinusi 
 
 ^ 1 
 
 ' 1 thcodoliua 
 
 ,^E 
 
 
THeodofius. 
 
 Vefalius. 
 
 Themifthius. 
 
 Vigenerius: 
 
 Toletus. 
 
 Virgilius. 
 
 Thcuel. 
 
 Vidoi Trincavdius. 
 
 Trifmegiftus. 
 
 W. 
 
 Toran. 
 
 Wyerus. 
 White. 
 
 Tiibafliis. 
 
 Timplerus, 
 
 X 
 
 V ■ 
 
 Xenophon. 
 
 Vitruvius. 
 
 Exoblah. 
 
 Valeiius Maximus. 
 
 . z 
 
 Veneus, . , , 
 
 Zabarella. 
 
 Valefcus de Tbrante, 
 
 Zophyrus. 
 
 Varro. 
 
 Zoroaftes. 
 
 L. Vcrulam. 
 
 Zeber AlchJn. 
 
 Ad' 
 
 yx- rf- 
 
i«ix'j->U 
 
 Advertifement to the Reader. 
 
 in behalfe of my Fiiead cht Author 
 Mr. J^hn Heydon^ 
 
 BVt as yet I have not leave to direct thee to thh Author^ 
 for now he forfal^s Company^ and is were Mdanchol- 
 ly then SociaUe ; you may be flea fed to tak^. notice^ thai 
 this Baok^depends upon a former of the Ha rmony of the 
 World written by Mr. John Heydon, and in the Tyrants 
 time preferved by thofe two great examples of Loyalty to his 
 Majejiy^ ^irjohn Hanmer Barronet^ ajvi 5;> Ralph. 
 YvttmTin^Knight and Collonelh and by permi'Jton coy^miu 
 ted to the pre fs for the benefit of mankind-^) on are in tkisMe^ 
 thod to follow the Hoi v G uide aU Compofed by this Author^ 
 and it was thought fit that nothinz of fo worthy an Author 
 jhould be left unprinted^ there is therefore his Ocia Impc- 
 rialia, atid the Idea of the Law, Charaaeredfroyn Mo- 
 fes to Kins; Charles; with the Idea of Warr^ Govern- 
 menc and Tyranny^ aUpublijhed together Methodically^ 
 andfo beteadforyour better under ji and ing. T^i/Rofie 
 Cruc'an infallible Axiomata of Ihyhck, is a (if- 
 courfe of a fecrec Foiincain, whofe water iloues from 
 Fire, and carries in it the Beams of th;:: Sun and 
 Sloort, and his iJabalia or the /{rt by which ^oCei Jo- 
 fhua, Elijah, c^^. Did all their Miracle?, istoberead 
 'i^ith his Regie Lunis, &c. there he teaches you to J^tow 
 what a Glorious Creature mati was before his fall, 
 of his Inimortallity andperf'^ft knowledg of God; 
 Ail this. Authors Bookj are very plain and eafe to be app^e-. 
 hended if they be read in Order ^ hs writei no 'Addles or dif- 
 ■ ,e 2 iisultiC^ 
 
1 ne Advertilement. 
 
 ficuhiesy to put you to a tryal of wit s Htm I am certain 
 without thefe Bookj^ there will be nothing but Confufion in 
 the Iforld: And I am confident if mens Mindi were but 
 truly fixt up&n this Temple, they would not prove fuch 
 wenth. r Cocks^ to be turned about with the Wind of every 
 fa'fe DoCirine^ of fome Atheiftical Aftrological vaine 
 opinions : we jhould then be free from thofe disorders which 
 threaten de(iru6iion to the Soul, and dijiradion to the Com- 
 vton- wealthy hut let others write never fo wcll^ if our Pra^ 
 life do not fecond their in\}rucnons^ we may be wife enough 
 to fcnfee our Mipryy but mver k^iow-how to prevent it. 
 Uhutpitty is it^ that this Famous Temple fhould produce 
 m other effed^ but to informe our kyiowledgand confute our 
 Converfation ; whiltftwe negled the truth that is appre^ 
 bended. Jet there is fome hopes ^ that fuch obfervers^ whofe 
 VJjCdomth^nh received the fiampe of goodnefs^ willim' 
 prove their kj/I -to a real Advancement of thofe benefits y 
 vMch lye loch^ up in this Glorious Tempi?. 1o whofe ufe 
 and behoofs thife Excellent Works are Commended^ as 
 the bift that ever were writei^ this kjnd^and mayferve 
 for a general Ground and Foundation to all Kegular Con- 
 ceptionfjhat concern the EfTence^^w^ Exigence of man. 
 Tre Government of Kingdomes and Common- 
 weal ths5<7?/(^^)'r^?^/f^//^?;c^o?^rfrfrw/z/ Salvation : And 
 n'.w what u'^e you will mak^ of this Teny^\e is in your pO' 
 wer ; If you be wife^ if not (iand bac\y and let others come 
 vmo ity and poffeflit *, let thofe Malicious perfons thatfcan- 
 dalize our Author ^with \ludied calumnies^ pafi unregarded^ 
 fur they are fcclijh rude people that fpit filth at the Sun^ and 
 it falls back^into their own faces hi' ii now riftng and high 
 in favour with the Princes and Peers of thisKingdomeywhich 
 caufe hUenemies to enviehim ; he flights their madnefl^ and 
 fives them good Adv.ce he ii highly inefieemin theSpaniJh 
 &'?nnch Courts /nd is Oi it Wcrc a Privy covncdlor to trany 
 
 Lords 
 
The Advrertifement. 
 
 Lords &Kn'tght5^fo above his poor enemies fcorne^who grieve 
 he€aufe they cannot hurt him : his Companions are the be (j: 
 Knights and Gentlemen of this Jslation, and is highly honors 
 edb) themy becaufe they love him ; 7he Eafe^ Common lill^ 
 men^ I mean the ^ackj that daub their Medicines upon 
 every Poft and IVall^ he pitties and inftruds them freely and 
 fiudies to Cure thofe^ that thefe men have almoji kjld with 
 their Lozenges and Pills^ vphich Poyfon the Body; he forgives 
 thofe that endeavoured to poyfon and deflroy him^ and par- 
 doned others that forged Villanies again fi him; He is a Pro- 
 tefianty and doth good for evil^ to all thofe that invented 
 lies again jl him ; in Cenclufion he is a Compleat young 
 Gentleman as well in Body as in Mind^ ( yet for what Kea^ 
 fo^Iknowmt^ negleds to Marry J yet continues Chajie^ 
 I Kinde and faithful to his Friend^ and all that k^now him 
 i find him Generous and Noble ^ in a word the ultimate of his 
 j Emulation is to promote the Common good, 
 
 |j^ne,i^ FarewelL 
 
 1^63. « 
 
 if. D. Knight, and Barronet. 
 
 §3 To 
 
 ^ 
 
To my Loving and approved 
 
 Friend the Author Mr. John Hey don, 
 upon the Temple of Wi[dome^ 
 
 SVirit or yian Aerial ! whats thy name > 
 What (hall 1 call the only Son of fame > 
 Minerva s Tfw/?/^ in your Brain we find, 
 hx\a£!^iC2it Apollo's Prudence in your Mind, 
 You knowledge equal with the gods do hold 
 /^nd fccrets of the Oracles unfold. 
 Tojears^ womhs^ dates and hours^ you time do (hew. 
 By number make the Sun ftand jfi// or go^ 
 Beajis^ Birdsand Flowers^ your a^detoo do implore 
 From death their (hape and Species to Rcftore^ 
 Health , Beauty^ Joutb and Blejjiftgs you can give 
 And teach the dying Man a new to live. 
 He kens when Frogs will (howre Rain, and knows 
 When it will Thunder by the flight of Crowes: 
 Converfes with good G^wiijand for the evil 
 Can Cham them faft to the dark den o^ the Devil : 
 He can foretell things paft, he can recall 
 By power oi Figures ielefmatical. 
 By vcrtue of the Stars too, when you pleafe 
 You know whats doneamonglt th' Antipodes^ 
 And from his mind, he Joyjear^ g^^^h ^^p^^^- 
 For where tbcfe raigne no certain \nowledg dwels ; 
 How fl)all I call you to mf, or which way gain thee^ 
 ^r with whatSacrificesentertainethee: 
 How to efteem you, I am at a lofs 
 Great Brother H^don of the Kofa CroJI, 
 
 
 Ralph Freemm 
 
To his Ingenious Kinfman, Mr John 
 
 Hey don^ u^onhh profound and learned 
 
 Bookj intituled Theomagit^ Or, the 
 
 temple ofWifdome^ 
 
 SIR, lamfathfied, lince you have (how'n 
 By this Book, all the former were your own. 
 One Imp's enough to make Jov\ brain admir'd 
 Thine fixteen hath produced, yet is not tyr'dj 
 Dull Pafjve Earth in you clainies little (hare. 
 You are Contpos'*d o( vfhzt's divine and rare. 
 ^Tis the morefprightly Ekntent ofipure Fire^ 
 That 'bove the vulgar doth advance you higher. 
 Within vjhoCcSfbxre a glorious Mifide doth move 
 I All the Orbs of vertue with Celejlial Love^ 
 I VVhofe A£^ive climbings carry us much fooncr 
 f To the utmoft height, of noblenefs and honour : 
 I Thy fpirit's reftleflc, Now thy bufie fancy 
 Diverts it felf in th' Art of 4/fr<?w/r«ry. 
 Jhy Soul aloft amongft tF Stars doth Pearch 
 Whilft with profound and an unwearied fearch 
 Thou fcan'ft the Caufes of their great effeCu^ 
 Which hidden lye from Common intelleds. 
 Stars are the Iniiruments of Heavens influence 
 Darting their dijlant beams abroad ; from thence 
 \ What's fafty what^s ^refent and to come^ thou l{How^fi ? 
 How to prevent impendent dangers fhew'ft. 
 ; Then *mongft the depths of Angels next thou wad'ft 
 th^irpowrs to learn^ Heavens confines thou invad^jL 
 ATew/?/^thou haft rear'd, a laftingfraaie 
 Not Babel-like, onely to get a Name : 
 But that thy thoughts Divine, may Tee before 'em 
 The way to enter the San^ium SanUoruiw, 
 
 rm-zi T^^^^^^' Heydoff^ Mafterof Arts 
 
 • ir/;. of Kxete.r Co Hedge in Ox/i^r^ and 
 
 R eii or of CoSsford in Oxford-pfrc, 
 
,To the moft excellent Phylo- 
 
 fopher and Lawyer, Mr. John Heydofij 
 
 upon hisTheomagiay Or, the 
 
 Temple ofWifdovte. 
 
 THou'ft rais'd a Temple, which devouring time. 
 Nor envious temperts (hall e'rc underminde; 
 Afdcred Temple where we Meditate 
 Wifdome divine, thcdiftatesofourfate. 
 Let lB:emes proud Vatican a roome prepare 
 Worthy this worke fo Rich, Sublime and Rare, 
 The miftVies in Natures fecret Cabbins 
 VnlockS^ Vnfeen^ Vnh;nown to learned Rabbmsy 
 Thou'ft brought to light > and as Vromethem Vane 
 VTon\Joves Star Chamber^ ntvf Seraptict{^ flame: 
 Ic makes me think thou either haft converft 
 I'th' counfe! of the gods^ and fo rehear'ft 
 To the low'r world thefe depths, or elfe indulged 
 By great ^f ol'o haft to us divulg'd 
 Grand Milteries lain long in filent Grave. 
 Ccnfult the OrackJeM you that crave 
 Refolves > he wich the Spheares communicates : 
 Thence, be Frodids^ and thence he Calculates. 
 ^(BpW-^3 cant die as long as Stars have Light 
 This Temple crownM by day, can't fuffer Night. ' 
 
 j«/,^thc ah ^^y^^^ Le-Ne've Gent. 
 
 Med. Licenr, 
 
Pz» irb cf\^ ^ri €7^ c^ CTy €^ €7*^ iPQ €^ £f^ &Olf^ ^^ 
 
 In T E M P L U M 
 
 AKti(]ui t ace ant per flurima f^cuUVztcs 
 ^ot quot & afpeUo fyderefata notant, 
 ^uique docent G^mahcn, vel defiClum ere Tclefman 
 
 Aut veterum Cabala m prolificatum Petram, 
 Argenti autfulvi, per it ur a baud fetttina nojfe 
 
 Auri & Cecropias vUcere poffit opes •, 
 ^uHtius inque animis quibw efi pernotufj & omnes j 
 
 ^iprecihus norunt car mwibufque Deos 
 Fa: fiigrt adplachum cemendos finibuf orci 
 
 Cogere^ dum fatuifatafutura rogant^ 
 Eugeniofque fciuHt^ occult a Da"mona<; arte 
 
 Redder e Colloquiis cum placet ejfe fukt 
 Trafentes^ & qui lacerando vifcera terr£ 
 
 lHnocu£ Larras adfuajujfa vocant^ 
 Ecce mvum Artiftam ntagina qui prafiitit arte 
 
 Effe^ium nuUus^ quod dedit ante fcio 
 Et qui confcripto ut refer antum volumine mnndum 
 
 Ingratnm tantk candidus arte heat^ 
 Terge bonis avibus ; nigrii revorentur ab ambrU 
 
 Do^orum manes, tetrkafpedra virum 
 Hirefponfa dabunt^ triftewque hcheront^ntovebmli 
 
 Tu dum qudgrentemfata futura moves 
 Ma-ftdat is h ey done tui^^ Barathnimquc parebit 
 
 Orcus, ut & Phlesjeton, fervus uterquetibi^ 
 Neque virum lateantobfcura £nigmata tantum 
 
 Sk mvui in terris t«Zoroafter eris 
 
 Sic cccinit^ Georgius Staikey, 
 
 ^m^' Eirxneus Philopofti^ VhiUhthcs, 
 
«k A 
 
 To the Ingenious Author Mr. John 
 
 Heydon^ upon his Book intituled Theomagta^ 
 Or, the Temple of Wifdom, 
 
 HOw many wrkers are there Cuftles huild 
 Vth y4ir<?3andfeeking th'applaufe of being skild 
 In ArchiteBure^ though they can advance. 
 No higher then th' Amours of a Komance : 
 And but Cmfult bow they may entertain 
 A Liquoriflj fancy with their wanton Brain : 
 What you projecfs more Noble, *tis to treat 
 Man's vaft delires with adequate meat. 
 *Tis to ere6t a Temple ^ who can come > 
 Where that name's due, without an Hecatome 
 Of Sacrifice to him, Whofe gcn'rous mind 
 Would rearc this ftrufturc^ in an Age defign'd 
 For to DemoliQi every Edifice 5 
 Which is Baptiz'd with fuch a name as this. 
 Youftile it iVifdome's Temple 5 thus feclude. 
 The foolifl3,the unhallowed and Rude, 
 From ^nAdmiffion -, but there is no lofs. 
 If F//j;riJ want ^AyiayAT^ntoff 
 Ins Academy ; furc he but profanes 
 Your Temple by his fteps ', who when the bancs 
 Forbidden are between him and your Book, 
 Will yet Attempt into thofe leaves tolook: 
 Yet your Mifterious work muft needs acquire^ 
 Amazement from the vulgar who Admircy 
 That mo\l which they know leaft^ and thus the Sun 
 When CIS Ecclips't is gazed moft upon, 
 J (Iiall not Augtire what will be its fate 
 Among the leVjrn'd, I cannot Calculate 
 For tliar Meridian^ yet my x/ot^fhall paf«. 
 To niak'c as famous as Vianai was. 
 
 M-'y,z6. 1 fi:y. Thomas Fyge Gentleman* 
 
^^^^^^§^^^^^^^ 
 
 AD 
 
 Ampjidimum DoftifTimumq; 
 
 virum Johamem Heydomm Equitum, 
 ItaLibrum Seraphycum, Infcriptum^ 
 Tcmplum Sapicntiae. 
 
 AKtiquofy Heydone, facisrevirefcere lauruSy 
 Hoc doUofermonetuo : tuapaginamonflrat 
 ^uid Chaldaea foHat^ gukquid Nilotica tellitSy 
 ^uicquid ^^\\^,^^\^ quondam docuere Pelafgi, 
 j^icquid-kv'dhSy qukquidnovit Carthaginis d\€ 
 Jiinoni Vrbs Celebris^ quicquid celeherima Rontay 
 Nojlervelmagnui g«/iCanceHarius iUe ; 
 Indi, Brachnianni^wirgflfi^Druidefqi BritamUy 
 §uid Zoroaftcr habit ^ R egis doUive Magifiriy 
 (Nomina non audita him J longijpma Fatrumy 
 (Froh dolor ! ) atferies mordaci tempore viUa. 
 . Et ^h\tgttontxo% ffernensy Heydone, furcreSy 
 Foji Hyemes multoi b^ic vafra repuUuIet acji 
 fagina tunc curfu fcros doceatq-y Nfpotes^ 
 T urn defolatas ^gens incalit aurea terr^, ^^ fratri^ 
 
 ~ Tu nee Livor edax hjt fanliai carpito charts ^ K.C, 
 Humanum Yatum magtu v^tuere Cam£H£, 
 
 May.M^ ^u^. T«/^^Willelmus Smith M./^* 
 Hnper AtiU CUranfs Cantab. 
 
To his honoured Friend the 
 
 Author, on his Iheomagia^ or, tk^ 
 Temple of Wtfdome , 
 
 AM I awake / or doe mine eyes put on 
 Some Dreames phancaftick apparition > 
 My longing mind's amus'd tofinde where this 
 Temple of Rofie- Crucian IVifdome is ; 
 For if I could, Tde foon approach to be. 
 Unto thatfacred place a Votary ; 
 Id'e fpare no time, but quit this prefent ftage. 
 And zealoufly purrue,my pilgrimage. 
 But 1 am ravifhV, and with wonder cry, 
 WhatMufe/ or rather God of harmony 
 Infpir'd our Author thus > Replies my fence. 
 What gods but thofe, of Art and eloquence, 
 Thxhm and Hermes > they whofe tongue or pen. 
 Are ftill the interpreters 'twixt gods and men. 
 Mylierious Vertues 5 occult powers we fee: 
 The StarrSy and earth conjoyn'd in Rarmonji. 
 Why thenproceedf ^r/itz'^/J)K/!)and fcorn the harme 
 That milice can finde out, defert^s a charme: 
 Be fortunate as knowing, mayyour pen 
 Advance your fame, above the fpight ofmea 
 And though tliefe ray unpolifh't lines can't raifc 
 Your name, or give your workes defervcd praife ; 
 Yet give me leave to write, and let them (hew 
 ThcTcftimoaialsof my love to you. 
 
 '^^^* Ko. Turner^ Med. Licent. 
 
Arcanomm ^ Supremorum , 
 
 Scrutator! perfefiiflimo,Sciantifque^ 
 Ornatiflimo, Domino, Domino 
 Johanni Heydon Equici, amico 
 meo delcftiffimo. 
 
 fy V)) te ufque lugenii rapiunt Sfeculamini vafie ? 
 '^ §^1) volitat Calami ftella Sacrata tuis^ 
 §^id Mare^ quid Terras ; quid Vixij Regna flutonH 
 
 In vahU ? aut Cdi nuntinafacra moves 5 
 Ardua Cdorum fuperafti immo imma forafii 
 
 lerrarum \ ulteriui qu£ Cupienda tihi : 
 ^id Tandem fnpereft ? fuperefl graviora Conariy 
 
 Hoc Solum fuperefi te fuper are prim, 
 ^idd Juvat /IflroruM Curfufy C clique metiri ? 
 
 Temet negledofi mor tent c peris. 
 Scire tuum nihil efl^ nihil & tibi fcire juvahitf 
 
 Omnia quantuwvii qu£ Cogitandafcias 
 Vamnati p£nai Kofii •, Noftique Beati 
 
 Tramiatunc Eligaiqu£ tihi grata magit 
 Vivere quam gratum efl ^ quam grata ejinoftra voluptas 
 
 Sit xibi vita tales, fit tihi vita mori. 
 
 '^l^tuY": ThomasRevell, Am. 
 
f:Cf9 }rfSf9 tOs^nOsv t«f5 ti\!f:r tC!fy 
 
 To the prafticall Reader^ up- 
 
 tm The Temple of WifdcfMe^ ereScd 
 by my honoured Friend^ Mr. '^ohn Hey don. 
 
 REader / The Author(nor5with little paynes) 
 Produc'd thisIiTue of his labouring Braynes, 
 To tell what Gaffareis Telcfm*s Ga maces 
 Did mcanej Our Author hath difcovercd thefe. 
 What Cattaft taught by Geomantick skill 
 Our Author hath made common by his (juill. 
 I name thefe two, and let alone the reft, 
 Becaufe thefe two are oncly EngliQi dreftj 
 r^e (ecn the Italian^ French^ and Spanifh too^ 
 Upon thefe Subjeds making much adoe^ 
 And in compofurej to be very neat. 
 But none of them, till now wasere compleat. 
 Some men read this, fome that, we daily fee 
 So many men, fomany mindcs there bee. 
 Who plcafure takes to fatisfy his mind 
 In unknown fecrets, here he may them find s 
 And if what Gaffareiy and Cattan Wrote, 
 Hath been accepted, I will give my Vote, 
 For this our Auchr^ in thefe unknown wayes 
 He'lc be >our Guide and lead you out with bayes. 
 Who ere will take the paines to try this Science^ 
 To purblind Ignorance, (hall bid defiance. 
 Hee's to bee prais'd, who ever doch impart. 
 The Hidden things of Nature, and of Arr<, 
 
 May^ the Sch 
 
 «^'^-'- John Booker, ,,,,,,„,^„^ 
 
^liiiiimsiliilitfiiiiklik.iiimim 
 
 [To his Learned Friend Mr. 
 
 JcbuHeydon ^ on this his moft Ex- 
 cellent Treatife of Philofophy, Intituled 
 iheomagtay or, 7 he Temple oj l/^'ifdome. 
 
 TO write of Wifdomc in this CuriouiAge^(^Stage'^ 
 Is thVay to bring your ^W/ and Bc^^on th' 
 But your Strong Mercury Dreads no aflaults 
 From VnderKPits ; or fuch vihoCt Judgement halts, 
 Heethat (hall Cenfure thcCe your Miftique lines 
 Muft Knowledge have in Her^ef Richer My lies 
 Of Occult Learning : Plaine Vhilofophy now 
 Falls fhorc (^Ten CuhitSy ) of your Boof{^sLnd you / 
 C No Man a Gyants Bonnet off can throw 
 Unlefs h' have Strength and Stature {o to doe ) 
 'Tis not the Vrparfe in Scyence that (hall dare 
 Pretend himfelf unto your Temple Heire, 
 Nor muft Vrsfatttr ?erfonsy hope to find 
 ToUy of that Gentle and Indulging Mind, 
 As to Protedf in this your Sanduary 
 Ihofe^ whofe unhallow'd Hearts and Hands Mifcarry, 
 
 The Rougb-hewn Fancy muft ydJh: Tentfle flye, 
 No Concubine of Arty (hall in her Lye ; 
 5^e is prepared for the Afwf^i Nine, 
 Who doe Command ( like Roman Mejfaline^ 
 
 That none hut Kings there Enter ! \fothen Come, 
 
 tec them in MCourty or Porchy find out a Koom. 
 
 Scorn 
 
I ■! ■ 111 ■ ■ —^^-^^^m 
 
 Scorn thenj^my Friend^the Squint-ey'd Eneniie, 
 Shall dare to gise your Eoo^oryou the Lie -, 
 lirth'Low-orb'd Spirits of this Britti/fel/cf, 
 Being Jgn^raHt of your Labours great fhall fmilc .• 
 Tell them the Cage^ or Stockj^ is much more fit^ 
 ( Unlefs they had a better Bank of wit ) 
 For tib^»i to be acquainted with, then this. 
 Your v(H>nby leiHple ( hpre J oijVifdome is ; 
 For you may juftiy /coy« the Laymans (hift, 
 When ScholUn ( I doc think ) Reach not your Drift j 
 And Aovn forbedre^ to trouble yom Lofty Brainesy 
 With Uach M^n's Comment on your Atlas Paines > 
 This lie Praefage, your Book of JVifdorhe is^ 
 A guidi that Uades to Natures Myfteries. 
 
 Jme loth^ 8hiy 
 
 John GadifHry^<iih9iA^^ntAttliK&' 
 
 \ 
 
Th 
 
 eomam, 
 
 OR. THE 
 
 TEMPLE 
 
 TheFtrjl 'Book: ' 
 
 Chap. I. 
 HowtoprojeSa Figure, the Rofie Crucian way. 
 
 OD the Creator of all thiV^ 
 outoftheC^^w, which was till 
 bodies of nicked Angels made 
 tlie Earth, which is divided into 
 twelve equal parc5, whichever 
 thefe Riileth: twelve Created 
 Ideas, whichTring the vertiies 
 
 his t-.;,ure doth make pr.cks, he mult forme four. 
 ^ the 
 
2 ihe Temple <?/ Wifdome, Book F. 
 
 the tirft line of pricks like unto four Fingers of the 
 Jefc hand, without counting the pricks, fo that at 
 the lead there be to the number o^xteen in every 
 Fuigen And thus frame all your otner lines of pricks 
 unto the number of (ixteen ; and you nuifl not lay 
 your hand upon the paper, till you have made the 
 li'iteen liuesjalways poiKlringinyourheartjmoving 
 the hand wherefore you make the Figure; and wn- 
 <ieriland that the firft line is attributed unto the 
 Fire^ the fecond to the Aire^ the third to the iVater^ 
 the fourth to the Earth : And alfo that all thefe 
 pricks iigniiie one Idea^ and all thefe lines an Ele- 
 ment; and the four firft Inies, the firft Element, 
 which is the Fire 3 the fecond four, the fecond Ele- 
 ment, which is the Aire ; the third four, the third 
 Elemenr, which is the Water : the foiir laft lines, 
 the Tourth Elemenr, which is the Earth-, the lines be 
 a^fo attributed tothe four angles of the Earth, ?//2S, 
 1>/I, ^^V/, Norths Southy and ruled by four migtity 
 Angels. 
 
 Anfibc^ctUeldeasRendavoiiSj and are incorpo- 
 rared into a tiijure, which is made by usj And is 
 naturally a mecr cnclofuieorVeftmeut of the Pii'i^^ 
 Idca^ which \^dn hivifibleCreaUd f pint. But more 
 of this in itji proper place, after we hv.ve fpoken of 
 the Ct\i:n Riilers of the world : And this Art nuift: 
 be received \n fome fublmie vercue : And all Artift 
 fa.' .-nd Ilofie C} UC071S have demonllrated this to be 
 twofold, the one whereof conljfts in Keligion and 
 CernnonieSy and cherefure they will have the projeiJit* 
 ing of riiiS Art to be made with llgns upon the Paper: 
 Ko/I^ Crucians alfo fudge the hand of thepio;e6tor or 
 worker to be moft prowerfully moved and directed 
 by the Idea's or Genii when theyAfcend and Defcen i 
 in ihch Regions : And therefore chey firft u[cd holy 
 
Book L 7he Temple of Wifdome. 3 
 
 Vep'iQations^ Incantations with other Rites and obfer- 
 vations provoking and alluring Idefis of this nature 
 hereunto, as thfey move the Earth every hour- 
 
 And it is in the very Soul it felf of the projeftor, 
 whe he is carried to this work^withfome great cgrcfs 
 of his now defirieiForthisArt hath a natural obedi- 
 ence to the Soul it felfe : And of neceffity hath effi- 
 cacy, and is moved to that which the Soul it felfe 
 defires, and this is true and pure, neither matters 
 it how thefe points areprojcfted, fo that there be 
 fixteen in all the lines at leaft, and fixteen lines in 
 all. 
 
 And this Art may be praftifedjwhenfoevcf a mart 
 will^ and according to the demand that is inade, be 
 it night or day^Fair weather or Foul^Rain or Wind. 
 And moreover you muft note; That foranyque- 
 ftion or demand, you muft make a figure, but one 
 time, but tearing the figure and forgetting the 
 Judgment which was firft made, if any fault be 
 found in the demand or in the figure 5 And then 
 make another in another manner, and Judge the 
 fecond time, according as you fhall find your Fi- 
 gure. 
 
 Many in making or projecting their points do ufe 
 feveral wayes, buc the beft that ever I faw are thefe 
 following, which after you have well obferved, you 
 may either riding, or walking be refolved of what 
 
 ihall happen that Day, Month, or Year in any place 
 where you defire to enquire; and of this you (hall 
 be inftrufted further : Inthg Harmory of the worlds 
 Lib. 2. 
 
 A i Hcf€ 
 
The Temple of W ifdouie* Bo o K. I. 
 
 Here yen Jhall ha^e an example in ordit X 
 
 By this example you may makt prick/p ftroak^s^ 
 fiars^ which yon ^leafe to wot^ mthy for you 
 
 Tieed no other rvay but this. 
 
 . iFirc. 
 ^ JAire. 
 Fire (Water 
 Earth. 
 
 Aire. 
 
 Water 
 
 Fire. 
 Aire. 
 Water 
 Earth. 
 
 Fire. 
 (Aire. 
 Water 
 Earth. 
 
 Fire. 
 Aire. 
 Earth. Water 
 Earth. 
 
 I line' 
 
 »pne^i Figure. 
 4 line. 
 
 1 line 
 
 2 line 
 
 4 line 
 
 1 line-^ 
 ilineCj Figure. 
 
 4 line J 
 
 I linc^ 
 4 line J 
 
 7h* 
 
B o o K, I. the Temple (?/ Wifdome. $ 
 
 The manner hovo tojoyne the Pricks^ orStrodkj^ 
 vphichyou Workjby^ with your ?en^ or walking Stalf. 
 
 ( Fire South 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH 1 | 
 
 Aire Eaft 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHHHH j | 
 I Figure.<j Water North 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHHH [ 
 
 Earth Weft 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH i \ 
 
 r Fire South 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH I | 
 Aire Eaft 
 
 ,p:^,,r.iHHHHHHHHHHHHHI 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHHH | | 
 Earch Weft 
 
 i HHHHHHHHHHH I | 
 
 f Fire South 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH 1 J 
 Aire Eaft 
 
 . HHHHHHHHHHHHH 1 
 3 Figure.^ Water North 
 
 HHHHHHHHHH>HH [ 
 
 Earth Weft 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH | 
 
 
 
 ( Aire South 
 
 "■ 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 HHHHHHHHHHH [ j 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aire Eaft 
 
 
 * it 
 
 
 A FionrP ^HHHHHHHHHHHHH 
 
 1 
 
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$ T/?e Temple (?/Wifdome. Book I, 
 
 Chap. 1 1. 
 ibcmAnner how to frame this Art ^ ami give, 
 to each flace his Name. 
 
 AFter that you have fet your pricks intp lines, 
 and thereof drawn out and formed the figure, 
 as we have (hewed unto you, you muft take and fet 
 the four firft lines of the firft Figure, and fet them 
 afide, and this is called the firft Figure : then muft 
 you take the fecond of the fecond four lines,and fet 
 theni by the firft, and fo have you then two Figure: 
 And then you ftiall draw the third Figure", of theo- 
 ther four lines, confequently following 3^4 put 
 that a part, and it is called the third Figurd : And 
 finally you ftiall pf the other four lines which arc 
 thelaft, take the JFour figure, which is called the 
 four Mothers, and fetthat by the other three,and 
 fo the third and fourth be companions, as you ftiall 
 fee by this example following ; but above all take 
 heed and place your firft well, to make the other to 
 follow after, andyou ftiall put it on the right hand 
 according to this example following^ which is th<p 
 Hebrew Doctors way. 
 
 The left 
 ^and 
 
 Earth. 
 
 Water 
 
 Aire. 
 
 Fire, j 
 
 4 3 
 
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 if if 
 
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 if^ if 
 
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 if if 
 
 ifif 
 
 Weft. 
 
 North 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 South. 
 
 The right 
 Hand. 
 
 Thefe four Figures be called four Mpthers,whcre- 
 ©f the firft is attributed to the Fiie: The fecond to. 
 
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 Book 1- The Temple (>/VVifclome. 
 
 the Aire ; The third to the Water ; And the fourth 
 to the Earth: Ofthcfe four, come another four, in 
 taking the points which arc the tirft ponts of the 
 Mothers, and.gathering them together j that which 
 (hall reCult ouD of points of the ^iatres, is that 
 which maketh the figure ofFiHai the other whereof 
 is by defcending from the fuperiourpointSjthrough 
 both Mediums to the joweft, as you (hall fee by ex- 
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 Earth 
 Weft 
 
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 Water 
 No.th 
 
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 Eaft 
 
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 South 
 
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 Earth 
 Weft 
 
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 wearer 
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 Eaft 
 
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 Chap. HI. 
 
 OfthefignificAiion ofthefe eight Figures^ and how 
 from themyoH mu^ m^kefonre more, 
 
 THefe figures have fuch fignification as wc have 
 already written, but yet ivhen t ey beferin 
 the twelve houfes, as (hall be decJared hereafter, 
 they (hall have other fignifications then we haveyec 
 Tpoken of, tut hereafter it (hall be treated of; and 
 you(hallfee that figure which ir, fet for the South, 
 or that which is fet for the Eaft, (hall have another 
 importance, according to the Rules which we will 
 
 A 4. jvlace 
 
8 The Temple of Wifdome. B o o K. I. 
 
 -~ — — -I*— 
 
 place as following: And now to make other foure fi- 
 gures 3 you muft take the firft pricks of the firft and 
 lecond figures 3 and juft under them, if their 
 Pricks be even, fo place them, and if they be uneven 
 make but one,and fo confequently from the fecond 
 lineof thefecond figures, andfoof the third and 
 fourth, you muft do as much to make the tenth 
 figure, as you did of the firft and fecond to form the 
 nuich, and fo muft you doc of the reft to make the 
 eleven and twelve figures: And fothefe twelve will 
 ftand 35 you fhall fee here by example. 
 
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 Chap. 
 
B o o K. I. The Temple of Wifdome. 9 
 
 Chap. IV. 
 
 Hnr toframeibe Wuncffc and the Judge. 
 
 NExt we muft teach you how to snake the ^if- 
 nefs &: the J^dge^ that out of them we may hare 
 acertainRefolution, Sentence, and ftay upon the 
 queftion, and of the difference thereof j the righ^ 
 IFitneJfc is tv^itn from the ninth and tenth figures, 
 and of thefe two Witneffes cometha Judge ^ unto 
 whomappertaineth the difcuffion of the whole fi-^ 
 gures: And if he be good, the Demand will be 
 found good, and if he be ill, the queflion is ill; 
 And you muft note that fometimes we fpeakof I- 
 dea's and fometimes of Genii, you are to undcr- 
 ftand by a Genius,a certain Divine fpirit that work- 
 eth fecret things in Nature Miraculoufly,and by an 
 Idea the Divine and Natural Form of your Figtire; 
 fo that there is no great difference betwixt a Geal- \ 
 us and a Divine Idea, as you may read in Ihe Har- 
 mony ofths World ; Now here foUowes the Figure. 
 
 
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lo the Temple of WKdome. Book I. 
 
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 Chap.V, 
 
Book I. The Temple of Wildome. 1 1 
 
 Chap. V. 
 
 Of the Names of the /even Rulers of the Earth 5 
 The names of their twelve Genii or Idea's, ani 
 of their Jixteenfigures. 
 
 NOw refteth it , that wc declare the Names of 
 the feven Rulers of the Earth, and of the 
 twelve ldea\zx\!A of their Inclofures, Veftments or 
 Figures, as they are to their Rulers; And you muft 
 know that thefe Kulefi have fignification in their 
 places, and Rule the twelve Ideals which arc attri- 
 buted to the twelve Regions of the Earth, and we 
 could never finde any more then fixteen Figures, 
 let us turn the Pricks which way we would,and here 
 follow their Names, and in order their fcveral Na- 
 tures and Significations. 
 
 Element. 
 
12 rie Temple ^/Wildome. BooK.I. 
 
 Element. 
 
 Figure. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Fire. 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ % 
 
 ^ 
 
 Fuer. 
 A Boy. 
 Yellow. 
 Beard-leflc^ 
 
 Aire. 
 
 
 Albus. 
 White 
 Faire. 
 
 Water. 
 
 %% 
 
 PeopI«. 
 Congregation. 
 
 
 if 
 if if 
 
 if 
 * if 
 
 Amigio. 
 
 Loire. 
 
 Comprehended witb6ttt 
 
 Fire. 
 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 Fortma Major. 
 Great Fortune. 
 Greater Aid. ■' 
 Safeguard entring. 
 
 Aire. 
 
 if 
 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 fuelU. 
 A Girle. 
 Beautifull. 
 
 Water. 
 
 if if 
 
 if 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 Kubius. 
 
 Keddifti. 
 
 Red. 
 
 Earth. 
 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 if if 
 
 Conjunciio, 
 ^oniun£lion. 
 An Affembling. 
 
Bo OK. I. Tie Temple <?/Wifdome. 13 
 
 Ruler. 
 
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 Name. 
 
 Genius 
 
 Name, , 
 
 Barzabcl. 
 
 Malchidael. 
 
 Taphthartharath 
 
 Ambriel. 
 
 Hafmodai 
 
 Muriel, 
 
 Kcdcmel 
 
 Hafmodel. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Soratb. 
 
 Vcrchiel. 
 
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 Kedemel 
 
 Zuricl. 
 
 <>3 
 
 Barzabel 
 
 Barchicl. 
 
 it 
 
 Taphthartharath 
 
 Haraaliel. 
 
1 4 The Temple <?/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 Element. 
 
 Figure. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Fire. 
 
 1 
 
 % if 
 
 if 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 Arquifito. 
 Obteyhing; 
 Comprehended with- 
 out. 
 
 Aire. 
 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 Triftitia. 
 Sadneflc. 
 Damned. 
 Crofle. 
 
 Water. 
 
 if 
 if if 
 if if 
 if if 
 
 if 
 if 'if 
 if if 
 
 if 
 
 Letitia. 
 
 Joy, Laughing. 
 
 Healthy. 
 
 Bearded. 
 
 Earth. 
 
 Career, 
 A Prifon. 
 Bound. 
 
 Fire. 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 if if 
 
 Cauda Draconis, 
 
 The thrcfliould going 
 
 out. 
 The lower threfhould 
 
 Aire. 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 if if 
 if if 
 
 Fort una Minor, 
 Lefler Fortune. 
 LeflcrAidfafeguard 
 going out. 
 
 Water. 
 
 if 
 if 
 if 
 
 Via. 
 
 Way. ' 
 Journey. 
 
 Earth. 
 
 if if 
 if 
 
 Ik 
 
 Capud Draconis. 
 
 The Head, The Thrc. 
 (hould entring the 
 upper Threfliouid; 
 
Book I. The Temple «?/ Wifdome. 1 5 
 
 Ruler. 
 
 Name. 
 
 1 Genius 
 
 b 
 
 Name. 
 
 5 
 
 Hifmael. 
 
 Advachicl. 
 
 Zazel. 
 
 Cambi^I. 
 
 Hifmael. 
 
 Amnixicl. 
 
 Zazel. 
 
 Hanacl. 
 
 Zazel and 
 Barzabel. 
 
 Zazel & Barza- 
 bel in all their 
 
 Idea's. 
 
 Sorath. 
 
 Verchiel. 
 
 Hafmodai. 
 
 Muriel. 
 
 Hifmael. 
 Kedcmel^ 
 
 Hifmae; and 
 Kciiemelinall 
 their Idea's. 
 
1 6 TheTemple of WiCdome. BooK.L 
 
 Chap. VI. 
 
 O/Zazel, and his general and particular Signi- 
 jications. 
 
 ^ fj^Azsl delights in two of the twelve Idea's 
 V ^^of the Earth 5&: in the places where they 
 are, wz. Hanael znd Camhiely he governeth the 
 Ay ry Triplicity by day,which is ccmpofed of Aibus^ 
 Tuella and Irifiicia : He is Diurnal cold and dry^ Me- 
 lancholly, Earthly^ Mafculine, the great infortune. 
 Author of Solitarinejfe^ Malevolent^ he governes the 
 Earth 3^4. years and four Months. Kead the Har- 
 mony of the World. 
 He is profound in imasiination^in his A6^s fevere^in 
 words refcrvedjln fpeaking & giving very fparingjin 
 labour patient, in arguing and difputing grave, in 
 obtayning the goods of this life ftudious, and foli- 
 citous, in all manner of aftions Auftere. 
 
 In fifty feven years, forty three, and thirty years, 
 being lU pofited with h\^ldeas he is envious, cove- 
 tous. Jealous and miftruftful, tymerous, fordid,cut- 
 wardly diiTembling, fluggifti, fufpitious, ftubborne, 
 a contemner of women,a clofe Iyer, malicious, mur- 
 muring, never contented but alwayes pining. 
 
 In Corporature, he fignifies moftpart of Midlc 
 feature, cold and* dry, with a pale Complexion, 
 Swartifh, or Muddy, Eye little and black> looking 
 downwards, a broad forehead, black or fad Hair : 
 And it hard or rugged, great Ears hanging, hove- 
 ring Eye-brows, thick Lips and Nofe, a thin Beard, 
 a lumpifh unpleafant Countenance, either holding 
 his head forward or ftoophigj his Shoulders broad 
 
 and 
 
ho^K.L -i"^ Temple ^/VVifdome. 17 
 
 unci large, aiVd many tim^b ci^ookedjhisbd-ly Comer 
 whacdiarp and bhke, hiS Tkighes fparc^'i'^an and 
 Hot long-, hisKiices and F^efc indecent iiTany limes 
 iliovelinc; or hitting one againll another. 
 
 TheQ^a^itiesof men he fignifiechjand their pro- 
 fellions, are Hmhiind'y^^en^Chmtfs^'Eeggdri), dayLabcr^ 
 ers^ old Men^ Fathers, Grand- father s^ Mon^s^ Jefuitiy 
 and Seftarifts: He' fignifieth Carriers^ night farmer Sj 
 Miners under ground^linners^ pQtters^ Broom- m^:> Plum- 
 mers^ Rickjftal^ers^ Matjien^ Chhnfiy fweepeYsi, S.e^toneof 
 Churches^ Bearers ofVead Corps^ Scavenzers^ UofilerSy 
 Cvliiers^ Carters, Ga:dencrs J Ditchers^ Chandlers^ Dyers (if 
 blacky Chth^ dh Herds-man^ 'Sheep-herd, or Cowherd* 
 keeper. 
 
 He fighiiieth z\\ Irrirediments in the tight carCj 
 Teerhj al. quartan Agues proceeding of cold, dry, 
 and MelanchoHy difiemper?, Leproiies, R'fieumSj 
 Confumptions bhck Jauiidfcs, PalfieSjTrembfings, 
 vain Fears, Fantafies, Dropfie, the hand and foot 
 Gone, Apoplexiegfj Dog-hunder, to much ffnx of thd 
 Hemoroids, Ruptures ; if in the fifth or ei^ht, fower, 
 bitter, (harp, and in mans body he priilcipralJy rul- 
 eth the spleen. See the Holy Giiide. 
 
 He governeth Bears-footj^^'tar-wort^Woolf-bane, 
 HemIoci<5 Feme, Hellebor, vvhite and b'lack Hen- 
 banc, Ceccratch or finger Ferne, Clotbur or Bur- 
 dock, Pa rfnip. Dragon, Pulfe^vetuine, Mandrake, 
 Poppy, MofgjNight (bade,Bn;h^ihd, Angelica,'-age^ 
 Eox^TutfanjO'rage or Golden hcrb,^prihage,Qieep- 
 herds Purfe j Cummin, Horftaile, Firm^itary'#" " 
 • Of Plants ahd Trees, he 'fignifies ,th^' Tariierisk, 
 Savinfij Seha-^e^ers, Rue cr^Hetbhgf^cfe, P6l'ipodyi 
 Willow or SaHbttrtree, YteW tifec, Cjr^refs-tree^ 
 Hempepin^ ttksi ' 
 
]^ 7fe Temple <?/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 Pefignifieth the Afs, Car, Hare, Moiife^ Moic, 
 Elephant, Bear, Dog, Woolf, Baiiliskj Crocodile, 
 ScorpeorijToad, Serpent, Adder, Hcg, all manner 
 of crtepn.g Creatures, breeding of piicrefaftiun, 
 cither ni the Earth, Water or Ruuics of Houfes. 
 
 He iignifieth the Eele,Tortoire, and all (liell iidies, 
 Hefignifieth orgovernech the Bat, orBludclLuk 
 brow, Laporing,Ovvle5 Gnat^Crane, Peacock, Graf- 
 hopper, i hrufh, black-Bird, Oltritch, Cuchoe 
 
 He delights in Defarts, Woods, c btcure Vallies, 
 Caves, Dens, Holes, Yountaint??,or where men have 
 been buried, v hurch yards, &c. Ruinous bnildmgs, 
 Coie-mine>,Sin' s. Dirty or (linking muddy places. 
 We Is and Houfes of Offices ; he Ruiethcver Lead,, 
 the Load-ilone, the drof^ ofa\l Mettals, asalfothe 
 L'ult and Rubbilh of every thing. 
 
 He Ruleth the Saphn'c ftone, Lapis Lazul, all 
 black ugly (hect ftones, not polifh.^bieandof afad 
 afliy or black colour > He fenifieth cloudy,dark, ob- 
 fcure weather, cold and hurtful, thicV? blackand. 
 condcnfe ciouas. 
 
 He delii:hteth in theEaft quarter of Heaven, and 
 caufeth baftern wind', at the timt of gathering any 
 Plant belonging to him, you muft turne your face 
 towards the Eaft in his hour, and let him be in the 
 firft feventh, tenth, or eleventh houfes, where he is 
 ftronge . And the fig\ire muft be projefted in bis 
 hour, then that part of the Earth will afcend in the 
 Eaft-, the meaning of this is-, Admit you frame 
 a Building, crcft a Town, or City, or Family, or 
 Pnncipality is begun, where Cancer or 7riftitia in 
 motion be in the feventh, tenth,or eleventh houfes^ 
 with HCquiptio.LexiM or Fortuna Major^thcy incorpo- 
 rate there fuch Idea's^ that you may Judge the Fa- 
 ^uly, new Houk> &c, may continue three hundred 
 
 fifcy 
 
BooKU rbe Ternpie ^'/ Wif doirie. 1 9 
 
 fikyfour years in lionoiir : and if in a Nativity, 
 you find your Figure fo, then according to Nature, 
 he may Uvehfty ievttn year^, forty three^ or thirty, 
 according as you find them iogethcr j for he is cold 
 an i dry, ^nJ is an enemy to Man. 
 
 He rules thife Countries, viz, Bavaia^ Saxony^ 
 Btiria^ Komandiola^ Kavsnna^ ConjUntia^ln..old\iad» 
 
 He rulcth Saturday, and that day, the firft and 
 eight hours of, they arc called his. 
 
 Char Vlt. 
 
 O/Hifmae), and bis fi unification^ 
 
 r ^ TJ //"w^Tf/.hath two Ideas^ which are iii- 
 V\ X JL corporatcd into twro Figures, viz. Ac-- 
 quifitio by day, aiid Letitin by night ; Atbus and CeH'i^ 
 jiotdio deftroy him, he delights; to be with Populuf^ 
 and her Ideti : He is lick and wedk with Career : b6 
 ruleth the Fyery Tfiplicity by night, viz. fuet^ FoT' 
 tuna Mdjor^ and Acquifitio ; ind their Ideas, 
 
 He is naturally Dufnal, Mafculirie, temperately^ 
 iiotand mo ft. Airy Sanguine, the greater fortune^ 
 Author of temperance, Modcfty, Sobriety, Jufticc . 
 
 He governcs the world three hundred fifty arid 
 four years, and four Months , In feverity nine, h- i^ 
 Maguanimous,faithful,ba(hful,arpinng at highmat- 
 -terin an honourable way ; in all his aft;ons a lovep 
 of fair dealing, deiiring to benefit all rrsen, dohig 
 glorious things, honourable and ReIigious>,of fiveet 
 /and affable Converlation, wonderful indulgent to 
 iis Wiff and Children, reverencing aged Men, a 
 
 B 2 gicafi 
 
ao i he i ciiipic oj w Udome. Book. I. 
 
 great P^eliever of the poor^ fill of j^hancy and God- 
 iinefs j liueralj hating all fordid aftioii^j Juii:, Wife, 
 Prudent, Thankful, Vercuous ; fo that when you 
 jind Hifmaeltht iigaifica! or of any man, viz. when 
 his figures are in good company, you may Jujge the 
 niifn.co be thus qualified^ and many liv*:: fcvcnty 
 nine years. 
 
 But when he is unfortunate, as you fLall md Wim 
 by your figure : with ill Idea^s^ viz thofe that are 
 incorporated in Yvuhins^ Career^ Trijiitiay Cauda. Bra* 
 conis ^\\d Puer : he lignifies forty five, or twelve 
 years, and then he wafts his patrimony ; and fuf- 
 fers every man to Cozen him; his Hipocritically 
 Religious, lanacioijs and flifFe iti maintaining fdfe 
 tenents in Religion ; he is ignorant,careleG,nothing 
 delightful in the love of his friends, of a crofs, dull 
 capacity, Schifmatical,abafing himfelf in all com- 
 panies, crouching and ftooping where no necelHty 
 
 He fignifies an upright, ftraighc and tall ftaturej 
 hrow^, ruddy and lovely Complexion i of an Oval 
 orlongVifage, and isfull orflelhy, high forehead, 
 large gray Eyes, his Hairfoft, and a kind of Abunie 
 bj!G\vti 5 much Beard, a large deep Belly, ftrong pro- 
 portioned Thighes ^nd Lcggs ; his Feet large and 
 xiT)band(l>me j hi his (Speech, he isfober and of grave 
 difcourfe. / • 
 
 Th^ Qualities of men he fi^nifie« are Judges^ Se- 
 nators, Councellours, Eccleiiaftical men, pifhbps, 
 Priefts, Minifters, Cardinals, Chancellors, Dcftors 
 oftbe civil Law, young Schollers in anllniverlity 
 or Ci^lledg, Lawyers, Clothiers, woollen Dra» 
 pers, 
 
 Difcafes he fignifies, arePIurifies, alL infirmities 
 i»^ the Liver : lefcEare, Apoplexies^ iaflamniat ions 
 
BooK.l. i ^e Temple ^/ Wifdome, off 
 
 of the Liing55 Palpiracion and trembling or the. 
 Heart, Cramps, pains in the Bav:k-bone5 z\\ dife^Tcs 
 l^'.ngin the Veins or Rib?, and proceeding from 
 corruption of blood, rquin2ie<5vvindiner?5 all pucre-r^ 
 faftioji of the blood orfeavers, proceeding froitt 
 to )greac abundance thereof. ' .** 
 
 Hegoyerncth the fweet and well Tented Oddiir?,' 
 and that vvhich is moft plea'anc and delightful 
 wichouc excream Colour^*, he (ignifyerh Seagre^nor 
 b!ei\^5 purple, Afli colours. Herbs' and Drug^r^ as. 
 'Cl'oves'andCIove-gelli flowers, Mace, Nutmeg, Su- 
 gar, the Stavv berry, the herb Ealfome, Hettoriy,' 
 Centory, Flax, ilrfemart. Fumitory, Lungwort, 
 Pimperwel, Wall wort, Organy or wild Marjoram, 
 Rubarb,rclfe Heal,Borrage,Buglors/vVheat,VViilow, 
 Hearbe,thorovv,leafe Violets, Lask wort. Liver vvort, 
 Baz:!,'Pantegranaces, Pyony, Liqubrifh, I'Wint, Tila- 
 ftick, the Dazy Fev.erfew, Saffron. ■' 
 
 Plants and Trees, asChery, Birdh-tree,Mulber- ' 
 ry, Coraltree, theOake, BarbaHe?j Olive, Gbof- 
 berries, Almond tree, the Jvy^ Manna, Mace, the 
 Vine, the Fig tree, the A(h, the Pear tree,the Hjzle, 
 theBeech tree, the Pin e,Pi.ayronj Of Scads herules 
 the Sheep, the Hare or Stagg, the Doe, the Oxe, 
 Elephanr, Dragon, Tygar, Unicornc; thofc Beads 
 which are mild and gentle,(and yet of great benefic 
 CO Mankind) are governed by hira. 
 
 He governes the Scorke, the Snipe, the Larke, the 
 Eagle, the flock Dovc,the Partridge, Bees, Phe(anr, 
 Peacotck^ the Hen. 
 
 Fifths, The Dolphin, the Whale, (heath Fi[b,and 
 ScrpencheRuleth. 
 
 He delighteth in places ncer Altars of Churches, 
 in publick Conventions, Synods, Convocations ; iii 
 places neat, fweet 5 in Wardrobes,Courts of Juft ce. 
 Oratories. B 3 The 
 
i3 27?e Temple ^jfWiklome, BocK 1. 
 
 The Minerals and Prerioiisftones he governev-^c 
 Tinj^roethcrvbeSapl.irejcHeSmaragMofEmralci^ 
 Hycc'tifh, Topaz, C hrillolj Bezoa, Marble, and 
 di:!i^ ^: -ich ill England we call che Frec-ftone : See 
 the Bo»y ' ui»«e 
 
 deafiiiliy iigJiifycch ferene^plcafanCjand health- 
 lui Norih winds. 
 
 •e j^ovtrinech iht North wi ndj, that part which 
 teiiclech to the Eaft. 
 
 In Generation, he governeth the fecond> and 
 (enth Month, his proper feat in ^^2nis the Liver, 
 and in the Elements, he ruleih the Air. 
 
 He governeth thelerond C limate and the Coun- 
 tries of B/r^/'/c;/, Prrfi/r, Hungarja^%pame^CuIlen: the 
 number three is attributed to him3and iieGoverncs 
 Thurfday thefiift, and eight hours thereof, and 
 then you muft gather his Herb?, if Populus be in 
 the firftjfourth or Ac(]mfiUo in the ninth, or Letitia \ti 
 the twelfth, or Fortune Major in the fifth, for than 
 you will gather his vertue three times more power- 
 ful then ac another time. 
 
 Chap. VIII. 
 
 O/Barzabelj Andh'njtgmficxtion, 
 
 p. T> Arzaheli h^Lthfure^ and the Z^f^5for hi§ 
 ^r^"^ Xj ^ay delight, and KnbeuSy and cnat Idea 
 by night, he is exaiced in t'he tenth houfe, an4 • 
 fcib fjljruinf ana Detriment i in the fourth houfe; 
 I.e governeth the watery 7rqLcitj night and d'dy^viz. 
 fopulu6^ Kuhusy Laiiia, 
 
Book I. ihe Temple of Wil'dome. 2 3 
 
 He is Mafculinc and Nofturnal in Nature, hoc and 
 drvj chollenck -dLwd Fycry, the lefler in fortun?, 
 author of quarrels, ftnfes, contentions, 
 
 Hegovernesthe world tliree hundred fifty four 
 years and four months : ht rulcch in mAnfrom for- 
 ty one toftfty fix years j and in two hundred fix ry 
 four^arKi fixty lix, he is invincible in the firft houfCj 
 or tenth, in exployts of vVarr, and is veiy cou- 
 rageous in theetght, fcorning any (hould exceed 
 him, lubjeft to no Reafon, bold, confident, im- 
 moveable, contentious, challenging all honour to 
 themfclves ^ Valiant, lovers of War, and things per- 
 tayning thereu to, hazarding him felt to ail penis, 
 willingly will obey^io body, nor fubmit to anys a 
 boaHerof hisown A6f, proud, and one that fltghts 
 all things in comparifon of Viftory; in a word at the 
 beft he IS a Knave. 
 
 But when he is unfortune in the Fig;ure, in forty, 
 or fifty, then hefignifies pratlers without modeftyj^ 
 or honefty, a very Rogue, and never better, let him 
 be where he will 5 but a lover of {laughter and quar- 
 rels, murder, theevery, a promoter of Sedition, 
 Frayes and commotions, a highway Theif,ais wave- 
 ring as the wind, a Rck-pockt;t, a Trartor, of Tur- 
 bulent fpirir, Perjured, Obfcene, Rafli, Inhumane, 
 neither fearing God,nor regarding man^ Ravenous, 
 a Cheat, furious and violent. ^ 
 
 Generally he figniftdh oneof a middfeftature, 
 their bodies ftronge, and their bones big, rather 
 ^eancthenfat,thc complexion brown,ruddy colour 
 or an high colour, round vifage, hair read or Tan- 
 dy ,flaxcn,and many times crifping or curling, (harp 
 hazle eyes, and they peircing, a bold confident 
 Countenance, and the man A£tive of body an4 
 fearJefs^fometimesa dark haitc 
 
 B 4 Pio^ 
 
2 4 '^^^ Temple of Wifdoaie. B o o K. I. 
 
 Prqfpfiiops he figulfies are SouI4i?^^S3 Beanards^ 
 Hang-menj.BaylifFsj, S^rgeantSj M^Aftls, Butcbev?/, 
 Gunners, Phyjfitians, Apothecaries,,, Ghyrurgeaii^ 
 Alchimi^Sj Smiths, Bakers, Theeves, Taylors, Ar- 
 piorers. Watch-makers, botch ers^Cu tiers of fwords 
 and Knivesj barbei i, P[y ers, Cooj^s, , C4i'p^t>C€rs, 
 Gameft«ji;Sj, Tanners, C^criers ,,u<>> - ,. 
 
 In bifeaCes, he figi^ifye^h the Galj, the left Earc, 
 Tertian feavours,PelHlent burning fevers, (Vlegrim 
 in the head, CarbuacleSythe Pi^gUe ;indaliPi?iigue 
 fores, -burnings, Rinj;wormes, blifters, Phrenfie^^ 
 mad fiuJidci^^diflempers in theh^ad, yellow Jauu-? 
 dies, felpo^y Flux,F'iftula,es, all vvpitnd,s and difea- 
 fcsinrn^i)S-gei]ifOieSp the lion e Uoth if*, the Rain^ 
 siiid bjajd^e^fcars^and the fnial P9?^ in the Facc,alt 
 hurts by, irin,^ the Shjngks, and ^jiichother difeaCes 
 as arife by too much choller, anger oi; |>3(1oa • ^t^f^A 
 7kilariBio^jQfthe,X^orld. , ., ^rl - iiw" 3l<{ 
 
 ■ H^y Righted mRedcojour, or ydlqw, fiery, *nd> 
 ftiniugit^e Saffron^ ^a in. t^hofe. favours which ;9ii^, 
 bittef^/j(tgrfi^.^n4:!pW^:t!k^ ToftgMcjj .of humowrga, 
 cholkf.,] 'h, , '. . , - *^ c* ''i 
 
 ."^^l^p Her)as;weat^rib^tq to B/j;r^ 
 
 QOipp fif aif, i^o, a jre^njef^,,, whofe IjCav^: ^X^ poinicid 
 and tbj^f^apjhofc t^ftif | cpjlick ap4 tjiirningj'.Ip.Yaj 
 to grovy. op 4ry P^^fi§? ,a>ad ar€ co^ofiv,^ and pi^n^tT 
 crating the flelh and bqi^ieSoWi^h a fluqji^ frbtjc he^t r, 
 tb.^3f 2ire th^ IS[et;t}ep, . aill, ipaiin^r.pf.Thiftks,. r^ft 
 Barrow or Canii^oc^^^Pf yi^^ milk, , Qi?!p€tt;y S.pur§^^ 
 Che white and red br^m!9leS;> the wh jqe called R^m. 
 Lingwoit, Qnioi^s, Qivf^, .rcdSarideiSa.Sc^^rampnyj 
 Garlike, Wiiftard-f^ed^ Gipg,er3^ LeckSj PittaAcij 
 Horchouudp Hemlock,. Tamariad?,,ajil .herbs at-ti^-- 
 fting or drawing chpllqrby fimpathy, RaddiftijC^r 
 ftorcum, Arfeniarr, (Q^ntharid^ Gardes, bener; 
 
 diftus; 
 
Bo O K. I. The Temple ^ Wifdome. 25 
 
 dTftus : Ail trees that are pricklyj as the Thorn, 
 Chefnuc 
 
 Of Beaftshe Governs the Panther^ 7iger^ Maftife^ 
 Vulture^ Fox ', OF living Creuures thofe ehat are 
 Warlike, Pvavenoiis and bold; the CaftoV:, Horfe^ 
 Wde^Ollritch; ihcGotft, thtlFoolf^ the Leapor^ th^ 
 Wilds^Ap:, K.\\tGnaXs^ Flyes ^ Lapwings^ Corka-tmey 
 the Cijfon J feare, 
 
 AmongFiQies, hePxuhs tbe ?%, the Sharks^, the 
 Jfarble^ihc Forkcfijhy all flinging and ftintiing worms, 
 ScorpeoHs, 
 
 Among Birds, The Hawke^ the Vulture^ the Kite 
 or dead', (all ravenous Foule) the Kaven^ Cormoranty 
 the Owle^ dhe Crow, the ?ye ; The places he figniii- 
 eth arc Smyths Shops, Furnaces, Slawghter-hou- 
 fisj places where Bricks- and Charcoal es are bur- 
 ned, or have b?ea burnt; Chinineys, Forgei. 
 
 Amoiigft Mine rails anii Atones, Iroi>, Arijcirnony, 
 Arfenickj Brimfione, Ocre, Adamant, load-ftone, 
 Biood^fton^Ja(per, the many coloured Amath€i% 
 the Touch-ftonc, Red-lead or VGrmilion. ^'■^^ ^^ ' 
 
 - He fignifieth. red Clouds, Thmider^ Lightning, 
 F^cry lmprei]ions,and peftUent Aire«, which ufually 
 appearaftcciaiongtimcofdrmefle and- faice wea- 
 ther; by improper and Hnwholfom^ Mi^V ^* g^ 
 veriieth tlieWeftcm windes. '' 
 
 -He goyerneth the three Climate and* tbeGoun* 
 ttk& of Savomtatioij Laynbardj^ Batavia^ f^^rtmM and ' 
 GothoUftd . : ' . ''V---. 
 
 HcRulech Tuefday , and therein the firfir and 
 eighth home, and in conceptions the third Month. {; 
 
 • All thefeven Rulers hate him, but onely Kedmei^ 1 
 who is hi&friendw 
 
 Chap, 
 
36 7 he Temple of WMome, Book I. 
 
 Chap, IX. 
 
 O/Sorath and hhjignifi cation 5 and how be and 
 the rejk receive tb^iir vertnes frcin 
 above. 
 
 jrl ^Orath hath Verchiel for his Idea^and Cam* 
 €|J O^i^/ for his detriment. 
 
 He is exalted in M^/c^i^^^/5 and receives his fall 
 in Zuriel: In the feventh houfc he governeth the 
 fiery Triplicity, viz. Malcbidaely Verchiel and^i- 
 9 jcbiei^ znd receives his power from above^as all the 
 fcven doc ; He is the foul of all creatures upon 
 earth. Water, Aire, Earth or Fire; 
 
 AndGdd himfelf, though he be Trinity in Per- 
 fons, yet is buconconelylimplcElTcnce. Notwith- 
 f^anding we doubt not but that there are in him 
 many Divine FowerSyvrh'ich as many Beams flow from 
 him, which the Phylofophers of the Gentiles called 
 Gods:Tht Hebrews Mulciierious,wc attribute,as Wif- 
 dpmjwhich Orpheus c^Ws Ptf/Z/iJfjUnderftanding which 
 he calls Mercury^ the conception of the form which 
 he calls Satum^tht produftlve power which he calls 
 NeftuHey the fecret nature of thuigs, which he calls 
 fuHOy Love which he calls Venm^ pure life, which he 
 callsthe^i/ff ori4^^//#) the matter of the whole world, 
 he called Fan the Soul, as it engendred things below, 
 €0iU€iDplateth things above, and retraftetb it felf 
 
 into 
 
Book I. Tie Temple i?/Wifdome. 72 
 
 into it felfjhe is ttouoiired with three nanieSjViz.M^- 
 risy Neptune and Oceam Therefore the moft prudenc 
 Theologians of the Gentiles did worfhip the on,c 
 God, under Divers names and powers; yea divcrfe 
 fexes whom as S^ Chrijiopher Heydon faith;FraiJ and 
 weak mortality hath digeltediivjto more,being mind- 
 ful of his own frail ty^that every man might worfhip 
 that portion which he efpeciaily wantech, fo thofe 
 V, ho had need of faith prayed to Jupiter^ they that 
 wanted Provi ^ence, Sol wifdome, iiinervdy and fo 
 as they wanted other things^ they prayed to other 
 Powers: Hence arofc that great variety of Deitie?, 
 by reafon ofthe many and diverfe diftribvitions of 
 Qraces-^but God is one from whom all thingsjthere- 
 fore Eugeum IheodidaCius \\\ his book called the K. 
 C. Thjfick^^ faith, whereas there is but one God and 
 one power, yet he is named by divcrfe names, for 
 the multitude of fpecies ; And as S^.John Hejdon 
 faith, As all fouls are reduced to the one foul of 
 the world oruniverfe , fo are all the gods referred 
 to Jiffiter^ who is the fame god,wor(hiped under di- 
 vcrfe namesj therefore it is meet to know the fenfi- 
 ble properties cfthefe Idea's, and perfeftly to in- 
 tclleftualize them by the way ofmorefccret Anolo- 
 gy; The Learned Hebrews fay, that thefe feven 
 Rulers wefpeak of,and the twelve Idea's that Ran- 
 defvouze here, and govern the twelve parts of the 
 Earth, and thofe that arc incorporated into the 
 fixteen figures, devided into foure Elements and 
 govern the foure Winds,have received the ten prin- 
 cipal names of God, as certain Divine powers,oras 
 it were Members of God, which by ten Seflerothi 
 and are as it were Veftiments^ Inftruments or exam- 
 ples ofthe Archetipe , have an influence on all 
 things Created jthrough ihehJgh things even to the 
 
 lowed 
 
'^8 7 he Temple ^f Wifdome. Bo okJ. 
 
 lowed, yec by acercainorder, tor rirft and imme- 
 diately they have Influence on the nine orders of 
 Angels, and quire ofBleiredfouls, and by them into 
 the Cseleft al ^phears3 Planets and Men^ and by the 
 which Sepberotby every thing then receivech power 
 andvercue: The tirft of thefeisthename E^^j^r^the 
 name of the Divine Effence, and his Idea's is called 
 Cether^ wliich is interpreted a Crown or Diadem, 
 '^nd figniiieth the moft (imple EflTence of the Divlni^ 
 ty^and it is ca!led,that which theeyefeeth norland 
 IS attribiued to God the Father, an! hath his in- 
 fluence l.y the order of Serapbimsy or as th^ Hebrews 
 call them H^j^jf^r^j Hacadofch ^ that is creature^> of 
 holinefie; and then by thePriw/mMo^//^, beftowes 
 the^iifcofbeingto all things, filling the whole uni- 
 verfe both through the Circumference and Cc«itre 3 
 whofe particular sntelligence is called Mmtrtj;^/, 
 thacis, thePrinceof Faces,whofedutv it is to bring 
 others to the face of the Prince r and by him the 
 Lord ipake to Moffj". 
 
 The fecond name is God> or Tetfagrantmiitonyjoy' 
 ned with Godj his Idea is Hochma^ rh^ tis^ WifJoitie; 
 and fignifieth theDivmity, full of I^c^'s, and the 
 iirft begotten, an is attributed to the Sun^and hath 
 hisinflucuccby rheQrderofC^m^5i«^, or that? the 
 Hebrews c^WOrf hanint^ that is^ Formes or Wheels, 
 and from thence into the Starry Heaven, where he 
 fabricateth (o many figures as he hath Ji.Vs in him- 
 ielf, and diftinguiflieth the wery Chaos of the Crea- 
 tures by particularintelligenCr,calIedKtf2;ie/5Vvho 
 was the Ruler of ^K//2Wf, the third name is called 
 Tetragr awmaton Elohim^ his l^e/t is named PrinkyVit. 
 trovidence and underftanding^and fignifies remiffion; 
 quietnelTe the Jubilee, penetential converfion, a 
 great Trumpet, Redemption of the World, and life 
 
 of 
 
B o OK. I, i 6i? Temple of Wiidoine. 
 
 of the World to come : ic is accribiited to the Holy 
 .Spirit, and hath influence by the order of the 
 IhmteSy or which the Hebreyps cdW Aralimy that is, 
 great Angels, mighty and ftrongj and from thence 
 by the Sphere of Saturn^ adminiftreth forme to the 
 unCetled matte;, whofe particular inteligence is 
 Zaphebiel or Zazel^ the Ruler of Noah-, and another 
 intelligence named _7o;?^if/ the Ruler of Sent ^ and 
 thefeare three Supre^m and high Idea's^ as it were 
 feats of the Divine Perfons, by whofe commands all 
 things are made, but areexLcuced by theotherfe- 
 ven, upon the feven upon earth, which are there- 
 fore called the Divine Idea'^s framing ; Therefore 
 the fourth name is £//, whofe Idea is Hepd, which 
 isClemenceor Goodnelfej and lignitit^th Grace ^ 
 Mercy , Fiety , Magnificence^ the Scepter and righc 
 hand, and hath its influence by the order of Vomi- 
 nionsj which the Hebrews call Hafmalini:, and fo 
 through the fphere of Jupiter fafhioning the Imas^es 
 of bodies, bellowing Ciemency and pacifying Ju- 
 fticeon all, his particular intelligence is Zadkjeli 
 the Ruler of Abraham', The firft name isElohim Ge- 
 ^fr, that is the Mighty God; punifhing the wicked; 
 Jiid his J^t?/r is called Geburack^^vfh'ich is tofayjPow- 
 ?r. Gravity, Fortitude, Security, Judgment, pu- 
 iiifhing by flaught^rand war, artd ids appl^ed'tcj 
 iihe Tribunal of God; The Girdle, the Sword arrd 
 :he Left-hand of God; it is alfb cuMedFachad which 
 s fear, and hath his inffuence through the ord^of 
 )owers, which the Hebrews call ^eraphim^, and thefe 
 hrough the fp hear of M/^rs illuniinate tht^ofieCru^ 
 iansy to who^m beipngs*' F6rtitade:and Prudence 5 
 t drawc.thfofthf hc;Fl^ments,. and his parttGula^ 
 ntelligence is (Ttf^^/.-fche Ruler of S^iwppw, the fixtH 
 iamc h^Ehha or ap^aMe of n:irtti;fbyned Vfithrttn* 
 
?o iheTtmplcoJ Wifdonjie. BooK I. 
 
 dahat, his Idea'is Jiihereth^thdit is, Apparell, Beaucy, 
 Glory, Pleafiire, and figiufiech the I rce o[ Life^and 
 hath (lis influence through the order of Vertues, 
 ivhich the hehrews call Malachin^ tliat is. Angels into 
 the fphcar of the Sun^gw'mg brightnclfe and life un- 
 to itjand from thence producing Mcttals^and there 
 to make Aurum Potahiie his particular intelligence 
 is Raphiely who was the Ruler of Jfaac and loiy the 
 younger, and the Angel Peliell Ruler of J^^^^j The 
 fevenname is Tetragrammatoty Sahoaxh^ovAdonaiSa^ 
 ioathy that is^the God of Hoft*, and his Idea is I^ezahy 
 that is, Triumph arid Viftor} *, it lignifiestheEter- 
 iiitv aud Jufticc of a Revenging Ood, it hath his 
 influeJice through (heorderof?rnicipalities,whont • 
 the Hehrewes call Elohint , that is God, into the 
 fpherc of Venus-y gives Zea! and Love of Righte- 
 oufnefTe and produceth Vegetables, his intelligence 
 is [Javie/iind the Angel Cerviei (he Rulerof / ^r/V/i 
 The eighth b C2L\\cdElobim Sabaothy which is inter- 
 pretc i the God of Hofis, not of Warr and Juftice, 
 but of Piety and Agreement ; For his Name fignifi- 
 ethboihand preccdeth his Army; the idea of this 
 is Ho^, which is interpreted boih Praife, ConfelTion, 
 j^onourand FamoufnciTe^it hath influence through 
 the Order of the Archangels^ which the Hebrews call * 
 Ben Elohinty that is, the fons of God into the fpherc 
 ofMircuryy and gives Eligancy and Confonancy of 
 fpeech, and prpduceth living Creatures ; tiis ideais 
 Michaeli who was the Ku\tr of Solontou : The ninth 
 name is called 5/?^/ii, that is. Omnipotent, fatisfy- 
 ingall,and Elhay^ which is th^ living God, his Idea^ 
 is lefody that is, Foundation and Reft, and hath his 
 influence through the order of Angels, whom the 
 Hehrewes call Cherubim into the fphere of the Moon^ 
 i^auiingche incre^fe and decieafe of things^ and ta- 
 
 kcth 
 
Book 1. The Temple 0/ VVifdoir e. 1 9 
 
 kcch care of the Idea's of the Earth, of the Rulers of 
 the 12 Divifions and of their /wtfgf5 or Figures ^and 
 of the Genii and Keepers of men, and diftributctti 
 themi his Genii is Gabriel who was the Keeper of J^- 
 fephy Jojhua and Daniel : The tenth name is Adonai 
 Meiechy(h2Lt i';. Lord and King, his Idea, is ^alchuth^ 
 chat is^Kingdotne andEmpire^and iignifiethChurch, 
 Temple of God, and a Gate, and hath his influence 
 through the order of Animaflick^^ viz. of bleffed 
 fouls, which by the Wehrews is called Aif^-^ that is. 
 Nobles, lords and Fquircs, they are inferior to thd 
 Haerarchies, and have their influence in the (ixtcen 
 figures, the twelve Idea^s^ the foure Elements, and 
 their twelve Rvgioas, or places divided, the twelve 
 Windcs which come forth from the twelve Houfcs 
 of the Earth,and on theSonsof MensAnd thus they 
 give know !cdg and the wondcrfull underftanding 
 of thing alfo, induftry and pred ftions, and the pre- 
 fident among them is Sletattron^ which is called the 
 firft Creature, or the foul of the World, and Soratb 
 diftributeth his vcrtucs: And after this manner doc 
 the Earthly powers receive their Commiffions, 
 which are figuratively incorporated into feven,and 
 they again in their Natures given it to twelve,which 
 alfo in twelve places, Ggnify all things Paft, Prc^ 
 fent and to Comein all the VVorld* 
 
 Therefore Soratb amongft the feven is naturally 
 hot and dry, btit more temperate then Barzabeli 
 he is Matculine, Diurnal and Equivolent in a good 
 place to a fortune: He ruleth the world three hun- 
 dred 6fty four years and four monthSjand when in 
 the firft hundred and twenty , then he is very faith- 
 ful, making thofe men he fignifieth TCry honeft, 
 keeping their promifcs with all punftualityj a great 
 dcfirc to goY^rnc, rule and command where he 
 . comes. 
 
3 2 'ihe Temple of Wifdome. Book. I^. 
 
 comes -, priident, and of incomparable judge i^enr, 
 of great niajelly and Ikcelinefs, induftrious to ac- 
 quire honour and large piitrimony, yet as willingly 
 departnig therewith again, thefeme » ufually fpeak 
 with gravity, but not many words v and iikewife 
 with great confidence and command of their own 
 afFefkion^ full of thoughts, fccrets, trafty, fpeaks de- 
 liberately, andnotwithftanding their great hcait?, 
 yet they are affable, tractable and very humane to 
 all people, only loving fumptuoufnefs andmagni- 
 ficeiice^ and whatever is honorable, no fordid 
 thoughts Can enter their hearts, 8cc. 
 
 When he is unfortunate^ in lixty nine'&: nineteen, 
 he fignities proud and Arrogant men difdayning ally 
 cracking of his Pedegree, he is purblind in lighc 
 and judgement, reftlefs^troublefome domineering^ 
 a meer vapour^ expeniive, foohfh endued with no 
 gravity in words, or fo^ernefs in anions, afpend 
 thrift, wafting his patrimony, and h«tngi ng and be- 
 holding to other men, yet thinks ail other men are 
 bound to him, becaufeagentleman borne. 
 
 He ufually.fignifies a man of a good large and 
 ftrongCorporature, a yellow fa tiron Complexion, 
 iwid round layge Forehead : goggle Eyes or larg6, 
 fiwrpe and piercing; a body ftrorig and wellcom- 
 pofcd, not fo beautiful and lovely, but pretty and.' 
 ♦Hiiable, fuT ofhealth^and their hair ycllowiih, and 
 ^hercfor^ quickly bald, much hair On their beard, 
 tn^tifuallyail high ruddy Complexion, and theii< 
 bodiesfltlhy, in conditions thcy ^re very bountiful 
 hOneft, fincere, well minded^ of great and large 
 heartihigh mmdcd, of healthful ConftitutioflvVery 
 ttimia«)e, yet fufficiently fpirited tior Loqiiatious* : 
 : The. qnali^ties and profeffions of men, he fignify^ 
 tti, airelfinjjs, Princes^T»p5ei»^iESy&c» QMlteB,^ 
 
BookL T^e Temple ^/Wifdome. 35 
 
 quefles, Earls, Barons, Lievecenaucs, Deputy Lie- 
 netenants of CountieSjGentlemen in generaljCour*- 
 tiers defirous of honour and preferment, Juftices ot 
 Peace, Mayors; high Conftables, high Sheriffsj great 
 Huntfrncnj Stewards of noble mens houfes, the 
 principal Magiftrate of any City, Town, Caftle or 
 Country Village i yea, though apetty Conftable, 
 wherenobctrerorgreater officer is ^ Goldfmiths, 
 BrafierSjPewterers LoppcrfmithSjMinters of Money, 
 
 Pimples in the Face, Palpitation or Trembling, 
 or any difeafe of the Brains or Heart, Timpanie^, 
 infirmities of the Eyes, Cramps, fuddenfwoonings, 
 difeafesof the Mouth, and (linking breaths, Catars, 
 rotten feavers j principally in men, he go verneth the 
 heart, the brain and right Eare and Eye, and vital 
 fpirit ; in Women the left Eye. 
 
 Of Colours, he rnleth the Yellow, the colour of 
 Gold, the Scarlet or the clear Red, and allreddifii 
 colours ; In favours, he liketh well a mixture offout 
 and fweet together : or the Aromatical (avour, be- 
 ing a little bitter and Stiptical, but withall Confor- ' 
 tative and a little ftiarp. 
 
 Thofe Herbs which are fubjeft to Sorcuoh do fmel 
 pleafantly, are of great favour, their flowers are 
 yellow or reddi(h,and in growth of majefticaiforme, 
 they love open and Surilhiue places, their principal 
 vertue is to ftrcngthcn the Heart, and comfort the 
 Vitals, to deer the Eye light, refill poyfon, or to 
 diflblve any witchery, or malignant influences cau- 
 iedbyanyarcift^ and they are faffron, theLaure?, 
 the Pome Citron, the Vine, Euula, Campana, 
 St Johns.wort, Ambre,Musk, Zinger herb, Grace, 
 Ralmc, Marygold, Rofemary, Kofafcl^^ Cinnamon, 
 Celandine, Eye bright, Pyony, Barly, ^inckfoyl^ 
 Spicknard, Lignum; Aloes, Arfenick, 
 
 e "^ Of 
 
5 4 '^ke Temple of Wirdome. B o o K. I. 
 
 >» ■ ■ — 
 
 Of Trees: the A(h, the Palme, Lawreltree, the 
 Wirth tree, Frankinfeiice, the Cane tree or Planet, 
 theCedar, Heletropianj the Orange and Lemmon 
 tree. 
 
 OfBcafts: theLvon, the Horfe, the Ram> the 
 CrocoJile, the Bull, Goat, Night-worms or Glo- 
 worms. 
 
 Of Fifhes : the SeaCalfe or Sea Fan, thcCrab- 
 Fifhj the Star fi(h. 
 
 Of Birds; The Eagle, the Cock, the Phseniic, 
 Nightingale, Peacock, the^wan, the Buzzard, the 
 Flye, Cautharidel, the Gofhavf ke. 
 
 Of Places : Houfes, Courts of Princes, Palaces^ 
 Theater, all Magnificent. Struftures being clear, 
 and decent Halls, dining Romes. 
 
 Of Minerals, Mettals and Stone ; he fignifyeth 
 Gold, the Hyacinth,Crifolite,*Adamant, Carbuncle, 
 the Elites ftone found in Eagles Neafts, the Pantarva 
 or Philofopher ftone, of it you may read in my Book 
 called the Wife Mum Crown, 
 
 ' The Ruby, he fign fieth in the Spring, gentle 
 moiftning fhowersin Summer heat, in Autum iiiifts, 
 in Winter fmal R.ain ; He loves the Eaft part of the 
 world, and that wind which proceeds from the 
 Hellefpontus, Subfolanus and Vulturnus parts, or 
 lioufes of the Earth *, the Countries he governeth , 
 arelttf/y, Sicilya^ Bohemia j and the fourth Climate 
 Fheniciachaldea'.Uc ruleth Sunday the firft and eight 
 hours thereof, and in numbers,the firft and fourth, 
 and in conceptions the fourth month, he loves all 
 the Rulers, but Zazsl who is his Enemy : I thought 
 good to write at large in this Chapter of this Ruler 
 that you may underftand the reft the better, viZr. 
 how they receive and diftribute the vertues. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
B o o K. I. the Temple g/Wifdo me. :?s 
 
 C H A P. X. 
 
 of Kedemel, audberffgnificatioti. 
 
 ^p^ TTEdeTuely Kofte Cructam fay, is Lady of the 
 VA J\.fecoiid and fcventh Houfes of the 
 Earth : (he is exalted in che twelfth houfe. and thac 
 Idea : (he receives detriment in the fiift, and eight 
 houfes by their Idea's and Figures : and in the fixcti 
 by that Idea, (he hath her fall: (hegovcrnes the 
 earthly Trophicity by day, vit: Amiffto comundao^ 
 and Cancer ' (he is naturally of the Aire and Water, 
 temperately cold and moift, no£l:urnal the lefTer, 
 fortune, author of mirth and Jollity ; Which faies 
 file, (ignifieth Flegm and blood, with the fpiric 
 and Genital feed, (he receives her veftue as Sorath^ 
 and the reft do. 
 
 She ruleth the world three hundred fifcy four 
 years, (hegivetheighty twowhen (heisftrong, and 
 (ignifieth a quiet man, not given to Law, quarrel ^ 
 wrangling, not vitious : but pleafant, neat and 
 fprucc, loving Mirth in his words and aftions.clean- 
 ly in Apparrel, rather drinking much j thenglucto- 
 ijouFi prone to Love, oft entangled in Love, zealous? 
 in iheir afFfftions, Mufical, delighting in Baths» 
 and all honeft merry meetings or balls, Masks and 
 itage plaies^ eaiie of belief, and not given to labour, 
 or take any pains, a company keeper, cheerful, no- 
 ching miftruftful, a right vertuous man or womaa^ 
 oft had in fome jealoufie without caufe. 
 
 When (he is weak, (he fignifieth forty five, and 
 tight years,andperfonsthat areriotous, expeniive, 
 ^hplly given to loofnefs and lewd companies,cither 
 
56 The Temple ^/ Wildome, Boor I. 
 
 men or woihcnj nothing regarding their Reputati- 
 ons, coveting unlawful beds, Inccftious^and Adul- 
 terer, Fantaftical, a nicer skip lack, ofnoFaith^i 
 no Repute, no Credit, fpending his means in Ale- 
 houfes, Taverns, and among fcaridalous loofe peo- 
 ple 5 a meer lazy companion, nothing careful of 
 the things of this life, or any thing Religious, a 
 mfcerAthif^, ornatnralift. 
 
 She fignifieth a man of fair corporature : but not 
 Very talljhis Complexion bemg white, tending; to a 
 little darknefs, which makes him more lovely j very 
 fair, lovely Ej'CS, and a little black, a round face, 
 andnotlai'ge, fairhair, fmooth, and plenty of it, 
 and it ufually of a light brown colour, a lovely 
 mouth and cherry Lips, the Face pretty fleOiy, a 
 Fowling wandering Eye, a body very delightful, 
 lovely and exceeding well fhaped, one defirous of 
 trimming and making himfelf neat aridcompleat, 
 both in cloths and body,a love dimple in his cheeks, 
 a ftedfaft Eye,and ful of amorous enticements. 
 
 The Qualities of men and their profeilions, ttit 
 ^nifiethjurelVlufitians^Gamefters, Silkemen, Mer- 
 cers, linnen Drapers, Painters, JcwellcFS, Players, 
 Lapidaries, Embroiderers, women Taylors, Wives, 
 Motherf,Vir^in?,Charifter,Fidlers, Pipers ; when in 
 the fourth, Ballad makers,SingerS;,Pcrfumers,Semp- 
 iters, Pifturj-dravvers, Gravers, Llpjioifters, Lim- 
 tneis, Glovers, all fuch as fell thofe commodities, 
 which adorne women, either in body or Cloths, or 
 in Face, as Complexion water. ' 
 
 Difeafes (he fignifieth, are principally in the Ma- 
 trix and Members of generation, in the Reins,BelIy, 
 Back, Navel and thofe parts, the Gonhorrea or 
 running of the Rain», the loathfome French Pox, 
 any dileafe arifiug by inordinate luft, Priapifme, 
 
 Impotency 
 
Book i. The Temple (?/ Wifdome. ?7 
 
 Jmpotciicy in Generation, Hennas, Sec. The Dia- 
 hetes or Pifling difeafe. In colours (he fignifieth white, 
 or milky coIour>mixcd with brown, or a little green 
 in favour, (he delights in that which is pleafant and 
 toothfome, ufually in moift and fweet, or what is 
 very delegable, in fraels what is undiousand Aro- 
 matical, and incites to wantonnefs : Herbs and 
 Plants (he iignifieth, are^ the Mirtle alwaies green, 
 and thofe which have afvvcet favour, and pleafant 
 fniel, a white flower of a gentle humour, whole 
 leaves are fmooth and not jagged, (he governeth the 
 Lilly, bm not William : all other both oFthe Val- 
 ley and Water, white or yellow, the Satyrion or 
 Cuckoe-pintle, Maiden-hair,Viokt * the white and 
 yellow DafFadil. 
 
 Sweet /Vpples, the white Rofe, the Fig, the white 
 Sycomore, wild A(h, Turpentine tree, Olive, fweet 
 Oringes, Mugwort, Ladies mantle, Sanicle, Balmc, 
 Vervin, Walnuts, Almonds^ M.illet,Valerian,Time, 
 Ambre, Ladanuni, Civit or Musk, Coriander, 
 french Wheat, Peaches, Apricocks, Pjums, Raj- 
 fons. 
 
 Ofbeafts: the Hart, the Panthar; fmal Cattle, 
 Coney, the Calfe, Goat. 
 
 Of birds : the SparroWjWagtaile, the Stockdove, 
 the Hen, the N'ghtingalc, the Thru(h, Pe!ican,Par- 
 tridge, Firedula, a little bird feeding on Grapes, the 
 Wren, the Swan, the Swallow, theOwfel or black- 
 bird, the Pye, the Parrot, the Purakitto. 
 
 OfFifhes: the Dalphin. 
 
 Places are, Gardens, Fountaines^bride chambers. 
 Fair lodging, bed hangings, dancing fchooles,VVai:'^ 
 drobes. 
 
 Mettals, Minerals, and ftones, (he i%oi(i<t:h are 
 
 Copper, efpecially the Corinthian aijd White : 
 
 ^3 ' br^fsj, 
 
^8 The Temple «>/ Wifdome. B o o K. I. 
 
 bral's, Latten ware, CorncUon ftone, the sky co- 
 lour .S'aphiie, white and red Coral, -Vlargafitc, Ala- 
 blafter, i'apisLaxuli, becaufe it expels Melancholly, 
 the Beril, Chrifolite ; {he govcrneth the fouthwind, 
 being hoc and moift ia the temptrament of the Air, 
 file nileth the JEtefie^ ihe lignifieth in fummerfere- 
 nity or deer weather, in Winter raine or fnow. 
 
 Countries Arabia^Aufinafiomfmia^ Vimna Volonid 
 the great tr J JuringyY^rtbia^ Media. Cyprus, and the 
 fix Liimate. 
 
 Her day oftheweekis Friday, of which (herulcth 
 the fiift and eighth hour, and in Conceptipn the fife 
 Ti)onth,her friends are all the Rulers or Lords of the 
 Eaythjcxcept ZazeL 
 
 Chap. X.I. 
 
 of Taphthartharath, and his fignificatiofi^ 
 l^atHU and Property. 
 
 ^^ A ^ong^ the Ideas of the Earth, he de« 
 ^^ jf\ lights in Ambriel and Hamdiel : he is 
 exalted in Hamaliel^ he receives detriment in Adva^ 
 cbiel^znd his fall and Imbecility is in Amnexiel, and 
 thatpartofthe £arth^ he ruleth the Ayry Tripli- 
 City by night, ?//>;. Albus^ Amifio and Trijlitia, 
 - He receives his Nature as the others do,and rules 
 the world three hundred fifty four years: he oft tim^s 
 changes his Nature, liz. with good he is good, and 
 with evil apt to beperfwadcd to cyii : yet naturally 
 fee is noble 8c fjcec hearted^bm. c<jld and dry, Melan- 
 ' cholly^ 
 
BooK.l. 7he Temple oj Wifdome, §9 
 
 cholly, heisoftheE'ement of the Water, amorift 
 the humors there mixt, he rules the Animal fpirit, 
 the author of good wits, ingenious and apce Kofie 
 Cruciamy fobcr, grave, Religioufly tioneft, doing to 
 all ochers as they would others fhould do unto 
 chem. 
 
 Being ftrbng, hc-fignificth fevcnty fix, and rcpre- 
 fents that man of a fubcile and politick brain^intel- 
 left and cogitation; an excellent difpucant or Logi- 
 tion, arguing with learning and diCcretion, and 
 ufing much Eloquence in his fpeech, a fearcher into 
 all kinds of miftenes and learning, (harp and witty, 
 learning almoftany thing without a teacher, am i- 
 tious ofi>cin^ exquiiice in every Science, defirous 
 naturally of Travel, and feeing torrain parts; a man 
 of unwearied fancy, a great ftudent in Philofophv, 
 and if any attain the Pantarvay it is chem that is cu- 
 rious in the fearch of any occult knowiedgejabie by 
 his own Genius to produce wonders, given to Di- 
 vination and the more fecret knowledge; if e turne 
 Merchant no man exceeds him in wav of trade 
 or invention of new wayes, whereby to obtaine 
 wealth. 
 
 When he is weak in forty eight and twenty, he 
 fignifies a very quarrelfome wit, apt to rake excepti-^ 
 on at other mens faults and reprove them, many 
 times by trying conclufions, loofes his eftate *, very 
 unconftant,cafie of belief, fometfmes a meer London 
 P*wr«^// maker, a Politicusy Mncurius^ anew Lyer, 
 every day of the week you may read him a Trifier, a 
 meer Verball fellow. 
 
 Corporature he vulgarly fignifieth,isone of a high 
 ftatuce, a ftreightfparc body, a high Forehead and 
 fomewhat narrow, long Face, long No fe, fair Eyes 
 neither pcrfeftly black or gray, thin Lips aud Nofe, 
 
 C 4 little 
 
40 'I he Temple ^/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 little hair on the Chin, but much on his head, and 
 it a fad brown inclining toblacknefs^ longe Arms, 
 Fingers and hands, his Complexion like an Olive 
 OrChefnut colour; you mufl- obferve Japhtbar- 
 tharaibf for if hh Idea's and Figures be with others, 
 they have a great influence one upon another^info- 
 snuch as one partakes of the Nature of tfle other, as 
 if he be with Zabel^thcn hcavy^if with Haffttael morei 
 temperatej with Barzahel more rafh, with Soratb 
 jnore noble, honeft and gentle, with Kedemel more 
 tiierry conceited or full of Jefts, with Hafmodai more 
 moveable. 
 
 ThcQualitcs of men, and their profeffions, he 
 fignificth sTrcali learned menjPhilofophcrs, Mathc- 
 inatitians^ Aftrologers, Merchants, Secretaries, 
 Scriveners, GeomancerSjSculpters, Prophets, Poets, 
 Orators, Advocates » School maflcrs,Stationers,Prin- 
 ters, Exchangers of Money, Atturneyes, Empe- 
 Tours, EmbafiadourSjCommdioners, Clarks, Arti- 
 ficers, generally Accompca[nts,Soliciters,Minifters, 
 Iioneft,noble Religious raen5hating all evil and vice, 
 fometimes Grammarians, Taylers, Carriers, Mcf- 
 icngcrs. Footmen, Uferers. 
 
 He iignificth All Virtigoe's, Lethargies, giddinefs 
 in the Head, Madnefs, either lightnefs or any difeafe 
 of the Brain, Ptifick>alUiammeringandimperfefti- 
 on in the Tongue 3 vain and fond Imaginations, all 
 defeats in the Memory, Hoarcenefs, dry Coughs, too 
 much abundance of Rheum in the head and mouth, 
 all fnaffling and fnuftling in the Head or Nofe, the 
 hand and feet. Gout, Duninefs, Tongue evil, all 
 evils in the fancy and intellectual parts. 
 
 Mixed and new colours, the gray mixed with 
 Sky colour, fuch as is on th^ neck of t he Dove^ and 
 PidgeonjStQck'doves 3nd fuch fine Col oi^rs ; alio 
 i • •■ - > iincy 
 
Book I. ihe Temple <?/ VVifdome. 41 
 
 LincyW/Dolfy colours, or confiiring of many co^ 
 lours, mixed in c tie of favours, a hudg podg 6f all 
 things together , fo that none can give it any true 
 name; yet ufually fuch as doe quicken the fpirits 
 are fubtile and penetrate, and in a manner infen' 
 fible. 
 
 Hearbs and Plants attributed to him, are known 
 by the various Colour of the flower and love fandy 
 barren places; they bear their feeds in cods, they 
 fmell rarely or fubtilly, and have principal relati- 
 on to the Tongue,Brain, Lungs or Memory ; they 
 difpell winds, and comfort the Animal Spirits, and 
 opens Obftruft ions, bears thrceleaved grafle; the 
 Walnut and Walnut tree, the Filbert tree and Nut, 
 the El4cr-tree^ Adders-tongue, Draggon-wort, two 
 penny grafle, Lung-wort, Annifeeds, Cubebs, Ma- 
 riorum ; what herbs are ufed for theMufes and Di- 
 vination, as Verveine, the Reed; ofDruggs, trea- 
 cle, Hicra Diambra. 
 
 Of Beafts the Hi£naj Ap^ FoXy ^uivrely U^eafety 
 the Spider^tht Greyhound^ the Hermophrodite^ being 
 partakers of both Sexes, all cunning creatures. 
 
 Of Birds ; TheLinnet, thcParrot, The Pompi- 
 nian. Jay, the Swallow, the Pipe, the Beetle, Pif- 
 mires, LocuHs, Bee, Serpent, Crane. 
 
 Of Fifths 5 The Mullet, the Forkfidi. 
 
 Of places; Tradfmeng-fiiops , Markets, Faires^ 
 Schools, Common-halls, -fowling- Alleges, Ordi- 
 naries, Tennis-Courts. 
 
 Of Minerals and ^\ones; Quick-filvcr, the Mil- 
 ftouc, Marthafitc or Fireftone, the Achates, Topaz, 
 Vitriol; all ftones of Divers Colours. 
 
 He fignifies. Windy, Stormy and violent boiftr- 
 ous weather, and ftirs up that weather, the Ruler 
 and his Idea's figures (ignif^es in whofe Company he 
 
 • is 
 
41 Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. BooK.I- 
 
 is fomcimes Haylc5Li:htning,Tlmnder and Tern* 
 pefts i in hot Countries Earth-quakes , but this ac- 
 cording to thefeafon of the year. 
 
 The Countries he governs, zreGrecia^ Flanders j 
 JEgyft^ Farts. 
 
 He vjoverncth Wednefday^ the firft and eighth hour- 
 thereof, his friends Hizmael Kedeml^ and Z^^a^^^his 
 enemies ail the other Rulers. 
 
 Chap. XII. 
 O/Hafmodai and her feature ^ndjlgnfflcation. 
 
 5T 'tAfmodai hath one liftf which you may 
 Jtlcall her houfe^and that rules one pare 
 of the Earth, and is incorporated into two figures, 
 VIZ. Fopulus by day, and Via by night, and there 
 (he isftrone;: but if thefe be in the tenth houfewith 
 Career Qr7rijHtia, by tliat Ruler and his Idea's and 
 figures, (he then there receives detriment 5 in the 
 fecond houfe (he is exalted, and in the eighth (he 
 falls, (he governeth the earthly Triplicity by night, 
 viz Arrtijfio^ Cmjundio^Carcer. 
 
 She Rules the World three hundred fifty fourc 
 years and in one hundred and eight (he is ^crong. 
 Feminine, Noaurnail, Cold, Moiil and Fiegmatick 
 by Nature. 
 
 Thi manners or Afkions flie fignifieth, when in 
 good houfeswith good figures, is one ofcompofed 
 manners, a foft, tender creature,a lover of all honeft 
 f nd Engcnious Sciences, a fcarcher of, and dcligh- 
 
 tejT 
 
B o OK. I. Tie Temple of Wifdomc> 45 
 
 tcr in Novelties, naturally prop^nf^p to flite and 
 fhift his habitation, unftedtaft, wholy carrying for 
 the prefent times, Timourous, Prodigal, and eafify 
 frighted; however, loving Peace, and to live free 
 from the cares of this life, if a Mechanick, the man 
 Learns many occupations , and frequently will 
 be tampering with many wayes to trade in. 
 
 V^hrn with in ill houfes with iU figures (he figni* 
 fies fixty fix, and twenty five, and is a mecrvaga- 
 bond idk pcrfon, hating Labour,a Drunkard,a Sot, 
 one of no Spirit or Forecaft, delighting to live beg- 
 gerly and carelefly, on^ cpntent in no condition o( 
 life, either good or ill. 
 
 Shefignifietha man offaire ftature, whitelycd- 
 loured, the face round gray eyes, and a little low- 
 ring, much h^ire, both on head, face and other 
 parts, ufually one eye a little larger then the other, 
 (hort hands and flefhy, the whole body inclining to 
 be fleflily, fomtimes plumpe corpulent and flegma. 
 tick, if (he be in Afpe^ with Soratb in a Nativity or 
 Queftion,(he ufually fighifies fomc blemifh in or nccj: 
 the eye, a hurt in or neer the eye, if her figures be 
 infuccedant houfcs,if (he be unfortunate by com- 
 pany with ill figures and ill Afpcfts in Angles, he 
 fpoileth the fight. 
 
 The qualities of men and women ; (he fignificth 
 are, Queens, CountciTes, Ladies, all manner of 
 womeuj as alfo the common people. Travellers, Pil- 
 grims, Marriners, Fifhermen, b ifhmongers. Brew- 
 ers, Tapflers, Vintners, Letter-Carriers, Porters in 
 Cities, Crach-men, Huntfmen, MefTengers, (fome 
 fay the Popes Legats) Millers, Alewives, Malfters, 
 Drunkerds, Oifter-wives, F ilher-women , Chare- 
 women, Tripe- women, and generally fuch womea 
 ^j carry comodities in the ftrcetsi as alfo Mid wives, 
 
 Nurfesj 
 
44 _S^^ Temple g/Wifdome. Book L 
 
 NurfeSjC^c. Hackney-men^ fuch as carry Sedans, 
 Water-men, Water-Bearcrs. 
 
 Sicknefles , arc Apoplexes, Palfie, the ChoUick, 
 theBelly-akc, difeafesinthe lefcfide^ Stones, the 
 Bladder and Members of Generation, the MenftrucS 
 and Liver in Women, Dropfie, Fluxes of the Belly, 
 all cold Rhumatick Difeafes, cold Scomack, the 
 Gpi|C in the Rifts and Feet, Sciatica, Cholick, 
 Worms in Children and Men, Rhumcs or hurts in 
 the eyes, viz, in the left of Men, an d right of Wo- 
 ;men, Surfeits, rotten Coughs,Couvultion fits, the 
 Falling fickneffe. Kings Evill, Apofthume, .Small 
 Poxand Meafles. 
 
 Of Colours^ the White, or pale Yellow, White, 
 pale Green , or a little of the Silver colour 5 of fa- 
 vours, the frefh or without any Savour, fuch as in 
 herbs before they be ripe, or fuch as demoiften the 
 iBrain,e^c. 
 
 The Herbs Plants and Trees, which are fubjeft 
 to H^fmodai-fitr Idea and figures have foft and thick 
 ivory leaves, of a Waterifh or a little fweetifh tafle, 
 they love to grow in watry places, and grow quick- 
 ly into an Ivory magnitude, and are theCoiwort, 
 Cabbage, Mellqn, Gourd, Pompilion, Onion, 
 Mandrake^ Poppy? LetticejRapCj the Linden tree, 
 Mufhroms, Endirc, all otherTrees or Herbs, who 
 Iiave round, fliady, great fpreadmg leaves, and are 
 little fruitful!. 
 
 All fuch Beafts or the like which live intheWater, 
 fhe figuifieth Frogs, the Otter,Snails, ^(T. theWee- 
 fle, theCunny; all5caFowle, theCookoe^Geefe, 
 Ducks, the Night Owles. 
 
 Of Fifhes: TheOifterand Cockle, all flicll Fifli, 
 i|hcCraUand]^obftcr,Tortoife, Ecle. 
 
 '-'■ ■- Places 
 
Book I, ihe Temple ^/ Wifdooie. 4s 
 
 Places (he Govcrncs, arc FcildSjFountainsjBaths, 
 Havens of the Sea, High waycs and defert Places; 
 PortF, Towns, Rivers, Fifli ponds, ftanding Pools, 
 boggy places, common ftioars,Uttlc Brooks,Springs, 
 Harbours for Ships or Docks. 
 
 Of Minerals and Stones j Silver, the Selenitc, all 
 foftftone$, ChriftaU. 
 
 If her Figures be with the Figures of Zazel^ they 
 (ignifie cold Air, if with the Figures oi Hifmael^ yiz. 
 Acquifitio and Letitia^ in Which are incorporated 
 the Idea\ Advachid and Atnnixid^ they fignific fe- 
 rene weathier with-Stfr5s<r5^/,and hisJ^^« and figure?, 
 winds and red clouds, with the figures of Soratby 
 according to the feafon : with the figures cfKede^ 
 mel and Taphthartbarath^ fl^ewersand winds, Jn her- 
 meticall operacion, (he delighteth in the Northan- 
 gle of the Earth, in the firft hou e with good figures, 
 (he (ignifieth winds acccording to the Nature 
 of thofe igures, are in company or Afpcft with 
 her. 
 
 The Countries (heruleth, arc Holland^ Zealand^ 
 Scotland^ Venmark^^ Norremberge^ Flanders: her day 
 is Munday, the firft and the eight thereof, her eni' 
 mits are Zazd and Bar zahel J viz, their Figures are 
 contra ly one to another in fignification. Aud thus 
 much of the Nature and (ignification of the feven 
 Rulers of the Earth ; Now let us fpeak of their 
 twelve Ideasy but firft let usihewyou how to attri- 
 bute the Rulers to the Figures, aud the Figures to 
 the Rulers,a8 well good as evil. 
 
 Chap. XIIL 
 
^6 The Temple ^f Wifdome. B o o K. J. 
 
 Chap. 1 5 V How thefeven Rulers of the world be attribute4 
 
 to the Figures and the Figures t$ them^ both good md eviU 
 
 -^ 
 
 U\d' 
 
 9 
 
 ^ In the tenth. 
 
 Malicious.^ ^ 
 
 '5>f The eleventh 
 
 Hifmael 
 Fortunate. 
 
 eO 
 
 :J|f; In the ninth. 
 
 jlt^rJf: TheHrfl. 
 
 5or^/^ in the:^ % 
 Spring. ^'f ^ 
 
 ^ The twelfth. 
 
 Retrograde. i(^ 
 
 :i(C % The Second 
 
 So'fdth in the :^ 
 fall. % 
 
 <a 
 
 :^ In the Seventh. 
 
 Kedemel ^ 
 
 % In the fecond 
 ^ iifi Houfe. 
 
 Taphthaitharath')(- :^ 
 
 :^ In the third 
 ^ :^ Houfe. 
 
 Hif>noM 
 by night. 
 
 -X- ^ In the fourth. 
 
 Taphthanbamh:^ % 
 
 :*f; 111 the 
 ^ ^ fixth. 
 
 Hafmoda'i 
 ,by day. 
 
 ^ 
 :¥ 
 t^ 
 ^ 
 
 In the eight 
 
 Hlfwael and Kedcmd. 
 
 %^ 
 
 In the 3d 7th 9th xath and id. 
 
 '2<i7f / and Bar'^abeL 
 In the icth izth, firfU«^8clL 
 
Book. I. The Ttniplc of Wifdome. 47 
 
 They are attributed to the Rulers, as abovefaid, 
 and in the firft the Rulers arc ftrong. in the other 
 envious, in the firft fortunate, in the fecond Crofs, 
 backward in the firft> direft in th< fecond Retro- 
 grade, In the firft they fpring, in the fecond they 
 falL in the firft jocund, m the fecond fullcn; in the 
 firft direni5 in the fecond Retrogra : in the firft they 
 fignifie the day, in the fecond the night : and have 
 fuch fignification as the ftven Rulers give them : the 
 Dragons head and the Dragons Tayle excepted,for 
 thev alter their Natures, the firft is good, and of the 
 nature of thofe two Rulers, Hifmael and Kedemel^the 
 fecond is cvilj of the Nature oiZazel^d Barzahel. 
 
 Chap. XIV. 
 
 of the Nature, Vlace, Countries, general Defer ip^ 
 ttom and Difeafes figmficd, by the tmlve 
 Idea s. 
 
 ^ \4 ^^^^'^^^^h is Mafculine Diurnal, move* 
 0/ i ▼! able in Nature, Fyery, hot and dry,, 
 Chollcnck, Beftiall, Luxurious, intemperate and 
 violent : The dayl y delight of Barzabel of the fiery 
 Triplicity, and of the Eaji : Difeafes he fignifiesj 
 arc all \A/helks, Pufhes and Pimples in the Face, 
 fmalPox, h'dtre Up, Polypus, (^Noli me tangere) ring 
 Worms, Falling-fickners, Apoplexies, Megrim?;, 
 Tooth-ach, Head-achj and Baldnefs. 
 Where |>hcep of fmal CattJe dp fecd^or ufe to be, 
 
 he 
 
48 the Temple ^/ Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 he fignificch faiidy aud hilly Grounds, a place of 
 Refuge for Thcives (or fomc unfrequented placcsj 
 inhoules, the covering, feeling or plattring of it, a 
 liable of fmal Beafts,Land5 newly taken in, or new- 
 ly plowed, or Where bricks have been burned or 
 lime. 
 
 The defcription of the body or (hape, Malchidael 
 reprefcnts is a dry body, not exceeding in height, 
 lean or fpare, hut lufty bones, and the party in his 
 limbs ftrong) the vifage long ; black Eye browi*, a 
 long Neck, thick Shoulders, the Complexion dusky 
 brown or fwartilh. ^yy 
 
 Kingdomesfubje^, Malchidael {j' ire Germany^ 
 Swevia^ Folonia^ Burgundy^ France^ England. Venmark^^ 
 Silefiay the higher India ^ ^jyr/Vr, Cities ateyFlorencey 
 Capna^ Naples^ Ferrara^ VeroHOy Vtretchty Marfelles^ 
 Amulla^Cdifarea^ Vadua^ Bergomo, 
 
 ^ HafjHodel^is of an earthly quality,cold,dry and 
 JViclancholiy, Feminine 5 The Nofturnal dt'light of 
 Kedemel fixed Beftial^ of the Earthly Triplicity and 
 South. 
 
 Difeafes (he fignifieth, are the Kings-evil, fore 
 Throats, Wens, Fluxes •, of Rheums falling into the 
 Throat, Quinlies, Inipofthumes in thofe parts. 
 
 Places noted are Stables where horfes ^re, low 
 Houfe?, Houfes where the implements of Cattle are 
 laid upjpallurc or feeding groundsjwhere no houes 
 are ncei, plain grounds,or where buQies have lately 
 bf en grubbed up, and wherein Wheat, aud Corne 
 arc fowed, fonie little Trees not far of, in Houfes, 
 Scllars, low Romcs- The (hape it prcfents, is one of 
 a (hort, but of a full, ftroiige and well fet ftature, a 
 broad Forehead, great Eyes, big Face, large,ftronge 
 Soulders, great Mouth, thick Lips i grofs Hands; 
 black rugged hair. The 
 
Boo K.I. T^e Temple (?/Wifdome. 49 
 
 The Countries it ruleSs arc Felonja^ the gicac 
 North part oi Sweadland^ Kufjia^ Ireland^ Switzer' 
 land^ LoraiHy Campania^ Terfiay Cyfrus^ Tarthia. - 
 
 The Cities Novograde^ Farma^ Bononia^ VanoYfnm^ 
 Mantua^ Seva^ Brixia^ Caroljiad^ Nants^ Lieffig^ Hcy^ 
 hifolis, 
 
 ^Mi Amhriely his quality and .propertya 
 is Aerialjhotandmoift, Sanguine, common, double 
 bodyed, humaine, the Diurnal houfc of T/rf^tW- 
 iharathy of the airy Triplicity, Wefterne, Mafcii- 
 line. 
 
 Ail Difeafes in the Armcs^ Shoulders, Hands, 
 corrupted blood, windinefs in the Veins, deftem- 
 percd Fancies. 
 
 ItnotethwainfcotRomeSjPlaiftring, and walls of 
 Houfes, the Halls, or where plays is uTcd, Hills and 
 Mountains, Barnes, Storehoufes for Corne, Coffer.^, 
 Chefts, high places. 
 
 Kingdomes and Countries, are L«w/W^',Br/z^/r;/t, 
 FlanderSy the Wefl and fouth Weft o^EnglandyArm^^ 
 ftia. 
 
 The Cities, aveLondony Lovdiney Burges^ Korem-' 
 herge^ Corduha^ Hasford^ Mentz^ Bamherge^ Cefenn 
 
 In ^/^;^,it fign ifieth an upright, tall ftraight body, 
 either in man or vvonian,the Complexion fanguine, 
 not cleer, but obfcure and dark, long Arms, but 
 many times the hands and feet (hort, and very flefh- 
 ly, a darke hairalmoft black, a ftrong aftive body^ a 
 good peircing hazel Eye and wanton^ and of perfeft 
 fightjof excellent underftandingjhoneft & Judicious 
 in worldly affairs, when this Idea fignifies the perfon, 
 that is,, if Alhm be inthefirft houfe, the parry is 
 noble, wife, Religious, and the moft accomplifhcd 
 6f all the other, if fortuna Major ^ Pueiia-y AcquijltiQ 
 
50 . rte Temple of SN'ifdome^ BookL 
 
 or Lctitiay be in che fecond Houfe, in company with 
 him. 
 
 W Muriel^ is the only delight of Hip^odai^ 
 and iscorporaced inio the firft Figures of the wate- 
 ry Triplicity, it is watery^ cold moift, Phlcgmatick, 
 Feminine^ and is Nofturnal, moveable^ mute k^id 
 flow ol voice, fruitful, Northerne. 
 
 It figuifies. imperf^'Aions ail over^or in the Breaft, 
 Stomach and Paps, weak digeftion, coIdStomack, 
 Ptiiick, fait Flegm, rotteh Coughs, Dropfical Hu- 
 mours, Impoilhumations in the Stomach, Cancers 
 which ever are in the Breaft. 
 
 Places it noteth are, the Sea, great Rivers, Na- 
 vigable waters : but in the Ifland Countries,ic notes, 
 places near Rivers, BrookSjSpringSjWells, Cellars in 
 Houfes, wafti houles^ Marfh grounds. Ditches with 
 Ruffes, Sedgs,Sea banks, Trenches, Cifterncs. 
 
 Thefhapeand defcription is alow and fmal fta- 
 ture, the upper parts of more bignefs then the lo- 
 wer, around vifage; iickly, pale, awhitelyCom^ 
 plcxion, the Heir a fad brown or Chefnut and va- 
 riable, little Eyes, prone to have many Children, 
 if a Woman. 
 
 Kingdomes, Countries and Cities it ruleth are, 
 Scotland, Zealand^ Holland^ Frufpa^ 7jmis, Algier, Con- 
 jiantimple^ Venice^ UtHan^ Genoa, Amfierdam^ Tork^y 
 Madeberge, JVittenberge, Saint Lucas^ Cadiz, 
 
 ^ 
 
 Verchicly is the only del?ghtof.9or/it^,and 
 is by Nature fiery, hot, dryjchollerickjDiurnalsCom- 
 manding, Bcftial, barren of the fiery Triplicity, 
 Mafculine, and of the Eaft, and rules the fifth 
 houfe 
 
 All fickneres in the Ribs and fides, as Plurifies, 
 
 Convulfionsj 
 
Book L ihe Temple (?/ Wifdome. 5 1 
 
 Convulfions, pains in the Back, trembling or paf- 
 fion of the Heart, violent burning Feavers, ail 
 weakneffesj ordifeafesin the heart, fore Eyes, the 
 Plagucj the Peftilence, the yellow Jaundics. 
 
 A place where wild Beafts frequent, Woods, For- 
 fefts,Defcrt places,fteep rocky places, Clcavcs^unac- 
 ceflablc places. Kings Palaces, Caftles, Forts^ ParkSj 
 in Houfcs were fire is kept neer a Chimney. 
 
 Itreprefent a great round head, big Eyes Par- 
 ting or flaring out, or goggle Eyes^ quickiighted, a 
 full and large body, and is more then of Middle 
 ftaturc, broad Shoulders, narrow fides, yellow or 
 dark flaxen hair, and is much curling or turning 
 up, U fierce countenance, but ruddy, high Sanguine 
 Complexion, ftronge, valiant and a^ive. 
 
 Kingdomes, Countries and Cities, it fignifieth, 
 zvtltaly, Bohemia^ theAlpes^ Turkje^ Sicilia^ Apdin^ 
 Rome, Syracufay Cremona^ Ravenna^ Vdmatia^ Vraguc^ 
 Lintz^ Confluentiay BrijhL 
 
 Eamatiely is an Earthly cold, Malahcho!- 
 Jy, Barren, Feminine, natural, Southerne JdeHy the 
 figure of it, viz. Conjundio is the exaltation ofTafk- 
 thartharatby of the Earthly Triplicity, Hamaliel iig- 
 nifies a ftudy where books are, a dairy hoiife, Con?. 
 feilds. Granaries, Malt houfes. Hay Ricks, or Mow *> 
 of Barley, Wheat or Peafe : or a place where Cheefe 
 and butter is prcferved and ftored up. 
 
 Difeafes, the worms, wind, choliick5alI obflruftl- 
 oris in the Bowels and Mifcraicks, croklng of the 
 Guts, Infirmnefsin the Stones, any Difeafe in the 
 Belly. 
 
 The Figure of Rawaliel (recdye'i) being alfo^^ne 
 ^f the Figw c Taphthaf-tharathy vertue from the Ru- 
 ler^ and W«?^iand reprcfcntsa flenderbody,of mean 
 D * height. 
 
5 7 The Temple of Wifdome. B o o K. I. 
 
 height, but decently compofed, a ruddy brown 
 Qomplexion, black Hair, well favoured or lovely, 
 but no beautiful Creature, a fmal ftiril voice, ail 
 members inclining to brevity, a witty difcreet Soul, 
 Juditious, and excellently well fpoken, ftudious and 
 given to Hiftory, whether man orwoman, it pro^ 
 duceth a rare undcrftanding : liFopulus or Via be in 
 the fecond Houfe, they are very unftablc. 
 
 Of Kingdomes, Countries and Citty, it fignifi- 
 eth Greece^ the South part of it Cro^r/^, the Athenian 
 Teritory, Mefopotamia^ Africa^ the South Weft part 
 o( France^ PariSyJerufahmy V.hodes^ Lions^ 7hauris m 
 Terfia^ Jhororus, Bafily Heidelburgey Brundufium. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Zuriel is Aireal^ hot and nioift5Sanguine, 
 MacuUn^y Moveable, Humane^ Diurual, of the Airy 
 Triplicity^nd VVeft^ the chtii deWSf^bt of Kedem el 
 
 The Stone, all Uifcafes in the Gravely in the 
 Rains of the Back, Kidneys, heats, and difeafes in 
 the Loyns or Hauches, Impolihumes or Ulcf r^athe 
 Rains, Kidneys or bladder, vveaknefs in th<^/tick, 
 corruption of blood. 
 
 In the Feilds, it reprcfents grounds neer VVind- 
 mils, or fomeOrag ingbarn, or out houfe, or faw 
 Pits or where Coopers work, or Wood is Cut, fides 
 of Hills, tops of Mountaines, Grounds, where haw- 
 kmg and hunting is ufed, Sandy and gravelly feilds, 
 pure deer Aire and (harp^the upper Rooms in hou- 
 fes. Chambers, Garret?, one Chamber within ano- 
 ther. 
 
 It reprefents a well framed body, flreighr, tall 
 and more fubtle or (lender then f^rofs; a round 
 lovely and beauti'ul, vifage, a pure Sanguine colour 
 in youth, no abundance or excefs, in either white 
 or red, but in Age ufually fome pimples^ or a very , 
 
 high 
 
BooK.l. xAe Temple ^/VVifdome. 55 
 
 high colour, the Hair jellowiQij fniDoth and 
 long. 
 
 Kingdomcs, Countries, Citie^the higher Auflrea 
 Savoy^ itsDukdome, Alfatia^ Lavonia^ Lisbofte in For- 
 tugal^ Frankeford^ riemta^flacentia^ che Territory in 
 Grffc^ where fometimes > the C'ity\1hebes^^ood Arks^ 
 Friburge^ S fires. 
 
 Barchie!^ is a cold, watery, No£iurna!, 
 Flegmarick, FemininCjof the watery Triphcity, fix- 
 ed and North, thehoufe, and joy of deceitful falfe 
 trecherous Barzabel^ ufually it doth reprcfent fubtil, 
 deceitful men, perjured and wicked,Theeves, there 
 is no truth nor houefty in them very Knaves. 
 
 It iignifies, the Gravel, the ftone in the fecret 
 parts, bladder. Ruptures, Fiftulacs, or the Piles in 
 Ano^ Gonorriieo's, Priapifmes, ail aftliAions inthe 
 Privy parts, cither in manorwoman, defeftsin the 
 Magrix : places where all forts of creeping bcafts ufe, 
 as beetles,, &:c. or fuch as be without wings 5 and 
 are PoyfonQus;Gardens,Orchards,Vineyards, ruin- 
 ous Houfes neer Water, moorifh grounds, ftinking 
 lakes. Quagmires, finkcs, the Kitchin or Larder, 
 walh houfes. 
 
 A Corpulent, ftrong, able body,fomwhatabroad 
 or fquare face, a dubky, muddy Complexion and 
 fad^ dark hair much, and crifpirig, an hairy bcdy, 
 fomewhat bow- ledged, fhorc necked, a fquat, well 
 t ruffed fellow. 
 
 Kingdomes and Countries, the Morth part of 
 Bavaria^ the woody part of A^ort^i^^^j, Barbarj *, The 
 Kingdomc of FetZj Catalonia in Sfaine^ Valentin 
 Vrhine and Fcrunt^ Julij In Italy^ Vienna^ Mepta m 
 Italy i Gaunt^ Frank^foid upon C'dar, 
 
 D 3 Advachkh 
 
7 he Temple ^/VVifdome. Book I. 
 
 V 
 
 Advachieiy isof the fiery Triplicity, Eaft 
 in Narure^hoc and diy, Mafculine5Chollerick5 Diur- 
 nal, common, by corporal or double bodyed, the 
 Jdea and delight ofHrfmad, 
 
 Ic ruleth the Thighs and buttocksin the parts of 
 jnausbody^and all Fiftulaes or hurts falling in thofc 
 nieraberSjand generally devoteth blood, heated fe- 
 vers, Peftilencia), falls from hories, or hurts from 
 them or four footed beafts, alfo prejudice by fire, 
 heat, awd mtemperateaefs in fports. 
 
 It noteth, aftable, or places where troop horfes 
 for Wararefct up : where great four footed beafts 
 are kept ; It reprcfentsin the Fcilds, Hills, and the 
 higheft places of Lands or Grounds, that rife a 
 little abovethc reft 5 inHoufes, upper Rooms near 
 the fire. 
 
 It reprefents a well favoured Countenance fomc- 
 what long vifage, but full and ruddy, or alraoft like 
 fun burnt, the Hair light, Chcfnut colour j the 
 ftature fomewhatahove the middle fize„- a Confor- 
 mity in the Members, and a ftronge able body. 
 
 Kiagdomes, Countries and Cities, are Spaincj 
 Hungary y Slavonian Morania^ Dalmatia^ Buda in H««- 
 garyj loledo^ ^arhon^ Colkn^ Stargard, 
 
 V 
 
 Hauaeiy is the Idea o^Zazel^iind is Noftur- 
 naljcold, dry,Melancholly,Earthly, feminine,move- 
 ablcfour footed. 
 
 It hath Government of the Knees, and all dif- 
 cafes incident to thofe places, either by ftraines or 
 fractures, it notes Lcprolie, the Itch, the Scab. 
 
 It noteth an Qxe houfcjor Cow houfe, and where 
 Calves^arekcptjor looles for Hu^bandry^or where old 
 
 ivocd 
 
BooKi. TAe Temple (?/Wifdome. 55 
 
 wood is laid up, or where faiies for Ships, and fuch 
 naterials are ftored, alfo (heep pens, and grounds 
 where Sheep feed, fallow grounds, barren Feilds, 
 bufhv and thorny ; dunghills in feiids, or where 
 foyleis laid, in Houfes iow^ dark places, near the 
 ground or Th refhol d. 
 
 It ufuaily fignificsdrycorporaturc?, not high of 
 ftature, long, lean and flender vifage, thin Bc^rd, 
 black hair, a narrow chin, long, fmai Neck and nar- 
 row bread. 
 
 Kingdomes, Countries and Cities, are Jbrace, 
 Macedon in Greece^ new Turkje^ Altavia^ Bulgaria^ 
 Saxony the South weft part, Jf^eji IndiaSy Stiria^ the 
 Ifles Orchades^ Hajiay Oxford^ Mechlin^ Cleeus^Branden- 
 herge. 
 
 H Camhieij is an Airealj hot, moift Idea^ of 
 Aiery Triplicity, Diurnal anguine, fixed,rationaJ, 
 Humane, Mafculinc, theprm::pal Jie^^ofZ^f;^?/, ic 
 is wefternc, and in it he rejoyccth. 
 
 Itgoverncth the Legs^ Ancles, and all manner 
 of infirmities incident tothofe members, all Melan- 
 cholly, wind?. Coagulated in the Veins, oi diftur- 
 bing the blood. Cramps, &c. 
 
 Places new digged ; hilly and uneven places or 
 where quarries of Stone are, or any Minerals have 
 been digged up in Houfes, the Roofs, Eaves or up- 
 per parts. Vineyards, orneer fome little fpring or 
 Conduit head* It note? a fquat, thick corporature, 
 or one of a ftrong, well compofed body, not call^ a 
 long vifage, fanguine Complexion s \^ Career^ or 
 Trifiitia be in the tenth or eleventh Houfe, the party 
 is of black Hair,andof a fanguine Coniplexion,with 
 diftorted Teeth 5 in any other Houfe, the party is 
 of deer white or fair Complexion, and of fandy 
 
 D 4 coloured 
 
$6 lAe Temple t>/VVifdome. Book. I. 
 
 coloured Hair or very flaxen, and hath a very white 
 Skin. 
 
 Kingdomcs, Countries^ and Cities, zrcTartary^ 
 Croatia:^ Vdachid^ Mufcoviay Wefi Fhalia. in Germany^ 
 fiemont in Savoy ytht Weft and 5outh parts of 5/jz//?- 
 ria^ Arabia^ Hambonughy Breme^ Monts Ferat^ and Pi- 
 fauYum in Italy ^ Irent^ lngol[lad. 
 
 Vj/ Ammxiely is of the watery Triplicity, Nor- 
 thcrn^ cold, moift, flegmatick^femininej Nofturnal, 
 the Idea oitiifmaely by Corpreaty common or double 
 bodyed. Idle, effeminate, iickly, envious, reprefen- 
 ting a covetous, malitious fot, of no Aftion. 
 
 It lignifieth all difeafes in the Feet, as the Gout, 
 and all Lamenefs, and all Aches incident to thofe 
 Members, and fo generally fait Flegms, Scabvltch, 
 Botches, breakings out, Boyles and Ulcers, piocee- 
 ding from blood. put refaftcd, cold and moift dif- 
 eafes, * 
 
 The places it prefentSj, are grounds full of Waterj 
 or where many Springs, and much Foul are, alfo 
 Fifh Ponds, or Rivers full of Fifti, places where 
 Hermitages have been. Moats about the Houfes, 
 Water-mills, in Houfes near the Water lide, as to 
 fome Well or Pumpe, or where Water ftands. 
 
 It prefents a fhort ftature, ill compofed, not very 
 decent, a good large Face, palifti Complexion, the 
 bodyflefhy, or fwelling, not veryftreight: but in- 
 curvating fomewhat with the head. 
 
 Kingdomes, Countries and Cities, are Calabria in 
 Siciliay Portugal^ Hormandyy the North of -^gyPy Ales^* 
 aHdna^Khemes^Wormes^J^atisbonepCoinpoftellac 
 
 CHAP. XV, 
 
Bo OK. I. Tie Temple <!/Wi{dome. 57 
 
 Chap. XV. ^ 
 
 How the Idea's are infufed into thefixteen Figures 
 by the [even Rulers^ through the help of the 
 SouloftheWorld'^y And how the Rulers and 
 Idea s incorporate their Nature and properties 
 into the Figures^ and have lik^ fignification as 
 the Rulers and Idea's, 
 
 THus all inferior bodies are exemplified by the 
 fupcriour Idea's; Now they define an Idea to be 
 a form above Bodies^ Souls, Minds, and to be but 
 one fimple, pure, immutable, indivifible, incorpo- 
 real & eternai,& that the nature of all Ided^s is the 
 fame; Now they place JdetCs in the firft place in very 
 goodneileit fclf: God by wayof caufe, and that 
 i:hejr arediftinguifhed amongft themfelves by Come 
 relative confiderations only, leaft whatfoevcr is in 
 the world, (hould be but one thing wichout variety, 
 and that they agree in eflence , leaft God {hould be 
 a Compound Subftance; Inthefecond place, they 
 place them in the very inteliigableitfelf, in the 
 fouloftheworld,difFering the one from theother,by 
 abfolute forms , fo that all the Idea's in God, in- 
 deed are but one form , but in the foul of the 
 World they are many, they are placed in the minds 
 ofall other things, wtiethec they be joyned to the 
 Vody^ or feparated fram the faody,by a certain par- 
 ticipation , 
 
59 ^^^ Tempje of Witdome. Book I. 
 
 ticipation , and now by degrees are diftinguifhed 
 moreand more j They place them in N-ture, as 
 certain f mall teed of forms infufed by ihc Idea's^ 
 and laftlyj they place them in thefe fixteen figures 
 foliowmg ; Hereunto may be added, that in the 
 foul of the World, there be as many luminal forms 
 of things, as ldea'9 ia the rainde of God 5 by which 
 forms flbe did rn the heavens above the Stars, frame 
 to herfelfftiapesalfo, and damped upon all thefe 
 fome properties: On thefe Figures therefore, (hapes 
 and properties ofvertues, of inferiourfpecics, as al- 
 focheir properties doe depend, fo that every figure 
 hath its I^^^, that isfuitable to its forme, which 
 alfo proceeds of a wonderfull power of opp crating, 
 which proper gift it receives from its Ruler5ch rough 
 the Seminal form? of the foul of the World, for I- 
 ded's are not onely cfFcftuall caufes of every Species, 
 butarealfothe caufe of every Vertue which is in 
 die Species j and this is that which M^ Jhomoi Wy- 
 don faith, that the properties are in the Nature of 
 things; which vertucs indeed , are the operations 
 of the Idea\ are moved by thefe figures, and thefe 
 Vertues have a certain andfure Foundation, not 
 WortuitoM norcafual asfomc fay, but as Efficacious^zs 
 Aftrology,andpowerfulland fufficient, doing no- 
 thing in vain. Now chefe Idea*s do not erre in their 
 a&ings but by accident, viz, by reafon of the im- 
 purity of the Artift or Querent,or inequality of the 
 matter or thing fought aften for upon this account, 
 there arc found things of the fame Species more or 
 iefs powerfully or according to the difpoficion of the 
 thing good or evill; for all thefe influences may by 
 ^hefe figures be received, Scmayalfobehindredby 
 theindifpofition of the matter or its infufficicncy ac- 
 cording to the quality of the Perfon/uch is the fig- 
 
 nificatioa 
 
3ooK I. Tfo Temple ^/Wifdome. 58 
 
 iiificatiori of thcfiguresj which receives the Vermes 
 and Powers of the Rulers and Jiff's, according to 
 the deCert of the matter, wherefore thofe things in 
 which there islcffe of the Idea of the matter, fuch 
 things which have a grisater refemVitence of things 
 feparated, have more powerful! vertues in opera- 
 tion, being like the operation of a feparated Idea^ 
 we fee then that the fcit nation of the fevcn Rulers 
 and their ldea\ incorporated into thefe fixteen fi- 
 gures, is the caufe of the vertues tJf the figures of 
 their fignification of their predifting^all things Pifl^, 
 iPrefent and to Come, and the figures have the fame 
 fignifications as thefe li^/x's in their places incorpo- 
 rated into them, and here follow the figures and 
 thelAftf's. 
 
 Chap. 
 
6o The Temple cf Wifdoaie 
 
 . Book. L 
 
 Chap. 16. The manner to attribute the Idea's to the Fi^ 
 
 gnreSy and the Figures to the Idea'^. : >^ ' t - s ; ; 
 
 ^/ Malchidael 
 Puer, 
 
 ^HafmdsL 
 _ Amiffio, 
 
 Con]un6iio, 
 
 v^ Hml^riel, 
 
 4 
 
 Populus, 
 
 * 
 
 Vmuna Major. 
 
 
 8 
 
 I 0^ Harehkl. 
 
 * * 
 
 * » 
 
 4iSi Hadvachiel. 
 
 * * 
 * 
 
 4* Hrtz/ J/ 
 * * 
 
 * if 
 
 Triftitia, 
 
 IQ Hamnixiel 
 * * 
 
 Letitia 
 
 
 Fonuna Major. 
 
 Hadvachiel 
 ZurieL 
 
 C^/7«t jyracenis. 
 
 16 
 
 Hanael^ BcrrcbieL 
 
 ^ m 
 Dracofiis 
 
 The Rulers of the twelve I^f/r's havepowerovcr 
 the face of the w hole Earth in their figures and pla- 
 ces^butfoure figures naturally deligjit in the winds, 
 and their Genii^ and they are Fortuna Minor ^Via^ Ca- 
 pit Vraconis^ and Cauda Vraconis^ a fortunate Full 
 (Vloon in Afpeft of the Sun, to them is admirably 
 good. Chap? 
 
B o o K. I. The Temple of Wifdome. 6% 
 
 CtiAP. XVII. 
 
 Of the Foure Elements^ their ISIature and Pro- 
 perties. 
 
 THere are foure Elementsand original Grounds 
 of allCorpcreall things. Fire j Aire, Water j 
 Earth, of which all Elemented inferiour Bodies are 
 comprehended^ notby way of heaping up together, 
 but by tranfmutation and uniqn, and when they 
 aredeftroyed , they are refolvcd into Elements, for 
 thercisnoneof the fenlible elements that is pure, 
 but they are more or leffe mixed, and apt to be 
 changed one into the other: even as earth becom* 
 jng dirty, and being difTolved becomes water, and 
 the fame being made thick and hard, becomes 
 earth again 5 but being evaporated through heat, 
 pafTedinto Aire, and that being kindled, pafTeth 
 into Firejand this being extinguifhe;d, returns back 
 again into Airejbut bemg cooled again after its bur- 
 ning, becomes earth, or ftone, or fuiphur, and this 
 is Manifefted by lightning; this faying ever teach- 
 eth you. 
 
 Jbe Number^ and the Nature ofthofe things 
 CaWd Elements^ what Fire^ Earth;, Aire forth hringSy 
 From whence the Heavens their beginning bad. 
 Whence tide, whence Kain-h&w in gray colours clad-y 
 What mak^s the clouds that feathered are > and blackly 
 lo fend forth lightnings and a Ihundring Crac]^> 
 What doth the Nightly Flames, and Comets niak^ > 
 What makes the Earth tofweel, and then te quak^ > 
 
 What 
 
6 2 '^he Tem ple of W\(dome. Boo k L 
 
 What ii the feed of Mettalsy md o^ Gold > 
 What Vertues^ Wealthy doth Natures Goffers hold. 
 P/^ro was of that opinion^ that Earth was wholy 
 unchangeablejand that the reft of the Elements are 
 changed as into this^fo into one another fuGceilive- , 
 ly^^S^ ,Chriftofher Heydon faith, that the Earth is not 
 changed, but relented and mixed with other Ele- 
 ments which doe diflblveitj and that it returns 
 back into it feif. 
 
 Now every otic of tlie Elemmts hath two fpecial 
 qualities, the formcrwhcreofitretains,as proper toi 
 itfelf, in the other, as a means, it agrees with that 
 Vrhich comes next after it, for fire is hot and dry, 
 the earth dry and cold, the water cold and moift, 
 the aire hot and moift, and fo after this manner- 
 the Elements accord into two contrary qualities, 
 are contrary one to the other, as Fire to Water, and 
 Earth to Aire,moreover theElements are upon ano- 
 ther account oppofite one to the other; Forfomc 
 are heavy as Earth and water, aiid others are light 
 as Aire and Fire. 
 
 Wherefore the KofieCntcians called the former paf- 
 fives, but the latter aftives, AndyetDoftor Cnlpc^ 
 "per my predeceflbur diftinguifhcth them after ano- 
 ther manner^ and Alligncs to every of themthre^ 
 qualities, viz. tothefirebrightneffe, thinnefleand 
 motion, but to the Earthjdarkneffe, thicknefle and 
 quietnefle, and according to thefc qualities, the 
 Elements borrow their qualities from thefe, fothat 
 the Aire receives two qualities of the Earth, dark- 
 neffc and thicknefTc, and one of fire,t//25. Motion; 
 but fire is twice more thin then Aire, thrice more 
 moveable, and foure times more bright; and the 
 Aire is twice more bright, thrice more thin, 8c foure 
 times more moveable then water? wherefore water 
 
Book I. The Temple ^/ VVifdome. 65 
 
 is twice more bright then earth, thrice more thin, 
 and foure times more moveable j As therefore the 
 Fire is to the Aire, fothe Aire is to the Water, and 
 Water to the Earth 5 and again, as the Earth is to 
 the Water, fothe Water to the Aire,and the Aire4:o 
 the Fire: And this is the Root and Foundat» on of 
 all Bodies, Natures, Vertues, and wonderfull 
 Works; And he which fhall know thefe things, and 
 their Rulers, Idea's and Figures, (hall eafily know 
 all things, Paft, Prefent, and to Comej and alfo 
 ihall bring to pafle fuch things that are wonderfull, 
 and aftoni{hing,and fhall be perfeft in this Art. 
 
 Chap, XV III. 
 
 of a threefold conpderation of the Element f 
 
 T Here arc then as we have faid, foure Elements, 
 without the perfeft knowledg whereof, we can 
 cffeft nothing in this Science , now each of them is 
 threefold, that fo the number of foure may make 
 up the number of twelve Ideas incorporated into 
 fixteen Figures and twelve houfes, or parts of the 
 Earth,and by pafling by the number of feven which 
 fignifieth thefeven Ruler^, into the number ten, 
 (which fignifieth the Cxleftial powers, are ten prin- 
 cipal names of God, as you read in the ninth Chap- 
 ter) there may be a progrelTe to the fupream unity 
 upon which all vertue and operation depends , of 
 the firft order are the pure Elements, which are nei- 
 thercompounded, changed nor admit ofmixion, 
 butareincorrupcable3& not of which, but through 
 which the vertues of all natural things are brought 
 
 forth 
 
64. rAe Temple ^/Wildome. BookJ. 
 
 forth into Arc *, No man is able t'o declare their 
 VertueSj becaufcthey can do all things upon all 
 things. He which is ignorant of thefe (hall never 
 bring to palTc any wonderfull matter, nor under- 
 ftand what he would know *, of the fecond Order 
 are Elementsthat arecompoundedjchangeableand 
 Impure, yet fuch as may by '\rtbe reduced to their 
 pure fimplicity, whofe Vertue when they are thus 
 reduced to their fimplicityj doth above all things 
 perfcft this Art, and thefe are the Foundations of 
 the work; OF the third Order are thofe Elements 
 which originally and of themfelves are not Ele- 
 ments 5 but are twice compounded, various and 
 changeable one into another,they are the infallible 
 Medium, and therefore are called the middle Na- 
 ture. 
 
 By thefe jou Jhallfee from whence altt kings florp ^ 
 Whence Mankjnde^Beafts^whence fire^whence rain &fno» 
 Whence earth quahes are^ why the whole Ocean Beats , 
 Over his bankjy and then again retreats , 
 Whence (Irength of Herbs ^ whence courage rage of Bruit Sy 
 AU l^nde of Stone^ of creeping things and Fruits ; 
 
 Very few there ^rc that underftand the deep mifte- 
 rious of this Arc. (In it is) by means of thofe things 
 aforcfatd, the perfeftion of every effect in what 
 thing foever, they are full of wonders and mifteries 
 and are operative, as in Aftrology, fo in this Art : 
 For from thefe, through them proceeds the bind- 
 ings, loolings and tranfmutations of all things^ the 
 linowledge and forecelliag things to come. 
 
 Let no man therefore, without thefe three fort^ 
 of Elements and theknowledg thereof, be confident 
 that he is able to cure all Difeafes in the body, but 
 
 \vhofoeV6]? 
 
Boo K.I. r^e Temple (?/Wifdome. 6$ 
 
 whofoever (hall know how to prepare his Mcde- 
 cines, as I partly told you, in my Method of Kofie 
 Crucian Fhjifick^^ and how to reduce thofe of one or- 
 der into thofe of another, impure into pure, com* 
 pounded into iimple, and fliall know how to under- 
 nand diftin£^ly, the Nature 5 Vertuc and power of 
 them in Number, Degrees and Order, without 
 dividing the fubftance, he (hall eafily, attain to ths 
 knowledge and perfeft operation of all thefe natu- 
 ral things conteined in this Book, 
 
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66 the Temple (?/Wifdome, Book L 
 
 C AH P. XIX. 
 
 OfthevponderfnUNahtresof Fire and Earth and 
 
 their FigtiTcs, 
 
 T'-Hiis the Earth is divided into twelve parts og 
 hoiifes, over which the feveii Rulers and their 
 twelve Idea^ s^ovtrn^and you muft know how to rc- 
 duoc thofc of cue Nature into thofe of another, 
 
 which 
 
Book I. rhe Temple ^/Wifdome. 67 
 
 which are alfomanifold, let us conie again andiorC 
 ourfpeechcs, firft we muft treat of the Elements, 
 then of the manifold Diviiions of the Earth, and ot 
 her twelve Regions^ c^c. 
 
 Firft there are two things, viz. Fire and Earth, 
 which are fuflicient for the operation of all won- 
 dcrfuU thingSjthe former is aftive, the latter pafiive 
 Fire^f as dLithEugemus theodidaSus^)in allthings and 
 through all things , comes and goes away bright> 
 and at the fame time fecret and unknowuj whea it 
 is by it (elf f no other matter comming to ir, which 
 (hould manifeft its proper Adions, it is boundleffe 
 and invinble, of itfelf fufficient for every Aftion, 
 that is proper toitimoveable^yeeldiilgit fclf after a 
 mariner toal things that come next to it,reviewing3 
 guarding nature, enlightning, not comprehended 
 by lights, that are vailed over,cleere parted, leaping 
 back, bounding upwards, quick in motion, and gi* 
 ying motion to the Earth, and that the reafon the 
 earth movesj as my friend Mr. John Booker will de- 
 ihonftratetoybu; fire is high, alwayesraifing mo- 
 tion, comprehending another, not comprehen- 
 ded it felf, not ftanding in need of another, fe- 
 Cretly increafing of it felf, and manifcrrs its greac- 
 neffe to things that receive it, Aftive, Powerful!, 
 Invifible, Prefcnt in all things at once; ic will 
 hot be affronted or oppofed , but as it were in a. 
 way of revenge^it will reduce on a fudden things ia» 
 io obedience to it felf, incomprehenlible, impal* 
 pable, notleflened, moftrich, inall difpenfatiohs 
 of it felfj Fire, as faith my friend and veryncer 
 lanfman, S^ John HejdonKmght^ from his own ex- 
 i^ericnce, that fire is the fcoundlcfle and mif- 
 ' IJievous part of the nature of things, ic being a 
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' 68 The Temple of Wifdome. B o o K. I. 
 
 queftion, whether it deftroyes or produceth 
 inoft things ? Fire it felf is one and penetrat^i 
 through all things^ (as fay alfo the Kofie Cruet" 
 ans^ alfo fp read abroad in the Heavens , and 
 (hining, but in the infernal place, ftrcightned, 
 darke and tormenting , in the mid way it per- 
 takes of both; fire therefore in it felf is onc^ 
 but in that which receives it manifold ; and in 
 d ffering fubjefts, ft is diftributed in a different 
 manner, as you may read in my Book called j 
 IheHoly Guide j That fire then^ which we ufe, is 
 fetched out of other things , it is in Stones , 
 and is fetched out by the ftroke of the 5'teele $ 
 it is in Earth, and makes that, after digging up 
 to fmoak j It is in Water and heats Springs 
 and Wells: It is in the depth of the *9ea , and 
 makes that, being tofled with winds warme : It 
 is in the Aire, and makes it (as we fomtimeg 
 fee) to burnc, and all Animals and livuig things 
 whatfoever, as alfo all vegitables arc prcferved 
 by Heat, and every thing that lives , lives -by 
 reafon of the inclofed heat, the properties of 
 the fire that is above, are heat, making all things 
 fi'uitfull and light, giving life to all things; the 
 properties of the infernal fires are a partching 
 hear, confuming all things; and darknefs making 
 all things barren, Fire drives away all ill things, in 
 as much as it hath an Analogy with, and is the ve- 
 hiculum of that fuperiour light; as alfo of him who 
 faith, I am the light of the World, which is true fire, 
 the Father of lights, from whom every good thing, 
 that is given comes : fending forth the light of his 
 Fire, and communicating it felf to the Sun, and the 
 reft of the Superiour bodies, and by thefe, as by Me- 
 diating Inftf iiments, conveying that light into our 
 • Fire^ 
 
BooK.l. Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. 69 
 
 Fire 5 and the great Jehovah himfelfcin the old Law 
 commanded that all his Sacrifices fhould be offered 
 jvith Fire, and that Fire (hould alwayes be burning 
 upon the Altar: And that they muft not fpeak of 
 God without a light ; good Angels are augmented 
 by the Sun, and alfo by the light of our common 
 Fire, and evil Spirits, are driven away ; therefore 
 lights and fires, fhould be kindled by the Corps of 
 the Dead, and here follow the four Figures of the 
 Fire. 
 
 Now the Bafis and Foundation of all the ElementFg 
 is the Earth, for that is the ob;eft, fubjefV, and re- 
 ceptacle of all Celeftical rayes and influences, in it 
 are contained the feeds and feminal venues of all 
 things : and therefore it is faid to be Animal, Vigi- 
 tableandiV^ineral, it being made fruitful bytheo- 
 ther Elements, and the Heavens brings forth all 
 thingsof itfelf : it receives the abundance of all 
 things, and as it were the firft fountaiiie, from 
 whence all things fpring 5 it is the Centre, Founda- 
 tion, and Mother of all thinrs, take as much of it as 
 you pleafe, feparatedjvvafhedjdepurated fubtillizcd; 
 if you let it lie in the open Aire a little while, it will 
 being full, and abounding with heavenly vertues 
 of it felf, bring forth plants, and worms, and other 
 Uying things, alfoftones and brightfparksof Met- 
 
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70 T^e Temple <?/Wifcloaie. Book I. 
 
 tals, in it arc great fecrets, .if at any time it (hall be 
 purified by the help of Pire, and reduced unto its 
 limplicity, by a convenient wafhings it is the firft 
 macter of our Creation, and the trueft Medicine 
 that can reftore aiid preferve us, and thefe be the 
 four Figures of the Earth. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 of the Water^ and of her Figures. 
 
 THe other two Elements, viz, .Water and Aire*^ 
 not lefs efficacioiiSj then the former ; neither 
 arc the Rulers, and their Ideas^ wanting to work 
 wonderful things in them ; thei^ is fo great a necef- 
 fity ofwaterjthat with it no living thing can livejno 
 hearb or plant whatfoever, without the moiftning 
 of water can branch forth, in it is the feminary 
 vertue of all things, efpecially of Animals, whofe 
 fecdis manifeftly waterifhs The Seeds alfouf Trees 
 and Plants, although they are Earthly, rauft not^ 
 withftanding of necefficy be rotted in Water, before 
 they can be fruitful, whether they be imbibed with 
 the moifture of the Earthy or with Dew^ orRaine, 
 
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Book 1- i he Temple ^/Wifdome. 7 * 
 
 or any other water, that is on piirpofc put to them^ 
 for Mofesy the cheif among the Kofie Crucians m his 
 time wrote, that only Water and Earth, bring forth 
 a living ^oul, but afcribesa twofold produftioa of 
 things to water, T^i^;. of things fwimming in the wa- 
 ters, and of things flying in theAire above theEanh; 
 and that thofe produftioas that are made in, and 
 upon the Earth, are partly attributed to the very 
 Water ; The fame Scripture teftifies, where it faith, 
 that the Plants and the Herbs did not grow, becaufc 
 God had not caufed it to Rain upon the Earth; 
 fuch is the efficacy of this Element ofWater, that 
 fpintual regeneration cannot be done without ir, as 
 Chrifthimfclf testified toNicodemus; very great alfo 
 isthe vertueofitj in the Religious worfhip of God, 
 in expiations and purifications ; ye^ the necellity of 
 it, is no lefs then that of the Fire^ infinite are the 
 benefits, and divers are the ufes thereof, as being 
 that, by vertue of which all things fubfil^, are gene- 
 rated, nourifhed and increafed i thence it was that 
 TaracelfuSyZnd thoCco{ Egypt^ Arahia^^nd the further 
 fide of Greece^ Femelhs Ftcims^ old Hermes and Hip" 
 focrates by name : (concluded) as if they had been 
 together,that water was the beginning oral thing-; 
 and faid,it was the fir'l of all the Elements, and the 
 mof} potent, and that becaufe it hath the maft.ry 
 oyer all the Red; As you mavR.ead in my Book 
 called lbs Harmony of the JVoyU. Yov-asCarda^ius 
 faithjWatersfwallow up theEarth, excingu^fh flames, 
 afcend on high, and by the frretching forth of the 
 Clouds, challenge the Heavens for their own ; the 
 fame falling down, become the caufe of all things 
 that grow in the Earth*, very many are the wonders 
 •that are done by waters, according to the writinfjs 
 •pfF//A//, Solinus^ and many othfr Hiibriansgf the 
 * E 4. wonderfiil 
 
7 2 '£he Temple ^/ Wifdooie. Boo K. 1. 
 
 wonderful vertue^whereofKirg/Yalfo makes mention 
 in thefe veifes, 
 
 Hor«W Ha mmous Waters at High Noon^ 
 
 Aire cold : Hot at Sun rife and fetting Sun 
 
 IFoody -put in huhling A t h e m as ;5 fifd 
 
 Ihe Moon then fattheft from the Sun retired 
 
 Ciconian Streann^ congeale his Guts tofione 
 
 'Ihat thereof Vrinkj : and what therein is thrown 
 
 Crathis and Sybaris (from the Mountains roldy 
 
 Colour the Hair lik^ Amber ^ or pure Celd-y 
 
 Some fountains if a mo^e prodigious kjnd 
 
 Mot only chann^e the body y but the Minde 
 
 Who hath not heard of obfcene Salmacis 
 
 Of th' ^Ethiopian lak^e ? for who of this • 
 
 JButonly tafi^their wits m.longer k^epj 
 
 Cr forth with fall into a deadly f[€ep> 
 
 ^ho at Clitorius fountaine thirfi remove 
 
 Loath wine^ and abjiinerit meer water love. 
 
 With Streams oppofd to thefe Line ejious flows 
 
 Hhey reel as druni^ who drinkjoo much ofthofe^ 
 
 A Lake in fair hrc^di^LJiands of old 
 
 Caird.PhenensJufpeaed as twofold^ 
 
 ]^ear and forbear to drink, thereof by Night, 
 
 JBy Night unwholfome^ wholfome by Day light, 
 
 Jofephus, alfo makes relation of the wonderful Na- 
 turecfacertaine River betwixt Archea, and K*>/2. 
 thanes. Cities oiSyria : which runs with a ful Chan- 
 nel all the week till the Sabboth day, arid then on ' 
 afudden ceafcch, as if the Sprmgs were Hopped; 
 and on the Sabboth day ic i^ dry, but agani the. 
 next day, the Waters returns againe in abundance 
 asbefore ; wherefore it is called the obedient River, 
 The Gofpelalfo tcftifies of a Sheep Pool, into which 
 - whofoeve? 
 
B Q OK , I. Tbe Temple of Wifdome. 7:5 
 
 whofoever ftepped firft, after the water was troub- 
 led by thcAngeljWas made whole of whatfoever dif- 
 cafe he had 5 The fame vertue and efficacy we read 
 was in a Spring of the Jo«m« Nymphs, which was 
 in the Territories belonging to theTown of Elis^ at 
 a village called Heraclea, near the River Citheron^ 
 which whofoevcrftepped into. Populus being in the 
 iirft houfc, Letitia in tht{ixy and Acquifitio in the 
 tenth with P«^/^, being difeafed came forth whole 
 and cured of all difeafes, G. AgricoU alfo reports, 
 that in Lyceus^ a Mountaine of Arcadia.^ there was a 
 Spring calicd Agridy to which as often as the dry- 
 ncfs of the Region, threatned the deftruftion of 
 Fruits, they caft a figure, and if any of the figures 
 of the water and Ideals were incorporated in any of 
 the four Angels, they took the Bows of an Oak, and 
 put them into the water : Then the Ruler of that 
 Region, and his Z^^/r'; troubled the waters, and a 
 vapour afcending from thence into the Aire, was 
 blown into Clouds, with which being joyned toge- 
 ther, the whole Heaven was over fpread, which 
 being a little after diffblved into rain, watered all 
 the Country moft wholfomely. Moreover Kuffus 
 the Phyfitian, obferved the Figures of the water in 
 allDifeafes, and gave his Medicines accordingly; 
 And here follow the four Figures of the Water. 
 
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74 Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. Book T, 
 
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 of the Aire^ and of his Figures. 
 
 IT remaines that I fpe^k of the Airc^, this is a vital 
 fpiric parting through all things, giving life and 
 fubiiftanceto all things, binding and moving, and 
 filling all things: Hence it is that thcHehrew Doctors 
 reckon it not ampn^ft the ElementSjbut count it as 
 a Medium or glew^ joyning things together jand as 
 the refoun Jing fpirit of the Worlds inftrument, it 
 immediately receives into it felfe, the influences of 
 Celeftial bodies, and their Jdei^''s^ and then commu- 
 nicates them to thcothe^ Elements, as alfo to all 
 mixt bodies 5 alfo it receives into it felfe, as ic were 
 a divine looking GlaG, the Species of all things, as 
 well natural, as Artificial, as alfo of all manner of 
 fpeeches, and retaines them 5 and carrying them 
 with it, and cntring into the bodies of men and o- 
 ther animals,through theirpower,makes an impref- 
 fion upon them, as well when they fteen, as when 
 they be awake, and affords matter for divers ftrong 
 dreams and Divinations 3 Herwre they fay a is that a 
 
 man 
 
Boo^ I. '^he Temple <?/ Wifdome. 7 5 
 
 inanpafling by a place, where a man was flaine, or 
 the carcafe newly hidjis moved with fear and dread^ 
 becaufe the Aire in that place being ful of the dread- 
 ful fpecies of man flaughter, doth being breathed 
 in, move and trouble the fpirit of the man wich the 
 like fpecies : when he would know where the party- 
 dead is, lee him caft a Figure, and what he finds in 
 the firfthoufcobferve well, and Tee what place his 
 Ruler and Idea lignifie, and there you fhall find the 
 dead body, or any thing loft ; whence ic is that he 
 comes to be aftraid, for every thing that makes a 
 fuddenimpreflion, aftonifhethNaturej whence it is 
 that ^v.Zhomas Heydon^ and fome of his pupills were 
 of opinion, that Aire is the caufe of Dreams, and 
 many other impredions of thcMind, through the 
 prolonging of Images, orSymilitudes, or Species j 
 ('which are fallen from things and fpeeches, multi- 
 ply ed in the very Aire J until they come to the fen- 
 fes, and then to the Phantafie, and foul of him that 
 receives them, which being freed from cares, and 
 ho way hindred, expefting to meet fuch kind 
 of fpecies is informed by them ; for the fpecies of 
 tilings although of their own proper nature, they 
 ar? carried to the feufes of men, and otherAnimals 
 in general, may notwithftanding gee fome impref- 
 fion, from the Heaven, with the holy company of 
 unbodied Idea svjhWt^ they he in the Aire, by rca- 
 fon ofwhichjtogether with theaptnefs, and difpo- 
 fition of him that receives them, they may be car- 
 ried to the fenfe of one, then of another j hence it is 
 poflible, naturally, and far from all manner of fu- 
 perftition, no other fpirit comming between, that 
 a man (hall be able in a very fhort time, to (ignifis 
 his mind unto another r^an, abiding at a very great 
 ' and unknown diftance from him , air hough he can- 
 not 
 
76 rte Temple tf/Wifdome. Book. I. 
 
 not precifely give aneftimate of the time wfaenitis> 
 yetofneceffityic muft be within twenty four hours, 
 and I my fclf know how to do itj and have taught 
 inany, and they have often done it 5 alfo when cer- 
 taine appearances, not only fpiritual, but alfo na- 
 tural do flow forth from things, viz. by a certain 
 kind of Sowings forth of bodies from bodies, and 
 do gather ftrength in the Aire^ they offer, and (hew 
 thcmfelvcs to us,as well through light as Motion, as 
 well to the fight as toother fenfes, and fometimes 
 workwondcrful things upon us, by the help of Fi- 
 gures, Idea's, and their Rulers ; and by thefe means 
 we fee how the South wind condenfeth the Aire in- 
 to thin clouds, in which as in a Looking-glaf?, are 
 jreflefted, reprefentations at a great diftance of Caft- 
 les, Mountains, Horfesandmen, and other things, 
 which when the Clouds aregone;> prefently vanifh, 
 and Sir. Chrifiopher Heydon^ (hewes in on^ of his 
 BookSjthat a Rainbow is conceived in a Cloud of the 
 Aire, as in a Looking- Giafs: and Hermes faith,|thac 
 the effigies of bodies may by the ftrength pf Nature 
 inamoift Aire, be eafily reprefcnted in the fame 
 manner, as the reprefentation of things, are in 
 things : And Arifiotle tcWs of a man to whom it hap- 
 pened, by reafon of the weaknefs of his fight, that: 
 the Aire that was near to him, became as it were a 
 looking-glafletohim, and the Optick beam did 
 rcfleft back upon himfelf, and could not pene- 
 trate the Aire 5 fo that whctherfoever he went^he 
 thought he faw his own image with his face towards 
 him, go before him; if any one fhall take images 
 artificially paintedaor written letters, and in a clear 
 night fee them againft the beams of the full Moon, 
 whofe refemblances being multiplyed in the Aire ; 
 and caught upwards^ and reflected back, together 
 
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B o o K. I. The Temple of Wifdbme. 7 7 
 
 with the beams of the Moon, any other man that 
 is privy to the thing, at a long diftancejfces, reads 
 and knows them in the very compafle and circle of 
 theMoon^ which Art of declaring fecrets by this 
 way, is very profitable for Townes and Cities that 
 are belieged ; being a thing which Pythagoras and 
 many other Matters of this Art, long iince did of- 
 ten doe, and which is not unknown to fome in thefe 
 dayes, I will not except my felf, and it \AfilI be the 
 better liFopulus via Alius or Conjundio be in the firft 
 houfe : And all thefe and a great many more, then 
 thefe, are grounded in the very nature of the Aire, 
 itsRuIer and I^^^'s, and have their Reafons and 
 taufes declared in this Art : befides there are more 
 fecret things in this Art then what we have fpoken 
 of: Namely fuch whereby any one may at a very 
 remote diftaneehcarc,and underftand what another 
 fpeaks or whifpers foftly ; But our Gemus forbids as 
 to teach thefe fecret truths to thofe that may di- 
 vulge them publickly : and here follow the foure 
 figures of the Aire. 
 
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 Chap. XXII. 
 
 Of the twelve parts of the Earth and the Region f^ 
 Cities and 'towns^tkey contain the Natural parts 
 of the Body^ Colours and Winds they Signifie. 
 
 Ou feebeforehowtheRulersand Idea's Govern 
 the Earthj and the pares thereof, and how they 
 
 together 
 
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7 8 rfe Te mple^ Wifdome. Eop g; L 
 
 together with their figures fignifieth all things that 
 are made and created under the Sun. 
 
 The firft Houfe is fubjeft to Barzabel and Malcht- 
 dael^ it is the exaltation ofSorath^ the Detriment of 
 Kedemely the fall o( Zazel^ but the joy oilafhthd^ 
 t bar ah. 
 
 Regions Cities and Towns are Nafks^ Ancomca^ 
 Germany y Swevia^ Silefia^ the Hyfoloma^ thelefle Den^ 
 mark^^ Syria, FalejHna, 
 
 Cities and Towues are , Naples^ AnccHica^ Capua^ 
 terrariay Florence^ Verona^ Lindavia^ Trajedum^ Padua 
 Craconia Brunfwic\^ Vincenttum, 
 
 The members of the body it reprefents, are^ the 
 head and face^ its wind is cMtdjfuhfolamui^ it is hot 
 and dry, temperate, fweet, pure, fubtle and health- 
 full, and efpecially in the morning when the Sun 
 rifeth 5 by whom^ when Fortuna Major ^ Acquifitio or 
 Tuella be in it, he is made more pure and fubtle, 
 caufing no infedioh to mans body. 
 
 The colour it reprefents is r6d and yellow, it is 
 the oriental angle and Mafculine. 
 
 Vnder the fecond houfe are thefe Kegions^ Cities^ lomis^ 
 
 M^^hrs of man , JFind^ Colours^ and othr 
 
 things following. 
 
 The fecond houfe or fucccdent part of the Earth 
 IS fubjeft to the Ruler or Govemeffe, of Kedemei ^nd 
 her Idea Hafmodael^ and its figure is Amiffios it is the 
 exaltation o( Hifmodai her figures and Ideay thd 
 houCe is feminine, the joy oiKedemel^ and the detri- 
 ment of Barzabel^ 
 
 Itconteyns the KtgxonsofKttffta^Volonia the great, 
 Ireland^ Larranie, Campania^ Helvetia^ B^hetia^ Fran-^ 
 CGvia^Tanhia^Verfia^ the Hands of Qc.W^i, Cyfre£[e^ 
 andpartof^fJtf thekife, Ckiea 
 
Bqok I. The Temple ^/V Vifdome. 79 
 
 Cities and Townes^ are Bmenia^ Sevd^ Mantua^ 
 farrentemy ^ycillyy Varmay BrixiUy Tigure^ LacerHe^ 
 NantZy Liffig^ Fofnovia^ Guefaa, 
 
 The wind thac cometh from that part is called 
 Cacias or Helkffontus 5 it is hot drying up all 
 things. 
 
 The part of the body it fignifies, is the Neck arid 
 Throat, it noteth grecri or white. 
 
 7he third Houfe Containes, 
 
 Sordonia^ fzvtoi Lontbardyy FianderSy Brahant^ the 
 Dukedome o^Wittenbergey Hircavia^ Armeniay Cyrc" 
 Haicayznd Egypt the lovfer. 
 
 Of Cities and Towns, London^Cordubaylurinum^ 
 Vercolloiy Lovame^ Bruges in Flanders^ Maguntia^ Bam^ 
 herge^ Noremberge, 
 
 l^aphthartharath and Ambrid rule this Houfe by 
 day, it is Mafculine, and the exaltation of Caput 
 VracoHif jit is the Detriment of Hifmael^ becaufe op- 
 pofite to the ninth, and you may fee before: it is 
 alfoCadent. 
 
 ft noteth the North-eaft, and by North wind cal- 
 led Aquiloj it is cold and dry without Rain, it hurt- 
 cththeflowers and fruits of the Earth, and cfpcci- 
 ally the Vines when they bud. 
 
 Itfignifieth in man, the Shoulders and Armes, 
 among colours it is Skye colour, or blewifh> fom- 
 tiraes mixt. 
 
 ' Ihe fourth Houfe Containes, ' 
 
 In this Figure of the Earth going before,, all be* 
 iweenthetwo lines where the figure four frauds, is 
 called the fourth Houfej and is che Norta Angle 
 
 feminine. 
 
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 feminine; Hifmodai and the Idea Muriel Governe 
 this HoiifCj it is the exaltation o£Hifmael^ the Detri- 
 ment oiZazely and the fall of Barza6el'^ the Houfe is 
 white or yellowifti, it ruleth the Breft and Lungs, it 
 noteth Scotland^ Gravado^ Burgundia^ the lower HoU 
 landy Zeland^ K^JIta^ Numidia^ Affricd^ Bythiniay Thri^ 
 gia-y Colchis^ Carthage, , _ 
 
 Of Cities and Towns, CoHfianthopie^tunlSy Venice, 
 Genoa^ Luce^ Pifa^ Milaine^ Vincentia^ Berne^ Torkfy 
 St.Andrem^ Luhec^e^ Magdeberge^ Wittenherge^ Gor^ 
 lick: 
 
 It noteth the North- wind, which is called ^ffrtf- 
 BtaSyit is extreamly cold and dry, prohibiting Rain, 
 it prefcrveth health by cleanfing the Aire of all Pc- 
 ftiferous infeftions, but caufeth dry colds,and hurt- 
 ech the fruits and flowers of the Earth. 
 
 The fifth Houfe Containes. 
 
 Gallia 7ogata^ the Alp^ Italy^ Sicily, Apulia, Ed^ 
 hernia a pare oCTurhie^ Phdenicia, C aide a. 
 
 And of Cities and Towner, Vamafcus, Syahufa, 
 Rome, Kavenna^ Cremona, Vlms^ Confluence^ Prague, 
 Lintz,Cremfmn, 
 
 It is ruled by Sorathand Verchiel, it is Mafculine, 
 of red orfafFron colour, and the Detriment of Za^ 
 zel; itfignitieth in man, the Heart, Back and Sto- 
 mach : and is the fucccdent from the North An- 
 
 It predi^cth the North-weft, and by North-wind, 
 which is called Syrus or Trachias, is cold and dry, of 
 Earthly Nature, breeding fnow and wind» 
 
 7^'l 
 
Book L ' T^he Temple ^/ Wifdome. ^ % 
 
 The fixth Houfe Container . 
 
 Achaia^ Greece^^ Creet^CoYinthia^ Arthefi^ta a part of 
 GMa^Cowata^ apart of the Kbine^ Silefia tht iower 
 Mefopotamia^ Babilon^ Aiflria, 
 
 And of Cities and Towhs, Jerufale-i^t^ Corinth^ 
 t^ovaria^ Oma^ Brmdiif^mn^ Pafis^ Jholofe^ Lydns^FariSy 
 Bafii^ Heidelberge^Erphord^ Vrdipjivia- 
 
 And thefe.are Governed,, by Taphthartharath ^nd 
 Hamaliel^^xid here he is exilted ; when Alhm or Co«- 
 juHdlohcmtWtRouCey it fignifiech purple colour; 
 and being feminine^in oppoficion to thetcvelfch ; ic 
 is the Detriment o€ Hiftmel^ and the fall o^Kedeyriely 
 it ruleth the Navel and Belly in man ; it noccth the 
 Weft, North-weft wind, which conmeth from that 
 quarter, and is called Cdrm^ which is cold and moift? 
 without any great Rigour. 
 
 Ihefiventh Houfe Containei. 
 
 The ?^tg\onso£ AuilreayAhtdy Livonia^ Siihaudia^ 
 Telfhindte^ Ihufcia^ Badrtamty Cafpia^ Tkbuisy toglo- 
 ditica. 
 
 Of Cities and Towncs, Vihom^ Aries, Cajeta^ Lau- 
 da, Ylarentinn^ Frihiirge; Argentina, Spires, Frank:- 
 /ori upon the niaine, HaU'mSwevia, Heilhrone^ ^ri" 
 fihga, MofsbdChnuyn^ VieJina in Aujirea, Antmrpe. 
 . And thefe are Governed by Kedemel and Zuriel by 
 day, here Zdzel is exalced, Barzahel detfimenced i 
 here ^6rath hath his fall. 
 
 ^ The Reins and Loynes ere attributed to this 
 Hc^ufe, which is Mafcuiine, and of a dark ^-reca co- 
 lour. ^ 
 
 To this Weft Angle, the Weft wind is atcrihuced, 
 
 F cdkd 
 
^2 TAe Temple ^/Wifdome. Boo K.I. 
 
 called Zephirus^ it is tcmperately,hot and nioift, and 
 wholfome in the evening, it diifolveth Froft, Ice, 
 and ^novv, and makech flowers andgrafstofpring, 
 and fomecimes as the Figures fall, it caiifeth Thun» 
 
 dcr. 
 
 Jhe eight Houfe CoHtaines, 
 
 Norway the higher, Bavaria^ Comagena^ Cafado^ 
 cia^ Idunua^ Mauritania^ Catalonia^ the Kingdome 
 ofFeZjGetulia, * 
 
 Of Cities and Townes, Algires^ VaUnSy Trapezunty 
 Vrhinum^ Aquilia^ Tijhrimm^ 7arvi(intn, horutn^ Juli- 
 ^niy MeJJaHa', Vienna in France, Monachiunty Franckj- 
 ford u po ;i Odar, y : o v. 
 
 And thcfe are Governed by Barzabei and Barchiel 
 by night, and here B/^r^^^f/dcLghteth, i)UtliCe^£^- 
 mel is detrimented, and Hafmodai hath a fall. 
 
 The Privy parts and Fundament are attributed 
 to this houfe, which is red or tawny and Mafcu- 
 line. 
 
 It noteth the South -weft, and by Weft wind, na^ 
 nied Aphricm, it is cold and nioift, caufing Rain. 
 
 ihe nineihHottfe Containes. 
 
 The Regions of 5f/?i;/e_, Valmatiay Slavonian BtiH^ 
 garia^ Mjfnia^ Cehicay Arabia^ Felix, 
 
 OFCitiesandTownes, loUdunt^ VoUteras, Mutt- 
 wm^Karhcne, Avenmiy Coloniity Agrifpinay Slagrade\ 
 
 Bnda. i ,- / 
 
 :\nd thefe are Governed by Bifmael and Advachul 
 
 hy day^ and in it they joy, Cauda Draconic is exalted 
 
 in this houfe j here taphtharibaratb is detiimentcd, 
 
 the 
 
B o o K. I. rhe Temple <?/ W ifdome. ^:^ 
 
 the Houfeis Mafculine, yellow and red is atcribuced 
 unto it, and the Thighs of man. » • 
 
 The South-weft, and by South-wind, comnicth 
 irom this part of the Earth or Houfe; it is called 
 Au^ra Aphricufy and is temperately hot, and yet 
 breedeth ficknefs, and fomctimes Rain, 
 
 7be tenth Houfe Containes. \ 
 
 Macedonia^ HyviSy thraciHy Albania^ Bulgaria part 
 of Greece^ Mafonia^ Lituania^ Saxonia^ Hajja^ Jhurin- 
 giay Stirid, India : The Ifland ofOrcbades. 
 
 Of Cities and Townes, Oxford^ JuUacumyClivia^ 
 Berges^ Mechjin^ Gaunt^ Vilva^ hrandenherge^ Augufi^^ 
 Vindelicorum^ Conflance^ Florence. 
 
 And thefe are Governed hyZazeUnd Havaelby 
 night, the Honfe is feminine, being the South An- 
 gle, and exaltation o£Barzabei; it is the detriment 
 ofHafntadaiy and the fall of Hiftnael ^bhck and gray 
 is attributed to it, with the Knees. 
 
 The South-wind is attributed toit; which iscaU 
 led Aujier or Notus, it is hot and moift, breeding 
 thick clouds, great Rains and Peftiferous Aire, 
 
 7he eleventh Houfe Ontaines, 
 
 Amazonia^ Sarmatia^ great Cartaria^ Valachia^ Muf^ 
 eovia-y the South- Eaft, and by South "p^rt of Sn^ead* 
 land^ IVeftfhalia^ Mofel^ Pedemonty part ofE^variay JE'^ 
 ihiopiay Sogdinia^ Media ^ Arabia the defarr, 
 
 OfCities and Towns, Hamborough^ Breme^Monf- 
 ferrat^ Tifaurunj, Trent^ Ingotjlade, 
 ~ And thefe are Governed by Zazelzndi Cambist by 
 43y> the Houfe is the detriment of 5oy^t^/and Mafi- 
 
 F ? cuVuje 
 
84 '^he Temple of Wifdome, Book I 
 
 inline, ^greeii and dark, yellow are attributed to it, 
 andtbcl cgsofman. ' ^nj :; 
 
 , It notech the South-Eaft, and by Soiith wind, 
 VihtchiscaWcdEuroafter or Euronotm^ which is hot 
 aii4 moift, breeding clouds and ficknefs. 
 
 uhe imifii Houfe Containes, 
 
 CilkiH^t^jldh'r^^^^ Galitidyjiorntandi^ Ga^ 
 
 comantesj Lydia^?a7}jphilia^ JEgip the higher. 
 
 Of Cit ies and Townes, Alexandria^ h^jpolis^ Com- 
 foflella WoYmes^ Kaihbpne^ leverton 
 
 And thefc aj e Governed by Hifmael ^nd Amnixiel 
 by liighT, Kednnel is exalted in this Houfe, Hafwodai 
 deirghts in it, but 7apkhartharath is both detrimen- 
 ced and falls in thispiace,.the feet of man are attri- 
 buted to it, and the colour green^ wliitc mixtures. 
 
 It noteth the Eafrj^outh Eaft wind, called Eurus or 
 YvJturnuf^xXh'ich is hot and dry jhe bloweth loudjand 
 therefore IS called ^/fif(;«/r«^, Vuiturmis : You have 
 jcen in the Figure her^ before, how the Earth is di- 
 vided into two parts, are called houfes, whereof tie 
 firft is callt-d the Angle of the Orient, with the 
 ivvelfth aiid eleventh unto the South, and niakech 
 the Oriental quarter Mafculine : iignifying the 
 yprHig tiniej auJ the infancy of man, which of his 
 Kauneifi^'^'iguine. 
 
 The other pjrt which isthe Angle of theSouth, 
 ftaching unto the Occident, comprehending the 
 itnth,n'urh and eight Houfe'-, unto the fevench is 
 called Meridmtal quarter, feminine Iignifying tlie 
 youth of ni;*ii, which ihen beginning tobecholl«- 
 
 lick 
 
^^^^^}:__J^eTem p\e of Wifdom e. 8$ 
 
 nifyin? Winter anri rK» "'"^f^fj 'eniiiiine, fig. 
 
 which d,en doth bein to be fit'' ''^t °';."'^"' 
 faint, " ^^ flegmatick, old and 
 
 Af.te. afc Xt tf e i'P''T'°"^' ^"'■'^'1 *!>« 
 from the Sept t, 'ional unVru'L ^^Z'' ''^'''^ be 
 Jed the MoitL defcei' '7,^ Mend.ona!, be cal- 
 
 fi.ft four, feventh ZTr.'tu T "^"Sles be the 
 
 fifth, eighta,Kl elev'lui: e al"d" h;.^''^ ^«"^' 
 cedent; the third fivrh • l "'^ houfe^i Site- 
 
 l.-d the Houfo c'aSau' ;herer'"'f''•'^^-'- 
 ofcenasi>lthefefo^^ A ,tl' ^'^ *'''^" ^"'las 
 that placealwayeTLn f s VorrJ^ ^goodfisare, 
 good and profperoiis P ' f/ ^ouragf ofbody, 
 
 i:;^Theieco^J;.£'S^;^^^T^''4!- 
 
 ^..ne,co„„n.,,,,,,^ 
 
 , Doay and damage: thethir. 
 
 V'"^ uamage: thethirj 
 
86 Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. Bo ok. I. 
 
 and ninth excepcedj which (ignifie a reflexion of a 
 Common Wealth, likewife honour and reverence, 
 the lixth and twelfth, dofignifie cowardneffe with 
 a wickedneflre^arwellofperfcns as of things. 
 
 »"i£i^4X^ 
 
 Chap. XXIII. 
 
 of the pxteen Figures and their tttanifold 
 Divijions^ 
 
 THcfe Figures are divided many wayes as firft 
 into fou re Quadrants or Quarters 5 anfwering 
 to the foure quarters of the year. 
 
 The Vernal or Spring Quarter, is Sanguine, hot 
 and moift, and conteynes the firft foure figures , vis^ 
 Vuer^ Arni^iOy AlbuSy and Cauda Vtacmis, 
 
 The Eftynal or Summer Quarter, is hot, dry,and 
 collerick, and conteins other foure figures, vizSofu^ 
 lus, ¥ortuna Major^ ConjunBioy Caput Draconis. 
 
 The Autumnal or Harveft quarter^ is cold^ moift 
 aiid Phlepmatick, conteins thefe figurcs,which have 
 as well as the reft their vertucs from the Rulers and 
 Idea'^Sy the four figures avG Puela^ Kuheufy Acqutfi-- 
 tiOj YoYtuna Minor. 
 
 The Hyemnall Brumal, or Winter quarter is, cold 
 moift and flegmatick; of the nature of the tenth|! 
 eleventh and twelfth houfcs and their Rulers and 
 Idea's and their Figures, viz. Career^ Triftitia'^ Letitia 
 and Via, 
 
 They are again divided in divifion of the Eic- 
 mcnts, for fome figures receive fuch vertue, as in 
 nature they are fiery, hoc and dry, and they arc 
 
 fortund' 
 
 i 
 
Boo K.I. xAe Temple ^/VVifdome. «7 
 
 Fortma^ Major^ Tuer^ Acqidfitioy and Cauda Vraconis^ 
 three of thefe make the tiery Triplicicy, over which 
 Sorath rulech by day, and Hifntael by night. 
 
 Others arc cold and earthly, viz, Amijfw^ Con- 
 junGiOy Career y Caput Vraconh^ and thefe conftitutc 
 the Earthly Triplicityj over whom KedemelmX^s by 
 day, and Hafmodai by night. 
 
 Others arc Aicry, hot and moift^ viz Alhus^ Puela^ 
 trijiitia^ Fortuna Minor -^ over whom Zazel Rules by 
 day , and 'Xaphthartharatb by night. 
 
 Others are watery, cold and moift, viz. Populusy 
 Letitia^Via^ Kubeus^ andarecalled the watery Tri- 
 plicity, over whom Barzabd ruleth both day and 
 night. 
 
 Some figures are MafcuUne. and therefore hot as, 
 Tuer^ Alhiis ^Fortuna Major^ Fuela^ Acquifitioylrijlitin 
 Populus^ Caput V acorns; fome are Feminine, Nodur- 
 nal, therefore cold, Amijjto, Via^ Conjundio^ Kuheus, 
 Career^ Lititia^ Fortuna Wnor^ Cauda Draconis, 
 
 The ufe whereof, is this, that if you have a 
 Mafculine figure in a Mafcuhne houfe, governed by 
 a Mafculine Ruler,it imports hini or her more man- 
 ly, andfo if a Mafculine figure be in a Feminine 
 boufe, the man or v/oman is I elTe couragious, &c. 
 
 Chap 
 
88 ihe Temple oj Wifdome. . Book I. 
 
 Chap. XXIllI. 
 A talk of the Af^e&s of the Houfes. 
 
 l*lC|*^lf I 
 
 utxcer 
 I houfc 
 
 ti 
 
 lo i 
 
 Dexter 
 Sinifterlj 
 
 3 2- I 
 
 1^ n v^\ <f 
 
 II 
 
 Dexter 
 9 hpufc 
 Sinifter 
 
 Pexter 
 
 1 houfc 
 
 II 
 
 II 
 
 TO 
 
 ^ 
 
 Dexter 
 6 houfe 
 5inifter 
 
 9 1 
 
 10 
 
 Dcxtei 
 
 li lohoufe 
 
 Sinlfter 
 
 Dcxicr I J 1 
 
 f 
 
 '3 l^.'fe 
 
 
 II 
 
 iPtxter 
 
 I u r 
 
 9 :; houk 
 Sinifter 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 Dex:er 
 
 11 hoLtfe 
 
 9 
 
 8' 
 
 7 
 
 II 
 
 
 Sinifter 
 
 I 
 
 ^ 
 
 ) 
 
 Pcxter 1 z 
 
 I 
 
 C2 
 
 
 Dcx:er 
 
 6 
 
 ? 
 
 4 
 
 
 Dexter 
 
 JO 
 
 ) 
 
 8 
 
 
 ,:.o:Cc 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 8 haiife 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 lihojfc 
 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 -niftcr 6 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 
 Slnlftcr 
 
 10 
 
 I 
 
 iz 
 
 1 '.Smifter 
 
 z 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 
 . Tbe life of the Tabic of arefaid. 
 You nuy fee in che 2, 3, 4, and 5. Dexter. 
 Cohium, HI the iipper pare of tLeiFirrt Houfe 
 TaBi?. ' ^Siniiler. 
 
 You. 
 
J5ook:.I, Tie Temple ^/Wiidome. >59 
 
 You fee in the feeoad line &: firft Column u lO 9 
 3c in the foure Columns over againft themi5 7 
 
 the meaning is thus: A figure in thetirft^3 45 
 Houfe, and another in he eleventh, he that is po- 
 fited in the firft Houfe, doth behold the other in the 
 eleventh^ with a SextHe Dexter Afpeft. 
 
 A figure in the firft and another in the tenth, he 
 in thefiift behold the figure in the tenth with a 
 §uartile Dexter, 
 
 A figure in the firft beholding another in the 
 jiin;Ji, cafts his Tri/z^ Dexter thither. 
 
 A figure in the firft, beholding another in the 
 fevench, cafts his Cppofition Afpe^t unto him. 
 
 Again, over againft Sinifter, and under the firft 
 youfinde 3, 4, «;. that is, the firft beholds the third 
 with aSextile Sin'fter, the fourth with a^/^rti/ifSini- 
 fter, and the fifth with a Tr/«^Sinifterj obferve the 
 Dexter Afpc6t is more forcible then the Sinifter, 
 this underftd nd in the othcrC'olumn«,z'i2;.that Dcx- 
 fer Afpefts ^re contrary to the fuccellion of houfes, 
 Sinifter as they follow one another. 
 
 The houfes again are divided, into moveable, 
 fixed and common. 
 
 The moveable, are the firft, fourth, feventh and 
 tenth, and rhefe iignifie the foure months of the 
 yedir^viz. March^Juney September avtd December^^nd 
 ^s moveable. 
 
 Tht fecond. fife h^ eighth and eleven are fixed and 
 fign i fie /iprl(7y July^ OBober and January, w h ich a re 
 .-fixed fealbnsof Heat or Cold,Moiitureor Drynelfe. 
 . The third, fixth, ninth and twelfth are common 
 becaufe they are Yehruary^ May, Augujl and November^ 
 Siwd are ccnftitu^ed alfo between moveable and fix- 
 .cd , and retain a property or nature ^ pertaking 
 430Lh, vvitfi the preceding and confequent houfe.^. 
 . , Albia and Laitht are by corp.crwal or double bo- 
 died. The 
 
90 ^A^ Temple of Wifdome. Book, 1. 
 
 The right knowledg of thcfe in this Art is mudi, 
 and you muft underftaiid it thus 5 In the Qucftion 
 or figure 5 if the Ruler who Governs the Idea- that 
 IS incorporated in the figure in the firft houfe be 
 moveable, and the Idea Figure and houfe, be 
 alfo one ; it denotes the perfon to be unftablc, 
 andof noRefolution, eafily mutable, perverted, a 
 wavering unconftant Man or Woman. 
 
 Let US admit the Afcendant fixed, and th£ Ru^ 
 Icr and his Idea in a fixed figure, you may judg the 
 perfon to be of a firm Refolution, nochangling,or 
 as we fay, one that will ftand to maiiKain what he 
 bath faid or done, be it right or wrong. 
 
 If the Figure Idea and Ruler Afcending be com* 
 tnon, you may judge the man or woman to be nei- 
 ther very wilful! or eafily variable, but between 
 both. 
 
 The Figures alfo are divided into , 
 
 Befiial or ^adridpediaHy \'vi,Tuer^Amiffjo^ YortuffH 
 Wiajor^ Acquifithy Career, and thefe reprefent foure 
 footed creatures. 
 
 Fruitful! or prolificall dguves^viz. Populus^Kuhem^ 
 Cauda Vr acorns, Letitia Via. 
 
 Barren figures, Alhus, Fortuna Major, Minor^ Con» 
 jtmdio, manly or Humane, Corteous Figures, ii/te, 
 GoitjnndtiOy PueIia,lrrtjUtia, 
 
 Ferral Figures are, FortunaWjor, Fortuna Minor, 
 Letitia^ and Caput Draconis, 
 
 Mute Figures or of flow Voice, Vopulus Via, Kuheus, 
 Cauda Draconis, Letitia, the more if the Figures of 
 Japhthanbaratb be with them, or in ^artile or Op- 
 J>ofition of the Figures ofZazeL 
 
 The ufe hereof is, that if your fignificators,(that 
 is to fayj the Lord Ruler and his Idea be incorpo- 
 rated in the afcendant, into pure Amiffio, Fortum 
 Ma or, iortmftMinor^Acquifitio,C^pit Draconis^ Cat" 
 
B o o^. I. '^be Temple of Wifd ome, 91 
 
 cer^ Cauda Vraconis, there is in 'the Conditions of 
 that party fomething of the Nature of that Beaft^thc 
 Ruler and Idea fignifies: as if the Figure be purCj 
 tlie man is raft, hardy and Lafeivious, liAm^Oy 
 ftedfaft and refolved, and foniewhat of a muddy 
 Complexion vitiated with fome private imperkdi- 
 on,and what figure foever you find in the firft houfe, 
 confider his Ruler and Idea, and you (hall find his 
 Nature, corporature and manner when ftrong oc 
 weak, weH or ill pofitcd, fig«ified by them, a^s we 
 faid before, for the quality of every thing is ligni- 
 fied by the Rulers and Ideas, and fo you muft judge 
 as if one be fick, although forty mile off, confid€r 
 . what figure is in the firft Hou(e, and what Idea and 
 ! Huler governes it, of that Nature and Compleluto 
 the party is, and hath fuch ficknefs anddifeafes, as 
 the Idea and Ruler fignifies j to Cure him confidcr 
 the tenth houfe, what figureisthere,and what Idea 
 and Ruler it is attributed to© : that Idea and R«l«r 
 < will tel you^ what Medicinejyou muft give,that ifs to 
 fay of Herbs, Plants or Minerals, and according to 
 judgement prefcribe that. 
 
 The part of the body afflided, the Ruler idea. 
 Figure and Houfe fignific. • 
 
 Let us admit, one propounds his queftion, if he 
 (hall have Children, then if Hafmodai ^xid her Jdeds 
 br Idea be in good company in the fifth Houfe, there 
 is no queftion but he fhall ; the fame do, if the que- 
 ftion concerneBarrennefs, viz, if the afcendent or 
 fifth Houfe be of thofe Figures, we call Barren, it 
 generally rcprefents few or no Children. 
 
 In queftions, if the Rulers and Idea's be incorpo- 
 rated into^/^»r, CoHJundiOy Vuella 01 Irijiitia in the 
 afcendent, then we may Judge the Man to be of 
 civil Carriage, very aiFablc and eafie to befpokeu 
 withal, &c. Chap. XXV. 
 
9 a The Temple ^/ Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 Chap. XXV. 
 
 Of the KuUrs effentid dignities, in the tmlve Idea's, that 
 
 govern the twelve parts of the Earth, incorporated intofmeen Figures, 
 
 Idea'/; Figures, jThe Houfes jExalca-lTriplicity daylDetri-'FaJl. 
 I ^ theRulersI jion. | and night 
 
 
 menc 
 
 
 <fc 
 
 » 
 
 
 i«0 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 d^ 
 
 c^l 
 
 ti.^ 
 
 
 ^N 
 
 
 ;4- 
 
 <^5 
 
 
 It. 
 
 t! 
 
 u; 
 
 * * * 
 
 
 !v^^ 
 
 >0 ^o 
 
 cnOoO 
 
 
 fvi) 
 
 II 
 
 ViCv 
 
 --sO 
 
 ^ 
 
 <^ 
 
 vi^ 
 
 p-a'^o 
 
 cH^ 
 
 ^5* 
 
 -O 
 
 ^ 
 ^ 
 
 •=^5 
 
 ^ 
 
 4-J 
 
 5' 
 
 ^1 (^ "-^ 
 
 12 
 
 v^l^l^^vD 
 
 
 VV 
 
 'The 
 
Book I. T/>e Temple c/VVifdome. g% 
 
 The life of this Table is great, bccaufc it teaches 
 the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Rulers and 
 Idea in the Figures ^ when they are in fuch Hou- 
 fes, we attribute to them, as you may perceive by 
 the Table; the firft Column is of the Ideas 5 thcfe- 
 cond is their figures ; the third and fourth is of 
 their Rulers : d pure and the aflbciate ; of the 
 Houfe of ^^ And the letter D tels you it is by day: 
 and theletterN isof thenight. The next Column 
 tells you, that Fortuna Major m the firft Houfe is 
 governed by <^ and '^, and there 5"ortft^ is exal- 
 ted, and fignifies fomething of the Nature of £/ir- 
 'itahelsLYid Mdchiddelm man, woman or thing : The 
 fifth Column tells you, that ^ure is of the Triplicity 
 of 5(3rtft^ by day, 2Liid Hifmael by night: the fixth* 
 ;-CoUimn tels you, that thefe Rulers are in their De- 
 ; trimcnts in thofe Houfes, over againft them in the 
 . fame line toward the lefc Hand; the feventh Co- 
 lumn tells you, in what Houfe every Ruler hath his 
 fdllj becaufein cf to his exaltation is in his fall 
 in the tirft Houfe : if his Figures, Career orJriJiitra^ 
 promife any thing by afpef^, the influence is weak, 
 and you may Judge it to be but a bare word full of 
 ^deceit: Now if ^wr^, Fortuna Major^ ot Jcquifith 
 be in the firft Houfe, ^ou may fay the thing will be 
 .' done, and the promife made, will be kept, and the 
 manis of the Nature and Complexion, the figures. 
 Idea's and Rulers fignifie : If it be Acquifttio^ that is 
 lign ficatorof theman, then he is really honeft,Heli- 
 giouSjtrue hearcedvuid vou may truft him: for what- 
 ioever he promifcs he will be as good as his word. 
 
 A Table 
 
94. The Temple of W'Mome. Book. I. 
 
 A Table of the Hours, 
 
 } l__^_J-_3 
 
 By day. 
 Sunday. 
 BynigUc 
 
 
 5>f 
 
 
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 if if 
 
 if 
 ^ if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 if if, if ^ 
 if if if 
 
 Byd^y. 
 Munday. 
 
 i^ if 
 if if i(. 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 ^ if 
 
 if [if if 
 if if\ if 
 if ifif ifif if 
 ^ if 
 
 if if 
 ^ if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 ^ \if ifr)f ^ 
 
 if if^if ifif if 
 
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 if I if 
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 , ^ |>f. if\ if 
 
 ,if ifif if] if 
 
 if I if \ if 
 
 I if W if] ^ 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 if 
 
 ^ if 
 
 ^ l_i 
 
 By day- 
 Tuefday. 
 By nigbc. 
 
 if %, if 
 \ if \ if 
 ^ -^if. if 
 :if ifif if 
 
 if if if 
 '^ ^if ^ 
 if ifif if 
 if if if 
 
 if 
 
 -^f 
 
 By day. 
 
 Wednefda 
 
 Bvniq;hc. 
 
 ^ ^if if 
 
 if if>f if 
 
 I ^^1:^ if 
 
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 ^ I if 
 if if if 
 
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 if ^,if if 
 
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 if I if 
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 ^ if 
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B o o K. I. Tke Temple of Wifiiome, 9^5 
 
 
 
 and the Figures Rule. 
 
 8 1 9 1 10 
 
 \ 11 1 12 . 
 
 
 
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B o o K. I. The Temple of Wifdome. 9 7 
 
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98 7he Temple oj Wifdome. BboK V. 
 
 T he ufiof thefe two Tablec^we will fliew youtc- 
 gether^ that you may be the more exaft in the hour 
 when tlie-R tilers and Idea's are ftrong, and when 
 weakin theFii^ures andHoufes; and you muft be 
 ^eife6t in' the Nature of the Rulers, ldca'S;> Figures 
 and KoufeSi and givjiig all the vertile that they have 
 in N fcnr^ and property to the Figures, yo • mufi- 
 know the ftr^ngth^fokticvrde or debility of the figures 
 and a wel paiiliiig o( them, and their afpefts, and 
 feveral mixtiiresin^bwr jiidgement. 
 
 Next, by rightly tppiyingchs influences of the 
 Figdre?;, and their Idea's' -^nd Ruler?, Afpe^ts to one 
 another at tne tinieiuf the GjueftioU) according to 
 natura]^ andnoteufdrc^d MaximesofArt : For by 
 how much you endeav urto ft rain a judgement be- 
 yond Nituie, byfo muc+i the more you augment 
 your errour. A Riiljer, Idea or Figure is then faid ' 
 ro be really ftrong, vi\\tn he hach many efiential 
 dignities, which areknown, by his being In that 
 pFac? wecainiishoiife^orhis Exaltation and 1 ripli- 
 city_,at any time oFcafting the figure: as for example. 
 In your Scheam, iF yon liiidafrguve in any of 
 thofe places-, we call hishouTeor Houfes, \ ou muil 
 loo'^,what houric is; anci if he go into an Anule,or 
 be in an), oftue four Angles, anrJ alforu e the iiour, 
 lie is then effkntiaUy ft'on^ ^y\d we allow for that 
 five dignities, as Fortuna Major in the fi.'ch Houfc, 
 Fure in the firft ' ^ 
 
 In Judgen:ei:f, when a figure is in his own houfe, 
 that is, wliefi hiv Ruler and idea gbverne^ it repre- 
 fenrs a man iii fuch a Condition, as that h. is Lord 
 ofiiisown Honfe, Edate ^nd Fortune: or a man 
 wanting very little of the goods of this World, or it 
 ^ tells you, the man is in a very happy ftate orcondi- - 
 tion, this will be true, uulefs the figure beaffli^td 
 J>y any Malevolent afpeft, if 
 
Book t. T^e Temple (7/VVifdome. 99 
 
 if he be in that houfe \^hereiii he is cxaltedj you 
 may allow him four dignities, if he rule the hour 
 alfo, as P«r^ in the tenth, at eight a clock in the 
 morning on Tuefday, or /iCquifitio in the fourth, 
 at eight a clock in the morning on Thurfday. 
 
 KPure^ or Acquifitio, or :?ny other figure be in his 
 exaltation, andnowayes afiiifted by ill Company, 
 or Afpcft : it iignifiesalofcy proud perfon. 
 
 If he be inanyofthofe houfes, which are allotted 
 him fdrhisTriplicityjhc hath allovred him three dig- 
 nities, but herein you muft be cautious, as for exam- 
 ple in a quelHoii, Nativity, or the like ^ if you h'ndc 
 Major in the tirft houfe^ & the queftion,or nativ'uy or 
 Scheam be made at ten of the clock upon Thurfday 
 night, if you would examine his fortitudes, he (hall 
 have four dignities, for being in his exalcarion, 
 which continues an hour and 3 month, but he fha 11 
 not be allowed any dignity, as beiiig in his TripTw 
 city, for by night .Sor^t^Ru let h not the fiery Tri- 
 pUcity, but nf/Vff^f^, who had h6 been in place of 
 Sorath^ and by night, muft have had allowed hiiu 
 three dignities, and this do generally in all the 
 Rulers,£^^rz^^f/excepted5who night and day rrtljetk 
 ■ the watery Triplicity. 
 
 The Rulers are debilited m the Houfes, oppoGce 
 to their houiVs, thev are in their fall, in the houfes 
 .oppofition to cheir exakation^j and aredetnnvenled 
 as much here as they were vligrtitied befoi'C' there: 
 as fure in the feventh, or Papulus in the tenth . 
 
 If you would know whether your figure be v/ell 
 made or not, you muft look to the four Angles, 
 ifinanyof thenx you find a Figur.^ that ru^af the 
 hour, at the timeoFthequeftion demanded, then 
 the Figure is well made : if you find ic not fo^ yoti 
 muft n^ake another : And you lliall find what Figure 
 goYcrncs every hour in the Table before. , 
 
 Q 2 GHAP. 
 
loo Tie Temple (?/Wifdomc. Bookl. 
 
 Ghap. XXVL 
 
 A very Necejfary table Jfjewwg what parts of the 
 Bodyisfignifiedhythefixteen Figures*^ Oft be 
 feven Ruler sin all the twelve Houfes 3 Of the 
 Earth governed by the twelve Idea's* 
 
 
 
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 v\ 
 
 rND 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 •4 
 5 
 
 BreaftjArms 
 & .Shoulders 
 
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 Heart and 
 *?tomach 
 
 ^ ^^ 
 
 :^ ^ 
 
 Head and 
 Belly. 
 Neck, 
 Throat 
 and 
 Reines 
 
 Heart and 
 Breaft. 
 
 Shoulders 
 Armesand 
 Chinebone, 
 Pelly. 
 
 5toniachj 
 Heart 
 
 and 
 Navel. 
 Reines, 
 Belly, 
 
 and 
 5'ecrets. 
 
 Bieaft, 
 Lights, 
 Reins and 
 Lovns. 
 
 Armes, 
 
 Shoulders 
 
 and 
 Privities. 
 
 5iom3ch, 
 
 Heart, 
 
 5iecrets, 
 
 and Bladder 
 
 Belly, 
 
 Haunches, 
 
 and 
 Thiahs, 
 
 Breaft, 
 Lights 
 and 
 Thighs. 
 
 Heart, Back 
 and Knees. 
 
 ^S'ccrets and 
 Reins. 
 
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B o K.I. The Temple p/ Wifdome, loi 
 
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 Head and 
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 Feet and 
 Reines. 
 
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 Legs and 
 ^Secrets. 
 
 Head and 
 Knees. 
 
 Knees. 
 
 Head and 
 iJecrets. 
 
 Thighs 
 and Feet. 
 
 Throat and 
 Leg*. 
 
 Legs and 
 Ancles 
 
 Neck, 
 Throat. 
 
 and 
 Thighs. 
 
 Head and 
 Knees. 
 
 Neck, 
 Throat, 
 
 and 
 Legs. 
 
 Amies. 
 Shoulders 
 
 and 
 Feet. 
 
 Head, Breaflt 
 Scomack 
 
 and 
 Lights. 
 Neck, 
 Thrpat, 
 Heart and 
 Back. 
 
 Feet 
 
 Amies, 
 Shoulders 
 
 and 
 Knees. 
 Breaft, 
 Heart 
 
 and 
 Legs, 
 
 Head and 
 Eyes. 
 
 Armes 
 Shoulders 
 
 and 
 Feet. 
 
 Qi 
 
ici^ 'jTAe Temple (?/Wifdome. Eook I, 
 
 f^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 Thighs, 
 .Secrets 
 and 
 Feet. 
 
 Thighs and 
 Knees. 
 
 ^£D 8 
 
 V 
 
 Knees and 
 Legs. 
 
 Reins, 
 
 Loyns 
 
 and 
 
 Knees. 
 
 legs and 
 Sccieti", 
 
 Thighs and 
 Feec. 
 
 |£ellyand 
 
 iLegs. 
 
 Reingj 5^e- 
 crecs & 
 Feet. 
 
 JHead, Eyes, 
 ' ecrecs 
 
 and 
 Bladder. 
 
 t! 
 
 W 
 
 10 
 
 IX 
 
 Legs and 
 Feec. 
 
 Head and 
 Feec. 
 
 iHead and 
 
 'Neck. 
 
 12 
 
 Neck, 
 Armesj 
 and 
 iShoiilders. 
 
 Head, Eyes 
 andJKnets. 
 
 Neck, 
 
 jThroac 
 
 I and 
 
 Legs. 
 
 ^imes. 
 
 Shoulders. 
 
 and 
 Feet, 
 
 Head, Eyes, 
 JBreaft 
 j and 
 JHearr. 
 
 Neck, ' 
 Throat 
 
 and 
 Thighs 
 
 ^rmes, 
 «9houlders 
 
 and 
 Knees 
 
 j/^reaft. 
 Lights, 
 'Hearc and 
 
 Legs 
 
 Hearc Sto- 
 mach, Liver 
 
 and 
 Feec. 
 
 Neck 
 
Bo OK. I. Tfcg Temple^/ Wiiciome. lo^ 
 
 Neck and 
 Throar, 
 
 and Armes. 
 
 Scomp.ck, 
 Liver^Hearr, 
 and Feet. 
 
 HeadjBreaft 
 and Lights 
 
 Shoulders, 
 Armes and 
 Belly. 
 
 and ^' Throat, 
 
 Haunches. 
 
 Breaff, Sto 
 mach aad 
 Heart. 
 
 Heart, Belly 
 and fiack. 
 
 Belly and 
 Haunches. 
 
 Reiues, 
 
 Neck, 
 Throat, 
 Reins 
 and Loyne.^ 
 
 Shoiildersj JBrcft^Rains 
 Armes and JLoyns and 
 Secrets. 
 
 Heart and 
 Stomach, 
 
 Shoulders 
 Armesaiid 
 Beily, 
 
 Ughts, 
 
 Bread, 
 Lights, 
 and Thighs. 
 
 .Stomach, 
 jLiver, Heart 
 
 Loynsand jBackand 
 
 ^coiuacn 
 
 Uver, Heart 
 
 and' 
 Secrets 
 
 Breaft 
 Lighi.s,rains 
 
 and 
 Loyns. 
 ^comac^:. 
 Heart, Liver 
 
 and 
 ^ec^ets. 
 
 Bowels and 
 Th^s. 
 
 -■■- ':rf : 
 
 Reigns, 
 
 Ldyn« 
 apd 
 Knees. 
 
 -S'ecrets. 
 
 Haunches 
 Belly and 
 
 ? cgs. 
 
 Belly and 
 rhighes. 
 
 JRcigns, 
 Loyns i 
 
 5 
 
 and 
 
 Knees, 
 
 "ecrets, 
 
 Legs 
 aad 
 
 Haunches. 
 
 Thighs 
 and 
 Feet. 
 
 Chap, 
 
1 04 The Temple ^/Wildome. B o o K.I; 
 
 " • • • • . II B I • II I ^ 
 
 Chap. XX VH. 
 Of the SualHies of the Figures. 
 
 YOu muft furthermore notCj that amongft the 
 figiires,fome be good, others be ill^and other- 
 fome be common j the good be thofc which be en- 
 tringj Trifiitia exceptedj thofe which be going out 
 be ill, onely Letitia Excepted; the common be nei- 
 ther good nor bad, but they be good or bad ac- 
 cording unto the Company they fall into; for when 
 the Company is good, they be good ; and when the 
 Company is ill, they be ill; as (hall be more plain- 
 ly declared unto you by the cxperienc of certain 
 figures , we v^ill give Judgment upon in the third 
 IBook of this Arc. 
 
 The fifteen figures receive their fignification 
 from the feven Rulers and twelve ldea\ which go- 
 vern the whole Earth, and all things under the 
 Sun; and thefcput their influences into our hands, 
 and have fuch fignification, as you may read an4 
 praftife in the fecond part of our BoQk. 
 
 p 
 
 Chap. XXYHL 
 
 of the Colours of the Figures. 
 
 Vet fignifies white mixed with red ; Amilfto atid 
 Caput Vraconis^ white mixed with Citrine^ Alhm 
 
 a 
 
B o o K. I. the Temple 1/ Wifdome. lOf 
 
 a white lovely Cplourjipiixed with red; Fopului and 
 Viay green or ruflet black J Gold colour or ycllowi 
 JcortunttMajof^ green^ yellow or Gold colour; 0«- 
 jun^io^ Purple or gray whitifh, fomtimcs black, 
 fpccklcd with blew , green, white^or a darke crim- 
 fon, or a whitifti tawny, ^uheui red mixt brown; 
 ^cquifithp red, yellow, or green, fanguine; a white 
 ruflet or dunn is C/rrc«rj friftitiay tawny, sky e co- 
 lour with blew ; Letitia^ a green whiti(h gliftering 
 colour. 
 
 Chap. XXIX. 
 
 A modefi defence for Gepmancy, tfw^Telefmes 
 in the known Phseoomena of Nature-^ mth an 
 Appeal to the Natural facfilttef of mm , tphe" 
 ther there be not a God^ Angels^ Spirits and 
 GtXk\\^tbAt at certain times appear inhumain 
 ft>ape^^c» 
 
 IT is vainly reported by Ideots and underwits, 
 that we contemn the Famous Presby tcrians, e3^^. 
 It is true, being not fo indifcreetly zealous and fu- 
 pcrftitious as Phanatiques, we have been miftaken 
 by Anabaptifts , and traduced for Athiefts; but this 
 is anfwered, in The Harmony of the World, Now 
 there is a Gentleman denyes an Immaterial Beings 
 and finely asks, if I know any thing. Sine Materia. ; 
 After the rcmovall of corporeal matter out of the 
 world, there will be ftill fpace and diftance, in 
 
 which 
 
1 o6 the Temple ^f Wifdome. Book F, 
 
 which chis very matter while it was there, was alfo \ 
 coaccived to lye^ and this diftant fpacc cannot but 
 be fomthing; and yet not corporcaljbccaufe neither 
 corruptible, impenitrablc nor tangible, it muft of 
 necelTiry beafubftance incorporealjueceffarily and 
 eternally cxiftent of it felf j which the clear Ideaoi 
 a Being ahfolutely perfed^ w')\\ n\orc fully and pun- 
 ftually informus to be the felffubftfling God or Im^ 
 maurial Beings and hereby it is manifeli, how ab- 
 furd and irrational they are , that will pretend 
 to reafon and underftanding, and yet excufe them- 
 felvesfrom the acknowleJging of fo plain a truth. 
 
 TheevafionscffomeNaciviry men, are fo weak 
 C^nd^Wy like unto IVilliantDllj) and he is neither 
 r/\rtift nor Gentleman, but a poore Laborer or Dit- 
 chers fon oiDifeworth in Leicejler-lhire , brought up 
 to London^ and educated 7 Valin a Tayler in the 
 Strand) whereby they would elude the force of 
 that argument j Forfpirits which is drawn from 
 i^pparitiona, that a man may be almoft fure, they 
 wereconvincedin their Judd,mentsof the truth of 
 ^enii. Angels or Spirits and their Stories, elfe it 
 had been better flatly to have denyed them, then 
 to fain fuch idle and vain reafons of them. 
 
 But firft the prodigious Aftrologers, and their 
 fellow Nodurnai Nativity- mongers fay, they arc 
 nothing but imaginiitions,and that there is nothing 
 ically without us in fuch apparitions. 
 
 But we fhall bear them off in this Book, with the 
 authority of Z<?^o^/?fr, .^ aerates^? I ato^ Averroes, Cor^ 
 nelius Agrippa Kuight, Irithmlim^ Cardan^ Jarchas^ 
 Cattin Gerrard^ Cemon^ lund'mus^ VtfuSy Gafferell^ 
 and many others too tedious to name. 
 
 Being routed from this flight account, for that 
 many fee the thing ac once, then they fly tofo mi- 
 raculous 
 
Book 1. T/>e Temple <?/ Wifdome. 107 
 
 raculous a power of phancy, as if ic were able to 
 change che Aire into a reall fliape and formjfo that 
 others may behold it^ as well as he that fram'd it by 
 the power of his fancy. 
 
 Now I demand of any fober man, or HeydoHeattj 
 whether this be not a harder Miftery and more un- 
 conceiveable, then all the Magicall Mctamorphofes 
 of Uevils or Witches, For it is eafier to conceive 
 that Genii or fome knowhig thing in the- Aire 
 fhould thus transform the Aire into this or that 
 (hape, being in that part of the Aire it doth thus 
 transform, then that the Imagination of roan^ 
 which is but a modification of his own minde, 
 (houldbe able at a diftance to change it into fuch 
 appearancesjButfuppofe itcould^can it animate the 
 Airethacit doth thus Metamorphize , and make 
 it rpeak & anfwer to Queftions, and put things into 
 mens handS; & teach them how to make Telefms or 
 Talefraans^as fome call them, & what Angels attend 
 them^e^c. O the credulity of befotted Athcifmc ! 
 How intoxicated and infatuated are they in their 
 conceits, being given up to fenfualiity, and having 
 loft the free ufe of the natural faculties of their 
 mindcj But (hall this force of imagination reach fo 
 high as the clouds alfo, and make men fight pitched 
 Battels in the Aire, as they did at Edge-hill, running 
 and charging one againft another, here the fame 
 bold pretender, to wit, and Phylofophy, C^far Va- 
 ninus (who cunningly and Jugglingly tndeavciirs 
 to infufes the poifon of Atheifme into the minds of 
 his reader on every occafionj and anorl er Engliih 
 Aothor of Prodigies, abuiing the Noble Knight 
 Cornelius Agripp a ^v/ho('eEoo\.^ ntxi the Bihle^ I pre- 
 ferr before all the Eooksin the world : Thefe men 
 have reccurfe to thofe old caft Rags of Epimeus his 
 
 School 
 
io8 rAe Temple tf/Wifdome. BooK.L 
 
 School, the exuvious effluxes of things , and at- 
 tempts to falve thefe VhimomenH: thws ; that the va- 
 pours of mens bqdies^and it feems ofhorfestoo are 
 carried up into the h'wty and fall into a certain pro- 
 portionable pofture of parts^ andfo imitate the fi- 
 gures of them aloft among the Clouds. 
 
 But I demandjhow the vapours of the Horfes findc 
 the vapours of their Riders, and when and how 
 long are they comming together:and whether they 
 appear not before there be any Armies in the field 
 to fend up fuch vapours; and whether Harnefs and 
 Weapons fend up vapours too, as Swords, Pikes and 
 Shields : and how they come to light fo happily in- 
 to the hands of thofe Aerial men of War, efpecially 
 the vapours of Metals (if they have any) being| 
 heavier in alllikelyhood then the reek of Animals 
 and men : and laftly how they come todifchargeac 
 one another and to fight, there being neither life 
 nor foul in them ; and whether Sounds alfo have 
 their ExuvU that are referved till thefe folcmnkiesj 
 for ^t Jiborougbm SnffoiJ^i 6 i^2, were heard in the 
 Aire very loud beatings of Drums, (hooting of Mus- 
 kets, and Ordinance, as alfo in other fuch like Pro- 
 digies, there hath been heard the founding of 
 Trumpets, as Snelliut writes. And P//«yalfo makes 
 mention of the founding of Trumpets,and Clafliing 
 of Armour heard out of the heavens about the Ow- 
 I'r/cJ^VVarrs, and often before. But hereat^/W(?«^i 
 all was concluded with a melodious noife of Mufical 
 Inftruments. 
 
 1 he ExuvU of Fiddlers it fccms flic up into the 
 Aire too, or were thofe Muiical Accents frozen 
 there for a time, and at the heat and firing of the 
 Cannons, the Aire relenting and thawing, became 
 foharnionioufly vocal? With Vfl^at vain conceits 
 
 arc 
 
Book I. the Tttnple of Wifdomc. 109'-- 
 
 are men intoxicated, that willfully wink againft the 
 light of Nature, and are eftranged from the true 
 knowlcdg and acknowledgment of a God! 
 
 But there is another Evafion, which the fame fe- 
 dulous Infinuator of Atheifm, would make ufe of, in 
 cafe this ftiould not hold, which feemsmore fobcr, 
 but no lefs falf: and that is this; That thefe fightings 
 and skirmifliings in the Aire, are onely the reflexi- 
 on of fome real battel on the earth; But this irt 
 Nature is plainly impoffiblc: For of neceflity thefc 
 Armies thus fighting, being at fuch a diftance frosa 
 the Speftators, that the fame of the Battel never ar- 
 rives to their ears, their eyes can never behold it by 
 any refleftion from the Clouds, For bcfides that,re- 
 fle6:ion makes the images more dimn then direft 
 fight, fuch a diftance from the Army to the Clouds, 
 and then from the Clouds to our Eye, will leflen the 
 Species fo exceedingly, that they will not at all be 
 vifible. 
 
 Or if we could imag!ne,that there might be fome- 
 timcs fuch an advantage in the figure of thefe clouds, 
 as might in fome fort remedy this Itffening of the 
 fp<cies, yet theirOirfaccs are fo exceeding rudely 
 polinicd, and refleftion which,as I faid, is ever dim 
 enough of it fel f, is here fo extraordinarily imper- 
 feft, that they can never be able, according to the 
 courfe of nature, to return the fpccies ofTerreftri* 
 al Objefts back again to our fight, it being fo evi- 
 dent that they arc unfit for what is of farr Icfle diffi- 
 culty. For we never finde them able to refleft the 
 image of a Star , when as not onely glafle but eve- 
 ry troubled poole or dirty plafti of water in the high. 
 way does ufuaily do it. 
 
 But that it is fareafier for a ^tar, then for any of 
 thefe Ob jefts here upon Earth, to be rcfledcd to 
 
 our 
 
no the Temp le of Wifdome, Book L 
 
 our Eyes by thofe rude natural Looking-glades 
 placed among the Clouds, fundry reafons will fuf- 
 ticieiitly inform us. 
 
 Thefirft, The Stars do not abate at all of their 
 ufual magnitude in which they ordinarily appear 
 to us by this reflection; the difference of many hun- 
 dreds of Leagues making no difference of magni- 
 tude in them> formdeed thediftanceofthe Diame- 
 ter of the Or^z'tf of the Earth makes none, as muft 
 be acknowledged by all thofe thacadmir of the an^ 
 nual motion thei eof. But a very {tw miles do ex- 
 ceedingly dmiinifh the ufual bi:;nefs of the *9pecies 
 of an Horfe or Man, even to that littlenefTe, that 
 they grow invifible What then will become of his 
 fwordj Shield or Sphear? And in thefe cafes we now 
 fpeak of 5 how great a iourneythefpecies have from 
 the Earth to the Cloud that refleft thcm^ I have in- 
 timated before. 
 
 Secondly u is manife'!^ that a Scar h th thcpre- 
 heminence above thefe Tcrrc'lrial Objefts, in that 
 it is as pi. re a ii'^ht as the Sun, though not fo big , 
 but they but Op^ks coloured bodles5and that tbere- 
 foiethere s nocomparifoii betwixt thcvigourand 
 fhength ofihcSfecies of a Star and of them. 
 
 Thirdly in the Night-time, the Eye being placed 
 in the (hadow of che Earth, thofe refiedloi.sofa ytar 
 Will be yet moie caiily viiible j when as the great 
 jjghtof the >nn by Day, muft needs much debilitate 
 thtfe rtfief^ed Irajiges of the Ob e6ls upon the 
 Farch, his beams (Inking our Eyes with .o ftrong 
 \jbration8. 
 
 Fourthly and laftly, there being Scars all over 
 the b n mainent, fo as there is, it fhoul d fee m a hun- 
 dred times more ealier for natural Caufes to hit 
 upon xFiirailer or Tarajiron (for let Analogie em- 
 bolden 
 
Book I. ^Ae Temple ^/Wifdome. ii» 
 
 boldcn mcfo tocall thcfe feldome or never ken 
 Fh£HomeHay the image of a fingle Star or whole con- 
 ftellacion reflefted from the Clouds) then upon a 
 Farelios or Farafelene. But now the ftory of thcfc ij» 
 more then an hundred times more frequent then 
 that of the Parafter. For it is fo feldome difcover- 
 ed, chat it is doubted whether it be or no^or rather 
 acknowledged not to be, of which there can be no 
 rca-fon, bnt that the clouds are fo ill polished, that 
 they are not able to rcfle£V fo confiderablea light as 
 a Star. From whence I think, we may fafcjy ga- 
 ther, that it is therefore impoffible that they (hould 
 i-cfledt fo debile Species, as the colours and (hapes 
 of Beafts and Men, and that fo accurf'Cciiy, as that 
 we may fee their Swords, Helmets, Sheilds, Fpears 
 and the like. 
 
 Wherefore it is plain, thatthefe Apparitions on 
 high in the Aire, are no reflexions of any Ob'efts 
 ii^on Earth;or if it were imaginable that they were, 
 thatfomefLipernv.turaIcaufemufta(fift to conglaci- 
 ate and polifh the furfaces of the Clouds to fuch an 
 cxtroardinary accuracy of figure and fmoothnclTt', 
 as wilifufiice forfuch prodigious refieft ons. 
 
 And that thcfe Spirits that rule in the 
 Aire, may not act upon the mateiials there, 
 as well as men here upon the Earth work upon 
 the parts thereof, ^as aifo upon the neighbouring 
 Elements fo far as they can reach, Shaping, Per- 
 feding and dire^ing things, according to their own 
 purpofeandpleafure, I know no rei^fon at all in 
 Nature or Philofophy, for any man to deny. For 
 that the helpof foine officious Cenii is in plied in 
 ftich like Prodigies as thefe, the feafonablenefs of 
 their appearance feems no contemptible argument, 
 they being according to the obfcrvation of H^ilori- 
 •■ . ai>>V 
 
ii 2 The T emple of Wifdome. Book L 
 
 ansj thcforermnersofeommoti&Hs and Troubles in all 
 Kingdomes and Common-wealths. 
 
 Yet ncVerthclefs as good Artificers^ as! here fup- 
 pofe, they working upon Nature, muft be bounded 
 by the Laws of Nature. And reflexion will have its 
 Jimits^as welas re/r/i5i(?»,whether for conveyance of 
 fpecies or kindling of heat, the laws and bounds 
 whereof : that difcerning wit Cartefius being well a- 
 wareof, doth generally and judicioufly pronounce ; 
 Ihat tf burning Glafs, the difiance of whofe focus /row 
 the Glafs doth mt hear a lefs froportton U the Diameter 
 thereof^ then the difiance of the Earth from the SuHy to the 
 Diameter of the Sun^ mil burn no more vehemently then 
 the dired rays of the Sun will do without ity though in other 
 refpeSs this Glafs^ were as exaUly Jhaped and curioujly 
 polijhed^ as could be expetled from the hand of an Jin^ 
 geL 
 
 I have now compleated this prefent Treatifea- 
 gainft Atheifm in all the three parts thereof: upon 
 whichjwhilc I caft mine eye and view,that clear and 
 irrefutable evidenc(j of the caufe I've undertaken, 
 thcexter^al appearances of things in the World/o faith- 
 fully fecondiiig the undeniable diftaccs of the innate 
 Principles of our own mindcs, 1 cannot but with con- 
 fidence aver. That there is not any one notion in 
 all Philofophy more certain and dcmonftrable then 
 that there ii a God 
 
 And verily I think, I have ranfacked all the cor- 
 ners of every kinde of Philofophy that can pretend 
 tobcarany ftroke in this Controverfie, with that 
 diligence, that I may fafeiy pronounce, that it is 
 mcer brutifh Ignorance or Impudence^ no ShjU in N<t' 
 ture or the Knowledge of things, that can encourage 
 anymantoprofefs-^<^«/^> or to embrace it at the 
 propofal of chofe that make profeflion of it» 
 
 But 
 
Book I. The Temple <?/ V Vifdome. i 1 2; 
 
 But Co I conceive ic is, that at firft fome faraoufly 
 {earned men, being not fo indifcreetly zealous and 
 fupcrftitious as others, have been miftaken by Idiots^ 
 and traduced for AthieiUy and then ever after fome 
 one yain-glorious Fool or other, hath affefted with 
 what fafety he could, to feem Atheiftical^ that he 
 might thereby forfooth be reputed the more learned^ 
 cap the Jnro founder Naturaliji. 
 
 • But I dare aflure any man^that if he do but fearcFi 
 into the bottom of this enormous difeafe of the Soul- 
 as 7rifmegift truly calls it, he will find nothing to be 
 the caufe thereof, but either tfanity of mind or bru- 
 ti(h/>«/*//tf%, and an untamed defire of fatisfyin<^a 
 mans own wil in every thing, an obmxiomConfcience 
 and abafe F^^r of divine Vengeance, ignorance of 
 the fcantnefs andinfufficiencyof fecondcaufes a 
 ) umbled feculency and incompfednefs of the fpirits by 
 reaCoii of perpetual intcmper?nre and luxury, ot 
 elfe a dark bedeading Mellancholy^ that fo ftarves and 
 
 killstheapprehenfionsoftheSoul,in divine matters 
 efpecially, that it makes a mai^ as inept forfuch 
 Contcmplations,asif his head was filled with cold 
 Saturne or hot Mars: And M^ri having got upon 
 the Buls back Gallops about the Sky after Venm 
 and fees not the (jf«ii that laugh at his madnef«. 
 
 And to fuch flow Conftitutions as tbefe, Ifliall 
 not wonder, if,asthe)^r/^/7/mof my difcourfe muft 
 feem marvellous fubtile, fo the laji appear ridicu* 
 loufly incredible. But they are to remember, that 
 I do not here appeal to theCompIexionai humours 
 or peculiar Rejiftics of men, that arifc out of the 
 temper of the Wj'j but to the known and unalter- 
 able Ideas of the wi«^, to the Tkanomsna of ISlattire 
 and Records of H^^ry. Upon the laft whereoi, if I 
 have fometbing ipore fully infiftcdj it is not to be 
 
 H imputed 
 
1 1 4 Ihe Temple ^/Wi fdome, Book! . 
 
 imputed 1 6 any vain credulity of mine, or that I 
 take a pleafure in telling ftrange ftories, but that 1 
 thought fit, to fortifie and ftrengthen the faith'of 
 others, as much as I could , being well aflTurcd that 
 a contemptuous misbelief of fuch like Nari-att^fis 
 concerning Sfitits^zn6, an endevour of making t}^^vti 
 all ridiculous and incredible, is a dangerous Pre^ 
 lude to Atheifm it felf^ or eife a mic^re-dofc and craf- 
 ty profeflion and infiiiuation of it. For affuredly 
 that Saying was nothing fo true in Politicks, No 
 JBifljop^ no King '^ asthisis inMetaphyfick, NoSfirit^ 
 no God, 1 could havefaid muchTnore5but 1 think this 
 isfufficienc 
 
 I have borrowed a great part of thefe things, of 
 the moft learned menthat ever writ, of Geomancy 
 and lelefmes : and I do k with t4i€ more Confidence 
 in that their Authorities advance my Experiments; 
 Now let us proceed tO xMlromantick and Geoman- 
 tick, Gamahesinorder ; But, 
 
 Firft , theGhofts of Dead men, which are often 
 feen to appear in Church-yards, are natural Effeft?, 
 being only the Forms of the bodies, which are bu- 
 ried in thofe places:, or their outward ftiapes,or 
 Figures *, and not the fouls of thofe men, or any f uch 
 like Apparition, caufed by evil Spirits, as the com- 
 mon Opinion is. TheAncientschoiight, thatthefc 
 Ghofts were the Good, and Evil Geniij which atten- 
 ded alwayes upon Armies : but they are to beex- 
 cufed ; feeing they ktiew not how to give any other 
 reafon of thefe Apparitions : it being moft Certain, 
 that in Armies, where, by reafon of their great 
 ^ numbers, many die, you (hall fee fome fuch Ghofts 
 very often, ("efpecially after a Battel 5 ) whichare, 
 as we have faid, the Genii of the Ai>re. 1 have elfe-j 
 where handled the curioBS Hiftory of ^^fim^ j where- 
 in 
 
Boo K.I Tibe Temple ^/Wifdome. Ii5 
 
 in 1 have propounded thefe following queftions, 
 touching thefe ghofts: n^mt\y^Whether orno^we mayy 
 by thefe ^ ex f I nine all the Vifjcns^ that are mentioned by 
 iVriters ? Whether thofe wonderful effeds^ which we attri* 
 hute to Demons, or Spirits^ may proceed from thefe Figures 
 or not ? And then^ whether they have any Fower at all^ of 
 not^^vxd iffoy whence they have it ? And if it be granted 
 they have zny:Paracelfui is of Opinion^ 
 that Mummy hath in it all the Vercue rom.iJik 4- 
 of Plants, Stones, &c. And that it dccmf.mmr. 
 hath an Occult, Magnetique Vertue, ^'^""^fi^' 
 which draws men totheSepulchersof thofe, whom 
 they account to huve been holy men j whereby the 
 Vcrtue of the fame Mummy, there are thofe eftefts 
 wrought, which we call Miracles : which are obfer- 
 vedf faith hc^ to be much more frequent in the 
 Summer, then in any other Seafon of the year, by 
 reafon of the heat of the Sun, which aw^akens^ and 
 excites the humour that is in the Mummy. But 
 thefe are meer fooleries ; which we there refute, 
 by fuch princip!e>;j as the Rabbins have drawn,from 
 the Secrets of this fo Famous, and Renowned Mum- 
 my, After thofe other queftions^ thefe follow : 
 namely. Whether or no^ thefe wonderful fory}:es^ which 
 proceed from the Bloody the Benes^ or the Ajhes of dead Bo- 
 dieSy may ferve for an Vndeniable argument of the Refur* 
 ^tedion-y a thing unknown to mod of the Philofo- 
 phers ? Whether y after they are raifed «p, tksy can in any 
 thing befervicealle unto us ^ And whether by their meanes^ 
 Kve may be Naturally able to attaine to the k^owledg ef 
 diverfe fecretSy which areVnkjtown to Vs ? Diverfe o- 
 ther like queftions are there propofed^md difcufled, 
 plainly, and throughly ; as I /hall let the World 
 fee, in a (hort time : In the mean while, we may 
 fafely accouac th.e Objection before propofe to be 
 H :a invalid^ 
 
1 1 6 7 he Temple (?/ Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 Invaiida andof no Force; feeing that, though the 
 body be reduced into Aftics, yet neverthclefs the 
 Figure IS not thereby deftroyed. 
 
 In the firft place therefore let us confider their 
 Namrs. And now let us fptak ciTelefm, 
 
 They are calJed in Hebrew t JlO Magben^ that is to 
 fay^a Scutcheon, orSheild ; inChaldie5i$)qyptian, 
 and Perfian, t^'^JD'^V, 7filmenaia^ which fignifies a 
 Figure^or Image : in Arabick C^DOV'^ri, lalitfman^ 
 ^»' dDQ^y, Tfaliman : and in Greek s-oix^let. 1 he 
 Hebrew word Maghen^ though it lignifiea Scutche- 
 on, or i?ny other thing, noted with Hebrew Ghara- 
 ^^ers^theVertucwhereof^isnot like to that of a Scut- 
 cheon; and although thefc Ch iraders, according 
 to the Opinion ofthofe that are moft verfed in 
 thefe Thrological Mylteries, are fome kind of im- 
 perfect Images*, yet notwithftanding the word in 
 this placfjis not properly taken for an Image^thatis 
 Graved,' arvedjOr Painted ; bccaufethat thejewes, 
 in making any fuch, fliou^d have finned againft the 
 Commandement ; Ihou jhalt not wak^to t}?yfelfany 
 Craven Image. Maghtn thcrc^ovc fignifies properly 
 any piece of Paper, or other the like matter, mar- 
 ked, or noted with certaine Charafters drawn from 
 the Tetragrarnmaton^ or great Name of four Lecter.s 
 or from any other, as we fhall (hew hereafter. This 
 word fignifies alfo, though improperly, thefe very 
 Figures alfo, and Images, which we fpeak oft becaufe 
 that thefe al (o as well as the Characters of the T^- 
 tragrammaton^ do ferve, as it were, in ftead of a Buck- 
 ler, or Shield of defence, againft Difeafes, Lii^ht- 
 nings, and Tempefis. The Chaldicword, 7filnte- 
 naid^ comes from the Hebrew \ — i^^^j Jfelem^ which 
 fignifies an Image ; and the Arabick word lalitfmany 
 may like wife have been derived from the fame root 5 
 
Book. I. The Temple g /Wi(dome. 117 
 
 lalitfman^ being corrupted from dDO^V ifali^fian, 
 by the Tranfpofition of one letter only : 
 But the truth of this Conie6ture is vet un- ^-^f- i^ 
 certaine. The Learned Sdmatm gives ic ^^^^^ 
 another Derivation: forhe cakesanoccafi- 
 on to fall foul upon Scaliger^ who derives it from 
 the Arabkk, for not conlidcring, that Talifman is 
 derived from the Greek vvor.^ '^^^2^/^-*, hoc eji^ faith 
 hc^ TiTiMjfj^ov T/ , ut funt 7iTi\i7(j^Qt anuU, But 
 how can the truth of this Derivation be proved > 
 how (hall we be afllireJ, that lalitfman comes from 
 Tk\i7yLA^ and not rather rUsj^ftct from the other ? As 
 for the laftname, thatthefe Imagewic called by, 
 which is ro/x^/A, there is no difficulty at all in the 
 word : fo that it remaines now, that we remember, 
 concerning thefe Names, that when we fpeak of 
 Figures, we do no^ mean thofe, that are properly 
 iignified by the Hebrew word, Maghen^ which are 
 nothing but Scutcheons noted with Chara£^ers,ruch 
 as many havefeen in Paris at the Pnnce of Port ugals 5 
 the like whereof, you have in Carlo 
 Fabri his Scudo diChrifto, and in Agrip Lib. t. ds 
 pa : We have elfewhere the power of Occult, vh'iL 
 thefe kinds of Characters, advanced. 
 Neither fliall I fpeak at all of thofe images of Wax, 
 which Sorcerers are wont to baptize, in the name 
 oi Beelzebub J thefe are Abommations, which we 
 abhor, although let me telyou by the way5that the 
 greateft part of thofe things our Demonographers 
 ftufFe their writings withall, are no hing but meer 
 Fables, as ridiculous as the Dreams of the Alc:ran, 
 Our Difcourfe dial! only be, what natural Power, 
 Images, that arc made under certaine Confteilati- 
 ons, may have; banifliing from hence all Operati-^ 
 ons ciVejnofts^or SpiritS;and all fuperftitious powers 
 whatever. H 3 I (hall 
 
Mt6 * i^e lempIe^/VVifdome. BookI 
 
 1 ihall prove therefore this Power of Figures, and 
 Images, three manner of waies: by the influence 
 of the Stars: by the power of Ptefemblanccj and 
 by Experience. J fhall begin with the laft of 
 thefe three. 
 
 Firfl: then, it is certain, and we cannot deny 
 it, without denying the moft Authcntick Hiftorio- 
 graphers thatarc, that there have beenfeen, both 
 in our day es, and in the daies ofoitrFatherF, fome 
 of thefe TelefmSy 1 alt f manic all ^ lelefwaticall ov Fi^ 
 gures ffor fo we ihall now call them) yet all is one^ 
 that have cured thofe, that have been bitten by 
 Serpents, Scorpions^ mad Dogs, and divers other 
 Mifchances, that are but too frequent with U9. The 
 Ancient Arabian?, as Almanfor ^ Meffahala^Zahel^ Al - 
 hohazen^ Haly Khodoam^ AlbategniUSy Hontar^ Zachdir^ 
 Ha^battfed ^LwdSerapm^givc us many examples of this 
 kind ; which ^ave Holy occalion to conclude, that 
 Vtilem ferpentis imaginem effici foffe^ quando Lnna^ Ser-^ 
 fentem ((zleilem fuUt^ aut fdkitsr- afpicit : Similiter 
 Scorpionis effigiem efficacem^ quando Scorpij fignum Luna 
 mgreditur^ &c. Neither did he deliver this Do^rinej 
 Without having had Experience of the EfFefts : for 
 •iieatiirmes, that himfelf, being in Mgypty had in 
 iiis hand one of thefe Images of a Scorpion, which 
 (Ck'A cure thofe that were ftung by this Venomous 
 Scaft : and it was ingraven upon a Bazahar^ or, as it 
 h commonly called, a Bezar-^owt. Jt will be ob- 
 '■■€itd perhaps, that thefe Arabians are trifling, vain 
 wnterb'^ and therefore that there is little credit to 
 be given to them. But I (hall elfewhcre undertake 
 the Vindication of them from this Calumny ; and 
 fhall at prefent, for the fatisfaftlon ofSelf-willed 
 nicn> forbcai' to cite them any further; but fnall 
 co'ntent myfelfwith examples borrowed from fuch 
 
 among 
 
Boo K.I. 3^/&cTeraple^/VVifdonie. 119 
 
 aipon^cheGre^'ks, and LaciueSj as are accounted 
 iBoft '\uchentiqiie. , ^ : 
 
 ..Eug^nhiSj befidcs an infinite number of Rariciesj 
 vihich he rcl^oxt&oi Egypt^Cdiemhat when they Were 
 fomecinie digging in the bridge at Afami/tthevQ was 
 found a peic^ of Copperj whereon was to be (een 
 the Figure of a Rat, of a Serpent, and of a Fire: 
 which being afterwards negie^^kcd, and peradven- 
 ture cither brcyken to pieces or fome way or other 
 (polled, thcr^vvasobferved5in a very fliorttimeaf- 
 tpfis ^ great ni>n>ber of ScrpentS5and Rats to haunt 
 rhe-City, and they do greatly annoy it ftill 5 and 
 wecannor, w it hput grief, call to mind, the many 
 great Loffes t,U^ City hath (ince that time endured 
 by Fire : all which fad accidents were never heard 
 of :htre, before the taking up of t bis ftrang^ Plate of 
 epppef. ? 
 
 •k iis alfo reported, that after that Camrar.Ub.i^ 
 fAahontet the fe< ond had poiJefled Inm- ^^' ^^' 
 felf oi' CoHjiammpley the breaking of 
 the lower J iw of a Erazen Serpent, wasthecaufe of 
 the increajingiof erpcnts inthofe Parts. So true 
 it is, that thcfelrlefmam have Power to divert many 
 of thofe Calamities, that affli\^ Mankind. And 
 whokoowsnot, that by the means of thefe, the 
 Learned mcnxj)fthe Ages paft, have oft-times chan- 
 ced, away Infcds out of their Cities, and fields 5 as 
 Gnats, Locu'ts, and Caterpillars? If ' ^ 
 
 tiuy deiire to fee fome of thc^t Exam- cML\,- c. 66.' 
 pies, he may have recourfe to the c.^v.t. ^t 1160. 
 chiliads of John Tzetzes -^ where this 
 Greek Author, fwho lived about the time of that 
 excellent Hiftorian Anna Gonmem^ daughter to the 
 Emperour Alexins Comnenus^ reports, that Apollonim^ 
 by making a jcleftmn of a Sto k, kept thefe Trouble- 
 
 H 4 ^ome 
 
lao TAe Temple ^/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 fome Birds from coniLoing into Conftantinople -^ and 
 by another T^/<?/w^«^ hediovc away a!i rhe Gnats 
 que oiAntioch You may alfo fee Ftolonties Contilo^ 
 quium^ and che Commentary of ^^re G^//«r, falfely 
 attributed to Haiyy as itis obierved by Scaliger, 
 
 Fuichermore, I am of Opinion, that theFirft 
 gods of tbeLatincs, which they called Averrunciy 
 or P/j Intdara^, were no other t i»crt thefe Talijnsam^ 
 callmages^ ind I ground this my Conje£lcure fiom 
 hence, that there are fome Hiftorians that affirm, 
 that they made fome of thefe Tutelar gods, under 
 certain Confteliations: butthepoyfon of Idolatry 
 having infected the beft of Sciences, was the caufe, 
 that, the.e Images being afterwards taken for god?, 
 the true and legitimate manner of making them was 
 fmothered, and quite loft. They were wont alfo 
 to fet up fome of thefe ielefntans upon the Prow of 
 their Ships,tQprcferve them from Shipwrack : and 
 all this to be done Naturally too ; feeing that a 
 Telefman may be made, under the Sign of VifceSy that 
 inay,forfome certain time, render thcWaterscalmj 
 and free from Tempefts. The Greeks, Q^sHefy- 
 chiusy HiYodoWyCzWcd thefe Figures)fet up in Ships, 
 fffATumli ', a word, no doubt, borrowed from the 
 jHebrew cZD^HinQ Titochim^ which fignifies as much 
 as CoeUturu : and therefore the Chaldie Paraphrafe 
 x-endcrs it,by this our l^"" JQ^:; Ifilmenaia, Now we 
 are to take notice, that thefe Figures were not at all 
 of anyHuqiane form,but offomeCcsleftial Figure^or 
 others v/hichconfirm«»s me in the Belief, that they 
 were real Telefmans, Nevertheiefs the Mariners had 
 alfo their Statues of fome Deity or other, as of Mtfrx, 
 JpoJlo^ Venufy Mercury^ and the like ; which they pla- 
 ced at %\\t Poop, ox header part of their Ships: 
 whence F^7g«V fdies. 
 
 AhYHtO 
 
Book 1. T he Temple of Wiidom^. i7i 
 
 -^ Aurato fulgcbat Afollinefuffis, 
 
 And Terfim : ^ 
 
 ^acetipfe in littofe^ & u»h 
 
 Ingeutei de fuppe Vei, 
 
 Which gave occafion to the Poets to feign, that J«- 
 piterikoie away Enropa^ under the fhapc of a Bull; 
 becaufe the Ship of the CretianSy who ftole her away, 
 had, foi it's Tf/f/w/r;^, the Figure of theCoeleftiall 
 Sign 7aurufmnd for it'sDeity^a Statue x^( Jupiter /The 
 like Original might, probably, that other Fable of 
 Gammed have had 5 who is faid to have been carried 
 away by an Eagle, the Bird proper to the fame God. 
 You may fee further, concerning this particular, 
 in Sextus PompeiuSy lib^ de Europey^nd La^antiusy lihM 
 FalfaKeligione. This cuftome of Mariners fetting 
 up oftheCcJelefnianSj or Images, in their VeflTels, a- 
 gainft Shipwracks, is fo Ancient, that they fay, that 
 among thofe that came with lEneas from Trojf, there 
 was on€ that had the Figure of two Lyons : that the 
 Gadarenes\\di6. one, with the Image of aHorfe: and 
 that the Ship oi Alexandria y which ^t.P/^w/ failed in, 
 had the Images ofCaftor and ToUuXy or, according to 
 the Arabiansy the Gemini graved on it : and that 
 which carried Hippocrates^ when he took his journey 
 to Ahdera, for the curing oi'DemocrititSy bare the Fi- 
 gure of the 5un. Now all thefe 7elefmans were not 
 made fo much for the avoiding of .Shipwrack only, 
 as for the turning away of fome other Difaftrous ac- 
 cidents, or the procuring of fome good fortune, or 
 other. And from this praftife of the Ancients have 
 the Chriflians taken Example, though in aChri- 
 ftianway, of having Images in their Veflcls, and 
 Piduring in them, the -Saints whofe names they 
 bear. 
 
 Eut 
 
1 22 T^e Temple oj Wifdome. Book. L 
 
 But lince thac 1 am iinawars fallen upon this 
 choice Peice of Antiquity, I flffall here further adde 
 that thefe ^eleftndHs were not fet up in Cities oncly, 
 and Ships, but alfo in the plauijop^a fields loo;and 
 it may be , that that Stone fo much famed among 
 the Turks , which they c^U Bradan, and is fct up 
 at fAecha, being foure foot long, and two foot broad 
 as 5«/^*« reports, was only, a Te'/fpw/2«. For other- 
 wife we muft even content our felves with Turkifh 
 Fables, and believe, that it would never have been 
 fo highly prized by them, but for that it iferved in- 
 ftead of a bed to Ahraham^ when he had knowledg of 
 his Maid Hagar: For bciides that,this is ridiculouSj 
 the Turks will never acknowledg themfelvcs to be 
 Baftards, and defcended frQio a .^ervant^m^id j but 
 irom Sarah : and this is the reafon, that they arc fo 
 much delighted in being ealled Sarafitis^^ Others fay 
 jthat the reafon why the Turks have this ^tonein fo 
 'much Veneration,is, becaufe that Abraham tyed his 
 pameltoit, when he went up to the top of the 
 ^Mountain to facrifice his fon y as Euthymm Zigabc" 
 nm affirmes; or, as feme others of the more Trifling 
 fort of the Arabian Writers will have it, becaufe ic 
 was crefted hi memory of a certain Holy Woman, 
 who was taken up into Heaven, and afterwards ho- 
 noured upon earth as a goddef?, for having very 
 charitably ctitertained the Angels -4rftt z\\<MdarQt, 
 That which moved thefe latter to forge thefe Fa- 
 bles, was the Figure of Kfww^jwhich is ingraved up- 
 bnthisftone, with a Crc^pwt: and this is that which 
 makes me believe, that it was a TV/t'/'m/z^ of this Pla- 
 ner, which, as Mr Selden (ayes, was anciently taken 
 through all Afia^ for the Moon. And for this caufe 
 it is, that this people hath Yriday in the fame Vene- 
 ration^ thac Sunday \^ with us : -SLnd that in memory 
 
 of 
 
Book. I. i^e Temple ^/Wifdome. 123 
 
 of this Starr, which all the Afiaff^ Worfhipped7~the 
 ridges of their Hoiifcs, and tops of their Temples 
 I tvere adorned with little Crefcents^ as ours are with 
 I Crojfes, Now it cannot bethought, that this ftone 
 I was only a bare, fimple Image, erefted in honour of 
 I Venus: for^ beGdeSjtliat it was placed. in the opea 
 ! Fields, and not within any Temple; it had that 
 Vertae, which no other Image of this goddcfs ever 
 had. Forit draveaway, faith Zachder^ all Veno- 
 mous Beafts, and rendered all the neighbouring 
 Fields both happy, and fruitful: which isfofarr 
 from bdng obferved in them at this day, that, oa 
 the contrary,they are all utterly barren. And this 
 agrees eKccllently well with the Nature of thefc 
 lelefmayuy whofe Operation lafteth but for fome 
 certainefpaceof time, as Alhertm M(tgnui2i^\\rts us. 
 Non latent nos^ faith he, qucd ficut virtutes Natttrales^ 
 ferdurant in quodam tempre^ & non ultra \ ita etiam ejt 
 de vlrtiitihtii ImaginunK Konenim influit diqua virtus 
 de GodOy nifi quodam tempore periodi j pofiea cajfa & inu^ 
 tHis rernanet Imago frigida & mortua, Et h£C eft caufa^ 
 quare quodam Imagines non operantur hoc temper e^ quod 
 fecerimt tempore antiquo. From the divcrlity of Opi* 
 nions concerning this Telefmanical Stonc^ it may be 
 judged, how many Fabulous Stories have been rai- 
 fed touching thofe Artificial Images ; as namely, of 
 thofe which were called 2To/X£/a<^e/^, which 
 were broken to pieces by the Latines^ at their 
 entring into ConliantlnGpk :oitht Talladium^oi which 
 there are ^o many Wonders reported, and which 
 perhaps was nothing elfebut zlelefman : of thofe 
 IrndLgtsoithtAmorhiteSy which, zsFhilo Judeus re- 
 ports, vitve C2i\\cd Nympha facra^ which Ihewed to 
 their (laves hourcly, whatfoever they were to do: 
 and which being at iaii quite decayed, an Angel of 
 
 the 
 
154 Tie Temple ^fWKlome. Book I. 
 
 the Lord, (feeing they couid neirher be broken to 
 pieceSp norburntin the FireJ took, andcaft into a 
 bottomlefs Pit. And having lighted on fome of 
 thefe Images, that had been nudeJopg before, and 
 feeing them to have fuch :^dniirable, cri^nge Ver- 
 tues in them ; being unable toapprehefvd ctic rca- 
 fon of thefe things, they prefently betook them- 
 felves to AdT.iration. 
 
 Kofie Crucians ufually propofe to thcmfelves what 
 EfFeft they would have thefe Images produce , whe- 
 ther to chafe away fome hurtful reafts 5 or, to al- 
 lay the violence of Winds, to prevent Lightnings, 
 andHailes to cure certain Difeafes, and the like. 
 This being firft propofed, they then fcarch after the 
 mean?, that may be proper for the attaining of the 
 End propofed : as, for example, for the Cure of the 
 Dropfie, it is to be confidered, that the Difeafe con- 
 iifts in Moifture : they are therefore not to take any 
 matter indifferently, for to ingrave, and forme, 
 under fuch and fuch Conftellations , but it muft be 
 fomething, that is of a fubftance naturally hot and 
 dry. Secondly, they muft take, for the r*»fcendent, 
 fome (ign that is like wife hot and dry j as Aries, for 
 inftance. In the Third place, they muft make 
 choyce of fome Star, to which this Malady is fub- 
 ^eft; fuch as 5^t«r»^ is faid to be: but there being 
 iieedalfoof fome S'tar that is very moift, (to the 
 tnd chat Sympathy, which is fo powerful in all 
 things, may aflift alfo in this particular j ) they may 
 taketheMoo»in her Wane. For, as the curing of 
 the biting of a Viper, they mixe fome of its fiefti, 
 With the Antidote ; in like manner, for the expel- 
 ling of thefe waceriQi humors, we muft makeufeof 
 that St;^i, which hath the greateft affinity with the 
 waters. You muft alfo obferve the Sign, which 
 
 relates 
 
 
BookL /Ae Temple <?/Wi(donne, 1^5 
 
 relates to the part ot the body that is ilJ-afFoded : 
 and thisisther.outuel of a Itarued Phyiitian, who 
 faies, that 5 ( iportet Modicum a}(que defeCiu fcire^ ubi 
 Cauda. T>racoms fit ih homint, uli Anes^ ubi Axis Polaris^ 
 ubi fit linea t^ieridionuUs^ ubiOneHi^ubiOccidens^ bcc. 
 Now that the i^^iies have moje Agreement wich^ 
 and have ftrongei influen e upon one pare of the 
 bodv, then another > we are certainly taught by 
 dayly Fxpenence, ii the curing of Wounds. Wc 
 muftalfo have regard, ifit bepolfible, to the Stars 
 to winch the Sick perfon is fubjeft ; and then in the 
 laft place, we muft above all things take care to be- 
 gin our W r^, under (ome certain Afpe;^S3 which 
 are only ufcful in the Operation, fonie fortofhed 
 their Influences with more heat^or cold, and others, 
 with lefs, as occafion (hall require. So that all 
 thing > being thus diligently obfervedj the Beames 
 of the ^'tars, finding a Figure aptly difpofed for the 
 receiving them^ do make fuch an Impreflion in ic, 
 by theRefembianceand Harmony that they there 
 find, as that being once taken in, they do after- 
 wards Operate on that, which they find to oe fembl- 
 able. In all the other operations, they proceede 
 after the fame manner : as-, ^r Example, to chafe 
 away «9corpionb out of any place, they take the fign, 
 with which they have fome Correfpondence ; fucl^ 
 as is the fign Scorpio : then do they take fome Malig- 
 nant ftar, which is Adverfe to them*, it being not 
 fonecefldry to obfervefomany rules in Beafts^ and 
 other Irrational Creatures, as in Men. Now when 
 the Figureof a Scorpion is thus prepared, the living 
 Scorpions feeling naturally the Offt^nfive influence, 
 wherewith the Image is indued j they prefentlya- 
 void the place, for their own prcfcrvation 5 orelfe, 
 iftheybctoonearit, they prcfemly dye, Ifit be 
 
 thoughc 
 
126 The Temple of Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 thought by any a hard thing to conceive, how theft 
 living Creatures (hould have any fenfe of this in- , 
 flucncc; let them but con (idcr, that there are fome 
 Perfons that bear foftrangea hatred to Cats, oro- 
 ther likeBeaftsJ as that if there be any within the 
 Houfe where they qrc, they do prefently fall into a 
 fweating, and trembling, although they fee them 
 not. It is reported alfo, that there is a certain herb^^ 
 that Cats will fcent, at a very great diftance : info- 
 much, that if one lay it upon the top of a Houfe, or 
 in a Chamber, you (hall have them come from very 
 far, to tumble, and roulethemfelves on it. Many 
 things are delivered by the Naturalifts,which are in 
 appearance, much more Incredible then thefe. 
 
 And now it is no hard matter to conceive, how 
 thePower of Te/e/?«/?«5 comes at this day to be fo^^ 
 undervalued; for thofe that have written of this 
 fubjeft, have mixed fo many, both confufed> arid 
 dangerous things together in their writings; that. 
 people making no diftinftion at all betwixt the good 
 and the bad, do equally abhor all, whitfoever bears 
 but the very name of Figure, or Telefnian. But we 
 (hall, in th^ profecution of this difcourfe, fever the 
 good Corn from the Darnel; and (hall Qiew, that, 
 in the making of thefe Figures, all words are indif- 
 ferent 5 and that they ferve but toamufe thelim- 
 pler fort of people. As, vjhtn AlhinM VilknoveHfn 
 faies, that for to cure the Tertian, and Quartan 
 Ague, the pain of the Nerves, Ventricle, and Privy 
 part, you rnuft grave the Image of a Scorpion upon 
 a piece of Gold, or Silver, when the Sun is in his 
 proper Houfe, and the Moon in Capricorne : and 
 while you arc graving it, you muft City thefe words % 
 Exurge Thmine^ gloria, mea ; Exurge Tfalteriumy &- Ci- 
 thardj (XHYgam dilucuro: and then rchearfe this 
 
 PfalniC5 
 
Book i- The Temple ^/Wifdome. b 37 
 
 Pfalme; Miferere mei Veus^ ntiferere meiy quia. m$e 
 confidit animd ntea. From hence it is, that fo many 
 fuperftitions have fprunge; and that people at 
 length begun to undertake the curing of Difcafcd 
 perfons, mecdy by the bare Receiting of certain 
 Words 5 without any regard had^ cither to the ftars. 
 Or any thing elfe. 
 
 We confefs that the living Scorpion is not at all 
 Exempted from Celeftial Vertue 5 feeing that, if it 
 be applied to the Wound, it curech it, as well as it's 
 lelefmanical Image : fo doth the Crocodile, the Rat, 
 the Toad, the Dog, and the Viper alfo. And if in 
 all the reft of living Creatures, we find not the fame 
 effect 5 it is rather for want of fearching after it,tbeii 
 any defeat in Nature : feeing that thofe, that are 
 moft skilled in the wonderfull Works of God^ do 
 certainly alTure us, that where ever any Difeafe is 
 found, there alfo is the Remedy to be had. And 
 who would ever have thought, that the Gravel, 
 which is found in Urine, fhould fervc for a R.emedy 
 againft the Stone ? and a world of other the like 
 fecrets there are,wbich are daily brought tolight.But 
 it may here be demanded*, Why then Hiould not the 
 Stars communicate the Vertue of driving away 
 Scorpions, as well to the living Scorpion, astoit*s 
 Image > 
 
 lanfwcr, that if it were fo, Nature fhould then 
 make warrc againft it feif,and (hould utterly dcftroy 
 itfelfina ftiorttimc*, feeing that all living Crea- 
 tures would foon be deftroyed by one another. 
 Moft wifely therefore was ic ordered, that the ftars 
 only^ and Men, (hould have this Vertue communi- 
 cated unto them. 
 
 The anfwer of Te/m, to the Reafcns brought by 
 Cajttan^ and lomti^nauuf, for, whereas the latter 
 
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128 the Temple of Wifdo me, Book I' 
 
 of thefe faies, that although Figures be not the be* 
 ginning, and Caufe of Operation, yet it may ope- 
 rate very much : feeing that we may obferve out of 
 experience, that the Figure of a foul, deformed 
 man, ftiikes us with a kind of fadnefs 5 whereas a 
 Beautiful works in us,an tfFe^ quite contrary. Be- 
 fides. Beautiful Obje^s do lo move us, as that we 
 love them ; which foule,and Ill-favoured do not at 
 all: Therefore faith F()J«/><?»/zti/(^, Figures have (ome 
 Power to Operate. Veirio anfwers nothing to this, 
 but only to the Confequence ; denying that Magi- 
 call Figures are Beautiful, or Deformed. But, even 
 Children may eafily perceive, that his Antecedent 
 is utterly falfc. For, thofe Figures, which he calls 
 Magical^ and we Telefmamcai, are truly, and really. 
 Beautiful, or Deformed, according as the things 
 are, which they reprefent, which are, for the moft 
 part,the Heavens, and the Stars; the Beauty where- 
 of ravifhet hour Senfes. Befides, thefe Figures do 
 ordinarily rcprefent fome Conftellation or other 5 
 as the Virgin^ the 7wmSy and the reft. Now if a 
 living Virgin, and living Twins, are Beautiful, or 
 Deformed ; why then (hould not their Figures, or 
 Pifturesbe fotoo> Let us now proceed to the Aigu- 
 merits oi C^jetan^ which Veirio refutes with as litcle 
 Reafon, as he hath done thoieof FomponatiM. 
 
 This learned Cardinal then layes down this moft 
 Truej) and Powerful Concluiion, in favour of telef- 
 9f? anical Figures. Figura licet non fit ipfum friyjcipum 
 Operationis^ efi tamen conprincipium. Be proves the 
 Antecedent : qui^i in artificum inftrumentis efficit Fi' 
 gura^ Mt illafic^ vel fic operentur ; turn quidferrum latum 
 fuper aquas fertur^ quod fi in formam aliam contrahas^ 
 demergetur. Thefe reafons of his are foftrong, and 
 fo certttio J as that it is impoflible to overthrow them. 
 
 Fora 
 
Book I. xAe Temple ^/Wifdome. 129 
 
 For, feeing that a Plate of Iron chat is Large, and 
 very Thin, will fwim upon the water •, but if you 
 reduce it into a round folid form, it links prcfently: 
 is it not evident, that this proceeds meerly from the 
 Figure ? What manner of Spirit muft he be of, that 
 dares affirm the contrary j unlefs it be one that 
 means to fay, however, as Pf/rio faics; whofe i\n- 
 fwer you have in thefe words. Kefpondeo^ figuran 
 ejfe Cottfrincipum in motulocdi^ & Oferationibm qu^per 
 hunc motum fiunt ; ut [unt varia divifiones continni per 
 dolahrant^ per ntalleum^ per afciam^ per ferram s non vero 
 in Operationihm qu£ fiunt per alter ationem. 1 cantioc 
 but wonder, that this Acute Jefuite, who hath (hew- 
 ed himfelf in other things^ a moft Learned, and 
 Sound Philo(opher» fo that he conies not (hort of 
 any in the whole fociety, (hould fo grofl? offend 
 here, againft thofe very Philofophical Maxinie^, 
 which himfelf hath laid down. For, where he 
 grants, that Figure is a Co-principle in Local Moti- 
 on, and in the Operations which this Motion pro- 
 duccth ; but not in thofe which are caufed by Alte- 
 ration; he concludes againft that, which himfelf 
 had before laid down \ feeing that, according to the 
 common Confentof all Philofophers,heac is caufed 
 by Vlotion, but heat is a kind of Alteration : There- 
 foicthe Figure is, of it felf, a Co-Principle in cheo- 
 pcratioiii which are caufed by Alteration. 
 
 Again, when he grants to Cajetan^ that a Large 
 piece of Iron may perhaps fwim upon the water , yec 
 he faics, that it is not by reafon of the Figure, but 
 of the Quantity : thefe are his v^ords. Sed ejio^ fiat ^ 
 erit^ non ratione ^igura fed ratione ^antitatis. Well, 
 but of it felf, and in found Philofophr-, ^^uantita^ 
 nonel}a^iviti Seethenwhat the con fequei ice muft 
 jbe. And in the end, wh<*u Cajnan concludesj that 
 
 I • ic 
 
130 TAe Temple t?/Wifdome. Book (. 
 
 ins the /-/gwrf, therefore that makes a large piece of 
 Iron to fwini upon the Water , T>elrio anfwers, that 
 this Figure IS only accidental: fjr, faith he, let this 
 lirge, thin piece of Iron be reduced into fome o- 
 ther Figure, either Circular, Square, or ^wt angled, 
 it will do the fame : that is to fajr, it will ftill fwim 
 upon tre water : therefore the figure operates not, 
 but by accident; But here Belin deceives himfelfe : 
 forC^zjft^w'ipurpofe is not to oppofe one flat figure, 
 or, as the Mathematicians fpeak, hxTlam^ againft 
 another flat figure, either Square^ or Circular; but 
 a plaine, flat Figure, againft a folid one. For a flat 
 Figure, whether it be Square, Circular, Oftogonal, 
 orof what fadiion foe ver it be, will do that, which 
 the fa rue figure, ifitbefolid, will not do: which is 
 moft true ; feeing that a piece of Iron that is fquare, 
 and thick wirhall, iinkes prcfently to the bottom of 
 the water ; which the fame piece of Iron would not 
 do, were it fquare, and very tl\in ; it is thereforea 
 moft undeniable Maxime, that Figure hath fome po- 
 wer to Operate. 
 
 Other Obieftions which are made againft the po- 
 wer of thcfc Image?, are fet down, and refuted by 
 Galeottus^VeVonru^apromifccz^.tht moft weighty of 
 which, arethefe following. 
 
 In thtfe Images which are ingraved on Gold, for 
 file Cure of the ''tonr, and the pain in the Rein:-', 
 the Gold of Its own Nature cannot work this Cure i 
 much Icfs then can the Image; which being without 
 life^ cannot by any means alter the Gold, and 
 change it into another Nature. Bciides,in the Image 
 there is found neither aftion, norpallion: againjthe 
 Gold of it felfe, whether it be figured, or not, is ftill 
 ofthefame5/?cr/>^ ; andconfequently the beams of 
 theStuis muft ahvayeswork upcii it, after one and 
 
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Book I. Tib^ Temple ^/Wifdome. i^t 
 
 the fame manner : and ifit fliould work rather upon 
 Gold which is figured, then upon that which is 
 plain 5 this Aftion would feem to proceed, rather 
 from the Eledion of the Heavens, then froiii any 
 other caufc. In a word, the Vertue which is attri- 
 buted to this Figure, can neither be Natural, nor 
 Artificial : Not Natural, becaufe it proceeds from 
 within; muchlefs is it Artificial j becaufe it is not 
 communicated unto it by the Artificer: it niuft 
 therefore neceflarily proceed from fome other 
 Caufe. 
 
 The Learned anfwer of Gideottiis to thefe Ob jefti- 
 ons is this. Non Enim in hue re mutatio ffeciei requiri* 
 \ tur^ nee proprietas auri immutatur^ ttec uUd C riorum Ele- 
 I Gio inter venit^ nee ah Artifice viiiUafan^ndi datur^ nee 
 ImagOy lit Imago, quicquam Efficit^Scc. fed principiun^ 
 ' AdioHis ac Paljionis affert^ ut B. Thomas, Magnufqiie 
 : Albertw tejiantur ; non ut Figura^ & Imago, Matbema^ 
 I ticc animadverfa. 'j fed ut effieit aliam in re figi^rata pra^ 
 \ farationem^ qu£ Cdleftem adionem fine difficultate varij^ 
 I modisaccipiat. And afterwards explaining, how it 
 ; comes to pafs, that among the diverfe kinds of Fi- 
 ; gu res that are under the Heavens^fome are more na« 
 tiiraKy apt to receive the influences,then others are; 
 He brings in the fame inftance of Looking-glafles ; 
 ^mong which thofc that are hollow, receive the 
 beams of the Sun, info full a meafure, as that they 
 burne 5 and others receive them fcarcely at all. So 
 the diverfity of Hilb, and Valiies, is thecaufeofa 
 greater either heat, or coldnefs. VVc may alfo here 
 ^id an inftance in pieces of Ice, which the Sun can- 
 not fo eafily meic and diffolve, if they be plain, and 
 fmooch i but very eaiily, if they be uneven, and 
 rough. Which hath given occalion to fome to fay, 
 i that painted figures are nothing fo proper to the 
 ? ' " I 2 fubjcft 
 
Ij3 The Temple g/VVird omc. Book!. 
 
 fubjcft we treat of, as Graven, and Carved are : 
 which is mo I true. As for Gold, although the 
 figure change not the Species of it 5 yet notwithftau- 
 ding it renders it more Apt, and proper for fuch an 
 aftion : asvvatcr^ cold, and hot, though it be ftill 
 thtizmt Species^ yet the one will boyl our meat, 
 when the other will not. Which ma^cs Galeottus 
 to conclude, inthefc termes : Kequiritur ergo^ inu^ 
 nius & ejufdem fpecin rebuff cerium Culture tempera- 
 tnentum^ut varietur effed us. 
 
 It hath alfo been obje6led,againft Francifcm Kueuf, 
 who undertook the defence of this Kind of Sculp- 
 ture, after Galeottus^ that if it be indued with fuch 
 wonderful Vertues,Man's workmanfhip (hould then 
 have more power, then God*s: feeing that the 
 Graved figure of a Lion fhould be able to cure the 
 Tainof thcReins 5 which a living L;on could not 
 do. To this he anfwers,and that very pertinently, 
 that, that which Man does, is as well the work of 
 God, as that which God himfelf does-, feeing that 
 weaiebut his inftruments; and that all our Aftions, 
 according (o the Apoftle, are in him, and depend 
 on him. Bcfide?, we fomcimes fee, that that which 
 hath beencompofed by man, proves to be of grea*- 
 tervertue, then that which God hath (imply crea- 
 ted :as, for Fxample, Treacle is of more Soveraigive 
 Vertue a£;ainft Poyfon, then any limpie, that the 
 Naturaiifts have yet found out. 
 
 Tho e,who have diligently examined the choiceft 
 J)arts of the learning ofthc Ancients,haveobfcrved, 
 that there is nothing that is moreabfurd,in Appea- 
 Tance^then the figures of theCeleftialConftcllations. 
 What a confufed thing is if,(fay they) that in thofe 
 places, which are deftmed to be the place of abode 
 for the bleffed Spirits only, there (hould be Jodgtd 
 
 fuch 
 
Book I. The Temple ^/Wifdome. 1 3 j 
 
 fuch numbers of Bcaftsjand^fomc of them fo dread- 
 full, as that we cannot think of them^ but with 
 horrour .? If they had placed onely men there, and 
 had allotted a Caftor, and a Tollux^ Dominion there; 
 this might have been interpreted an Error of Love; 
 which fuffers us not to be content, in wifhing fmall 
 Honours to thofe we Lov c. This con fid era t ion 
 might alfo have fatisfied thoC:, who complained, 
 that theCeleftial figures were nothing elfe, but the 
 reprefeatations of the fevcral fcapes of Jufiter^ and 
 that the whole face of the Heavens was filled, with 
 the notes of his inceftuous pranks : fo that if any 
 one (hould undertake to excufe thefeAmorous figns, 
 he would be the lefTe blame worthy j in that he did 
 it, only in defence of the moft fwcct, and powerful 
 of all our palTions. The excufe of thofe, who im- 
 pofed upon thefe incorruptible bodies,the figures of 
 bruit bcafts, that arc moft fubje^ to corruption,and 
 even of things inanimate alfo, was moft juft, feeing 
 that, info doing, they had no other defign, but 
 what was Religious. Thus we fee Fifties theie,Cen« 
 cers,and eares ofCorn in a V^irgins hand: And, 
 thofe who are skilled in the fecrets of the Ancienc 
 Theology , know well enough , that it was not 
 without fome Myfticall reafon, that they placed 
 one Crown in the fouth part of Heaven, confifting 
 of thirteen bright Starrs , and another in the nor- 
 thern part, containing eight Starrs in it. But to 
 place Dragons there, and berpencB, and Hydra '«5 
 reafon can never endure. And yec, fee the ftrang- 
 neffe of the things! For though the Ancients had 
 thus filled the Heavens with bruit Beafts; and that 
 according to this their Do£trine, one would have 
 imagined this Casleftial Paradife to have been, an 
 habitacioa of Monfters, and a dreadfull Wildcrnefe, 
 1 3 ra;her 
 
154 ^^^ Temple of Witdome. Book I. 
 
 rather then the Seat of the Bleflfedj and a place a- 
 bounding with all manner of pleafures 3 yet not- 
 withftanding, neither had the Church even repro- 
 ved it, nor any of the antient Fathers difavowed 
 ir. Now the lub je£t we treat of, is much leffe fcan- 
 dalous 5 and by confequence more tolerable. For 
 what danger can there be in affirming; that the di- 
 verfe figures oft he ftarrs reprefent and make up, 
 the different characters of the Hebrew Alphabet.? 
 And that as thefe Letters have fome fignification 
 when they are fingle5as wel as when they are joy ned 
 with others: in like manner the Starrs^ either alone, 
 or joyned with other Starri5, do note unto us fome 
 mifteries^ Yea rather this Doftrine of ours,is fo farr 
 from being fuchjas men fhould beware of> and hold 
 itfufpefted; as that on the contrary, it teacheth 
 the many wonderfull things of God 5 and proveth 
 that all thefe Starrs have not their Order beftowed 
 on them in vain *, and that their motions and dif- 
 ferently Afpeftsare not utterly ufelcfle, and with- 
 out any delign. Info much, that in my opinion, 
 it would be no lefle then Blafphemy in any man to 
 affirm the contrary; ortofay, that they are only 
 placed there, onely for ornament and to beautifie 
 theheavens, and to give light ; ind for no other 
 caufe at all. But what madnefle is it to confine 
 thefe wonderful lights to one onely opperation*) fee- 
 ing that, beiides that experience teacheth us, that 
 the Moon is the Governefs of all Humours; the Sun 
 the principle of lifejSaturn Zarel ^nd Career^ a M^.^ 
 lignant Starr; J«/>itfr, a Benign; the dgnoilaur us 
 cold and dry ; that of Gemini hotandmoifl;^nVs 
 hot and dry; and fo of the reft : we 
 ^ * ^ do alfo fee daily by that one and the 
 
 * ^ * fame fimple here below , ferveth to 
 
 diverfe 
 
Book I. 7he Temple £?/ VVifdome. i ^ 5 
 
 diverfe and fiindryj properties of opperatious: and 
 therefore, if the Herbs, are not rcftrained to the 
 narrow limits of one fole cfFeft; why 
 (hould we think fo unworthily of the 
 Stars as not to believe the fame of them '^ * 
 and their figures. We conclude there- * 
 
 fore, that befides thofe v/onderful * * 
 Qualities which we acknowledg to be ^ 
 
 in them; they may alfo repre^nt by 
 their diverfity of Afpeft?, certain Fi- 
 gures, orCharafters by which we may havefome 
 apprehenfion ofthe greateft changes that happen 
 here below. And this truth we will now endeavour 
 to prove, out of the Holy Scriptures. 
 
 If then wc can any where finde, in thefc Holy 
 Scriptures, that the Heavens have been called by 
 the Holy Ghoft, aBoo\:, then doubtlelTe we may 
 conclude, that there are in this Book 
 Letters and Charafters, which may * * 
 beunderftoodbyfomeorother.Now * ^ 
 
 that it is called a Book, appears out * 
 
 of the Prophet jyiritf^, who fpeaking "^ * 
 
 ofthelaft day, wherein all things 
 (hall ceafe,rp.3 4.4. c=Di a\£;n n^lJ^O 1>i:3l he faith 
 Complicahimtur^ficut Liber^Cotli: where the id Capk^ 
 in Hebrew^ which the Latine tranflateth, Sicut^ fip;- 
 nifie.th in the originall, ^id. So that as liaiah hadi 
 faid, that the Heavens (hall be rolled together ; fo 
 hath he at the fame time, given thereafon oticaUoj 
 Becaufe they are a Book^ If it be objefted, that :: may 
 fignifie Sicut as well; I anfwer, that thofe that are 
 but meanly verfed in the Holy Scriptures, know 
 well, that this Latine worr', is notalwayes a note of 
 Similitude. Fadi fimms Sicut Confolati : (was the 
 fong of the people returning out of Captivity :) as 
 
 h'kn 
 
J ^6 trAe Temple ^/Wifdome. Book U 
 
 Men that are comforted-y fhall we conclude hence^thac 
 they were noc really fo? No^ but this word iiicuty 
 A $3 is redundant ill this place, and might as well 
 have been away. So likcwifc in this paffagej Jran^ 
 fvimm Sicutperlgnem : and in many more the like, 
 thtrcfoTcComplicabuHtur Cceii^^ia Liber funi. But 
 if it be ftiil objected, that for as much as D CaphRg" 
 nifies fometimes^cwr, in the Original; there is ni^ 
 niorereafon, whyit (hould be rendred §uia^ then 
 Sicut: andconfecjuentlyitwillftili hold true; that 
 the Heavens are not a Book; but are only as a Book. 
 To this it may be anfwcred^that the wholy Scripture 
 doth elfe wherefully, defide this controverfie; feeing 
 that, fpeakingofthe Heavens, it makes mention of 
 Lines and Letters which are words, that arc moft 
 properly , and efrentiallfpoken of aBook; and ma- 
 ^eth noufc of the word Sicut ^ As, at all : which is 
 an infallible Argument,that thefe words, in the paf- 
 fage before cited, CowplkahuHtur ^ SICVT Liber^ 
 Cdij arenot expredions of Similitude, Now that 
 the Scripture, fpeakingofthe Heavens, namcth ex- 
 prtfl' the word LEJJEKy will appear out of the 
 very firft verfeofthe 5iblej where the Hebrew'' text 
 
 runs thus. c:D''DTc?n nt^ crDTi'rtc^ t^na n^^jj^n^ 
 
 BereJJjith Bar a Elohim Et Hafchamaim: that is to fay, 
 in the Beginning God created the LE77ERy or CHA- 
 KAC7EK of the Heavens . For this is the meaning 
 of the Hebrew word nt<, Et\ or T'lfc^ Aot^ which fig* 
 iiifieth a LETTER. And as for the word LINE , 
 we finde it much more plainly fet down in the 1 9. P/l 
 Veyf 4. i« Onjnem tar am exivit cSip Kavam^ LIE- 
 tiEA eortim., 
 
 j /Lai] s;ot hcr^ cnier into any tedious Uifpute, 
 whether it be to be read cZDb'pKoUm, Sonus eorum^ 
 I ather then CI31p K^J-^w;, tinea mum: and fo con- 
 
 ' ' ' fequently 
 
Book I. The Temple ofWKdome. 1 37 
 
 fequently, whether the paflage cited by St. Tauly ouc 
 of the interpretation of the Seventy^ be corrupted : 
 or elfc the Hebrew Text. In my Harmony of the 
 World J Book 2 . I (hew with Titelntanm^Bredemhachmy 
 Malvenda^ Mercerufy & Genebrard^th^t the places are 
 not at all corrupted, neither in the one nor in the 
 other: but that the Septuagint^^ and 5^ Paul had 
 regard to the Senfe of the words, rather then to the 
 Letter 5 faying Sonus eorum , to make it fuit more 
 aptly with the following words ; Et in fines Orhis ter* 
 Y£ verba eorum : becaufe that the found, the Voice 
 and the Words do very handfomely accord and fuit 
 together. We may add alfo, that they made ufe of 
 a fublime and allegorical fenfe of thefc words, ap- 
 plying them to thepreaching of the Apoftles. And 
 thus S^. Paul and the Septuaginty being fully recon- 
 ciled to the Hebrew Text 5 we may the more bold-' 
 \y ftrike to the Letter, and read CD"^? Kavam^ Li^ 
 nea eorum i underftanding it fpoken of the Starrs 
 which are ranged in the Heavens, after the man- 
 ner o( Letters in a Book^ , or upon a fheet of Parch- 
 ment. For which reafon alfo , God isfaidin the 
 holy Scriptures, to have ftretched out the Heavens 
 as a 5'kin , calling this Exteniion j y^p'^ Rachia^ 
 from whence perhaps the Greekj might take their 
 fAKQ-y which iigniheth a Skjn or hide-y it being 
 fnoft proper to a Skin, to be Extended, or Stretched - 
 forth. Now upon this Extenfion as upon a Skin,hath 
 God difpofedjand ranged the StarSjin the manner 
 ofCharafters; whereby as by a5acredBook,the won- 
 derful works of God are fet forth, to all thofe that 
 know how to read them. Caii enarrant gloriam Vei ; 
 faith the PfalmilV. And here peradventure fomc 
 may fay, that the wonderful works ofGod are fee 
 forth by theHcaven?^ in their Prodigious Extent, 
 
 Harmony, 
 
138 The Temple of Wifdome, Book I^ I 
 
 Harmony, Brighmefs^ Order, and admirable moti- " 
 on •, and noc by way of any ifriting. But KMofes^ 
 a very learned Jew, afTureth us, that (he n^O ^^* 
 thar yio Declare^ or Set forth ^ is never attributed to 
 Things Inanimate: fo that from hence he con- 
 cludes, that the Heavens are not without fome foulj 
 as we have proved in our Harmony of the World-^ which 
 is no other, then that of thofe BlelTed Intelligences, 
 who have the Conduft of the Stars, and difpofc 
 them into fuch Letters as God hath ordained ^ de- 
 claring unto us men, by means o^this Writing^v^h^c 
 Events we are to expert. And for this caufe , this 
 fame Writing is called by all the Ancients , DH!! 
 CD^On Chetahhamelachim , that is to fay. The U^ri* 
 ting of the Angels, And that this paflage , CxU enar- 
 rant gloriam Dei , is clearly meant ^of this Celeftial 
 Writings appears by the words immediately follow- 
 ing 5 In omnem terram exivit Linea eorum, I know very 
 well, that according to Si. Taul^ and the Septuaginty 
 a man may uiiderftand.by the Heavem, the Apofiles'y 
 or, as feme others will have it, the Prophets. But,if 
 purfuing the Allegory , a man fhoiild take occafion 
 to deny the Literal Senfej this would benofmall 
 Crime,in the Judgment of the Fathers. Scriptures 
 Verba^Vd'it^ the whole School, Propric accipienda funt, 
 quando nihil inde Abfurdi fequitur. So that ifweftick 
 totheLetter oftheText, not only this PafTagc allea» 
 gedbut many others alfo, which I omit^that I may 
 come to the Main Matter in hand, doe very much 
 con firm this Writing. 
 
 Now, as the Frophets have done before, fo have 
 all the Learned among the Ancients alfo^aftcr their 
 Example, called the Heavens, SACRED BOOKS: 
 as> among the Jews , K Siweon Ben Jochay ^ in the 
 Ztihar y on the Section Jemourahi which is the 25. 
 
 Chapter. , 
 
Book I. Ti&e Temple ^/VVifdome. ' 159 
 
 Chapter of Exodm\ Cifr. 305. where he fpeaks very 
 largely of this Celeftial Writings though .very Ob- 
 fcurely K* Abraham alfo, in his Jetfira^ or Book of 
 the CreationjdeUvers many Myfterics of it ; and af- 
 ter thcm^^K.Mofes JUgypm 3 Mofes BeK-Nachman-, A- 
 hraham^tht fon of Vior , his Contemporary ; Aben* 
 Efr ay David Chimchij Jom lof Ben- Abr ah am^ Jo fefh the. 
 Son of M«>, Levi Ben-Gerfon^ Chomer^ Aharbanel^ and 
 many others; which I (hall hereomit^ that 1 may 
 come to the Greekjf and Latines^ who will peradven- 
 tiire be better received. 
 
 The Learned Origen^ interpreting after his man- 
 ner, that is to fay, bubtiUy and Quaintly, this Paf- 
 fage in Genefis^ Et erunt in Signa ; affirms , ( as he is 
 reported by Etifebtus^") that the Stars were placed in 
 this Order in the Heavens, for no other end, but to 
 (hew, by their diverfe Afpefts , Con junftions and 
 Figures^whatever is to happen, while the World in- 
 dures, as well in General,as in Particular ; yet not 
 fo,as if they were the Caufe of all thcfe things ; ne- 
 ver any fuch thing came into the Though t,muchlefs 
 into the Writings, of this learned man, For,as the 
 Prophecies , that are written in Books, are not the 
 Caiife of thofe Events, which they foretell (hall hap- 
 pen ; but onely, the Signe ; in like manner, faith he, 
 may the Heavens very juftly be called a 8ook,wherc- 
 in God hath written,ail that isjhath been,and here- 
 after fnall be. And, for confirmation of this , he 
 citeth a pafTage cut of a Book , the Title whereof is, 
 Narratio Jofeph^ a Book in his time highly cfteemed 
 by all men : Wherein the Patriarch Jacob ^ givuig 
 his blcfling to all his Children, tells them , That he 
 had read in the Tables of Heaven, all that ever was 
 to befall them and their Pofterity . Legi, faith he, i« 
 tabulis Cdiy qu£Cunq:ts contingent Vohisy & filiis vejlrif. 
 
 Whence 
 
1 40 The Temple of Wifdome, Book I. 
 
 Whence the fame Origen concludes, as well in his 
 IraB on this Queftion ^ VtrktHjlella aiiquid agant ? as 
 in his BcokjP^ Fato^Cap. 6. that fome Myfteries may 
 affuredly be read-in the Heavens ; by reafon,that the 
 Stars are difpoled ^ and ordered there^inthe form 
 of Charafters. The Conclufion of this learned Fa- 
 ther is fo much the ftronger, in that, where the vul" 
 gar tranjlation reads^ Sint in Signa^ the Original He- 
 brew is, nnfci'7 Vr\\ vehaiou leototh ', thatistofay, 
 word for word, Etfint in Liter m. This Do£krine is of 
 fo great importance , as that Julius Sirenm hath un- 
 dertaken the Defence of it ; and maintains, that it 
 is a moft True and Safe Opinion , and fuch as hath 
 been entertained by moft Religious men. Nequeiit 
 iHis corporihus Cxlefiihus^ (faith St* Auguftine ) hie U' 
 terepojfecogitationes credendum efi^ quemadmodum in hk 
 corporihus latent , fed^ficut mnnuUi motus animorum af^ 
 •parent in vultu^ & maxime in oculU'^pc in ilia perfpicul- 
 fate ac fimplicitate cceleftium corporunty omnes omninc fHo.- 
 tuf animi latere non arhitror. 1 am not ignorant, that 
 P^rmwf endeavours to fiade out another fenfe, in 
 thcfe words of St, Augujline : but it is an eafie mat- 
 ter to fay, what one pleafeth, in interpreting the 
 words of a man that is Dead. Now this Celeftial 
 Reading mav the more ealily be believed to have 
 been the Reall meaning of this Learned Father, fee- 
 ing that many others of the Fathers have flrongly 
 confirmed it : As,5t Ambrofe and Prcfper -, who call 
 the Heavens by the Epithets .^^f Pages. , and wonder^ 
 full Imlr unions : Albertus Magnus ^'\\t^ them, an Vnir 
 verfall Book^ And John Vamafcene goes yet farther, 
 and fayes thar they are dear Mirrours •, ntimating, 
 that we may fee, diftinftly There , even as fit as to 
 the moft fecrct and weigh tieft Motions of our Soul : 
 which gave occafion to 5t. ^?/^«J?i^^ to utter thefe 
 
 words 
 
Book I. lA^e Temple (?/Wifdome. 141 
 
 words, which we have before ciccd. All thePAi- 
 toniftfiti a manner, were likewife of thcfame Pcr- 
 fwafion : and this is the rea Ton that Por/^^j/nV afTures 
 us, that when he had refolved to have killed him- 
 fclfe, flotmuf^ having read his Intention in the Stars 
 hindered him from doing it. Orpheus alfo had 
 knowledg of thefe Secrets^as appears by thefc verfeg 
 of his: 
 
 Certus tuus Orddy 
 ImmutahilihuitnandaHs^currit in Ajiris. 
 
 As for our modern Writer?, it would even amaze 
 a man toconfider, that among fuch infinite num- 
 bers of Books, wherewith our Libraries are ftufFed, 
 there is hardly live, or fix to be found, that have 
 taken any notice at all, of this Wife piece of Anti- 
 quity, concerning this Celellial writing, 1 know ve- 
 ry well, that ignorance will be prefencly ready with 
 this anfwer j chat the vanity ofthefubje^, is the 
 reafon ofchis their Silence. But why then have 
 fuch an infinite number of other fooleries been 
 taken into confideration, and thought a fie fubjeft 
 for their learned Pens, which area thoufand times 
 more Ridiculous in appearance, then this is > where- 
 as, on the contrary, there is no ^ ftrologer,co whom 
 this Science is not necelTary , nor any fearchcr into 
 the choifer pieces of Theological antiquity, to whom 
 in like manner it may not be ufeful ^ if at leaft it be 
 true. I am therefore apt to believe, that the true 
 reafon is, the Neglect rather of the Oriental Lang- 
 luges 5 whereon thefe wife Secrets do fo ncceffarily 
 
 depends 
 
1 42 rte Temple ofWiidome. Book L 
 
 depend^ as that, without the knowledge of them^ 
 they cannot poffibly be explained, or underftood : 
 infomuch that we had no notice at all of thefe Mi- 
 fteries, tillfuch time as they were brought into Ek- 
 r^/>f by thofe men, that addifted themfelves to the 
 Itudy of the Eaftern Languages. Capnio was the firft, 
 de Art. Cab, that, in an rtge when Barbarifaie reig- 
 nedj adventured to make fome of thefe choife dif- 
 coveries. Vkus MiranduU iikewife, who was the 
 fhxnix of the Age he lived in, took fome pains in 
 fearching into thefe Secrets , and alfo propofed the 
 Queftion in hand, in thefe terms : ^ejl. 74. Vtrkm 
 in Cxlofiftt defcripta^ & fignificata omnia^ cuilibetfcienti 
 legere : Famous Cornelius Agrippa, Knight, alfo hath 
 delivered his opinion herein, fierim Vderianus^ in 
 his Hierofi;lyphicks, hath thefe words. Occult. Fhilof^ 
 Lib. 44. fol :^66c. Ilia Extenfio in niodum pellis^ tanquam 
 liter ii^ infcript£ luminaribus^ & jielli^^dicitur Rakia, &c. 
 Banelli^ an Italian, hath faid more to thispurpofe, 
 then all the others, upon thofe Words of St. Lu^e : 
 Gaudete^ quod nomina veftra fcripta fint in Ccelii. Kiin- 
 rath^ inAmphith. according to his ufual manner of 
 foohng, makes a Pciddle of it 5 
 
 In quo flint pueri quotquot in Orbc Viri, 
 
 Itfeems, that thefe kind of Authors write to no 
 other end^ but that they may not be underftood: 
 by this means feemiuf^ tomake war againft Nature ; 
 which hath given us aTonguc, and the ufeoffpeech, 
 that might be able to exprefs our Conceptions ; 
 whereas thefe men, on the contrary, endeavour to 
 beObfcure,and Dark. Kobcrt llud^ in his Apology 
 for the Brethren of the KofieCrofi^ hath gone on very 
 far with this Celefiid writing ^ theCharafters where- 
 of 
 
Book 1. TAe Temple tj/Wifdome. 143 
 
 of heaffirmes to be made, in the fame manner that 
 others are. In Cxlo^ Apologet, Ed Lug, Bat, An, \6\j. 
 (Taith he Jinferti &impre(fi hujufntodi Char uteres, qui 
 H6n atiter epc fiellarum ordtnibus cofjflantur^ quam linea 
 Geometric £^ & Liter £Vulgares^ expmciis', Superficies y 
 ex lineis ; & corpus^ exfuperficiebus i at length conclu- 
 ding, that who Co is able to read thefe Charafters, 
 fhall know not only what ever is to come, but aifo 
 all the Secrets of Philofophy. F0L62, guibushujuf" 
 modi lingua^ & Scripture ArcamfiharaBerumque abdi^ 
 toYumcognitio a Deo concejfa eji, his etiam datum erit^ 
 veras rerum naturaSy mutationes, aleraticnes, & proprie* 
 tatesfiderunty ontnefq-j alias operationes & execntiones^ ocu^ 
 lis qua ft illuminatis legere^ & legendo intdligere. 
 
 But of all the Moderns, who have fpokeii of thefe 
 Celeftial Charafters, Tojlell is the only man, who 
 feemeth to have had thegreateftknowledgin them 5 
 as may appear,out of the greateft part of his Books , 
 among which, that which he hath written upon the 
 Jethfira^ gives us an Account of what himfelfe had 
 experience of. Si dixeroy me in Ccelo vldijfe^ in ipfis 
 Lingu£ SanBa Charaderibus^ ab Efra primum publich 
 expofitis ea omnia qu£ ftmt in rerum natura confiituta j ut 
 vidiynon explicite^fed implicite j vix ullus mihi crididerit : 
 tamen te(iis dTus^ & Chriftus ejus^ quia non mentior. 
 Now that which makes me believe, that this learned 
 man had fome grounds of this his Confident aflii- 
 rance of having fuch knowledg in the Temple of 
 VVifdome, is, that befide the experience which pof- 
 iibly he might have had ; he had often alfo travailed 
 in the Eaftsrn parts *, where he had no doubt feen 
 the Books of the ^r^^'i^^i, which are all full of this 
 kind of Secret learning. And John Leo, in his Hifto- 
 ry of 4/ric^, affirmeth, that, in Marocca^ there is 
 nothing more common: and the firft Book which 
 
 he 
 
144 xAe Temple tf/ Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 he makes mention oF, is a Book written by Elhoniy 
 sin Arabian, the Title whereof is, ELlTMABE- 
 MOKAMITH : which Book fcarceiy treateth of any- 
 thing elfe ; and it teacheth particularly, how to def- 
 cribeall the Coiiftellations in A rabick Letters, and 
 topifture theniElegamly within little Tables^fuch 
 as the Arabians Hermitcs do alwaies carry about 
 them, and have them ready for their life, in apply- 
 ing them to the Rules of their Zairagla^ or Divina- 
 tion. And this confirms that which I (hall brin^ 
 hereafter, concerning the Mahometans fearchihg at- 
 c^rno other Figures in the Heavens, then in their 
 own Charafters, reading therein what ever is to 
 happen, in a very ftrange, and unufual manner. 
 Whence the fore-mentioned TofteU^ upon the fame 
 Book of the Creation^ faith : Vecretl itaquefunt demum 
 delineati^ fuifque figurU adumbrati igne divim in aquii 
 Cceii fcilicet expreffo fandi Charaderes^ & tanta virtute 
 in CcelisexpreJJi, utpffit etiam Veritas futurorum haberi : 
 cujus fcienti£ adhuc vefUgium in ^Vlarocho, et muhii alijs 
 Ifmaelitarum civitatibus ; lecH jint apud eos admodkm 
 depravat£, & adult er at £ figure Sand£. I havefome- 
 times thought, that this Author put forth this Book 
 of hisPe Configuratione SigHornm Ccelejiiunt^ as a P re- 
 parative only, to make way for the b<;^tcr entertai- 
 ning of this Dof^rinc, among thz Europeans, For 
 having (hewed, that all the Scars, inftead of rcpre- 
 fenting the Images of living Creatures, do no more 
 but only make up certain fqiiare Figures -, ic would 
 have been no hard matter afterwards, to haveper- 
 fvi^aded men, thatthefe Figures were nothing, but 
 Hebrew Letters, the figure whereof comes very near 
 to that of a Square. For if he (hould have gone to 
 work ocherwife, and fhould have cndeaA^oured to 
 have put thefe Celeftial Letters upon the world, 
 
 withot;^c 
 
Book I. The Temple ^/Wifdome. 145 
 
 without any Preparing of mens Minds to receive 
 them 5 he would doubtlefs have bt^n taken for an 
 Impoftor. And he had been formerly fufficiently 
 cried down ; fo that he needed not to have expofcd 
 bimfelf a new, to the Calumny of every black 
 Tonsue, by broaching new Propofitions 5 which he 
 could never tjbink would down vi ith them,unler$ he 
 hadiirft prepared their Pallats to relJifh them. Af- 
 terthe world had once been facisfied in the Proba- 
 bility of this his Doftrine^he then intended to make 
 ^ full difcovery of all thefe Secrets^ in his commen- 
 taries upon the Zo^^r : wherein he had layed toge- 
 therfuch Variety of Occult learning, as himfelf wit- 
 nefleth in divers places of his Printed BookSjasthat 
 uwasnot without reafon that he fo eaxneftly com- 
 mended this moft Excellent Piece to tne Vyorld, 
 inhis Laft Will andTeftament, written with his 
 own hand. But fince I have here made mentioi^ 
 both Q^HehreWy and of -^r/z^zr^Lctters 5 it may very 
 well be doubted, which of the two, this Cdefiiall 
 writing is expieffed in 5 and which of thefe Langiia-^ 
 ges thefe Letters make up. . This doubt therefore I 
 thmk fit to decide, before I go any further. 
 
 The Ifmaelites, or Arabians^ who have never waiT-r 
 ted men, that have been very vfcU skilled in all 
 manner of choife learn ing/thou|^h they have falleni 
 fometimes upon Ridiculous fudies alfo;^ bein^ 
 moved with a vaine glorious deiire of concealing 
 this truth ^ nainely that their Language dti^cnded 
 upon the Hebrew 5 have not only altered their Cha- 
 rafters, which were before very like to the Hebrew 5 
 iiut have aUb adulterated their Names; and the 
 jbetter to cover their knavery, have alfo added cer- 
 tain Letters: which the Hebrew Alphabet never 
 iiiew : as chciyc 5/i*w^ Pp/, 7k[da^ or T/>, &c. In- 
 
 JK fomuclii 
 
146 T)&^ Temple ^/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 fomuch that a certain Learned man, that was very 
 tvell skilled in their Language, faics : Foflel, de Vhxn, 
 Char, Arabes^ verfutijimum hominu^ genus^ & plane 
 IfmaeUticum^ id eft ^ adult erinum^pftquam cogmverunty 
 fuas Uturas ortum ducere ah Hehraicii ; fatagerunt not 
 tantiim ahfolutj dijfimiles forma redde^ fed ordimm etiam 
 perturhare^ & nontinum bona m partem mut are fiudurunt. 
 They have had the confidence alfotoaffirme, that 
 their Letters are the firft that ever were 5 and that 
 if there be any Myfteries to be found, either in the 
 fignification^ or Figure of Charafters; we are to 
 look for them no where elfe, but in their I anguage. 
 For which caufc, interpreting their Alphabet, they 
 deduce, from the firft letter, which is ALIPH^ 
 this Verb Conrngere : from the fecond Lettcr.which 
 is BAy this word, I«/rf: from 7 A^ the third Let- 
 ter, Troducere : and fo of the reft: making up a 
 Prayer out of t, wh ch they fay, no other Alphabet 
 js able to (hew. So that it is no marvel, that they 
 are able to produce fo many feveral meanings of 
 ivords, afier this rate of Intf rpretatron *, feeing that, 
 as Kirjiefim faith ; Integra Volumina de fo 'is Nominihus 
 liter arum Alphaheti. Arabici cojifici queunt ; fed hnge ad- 
 hue flura de ordine^figura alijfque accidmtthm cufcribi 
 pofjM. Thefe Nictties have made the /rahiamio 
 lupefftltious in the Pronunciation of their Letters, 
 ias that when the/ n^ett with many Words united 
 together by the means of an Aliph, they will pro- 
 jioLiuce them all in a h^ath, though there (hould 
 Lean hundred oi them, and though they (hould 
 be in danger of expiring in the A£t. Thofe chat arc 
 ' delrous afccr fatisfaftion herein, may have recourfe 
 to the ArahickjGram «.'r,Printed in Kome, Now, as all 
 fuperfticion is attended oiijby acertaine foohfhCre- 
 diilicv 3 fo are thefe men certainly pcrfwaded, that 
 
 the 
 
BooiC I. The Temple ^/ V Vifdome. 14 
 
 the Heavfeiis being figured with their Lctcersj ("and 
 rtot with the Hebrew j) but the Alphcbec of Heaven, 
 fee the third Book which doth forefhew all th:ngs 
 to come. And this is the leafon, that, Lelides the 
 divifion oftheir letters into Gutturalis, or, fuch a§ 
 arepronounccd in the Throat; intoViiales as the 
 Lattrtes czW thtm^ that are founded in the furtheft 
 part ofthcRoofe of the Mouth; as others are by the 
 palate; by the Gums; by the Lips; by the Teeth, 
 and the Tongue together; and alfo into fome, that 
 are pronounced with a kind of Sibilation ; others, 
 with a certain ftammering; and fome. with a gentle 
 turning of the Tongue, which they call Djalqijetun ; 
 and the Latines lUx^ : into others ageu, that are 
 fhortjlong, radical, or trancal, and fervile : I {^ji 
 that befides all thcfe divifionSj they do vet divide 
 them againe, fthc better to accommodate them to 
 this Cdejlial writing) into Schemfijun^ and KumrijuHy 
 that is to fay, into Solarj and Lunar, which are 
 particularly known, by thofe that obfcrve the Rules 
 of the Zairagia^ it being unlawful for them to devife 
 them. And perhaps it is in Obfervation to this 
 Doftrine, that the Mahometans do never begin to 
 write the firft part of a word, at the end of a line^ 
 and the reft ofit at the beginning of the next line 5 
 as the Greekes^^nd l^atines ufe to do : but if chefpace 
 be not fufficicnt to hold the whole word, they draw 
 a ftroak from thelaft Letter of the laft word, to the 
 end of the line. Now we affirme, that though thefc 
 Letters are very much altered, and corrupted ; yec 
 may it notwithftanding very ea(il v be difcoYered,by 
 : the Figure of a great number of them^ that they 
 I fcavc been taken from the Hebrew : and even Chil- 
 ..dren may be able to judge of the truth hereof, by 
 r' comparing, but the AraSick H^/?, with the Hebrew 
 ii •' Kz H-? 
 
1 4« 'Ihe Temple g>/Wifdome, Boofc K 
 
 He \ the C^^^wich the C^^t^; the K^^wich the T<t^ch \ 
 thcZairtj with the Zan-y the Sin^ vm^h the S chin ^ f| 
 tbtlhay with theT^^v the Ainy with the Aghin'r 
 the F/j/Zj with the P^; the Cafh^ with the Ctf^j the 
 Ltinty \,vKh the Lam^d'y the i^au^ with the Va^ &c,, 
 Sorhac confecjueiitlyj if we are to fearch after any 
 Mylieries in thefe Letters, it ought to be, not in^ 
 corrupt Copy^ but rather in theOriginal. - The 
 fame is to be faid of the Sammtane Characters alfo^ 
 which are corrupted! from the Hebrew : and this is 
 fo certaine a truths as that it is a Point of infinite 
 pieverfeners to offer to doubt of it > as 1 have proved 
 clfe-wherc ia the Holy Guide, 
 
 The Reafons brought by the EthiopanSy or Egyp^ 
 ti/f^/j in the behalf of kheir Lettersj is not foeaiily 
 aufweredj asthofeof the^r/z-^/^^i^ and Samaritans: 
 for as much as their Letter being only Hieroglyphicf^ 
 expreffing the figure of anOxe^of a Horfc, of a Lion> 
 of a Bear, of an Eagle^ and in a manner of all o-», 
 ther living Creatures j they do (Tay they) reprefenti 
 in the Heavens, whijtfoever isto cometo pafs in thisl 
 world. Andtherieftn-e, if there be any thing to be 
 read there above, by means of the Stars , we muft 
 read it in thefe hieroglyfhicksj and intHis LanguagCi^ 
 and not in any other \ iincethat in Ancient times 
 in flead of Letters, they made u(e of thi^ figures oi 
 living Creatures', as wefi^vc faid in our Preface to 
 this Book. To this iris afiAvetedi> as we have for- 
 nVf rly faid, that thefe. iiviivg-CrtatifT.es have been 
 leprcientedin tlie Heavens, only, by reafon of a cer- 
 tain Corrtfpondency, that the St^rs of 'vhkh theft 
 eonlhllations cbniiit, are obferveti-to have, wit!h 
 thefe living Creatures upon the Earth : -and what o* 
 ther Reafons ofitfoc.ver aregiven^ theyAire neithej 
 yuhi, nor foolilh. Siichas aietlicfe, alicadgedb) 
 
 th<. 
 
Book I. Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. 149 
 
 the aforenamed Lazara BaneUi ; who accoaimodates 
 the properties of thefe Celeftial Animals, to feveial 
 Kingdomes, over which they rule : as for example, 
 theConftellatien o{ Aries rules ostTYrance^Germany^ 
 Syria^ paleftina. m'mor^ Suevia^ and the Vpper Silefia. ^ 
 as you may read in our firft Book. That of laurm 
 governs PfrJJ^3 the Ifles of the Archipelago^ Cyprus^ 
 the Maritine pares ofAfin Minor^ Polonia major ^ K^fffi^ 
 alba^ Switzerland^ the Countreyof the Khetres^ Yran^ 
 conia^ Ireland^ Lorraine^ and ^art of Swethland, But, 
 to leave this Italian to pleafe himfelf with thefe 
 truths, as our Engl ifh ^<Vol-gersdo in their Nativi- 
 ties ; and likewife Cdiloq. Mor. Albertus de Marchefijs 
 tde Cottignola^ a Francifcan Fryer, who moralizeth 
 This Aflrology after a way of his own 5 weaffirme^that 
 all thefeCeUftial living Creatures fignifienomore 
 then what wehavefaid before; and do therefore by 
 the fame rcafon conclude, acording to the judgment 
 of theRabins, that we muft fearch after thefe mifte- 
 ries and heavenly writing and theirCharafters,made 
 up by the diverfedifpolition of the Stars, and only 
 in the Hebrew^ and confequently,no Signification in 
 any other Language, but in the Holy Language : it 
 'being moft proper, that that Language, which was 
 the firft in the wliole World, and which was fpokea 
 "by God himfelf, (hould give us notice above, what 
 'things are hereafter to come to pafs 5 feeing it haih 
 -informed us here below, namely in the holy Scrip- 
 tures, of all things that are pafl. And thisconciu* 
 lion is a moft true one, fay the fame Rabbins, for 
 as much as in a clear, bright night, a man may fee 
 dn the Heavens all the Hebrew Characters perfectly 
 'figured : which one cannot do of thofe feveral li- 
 ving Creatures, that are placed there^ feeing that 
 the Imagination cannot be any whit fatisfied, wherj» 
 K 5 ' i^i' 
 
J ^o T^he Teaiple of Wifdome. Book ! 
 
 \ 
 
 for example, in the Scars that make up the Conftel 
 ^ lacion oiAries^ there are five other to be fee 
 clofe about it, which by reafon that they are 
 
 * * not comprifed within the Figure of this Beaft, 
 
 * do difturb the Fancy, and hinder it from ma- 
 j^inct up the Figure it defircs. The fame alfo may 
 be ^id of T^wn^ ; for there are Eleven Stars to be 
 feen there, which arc eflentially of this Conftellati- 
 pn 5 and yet are not brought in^ in the Pidure of it. 
 
 So likewife in the Conftellation o( Gemini there 
 
 * * are Stars belonging to it^ which are diftingui- 
 ^* (bed from thofe Nineteen, that reprefent the 
 
 * V igure of this Sign : as Cancer alfo hath four 
 
 * * bright Stars, which lie loofe from thqfe nine, 
 ^^which make up the Image of this living Crea- 
 
 ^* cure. But as for the Hebrew letters, there is 
 
 * nothing to hinder us, from finding them 
 
 * diftin^fcly delcribed : and if any one do chance 
 
 * "^ to find either Arahick^y or Samaritane Letters 
 there ; this isftill but to return? back to the Origi- 
 gial. from whence they were takcu. 
 
 Firft then we are to take nocice, that the Stars 
 which make upthefe Letters^ are not difpofed into 
 the order they appear in, at ^11 adventures, nor in 
 any confufed way, as they feem to us to be : but are 
 placed thus, with foine Uefign, and in a divine Or- 
 der; Cod having made all things in full Perfeftion. 
 Thofc that underftand not the t lay GfCheJfe^ feeing 
 the pieces (land here and there, fo confufedly, will 
 leapt to think, no doubt, chat they ftand xii that 
 conkifed mariner by meer hap hazard, feeing that 
 in fome places there are a great many ; and in fome, 
 very few ; andqne fidcof the Chefle-board is full, 
 and the other fide quite bare, and in a third place 
 perhaps ) ou (hall have but tw^, or three ; In a word5, 
 
Book h The Temple of Wifdome. 1 5 % 
 
 this difference in the placing of the pieces is To 
 great, as that he will certainly conclude, that the 
 whole bufinefs is clearly without any deligne at all ; 
 notwithftanding that they are all ranked in verycx- 
 ^Ot order ; and that there is not the leaft piece there, 
 but is of ufe, and doth its proper office. After the 
 fame manner is it with the Sears, which we fee in 
 the Heavens ; for, though in fome places you fee 
 many togctherjandin others buta fewjand that the 
 order they ftand in, looks confufedly^and in a man- 
 ner rediculous ; yet neverthelefs is it moftadnijr* 
 able, initfelf, and proceeds from fome moil won" 
 derful defigne ; which thofc men perfectly under- 
 hand, who by this holy Life, arc elevated above all 
 that is here below. Thus it is ftoried of St. Anthony^ • 
 that he perfectly undcrftood thifi Heavenly Writings 
 which we taught before. 
 
 Secondly, that although the Stars which areiq 
 the eighth HeavenOf at leaft there be any fuch thing 
 as an eighth Heaven,) be fixed j yec do they not 
 therefore alwayes compofe the fame letters, at leaft, 
 the greateft part of them j but they have their 
 changes, according to the diverfc Afpefts of the 
 Planets, Thus thofe St^rs fhat ten years iiace, 
 made up, for Example, a Tc t^, (hall now perhaps 
 mad<e a Mem, or a Lamed. Which is the reafon, fay 
 the Kabbhis^ that this Writing ferves not, but for the 
 ftiewing of thing to come. And by this writing we 
 told Major KfV^/, Captaiu f i//, ani y\^]ov Maliracl^ 
 when Oliver Cromwell vio\\\dL die, and when the King 
 would come int,® England 5 and all this was foretold 
 four years before it came to pafs, b.^lides we did 
 foretell the particular day, when thefe changes 
 would be. 
 In the third place they fay^ that w? are maft efpe- 
 K 4. cially 
 
15a ^fhe Temple (?/ Wifdome. B o o K I. 
 
 dally to obferve what new Scars foeve fhall appears 
 becaiife that thefe do fore-(hew the grcjtcft Mutati- 
 ons : God making ufe of thefe, in making up, by 
 means of their Afpefts, and Conjundions, New 
 Letters; whereby he either expreffeth unto us his 
 wrath, or his mercy : as having determined with 
 himfelf, to chaftife us, if we continue in our fms ; 
 and to pardon us> if we repent of them. Thus, 
 before almoft all the greateft Mutations, that have 
 happened in the world, have fome of thefe new ftars 
 been obfcrved to appear; and they have been fuch 
 Stars too, as have been really found to be in the 
 very Heavens. Such as was that, obferved by Hif' 
 ■^circhusj 125. years before the time of our Redemp- 
 tion ; which Star prefaged the end o( the Grecian 
 JdonarchyB^j^roiich'mg, Another the like appeared 
 alfo in Clatideans time, in the year of our Saviour. 
 Chrtfl ij88. Another in the time o^ Meffahalah^Haly, 
 arid Alhumazar^ Arabian Aftrologers , which appea- 
 red in the i '^,I)egree of Scorpio^ and call forth as great 
 a light, as the Fourth part of the Moon could do. A- 
 nocher, in the time of theEmperour ^iri/z«; and 
 another alfo under theEmperour Ot^c ; which ap- 
 peared betwixt the two Conflellations of Cepheufy 
 -JLiidCafJiepeia, Another in the year 1 5; 64. not far 
 from Cafiopiay tending towards the North : and 
 Another iikewife that appeared afterwards, on the 
 Chaircofthe fameConitellation, about the begin- 
 jVingoi December y Anno 1572. and continued for th;; 
 fpacc of fix moneths. Another, that appeared An- 
 no 159^ in the Conftellation of the// W^: ano- 
 ther, of the third Magnitude, obferved in the Neck 
 of the Swan^ Anno r6oo. and another, that was feen, 
 two years after^ in Vifces Another, that appeared 
 two years after that^ in the Confteilation callecj 
 
 Serpen* 
 
Book I. iA>e Temple <)/vvildoaie. 155 
 
 Strpntarius^ An 1604. and was called by the name 
 pfthefaid Conftellation. There are fome others 
 bciidesj which JJcetuSy DeNov.Jjir. &Cont.L'^, a 
 C^p. 6, ad 2:5; hath coUeftcd together, out oH-iomer^ 
 VarrOy St AugUjline^ tltny, Jlbuwazary Vherecides^ 
 AthendiHy EujiathiuSy Germanicm^ yprianm^ Leovitm, 
 CMrdaHy Paul us Hajazelm^ GaliUuSy Ihomas Fienm^ 
 Cufpinianufyljcho Brabe^ Gul, JanfoniuSy who wis his 
 .VchoUer, Jo.KepleVy Alpbetra-gm^ David Chytraus^ 
 FabrkittSy Hieronym^f Munofius^ Wenceflam TantaleOy 
 BeyeruSy Tyrgius^ Michael Coignetus, Cornelm Frangipa^ 
 Husy &c, fome of which Authors have particularly 
 obferved the truth of this Doftrine which we have 
 here delivered ; namely that all thefe new Stars 
 have been the Fore runner of the greateft Muta- 
 tions that have happened : and that in default 
 of thefe. Comets have appeared; which, though 
 - they arc eafily diftinguifhed from true Stars, and 
 have their place of being in tl>€ Aire only ; yet h ave 
 they ferved to reprefent, by their diverfe Afpe^^s, 
 (according to the Doftrine of the Kahhines^) Other 
 Letters, and to forefliew the Difafters that have 
 happened : it being very ncceflary f fay they^ to 
 have afpecial regard tothefenewlightsj which are 
 as a new Letter, which being added to a word, al- 
 ters the (ti\^t of it. As, for Example, in this word 
 AKE, ifone add an L, it will be no longer AKE, 
 but LAKE. Or if in the middeft of this word 
 A K E> one infert an R, it will alter the word, and 
 make it ARKE. So that we fee, one only Letter, 
 as an L, or an R, utterly changeth the whole Senfe. 
 In the fame manner is it with the Stars 5 where a new 
 Star added , varieth both the writing, and the 
 fenfc. 
 
 !n the fourth place, that we may be able perfeA- 
 
 ly 
 
154 Tie Temple ^fWifdome. Book I. 
 
 lytoiindcrftand this CeleftiallTritingy we muftex- 
 a^ly obfervc the vertical Stars ; for, thofe which are 
 over a Kingdome, faith Abindan^do ordinarily (hew, 
 what ever is like to befall it. And in this fenfe, it 
 will not be any hard matter to apprehend the mea- 
 ning oi Cardan^ when he faies, (peaking of the Star 
 in theTaiioft/y/^A/^jor, that it hath forefliewed 
 the changes of all the Great Empires : underftan- 
 ding this to be the fenfe of this Truth, delivered by 
 Cardan ; that, according to the Doftrine here laid 
 down, this Star, though not Alone, and by it fclf, 
 yetjoyned with others, hath fhewedthefe changes; 
 tnaking up, by their Conjunction, fuch Entire 
 words, as did forc-fticw the fall, or rife of thcfe Em- 
 pires, either clearly, and plainly ; or elfe perhaps, 
 more fecretly, and Myftically, as we (hall (hew here- 
 after. Now, as in all forts of Writing, there is one 
 certain Letter, both in Nounes and Verbs^ which i^ 
 more frequent then any other, and hath the Pre- 
 minence throughout all thefeveral CoHJugatiom^ and 
 Vecknfions *, in the like manner in this Celejlialwri* 
 ting^ it hath been obferved, that in all the Mutati- 
 ons of Empires, this Star, in the Taile of the afore- 
 faid Conftcllation, hath been more eminently noted 
 then any other : Either becaufe it is more frequent, 
 in the difcourfeof Monarchies, then any ottier : Or 
 elfe, that it is as the Capital letter, in the moft figni- 
 ficacive words j as we fee there is in all proper 
 Names, of almoflall the languages in the World : 
 as for example, in the nameof Ho'^<?>i,the firft letter 
 ig greater, then any of the reft that follow. And 
 thus may we anfwer this queftion, which fome may 
 happily make; namely. Why, in this Ccleftial wri- 
 ting, there are both little, and great Stars alfo ? If 
 it be furth:r demiinded j Why, in this kind of wri^- 
 
 ting 
 
, I 1 — 
 
 Book i. xfce Temple ^/Wifdome. 155 
 
 UHg^ there are, in one and the fame word, great^ 
 and fmal Letters, or Stars, mingled together? It 
 may be anfwered, that the Reafon is, to make us 
 take more notice ofthofe letters in the word, which 
 are the moft fignificative; which is a courfc, that 
 the Anagrammatifts arc very well acquainted with- 
 all. As, for example, if in the word Soveraignty^ 
 I would have VEKlIT^ to be efpecially ob- 
 ferved, 1 will write the word Soveraignty^ in this 
 manner, foVERalgnTY : where the letters of the 
 Word FfillTr, arc greater, then any of the reft. 
 Or if the word Keprefentativey I would havCj Frefenty 
 to be chiefly taken notice of, I would then write the 
 whole word thus, rePRESENTativc. Wc are not 
 then to wonder, if in the Heavens we often fee two, 
 or three great Stars to go to the Compofition of a 
 word, wherein there are fmal Stars alfo: and this 
 is thatjwhich wc are to have moft particular regard 
 unto, fas we have already (hewed, when they are 
 Vertical to anyplace. And by this means may we 
 be able to give a Reafon of that, which hath been 
 hitherto Unknown : as, when the Aftrologers affirm, 
 that when Caput Algol^ or Medufa's Head, 
 was Vertical to Greece 5 the ftars did fore- with * * 
 ftiew tl\e Calamities, which afterwards * 
 
 happened unto it, by theTyranny of the * * 
 
 Mahometans ; without giving us any Rea- * * 
 
 fon why : no more then they do of their In tbeFigure 
 Confidence^ in aCTq ring us, that the fame 
 Conftellation, which will in a ftiort time beVer* 
 tical to France alfo, fore-fhews a ftranqe Dcfolation, 
 that is to fall upon that Country. Now all thefe 
 difafters, though, accordnig as they are foretold, fo 
 do they certainly come to pafs 5 yet neverthclefs is 
 the fore-feeing of them grounded meerly upon Ex- 
 perica^c 5 neither can the Authors of thefc Prcdi- 
 L ' ' aiou?3 
 
-. 156 T he Temple gf Wiftlome. Book L 
 
 ^ions, fpr the moft par^, give any other Reafon of 
 them. iButnow, according to this Do^rinc of the 
 Celefiial writings we know^that thefe Mutations (h^ll 
 happen on the Earthy becaufe we fee^thcy are writ- 
 ten in the Heavens. And thi? is the Reafon thac 
 K,Cbomr affirmsj^ that the aforefaid Maduja's Head^ 
 ortheftars thatcoijapofeitj did forecel the lamen- 
 table Defolation ofGr^fC^, becaufe that five of the 
 principal Vertical ftars did for a good while toge- 
 ther, makeup this words 5^^ rt Charab. 
 Which, in the fecond ^ J T* Conjuga- 
 tion, figni&€$^ ToheVefolate: under- 
 ilanding this, particularly of Greece, over which 
 thefe ftars (hone, becaufe that the number of 
 its Letters, which zicjod, Vm, Ntm, ajid which 
 being put together, make up ]V J^^», that is to fay, 
 Greece, do yield the fame number,that Charab doth : 
 as you may here fee. 
 
 Charab, 
 
 Deftroied Delblate. 
 
 SumM. 12. 
 
 Greece. 
 
 According 
 
Book i- TAe Tccnple ofWiCdomc. 1 57 
 
 Accf^ding.to thcfe principles, any man may fore- 
 fee, by the putting together the Stars of the fame 
 Conftellatiofi, the Difafters that France is ihreatned 
 with. However it htf^JmUm aPrieft and a very excel- 
 lent Aftrologer, is boIAto utter thefe words : lUud 
 vero ((aich he/peakingof this Wdufivx\{fi»'d')m Sh^er^ 
 U. de Sacrobof, c,i. Toleto nunc^ Apulias, & Neapo- 
 litanorum regno eft verticale ; tnoxqm GaUiam invadeti 
 quibusfuam queque cladem alUturum ejjey waximopre efl^ 
 vtrmdum. Now how long before hand, thefcCele-t 
 fttal Letters do for€(ht:w the changes that are to hap-» 
 penv no one Author, that I know of, hath preciic- 
 ly determined : they only fay, that before they are 
 Vertical^ they do fbrefhew this change, and whatfo- 
 cveristo happen : God being willing thus to pre- 
 pare us for the Evils which are to befall us. And 
 after that they are prccifely Vertical, if our Repen- 
 tance hath yet found any place in his Mercies ^ He 
 then canfeth fome new ftar to appear, and by its In* 
 tervefting^to (hew (^s we have formerly faid) a quite 
 contrary thing, to what was before (ignificd. 
 
 In the fifth place, the fore-named authors affirm, 
 that to be able perfedly to underftand this Celeftiai 
 writingy we muft.know how to diftinguifh exactly, 
 which, iUrs are OrifWtrt/, and which Occidental^ Me- 
 ridiofialy ■and Septentmnal: forafmuch as theie quar- 
 ters of the Heaven are very effencialin tbisReading* 
 For>if atiyonedelire to know, fay they, the good 
 Fortune, and PEcfperit) of a Kingdome, or of any 
 other cbing ; he muft then read thofe Letters which 
 are Vertical co him^ f orwhich want not mtuch of be- 
 ing foj from tl'ie VVeft^ toward the Eaft. And if he 
 would: be informed of cheEvil accidents, and mif- 
 fortunes, that (hall bcfal a place ^ he nniit then be- 
 gin t« i^d^ from, the North, towards the Weft; 
 .: " Now, 
 
IS8 the Temple of Wifdome, Book L 
 
 NoWjWhy the good fortunes of iplacC fhould be read^^ 
 from the Weft, towards theEaft, rather then from 
 the Eaft^towards the South: and why thiill fortune 
 rs likewife to be read, from the Norths toward the 
 Weft,! have not found any reafon given by any Au- 
 thor. However, I (hall adventure to give this conjc- 
 fture at it: namely^that feeing that Nature^bcing at 
 liberty, and not hindredby anything, alwaicsten- 
 deth to the beft: and that, as Ariflotle faith, !c would 
 alwayes bring forth Males, as being more perfeft 
 creatures then females are,tf it were not hindred by 
 fome repugnant Caufe: it is moft propcr^that good 
 things, andall perfcdions, (hould be read, from 
 the Weft towards the Eaftjfeeing that this is the free 
 and natural motion of the Stars; the other from 
 the Eaft to the Weft^ being a contrary and forced 
 motion. As for ill fortune, and Difaftcrs , they 
 might according to this principle, have been read 
 fiora the eaft toward the weft, had not the Oracle 
 which cannot lye, uttered this wonderful truth : A 
 Septentrione pandetur malum^ J^r.i. 14. All evill 
 commetb from the North. But, why from the Notth 
 rather than from any othef part of the world? The 
 reafon of this is not fo eaiily given : vet I conceive 
 it would ftand with found Phylofopny, to anfwer; 
 thar by reafon of the darknefTe and gloomineffe of 
 chf Aire of thofe parts;caufed by the great diftancc 
 oftheSuni and alfo by reafonof the evil fpirits, 
 which are the Authors of fo much evil, and which 
 inhabitc darkc places ; a man may very reafonably 
 iay chat all misfortunes come from the North ; as 
 bring a place, which is full of thefe evill fpirits, or 
 Demons 5 as is tertified in The Harmony of the JForld. 
 And from hence, it will bean calie matter to ap- 
 prehend ihe reafon, why the Ancients figured iti 
 
 thef$- 
 
Book I. Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. 159 
 
 chefe Norchern parts of the heaven 5 a Serpent 
 or Dragon, clofc by the two Beare?, Vid Iheodor.Gra- 
 tniftdit Myft, Aquil, Seeing that thcfe Creatures are 
 thctrue HieroglyphicksofTyrany, Violence, and 
 all manner of OpprefTion. And certainly , who 
 ever (hall but run over the Annals, will finde, that 
 all the great defolationsthat have ever happened 5 
 have come from the Northern Parts. The Ajfyri^ 
 ttns^ or Chaldeans^ fet on by Nabuchadonofor^ and SaL 
 ntanafar , have fufficiently manifefted the Truth of 
 this, in burning to the ground a Cityjand a Temple, 
 that was both the raoft -Sumptuous, and the moft 
 holy in the worlds and in the utter ruine of a Peo- 
 ple, whom God himfelf had taken into his own fpe- 
 cial proteftion, and whofe father he particularly 
 called himfelf. And hath notKow/^, like afecond 
 Jerufalent^ in like manner often felt the fury, of this 
 /\ccurfed Generation of the North ; when by the 
 cn\t\iyoi Alaricus^Genfmcus^ Joulas^ and the relt 
 oftheGe^f^Vc/;^, Hme^ Vandale and AlaKe PrJhccs , 
 It faw it alters overturned,it8 (lately places burnt to 
 afhes , and its inhabitants confumed by fire and 
 fword I Thus hath not this Nation fparcd at all 
 the two Spoufes of the Living God^ and doth ftill 
 torment the latter of thefe, by the Tyrany of the 
 Turkj, which aifo came out of the North. Moft 
 properlythcrefo edo we, in this C£lejHd Writing^ 
 begin to read difafters, and misfortunes, from the 
 Northern part; feemgthat A feftentrione pandetur 
 omne waluniy as you may read in our Tables in 7hs 
 Harwofiyofthefi'orld.Or elf we may fay,that we begin 
 to read on this fide, becaufe that the Verb nniin 
 lipatach^ which in this prophefie is tranflated, ?an^ 
 detur^ fignifieth alfo in the Ori<:;inail Bepingetur: So 
 that we may render this prophefie in thefe words : 
 
 AU 
 
i6c xAe Temple ^/ Wifdomc. Book! 
 
 All evillsjhall he defcribed^ (or written) from tbe NoT" 
 ward. And if written, then certainly to be rea4 
 from this fide. 
 
 Now this C^leftid Writing doth not alwaycs re^ 
 ^refcnt in Words at length, what things are to hap-» 
 pen, butfometimesin a more compendious m^n-^ 
 uer, and byway of Abreviation: m like manner 
 as was that vifion, which appeared to Beljhazzar^ 
 forefhewing the deftru^^ion of his Kingdome, and 
 which was interpreted by Daniel: MANE, THECELf 
 PH ARES, And as none buc Darnel^ who was a /uft 
 ft^an in the fight of God,could interpret this Vifion, 
 In like manner) fay the Jews , it appertaineth only 
 Co good men3and not to all manner of perfons what 
 ever, to interpret thofechjngs: in Jike niaunpr fay 
 the JfJ^jj ic appertaineth only to good men, and 
 not to all manner of perfons whatfoever^ to inter- 
 pret thotc things, that are found IVritten intheHea^ 
 vens and i« 7elefmeSy which are for the moft part very 
 obfcure and difficult ; and which require, for the 
 perfed interpretation of theni-,tha t a man ihould be 
 sldlfuU in the GEOMANCY, NOTARIGON, and 
 the TEMURAH? which are the three parts of the 
 Cabale. The firft of which (the name whereof 
 ?^''1DC?i Gecntaritria^ is corrupted from theGr-:^^ 
 tiaiin^iAy oreUe this latter from the others) coi,ifi- 
 derethofrhe numbers that are contained in the 
 Letters-^ and by comparing them with others the 
 like^givcj an explication of what was before obfcure. 
 ri^sfor example, where it is faid in GeuefeS:, concern- 
 ins: che Comming of the M<JJ?/?i, nb^^:? fc^V Java^ 
 .SchilOj ShilobihzW r/irue j thefe H^r^W Letter^ make 
 up the number aifo of the Letters of theA/^J^(« 
 n-'VO Mafcbich: fo that tiie Prophet faying, Votfeo 
 venerit Schilcb , it is as mucJi.r a« if l^^'had fajd , Vd- 
 
Book I. ihe Temple fl/VVifdome. 16 1 
 
 Hcc Vinerit Mefm, The ferond part, is of uld^ vvhert 
 the feveral Letters of a word do rep re feat, each of 
 them a whole v^ord : as in this devip of the Romans ; 
 S. P« Q^ R. Senatus fopulufque Komanm: and in this 
 Hebrew NaniejCr3*1c^ Adam-^tht firft Letter whereof 
 fignifieth nDg; Ep^fr, Duftj thefecond^nDT P^^^a 
 blood j and the third, rTlD Marahy BitteraefTe: In- 
 timating that man is nothing but bitternelTe and 
 forrow 5 but corrupt blood , and laftly, but duft 
 and adies, becaufe he was made out of the bo- 
 dy oFthe lapfed Angels; The third and laft part;> 
 ("the name whereof,NofmcM,is taken likewifefrom 
 the Latine^ NotariuSy or elfe this Latine word, from 
 the Hebrew '^n^ Natar^ which fignifies 5 to Iranf- 
 fer or Iranfpofe a word^very proper to the Art of ^- 
 itagramwatifme',') is, when either two or more words 
 are united together; or are read backwards or o- 
 therwife, after the manner of Anagrams, or elfe are 
 divided into feveral other words, by the Tranfpo- 
 fitionofthe letters: as for example^ where God 
 faith tothe Children of //r^^/ 5 y^^^ '^'Df^b'O '^^t 
 Jelec , Malachiy Lefanechay My Angel flj all go before y out 
 where it is demanded, what Angel this was ? andic 
 is anlwered, that it vyas Michael: becaufe that the 
 Letters of th^ word "'Dt^'^Q Malachty Tran- 
 fpofedjUiake up that Name I^mi;? Fusr^Le- ^ 
 titia Caput, Puelld and Acquijitio, You may :)f 
 fee many examples of this Nature In my Har* ^ :^. 
 i7J0}iy of the World^ and in my Hoi/ Guide ^ ^ 
 
 II. We willnowdifcovcr^according to their ru- 
 lers and ldea^% laid down^fome certain fecrets of the 
 i^nt7>^^of Angels and Gfw//.,which are deliverei bjT 
 K. KapolyChomery'k. AhiudanyHoh\z Agrippa which are 
 the four that have written the molt of this 5ubjeft 
 of^y. We have formerly (hewed; Bow the Scars 
 
 L «f 
 
*62 The Temple of Wiidome. Book I 
 
 I rche conftellation called C/jr/'«t ^/go/5 being Verti- 
 cal! to Greece^ did forefhew the defolation of it.The 
 like We obferved in the other Stars^when they were 
 Verticall tothisKingdome5and (oretold Jo^« Etnp- 
 p^jMr. Errington and Mr. Flnd^ that in 1660. The 
 King would again come and enjoy his own the 29^'^ 
 oiMay 
 
 Thus a little before the Temple of Jen/pto was 
 burntj and utterly confumed b'j Nabucadnezar^ *\t 
 wasobferved, that eleven of the StarSjthat were the 
 nioft Verticall to it, compofed for a pretty while 
 together, thefe live Letter^, 
 
 which being joyncd together, made up this word, 
 (reading it from the North toward the WefVj Hik: 
 fchkhj which fignifieth, torejeB and forfaks without 
 any mercy ; and the number of three of them added 
 together^amounteth to four hundred twenty three, 
 which is the fpaceoftime, that this ftatelypiece 
 of Building had flood. In like, manner, a licde 
 before the Jews faw their Scepter caft down to 
 the ground, and their liberty carried Captive 
 nno SabyioTf^ five .Stars were, for along time toge- 
 ther^ obferved tocor.pofe thefe Myfticall Letters, 
 a word which l7gniii:th ^^^ Natq; 
 
 Breal^j Caft Down^'dud to j ^^ J Drive 
 
 out. And the number 
 
 ofyears that the Jfj^'i/^ Kingdome had lafledfrom 
 Saul to the Deplorable King Zedechias. Neither arc 
 the Jewes the only people, who have been advcrtif- 
 ed, by this C^leitiai Wricingj of the miferies that 
 
 wer< 
 
Stars had compofed thefc 
 
 4;hrec letters, which make < 
 
 B o o K I. The Temple ^/ Wifdome. 1 63 
 
 were to befall them; Butall the other Nations of 
 the World might have read in the Heavens in like 
 manner, the evils that have happened unto them ; 
 as we have proved. 
 
 Thus the Perfians^ or Afjyrians^ who were the mine 
 ofthe Monarchy of the Jews, faw the Period of 
 their own Empire, afcer that foure of their Vertical 
 
 I ^ 
 
 up the Number two hun- O-"""^^ *- 
 
 dred and eight, which 
 
 was the time of the Duration of this Monarchy 
 which was founded by Cyrm. 
 
 The end of the Grecian Empire waslikewife fore* 
 (hewed, by foure Starrs, which made 
 
 4 2CO So 
 
 Up the Verb ^--g «^ CT^ Tar ad-, which Cig- 
 nitieth , to f j J Divide: andthac 
 
 in this won- * ^ ^^^^"''^ . derfull Manner <> 
 
 as that the very fame Letters did produce aifo the 
 number of years that this Monarchy lafted, which 
 toorv beginningjat the time that Alexander the great 
 fubdued the laft Varim, 
 
 That of the Athenians hiied but 490. years; which 
 is the Number of thefe three letters, which foure 
 Stars, thac were vertical ro this place^ did compofe; 
 O— T OW ^^ Ifarar'^ which lignifieth, ^;2- 
 ^1 I 4^ guitiis Affici. Befidcs thefe 
 
 O ' foure Scars, faith Kabbi Cho- 
 
 mer^th^it were four other obfervcd alfo^which made 
 up two D D Caphs-j I know no: why^though faith he 
 unlelTe it be, that thefe letrersareFatall, andof fad 
 Omen. \ fliall add my Conjedure here, that pofTi- 
 bly thcj might point out thefe two names, Cecrop^ 
 
 L 2 and 
 
, 64. ^*« Temple g/Wifdom e. Book I. 
 
 and CodruSjVjhich are the names of chofe two Kings 
 under whom this powerfull Monarchy had its rife 
 
 and fall. 
 
 The Konmne Confulate could not maintain its Pow- 
 er beyond the Term of 500. years: becau(e thac 
 thefe bounds were determinately periixed to it, in 
 this Book^oii ^ngds by eight vercicall Scars, which 
 composed this word, <^i^ '^-l ^^4^^ 
 
 which bear this fenfe 3 (H ASi ^ J and 
 
 The Monarchy o^Juliiis C^far^ which was built up- 
 ontheRiiJneoftheec>«/'«/^J^^5 as this alfo waSjUpon 
 the Ejeaion of the Kings, was very neer of the fame 
 Continuance; and the end ofit was in like manner 
 prefiixedby fix Stars, which made up thefe Three 
 
 Letters, q^ O-TT 09Q f''T' J^^'x!" ^^Z''" 
 
 fies , to 1 <^ X I yreaX}, the Number 
 
 whereof O O*^""^ ^-^is 502. 
 
 But that we may produce fomcthmg, concerning 
 thing yet to Come, K-Cho7iier alTures us,rhat it is now. 
 a good while fuice^that this Writings ofAngels hath 
 pointed out the declaring of two great Empires of 
 the Eaft. The firft is, 'hat of theT/^r^i jovcr which 
 there are obfervedfeven venical Stars, which be- 
 ing read from the Weft to i he Eaft, f forit would I e 
 agieatblefling, to fee the ruinc of this Empire J 
 make up this word, Caah, which lignifieih , tobe 
 
 nO^^ BatteredjeeblejUnguJjkin^y 
 §•§ } andrr/z»?/«:5to^«f«'^. Buc 
 
 now feeing it maybe doubted at what timn this Em- 
 pire fliall be reduced to this extremity; the fame let- 
 ters do clearly refoive rhisdoubt. Eorthe middle 
 letter, which is ^/ff^. Which in number fifrrJfietb oh<'^ 
 ftanddh nlfo for one iboufand^ as the reji of the letters alfo 
 
Book I. Ti&e Temple of VVi Mome. 1 6; 
 
 doey as miy he ohfervedout of Hebrew Grammers, Aleph, 
 
 being made up of Brighter and morerparklingftarsa 
 
 then the Others are^ Iheweth faith Chomer^ that its 
 
 number is the greater; fo that in this place it ftan- 
 
 deth for onethoufandjand thefirft letter fignifieth 
 
 twenty and the laft five. So that when this King* 
 
 dome (hall have accomplifhed the number of 1025. 
 
 years, itfliall then be overthrown and brought to 
 
 Ruine, Now if we reckon from the year of our 
 
 Lord 630. which was the year f according to our 
 
 Vulgar Computation) wherein the Foundation of 
 
 this Empire was laidj wefhall finde, that it is to laft 
 
 till theyear of our Lord, 1664. for the compleating 
 
 of the aforefaid number 1035. fo that reckoning 
 
 from this prefenc year 1659. this Kingdonie is to 
 
 laft but five years longer. 
 
 The other Eaftern Kingdoms, whofe Declining is 
 pointed out by the Stars, according to Gafferd^ is 
 that of China : but this Author delivers hinifelf in 
 fuch an obfcurc manner, in difeourfing of this 
 of Angels Writing-^ as that, till I underftand 
 it better, i fhall forbear to fet it down. Hepro- 
 duceth alfo diverfc others, which doe define the 
 Particular Durations of moft of the Kingdomes of 
 Europe I all which I mJiy happily communicate to 
 the World hercafter,when I have firft (t&n^ how thi3 
 Temple is affeded. 
 
 Now that I may freely deliver my own Ju igmene 
 concerning this (rriti»g of Angels,! mufttake liberty 
 to propofe fome few Objections, v\ hich,l have found 
 may be brought a^iainft ic. 
 
 The firft is, that if fo be, by this Writing^ all the 
 
 Great Mutations in the World may be known j it is 
 
 polFible then, that the End of the World may in like 
 
 manner be fouudout by it , as bemg the greateft> 
 
 L 3 and 
 
1 66 The Temple (?/ W ifdome. B o o K I. 
 
 and moft Important of all the reft : to that men may 
 by a natural meanSjattainjto the knowledge of this 
 great Secret: whrch is contrary to the Holy Scrip- 
 tures. 
 
 Thefecond is'j that Aftrologers have been able 
 to foretell many of theie Mutations, which have af- 
 terwards come to pafie accordingly j and yet have 
 never had any knowledge of this ftrange kinde of 
 JVriting : It istheiefore Ufeleflejand Imaginary, 
 
 The third is, that the polition of the Stars is not 
 fo eflential to the Letter^which it is brought to make 
 lip, but that the fame Star may as well make, for 
 Example, a Kefchy as a Daletb', and fo of all the reih 
 and confequently, fevcrall men forming feveral 
 Characters of the fame Stars, may draw from them 
 contrary fenfes, the one to the other. 
 
 Buttoallthcfe objeftions I anfwer briefly thus. 
 To the firft I fay, that it is not neceflary, that this 
 Writing of Angels (hould forelliew the end of the 
 World; becaufe that God may have referved this 
 fecret to himfelf : Or eUe, that it would really fore- 
 tell this hereafter^ when thofe other fignes, fee down 
 by the Evangelifts, (hall (hew it alfo: it being all one 
 to fay , that the ^tars (hall forfliew it by fome cer- 
 tain Writing, astofay, that the Sun and the Moon 
 fhall foretell it by their being darkned. 
 
 Tothcfecondl anfwcrs that the foure grand 
 caufes, which (according to the opinion of the A- 
 ftrologers) produce the greateft Mutations, the (irft 
 whereof is, the changing of the Jpogaum and Pm- 
 g£um chhePhntts: thefecond,thechanging^ofthe 
 Excentricity of the Sun, of Vems^ oiMercurj^ of Sa- 
 turfiyofjufiterandoi^ars: the third, thediverfe 
 figure ot the obliquity of the Zodiackjand the fourth 
 the con ju action 5 chiefly the Great one J of the 
 
 fuperiour 
 
Book I. TAe Temple ^/Wifdoine. 167 
 
 fupenour Planets : I foy^ chat all thefe foure can- 
 fes may for the moft part, be comprized within this 
 Writing of Angels: that is to fay^ that it hath h^pued 
 very oftenjthat at what time this Writing of Angels 
 did point out fome great change^ there was at the 
 fame timealfo aConJunftion of the Superiour Pla- 
 nets, Saturn and Jupter^ or elfe, fome one of the 
 three other forenamed caufes. So that they,' 
 nocunderftanding any thing of this Writing of 
 Angels imputed thofe changes which ihey 
 obferved to come to pafs, to thofe four Reafors 
 only. But that it may clearly appear unto us, that 
 thefe have not been the true caufes of all thefe 
 changes, we need but have recourfe to the Chro- 
 mlogies^zndi Particular Annals of eacli feveral Kmg- 
 dome, and compare them with the AftroJogical Ob- 
 fervations •, and we (hall finde, that the greaceft 
 part of all the grand Mutations have happened, 
 without any Coniunfl:ion of the greater Planets, or 
 any of the other Caufes before fpecihed. So that 
 we muft neceffarily flye to fome other more Certain 
 means, by which we may be able to foreknow, by, 
 the Afpefts, and motions of the Stars, all thefe E- 
 vents. Now this means can be Jio other, as it feem- 
 eth, to this writing oi Angels and Genii, 
 
 To the third Objection, which feemeth to have 
 the moft weight in it, it may be anfwere J, that it is 
 true indeed, that a Man may make a 'Rtfch of the 
 fame ftar, that another man perhaps vvill make a 
 Dalethof: butinthis, as in many othsr things, we 
 are to follow the Tradition of the Ancients, and to 
 reft fatisfied with what they have delivered unto us. 
 Otherwife, there will not be any certainty at al I, in 
 any one of the reft of the Sciences; efpeclally in 
 Aitrology : which requireth, that thofe f}ars which 
 L 4 compofe 
 
10^ T£je Temple ^/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 compofej for example, the Conftellation of y^r/>^, 
 or the Kamm.^ fhoiild be defcribed rather in the 
 figure of this Beafl, then in that of an Oxe^ or a Horfe^ 
 and fo in all the reft. So that who ever fliould re- 
 prefent the figure of a BuU^ among the ftars that 
 belong to the Kamme ; and the figure of a Kamme^ 
 among thofe of the Bull; he would deftroy the ve- 
 i*y Principles of Aftrology : notv/ithftanding that 
 iheftars oilaurm would as well bear the figure of a 
 ^amme^ as of a B'uU, In like niannerj he that fhoul4 
 iiiake a Kfp^of fuch a ftar, as he fhould have made 
 a Valeth of^ notwithflanding that theftarwould 
 bear it, yet would he overthrow the Principles of 
 this writing of Angels and Genii, 
 
 If it be now demanded ; who it is, that is to judge 
 of the vaft number of new Letters that ar6 itiade 
 daily, by the diverfe Afpeftsof the Planets > I an- 
 fwer, that it appertainech to thofe Men, who arc 
 Pioufly, and Religicufly verfed in this Angelic tit 
 fpriting'^ and not to all kind of perfons indiffe- 
 rently. 
 
 Chap. XXX. 
 
 of the Sun, and Moong and their telefmaticaU 
 conpdcrations : Bejure to let the kigures of 
 Jprcmancy and. Geomancy to be Fortnnatfj* 
 
 THe Sun, end Moon have obtained the admini- 
 ftrationor ruling of the Heavcn?,andail bodies 
 under the Heavens. The Sun is the Lord of all 
 Elementary veccues 5 2nd the Moon by vertue of the 
 
 •$un 
 
Book L Tfcc Temple ^/Wifdome, 169 
 
 Sun is the miftrcfs of generation, increafe, or dc- 
 creafe. Hence Alhumafar (:^\t\\^ that by the Sun and 
 Moon life is infufed into all thing?, whicji there- 
 fore Orpfcewcals the enlivening eyes of the Heaven. 
 The Sun giveth light to all things of it felf^ and 
 gives it plentifully to all things, not only in the 
 Heaven, Aircj but Earth and Deep : whatfoever good 
 we have as Jamhlkm faith, we have it from the Sun 
 alone, or from it through other thin gs. HeraclitHS 
 cals theSunthefountani ofCeleftial light, and ma- 
 ny of the Tiatonijis placed the Soul of the World 
 chiefly in f he Sun, as that whiph filling the whole 
 Globe of the Sun doth ftnd forth its raycs on all 
 (ides, as it were a fpirit through all things, diftribu- 
 tlng life, fenfe and piotion to the very Univerfe. 
 Hence the ancient Naturalifts called the Sun the 
 very heart of heaven ; and the Caldeans put it as the 
 middle of Planets.The Egyptians alfo placed it in the 
 middle of the world, z^/;^. betwixt the two fives of 
 tlie world, f, i. above the Sun they place five Planets, 
 and under the Sun, the N3oon and four Elements, 
 for it is amongft the other ftars the image & ftatuc 
 of the gre»t Prmce of both worlds, viz, Tcrreftiall 
 and Celeftial j the true light, and the moft exaft 
 image of Godhimfelf^ whofcEffencerefcmbles the 
 Father, light the Son, heat the Holy Ghoft. So 
 that the Platonifts have nothing to hold forth the 
 divine eflence more manifeftlyb), then this. So 
 great is the confonancy of it to God, that Tlato cals 
 it the confpicuous Son of God, and lamblicusc^lsk 
 the divine image of divince intelligence. ^A nd our 
 Vionyfihs cals it the pcrfpicuous ftatue of God. It 
 lisasKinginthe middle ofother Planets, excelling 
 all in light, greatners,fairnefs, enlightning all, di- 
 ftributing vertue to them to diQpofe inferior bodies, 
 
 and 
 
170 T/>e Temple (?/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 and regulating and difpofing of their mocions, Co 
 that from thence their motions are called daily^ or 
 nightly, Southern^or Northern, Oriental, or Occi* 
 dentialjdireft, or retrograde ; and asit doth byits 
 light drive away all the darknefs of the night, fo 
 alfoall powers ofdarkncfs,which we read oi'mjohy 
 aflbon as morning appears, they think of the fhadow 
 of death : And the Pfalmift fpeaking of the Lyons 
 — whelps feeking leave of God to devour ; faith, The 
 
 Suiiisrifen, » and they are gathered together, and 
 
 "^ *ftiall beplaced in their Dens; which being put to 
 
 * * flight, it follows, man jhaU go forth to his labour. 
 
 * The Sun therefore as it pofTeffeth the middle Region 
 
 * of the world, and as the heart is in Animals to the 
 whole body,-fo the Sun is over the Heaven, and 
 the world, ruling over the whole Univerfe, and 
 thofe things which are in it, the very author of fea- 
 
 --"fons, from whence day and year, cold and heat, 
 
 and all other qualities of feafons 5 and as faith Ttole- 
 
 ^ m}) when it comes unto the place of any ftar, it ftirs 
 
 * up the power thereofjwhich it hath in the Aire. So 
 
 * * as with MarSy ^ heat 5 with Saturn, ^ cold *, and it dif- 
 
 * pofetheven the very fpirit and mind of man , from 
 c hence it isfaid by Homer ^ and approved by Arifiotk^ 
 
 "-*- that there are in the mind fuch like motion?, as the 
 ^ ^ Sun the Prince and moderator of the Planets every 
 
 * * day bringeth to us 5 but the Moon, ^ the nigheft to 
 
 * Earth, the receptacle of all the heavenly influences, 
 -5- by the fwifcnefs of her courfe is joyned to the Sun, 
 , and the other Planets, Figures and wStars, every 
 
 * month,and being made as it were the wife of al ftars 
 
 * is the moft fruitful of the Stars, and receiving the 
 
 * beams and influences of all other planets and Stars 
 
 * as a conception, bringing them forth to the inferior 
 world as being next to it felf j for all the Stars have 
 
 influence 
 
Book i. i/?6 Temple ci/Wifdome. 
 
 influence on it being the laft receiver, which after- 
 wards communicateth the influences of all the fupc- 
 riorsto thefeinferiotSjand pours tb.eni forth on the 
 Earth j and it more maniteltly difpofeth thefe infe- 
 riors, then the otherSj and its motion is morefen- 
 fible by the familiarity and propinquity which it 
 hath with us , and as a medium betwixt both, fupe- 
 riors and inferiors,' communicateth them to them 
 all ; therefore her motion is to be obferved before 
 the others, as the parent of all conceptions, which 
 itdiverfely iflliech forth in thefe Inferiors, accor- 
 ding to the diverfe complexion, modon, fcituation, 
 and different afpefts to the planets and others ftars; 
 and though it receivcth powers from all theftars, 
 yet efpecially from the 5un ; as oft as it is in Con- 
 junftion with the fame, it is replenifhed with vivi- 
 fying vertue, and according to the afpci^ thereof^ 
 it borroweth its cohiplexionj for in the firft quarter, 
 as the Peripatetickes deliver, it is hot and moift 5 in 
 thefecond, hot and dry-, in the third, cold and 
 dry; in the fourth cold and moifi; 5 and although 
 it is the loweft of the ftars, yet it bringeth forth all 
 the conceptions ofthefupericrs 5 for from it in the 
 heavenly bodies beginneth that feries of things, 
 which ?lato callcth the Golden Chain,by the which 
 every thing and caufe being linked one to another, 
 do depend on the fupcrior, even until it may be 
 brought to the fupreme caufe of all, from which all 
 things depend ; from hence is it, that without the 
 Moon intermediating,we cannot at any time attraft 
 the power of the feperiours. Therefore Jhebit advif- 
 cthu?, forthc taking of the vertue of any ftar, to 
 take theftone and herb of that plant, when the 
 Moon doth either fortunately get under or hath a 
 goodafpe^ton that5tar. 
 
 Chap 
 
172 T^e Temple (?/Wif dome. Book I. 
 
 Chap. XXXI. 
 
 Of the tvcenty eight Manfions of the Moon^ anA 
 their vert net ^ in Tetefmatic^l Figures . 
 
 ANd feeing the Moon meafureth the whole Zo^ 
 diackSn the fpace of twenty eight dayes ; hence 
 is it, that the wi fe man of the Indians and ancientcft 
 Aftrologians have granted twenty eight Manfions to 
 the Moon, which being fixed in the eight fphere, do 
 enjoy ^as Alfharm faith)diverfe names and proprie- 
 ties from the diverfe Signs and Stars which are con- 
 tained in them, through which while the Moon 
 wandreth, it obtaincth other and other powers 
 and vertues ; but every one of thefe Maniions, ac- 
 cording to the opiniori of Abraham^ containeth 
 twelve degrees, and one and fifty minutes, andal- 
 moft twenty fix feconds, whofe names, and alfo. 
 their beginnings in the Z^diack^ of the eight Sphere^ 
 are chefe. Th.e firft is called Alnathyth^t is the horns 
 of Arks } - hi s*^ beginning is from the h?ad o£ Aries of 
 the eighih Spheres it caufeth difcords, and jour- 
 nies ; the fecond is called AUothaim or AlbetJfanyth?it 
 isrhebeily ofy/r/«, and his beginning is from the 
 twelfth degree of the fame fign, fifty one minutes, 
 twenty two feconds compleat » it conduceth to the 
 finding of trcafurcs, and to the retaining of cap- 
 tives; The third is oiWtdAchaouazoH or Athoray^ 
 that is, (hovvring op Pleiades 5 his beginning is from 
 the twenty five degrees of Aries compleat fourty 
 two minuces, and fifty one feconds •, it is profitable 
 toSaylers, Hnntfmcn, and Alchymiftsj Thefourth 
 Manfion is called AldebdYam or Alddam^n^thn is^the^ 
 
 eye 
 
Book I. ^he Temple ofWiiAoiw. «75 
 
 eye or head of Ttf«r/<f 5 his beginning is from the 
 eight degree oilmrus^ thirty four minutcsJi> and fe- 
 vcnteen fcconds of the fame Taurus being excluded 5 
 itcaufeth the deftruftion and huidrances of Buil- 
 dings, FountainSjVVellSyof Gold-minesjthe flight of 
 creeping things, and begetting difcord. The fife 
 is called Aichataj or Albachay ; the beginning of it is 
 after the twenty one degree of Taurus^ twenty five 
 minutes, fourty feconds ; it hclpeth to the return 
 from a journey, to the inftruftion of fchollarsi it 
 confirmcth edifices, it giveth health and good will: 
 The fixth is called -^/^^wf^ or Alchaya^ that is the 
 little ftar of great light 5 his beginning is after the 
 the fourth degree o{ Gemini^ fevcnteen minutes, 
 and nine feconds; it conduceth to hunting and be- 
 (ieging of Towns, and revenge of Princes, it deftroy- 
 cth Harvefts and Fruits and hindreth the operation 
 ofthePhyfitian. Thefeventh is cMcd Atdimiacb 
 or Alarzach^ that is, the Arm ofGemm^nd begin- 
 cth from the feventcenth degree o^Geminiy eight 
 minutes and thirty four feconds, and laftethcven 
 to the end of the fign ; it conferech gain and friend- 
 {hip, its profitable to Lovers, it fcareth flies, de- 
 ftroyeth Magifteries. And fo is one quarter of the 
 heaven compleated in thcfc itstn Manfions; and 
 in the like order and number of degrees, minuts 
 and feconds,the remaining Manfions in every quar- 
 ter have their feveral beginnings; namely fo,chatia 
 the firft fign of this quarter threeManfions taketheir 
 beginnings, in the other two figns two Manfions in 
 each ♦, therefore thcfcven following Manfions begia 
 from Cancer^ whofe names are Ahiaza or Anatracbya 
 that is mifiy or cloudy, vh, the eighth Manfion; 
 it caufeth love, friendfhip, and foeiety of fellow 
 travellers, it drivcth away Miceand sffliSech Cap- 
 tives 
 
1/4 ^^^ Temple of Wifdome. Book t 
 
 tives, confirming their imprifonment. After this 
 is the ninth cMed Archaam or Arcaphj that is the 
 eye of the Lyon ;it hindrethHarvefts and travellers 
 and putteth difcord between men. The tenth is 
 called Algdioche or Albgehh^ that is the neck or fore- 
 head of Leo 5 it ftrengthencth buildings, yeideth 
 love, benevolence and help againft enemies , the 
 eleventh is called Azobra or Ardaf^ that is, the hair 
 of the Lyous head 5 it is good for voyages, and gain 
 by merchandize, and for redemption of Captives j 
 the twelfth is called Alzarfhd or Azarpba^ that is 
 the tayl of Leo ; it giveth profpcrity to Harvefts5and 
 Plantations, but hindreth Seamen, but it is good 
 for the bettering of fervants. Captives and compa- 
 nions The thirteenth is named Alhaire^ that is 
 Dog-ftars, or the wings oi Virgo % it is prevalent for 
 Benevolence, gain, voyages, Harvei^^ and freedom 
 of captives, the fourteenth is called Achitreth or 
 Ar'tmet^ by others Azimeth or Alhumechy that is the 
 fpike ofKirg^, or flying rp ike ; itcaufeth the love 
 of marry ed folk, it curcth the (ick, its profitable 
 to Saylors, but it hindreth journies by land ; and 
 in thefe the fecond quarter of Heaven is compleated. 
 The other feven follow, the nift of which begineth 
 in the head of LzW, viz, the fifteenth Manfion, and 
 his name is Agrapha or Algnrpha^ rhat iS; covered, 
 or covered flying ; its profitable for the extrafting 
 of treaUnes, for digging of pit^, it helpeth forward 
 divorce, difcord, and the definition ofhoufesand 
 enemies, and hindreth travellers. The fixteenth 
 is called Azubene or Ahiibene^ that is, the Horns of 
 Scorpioy it hindereth Journyes and Wedlock, Har- 
 vefts and Merchandize, it prevaileth for redempti- 
 on of captives. The feventeenth is called Alchilj 
 that is^ the Crown o^ Sc&rpio^ it bectereth a bad for- 
 
 cune^ 
 
Book i- The Temple <?/ Wifdome. 1 7 5 
 
 tunc, maketh love durable, ftrengcheneth buil- 
 dings, and helpeth teamen : The eighteenth is 
 called Akhasot Altob^ that is the heart oi Scorpio, it 
 eaufeth difcord, fedition, confpiracy againft Princes 
 and mighty ones, and revenge from enemies, but 
 It freeth captives and helpeth edifices j the nine- 
 teenth is called -/^/(/zr^/^ or WcWtf, by others HycuU 
 ov Axala^ that is,the tayle ofScorfiorj it helpeth ia 
 the befieging of Cities and taking of Towns, and ia 
 the driving of men from their places, and for the 
 deftruftion of teamen, and perdition of captives. 
 The twenteith is called Ahnahaya^ that is a beam ; it 
 helpeth for the taming of wild beads, for the ilreng- 
 thcning of prifons, it deftroyeth the wealth of fo- 
 cieties, it compelleth a man to come to a certain 
 place. The one and twentieth is called Ahedd or 
 Alheldach which is a defert ; it is good for Harvefts, 
 gain buildings and travellers, and eaufeth divorcer 
 and in this is the third quarter of Heaven complea- 
 tcd. There remaineth the feven laft Manfions com- 
 pleating the laft quarter of Heaven , the firft of 
 which being in order to the two and twentyeth, be- 
 gincch from the head of C/zfricor??, called Sadabacha 
 ov Zodeboiuchj or Zandeldena^ that is a Paftour j it 
 promoteth the flight of fervaats and captives, that 
 they may efcapejand helpeth the curing of difeifes; 
 the th ree and t vyerjtieth is called Zahadola or Zobrnch 
 that isfwaJiowingi ic maketh for divorce, liberty 
 of captives and the health of thefickj the twenty 
 fourth is called Sfdalath or Chadezoad^ that is the 
 ftar of fortune ; it is prevalent for the benevolence 
 of marryed folk^for the viftory of Souldiers, it hurt- 
 eth the execution of Government, and hindreth 
 that it may not be exercifed ; The twenty fifth i? 
 cMtd Sadalahra or Sadahchia^ that is a Butter-fly 
 
 or 
 
176 The Temple of Wifdome, " Book !, 
 
 or a fpreading forth ; it helpeth befieging and re- 
 venge, itdeftroyeth enemies, makcth divorfe, con- 
 firmeth prifons and buildihgSjhaffcneth mcffengef?, 
 it conduceth to fpels againft copulation^ and £6 
 bindcth every member of man, that it cannot per- 
 form his duty ; the twenty fisfth is called Alfhiirg 
 or Fhragal Mocaden^ that is the firft drawing ; it mak- 
 cth for the Union and love of men, for the health 
 of captives, itdeftroyeth prifons and buildings; 
 The twenty feventh is called Alchdryd or AlhalgaU 
 Moad^ that is the fecond drawings it tncreafeth 
 Harvefts, Revenues, Gain, it healeth inffrmitieSjbut 
 hindreth buildings, prolongeth prifons, caufeth 
 danger to Seamen, and helpeth to infer mifchiefs 
 on whom you fhallpleafe; the twenty eight and 
 laft is called Albotham or Alchalsy^ that is Tifcei fi \i 
 encreafeth Harvefts and Mcrcharidize, it fccureth 
 travellers through dangerous places ; it maketh for 
 the joy of marryed couples, but it ftrengtheneth 
 prifons, and caufeth lofs of treafures 5 and inthcfd 
 twenty eight Manfions do lye hid many fecrets of 
 the WiCdome of the Ancients, by the which they 
 wrought wonders on all things which are under 
 the circle of the Moon , and they attributed to 
 every Manfion his refcmblances, images, and fealsj 
 and his prefidcnt intelligences, and they did work 
 by the vertuc of them after diverfe manners. 
 
 Chap* 
 
;B6okI» 1 he Temple of VVifdotne. 177 
 
 ChAP. XXXIL 
 
 Of the true motion of the heavenly .hdkf to be oh^ 
 fervedin the eight Sphere^ and of the ground 
 of Planetary hours^ that agree with the Rnlerf^ 
 ideaU andGeniiofGeomancj^ 
 
 t'Jtr Hofocver will work according to the Celeftial 
 opportunity, ought to obferve both or one 
 tofthem, namely the motion of the Star?, or theii? 
 times 5 I fay their motions, when they arc in theit 
 dignities or dejeftions, cither cffential or acciden- 
 tal; but I call their times, dayes and hours diftri* 
 buted to their Dominions; Concerning all thefe^ 
 it is abundantly taught in the books of Allrologersj 
 'but in this pi ace two things eipccially are to be con^ 
 fideredandobfci'vedby lis. One, that we obferve 
 the motions and afcenuons and windings of Stars, 
 even as they are in truth in the eight fphere,through 
 the negleft of which, it happeneth that many ere 
 infabricating theCeleftial Imagcs,and are defrauded 
 of their delired efFeft; the other thing we ought to 
 obferve, is about the times of choofing the planetary 
 hpurs ; for almoft all Aftrologers divide all that 
 Cpaceof time fr^om the Sun-rifing to fctcing into 
 twelve equal parts, and call them the twelve hours 
 of the day j then the time which foiloweth from 
 .thefettingto therifing, in like manner being divi- 
 ded into twelve equal ^arts, they call the twelve 
 hours of the night,a'nd then diftribute each of thofc 
 ^hourstoeverypneofthe Planets according to the 
 order of their fucceillons, giving alwayes the firfl 
 bour of the day tothtLord of t\\Vi day, then to 
 
178 'ihe Temple (?/Vv ildome. B o o k: 1. 
 
 every one by order, even to the end of twenty four 
 hours-, and in this distribution the Magicians agree 
 with them j but in the partition of the hours fome 
 dodiffenr, faying, that thefpace of the riling and 
 fetting is not to be divided into equal part^i and 
 that thofe hours are not therefore called unequal, 
 becaufe the diurnal arc unequal to the nofturnal, 
 but becaufe both the diurnal and nodkurnal are 
 even unequal amongll thcnifelves 5 therefore the 
 partition of unequal or Planetary hours hath a dif- 
 ferent reafon of their meafure obferved by Magici- 
 ans, which is of this fort 5 for as inartificial hours> 
 which are alwayes equal to themfelves, the afcenfi- 
 ons of fifteen degrees in theequinoftial, conftitut- 
 cth an artificial hour : fo alfo in planetary hours^the 
 afcenlions of nfteen degrees in the Ecliptkke con- 
 ftituteth an unequal or planetary hour, whofe mea- 
 fure we ought to enquire and find out by the tables 
 of the oblique afceiijions of every region. 
 
 Chap, XXXIII. 
 
 'H&vp fome artificial things^ astelefmes^ Imagef^ 
 Scals^ and Juch Itke^ may obtain feme vertnt 
 from the Celejiial and lirrejirial bodies. 
 
 SO great is the extent, power and tfiicacy of 
 _ the Celeflial bodies, that not only natural- 
 things, but alfo artificial when they aie rightly ex- 
 pofedto thofe above, do prefently fuffer by that 
 3nt>ft potent agent, and obtain a wonderful life, 
 
 which 
 
Book I. T/>e Temple ^/Wildome. 179 
 
 which oftentimes gives them an admirable Ceieftial 
 vertue 5 which thing Saint T^homas Aqtimas that ho\y 
 Doftor, thusconfirmeth in his book de fato^ when 
 he faith, that even garments, buildings and other 
 artificial works whacfoever, do receive a certain 
 qualification from the ftars *, fo the Magicians afiirmj 
 that not only by the mixture and application of na- 
 tural things, but alfoin Images, Seals, Ring«,Glaf- 
 ies, and fonic other Inftrument?, being opportune** 
 \y framed under a certain conftellation, fome tele- 
 ftial Illuftration may be taken, and fome wonderful 
 thing may be received ; for the beams of the Ceie- 
 ftial bodies being animated, living, fenfual, and 
 bringing along with them admirable gift?, and a 
 a moft violent power, do, even in am6ment,andat 
 (he firft touch, imprint wonderful powers in the 
 Images, though their matter be lefs capable. Yet 
 they bellow more powerful vertucs on the Images, 
 if they be framed not of any, but of a certam mat- 
 ter, namely whofe natural, and alfo fpecifical ver- 
 tue is agreeable with the work, and th^ figure of the 
 image is like to the Ceieftial ; for fuch an Image,' 
 both in regard of the matter naturally congruous 
 to the operation and Ceieftial iiifluence, and alfo 
 for its figure being like to the heavenly one, is beft 
 prepared to receive the operations and powers of 
 theCelcftiah bodies and figures, and inftantly re- 
 celveth the Heavenly gift into it lelf^ then it con- 
 ftantly worketh on another things and other things 
 do yeild obedience to tt. Hence faith Ptolemy in ceH-^ 
 iilcquio^that inferior things doobey theCeleftial,and 
 not only them, but alfo even their Iniagcs ; Even as 
 earthly Scorpions obey not only the Ceieftial Scor- 
 pion, but alfo hi5 Image, if itfhall be opportunely 
 figured under hisaCcerit and Dominion. 
 
 M» CHAP, 
 
8o tAc Temple ^/ Wifdome. Book I.' 
 
 Chap. XXXIV. 
 
 Oftb£tdefmes made upon Mettals^ whatvertues 
 ihc) being ingraven^ receive from the Utars^ 
 
 BUc the C^Iefiial Images, according to whofc 
 likencf?. Images of this kinde are framed, are 
 veryniany in the Heavens : Some viliblcandcon- 
 fpicuous, others only imaginable^ eonccived and 
 iet down by Egyptians^ Indiam and Chaldeans 5 and 
 their parts arc fo ordered, that even the figures of 
 (onie of them are diftinguiflied from others; for 
 this reafon they place in the Zodiack circle twelve 
 general Images, according to the number of the 
 figns ; of thefe they conftituting ArieSy Le^, and 
 Sagittaryifot the fiery and oriental triplicity, do re»^ 
 pert that its profitable againft FeavorSjPalfiejDrop- 
 fie. Gout, and all cold and Phiegmatick infirmities, 
 andxhat it makes him who carrieth it to beacccp- 
 table, eloquent, ingenious and honorable, becznCe 
 they are the Houfes o( Mars^ Sol, Leo and Jfifiter, 
 They made alfo the image of a Lion againft Melan- 
 cholly Phantafies, the Dropfie, Plague, feavors, 
 and to ex -el difeafes, at the hour of the Sun, the 
 Srft degrccofthe Hgn of Leo afcending, which is the 
 face and Decanate of Jupiter -^ but againft the ftone, 
 anddireafes ofthcPveins, and againft the hurts of 
 beads, they made the fame image when Sol in the 
 heart of chcLioti obtained themidft of heaven: and 
 again, becaufe Ge^raniy Lihra^ and Aquarius do con- 
 ftituce the .^riai and OcciJcntal Triplicity, a»d 
 
 arc 
 
Book I. Tbe Temple of \N\ld^tn€. i8i 
 
 arechehoufcs of ^ercury^ Venus^ znd Saturn^ chey 
 arc fa id co put to flight difeafcs, to conduce to 
 frienddiip and concord, to prevail againft Melan- 
 cholly, and to caufc health', and they report that 
 Aquarm efpecially frecth from the Quartane. Alfo, 
 that Cancer J Scorfh g^ndPifceSy becaufe they confti- 
 tute thcwatry and Northern Triplicity,do prevail 
 againft hot and dry Feavers; aUb againft theHe- 
 ftick, and all Cholerick pafTions j but Scorpio^ be- 
 caufe amongft the members it rcfpefteth the privy 
 parts, doth provoke to luft : but thefe did frame it 
 for this purpofe, his third face afcending, which 
 belongeth to Venus 5 and they made the fame againft 
 Serpents and Scorpions, poyfons, and evilfpiritsj 
 his fecond face afcending, which is the face of the 
 Suny and Dccanate of Jupiter \ and they report 
 that it maketh him who carriech it ^ wife, of a good 
 colour 5 and they report that the image of Cancer is 
 moft efficacious againft SerpeiuSjand poyfoiis^when 
 50/ and Luna arc m Conjunction m it, and afcend 
 in the firft a^d third face ; for this is the face of 
 Venm, and theDecanate oi iuna\ but the fecond 
 face of Lw«/J, the Decanatc of Jupiter : They report 
 alfo that Serpents are tormented when the Sun is la 
 Cancer i Alfo that laurits^ FergOy and Lapricorn^ be- - 
 caufethey conftitute the earthly and Southern Tri- 
 plicity, do cure hot infirmities, and prevail againft 
 the Synocal Feaver, it maketh thofe that carry it 
 grateful^acceptable, eloquent, devout and religious, 
 becaufe they are the Houfes of Venw^ Mdrs^ and 6"^- 
 turn : Capricorn alfo is reported to keep men infafie- 
 ty, and alfo places in fccuxity, becaufe, it is the 
 cxaltatioaofM^n. 
 
 M3 .. CHAP. 
 
i82 TAe Temple tf/Wifdomc. Booicl 
 
 Chap XXXV, 
 
 of the Telefmaticall Images of the Facef^ and of 
 thofe Images vphich are vpithont the Lodiack. 
 
 THere are befides in the Zodiack thirty fix Ima- 
 ges, according to the number of the faces, of 
 the which (as Forfhjryiwh) fencer the Babylonian 
 long ^nce. wrote, who was a nioft aneicnt Mathe- 
 matician, after ^\\omtht Arabians alfo wrote of 
 thefe things Therefore it is faid, that in the fii-ft 
 face of ^rif;, afcendeth the image of a black man, 
 ftanding and cloathed in a white garment, girdled 
 about, of a great body,with reddifti eyes, and great 
 flrength, and like one that is angry ; and this i- 
 mage fignifieth and caiifeth boldneffe , fortitude^ 
 loftincfie and Ihamelcfnefle ; in thefecond face af- 
 cendeth a form of a woman, outwardly cloathed 
 with a red garment, and under it a white, fpread- 
 ing abroad over her feet, and this image caufeth 
 iioblcnefTe, height of a Kingdom, and greatneiTe of 
 Dominion : in the third face arifeth the figure of a 
 white man, pale, with reddifk hair, and cloathed 
 with a red garment, who carding on the one hand 
 a golden Bracelet, and holding forth a woden frai^, 
 js wreitleiTeand likeoneinwrath^ becaufe he can- 
 not perform that good he would. This image be- 
 ftowtch wit , meeknelTc , joy and beauty : In the 
 firft face oi^auriis afcendeth a naked man, an Ar*- 
 cher, Harvefter or Husbandman, and gocth forth 
 to fow, plough, buildjpeople, and divide the earthy 
 ciccording to the rules of Geometry j in thefecond 
 f2C5 afcendeth a na.k^d man^ hiding ia his hand a 
 
 keysi 
 
Book I. rAe Temple ^/Wifdome* 183 
 
 key s it givcth power, nobiiicy and dominion over 
 people: in the third face, afcendeth a nian , in 
 whofehandis a ferpenc, and a dart, and is the i- 
 magc of necedity and profit, and alfo of mifcry and 
 flavery. [n the fiift face ofGemeni afcendeth a man 
 in whofe hand is a rod, and he is as it were, ferving 
 another 5 it grantethwifdomcand theknowledgof 
 numbers and arcs in which there is no profit; in the 
 fecondfaccafcfndetha man^ in whofe hand is a 
 Pipe, and another being bowed down: digging the 
 earth rand they fignifie infamous and diflioncft a- 
 gility, asthatoi- Jefters and Juglersj it alfo fignl* 
 fies labours and painful fearchings : In the third, 
 afcendeth a man feeking for Arms, and a fool hold- 
 ing in the right hand a bird, and in his left a pipe, 
 and they are the fignifications of forgetful neffe, 
 wiach , boldnelfe, jefts, furrilities, and unprofi- 
 table words: In the firftjface oiCancer afcendeth the 
 form of a young Virgin, adorned with fine cloaths, 
 and having a Crown on her head; it givcrh accute- 
 neffe of fsnfes, fubtilty of wit, and the love of men: 
 in the fecond face afcendeth a man cloacbed in 
 comely apparrel, or a man and woman fitting at the 
 table and playing^ it bciloweth riches, mirth,glad- 
 neffe, and the love of women : in the third face af*^ 
 cendeth a man, a hunter with his Lance and Home, 
 bringing out dogs for to hunt ; the fignification of 
 this is the contention of men, the purfuing of thofe 
 who fly, the hunting and pofTefTing of things by 
 armesandbrawlings. In the hrft face of Leo^ aC* 
 cendeth a man riding on a Lion^ it fignifiech bold- 
 nefle^ violence, cruelty, wickedncfTe, luftand la- 
 bours to be fuftained. In the fecond afcendeth an 
 i:nagewkh hands lifted up, and a man on whofe 
 bead is a c;"0\Yn 5 h^ hath the appearance of an an- 
 M 4 gry 
 
184 I'AeTempte^y Wifclome. Book h 
 
 grymaoj and one that threa;neth, having in hisf 
 right hand a fword drawn out of the fcabbard, and 
 in his left a buckler^ it hath fignification upon hid* 
 den contentions and unknown viftohes, and upon 
 bafc nicn^ and upon the occafions of quarrels and 
 battels; in the third face afcendeth a young man in 
 whofc hand is a whip^ and a man very fad, and of 
 anillafpeftj they fignifie love and fqciety, and the 
 ioife of ones right for avoiding ftrife. 
 
 In the firft face of Firgo afcendeth the figure of a 
 good maid, and a man calling feeds; it fignifieth 
 getting of wealthy ordering of diet, plowing, fow- 
 ifig and peopling ;. in the fecond face afcendeth a 
 black mancloathed with a skin, and a man having, 
 a bufli of haire, holding a bag; they fignifie gam, 
 {craping together <)f wealth and cov^toufneffej Iiv 
 the third face aCcendeth a white woman arid deaf , 
 or an old man leaning on a ftafFj the fignification of 
 this is to fhew weakneffej infirmity, lofle of mem- 
 bers, deftruftion of trees^ and depopulation of 
 lands. 
 
 In the firft face of li^r/e afcendeth the form of an 
 angry man, in whofe hand is a Pipe, and the forra 
 of a man reading in a book*, the operation of this is 
 i^ juftifying and helping the miferableand weak a- 
 gainft the powerful and wicked : In the Cecond face 
 afcehd two menfiir ious and wrathful, and a man ia 
 « comely garment, fitting in a chair 5 and the fig- 
 nification of thcfe is to Qiew indignation againft the 
 evil, andquietneflfeand fecurity ofiife with plenty 
 of good thing? i In the third face afcendeth a vio- 
 lent man holding a bow^ and before him a nakedi 
 ipan, and alfo another man holding bread in ono 
 i^nd, asid a cuj ^f wine in tfec ocheffi the Significa- 
 tion^ 
 
Book 1. the Temple of Vs/\idotne. 18$ 
 
 tion of thefe is to (hew wicked lufts, (ingings, fports 
 and gluttony. 
 
 In the firftfacc of Scorpioy afcendetha woman of 
 good face and habit , and two men ftriking her; 
 the operations of thefe are for comelinefle, beauty^ 
 and for ftrifes, treacheries, deceit?, detraftations, 
 and perditions^ in the f(?cond face afcendeth a mat* 
 naked, and a woman naked, and a man fitting on 
 the earth, and before him two dogs biting one ano- 
 ther 7 and their operation is for impudence, de» 
 ceit and falfe dealing, and for to fend mifchiefand 
 ftrifeamongft men; in the third face afcendeth « 
 man bowed downwards upon his knees and a wo- 
 man ftrikeing him with a ftaff, and it is the fignifi- 
 eation of drunkenefle, fornication, wrath, violence 
 and ftrife. 
 
 In the firft face of iSz/^iwr/wi afcendeth the form 
 of a man armed with a coat of male, and holding a 
 naked fword in his hand 5 the operation of this is 
 for boldnefls, malice, and liberty : In the fccond 
 face afcendeth a woman weeping,and covered with 
 cloaths; the operation of this is for fadnef& and 
 fear of his own body. In the third face afcendeth 
 a man like in colour to gold, or an idle man playing 
 with a ftaff i and the fignificaiion of this is in fol- 
 lowing our own wills, andobfiinacy in them, and 
 in aftiveneffe for evil things, contentions and hor- 
 rible matters. 
 
 In the firft face of Catricorn afcendeth the form 
 of a woman, and a man carrying full bags; and the 
 fignifica-tionof thefeisfor to go forth and to re- 
 joy ce to gain and to lofe with weakncffe and bafc- 
 ncffe : Li the fecond face afcendeth two women and 
 a man, looking towards a bird flying in the Aire ^ 
 and the fignification gf thefe is for the requiring 
 
 thofe 
 
ib6 ife Temple^/ Wifdome. Book I 
 
 thofe things which cannot be done, and for the 
 fearching after thofe things which cannot be known. 
 In the third face afcendeoh a woman chaft in bo iy 
 and Wife in her work, and a banker gathering his 
 piony together on the tables thefignificatioiiof this 
 is to govern in prudence^in cpvetoufneffe of money 
 and in avarice. 
 
 In the firft face of Aquarm afcendeth the form of 
 a prudent man 5 and of a woman fpnining ; and the 
 figmficationof thefeisinthe thought and labour 
 for gain, in poverty and bafeneffe : in the fecond 
 face afcendeth the form of a man with a long t^eardj 
 and the iignification of this belongeth to the under- 
 ftanding^meeknefle^modeftyjlibcrty and good man- 
 ners: in the third face afcendeth a black and angry 
 man ; and the iignification of this is in exprelling 
 infolenfe, and impudence. 
 
 In the firft face of Fifces afcendeth a man carrying 
 burthens on his fhoulder, and well cloathcdjit hath 
 his fignification in journeys, changeof place^and in 
 careful nefle ot getting wealth and cloaths: in the 
 fecond face afcendeth a woman of a [good counte- 
 nance, and well adorned ; and the iignification is 
 to deiirean i put onesfelfon about high and great 
 matters : hi the third face afcendeth a man nakedj^ 
 or a youth , and nigh him a beautiful maid, vvhofe 
 head is adorned with flowers, and it hath his iigni- 
 fication for reft, idlenefle, ddight^ fornication, and 
 ifor imbratfings of women. And thus far concern- 
 ing the images of faces. Eefidcs thcfe, there arc a$ 
 yet three hundred and fiKty images in the Zodiackg, 
 according to the number of the degrees , whofc 
 forms T€trm de Ahano hath defcribed : without the 
 Zodiack (here are alfo general Figures, which Hygi^ 
 nius and Amus dckt'ihc for us^ and very many P^rr 
 
 t>culai? 
 
Book L The Temple £?/Wifdome. 1 87 
 
 ticular ones, according to t}ie number effaces an4 
 degrees, exifting therein, of all which to fpeak, ic 
 would be too long ; but of thefe the more princi- 
 pal are accounted, P^g^i/^^; which prevaileth againfl 
 thcdifeafesof horfes, and prefcrvetk horfmen in 
 battle ; Then is Andromachey which begetteth love 
 betwixt husband and wife, fo that it is faid even to 
 reconcile adulterers : Cajfiofeia it^oitth. weak bo- 
 dies, and ftrength^neth the members ; SerpentariuS 
 chafeth away poyfons,and cureth the bitings of ve- 
 ncmous beafts : Hercw/f^ giveth vidory in war, the 
 Dragon with both the Bears maketh a man crafty,in* 
 genious, valiant, acceptable to the gods and men: 
 Hydra conferreth wifdom and riches, and refifteth 
 poyfohs. Centaurns beftoweth health and Jong old 
 age : Am concerveth chaftity, and maketh one ac- 
 ceptable to the gods, Cetm maketh one amiable,, 
 prudent, happy both by fea and land, and helps 
 him to recover his loft goods; the^^i/'afordeth fe- 
 curityinthe waters; the H^rr prevaileth againft 
 deceits and madneffe 5 the Po^ cureth the Dropfie, 
 refifteth the Plague, and alfo prel^rveth from beafts 
 and fierce creatures. Orion granteth victory : The 
 Eagle giveth new honours, and preferveth the old. 
 The Svpaniretth from the Palfie and the Quartane : 
 Ferfeuf freeth from Envy and Witchcrafts, and pre- 
 ferveth from Lightnings and Tempefts ; The Hart 
 preferveth Phrenetical and mad people. And thus 
 much may fuffice to have beenfpc^en. • 
 
 CHAP. 
 
l8§ TAe Temple of SNifdomc. Book I. 
 
 - — ■ » i 1 1 ■. ii. J. . ,. .. .. I.. I . — _-- — j^ 
 
 Cahp. XXXVL 
 OfTekfmes and how to make tbemi^ 
 
 ^TPWas a Rule the trembling Heathea went by^ to 
 A undertake nothing (nothing anew efpeciallyj 
 itt(iufficato\ without fome ominus performancey we may 
 call it what w6 pleafe, but they did it upon grounds 
 throughly concerned in experience aad effeft, ftill 
 attaining their end by what darke and fecret wayes 
 of cooperation foever brought topafs, asimdifco* 
 vered cothemfelves as us. 
 
 To the matter in hand, the firft vt^s the propitia" 
 litwi of the place by reconciling the Genius with are- 
 fpeftive Sacrifice^ t^si S'l ^vaUn iyx^^^^ i^tMeSsApTo 
 S<iifAQVct.i &c. faith Hefychiuf Milefias concerning the 
 foundation of Byzantium. 
 
 Like Ceremonies were performed by Alexander at 
 the building of AlexandriHy as Arrian m the third 
 book of hs Expedition, Arian. AvafiAC AM^ayS^. 
 
 Such arc often remembred by Joannes Amiochenm^ 
 and out of him repeated by the f^/^i :iculiy ueorff 
 CedrcHy and ethers. 
 
 Buc * chufe toinftancea lefs known paflage out 
 oiAbdilphak^ in his Arabick^ Hijhry of the Founda- 
 tion of Antioch, 
 
 Whe itbif was laid hy Antiochta the King, it hap* 
 fened that whatfoeyep the workmen (X\xg upby^/xy, 
 Was again thrown in by nighty and they were affrigh-^ 
 
 ted 
 
Book 1. "^^ Temple of Wifdome. lag 
 
 ted from the work^ by a dreadful Apparition. The 
 KxngcaWdior the Aftrologers and wifewen^ who after 
 Sacrifice v\g\\t\y ferforntedy difcovered an appearance 
 of Almarick^ or Man, It was agreed therefore 
 
 rib/il a magnifisent Jentple jhouid he ereUed to hU name^ 
 a and his ftatue there fet pp^ and that the foun^ 
 
 * dation ef the Citjijhould he laid under his Afcen' 
 
 * denty a &c. Alfo an Anniverfary of three dajes 
 * * fejtival v^s infiitutedy &c. and the Au- 
 
 * thor faith, that tbefc things continued 
 
 G^Di mny nbVi* "^by n^inn pt^ •'cs^ nno '•nn 
 
 rmtil the Manifejiation of Jefus the Son of Mary, feact 
 and the Frayer cf God be upon hkn. 
 
 This Tradition of the Arabian includes another 
 inanner of the Ancients laying the foundation of 
 their Metropolitan Cities under a certain Configur a* 
 tion of the Heavens^ihe raoft propitious that could be 
 crcftcd for the time being. 
 
 So Muazs^us the Top o( ¥atim£an [family, cau- 
 fed the City of Gran Cairo to be fet up under the 
 fame Afcendent ofAlmarick^ I^Q^fc^ "iHc^p tni that 
 as Mars had a coercive power in the fuperior world, 
 fo the Cicy might be CoaUrix Orbit here bclow^there- 
 fore the name of it was called Alchahira, as the 
 Note upon Elmacinhs in the larich Mulfiimimrum^ 
 iib.^. p, 227. 
 
 The Afcendent of a City (faith H^/y J is that (Ign 
 cujus afcenfione quis incipit collocare primarium lafidem^ 
 Vhichrifeth in the Horofcope at the laying of the fir jl 
 Stone. 
 
 The Art of this is to be taken out of the firftpart 
 
 ofApotelefmaticalCoHJiruUiony called b,y Ftolevty^ CO" 
 
 :thcliconyfftrabik,i. Where he appointeth bis Aftro- 
 
 ' loger 
 
190 rAe Temple tf/Wifdome. Book I 
 
 loger in giving judgement of the Accidents of aCity, 
 to take knowledg of the Sun and Moon's place in the 
 Zodiac}^ which they had tv t&h icetrA^ x^^ ^ KTiaiav* 
 nt the layitfg of the foundatioHy ^ ^ aivTiav ^xo'A/r«t tI 
 (^es^KO's^v, but efpccially of the Afcendent as the moft 
 principal Angel : And the Figures of Geomancy^ 
 
 According to thefc Rule^ Jarucim Firmicut call 
 the Nativity ofKonte^ and Veliius Vaiens an Aftro- 
 Joger of Antioch, that of CoHflantinople^ the figure 
 whereof, is extant in a Greek Manufcriptin the 
 Vatican, The Horofcope was Cancer^ ^ and the ^ 
 AftrologCfj judged by the appearences that the ** 
 Ciryfhouldftandyo'i. ycars^ zs the Vatican booK-> * * 
 as C^<ir^« and others, 6g6. which if it be taken * * 
 of thofe years, cf on ri, ^ ^ohnud; lT»f sVto l^n '^ * 
 3^ HfltTctrcea-/? , in which the City flourijhed under a full 
 ftate ef d^i:ipUne 'y the Ajlrologer was not fo much out, 
 as Glycas thinketh. And moreover before the tak- 
 ing of the City by Mahovnet the fecond, a great 
 Conjunftion was obfcrved under the Horofcope, But 
 in affigning the Afcendent of this City, the Greek^s 
 and Arabians agree not, nor the Arabians them- c 
 felves. For in the Tables o( AlkjtSyConllantinople * 
 is fet under ^ilPO'^c^ Libra^ ^ in Ben. ifaac'^s * ife 
 Geography under '^yxy^ f^ Taurus^ ^ and though * 
 the fame place may have feveral HorofcopeSy * 
 yet to fo much variety it will be hard to recon- T" 
 cile the matter. * 
 
 This Superftition hath b^en as commonly * * 
 and more lately pra6tifed in the JVeji. * 
 
 At the inftauration of Konte by Faul the * it 
 third, Gauricm drew the Vigure of the Heavens, 
 Vincentius Canfpanatius obferved the time by h'lsAjirt' 
 labe toward the inftant whereof he cryed out with a 
 loud voice, Ecet^ adeft hra prACifa decima fexta 
 
Book I. lAie Temple t/Wifdome. 191 
 
 ferecomfleta. Then immediately Emius Verulanm 
 the Cardinal laid the ^v^ftone. 
 
 The cnrious may fee feveral Nativities of Cities, 
 Forts, andCaftles, with the Judgements given in 
 CaHrichs^JundtH^ GarcanSy&c. 
 
 The b igure ot the Old Lodging at Affrro« Col ledge 
 is yet to c feen in one of the Wardens Windowes. 
 I fet it not here down, becaufe it is already done by 
 another, in his Book called Sir, Cbr.Heydtyn's defence 
 for Aftrology. 
 
 Thefe Catholical Nativities were fo much belee- 
 V^dinbythe Ancient Kings^ faith H^/j*, that they 
 enquired into the Genitures of all the principal Nati 
 under th^ir dominions, where if the Planets were 
 found to look with a nialitious eye upon the Nati* 
 vityof the Kingdome, Inter fie icuhant eum pierumj 
 quod ejus ilegnumerat contrar'B.egHum ip forum. 
 
 It may be feen alfo what Zonaras hath reported 
 of 7'iherim and Vomitian , Tom, 2. AnnaL p, 174. 
 & igS. 
 
 Now becaufe that in the W^tftiz/iriw o( Cities «j ItI 
 ^yivUioif as in the Genitures oimtxiy ^faith ftolemyy 
 the Aftrology is the fame. 
 
 Therefore after conlideration had of the life and 
 being of the City from tht Horefcofe^ the next care 
 taken was of the kk^^^ twj tf^wf, or fart of Fortune^ 
 the fecond Afcendent^Co called in the Figures of men, 
 or the Horofcofm Athhrum. 
 
 •^ Th e F^rt 0/ For r««^ found our, was myfterioufly 
 included in a Statue of Brafs, TftMr/xwf, lelefmati^ 
 caVy prepared. The Rites were, Jo,Antiocb, A pure 
 Virgin was offered up in Sacrifice, A Statue of the Vir^ 
 gin fet up^ impofed upon mth a New and fecret 'Name^ 
 and '^lacrifice done to that. And all this «ri «tpx'«P*«'^ 
 % PiA^s-^ %\i Ty'x^K :^ ^-TPftft^^^e^^/ttcv Tv.i ^«MA'f. For 
 
191 T^he Temple of Wifdo mg, Book f, 
 
 fo the Statue was called Ihe Fortune of the City. 
 
 So ia Seleucus his foundation of Antiocb^ ^vanci^ 
 ijrotnffctt Koftfu Tttf^ivop ovlyLdLtt '^tiid^tiy ^naret^ dvJ^e^opTQ- 
 
 I he like Ceremonies were o ferved by the fame 
 Founder at the building ofApawea, ^us-idv 'sttmai 
 fh «tuTo< [xiTiKteM^iv ovofjLdLTl Hkyhav^ &c. 
 
 The Fortune of old Byzantium was called K^eefn, 
 Ceroe. When this was repaii:ed into Confiantinople^ 
 the Emperour's Statue wias fet up. /ScAretVi^rati^ t? 
 S^i^i^ dvr^ %uejt rnv X^x^w tyu aut^ toAsw^ tiv c¥,Ah.i7%v 
 ^^v^^itrav. Holding in his right hand the Fortune of the City 
 yphich he called Anthufa. But the Sacrifice was not as 
 before. 
 
 The EfHperour offered up ApdiflAvroif ^v(rUv, In^ 
 cruentum Sacrificiunty )^ ^ ^ia : A Sacrifice without 
 blood, and riot to the Fortune of the City^ but to God 
 himfelf. 
 
 Briefly thus: The founders of old, at the buil- 
 ding of their principal Cities, Caftles, or the like^ 
 <!aufed their Aftrologers to find owtz luchie f off ion of 
 the HeavenSy under which the firft ftone might be 
 laid. The Part of Fortune found out in thisfirji Fi* 
 gure was made the Afcendent of another. The firft 
 judged of tfte lively hood and duration. The fe- 
 cond of the outward Glory z\\A fortune of the City 
 under the influence of this latter configuration,, 
 ihey erected ^ Statue of Brafi into which this fort««tf 
 and Genius of the City was to be called by Art. 
 Thus fpirited with this Cecret power, it was difpoCcdt 
 of in fome eminent or recefleful place of the City, 
 ^nd lookt upon as that thing which was only con**, 
 cernM in the fortune ?Lndfatdity of all. 
 
 Such a one was the Trojan paUadium^ no JVo^sTtf. 
 
 faitfl 
 
Book I. y^e Temple i?/Wi (dome. 19:^ 
 
 faich Joannes Antiochenm^ but ^qavov nuKicriJLivovy or 
 as Jobn Jzetzes quoteth the place to LycophroHy 
 'a^iTKoTTtct Kctn^Tv^y Telefmatically confecrated or under a 
 good Horofcope by A liiis the Philofopher^ and prefented to 
 the founder JroM^ «/V vmv ^ (pv^ATjovfet 7r\v To^/r *iv^* 
 imKUTAi d-TTA^'^.f^TJovy t 6. as a Stutue enabled hy AVt to 
 freferVe the City wherein itjhouid be laid up in a vidorious 
 and impregnable State. 
 
 ^lywpiUorus relatetli from Valerius Governour 
 Ihacia under Condantihs the Ewperour^ ^i^i 
 
 AvS'eJLAV T«y A§yv^av TiTiM^fJiUvy Uf 3cl^^d^&>^ 
 
 ^)ui\v(TiVy of cercaitie Silver ft atuei laid up under the 
 confines oflhracia and lHyria^ Jeleftndtically cohprrutcd 
 again the Incur fions of the Barbarians^ which at the 
 command o^ Valerius being du^cfeouc an l C'iken a-» 
 way iue]' oniyAf vifM^^i tI <t^ Th^av yk^Q" *wa(!A9 
 amT^'iX*^ Ti}v 0^elKi)v^ &c within a few dayes aHer all 
 Ihracia and Illyria iPds ever runne by the Gothes ? /^ 
 Hunnes 
 
 Ifay thenofthe Claudi and the C£ci^ that they 
 were no other then thofe rd nrixAi AfofjLZVA^oix^^'^ii 
 T«; ToKid)^ (^vhAKKritiA, Statuary Telcfmes fo much 
 celebrated of old (as Nicetas') which unlefs they 
 kept the City, the watchman laboured but in 
 vain. 
 
 They were placed by tht Aftrotogers in fome con- 
 venient Recefsof theFort^and haddoubtlefs made 
 gbodtheplace againft Vavid^smtn^ but that as the 
 great Sooth-faycr himfelf confeflT.d, Ihre was no 
 enchantment againft Jacob^ nor divination againft Ifrai l^ 
 
 Numb. 27, 27,. 
 
 Thcufual interpretation of this place is (and 'tis 
 the beftofthe bad) that the Jobufttes trufiing them- 
 felves to the invincible condition of their Fort, 
 broughc up Lam^ and Blind meii to caft a fcorr.c 
 
 N upou 
 
194. i At' Temple <7/\Vifdoiije. Book l* 
 
 v^onVavids approaches. Therefore his foul hated 
 them. 1 am lure 1 have made the beft of this con- 
 flruc^ion^aiui yet he that Ihall run it through all the 
 circuiiift.ioces of theTexc^wilI find it to be as imperi- 
 neniiy caft up^as thatof thecW/^/t^^jwhich inftead of 
 Imctgts rendrcch by way of Paraphrafe^ the tinners 
 and ungodly Jehufites. "^Vhich fomeof ihe Hebrews 
 er.uea\ our to tollow^ biic at an intolerable diflance. 
 Read Gr^gonVi Notes 
 
 I (liall not want for a very confidcrable part of 
 them, whothough they have not lighted upon the 
 very fame^ yet have faid enough as to the cleernefs 
 andadvancement of that fenfeand meaning, which 
 
 1 have refolvcd upon. In the Cdijak^ar you'l find 
 that the I//'-.^ and tht plhtd mav be taken for Images^ 
 K Solomon faith exprefly C^-Qy^'n uZ^T] that they 
 were lo, and K David that they were DDnin ''D^V. 
 
 2 mage s of bra fs. K.Efay^^ K David and Leii Ben Gerfon 
 
 fay moreover That the B//W and the L/r?w<? 
 
 were Images written upon with tlic oath which 
 Ahrahmi and Ifuic w.ade to Ahimelech^ and that they 
 were cad'd Blind and Lame y bccat.fe they had eyes and 
 fiw Hoty they had feet and wallet not^ &c. 
 
 But as concernijig the conceipt of -<4^r/7^tf;» and 
 Jfaacs oat!) to Alimelech^l leave it at large. That 
 which I take from ihem is^ that they were Images of 
 fr^ifs. and the rcafon why they were called the 
 J^lif.d andthe lanjc^ which if it had not been fugge- 
 l;ed by them^yec is the very pbrafe of the scripture. 
 
 They were the ■.^t{>ici'/Wu; or Conjlellated hvages of 
 Irafsj in up in theRecefs of the Fort, called in 
 fcorn Tas they were hated by Davids foul J the Blind 
 and the Lams Yet fo furcly entrufted with the 
 Jveeping oftheplace, that if they did not hold it 
 oucj the Jibufites [?.id they (hould not come into thfi 
 
 hoiifej 
 
Book I. •2 6triemple<3f Wiidomc 195 
 
 hou'e, that (Svthey would never again commit the 
 fafety of the Fort to fiich Fahadiums as thefe. There- 
 fore they f that is, tht Jebufites) faid the Blind and 
 the Lame^ Sec. 
 
 VVheii the ArJ^w^s taken Captive and detained 
 
 by the prophane Fhilijilnes, the ^ hand of God was fore 
 
 upon them^ and finote them with H^morhoides^ & ebuUi^. 
 
 runt vilU & agri in medio Kegionis illiusy & nati funt 
 
 mureiy & fatm eji confufo mortis magna in Civ it ate, 
 
 Sothez/w/g/zraddethj the ancient Gr^e^Co^^zV^ have 
 
 it not. The later agree not, fome Hebrew Copies ac- 
 
 knowledg it not, faith Mendoza^ as if there were an / 
 
 that did. 'Tis found indeed in the Drjs, as Chimhi 
 
 hathobferved. And it cannot be denyed to the 
 
 ilomanifts^but that it fcemcth to be wanting^lyut by 
 
 t no means to be fo .fupplyed. 'Twere better tlie Arke 
 
 fhould fhake ftiil, then that Vzzdb fnould hold it up. 
 
 Howfocvcr^tistrue, that there was a plague of Mi^^', 
 
 as wel as ofH^morhoides Concerning which the Ajiro-' 
 
 /o^fr> beinqconfultedjgave counfel that there fhould 
 
 be made five golden Images of the Mice, and as many 
 
 of the d feafeSy to give glory to the God of Ifrael, The 
 
 number was according to the number of thcii Lords, 
 
 but for the thing it felf, the espoiitors whaaoeveir 
 
 pafs lightly over it, or ftop the mouth of the letter 
 
 with aniiftery, perceiving no more of the natunill 
 
 fenfe, then a bare trefpats offering, but wondering 
 
 wifhall^ and not without canfe, what glory could 
 
 accrew to the God of Ifrael from fuch a homely 
 
 prcfeut as the counterfeit of a Mouie, or that v/hicli 
 
 is worfe. A thing which the holy Ghoft here vouch- 
 
 fafed not to call by its own name, for the Keri is 
 
 lehorecem^ Anorum Veftrorum, But the meaning of 
 
 the Images is Steichiotical^ and to be given out of the 
 
 IdefMaticd traditions, 
 
 H 2 U> 
 
I g6 The Tem pie of Wifdome. BOoK I 
 
 Tct Iv Te yivi<rii )y (p^opA i^/cTm rCt'ith PtoloTfty in the 
 
 cKotT^vTii i'TT^ ck/Tct. 1. c, the general and Corruptible 
 formes ai e affefted by the Cele{\ia[^ w hich therefore the 
 Jalifman^ make ufe of hy ohfetvmg the entrance of the 
 Stars into them, 
 
 T\\txx\t'dr\\i\g\%(hn\\ Hdi Aben'RodoaH)oT2i%iht 
 llelrew tranilation, (Ahis Giafar^ that the formes of 
 things here hc\ovi are anfjrered wich the like figura- 
 tions above, and that the Celeftial /f>rwfi have a ru- 
 ling influence upon the fublunary : for example, 
 the Scorpion and Serpent m heaven upon thofe in 
 ea rt h . 1 h erefore r h e Sapientes imaginum infpictbant 
 quanda. planeto defuh radiis foils egrediebatur^ & ingre- 
 diebatur hos vidtus^ eumque in afcendent p&nebant^ & vul- 
 turn quern intrabant fculpebant inLapide^ &nnfcebant 
 cum eo alia ad hxc neceffaria faciebanque cum eo ex ap- 
 tatione vd dejiruCiione quod volebant^ &c, Obferved 
 wl.en n planet was outof hisCombuihon, and en- 
 tred intoany of thefe formes, rhf^n placing the pla- 
 ner in the norofcope^rhey engraved the tormcupon 
 a f^onc^. \her. adding what elfe was neccfTarvj fhey 
 fir! ed it to prefervation or dcilruftion, as they plea- 
 fed &c. 
 
 Thefe c^nreiprs «he 0»^ecks termed ^otx^tcaam 
 o: he wife T6A4(7/y<*Tct, from wliente th.e Arabiik 7/z- 
 lifn ath. Tbe( hnldeans inm^ the word in the Text 
 1f,hhini](i Images. /^n experiment of the force 
 is f td wn by fj^/iupon his own knowledge, prafti- 
 fea upon a Saracens fervant in diebusCamcrchdi Kegis. 
 Thefe vanr had been ftunge with -^ Scorpion and 
 was cured by his Mafler with a Stone of thiski^fd en- 
 graven upon with the figuie of a Scorpion, And the 
 , Saracen iiild^ thatYIie figure was cut when the Moon 
 
 was 
 
Book I. i^e Temple t;/VVifdome. 197 
 
 * was lu ihefigne Scorpio ^ and thac the liga was in 
 '^ one of the foure Angles. And this Figure in 
 
 * thefirft. 
 
 * The mightiel} in operation of this fort was 
 Apollottius1yane%is^ a man of that note in the Hea- 
 then ballance, that Hierodes the Stoick^^ put him 
 ip.to the Scale With Chrift himfelf, nay he accoun- 
 ted hinuhe better man of the two, but which is fuf- 
 ficiencly returned upon him by Eupbius famph^Cont, 
 Hierodem 
 
 But chc/^frforwMwCfs of this man had fuch appea. 
 ranees of wonder, that they eicforted this doubt 
 from the Oithodox themfielves, E/ ^io<;"C7th]i/.tvo^o^ 
 
 &c If God ce the Cr:ato and Lord of the iTorld-j how 
 Comes it to fiifs chat -. poll on; us his Te/ifmes h^ve fo much 
 over-rul d the csurfes ? for we fee that thej alfo have ftilled 
 the waver of the Sea ^ andthe r ,gingof the hindes^ and 
 prevailing agaijjji the noyCome flies and incurfwns ofwild:^ 
 beafis^&c. Sec Gregror/s Notes thefe Obfervations 
 are his, and who dare deny theAuchonty of (o good 
 an x^uthor 
 
 And though rhihfiratusm that large Legended his 
 life hath no memory of thefe things, yet they are 
 'conftandy afcribedunto thisriamehy Codm,Cedren, 
 H:fychiuSj Oly^fipiodorns^ t^e Gr^rek Mf. cited by Leun^ 
 claviusy The Chronicon Ahxandrin:r,n and John Jze-^ 
 tzesy C.^o.ofhis third Chiliad quod oynnino legendum 
 (faith Scaliger^ fiquidem horiim ^Qtyj.icov noti iam habere 
 placet^ & fane leCl.o rhm injucunda. Nam in illoCtifite 
 ^pollonius fcidpturn C uHcmn & Ciconiarum, culices An - 
 ti'jChia^^ Ciconias I yzantium ingredi prohibuit ^ 
 
 But a fuller Tradition of this imuer I (hall here 
 N 3 ^'^ fet 
 
1 1;8 'ihe Temple oj Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 (et down out oiVo yninm cited by Joannes ^jntioche" 
 nus Mdalii \n the tenth Book of his Chronogra- 
 ph^e. 
 
 Tojv 'Bv(!^a,vTicov^^ToTO}•/ TlihctpySv. iyro tv AvhuTora.y.HTH 
 7(p iJ.i(rii tTh 'TToKia^ Tra.^c^^oy.iv^: ^ To 'f yjKai'yif )y to rav 
 
 i^i^^ay k'TToin \i^ rot? aJ^ol; '^(jKu? o ^ti^Tof r fTroy^mio^ 
 
 i7roiy,<riv In; tov Boppctp av^u.ovj • ^i]<7d4 t3 dvT^ 'liKio'ij.A 
 ^* Tm> civctToKr^Yw I'o^TAv- 
 
 ' hi thefamt times of the Ke.igne of Vomit i an ^ flour ified 
 the mojUearned Apollonius Tyaneus who gothnvfelf a 
 great nave by travel ling about and mailing lelefmes in all 
 flaces whert he earned for the cities and the Ccir.ttrie:, 
 From P^ome he went to Byzanc'uini^ and entring into 
 that City of ^yzw:^ (jtow more happily called Conltanci- 
 r.oplej he made there alfo wany lelefnus atthe inllan'e 
 of the Citizens^ as that againji the (iork^s. aginn{} the 
 river Lycus which paffeth by through the middle of the City ^ 
 that againli the JortoifcS^ that aiainft Horfcs and other 
 jirange thmqs. Then afterward leavin(r^ ■■^yzanriiirii i^e 
 Went and did thelik^in other Cities from Tyanis he 
 came into Syria, and fo to Anciorh the great ^ where al^o 
 he wasde(ired by the chief then of the City tomal*e fuch 
 Tflffin/s as the had need of, And he wade one a- 
 (lainji the Northern yvind^andfetit ufupn the Ealffart of 
 the City. ■ ' -^ 
 
 The Author goeth on, and at large defcribeth 
 Ajpollonim hiscbarmes aganift thsGiUts and ^^corpi- 
 
 " '■' ' • ■ "■ • • ' " onu 
 
Book 1. :2 /j2 Temple ^/VVifdcme. Iw9 
 
 ons, adding moreover that -^/'oYw////^ walking iipcii 
 a day with the chief men of the City to obfeve the 
 fcituation of the place, happened upon a ruinous 
 Pillar, and enquiring into the purpole of that, the 
 Citizens related unto him, that in the dayes of 
 Caius Cdsfar when the City had been fhaken with nii 
 Hartn-quake AiC.Qoei^^ t/< et^oiroipoi T«Aer»K WU^^ri Ti 
 
 ^ ^ Tt} ^n^ei CLUT'^ 'iy^cL'^iV ^(Tei<^Ay r^ZiTTCOTdL- «) TV(pC0VJiiV 
 
 Tv^f -wJ^D^'f etTpaynii ytvofjCiv^i Kctv^iv tu ItcIvcotv kIov©' 
 ff)]^Attov %^iiji' One Debborim it'Ialifman to prevent the 
 
 • fallhtg of the City m cafe an Earth quake fho'dd happen 
 again, fet jo this pillar and upon that a marble Peroral 
 infer ibed ^(rct^Ay cWtcota, but which in procefs of time 
 b^d been confumed by lightnings &c. The Citizens 
 therefore were earndl with hm^, to fet up a new 
 
 . Telernie,but Apollonius f<Kt chins; a deep 9xz\'. Avi^Ahiro 
 7» Toiii<7cu Ah>,o lihicu.ct .^fei ffeij'y^v re'ufed'to inah^ any 
 further Tele f}ms a gain ji the Earth quakes \ but the Ci- 
 tizens being urgent upon him, he rook writing Ta- 
 bles and foretold ;JS followec'p. Yicti G\i to^kcuva* ry^io- 
 
 Aiyietholg OoivTiia-i ^u.h "ttaKiv rrd^^oi^. 
 
 And thou mi fer able City o/" Annexe li j^^lt p-'f^r twice^ 
 and a third time jhall come upo^tihee^ rrherem thou (halt 
 be confumed by fire^ even in th.it p;:ri /y which i rentes 
 Amneth, And it may be thou Jhah fiif,\r yet ona 
 more. 
 
 This written, he delivered the Tables to the Ci- 
 tizens, and departed uizo Seleuti/r^ ?n(i trom tneure 
 into hgyPtj- ls.dr7ch Aoy.vi Q- o fo^cJTdT^ (j'JViy^.'^cHTo 
 
 N 4 Biy; 
 
3CO v^e Temple^/ Wifdome. Book I 
 
 Buc the moft concering lelefme to the matter in 
 hand that agninft the Scorpions, C^i/^y? H Wok^n^- 
 hiff^ctlv u.vinrl^'TrQKH (^VTioyitcL Tw^yLoycLh)} ) ;^ J^/c^tb? 
 
 *£-3-«;t8 TO fid v7 V TeASiT/Act c* ^feVw '^ToAg/y^, ^oir\<TA^ ^aKk'^V 
 
 /ipoUonius caufedan Image of a Scorpion to be molten 
 inhraffe^ that treacktrousfjgn Scorpeo Afc/nded^ and in 
 Geomancy this fi ute was in the firji ket a and fa it * ^ 
 7ip upon a little pillar in ike midjl of the City of f\n- * 
 tioch, and the Scorpions vaftijhed out of all their '^ *■. 
 CoajU. -^ ^■ 
 
 A like Telefnie cothis wasfet up at J;empts a 
 City of Syria Afamea^ that which Vtolomy calleth 
 iy.tcad. In the middle ofthis, Gith an Arabic^Gcc^ 
 graphcFj a ftone there is fet up in a wali^ having up- 
 on it tlie figure of a Scorpion, i!idwhen any one is 
 bitten, he bringeth C Uy and toketh out the hgui e^ 
 which having applied to the place affc^ed, he is im- 
 liiediatdy cured. 
 
 In thenechcr Picgion qf Grand Cafro the Croco- 
 diles were harm-elTe, in the upper they deitroyed the 
 Inhabitants^, To provide agaiiift this, ihtlaltfrnam 
 caft a leaden Crocodile which written upon with 
 Jin /Egyptian charm they buried in the foimdatioa 
 of a Temple. This for a long time defended the 
 people, but when at the commaiid of Achmet BeH 
 Jtolon the Caliph^zhe leaden image was melte. jthe Cro^ 
 codiLs rcri!riicd to their own malice again. 
 
 The Tvx^ 't To^iug^ or fortune of Byz .fJtium Skood 
 Vikh one toot nialbipofbrafT'j tiie Statue concer- 
 ns thegencrailGf«i;/^ofthe whole City. The Ship 
 was a lelefme, errc:icd agiiiidl'thc dangers of that 
 te-mpciluous Sea; and •vvt)il€. ic (\ooi\ eiuire billed 
 
 the 
 
Book I. TAe Temple ^/Wifdome. aof 
 
 the rage5butlome pares here of being (nonekncw 
 hovrj bro ea off and conveyed away, the Sea be- 
 gan to be as unruly as before. The caufe whereof 
 being curioufly enquired after and difcovercd, the 
 broken pieces were foHcitoufl r fearchedj found out 
 and puc together again^ and forthwith the winds 
 and lejscbe< ed. 
 '^lyoLJ^l yv'oiiv tKei^ai \i tst* u^ etK)\^coi TvTcov Thotay 
 
 ^l(t yiy<ivet7iv hm^'o^yL^not l^Tiv^lv \BoCcuv^y\7dJ^ oh, t ^po- 
 ^T^voutUu yjthXm VYiA ljteivi)v r'iiv xahvfxfivyiyi^cuHfTlj^ 
 Tohtv ^'T'ttKo ^ 'jKoicov <T^ (pofTnyavj )^TtlO KHVy cK,€ivfl9 
 
 \viy:iKiiui di^ia><Td¥Tii AvoKcaviTOM, i e. And that it might 
 be certainly known, chat this indeed was the caufe 
 why the Ships could not fafely arrive, the pieces of 
 the briilie were again taken away. Thenceforth 
 ivhatfoever veflfeistouchtAJponthe Coaft were dri- 
 ven back by the violence of the winds. This con- 
 tirni'd tlieni in opinion that the breaking of the bra- 
 ien fliip, was that which hindicd their Carriages 
 from conimingup to the City. They therefore cau- 
 i'\id the (hip to be nioft carekilly repaired. 
 
 Thefe c onfecrations ("for fo alfo they are called) 
 were more iTualiy but not only pradtifed :n the 
 Eaft. ¥ot GYep:^ory oil ours reporteth, that at the 
 lepairing of a Bridge in Taris^ ther e was found the 
 Iqiages of a Serperit and Vormouje in braife, and thac 
 at the taking away of thefe, the Serpents and the 
 Mice came up in grej^t number. More might be ad- 
 ded of the Serpentina crjumna^ and the Staiua Equeji- 
 rts abenea^ fct up (this latrcr) againft the Flagueiu 
 CQKjiamimple^zhe deftruftion wherenf,hath been fol- 
 lowed vN'iih fearful! and Pe iodicall nJorUilitk^'s But 
 
 enongh 
 
aoa the Tem ple of Wifdome, Book L 
 
 enough hath been (aid , hUzildus uyay be (een^ and 
 the lace Authored Occult Philoiophy. 
 
 Ifwe draw ail up, tbefuni wiii be the Antient 
 Rice of Avcrruncatiou, That in cafe a City or 
 Country fhould be infefted with any Plague either 
 of Direafe or noxious Creature, the Talilmans were 
 confulted and delired to c reft an Image of the 
 Plague under a certain influence of CoslclHal Con- 
 figuration. 
 
 And thif. I favv was the caufe why the Philiftin A- 
 ftrologersgavecouncel, that golden Images fliould 
 be made or the H^fftorrhoidesaxid the Mice that mar- 
 red the Land, to give glory to the God oUfrael, 
 
 The Telefme againlt the M'ce according to Para- 
 celfus^\sto have this manner ofConfecration.M/i^^ an 
 Iron Moufe tinder the Corrjim^iion of Saturn and Mars^ :-n 
 the hottfe of Jupiter, %aturn, ConjunCibnMars in Sagita 
 rius Imprint upon the belly Albamatatox, &c. 
 In the "^hen place the lelefm in the middle of the boufe^ 
 Eg 11: An- and the Verminpall injiantly leave the place- 
 S^^-^ Moreover then fo he promifech. Take a 
 live Monfeand tye It to the Iron Image^ 
 and it fliall dye immediately. But 1 uii- 
 dcriake not that the GMen Mice were fo 
 
 ceremonioufly confecrated h yet that they 
 
 had a Telefmaticall way of Freparationan' 
 Inthe fwerable to the beginnings and mediocri- 
 9nid Hea- ry o^ the ^Tt^ my own reafon, and above 
 ven, that the weight of Maimons words induce 
 
 ms to conclude. 
 
 Ifiiy (faith hej o/t^/rt 0/ Samuel concer- 
 ning the Images of the HdemorrhoideSy that they 
 were fo called^notfo much from their external 
 
 jorm 
 
 ft 
 
 ■k ' 
 •k -k 
 •k ^ 
 
Book I. ^he Temple (7/Wifdome. 203 
 
 joy-m^ as from a fecret influence within^ rt' 
 
 In the ntediall again]} the Flague in the hinder 
 
 fourth, ^arts 
 
 •k * The Aftrologers had perceived that this 
 
 •k God had been pleafed with the Brazen Ser- 
 
 * ^ pent, which Mc/« the Talefman (fo they 
 
 * would account hi J (et up upon a pole 
 
 ^ in the Wilderntfle, Nimb, 21.8. And I 
 
 need not ftick to affirm, that this brafen Serpent a- 
 gainft the fiery Serpents was the firft occafion (I fay 
 not given) but taken, of all thefe Telefmatical 
 praftifes. 
 
 And thus alfo we may come to know f^eeP//;//^ 
 ^ib 10, C. 27 Cyrenaici Achoruni. Veum mufcarum 
 midtitudine peililentiam infennte^ invocant^ why the 
 Cjod o^Ef^on was called by the name of haal zebuh^ 
 that is, ^:t>cA^ui^ (astheLxxj or the Fly God. The 
 Greeek ( opies of the Evangeiifis for the mcft part 
 read ^ii^i0ov\ ^'eelzehoul^ Veus or Belus Stercoreus, So 
 rhey Printed Arabick^ and the Hebrew Tr/7?//?/zr/ej« of 
 St Mat . But I prefume not origijially. And fo 
 Saint fi?Vro^f obferved, foiTceing the Idiom ofZf- 
 hul is Syriaci^^ it would have been expeifled, that 
 that Paraphrafe (hould not have read as it doth, (& 
 undoubtedly ought) Feelzebub, 
 
 Bur for the reaibn, if any could be given, Scaliger 
 was likely to give as good as another, and yet his 
 reafonisi that the Scripture put this name upon 
 the God c(Efyon byway oi dcrifon^ gu$d in lewplo 
 hierofolymitano Wiu[c£ carnes viciiniarum non liguriebanty 
 (junm tamen Gentium jana a fnufcis infefiarentur propter 
 nidorem vidtntarum. 
 
 True indeed it is out of the Pirke Avotk^ that a 
 Fly was never fetn in the Slaughter-houfe o^ the Tern- 
 pie. And ic was apriviledgof the Jewifh Sacrifices 
 
 above 
 
204 ^i^he Temple ^/Wifdome. B o o K I. 
 
 above chofe of the Heathen, But that t!«eieBre the 
 GoJ oiEh^oH Ihould be calTd the Fly-God, is a rea« 
 foil below tliic mans Tagacity. He wa<? properly fo 
 called, as the moft learned Selden But f rtheoaiife 
 Jie confeirt^th, Nequeodicere^nfcpt.hi guis alius ofinor 
 fails potejl 
 
 But the EkfOHites werepeftered with noifome flj'es; 
 To avert th'S Nufance the Aftrologers fet up the 1- 
 muge ofafly Telefniatically endiiedi the people 
 finding the beneht ofchi« Acroay/ov made it a God: 
 The Ifraelites themfelver, did as much to the Brafen 
 Serpent. 
 
 It will be to the purpofe here to add a not much 
 unlike accident of Heathen ftory nored by the Scho- 
 lia ft of Arijidphanes in ^^-y^oLzv^^ to thcfe words of the 
 Foec. 
 
 tie tellerh vou there,that Thdlus \^^ ^v?.(ivim'^i)Ki< 
 
 ^A>hli tJ ^ia}vv(T(fi. A loKz pole fitted at the top with a. 
 conaceumvinle pudendum, a?fu' that this ufed tu he fet 
 lip in hcmur to Baccus, %Lc. It was a k:nde of PriapuSy 
 the Figures whereoflhad rather you fhouid fee in 
 the Maibles. 
 
 Ithapneth ((alth rhe ScholiUl) that f cms of the fe 
 Images were brought from Elurhcn, A Cityof^'csonzL to 
 Athens ox Si •'■T^iy.oi ax ilk^AUTo (jutol riutiil^ cesr^ 
 
 And the .\:hc\ivdn> did not fo duly and honourably re- 
 ceive the c^od^ but tf/ii rajj; advicd of theirs did notfo well 
 fucceedwito them. 
 
 rcty/$-*KjXJ TO Sii'oy dynKi^spny' u JictTCi' tIv t^s '^^^ 
 
BookU Tit? Temple i'/Wifciome. 20$ 
 
 ^etJtV HTOU {XOVtlir TaUTMl' «' <r?flC 'TTA^tii Tt^/JAi uyoiiV ^ ^iOf,' 
 
 For the angry God jtruckjhem with an incurable difeafe 
 in the Sfjcrcc parts, which being given over as impjftble 
 to btf dealt with by any Art or Legerdemain ythey vtadehaji 
 to fend to the O' ccle^ ^nd this anfwer wai returned^ that 
 the only way to be rid of the difeafe was to receive the god 
 with all r verence. ihe *^rhenians perfwaded by this^ 
 7>t.ide thetnfelves Imzgcs of the fe things^ (jia.n.Qi') -private" 
 ly and pubtickjyy and with thefe they did honou ; to the God 
 in vtt^ntory of the DiCeaCc. Here next follows the Te- 
 leimes of tne Planets, Signcs, Rules and Genii Sjupe- 
 riorand Inferior. 
 
 lelefnatical Images of \^ tf«^Zazel. 
 
 THey are made for the moft part with tall, lean, 
 and flender bodys^vvith an angry countenance, 
 having four faces ^ one in the hinder part of the 
 head, one on the former part of the head, and on 
 each iide nofed or beaked : there likeivife appearech 
 a ta.:e on each Kaee,of ablack fhining colour ; their' 
 motion is the iiioviiigof the winde, with a kind of 
 Earch quike: their lign is white earth, whiter then 
 any fnow. 
 
 Ihe particular forms are^ from Yf and !^ Cambiel ^ ^ 
 fi^d Hanael and their Figures. ^ ^ 
 
 VIZ. -^- 
 
 A King having a beard, riding on a Dragon, ^^ ^ 
 An Old man with a beard. i^ ^ 
 
 An -^ 
 
ao6 rte Temple t>/ Wifdome. Book I^ 
 
 An Old woman leaning on a ftalFe. 
 
 A Hog. 
 
 A Dragon. 
 
 An Owl. 
 
 AblackGarmento 
 
 A HookeorSickle. > 
 
 A Juniper-tree. 
 
 T 
 
 7he Telefmes of Jupiter y. and Hifmael, 
 
 He Images of Jupiter, they make with a Bodv 
 ^^ Sanguine and choierick, of a middle ftatur^j 
 with a horrible fearful motion i but with a milde 
 countenance, a gentle fpeech, andof the colour of 
 Iron. The motion of them, is flaftiings of Light- 
 ning and Thunders their lign is, they (ay,there will 
 appear men about, whofhould feem to be devou- 
 red of Lions. 
 
 Their particular for njs are from ^ and K Advachiel ^ ^ 
 and Amnixiel by thefs Figures, '^ 
 
 A King with a Sword drawn, riding on a Stag —^ 
 A Man wearing a Mitre in long rayment. ^^ ^ 
 
 A Maid with a Laurel-Crown adorned with ^ -^ 
 
 Flowers. ^ ^ 
 
 A fiull. 
 A Stag. 
 A Peacock 
 An azure Garment. 
 A Sword. 
 A Box-tree. 
 
 After this manner do Siipeilour aiid f nferiour po- 
 wers communicate. ^^^ 
 
Book t. ^h. Itrnpit^f Aii;.ome. 207 
 
 7he Telefmatical forms of Man tf«iBarzabel, when 
 hy An and Nature united 
 
 'THey appear in a tall body, cholerick, a filthy 
 countenance, of colour brown, fvvarthy or red, 
 having horns like Hans-horns, -and Gnphins claws, 
 bellowing like wilde Bulls. Their Motion is like 
 fire burning ; their fign Thunder and lightning 
 about the Figures. 
 
 Iheir particular fljaps are^ from y that faife fign ^ 
 m 'Walchidael andB^ichid by tbefe Figures^ ^ 
 
 A King armed riding upon a Wolf. — - 
 
 A Man armed. ^^ 
 
 A Woman holding a buckler on her Thigh. ^ ^ 
 
 A Hee-goat. % ;^ 
 
 A Horfe. 
 
 A Stag. 
 
 A red Garment. 
 
 VVooll. 
 
 A Cbeellip.. 
 
 7he Telefmatical Figures of the Sun^ and Soratbi 
 
 T'He Images of the Sun are for the moft part made 
 inalaige, full and great body fanguine and 
 ^^rofs, in a gold colour, with the Tmfture of blood. 
 Their motion is as the Lightning of Heaven •, theiiv 
 fign is to move the perfon to fvveac that makes 
 them* 
 
 But 
 
5o8 The Temple of VVifdome. Book A 
 
 But their particular forms are^ from SI and y Ver- % ^ 
 chiel^^w^Malchidel, ButVtTiz\i\t\govsrne5 ^ .'^ 
 both thefe Figures. ^ 
 
 A King having a 5cepter riding on a Lion. ^ 
 
 A King crowned. ^ ^ 
 
 A Queen with a Scepter. ^ ^ 
 
 A Bird. 
 
 A Lyoil. 
 
 A Cock. 
 
 A yellow or golden Garment. 
 
 Accepter. 
 
 Ihe jha^esof the Telefnies ofVenits^ and Kedeniel, 
 
 nPHey C^ythtir Teiefmes are of middle ftature, wicit 
 an amkiblc and prefentcounteitancej of colour 
 white or green, the upper part golden. The mo- 
 tion of them is as it were a moft clear 5car. For 
 their iign, there will feem to be maids playing with 
 the Image, which will provoke andafllure him that 
 calleth them to play. 
 
 But their particular forms are^ from ^ and >fc 
 
 ;^ Hal model /i«iZuriel ^^ 
 
 A King with a Serpent riding upon a Camch ^^ 
 
 A Maid clothed and dreffcd beautifully. -^' 
 
 A Maid naked. ^ ^ 
 
 A^hee-goat. ' ^ 
 
 A Camel. if^ 
 A Dove, 
 
 A white or green Garment, 
 Flowers, 
 
 The herb 6'avine, / ^^^ 
 
Book I. The Temple ofWiQiomc. 209 
 
 7he Telefmes of Mercury^ and Taphthartharatb. 
 
 T~He Images o( Mercury are made for the moft part 
 inabodyofamiddleftature^ cold, liquid and 
 inoiftj fair^ and wich an affable fpecch , in a humane 
 (hapeand form^ like unto a Knight armed j of co* 
 lour clear and bright. The motion of them is as ic 
 were iilver-colorcd clouds. For their Ggnjthey caufe 
 and bring horror and fear unto him that makes 
 them. 
 
 hut their particular jhapes are^ from yi and^^m' ^ ^ 
 hi\dand]\dLmdX\t\inthefel:igur€5* ^ ^ 
 
 A King riding upon a Bear. \^--^ 
 
 A fair Youth. ^^ 
 
 A Woman holding a diftaflFc, ^ 
 
 A Dog. % -^ 
 
 A Shee-bear. 
 
 AMagpy. 
 
 A Garment of fundry changeable colours. 
 
 A Rod. 
 
 A little ftafFe. 
 
 Ihe forms oftkeTchfaics of the Moon^ and 
 Hafmodai. 
 
 'J'Hey are for the part moft made of Silver 
 
 in a great and full body^ foftandphlcgmatick^ 
 
 of colour like a black obfcure cloudy having a 
 
 O IvvelUii^ 
 
2 to '^he Temple^?/ Wifdome. Book I 
 
 fwelllng countenance, with eyes red and full of 
 water, a bald head, and teeth like a wilde boar. 
 Their motion is as it were an exceeding great tern- 
 pcftoftheSea. For their figne, there will appear 
 an exceeding great rain about the Figures. 
 
 And thsir particular jhdfes are ^ frotn Cancer and ^ ^ 
 >< .Muriel nnd Hjfniodel nnd their tigures are^ ^ ^ 
 
 A King like an Archer riding upon a Doe. -~- 
 
 MittleBoy. J 
 
 A Woman-hunter with a bow and arrows, ^ 
 
 A Cow. ^ 
 
 A little Doc. 
 
 A Goofe. 
 
 AC;arment green or filver-coloured. 
 
 An Arrow. 
 
 Ai Creature having many feet. 
 
 Chat. XXXVlf. 
 of the Telefr'^cf^ ^/Saturn and Z<\zt] 
 
 •k ^* * 
 
 BUtnow, what Images they did at- 
 tribute to the planets, although of 
 thefe things very large volumes have been 
 written by the '^.ncient wife men, lb that 
 ^ * * there is no need to declare them here,not- 
 withftanding 1 will recite a few ofthemj 
 for they made, from the opperations o{ Saturn^ Sa* 
 turn afcending in a ftone, which is called che Load- 
 ftonc, the image of a man5having the countenance 
 of an HartjHud Camels fect^and fitting upon a chair 
 
Book I. i he Temple of Wildovn^. 2 it 
 
 or Dragon, holding in his right hand a liche^ in hjs 
 left hand aDarCi which image chey did hope would 
 be profitable for prolongation of life, for Alhima^ 
 pr in his book Sadar^ proveth that Saturn condii- 
 ceth to Che prolongation oFHfe; where alfo he tel- 
 leth that certain regions of htdia being fiiDjed to 
 SaturUj there men are of a very long life, and dye 
 not, unleiie by excream old age: They made qICo 
 another Image of saturn for length cf dayes, in a 
 faphireat the hour oi Saturn j Saturn afcending or 
 fortunately conftitmed, whole figure was an old 
 man fitting upon an high chair, having his hands 
 JiFted up above his head, and in them holding a 
 ii/h or Sickle, and under his feet a bunch of Grapes, 
 his head covered with a black or dusky 'colourcj 
 cloth, and all his Garments .black or darke colou- 
 red: They alio make this fame Image againftthe 
 Stone and difeiifes of the Kidneys, T^i^. in the hour 
 of Saturn. Saturn ^Ccendedi with the third face of 
 Aquarius: they made alfo from theopperacions of 
 Saturn^ an Imageofthe cncreafingin povver, Saturit' 
 afcenduig in Capricorn ^ The form of vvhich was an 
 old man leaning on a ftatf, having \\\ \\h hand a 
 crooked fickle, and cioached in black. They alfo 
 madean Image of melted Copper, 5.tr/^r;2 afcending 
 in his rifin[^, viz. in thefirft degreeof/^r?fnir which 
 is more true in the ftrft degree of Crf/^nCy?//, which 
 Image chey affirm tofpeak with a mans voices They 
 made alfo out oFthe operations oF Siiturn^ and alfi> 
 Mercury^ an Image of caft metall, like a bcaurifull 
 man, which they promiied would foretell things to 
 come, and niad.e it on the day oF Mercury ^ on the 
 third houror 5/^t//r«, the fign of Gemini afcending, 
 being the houfe oc Mercury^ figniFying proph^.ts, Sa- 
 turn in d Msrci^ry being in conjunftiun in A^v-t^niw; 
 
 6' 2 ^ 'r( 
 
a 1 2 The Temple (?/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 in the ninth place of Heaven, which is alfo called 
 God : Moreover let Saturn have a Trine Afpcft on 
 the Afcendcnt, and the moon in like manner, and 
 the Sun have an Afpeft on th'e place ofConjunftion. 
 Venus obtainingfome Angle may be powerful! and 
 occidental j let M^r5 be combu ft by the Sun, but 
 let it not have an Afpeft on Saturn and Mercury-^ for 
 they faidj that the fplendorof the powers of thefe 
 Stars was difFufed upon this fmage, and it did fpeak 
 with men, and declare thofe things which are pro- 
 fitable for them. 
 
 Chap. XX:}CVIIL 
 
 Oflh tdefmes ^/Jupiter ^« J Kedem el. 
 
 * *: * Tr*Rom the operations of Jupiter^ they 
 "^ ;-^ * 17 made fi)r prolongation of life, an l- 
 
 * "^i* ^ mage in the hour of yw^zt^r, y?//jirfr being 
 * 1/^ ^ in his exalcaticn fortunately afccndingjin 
 
 a clear and white done, whole figure was a man 
 crowned, cloathed with garments of a Saffron Co- 
 lour, riding upon an Eai;le or Dragon, having in 
 hisrighthand a dare , about as it were to ftrikeit 
 into the head of the fame Eagle or Dragon. They 
 made alfo another Image of Jw/>/Jfr at the famecon- 
 ve^iifent feafon, in a white and clearftone, efpecially 
 in Cryliall, and it was a naked man Crowned, ha- 
 ving both his hands joyned together and lifted up, 
 as it were deprecating lomethrng, fitting in a four- 
 foottd chair, which is carried by four' winged boys, 
 
 and 
 
Book I. The Temple of Wifdome. a « 9 
 
 and they affirm that this image encreafeth felicity, 
 richesjhonor, and conferreth benevolence and pro- 
 fperityj and freeth from enemies ; they made alfo 
 anotherlmageof J«/>/rfr for a religious and glori- 
 ous life, and advancement of fortune; whofe fi- 
 gure was a man having the head of a Lyon, or a 
 R am and Eagles feet, cloathed in Saffron coloured 
 cioaths, and he was called the Son o( Jupiter. 
 
 
 Chap. XXXIX. 
 of the Telefmes of Msixs ^WBarzabel. 
 
 ^^ TjRom the operations of Mars they 
 :^ J7 ma de an [mage in the hour of Marsy 
 
 ^^ M^»'^afcending in thefccond face of^- 
 rieSy in a Martial ftone, efpecially in a Di» 
 amond; The form of which was a man armed, ri- 
 ding upon a Lyon, having in his right hand a na- 
 ked Sword erefted, carrying in his left hand the 
 head of a man; they report, that an image of this 
 kinde rendreth a man powerfully in good and evilly 
 fo that he fhall be feared of all; and whofoevercar- 
 ryeth it they give him the power of enchancmcnr, 
 fo that he (hall terrify men by his looks when he is 
 angry, and ftupifie them-, they made another image 
 oiitlars for the obtaining of boldnefie, courage and 
 good fortune in warrs and contentions^the form of 
 which was a fouldier armed and crowned, girt with 
 a fword , carrying in his right hand a long Lance ; 
 and they made**thisac thehourof /V^tfrj,the irrltfice 
 9f Scorpio afcendmg with it. 
 
 O 3 CHAP. 
 
2?4 7"Ae Temple ^/rWifdome. BooK^I 
 
 Chap. XL. 
 (O/z^cTalifmans^/z^eSun, ^WSoratli- 
 
 
 ^ Tj^o"^ the operations of the Si^jf^ 
 ^ r they made an Image at the hour of 
 ^ ^ the5//;?^ the hrft face of Leo afcending 
 ^ with theSun^ the ioriiie of which was 
 a king crowned, fitting in a Cliair, having a H aven 
 in his Bofome^ and under his feet a Globe; he is 
 (CJoathed in Salfron coloured cioathes , They report 
 that this Image rendreth men invincible, and ho- 
 Tiorable, and helps to bring their bufincfles to a 
 goodeiid, and todrive aw,iy vain dreams ; alfo tp 
 i/e prevalent againrt feaver?, and the plague ^ and 
 tiiey madeitinaBalanitedone or a Rubui, at the 
 honroftheSunjwhenitin his exaltatioi] fortunjtc- 
 Jyafccndeth; They made another image of the 5r//f 
 in a Diamond^ at the hour of the Sim^ it afcending 
 in his exaltation ; tiie Figure of which wa? a woman 
 •crowned with the Geiiure of one DaTu:5ng and 
 Laughing, Handing in a Chariot drawn with four 
 Horfes, having in her ric;ht handaLooking-glafsjor 
 I>,uckler, in the left a fiaffe leaning onherBreaf, 
 carrying a fla!ne of h re on her Head; They reporc 
 that this Image rendreth a man fortunate and rich, 
 ijnd beloved of all; and thcv made this Imag^, on 
 aCorncoil lloneat the hour of the Sufi afcending 
 m the firft face of Lec^ againft Lunarick pairions. 
 *^>hich, proceed froip ihecomLuflionofthe Moon. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
fiooKl. The Temple <?/Wifdoine. a i 5 
 
 Chap. XLI. 
 of the talifmans^ and ^/Venus, 
 
 
 * 
 
 FRom the operations of Veriui they 
 made an Image, which was available 
 * for favor, and benevolcncej^ at the very 
 "^ * hour it afcending into Tifces^ the form of 
 which was the Image of a woman Iiaving the head 
 of a Bird, and fecc of an Eagle^ holding a dart iii 
 her band. They make another Image oi Venus for 
 to get the love of women, in the Lnfis Lazulm^ ac 
 the hour of Venus^ Venus afcending in T^wr;^, the 
 figure of which was a naked Maide with her haic 
 fpread abroad, having a Looking-glafs in her hand, 
 and a chain tyed about her Necr', and nigh her a 
 handfome young man, holding her with his lefc 
 hand b/ the chain, but with his right hand making 
 up her hair, and they both look lovingly on one 
 another, and about them is a little winged boy 
 holding a fword or a dart. They made another 
 Image of Kf;/^^, the firft face oCIaurHS or Libra or 
 P//^^i afcending with Vt^nus, the figure of which wa3 
 a little Maide with her hair fpread abroad, cloathed 
 inlongandwhitegarments,holdinj:a Laurel ^pple, 
 orflowers in her right hand, in her left a Combe, 
 Its reported to make men pi eafant, jocund. ftrong> 
 chearfuU and to give beauty. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
21 6 ^Ae Temple (?/Wifclome. Book |. 
 
 Cahp. XLII. 
 of the relefmans <?/' Mercury, ^»d Taphthar. 
 
 A 1^ ^« wi /« ^ n 
 
 tharath. 
 
 ■k * 
 
 FRom the operations of Mercwrj', they 
 made an Image at the hour o^ Mercury, 
 Mercury arcending in Gemim^ the form of 
 * *:* * which was an handfome young man^ 
 bearded^ having in his lefc hand a rod in which a 
 Serpent is twined aboutjin his rit;ht carrying a dart^ 
 having his feet winged ^ They report that this i mage 
 conferreth knowledge, eloquence, diligence in 
 merchandizing and gain 5 moreover to beget peace 
 and concord, and to cure feavers j They made ano- 
 ther Image o^ Mere ury^ Mercury afcendmg in Virgo^ 
 for good will, wit and memory: The form of which 
 was a man fitting upon a Chair, or riding on a 
 Peacock, ha ving Eagles feet, and on his head a cref^^ 
 and in his left hand holding a cock or fire. 
 
 Chap. XL III. 
 
 of the Telefaies ofth Moon, and Hafmodel 
 
 * * I ^ TjRoni the operations cf the Mooit^ 
 •k -k yk jp ji^gy made an Image for travellers 
 ^ "*" j "^ againftwearinefsjatihe hourof thex\/oo/;, 
 '^ '^ \ ^ the A^0!?« afcending in its exaltation 5 the 
 Figure of which was a man leaning on aftaffe, ha- 
 
 ving 
 
Book: i. ^ /?t; Temple of VV ildomt, 2 17 
 
 ving abird on his headjand a flounfliing tree before 
 him; They made another Image oftheMoo«for 
 theincreafeofthe fruits of the Earth, and againft 
 poyfons, and infirmities of Children, at the hour 
 of the Mootty it afcending in the firft face oi Cancer^ 
 the figure of which was a woman cornuted, riding 
 on a Bull, or a Dragon with feven heads, or a Crabi 
 ' and (he hath in her right hand a dart, in her left a 
 Looking- glafs, clothed in white or green, and ha- 
 ving on her head two Serpents with horns twined 
 together, and to each arm a Serpent twined about, 
 and to each foot one in like manner. And thus 
 much fpoken concerning the Figure;?, of the 
 plants, may fuffice. 
 
 Chap. XLIV. 
 
 Of the Images of the Head and Tajle of the 
 Dragon of the Moon. 
 
 
 ^ nr'Hcyniadc alfo the Image of the 
 ^ X Head and Tayle of the Dragon 
 ^ ^ of the W^(9//, namely betwixc an i^rial 
 and fiery Circle, the likenefs of a Ser- 
 pent, with the Head of an Hawke tyed about them, 
 after the manner of the great letter Ibaa^ and they 
 made it when Jupiter with the Head obtaiu'd the 
 ipidft of Heaven : which Imugethey affirm toavaile 
 much for the fuccefsof Petition*, and would fignifie 
 by this Image a good and fortunate Genius, which 
 they would reprefent by this Image of the Serpent ; 
 
 for 
 
gi8 TAe Temple /7/Wifdome. BookI. 
 
 for ihe Egyptians and Phenitians do extoll this 
 creature above all others, and fay it is a divine crea- 
 ture and hath a divine nature , for in this is a more 
 acute fpirit, and a greater fire then in any other, 
 which thing is manifefted both by his fwiftmotioii 
 without feet, hands or any other inftruments, and 
 alfo that it often rcneweth his age with his skin,and 
 becometh young again : but they made the Image 
 of the Tayle like as when the Mo<?« was Ecclipfcd, in 
 the Tail, or ill afFcftcd by Sinturn or Mars^ and they 
 madeit tointroduce, anguifli, infirmity and mis- 
 fortune; and they called it the evil Genius j fuch 
 an Image a certain Hebrew had included in a golden 
 Belt full of Jewels, which B/anch the daughter of the 
 Duke of BorboH ("either willingly or ignorantlyj 
 beftowed on her husband Peter King ofSpain^ the 
 firftof that name, with which when he was girt, he 
 feemed to himfelf to be compaflcd about with a Ser- 
 pent ; and afterwards finding the Magicall virtue 
 fixed in the girdle, for this caufc he forfook his wif . 
 
 Chap. X L V. 
 
 0/ ibe Telefmaticall Images of the Manpon^ 
 of the Moon. 
 
 THey made alfo Images for every Manfion of the 
 Moon-^ in the firft for thedeftruftion of (ome 
 one, they made in a Iron ring the Image of a black 
 man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, 
 cafting a fmal [.ance with his right hand ^ they fea- 
 led this in black Wax, and perfumed it with liquid 
 Jjtorax, and wifhed ferae evil to com. In the fccond^ 
 againft the wrath of the Prince, and for reconcila- 
 
 cicu 
 
Book I. Tie Temple ^/Wifdome. 219 
 
 tion withhinij they fealed in white Wax and Ma- 
 ftick, the Image of a King ciownedj and perfumed 
 it with Lignum Aloes 5 In thethird, they iFadean 
 Image in a filver ring, whofe table wasfquare, the 
 figure of which was a woman well clothed, fitting 
 in a Chair, her right hand being lifted up on her 
 Head j they fealed it and perfumed it with mnskc. 
 Camp hire and Cahmus Aromaticus, They affirmed 
 tfiat this givcth hapy fortune and every goodthing. 
 In the fourth, forrevenge, feparation, enmity and 
 ill will, they fealed in red Wax the Image of a Soul- 
 dier fitting on an Horfe, holding a Serpent in his 
 right hand ; they perfumed it with red Mirrhc,and 
 Storax, in the fifth, for the favour of Rings and 
 Officers, and good entertainment, they fealed in 
 Silver the Head of a man, and perfumed it with 
 Sanders; inthefixth, for to procnire lovebetwixc 
 two, they fealed in whiteWax two Images inbracing 
 one another^ and perfumed them with Lignum 
 Aloes and Amber j in the feventhjfor to obtain eve- 
 ry goodthing, they fealed in Siloyn^ the Imageofa 
 man well clothed, holding up his hands to Heaven 
 as it were praying and fupplicating,and perfumed it 
 with good Odors , In the eight, for viftory in War, 
 they made a feal of Tin,beinganImaoe otan Eagle, 
 having the face of a man, and perfumed it with 
 Brimftone. In the ninth, to caufe infirmities, they 
 made a feal of Lead, being the Image of a man wan- 
 ting his privy part?,(hutting his eyes with his hands; 
 and they perfumed it with Roiin of the Pine. 1 \ the 
 tpnth,to facilitate child-bearingjand 10 cure the fick 
 they made a fcal of Gold, being the head of a Lyon, 
 &: perfumed it with Amber: In the eleventh, for fear, 
 reverence and worfh p,thcy made a feal ofa plate of 
 Gold, being the image ofa man riding on a Lyon, 
 b^olding the ear thereof in his left hand, and in the 
 
220 TAe Temple ^fWifdocfe. Book I, 
 
 right, holding fortii a bracelet of Gold, and they 
 perfumed it with good Odours and Saffron. In the 
 twelfth, for the Reparation of Lovers, thcjr made 
 a feal of black Lead, being the image of a Dragon 
 fighting with a man, and they perfumed it with the 
 hairs of a Lyon, and Jffufetida, In the thirteenth, 
 for the agreement of married couples, and for the 
 diflblving of the Charms again Copulation, they 
 made a feal of the images of both, of the man in red 
 Wax, of the woman in white, and caufed them to 
 imbrace one another, perfuming it with Lignum 
 Aloes znd. Amber. In the fourteenth, for divorce and 
 reparation of the man from the woman, they made 
 a feal of red Copper, being the image of a Dog 
 biting his tail, and they perfumed it with the hair 
 ofa black Dog, and black Cat. In the fifteenth, 
 for to obtain friendfhip and good will, they made 
 the Image ofa man fittingj and inditing of letters, 
 an perfumed it with Frankincenfe and Nutmegs. 
 In the fixtceuth, for to gain much Merchandizing 
 they made a feal of Silver, being the image ofa man 
 fitting upon a Chair^holding a ballance in his hand, 
 and they perfumed ic with well fmelling fpices. In 
 thcreventcerith5againft Theevesand Robbers, thfy 
 fealed with an Iron feal the Image of an Ape, and 
 perfumed it with the hair of an Ap . In the eigh- 
 teenth, againfl: Feavorsand pains of the belly, they 
 made a feal ofCoiper, being the image ofa Snake, 
 holding his tail above his head, and they perfumed 
 it with Harts-horn, and reported the fame feal to 
 put to flight Serpents, and all venemous Creatures 
 from tlie place where it is buried. In the nine- 
 teenth for facilitating birth, and provoking^ the 
 mcnftnies, they made a feal of Copper, being the 
 image ofa woman, holding her hands upon her 
 
 face ?, 
 
Book I. the Temple ^/Wifdome. 221 
 
 face 5 and they perfumed it with Liquid Storax, In 
 the twentieth, for hunting;, they made a feal of Tin, 
 being the Image of ^/rgirr^r;, halfa^an, and half 
 anHorfe) and they perfumed it with the Head of a 
 Woolf In the twenty one for the deftruftion of fome 
 body, they made the image of a man with a double 
 countenance, before and behinde, and they per- 
 fumed it with Brimftone and Jet, and' did put it in 
 aboxofBrafs, and with it Brimftone and Jet, and 
 the hair of him whom they would hurt. In the 
 two and twentieth, for thefecurity of Runaways, 
 they made a feal of Iron, being the Image of a man 
 with wings on his feet, bearing an helmet on his 
 head, and they perfumed it with Argent vive. In 
 the three and twentieth, for deftru&ion and wa- 
 fting, they made a feal of Iron, being the image of 
 a Cat, having a Dogs head, and they perfumed ic 
 with the hairs of a Dogs head, and buried it in the 
 place where they did pretend to hurt. In the four 
 and twentieth, for the multiplying of Heards of 
 Cattle, they took the horn of a Ram, Bull, or Goat, 
 or of chat fortof Cattle which they would increafe, 
 and fealed it in burning with an Iron feal, the I- 
 mage of a woman giving fuck to her Son, and they 
 hanged it on the neck of that Cattle who was the 
 leader of the flock, or they fealed it in his horn. In 
 the five and twentieth, for the prefervation of Trees 
 and Harvefts, they fealed in the wood of a fig-tree, 
 the image of a man planting, and they perfumed ic 
 with the flowers of the Fig-tree, and did hang it on 
 the tree. In the fix and twentieth for love and fa- 
 vor, they fealed in whiteWax and Maftick,the image 
 of a woman wafhingand combing her haires, and 
 they j^rfumed it with things fmellmg very well. In 
 the fevcfi and twentieth for to deftroy Fountains, 
 
 Pus, 
 
^22 T/>e Temple £)/Wifdome. Bo ok I. 
 
 Pits, Medicinal Waters and Baths, they made of red 
 Earththe image of a man winged^ holding in his 
 hand art empty VefTel, and perforated, aiid the i- 
 mage being burntjthey did put in theVeffel JJptfeti* 
 da, and liquid Storax^ and they did overwhcln and 
 bury it in the Pond or fountain which they would 
 dcftroy. In xhe eight and twentieth, for to gather 
 Fifhes together, they made afeal of Copper, being 
 the image of a Fifii, and they perfumed it with the. 
 Skin of a Sea-fifh, and did caft it into the water, 
 wherefoever they would have the fidi lo gather to- 
 gether. Moreover together with the forefaid Im- 
 ages, they did write down lalfo the names of the 
 Spirits and their Charafters, and did invocate and 
 pray for thofe things which chey pretended to ob- 
 tain. 
 
 C ri A P. X L V I. 
 Oft/je Images ofthefxedhthenhn Stars, 
 
 Bllt now for the operations of the fixed Stars^" 
 according to Hfrwfi opinion, under the head 
 oi Algd^ they made an image whofe Figure was the 
 head of a man with a bloody Neck; they report 
 that it betlowech good fuccefs to Petitions, and 
 makrth him whocarrieth it bold and magnanimous 
 and prefei veth the members of the tody foinid : 
 alfo It helpeth againft Witchcraft, and rcflcftcth 
 evil indeavours and wicked incantations upc^i our 
 advcrfaries. Under the conftellation of Flci^des^ 
 
 they 
 
Book I. T^e Temple ^/Wifdome. 22:5 
 
 they made the image of a little Virgin5or the figure 
 ofaLamp, its reported to increafc the light of the 
 Eyes, to affemble fpirits, to raife Winds, to reveal 
 fecrets and hidden things: Under Adlebera^ they 
 made an Image after the likenefs of God, or of a 
 flying man; it giveth riches and honor; Under the 
 Goat they made an Image, the Figure of which was 
 as it vvere,a man willing to make himfclFmerry with 
 Mufical inftiuments; it maketh him who carricth 
 it acceptable, honored and exalted before Kings 
 andPrinc«s; and helpeth the pain of the Teeth: 
 Under the greater Dog jlar^ they made the image of 
 an Hound and a little Virgin *, it beftoweth honcuf 
 and good will, and the favor of men, and^rial 
 fpirits, and giveth power to pacific and reconcile 
 Kings, Prince?, and other men: Under the lefler 
 Vcg'jiar they made the image of a Cock, or of three 
 little maides; itconferreth the favor of the goils^ 
 of fpirits, and men •, it giveth power againft Witch- 
 crafts, and preferveth health : Under the Heart of 
 Leoy they made the Image of a Lion or Cat, or the 
 Figure of an honorable Perfon fitting in a Chair; 
 it rendreth a man ten)peratc, appcafeth wrath and 
 giveth favour : Under the tail of Vrfd Major they 
 made the image of a pe nfive Man, or of a Bull, or 
 the Figure of a Calf 5 it availcch againft incantati- 
 ous, and maktth him whocairieth it fecure in his 
 travels: Under the wing oiCorvus^ they made the 
 image of a Raven, or Snake, or of a black Man cloa- 
 thed in black ; this maketh a man rholerick, bold, 
 couragiou^, full of thoughts, a Backbiter, and cauf- 
 eth naughty dreams i alfo it giveth the power of 
 driving away evil fpirits, and of gathering them 
 together ; it is profitable againft the malice of Men, 
 Devils and Winds : Under the Spike they made the 
 
 image 
 
a24 T^i&g Tem ple <?f Wifdome, Book I , 
 
 iinapc of a Bird , or of a man laden with Merchan- 
 dize : ic conferrcth riches 5 and makech one over- 
 come contentions , it takethaway fcarcity 2lnd miG- 
 chief; Under Akhameth they made the image of an 
 Horfe or Wolf, or the Figure of a man dancing ; it 
 is good againft Feavers, jit aftringeth and rctaineth 
 the blood : Under £//^%^3*they made the image of 
 a Hen, or of a man crowned and advanced ; it be* 
 ftoweth the good will and love of menjandgiveth 
 chaftity. Under the heart oi Scorpio they made the 
 image of a man armed, and with a coat of [Vlale^or 
 the i^igurc of a ScorfioHy it giveth underftanding 
 and memory, it maketh a good colour, and aideth 
 againft evill fpirits ^ and driveth them away, and 
 bmdeththem: Under the Vulture, they made the 
 image of a Vulture or Hcn,or of a traveller , it ma- 
 keth a man magnanimous and proud , it giveth pQ- 
 wer over devils and beafts. Under the taile of Ca^ 
 fricornthey made the image of an Hart or Goat, or 
 of an angry man ; it befioweth profperityj and in- 
 creafeth wratb.Thefe are the images of fomeofthe 
 fixed Stars, which they command to be graven on 
 cheir (lones under them. 
 
 CHAP' 
 
■■'-— ^ - - - _— . 9 ' f t ' T 
 
 t>flfmgi^ the figuf amber edf is not after the lil^ 
 ne£i afany Ctiefiial figure ^ hut after thelik^^ 
 ^effepfthat Tphichih mnde of the vocrker de^ 
 ^^ti^isjoufhaUj^^^ in th^ ficond and third 
 
 J^^^fC rCT?»^?>t^ X'^t anotI;|r ipgnncr pf Images 
 
 gur^ ,^c acordirigt^ the firai|itiiye ofchac which 
 
 ,^he^irippf;he worker deiire 5 of whole they are 
 
 ,tpe^$gji^f», and repref<pntatioii; ^qio procure I0V7B 
 
 . ?jyc make images ^br;^cing one (hfspchcr; to fii^ 
 
 ^qrcfjj |nking onetj^foihcrj to bring mifery, or 
 
 dcftru&ion as dammage to a man, or houfe, or City 
 
 orany thing elfe, we make images diftoned, brokefi 
 
 ♦in members, and parts after the likendTe atid-ficure 
 
 of that thing which wc would dcftroy or damnine ; 
 
 And Magicians adyifeys that ip Cafling or engra- 
 
 -ying ipiages we would write upon it the name oft he 
 
 ^tffcdi-r ^tih this on the back when evillj as deftrufti- 
 
 on; on the belly when goodj ^slovc. Mbreoverin. 
 
 the forehead of the image let be writen the name of 
 
 thcfpccies or Indi\^iduurn which the image repre- 
 
 fcnts, or for whom or againft whom it is made. AI- 
 
 fo on the breaft let the name of the fign or face af- 
 
 cendihg, and lord thereof be written 5 alfothe 
 
 Names and Cda rafters of its^ Angels. Moreover in 
 
 niaking^ the rmage, they advifc that prayer for t'e 
 
 P cffcaf 
 
926 iht Temple oi VVi Womc. B001& I. 
 
 cfFcft for which It «i:n»a'ic, bcufed. *MI VtWichAU 
 berths Magftitun his SfecuU affirms. Now they ufc 
 the images being niadr, diverfly according to the 
 vertucs thereof; Sometimes they hang them in a 
 Chimney over the fmo ik, or iipon^ tree that they 
 be moved by the wmd 5 fometimes with- the head 
 upwardjand fometimes downward^ fometimes they 
 put them into not water, or mtathe fire. For they 
 fay^as the workers of the images do affeft the image 
 it felf, fo doth it bring the like paffions uppn thofc 
 to whom it wasafcribed, as the mind of the opera- 
 tor hath di'^ated it. As we read that Kedanahm 
 the Magician made images of (hips with wax after 
 thacniJ^nner and art, that when he drowned thofe 
 images in water, thatthcftips of hi^ enemieswere 
 in like manner drowned in the Sea and bararded. 
 Now thac pare of Aftrobogy which is wnt concern* 
 ing elcftionfj teachcth us that the conftellacit^nsal* 
 fo are to be obferved for the makmg of images, and 
 your Mecal muft beSpermatick and Calloe^ befcr« 
 k can receive the Aftral Agent, 
 
 h ftri>t. 
 
 i 
 
 Chap. XLVIII. 
 
 of certain CeteftialobfcYvatiom and the ^ta3jfe 
 
 • ojfof»etdejmatieaHmagei» ,,' ^,,r 
 
 I Will nowfhcw thee the obfcrvation of Celeftial 
 bodies which are required for thepraftifeof forae 
 of thefe kind of images; Soto make any one for- 
 tunur, we make an image in which thefe arefortu* 
 nate viz theiigmficator of the life theieof, the 
 givers of iife, the figns, and Planets. Moreover 
 iec the afccndent, he middle of the heaven, and the 
 
 lords 
 
BcioK I. i hi Temple f / VVifdome, a 17 
 
 lords thcieof be fortunate: alfothcplace of the fun 
 & pUccofcbeMoon^p^ic of fortune &Lordofcon« 
 ]uiift<oii or prevent K)ii made before their nativity, 
 byucpicffing the MiljgnantP'aners But if we will 
 make an image to procure roiftry, ue n^uft do con- 
 trary wite, andthoCe whij h wt place lerefoitun >te, 
 inim tbei e oe nirortunaie^by ra>ii» gin 1 gnanr tars. 
 In like manner murt we uoco make any Place Re- 
 gion, C»cy, or houle fortunate. M{<.> tor v eft joy- 
 ing or pre udicing any of thefott^aid; Let chere be 
 madean im^ge under che afceniion of tiiaf man 
 ivhomthou wouldftdeftfoy andpre;uditr,<ind 'hou 
 (hall make uufortunace, the Lord o c e«hou e of his 
 lif^r^chclordoftheafcending dc the moon, the lord 
 of the houfe of rhefnoon^anachelord of thehoufc 
 of theLordafiLeiid'ng,* and the tenth houe, and 
 (he lord thereof. N w for the fitting of any place, 
 fortunes in the afcendenc thereof, and in the 
 firft and tenth, and fecond, 'and eighth houfe, ihou 
 (hail make the lord of theafccndent^and the loid of 
 thehoufcoftbe -'oon fortunate. But to chafe Way 
 certain Animals from certani ; laces, that they may 
 not be generated, or abide there, let there be an im-» 
 age made under the afccniion of that Animal, which 
 thou wouldft chdfe away, and after the likencfs 
 thereof, as if thou woulaeft chafe away Scorpions 
 from any place, let an image of the ScorpLn be made 
 thefign oil Scorpio afcending with the ViOonj^ thou 
 flialt make unfortunate the Afccndem. and lord 
 thereof^and the Lord oft' e houfe of Altf«-,and thou 
 (hall make unfortunate the lord of the afcendent in 
 the eighth hoiire,and let them be joyned with an af- 
 ped malipn mr, oppofite,or quadrant: and let there 
 be writ upon the image the name of the afcendent^ 
 of the lord thereof, and of che Moon, and of the 
 
 P 2 lord 
 
228 The Tccnple oj Wifdome. . Book I 
 
 lord of thedayf artdofchelofd^thehour^ And 
 lee there be a pit rnidcm the nMd<Heof th* plac^, 
 from which thou \Vouldlt drive ihenij and let th«rc 
 be ctirried into itjlonieoftheeanh taken out of tht 
 'four corners dff tUi fa'me pia i?^ ^nd iet the i«iag€ be 
 buried thet^ wibtheheiad dow.nwai'd,withfeyiivi]gi, 
 this !•« tlheburyiitg^of the £corpi)om^ th;it thiiy nwii 
 i\oX come irtco thisf>4aee »nd^'cr''Of«he'rcft. So fot 
 gain let therebe niaciean imii^e uhdcr (he alcen* 
 iient oFt!ie natiVi|«y^of- the n(ii¥i,' :oi>undef.tl?e:afi- 
 leitiion 6f rh'at^Ucfe to whkii'ftiGu woirideft ap4 
 ^6inti?he'gain5 vtld thou (hall make the lord'Of the 
 ieccT^d houfe, wftitch ilin theibd^UVof f\it>ft«nti8tb 
 be jojined with th€ Ebrd ' bf tlvd^ a^fcei^defit in the 
 Trihe bV^e^tiVe^ ^bd -let tK'ttc bfc a Tece|)€io!i 
 fimonjjft ihenTv^hou ftallnlatc«forniiVat« che cl^ 
 vetitR iifftd the Ibfdttheieof anfflth€i<fei?ghth ^ «itd if 
 fh6.u'6ii\^V,put^^afft^f the for:tUiie'-i*i tlic-»fceiv«* 
 .dene ©r febndy i>ftd let Uiey*naiifcbc buried in-thai* 
 plate, ofcarrkd ffODYthat place, to -which tliou 
 woffld^ft appoint'tl^ giCiin. ' Mfo'-fc^f concot^diaTlcy 
 love, Vet\bi?iv bC^t^m^agc made 'ill the day oijnfij 
 ttr tiTidtr the afceud^n'C of t'hie* n^ativity of ivin* 
 Whdhijclrbu wouldft hat^be bcl )Vbd^vinia!^e fortv-; 
 natctlie aTcf^ndem aitd therctnth^ Sf^d hid thrc J€vi1» 
 frbmth'eaffcnd^fit»5*ahdthoir^u»ft;feave the Lord< 
 ofthetthth, andplanets ftf che^ €lfevi?4ith fortune, 
 joyiie^ toehe l§rd of cheafcend«^ntifjH>m the Trime< 
 or ' extile with rec'ept'ion j then m«^:c a»n other itr*ag€' 
 fnrfiirii wh6mih€>u^wotil'deft(b.rup 'to love 5 l^on-' 
 fider ?f he be a fiiend*oir compamon of him whom-' 
 thoi^'wouldft have be beloved 5 and if fo, let there be 
 an image under the afcenhon of the eleventh ho^ife: 
 from theafcendentof the firft image; but if the? 
 party be a wife, or a husband, Uc it be made under 
 
 the 
 
Book f. lA^e Temple (//Wifdume. 79 
 
 the afcentiofi of tl>e f^eventh 5 if a brother or a liikr, 
 or a cuUiin^lcc it be made un<ier the afccniiorior chq 
 third, aiidfoofthelike jarid put the iigiiiticatorof 
 the afcendent of tliC feconvi imarej o> neJ to the (ig- 
 nihcatorof the afcendent of the liril imai^e, and iec 
 there be betwixt theni a receptjou, and let tii^ reit 
 be fortimate, as in the firlt image; i'fterwards joyn 
 both imar.es together into a nuiruai embjacifrg or 
 put the face of the fecond in.agp to the ba.k of the 
 ■firft image, and let tliem be wrapt up 111 .ilk, ai>cj 
 caft away or fpoiled. Alfo for (uccelieof PecicioiVs^ 
 and for theobtauiingofa thing denytd or taken or 
 pofTeiied by an othci, let ciitre be an image mau^ 
 under the afcendenr of him who petitioiis fortne 
 thing j and caufe that the lord- of the fecond bp 
 joyiied with the lord of theafceni^ent from aTnne, 
 orSextile5aMd let i here be a reception bet wixt them, 
 and if it can be, let the lord of the iccond beinrh^ 
 obeying fiijns 5 and the lord of the afcendent in the 
 ruling, make fortunate the afcendent and the lord 
 thereof, and take heed that the lord of the afcen- 
 dent be not retrograde or combuft. or falling, or ni 
 the honfe ofoppotition, i e, in the feventh from his 
 ownhoufcj let him not be hindred by thcmalig.- 
 nant,let him be ftrong and \n an angle --, Thou flialr 
 tnake fortunate the afcendent, ajid the lord of the 
 Cccond and the Moon *, and make another image for 
 iiiaithatis petitioned to , and be^in it under the 
 afcendent belonging to hi qi 5 tfii-if he be a King or 
 a Priftcc, begin it under the afcendent of the,tei\th 
 lioufe from the afcendent of the firft image, if he be 
 a Fath-cr under the fouuh ; if a -on under iifch and 
 „ io of the like ; and put the iignificator of the fecond 
 image, ioynedwkh the lord of the afcendent of the 
 fiiTr imagCj from a Trine or iext^le^ and let him re- 
 
 P 5 IV it hour 
 
2:jo the \etnp\e of V\ \Udwt. Eb>KL 
 
 c^ive it , ami put them both ftr ngand fortunate 
 %\ithouc any let; liiakc all evil tall^ruin them. 
 Taoufhalrni kc fore uttare the ten. h mil the fourth, 
 iftho { cad, oraa) or chem ^ anj when the lecoiid 
 \nr:g€ ihaii le ^erVeftea, oyn ir with the firft, facp 
 to face ^ and wrap them m clean liunen, and bury 
 th m la t he imdJIeofhis houfe, who is a Petitioner 
 unuci a tortunate fignific^tor, the fortune being 
 ftrong, and let the face of the firft im ?ge be toward 
 the North, or rather toward that place where the 
 thing peciticmcd for dothab'de; or if it hap etithat, 
 the petitioner s;oeth forward towards him , with 
 Whom the thmg petitioned for is \et him bring the 
 imagf s Vi'ith h^m as far as he goes. And let there be 
 madean im^ge of dreams , whi^ih beinf! put under 
 the head of h\ni hat fl^eps ma es hiiti dream true 
 dreams concernmg any thing that he hath for- 
 merly deliberated of; and lee the figure of that 
 be the figure of a man fleeping in the bofomcof 
 auAngeljwhich thou ihaii niakeintheLyonafcend^ 
 ing ,thcS^n keeping the nineth ho :fe m Aries, thou 
 (halcwrit iipoh the breaft of the man the name 
 of the effcft defircd , and in the hand of the Angel, 
 the name of the intelligence of the Sun Let the 
 fame image be made in f^ir^o afcending. Mercury be- 
 ing fortunate in Aries m the ntneth houfe, or Gtmi' 
 ni affcnd hg in M>yc«r)f being fortunate, and keep- 
 ing the ninpth houfe' in Aquarius \ and let it be re- 
 ceived from Saturn with afort"»^atc afpeft , and lee 
 the name of the *^'p rif oi Mercury be writ upon it. 
 Let alfo thefamcbe made in i.i5r/r afcending Vefiu$ 
 beint; received froni Mercury \n Gemm in the nineth 
 houf:-, by writing upon it the Angel of Venus. Ec- 
 lities alfo, let tl e fame image be made in Aquarius 
 •aiccut'ingj Satun fortunately poflcfliiig the nimth 
 * ' houff? 
 
Eooic L ^bc Temple (j/Wifdotne. 7\ i 
 
 houie m his exaltation, which U m Libra ^ and let 
 there be writ upon it theAn-clof^^r«r« More- 
 over let there be made in Caucsr afcenuino,the Moon 
 being received y Juftter anu Vtnw in P/pw, and 
 being fortunately placed in the ninth houfc, and 
 let ifaeie be writ up n it the fpint of the Moon. 
 There are alfo made Ring*? of circ.nis of wonder ul 
 efficacy \ and there arc rings of the Sun, and Saturn 
 and the conAeiiation of them is when th. Suiior 
 Saturn2i{cind in their exalcat ons in the ninth houfe 
 and when the Moon is jo ned cp Saturn in the ninth 
 houfe, and in that fign, which was the ninth houfc 
 of Nativity ; and let them be writ upon the rin<;s, 
 the name of the fpirit of the Sun, or Saturn. Lee 
 this which hath been fpoken fuffi e concerning x- 
 mages;for now thou mayft fiud on more of this na- 
 ture of thy felf. But know this, that fuch images 
 work nothing, unlefs they be fo vivified that either 
 a Natural, or Celeftial, or Heroical, or Animafticai, 
 orLemoniacal, or angelical verruc be in them, or 
 afliftant to them. But who can give a foul to an 
 image, or make a ftonc to live, or mectal, or wood, 
 or Wax ? and who can raifc out oi ftones children 
 nnto Ahrflham> Certainly this Arcanum doth not 
 enter into an Artift of a ftiiBe neck ; neither can he 
 give thofe things which hath them not. No body 
 hath them but he who doth Tthe Elements being 
 reftrained; nature being overcome, the Heavens be- 
 ing over-powered) tranfcend th« p rogrefs o( Angels 
 and comes to the very Archetype icfelF, of which 
 being then made a cooperator may do all things, as 
 tve (hall fpeak afterwards. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
a^a 'I he Tempted/ Wif^^oie, i5op^~l 
 
 Chat. XLIXv 
 
 , 0//Ae Geomantick and Tclefmaticial Cbar^fS^s 
 
 iiph'icharemjde after theriihdnd ifHrtdtian tf 
 
 ' Celejtial, and how tvhh ihHMe jhef^df'tfiiy 
 
 are deduced OHt ojGcomanf teal Fignnt.. ... 
 
 CHarafters alfo have tht'w cor»ijilaitity frptn the 
 raycs of theGelc^lials caft togethqr aGCOtdingio 
 a certain number, by a certain pccaiiar ^ro^crty, 
 which Celeftials as in divers ftrokes of their rayes 
 falling feveraiways araongft themfelves, prod\icc 
 divers vertiics; fo alCo Charafters being variouily 
 protracted, according to the various concourfe of 
 thofe raves quickly obtain divers Operations, and 
 alfo more efficacious many times then the properties 
 of natural eoai mixtions. Now the true Chacafters 
 of the heavpns is the writing of Angels, tvyoha- 
 mongft the Hebrews is called the writing Malnchm^ 
 by which all things aredefcjibed and iignified in the 
 Herven for every knowing man to read. But of 
 thefe hereafter ; Uut now they make Ghara^ersof 
 Geomantical figures binding together the points of 
 each variouily, and attributing them according i,o 
 the manner of their figurings, to thofe Planets and 
 figns of which thy were made, the riiaking of "which 
 the follownig table.will.ihevy. , 
 
 The Char aders of S^tuni andZ^zel^ ■■■.%. 
 
 .\'cm a Prifon " V ^* 
 
 From 
 
Book. 1. X6e Temple ^/Wifdome. a^j 
 from SadnefsR S ^ WGI-I " ' 
 
 Jk CharaGen rf Jupiter /r;/i Hifmael 
 rr om ob ta ining . .. ^^ 
 
 From joy fulnefs ^^ 
 
 Ti^^ Chartmm of^^TS and Barzabel 
 
 T Wtx I '^ itnd A,^r% 
 
 
 
 Troma 
 
 T/&<f 3(iraU€ri of the Sun /mi Sorath 
 From a greatcrFortunc ^ 1^ / ^ 
 
 From 
 
854 i A ^ Ttmpk <7 WkduHie. Book I. 
 
 From a Icflcr Fortune ^i^ 
 
 fiSAAAS^ 
 
 
 7%f Cbar08eri e/ Venus tf;fi Kedepael 
 pyom loofine Vl 
 
 7beCbdraller£offAtvcHty flndf Taphthartharath. 
 From Conjunaion ^ ^ T 
 
 HI 131X3^^^0 
 
 From Whi te ""^^ """ ^ Jf 
 
 2^KV^ 
 
-r - 1 '. .^ ■ I- I - . ■ - 
 
 the Char aQers of ths Vioon and HdCmodAu 
 ^fomthewajrg 31 J)CJ^ ^ J 
 
 From the People 
 
 ©911 
 
 'HeChariU}eri9fththeadoftbeT)tagc>a. • 
 
 1Y3ZVW 
 
 ^'^ 
 
 7b* CharaUm of the tayie of the Drtgon. 
 
 cf: 
 
i^ .^Tib^Ianplc^/Wifdome. BookL' 
 
 of the fticndjhhf and emnity of Ruleri^^nAf joh 
 m^y k^ovo laohd^t Figures love each others Com* 
 fany And jiffe&s in fheHouf^s. 
 
 Rulers. I ^"^i?^^* _| Enem ies. , 
 
 ^Md Imfntaely SorathJjafh* Barzahel^ and 
 'tbarikarath^ Hafma- Kedemei ' 
 dai^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 VV Hifnt^^ ZazelySorath^KedemflBarzahel, 
 X^ Taphthartharath , 
 
 Hafmodai. 
 
 cO 
 
 Btfz^M 
 
 Kedmh 
 
 r^A Kedemd 
 
 Sorath ^Hif>^(tel^ Barzahel.Ke 
 demel , lafhthar- 
 tharab^Hafmodai, 
 
 Hifmael^ Soratb^Bar- 
 zahel^ Tapbtbartba 
 ratb^ Hafmdai. 
 
 Haftmdai^Zazel 
 Hifmaely Sorath^ 
 Tafhthartbaratb 
 
 Zazel. 
 
 ^^ tharatb, Kedemel^Hafmodai 
 
 ZazeL 
 
 BarzabcL 
 
 HfffmdaL Bifynnel^Soratb^ Kede- Zazet^ and Bar^' 
 I mel^ la^bxbdTtbaA zabtL | 
 
 raxb, _J__ 
 
 "T A 'Table 
 
'Boo K I. TAe Temple of Wildomc 2 37 
 
 A table vf the rortitudes and Vebilities of the, 
 
 fiuhrs^ ideas and FighYes in the twehe" j 
 
 V "'^^ ''Fiir//, prHuifJesoffhe Earth. J 
 
 Effentiai Dignities. 
 
 In ^cupes or Keceftion by 
 
 Houfc 
 
 KSiX 
 
 ■'^'■A'j- S^y 
 
 In Ekahatton$rJicci^i'- 
 
 ' on thereby 4 
 
 DebilitkfS. 
 
 InDetrmpit ^ ^ 
 
 a: 
 
 All the Rulers, Idea's and Figures are tti^ to be 
 underftood, Barzabe/ and his Idt^Ma^cbidael 2nd 
 Puer com ma d the firft Houfe, Kedentei the fccoud 
 &c. This Table properly belongs to the twenty 
 fifth Chapter of this Book. .^Jfs:;! 
 
 Fortitudes. 
 
 tn the tenth or firft Houfe 
 
 5 
 tnthe feventhy fourth and 
 eleventh ^ 
 
 In the fecond and fifth ^ 
 In the ninth 9 
 
 Weakheffcs. 
 
 intbetnnlfth . , {$ 
 
 In the eighth or fixtk .-^.2 
 
 I 
 
 (:\1 
 
 AlaUi 
 
9i ^ the Temple g/ Wifd ome. Book I 
 
 " '" ' '■' ^mmmmmmmmtrntrnm. « 
 
 Debilities, 
 
 ATdbUofthe Jfartsof 
 Fortune Dignities. 
 
 In Omparty with Acquifitio 
 
 in the nuieth or with Feulla 
 
 in the feventh, 5 
 
 Jn A to thrfecoftd, feventh, 
 
 ntneth or twelfth 4 
 
 In fextile to Hifmael and 
 
 Kedemel 2; 
 
 With Caput f^racoftii 3 
 
 IH the firii or tenth Houfes 5 
 
 In the feventhy fourth^ or 
 
 eleventh Houfes. 4 
 
 In the fecotid or fifth 3 
 
 In the third i 
 
 Jf ipith Pnclla, Albu?5 
 Populus via, Fortuna 
 Major and Minor Con- 
 ]undt'\o^ Acquiii io or 
 Letitia, it is fo much the 
 jlronger. 
 
 And thus muft you obferve your Figures, Forti- 
 tudes and Debilities before you begin to make any 
 lelefmeot give Judgement upon an Qucftion : Andj 
 •now let us ^o forward. 
 
 f 
 
 tntijefirfty fixth tenth and 
 
 tleventhywitb ^ arcer, Fri 
 fticiacr Rubeus < 
 
 ^it^ Cauda Draconis a 
 
 In oppofition to the Figures. 
 of ZdZti J 
 
 Ift D or s o/Zazel and 
 Barzabel si 
 
 Inthetf^elfth 
 In the eighth 
 Inthefixth 
 
 CHAP. 
 
BookT. 7b6 itm^\t: of V^iWome ^59 
 
 GHAP. X. 
 
 OfTetefmattcAl CbaraSert which Mte drawn frvm 
 things thttMjelvts by s certain lihneft. 
 
 WE have fpoVcn above of certain mannered 
 Images made noc afcerche likenefle of Cc« 
 leftial Images, buc according to the emulation of 
 chac wtiich the minde of the Operator doth defire^ 
 In like manner alfo it is to be underftood of Chara« 
 fters \ for fuch like Charafters are nothing eife then 
 image^ ill dearticuJated $ yet having a certain pro* 
 bable (imilicude with the Celeftial iip.ages , or with 
 chat which the mind of the Operator dtfires, whe- 
 tba chat be from the whole image, or from certain 
 inark^cheieof ekprelfing the whole image A^the 
 Charafteis o^ Aries and laurm we make thus from 
 their horns Y b. Of Gemim from imbratiug n. of 
 Cancer from a prr>gre(s and regre 0e S , of Lfo ^ ccr- 
 Jioy and CafricorH , from their tail Slrnyf of Firgo, j 
 
 from Spike ^^^QL 1^ of Lthra from a ballance tfi I 
 
 of V^gif/tr/M from a dart tj o^ Aquarm from Wa- 
 fers 22, and ofFifceifiom Fifties H. In like manner 
 the Charafter of Saturn CN is made from a Sickle 
 
 scepter of Mars from a bolt cf of the Sun -ta 
 
 from 
 
340 TAtf Temple of Wiicipriie. , Bx>oK K 
 
 — I ■■■■ ■ ., ■■ 
 
 from roundnefs, and a golden brightneflTe © 
 ofVeHM from •^'^ a lookinglalie S^ofM^rcwr;^!^ 
 
 from a Wand W J^ of ti\t Mi^on ^ |tofr^ hw 
 
 horns of increafing and decreafit^ 2>. S^^^ of 
 theFc according tO Che mixtion^s of igtifes itl^^^ti^rtf, 
 ^tid Natures ^jlr« tiiade tifa rftked Cltar|^c^ , 
 
 as of g ficpy Tfiflieity >r\:^ of Earthly C-^ 
 
 of Aiery Tj^ ftjf^yat^ 
 
 dmg'to^e himd*^d''l»hd twciitiy'C^onjiinfflpWiif 
 f laticjcs 5 refuk rfo maiiy cornpbijhd Chari^^erkbf 
 varic^iR Figures 5 -as «f Saturn ittdjttpkn^ if i^ii^uTi 
 
 ,^ ^. <t Ji» ii«J ji:j/n rrroi> , lao^vm 'J l^ni. ^oi^ 
 
 ;a^or thas r^ .pf 54^^^^^ 
 
 are exemplified by two and three, fo alfo of the reft5 
 and -of more may they be framed : after the fame 
 
 manner 
 
B o o K L ^he Temple ti/ W ifdo me. 24.1 
 
 manner may the Charafters of other Celeftial 
 images afcending in any face or degree of fignes, be 
 compeiidioufly drawn after the likenelle of the 
 images , as in thefe which are made according to 
 the way of imitation, of that which the minde of 
 the Operator defires, ^s to lore, the figures be mix- 
 ed together imbracing and obeying one the other, 
 but to hatred, on the contrary, turning away the 
 one from the other ; contending, unequall, loofedr 
 Rut now we will here ^ct down thofe Charafters 
 which Hermes ailigned to the fixed Stars , and Be^ 
 henii, and they are thefe. 
 
 jj^VA The head of AlgoL 
 
 Li 
 
 The Pleiades. 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 Aldaborani. 
 The Goat Star. 
 
 /^ 
 
 The greater Dog-Star 
 
 ^ 
 
 The Itffer Dog-Scar. 
 
 Tfrf 
 
2 42 ihe Temple <?/ V\ ildome, Bcx)K 1. 
 
 ir? 
 
 The heart of the Lyon. 
 
 1 
 
 ThfeTaileofthcBear. 
 
 it^' 
 
 The Wing of the Grow. 
 
 
 Spica, 
 Alcameth. 
 
 Ov>\ Elpheia. 
 
 ^YT The heart of the Scorpion., 
 
 The Vulture falling. 
 
 V-iyT The Taile of Capricorn. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book I. The Temple oj VVifdome. 245 
 
 CHAP, LI. 
 
 That no Divinaiion wUheni Ajlromancy dnd 
 Csomancy is perfeS. 
 
 WE have fpoken in the foregoing Chapters 
 of the divers kindes of Uivina-ions ; But 
 this is to be noted^ that all thefe require the iife and 
 rules of Aftrology, as a key moft neceflhry for the 
 knowledge of all fccrets : and that all kindes of 
 Divinations whatfoevcr have their root and foun- 
 dation in Ailrologie, fo as that without ic they are 
 of little or no ufe 5 yet Aftrologicai Divination, in 
 as much astheCeleftials arecaufes andiignes of alt 
 thofe things which are, and are done in tiiefe inte- 
 riourSjdoth give moft cef tain demonftrations by the 
 fcituation, and motion onely of Celeftial bodied, oi - 
 thofe things which are occult or future j of which 
 we (hall in this place fpeak no further ^ lince of this 
 Science huge Volumnes have been wrote by the An- 
 cients, and are every where extant. Therefore whe- 
 ther the Pbyiiognomifts look upon the body , or 
 countenance , or forehead , or hand or the Sooth- 
 fayer fearchcth by dreams or Aufpicia, that the 
 judgm^ent may be right, the tigure of heaven is alfo 
 to be enquired into. From the judgements where- 
 of, together v/ith conjeftures of fimilitudes and 
 fignes, are produced true opinions of the fignifica' 
 tors. Alfo if any prodigie feall appear, the Figure 
 of heaven is to be ereded ', alfofuch things are to 
 be enquired after, which have gone before in the 
 revolutions of years from great Conjunftion?,and 
 Eclipfes : then alfo the Nativities^ beginnings, in- 
 Q_a cronizations. 
 
244 '^^^ Temple (?/WifdoiiieI Book I- 
 
 tionizitions> foundations, and revolutions, perfe- 
 ^liOiiFj directions of Princes, Nations, Kingdomes, 
 Cities, when thefe (hall appear , and upon whac 
 place of the Celeftiall figure thefe fell ; that by all 
 thefe at leiif^th we may come to a rational and pro- 
 bable (igniiication of thefe thing?. After the fame 
 nianntJ, but with ieffe labour, we nuift proceed ni 
 the ExpoHtion of dreams. Moreover, they that be- 
 ing di'empcrcd foretell future things, do it not 
 but as they aieinfrigated by theftars, or inferiour 
 infti ii meats of tiiefe, whence their Prediftions muft 
 ;it length be imputed to the Ccleftials, as wc read in 
 f_uca?} the old Prophet 7ufciis^ 
 
 Ibe Lightnings motion^ d\td the veins which are 
 Fibrous^ and w armband motion of a fair 
 flume wnndring ith" aire^ being taught 
 
 Afcei' the City was viewed, the Sacrifice {|iin,thein- 
 fpeftion into the intmils did at length by the difpo- 
 litions of the Ccleftial liars pronounce judgment. 
 Alfo Geoniancy it ftlf the moft accurate of Divina- 
 tions , which divines by points of the Earthjor any 
 other fuperfices, or by a full or any other power in- 
 fcribed , doth fiift reduce them to Celeftial figutes. 
 Read the Harmony of the World, 
 
 There is nothing in rhe wholebufineflTe of Phy- 
 Iofoph\,Aftromancy andGeomancy that hath mojc 
 perplexed our new Arti'^s then tliis Sub'eft concer- 
 nuig images , or F'gures made under fome certain 
 Conftellations Thegreateft part of them therefore 
 have rejtfted the Praftice of thefe Operations, as 
 Vain and Superftitiou*^ ; yet fome others , who an 
 not fo overfwayed with Pallion, have both allowed^ 
 and defended it 3 though they have, I confelfe fuf- 
 
 fercd^ 
 
Book 1- '^he Temple ^T/Wifclome. 24s 
 
 fered for it, in their repute : infomuch that G leot 
 tufy who is acknowledged by Paidiis Jovius ro IiavC 
 been one of the molr learned , and knowing n\tn of 
 his time; onely for havng undertaken the Dtitnc^ 
 ofthis Truth3(as we ih.dl make it hereafter appcir) 
 hath been handled by fbme, like any bafe, incoiiii- 
 derab'e Fellow ; and Camiilm accounted no better, 
 then an Atheifticall Wretch And this is the ufaee 
 they beftow upon all the ableftmen : whereas they 
 ought rather to anfwf^r iheir Art;unientc pertinent- 
 ly, and to fhcw the infuthciency of them, if they 
 can; but fee the mifcheif of it. It any of thefe 
 men can chance to be in company, where there is 
 any mention n>ade of the moft able Schorcrs,or 
 there be anvQucftion ftarte J , concerning any of 
 thofe Choice Joints of Learning, for which thefe 
 men have been Defer vedly ranked above the Herd 
 of Vulgar Brauis ; youfh-ill havefome giddy- bend- 
 ed fellows, that will not ftick to fay, without biufh* 
 ing, that thevr never wrore any thing of any worth 
 at all , nor ever underrtood the matter they hand- 
 led. I my felf have heard one fay, that Marfilim 
 Ficinui underftood not any thing of Flnto's Do- 
 6rine ; nor Avero'cs of /Irijiotles : and that the Wits 
 of thefe Times arc much quicker, then thofe of the 
 Ages part. Arid now , Reader, thou raayeft judge 
 what Dcmocritan Aftermongers fomc of our Alma- 
 nack makers are. 
 
 It may be here Ob je6l:ed,that this Author, wVofe 
 praftice we have alledged , was a Sufpeft^d perfoni 
 and that his Writins^s are not free from Magick. 
 ThiaObjeftion 1 (hall take occaiion to anfwer, at 
 another time; and (hall at prefent produce fuch 
 Figures onely , as have been made by men, that are 
 beyond all Exception. 
 
 CL3 T''^^ 
 
2 46 T^g Te m ple oj VVifdo mc, Book I. 
 
 Jim^iin^ upon the Sphear of S'^o^o/c^ , affirms^ 
 that his Mafter^who was a Carmelite, named Julian 
 pu6 Kifiorim a Prato ^ one that was not any whit fu- 
 perlticiQus, was intreated by a Friend of his^to make 
 one of thefe Images 3 fur the cure of the Cramp, 
 which he was very much fubjei^l to. This learned 
 man, refenting his Friends fufFerings , taught him 
 the manner how ro make one : To that He, not con- 
 tent to make onely one ; made divers of thetn^when 
 the Moon was hi the Signe Cancer ^ and that with 
 fo good fucceffej and with fuch certainty, as that 
 he immediately found the benefit of it. Confecit ^ 
 faith he, f hires imagine^j fro fe^ & amicpsfuis : quibm 
 ieffedU , imayn profe accept^ & liber atm eft. The fame 
 he reportsof a certani FlorentinCj a very Pious maiij 
 who made one of thefe T^ekfmam ; for to drive away - 
 tht Gnxits 5 \yhich he did with good fuccefle. Noco' 
 law Florentines y faith he, vir religiofm^ fecit in una con* 
 fieJlatione annulum ^ ad expellendum Culices ^ quoivulgo 
 2anzaras dicimus , fuh certis & determinatu im.aginibm'y 
 f!}" ufm fuitconjfeHatioHe Saturni infortunaii , & expulit 
 Culices. What more can be faid , both for the In- 
 nocence, and Power oftbefe Figures? Let who will 
 condemn thofe that defend this Truth, and cry 
 down thefe Teftimonies; for my part, 1 (hail ever 
 acknowledge them to be both Certain and Natu-^ 
 rallj and do with all proteft, that I fee nothing m 
 it, that is above the Power of Nature. 
 
 The fecond means which I havepropofed to my 
 felftoufe, for theproving ofthe Power of-thefe Fi- 
 gurdS,is,che Power and Vertue of the Refemblance, 
 that there is betwixt the Scorpion and its Imag-_, 
 and the Conflellation chat bears the name of this 
 living Creature. I fiiall then prove this Vertue, by 
 ^.n IfiduQioB ofthatjwhich Refemblance alone pro- 
 .:.;;., ' duceih 
 
Book I. 7he Temple g/ V V ifdome, 347 
 
 ducetli, throughout all Arts and Sciences, as Vivi- 
 ftitj/y Fhylofofhy^ ^hyfick^^ Ajlromancy^ Ceommcy^ Vivi- 
 nation of VreamSy fatntingy Sculpture, Mufick^y &c, 
 
 Thofe then, that are well skilled in the Secrets of 
 the Theology of the Ancients, aflfure us, that thofe 
 that fiiit fet up Images in theirTemplea, refetnbling 
 the fhapes of Angels that have appeared upon Earth> 
 had nootherdelignin fodoing/ave oncly the more 
 ^afiely to invite down thofe Blefied Spines , by the 
 force of the Refcmblance. And I know not whether 
 or no, by the very fame Vertue of Pvefemblance, 
 which i? found betwixt God and Men, QFaciantus 
 hontinem ad imaginem , & fimiiitudmem mjiritm : ) ic 
 hath not nghcly been affirmed by fome Divines, 
 that the Son of God would neverthcfs have become 
 man , (yet wuhout fufFering dcathj though Adam 
 had never fallen. But fpeaking of things, as they 
 are now at prefent, we know^, that J7^/*^ Ckrili is 
 found in the midft of thofe, that fpeak, wich Faith, 
 of his Njme: becaufethat when we fpeak wich Af- 
 fedion of any One^ we reprefent him to ourfelves 
 in our Imagitiation. When therefore, fpeaking of 
 Jefiis ChrijlyVie fane; him as he is s he isinftantly 
 prefent with us, appearing to our Hearts at thac 
 very inftant, that we there frame his Image by our 
 Imaguiation. So true it is, that the refemblance 
 hach the Power to work Wonders , even upon him 
 that hath Dependancc upon no other, and is not 
 under any Power, or Law. But fuch Conceptions 
 as thefe are 10 be entertained with all Piety and H j- 
 mility; and propofed with fuch Sandity , as bor 
 comes thofe that fpeak ot fo /\dorable a Subject. 
 
 Fhylofophy alfo lets us fee the Vertue of this B.e- 
 
 femblance, in the bufincde of the Imagination. For 
 
 if a woman with Childe did but ftrongly fix her 
 
 Q_4 Imagination 
 
248 "ihe Temple of Wifdome. Boo K I 
 
 Jmaginatinn on upon any Object, during the A^ of 
 Copulation^the Child will affuredly bear the per-^ 
 feft Image of the fame. Every Child knows the 
 Story o\ the Princcffe^ that conceived and brought 
 forth a Black-Moore, though her fclf and her Hus- 
 band were both of them fair; only, becaufe there 
 was a Moore pidlured on the Tefter of the Bed. So 
 ifthe Mother in the A^t, cither ftrongly fancy Rob- 
 bing, Killing or Love, the Child will be either a 
 Theef, Murtherer, or an Amorous perfon : iffhe 
 fancy Travelling, he will be a Traveller, if Dan- 
 cing, or playing on the Lute, he will be very Apt for 
 thefc things ; and fo of the reft. And we fee by daily 
 experience, the effefts of the ftrong Defires and 
 Longings of Mothcrs,during the time of their being 
 Vrith Child, upon their Children ; on whom the 
 ftrength of their Imagination hath imprinted the 
 Refemblanceofthe fame thing that they have deli- 
 red. And hence they fay it is, that the Children 
 that are got upon a married Woman, by fome o- 
 therMan then her own Husband, (hall notwithftan* 
 ding have the perfeft refemblance of her Husband; 
 becaufe that, during the Aft of Generation, her 
 mind ftllisrun on him, fearing left he Hiould come, 
 ^nd catch them at it. You may further fee the 
 wonderful effefts caufed by the power oftht Imagi- 
 nation, learnedly difcourfed on, by ParacelpJS^ Mar- 
 filius f kirns ^ Tic us J MiratjduU^ Joftatus^ Valefius^ and 
 Medina, 
 
 .P^j^c^ like wife obferves the Admir.ible FfFtfts, 
 Read the Holy Guide ^ caufed by Refemblance: wit- 
 riefs thofe Herbs, which afTwage the griefes of thofe 
 parts of our body, whofe Image they bear, (as we 
 have already faid;^ or olfe which cure thofe Dif- 
 pfe*-, whofe figuiC, or colour they beg . Thus 
 
 Lentils , 
 
Book I. rAe Temple t?/Wil(iome. 249 
 
 Lentils, and Rape-feed cure the fmal Pox in Chih 
 dren j becaufethattliC Grains are like to the fpots 
 of this Difeafe. And RhubarbjWhich is of a yellow 
 colour, expels Choller, which is of the fame colour. 
 In a word, thofe Plants which are Parren, or Fruit- 
 ful, as Fc)rf /J faith, do render thofe that ufe them. 
 Barren, or Fruitful : the Fair, makes them Fair; 
 the Deformed, make them Deformed ; the Imper- 
 feft, make them imperfect : fo that he concludes, 
 with 7heophra(ius 'y Accedunt jlirfium aliquot genera de» 
 ficientium, velfoHo^ vel rad'ice^ vet aliispurtihiis, eadem- 
 que ratione memhrii illis nojiri corporis refpoftdentibuSy 
 infejUy noxiaque fmt The fame he alfo affirms of 
 living Creatures. Eadem ratione ad animalia tran^ 
 feundoy ft aliquibus meiiirii deficijfe videmus^ eadem ment' 
 trisnojlris adverfantur, H or which rcafon, the ea- 
 ting of thofe C Features which have no blood, does 
 waft ours ; and fo of all the other parts. And it is 
 obferved that in France there are more Lepers, then 
 in any other Kingdome^ by rcafon of the great ftore 
 ofHogs-flerti that is eaten there : So true it is, that 
 our bodies become like unto that, which we ufe to 
 feed on. And for this reafon alfo is Hercuhs fa id to 
 have been very ftrpng, becaufe he fed upon the Mar- 
 row of Lions, the ftrongeft among Beafts. 
 
 Afirology. alfo (hews the Vertue of Refemblance, 
 judging of the Qualities of theChild, by thofe of 
 the Stars. For M^r; cafti ng forth a glitreritig, red 
 light, makes the Child that is borne under its influ- 
 ence, of a red colour alfo. Saturn^ ^ who is. 
 
 r~" of a pale, faint colour, makes him pale, and 
 
 ^ ^ - wan. Jupiter^ ^ Venin^ c which caft forth 
 
 ^ ^ bright, clear, and pleafantbeam^', makes the 
 
 ^ ^ Child beautiful, and pleafant. The like is 
 
 ^ obferved alfo in other Qualities •, fo that, if 
 
 the 
 

 250 rAe Temple (?/ Wifdome. BookI. 
 
 the Signs be high, and in their Jpogaum^ the 
 
 ^ Child f fay the Arabians^fhal! be in like man- 
 
 * ^ nerofaTall and great ftacure ; if they are 
 
 * Low, he (hall be Lowland of a little Scature. 
 
 * As concerning Motion, Saturne, which hath a 
 
 * * flow and heavy one, makes the Child likewife 
 ~"7 — heavy and Lazy : the MooHy which hath a 
 fwift motioii, makes him light, and inconfide- 
 
 rate. You may have the fuller profecuclon 
 of this Difcourfe, in thofe two Learned Itali- 
 ans, CarddHy and Forta : who confidently af- 
 tirmc,thata man may likewife forctel certain- 
 IYj any other the like Qualities that a Child fhall be 
 fubje^ to, by the figures of Aftromancy and Geo- 
 mancy. Thus a man may conclude, that we (hall 
 fse Armies Battels,and Wars break forth, after that 
 Launces of fire, SworJs, Trumpets and Bucklers 
 have been feen to appear in the Aire ; And chiefly, 
 when a Comet hath appeared ; of which it is ufual- 
 ly faid, Nuitquam impunc vifus Gmeta. And fo like- 
 wife we may conclude,there will be great Eff^uiion of 
 Blood, if all chefe Weccorsare Redder then Ordina- 
 ry : or, when the Sun and Moon, in the time of an 
 Eclipfe, feem bloody. And if they be Pale and 
 Wan, and of a dead colour, Wf m:^y conclude there 
 will follow great Mortality by the Peftilence, which 
 mikes thofe, that are infefted with it, pale, wan 
 and colon rlefs. 
 
 Obferve FjigeniHslheodidaBm^ thefeare his own 
 words, cranllited. Now whereas he calls this an 
 Jnchantedjione^ aiidfaics, that it was placed there by 
 zMaghiaHj you mull note, that he there fpeakes 
 according to thp Senfe of the Inhabitants, who 
 knew not how to give any other account of the 
 thing 5 as not underilanding any thing at all of the 
 
 Na- 
 
Book 1. 'The Temple of Wifdome. 2si 
 
 Natnrai realon ot ic ; as we have iaid. At Byzantiunr^ 
 which is now ConjianUfjopIe^ there were many of thefe 
 7elefmatical Figures tohc (een : but the fury of War 
 hadi demolillied them all, to the great Prejudice of 
 the Inhabitants. Sultan Mabuwet alfo caufed one 
 of them to be broken to pcices, which was a Brazen 
 Eorfe^ with a Hojfeman upon him; which is cer- 
 tainly reported to have preferved the City from Pe- 
 ftileiicf, and all Contagion of the Air : but iince 
 that tine, this difeafe hath raced fo fiercefy, as thac 
 in the rpace of four Months, Leunclavhts, who was 
 preCent, afhrmes, that there died a hundred and 
 tifty thoufand pcrfons : and every year, in the 
 Months of J«/y, and /4;/gK/?,theiikeefFe£V, in a man- 
 ner, is to be ken. In a word, all Jfia was full of 
 thefe figures 5 the life whereof was at length, known 
 to the Eurof£a7n alfo for the Vruides^ as the learned 
 Fr^ reports, u(ed thde 7elefmatts with good {uccc{s\ 
 and even our Grandfathers have affured us, that 
 it was an Ancient Tradition ; th. t where the Fairies^ 
 the Dniidei Wives inhabited 5 there neither Hail, 
 nor Stormes ever fpoiled the Fruits. And therea- 
 fon, in my opinion, was, becaufe they uGed to make 
 of thefe "Idefmans, Now of late, many learned men 
 have refcued from Oolivion thefe Figures ; and ?a^ 
 ntcY'fus did take fo much pains herein, as that he 
 made diverfe of them h and thole of fwch Vertue, ns 
 that they preferved thofe that wore them, from the 
 PelHlencc5 as many m Germafiy h^vc had experi- 
 ence of And that I may not wander far abroad, I 
 am informed that for certain, tAr.L^tfteau preferved 
 from this Difeafe, alL thofe to whom he gave any 
 of thefe lelefm^m-^ which he made according to 
 thofe, def< ribed by Marfilius Ficum, Thofe alfo 
 which Faracelfus calls ZenexioH^ by a made Name, 
 
 (ic 
 
■ > " - ■■ ■ ' ■ ■ I ' — — " 
 
 352 Ihe Temple of Wifdome. Book I 
 
 (it bein« the cuftome of this Author, to dcvifc new 
 WordsJ are made with exceeding great Art. In 
 one of them there is ajScorpion^anda Serpent figu- 
 red : and he faith it muft be made when the Sun, 
 and the TMoon enter into the (ign of 5c:or- 
 po, 3 fn another you have a great 
 ^InAjlrO' number of little holes, within an QvaL 
 fnancy and You may fee the Figures of them in our 
 in the firfl Chimical Holy Guide. 
 Houfe of The wonderful efffts, which have 
 
 Geemaftcy, t)een aUvaies obferved to have been 
 ^ * wrought by 7eUfmatkd Figures^ have (o 
 % perplexed the minds of chofe men, who 
 ^ ^ occount ever/ thing to be MagickjWhich 
 ^ thenifelvesare not able to comprehend; 
 as that, without making any Diftinftion 
 at all, betwixt power which is Natural and lawful 9 
 and that which o ir Faith permits us not to med- 
 dle with; they have boldly publi(hed, that) what 
 Vertuc foever proceeds from Figures, is utterly 
 Diabolical. But when they perceived, that know- 
 ing /Vlen would hardly ^11 down fo ; and that it con^ 
 cerned them to produce fome Reafons, to prove 
 that thcfe Figures can have no Natural Power at 
 all *, they have at length brought thefc following 
 ones ; though they are built on very weak founda- 
 tions, as we (hall make it appear. 
 
 The firft is, thar Reafon it felf tels us, that thefe 
 Operations cannot be Totally natural, but rather 
 fuperftitious and dangerous ; feeing that, to reduce 
 them to a full, and entire effect, thtre are fome cer* 
 tain words to be ufed *, which have no power at all, 
 efpecially over things which have no Senfe , and 
 that therefore, the making of them ought to be for- 
 bidden and rejected, as the Church hath ordai- 
 ned. Tp 
 
Book I. Tie Temple ^/Wifdome, ^ 35 ^ 
 
 To anfvvcr fully, and in order, both to this ob- 
 Jedion, and to the reft that fciloWj I fay; that, in 
 ihefirft placci, vvc are to take notice 3 that, in the 
 matter ofthefe figures, we have already condem- 
 ned all Words, and all other Superftitions : (o that, 
 toavoid a tedious Repetition, theReadcr muft call 
 to mind, what hath already been faid to this. 
 As for the Church, it never yet rejcded the True 
 and lawful Power of figures, fuch as we havedefcri* 
 bed it ; as may appear out of the writings of thofe 
 two learned Men, Iho, Aquinas^ and Cardinal Cajs^ 
 tan. And if the Fathers have fometimes condem- 
 i»cd it ; it was not till they faw that it was fo mixed 
 with fuperliition (that 1 fay not, Abominations) 
 that they conceived they (hould never otherwife be 
 able to divert men from the Praftice of it, but by 
 condemning it utterly : as Mofes likcwife did, iii 
 forbidding abfolutcly the Graffing on a Tree of a 
 different kind, only to keep them from that ^n^ 
 which was ufually committed at that A£^ion; And 
 that it may appear that the bare figures have noc 
 been ufcd alwaies,without any Application of words 
 and Ceremonies 5 Uichas were not only Vain, but 
 Ridiculous aUo ;vwe may take notice, that inJEgyp 
 when they would caufc Haile toccafe, which might 
 have been effefted by the Vertue of a bare lelefyne 
 only 5 it was thought NecefTary, that four nac^ed 
 Women (liould lye along upon the ground on their 
 backs : and lifcing up their feet on high, they were 
 to pronounce fomc cert:^in words, and fo the Haile 
 would ccafe. ^atuor Midterei (faid they, asK.M^?- 
 pf reports) jaceant in terra fnfer dorfum fuum nud^^ et 
 erfgantpfdesfucsyft dicant talia verlm^ etoprenmr ijiud: 
 grando-^ defcendins fuper hcinn illum^ rcccdet ab eod,m 
 loco. I his R,idicuIous Cercniony was taken from 
 
 the 
 
a54 ^Afl Temple e;/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 the Pollure of fome "Teleftnatical Figure^ which fcr- 
 ved to divert ftormes of Haile ; whereon^ faith 
 Cboiner^ was graven the Image of Venus lying along. 
 Befides^fome fgnoranc perfons having lighted upon 
 loHie of the Charafters, which the Ancients had in* 
 vented, that fo they might conceal their Philofophi- 
 cal Secrets, from the unworthy Rabble ; ( fuch as are 
 thofe wherewith the Chymifts books are full : ) not 
 knowing the Original of them, and believing that 
 they had fome fecretVertue in them, they graved 
 them on Telefmes. Such perhaps was the Egyptians 
 SerapiSj which had on its breaft the fo much Cele- 
 brated Letter ^ftf^. This infcribing of Cifres, and 
 Charai^ers, brought alfo along with it this belicfe; 
 that feeing there wereLctters written upon lele^mesy 
 they might certainly then be read alfo : and hence 
 did this fuperftition take Rife, of fpeaking words in 
 the making of thcfe figures , and afterwards, of let- 
 ting alone the figure, and ufing the bare words or*- 
 ly : as it is reported of Irallianm^ who ufed thefe 
 words for the Cureof the Chollick ; (fivyi^(pivyi,u 
 Xo\h. And Homer writes, that the bleeding ofVUjJes 
 hiS wound wjs ftopped, by u(ing ccrtaine words: 
 aslikewifethat o^ Orcondates vvaSjin Heliodortis ',whOj 
 with Straho^ affirmes, that the Indians and Ethiopi- 
 ans, ufe no other way of curing their Difeafes. fr<?- 
 ijfr^rt nfTures us, that he hath fcen thefe Ceremonies 
 praftifed in his time : and even in Our daycf, they 
 arc ufed but too often, efpecially by Superftitious 
 Women. But at laft there were fome that made 
 moreefteeme of Cliarafters, then of plain Words, 
 confidering with themfelves what the power of fi- 
 gures was. T\\n^liny reports, that M. Servilius made 
 ufe of thefe two Letters, M,and >^, to keep himfelf 
 from being blear-eyed : and Eudoxia the£mpref>', 
 
 being 
 
Book I. the Temple ^/Wifdome. 255 
 
 being in Travel with a Child, defired, fas CeeUren 
 reports)co have certain Letters applyed to her Belly, 
 for to bring forth the dead Child : but it was all in 
 vain 5 for ic coft her, her life. To conclude, thcfc 
 things havihg been invented only for the concealing 
 of foiiie '^ecrets, as we have faid^ (after Koger BacoHy 
 who faith, ^£ Thilofophi ad invenerant in oprihus ar» 
 tis^ & Natur£ utfecreta occultarent ab indigmSj) they 
 were afterwards turned into Superftition, by thofe 
 who mixed them with the Images, and made ufe of 
 them beyond the powerof Nature j and that too 
 with io Damnable Ceremonies, as that the very 
 thought of them is Irkfome. Read the Hurmony of 
 the fi orldj Lib 2. 
 
 Now that the Pra^licc of making thefe figures was 
 never forbidden, but only to keep us off from thofe 
 Abominations^ that were ufually hepcby committed 
 f the invention being nevcrthelefs natural, as we 
 have fliewed ; and the things themfelves having 
 been very Innocently ufed by good Men, without 
 rheafliftance of any other Power, favethat of Na- 
 ture) we may perceive by a like example, in the 
 command that was given, of not Grafting on a tree 
 of a different kind. For it was given for no other 
 Pvcafonfthac 1 may here pafs by thofe, which are 
 brought by interpreters, both of Greek and Latine, 
 which are many times very wide of the Text) but 
 only to turne aivay the Jews from thofe filthinefles 
 and abominations, which they ufually committed 
 at thiskindofEngraffing. The Latine words will 
 in fome fort hide the uncleannefs of the difcourfe of 
 thefe Villanies : you (hall have them therefore out 
 ofthe above named Kabbi Mofes^ a man of very great 
 knowledg in thefe Traditions : Vixerimt ergc^ qiicd 
 in bora qua inferitur unafpci^s in aliam^oprUt tit ramus 
 
 infaendui 
 
^^6 The Temple <?/Wifdome. B o o k L 
 
 iufeYendus fit in manu alicujus mulieris fulchra^ & quod 
 vir aliquis carnaliter cognofcat earn f rater ntorem natura^ 
 tern, Et dixnunt^ qucd in temfore HI ins aClus debet mutier 
 Tftferere ramumin arbore. From hence a man mighc 
 conclude it was, that God, to fet a mark upon the 
 fculnefs of this CrimCj would have the very Trees 
 themfelvcs alfoto have fome fenfc of it. For, if a 
 Whore planted an Olive tree, f faith one of the lear- 
 ned'ft Prelates of Italy ^ according to the Opinion of 
 the Naturalilis J it would never bear any Fruit. OH- 
 t/^, faith he, <z Meretrice piantata^ velinfru&uofa. per^ 
 fetue manet^ vel omnino arefcit. Now, to Engraffe 
 any Tree what ever, is a thing boih Natural , and of 
 it TelfindifFercnt : neverthelefs it was foi^iddenj 
 meerly to avoid the Sin w<hich Nature abhors. Frop- 
 ter hocigitur^ is theconclufionofthe fore-cited few^ 
 prohibit £ fuerunt commixtionei^ fcilicet incifio art oris in 
 aiiamfpecienty ut elongemur a caufis Jdolatria &formca'- 
 tionum. And tiie like caufe hath a I fo moved thofe 
 men, that have condemned figures j though they 
 are both Natural, and the making of them lawful j 
 as we have already (hewed Now the reafon why 
 they have been alfo rcjeded by fome of the more 
 learned forr, was either to give way to the Rigour 
 of the Inquifttion-y as the Italians and Spaniards have 
 done : or elfe, for want of having taken the pains 
 to examine them ; as Gul. Parifienfis^ Gerfun, and 
 diverfe others ; whofe Ob jeft ions alfo, which they 
 conceive to be Invincible ones, we (hall likewife an- 
 fwer. 
 
 The ^ccond Objeftion is g rounded upon the foo- 
 l»fliiiefs, and Impertinence of the words that are u- 
 fed about thefe Telefwes -, at the making whereof. 
 Ignorant people do ftill ufe fome certain Words, 
 which fdy ihey, are very neer bordering upon Idola- 
 try. Bui 
 
BookI. '/^^ Temple (^fVVifdome. 257 
 
 But we have already anfwered, in theprecedent 
 Chapter's that we do not at all defend the follies of 
 the Superftitious; but do rather freely condema 
 their Obfcrvations, and all words, that tend to 
 fuperftition. In the fame Chapters aifo we have 
 reje£tedpart of the fooleries, delivered bv Ff//^«o- 
 venfis : andthatwemay not have any fcrupleunfa- 
 tisfied, we do alfo here condemn thofe, which are 
 brought by AHtoniusMizaldus: as namely, where he 
 affirmes, according to Ptolomy^ that for to drive away 
 Serpents, you muft prepare a fqiiare Plate ofCop- 
 iper, and graving two Serpents on it 5 when the fc- 
 cond face of Aries is Afcendent, you muft fay thefe 
 words: Ligo Serpentes per banc Imagmemj ut nemini' 
 <Hoceant^ nee queuquam impediant^nec diutiks^ uhifepulta. 
 fuerity permaneant. As alfo where hefaies, accor- 
 ding to the CamePtohwy^ that, to drive away Rats 
 I and Mice, you muft grave the Image of them upon 
 : a Plate of Tin or Copper, when the third face of 
 Cdpricorne is afcendent; faying, Ligo omrtes Mures 
 \per hance hnaginem^ ut nullus^ in lo:o jwi fuerit^ 
 ftianerepofjit, bo likewife for to gather together, and 
 catch fifties, you muft engrave the Image of a fiOi^ 
 upon a piece ofLead or Tin, when the firftface of 
 Jquarim or o^Pifces is afcendent, faying : Ligo & 
 adjuro omnes Pifces quifunt in flumine(vi\th all naming 
 th; River J adtradum balifi£^ ut ad banc Imaginem ve^ 
 niam^ quojiefcunque in e us aqua, pofita fuerit . And fo 
 alfo for the driving of Wolves away, either out of a 
 Wood or from a Sheep-coat, you muft grave upon a 
 Plate of Copper or Tin, the Image of a Wolfe, with 
 his feet tied^ and two Maftivcs feeming to bark at 
 him, when the fecond face of Sagittarim is Afcen- 
 dent ', and you muft wit hall {iy thus : Extermnoper 
 banc Imdginem omnes Lufos , qui funt in bac Vella^ aut 
 
 K nemore^ 
 
 i 
 
a 58 The Temple ^f Wifdome, Book I. 
 
 wf7W(?r^ (calling the Wood or the Sheep-houfe by it's 
 name} utnonremaneat aliquiseorum inillo. As iike- 
 vvifej in the laft place, to render a Huntfman fortu- 
 nate in his Game, you muft grave upon a peice of 
 Tin^ Silver or Copper, the Image of a Huntrnian, 
 having in his hand a Eow bent, and ready charged 
 wich an Arrow 3 graving it under the fign ofSagit' 
 tarius^ whofe Image he reprcfenteth, and faying : 
 per banc hnaginem ligo omnes feras Silveiires^ cervos^ 
 aproSj lepores^ ut nulla meam venationem jubterfugiaty 
 qnin oftatam portionem &pr£dam rftihi femper relinquat. 
 J havefetdown fomany of thcfe words, that Men 
 may take notice of them to avoid them, and to give 
 warning of them to thofe that arc inquirers after 
 fuch things 5 who might happily have lighted on 
 them in the Authors own writings, which are full 
 of Superftitions. For, befides that the mannerof 
 making them is Ridiculous, it is aifo as far different 
 from the true way that is to be obfervedin making 
 them, as Heli is from Heaveu. So that I cannot 
 much wonder at the III Luck of a Friend of mine ; 
 whofaie?, that of above a hundred of thefeTe/^/1 
 mam that he had made, according to thefe vaine 
 Rules here delivered, he never faw any one of them 
 anfwer hisExpeftation. But I defiring him to make 
 one, according to the Dircftions I gave him -, he 
 prefently faw the effeft follow. And M. Robert 
 (Tnrnr a learned Phyfi ian makes them right, and^ 
 the learned Eugenm Polymoy who is yet living, 
 andmaybeaskt thequeftionj hath fworn to me, 
 that he hath cured a moft Iiuollerable pain in the 
 Rains, by one offchefe true 7elefmans : fo much doth* 
 it concern us to be abletodiftinguifh, betwixt the 
 true, and fulfe ones We rejeft therefore this fop- 
 pilh way of meking them, delivered by the faid Mi- 
 
 zaldtts 
 
Book I. rte Temple (?/Wifdome. 259 
 
 zaldUf^ as well in the places above cited, as infoniC 
 others : as namely in the 44. 6-9^. Apborifmes oft h^ 
 fccond Century j the g%.Aphorifme of the third Cen- 
 tury i and the 47. Aphoriftne of the ninth : in which 
 places he makes ufe of words both vain and fupsr- 
 ftitious, and alfo of moft falfe principles ; which is 
 thcRcaConjwhynoman could ever, byufingthcm, 
 attain to the end he propofcd. Now I have former- 
 ly faid, that we condemne all Figures and Word?, 
 that are mixed with Supcrftition, in thefe Tf/</??w- 
 tical Figures only; for, as for thofe Ceremonies 
 and words, which arc pioufly ufed ; as for ex- 
 ample, To caufe a ftorme of Haile to ceafes i 
 man may ufe them without any fufpicion at all, ac- 
 cording to the Judgement of fdme Divines. The 
 manner is thus defcribed by Wierus. Having firft 
 made thefign of theCrofs, againft the Lightning, 
 Haile, Thunder or Tempeft, you miift take three 
 Halle-ftones, of thofe that firft fell, and call them 
 into the fire, in the name of the Holy Trin'ty ; and 
 havi ng repeated the Lords Prayer two or three cimeg 
 over, you muft read the Gofpel ofSt.John: which 
 being cnded^ you muft make thefign of theCrofs, 
 overagainft theCloude, and the Thunder, on every 
 fide; and make the fame alfo upon the ground, 
 toward the four quarters of the World : and after 
 that the Exorcijl fhall have faid three times, Verbum 
 caro fadum efl^ adding to it, as often thefe words ; 
 Ter Evangelica diUa fagiat tempefljf efta ; if the Tem- 
 peft were raifed out of malice, faith JHerus^ it will 
 ceafc. But let us leave the determination of this 
 matter til I fome other time ; only obferving at pre* 
 fent, thett there hath crept in Superftition here 
 alfo, as well as into the bufinefs^ we now treat 
 of. 
 
 R 2 THr 
 
76o The Temple <?fWifdotne. Book I. 
 
 The third Objei^ion is grounded upon the Impo- 
 tency of the matter ingraved. For, how can an 
 Image, which is dead, and without motion, give. 
 motion to other?, and have fuch operation?, as are 
 attributed unto it > Thus it is argued by GuUelmm 
 farifienfis^ againft thefe Figures. ^omrdo Imago 
 i»ortua^ & onmimodo iHapprehenfa^ omnique modo immo- 
 hiliSj mover etviventes ? aut qualiur prJjiat Scientiam^ 
 qudm mchabuit. nee adUy necptentia earn habet certif- 
 fimumejl? Gerfon faies the fame, and brings in a 
 manner, all the very fame Arguments, in a Book 
 that he hath written again a certain Phyfitian of 
 Mcntpelier^ who graved upon a piece of Goid^ the 
 Image of a Lyon, for the Cure of the Stone. 
 
 To this I anfwer, that the Image of it feif, is 
 dead, and without any motion : but that by the 
 Vertueof the Stars, under which it was made, it 
 hathaaquired new qualities, which it had not be- 
 fore : or elfe, that the matter being before indued 
 with fome qualities that were proper forfuchan ef- 
 fect, it is difpofed for fuch an effcft by a Semblable 
 figure, and its qualities are excited. Itacjue arSy 
 faith, hUrcilius [icinus^fufcitat inchoatam ihi virtutem^ 
 ac dam ad figuram redigit^ fimilem fu£ cuidam cxlejti 
 figur£^ tunc fu£ illicide£ frorfjis expenit', qtiam fie fx- 
 pofitam Cixlum ea perftcit virtute qua e^eperat^ exhibem 
 quafi fulpburi flammam. Thu^ many things, if they 
 are not excited, work not at all : as forinftance, to 
 make fome Herbs to frael, you muft crufh them be- 
 twixt your fingers. So Amber^ which hatli received 
 from the Heavens, the property of drawing Straws 
 to it; yet unlefs it be a while rubbed and chafed, 
 it is not able to do it. The Bczaar or Eezohar Stone 
 (which Marcilius Ficinus {d\es^ fignifies as; much as, 
 Antorte lebcrans: chough this be an Etymology as 
 
 Unknown, 
 
Boo K 1- The Temple /7/W ifdome. 7 6 1 
 
 Unknown, as UntrueJ which is Naciiraily indued 
 with the power of expelling poyfon, becomes alfo 
 a very Sovcraign remedy againft it. That of the 
 ' Scorpion, if there be firft graved on it the Figure of 
 aScorpion, under the influence of theCelcftial con- 
 
 ftillation of the fame name. ^ The flint Stone 
 
 a gives not its fire, unlefs you ftrike it : in a word 
 i^-^ — there is fcarcely any things but requires to be 
 ^ Excited and Awakened up to its work, even 
 ^^ aslow^as Artificial things 5 many whereof ap- 
 ^ ^ pear not at all, unlefs there be Art ufed to dis- 
 cover them : as we may fee, for Example, in 
 Letters written with the juyce o^Chrons^Figs^Onyons^ 
 Salt Alnionkk^^ and many other things ; wluch mufl 
 be either held before the Fire, or elfe dipped in Wa- 
 ter, that they may "oe read. In like manner alfo is 
 it neceflTary) that the. vertue of Metals and of Stones 
 (hould be excited by the Celcftial Rayes, for the 
 rendering them apt to effed that which wedeiiie. 
 Now that thefe Rayes are fo powerful, as that they 
 are able to penetrate Stones, and into the bowels 
 of the Earth, we have already proved 5 and lliall 
 hcreconfirme it, by the teftimony of BoHaventure : 
 Vicunt Philofophiy quod corpus c ^lefie^yitediante fuo lumine 
 influit ufque ad profundum terrjt^ iibi miner alia corpora 
 generdrihaheit, Et^ quantum ad hoc verum dicunt.W'htn 
 Tcftimonies are grounded upon experience, they 
 cannot podlbly then be denied : and we know that 
 the Sun penetrates very far into the Earth, and 
 there gives life to plants, and li vine; Creatures too i 
 which, when we fee taken up, aftonifh us very much ; 
 as appearcs out ofGeorgius Agricola^ and the learned 
 Ucetuiy who is ftill ProfeflTor at Fddua. As for Sub- 
 terraneous fiQies, we find them but too often en- 
 i . vcned by the Stars, to our great difadvantage : as 
 R 3 you 
 
$62 ^^ ^f' Temple of Wndom G. Book I. 
 
 you may obferve out of the third book of Seneca's 
 X^at. qu£ll. c,ip. Who alfo in another place, Taies, 
 that Thiiip having Cent men down into an old Gold- 
 mine, to fee if the Covetoufnefs of Man had yet left 
 there any thing undifcovered; they perceived Ri- 
 vers running along thofe deep CavernF, and many 
 other Prodigious fights : by which we may be cer- 
 tainly afTured^ that the Heavens do operate through 
 every part of the Univerfe. Defcendijfe illos^ faies 
 this learned Author, cum multo lumine^ &multosdu'' 
 rajfedies ; de'mde longa viafati^atos^ v'ldiffe flumna in'- 
 genU(t^& conceptus aquarum inertium vajios^ pares milrpi'y 
 nec compreffos quidern tsrrafupereminente'y fed libera laxi* 
 tatis^non fine horror evifos. And thofe, chac write of 
 thePviches oiAmerkaydiYuTe uSjthat the mine of Pro//, 
 where Gold is generated, is fo hollow and Co deep, 
 that nothing can more ficly reprefent the dreadful 
 ImageofHell. If then the Stars do operate, with- 
 in the bowels of the Earth, upon living Creatures, 
 Plants and Metals, why not upon Stones alfo ? I do 
 therefore account the Concluiion of Hieron.Hangejiy 
 an Ancient, Learned, Sorbonift, tobenioftTrue^ 
 who, fearching after the Reafon ofGamahes^ con- 
 cludes (after a long dirpute)thac theFigure orpain- 
 ting on them, proceeds from two caufes ; from the 
 Stars, and from the Property of the Earth. Sec 
 lie re his own word?. §^idigitur dicendumfit ? ref* 
 pondeo^ ex duplki radke poffe contingere. Vna modo ex 
 '/ad ice • iderea^fecimdmn A\irologorum author it atent^niul^ 
 tlf expeyime'/itii coraprohattim. Alio modo^ ex. radice infe* 
 riore^&c. Now this power or vertue of the Stars, 
 worksindifierently upon all things j which Confi- 
 tieration hath niovtd many that ftandupforthe 
 powerof Figures, tobelieve that all forts of Stones, 
 
 (Vlecais ^^ ^^-^^^ "''^^^'^^ iiuiiffcrently, if it be gra- 
 ved. 
 
vcd, and wrought according to the Rules before de- 
 vercd, would work the fame effefts. F'or, as Fire 
 heateth all things that are fet before it ^ in like man- 
 ner do the Stars Operate, fay they, upon all things 
 indifferently. But I hold the firft Opinion to be 
 «h,e Truer^ and more certain : not, that this later is 
 falfe; but, becaufe the effeft here is flower. For, 
 the Fire will indeed heat all things, that are placed 
 nearit; but if the matter be indifpofed, the heat 
 will not workfofpeedily : as we fee in e;reen Wood, 
 and in a Pibblc-ftone, which requirech a longer 
 time to grow hot in, then a Brick doch : and fo in 
 all other things. It is required then, to the end 
 that the Stars may opperate th-e more eafiiy, and in 
 lefs time, that the matter be before hand indued 
 with fome quality, chat is proper to the effect which 
 we have propofed to our felves ; and havealfo fome 
 Sympathy with thofeCelcftial (igns, which we in- 
 tend to make ufe of. Read the Holy Guide. 
 
 You may fee this Sympathy, and the wonderful 
 Correfpondencc that there is, betwixt Stones, Mi- 
 nerals, Herbs^ Plants, Flowers,Tails,SmeIs,Colour5, 
 Beafts, Fifhes, Birds, and all things elfe, and the 
 ftars, in Georgius Venetus his Book, Ve Harmonia Mtm- 
 ^^, and in the learned Comment of M Mo»'^'^/^, a 
 Phyfitian, upon Scbola. Salermtayia j the reading 
 whereof, in all forts of booAS what ever, is truly 
 very Admirable. 
 
 The fourth Objection, which is brought bv the 
 above-named Authors, is, that if this Artofpre- 
 paring Images be certaine^and their vertue fo great 
 as is faid ; the Egyptians j Arabians and Ferftans^ who 
 were the hrft invcnters of them, would then have 
 made themfelves Lords of the whole Earth, inUib- 
 dmiig all their Ene Hies : which thing they have 
 
 R 4 not 
 
264. ^Iheltwpicof Wxidome. BooKi 
 
 not done 5 but coiicranwife have themfelves all been 
 Conquered. 
 
 To this I anfwer, that no Image, or lehfmatical 
 -figure c^n poflibly be Capable of operating (b great 
 an effeft : they may indeed pofiibly excite, in fome 
 fmal meafitrc, the courage ofCombatants^and nwk^ 
 them Ids fearful of the Terrours of War h but thefe 
 qualities alone will never be fufficient, for the ob- 
 taining of a Viftory. If any here urge againft me 
 the flory of Nectonaho^ who is faid to have drowned 
 all his Enemies Ships, by making certain little Vef- 
 fcls of Wax, and then drowning them : lanfwer^ 
 fuppofe thcU. things were fo ; yet it could not be 
 from hence concluded, that thefe effects were 
 wrought by the vertue of the Stars j but rather by 
 fome evil Angels, to whom God may have given 
 fome fuch power. Gulielmus Panfienfu utterly denies 
 thefe ftorics to be true; as indeed they are raeerly 
 Fabulous ; neither do I believe thefe is any one of 
 them chat hath any truth in it. If it be returned 
 iipon us, that there is nothing in them, but a man 
 nray believe, fmce polTibly they might be true : I 
 anfvver, that many things might have been, which 
 heveryet have been : as, forinflance, there might 
 have been more iSans, and more Worlds then 
 one. 
 
 The fifth Objeftlon is,that it is necefiary that Na- 
 tural Agents fnould.,. fome way or other, touch the 
 thing they are to Operate upon: but a Figure, 
 vvhich cureththe itone, Chollick, or anyother dif- 
 ^afe^touchcch not at all the Part ijfFefted, theVertue 
 of it therefore cannot be'Nattnal. 
 
 The anfwer to this Ob'ec^ion is fo eafie, that, 
 
 without troubling our felves to* reckon up, with 
 
 "S^oxisi^ the icYcral Wi^rss of loucking^ we Deed no 
 
 * more 
 
B o o K i. < Ae Temple of Wifdome. 26% 
 
 more but give an iiiftance in a Hot BricJ^. For as a 
 Bricke receives heat from the Fire5Wichout touching 
 either Cole, or r lame ; in like manner doth an l- 
 mage receive the influence of the Stars, without 
 touching an Part of the Heavens. ^ In a word, all 
 the touching which is here found, is only a Virtual 
 touching 3 as we fee in the Sun, which, doth never- 
 thelefs warm it by its Vertue. And as a Bricke,hea- 
 tedeitherby theSun, orbyFire, doth afterwards 
 operate upon any other body, cummunicatingits 
 Vertue to it, if it be applied unto it : in the fame 
 manner doth a Figure or Image operate upon ano- 
 ther body, communicating the influences, which it 
 hath received from the Stars unto it, if it be in like 
 manner applyed, either by a Corporeal, or by a 
 \wrtual touching only. 1 fhall not here produce 
 the Miraculous operation of the IVeapon falve^vfhich 
 cures a wound, at a hundred Leagues diftance» if it 
 be but apphed to the Weapon that made it j and 
 that you drefs it, as you would do the Wounded 
 Perfon ; as it is proved by Sr. Kenelme Vighy. If I 
 ihould have madeufe of this Example, I (hould ne- 
 ver have been quiet from having it thrown in my 
 Teeth, that the Operation o( this Magnetical Vh- 
 g«f«r isSupcrftitious and Diabolical. This is the 
 whole burden of the Ignorant Rabble, who impute, 
 whatever they find to carry wonder with it, to the 
 operation of evil fpirits : and yet I have been afliirei 
 by Dr.Turner a Phyfitian, that this very operation 
 was Natural 5 and that himfelf had made ufe of it, 
 with good fuccefs, and on a very ^ood man. Now 
 if our Nativity Merchants deny, that the operation 
 of a leUfmatical Image, which is buried under 
 ground, can be Natural j becaufe that it is kept in 
 bytheEarth, which coversit : hemayas well con- 
 
 - ' elude. 
 
266 The Temple ^/ Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 elude, that the operation of a Needle touched with 
 a Load-ftone is alro Diabolical •> feeing that although 
 it be a hundred fathoms deep within the Earth, yet 
 will it al wayes turn it felf towards the Pole, This 
 Comparifon is fc much the more preffing, becaufe 
 that the moft of the learned believe, that this Vcr- 
 lue of the Load-ftone is communicated unto ic, by 
 that part of the Heavens, which the Needle points 
 to. So true it is, that there is nothing more po- 
 werful, then the influences of the ftars, when they 
 have once made an imprcflion upon things here be- 
 low. 
 
 The fixth Objeftion ftrikcs at the power,which we 
 have attributed to refemblance: for, there is not 
 any where ffay our Scar Men) a nearer Tye and 
 Correfpondence, then in the Love of a Mother and 
 her Child ; and yet if a Mother drown her felfe,the 
 Child will notprefently do fo too; and fo he con- 
 cludes : ^anto minus igitur in tarn diverfisy utfunt 
 Imago & Imaginatum^ nulla ligaturaj inter eaerity qu£ 
 cogaty ut quod fxtituf ImagOy ^atiatur & Imagina" 
 turn. 
 
 I know very well, that this Author makes ufe ctf 
 Argument againft NeUanabo : but feeing that he 
 brings it alfo againft Telefmatical Images ; [ anfwer, 
 that thefe Images (as we have already faid) have no 
 powerat all over our Wills. Now, to drown ones 
 ifelfe, or, not to drown ones fclf, is an A^ion which 
 depends wholly upon the Will. But if a Child re- 
 femble the Mother, as well in the Lineaments of 
 the Face, asin the A6:ions of the Soul ; there is no 
 doubt, but that this refemblance may have very 
 much power^ both as well on the paiijons of the 
 mindc, as on thofe of the Body, which proceed 
 
 fron^ 
 
/ p o OK I. The Temple of Wifdome. 2 67 
 
 from within : as ic is often obfcrved. And even in 
 our daycs, Wc have heard of two young Children, 
 which were Brothers, at VenOton^ an EpJlcopal City 
 inltaly^ who by reafon of their being fo perfefilj 
 like one another, if one of them werefick, theo- 
 ^her was fo too : as, for example, if one began to 
 have a Pain in the Head, the other would prefently 
 . feel it : If one of them were a {leep,or fad , the other 
 could tiot hold up his head, or be merry : and fo of 
 the reft, as I have been aifured by Collonel Kove/ 
 a very honeft man, and a Gentleman of the fame 
 City. 
 
 The fevcnth Objc6i:ion, brought by the Athiefts^ 
 is, that if at any time thefe lelefmatical ftones have 
 been known to cure the bitings of ^Serpents, and the 
 flinging of iJcorpions; this cifeft proceeded not at 
 all from the ftars, but from fomc feci-et Properties 
 in the ftone, whereon the Figure of a .Scorpion, or 
 Serpent, was graved. 
 
 ThisObjeftionis anfwered in two words. I fay 
 then, that we have already proved, that the ftars 
 have power to communicate this vertue to the ftone; 
 and alfo, that it is not at all Natural to it, and pro- 
 ceeding from its own proper vertue : becaufe that, 
 before it was figured and prepared under certain 
 Conftellations, it had no fuch Vertue at all. And 
 indeed, to what end iliould a man take fo much 
 pains in graving and preparing it under diverfe Af- 
 pcftsof the ftars, if it had as much Vertue before? 
 To what purpofe alfo ftiould the Inhabitants of the 
 Country oiHamftz. in Tirrkje^ trouble themfelves 
 to take the Impreflion of a .Scorpion tbat is figured 
 upon a ftone in a certain Tower, in a piece of Pot- 
 ters Clay, if fo be the Clay it felfhad the fame Ver- 
 tue before > We fay therefore, that it had not any 
 
 Vertue 
 
368 TAe Temple t?/ Wifdome. Book I 
 
 Vcrtue before, proper for fuch an opinion; and 
 that this Vertiie was communicated unco it, by the 
 ftone in the Tower; and to the ftonc, by the 
 ftars. 
 
 I fhall noDhere examine the Arguments of the 
 Star Monger, which are to be feen under the Title 
 of the s6. Page, which is, ^uod ommn ifta qu£ fiunt 
 fer Imagines ymalignijlime fiant : becaufe that in this 
 Chapter he treats only of Speakjng ImageSy or Sta- 
 tues ; fuch as was that fpeaking Image of a man, 
 which isfalfly faid to have been mdidthy Albertui 
 Magnus: But the Images we fpeak of, are quite ano- 
 ther thing 5 as is alfo their power. So that there 
 is nothing wanting now, to the full Vindication of 
 them from falfhood, and all other Caluminies, by 
 AthielU. 
 
 The laft Obie^^ion is indeed the moft difficult of 
 all the reft ; feeins; that the Vcrtue, which we find 
 Imprinted in a lelefman^ feemes to furpafs the po- 
 wer of Nature. Neverthelefs we are able to make 
 it appear, that there is nothing Extraordinary in it, 
 by niftancing in the Load-ftone; which having 
 communicated it's Vertue to apiece of Iron, this 
 picceof Iron communicates it afterwards to ano- 
 ther, in drawing it to it felf, and retaining it. In 
 like manner may a 7elefmatical figure communicate 
 it's vertue to another figure, which (hall have recei- 
 ved impreflion from it 5 which (hall afterwards have 
 the power to work the fame effefts; only the diffe- 
 rence is, we can give a Reafon of this later, though 
 not of the former. For, the lelefman is, as a Brick^ 
 made very hot, which is able to heat another Brick, 
 though not with fo much force, as the Fire does: 
 and the fame is tobf faid of the Print of a leUf^m 
 in Clay, which cait never befopowerful in opera- 
 
B o o K I. The Temple ^/ Wifdome. 269 
 
 tion, as thcTelefman it fclfe ; which is heated^ of 
 penetrated, by the Beams of the Stars. 
 
 We conclude then, that we may Naturally^ and 
 without the aid of fpirits, prove, by thefecrets of 
 Nature, not only the power of the Images, but of 
 many other operations alfo, which arc more won- 
 derful. As, for example, to fend Newcs to our 
 friends, inlefsthenan hours fpace, above an hun- 
 dred Leagues off: 2iSlrhheinm Abbas^ zndBanhoU^ 
 my Cordelier^ and after him Kobert Fludy have under- 
 taken to do. To do fuch Miraculous things, by the 
 help of Looking-glafles, as we would think to be ut- 
 terly impolfible ; fuch as were thofe ftrange opera- 
 tions, which Kohert Bacon undertook to do in the 
 number Nine ; by which he promifed the Pope, 
 that if he would furnifh him with fuch a Summe of 
 Money^as the charge of making them would require 
 he (hould be able to annoy the lurk^s more by thefe 
 GlafTer, then by an Army of a hundred thoufand 
 Men. Briefly, if Arijktle had not informed us,that 
 the Image in the Aire which infeparably followed a 
 certain man, fo that he could never be rid of it, was 
 Natural : would it not prefently have been conclu- 
 ded, that it wasfome famili^fpirit,orfome Vernon, 
 that took upon it the Figure of this Man? And yet 
 neverthelefs, this was only the effed of the Man's 
 ownweaknefs of fight ; which being unable to pe- 
 netrate the Medium of the Aire, it's beameswerc 
 reverberated, in like manner as in a Looking-glafs ; 
 fo that, when ever his Eyes were open, he ftiil faw 
 his own Image in the Aire. Which makes me to be 
 of their opinion, who indcavour to vindicate the 
 Ancients, from the Imputation of Magick, and to 
 think that the Works which they did, and which 
 arc commonly accounted Diabolical, proceeded 
 
 meerly 
 
^'O T^Ae Temple ^/Wifdome. Book I. 
 
 meerly from fome Natural principle : and I am fc- 
 rioufly of this inind^that there can be nothing more 
 Rediculous, then to have rccourfcto Spirits. For, 
 bcfides that Campanellay KioUmSy SymphorianuSy Cant' 
 fegiusy and many others affure us, that, whatfoever 
 they may have done, yet they have never obferved 
 any thing that was fupernatural, at leaft in thofe 
 works, which are faid to proceed fromfpirits: We 
 our felvcs may do, without their Aid, whatfoever 
 they can do 5 feeing that they have no advantage 
 over us, but operate only by applying aftive things 
 to paflivej like as we do. We conclude therefore 
 with the learned Lord Bacon. Non igitur oportetnoi 
 uti Magicis tllufionihusy cum potefias Fhiiofophu doc f at 
 vperari quodfufficit. 
 
 You now know your Mcttals muft be firft made 
 Spermatick and Callo, the better to receive the 
 Aftral Agent, as you may read in the Holy Guide. I 
 have for the truths fake, and to juftifie my innocent 
 and former VifcourffSy added to them this little 
 pieces which perhaps is fuch, and hath in it fo much 
 as the fforld hatli not yet feen published. It is not 
 indeed the tenth part of what I had firft defign'd, 
 but fome fobcr conliderations made me forbear, as 
 my fuddain and abrupt clofe will inform you. How- 
 fcever, what I now refeive, as to Vhilofo^ical Myfte* 
 r/f$maybe im an ed hereafter in owv Kegio Lucis ^ 
 and for the Ro^eCrwci^ff, we (hall draw them up for 
 our own private ui^c in the Kofie Crucian infallible 
 AKiomata. 1 have little more to fay, but if it may 
 add any thing to your content. 1 can affure you 
 here is nothing affirm'dy but what is the fruit of my 
 own experience ; 1 can truly fay of my own, for with 
 much labour h ive I wrung it out of Nature : nor 
 had I any to inftrud me , for 1 was never fo fortu- 
 nate 
 
Book I. The Tctnplt of Wifdotne, 271 
 
 nate as to meet with one man^ who had the abilities 
 to contribute to me in this kind. I would not have 
 you build mwntains on the top of this Temple I 
 have here built, notefpecially thofeofGo/<i; But if 
 thoudoft build Thyftck^u^on it, then have I (hewed 
 thee the K(?c^and the Bafis of that famous /^rt,which 
 isfo much profeft by Biil-men upon every Poft and 
 Pifling place, thefe we fcorne and their Ginger bread 
 Cakes called Liquorijh Lozenges ^htcsiuCe they fo little 
 underftand : here you (halt find the truefubjeftof 
 it demonftrated, and if you are not very dul, fuf- 
 ficiently difcovered j here God himfelf and the 
 word of God leads you to it; here the Light fliews 
 you Light^ and here have you that Tcftimony of 
 Jamjlicusy and the Egyptians Records cleared ; name- 
 ly, that God fometimes delivered to the ancient 
 Friefts and Prophets certain matter,f fr heatafpedacula^ 
 and communicated it for the ufe of man. I (hall 
 conclude with this Admonition-y if you would know 
 Natural Tele fmes and how to Spermatick Mettals and 
 Pel lifie them, take heed of Antimony and the common 
 Metals ; feekonly that very firfi mixture of Elements 
 which Nature makes in the great World; feek it I 
 fay, whirftit is/r^/^andjfd'H?, and having found it, 
 conceal it. As for thtufe of it, feek not that alto- 
 gether in Books, but rather beg it at the Hands of 
 God, for it is properly his Gift, and never man at- 
 tained to it, without a clear and fenfible afftflance 
 from above ; Neglect not my Advice m this, though 
 it may fcem Kediculm to thofc that ^reeverrpife^ and 
 have the Mercies of God in derifwn. Many men live 
 in thisWorld without God 3 they have no Vifits from 
 him, and therefore laugh at thofe that feek himjbut 
 much more at thofe that have found him. So it is 
 I have heard fome confident Cobler and talking 
 
 Taylers, 
 
272 r/jg Temple £?/Wifdome. Bo ok I. 
 
 TaylerSjpretendersof Art, diridethcfe things, their 
 underwits cannot reach. 5t. Faul gloried in hi? Kf-^ 
 velathm-, but he that will do fonow^ (hall be num- 
 bered amongft Ranters and Anabuptifts. But let not 
 thefe things divert you if you ferveGod, youferve^ 
 a good Matter, and will not keep back your Wages. 
 Underftandwell this Book, that the other may,|pe 
 eafie to you : And fo Farewell in Chrift Jefus. j 
 
 THE 
 
Th 
 
 eomagia> 
 
 O R. T H E 
 
 TEMPLE 
 WISDOME 
 
 In three Parts, 
 
 spiritual^ Ccelejiial and Element aL 
 
 Conteyning the Occult Powers of the 
 Angelj, of Aftromancy in thS Telefbiatical 
 fculpturc of the Per fans and EgjftUns. 
 
 The Mifterious virtues of the Characters of 
 the Stars with the Genii Ideal's and Figures of 
 
 Gcomancy upon Gamahc, &c. to wbkh is added 
 the RefolLJuon of all manner of QueftioD' , 
 Pad, Prc.cnr, and lo Come. 
 
 The knowledge of Rofic Crucian Thyjicl{e 
 and the Miraculous iccrets of !>iatiirejby which 
 
 is performed inc:cdit)Ie exttsortiinary thii^gs. ail veri- 
 fied by a prf,d cal cxammiiion of Principles in the 
 gre£t Wurid, and fftred to meanCa^'acicies. 
 
 By John Heydon Gent, «^/><^ o«^- , A[ 
 
 Servant of God and Secretary of Nature. 
 
 Prudsns tcnehrofa. Peittrat , J 
 
 London Printed for Henry Brome, \6G'X' \ 
 

 ^ 
 
 TO THE 
 
 Truly Noble Learned and Valiant, &c. 
 
 John DigbyEfq. 
 
 My Worthy and Honoured Friend, All Ceo- 
 leftial and Terreftrial happineG be wilhed. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 IlEE Crave exceeding 
 Pardon in the Audaci- 
 ty of this attempt 
 huaibly acknov/ledg- 
 ing a work of fuch con- 
 cernment unto all Peo- 
 ple 3 and difBcuIty in 
 it felf 3 did well deferve the Conjunction of 
 many heads^ And furely more advantagious had 
 it been unto thefe Arts to have fallen into the 
 endeavours of fom.e Co-operating advancers 
 that might have performed this work excel- 
 lently, beyond all others, would be your famous 
 Father Sir Kcndm Dighy^ whofe very name 
 
 A a 3 through 
 
The Epijlle Dedicatory, 
 
 through all the world would have added Au- 
 thority to itj But the privacy of our condition 
 and unequal abilities expe(9: remiiiion this was 
 done by us ^ yet notwithftanding we have not 
 been diverted nor have our Solitary, attempts 
 been difcouraged as to difpair of the favourable 
 Icokof yoUj upon cur fingleand unfupportcd 
 endeavours^ for which the vulgar people and 
 under-witSj will give you thanks^ Now to wifh 
 all Readers of your abilitieSj were unrcafonably 
 to multiply tlie number of Schollers^ beyond the 
 temperofthefeiimes^ but unto this ill judgeing 
 Age^ We charitably defire a portion of your 
 Equity 3 Judgement. Candor^ and ingenuity , 
 wherein you are fo Rich^ as not to lofe by dif- 
 Fufion. and beingaflouriOiing branch of your 
 N(}b!c Father , unto whom we owe (b much 
 obfcrvancej ycu have been long rooted in fuch 
 perRftion , whereof having had fo lalting con- 
 firmation in your worthy converfation conftant 
 Amity and ExpreffioUj and knowing you a 
 ferious Studicnt in the higheft part of this Para- 
 dice^ and a m.ain Pillar of this Temple, with 
 much excufe We dedicate it to your delight^ 
 
 Tntr Affe&ionate Friend and Servant^ 
 
 n/'-A'Ai. John HETDON. 
 
 The 
 
\ 
 
 miM0^MMm iMi^m^ 
 
 V2* 
 
 The Apologue. 
 
 £ shall be accnfed of great yrefitm- 
 pion and rapnefs^ for that vpc 
 have^ Attributed the Figures^ to 
 their proper and "Natural ideas 
 and Rulers that govern the Re- 
 gions of the Worlds and all things 
 in the 12 parts thereof ^^ And the Rulers and 
 ideas are incorporated into the Figures : as the 
 foul isjoyned to the body 5 Novp the foul of Man 
 is a certain Divine light ^ created after the Image 
 of the Word the CaufeofCaufesandfirfi exam- 
 ple 5 and the fubflance of God^ Figured hj a 
 Seal whofe charaQer is the eternal Word ^ alfo the 
 Soul of Man is a certain Divine fubjiance ^ indi- 
 vidual and vpholyprefent in every part of the 
 body^ fo produced by an incorporeal Author^ 
 that it dependeth by the power of the Agent on- 
 ly ^not by the bofom of the Matter, ihe foul is 
 a fubfiantial Number^ Vniform Converfive unto 
 itfelf^ and Rational^ very far excelling aU bodies 
 Aa 3 And 
 
The Apologue. 
 
 and Material things ^ tke partition ofvphich is 
 not according to the Mt^ttcrnor froceedttjgfrom 
 infsrtotir and gr offer things hutfrGm the e^cient 
 Caufe: For it is not a quantitivc Kuiu'^ir^ int re- 
 pwvcd from all Corpora '! L^i^s^ tphence it js not 
 diiiided nGT midtifljcd by parts^ 1 here] ore the 
 Soul cf Man is a certain Divine Ju'riAT^cc 
 jJoi'yv v^/r(/.// a div hie fountain carrying a long 
 mth:\ felf Number^ not that Divine one iy the 
 Vi^hich feeing it hath a proportion to ail things it 
 can underfiand all thiTigs^ therefore mans font be 
 ino^ fhch^ According to the opinion of the Plato- 
 92ijis Immediately proceeding from Cod^ is joy- 
 ■ned by competent Means to this groffer body 5 
 Tvhence firfi of all in its defcent it is invdoped 
 inaCelejtial and Aerial body tchich they call 
 theCelefiial vehicle cfthefoul^other the chariot of 
 the Soul^ through thk middle thing by the Com- 
 mandofCod^ ivkois the Center oftheworld^it 
 isfrfi jnfufed into r he middle Point of the hearty 
 which is the Center of mans body ^and from thence 
 it is difftifed through all the parts and mefnbers 
 of his bady.^ but the chief feat ts the head^ when it 
 joyneth his chariot tS the Natural heat being a 
 fptrit generated from the heart by heat^ by this it 
 flungeth it felf into the Humours :^ by the nphich 
 it inUtteth in jll the Members and to all thefe it 
 is made equally the nighift although it bedeffufed 
 through one to another^ even as the heat of fire 
 ' adhearetb 
 
The Apologue. 
 
 adherefh mojl nigh to the Aire and Water : Af 
 though it be transferred by the Aire to the Wd' 
 ter : Thus it is Mamfejl^ hovp the mertdlfonl^ by 
 an ImortallvYL. an Eiherid vehicle is ccncluded 
 in a gro/je and A<fortaU body^ btttwhcnby a dif- 
 eafeorfome Mifchicf iheje Middle things recal- 
 leth itjelfandjioweth hack, into the heart trhich 
 vpas thefirjireceftickof the fold: bnttkeffirit 
 of the heart failings and heat beingextiacf:, it lea- 
 veth him^ and man dyeth^ and the font flyeth 
 away rcith this Celejiialvehicle^andthe Genims 
 his ^eeper^ and the Defnon follow it being gene 
 forth and carry it to the 'judge where fentence 
 being pronounced^ God quietly leadeth forth the 
 good Souls to Glory ^ the evil are caji into punifi- 
 ment. 
 
 Again as we kl^ow that the 1 2 houfes have each 
 of them a threefold Keeper^ viz. A Ruler idea 
 and Figure^ And thefe Govern the houfes and cdl 
 things contained in them viz. Regions Citi-e^ 
 Plants Perfons longnejfe orfjortnejje of life and 
 the beginning of all things pafi prefcnt or to 
 come^ and of the refi follor^ing. So every nuin 
 hatha threefold good Dtmon^ as a proptr li^eptr 
 or preferver^ihe one whereof is holy. another of the 
 'Nativity^ and the other oftheprofefJTon^ ihe hclj 
 Demon is one according to the DoLfrine of the hc- 
 brews Abraham Ifaack ^»i^ Jacob Jofcph Mcf > 
 Aaron and the Rofe Crucians : Ajfigned toth^ 
 
 A a 4 RatioKji 
 
The Apologue* 
 
 B^cittonal Soul^ not from the Stars and Vlancts : 
 For thejc proceed jrom a fupernaturalCanfefrom 
 Codha//jdj\ the Prefidtnt ofDcr/ions^ being uni- 
 verbal alwveNaiiire': 7h^ doth direS the life of 
 the ^ohI^ and doth alvoajes pit good tbcuglts into 
 the Mr/fd^asyouvrdy fee by the figures: being 
 ^Inayes Aciivein lUinmnaiing us., dthough we 
 <iO f/ot aln?ayes tak^ fiot'ue ofu : but when we are. 
 J ^rsjUd^ and live peaceably ^ihen it is perceived 
 hy ?^f._^ then it doth as it n-erc fpeal^with m by the 
 iigitrcs here in this Book^^ and communicates its 
 'VOice to us being before jilent^ and jiudietk daily 
 tobringnstoafacredperfeciion^iilfo by the aid 
 of this Demon or Cenim zre may avoid the Malig- 
 nity of a Fate^ which being Religionfly worf/jipped 
 by us in hone fly and San^iiy.as we kfiow was done 
 by the RoJIe Cxuc'nm and Socrates, ihe Pytha- 
 goijans ikinl^we may be much heiped by it^ \rhen 
 ire by thefe allure the Rulers and ideas in the Fi- 
 gures and Houfes to ajjfi us to divert evil things^ 
 and to procure good things : Wherefore we pray to 
 Cod thatke -would prejerve i^ from evil^ and let 
 us k^iovi) who would do us hurt^ hy the Rulers 
 ideas Figures and tloufes which are provo/{td by 
 the Holy : and i hat ojlhc Nativity which is called 
 a Genius : and that of the profcjj^on^ and thefe 
 jignife together all things we Cun defre^as yon 
 njayjce in the Figures : Novp the Demon of ihe 
 Nativity^ which is called the Genius^ doth here 
 
 defcend 
 
The Apologue, 
 
 defcend from the difpofuio/t of the -world : and 
 from the Circuits of the Stars : rchich were pow^ 
 erful in his Nativjiy. Hc?2ce there be Jowe that 
 think^^ when the Soul is coming down into the bo' 
 dy^ it doth out of the ^ire pf the Divine ideaf^ 
 Naturally chooje a prejerver to it felf nor onely 
 c'hufe this guide to it [elf ^ hut hath that willing t0 
 defend it ^ this being the Executor and keeper of 
 the life^ doth help it to the body^ and takes care of 
 it^ being communicated to the body^ and helps a, 
 man to that very Office^ to which he was deputed 
 being born 5 who] ever therefore have received a 
 Fortunate Genius^ are made thereby vertuous itt 
 their works ^ e^cacious^ftrong and profperous. 
 
 Now the Demon of the P/oJeljion is given by the 
 Rulers and idea s in the Figures^ to which fuch a 
 Trofeijion or SeB which any man hath profefj'ed 
 is jubjeBed with the foul when it began to make 
 choiCe in this body^ and to take upon iijelf Difpo^ 
 fit ions doth fecretly defre : 7 his Demon is chan- 
 ged the Trofejfion being changed 5 then according 
 to the dignity of the Frofejjion we have Demons 
 of our Prof elf ion more Excellent and Sublime , 
 which fuccejjively tak^ care of a man which pro- 
 cures a keeper of the Frofejjion^ as he proceeds 
 from Virtue to vertue^ when therefore a Frofej^on 
 agrees with our Nature, there ?s prefent with us 
 a Demon of our Frofeijion lik^ unto us^ and fui" 
 table to our Genins.j and our life is made more 
 , ,^ feaccabU^ 
 
The Apologue. 
 
 feaceahle^ hdfpy^ dnd profperous : but when wc 
 undertake a Profeijion unl?/{e^ or contrary to our 
 Ctnms.^ our life i^ fn.uk Laborious^ and troubled 
 with difagreeing Patrons^ So jt falls out^ that 
 fome prdft more in any Science or Art^ or Office^ 
 in a little time^ and with little pains ^ when ano- 
 ther tal^s much pains. ^ and fludies hard and all 
 in vain^ and although no Science^ Art^ or Vertue 
 hetoheconi^mned^yetthatyou may live profpe- 
 roufly^ carry on your Affairs happily. In thejtrfh 
 place fet a Figure^ and kt^ow your good Genius^ 
 and your 'Nature^ and what good the Figure pro- 
 mifeth : As you jhall be taught hereafter : And 
 Cod the Difirihuter of all thefe^ who diflributeth 
 to each as he pleafeth^ and follow the beginning of 
 fhefe^profejje thefe^ be Converfant in that vertut 
 to which the mof High Dtjfnbuter doth Elevate 
 and lr^<fyou ^ If ho made Abraham exceH in Ju- 
 Jirce^andCltnjency., lUv^c^'Vith fear^ Jacob xr;/ A 
 firength^ Mofcs with ,neel<^ejs and miracles^ 
 Jofliua/;^ ^/ir^ Phineas;/^ Ztal^ David in Reli- 
 gion and Vi&ery.^ Solomon and the Rofie Cruci- 
 ans in Knowledge and Fanie^ Peter in Faith^ 
 lohn in charity^ Jacob in Devotion^ and Tho- 
 mas in Prudence, 
 
 %erefore in what vertue you find by your Fi- 
 gure you can be a Proficient in^ ufe diligence to 
 attain to the Heighth thereof ^ that you may Ex- 
 cell in one^ when in many yon may not ^ but 
 
 in 
 
The Apologue. 
 
 in the reji endeavour to be m gnat a Fr^jici" 
 tnt as you can'^ But if you fiiall have the Over- 
 feers of Nature^ and Religion jigreeable ^ you 
 jhall find a double Vrogrejje of your Nature 
 and FrofeJJion^ but if they JIj all be dif agreeing^ 
 follow the better: As you fiyall fee by the fi- 
 gures. 
 
 THE 
 
Part 2, 
 
 THE 
 
 TEMPLE 
 
 VVISDOME- 
 
 The Second Book, 
 
 Being A difcovery ofthequality of this Art, 
 And fignification of the i6 Figures from their 
 Idea's and Rulers in the 1 2 Parts or Houfes of 
 the Earth. 
 
 CHAPL 
 
 Queftiorts concerning the fir fl hnfe and the ]igni§cd» 
 tion $frhe Rulers Idea's and figures in the fame. 
 
 IN the beginning of oor Art we Divide the EtrtK 
 into I a parts, which parts are governed by 7 
 Lords or Rulers and their 12 Idea's which govcrft 
 ind 9re incorporated into the 1 6 figures and give 
 fuch fignification in the houfes as followeth. 
 The firft is therefore called the Thorofcope otAkeri' 
 
 dene 
 
 M 
 
7heTempkefiVifdome. Part 2. 
 
 dent and Angle oithtOrient whicfacontsins the figni- 
 iication of the Pemands vi'hich may be moved, wpon 
 the Qualify, NtiCvjre , DifpoCiciion or Completion 
 of the Querent vAu^h isal',s/aycs tbc party that askes 
 cheQucftion, f chac is to fay' t hethcr good or bid» 
 ftod whether like to be Long-lived or not, and then 
 whether his prefect intention be good or biid. 
 
 2. As aifo concerning th? proportion ftature form 
 tnd (hapc of the party asking the Queftioa or is 
 
 born* 
 
 3. Ifthe Querent be handfome, 
 
 4. If the Child (hail be well faChioned or ill pro- 
 portioned, fair or hard favoured. 
 
 5. To what part its bcft the Querent direft his a- 
 
 ffairs. 
 
 6. What part of life is like to be bcfl* 
 
 7. Whether inclined to health or iicknfifs, to 
 llrcagthof body or weakncfs, 
 
 8. V7hetber the beginning of any thing (hall be 
 good or bad. 
 
 ^. -If find the party at home you would fpeak with. 
 10. What colour cloathes he wears, and where he 
 
 *ii. Alfo Que-licns that may be propounded con- 
 cerning the mirth or heaviocfsofthe Qaerent or he 
 
 thttisborn. . . s ,. 
 
 I a. Whi her one abfent be dead or ihve. 
 
 13. If a (hip fh -11 come hGnr:^ iJt, oc not, 
 
 14. Astoudilagthe Members c»" .".i?-: and other 
 living things, This hoHf^contaitiCth ch;- Qucfticns that 
 may bcpropouadfd and made of ch?lie<4dandof c- 
 very thing therein concained, as the Brain, Nkmory, 
 iinderaandmg reafon Intelligence Hz^ % Auler, Figure, 
 Demon Hcly,ofthe Nativity, Geniouy* and oi the 
 
 * pro- 
 
Part 2. The Temple of mf dome. 3 
 
 profeffion^ of the Eyes, Eyc-browes, Nofe, Teeth* 
 Mouth, Ears , aud Vifage ; wherefore when you find 
 tfigureinchefiifthoufe, whatfoever it be you (hall 
 Judge after the manner and form that we will (hew 
 hereafter^ and give alwa^^cs the firft houfe unto that, 
 that the Qucftion which it made or propounded doth 
 note to, that is to fay the Motive of the Querent, 
 When this figure Fortma Major is in the firft 
 hou(c it fignifiech good wiIl,good heart, loyalty, 
 * ^ profperityin all things, joyftilnels and Rtches,in 
 ^ s^ Cafe of a woman it betokcnctb J oyfulnefs anjity 
 ^ of Kings Princes and great Lords.- This figure 
 ^ is good in all things (except to keep a thing fccr^ 
 in which thing it is a tokeo of (mail furety.Bo- 
 caufe it is a figure of Sorath, and his Idea MeMell 
 in this place) It is alfo of the fire fiixed entringin, And 
 therefore it fignifieth a high mighty man given to 
 command,covecing to bring men into fubjcdion to 
 him, it is good for war and fignifieth victory oyerE* 
 nemics, having power lufficient to accompli(h his dc- 
 iigns, neither can his enemies prevail againft him , 
 though they be never fo emiaent but will rather do 
 themfelves injury then him, its in moft things good 
 and (hews a Heroick and Magnificent fprited Man. 
 ^ ^ When you find tbisFigiire MtiPofnlm in this 
 ^ ^ firft houfe it fignifyeth a perfon of renown and 
 reputation, fair, lightfom, plcafanr, great-bodi- 
 ^ ed and well made, one quickly Angry, fwifc in 
 * * Aftion one very nimble and in this place is found 
 alwayes good in all things as well in war as in 
 peace, Signifying alwayes a Company of people ga- 
 thered together for one thing or other; in Cafe of 
 Marriage it is perfeftly good and liekwife to take a 
 journyinhandfignifyingfwifcnefsand more by water 
 
 then 
 
4 The TtmpltofJVifdome. Part 2 
 
 then by Land , And becaafe it is a Figure odiafmodai 
 and cJ^r«r/.?/ and of the Eiemenc of the water, it there- 
 fore betokenech rain, And that the pcrfon that is Rid- 
 ing on the wayQiailbe dalhed with durt and moyl- 
 cd. 
 
 -^ Finding tbis Figure called Career in the firft 
 ^ -k houfcit fignifyes that the Querent (hall have 
 ^ ^ the vidory , A great talker and isttc*" forth of 
 
 ^ his own worth telling great rtoriesof himfelf he 
 caufeih contention & ixrife between n3cn,dcflroys 
 plants and feed, it (ignificth ill opinions and choughts'> 
 Mclancholly. HcavmelTc, Sorrowes, Envyes, Angefs, 
 great pain and travil the pcrion to dream of Malice, it 
 is ill in all things but to make Ivampiers, Forts, and o- 
 ther Fortifications, of Towns and to defend them wel 
 for which it is good to take a I ourny in hand, or for a 
 voyage it is ill, for it betokeneth ftaying j and that 
 the pcrfon or his horfc (hall be hurt by the way on the 
 fooc. This is a Figure of ^.i^?/ and H^vael in the loth 
 houfe and of the Element cf the Earth, And therefore 
 it is an ill Figure. 
 -k i^ When yee find this Fgure in the fiifl: houCe 
 
 ^ called Acjuefitie , yee (hail Judge it to fignify 
 ^ ^ goodneHV, happinefs, and qnictUfe with the ac- 
 
 ^ compliftiment of the pcrfons own hearts deiirc. 
 The perfon is of good quality, and Courteous 
 and deligtech to be well cloathed to cat and drink well, 
 and to defire things pkafant and agreeable unto the 
 body. If the demand be of or. for a voyage, it fignificth 
 good fuccefle, but he that taketh It in hand (hall not 
 depart fo foon as he thinketh, but yet fnall he return 
 home in allg'adnefTe with the Accomplifhment of his 
 cfefire, and if the queHion b- made for love in way of 
 Marriage it i> good and for any thing ihu a Lover 
 
 doth 
 
Book?. The Temple efWjf dome. 5 
 
 doth demand In that behalf, for i^Anqfiifitio is a figure 
 ofWfmad and Advachtd in the ninth HoiUeoftbC 
 Element of the fire,biit being in this Houfe he receives 
 vcrtuc froDfi Sorah becaufe of Malchidael which is his 
 exaltation , thcrefurc it is a figure firm entring in 
 good for all things but for War, bur in Church caufes 
 and voyages (he is mcrvcllous good. 
 
 When you finde this Figure called Puer ia 
 
 - this firfl: houfe it fignifies a Perfon clamorous, 
 
 ^ feditiou$» Rebellious, deceitful, it fignifie .Joul- 
 -^ ^ diersand Officers, that care neither for God nor 
 
 ^, man,andifaCaptain,heis9fanillCompany,and 
 inventing Stratageras to d Htroy the Forces of an- 
 other, and to over-rup a Country, and then to Feaft 
 and banquet with Ladies, it fignifies Theft, Robbery, 
 Deceit, and gain in play ; in matter of Love it is good, 
 and likcwife in War. For Voyage it betokeneth a 
 meetly fwifrnefs, for Marriage it is good enough, figni- 
 fying always great deceits and frauds ; it is indifferent 
 in all things , but better for War then for any othec 
 thing. This is a Figure o^Barz^n^el^ and his Idea Mai- 
 chidjiel in the fir ft houfe , and of the Element of the 
 fire^wherefore it is deceitful, fabnlcjand witty. 
 
 When in the firft houfe ye find this Figure 
 
 ■^ C7k\kd Amiffio^ itfignifictha perfon that is fad, 
 "^ ^ melancholy, and peafive, becaufe his Houfe is 
 
 •^ oppofite to the fcvcnth ; it fignifieth alfo lofs 
 •^ ^ of inheritage and of poffefilons, an ill life , an 
 ill bfcginning and ill iflue of any cnterprifc , ill 
 for ficknefs, voyages, and quick difpatching : to be 
 bri:f,thlsF{gnre i? ill in all demands that can be pro- 
 pounded, except fur prifoner?, in which it fignifieth 
 deliverance and cfcape out of prifon; in all demands 
 of women, ic fignifieth whores, and ill wcmen^ for 
 
 B ih:i 
 
7he temple of IVifdo^e. Books. 
 
 this Figure is a Figure of Kedemel and H^ifmodel in the 
 fccond Houlc or part of the Earth, and of the Eicmcnc 
 of the Earth. 
 
 When you find this figure called Alh;^ in this houfr, 
 it fignifics aNcble perfon,one that fcornes bafc 
 ■^ ^ actions : one that is fo honeft and upright in 
 •^ ^ his dealings that prople hate him becaufe he 
 ■^ is true and faithful, fubjed to fcandals undefer- 
 ^ ic ved; it is gainful in white things,^ and that a 
 perfon is found, fine, pleafint^naerry, and hap- 
 py in all things. If the demand be for fuic of Law, it 
 is a fign that the man (hall win, if it be for meffagc he ,' 
 (ball have good news, to learn the Law, Merchandife, 
 & the Grammar, I mean the honefl School-Grammar j 
 the man is wifc,and if this cvCcn'mBio be in the fourth, 
 and Acqtiifitio'm the ninth, and Career in the lo. the 
 Querent knows much inN^turey Rea[on^andPhilof&^ 
 phy^ A Sc holer, a Fhilcfcpher^ a RoJ:e Crtictan^ one that 
 if he hath orher Figures confenting, may obtain the 
 Fhilofophers Pdtitarva we fpake of in my Book called 
 The Holy Guide, Tdph-harth^rath hath his joy in 
 thishoufe, and cherelore is good for Marriage, but 
 it is naught for War , and £;ood for Peace. This is 
 his Figure dirtd in the third houic in Amhriel and of 
 the Element of the Air. 
 
 Ciij)tit Dracoms in this firft houfe, gives Honours, 
 
 Riches, and Favours from great and honoura- 
 
 ^^ ^ ble pcrfonages, chiefly in Church affairs , alfo a 
 
 ■k fortunate and powerful life, with goodnefs in 
 
 ^ ai! things except for War, for it fignifieth 
 
 ^ Combat and Battel; and for peace it is perfed- 
 
 ly good,, it is alfo good for Marriage but it will 
 
 be Innq in domg ; it h good in matter of gain, to be 
 
 brief, it is good for aii things chat ye can demand, and 
 
 (Igni- 
 
Book 2 . The Temfle ofWifdome. 7 
 
 fignifieth healch of body, pleafant and merry, and to 
 have the favour of Kings, Princes, and great Lords 
 with Profperity , and obtaining their hearts defire. 
 And for that ic is a Figure that receives the vertue and 
 fignification of Htfmaelsind Kedemet'm the 6. Houfct 
 and HamAliel the Idea thereof, and of the Element of 
 the Earch, and for that caufe is good to build houfes 
 and to labour the Earth. 
 
 When ye find this Figure , called Fortune 
 ^ MtM0r in the firft houfe at the beginning, it be- 
 ^ tokeneth choler, haftinefs, and fwifcneis in all 
 •k -k things ; it is good for the affairs of War , and 
 i, ^ fignifietb force, and boldnefs of heart, with vi- 
 dory over Eneoiies, it is good alfo for voyagcff, 
 in other things it is not fo good j as touching thing! 
 of Love it fignifieth a contentment of the thing pre- 
 tended, but the matter (hall be difclofcd. This Figure 
 Fermna M'tror is a Figure of *$*or^f^, and the Idea Ver* 
 chid in Amumn^ it is of the Element of the Air. 
 
 When yoa find this Figure called Via^ in thd 
 ■^ firft houfe, it fignifieth a (laying in the way, and 
 ^ foiail health in the journey; it is ill in all things 
 • except ic be to go out of prifon, for which it is 
 ^ good, becaufe ic is a Figure of Hafmodai the 
 twenty fixth day of the Moneth, and of the E- 
 lement of the Water. 
 
 When ye find this Figure called Trifiitia ^ in 
 ■^ *^ the tTfl houle, itprodiiccth many troubles and 
 -^ ^ difficulties unco the Native^ and many melan- 
 •i< ic choly pcrturbations,both to the mind and body: 
 ^ fometimes it deforms the body, unlefs the pare 
 of Fortune be there , the Native cannot live 
 long, his life if !C {hould be long, will replete with ma- 
 ny dolorsj griefs, and troubles, that it will be a trouble 
 - " -"^ ' B a for 
 
8 1 he Temple of TVif dome. Book 7, 
 
 tortiim to live: it figmfiech an ill beginning ot the 
 cnterprife : the man is of ill will, and pcnfive, a Trai-^ 
 tor, difobcdienr. This Figure is ill in all things, but 
 to fcarch tre'ifurc in the Earth, (he is alfo good in mat- 
 ters of lor tificat ions and buildings : This is a Figure 
 ofZ<?^r/in thccleventli houfc, and of the Element of 
 the Air. 
 
 In finding this Figure called Letiti^^ in the 
 
 "^ fi: ft houle, (hews a long and profperous life un- 
 •^ -^ to the Native, gives a ftrong and healthful bo- 
 ■^ * dy, fair, and handfome, of .good behaviour, 
 ^ ^ prudent, piouS) juft and honeft, itdothfignific 
 a peaceable and quiet life, corjunf^ion and a- 
 mity of merry and pleaiant perfons, honeft, of good 
 heart, and will in all things. This Figure is ^ood ex- 
 cept in Matters of War: In cafe of love itfignificth 
 foine lying and diffembling, that is, the peifon will 
 promifc much, and perform but little. This is alfo a 
 Figure ofHtfmael, and Amnixiel in the twelfth houfe, 
 and of the Element of the Water 
 
 When you find this Figure in the firfl: houfe 
 ■^' "^ it fi^nifies Rogues, Whores, TheevcSj Robbers, 
 
 * Murderers, and deceitful pcrfons, and for aU the 
 •*: ^ demands in this houfe this Figure is ill, becaufe 
 ^ ^ it is a Figure of Baz.z,nble and Barchiel in the 
 eighth houfe, snd of th^ Element of the water, 
 and therefore it is a deadly figure, and not fit to be 
 judged. 
 
 When in the firft houfe ye find this Figure 
 
 "^ called fuelia^ it doth fignifie joy, tofrngand 
 •^ ^ dance,top!ay, tobewellcloathcdandDeat; to 
 
 ■k be in Love, a man of good will, young, and a 
 
 ^ lover of gardens She is good in cafe of Love, 
 and in all things but in War. This makes a 
 
 party 
 
I 
 
 Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdowf^, 
 
 party voluptuous and given to vain picafures, yet gives 
 a good conftttution of body, a long and healthful life, 
 fewer no dilcares that are hurtful, a lover of all kind 
 ordelights,as ornaments of the body, focicty, nrwfick, 
 odoriferous things , love-toyes , &c. of elegant and 
 good manners, given to pleafant ftudies, much belo- 
 ved of women: it is Kedtmels Figure, and her IdtA 
 'LnrieL 
 
 When ye find this Figure called Con^nnBio^ 
 * ^ inthc firflhoufc, gives a graceful fpeech, andcf 
 ^ good memory, makes the Native wife and pru- 
 ^ dent, of profound anddeepcogitacionand in- 
 ^ jc vcntion, addiAtd to the Maihematicks and Mer- 
 chandizing ; he (ball undcrftand many Langua- 
 ges, chiefly ifingoodafpedof P;/(?r, but if in C cr c? 
 unto him, it declares a wound in the head, and indeed 
 makes the pcrfon both Knavifliand Thcevifli ; but if 
 he (hall be of goodafpedt o^ Career ^ it declares much 
 knowledge, and an admirable ingenious fancy:it figni- 
 fieth good, if with good company and good AfpeSs, 
 orelfe with illit is ill : icfigmScth alliance, concord, 
 and ccnjundion with a friend, or woman great with 
 child. This is a Figure orTaph'.harthArath^znd his Idfa 
 Hamatiel^ which are incorporated into this Figure in 
 the fixth houfc, and it is oi the E'cment of the Earth. 
 Head th^HArmcny of ihe IVorU, liLi. 
 
 When ye find this Figure called C4uda7)ra* 
 
 ■^ co>2i^, in the firlt houfe, it always produceth 
 
 * much raifchief and trouble, perplexity both of 
 
 •^ body and mind 5 continual dolor, forrow, lofs 
 
 ■^ -^ and tribulations ; kandals and calumnies attend 
 
 the Native, it vitiates his fare, many times is 
 
 dangerous to the eye£,and imports but (hort life.Somc 
 
 old Writers would not this or "Rjtkits fliould be 
 
 B 5 judged 
 
lo Thetemfkoflflfdome. Book 2. 
 
 Judged in this houfc, but lam of the opinion that the 
 Judgment herein fliould not be dekyd : for what 
 csuie fo-ver the demafid was asked , and the H- 
 gure m^-e, it figniiicth illnefs and damage for all 
 things that may be demanded, fo that it is good for 
 nothmg buffer mines and burning of Countries by 
 yVa»^s"and Xreafonii, by reafon that it is a figure of 
 2,az.e/ a^id Bfirz,fik/, and the Ideals Barckel and Ha» 
 ^;:ely in the (iitth, eighth, and twelfth houlcs? and of 
 thg Ekmeut of the Fire, and a very ill figure. 
 
 GHAP. II. 
 
 Ofthefecond Houfe^ and of the ftgni^cation of all the 
 Demands Vfihkh may h judged in it* 
 
 OUr next work is to (hew you the figoification 
 of the Rulers and Idea's when they are incorpo- 
 rated into the gures in this pare of the Earth, 
 whichiscalled the fucccdent of the Angfeoftbe Ori- 
 ent, and this is the place of gain to come. An^ fo you 
 muft Judge the gures for the perfon which dcmandeth 
 and propoundeth the Q^cftion, to know if it (hall be 
 Vv ich the travel and fwcat of his body, or by fucceffion, 
 05 ly gui ft, 
 
 2. Thish* ufealfocontaineth the rcfolution of de- 
 mands which may be made for moveable goods, which 
 he in the power of the perfon demanding,or for whom 
 theqieibon is ptopounded. 
 
 3 Whether the Querent (hall be rich. 
 ^ By whit means attain riches. 
 
 S The 
 
Bcok 2 . ihe Temple ofWifdome. 1 1 
 
 5 The reafon why the Querent may not attain a 
 fortune. 
 
 6 Ifthe Querent (hall obtain the fubflance he hath 
 lent. 
 
 7 If one (hall acquire his wages or ftipend owing 
 him. 
 
 8. Ifthe Qiierenc (hall continue rich. 
 
 9 Of the time when the accidents treated of may 
 happen. 
 
 10 The charges a perfon (hail make. 
 
 11 Whether the friend put in truft be fccret 
 or net. 
 
 II VVhichof the two Gamefters hath won, or 
 (hall win the (ilver. 
 
 1 3 If the Querent flidl be well ferved to his profit 
 by either man or woman that he mindeth to take into 
 his fervice. 
 
 14 Whether he (hall have great gain in the place 
 where he dwelleth, or of the thmg thathcloveth and 
 that beprocureth. 
 
 1 5 The place where the thing loft was ftolen. 
 
 \6 Ifthe voyage that he would take in band (hall 
 be pro table , and whether it be nigh at hind or 
 far off. 
 
 17 Whether the promlfc made by any Lord fliall 
 come unto eflfcft and good iffue. 
 
 18 If itbegood toremovchou(hold. 
 
 19 Whether the MefTcnger which \s on the way 
 fliall brir.g good new?, or how. 
 
 20 As touchirg the members, it containcth the de- 
 mands which may be made of the neck either before 
 or behind. 
 
 The houfe is properly the houfe of gain and profif, 
 and therefore when ye find any of thde 16 tguresin 
 
 B ^ this 
 
1 2 The Temple of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 this fecond boufe , ye muft remember the Nature , 
 riace. Countries, Defcriptions, and Difeafe^ fignified 
 by the feven Rulers of the Earth , and their twelve 
 Idea's which govern the twelve parts of the Earth, and 
 this you mnft not forget in all the houfes, which ye 
 (hall judge according to the (ignification of each of 
 ihcm. 
 
 When ye find this figure called Fortune 
 ■^ "^ Maor^ in the fecond houfe, it fignifieth a per- 
 ^ -k fon able to go to War, and it is good in all 
 •^ tl ings and notes prosperity with honour, ri- 
 ^ cbcSjgrcatprefcntsofgoldandfilverj ?^nd this 
 Figure is good in any queftionthat yecande- 
 masid, but in heavy and M tbings,wh<!rein it fignifieth 
 iliclancholinefs, in all other things this fignifieth joy 
 and blifs, and to accumulate the Philofophers wealth, 
 and that he (hall attain unto a fplendid eftate, if with 
 f oodafpcd and company of good figures the Philofo- 
 phers Stone, which is MAgfthia^n^ Lyiharge , the firft 
 divided intoyI^^^<7;, MirabiUx tiy4?:d ^y£s is Money ^ 
 Teas Lea'nn)igf A is ^o.\^ of Luh.trge \M(t may not 
 ff»eak: thefe two floncs makes the Philofophers Par.-^ 
 ttrva with (orcx helps ; M^gneti.1. is Res d^'is in cji-ta 
 1 1 et [cier^tia dhtfia^^tte Mir a In demands of Trcalons 
 snd Robberies it is good, becaufeic fjgni eth loyalty, 
 in what houfe focvcr ir be, ye (hall always find it to 
 fl .nifie fv^rce accompanied with loyalty, like wife it ^v 
 ^iviteth fair and rich attire. ' 
 
 Whfn you find this figure in the fecDnd 
 ■^^ ^ houfe it figni es a perfon of good hunianlty, 
 ■^- -^ loving peace and tranquility, juflice and rr.ercy, 
 ?nd 's one of all well beloved, and lovcch rcrt 
 2nd joy : and (omething given to the pleafure 
 
 of 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
Ecok 2 . ihe Temfle cflVijdGme. i^ 
 
 of the flell^. It fignihes aquancity of men aflcinbled 
 for Travel and Mcrchandik, and to get fubRance ; ic 
 fignifieth airowLitc things, and to Ipend well, good 
 company, good for voyage, and figniiieth fwiltnefs, 
 and like wife for war,for i: is a token of a great multi- 
 tude of people aflembled ready to fight, it is good 
 for marriages, but cold in matter of Love, ic is alfo 
 good to gain and prone by the water. 
 
 If this gure be in this houfe the party (hall 
 >^ be given to vcnerious ads, and chiefly with vile 
 >ic ^ or lewd women, and (hall fuffer much by their 
 ■^ if. means ; be will be of an evil completion, fub- 
 ^ jed to many fickneffes, one of no faith or good 
 confcience ; ic notes gain by things hidden in 
 the Earth with covetoufnefs, and things black ; the 
 perfon (hall happen with melancholy and fad compa- 
 ny, and of fmall p irpofe in cafe of voyage; and in all 
 other thing (he fionifieth (lowncfs, but to build hou- 
 fes and fcrtrefles (he is good, but the work (hall be 
 ' homely; it is good in black things, but it is ill in all 
 other things. 
 
 If this figure you find in this hoqfe, the par- 
 ^ ^ ty who asks the quedion, which in this Art we 
 ^ call the Querent, flull approach unto or joyn" 
 ^ yf himfeU wir.h rich women, and (hall marry with 
 >j< them, and thereby erow rich : and if the que- 
 ll ion be by niglir, the man or woman (lull often 
 frcqiient men of the Church, aoddiall beofg"od re- 
 pute, and for that caufebe wjjch a gamer, and increafe 
 in riches ; and in all the deraands this figure is good, 
 noting greac-grJn and profit, and that the perfon (hall 
 thrive in qjancity cf Cattle, in profpcrity, intrafficks 
 and Mercbandife, and have oood (ucccls in all things in 
 the world that he takcth in hand. This figure in this 
 
 houfc 
 
14 1 he Temple of Wifdowe, Book 2. 
 
 houle 13 better then all the orher, except Fortftna Ma- 
 jor^ which in this behalf doth nothing Emperifh, and 
 Signifying more then the other gain, profit, and ho- 
 nour wirhKngs, Princes, and great Lords, andfigni- 
 fieth as wuch in matter beneficial, and eftttes of Prefi- 
 dents and Counfcllours. 
 
 If ye find this figure in this houfe, ye ftiall 
 :^ j«<Jgc the Qut'rent to be fortunate among 
 :^ women, to be lusuriouf, a Fornicator, aSo- 
 ^ >k domite, and wickedly given toall abominable 
 ^ and filthy sdions , a dcludcr of women, and 
 fljail be deluded and deceived by th::m> he 
 flbail betroth lon:e u. dcr an evil pretence, and by be- 
 ing (oadJidcd fnall biing unto himfc If great damage 
 and deuimtnt J ;t alio fignifieth profit in Merchandife 
 by occafion of women , and fignificth iikewife that; 
 the gain ftiall be good in the war, and that therein 
 (hall be gotten honour and profit. For company in 
 the way, they (hall be men of war^ valiant, and ftout. 
 In cafe of meffages, it fignifieth (pcedincfs with fmall 
 profit, unlefs it be touching war. In things concerning 
 honour it isvery good. Touching a thing ftolen , ic 
 dial! be had again, but not without great trouble and 
 aogcr. 
 
 When ye find this figure in this ^houfe , 
 ^ ye (hail judge the party to affcd riches, and 
 :^ >i< therein co abound by reaion of womens 
 ^ means, or Ecdcfiidical preferments, he will 
 :^ alwiysbc furnidied with money, yet will 
 hefprndmuchfcipon Concubines, and in fol- 
 lowing other voluptuous ccurfcs ; he v/ill alfo gain 
 well by the death of his wive?^. In cafe of women it 
 fignifieth loyalty, and virginity, profpcrity, ardgod 
 Juck, good and furc cotftpany by the v ay , gnm in 
 
 things 
 
Book 2. T:he Temple oflVifdome. 1 5 
 
 things of pleafurc and mirth, as Mulick, and fuch like, 
 icisgood inalUhings, ai^d cfpccially in white things, 
 and matters ofivouicn, it is good fortheuay, but 
 there will be feme hindrance : this figure rather ilgni- 
 ficth good in all things then evil. 
 
 This figure fignifieth much gain by Arts 
 if. if and Schemes, Phiiofophy, GeoiDancy,Afl:ro- 
 if if logy, and Aftionomy; itfortunates a man 
 if in Merchandi/ing, in the Law, in all kinds of 
 :4c if writings, Erabaflics, Courtfhips , and by his 
 induftry and ingenuity he (hall attain great 
 honours and favours from great pcrfons , and men ia 
 Authority with great gain, lpirit,and diligence, efpe- 
 cially in white things: it is good in all things, and 
 (hews a good will, good company and trufty, and 
 men of honour ; it is alTo good in cafe of a Voyage, yet 
 will there be fomc ftay by the way : this figure is good 
 in all things. 
 
 Finding this fgure in thishoufeit figni- 
 
 if fieth the honour pall, great riches, and great 
 
 if fubftance. It is good fur Merchandife, ho- 
 
 if if nours, war?, and (ubftancc. It (igni ech fwift- 
 
 if ^ nefs in all things. In this place this rgureis 
 
 indifferencgood. 
 
 This figure in this part of the Earth figni- 
 
 if fieth fmaHgain and poverty, the thing loft 
 
 if (hall never be found again, the compr.ny if? 
 
 if poor, and the profit is not g^'Cac. In cafe of 
 
 if Marriage ic is not very good unkfs the firft, 
 
 fcventh, eighth, and ninth do confent tbereunto, it is 
 
 indifferent in all things, (or jowrnying it is good , but 
 
 fomeftopin the way. 
 
 This 
 
iheTcfHpleiifWifdome Book. 2 
 
 ^ -^ Thii figure in this houfc fignificth lofs and 
 ■^ >^ bindrincc where gain is hoped, never to at- 
 ■^ if. tain unto fubitance, but by cxtrcam labour^ 
 ^ enrie, and anger, accompanied with ill luck 
 and misft^rrune, to loolcgoodj! to be fpoiled, 
 robbed and overthrown, and to go in Thieves compa- 
 ny, flow lor a journey, and fmail profit. This figure 
 is ill in all ih'ngt but to fortific Towns, and make 
 buildings, andfigniieth that the buildings which yc 
 {hall make fl:ia!l not be very fair, but it (hall laft 
 
 long. 
 
 If this figure be in this houfe, it fignificch 
 
 if coriqued and |[;cttirjg of gcodf and riches 
 •^ if. uiibuut (ill or b.each of tonfciente ; it dorh 
 -^ >f fignifie good company , merry, recreative, 
 if :^ and of good will, promifing many things 
 which will not be performed , for a jour- 
 ney it fign'fieth quickncfs : t.'f all the Orienral figures, 
 this is the bed in ail things, and in cafe of robbery the 
 thing is taken away in jeft and will be had again. 
 
 This figure in this place fignifics fmall gain 
 if -^ and profit , and fignificth that the perfon 
 if {hall be robbed ih^t taiies a journey. Let the 
 if if figuie be projeded for whatfoevcr you will, I 
 if if it is ill, and fignfieth much debate and con- 
 tention about the thing loll and (tollen ; and 
 as touching all the demands in this houfe this figure 
 
 This i^gurc is a token of lofs and foaall gain 
 if or pro-fit in all things that you can demand j 
 if if in this houfe, but to obtain the friend(hip of ' 
 
 if a Lady. And as touching the way, it doth 
 
 if if fignifie that the meflengcr fhall be robbed 
 
 by a number of Theevcs and Hcd^-walkes, fo 
 
 that 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temflc ofWifdome. I y 
 
 that in all things this figure is ill , be it for War or .^ 
 Peace, and is good for nothing but to give tokens to 
 Ladies. 
 
 \{ this figure be in this houfe , ye fha/l 
 ^ if. judge gain in things of good induftry, as the 
 ^ Law, Mcrchj^adifc, Writings; the thing 
 if, lofl [hall be recovered again in time, with 
 •^ if j^reat labour and diligence. Scmetiracs ic 
 fignifieth Baftards, and the obtaining of 
 Books and Schemes writ by hand, it fignifieth quick 
 arrival of the McfTenger ; it notes gain by people late- 
 ly dead. This figure is commonly good. 
 
 "this figure fignifieth great fubftance and 
 
 if if riches, great goodnefs , good eonnpany of 
 
 if men of honcfly, the thing loft (hall be found, 
 
 if profperity and good luck in Merchandife 
 
 if with great gain ; it fignifieth alfo that the 
 
 profit which a perfon flitll have j (hall be 
 
 with peace and tranquility, without war or debate: 
 
 alfo it is a good figure. 
 
 This figure fignifieth all wretchednefs and 
 
 if poverty, and that a perfon (hall be deftroy- 
 
 if cd and brought to poverty, and to fpend all 
 
 if vainly ; the things loft (hall never be had 
 
 ^ if again, the man on the way (hall be robbed 
 
 by Crafts-men working by Iron, or Horfe- 
 
 flioers, Lockfraith, &c. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
8 ^ 7he Ttmfhofivjfdonie, Book 2 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Of the third Houfe^ 4W of the Dcmnnds which may be 
 made therein • 
 
 HEre follow the demands which naturally be it- 
 tribuced unto the rhir^i houfc, called the Cadent 
 from the Afccndant of the Angle of the Ori- 
 cnt, be of Brethren, Sifters, Kindred, with the Number 
 of thetn, and the place ot the Nativity of the Querent 
 of iliort joorneys. 
 
 2 This Houfe containeth alfo the Queftions which 
 may be propounded of a Scholer ftudying in the Uni- 
 verfity , or in any other place. 
 
 ? f the Querent md his brother, neighbour, or fi- 
 ller all a oree. 
 
 4 Of a Brother that is abfenc. 
 
 5 Of reports, nKelFigence, orfears, if true or faifc,. 
 or fignifie good or evil. 
 
 6 If rurnou s be true or falfe. 
 
 7 Of Couiifel or Adviccj whether good or evil. 
 S VVherhcr the Querent have brethren or lillers. 
 
 9 O'^a Journey , \\ good to ^o, which way. 
 
 10 Of the amity and vvcil-fiire of a neighbour. 
 
 11 Of Hmbadiiges, Letters, and Mcfiagcs, which 
 may be fetu within ^onniles by Land. 
 
 £ 2 ]f that the ill fortune (hall turn to any good if- 
 fue i:t7.ny tinr^e. 
 
 \% VVhcrher there be any ill ccmp^iny in the way 
 that a man wo?.](id go. 
 
 14 How the man of the Church doth froni vvhom 
 ye would hear neivs. 
 
 1 5 A5 touching the members of mans body, the de- 
 
 mands 
 
Book 2. J he Temple of mfdoms. 1 9 
 
 mands which may be made touching the arras, (houl- 
 ders, and legs, be approprutcd unto the third houlc. 
 Tapththarthnrath and his lde^?s rule this houfe^whcre- 
 forc when yc find any of the 1 6 figures there, ye (hall 
 judge according to the %j4ler^ idea^ and Fignn in this 
 Houfe. 
 
 >1< -^ Ifye find this figure in this houfe, itfigni- 
 
 if -Jf fieth a nobie parentage^ mighty and vertuous 
 if noble brethren , and good journeys to the 
 >i< Querentj gives him adminiftrations, and of- 
 fices, and gifts from Princes, and great pcrfons : yet he 
 many times will undergo imprifonment upon the ac- 
 count of Hcligion ; it fignifieth that the perfon for 
 whom the qucftion is made is angry ivith his Kinsfolks, 
 and that he (hall have harm for love of them; fome- 
 tiraes it fignifieth profit and amity with Knsfolk , fo 
 that the tenth and fourth do agree: for alidemands 
 this figure is good. 
 
 Vopdm demonftrates many brethren and 
 fifters, and many friendly, pleafantjand pro- 
 fperous jonrneys with them, the Querent re- 
 ceives good from his religious Kindred, he 
 will obtain an office of truft ^rom Princes or 
 great persons, by which he will receive 
 much honour and an increafe of riches This figure 
 is indifferent in all demands, and always fignifies fwif t- 
 nef?. 
 
 When CiiTczr is caft into this houfe, is 
 
 ^ic portends danger uuto the brethren of the 
 
 if if Querent , and that there (hall be niuch hate 
 
 ^ '>f between him and them it is dangerous i:i 
 
 if journies, and is very ill in all demands fiizni- 
 
 fying deceits in matters offaichor honcilv, 
 
 and 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
20 ihe lemple eflVifd^me. Book 2 . 
 
 ^nd diffembling hypocrites in religion, and in moS 
 things a very fycophant. 
 
 j^ccjuifirio fortunates the Qnerents bre» 
 
 -^ ^ thrcn and kindred, and makes them and the 
 
 ^ Native mutual friends; ic is good in all de- 
 
 ■^ >i< mands, aind (ignifieth fortunne fmall jour- 
 
 if neys 'z^'*^« Inland journics , and he fiiall un- 
 
 dcrtake.thcra with pkafure, quiet, and gain ; 
 
 it addifts him to Religion and honefry, makes him 
 
 credulous, devout, and of good confcien<e. 
 
 f/s^f?^ (ignifiesmuch danger andprcjadfce 
 
 5K to the Qiiercnt in fmai! jourueys, that he ihall 
 
 * i(i fall into the h«nds cf iheeves and Robber?, 
 
 M >K hertirs up mnch hate betwixt the Q«iercnc 
 
 ^ and his brethren , Inforrunacy many times 
 
 the death of them ; the Querent is rafh, in- 
 
 credulous, ungodiy, a blafphcmer, ahfqtte^fucrontm 
 
 temere. 
 
 Finding tins figure in the third houfc , ic 
 
 -jf fignifiech quarrel and debate w:th kin?foIk ; 
 
 jt. :^ in fhort journies it nc:t.s fpeedinefs with finall 
 
 ^ gain ; ir is ill for the Sdioler, and (ignineth 
 
 ^ ^ anill neigliboiir, and ill company : in all the 
 
 demands which maybe made in this hou/c, 
 
 this figure always fignifics an ill end. 
 
 Alhis gives a propenfity to the Mathema- 
 ^ >}< ticks, and fortunates the Querent in /our- 
 ^ :^ neys. And in all the demands this figure fs 
 ^ vcrj good. 
 
Eb( )k 0. • ihe Temple efWijdome. 1 x 
 
 The head of the Dragon in the third i 
 
 ^ % makes the Querent Rehgious, and prefer* 
 
 % hiiD by fuch means ; fortunites him in jour- 
 
 ^ niei, gives him fortunate brethren, and 
 
 % (hews their birth tD be noble; in all demands 
 
 in this houfe, this figure is good. 
 
 Signifieth a contrt^ion of amity with 
 
 ^ great pcrlons, that the amity of friends \% 
 
 -^ tAithful without diflimulatjon, but yec they 
 
 ^ >1< be fomcwhat cholcriek . it is not good for 
 
 ^ ^ the Scholer, for he hath no mind to ftudy, it 
 
 is indifferent good in all things , but that ic 
 
 (heweth a httle cholcricknefs. 
 
 Signifieth little good for the Kinsfolk » ic 
 % (hewech that the perfon {hall have his defirc^ 
 •^ his Kmdred (hall put him in fear by the way, 
 >fi the Letters bring good news, it is good for a 
 5|c Journey, but that there will be fome (lay ; ic 
 is better Dy Land then by Water jand fignifieth 
 the accomplifhment of all defircs. 
 
 This figure (ignifieth lofs and hindrance 
 % >K where gain is hoped , never to attain un- 
 ^ >^ to iubftance but by extream labour, envie, 
 i^ ^ and anger, accompanied with i.l luck and 
 i(. misfortune co loofc goods, to be fpoiled> rob- 
 bed, overthrown, and to go in 1 beeves com- 
 pany, flow for journeys, and fmall profit. This figure 
 IS iil m ail chings, but to f^rtific Towns ; the man of 
 the Church is ill, ill neighbours falfc and difTeoabling 
 kindred and brethren. 
 
 C c This 
 
2 2 Ihe Tewple of Wjfdome. Book 2. 
 
 This figure in thxh houfe fignifieth peace 
 ^ and concord amongft kinsFcliis and friends ; 
 ^ , ?tc in cafe of voyage,it fignifieth fpeedincfs with- 
 ^c -^ out gain or profit, it is ill for a Scholer* for 
 >ic >i^ it fliewcth that he hath no mind to ftudy , 
 the neighbour is honeft. This figure is good 
 in all other demands in this houfe 
 
 Ruheus in this houfe fignifieth choler, an- 
 ^ ^ ger, debate, ill will amongft neighbours and 
 % kinsfollts, to let a man bloud it is good ; it 
 % ^ figni es burnings by reafon of qucftions and 
 % ^ words of injury happened amongft kinsfolk?', 
 it is ill for the way becaufe the perlcn is in 
 larger to be fpoikd i in all demands this figure 
 is ill- 
 
 Signifietb good and perfeft friendftip a- 
 ^ mongft kinsfolks, and profit with them, and 
 % >^ fheweth alfo that they be of good difpofition 
 i^ and health. The fuit which a pcrfon maketh 
 ^ to come to the love of a Lady, he cannot ob- 
 tain. It is good for a (hort journey, it is gooj 
 for a Scholcr, but it fhcwcth he loves a woman in the 
 place where he is refident : in all demands elfe this fi- 
 gure is good. 
 
 Signifieth conjun(5^ion and amity amongfl 
 
 >K ^ kinsfolks, it is good for all things that may 
 
 ^ be demanded touching a Scholcr ; it figni- 
 
 ■^ fieth alio that the kinsiclks be learned, the 
 
 :4c >j< neighbours good, the thing loft fhall be 
 
 fl^und again , the Letters fpeak of nothiog 
 
 but fables and t£.^s ; it is good for totiike a journey, 
 
 the mefteagcr is good. This figure is good in all the 
 
 demands. 
 
Book 2 . ihe TcmpU ofmfdomt^ 23 
 
 yf This figure infortunates the Querents 
 
 if journey , threatens diftruftion to his bre- 
 ^ thren and (ilhrs , tnd kindred, and (hevvS 
 if if mi'xh quarrelling and difagreement b:twiit 
 them, fhey feldomc a^ree, but are alwaya 
 j'arring, yea iotnetimes plotting the deftrudion of each 
 ociier with much violence. In all the demands this fi- 
 gure is very ill. 
 
 CHAP IV- 
 
 of tht fourth Houfe^ and the Demands therein 
 contained. 
 
 l^"" Ow the fourth houfe which is the Angle Seften^ 
 l\i trionAlox of the North partot the Eartb, con- 
 taineth natur illy the queftions and demands 
 which may be made of Parems , Lands, Cities, 
 Towns, &:c. 
 
 2 Alfo upon Houres,Vine-gardens,Meddows,Trecs, 
 and their appurtenances. 
 
 3 Alfo upcn a Citie, Town, and of the people that 
 dwell therein, to know what they be, and cf what dif- 
 pofition, and what is dene in the City, or Town. 
 
 4 Ic concaineth aKo the queftions v^hich may be 
 moved upon a Caftle, Palace, Fore, or Tower. 
 
 5 The place where thmgs are hidden, or other 
 things kepr. 
 
 6 Alfo the qucdion which may be moved upon the 
 end of all the Figures? to kaowif the iffue ihall be 
 gojaorbdU. 
 
 Cc i 7 This 
 
94 'i he Temple of mfdowe. Book 7. 
 
 7 I bis houle being ibc Iccond to the third muft 
 therefore fignific the (ubftance of the brother or filler 
 of the Querent. 
 
 8 Vv^bere to find a thing hid or miflaid,what part of 
 the houie or ground. 
 
 9 Orbuying and felling Lands, Houfes, Farms, &c. 
 
 10 Of the goodnefs ot the Land or Houfe. 
 
 11 Quality of the ground- 
 
 1 2 It the Tenants be good or ill 
 
 15 If there be Wood on the ground, oriffertilcor 
 barren. 
 
 i4lfgood to hire or take theFarm or Houfe defirei. 
 
 1 5 If the Querent (hall eDjoy the eftate of his 
 father. 
 
 16 If good to remove from one houfe to anc ther, 
 ^ 1 7 01 turning the courfc of Kivrt-s. 
 
 i8 Of trealuies hid in the ground, if the Querent 
 fliaji obtain it. 
 
 19 Whether the father be dead, or (hall die 
 quickly. 
 
 3o If the child be right fathered, or a baflard. 
 
 21 Whether the father or fon ftiall die firft. 
 
 22 If it be ^ood to buy Lands or Heritages. 
 
 25 Whether a Town fliail be taken ©r not. A Fi- 
 gure caft in Italy by my fclf, to know whether the 
 King or Oliver Cromwel had the beft at JVorcefier^^nd 
 1 judged thcre,thacthcKing had then the worf>,butihc 
 wind would change, and King (hdrles the 2. in i66o* 
 would return in peace to his own agnin. And another I 
 caf^and gave my judgment upon a little after in T#«rtr, 
 whch W3S to know what next fhould happ^'n, and by 
 my Figure 1 found wcftiould have war with the Dutch. 
 Many Merchants can teftifie how t'ue 1 fpakc of every 
 particular , and how things will profper within 500 
 
 years 
 
Book 2. Jha Temple of IVifdom^. 
 
 years I cold them privately, which (; may noc ^ 1 wilF 
 not) wri:c here. Finally, all the Queftions and Judge- 
 ments in this Book, I have expcnen cd, and im wil- 
 ling to teach and inftrud others cut of that affection I 
 bear to my own Country BngUnd, 
 
 24 Whether the Sbip on the Sea fha'l come to a 
 good Port, and who is in her, and wherewi:h (he is 
 charged. 
 
 25 If a man dvvcijing in a houfe (hall dwell there 
 long time ornot. 
 
 25 Whether he that is on the way (hail be long in 
 coming or not. Thcfe be ihe quedions which be con- 
 tained in this houfe, the (ignirtcation whereof, be ic 
 good or bad, ihallbe judged according to thefignifi- 
 cation of the Rulers Idea's and Fignrcs. 
 
 Wherefore when ye find this Figure cal- 
 
 -)(:. ^ led Forfii;^4 (J^Oj> in this fourth he ufe, ic 
 
 ^ ^ (hews honour and dignity in old age, and » 
 
 >^ laudable fortune, and ftedfad for a conftancy 
 
 if, hidden treafure and much gain, Princely 
 
 fiatnc after death, a great eftare to come by the 
 
 dea'hof the father, unlcis Rubens or Trtftttis affl.ft 
 
 him; but this not butbytVe fathers death. In all the 
 
 demands that may be made this Figure is good. 
 
 This Figure in the fourth houfe declares 
 the Querent to take delight in Buildings, A- 
 griculture, or Husbandry , Mills, and Fi(h- 
 ponds,and Fi(hing, and he (hall gain wealth 
 thereby, his Pi'encs and he will differ, and 
 together with his happinefs he will meet with 
 feme vexation and trouble. If the qucOjton be by day, 
 the evil will happen in the beginning of the Natives 
 life, if by night in the latter part thereof. This Figure 
 is indifferent in all the queftions. 
 
 Cc 3 Career 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 -^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 -^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 '^ 
 
2 6 ihe Temple of Wifdome. Book 2. 
 
 ^ Career in ihi$ houic dtltro; j aie ij^biia- 
 
 •^K -^ tion and dwelling of the Native or Qiierent 
 •^ >tc the father (hall die before thcfon, the mo- 
 >|c thcr is of fhort life, this figure being in the 
 fourth, inarevoloMon of the Earth brought 
 Career or Trilfiiia in d to Fortw/ia Ma'or^ .wh ch kil- 
 led both Father and Mother the fame year : Dcilru- 
 dion of Lands left by the Querfnts Father, Jiuturam 
 fatrimoniiy he will deftroy or make (hipwratk of his 
 patrimony, this Figure is ill in all the demands of this 
 houfe. 
 
 Affures the Qnerent of riches from Land^ 
 
 if if and Houfes, fometimcs treafure , or riches 
 
 if hidden in the earth, hefliall receive fortune 
 
 if Jf from princes and great perfons J many tiffjejS 
 
 if riches without labour 5 an increafe of his 
 
 patrimony, hi? Father or Parents will be ho- 
 
 rourable all their time, and after death ftiill be cterni- 
 
 kd in Fames Treafury ; The Native will attain unto a 
 
 great degree of rule and dignfty, honoured of all , live 
 
 in great pomp and glory all his days,in all the demands 
 
 in this houre this figu-^c i?^ good. 
 
 This makes the Querent or he that is born 
 ^- to be a murderer, or a fhedder of blood ; an4 
 ' if fubjeds him to mrch calamity and troubles 
 -^ i< deftroys his reputation and dwelling, haftcns 
 if the death of his Father, he will alfo have con- 
 tentions with htm, it threatens alfo damage 
 i by fire, and wounds and hurts in the body, molefta- 
 ^tion, lofs, or damage from his wife or wives : he will 
 be excited to all kind of violence and villany , the 
 crround is flony and barren : this figure is ill in all the 
 demands. 
 
 §igni- 
 
Book 2 . The Temple eflVifdome. 2 7 
 
 Signifies a ftablc and firm inberiancc, boi 
 -^ very meahjthe Parents be pretty eminent, but 
 ^ ^ poor ; it fignifi<;th lofs in affairs i In all the 
 >(< demands this figure is ill, and fignifieth quar- 
 5tc i(i rcis and conccncions with folks of ill nature, 
 life, and complexion, the Father (hall die be- 
 fore the Son, it is not good to buy Lands, there is no 
 c;reafure hid 10 them, the town beficged (halbe takien,the 
 (hip coraeth with a good wind, but it is no great profit 
 to the Merchant, the (hip is full of young wenches for- 
 saken, and is in danger to fall into the hands of the ene- 
 nemie, or elfe Pitots, the party (hall dwell long in the 
 lowncrHoufe. 
 
 In this houfc, (hews an excellent memory 
 ^ i^ and good underftanding, a brain apt for Arts, 
 ^ :^ and Sciences: acute and moft apt in all bufi- 
 iv^ neffef , and the Querent by his induftry and 
 if. :^ kgcnuity, (hail accumulate a ftable fortune 
 in Land and Edifices : but neverthelefs he 
 threatens contention, ftrife^and moleftation with thofe 
 nearly related unto him, or have any affinity with 
 bim : in all demands this tigure is good. 
 
 In this houfc argues much gain to acrcvv 
 ^ ^ unto the Native ; from Lands, Houfes, In- 
 ^ heritances, &:c. oftentimes much gain un- 
 •^ thought of, or unexpeded, as by things hid 
 :^ and obfcurc , &c. It alfo (hews the fa- 
 mily from whence he fprings to be noble, 
 long-lived and durable : in all the demands this figure 
 is good. 
 
 Cc4 Sig- 
 
a8 7he7ewpleofW7fdome. Book 2. 
 
 SignJficth great (uddennels and qi'ickncfs 
 :k in all things, the father is come of an mdiffe- 
 if. rent nobic race, but they be all cholerick per- 
 5^ :^ foils ; the houfe and appurtenances thereof 
 5^ ^ be fair and good, and the Lands , but tbey 
 (hall be fubjed to t-re, and they fhali be da- 
 maged by men of war fomecimes, viz. h\ Sooldiers 
 both Horie and Foot, there is no treaiure hidden^ the 
 City or Town is well populated with Souldiers, the 
 end of the war (hall be good, for pcjce it is ill ; the Fa- 
 ther (hall die before the (on, the child is nor legitimate, 
 the money which wai) hidden is found and taken away, 
 the place bifieged (hall be ukcn through their own 
 /oily, in quarrelling amoncft thcmrelves, the *^hip (hall 
 come home fafc , the perfon (hall live long m the 
 place: this figure (ignifies haft and is not evil but for 
 peace. 
 
 This figure fignificth lofs of Heritage, in 
 
 >^ all things that ye can demand this fif*ure is ill, 
 
 ^ but to fow the earth: yet it is good by water, 
 
 ^ the treafure (hall not be found, the City is 
 
 -^ weak, and (hall eafily be taken, the Caftle or 
 
 Toweris not fair and rhey {^and by the water 
 
 (idc; the broiher and fiftcr have not much money , 
 
 the father is of long Hfe, and ibe Ton legitimate; it is 
 
 good to buy Marfhes ; the (hip (hall come h* me fafe, 
 
 the man fhail not dwell long in the houfe ; this figure 
 
 IS good for ail things but for love. 
 
 It fignifieth tobedifinheritcd and driven 
 
 ^ ^ from theeOate of the Father , the man came 
 
 '^^ '^ of an evil ofi'-fpring, the houfe is ill and ready 
 
 5|c ^ to fall, wet and Imcaky, the Tcwnlhallbe 
 
 >K taken if the orhe*- ccnf^nr, the people be old 
 
 Souldiers, fubtiie and deceitful, the Pahcc, 
 
 CalUe, 
 
E ook 2 . 7 he Tenivh ofmfdowe, 29 
 
 Caftlcardhoufebeoid, an<J much rrcalurc lnddcn in 
 tbem; the end of ail rhings wh ch ye demand is lU^ 
 but to buy acrahJe Land?, snd to I uild I cui^s; che ion 
 (hall die before the father, the tr.other isiii, yet the 
 fon is legitimate ; it is good to buy heritage^, for they 
 (ball be long enjoyed, he that is in the hculc fliall iivc 
 there long, the fhip is heavy loadcn, and will be long 
 a coming ; in all d< mands this f7gure is ill in this houfe, 
 and io it is in the fiiil and fiith hcufcs. 
 
 Signifies good luck and profperity in hcri- 
 ^ tages, and that the treaiurc hid in them (half 
 ^ :^ be found and dircoveicd, the family is good, 
 7^ ^ and came of a nc ble extradior, the houfc is 
 :^ :^ pleafant, and the places thereunto belonging 
 recreative, and of much pkafure, becaufeof 
 the groves, high Woods v/here the Birds warble 
 forth their notes, and of the Gardens, Walks and green 
 places where the Fairie Q^^een and her Ladies dance, 
 by the Moon which fliincs through the tops of the 
 high trees, and f'Ttunates the pbce with pleafure ; the 
 Palace and Caltle be very plcaiant, with the fine 
 work< and |?rccn things that be there, there is much 
 treafure hidvitn near the filver (Iream which cules 
 along its waves by the Palate uall.*^, the nvcrisfull of 
 f{h,checnd ofail dema ds (hall begrod. Thishou(e 
 fignlfies the (ubfranc^or riches of ihe brother or filter, 
 the fen is legitimate !f the 5cb, confent, the father is 
 nor dead, but doth make gocd chear, the thing enjoy- 
 ed lliall be flighted, the m^n in the houfe (hall dwell 
 but afhort time there.- in all thcderr.ands this figure 
 is good. 
 
 This 
 
go The Temple of mfdome. Book 2. 
 
 This figure fignifics the father to be poor 
 
 ^ ^ &needy,t he brother and fifter have no riches, 
 
 ^ the facher ftiall die (hortly, the Ion is a bar 
 
 5^ >^ itardjthe (hip dial be caft away in a ftorni,the 
 
 ^ if. waves have broke down the dcck,&: the guns 
 
 have broke their tackles, and llaved out the 
 
 fidesof the (hip; there is notreafure hid, the Town 
 
 ihail be taken, and the Dams opened, and all the place 
 
 deftroyed by the abundance of water .• in all demajids 
 
 this figure is ill and fignificth death and bloodfhed. 
 
 P/i<r//4 figni es a i^ood honcft family, the 
 if. hi uTe is pleaianc and line, rhe City is fair, 
 if if- buc if it be beficged, it fiiau be taken, becaufe 
 if there be more bexuties, i^;:::.. Ladies and Gcn- 
 if tie women, the men of war; there is no trea- 
 fure hidden but near the water fide, the bro- 
 ther and (ifterhave good ftore of money, the father 
 (hall live long .* this figure is good in ail the de- 
 mands. 
 
 It i$ good to vifit the father, for he is fick 
 
 :^ :^ ordead, andif hcbe not dead, be will eaufc 
 
 if fomething to be written, the houfe is good, 
 
 ^ the Town fliall be taken, or yeild by compo- 
 
 ^ "^ fition the Souldicrs be wife, the Palace, Ca- 
 
 ftlc, or Tower is not very fair but it was buil- 
 
 dcdby Artidsin Gcometrie, the treafurehid fliaUbc 
 
 finely found, the father (hall die before the fon , the 
 
 5hip fhall come fafc home, the brother and fifter have 
 
 but little money, the party that lives in the houfe or 
 
 Tov'n , ihafl not live there long; iv^ all the demands 
 
 this figure is good. 
 
 Shews 
 
Book:?. 7herem])k()fmffo/:-!e. 31. 
 
 • •Sbtw's much labour' and lorrovv to cue 
 
 >fc Querent, a cop.fiifion and walle of his jpatri- 
 ^':^' nun^v <i lo(s in Lands, Saildings, and all kind 
 ^">j<- of Edifices, trouble and anxiety in the life oc" 
 -^ ^ livesofhis Anceftof.or Ancdiors»lof^ofei\i-' 
 mation and credit. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Qf the fifth Houfiy and of the Demands thenm 
 contained. 
 
 HEre in order comcth the 5th. houfe.whicb is cal- 
 led the Succedant of the Angle of the Sep- 
 tentrional, otherwife called ttic Good Fortune^ 
 doth contain prop(^rly thefignifications of the demands 
 which may be made touching a child, to know whether 
 it (V? all be fmail or great offtature, and touching his 
 birth whether he be legitimate or abaftard, of good 
 nature or ill 
 
 2 The fubftatice of the father whether lie be rich or 
 poor. 
 
 5 Whether it be good to eat and drink. 
 
 "--4':Tf it be good to put on new cloathes, if they be 
 p)T)d and fhalllaft long. 
 
 * 5 Ifchepromile mide to aperfon (hall be perfor- 
 med or not, and whether it be true or falfe. 
 
 6 Whether the Meflenger (hall come qalckly and 
 what news he (hall bring, and alfo what is contained 
 *|n the Letters. 
 
 7 If 
 
5 2 ihe Temple of Wifdome Book .1. 
 
 7 If the earth (hall bring forth plenty of fruits, and 
 vrhether cbey fhaU be good or bad. 
 
 8 Likewife the figni cations of all pleafures, as to 
 kifS} fing, dancei banquet^ and play on all inflruaients 
 ofMufick. 
 
 9 If one (hall have children. 
 
 I o If a woman may conceive. 
 
 I I If the Querent fliall have children be he man or 
 woman that asketh. \ 
 
 12 If a man (hall have children by his wife, yea or 
 CO, or of any other woman whom he nominates. 
 15 Wlether (lie rs with child or not. 
 
 14 If with child o^ Boy or Wench. 
 
 15 Ii a woman do conceive with child of more then 
 one. 
 
 16 How long the womtn hath been conceived. 
 . 17 Of the time when the birth (hall be. 
 
 "18 Whether the birth shall be by day or night. 
 
 19 Whether onity is like to be between the infant 
 and Parent. 
 
 2:0 Whether the Town befieged be taken or not. 
 
 ii Whether the party which is on the way shall be 
 in danger to be rcbbed, and whether the ways be apt 
 dar<gero'as by reafon of Theeves. 
 
 2^ If the Son be lick, dead, or taken prifoner. 
 
 23 Whether the Book which one would read con- 
 tains things good or bad. Thefe be the Queftions con- 
 tained under this houfe, the which ye shall Judpe ac- 
 cording unto the (li^nijBcation of the Rulers id^us and 
 their figures^ and ycu have in the firft Book their na- 
 ture and povyer, and here they follow in order.- you 
 muft renacmbcr fi il the %u!ers ^nd Idea's and then 
 ;u<^£C the figures in the houfcs. 
 
 When 
 
Book 2 . The Ttmfle ofWifdome. 3 :^ 
 
 When you rind Fortma M^ior in the fifth 
 
 5j< 5^ houfe, it denotes few children, but thofe of 
 
 -^ -^ much honour and Renown t Bcfidcs he de- 
 
 ^ dares the refpcd and reverence the child (hall 
 
 >K receive from vulgar people, and ^\it honour 
 
 and dignity he will receive from hminent Per- 
 
 fons : but if it be with pure RuheMSy Career^ or Trifii* 
 
 tia^ the children dye if he be with ^cqmfttio or Letp* 
 
 rt^jthe children may live and will attain a fplendid 
 
 eflate and credit in Che world, and the party (hall be 
 
 accompanied with the thoyfcft delights, in a word, 
 
 this Figure is good in all the demands, and better then 
 
 all the other, bccaufe Sorath, and Ferchiel rule this 
 
 houfe in FortmA Major* 
 
 FofHlui in this houfe declares the Native or 
 querent to journey often, and to go on divers 
 Meffages, and Embaflages, gives him honour 
 from the vulgar people and Hgnifiesi that he 
 (hall have many children : he will be much gi- 
 ven to company keeping, and all kind of vo- 
 luptuous courfes, principally revelling, and haunting 
 Tavcns and Alc-houfes. 
 
 In this houfe portends either no Ifluc to 
 
 ^ the querent, or the death and deftrudion of 
 
 ^ ^t^ thofe he (hall have, and while they live, they 
 
 ^ ^ (hall prove crofs and diiobcdient, bringing 
 
 ^ much forrow and trouble of mind unto him: 
 
 he deftroys the querents pieafure, and ftirs 
 
 up contentions between him and Meflcngeri or Em- 
 
 baffadors, and prefages or averfc or crois fortune in 
 
 all his Negotiations. 
 
 Dcdires 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
24. The Temple of U'ijdor;7e, Book 2 * 
 
 j7Tv["'" " l^eclarcs maay Children , and thofe dutr* 
 
 -'4^. ?tc fbl and obedient to the Native or querent, 
 
 ;'otc and he tliall be bltlTed in them: they ftiall 
 
 ■if. ^ prove honourable and ingcnioos, and receive 
 
 •^ Applaufe and commendations horn all pcr- 
 
 fons, he Augments the querientj delights and 
 
 plearmes, he alfo (hews many friendfliips and Do- 
 
 nations of Confcquenceunto the Native or querent, 
 
 chiefly by fome arduous MefTages or Embaffages, 
 
 he (hall perform, and pri.bably thereby attain unto an 
 
 eminent degree of Honour .• in all demands this figure 
 
 is good. 
 
 Portends unto the querent but few chil- 
 
 :4c drcn, rather a fpurious and illegitcraatelfllie, 
 
 •^ by which he fhall receive much forrow . grief, 
 
 _^_>^ vexation and trouble, It alfo (hewes much 
 
 ." :k. Icffc and evil to enfue unto him by rcafon 
 
 of Libidmcus and prodigal courles, playing 
 
 jsnd gaming and following ill company this figure is 
 
 ill in all the demands. 
 
 Signifieththat the child fhall be of ill Na- 
 jf tureandlofTe of Herirage by Art, the fick 
 ^ -pf. pcifon (liall anif^nd, the woman with child 
 y^ (hall have a Son, but (he (hall be in danger 
 :^ ^ cf death \t if no^ g od in cafe of eacing 
 and drtnkmg rbeproniiie fhall not be per- 
 formed, the Medengcr (hall come quitk'y, but he fh^U 
 bring ill news the /.eccei s fpeak oi tbaUenges and 
 quarrels about a Woinan , for plcafurc this Fi- 
 gure is ill , ur.lcis it be for Wantons, and Bawdy- 
 houfe-Keepers at the Hand in riwki^^ over againft 
 Strand" Bridge without Jer^^ple-bnr, for them it is good, 
 the houfe is liiaii^- ^: ■if»e»ous.- Vacabonds and Scor- 
 pit ns lye in the way, the Son is neither dead nor taken 
 
 pri- 
 
Book 2 . The Temple of Wtjdome. 5 5 
 
 prifoncr, but he is very fick, the Chilt is a bittard , co 
 buy and fell new Garments it is ill, the year is good 
 and great, tboundance of Gorn, it is ill for Trees and 
 Plants, the Books are ill and fall of idle Complements 
 and -^ove toyes ; this Figure is ill in all the demands, 
 and (ignificth many Children > but they fliall be 
 all bad. 
 
 In the fifth boufe , fignifics the querents 
 >^ -^ Children to be Ingenious and ape for ftudyt 
 ^ if mikes the Native honoured of Eminent per- 
 ^ fons for his Clerks-ftii> Ingenuity, or skill in 
 •:^ ^ the Mathema ticks, he may prove Secretary 
 to fome honourable perfon, by which he (hall 
 ^ainmuch moneys and credit ; he will delight himfelf 
 ia curious Arcs, and neat and admirable inventions, ia 
 whxh he will exccll. 
 
 This is not fo good as Fortune Major ^ but 
 if it is indifferent good in Autftrnff^ & fignifieth 
 if that the child (hall be a man of honour, vidlo- 
 >^ if rious over his enemies, and liberal, and he 
 if if (hall have many children : It x^ indifferent 
 good in eating and drinking, the promife 
 (hall be performed, the MefTenger (hall return quickly, 
 and the news that he (hall bring ihili be of War, or of 
 ger •, for pleafure there (hall be (mall ioy,or hearts eafe, 
 it is jllto remain in the houfe becaufc of fmall gain, the 
 woman with child (hall have a Daughter, and cfcapc 
 death very narrowly, the Commons of the Town be 
 ill,iftheCaftlebeberieged itfhail be taken, there be 
 many Theeves by the way, and therefore it is not good 
 to go into the Coantrey : the fon is fick, but he (hall 
 cfcape the difeafe, and come home lafeiy,if the tenth 
 agree, the child is a baftard, ic is good to buy ?and put 
 on new cloathes, for they (hall endure but a while ; the 
 
 year 
 
go Ihe lewple ejlVijdtime. Book 2. 
 
 year (liJkll be good aud plentiful, but ill U r Trees, the 
 books fpcakof wars, atid anger 5 this /"igurcis indit- 
 fLTcnc in all ihc demand, and (ignifitth few children. 
 
 This figure fi^nificth to have few children, 
 5^ but they (liall be of good nature and conipiejti- 
 tsjc on, and not long oi life; it is bctttr to drin^ 
 5^ then to ear, the profile fhalinot be kept, the 
 yf, woman is not with ch Id, but hith fome Zump 
 in her. In all dcm?nd< that oiay be propound- 
 ed this figure is ill, unlets it b- for voyages, and when- 
 loever you make a Figure for any demand, and find this 
 jigure in this houle, it fignifieth that Letters fhall 
 come from fome place, the which (hall fpeak of things 
 of warcr> or of a voyage, it figniheth many children^ 
 but they fliallali dye. 
 
 This Figure fingnficrh forrow, heavineffe, 
 
 i^ if, unquietneis,poverty, and ill fortune hereafter 
 
 -^ X- to come to the child ; the Letters which come 
 
 :^ >ic fpeakofheavy things, asofa Fownbefieged, 
 
 :jf^ or tTothcr mifhaps and inconveniences ; the 
 
 woman with child fhall have a fon, fo that the 
 
 tench be Mafculine, and (he (hall have a great and long 
 
 tjavel with danger of death, this figure is ill in all dc- 
 
 inands, and (igniiiCth manychiidren. 
 
 Signifieth perverfe children, and dcgcnc- 
 
 if. if rate from vertue , it is ill touching, eating, 
 
 :if and drinking, and cfpecially of red things, 
 
 if if the prornifc rtiallnot bckept,iheMcfrengefs 
 
 X yf flidl bring Letters which make mention of 
 
 War, Dutls, or challenges; this figure is ill 
 
 in all things but to ibw the gound; the woman with 
 
 chkid iLall have a daughter^ but it (lull furely dye* 
 
 she 
 
Book 2. The Temple of Wifdom&. 37 
 
 She fignificth profperous children, it is alfo 
 
 ^ good to eat, and to drink, and for all Mirth, 
 
 >K ^ andjplcafure, the promife (hall be kept? the 
 
 :^ Mericnger (hall come home lafe, and at laft 
 
 ^ fhall bring good, peaccablcj and loving news, 
 
 it is good to woo, ki(s, fing, dance, and pUy 
 
 on Inftrutnents of Mufick ; the child is a baitard, there 
 
 is no Theefcinchc way; the Woman with child fhall 
 
 haveaWenchif the four Angles confent, to buy and 
 
 put on new cloathes it is good, and fignificth thae 
 
 they (hall be rich, neat, and fine : the year fliall be 
 
 good, and abound with great (lore of all (orts of fruits, 
 
 the Books teach how to Woo, Court, ^ying, Play, and 
 
 Dance with Ladies ; in all demands this Figure is good 
 
 nnd (ign'.fieth few children, but they (hall be very fair 
 
 and lovely. 
 
 Signifieth that the woman with child fhall 
 
 >i< if have a fon, aod whenfocver you do projeA a 
 
 if Figure for a Marriage, and find this Figure in 
 
 i< this houle , be fure the Marriage fhall take 
 
 if if effed. This Figure is mean in all the De-^ 
 
 inandsj and fignifies few children. 
 
 Signifies profpcrity, good luck, and the ad- 
 if vancement of honour to the child by his good 
 if if nature, the woman with child fhall have a foil 
 if if which (hall have great honour and reputaci- 
 if if on in his life; for ail queftions this Figure 
 is good 35 to buy and put on new cloathes, and 
 for the fruitfulnefs of the year, and confcquently this 
 Figure is good in 3II the demands, and noceth to have 
 few children. 
 
 Dd la 
 
5o The temple ofWifdome. Book 2. 
 
 In this houfe frees che Native from many 
 
 >i< >1< troubles, calamities, and dangers, and gives 
 
 >j< unto him many children^ and thofe long lived, 
 
 >K and very fortunate, the Native receives 
 
 >i< fome pubiick enriploy mentor Office,gains much 
 
 the.eby,heis delighted with much civiil 
 
 recreations and pleafures. 
 
 In this fifth houfe dcth either deny Iffue, 
 ^ or cife portends the deflrudion of the Que- 
 >K rents children by vitjlent deaths ; much ciucl- 
 'K ty, and advcrfity while they live, makes them 
 >K ^ crols, vexatious, snd difobedient unto their 
 Parents: Jtdeftroyes the Querents piealures 
 and delights: Judicares much evil unto him to pro- 
 ceed from Vain, ii regular, and voluptuous ccurfes. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 •Oftkcfixth Hcyufe^ and its gjfejlioffs^ viz. off.ckc 
 . nejs^ Servants J}?:ai/ Cuttel. 
 
 EVcrv thing is known to receive vertuc from the 
 ^ /^W/and Rulers of the world, and they receive 
 their power frcm God, and incorporate it into the 
 twclvepartsof the Earth, and the fixfcen Figures in 
 the Annua', moncthly, and daily motions of them; 
 This being cslIedtheCWf«f from the Av^k Scptemri- 
 o-tl , which propc'lv ifTiports A ^v^ft) ? or 
 Rerolurion of Figures good or evil in hrufes ; but 
 t'.is is called ill f rrune, and containeth thcfc Quefti- 
 c ns, which may be made upon fuk psrfons and difca^ 
 
 les. 
 
Bcok 2 . The Temple ofWifdome. 3 9 
 
 tcs, whether it (hall be long or (hort: and of whicft 
 of the four Humours it cometh : and if the Pa- 
 tient (hall be quickly whole, or lofe any of his (Limbs 
 by that Difeafe. 
 
 2. If he (hail dye, in what eftate he (hall dye , in 
 good or bad, and in what day, and in what hour. 
 
 3 Whacputofthc bodyisafflidcd. 
 
 4. From what caufc the (icknefs is, what part of the 
 body the Houfcs fignific, and their difeafes ; Difcafes 
 iignifieth by the Ideas^ by the Rulers in the firit Bookj 
 and by the Figures in this and the third Book, 
 
 5. If the Difjafe be longer fhort. 
 
 6. If the party be (icK ot whom the qacftion is 
 demanded. 
 
 7. Caufe of the Difeafe, inward or outward. 
 
 8. Of the quallity and nature of the Difeafe. 
 
 9. Whether the Difeafe be in the right or left fide. 
 
 10. Whether the Difeafe be in the body, or mind, 
 or bo:h* 
 
 1 1. How long ere the fick (hall recover. 
 12 Whether the Phyfitianbe a Learned man you 
 would go CO , and if good to take Phylick. 
 
 13. Jfitbegoodto vific a fick per(on. 
 
 14. Whether it be ^ood to remove the (ick pcrfon 
 from the Hofpical or Chamber where heis toanoth<.r 
 Arc which is in another place. 
 
 I 5. This houfe contaiocch the dcmanus which may 
 be made upon fraall hearts, as Sheep, Lambs, Goats, 
 Hogs , Conycs, and lu hlske fmall hearts, and whether 
 it be good to buy or fell rhem. 
 
 t6. Whether the beatl lort, fhall be found. and vvh) 
 is'theThecf. 
 
 17. It conraincch alfo the demands which m^jy be 
 made upon men of low condition orcrtace, as Lab .»ftTs, 
 
40 . Th c Temple of Wifdome. Book 
 
 Mafons, Carpenters, Butchers, and Porters of London^ 
 or any other City. 
 
 18. Alfoovcr all things ftraycd and broken, falfc 
 witne(rcs,Bawds, Whores, i'orccrersjand Enchanters. 
 
 rp. Alfoovcr fear, and fright, fhame, poverty, and 
 lack fmoke and darknels. 
 
 20. As touching the members of man, it contalneth 
 tbedemRnds which may be made npon all the Noble 
 parts of the body, the heart excepted.Thele be the prin- 
 cipal demands which you rouli judge according to the 
 fignification of the fcven Lords of the Earth, the 
 twelve Id^ds^ and the fijitcen Figures, according to 
 former Rules pot in order. 
 
 Yorturta Major in the fi xth, (hews !ofs in 
 ^ >^ fmall beafts, many perturbations and troubles 
 ^ ^ from fcrvants, ahhoogh in lome things they 
 
 5{=: fhall be friendly and (erviceable to him, hedc- 
 
 • -^ monftratesmany long, and Chronical Difcafes ; 
 
 chiefly thofeofthemind,ifP«^ror Rmbsusht 
 
 in the Ailerdant, the Father of the Querent fhall 
 
 Ihoicly dye. 
 
 Declares many ficknefTcs to invade the Que*- 
 ^ >ic , rent, which fhall afflid the brain, Inimic'uias 
 ':^ •>jc ~ cum AduUcrih^s^ diinna, ^b his, rixM cum coH' 
 ''^■'-^^^- /^tw^«f>//>, yetiflhe ihall be fortunate there, 
 :i< ^ it ih eves health of body, much good from fcr- 
 vants and kindred, and nnin by Imall Cattel* 
 Threatens many lukcelTcs, and many dtfea-* 
 
 i' its of the body, "-^k^'-iv-x;) from the infe- 
 ^c x- licicy, or nnhappinefs^and prejudice men rc- 
 :^ v;^ ceive in this houfe from fmall beafts, many 
 
 >'< croii'e§ in fervancs, and in obedient familiesy 
 
 He threatens Dolors, Griefs, and fome- 
 
 times Impriionmenis to the ^crent , and divers 
 
 rc-s 
 
Book 7 • 7he Temple efWifclome . 4 1 
 
 remarkable mifcheifj (hall be, as ic werciniepeiabie 
 unto the body. 
 
 Ac(\uifitio in the (ixth houfe notis^s the que- 
 ^ ^ rent to be g nerally healthful; And inti- 
 ;^ maces him fubjcd to very^ few difcafcs .• he 
 :^ ^ gives hira great fortune in dealing in fmall 
 ^f; cattle, his fervanrs will be fairhfLjl and ho- 
 ned tohira.hefhail be honoured of his fa- 
 mily, and be bettered much by his fathers Kin- 
 dred. 
 
 Inthcfixth houfe prefagcs unto the que- 
 
 ^ rent hot and dry difea(e$, if evilly afpcded 
 
 ■^ there , he vitiates the body either with 
 
 >f: >i< crookcdnefs or lamenefle: he infortunes him 
 
 ^ both in his Servants, and jn fmail hearts, if 
 
 he be in 6 ^ :■ oi VuelU ftAlbpti oxiCan' 
 
 juH^io : the querent proves an excellent Phy fuian. 
 
 Jhews much loffe and damage from Scr- 
 >^ vants, chiefly thofc of the female fex : his 
 ^ ^ Difeafes will be but few : but thofe that are, 
 >|i will be caufed be venerous courfes .• he will 
 >{C >f be impotent in (yet extrcam earned after) 
 the Art of Generation ; If he marry, his 
 wife wil be ignoble, inobedienr, ihameleffe .- And if 
 ^mijfioht in □ or <? of Puerox Rubens, (^zvq\\\ 
 prove Meritorious, but well difpofed ; and in good 
 Afpedl of A'iijHifuio^ Letitia, then (he dcmonftratcs 
 one of excellent conditioas ; and alfo denotes much 
 gain unto the querent from Servants and ail kind of 
 fmall beafts, and will be honoured of his father. 
 
 Dd3 In 
 
42 The Temple oflVifdeme. Book i 
 
 In the fixch denotes the querent to libidi- 
 -^ >H nous couries, and to be deceived much by 
 >|< -^ women, Ifhebr. in Afped of Career Triflt^ 
 >|c tla, Pfter and Ru^eus, he portends unhappy 
 :?^ ■>(^ dileafes unto the querent, and many tiroes t 
 violent deatbjgeneral Imprifonments and dam- 
 age from fcrvants* 
 
 Inthefixth houfe, declares good 5and faith- 
 ^ ^ ful, and honeft lervants ; portends health of 
 ^ body, and a good Gonfticution, or that ve- 
 ^ ry few difeafesfhall affault the querent ; He 
 -)f will be fortunate , in his fathers Kmdred and 
 in bcafts of the Jmaller fort. 
 When in the fixth hou'e ye find this figure 
 >'■ called Fortfirja^ ir (ignifierh that the fervants 
 >i< and rubje<5i^s be true unto their Marter,but the 
 ^ >K Servants (hall be ficlc m their fervicc; it is ill 
 :^ >i< to buy beafts, the witneflcs be falle, for the 
 Phifitianand to take what he prefcribcth it 
 IS good jefpccialy to take Aurjfm petai^ile ^ and fuch 
 rood Medicines, fo that the 7th and loth. do con- 
 f.nr ; the, bcaft loft (ball never be found: it is good 
 for whores ard Bawds, but they (Kail be in danger t;o 
 betaken becaufe of their ftar, and (halnot have the mo- 
 ney profited- 
 
 Signifieth that the ftrvants will willmg- 
 
 ^. ly put forth thcmfelves in their Maflers bufj- 
 
 ^ nef^and doit with great diligence,- it is ill 
 
 yf^ to buy and (ell cattle; the fick pcrfon (hall 
 
 >i< be in danger of death if the ^oth confent 
 
 thereunto, it is ill for the Phyfician, or to 
 
 take M^'dicifjes; The wirneiTjrs have falfly depofed , 
 
 tl e Ba' d Hcth mock a'ld will not do her endeavour, 
 
 vt hose ^i\: is worthy to have ten thoufand kicks for her 
 
 I^abcur. Signi' 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple ofWifdome. 4 5 
 
 Signifieth diTobedience and naugluinefs in 
 ^ * fervantsand fubjeds , and that they (hall fee 
 :^ i^ floathFul and Ikkly in their fervice, the ficS 
 yf, >^ perlon (hail die fo that the eighth <onfcnc, 
 :^ the witneffes have fworn falfly ; if is ill to 
 buy beaih, for the Phyfician, or to take Me- 
 dicine y and in all things which ye may demand m 
 this houfethis Figure is ill, buc for Bawds , for their 
 matters will go well. 
 
 Signifieth the fcrvants to be good at work, 
 if. fure and faithful; it is good to buy beafts, 
 :^ -^ the Patient (hall have none other difcafes, hue 
 >fc >^ fliall quickly amend : fooietime the ficknefs 
 :=jc -^ cometh by over much reft or penfively for 
 fome thing 5 in all other things which belongs unto 
 this houfe this Figure is good, exceptfor Bawds, (hew- 
 ing they (hall be falfe. 
 
 Signifieth no good luck touching fervantJ, 
 i(. -^ for they (hall be xn danger to be robbed or 
 if devoured by Wolves ; the difeafe cometh of 
 if if too much abundance and corruption of blood 
 if if mixed wirh red choler, the Tick perlon (hall 
 die or be long fick , if that the firft houfe ard 
 eighth do content: in all the demands which yc may 
 ipakc in this houfe this figure is ill, unlefs it be to let a 
 perfon blood. 
 
 It is very good in all the demands which 
 
 if may he made; touching fervants it is ill, for 
 
 if if the fick perfon and his difeafe, came onely 
 
 if by phlegm and thought taking for Women : 
 
 if for til other things which ye may demand in 
 
 this houfe this Figure is good , efpecially for 
 
 Whores and Bawds, for their affairs (hall profpcr, it is 
 
 alfo profitable to buy Bca(ls. 
 
 Dd 4 5igni 
 
44 7he Temple of IVifdome. Book q. 
 
 •• ' ' 
 
 Signineih chat the Tervancs be meetly good, 
 
 ^ >(: the (ick perfon (hall die, it is ill to take Pby- 
 
 . -^ fick, and likewik ill for the Fhyfitian, ic is cx- 
 
 ^ cellent good for Whcrcs and Bawds ; in all 
 
 ^ :^ other demands this figure is ill, but to buy 
 
 fmall cattle, for which it is good. 
 
 Shews that the Querent fliall be affli(^cd 
 :^ with many mifchicvous difeales, andcrofTcd, 
 ^ plagued, and perplexed with evil condition" 
 :^ cd fervints, the Beafts (hall be ftolen or eaten 
 ^ >K by Wolves, or Foxes, Badgers, or fuch like 
 Beafts, the Party (hall have a Fcavcr and ma- 
 ny other dfifeafcs, and be in danger of death if the 
 eighth and fourth confcnt : it is ill for the Phyfitian, 
 and to take Medicine, and for all other things , for 
 Whores and Bawds it is ill, for they are deceit- 
 ful. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book 2. ikeTe^/pleoflVjJdo^fc, 45 
 
 CHAP. VfL 
 
 Significatiofis of the feventh Hoitfe^ viz. of Afar- 
 riages^ Enemies^ Wars^ Law-Juits ^ and Co?i- 
 tra&s^expermented by *S'7r.Chi.Heydon.-^«e- 
 jiions of Fugitives and ihefts^ and according 
 to Cardans experience are prefented here ^ 
 jvhich are true in Aftrologie 5 and as certain in 
 thk Art ofGeomancy and Jelefmes. 
 
 YOu muftobferve the fevcnth houfe, which iscal- 
 led K^Tof sTvj./, bccaufe the Sun paHeth into the 
 oppofite Region to us, and leaves us, and falls into the 
 Occidental Angle which Kedemel rules , and her Idea 
 ^Hriel^ which in PuetU govern the feventh part of 
 the Earth, which containech properly and naturally 
 the fignifications of the Qaeftions and Demands which 
 maybe moved on thcconrrary of the demand of any 
 perfon. 
 
 2 Of Marriage , whether ic (hall take efleft or 
 not. 
 
 ^ What (hail be the occafion or hindring the 
 Marriage. 
 
 4 Which love or defire it mod:. 
 
 5 Whether a man fhail marry. 
 
 6 The i\mQ of Marriage 
 
 7 How many husbands a woman fliali have* 
 
 8 From what part one fnatl marry. 
 
 9 What manner of perfon he or fhe is. 
 
 I o Whether the msn or woman be more noble*' 
 
 II WhoihalibeMafterofthctwo. 
 
 II Whe- 
 
46 The Ttmple of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 12 Whether (he be rich or not. 
 
 i 3 Whether the Marriage be hgitimate. 
 
 14 How they (hall agree after Marriage. 
 
 1 5 Whether a roan or his wiFe (hall die firH". 
 
 16 Whether a Damofel be a Maid or not. 
 
 17 Whether a woman be honeft to her husband 
 or not. 
 
 j8 Of a woman whether (he trades with any but 
 her husband. 
 
 19 Whether a woman is honeft. 
 
 20 \i ones 5weci-heart have a Lover befides 
 fc!n:^relf. 
 
 21 1 f a Marriage Oiall be perfedcd to the content of 
 all parties or not, and who will be grieved. 
 
 22 Whether the child conceived is the Ton of the 
 fcpuied father. 
 
 25 Whether a woman living from her husband 
 fcall ht received into favour, or live with bim 
 again. 
 
 ^4 V^hich of the two that play at any game, or 
 lays any wager, (hall win or lofe , either at Cards, 
 Dice, &c» Cock fighting , Horfe racing , Calling of 
 Lots, Chefs> Tables, Bowls. 
 
 25 Of two Battels ready to fight, of Ordnance on 
 both fides playing, and their Horfe and Foot in hoc 
 fervice : on both parties, and in equal ftrengch and 
 number who (hall get the viftory. 
 
 iC If the Companion appointed to you be a good 
 inati or a bad. 
 
 27 If there (hall be war upon the laft Proclamation 
 ^KwheHS tikctiA'xng, F ort una Minor \:\ the tenth, with 
 CauolaD'-aconis in the eleventh, &c, 
 
 28 If the man be wife and of a good underf^an- 
 ding. 
 
 29 If 
 
Book 7. 7he Temple of IVifdonie, 47 
 
 29 It the hienUship Decwccn cwo pcrions shall 
 continue. 
 
 30 If the agreement made between two pcrlons 
 shall continue. 
 
 1 1 The place where the fervant fied^ Beads ftrayed 
 and things loft are. 
 
 32 How thefc things were loft-. 
 
 g3 VVhethcr the Cattle or other things be ftolcn 
 or not. 
 
 54 VVhether the thing miffing flcdoficftlf. 
 
 3 5 Of Bcafts ftrayed, or fugitives. 
 
 56 IftheBeafts are loft. 
 
 37 Ifdead or alive. 
 
 38 If in Pound or nor. 
 
 3 9 Ifthe Cattle or things loft sliall be found or not. 
 
 40 How far off the thing loft is from the owner. 
 
 41 In what place, which way are the Bcafts ftolcil 
 er ftrayed, in what ground. 
 
 41 Whether the fugitive shall betaken. 
 
 43 How far the fugitive is. 
 
 44 Whether a thing ftolen shall be had again* 
 47 If a thing be ftokn or not. 
 
 46 If'irbc loft or ftolen. 
 
 47 Whether the Thief be young or old- 
 
 45 V Vhcthet the Thief be man or woaian. 
 
 49 If more then'one Tnief. 
 
 50 Ofthecloathes of the Thief. 
 
 5 1 Names of Theeves, or men according to Art. 
 %% Whether the Thief be of the houfeor not. 
 
 53 5crangerorFamihan. 
 
 54 Whether the Thief be in the Town or not. 
 
 5^ Where the Thief is, gone towards whatpart» 
 56 Of the houfc and mark of the Thief. 
 5 7 Dore of the hcufe, tokens cf the Tbiefs houfe. 
 
 58 Whc- 
 
48 ihe Temple efwifdnwe. Book 2 . 
 
 58 Whether the goods be in'thc cuftody of the thief 
 
 59 If he carried all with him. 
 
 60 place where the goods ftolcn are. 
 
 61 If loft or ftolen, in what part ofthehoufc. 
 
 62 The form or likcnefi of the entering of the 
 houfe. 
 
 63 What is ftolcn by the fecond or tenth houfc. 
 
 64 The quality of the goods ftolen, 
 
 65 If recovered, in what time recovered. 
 
 66 Whether the Thief shall be known or not. 
 
 67 Whether the Thief be fufpeded of the owner 
 ornot. 
 
 68 If it be the firft hd. the Thief did . 
 
 69 Experienced Rules of 'Battel, War, or other 
 contentions, 
 
 70 If one shall return fafe from war, or a dangerous 
 voyage. 
 
 71 What will cnfueof the war between Spain and 
 France* 
 
 72 if the agreement made between England and 
 France shall continue. 
 
 75 If the agreement made between parties shall 
 continue. 
 
 74 If neighbours shall agree. 
 
 75 If good to remove of ftay in any Town or 
 City. 
 
 76 Jf Hunters shall find or take their game that day 
 cr not. 
 
 77 Of a Law-fuic or controvcrfie betwixt two who 
 should do heft. 
 
 78 Ofbuying and felling commodities. 
 
 79 Oi P-rt:icr-ship. 
 
 So Whether a City, Town, or Caflle befieged, shall 
 
 betaken or not. 
 
 81 Of 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple ofWijd ome. 49 
 
 81 Of Commanders in Armies, their abilicies and 
 
 fidelity, &c. 
 
 8 2 If two Armies ftiall fight. 
 
 8 3 If the Querent have open Enemies* 
 
 Thefc be the principal demands andqucftions which 
 ht propounded in this houfc, you mult remember the 
 RnLerst^Aldeas^ and then judge as yc (hail find by 
 yourfigurci. 
 
 When you find this figure called Fortma 
 Sc ^ Major in this houlc, he declares many con- 
 > ^ troveifies between the Q^uercnt and the Ma- 
 >K giftrate or perfon in authority, and much evil 
 ^ (ball come unto him thereby ; in his old age, 
 or declining years he will be honoured and 
 renowned, and may have a noble and vertuous wife, al- 
 though in his younger days he will be in peril and dan- 
 ger both of the lofs of his reputation and eftate by the 
 means of Harlots and lewd women. 
 
 Portends forrow (or death fometimes) to 
 >K >|c the Native in his younger years , or unplea- 
 ^ ^ fant travels in another Country 5 and if flic 
 ^ >K be in the ill afpe ds of the Infortunesjhc may 
 :^ >i< be in danger of a violent death, but if fhe be 
 in good afped of Accjuifino^Letitia^ot Fuel' 
 74,and Mfft?, the Querent will receive many advan- 
 tagious profits from women, he will marry more then 
 one, and his wife or wives shall be both fair and rich, 
 and he will be much honourable in his old age ; but if 
 she be unfortunate o( Career^ TrijliUA.Pner^ or Rnteas^ 
 the Querent rarely marries but follow^ corrupt and 
 lewd courlcs, fuch as he will receive difeafcs, fcandals, 
 anil difgraces fiom, and may repent too late. 
 
 Being 
 
5 c) ihe Te^iple tf IVifdonie. Book 2 . 
 
 Being in ^ to the Afccncianc he fhcws 
 :^ much danger unto th^ Hfe of chc qucrent,and 
 -^ ::^ many noxious, or hurtful diftempejs to in* 
 5^ ^ vadehim; it alio expofes hirti to many vio- 
 ^ lent and dangerous f«ll?, much forrow, many 
 difficulties, vexations, and troubles in Mani- 
 age, ofrentimes it imports a feparation between the 
 'Native and Wife; alwaycsa moft milerable Marriage 
 and fit to be pitied ; he portends many Dtfcafes in the 
 fecrct parts, and FiftuU's, and the Hemorrhoids in the 
 Pundament, Qrifes, quarrels, and contentions with pub- 
 lick enemies. 
 
 Declares the querent to be viAorious over 
 
 :^ ^ his publick enemies, I'hcws an honourable mar- 
 
 :4c nage, and much joy and plcafure with his 
 
 if, -^ Wife ; many times the querent gains a great 
 
 if eftatc jbiiwevera vertuous, honett,wifc,dif- 
 
 crcet woman, whofeprce is above Rubies: 
 
 be declares much happinels and plealure unto the que- 
 
 rctjtinhisiatttrdaycs. 
 
 Declares many perturbations, quarrels, 
 ?|c ftrifes, contentions, controverfies unto the 
 •^ querent, he will often be engaged in broylcs, 
 5|c >^ and thereby be indanger of ftabbing, or bc- 
 r:^ ing murdered, TrohAtHm eft ; he will per- 
 ceive many of thofe which he doth cfteem, 
 or hath eftcemcd as friends, to turn the moftMalignanc 
 enemies unto him, he will be propenfe to fooli(h , and 
 prodigal courfcs, and to follow the humours of idle 
 women, and fpend his cftacc and rtrength on them, 
 perkaps ill rewarded for his labour; it alio im.ports 
 many bickerings, and quarrels betwixt him and his 
 Wife, many im.prifonments, and torments, he will be 
 alio of a Ihort lilc, unlcfs Acqai^t^o^Letitia^ Amiffio^ 
 
 or 
 
Book 2. ihe Temple of Wi] dome. 5 1 
 
 or VnelU prove adjuvant unto him , ana may probably 
 end it in his Peregrination. 
 
 Signifieth that the open enemy is ill, but he 
 
 >tc is of no great power, and each thing that he 
 :^ >k doch , he doch it with an anger and ha- 
 
 ^ ftineis, but his anger is foon paft, the party 
 ^ i^ (hall lofe his fuit, the party fufpeded is the 
 Thccf^and hath flollen the thing; the fugitiva 
 will not be taken , the woman married will be a 
 Whore, the man is of an ill will, he (hall lofe at Dice, 
 and Cards, and other fports : The Hounds will lofe 
 the Game,and fpcnd upon a cold fccnr, & it falfe ^ the 
 Marriage will quickly take force, but to no great pro- 
 fit to the one pare, or unco the other ; for War it is ill, 
 the Wife loveth not her Husband well, but hath com- 
 pany of others then he, the Maiden is no Virgin ; the* 
 Woman loft will not be found , the man (hall go to 
 war, but not profit much thereby ; there (hall be no 
 great R^acs of Arms done, but only affaults ind skir- 
 miflics , the Accord (hall not long laft betwixt Kings, 
 Princes, or Z^ords, becaufe they are not faithful, the 
 party hath no wit but to do harm , the Thecf is not of 
 the houfe, but is run away, the thing loft (hall not be 
 had again: There will be no accord in all the de- 
 mands which you may make in this houfe, this Figure 
 is ilij but for Bawdcry. 
 
 A^tirs up many quarrells, and controvcrfies 
 >^ v(i betwixt the querent and great and eminent 
 i^ >ic women,!f he be therein c^ D or c^ of C^r- 
 
 if cer, Tnfi-itta^ P^er^ or RptheHs^ then many 
 
 >^ ^ publick enemies will arife againft him , by 
 
 whofe means, and accufations, and crofle- 
 
 g^'ainM informations he may incur ihe fentcrice or ccn- 
 
 fureofa judge or chief Magiftrate, and to luft^r in^- 
 
 \ pri- 
 
5 2 ihe Temple of IVifdome - Bock. 2 . 
 
 pntonment, or cxiic,his wife will be in much prejudice 
 and danger, and be will f. -How very ill courfes. 
 
 Denotes very few enemies, but portends 
 
 ^ -^ much good from women, and that he iliall 
 
 >ic ufe their companies, and delight therein ; it 
 
 >K alfo denotes great Kiche? with a Wife, or 
 
 ^ Wives, and (hews her to be of an honefl,piu- 
 
 dcnr, and exteileiu carriage^and behaviour. 
 
 ^ignifiech that the enemy is wicked, and of 
 ^ an ill heart and sff<:dion,ft:rong andmigh- 
 ~jf ty, and intendeth much harm ; the Plaintiff 
 yf ^ ihdW win his fuit, but not without great pain, 
 >f if travel, and diligent foiiciting; the Theef it 
 ft^btile and crafty, the Fugitive will not be 
 ftiind, neither return «fain ; the woman is cholerick, 
 the niarriage will not be for the fma 11 profit that com- 
 eth thereof; the man is ill m ndcd , the Gameifer 
 fiiall iofe , wcfliiilhave Wais ; the woman hach to 
 dt) uith more then her hui>brr.d ; the Maid is no Vir- 
 iMsV* the woinsn or thing fo(l will net return again , 
 the wcm<^n is not very rich, the man fhall go to war 
 and have the vidory ., he hath pood judgment in war, 
 •s^n^ how to fight, the Theef will not be found, neither 
 the thing lof^ : the peace asade between two parties 
 ivill not long connnuc : In all things this Figure is ill, 
 but for wars and women. 
 
 Signiiieth the enemy is feeble, andof fmall 
 y< po'.\er, the Plaintiff iliall win the fuit^the thief 
 :< IS crafty, the Fugitive will come no more, 
 :k fur marrage ic is ill, ihe man will put away his 
 >i< wife, and be feparaced from her, the Game- 
 ft :r fhall not win much , the Maid is no Vir- 
 gin : Jn ail the demands this Figure is ill, but for voy- 
 iii/c-i b) Water. Sig- 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple ofmfdom. 5 ? 
 
 Signifies the enemy is ftrong and mighty* 
 if. if. and is ill minded, and will be avenged over 
 if if all his EQcmieSjthe fuic is in hazard to be loft, 
 if if the Thief or Fugitive will not be found, the 
 
 if Wife and Lemon be good, and ufc thcm- 
 felvcs Loyally, che Marriage begun (hall be 
 ended » the party hath a very ill affedion , the Gamc- 
 fterihall win, but it (hall be by deceit : the Maid is no 
 Virgin, the wifclovcth her husband, and the /-emon 
 her friend ; the man (hall go to war and have the vi- 
 nery, and whin he hath taken his cneaiy, will leC 
 him go again : the perfon hath good undcrftanding, 
 and is of great ente. prize, the Go- partner (hall do hi« 
 work well, the Thief is m the houfc, and the thing is 
 there hidden ; The love is feigned, and deceit is in it | 
 the friendfliip or agreement made fhall lall long, fo 
 that the tenth confent in all things, this figure is ilI,buC 
 to. keep a thing fecret, it is good. 
 
 Significth but fmall force in tlic enemy ,and 
 
 >i< belidcs he is noble ; the Plaintiff ihall obtaia 
 
 if if his fuit, the man is not robbed: The fugi- 
 
 if if tive will not come heme again :1c is good for 
 
 ^ >i< ft wife, marriage, and for a friend: If yoil 
 
 make a ^ igure to know how your Miflrif»» 
 
 Wife .lover, or Lcmcn doth, this Figure in thi? place 
 
 Cgnificth that (he wecpeth forjthe great affection, he 
 
 or (he bcarcch to the friend abfent ; the Gamcftct 
 
 fhsll not win much, the; Marriage is indifferent good, 
 
 lo that the eighth and Cf nth confent, there will be no 
 
 War, but peace; the Maid is a Virgin, the Wife or 
 
 laraisou; lovcth none but her Husband, or friend, and 
 
 them they love heartily: the woaim is pretty rich, 
 
 the Ccmpanion will nfe himfcif uell and faithfully s 
 
 ihe thing i\oikn will be rccove^edjand he that keep- 
 
 E« cell 
 
54 ^he temple ofWifdeme. Book 2* 
 
 cth it, doth it but in jeft and paftimc : the igrecment 
 ncxly made w:!l not lad long, this figure is indifferent 
 goodinalhhini^s. 
 
 Signifies the enemy to be very angry, bat 
 i^ ^ heis offmailpower, he mindcth to kill his 
 .^ enemy, or elfe to deftroy him by poyfon or 
 ic- >i<, water -J if he have « hand^^me opportunity 
 >}c" ^ the plaintiff fhall lofe his fuit ; there were 
 many Thieves at that Robbery, the Fugitive 
 vi!! never return : it is ill for Marriage, for the 
 Husband wiil run away from his Wife and forfake her, 
 by occafion whereof the woman will deal with other 
 men, there will be much debate and lirife in the 
 g: m-ng ; it is ill for War, for there will be lofs and no 
 profit ', the iMai J is no Vu gin, and hath but fmall fub- 
 flance ; the friend loveth not bis friend, the Compa- 
 nion is not good, themanfliallgoto War,bur it (hall 
 be to his lofs , the party is dull Ipirited, and hath buc 
 fjTjalUinderftandirg or experience, but in the Water 
 and Wells; this figure is ill in all things, but to (ink 
 Wells, and Pumps, and draw waters from place to 
 place, 
 
 Significth in thishoufe that the enemy hath 
 
 . ;ic no mind to work difplealure unto the other, 
 
 ^ ^ the fuit (hail have good fuccefs, the perfon is 
 
 ^ not rcbbcd, the fugitive will come home 
 
 5j< again, it is good for a woman, a Lemon, Mar- 
 
 nage,and play: there uil be no Wars, but 
 
 firmpcace,the married woman andLemonfanfie others 
 
 then becometh them : this figure notes true love» the 
 
 woman or Lemon loft wil4 come again; the peilon 
 
 can pliy well up^n Mufick, the thing iofr will be found 
 
 again, the agreement fhall be made and laft long; the 
 
 woman h with child by another, and not by her 
 
 husband 
 
Book 2. The Tempk oflVifdome. 5 5 
 
 husband ; this figure is good for all things, but wars. 
 
 Dcinonllrates the enemy to be feeble in his 
 
 ^ if re.ns, and fecketh daily to come to an agree- 
 
 yf. ment, the querent fliall obtain his fuic to his 
 
 >K profit, fo that the tenth conlenc : It is for 
 
 if, yf marriage good, and better then all the other, 
 
 for it alwaycs figniftcs the pcrfedlion of it ; 
 
 the Thief that is fufpeded hath imbezelcd the thing 
 
 Jofl-, and he (hall be taken, and in danger to be hanged, 
 
 the fugitive will not return, the woman is honeft; If 
 
 the figure be made to know whecher he (hall nnarry 
 
 the party, it (ignitieth he fliall enjoy his rejquefl^ the 
 
 Gzmefter (hall win, the Wife fetteth lictle by her 
 
 Husband, or the Lemon by his friend, the Maid is no 
 
 Virgin , the man is wife , the Companion is good and 
 
 faithful .• the Thief is one of the hou(e, and the thing 
 
 loft will not be found, becaufcitis out of the houfe: 
 
 in all things this figure is indifferent, but for War , for 
 
 which it is ill. 
 
 Portends many publick enemies unto the 
 if querent, and many Prcd-gtous Calumnies , 
 if Scandals, and difgraces from them, and'thac 
 if conlkncly, butic portends their dellrudion 
 if if alio that icandalize; i: declares a crofs and 
 unhappy marriage, alwayes brawling and 
 contentions between theo^jerfnt and his wif>.% never 
 quier, continual dilconccnts? and muimurings, jV^Iou- 
 fies &c. many times feparations ; it dciu tcs alfo the 
 t3c ith , or diftolucion of the wife, or wives .• Let no 
 ' m^.n mqrry wich-^ut the AitiH-s advice in the choice 
 of a Wife, kaft he unhappily do repent the bar- 
 gain. 
 
 The Tattles of Zetrer*;, of N^m'?, of Nunibers, 
 you (hillfi.-idin the third Book, where wc tcacn )ou 
 
 £ e i aii J 
 
5^____^^^ temple ofmfdome. Book 2. 
 
 atfo how 10 Judge all manner A Q^tiixom paft, pre- 
 . fenr,and to come, as you find their Natural (ignifica- 
 tior;s in the twelve Fioules. 
 
 .#,.#..€; ^^- '^^ ^^ ^^ •% ■?■? 'S ^ -5? • #^ *'* .*, 
 
 CHAP VIII. 
 
 of the eighth Honfe. 
 
 'YSALLjgLORIAN'DAOS fays this houfc 
 f^is unfortunate, he calls it 'E^'^ai^^'^p^^, becauic 
 it is the fuccedcnr of the Angle of the Occident, and 
 <^^nififth biacknef^snd death, and&ll evil -itcontain- 
 ^th naturally the ^cftions and Demands, which nnay 
 be made end projvoundcd upon the fickncls or death of 
 any man, if he (hall live Ion ,o.«' dye quickly. 
 
 2. Alio to know whether he fha'il dye within a day, 
 nior)Cch,oryc3.r. 
 
 V li a ptrfon Hialldye a good death, or elfe be (lain. 
 
 ^1 if the abfcnt party be auve or dead. 
 
 5. Whether one abfcnt iliali return, ornot, and 
 U'hch. 
 
 6. The time when he fnall return. 
 
 7. Of the death of the querent, or fpaee of his own 
 life- 
 
 8. VVhcre,or about ^-ihat rin:ic the querent may die* 
 57* Whether the man or wife (liall dye iirfr. 
 
 I o What manner of death the q;ercnr. (hall dye* 
 1 1. fThcther the portion of the wife will be great,or 
 cafily oqt.-iincd, or if the woman will be r5cn. 
 
 \ 1^. If one beaffraid of a thing, whether he ihall be 
 in (ianger ihcrcof, or not* 
 
 1 5/ ifa womans bo^hnr^d at Sea be alive or dead. 
 14. If the querent iliali have the poitioi) promKed. 
 
 jf.irhc- 
 
Book 2 . 7he Tewfle eflVifdome, 5 7 
 
 15, frhetber llialldye firit,the /acher,or brother of 
 the querent. 
 i6. Ifimsn be flain, who killed hira. 
 17. ff ho Jbali inherit. 
 
 18. ^ho is the iccret Connfcller ■ of your eaemy, or 
 of your wife, or wheiher Ihc doth keep l^aichful compa- 
 ny or not- 
 
 19. Alfo the demand which may be made upon 
 fright, or fear of harm to come, ti by fire, burniag, or 
 flieiding of blood. 
 
 40. Tne gain or rrofit he hath gotten that was abfen^r 
 
 21. How one ll»all thrwc in a (Irangc Count y. 
 
 11. Whether the perfon unco whom ye have given 
 any thing to keep., \v«ll reftore it again or nor. 
 
 2^ Whether he that hsth given his money to ufa* 
 xy (hah gaifi thereby. 
 
 24, Afce*- what tort (hall the good or harm come 
 to yoitj that you ihal! have, 
 
 25. If a place be haunted with evil fpirits of any qua, 
 lity, or order,how to drive them away. 
 
 2(5. The parts of mans body, the Rulerj, Idea, Fi- 
 gures and Houfesfignifie, arc largely treated of in the 
 firftBook, in a Table dcmonftrating that this houfc 
 contains theqnefttons which nsay be made concerning 
 the principal parts of man or woman, Rnbeus natural- 
 ly rules this houfe. 
 
 Declare lofs of cftate and riches,by the means 
 -^ ^ ofperforis in Authority; many dangers unto 
 :4^ >tc thclifeoftheNative, but hefhallefcapeifhc 
 >fi bewith y^f^«/7;r^(7andP/*^//^,irhc be evilly be- 
 "^ held of Pfier^ Ruheus fiercer or TrifiitU in wa- 
 tery places of the Earth, the querent will be 
 dfowned,or in danger of water in the^^T^partjIofs and 
 dsftiUiSion attend him from Thieves and Robbers ; in 
 Ee 3 the 
 
58 1 he Temple of IVif dome. Book 7. 
 
 the :::of^ih part,dangec both to body ond eliatc by fire : 
 in iheEaftpzYi of the figure and houfe, it threatens 
 hangings, cruel torments in prifons, and many tioics 
 death anexpcdcd. 
 
 Demonftrates many evills and afflidions to 
 -^ -^ happen to the Querent from pcifons of cmi- 
 ^ ^ nency and renown , and he lliall fufFer impri- 
 >^ >^ fonmcnt, if not a violent death, by reafon of 
 >|c ^ falfe teftiraonies, Counterfeit Knavifti tricks 
 and devices', and it the Malevolcnts afflid: 
 him there, he will be drowned, or in great peril of wa- 
 ter: S'veroheyiefneritcoiofiitHt.'i^ bdreditaics coyidoK^t 
 mortem Ucilem, vitamcfue longam ac fanam^ O'^-) huC 
 iffl}c(hallbe well conftituted andaffifted by the be- 
 nevoLnt afped: of ^Acquifnioot Puclla^ the Querent 
 fnall then get pofTcflions , and inheritances, his death 
 fhall be eafie, his life long and healthful. 
 
 If C/irffr be in the eighth houfe in compa- 
 
 -JC^ ny or afpeA of Accjmfuio or PaelU , he de- 
 :^< >i< clarcs unto the Native Lands and Hcredira- 
 >t: >i<c nnents from the death of fome friends or rela- 
 
 >}c tions, chiefly if fhe be by day, but if he Ihall 
 
 be therein afpedof Pfier or Ruhetis^ in \\\ 
 
 company, it (hews unto the Querent, or he that is 
 
 lorn, much forrow and sifiidion, and many times 
 
 ihrtatcns a vi( lent death. 
 
 In this houlc is an argument of long life un- 
 
 ^ ^ to the Querent, and denotes that when he 
 
 '^^ expire?, it {h<*ll be by a natural death; it 
 
 ^- ^ gives hJmalfo in his life much gain by the 
 
 >i< Wil s and Telia mcnts of perfons deceafed ; 
 
 in aNo<fturnal Gen ture , it generates many 
 
 flrifes and evils, by which the Native vviliruffer, it por- 
 
 tc d^ much lofs of goods, if v\ith ill company and 
 
 aipcS. • In 
 
Book 2. The Temple eflVifdome, 59 
 
 In chis houle, and Fortuna Aia]ory Fortu-na 
 ^ Minor J PopiilHs^ ov Via, in any of the four 
 ^ Angles, (hews danger of a violent death, dc- 
 ^ ^< feds in the eyes, wounds in the hands and 
 if feet, it threatens lofs of goods, and poverty 
 to cnlue unto him, many crofTes, t-oubles, 
 and vexations, and this when he is \n ill company and 
 afped; ifin good company and afped, msny ofthofe 
 evils will be abated, at leaft the violence of them ; yet 
 will the Qaerent have quarrels and controvcrfies with 
 fomepcrlonsaboHt or concerning riches, as Legacies, 
 gifts ot dead men, &c. 
 
 In this houfe very feldom givcth marriage, 
 
 ^ but generally denies ; yet if the Querent mar- 
 
 ^ ^ ry, as fometime^ it may fo fall out, (he will be 
 
 ^ a Widow he marriesj and rich, and one that 
 
 '^. will bring him great ftore of wealth, he will 
 
 gain other ways by dead folks, hisJife will not 
 
 be fhort, nor will his death be violenr -, iiPuelU be af- 
 
 fiidcd by ill company or afped , it fhews the troubles 
 
 and adverfities of the Natives mother , and that (he 
 
 (bill die beforehim, it (hewsalfo the danger and peril 
 
 of his wife and children. 
 
 Denotes an augmentation of the Natives 
 ^ 5fc fortune by his proper induflry, about the Tc- 
 yf. ^ {laments, and Wills, and Legacies of men dc- 
 ^ ceafed, and that his own death fliall not be 
 :^ ^ violent 5 yet unlefs Albusht afGdedbythc 
 good company of good figures and afpeAs, 
 he fliall have many contentions and controverfies with 
 his fi lends and neighbours, and \i Carctr ^ Triftitia^ 
 I* tier ^ or %t;ibeus zi^[^ him there, he will be a lying, 
 bo^fting, qtjarrelling, troublefome perfon, he will be 
 alfoinfoitunatein the foremcntioned tbings,and come 
 to an untimely end. . E e 4 Pre- 
 
6o The TemfleofWjfdome. Book a. 
 
 Prenotes a long and healthrul lire , and 
 -^ ^ gives the Native inheritances, and honour?, 
 ^ and gifts, and legacies, by the means of per- 
 ^ fons dcceafed. 
 
 When you find this figure in this hoafe, 
 if. fomcrimes ic (ignifieth the death of iome 
 if. great Lord, and yet he (hall amend, 'accord - 
 5^ if ingas the firft, fixth, or tenth houfcs do 
 if if content, the Hcknefs Qiall not long endure ; 
 the man (hall have much ado about bis inhe- 
 ritance, the party fufpeded for tlie death of the raao 
 hath (lain him indeed; the woman is meetly rich, it 
 is aniU«ian rhs: counfellcth the enemy 2nd thy wife, 
 the man necdtih not to fear any thing at all, it is ill to 
 drive away Spirits for they will not obey the Artift 
 or 5choler : this figure is indifferctirly in all the quc- 
 ftionj. 
 
 Significth the fickpcrfon (hall die on this 
 if difealeifthefrft and tenth conlent, the man 
 >k (hall not inherit, the Counfeller of the enemie 
 if aid thy wife is indifferent, the man in traffique 
 if (hill bring nothing honac, the wife and the Le- 
 mon be very pocr» the man hath flain no bo- 
 dy, and if he be in prifon he (hall come out to his 
 praife ; in all the queilions which ye may propound 
 in this figure is ill, but to find watery Spirits, and to 
 caufe them to avoid the place. 
 
 S'gnificth the Patient (hall be more like to 
 
 if if die then live, the Prifoner (hall die in prifon, 
 
 ^ ^ it is for fuccetrion of heritages good , the 
 
 if ^ man is ftill in a great fright, it is good to 
 
 if drive away fpiiits, the ffian lliall die an ill 
 
 death : in all things this figure is ill. 
 
Px>ok 7. ^ihe Temfh of IVifdonn. 6 1 
 
 Inihiihouic the l^at»encihail noc dit: oc 
 
 •^ this diieafc , the man fluUl be Tome msns hcir> 
 
 if. ;^ chewornanismcctiyiich, andtobe brieUhiS 
 
 -^ :^ figure is good in all things; and to flieinthc 
 
 ■^ if air by the power of an intelhgence ic is f cry 
 
 good. 
 
 Sign i *cs the man is or Ciall be (lain with a 
 Af if fvvordorltaff, the fick perfon is ii danger to 
 if diei^ the other houfes confent, the enemy 
 if >K and the wife have ill counfe!, the ficknefs will 
 if. -^ be (hort, the man \s in great fear» the vvomaa 
 isnotrichs in all things this figure is i!]^ and 
 fignifies more hade th:n good fpecd. 
 
 Signifieth the death of the fick perfon if 
 if the tenth confenr, the ficknefs shall not be 
 if >^ very long, the man shall lofe the fucccflion 
 if and have no amends for the trefpafs, the man 
 if if. is in danger to die on the wheel, hanged, or 
 fome evil death , if ill figures be with it or 
 afpe<fl ir, the father shall die before the brother, if the 
 fourth and tenth conient, the woman or Lemon is not 
 very rich, the party that is lufped^fd hath flain a man 
 about a wcmans caufc, the woman hath ill company, 
 he which cocnfelkth thy enemic and thy wife is an ill 
 man and givethno j^ood counfel, the fear is nothing; 
 for love it is indi^crcnt good, bat thofe that are pro- 
 cured againft their wills do not love heartiiy> and ic 
 will not continue 5 the man in the (Irangc Country 
 shall lofe all and bring nothing home; inaword, this 
 
 ^jjure is ill in all the deaiands. 
 
 Sigm^ 
 
6 2 The Temple eflVifdame. Book 2 . 
 
 Signifieth the fick pcrfon fliall die of this 
 
 ^ 9^ difcafc , the ©an in prifon (hall die by the 
 
 -^ Lawy the man ihali not inherit, but lofe hi$ 
 
 ^ fuit, the man is in grea^ fear, che Gousieller 
 
 :^ 5|c of tfcc Encraic and of the wife is ill, the father 
 
 (hall die quickly, the man abroafd fhall not 
 
 bring home much (ilvcr : in all ihc demands of this 
 
 houfe this Figure is ill* 
 
 Denotes a lofs of goods, and threatens 
 
 if. the QacrcDt wich a vioient death : this is 
 
 ■5^ certain if Fortifna Major ^ lortHn,i Mt^ 
 
 . 3?c , «^r, Fcpidliis y Vtrf. and the Figure in the 
 
 if^ -^ ^^{i houfe are affli(i?ed by ill company 
 
 and iil ^fpi-'^s ot the Figures oi Zaz^sl and 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book 2 . ihc Itnipk oflvifcLf^ie. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 of the ninth Honfi. 
 
 OVer this houfe rulcth Hifm^e! zni the ^den 
 (tAdv.uhiel in the Figure Acqutfnio^ it is tlic 
 Cadanc from the Angle of the Occident , o- 
 therwife called Q'^os (i.e.) ic containech thequeftions 
 and demands which may be propounded upon the ap- 
 purtenances of any Temple, Church, Ghappel, Mona- 
 itcry, or Hermicage, and is therefore called Domus 
 Dei. 
 
 2 Alfo of the doings of Priefts, Religious per Tons, 
 their Surplices, upon Divine Service, as the tommon- 
 Prayer, and other Canonical Service, and of the Clerks 
 place, and the Parfons preaching. 
 
 3 Alfo upon the Garments and Vcffures of the 
 Prieft, Preacher, Scholer, and his Studie, the School 
 and the Compinicns and Books. 
 
 4 Whether he whicb goech co be made Priefl: fliail 
 have Order? or not. 
 
 5 ]f the man (liall be rich in Benefices, thatis to 
 fay, if he fliaii have the t5i(hcp ick, Abbey, P^ricnsgc, 
 Vicarag-', or be Curate in any Church. 
 
 6 Whaccftare iliail the Scholer beef when he re* 
 turneth, whether he ihall be Dudor in any FacnIcy,oc 
 ^ udge in any Ecclefiadical Coarr, or a President, or a 
 Counlcilour in any high Court. 
 
 7 Of a Voyage by Sea, aad the fuccefs thereof. 
 
 8 What vpind we fnall have. 
 
 9 Of him that takcth a Journey, whether good 
 or bad. 
 
 10 Of 
 
64 The TtMfle of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 10 Ofthclhortor flow return of him that takcth 
 a journey. 
 
 1 1 When he (hall return that is gone a long 
 journey. 
 
 1 1 The caufc of a journey, and fuccefs thereof) and 
 thf length thereof. 
 
 1 3 If one (hail pro:' t in his knowledge, 3tc. in Chy* 
 miftry, an4 Cbiruvgery. 
 
 14 Of ones Science or Wifdom, whether it be true 
 or nor. 
 
 1 5 Of many perfons travelling, in what condition 
 they are. 
 
 16 To what part of Heaven the Traveller had beft 
 direA Ms journey. 
 
 17 Ix:k Parfon Iha 11 obtain 3 good Benefice. 
 
 ' 18 Or Dreapjs vi^hethcr they figniiie any thing 
 crnot. 
 
 19 If Presbytery fliallftand. 
 
 20 iHndepcndcncy fhalittand. 
 
 21 If Anabapcifts shall prolper crnot. 
 
 22 If Epifcopacie {hall rife again,that iS|tbc honcft 
 Proteflant Religion, 
 
 25 If the Querent (hall obtain the Pbilofopbers 
 Stone. 
 
 24 Whether the year fhal! be good and fruitful, and 
 what things fiiall be plentiful. 
 
 Thefc be thcqucftions and demands which may be 
 propounded m this houfe, for which ye may make fi- 
 i:«res, and judge them according to their fignifica- 
 lion. 
 
 Ferim» 
 
* 
 
 t^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 Book 2 . Jhe Temple ofVVifdome. 6 > 
 
 FortHfsa L^U]or in Che ranch boufc (hews 
 
 :4< ^ the Qucrcnc to be Religious, of a fcrvcnl 
 
 ^^ ^<' faitb, a true and zealous lover of God and 
 
 * the Religion, and aifo of Religious osen .- his 
 
 :^ journeys will be many and proficable, he will 
 
 attain to great Ecdcfuilical preferment and 
 
 honours, chiefly if he ftiall be there with Acquifitio in 
 
 good afpcds of good Figures. 
 
 Denotes many long journeys by Land, or 
 Sea Voyager, and the Querent (hall have 
 plearure and dcLght in his peregrinationsjhc 
 will be fubjed to many dreams and cogita- 
 tion?, and according to the Company (he is 
 in, fo will the Querents inclination |be, as 
 if (he be in the houfes of AmhrielznA Humaltel he will 
 be propcnfe to Aftrdogie jind the Mathematicks, if ia 
 company of Pnella^ unco Mufick, Sculpture, and Poe- 
 try ; in company o^Ff^r or Rnhe-^s^ unto Military or 
 Warlike affairs ; in company of Career or Triftitia^ he 
 fludies Chymiftry or the Philofophcrs 5'tonc, a thing 
 that hath enriched many with blifs of this world ; and 
 i^ (he be in good afpcd of the Figures, the Querents 
 without doubt knows the true matter of riches, vi:u, 
 the red and white Elixar. 
 
 Portends much damsge and! iofs in long Jour- 
 
 T. ncys,5'ea Voyages,ar:d Travels unto the Que- 
 
 >ic -^ rent, makes hicn hated of Princes, '(hews him 
 
 •>(: -Jf, to i)e an abfokue hypocrite oi diflferabier, 
 
 >{C nu^es him heretical, andguiky of grest er- 
 
 rours inojatters o\ Fakh and Reiigionjand 
 
 he willalfo beaccuttomcd to terrible dreams; if he be 
 
 wich good company the Querent will be propeafe to 
 
 the Mathematicks, and to i^hibfophy, he naay prove 
 
 ail admirable Diviner or Interprcur o: D.e^ms. 
 
 Gives 
 
6 5 "iht Temple of Wifdome* Book. 2 . 
 
 Gives many Ecclcfiadic?.! honours, digni- 
 '^^ % ties and preferments unto the Querent, makes 
 >jc h m (incere in his faith and profcifion, zealous 
 i^ % and true bcarced^ his dreams will generally 
 ^ prove true? and he will be mighty fortunate 
 and fuccefsful m St^ voyages and long jour- 
 neys. 
 Makes the querent purely fupcrftitious and 
 -X fiorhy in his profeffion, unftablc, vainglori- 
 >5-, ous, and oft changing his Religion, never 
 if i(. ftable or fixed therein, his dream will be fri- 
 ■^ volousand falfc, and he much putfcdup and 
 conceited thereby , his journeys many and 
 crofs, he will prove a fillow full of infidelity, a meer 
 Arhrift; but in good company he forclhews many for- 
 tunate and honourable journeys, chiefly if he go abcuC 
 milicary or Church matters. 
 
 Portends the querent to be Religions, and 
 
 -)f. one that lives in the fear of God ^ he may 
 
 if if prove a Prieft or one that is converfant in 
 
 ,^i Ectlefiaftical or Church matters, he will reap 
 
 if much honour and profit by many excellent 
 
 inventions as he will begi^od at, his dreams 
 
 vill be filthy and polluted and fucb as may make him 
 
 ^vpfrfcA abhorrcr of vices, he will be apt to lead a fin- 
 
 gL^ life. 
 
 Declares the querent to be experienced in 
 
 if if occult and obfcure things, and the choiceft 
 
 ^ >t^ ArtSj as Aftrologte and the Malhematicks, he 
 
 >1< will prove very fortunate and happy in Eccle- 
 
 >f< >}< fiaftical things, gives him many jouri5eys,and 
 
 chofe profirable unto him : but if he be in iii company 
 
 then thcqucrerit is afrenctick fellow, a bragi;er and 
 
 boafter tf many things more then he can or ever will be 
 
 >Mc CO perform, D> 
 
Book 2. The Tern fie ofWifdeme. 6y 
 
 Declares the Native or Querent to be Rc- 
 
 if. >|fc ligious , and confers on him Riche?, and Ho- 
 
 ^ nour by luch means, his Dreams, Rcvelati- 
 
 ^ ons, and Vifions ( to fpeak like an Enthapaft } 
 
 if will for the moft part prove true and certain, 
 
 his 5ca voyage will prove propitious unto 
 
 him, unlcfs he be afflided by the ill company and 
 
 afpeft of the unfortunate figures. 
 
 s Signifieth that the man isof great Wifdome, 
 
 ^ Dodrine,and Knowledge 5 the man fliail have 
 •^ the Benifice he pretends, but it is of no great 
 -Jf >ic vallue, the Prieft is an honcfl: man : the voy- 
 ■^ ^ age is long, but the man (hall return home 
 with great profit; the M^fTengcr (hall quick- 
 ly return, the Books and Letters make mention of the 
 Ads of Kings, Princes, and great Lords; the Scholer 
 applyeth his Learning, and (hall come unto honour ; 
 the dream is of Kings and Emperours, in all things 
 this Figure is good, and (heweth a little Cholc- 
 licknefTe. 
 
 Signifieth that the man (hall not obtain the 
 ^ Bcnificejit is good for a Scholer,thc man hath 
 ^ dreamed of Drink or Water , or of Letters 
 -^ which (hould be brought unto him : it is ill 
 if for gain, and in all other things, except for 
 long journics, for in them ic fignlfieth rh^t the 
 man (ball go fafeiy without any tianger or inconveni- 
 ence, but he flial! be long by the way, befides thi?, 
 whenfoever you make a Figure for any Demand, and 
 find this Figure in this houfe, there (hnll a Meir.n.r,er 
 come quickly with Letters , making mciition of a 
 voyage, 
 
 SigrJfie* 
 
6'^ ^ he lemple if JVifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 Significch ill tor chc Church, the man 
 ^ :^ (hall not attain to the BcRifice he hoped to 
 >^ ^ have, iinkii the fourth and tenth confcnt ; in 
 5|c :^ Cattcl there will be p ofit, for a voyage it 
 •^ (ignificth delay and ftaying, to learn a Science 
 it is good, and likewile for a Scholcr , for by 
 his knowledge in the fccrets of Nature, he ftiall be a 
 gieatDoftor, tbenianOialibe well cfteemed, and 01 
 good reputaiion ; the McfTengerftiallbe detained by 
 tbeway,the(bipisindaBgcrco beloR#r taken; in 
 all things this Figure is ill. 
 
 It is indifferent good for things concerning 
 :^ the Church, the caan fliall not have the Be- 
 ^ -^ nifice he ^ apes for , it i^ good br a Scholcr, 
 -^f -^ and likewife for a dream, figoifiing that it is 
 :;f. J^ of things merry, pleafanr, and recreative, as 
 of feme green Abours,Gardens, or Meadows, 
 for religioas pcrfons it is gr>od, aixl (ignifieth that they 
 ferve God ; it is good for a Journey and the company 
 therein, for prcfir and gain ic is aiectly, the man from 
 home ihali return quickly, and (o Ihall the Ship on the 
 Sea ; to Ong, dance, anvJ to learn thefe, and to play it 
 is good , and in all ether Demands this Figure is 
 very good. 
 
 Is ver^' 111 in all the Demand?, but fuch as 
 5|c ^ concern Water- works. Robbing, Rifling, 
 if. ipoyl ng, ar.d fuch other like, to the which ic 
 ^!< >{< is good, on fuch wife, that if you make a 
 "if if figure to know wha: ihall h;ippen to him 
 which dorh take a long journey > it fignifieth 
 that w'tbout ail doubt tel'hall be robbed or (lain by 
 the way. 
 
 Si^r.ificth 
 
Book 2 . ^ike Temple ofWifdomt. 6 9 
 
 Signifieth the man fiiall not have the Be- 
 % nifxe he gapeth for ; the books fpeak of no- 
 •< ^ thing but rounds, ballads, and of Love Coai- 
 >K plements, or of Loffes, and the Letters do the 
 i^ if like : the common bruit amongfl: the people is 
 true,it the man be a Prieft he (hall be much gi- 
 ven toLeqhcry, it is ill for the Scholcr. for he will 
 not ftudy, but love Whores, the Merchandife ftiallnoc 
 be very good in this voyage, the man fhall lofe aJl, 
 the Ship fhaii come with great fpecd, but in danger to 
 be taken by the way ; this figure is ill in all the De* 
 mandi of thishoufe. 
 
 •>f >t< Signifieth good for the obtaining of 
 
 -if a Benefice , it is but meetly for a Scholer, 
 % and ill for a Dream ; the Merchant Ihall be 
 
 robbed by the way; in all other things this 
 
 figure is indifferent good. 
 
 < >c 
 
 if Signifies the Querent to be un^^ibld 
 
 >f. and wavering in matters of Religion, he Vv^ill 
 X- be fufpitious, and of tvil faith, he often proves 
 ^if if a peililent Heretick; and if C^rc^^r, Triftitta^ 
 Puer, or Rfsbept^^y company, or Afpefldo be- 
 hold this figure, the Querent though he be a Prieft, 
 Jhall be cf no faith, conklcr.ce, or Religion, but an 
 abfolure Athcift or Sccpt que, and ( wbich is noto- 
 rious to be wondred at ) if be fortune to prcacb unto 
 others, his Confcicnce willnever permit him to believe 
 what hirafelf faith, his dreams will be idle and deccic* 
 ful, and long jcurneysor voyages to Sea will be mult 
 wretched and unfjttanate to him. 
 
70 The Temple of Wifdetne. Book a. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Of the tenth Houfe. 
 
 "hi^Ow tliis tenth houfe ends the ten Letters of my 
 name, being the Angle of the South y called 
 j^Hff^p 'i>,Q- Medium C'^Ii ^ the middle of Heaven, 
 ^here my name is written in the Book of Life : Some 
 call this houfe C^r C^H, hy z figure that Rhetoritians 
 term a Metaphor, which indeed is only proper to a bo- 
 c ' Animate, or the heart of the world, we often give 
 Heavenly names to Earthly things, as Michael, Ga^ 
 briel^ Dtmel, fohn^^c. 
 
 2 This houfe containeth properly all the queftions 
 and d('mands which may be propounded touching the 
 honour or praife of a perfon. 
 
 ^ Alfo which may be demanded touching a Phyfi- 
 t'.an and his Ordinance. 
 
 4 Ifthcq'iefentlhall obtain the Office defired, Or 
 not. 
 
 5 Ifonelhall continue in the Command or Office 
 he is in. 
 
 6 If the K'ng, forced to forfake his Kingdom, or an 
 Officer removed from his Office, I'hall return to his 
 Kingdom, or Office, or not- 
 
 7 Ofthc Profcffion any one is capable of. 
 
 8 If the King of Svpedcn ihall worlt the King of 
 
 p If the King of ?£//W fhall worfl the King of 
 
 10 If 
 
Book 2. The Templt ofmfdome. 71 
 
 10 it King Charles^ chc lace King C^ fir Us his Son of 
 En^lAndih^W profpcr in the wars. 
 
 11 If the King of Sfain Ihall worft the King of 
 
 Trance. 
 
 1 5 If a man attain the preferment defired 
 
 14 Of a thing loft or ftolcn. 
 
 15 IfckePhyfick you take be good for the difeafe; 
 and if it will cure you ornot. 
 
 1 6 Upon the Mother, Grandmother, of the Wife QC 
 Lemon. 
 
 1 7 O f the vertuc and efficacy of a Medicine, and of 
 jkli things touching the Appothecary. 
 
 1 18 Of the Queen, Pope, Prince, Lord, open Offi- 
 crs, and Magiftrates, and their fecret Laws, Decrees, 
 ! md Ordinances, be they EccUfiafikal or Temforal, 
 ;ind upon the fecret thoughts of the Mother, Grand- 
 mother, woman or friend. 
 
 19 If he which defireth to be Pope fhall be chofen 
 'or not. 
 
 20 If the King Ihall enjoy his own, or a Lord 
 abide long in his Country. 
 
 21 Ifyoufhali enter into the favour of the King, 
 Prince, or great Lord. 
 
 22 Whether ye /hail abide in the favour of the Em- 
 peror, Pope, King,Prince, or great Lord. 
 
 25 Ifit be good for the King to remove out of one 
 Country to ^0 into another. 
 
 24 Whether the King or other Lord will do jufticc. 
 
 25 Ifit be good for the Emperor, Pope, Kmg, or 
 fireat Lord to make a voyage, if they that take it in 
 hand Ihall fhortly return, and how will the afifaira 
 fland. 
 
 Ff 2 26 A» 
 
72 ihe temple of Wifdome. Book 2. 
 
 •, 36 As couching the air and the time to know it ic 
 will rain or be fair weather, wind or calm, and if it be a 
 rainy feafon, whether it (hall rain much. 
 
 z-j l£it be good for a Captain, Ancient- bearer,Cor- 
 ner, or any other Officer to go to War , if they (hall 
 profper or not. 
 
 ^ When in this houf:, he gives great glory, 
 ^ ^ ^ honour,auchoiity &: dignity from Emperpurs, 
 ':^ >t=^ Kings, Princej.,and great Perfons, & thofe far 
 _^ beyond the condition or birth of the Native 
 
 ,^ orQuercnt; and by reafon ofthe admirable 
 . , inventions he may or fhall attain unto, he 
 
 ithait obtain the love and friendftiipof fomc eminent 
 pci fpn or perfons, that iliall exalt him from a low eveii 
 lincoajiig^ degree. 
 
 'v / .Signifies Honours and Offices unto the 
 
 'i'^ -^ querent or he that is born, but becaufe ic \$ 
 •^6i'^ . jj^g detriment of Populyj his fortune floats 
 ^ , -^ foon this way and foon that, fo that this Fi- 
 r^: ,;.^.- gure promifeth much inchishoufe, yet per-^ 
 formcth ncrhing. 
 
 If C;2;r^r be evil pofitcd in this houfe, he 
 
 >f- porccnds much lofs and damage unto the 
 'if ^ querent or native from great perfons, and 
 :^ yf that he (hail fuffer rcliminr , captivity, and 
 ^ ^'f imprifonrnt nt, snd (hall be m danger of falls 
 from on hi^h ; he generally makes fhipwrack 
 oftheNatives irapnfonmcnts and bonds , by the fen- 
 tenceof 3judge:if he be with Acq.'fijuio orLetitia,hc 
 (hall be in danger of ruff.rings although he be no ways 
 culpable; if he be with P^er or Ruhvs^ the querent 
 fliall be put to death for fome eminent fault he fhall 
 commit: \'i Albas or ConjmUio bs there, he fuff.rs by 
 
 falfe 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple efmfdo//ie, ^^.^^ 
 
 falfe evidence; \^ Puelh or Amijflo be in company he 
 will fufTer many torments and be condemned to die. 
 li Career ox Trrftitia (hall be well pofited in good al- 
 ped and company with thofe figures, are their fi lends, 
 they denote much riches unto the Native or querent 
 by the means of building of houfcs, but not before the 
 querent is 30 years of age, or in his latter days. 
 
 PoRted in this houfe, gives unto the querent 
 
 ^ -^ if he be in good company great riches, honor, 
 
 i^ dignity, preferment, and this chiefly by nego- 
 
 if ^Ic tiacing and follawing popular bufinefs , or 
 
 -> Church afiairs, by offices of j udicature> Ad- 
 
 miniftrations , Wills, and Legacies, and of 
 
 all things of that nature. 
 
 Portends great danger unto the querent 
 yf of perfecutions and iraprifonment from Magi- 
 ^rc Ikares and great perfons, and thefc oftenf 
 k s,^ times f iolcnc : many quarrels and controver- 
 >.< fies with his friends, in good company and 
 aTeft he then intimates good unto the que- 
 rent from his handling* divers bufinefs , as aUo in 
 War. 
 
 Gives unto the Native, honours andpre- 
 
 >K ferments by vvomens favours; honour from 
 
 ^ if Princes, his fortune (hall be enlarged by the 
 
 ■^ mothers fubftance, and in general he (hall 
 
 ^ be fortunate and fucccfsful in ^he fecond pare 
 
 of his age then he was in the firft. 
 
 Denotes the querent to be an excellent pro* 
 
 ^ >rc ficicnt in the Mathematicks , and figniftcs 
 
 ^ ^ much applaufe unto him for his admirable in- 
 
 i< vendons and rare skill therein, many times 
 
 ^ >r^ it makes hira a Secretary or Counfellour to a 
 
 Prince, but if he lliall be there ux ill com- 
 
 F f 3 pany 
 
74 The temple of Wif dome. Book 2. 
 
 pany it pteiages great danger, lofs, exile, and much in- 
 felicity. 
 
 In good Company and good Afpeft de- 
 
 if. ^ notes honour and preferment unto the Que- 
 
 ^ rent, let his condition be what it will, and 
 
 ' >ic that he ftiall grow rich ; it alfo (hews him 
 
 5^ tobeofgoodandhoneftlife. 
 
 Denotes great amity and fricndfliip with 
 if. Princes and great Lords, and efpccialiy in cafe 
 •^ of War, the King or great Lord is Tick, .but 
 >^ if hefliallnotdieifhetake^«y«w/'tfM^/7fand 
 -jf if fuch like Medicines, the Phyfitian is good, 
 and the Medicine which he prcfcribcth is 
 good and profitable: the Mother and Grandmother 
 is good, fo is the King or Lord, but they be fomething 
 angry, the King or Lord loveth him well for whom the 
 queftion is made , the King fliall dwell long in his 
 Realm , and the Lord in his Country, but they fliall 
 have fomc war, the man fliall be clc»fled Emperour , 
 the Cardinal fliallbe made Pope, the Gentleman fliall 
 be Knighted, the fcrvant fliall be accepted at Court; 
 Jt is good for the King to rake War in hand, for he 
 fliall overcome his enemies snd enjoy his own again; 
 it is good to take poffeffion ol: ground, or of a Lord- 
 fliip, the Kiag or Lord shall do sharp juHice, the time 
 shall be fair, and the air clear, fweet, and wholefome, 
 and it will not rain : in all things thii* figure is good, 
 but always shews Tome aof^cr. 
 
 Is good to go to a King, for he shall do 
 if him honour , it is good to take Medicine, the 
 if thing loil fliall not be found, ic is good for the 
 if Mother, the Oath is true, the King or Lord 
 :»c love the perfon well, the King (hall be banifli- 
 
 cdjthe Lord shall l)c kill<?d by h;s (crvants and 
 
 ■ • ' . . . . ■ ^,^^^ 
 
Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdome . 7 5 
 
 fubj'eds, the King is not (ick, the per fon shall neither 
 be Pope, EmperourorKing, the man shall not be out 
 of the court, it is good tor the King to go into his 
 Country , but ill for war, this Lord is a Traitourand 
 will do no julHce, the air is good , but it shall many 
 times rain: In all things this Figure is good, andc- 
 fpecialiy to travel. 
 
 5ignifieth an ill time and unlucky to at- 
 % -^ tain unto the honour pretended , the King 
 i^ yf> is in danger to lofc his Realm and Domi- 
 •^ if. nion, it is ill for the Phytitian , or to take 
 ^ Phydck ; the thing loli will never be found, 
 if the King or Lord be fick he shall A\t^ the 
 petfoH shall not be chofen Eraperour, Pope, or King, 
 unlefs it be by Treafon, the man shall live at the 
 Court , the King shall be betrayed by his own Sub- 
 jeds^ the Voyage shall be long and flow, the air shall 
 be tenebrous and dark : this Figure is ill for all things, 
 but to till the Earth, toititie and Keep Town?, and for 
 cicafurc hidden. 
 
 « 
 
 Signifieth that the King or Lord is n«t 
 ^ fick, It is good for honoiir, the Ph^ fitian is 
 :^ ^ a good man, and it is good Co take and ufc 
 >i< ?1< his advice, it is good for the Mother, Uncle, 
 ^ ^ and Aunt ; the King or Lord loveth well the 
 fervant, whereby he shall have profit : The 
 Lord shall have Dominion and Governance over the 
 Land , the perfon shall continue in Court , the King 
 shall not go to war, but ihall recover his Land peace- 
 ably , and shall do good juftice with loyalty ; the 
 ^ing shall be received again with great joy and 
 biiis into his own Country, the air is fu^et, clean, 
 
 F f 4 clear, 
 
76 7he Temple of Wif dome. Book 2* 
 
 clear, and pleafanr, without rain or boifteroulneis ; in 
 all things this Figure is good, and shews rather War 
 then Peace* 
 
 Signifies blood, choler, hurting, drowning, 
 
 'if if flrife, quarrell, debate, treafon, ladneis, and 
 
 if ill will ; In war it fignificth Vidory at firft, 
 
 if if and lofs at laft ; it is good for diflolutc love 
 
 if if and to undermine and fpring a Foi t .- in ail o- 
 
 thcr things it is ill. 
 
 i^igniiieth ill to get honour or authoii- 
 yf ty , for the party doth give himfelf to Lc- 
 if if chery , it is not good to take Medicine, the 
 >f thing loit is ftulcn , and will not be had a- 
 if if gain unkfs the fcvcnth confent ; the Mo- 
 ther is cholcrick , and if she fall fick she 
 shall die, if the eighth confent; it is ill to go to the 
 King, Prince, or Lord, there will be no rain, but the 
 air will be fair and bright with a little wind 5 the 
 Figure is ill in all the dcmandv vvhich maybe made 
 in this houfe , except to have the Javour of a 
 P.riiicf(s. 
 
 For Fionour and Dignity holdcth a Me^ 
 
 r\c, if diocriiy 1 it is good to dwell with a great 
 
 ■>Y- Lord, for he {hall be bis Secretary and Go- 
 
 / -^^ vcrnour, it is indifferent to take Medicine, 
 
 ^ ^ . the Lord (hall die of this difealc he is fick 
 
 of, the pcr(on fhall be baniQied the Court, 
 
 the oath IS good, the ]\\6^t will do right, it is ill 
 
 to go ro VV?r, for "he Oiall Le in danger to be 
 
 fl^ini it 5s ccod Co en-rcr into a Town and to take 
 
 ■ • ' a 
 
Book 2 . 7 he Temple of Ififdomc. 7 7 
 
 a Voyage , for they fnaii quickly return i the air 
 (hall not be wholefome by rcafon of the rain : in 
 things ye can demand in this houfe this Figure is 
 good, butfor War itisili, for Love it is very good 
 and fignir.eth Mirth. 
 
 Declares lofs of Honour, Reputation »* 
 ^ Credit, and Efleem unto the Native ; A 
 ^ deprivation of all worldly Honour and Pre- 
 ^K ferment ; it throws or precipitates him 
 ^ ^ from the chief Pinacle of Dignity, into 
 the very ] aws of a Dungeon 5 fometimes 
 he is condemned to perpetual imprifonment or ex- 
 ile; it alfo portends fhort life to the Mother of the 
 ^erent, and the time (he doth live, much in- 
 fidelity. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
78 7he Temple of Wifcl$me. Book 2. 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 of the eleventh Houfe. 
 
 THc eleventh houfe^ which is the fuccedanc of 
 the Angle of thebouthj otherwile called 'A>«- 
 :?9/^'>^6) , Ci. e.) Bontim Genitis^ the good Angel, 
 naturally doth contain all the demands which may 
 be made upon a friend , he or (he, that is to fay^ upon 
 the thing ye love, and whereof ye hope to bavecon- 
 iolacion, aid and profir as well of the friend hard by 
 youjas by him which is far off. 
 
 2 Of good or ill in queftions concerning this houfe. 
 
 5 If a man (hall have the thing hoped for. 
 
 4 Of the agreeing of friends. 
 
 5 OfLovc betwixt two, 
 
 6 What money the King and the Mother have. 
 
 7 If the Emperour, Pope, King, or Prince will give 
 you my riches. 
 
 8 If the friend be faithful or a traitour to you. 
 P If the Pope or great Locd have much riches. 
 
 10 Ifthepromifcbetrue. 
 
 1 1 If the year (hall be good and plentiful. 
 J 2 If the year (hall be dry or rainie. 
 
 13 If the querent (hall profper all the year. 
 
 14 And in what Moneth or feafon of the year fhal 
 be the plenty or fcarcity of things. 
 
 15 What Comodities (hall be cheap, and what 
 Mercbandifc (hall be dear. 
 
 16 And touching the members of man, it contain- 
 eth the demands which maybe made upon the But- 
 tocks or legs of nian^ and thighs. 
 
 Thefe 
 
Book 2 . ibe Temple oflVifdome. 79 
 
 Thefe be the quellions which may be made, to 
 know the truth whereof you muft fcarchbyaii the 
 Rulers, idea's, and Figures that move in this part of 
 the Earth. 
 
 For tuna <J^I.i}or in this eleventh houfe dc- 
 ^ ^ notes many helps and affiftinces from friend$ 
 5^ >ic both old and young, unto the Native oc 
 5^ querent, his hopes will prove no vain hopes, 
 ^ but prolperous unto him: great perfonsor 
 men in power , (hall confer upon him ho- 
 nours, dignities, offices, and preferments, and will 
 prove friends in earned unto him. 
 
 Imports the hopes of the Native to be 
 profperous^ gives the querent many friends, 
 and thofe no mean ones, his children (if he 
 have any) (hall be friendly and beneficial 
 unto him, and he fliall receive honours and 
 profits from perfons of cmincncie. 
 
 With ill company and afped, shews the 
 ftrudion of the querents hopes, caufesmuch 
 fcrro'^v and difcord among the fi iends of the 
 querenti and he infortunaces him alfo in his 
 children, (it being the fifth houfe from the 
 reventh)whenZrf;L^/ is potent, andlh^ongiti 
 nth houfe : this figure is ill in all ihinc^s. 
 
 Shews increafe of Fortune and Digniry, 
 and honour unto the querents by the means 
 of friends , he shall be fupplied in his juft 
 hopes; he will have many faithful, honeft, 
 and fufficient friends , fuch as in a time of nc- 
 ceilicy will not refufe toftick unto him, be 
 shall receive favours from MagiArates , dec. in ail 
 things th;s Figure is very good. 
 
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8o Tffe Temple of fVjfdome. Book 2. 
 
 Denotes falfe friends, & perfons pretending 
 
 ^ fricndQiip that (hall prove enemies unto the 
 
 >ic querent, vain and deceitful hopes, diminuti- 
 
 :=K >ic on of honour and fubftancc,and much difficul- 
 
 ::^ ty in obtaining the things he hopes for, he 
 
 may if in good company profper in all Martial 
 
 things : this Figure is indifferent in all things. 
 
 Signifies friendftilp unto the Querent in 
 
 ^< his \oiinoer years ; gives him many faithiu! 
 
 :^ >t^ friends and alTociates, and thofe that rhali be 
 
 ;>c true unto him in his Counfels and Actions ; 
 
 .•^ his vMidren wiil b^. many, an-.l fortfjnatc. ani 
 
 hn?ily {'lich (hall be ijib £,o.d luck, il:ac he 
 
 fhall attain the end of his hopes. 
 
 Declares msny ingenious and prudent 
 :ic :^ fiiends unto the Querent.- t/t^.luch as delight 
 ^k ^ in i'ciences and Arts, men of rare and curious 
 >i< inventions, and fuch as can write well ; he (hail 
 ?;< >tc receive much profit and advantage by them, 
 and they (hall add unto him the fumm of his 
 hopes ; in all the houfesthis Figure is very good. 
 
 Gires the Querent much familiarity and 
 
 if ^f friendlbip with Princes and grcar perfons, and 
 
 ^ic denotes much honour and riches unto them ; 
 
 y{: in all the qiieflions which ye may demand in 
 
 yf this houfe, chi; Figure is very good. 
 
 .yignifieth the friend istriifty and willing to 
 ^< do plej-iure, but he wanteth power, he jfhall 
 r- not have the fruit of his hope, the friend is 
 -f: >;^ * honeft and faithful, the Mother and King be 
 :/- y. prctry well iioredofmoneyj andbe indanper 
 to be robbed; the entrance of the Kin;^ (hall 
 be good : the year will abound in good things, the for- 
 tune 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple ofWifdome. 8 1 
 
 tune of Air is good; in ail things which you may 
 demand this figure is good , efpeci^IIy in things of 
 Love. 
 
 5^gnifieth joy among friends, and that the 
 
 <f forcuneof the querent (hail be good; the thing 
 
 :^ defired (hall take cffed, the promile fhall be 
 
 >K good and kepr, the friend and companion be 
 
 >ic faithful and good ; there be Letters coming, 
 
 ,j^^. . the entrance of the King (hall be joyful; this ft- 
 
 ' gure is good in all things which you can demand in this 
 
 Houfe ; this figure is good. 
 
 Denotes ill fortune to the querent ; the friend 
 ■f: >t< is ill, a quarreller, and a man of an ill mind to- 
 ^c ^^ wards his friend, the promift (hall take no 
 -ic >f cflfcft, the hope (hall be in vain : the compa- 
 ■>f nionisno wife man, the year will be barren, 
 and viduals dear, the fortune of the year ill .- 
 ibis figure is ill in all things. 
 
 Declares increafe of friends, and that 
 if men of no fmall reputation, the fortune of the 
 if if querent is good ; the friend is a good friend 
 if if and tfufty, the frien^l is a man that will both 
 if if pleafure and help; the party ihall not be de- 
 ceived of his hope, the companion is good, 
 honefl-, and fecret, the Mother and Kin^ have not 
 much money, and mod part thereof is filver : the 
 promiie is good and true, the entrance of the 
 King (hall be lii>e the fortune of the year; the year 
 will be plentiful of all fruits and good things, and yec 
 there will be nothing very cheap ; in ail dcuaands this 
 figure is good. 
 
 For- 
 
8 2 7 he Temple of Wifdome Book. 2 » 
 
 Portends ill fortune, the companion and 
 :|c i^ the friend be ill,and by them will come ftri'f e,fo 
 % thit blood will be fpiic on the one fide or onjthe 
 % -^ other, the hope (hall be nothing, the entrance 
 % :fc of the King is ill ; the Mother and King have 
 little money,and if they have any, ic is in dan- 
 fSX ro be ftolen ; in all things this figure is ill, but to 
 let blood. 
 
 Significth the friend is falfc, and worfe 
 
 ^ then the enemy; he that you put In truft wilt 
 
 ^ >^ do the like; the fortune o^ the querent (hall be 
 
 % ill, and (o (hall his hope be alfo : the Mother 
 
 ^ >t^ and the King hiavebut little money ; the year 
 
 (hall be fcarce^ and the fortune of the year ill, 
 
 insd this Figure is ill in all things, but for hope and love 
 
 of Courtiers. 
 
 Dcrtotes rti-an fortune to the querent; It 
 
 ^ % isverygo(vd in thirgs witty: the friend i^ 
 
 ::^ true, the hope is good, the thing loft (hall be 
 
 5{C found in the end, the companion is faithful 
 
 % ^ and true, the entrance of the King (hall be 
 
 good, the King and Mother arc meetly mo™ 
 
 neycd ; gain will come by labour, the fortune of the 
 
 year (hall be good and no fcarcity ; you (hall have 
 
 Letters from your friend ; good to (end Children to 
 
 fchool, good to hire (crvaats ; in all the demands ihis 
 
 Figure is good. 
 
 CAUd4 
 
Book 2. The Temple oflVifdome. 85 
 
 ::^ Cauda Draconis feparatcs the Querent and 
 
 :^ his friendf) and portends many ftrifes and 
 -^^ contentions betwixt them , he cannot obtain 
 >jc the thing he hoped for, without much difficul- 
 ty : his friends will prove his enemies, and if 
 
 not careful will procure his ruine , and in all things 
 
 this Figure is ill. 
 
 CHAP. XU. 
 
 of the twelfth Houfe^ viz. Imprifonment^ great 
 Cattel 3 Witchery^ private Enemies ^ Labour^ 
 Bamjhed men. 
 
 RGfie Crucian teachers of this Art, are the beft 
 that ever writ of this Art : Now this Houfe i« 
 called by all Writers, K*/.5/;xinA'. 1/ it is C4ident from the 
 South Angle ; and of members in the body it hath re- 
 lation to the feet, it comprehendeth Naturally the fig- 
 nificationsofthe ^ueftionsand Demands which may 
 be propounded upon a prifon,and of thcdarkncfs there- 
 of, and alfo of the prifoncr therein detained. 
 
 2 Alfo upon the defolation of a pcrfon^ and of hii 
 Lamentation and Mourning. 
 
 3 Alfo upon an incurable (ickne/*s,or fuch as none 
 but %oQe iruciant Medicwes can cure,thefe theLf- 
 frojle^GoHt^ Dropfe, and Falling- fie k^efs , and all griefs 
 of the Eyes, &c. 
 
 4 Upon the ^eftions and Demands which may be 
 made upon a Tray tor, ill Servants, ani Thief '^f an 
 
 h )ufc 
 
8i The Temple oflVifdome. Book 2 * 
 
 bouir, and upon (inland the place wtieic ic was com- 
 mitted and done 
 
 5 .Gffecret enemies not named. 
 
 6 To know whg a kcret enemy is. 
 
 7 Whether any man committed Co prifon (hallfoon 
 bedel;v;:red.. 
 
 8 Ortbetmprifoned. 
 
 9 If a queftion be asked for a Captive, 5Iave, or 
 Prijcner. 
 
 10 If one be bewitched or not. 
 
 II if it be good to buy great beafts,as Oxenfameh^ 
 T>yomeday:esp Eieflhints^ Lyom^ Bears ^ IVelves^ Leo- 
 fnrds^Harts/Dragons^SepertSt Horfes^ Mnles^ j4jffs^ 
 andaliotberbcailsthat b^ar, and be ridden upon, or 
 to Icll rhcm. ■ ■ - ' 
 
 ' 12 Whether the prifoner fliall ccmc out of prifon, 
 and when. . .... 
 
 13 If he (li-ill fuffer if he fpcak truth* 
 
 .34 If ore Oiall be Ikk in prifon. 
 
 ?5 If the Korfe, 0.\, or other beaft, be good 
 or not. 
 
 16 If ihe pcrn>n be able to pay hi3 debts. 
 
 17 If he shall be poor hereaker. 
 
 1? VVhatm.:nnerofpcr[cnb be the Tray tors In the 
 houR\ 
 
 19 Whether a pcifon shall be banidied from his 
 Country or not. 
 
 20 Whether a man may boldly go before his ene- 
 my tounhorfe him without: sny danger, and whether 
 a man shall be sffraid of hio cnvoiics, and of thole 
 which do aid them. 
 
 Fi,r{»^4 
 
hook 2» 7he Temple efWifdopte, 8 5 
 
 Fort una (J^U)or in the twelfth boafe, por- 
 
 :^ 5|c tends great and powerful advcrfaries unto 
 
 5fc -^ the querent who will caufc him to wafte and 
 
 ^ confume much o\ his edate and treafure, fuch 
 
 '^ as will detract from him, and render him infa 
 
 mous, he will he afflided hy captivity zvA 
 
 imprifonments, and will receive lofs from fervants; ic 
 
 denotes an infirm and fukly body^tormcnted with long 
 
 and tedious difeaies. 
 
 Portends many calumnies and reproaches, 
 
 :^ ^ poverty and bondage, damage by great 
 
 >i<: beads, imprifonment , and he will have po* 
 
 * * tent enemies to rife up againrt him ; but if he 
 
 -^^ be in good company, in good afpe ft, he gives 
 
 the Qaerent viftor y and cohqueft over all 
 
 bis enemies that are private, and fuch as would ua< 
 
 dermine his repucation, and mitigates all the former 
 
 <vils. 
 
 In the twelfth , intimates many enemies 
 >t^ >^ onto the Querent, and imprifonment, capti- 
 •^ if. vity, and impediments from them .* if (he be 
 ■^ >^ afflifted by ill figures, the Querents life will 
 ^ ^ be but fhort,and he will be in danger of a vio- 
 lent death , he will be in danger of lofing 
 much by fervants, and by dealing in the greater fort of 
 ofCattel. 
 
 Denotes imprifonment and trouble unto 
 •^ the Querent, by rcafon of crimes and errouts 
 ^ which iljall wilfully be committed , great 
 :^ ^ lofs and prejudice from (crvants and private 
 ^ enemies , he will alio be unfortunate by deal- 
 ing in Beads of the greater forr, many infe- 
 perable dileafcs of the body will attend him, «ccord=n:.^ 
 to the nat'.reof the Rule', Idea, andHouft; if Pu^r 
 
 Gg be 
 
86 1 he Temple of IVif dome. Book 2, 
 
 be rtrong, enemies will be pouiit, xf weak, he needs 
 not fear his enemies. 
 
 Portends fear, forrow,' trouble, captivity, 
 ^ and exile unto the QuerenCj much damage by 
 >^ ^' great Beads and many evils and prejudice 
 >^ if f[ oai private enemies: if C^rffr be well dig- 
 >^ nified, that is, with good figure and alpcd 
 the Querent (hsll be fortunate in great Beads. 
 Shews the Querent to be a great trafficker 
 5^ ordcaier in great Beads; and that he will be 
 •^ ^ afflided and receive lofs thercbyj thefecret 
 ^ enemies are women, from whom he (hall re- 
 if ceive Icfs and damage, and that he (hall be 
 profecuted , imprifoncd , and in danger of 
 exile or bani(hment by their means, /« nativitMe mw \ 
 Herts decermt tneretricem^ in netttvitate viri uxor f<zfe | 
 ntentr'tx ancilla^ vilt^y cum tnf .imi^ ^ & 'Viridetrimento ; 
 it oftentimes denotes men to be vilcj and even pad all 
 manner of fliame. 
 
 Denotes a Grader or Drover of great beads, 
 ^ 5k and that he (hall lofebythem, li Albus be 
 yf ^ weak he willloie by them j and will bufic 
 ^ himfclf about difficult and unprofitable 
 •^ >i< things 5 his enemies vs^ill prove Clerks and 
 Solicitors , or fuch like fellows, by whofc 
 means and procurement he may foraetimesluderim- 
 prifonmcnt. 
 
 -Jf -^f Imports many enemies unto the querent , 
 -Jf fubieds him to penurie and fervicude, it forV 
 '•^ tunates him in great beads. 
 
 ■^ 
 
 De- 
 
Book 2. The Temple ofWifdome. 87 
 
 Denotes the prifoncr to cfcapc out of pri- 
 ^ fon , the perfon (hall have much lofs in mcet- 
 if ing with his enemie, the perfon (hall not be 
 % i^ made prifoner ; it is good to buy beads , for 
 -^ ^ there (ball be profit in felling them again ; the 
 horfc (hall be good, fwifc, and nimble; the 
 horfc, amongft other things loft, (hall return by him- 
 lelf; the man (hall be rich and not troubled, the man 
 (hall pay his debts, the man (h^ll not be bani(hed out 
 of his Country, the enemie (hall have no fuccouroc 
 aid of any perfon : this/'igure is good in all the de- 
 mands of this houfe, but to obtain Mafter(hip , or to 
 attend upon any other it is not good. 
 
 Signifieth deliverance out of prifon with- 
 
 -^ out harm, it is good to go againft the enemie, 
 
 5^ it is good to buy Cattel and heritages, yea and 
 
 . -^ in all other things which ye may demand in 
 
 ^ this houle, this figure is good. 
 
 In this houfe fignifieth a great number of 
 
 5^ >^ enemies, mighty, and llrong J there (hail be 
 
 * '^ great heavinefs for lofs of a fervant, and of 
 
 ':^ -^^ beafts, and for long keeping in prifon and 
 
 ^ torment thereof: this figure is ill in all things. 
 
 Signifies the Prifoner (hall not be long m 
 
 •^ prifon, it is not good to aflfault the enemie,ft r 
 
 ^ if he fliall lofe by it; the perfon Hiall not be 
 
 i^ ^ prifoner, it is very good to buy beads , for 
 
 >i< >K you (hall gain by it; to hire afervanc snd 
 
 air the ground it is very good: the horfc is 
 
 fwift of foot and good, the man (hall pay his debts , 
 
 the perfon (hall be rich, the enemie (hall have no aid 5 
 
 there is nothing for which ye may make demand in ti is 
 
 houfe, but this figure h good. 
 
 G g % Sig- 
 
88 7he Temple of IVifdome, Book 2. 
 
 Signifieth poverty and defolation in lirange 
 
 •^ i(: Countries , with few enemies , the peifon 
 
 -^ {hall have much gain and fmall profit in all 
 
 ^ ^ bis doings : this bgurc lignifieth ill in all the 
 
 >[c 5ic demands, 
 
 Signifieth the Prifoncr (hall not come out 
 
 ^ of prifon, but (hall be fick and confefs a truth 
 
 >^ ^ being examined ; the man (hall be madepri- 
 
 ^ foncr , it is not good to buy horfcs, but if 
 
 if: :4c any be bought, they (hall be fwrifr, the horfc 
 
 lofl; shall not be found again ; the perfon 
 
 shall pay his debts and be poor , there beTraicours in 
 
 the houfe,the man shall be condemned, whipped, and 
 
 tormented, he shall be banished out of his Country, 
 
 I be enemy shall have it, and therefore it is not good to 
 
 meddle with him : in all things this figure is ill. 
 
 Portcndsthe^Companiestobeill,thething '• 
 Stc :=^ loft will be found again , to buy bcafts it is 
 i^ mean, and fo it is to buy Lands and heritages, 
 :4c and to labour the Earth : the figure is mean 
 >|c >lc in all the demands. 
 
 Denotes manyoppreffions unto thecne- 
 >^ mies of the querent, yet the querent rarely 
 ^^ efcapcj prejudice thereby, he is prejudiced by 
 :^ dealing in great Cattel. 
 
 CHAP- 
 
Book 2. The "Temfh ofWifdome. 89 
 
 CHAP xiir. 
 
 AlrkfdednUhn of the accord and ftgmfication 
 n^hichtheftxteen Figures have by the tmlve 
 Honfes. 
 
 * ^ TTF this Figure named Acqmftio , do in 
 
 % I mounting grow from thcfirft into the 
 . * * 1. fecond, that is to fay, that he be in the 
 
 ^ fccond, or be like unto the firft where Aqai^ 
 fttio is, it fignificth to gain Gowns , and Clo- 
 thing apparel , to get honour, and to make gain and 
 profit in all ads of honour and vercoe^and with the like 
 people. 
 
 If that from the firft she go into the third, it figm"- 
 fieth to have honour, joy, and profit of the kinsfolks 
 •nd friends. 
 
 If that she go from the firft to the fourth, it fignifi- 
 cth profit by che father, and a good and joyful ead of 
 . bis affairs. 
 
 If that she go from the firft to the fifth, 'it fignifieth 
 joy of children, that is to fay, they shall be good, and 
 of honour, and to have joy and pleafure, to eat and 
 drink, and to be well clothed. 
 
 If that she go from the firft to the fixth, it fignifieth 
 profi: and good luck for fervants , and to buy fmall 
 Cattcl. 
 
 If she go into the feventh , it fignifieth to make a 
 contra^ of enemies, to make marriages, and to get ho- 
 ' Hour and the love of per fons/ and for all demands it 
 is good. 
 
 Gg 3 If 
 
90 The temple of Wif dome. Book a- 
 
 If (he go from the firft into the eighth, it (ignifieth 
 death for the thing demanded , orfor tbedemander, 
 and great profit in IticcefGon and heritages : it is alio 
 good for things of MagicK. 
 
 If ihe go from the firft to the ninth, it fignificth to 
 have profit and gain by Voyages, and in things of 
 the Church, as in Benefices or Omces : it is alfogood 
 for the profit of the children that ye would put to 
 School , for they fhsll have promotions Ecciefiaftical, 
 and they Ihali be men of knowledge. 
 
 If The pafs from the firft to the tenth houfe, it fig- 
 nifietb amity, familiarity, acquaincaxice and prodt with 
 K^r.g , Princes, and great Lord? ; likewile to receive 
 Iio.iour, and dfgnicy by the mccher.- and alfo profit 
 \n fucceiil on and heritages. Aiid to be brief it is good 
 in all things. 
 
 If (he go from the firft to the eleventh, it fignificth 
 to have honour and profit by his friends, and a good 
 hope ofcbcqiien-ion demanded. 
 
 If (he pafs from the firft to the twelfth, it fignificth 
 imprironm:nt, lofs of beads, and co be overcome by 
 the enr.mie : and to be brief, it is ill in all things. 
 
 ^ If yoa ^nd this Figure ^mijfio in tie firft 
 
 ^ yf '^^hOTrf^^^and frcra thence be found in the fe- 
 
 >< cond, which v^ne-cali the going frcm one houfe 
 Y^ >^ unto another, It fignifierhiofs of goods, and 
 
 ^ to fall into debates, quarrels, and contenti- 
 ons, and fuit for goods. 
 
 If (he pafs ir.to the third houfe, it fianifieth anger 
 and coctenrio':;? between Kinsfolks and Allies, it is al- 
 io ill for imali lind (liort journeys 
 
 If (he go into the fcurch houfe, it fignifietb anger 
 ^^ecween thcch Mrcn and the father, and ::e:vveeo the 
 iichcr and the children, and by that means lofs of he- 
 ritages. 
 
Book 2. ihe Temple oflVifdome. 9 1 
 
 ritages, and the begioning and Aiic in law the one a- 
 gaintt the other: and this copulation and affcmbly 
 of the Figure is very ill but for lechery. 
 
 If (he pafs into the fifth houfe, the woman with 
 child (hall have unfcaronabledcHveiance: it isalfoill 
 to eat and drink, and fignitiech anger about viduals. 
 
 If flic pafs into the fiitb, it fignifteth anger againfl: 
 iisrvants, and lofs of them and of fmall cattel. 
 
 If flie pafs thence into the fcventh, it fignificth 
 ftrifes, quarrels, and debates with friends .- it is alfo ill 
 for marriages, andfignifieth to have difpleafurc with 
 his wife, and to lofc the fuit. 
 
 Iffhegointo the eighth, itfignifieth mortality by 
 hot fever?, and alteration of the underftanding, lofs 
 of goods of the women, and of the enemic .• and in ail 
 the demands it is ill. 
 
 If (he pafs into the ninth , itfignifieth lofsoffub- 
 ftance,and to be robbed by the way s it is ill for fub- 
 flancc of the Church, and for men learned. 
 
 If fhe go into the tenth, it (ignideth anger and mif- 
 contCHtmcnt of Kings, Princes, and Lords, and of the 
 Sea , and it is ill in ail the demands of the tenth 
 houfe. 
 
 Ifflie pafs into the eleventh, it fignifieth anger a- 
 gainft his friend, and to have an illiffueof the thing 
 pretended or hoped to have. 
 
 If (he go into the twelfth, it fignifieth lofs of cat- 
 tel, and imp iionment. And to be fhort, it is ill in 
 all things. 
 
 If this Figure Tort ma Au]er be in the firft 
 :^ ^ hoQ{e, a;:d thence leap into the fecond, it fig- 
 ^ * nifieth a great gain m goods, moveables, as 
 
 ^ gold, filver, and rich utenfils. 
 
 i^ If fhc pais into the third houfe, ii fjgnifi- 
 
 G g 4 cih 
 
9 2 The Temple of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 cth tohaveitiuch fubftance by the means of the kin- 
 dred % it is aUo good for fmall and fliorc Voyages. 
 
 If ic pafs into the fourth,jt fignifieth the father to be 
 of good and godly dilpofition ; it is alfogood to buy 
 beritages and poffeffions, and a good ifluein all things. 
 
 If flic go into the fifth, itfignifieth, joy, pleafurc, 
 to be in good order, wtll appointed and clothed, to 
 car and drink well, and to have few children, and they 
 fliall be of red colour. 
 
 Ifitpafs into the fixtb, k fi^nifictb fidelity in fcr- 
 varits, and that the fick perfon fliall amend ; it is good 
 for i'mall boafts. 
 
 JffiK pafs into the fcventh, it is good for marriage, 
 and (i^^nifieth that the enemic will make peace j for the 
 acquaincance of a Lady , itisnotgood, becaufe their 
 fecrets (lialj be difdofed. 
 
 JfiC go into the eighth, itfignifieth deaths it is ill 
 in all things but to hare the goods of a woman* 
 
 If flie pafs into the ninth, it fignificth to contrad an 
 cmity with Ghurch-mcn,and men learned, to make a 
 Voyage it is goo(^i 
 
 li it go into the tenth* it fignifietb to have dignity 
 with Kings and Princes, and with the mother , and to 
 have vidory over his enemies. 
 
 If (lie pafs into the eleventh, it fignifieth a good if- 
 >fue upon a good hope, good friends and fuccourable. 
 
 If it go into the tvvclfch, it fignifieth imprifonmcnt 
 p^iWc Prince, and that his enemies ftiall over-pafs him 
 'In might and power* 
 
 If \\\\% F igure Fortufta Minor ^ be in the fird 
 
 >c. hcufe.and thence go into the fecond,which we 
 
 :^ call going from one houie to another, it figni* 
 >^ >k .fiech ii nr.ean in,,'^a«n, and he which medlcth 
 % ;^ With red things fiiall quickly lole thereby. 
 
Book 2. 7 he 7 em fie ofWifdo me. 9^ 
 
 Ifftiepaff into the third, itfignificch joyof the 
 kinifolks, it is alfo good for a (horc voya-c, and figni- 
 ficth that it (hall be quickly ended, it is alfo good for 
 friends. 
 
 If it pafs into the fourth, it fignificth that the father 
 is angry or (ick, it aUo fignificth the lofs of thefuit. 
 
 If (he come into the fifth, it fignilieth to have mmy 
 children which (hall be red of colour, alfo great joy 
 and pleafure, to cat and drink , and to be coftly and 
 well apparelled. 
 
 And if (he go into the fixih, it fignifieth good to buy 
 fmall Cattcj^ it is indifferent, for fcrvants, and fignifi- 
 eth that they (hall be witty and wife. 
 
 If it pafs into the feventh, it fignilieth marriage, and 
 that it (hail be with ftrife and contention, the enemic 
 i$ firong and mighty, the woman is wife, it is ill in 
 cafe of Love, for it shall be difcovercd. 
 
 Jf^he go into the eighth, it fignifieth death, and al- 
 fo is ill in all things of efprite, as Magick and invo- 
 cations. 
 
 If it pafs into the ninth, it fignlfiath long Voyages 
 with all profperity and good luck, and the amity of 
 men of the Church. 
 
 If she go into the tenth , it is good and profperons 
 going to the fervice of a King, Prince, or great Lord, 
 the Ship on the St^ (hall come (afe and found, and the 
 owner thereof (hall (hortly have news. 
 
 If it pafs into the eleventh , it fignifieth good and 
 trnftie friends, and a good end of the thing wherein 
 hope is put. 
 
 If fhego into the twelfth, it is ill in al! things but to 
 buy horfes. 
 
 If 
 
94 ^^^ Temple ofWifdonw . Book. 2 * 
 
 If you find Rubens in the hrfthoufc, I will 
 ^ >ic fay no other thing but that which before I 
 
 if. have told you, that is to fay, that following 
 ■^ % the opinion of all the Doflors in this fcience, 
 -)f >i<: be they Caldeans, Indians, Hebrews, Arabics, 
 Egyptians, or Persians, when this Figure is found in 
 this place, it ought not to be judged, the which^chirg 
 I have always tound true by lorg experience, where- 
 fore at this time I will fay no other thing, but that (he 
 is ill in all the houfes but in the (ixth. 
 
 If you find this Figure nAlhti^ in the firft 
 >jjc % hoiife, and be found again in the fecond houfe, 
 5jc ^ it fignifieth gain and profit in white things, 
 
 -^ Writings, or Letters, or Books. 
 5jc ^ If (h- pafs into the third , it fignifieth 
 good time for friend? and kinbfolks, and that 
 Letters (hall come from near at hand. 
 
 If it go into the fourth, it fignifieth to win his fuir, 
 it is alio good in the demands which may be made up- 
 on ihc father, fignifying as well in them as in all o- 
 thers. a good ifTue and end. 
 
 ]f (he pafs into the fifth, it fignifieth to have many 
 children, and to delight in whire clothes, to cac and 
 jdiink, and to coin|any ofcenii^es with learned 
 men. 
 
 If it pafs into the fixth , the fervants begood and 
 trudy. 
 
 if (he go into the fcventh , the marriage' lately be- 
 j^un (hall take cffcd, to the great contentment and 
 prohtof the parties, and the enemies fhall demand 
 peace. 
 
 And if it p;fs into the eighth, ic fignifieth death by 
 % hot difcafc of iUiumcs^ and Cathcis, it is alio good 
 tor iMagick. 
 
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Book 2 . The Temple ef^ifciGwe. 9 5 
 
 If (he go into the ninth, it fignifiech that the long 
 joarn^ (hall be good and proficabic, and that the Let- 
 ters which come from afar of! bring good news, it is 
 alfo good for Dodors and Ghurch-men, and to make 
 amitie and acquaintance with them. 
 
 ifitpafsinto the tenth, it is good to go to Kings, 
 Princes, and Lords, and to go to vifit his mother. 
 
 If (he go into the eleventh, it bringeth good luck, 
 and alfo for Letters which (hall come on theic 
 part. 
 
 If it pafs into the twelfth, it is good to buy frames , 
 alfo in this place it is a token to be held priioner. 
 
 If this Figure fa^ut draconu be in the firft 
 ^K >1< houfe, and thence afcend into the fecond, it 
 
 ^ fignifiethgain and profit in all things. 
 
 ^ If it pafs into the third, itfignificth the 
 
 ^* kinsfolks to be of good amity, it is alfo good 
 for fliorc Voyages, but there fliall be fome 
 flovvncfs therein. 
 
 If (he go into the fourth , it fignifieth good for the 
 father, and to fuccecd in his heritage. 
 
 li it pafs into the fifth , it fignifieth many children 
 which (hall be wife and witty, it (heweth alfo a hear- 
 tinefs to eat and drink. 
 
 If (he go inro the fisth, it fignifieth gain and profit 
 in buying of Cartel, and that the fervants be good and 
 loyal. 
 
 If it pafs into the fevcnth, it is a'good time for mar- 
 riage and for reconciliation of enemies, and that the 
 perfon is of great amity. 
 
 If The go into the eighth , it fignifieth death with- 
 out remedy, and fometime in this place it fignifieth to 
 win inheritances. 
 
 If it pafs into the ninth, it fignifieth gain and 
 
 profic 
 
9 6 Jhe Temple of Wifdome • Book. 2 . 
 
 profit by a long Voyage by men of the Church . 
 
 If (he go into the tenth, itisgood togo to Kings, 
 Princes, and to the mother. 
 
 If it pafs into the eleventh) it (ignifieth to have good 
 friends, and that the hope (hail not be in vain ; and alfo 
 the thing that is demanded ftall come to a good 
 cffea. 
 
 If she go into the twelfth , it (ignifieth to be made 
 prifoner, and therein to have much vexation and tor- 
 ment, andinaii the demands she is ill, but for to buy 
 horfcs. 
 
 If this Figure Cau^.a draconis be found in 
 
 % the fir ft houle then the figure should not be 
 
 >[i judged, but if muft be broken and an other 
 
 ^ made one hour after that : but if from the 
 ^ -^ fecond houle she go into any cf the other, ye 
 may there judge it , faving in the fourth , 
 where there is no certain Judgment to be given, for 
 the malice of the faid Figure, and therefore ar this 
 lime I will fay no more. 
 
 Findini^ this Figure LetitU in the firft 
 
 -Jf houfe, and thence go into the (econd, it (ig- 
 ^ :^ ni6cth a mediocrity of gain by white things, 
 5K if and in things of the Church. 
 if * If it pafs into the third , it (ignifieth the 
 kinsfolks to be merry ,and in good difpofition 
 and in health of body, it is alfo good for fmall and short 
 Voyages. 
 
 If she go into the fourth, the end of all things (hall 
 be joyfulj but the promife falfe. 
 
 If it paf? into the fifth, it is good for children , and 
 to eat and drink, and to fing mufick, and fignifieth 2 
 great jightr( m !cG of heart. 
 
 U she go uico the fuch , it is good for fcrvants, 
 
 figni- 
 
Book 2 . The Temple of fVtjdome. 9 y 
 
 fignifying tbac chcy (hall be profitable Co their maflers.- 
 in all the other houfes this Figure is good. But in the 
 eghth and twelfth , for in the eighth (he (ignificthL 
 death, and in the twelfth loft of Cattel. And for be- 
 caufe that according to the fignification of each houfe 
 I have herebefore fufficicndy written, you may by the 
 fame ealily jadge each queftion that is demanded, I 
 will not hold you long in the other Figures which fol- 
 low, in touching their mutations and concordances, 
 but onely pafs over them gcnerallyt 
 
 This Figure Tri/?/VM found in the firfV, and 
 ^ :^ thence go into the fecond, it figniiieth fmall 
 -^ ^ profit but in things of the earth, as Vines, 
 ^ if. Medows, Woods, and Lands aerable, in all 
 -jf. the other houfes this Figure is ill, but in the 
 fourth and eighth , where both in the one 
 and the other, it is good to buy heritages, and beciufe 
 1 have largely declared herebefore , I will fay nothing 
 more at this time. 
 
 If this Figure P fit Sago from the firfl houfc 
 
 ^ CO the fecond, it (ignifieth gain by women , 
 
 ^ * ,and by white things ; in all the other houfes 
 
 :^ where this Figure paffeth (he is goodj efpe- 
 
 ^ ckily in the houfe where fliefignifieth joy- 
 
 fubefs ; but in the eighth (he fignifieth death, 
 
 and in the twelfth Imprifonment. 
 
 If this figure Pfier, paffeth from the firfl to 
 
 * the fecond , it fignificth fmall gain , but in 
 
 * things of War, in all other houfes this fi- 
 * * gore is mean, but in the eighth and twelfth 
 
 >^ {heisiil. 
 
 This 
 
5 8 The Temple efwifd&me. Book 2 . 
 
 This Figure Cc»j»«£?2^ going ^^oin the firfl: 
 
 ^ >^ to the fecond, it iignifieth gain by books and 
 
 •^ writings , in all other houfes this i^igure is 
 
 :^ indifferent, but in the feventh where it is 
 
 if if good for marriage, and in the ninth to put 
 
 »$*chcicrs to ftudy , and in the eighth it is ill, 
 
 fcr ic always fignifieth death , and in the twelfth it is 
 
 neither good nor bad. 
 
 This Figure Career palTing from the firft 
 
 if into the fecond, it is gainful to buy lands ae- 
 
 if if table, in all other houfes where ye find her, 
 
 if if yefhall judge her as ye do the others, that 
 
 if is to (ay, according to the fignification of the 
 
 houfe where (he is, and therefore at this time 
 
 I will fpcak no more thereof. 
 
 This Figure Popuias pafiingfrom the firft 
 if if houfe to the fecond, it fignifieth gain and 
 if if profit in white things, and in lands which 
 >i^ if lye by the water, and it fhc pafs into the 
 if if third, it is good to make Voyage by water, 
 It fignifieth death in the eighth and in the 
 ninth, and in the twelfth to be taken prifoner. In all 
 the other houfes judge according to their fignifica- 
 tions. 
 
 This Figure r"/.? going from the firft to 
 if the fecond, it figniheth finall gain , if it pafs 
 -.f ir.tothc third it is good for fliort Voyages: 
 if in all the other houles this figure is ill, but in 
 if the ninth and teach, where the is very good, 
 in the eighth (lie fignifieth death, and impri- 
 fonmcnt in the twclfch. 
 
 VViienfocver ye finde the firft houfls to pafs one 
 into another, you (liall judge according to the figni- 
 fication of the houfe where they pafs, as I have in the 
 
 bcgirr 
 
Book 2 . 7he Temple ofWifdome. 9 9 
 
 beginning told you at large, and now in the end more 
 briefly ; the which things, to the end, you may the 
 better underftand them, I will fet you an example of a 
 Figure which my Lord of Tays commanded me to 
 make, to know whether the French King Fmncis the 
 firft of that name , and the Emperour Charles of Au^ 
 ftric^tey the fifth of that name, ftiould fpcak together : 
 which Figure be'ng made, and by fortune, Acqtiifitia 
 being in the firft honfe, went ftrait into the feventh, 
 which is the houfe of Kings and Emperours, which 
 was the caufe that I ftraight way judged that the Em- 
 perour fhould (peak with the King ; and fo likewife 
 (hall ye judge of the fecond if it pafs into the third, to 
 know (as by way of example) if the demand be made 
 for fubftance it fignifieth that thefubftancc ftiall come 
 into the hands of the kinsfolks of him which made the 
 queftion according to the content of the demand, and 
 the fignification of the houfe where the faid Figure is : 
 if the fecond pafs into the third, fifth, or fixth, or into 
 any of the others following, you ftiallalfo judge accor- 
 ding CO the fignification of the houfe where it is .• the 
 like fliall ye do by the third if it pafs into the fourth, 
 or into any of the other unto the twelfth, fo fhall ye 
 do by the fourth if flic pafs into the fifth, or into any 
 of the other houfes following: and foal! the others 
 judging as is aforefaid, according to the fignification 
 of the houfes where they go, and sccording to the 
 good or ill of the faid Figures. And ye mud note tbas: 
 they never pafs but one time to (lay the judgment , aU 
 though that a Figure formed have many of one fort, 
 and all alike, whereof I will fpeak raoreacUrge hereaf- 
 ter, in declaring the example that I will fee. 
 
 CHk P. 
 
I oo 7he Temple efwifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 CHAP. XIV.. 
 
 Cf the good or ill Houfes ^ and which they be ^ 
 tchere the Figures he in their places. 
 
 THe good boufes, to be briefj are the firft, fifth, 
 tenth, and eleventh -, the mean houfes be the (e- 
 cond, third, fourth, and ninth : the evil hotifes be the 
 fixth, fcventh, eighth, and twelfth houfes. 
 
 The Uoufes whercm the Figures be found te be goQd^ 
 
 ^quifitio is good for profit, and amongft all other 
 Figures it is good in the firft , (econd , and tenth 
 houfes. 
 
 ^miffio is good for lofs of fub(kncc, and therefore 
 is good in the eighth houfc , and very ill in the fe- 
 cond. 
 
 fonum Major is good for gain in things where a 
 pcrion hath hope to win, and therefore it is very good 
 in the fifth, fixth, ninth and eleventh houfes, 
 
 fortu^a Minor h good in any affair, wherein a per- 
 ioti would go quickly, and is therefore very good in 
 the fecond houle, and ill in the eighth houfe; 
 
 Lnitu is good for joy, as well prefcat as to come , 
 a'^d for thatcaufe is found good almoin in all the hou- 
 fes, and cfpecially iti the fifth, and ill in the fisth, eight, 
 and twelfth houfes. 
 
 Iri/IhiahsL very ill Figure in all the houfes, burin 
 the eighth and twelfth houles, where llie is good : and 
 mc^n in the firO and fecond houfes. 
 
 yili^w ia good for a man which ho^^ctb to have gain 
 
 or 
 
Books. TheTempleefWifdome. loi 
 
 or profit in any thing, and alfo to have entrie into any 
 place, and in this refped is found good in the firft and 
 fourth houfcs. 
 
 Rnbeus is ill in all good things, and good in all ill 
 things, and many times figniricth death, (he is never 
 found in the firfl: houfc to make a judgment as is toli 
 you before, (he is ill in the fccond, fourth, feventh and 
 tenth houfes, and almoft in all the other, faving in cer- 
 tain demands. 
 
 PuelU is very good in all things that ye may demand, 
 and efpecially in things of women , and Ae is very 
 good in the ninth and fifth houfes. 
 
 PHsr is very ill in all the queftions and demands 
 which may be made m all the houfes, faving in the fc^ 
 cond and fixth, where he is mean. 
 
 Career is a Figure likewife ill in all the houfes, and 
 efpecially in the (ixth, eighth, Seventh , and twelfth 
 houfes, and (ignifieth always to be (laid. 
 
 Con]m[ll9 is good with good, and ill with ill, and 
 fignifieth always a recoverment and rcftitution of 
 things fcattered or loft , and fiie is found good in the 
 fevcnch, ninth, and tenth houfes, and ill in the eighth, 
 and (Ignifieth death, and in the twelfth figniheth to 
 be kept in prilon. 
 
 Caput draconts is good with good, and ill with ill, and 
 is good in the feventh and fccond houfes, and Qicwcth 
 to have a good idue m the things where a man hopeth 
 to have gain, . 
 
 (^apidadraeonis is very good with the ilJ, and very 
 ill with the good, in matter oflofs (he is good , and 
 to pafsout of an aflair: Hie is found good in the fourth, 
 fixth, ninth, and twelfth houfes, and ill in the fecond : 
 ye murt note that in the ninth i]»eis goo^ to learn 
 
 . H h ^Science, 
 
ici iheJempeoflViJdome. Book q. 
 
 i^cience, and ill to journey, fignifymg fpoiling and 
 robbing, £he is alio ill in this place for all other 
 things. 
 
 Fofidus i» rometlmc good and fometime bad, with 
 good {he is good, and with ill fhe is ill, (he is good in 
 the tenth, and ill in the eighth houfe. 
 
 Via is a Figure which brcaketh and fpoileth all the 
 goodncfs of the others, faving in demands of journeys 
 and voyages, and to go from place to plice to the which 
 (he is very good ; (lie is good in the third, fifth, and 
 feventh houfcs, becaufe fhc (ignifieth that Letters 
 fliall come which (hall bring good news : in the twelfth 
 bonfe fhe is common. 
 
 In all the Tclefmcs it muft beobferved that the fi- 
 gures of Aflromancic and Geomancie rauft unite, and 
 then Superiours will communicate their vertues to In- 
 ferioursupon the proper Metals at the very moment 
 of time, be careful therefore to obferve the hour and 
 minute you make a Telefmatical Gamahe, and follow 
 thefe Rules and you cannot err. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
Book 2. The Temple of fVifdoMe. 103 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 >K * T^OrtHMA Major being found in the firft 
 >K >K Jr houfe, giveth long life, and freeth from 
 
 >K the raolettacion of difeafcs . it demonftratcch 
 
 ^ a man to be noble, magnanimous, of good 
 manners, naeanof (tature, complexion rud- 
 dy, hair curling, and his fuperiour members greater 
 then his inferiour. 
 
 lathe fecond houfe, he frgnifies manifeft riches and 
 manifcfl: gain, good fortune, and the gaining any thing 
 loftorpniMaid; tht taking of a thief, and recovery of 
 things ftolen. 
 
 In the third houfe, he fignifies brethren and kinfmcn. 
 Nobles, and perfons of good converfation ; journeys 
 to be profperous and gainful with honour : it demon- 
 ftrateth men to be faithful , and their friendfhip to be 
 unfeigned. 
 
 In the fourch houfe, he reprefents a father to be no- 
 ble, and of good reputation, and known by man^! peo- 
 ple : he cnlargeth poffeirions in Cities, increafcth Pa- 
 trimonies, and difcoverech hidden treafures. \n this 
 place he likewiis fignifies tbcf:, and recovers every 
 thing lolK 
 
 In the iifth houfe, he giveth joy by children , and 
 caufech them to attain to great honours ; Embaffages 
 he rendereth profperous , bur they are purchaled with 
 pains and prayers; he noteth rumours to be true, he 
 beftowech publick honours, and caufcth a roan to be 
 very famous after death: foreftewecha womin ivitfa 
 child to bring forth a mar.child. 
 
 In the fixth houfe, he freeth from difeafcs, flieweth 
 Hh 2 thoii 
 
I04 lU TemfleofWifdeme. Book 2« 
 
 thoic that have infirmicies (hall in a ihort Ctme recover ; 
 fignifieth a Phyfitian to be faithful and honeft to ad- 
 minifler good Rhy fick, of which there ought to be had 
 fio rufpttion ; houQiold fervants and Minifteis to be 
 faithfb] ; and of animals he fignifies horfes. 
 
 Inthefeventh houfe , hegiveth a wifcrich, honeft, 
 and of good manners lovingandplearaiit,he overcom- 
 cth fttifes, and contentions. But if the CJueftion be 
 concerning them, he fignifieth theadvcriancs to be 
 very potent, and ^rear favourites. 
 
 In the eighth houfe, if a ^lelHon be propofedof 
 the death of any one, ic figniftes he fhalllive : the 
 kind oFdeath he fheweth to be good and natural ; an 
 honeft burial, and honoyrable Funerals : hcforeftiew- 
 cth a wife to have a rich dowry, legacies, and inheri- 
 tance. 
 
 In the ninth houfe, he fignifies Journeys to be pro- 
 rpcrousj and by land on horie back, rather then on 
 foot, to be long, and not foon accomplifticd ; he (hew- 
 ech the return of thole that are abienr, fign'fies men to 
 be of good faith, and conftant in their intentions, and 
 religious, and that never change or alter their faith : 
 dreams he prefageth to be true, fignifieth true and 
 pcrfed: Sciences. 
 
 In the tenth houfe, he foreftieweth great honours, 
 beftoweth publike Offices, Magiiiracic, and judge- 
 ments, and honours in the Courts of Princes : figni- 
 fieth Jut^ges ta be /uft, and not corrupted with gifts, 
 bringeth a Caule tol^e eafily and focn expedited; 
 (hewcth K^ngs to be potent, fartunafe, and vidorious, 
 dcnoteth Vit^tory to be certain, fignifies a mother to 
 be noble, and of long life. 
 
 in the eleventh houfe, he fignifies true friends and 
 profitable, a p. in.ce lich and liberal; malieth a man for- 
 riiHAte, and bvloved of his P..ince. In 
 
Book 2 . l.he Templa oflVifdomt, 10$ 
 
 In the twelfrtr houfe, if a Qucftion be propofed of 
 the quality of enemies, ic demonftraccth them to be 
 po'ent and noble, and hardly toberefifted; but if a 
 Queftion fliall be concerning any other condition or 
 refped to the enemies, he will deliver from thcir trea- 
 cheries; ic fignificth faithful lervants^reduceth fugi- 
 tives, hath fignificaiion of animals, as Horfrs, Lions, 
 and Bulls ; freeth from imprilonments, and eminent 
 dangers he either miti^aceth or taketh away. 
 
 >j< FortfA/ia C^ftnor in the firft houfe, giveth 
 
 ^ long life, but incurabred with divers molefta- 
 if ^ tions and (ickneflTes jit (ignifieth a perfon of 
 >f ^ fhort flature, a lean body, having a mold or 
 mark in his forehead or right eye. 
 
 In the fecond houie, he iignifies fubliance, and that 
 to be conlumed wich too much prodigality, hideth a 
 Thief, and a thing ftolen is fcarcely to be recovered 
 but with great labour. 
 
 Inthe third houfe, he caufeth difcord amongfV bre- 
 thren and kinsfolks, threatncth danger to be in a jour- 
 ney, but cfcapeth it ; rendreth men to be of good faith, 
 but of clofe and hidden minds. 
 
 In the fourth houfe, he prejudiceth Patrimonies and 
 inheritances, concealeth treafuries ; and things loft can- 
 not be regained, but with great' difficulty ^ he fignifi-- 
 eth a father to be honeft, but a fpender of his ciiate 
 through prodigality, leaving Imall portions to his chil- 
 dren. 
 
 In the fifth houfe, giveth few children; a woman 
 with child hefignifiesftiail have a woman child, fig- 
 nifies Embaffages to be honourable, but little proiica- 
 ble, raifeth to mean honours^ giveth a good fame after 
 death , but not much divulged, nor of lafting me- 
 rnorv. 
 
 H h 3 In 
 
ic6 ■ The Temple of Wif dome.' Book 2 
 
 lu the fixth houfcjhe (ignifiesdifeafes.both fanguine 
 andcholerick, (heweth the fick perfon to be in great 
 danger , but fliall recover, fignifics fsithful fcrvants, 
 but flothful and unprofitable: and the fame ofocher 
 animals. 
 
 In rhe fevcnth houfe, he giveth a wife of a good pro- 
 genie defcended, but you fliall be incumbred with ma- 
 ny troubles with her ; caufeth love to be anxious and 
 unconflant, prolongeth contentions, and maketh ones 
 adverfary to circumvent him with many cavillations, 
 but in procefs of time he giveth vidory. 
 
 In the eighth houfe, he fl^eweth the kind of death 
 to. be good and honed, but obfcure , or in a ftrange 
 place or pilgrimage ; dikoveietb Legacies and Poflef- 
 fiop.s, but Co be obtained with fuit arid difficulty : de- 
 noteth funerals and buryings to be obfcure, the por- 
 tion ofa wife to be hardly gotten, buteafily fpent. 
 
 Jn the ninth houfe, hcmaketh journeys to be dan- 
 gerous, and a party abfcnt flowly to return , caufeth 
 men to be occupied in offices of Religion, flieweth 
 Sciences to be unaccompliflicd , but keepeth condancie 
 in Faith and Religion. 
 
 In the tenth houfe, he (Ignifieth Kings and Princes 
 tobepotcn^ but to gain their power with war and 
 violence ; hanifiicd men he (heweth fliall foon return, 
 itlikewife difcovereth honours, great offices and be- 
 nefits, bu*- for which you fliall continually labour and 
 ftrive,and wherein you fliail have no ftable continu- 
 ance, a Judge fliall not favour you, fuits and conten- 
 tions he prolongeth, a father and mother he flicweth 
 flia'l foon die, and always to be affeded with many 
 dif^afcs. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe, he maketh many friends, but 
 iud\ as4re poor and unprofitable^ and not able to re- 
 lieve 
 
Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdomn. 107 
 
 lievethy neccflicies; ic ingratiates you with Princes, 
 and giveth great hopes, but fmall gains ; neither long 
 to continue in any Benefice or Offices beftowed by a 
 Pcince. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe, he fhewcth enemies to be craf- 
 ty, lubtle, and fraudulent, and lludying to circumvent 
 ycu with many fecret fadions : fignifies one in prifoa 
 to be long detained, but at length to be delivered ; ani- 
 mals he (heweth to be unfruitful, and fervants unpro- 
 fitable- and the changes of fortune to be frequent 
 from good to evil, and from bad to good. 
 
 Via in the firft houfe, befioweth a long and 
 % profperouslife; givethfignificationofa ffran- 
 ?jc ger , lean of body, and tall of flature, fair of 
 ^ compledion, having a i'roall beard, a perfon li- 
 if beral and pleafant, but flow, and little addift- 
 
 ed to labour. 
 In the fecond, he increafeth fubflancc and riches, 
 recovereth any thing that is ftolen or lofl-, but fignifies 
 the Thief to be departed without the City. 
 
 In the third, he multiplies brethren and kinsfolks, 
 fignifies continual journeys, and profperous, men that 
 are publikeiy known , honeft , and of good convcr- 
 fation. 
 
 In the fourth houfe, fignifies the father to be honefl-, 
 increafeth the Patrimony and Inheritance, produceth 
 wealthy fields, fheweth treafure to be in the place en- 
 quired after, recovereth any thing loft. 
 
 In the fifth, he increifcth the company of male chil- 
 dren, flieweth a woman with child to bring forth d 
 male-child, I'endeth Embaflages to ftrange and remote 
 parts, increafeth publike honours; fignifieth an ho- 
 neft kind of death , and to be known through many 
 Provinces, 
 
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I o8 7ht temple of Wifdome. Book 9. . 
 
 111 the fixth houic, he preferveh trom iKkiicJs, (ig- 
 tiifics the difeakd <pecd>Iy to recover^ giveth profita- 
 ble fcrvants, and animals fruitful and profitable. 
 
 In the fcventb houfe, he beftowetb a wife fair and 
 plcafant, with whom you (hali enoy perpetual felicity, 
 caufeth ftrifes and conrroverficf moft fpccdily tobe 
 determined, adveriarics to be cafily overcome, and 
 that (hall willingly fiibmit their controverfies to the 
 arbitration of good men. 
 
 In the eighth houfc, he fheweth the kind of death 
 to proceed from Phlegmiatickdifeafes, tobehoneft, 
 and of good report; difcovereth great Legacies, and 
 lich inheritances to be obtained by the dead; and if 
 any one |?ath been reported to be dead, it flieweth him 
 to be alive. 
 
 In the ninth houfe, he caufeth long journeys by wa- 
 ter, especially by Sea, and portendeth very great gains 
 to be acquired thereby ; hedenoteth Prieflhoods, and 
 profits from Ecclefiaftical employments, maketh men 
 of good Religion , upright , and ccnftant of faith ; 
 fhcwcth dreams to be true, whofe figniiication (hall 
 fuddenjy appear, increafeth Philofophical and Gram- 
 matical Sciences, and thofe things which appertain to 
 the inftrudion and bringing up of children. 
 
 In the tenth houfe, be maketh Kings and Princes 
 happy and fortunate, and fuch as (hall maintain con- 
 tinual peace with their Allies, and that they (hallre- 
 quirc amity and friendfliip amongft many Princes by 
 their le vcral EmbalTages ; promoteth publike honours, 
 offices, and Mjjgiflracie amongft the Vulgar and com- 
 tnon people, or nbouc things pertaining to the water, 
 journevs, or about gathering Taxes and AflTef^ments; 
 (lAcwerh [iidges to be jiifl and merciful^ and that (hall 
 quitklyd'/'pacch Caufes depending before them : and 
 
 denotes 
 
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Book 2. 7he Temple of Wii dome. 109 
 
 denotes a mother to be ot good repute, healthy, and of 
 long life. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe^ he raifeth many wealthy 
 friends, and acquircth faithful friends in foreign Pro- 
 vinces and Countries, and that fhall willingly relieve 
 h m that requires them wiih all help and diligence ; \z 
 ingratiates perl'ons with profit and trnft amongft Prin- 
 ces, employing him in luch Officcs,as he ftiall fic incum- 
 bred with continual travels. 
 
 In the twelfth houle, caufeth many Enemies,but fuch 
 as of whom little hurt or danger is to be feared ; figni- 
 fies fc^rvants and animals to be profitable, whofoevcr 
 isinpriionto beckaped, or fpeedily to be delivered 
 from thence, and prcfervetha man 'romtheevil acci- 
 dents of Fortune. 
 
 Pcftilm being found in the firft houfe, if 
 a quedion he propounded concerning that 
 houfe, fhevveeh a mean life, of a middle age, 
 butinconftant, with divers (icknefles, and 
 various luccefles of foitune ^ figni' cs a man 
 of a middle ftature, a crolsbody, welj fet 
 in his members, perhaps fome mold or mar^ about his 
 left eye. But if a queftion ihali be propounded con- 
 cerning the Figure of a man, and to this Figure ifthere 
 be joyncd any thing of the figures Q^Zaz^eloxyR^ubeus^ 
 it fheivech the man to be monftrcufly deformed , and 
 that deformity he fignifics to proceed from his birth ; 
 but if in the fifth hbufe^it he be encompafied with ma- 
 levolent Afpcds, then that monflroufnels i, to 
 come. 
 
 In thcfecond hou{e, (lie fheweth a mean fubftancc, 
 and that tobegctccn with great difficulty: maketh a 
 man alfo al.vays fenfible of laborious toyi, things fto- 
 ien are never regained,what is loft fhail never be wholly 
 
 recovered, 
 
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 recovered, that which is hidden (hall not be found. 
 But if the Quedion be of a Thief, itdeclarcth him not 
 yet to be fled away , but to lye lurking within the 
 City. 
 
 In the third houfe, (heraifeth few friendf, either of 
 brethren or kindred, forefhevvcth journeys, but with 
 labour and trouble, notwithflanding forae profit may 
 acruc by them ; denotes a man unliable in his faith , 
 and ciufeth a man often to be deceived by his com- 
 panions. 
 
 In the fourth houfe, it fignifies a father to be fickly, 
 and of a laborious life, and his earthly pofleflions and 
 inheritances to be taken away, (hcwetb profit ro be 
 gained by Water, (heweth treafure not to be hid, or 
 if there beany hidden, that it H^all not be found ; a pa- 
 trimony to be preferved with great labour. 
 
 In the fifth hoale he (heweth no honeft meffages, 
 but either maketh the mefTengers to be Porters or 
 publike Carriers , he divulgeth falfe rumours , which 
 notwithftanding have the likcnefs of fome truth , and 
 ieem to have their original from truth, which is not 
 reported as it is done; it fign fiesa woman to bcbar- 
 ren.and caufeth fuch as are great with child to be abor- 
 tives, appointeth an inglorious funeral , and ill report 
 after death. 
 
 In thefixth houfe , it (heweth cold fickncfles , and 
 chiefly afflideth the lower parts of the body. A Phy- 
 fitian is declared to becarelefs and negligent in admini - 
 Itrinj^ Phyfick tothefick, and fignifies thofe that are 
 ^fFc<^cd with ficknefs to be in danger of death, and 
 fcarcely recover at all ; it not? f the deceitfulnefs of fer- 
 vants, and detriment of Cattel. 
 
 In the fcvcnth houfe, ic (heweth a wife to be fair 
 ^nd pleafant, but one that fhall be folicited with the 
 
 iove 
 
Book 2. . ihe Jcmpie oflVifckme. lit 
 
 love of many Wocrs , fignifies her love to be feigne^J 
 anddidembling, makech wctik and impotent advcrla- 
 rics foon to defert profecucing. 
 
 In the eighth hou(e, it denotes fudden death with- 
 out any long ficknefs or anguifli. and oftentimes flicvv- 
 eth death by the Water, giveth no inheritance, poflcf- 
 fionorlegaciefrom the dead ; and ifany be, they (hall 
 be loft by fonnc intervening contention , or other dxi' 
 cord, he fignines the dowry of a wife to be little or 
 none. 
 
 In the ninth houfe, llieweth falfe dreams, perfonatcs 
 a man of rude wit, without any learning or fcience; in 
 Religion he fignifies inferiour Offices, fuch as ferve ei- 
 ther to clcapic the Church, or ring the Bells, and he 
 fignifies a man little curious or ftudious in Religion , 
 neither one that is troubled with much conscience. 
 
 In the tenth houie, he fignifies fuch Kings and Prin- 
 ces, as for the moft part are expulfed out of their Rule 
 and Dominions, or either fufTer continual trouble and 
 detriment about them ; he fignifies Offices and Magi- 
 ftrscie,which appertain to matters concerning the Wa- 
 ters ,• as about the Navy, Bridges, Fi(hings, .Shores, 
 Mcdows, and things ofthehke fort; maketh Judges 
 to be variable and flow in expediting of Caufcs before 
 them, dedareth the mother to be fickly , and of a 
 fliort life. 
 
 Intheeleventh houfe, he givelh few friends, and 
 many flatterers ; and with Princes giveth neither fa- 
 N vour nor fortune. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe, he fheweth weak and ignoble 
 enemies, dedareth one in prifon not to be delivered , 
 dilcovereth dangers in Waters, and waterie place?. 
 
112 The Temple of Wifdome. Books* 
 
 zAce^mfitio found in the tir(t houfc, giveth 
 ^1^ % along life and pro(perous old age; {i:inifies 
 
 >r^ a man of a middle (hture, and a great head, 
 :}< >i< a countenance very well to be difTingu; (hed or 
 
 ^ known, a long nofe much beard, hair curling, 
 andfaireys,freeofhism at and drink, butin 
 all things elfe fparing and not liberal. 
 
 In the fecond houfe, he fignifies great riches, appre- 
 hendeth all theeves, and caufcth whatibever is loft to 
 be recovered. 
 
 In the third houfe, many brethren, and they to be 
 wealthy , many gainful journeys, fignifies a man of 
 good U\i\\. 
 
 In the fourth is flgn'ficd a patrinriony of much riches, 
 many p(>fteiiu>ns oi copious fuits 5, he (ignitieth that 
 treafiuG hid in any place (lia;! be found, and flicweth a 
 1 acher to be rich, but covetous. 
 
 In the fifth houfe, it fignifies many children of both 
 Sexes, bat more Males then Females, fiieweth a woman 
 to be with child, and that (he fiiall be delivered with- 
 out danger : and if a quefiion be propounded concern- 
 ing any Sex^ he fignifies it to be mafculine ; incrcafeth 
 gainful profitable Embaflages, and Meflages, but ex- 
 tender h fame not far after death, yet caufeth a man to 
 be inherited of his own, and fignifieth rumours to be 
 true. 
 
 In the fixth houfe he fignifies many and grievous 
 ficknclTes, and long to continue, raaketh theflcktobe 
 in danger of death, and ofccn to ^\t , yet he declareth 
 a Phyfitian to be learned and honefi, giveth many fer- 
 varts and chattel, and gains to be acquired from 
 ifaem 
 
 'Inthe feventh houfe, he fignifies a wife to be rich, 
 but cidiCi a woman, or a woman of a well grown age ; 
 
 figni- 
 
Book 2. The Temple of Wifdome. 115 
 
 fignifics fuits and contentions to be great and duiablci 
 and that love and wedlock (hall be effected by lot. 
 
 Jn the eighth houfe, if a man be enquired after , ic 
 fliewcthhimtobedead, fignifieththc kinde of death 
 to be (hort, and ficknefs to laft: but a few days, difco- 
 vereth very profitable legacies and inheritances, and 
 fignificth a wtfe to have a rich dowry. 
 
 In the ninth houfc, hefignifies long and profitable 
 journeys, (heweth if any o'^e be abfcnt he (hail foon re- 
 turn, caufech gain to be obtained from Religious and 
 Ecciefiallical perionsor Schokrs, andfignifies a man 
 of a true and perfed Science. 
 
 In the tenth houfe , heroakcth Princes to enlarge 
 their Dominions, a judge favourable, but one that 
 muft be continually prefented with gifts, caufeth Offi- 
 ces and Magiftracie to be very gainful, (ignifieth a Mo- 
 ther rich and happy. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe, multipliethfriends,and bring- 
 eth profit frora them, and encrcafech favour with 
 Princes. 
 
 In the twelfth houfc he fignifieth a man (hall have 
 many powerful or potent enemies, reduceth or bring- 
 ech home fervants fled away , and cattel ftrayed ; 
 and fignifies he that is in prifon (hall not be deli- 
 vered. 
 
 Letltik in the firfl hoofe , fignifies long 
 
 :^ life with profpericy , and much joy and glad- 
 :^ >f^ ncfs, and caufeth a man to out-live and be 
 ^ >tc more vidorious then all his brethren, (igni- 
 ^ ^ fiec a man of a tail feature, fair members, 3 
 broad foro head , having gresc and broad 
 teeth , and chat hath a fjce comely and well co- 
 loured. 
 
 In the fecond houle ic ng-.ifi-s riche^ , and rninv 
 
114 ^ Jhc Temple of wifdome. Book 2. 
 
 gains, but great expeaces and various mutations of 
 ones ftateand condition, theft and any thing loft is re- 
 covered and returned ; but if the Queftion be of a 
 Thief) it declareth him to be fled away. 
 
 in rhe third houfe it (heweth brethren to be of a 
 good converiacion, but of fhort life, journeys picafant 
 and comfortable, men of great credit and faith. 
 
 In the fourth he fignihes happy patrimonies and pof- 
 feHions, a father to be Noble, and honoured with the 
 dignity of fomc Princely Office, fhcweth treafurc to 
 be in the place enquired after, but of lefs worth and va- 
 lue then is fuppoicd, and caufeih it to be found. 
 
 In the fifth houle, he giveth obedient children, en- 
 dued with good manners, and in whom fliallbehad 
 the grcatcl^ joy and comfort of old age, (ignifies a wo- 
 man with child to bring forth a daughter, (heweth ho- 
 nour able Embaffage.. , and declares rumours and news 
 to be akogtther true, and Icavcth a good and ample 
 f^me after death 
 
 In thtr fixcb houfe it (lieweth thefick Hiall recover, 
 denoteth good fci vants, good and profitable cattel and 
 animals. 
 
 In the feventh houfe , he giveth a wife fair, beauti- 
 ful and young, overcometh ftrifes and contentions, and 
 rendereth the fuccefs thereof to be love. 
 
 In the eighth houfe it giveth Legacies and Poflefli- 
 ons, and a commendable portion with a wife; if a 
 Queltion be propofed concerning the condition of any-^ 
 man, it lignifies him to be alive, and declares an honcfl-, 
 quiet, and meek kind ofdcath. 
 
 In the ninth houfe it (ignifies very few /ourneySjand 
 thofe that do apply themfelves to travel, their journeys 
 eitherare about the Mcffages and Embaffage.-; of Prin- 
 ces^ or Pilgrimages to fulfil holy vov\ s : (heweth a man 
 
 to 
 
Book 2 . The Tenifle of fVijdome. 115 
 
 to be of a good Religion jof indificrenc knowledge,and 
 wbo eafily apprehendech all things with natural in- 
 genuity. 
 
 In the tenth houfe, it raifeth Kings and Princes to 
 honour and great renown, maketh them famous by 
 maintaining peace during their times, fignifies Judges 
 to be cruel and fevere ; honeft Offices and Magiftracie, 
 fignifies thofe things which are exercifed either about 
 Ecclefiaftical affairs. Schools, or the adminiftration of 
 juftice, (heweth a mother ifflicbea widow, that (he 
 (hall be married again. 
 
 In the eleventh houre,it increafeth favour with Prin- 
 zes, and multiplies friends. 
 
 And in the twelfth houfe, it giveth the vidory over 
 Enemies , caufeth good fervants and families^ deli- 
 vereth from iraprifonment, and preferveth from future 
 evils. 
 
 Puella in the firft houfe fignifies a perfoti 
 
 -^ ofafhort life, weak conftitution of body, 
 :^ ^ middle ftature, little fat, but fair, effeminate, 
 
 :^ and luxurious/ and one who will incur many 
 
 >i^ troubles and dangers in his lifetime, for the 
 love of women. 
 
 In the fecond houfe, it neither encreafeth riches,nor 
 diminifheth poverty, fignifies a Thief not to be depar- 
 ted from the City, and a thing (iolen to be alienated 
 and made away .- if a ^eftion be of treaiiire in a place, 
 icisrcfolvcd there is none. 
 
 In the third houfe it fignifies more fiOers then bre- 
 thren, and encreafeth and continueth good fiiendfliip 
 and amity amongft them , denoteth journeys to be 
 pleafant and joyous , and men of good conver- 
 lacions. 
 
 In the fourth houfe it fignifies a very, fmall parri- 
 
 mcnv; 
 
1 1 6 ihe Temple of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 mony, and a father not to live long, but makcth the 
 fields fertile with good fruits. 
 
 In the fifth houfe a woman with child is fignified to 
 bring forth a woman child, denotes no EmbafTagcs , 
 cauleth much commerce with women, and feme Office 
 to be obtained from them. 
 
 in the fixth houfe fignifies much weaknefs of the 
 fick, but caufeth the (ick (hortly to rccovc r, and fhew- 
 tLh a rtyfuian to be unlearned and unskilful , but one 
 who is much elteemed of in the opinion of the vulgar 
 people, giveth good fervants, handmaids, catcel,and 
 animals. 
 
 In the feventb houfe it giveth a wife fair, bcautiiul 
 snd pleafant, leading a peaceable and quiet converfa- 
 tion with her husband, norwithlianding one that (hall 
 burn much withlatt, and be coveted and lulled after 
 o^'m^iny men, denoteth no fuits or controverfies,which 
 tl.all depend before a judge, but fome j'arrs and wran- 
 lings with the common people one amongft another, 
 which rhallbeeafily diffolved and ended. 
 
 In the eighth houfe, \{ a Qucdion be of one repu- 
 ted to' be dead, it deilareth him to be alive, giveth, a 
 final! portion with a wife, but thit which contenteth 
 her husband. . 
 
 In the ninth hnufc it fignifies very fvjw journey?, 
 Iheweth a manoi gDod Ileligion> indifferent skili or 
 knowledge in Sciences, uuiefs happily Mulick, as well 
 vocal a^Mnftrumcnral. 
 
 In the tenth houfe it fignifies Princes not to be very 
 p^ttnt, but notwithftanding they shall ^ovrrn peace- 
 ably widiin their Dominions , and shall be beloved of 
 tneir Nc!ghbou[s and ^ubjeds, it caufech thfhi to be 
 rtfjDle, mide, snd courteous. ard that they shail always 
 eictcik cheii:lelvc:s with conrinual mirth;, pl;»vs, and 
 
 bun:- 
 
Book 2. 7he Tewple efWifdome. 1 1 7 
 
 buntings, makech Judges to be good, godly, and mer- 
 ciful, givcih Offices about Women, or efpecially from 
 Noble womeri 
 
 In the eleventh houfe he givcth many friends, and 
 cncreafeth favour with women. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe he fignifies few enemies', but 
 contention with women, and delivereth prifoners out 
 of prifon through the interceflion of friends. 
 
 Annjfto in the firfl: houfe fignifies the fick 
 
 •^ not to live long, and (hewcth a fliort life ; 
 
 if. if fignifies a man of difproportioned members 
 
 if of his body, and one of a wicked life and 
 
 if if converfation, and who is marked with fomc 
 
 notorious and remarkable defed in foine pare 
 
 of his body, as cither lame, or maimed, or the 
 
 like. 
 
 In the fecond houfe confumeth all fubflance, and 
 inaketh one to undergo the burden ofmiferable po- 
 verty ; neither Thief nor the thing ftolen (hall be 
 found, fignifies treafure not to be in the place fought 
 after> and to be fought for with lofs and damage. 
 
 In the third houfe it fignifics^ death of brethren, or 
 the want of them, and of kindred aiid friends, fignifieth 
 no . journeys , and caufcth one to fa^ deceived of 
 many. -^ 
 
 In the fourth houfe it fignifies the btter deftrudion 
 of ones patrimony, fheweth the father to be poor, and 
 Chefon todie. 
 
 In the fifth houfe fteweth death of children , and 
 afflids a man with divers (orrows, fignifies a woman 
 not to be with childe, or elfe to have mifcarried » raif- 
 eth no fame or honours , ^nd difperfeth falfc ru- 
 mours. 
 
 In the fixth houfe it fignifies the fick to be recovered 
 
 li or 
 
 a 
 
Ii8 Jhe tewfleoflVifdeme. Book :2* 
 
 or that he lliailioon recover, buc caufeth lofs and da- 1 
 mage by lef vants and Cactel. 
 
 In the fevcnth houfe, girech an adulterous wife, and 
 contr^rying bcr husband with continual contention , 
 neveitheleis fhe ft all not live long, and it caufelhcw 
 tcntions to be ended. 
 
 In the eighth houfe, fignifies a man to be dead,con- 
 fumeth the dowry of a wife, befloweth or fendetb na \ 
 inheritances or legacies. I 
 
 In the ninth houfe it cauf^eth no journeys, but fuch 
 as jfhall bccompaffed with very great Jofs, fignifies 
 men to be inconftant in Religion , and often changing i 
 their opinion from one Sed to another, and altogether 
 ignorant of learning. 
 
 In the tenth houfe, rendrcth Princes to be moft un- ' 
 fortunate, and (hcweth that they fliall be compelled to 
 end thur lives in exile and banKhment ; Judges to be^ 
 wicked, and fignifies Offices and Magiitracie to be 
 daraagc«ble, and (heweth the death of a mother. 
 
 In the eleventh houlc, it fignifies few friends, and 
 caufeth them to beeafily loft, and turned to become 
 enemies, and caufeth a man to have no favour with his 
 Frince, unlefs it be hurtful to him. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe, deftroyeth ail enemies, detain- 
 cth long in p iion, but preferveth from dangers. 
 
 ConjftnEiio in the firft houfe maketh a pro- 
 ^ ^ fperouslife^ and fignifies a man of a middle 
 
 >^ ll4ti)re, not lean nor fat, long face, plain hair, 
 
 ^ a little beard, long fingers and thighs, liberal, 
 ^ ^ amiable, and a friend to many people 
 
 Jn the fccond houfe it doth not fignifie any 
 riches to be gotten , but preferveth a man Iccure and 
 free from the calamities of poverty, detedeth>oth the . 
 Thief and the ihing ilolen, and acquireth hidden trea- j 
 f"re. la 
 
Book 2 . 7he Temple ofV/jfdome, 119 
 
 In the third houfe he giveth various journeys wich 
 various futceis , and (ignifieth good faith and con- 
 ftancie. 
 
 In the fonrth houfe ic (liewetb a mean patrimony, 
 caufcth afftcher tobehonefl", of good report, and of 
 good underdanding. 
 
 In the fifth houfe he glveth children of fubtic inge- 
 nuity and wit, (heweth a woman pregnant to have a 
 malc'child, and raircthmento honours by their own 
 meer proper wit and ingeoaity, and difperfech their 
 fame and credit far abroad^ and alfo (ignifies news and 
 rumours to be true. 
 
 In the (Ixth Loufe it fignifies fickncffes to be tedious 
 and of long continuance, but fcrefhewethtbe Phyfi' 
 tian to be learned and welKcxpenenced, and (lieweth 
 fer vants to be faithful and blamelefs , atwl animals pro- 
 fitable. 
 
 In the feventh houfe hegiveth a wife very obedientp 
 conformable, and dutiful to her husband, and one of a 
 good wit and ingenuity ; caufeth difficult fuits and 
 controverfies , and crafty, fubclc, and malicious ad- 
 veifaries* 
 
 In the eighth houfe, him of whom a Queftionis 
 propounded, hefignifies him to be dead, and pretend- 
 eth fome gain to be acquired by his death, (heweth a 
 wife rhall not be very rich. 
 
 In the ninth houfe hegiveth a few journeys,but long 
 and tedious, and fheweth one that is abfent (hall after 
 a long feafon return. In this houfe increafcth divers 
 Arts, Sciences, and Myftcriesof Religion, andgiveth 
 a quick , perfpicuous, and efficacious wit. 
 . In the tenth houfe it maketh Princes liberal, aflTable, 
 and benevolent, and who are much delighted and affe- 
 fled with divers iJcicnces, and fecrec Arcs , and with 
 
 li 2 men 
 
120 ihe Temple ofWif do me. Book 2, 
 
 nicn learned therein ; caufcth judges to be jull , and I 
 foch who with a piercing and fubtle fpcculatioo, do ca- 
 fily difccrn caufes in concroverfie before them, cnlar- 
 gcrh Offices which are concerned about Letters, Lcar- 
 ti'mgt found Dodrines and Sciences; and fignifies* 
 mother to be honefl:, of good ingenuity and wit, and 
 alfo one of a profperous life. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe it fignifies great increafe of 
 friends «, and very much procureth the grace and fa- 
 vour of Princes, powerful and Noblemen. 
 • Tb the twelfth houfe it fignifies wary and quick- 
 witted enemies, caufeth fuch as are in prifon to remain 
 and continue fo verylong,and caufeth a man to efchcw 
 very many dangers in his life. 
 
 ^IIpus in the firft houfe fignifies a life vexed 
 ^ ^ with continual ficknefs and grievous difeafcs, 
 >f^ ^ fignifies a man of a (hortftature, broad breft, 
 ^ _ and grofs arms, having curled,ot crifped hair, 
 ^ ^ one of a broad full mouth ,3 great talker and 
 babler, given much to ufe vain and unprofita- 
 ble difcourfe, but one that is merry, joyous, and jo- 
 cond.and much pleafingtomen. 
 
 In the fecond houfe it enlargeth and aigmcnteth 
 fubftance gained by fports, plays, vile and bafe arts and 
 excifes, but fuch as are pleafing and delightful, as by 
 plays, paflime?, dancings and laughters : he difcovcr- 
 cth both the thief, and the theft or thing itolen , and 
 hidech andconccaleth treafure. 
 
 In the third houfe it fignifies very few brethren, gi- 
 vcth not many, but tedious and wearifome journeys, 
 and fignifies all deceivers, 
 
 In the fourth houfe he (heweth very fmall orno pa- 
 trimony, and the father to be a man much known, but 
 dedarcth him to be a man of fome bafe and infer iouc 
 office and iroploymenr. In 
 
Book 2. The Tewple ofWifdowc. u a i 
 
 In the fifth boufe, giveth no children, or if any, iha^ 
 they (hall foon die, decUreth a woman to be fervile* 
 and caufeth fuch as arc with young to mikarry, or clfe 
 to bring forth Monfters, dcnotcthall rumours to be 
 falfe, and raifcib ro no honour. 
 
 In the filth houfe, it caufeth very tedio»s fickncfles 
 and difeafcs, difcovercch the fraud, deceit,and wicked^ 
 nefs of Servants, and fignifies difeafcs and infirmities of 
 Cattcl to be mortal, and raaketh the Pbyfitian to be 
 fufpeded of the fick Pacient. 
 
 In the fevcnth houle givctb arbarrett trife, bat o$>c 
 that is fair and beautiful, few foits or controveriies^bot 
 fuch as iball be of very long concinasncc.^ 
 
 In the eighth houfe, if a queflioo be propocctdcd of 
 any one, it fbews the party to h^desAi givctb little 
 portion or dowry with a wife, and caufctli that tobe 
 much flrived and contended for* l 
 
 In the ninth hcofe it dcnoteth fome joenKys to fee 
 acGompliflhed but with E>ein profit, hmdercth hitn 
 that is abfent, and fignrBes he fhall not return, and de- 
 clareth a man to be fupecnitioi^iB Reiigion^^tBid) givm 
 to falfe and deceitfd ijciences. 
 
 In the tenth houk it caufeth Princes anil j »dges so 
 be maicvokne, (heweth vile and baie OtSccs and Ma- 
 gifiracies^ fjgnifies a Mother to be » Whore ^ or oae 
 much fulpeded for adoltery. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe it maketh diSemyiaag asiJ 
 falfe ft sends, caafech bvc and Fav©m to hz inconilsat. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe, denoteth vile^iaipoteyjt, and 
 fttfiical enemies, ^eweth futh a& arc fejprifo© ihacll twtf 
 efcape, and l/gmliesa gr<:at many sad^a^io-mtTGi^^s 
 and difcom^gduits of ^» M£ » 
 
122 7he temple of Wifdeme. Books. 
 
 :Pner in the rirlthouie givech an indifferenc 
 
 :^ long li^'e , but laborious ; raiieth men to 
 
 >|< great fame through military dij^nity, figni- 
 
 :^ yf. fiesaperfonofaftrong body, ruddy com ple- 
 
 -^ dion, a fair countenance and black hair. 
 
 In the fecond houfe it encreafcth fubftance 
 obtained by other mensgoods,by plunderings, rapines, 
 confifcations, military Laws, and fucb like ; he con- 
 cealeth both the thief and the thing ftolefi,. butdifco- 
 vercth no treafure. 
 
 r In the third houfe it raifeth a msn to honour above 
 iis brethren, and to be feared of them, (ignifies jour- 
 ney5, to be dangerous, and denoteth perl'onsof good 
 ^credit.. ^bi ; 
 
 In the fourth hbufc it fignifics dubious inheritances 
 :and pofleffions , and fignilies a father to attain to his 
 fubftance and cflate through violence. 
 '. In the fifth boufe itfhewech good children, and fuch 
 as (hall attain to honours and dignities, heHgnifies a 
 -woman tohaveamale-childi and fbewethboHogrs to 
 Reacquired by Military difcipline, and great and full 
 ■fame. 
 
 In the fixtb houfe it caufeth violent difeafes and in- 
 firmities, as wounds, falls, contufions, bruifes, but ea- 
 fily dehvereth the Tick, and flieweth the Phyfitisnand 
 Chirurgeon to be good ; denoteth fcrvants and ani- 
 mals to be good , ftrong and profitable. 
 
 In thefeventh houfe it caufeth a wife to be a Virago, 
 ofattoutfpiritjofgood fidelity and one that loveth to 
 bear the Rule and Government of a houfe ; maketh 
 cruel ftrifes and contentions, and fuch adverfaries as 
 fliall fcarccly he reftrained by jufiicc. 
 
 In the eighth be ufe, fhewetb him that is fuppofcd to 
 
 be dead, to live, fjgnifietb the kind of death not. to be 
 
 * pain- 
 
Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdome, 125 
 
 painful, or laborious, but to proceed from feme hot 
 humour, or by iron, or the lword> or from fome other 
 caufe of the like kind, (icweth a man to have no lega- 
 cies or other inheritance. 
 
 In the ninth houfe it ftieweth journqs not to be 
 undergone without peril and danger of life, ycr ncver- 
 thelcfs declareth them to be accompli (hed profpcroufly 
 and fafely ; (heweth perfons of little iitiigion , and 
 ufing little confcience , notwithflanding givcch the 
 knowledge of Natural Philofophy and Phyfick and 
 many other liberal and excellent Arts. 
 
 In the tenth houfe fignifies Princes to be powerful, 
 glorious , and famous in Warlike atchievements , but 
 they (hall beunconllant and unchangeable, byreafon 
 of the mutable and various fuccefles of vidory. In 
 this houfe he caufeth Judges to be cruel and unmerci- 
 ful, incrcafcth offices in Warlike affairs, fignifies Ma- 
 giftracy to be exerci fed by fire and fword, hurtcth a 
 mother, and endangereth her life. 
 
 In the eleventh houfe it (heweth ncble friends, and 
 noble men, and (uch as (hall much frequent the Courts 
 of Princes, and follow after Warfare, and caufeth ma- 
 ny to adhere to cruel men; neverthelefs he caufeth 
 much edecm with Prince^ , but their favour is to be 
 (ufpcaed. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe he caufeth Enemies to be cruel 
 and pernicioui, thofe that areinprifon fhallefcape, 
 and maketh them to cfchew many dangers. 
 
 %jibet4s in the firft houfe, fignifies a fliorc 
 .^fc ::ic life, and an evil end, fignifies a man to be fil- 
 mic thy, unprofitable, and of an evil, cruel, and 
 :^ >i< malicious countenance, having fome remar- 
 >r^ ^ kablc and notable fign or fear in fome part 
 of his body. 
 
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114 ^^^ Temple of WifAome. Book 2 
 
 In the fecond houfe it fignifies poverty, and maketh 
 thieves and robbers, and luch perfons as (hall acquire 
 and fcek afcer their maintenance and livelyhoods by 
 ufingfaife, wicked, and evil, and unlawful Arts, pre- 
 ferveth theeves, and concealeth theft, and fignifies no 
 treafure to be hid nor found* 
 
 In the third houfc ic renders brethren and kinfmen 
 to be full of hatred, and odious onet*) another, and 
 ihewcth them to be of evil manners and ill difpofition, 
 canleth journeys tobe very dmgerous^ and forefhew- 
 €tb falfe faith and treachery. ^ 
 
 In the fourth houfe he deftroycth and confuraeth 
 patrimonies, anddifperfcth and wafteth inheritances, 
 caufeth them to come to nothings Jdcftroyeth the fruits 
 of the field by tempelluous fcafons, and malignancie of 
 the earth, and bringeth the father to a quick and fud- 
 den death* 
 
 In the fifth houfc, giveth many children , but either 
 they (hall be wicked and difobcdient, orelfc (hall af- 
 jfiid their parents with griefdifgrace and infamy. 
 
 In the fixth houfc it caufeth mortal wounds, ficknef- 
 it% and difeafcs, him that is fick (hall die, the Phyfi- 
 tian fball err, fcrvants prove Faifc and treacherous, 
 cattel and beads (hall produce hurt and danger. 
 
 In the feventh houfe it fignifies a wife to be infa- 
 mous, publikely adulterate, and contentious; deceit- 
 ful and treacherous advcrfarics, who (hall endeavour 
 to overcome yoa by crafty and fubtic wilds and cir* 
 cumventions oftbe Law 
 
 In the eighth houfe it fignifies a violent death to be 
 infli<fled by the execution of publike J u(Uce, and figni- 
 fies if any one be enquired afcer, that he is certainly 
 dead , and a wife to have no portion or dowry. 
 
 Jn the ninth hcufe (hewcth journeys to be evil and 
 ■ dan- 
 
Book 2 . 7he lempie oflVjfdowe. 12 5 
 
 dangerous, and cbac a man fhall be in danger cither to 
 be fpoilcd by theeves and robbers, or to be taken by 
 plunderers and robbers ; dedareth men to be of moft 
 wicked opinions in Reli-ion, and of evil faith, and fuch 
 as will often cafily be induced to deny and go from 
 their faith for every fmali occafion ; denoteth fciences 
 to be falfc and deceitful, arid the profelfors thereof to 
 be ignorant. 
 
 In the tenth hou(e it fignifics Princes to be crud 
 and tyrannical, and that their power fhall come to an 
 evil end, as that eiti^er they (hall be cruelly rourthered 
 and dcftroyed by their own Subjeds, or that they ftiaJl 
 be taken captive by their Conquerours, and put to an 
 ignominious and cruel death, or (hall roiferably end 
 their lives in hard iiDprifonment ; Signifies Judges and 
 Officers to be falfe, theevi(h,and fuch as fhall be addid;- 
 ed to ufury , (hcweth that a mother (hall foon die, and 
 denoteth hec to be blemiflit with an evil fame and re-* 
 port. 
 
 In the eleventh houfc, itgireth no true, nor any 
 faithful friends ; (hew'cch men to be of wicked lives and 
 converfacions,and caufeth a man toberejedcdand caffc 
 out from all fcciety and converfation with good and 
 noble perfons. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe, itmaketh enemies to be cruel 
 and traiterous , of whom we ought circumfpe^ly to be- 
 ware ; fignifies fuch as are in prifon (hall come to an 
 evil end, and (hewcth a gieat many inconveniencies 
 and mifchiefs to happen in a mans life. 
 
 Career in the firft houfe being pofitcd, gi- 
 
 ^ veth a (hort life, fignifics men to be moft wic- 
 ^ :^ ' ked^of a filthy , cruel unclean figure and (hape, 
 ^ ^ and fuch as arc hated and defpifed of all men. 
 
 ?i< Jn the fccond houfe, it caufeth moft cruel 
 
 and 
 
126 The Temple eflVifdome. Book 2 • 
 
 and miltrabk poverty j fi^^nities both the chief and 
 thing i^olen to be taken and regained, and fiieweth no 
 treaiuretobe bid. 
 
 Jn the third houfe it fignifieth hatred and diflention 
 among il btethren, evil journeys, moit wicked faith and 
 con ver ration. 
 
 In the fourth houfe it fignifieth a man to have no 
 poflcfiions or inheritances, a father to be moll wicked, 
 and to die a (uddenand evil death. 
 
 In the fifth houfe it giveth many children, (hcweth 
 a woman not to be withchildj and provoketh thole 
 that are with child tomifcatiy of their own confent, 
 or flayeth the child, fignifieth no honours, and difper- 
 fcth mod falfe rumouis. 
 
 In the fixth houfe it caufeth the difeafed to undergo 
 tongficknefi, fignifieth fcrvantsto be wicked, rather 
 unprofitable, Phyfitians ignorant- 
 - In the feventh houfe it fheweth the wife fliall be 
 bated of her husband, and fignifies fuits and contenti- 
 ons to be ill ended and determined. 
 
 In the eighth houfe it .decla.reih the kind of death 
 to be by feme fall, mifchance, or fallc accufacion , or 
 that men fhall be condemned in prifon, or in publike 
 judgmcnt,and fheweth them to be put to death, or that 
 they Jlhall often lay violent and deadly hands upon 
 themfelves, denieth a wife to have any portion and le- 
 gacies. 
 
 In the ninth houfe, it ftieweth he that is abfent (hall 
 not return , and fignifieth feme evil (hall happen to 
 him in his journeyj it denotes perfons of no Religion, a 
 wicked confcience and ignorant of learning. 
 
 In the tenth houfe it caufeth Princes to be very wic- 
 ked, and wretchedly toperifii, becaufewhen they are 
 eftablifticd in their power, they will wholly addift 
 
 them- 
 
Book 2. ^fhe Temple oflVifdome. 1 2 7 
 
 themfelvcsco every voluptuous lull, plcalurc, and ty- 
 ranny, caulcth judges ro be unjuR and falfe, declareth 
 the mother to be cruel? and infamous, and noted with 
 the badge of adultery? givcth no offices nor Migiftra- 
 cies,but fuch as arc gotten and obtained either by ly- 
 ing, or through theft, and bale and cruel robbery. 
 
 In the eleventh houf^, it caulcth no friends, nor love, 
 nor favour amongft men. 
 
 in the twelfth houfe it raifcth enemies, df taineth ia 
 prifon, and inflideth many evils. 
 
 Tnfiitia in the fir ft houfe doth not abbre- 
 
 ^ via te life, but affl i Aeth it wi th many raolefti- 
 •^ :^ tions, (ignifieth a perfon of good manners and 
 if ^ carriage, but one that is folitary, and flow in 
 ^ i(L all his bufinefs and occafions, one that is fo- 
 litary, melmcholy , feldome laughing, but 
 moft covetous atter all things. 
 
 In the fecond houfe, it giveth much fubftanc'e and 
 riches, but rhey that have them (hall not enjoy them , 
 but shall racLer hide them , and shall fcarce afford to 
 themfelves food or fuftenancc therefrom ; treafureshall 
 not be found, neither shall the thief nor the theft. 
 
 In the third houfe (ignifieth a man to have few bre- 
 thren, but she weth that he shall ouc-livc them all, cau- 
 feth unhappy journeys, but giveth good faith. 
 
 In the fourth houfe it confuineth and deftroyeth 
 fields, pofTeflions and inheritances, caufeth a father to 
 be o!d and of long life , and a very covetous hocrder 
 apofmonev. 
 
 In the fifth houfe, it (ignifies no children , or tba^ 
 they shall loon die , sheweth a woman with child to 
 bring forth a woman-child,giveth no fame nor honors. 
 In the fixth houfe it she wetn that the fick shall die, 
 /Servants shall be good, but florhful, atid fignifics cattel 
 shall be of a fmail price or value, Irt 
 
1 28 7he Temple of Wifdome • Book. 3 . ^ 
 
 Jnthe fevcnth hoDfeitihewe^bthatthe wife (hall 
 foondte,and declareth fuits and contentions to be ve- 
 ly hoftful, and determining againft you. 
 
 In theeiglitb houfe it fignifies thekindofdeath to 
 be with long and grievous ficknefs, and much dolor 
 ^sod pato, giveth legacies and an inheritance, and in- 
 dowcth a wife with a portion. 
 
 InrhcRinthhoulc, it (heweth that he that isabfent 
 &atl pctiftt in bis journey, or fignifies tbatfome evil 
 iftftfcbance (hall happen unto him ^ caufeib 'ourneys to 
 fee vcfy unfortunate, but declareth men to be of good 
 R^fegion, devout, and profound tS'cholcrs. 
 
 \n the tenth houfe it fignifies Princes to be /cvcre, 
 lamt very good lovers of juftice, itcauieth jufi Judges, 
 ImE&eh as arc tedious and flow in determining of cau- 
 fo^bringeth a Mother to a good old age, with integri- 
 ty' and honeRy of life, but mixt with divers difcommo* 
 iiiiiesand misfortunes ; it raifeth to great Offices, but 
 ifeey &all not be long enjoyed nor pcrfevered in, it fig- 
 ©iJBics fueh ofBcesas do appertain to tbe water or tillage, 
 tssid manuring of the Earth, or fudi as are to be im- 
 l^loyid about matters of Religion and Wifdome. 
 
 Iftelie eleventh houfe it (ignifie«fcarcity of friends, 
 itfitl 5be death of friends, and alfo fignifies little love or 
 favour^ 
 
 la the twelfth houfe it (heweth no enemies, wrec- 
 «:?t!cdlycondcmneth the imprifoned, andcaufeth raany 
 ^ifeofflfBodities and difprofits to happen in ones life. 
 
 Capm I)yaconi6 in the firil houfe augrnenC* 
 ■^. >t eth life and fortune. 
 
 if. In the fecond houfe be incrcafeth riches 
 
 ■^ and fubflance, favethandconceaiethathiefj 
 
 ^ tnd fignifies treafure to be hid. 
 
 In the third bpuft it gtveth niany bre- 
 thren. 
 
Bcx)k 2. ihe Temfle oftVifdome. 129 
 
 thrcn ; caufech journeys, i^infmen, and good faith and 
 credic. 
 
 In the fourth houfe he giveth wealthy inhcrittncct, 
 caufeth the father to attain to old age. 
 
 In the fifth houfe it giveth many children 5 fignffies 
 women with child to bring forth women- childfen,aod 
 often times to have twins, it flicwcth great honwars 
 and fame , and fignifies news and rumours to be true* 
 
 In the fixth houle it increafeth fickncflcs and difea- 
 iej, fignifies the Phyfician to be learned, and giveth 
 very many fervants and chattel 
 
 Inthe(eventb houfe he fignifieth a man (hall have 
 many wives, multiplies and ftirreth up many advcrft- 
 riesand fuiis. 
 
 In the eighth houfe he flieweth the dcach rb be ccr- 
 tain, increafeth legacies and inheritances, and giveth a 
 good portion with a wife. 
 
 In the ninth houfe it fignifies many journeys, many 
 Sciences, and good Religion, and (hewcth thar thofc 
 that are abfent (hall foon return. 
 
 In the tenth houfe he fignities glorious Princes,grcat 
 and magnihcent Judges, great Offices, and gainful Ma-* 
 giftracic. Vti 
 
 In the eleventh houfe he caufeth many frrend^^kil 
 to be beloved of all men. 
 
 In the twelfth houfe it fignifieth men to have many 
 enemiesj and many women, detaineth the imprifontd, 
 and evilly puniiheth them. 
 
 Cauda Draconis in all and fin^ular the re- 
 
 i^ fpcftivc houfes aforcfaid, giveth thecontra- 
 
 * ry judgment to Cajfnt, And thefe arc the 
 . ^ natures of the figures of Geomancie , and 
 * >fc their judgtnents, in ail and fingular their hou- 
 fes, upon all manner ofqueftions tobcpro- 
 
 poundcd, 
 
150 Jhe TemfhofWifdome. Book 2. 
 
 pounded, of or concerning any matter or thing what- 
 loever. 
 
 But now in the manner of proceeding to Judgment, 
 this you are efpecially toobfeivc. That whcnfoever 
 any Queftion fhali be propofcd to you , which is con- 
 tained in any of the houfes, that yo^i fl^all not onely 
 anfwer, thereunto by the figure contaircd in fuch a 
 houfe ; but beholding and diligently refpeding all 
 the figures, and the index it felf in two hpufeS; you 
 fliall ground the Face of judgment. You Aall there- 
 fore confider the figure of the thing queiitcd or en- 
 quired after , if hefhall multiply himlelf by the other 
 places of the figure, that you may caufe them alfoto 
 be partakers in your juiigement • as f^T example, if a 
 queftion fliall be propounded of the fee nd houie con- 
 cerning a Thief, and the figure of the fecond houfe 
 (hallbefoundinchefixth, itdeclarerh the Thief tobe 
 fome of ones own houftiolQ or fervantj^ : and after this 
 manner fliall you judge and confider of the reft , tor 
 this whole Art confilkth in the Commixtures of the 
 figur(S, and the natures the'eof; which whofoever 
 doth rightly practice, he fliall always declare moft true 
 and certain judgments upon every particular thing 
 V 5/atfoever. 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book a. The TempU of Wtjdome, 1 3 1 
 
 CHAR. XVI. 
 
 of the two Witncjfes. 
 
 A Fter that wc have fufficiently treated of the twelve 
 -^houfcs and of the Figures, and of their tranflatibh 
 and cQBCord, and which be good, and which be bad. 
 Now reftech it to Ipeak of the two Witnc/Tesand of 
 the Judge,now muft you know that the two WitnelTes 
 be two figures drawn of the twelve figures of the Zo- 
 diack, whereof the one muft be placed iri the Figure 
 formed on the right fide, which is the thirteenth Fi- 
 gure, and is called the right Witnefsj the other muft. 
 be placed on the left fide of the Figure, and is the four- 
 teenth Figure , named the left Witnefs t the right 
 Wicnefsis pat for the Querent, and fignifietb all that 
 which by the firft Figure, and all the others which be 
 on the right fide (that is to fay, the fccond , third » 
 fourth, ninth, and tenth J is dilcerned, which is the 
 motive of the queftion before propounded. The left 
 Witnefs containeth all that which the figures do fig* 
 nifie which be on his fide, that is to fay, the fifth, 
 fixth, feventh, eighth, eleventh, and twelfth, on fuch 
 wife that the right Witnefs fignifieth the Querent , 
 and the left Witnefs the thing dttnanded, propounded, 
 and enquired. Befides this, the right Witnefs fignifieth 
 joy and happinefs of the thing lately paffed to the 
 pcrfon which propounded the queftion, and the left 
 Witnefs fignifieth hcavinefs, unquietncfs, androifiiap 
 of the thing to come, and put in queftion : you muft 
 further note, that chefetwo Witneffes be no houfes, 
 neither natural figures, but be only accidentals, taken 
 from the other to give a judgmeQt certain on the que- 
 ftion propounded. CHAP. 
 
122 iheJemfleeftVifclsme. Book 2, 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 of the Jndge. 
 
 THe Judge, or the fifteenth figure is procreated of 
 the two WitncfTcs to jiidge the end of all the fig- 
 nification of the demand, to know if it be good or. bad. 
 The which Judge ought always of nccefiity to be e- 
 vcn; forifitbe not, the figure ftiould be falfe: and 
 foifthe Judge be good, the (Ignification of the de- 
 mand (hall conne to a good end, and if he be ill, it (hall 
 come to an ill end. If the Judge do agree with the firft 
 and with the other figures which be on the right fide, 
 it fignifieth good to the Querent, and in the thing de- 
 manded. And if he agree with thofe on the left hand, 
 which be called the daughters, it lignifieth to the Que- 
 rent an ill iffue of the thing demanded. And f(Mnafl 
 ye fay and eftecm of the accord which he hath with 
 the right orlcft Witnefs,asye (hallfee by theexample 
 following, according to the dodors in this Art, as well 
 Hebrews as Ghaldctns, and others which have treated 
 thereof. 
 
 This 
 
This Table following ffiall ferveyou to know 
 theWitnefles and the Judge^s well even as 
 uneven, and the fignification which they have, 
 and alfo for the better playing : the judg- 
 ment of each Bgure and decnand propounded* 
 
 K k Poplin 
 
134 
 
 Populns 
 
 Even Witncffes 
 Judge 
 
 The Tem ple ofWif dom^ 
 
 Book 
 
 2 
 
 :* 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 
 Jitc 
 
 meJn 
 
 goods lyfc^-^tje^ 
 
 vvorfhii^ ^r^H-trU/^f^ 
 
 
 a witc 
 
 tworoan with child 
 
 ficknefs 
 
 ^J 
 
 n,ejn 
 
 m^an 
 
 mean 
 
 good 
 
 jfter the s 
 
 Ipri on 
 
 journey 
 
 thing loft 
 
 tcer ihe i 
 
 come out 
 
 
 * ■ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 good 
 
 good by water 
 found 
 
 Fofptltis 
 
 Even Witneffcs 
 Judge 
 
 woy!"l\'p__ 
 poSSTion 
 
 9 wife 
 
 ^wmaiTwUh c^^ 
 
 ficknerv 
 
 nrifon 
 
 thing ^oft 
 
 ?K * ^ 
 
 * * * 
 
 :^ ^^ ^^ * 
 
 >K * * * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 * >^ _ 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 &ood 
 
 grod 
 
 ill 
 
 d nigh re r 
 
 loon hraUh 
 
 loon crmc OUT 
 
 mean 
 
 nait <ound 
 
 not found 
 
Book 5 . 7he Tetttple oflVifdome 
 
 ijS 
 
 Popnlffs 
 
 1 * * * >K 
 
 * * "^ 
 
 
 * * * 
 
 * ^ * :+c 
 
 
 * * * 
 
 * * * 
 
 Even Witneffes 
 
 * * * :^ 
 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 Judge 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 
 * * 
 
 . * 
 
 life 
 
 mean 
 
 ill 
 
 fubftante 
 
 Worfliip 
 
 pofleflfion 
 
 mean 
 
 in 
 
 good 
 
 mean 
 
 fe^od 
 
 ill 
 
 a wife 
 
 woman with child 
 
 good- 
 
 ill 
 
 daughter 
 
 daughter 
 
 ficknefs 
 
 periiJous ."■ 
 
 hea.th | 
 
 prif«n 
 journey 
 thing loft 
 
 ^ong comc out 
 
 ^^^ t mean 
 
 found j olt 
 
 Poptilpis 
 
 * >K- * * 1 * :ic >K 
 
 
 * * * 
 
 * * * ;ic 
 
 
 * * * * 
 
 ^ ^ ?K 
 
 EvcnWittieff^s 
 
 * * * 
 
 
 
 * * . 
 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 Judge 
 
 * * 
 
 * i 
 
 
 -_ * 
 
 * * 
 
 life 
 
 good 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 ^ubftancc 
 
 |00d 
 
 worfhp 
 
 mean 
 
 lil 
 
 polkfTion 
 
 mean 
 
 good 
 
 a wife 
 
 woman with child 
 
 fickncis 
 
 prifon 
 
 good 
 
 ill 
 
 atcec ihe 
 
 daughter 
 
 heait) 
 
 ^ftcr the I 
 
 die therein 
 
 die therein 
 
 
 mean 
 
 iJl 
 
 h nj loll 
 
 ^ou"d part found ■ 
 
196 
 
 7he Temple of Wifdome. Book 2 
 
 Lttitia 
 
 Uneven Witneffes 
 Judge 
 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 
 * * * 
 
 * * * 
 
 * * 
 
 irte 
 
 good and long 
 
 mean 
 
 fubftance 
 
 crcrcaie 
 
 .ii 
 
 worlhif^ 
 
 goJd dignity 
 
 mean 
 
 poH.flion 
 
 good 
 
 m'- itn 
 
 a wife 
 
 good 
 
 mean 
 
 iwoman with child 
 
 Ton 
 
 daughter 
 
 ficknefs 
 
 healt'i 
 
 after the 1 1 
 
 |pii on 
 
 late out 
 good 1.1 end 
 found 
 
 come out 
 
 Tjurney 
 
 h-Ttful 
 
 .thing lofl: 
 
 toLind 
 
 Letitia 
 
 illncven Witneffes 
 Judge 
 
 * 
 * * 
 
 * * * 
 
 Jifc 
 
 iTienn 
 
 ill 
 
 Mubf^ancc 
 
 nu .<n 
 
 mean j 
 
 worlliip 
 
 mean 
 
 good 
 
 pofltfl'ion 
 
 mcrn 
 
 good 
 
 a wile 
 
 me;in 
 
 Ul 1 
 
 woman with c^iM 
 
 0- ughtcr 
 
 according ^o 5 
 
 (icVnefs 
 
 3frer tb^ 1 
 ccmeowr 
 
 dangerous 
 
 piifon 
 1 journey 
 
 come out 
 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 part toiind 
 
 part found 
 
Book 2. The Temple oflVifdome 
 
 Letitia 
 
 Unsven Witneflcs 
 
 Judge 
 
 Ife 
 
 uMtsice 
 
 worfti 
 
 polkdioii 
 
 wom.?n with ch Id 
 
 fickncfs 
 
 pnion 
 
 Journev 
 
 thing loft 
 Letitia 
 
 Uneven Witneffjs 
 
 Judge 
 
 ijfc 
 
 fubftance 
 
 rorlhp 
 
 polkliioa 
 
 \xt tound 
 
 parcycilded 
 
 t wre 
 
 woman with child 
 
 lickncfs 
 pr.fon 
 
 journey 
 
 J^hinglofl 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 •^ * 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 ^ -^ 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 * 
 
 
 mean 
 
 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 1 
 
 a Ton 
 
 health 
 
 flow 
 
 icturn 
 
 
 -i 
 
 found 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 good 
 
 mean 
 
 good 
 
 attcr the 5 
 
 atrcf the h 
 
 corneous 
 
 g ood by wate r 
 pare found 
 
I 
 
 5^ ibel'etnpkoffVifdome. Book !• 
 
 !^ 1 
 
 yf. ?fC 5jc ^ 
 
 * ^ 
 
 
 >K * ^ ' 
 
 ^ :^ 
 
 
 ^ * * 
 
 * * 
 
 Even Witneffcs 
 
 ^ >K ^ 1 
 
 * * , 
 
 
 * 
 
 >^ * 
 
 1 
 
 * . 
 
 * * 
 
 3 
 
 fudge 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 
 .fe 
 
 mean ' 
 
 Ul 
 
 
 uhftan /^ 
 
 ill 
 
 ■A'i 
 
 good I 
 
 
 ^or(h p 
 
 mean 
 
 
 ;)otieflion 
 
 ill 
 
 good 
 
 goo^ 
 
 
 iw'xic 
 
 ^c^d 
 
 
 iv«man virh -h Id 
 
 Ion 
 
 da .ghter 
 
 
 ficknelj. 
 
 health 
 
 1 dangerous 
 
 
 pr for^ 
 
 o c tor nothing 
 
 iill 
 
 
 ^.»ui'--ev 
 
 gfjfedby V -re*: 
 
 : goad by water 
 not found 
 
 
 kh..'P. iOlt 
 
 not tound 
 
 
 f<* 1 
 
 * * * 
 
 ~ ^ * 
 
 
 * * * 
 
 -^ * 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 :^ ^ * 
 
 [Even Witneffes 
 
 if. :=^ 
 
 * >i^ * 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 * :¥- 
 
 
 • 
 
 * 
 
 ^ * 
 
 
 Judge 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 * * 
 
 '* 
 
 
 life 
 
 cncan 
 
 mean 
 
 
 fubftance 
 
 mean 
 
 mem 
 
 
 worihip 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 
 pofleflio 1 
 
 i ean 
 
 mean 
 
 
 a mxc 
 
 mean 
 
 iil 
 
 
 w^man with child 
 
 atrer the ^ 
 
 j attcr the > 
 
 
 fickncfs 
 
 health 
 
 death 
 notour 
 
 
 prifon 
 journey 
 
 come out 
 
 
 nack 
 
 rctirn 
 
 
 thing lo 
 
 parr yielded 
 
 \ tound 
 
^ook 2. The 
 
 remj^U ofmfdome. 139 
 
 Via, 
 
 >fC •{< >jC 
 
 * -^ 
 
 
 >i< ^ 
 
 ^ 5fC •fC 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 * ^ ^ 
 
 Even Witneflcs 
 
 ^ * ^ 
 
 >K >K 
 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 
 ^ * 
 
 ^^ 
 
 Judge 
 
 ptc * 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 * * 
 
 life 
 
 mean 
 
 m 
 
 uoltance 
 
 mean 
 
 roe n 
 
 wvorfh p 
 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 polleliiou 
 
 mean 
 ill 
 
 good 
 
 a wife 
 
 111 
 
 woman wirh child 
 
 arte the ^ 
 
 aticr the 5 
 
 fickneU 
 
 death 
 
 death 
 
 pi lion 
 
 Mot out 
 
 net out 
 
 journey 
 
 return 
 
 late 
 
 thing Joft 
 
 tound 
 
 part tound 
 
 Via, 
 
 >K 7^ ^ 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 
 ^K ^ 
 
 * ^ * 
 
 
 . * >ic ^ 
 
 * ^ 
 
 EvenWitneff.s 
 
 * >K 
 
 * ^ * 
 
 
 * 
 
 * ^ 
 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 Jadge 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 
 :4^ * 
 mean 
 
 :>K 
 
 life 
 
 mean 
 
 fubftance 
 
 mean 
 
 meaa 
 
 worlhip 
 
 mean 
 
 ni an 
 
 poHellio.. 
 
 rrean 
 
 mean 
 
 a wi-^e 
 
 mean 
 
 n^ a 
 
 woman with child 
 
 a Ton 
 health 
 come out 
 
 alter the > 
 
 ricknels 
 
 hcaUh 
 
 jnlon 
 
 fQ(in out 
 
 journcf 
 
 late 
 
 good 
 
 ;hing loft 
 
 little lound 
 
 not tound 
 
140 
 
 Tiht'tcmfleofWifdome. Book i* 
 
 \Fort una major 
 Even Witneffes 
 Judge 
 
 nfe 
 
 fubftance 
 
 polieffion 
 
 S wife 
 
 woman wirb c'lild 
 
 fickncls 
 
 ppfori 
 
 |ouP2£v 
 
 chingloil 
 
 Fort una wdjor 
 
 EvcQ Witnefjcs 
 
 Judge 
 
 lift 
 
 fubftance 
 
 wortliip 
 
 a wite 
 
 woman with child 
 
 fickncfs 
 
 prron 
 
 Journey 
 
 thing lo t 
 
 
 * 
 
 good 
 
 gr od 
 
 p» fTl •illtl^ good 
 good by water 
 
 go^d 
 
 ai-Ti the 
 
 b<a!th 
 
 
 gooa 
 good 
 
 good 
 good 
 
 od 
 
 O 1 C Ort 
 
 c^meoor 
 
 good w tt. lp:c:d ^ difficu 
 found 
 
 tound 
 
 
 M^ Si"' 
 
 mean 
 
 ijl 
 
 iir 
 
 fon 
 
 hcaich 
 
 late 
 
 not found 
 
 mean 
 
 go 
 
 o-t 
 
 aitcr the > 
 after the I 
 die therein 
 
 e^n 
 
 tound 
 
Book. 2 7he Temple ofWifdome- 
 
 i4t 
 
 Tortunti major 
 Even Witncffcs 
 Judge 
 
 •X- 
 
 * 
 
 
 lite 
 
 m, -ii 
 
 IliC^U 
 
 toHftance 
 
 rae^n 
 
 
 'Ti an 
 
 wovihi- 
 
 good 
 
 HI >n 
 
 poikflion 
 
 m an 
 
 IK an 
 
 a wite 
 
 Ijood 
 
 -^vil 
 
 'woman witr child, 
 
 
 
 laiighcer ^ 
 
 jficknefi 
 
 health 
 
 pe'-i!'o..£ 
 
 iPrJlbn 
 
 C mc out 
 
 vVK harm 
 
 journey 
 ttiinglod 
 
 f.-or, r CL: n 
 
 
 arc 
 
 part tuand 
 
 n t iDuiid 
 
 FortHna major 
 Even VVitapffcs 
 Judge 
 
 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 
 
 Wc 
 
 eood 
 
 H. 
 
 lubltancc 
 
 goo.' 
 
 nica » 
 
 worfVii ' 
 
 go. a 
 
 ^ood 
 
 poiklTi >r\ 
 
 o..>H 
 
 evil 
 
 a Yntc 
 
 ^0<j 
 
 
 ev 
 
 w man with c nld 
 
 airtr the ^ 
 
 arc. r ;oe s 
 
 fcknefy 
 
 health 
 
 ^ 
 
 health 
 
 Drif n 
 
 comeou*- 
 
 I on oac 
 
 )oarnty 
 thirg loft 
 
 go^d 
 
 ve^y good 
 
 founa 
 
 n 'C found 
 
142 
 
 7he Temple ofWifdome. Book 2 • 
 
 Albns 
 
 Unevett Witneffei 
 
 Juclge 
 
 life 
 
 fubftance^ 
 
 worftiip . 
 
 p offeflion 
 
 wife 
 
 woman w un child 
 
 fickncfs 
 prifon 
 
 /euTney 
 
 hing loft 
 
 Uneven Wittieffe! 
 
 Judge 
 
 life 
 
 rubftincc_ 
 
 wmfhip 
 
 potkflion 
 
 nfr 
 
 woman with chii 
 
 fickncfs 
 
 piifon 
 
 journey 
 
 hinp loft 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 
 111 
 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 
 Tic 
 
 good_ 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 iil 
 
 good 
 ill 
 
 daughrer die 
 
 death 
 
 perillous 
 
 mean 
 
 not tound 
 
 after the f 
 
 health 
 
 late 
 
 good 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 *l 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 1 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 * 
 ^ 
 
 ,,.v,-^^ 
 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 ill 
 
 
 
 
 mean 
 
 ill 
 
 Jill 
 
 ' mean 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 not round 
 
 
 daughter 
 
 d»ath 
 
 not ou^ 
 'ill 
 
 not found 
 
 
 lutiftci 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 goo 
 
 gOf>d 
 
 atcr he c 
 
 neaicn 
 
 come out 
 
 good 
 
 Part found 
 
Book. 2 ihe Temple ofWifdome- 14? 
 
 Albtis 
 
 Uneven Witneffes 
 
 Judge 
 
 * * * 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 life 
 
 ?^Gd 
 
 Tub fiance 
 
 wor(hip 
 
 poireflion 
 
 mem 
 
 pood 
 
 ..i 
 
 goi'id 
 
 m-an 
 
 guod 
 
 a wte 
 
 gof^d 
 
 woman with fh;]cl 
 
 daughter 
 death 
 • die in pripn 
 
 atterch- 5 
 
 i^c-'nef-> 
 
 h.a.h 
 
 t>rMon 
 
 Li-n away 
 
 :liurn'-v 
 
 , a ffic . t 
 
 l<<)W 
 
 tun.g ioit ' pare tound 
 
 tound 
 
 Albm 
 
 Uneven Witneffes 
 
 Judge 
 
 * * * 
 * * 
 
 * . * 
 
 * * 
 
 * * 
 
 n^ean 
 
 Ife 
 
 Hi 
 
 lul)ftance 
 
 mearj 
 
 worfhifj 
 
 i ill 
 
 m?an 
 
 poavm-n 
 
 ill 
 ill 
 
 ! da^if^htcr 
 i health 
 
 mean 
 
 a Vfiie 
 
 m-an 
 
 w 'man with child 
 
 d:> 'eif"'ter 
 
 (IckneG 
 
 atrcr he i 
 
 pr'if n 
 
 1 come our 
 
 come out 
 
 j )Urncy 
 
 ' man 
 
 very good by warer 
 
 'thirg ioft 
 
 not found 
 
 part tound 
 
M4 Jheremfleofwifdome. Book 
 
 * * 
 
 * ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 ■ * 
 
 * >t^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 >i< 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 good 
 
 
 Rood 
 
 
 mean 
 
 Rood ' 
 
 mean 
 
 
 a Ion 
 
 heaJtn 
 
 
 
 ill 
 
 
 ill 
 
 
 ^ound 
 
 
Book 2, The! 
 Rfihfis 
 
 Uneven Witneffcs 
 
 Judge 
 
 emple ofWifdome. 
 
 145 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 life 
 
 ill 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 mean 
 
 ubftance 
 
 good 
 
 worOiiii 
 
 pood 
 
 yoifellion 
 
 ill 
 ill 
 
 daughter 
 
 mean 
 
 ~ 
 
 a wite 
 
 g^ 
 
 woman with child 
 
 attercie y 
 
 fickncfs 
 
 health 
 
 long ilck 
 
 priion 
 
 come out 
 
 l<*on ou K 
 
 
 lourney 
 
 ill 
 
 How 
 
 
 thing loft 
 
 not found 
 
 bund 1 
 
 Uneven Witneffes 
 
 Judge 
 
 
 * * ¥ ^ 
 
 * * 4c ¥ 
 
 life 
 ubftance 
 
 ill 
 
 very ill 
 
 
 ii) 
 
 very ill 
 
 
 w®r£htp 
 
 ill 
 
 very ill 
 
 
 pofl'eflion 
 
 ill verv iil 
 
 a wife 
 
 ill J whore 
 
 woman with child 
 
 after the ^ attcrthc5 
 
 ricknefs 
 
 in dangcc pcri'oi'.s 
 
 
 prifon 
 
 doubctul 
 ill - ' 
 
 death 
 
 
 fourney 
 
 1 robbed 
 not found 
 
 
 hir^ loft 
 
 not found 
 
 
146 
 
 7 he Temfle oj Wtjuome. 
 
 DOCK .2, 
 
 Tnfiitta 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 * * * * 
 
 
 ic Pt^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * * * * 
 
 
 * * ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * * * 
 
 Uneven Witneffcs 
 
 * 
 
 * 1 
 
 * * >tc 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * >K 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * * 
 
 Judge 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 life 
 
 ill 
 
 uffic.nt 
 
 tubttanc^ 
 
 meat* 
 
 iuflicienc 
 
 wOrihip 
 
 ill 
 
 Sufficient 
 
 poHcllion 
 
 eood 
 
 ri 
 
 fi fficicnc 
 
 |a wife 
 
 fufft icnt 
 
 woman vviih child 
 
 a rt- t 
 
 
 
 fickneG 
 
 d.-ath 
 
 
 
 tea !> 
 d.-ath 
 
 prilon 
 
 d.,-.rh 
 
 loumev 
 
 ..1 - 1.1 1 
 
 thine: 1^'^ 
 
 not toiin. 
 
 
 ''curd 1 
 
 tFrtJhtia 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 
 * * 
 
 * 1 
 
 * ?ic >K ^ 
 
 
 * * 
 
 * 
 
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 >ic ^ >i^ ^ 
 
 Uneven Witnefles 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 >i^ * >^ 
 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 :^ * 
 
 Hge 
 
 >i< 
 
 * 
 
 
 >^ ^ 
 
 i 
 
 * 
 
 
 * 
 
 jlite 
 
 li. 
 
 
 
 mem 
 
 iubltance _ 
 
 I'.] 
 
 mc-n 
 
 wor{lVw> 
 
 Hi 
 
 il' 
 
 poticiho'i 
 
 ill 
 
 '11 
 
 
 — - 
 
 .1 
 
 ja wife 
 
 111 
 
 Iwonian withcnild 
 
 ion 
 
 d^u^htcr 
 
 fickncis 
 
 111 
 
 ill 
 
 prilon 
 
 ill 
 
 
 
 ill 
 
 journey 
 
 ill 
 
 
 
 ill 
 
 thine lot n-^t found 
 
 not found 
 
Book 2, ^ The Temple of Wij dome. 
 
 147 
 
 Trifim 
 
 Uneven Witneffcs 
 
 life 
 
 Cubftancc 
 
 Judge 
 
 Worfh'o 
 
 
 
 
 ill 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 Ci-ie^iion 
 
 • wite 
 
 woman with child 
 
 ficknefs 
 
 >rilon 
 
 journey 
 
 thing loft 
 
 Jriftitia 
 
 Uneven Witneffes 
 
 Ju^Jge 
 
 life 
 
 fubftance 
 
 worfh'p 
 
 poflcffion 
 
 a wife 
 
 woman with child 
 
 ill 
 
 atter the ^ 
 
 ill 
 
 w 
 ill 
 
 not found 
 
 
 * 
 
 *j 
 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 good 
 
 ill 
 
 ill 
 
 atter chc 5 
 
 health 
 
 come out 
 
 very late 
 
 not found 
 
 
 >t; * 
 * 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 good 
 
 5t 5t 
 
 * 
 
 ill 
 
 good 
 
 good 
 
 g ood 
 daughter 
 
 very ill 
 
 ill 
 
 very ill 
 
 ill 
 
 after the $ 
 
 peri'ous 
 
 
I48 r he Temple of Wtf dome. Book 2- 1 
 
 ^HCU 
 
 yf * 
 
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 ^ * * 
 
 ^ ^ * >i^. 
 
 
 5j<C ^ 5j< 
 
 ^ * * 
 
 Uneven Witncffcs 
 
 * * 
 
 * * >t^ 
 
 
 * * 
 
 ^ >ti 
 
 
 * 
 
 * * 
 
 Judge 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 
 * * 
 
 ^ 
 
 lif^ 
 
 mean 
 
 mean 
 
 iiibftaace 
 
 mea!> 
 ill 
 
 good 
 
 wO'i'b p 
 
 RaOd 
 
 p,:. ' Hum 
 
 ill 
 
 mean 
 da ghcer 
 
 good 
 
 a wi,<' 
 
 ^ood 
 
 w ra.n wiCii cuiia 
 
 1 fon 
 
 f?ckner<; 
 
 attcrt c I 
 
 lieaicn 
 
 pri'O'i 
 
 uutby ill 
 
 :omc out 
 
 I'Kjnev 
 
 perillous 
 
 good 
 
 thire:^'^'' 
 
 r>?rt f''n^^ 
 
 i ourd 
 
 Ftff//*« ^ ^ ^ 
 
 >f ^ >ic 
 
 I 
 
 * * * * 
 
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 ; 
 
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\6^ ^ The temple of iVifdeme. Book 2 
 
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 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 Eholdhow the Stars, Angels, and Genii com- 
 municate their vertues in Dreams. And this 
 hath been defer ibed unto you by this Tabic 
 here before, by adifcourfe, the fignification of the 
 judge, and of the Wicneffcs even and uneven, to the 
 end you raay the eafilicr give a certain judgment of the 
 Figures as they flial! fall, having fometimcs like figni- 
 fication and imp( rrancc for iandry demands,andfomc- 
 time unlike, IS to kno^v if that a pcrfon (hall be of long 
 life or (hort, if) e (hall have the goods and rucccfiion 
 of his father, >f it be good to buy Lands and Lord(hips, 
 if it be good to take a wife, and whether (he ftall be 
 good or bad, and whether a woman with child (hall 
 have a (on or a daughter, or if a ffck perfon (hall amend 
 of that difeafc, or that he which is in prifon shall quick- 
 ly come forth , or if it be good to take a Voyage in 
 hand, whether a thing loft shall be found again. And 
 fo of all other queftionsand demands which may bena 
 med, according to the example here before (et out ) 
 whereby you may by your own felf without any fur- 
 ther declaration know the hqures which be good for 
 one demand, and thofe which hold no more on the one 
 fids then on the other. Moreover, 1 have here placed 
 the ngure Popuh^ for a Judge, contrary to the opinion 
 of all the Dodors in this Science, the which (ay ali 
 witjione accord, that when she is found in this place, 
 that then the figure formed is not to be made, or que 
 ftion propounded, is not to be judged by him, but that 
 qucftion mufl- be judged by the four angles and other 
 rules which we will hereafter shew, by the which they 
 
 may 
 
COOK 7. ipe lempie oj yyjjaumc, lu/ 
 
 may be as well and cercainly judged , a^ by^be Judge 
 himfelf. 
 
 NoW yoa mud note that the Angels and Genii come 
 down with their infiuential power by the beams of the 
 Planets to the earth^as you find by the figures of A ftro^ 
 inancie and Geomancie> to the bodies of men in theic 
 Dreams. Many of the ancient learned Hebrews ^ 
 Greeks, and Lacines , have handled the .fubjed of 
 Dreama, and in thefe lad ages divers hare written of 
 them, but with fo little affurance and probability, tbac 
 amongd a thoufand fignifications , there are hardly 
 two true , having no more experience for what they 
 advance then Conjedures and Imaginations^ whereof 
 they have made large Volumes, which have rendred 
 them that dudied them more anxious and perplexed 
 then they were before for their dreams. But they are 
 deceived though learned^ not knowing that a thou- 
 fandi nay ten thoufand dreams which pofltfs the fpiric 
 of man every night are nothing but a reminifcerice of 
 their former adions ; the which thing is common td 
 him with the beafts, and that the occupation whicb 
 the pcrfon thought moft concerned his life and lively- 
 hood, is that which reprefents ic fclf every night* Wit- 
 nefs the Fiflierman o^ Theocruns^ in the 22. EdylL 
 Tl£ffA y.dav ipT^i ixJL'J]iviJv.i^ '*;Aa <aL>ft)^&:c. which CUih 
 dtan hath neprefented in thefe Verfes ; 
 
 Omm4 qudfenfn volvuntur vota diurno, 
 
 FeBorefoptto reddit atfiica ^uies, 
 Fenator [ua fejfa toro cum membra refonit , 
 
 Mens tamexi adfylvas & fua ififira redij^ 
 Judiciffm lites^ aurig^ [omnia cnrrhs^ 
 
 VnaqMe noilurnts metacavctfir €quu% 
 
 M m 2 Which 
 
1 6 8 _ ' \he He ^f pie of mjdome. Book 2, 
 
 Which in cf&A is no more but this : 
 
 ■^ ^ -The Hunter, Lawyer, Garter, atl refent 
 
 ^ *^ *a he fcnfc ^f what hath pad the day fore^fpcnr. 
 
 All 4i(ireeRgafnt Vxprcfiions oftfie Poets give us 
 plainly tb fee that whtch Antiquity thought divine in 
 dreasv^,' was indeed nothing but folly , and that in this 
 ca(e thet^ is no difference between a man and a beaft t 
 feeing alfo Snlbmon the wifeft that ever was of men, 
 hath faidv That the end of the Ions of men and the 
 end of beafts is the fatiie thing as to t'b'em ; as tht bne 
 dies, fo dcth the other, and they have all the fame fpi- 
 rit, and a man narnfatiyis nomore then a beaf^, fof all 
 is vanity ; all goes to the fame place, all is duft, and 
 all (hall return into dufl- • who is it thiit knows that 
 thefpiritof thet tbildrcn of men afcends upon high, 
 andtbefp'fritof the be^ft defcends under the earth ? 
 for who (fan bring it back to fee what was become of I 
 it ? Wherefore { have found nothing better then that 
 a man ili'otild re;oyce in the works of of his hands. If 
 therefore this be doubtful, who will attribute divini- 
 ty to fo many fottirhvifions dreamed by grofs people, d 
 feeing ill that is under heaven iS nothing but folly , " 
 and humane wifdome, both which are but one thing ? 
 If a thoiifand figures arc fecn by a Ruftick in his deep, 
 cvenfo it istK^ich alabotiring bcafl- 5 if the one chafes, 
 the other wjII ilicw it is angry 5 all their palTionsarc 
 alike, and they arc both of the fame thing ; the hope 
 ofonefe the hope of the other, but death reduceth all 
 things the one out of a tonfidcration grofly embra- 
 ced by him, and the other deprived of all confolation> 
 having not a rcaion (Irohg enough for difcourfe, which 
 
 is 
 
Books. 7he Temple of IVifdo/^G. 169^ 
 
 is the Sovcraigocy of mans acquificion. But how is ic 
 that a dream is natural to a roan, and by the means of 
 dreams the more fubtle have perfwaded thofc that 
 were icfs, to many things; and fit^ding <ome things fall 
 out according to their dcfire, have given their Dreams 
 the nam« of Prophecies, to the end they might be the 
 better received, laying, that things to come were con- 
 tained in thefe riddles ? lo honeft and fimpl^arcwc, 
 that foralittje peace", we without any troubles take 
 dreams for things corporally fecn ; nay, tha? which 
 hath but the appearance of an hiftoricai truth , for a 
 thing decreed certain and true ; and are (I know not 
 what force it is to the SoveraignJ much mot^mifera- 
 ble then the Canadiens ^ making our felves our own 
 flaves, through our own means and inventions, load- 
 ing our felves with thole burdens wherewith ouf 
 (boulders are crulhcd when we think of them> depri- 
 ving our felves by that means of the pleaCureO;f this 
 life and the enjoyment of our labours : whi<:h it it be 
 a felicity is fath a one as the moll miffrablc beaft with- 
 out ic, is happier then we ; for as J hive faid, dreams 
 arc equal to them with u<7, though 1 prefumeto fay 
 that a man hath fomewhac more then is ordinary to 
 hearts, foroedreams being to him the fore-runners of 
 fome fortunes or misfortunes, which follow him the 
 day after they have been feea and dreamt. Qf thefe 
 by fearching into the ancient Cabaiifts , Mecubalift^ 
 and Madorets, 1 find to the number of 7^ which are 
 eafily undcrftood by thofe who know the temperament 
 ofthole that have dreamed them, andnototherwife; 
 they fliould alfo know the day of the Moon and the 
 hour of the night they were dreamed in. If thefe 
 dreams exceed 7^, and that the-e be fomcthing more 
 then ordinary that happens by fome means more then 
 
 Mm 5 com- 
 
170 ike TemfleoflVifdeMe, Book 2- 
 
 common, and thelc drcaqs happen 2. 3- 6. p. and 4 2. 
 months before their effcAs arc fecn. But bccaufe I have 
 ftudicd dreams more then the ordinary Sciences, Aave 
 added to this my Temple this Chapter of Oncirocracie, 
 that is to fay, the judgement of dreams, from thcfe 
 two greek words, ov^c^-.- ^ i.e. fomm^tm & ^ xe'i'^, 
 \udic^^ i.e. to judgc ofdrcams. But because 1 have given 
 it place here, I have made follow this fecond nomina- 
 tion of the Aparition of dreams, which is fully re- 
 prefentcd without difguife, thatevery one whatever 
 fee be may rcceive-the comfort of his dreams, being cer- 
 tain forerunners of the affairs of the day following, 
 'lis not only the fimple man that is concerned herein, 
 but the Monarch, King, Princejand any one whatever 
 ftall hence receive latisfadion, and may prevent much 
 evil and misfortunes that might dayly happen to him, 
 and alfo anticipate much good. But all muft be known 
 Ihroagh the fccrets o^ the Hebrew MafTorets which 
 reprc(enj them to u% and according to them the t8. 
 nights aiid days of the moon, not with any conformity 
 to what they are in our Geomancy, but according 
 to the Mcditarivesof the faid Maflbrets which arc re- 
 ferred to the nighrs of the Moon, and to each of the 
 dreams, and to thofe other three fo not to omit the 72. 
 ^ome there are, theformuJariryofwhofe pofition is as 
 is to be fecn hereafter, and is to be cbferved by the 
 curious; for thcfe nights and days here rcprefentcd are 
 not to be negledcd, but known : for before that I de- 
 clared and (hewed them in this place, they were known 
 only of Cod. Befidcs this, there is nothing true in mat- 
 ter of dreams: for all that Artemidorus, Cardan M- 
 fh't^s, d^e- have written thereof are nothing but mif- 
 ttkes and brutalities not differing from the dreams of 
 ibcmo{l5avage creatures, wherein as they ha^e de»- 
 
 ccivecj 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple ofWifdome, 171 
 
 ceired others, fo chey have been deceived tbemfelves- 
 Behold then how our days ate according to thee Aic^ 
 c$thalij^s^ and the nights for the dreams feeing that by 
 them'they acknowledge one true God, and expeA the 
 fame hope in the Meffias. Which dreams the Greeks 
 who learned fomewhat out of the J cwifh 5cbool, have 
 called Hyperphyfical, or ati^'juT^a ; and they difpofe 
 the iS days or nights in this mann^. 
 
 I. Thefirft day of the Moon, or the fir it night wher- 
 in it was created by the Eternal for to give it light, wa$ 
 the fourth ofthe creation and difpofitionof this All, 
 and the firlt of its newnels, which by the Hebre\^s is 
 called aAlnath, that is to fay ComHta ^ricti6^ which 
 is the beginning ofthe Moon ; all thefe nominations 
 are before, asalfo in Com. Agri^pa in the 2. book 
 of his OccHlt, Philof. All the dreams that auy one (htU 
 dream, fliall be very true, and fhall happen to the fatis- 
 fadion and joy of the parties, and the child that (hall 
 be born that firft day, (hall be long-lived. 
 
 (4) 2 . The fecond night or fecond day, which 
 
 ^ was the fifth of the Creation, the volalatiles, 
 
 >ic reptiles 9 fi(hcs and creatures of the earth 
 
 ^ ^ were created ; The Hebrews give this day 
 
 ^ Enediel for Genius^ and for houfethe belly of 
 
 ArieSyVner {v) called Albothafi -, this day is 
 
 very fortunate to make fome not ordinary learches,the 
 
 dreams of the night are unprofitable, the child born 
 
 (hall grow very fenfibly and faft. 
 
 3 . The third night and third day which is the (ixth 
 
 ofthe Creation, which is in the extremity of Aries A- 
 
 thorage^ Was A^am created ; the dreams are very good 
 
 and the child born that day fhall be very fortunate 
 
 ;Chroagh Kings and Princes. 
 
 M m 4 4- The 
 
J 7 2 The Jcntple efivifdome. BOok 2 . 
 
 ( ^ ) 4 • The fourth day or night wai the fourth 
 
 % ^ K>i the Moon, (he going out Aries^ which 
 j^c :^ had been three days in entring into Aldehran 
 
 if, in the eye ofT^mrns^ Hafma^iel ( h ) into this 
 i^ :^ night is unhappy; he that Falls (ick that ni^ht 
 is in danger of death; the dream of that nigbc 
 Vvillbc of no effed ; that day was the Sabbath. 
 
 5. The fiuh day,#c is a day that is fit to begin a 
 good work, or build upon the water ; if the dream be 
 good, it will have its per fcdcffcd; if it be unlucky, it 
 VilW not ; the child born that day is a Traitor. 
 
 (c) 6. The fixth day the Moon enters Gewi- 
 -^ -jf yfj hrfl: houfe ofyi/er^»r7,and taphthartharath 
 5^ >^ Amhriel in {c) this houie called Jlchataya) in- 
 
 ^ tioiatcs that the perfon that is run a- 
 :^ ^ way,or the bcaft that is gone aftray (hall be 
 found and taken ; the dreams of this night 
 flaall be fufpended, and the child born will not be long- 
 lived, 
 
 7. The feventh day or night, which day was, 
 as fome affirm, the day wherein were all the ceremo- 
 nies of the law inftituted, the ficKnefTes that fhall be 
 taken :hat day fhall' be Icon healed ; the dreams muft 
 be kept fecrtt and not revealed, and he that is born 
 fliall live a long and painful life. 
 
 (d) 8. The eighth day, the Moon enters into 
 :^ ■:^. Ca-/icer^^nd Haf rnodii runs into Mune/ in (d) 
 ■:^ y^ which makes the firft quarter; this p ace is 
 :^ ■:^ called Ainaz^a \ the dreames of that day or 
 if yf night, are innfl certain and true : the child 
 
 born fhall belong lived. 
 9*On theninthdayofthi^'-'Mbon /he is in the fe- 
 eond part oiCaTtctr: all dreams are good and happy 
 thenexcday, " -- ^ V' 
 
 10. The 
 
Book 2 . 7he Temfle eflVifdome. 175 
 
 (^) •' 10. The tenth, the Moon enters the firll 
 
 if, yf hoafc of Leoy and Soraih Verchiel in (e) which 
 
 if, if theonlyhouleoF the Sun; the dream of that 
 
 if night (hall come to pafs foon after : this 
 
 if houfe is dangerous for them that fall fick: the 
 
 child born ftiall live long, the Sun being the 
 
 giver of years, 
 
 1 1 . The eleventh, which is the fecond day of Leo^ 
 Alcharphy wherein governs the fpirit Bahie/^ the enc- 
 mie of dreams, for which rcafon they arc of no eflfed 
 the child born (hall have much affliwion by realon of 
 travels. 
 
 1 2. The twelfh day, when the Moon is in the tail 
 of the Lion, the dream is good and turns rather to a 
 good then ill efl^ed ; the child born will be of good un- 
 derftanding,expertand artificial in all things, and long* 
 lived. 
 
 (f) I ^ The thirteenth day, that the Moon en- 
 if if tcrs f^trao called Alhayrel ani Taphthartharath 
 
 i^ HHtnaltfl in (/J the dreams are true.* the. 
 
 5^ child born (hall be a fool, and a Zeloc. 
 if if 14. The fourteenth day is ftill Vtrgo ; the 
 dreams are in fufpcnfe, hut the child born 
 in this part of the fign will be accomplifhed in all 
 things, and his C7f«w will be of the hierarchic of Z/- 
 riel under the Prince CafieU 
 
 ig) 1$. The fifteenth day or night is indifferent, 
 
 :=ic thacistofay^ neither good nor evil: as to 
 
 ^ >i< ficknei^ this day is mortal, tNisday tbe Moon 
 
 * enters Lthra^ and KedemelZfinel^nd, ( g) 
 
 ^ the dreams are moft true, and the child born 
 
 ihall be of the nature and complexion of 
 
 VeHHS* 
 
 i<5# The 
 
^74 ^^^ Temple of mfdome. Book 2. 
 
 16. The fixtenth day or nig^t the dreams fliall be 
 effeftual ; the child born (hall live long, Fennt being 
 the giver of years* 
 
 (i) 17. The fcventcenth the Moon enters 
 
 5^ :^ Scorpio^ and the fpirit Barz-ahl Governs (h) 
 
 ^ if it be Saturday the day is fo much the more 
 :^ ^ unfortnnite ; the dreams (hall not have any 
 ^ ^ effefttillthree da) s after, and the child born 
 (hall be unhappy in all things. 
 
 i8. The eighteenth of the Moon, which is the fecond 
 day of ^ , the dreim is certain ; the child (hall fuf- 
 fer much travel, yet (hall come to the higheft honours 
 and dignities. 
 
 19. The nineteenth day or night the Moon enters 
 into the Uft part of Scorpio^ where governs Hi/e : this 
 day is dangerous, and the dreams ill; 'the child born 
 (hall be mifchievous, a thief and deceiver., 
 
 (f ) 20. The twentieth of the Moon, the moon 
 ^ ^ enters -t the houfe of Jupiter and, Hafmad 
 
 •^ and 9/i^yachiel are in ( 1 j the dreams are 
 -^ ^ true ; the child born fhall be a deceiver and 
 
 :ic mifchievous. 
 
 21. The twenty firft night or day of the 
 Moon, this day (hall be good enough, but the dreams 
 (hall be vain and unprofitable ; the child born (ball be 
 corpulent and ftrong, but a cheat. 
 
 (k.) 22. The twenty fecond day the Moon ca- 
 
 >lc tiinginto yp the firft houfe of S<^turn go- 
 ?^ :^ veined by the fpirit Geliel and Zaz.el and the 
 ^ ^ Idea Ha^aei who will be in ( /^ J the dreams 
 
 ^ are true and the child born (hall be good and 
 docile, but not live long, 
 
 15. The twenty third day (hall be governed by vy 
 2LndSatf4rfit the day will be more fortunate then the 
 
 firlt 
 
Book ^. TheT entfU ef Wifdome. 175 
 
 firft,bac the dreams of the night are falle : the chil- 
 dren born (hall be ill-fliaped and deformed, yet will 
 have good underflandings. 
 
 24. The twenty fourth, the laft day of \r being ter- 
 nary, in this day or night, for the Intelligent though 
 ir be of Mfirs is 'iK^^n: which will aflill him : the 
 dream will be without any effed ; the child born will 
 be mild and gentle, and (hall love feafling. 
 
 (/) 25. The twenty fifch day or night cntrcd 
 :^ ^ death among tbe Egyptians for their incre- 
 -^ if. dulity : the Moon enters into Aqu^ritis the 
 if if, 7. houfe of S4turn and CAmbiel : ( / ) the 
 
 if dreams are unfortunate, and the child born 
 (hall be much fubjed to dangers , misfor- 
 tunes, and adverfities. 
 
 26. The twenty fixth ^^y^Mofes^ as they tell us, di- 
 vided the £m^r^^« Sea, to make a paffage for them 
 whom he brought from captivity and bondage, be- 
 cause of their (icknefs that was odious to all, they were 
 enlightned by the fpirit "rNro^ their Protedour ; 
 which isthereafon tb^Lthedrearos are certain: and 
 the child born being come to perfedion (hall be rich 
 and much efleemed. 
 
 27 The twenty feventh daiy Jnda^ Maccabeus got 
 hit great Vidory, which came from the hand of him 
 whom he adored, by his faith, and the Genias which 
 governed was Vnu^ This night is ftrong for dreams 
 and for the birth of children. 
 
 28 The twenty eighth, he that falls fick dies; 
 dreams are not good to any,& mens (pirits are troubled 
 with foolifti opinions in Religion^ children born wildie 
 or if they exceed five monechs they become Idiots and 
 Zelots, that is to fay, as natural Fools. 
 
 Let us fee pur 73 Diyine Dreams. The Reader 
 
 mud 
 
iy6 ihe Temple ofWifdome- Book. 2 . 
 
 inuft confider the humour of the Dreamer, and the 
 nightte (hall dream, by the Capital Letters of each 
 humour; as the .Jaoguinc by S the Mclancholiekby 
 M. the Cbolerick by C. and the Flcgmatick by F. 
 The dreams do alfoanfwcr the great my fteries of the 
 Cabalifts, with the Mecubalifts, and M^lTorets. Where- 
 in the Ancients affirm they have found much certainty. 
 But you muft oblervc your figures of Aftromancic and 
 Geomancic , we will teach you the fignificacions of 
 Aftromancie, and you will learn without teaching by 
 the Auies before. 
 
 7he ^ in thefirfi Face of^. 
 
 1 To dream that one fees hair, is infallibly to a 
 fanguine to fee fome men whoro he was not wont to 
 fee; if they arc white,thcy are friends; if red, envious 
 perfons ; if black, Enemies. But with melancholick 
 pcrfons 'tis quite otherwife; to cbolerick men, the red 
 lignifies the enemies. Read the Harmony of the world. 
 
 ihefeconel Face of'^» 
 
 2 To dream that one hath much money and to 
 count it, to the Sanguine) it is to be deceived, good for 
 thQM, indifferent to the C. and F. 
 
 Ike third Face of '^^ 
 
 :i To worfhip (Sod, to be m a Church and do fome- 
 wha^ that is religious , to the <S. it is joy^ fotothe^. 
 'but ill fox the F, and AX. 
 
 1^ In 
 
Book 1 . The temple oftVifdome, ^ ^ 
 
 ^jnthefirfiFaceof^. 
 
 4 To dreim that ones beard is (havjcd, to tht S. it U 
 melancholy and affliftion ; to the M. good, to tbcC. 
 raadnefs> to the F. indifferent. in* 
 
 jhe fecond face of ^. 
 
 Viii 
 
 5 To have a long or little beard, by the great, is the 
 friendfliip of feme great perfon, or his enmity by the 
 little one, the firft is to the fanguine, the laft for the 
 
 F. and M* 
 
 Jhe third Face of ^, 
 
 6 Who dreams that he hath teeth drawn , to a 5. 
 it is lofs of friends, to the F. a fign of tooth-ach, to the 
 M. and C- indifferent . 
 
 7 To be in a dilpuft of Religion 9 or fee the myftc- 
 ries of our Religion in contempt, is an ill dream to the 
 5. That happened to a friend of mine which was ia 
 prifon ; for he faw that night which was the fifth; 
 the man that caufed him to be taken did reprelent one 
 difputing with an ill feature and cruel counte- 
 nance; to the 4/. it is honour, to the cholcrick con- 
 tempt and prejudice. 
 
 jhefirJiFaceof^. 
 
 8 To fight with Serpents or Toads and to deftroy 
 them, fignifies to the «$*. viftory over his enemies , but 
 to the M, to fall under the burden ; to the F. fome af- 
 
 fliftion 
 
^i7o ihe lemple efWifdome. Book 2 < 
 
 -flii^ion^ CO the cholcrick to kili>or do mifchief* 
 
 ThefecehdFacedf j£. 
 
 9 To dream that he kiffes, or lives with a Maid or 
 Woman with feme pleafure^fignificsfomeconteftation 
 to the 5. that day will not pafs without fome quarrel ; 
 but to the flegraatick it is nothing , to the cholerick 
 fleacb or wounds, to the Af. little or nothing* 
 
 The third Face of ^. 
 
 I o To drink when one is very dry, is affuredly fick- 
 ncfs , if the dream be at the break of day , after digc- 
 flion ; if the party lie upon the left (Ide, this is ill to 
 thefanguine,but to theil2. health. 
 
 ihefirJiFaceof^. 
 
 I I To flie high is a fign of praife, and the party is 
 praifcd according to the heighth ? if it be above the 
 water, and that he fcems to himfelf to be of a fair phy- 
 fiognomie, it is all the honour and reputation that can 
 be for the 5. but contempt to the A/. 
 
 ihefecoftdfaccof^* 
 
 12 To hear the bells ring , is to the S\ good, but to 
 draw the rope of a bell , and to fee a (pirit hindring it 
 to found, if it be a Pried that hath dreamt it, he will 
 have fome trouble in his funiftion, if he befinguinc; 
 as for the AI, they are their ordinary dreams. 
 
 the 
 
Book 2 . The Temfle ofPVifdome. 179 
 
 ihe third Face of s. 
 
 1 3 To fee the Crqws or other birds of prey flying^ 
 tbac being in an ill night, it is all ill and rueful ; let the 
 S. beware the prifon, the M, the death, the C* P"fon 
 and troubles, &c* 
 
 14 He that dreams this fourteenth night that he 
 lies with his mother, or any of his kindred, and knows 
 «ny of them, doubtlefly there will happen to him fome 
 great misfortune, and fome anger crofs to all hu- 
 mours. 
 
 ThefrJiFaceofSl. 
 
 15 To fpeak to the King in this fifteenth night, is 
 a very good dream ; for to the S, it is honour and pro- 
 fir^ to the M, that are in hand with fome bafmeffes, ic 
 is a fign that all they undertake (hall have a good 
 iffue, 
 
 16 To gather (ome fruit whereof the trees are abun- 
 dantly loaden, is gain and profit to the ¥• and honour 
 to the S. 
 
 1 7 To give a ring, or fome precious thing, is to the 
 S. lofs, but to the C* profit, indifferent to F. and M. 
 
 ihfecondface of c$l. 
 
 18 To climb up fome high place, and fee precipices, 
 the fight whereof is fearful, it is the fear of Juftice, or 
 offome great per fon that threatens our fortune; iiic 
 be a S, this dream ia not good. 1 9, To 
 
■^iBo The TePfple ofWifdof»e. Book 2 
 
 19. Todream of fire > and to receive hurt by feek- 
 ing tp quench it , tnd not be able to do it, to a C. it is 
 quarriekand combaw; to the^. itis indifferent, but 
 n^tfbcbas tochcC, 
 
 20 Tofee fire fall from heaven, fignificsfome ex- 
 traordinary thing; if it be a King or f rince that dreams 
 it/it is a War in their Country. 
 
 ihc third face of Si, 
 
 II To marry a woman or be at a wedding, iti^ da- 
 mage by the death of iome friend or other. 
 
 22 To be (lark naked in a Church is an ill dream to 
 a S. but to the melancholick very good. 
 
 23 To fing confufedly in the Church, fo that one 
 undcrflands not the other, it denotes Tome difpute 
 about matters in Religion, and bad for the i1/. and p.' 
 
 '^A^ frjifice of f^. 
 
 V ■ ■ ■ I 
 
 24 To dream to have a new marriage, and to think 
 that he hath a fair woman, and to do the part of a 
 husband, it denotes fome great peril or accident the 
 next day, or fome danger oi death, and that for the S. 
 and C principally. 
 
 25 To hear Serpents is a good dream and a fign of 
 viftory over his Enemies, 
 
Book ? . T^e Temple ofWifdome. 1 8 1 
 
 ihefecondface of np. 
 
 26 To draw teeth, is the lofs of friends, whether 
 by death, failing out, or diftruft5that is certain to the 
 C. and S* 
 
 ihe third Face of ne- 
 
 27 To fee Souldierie, the thing 'it fclf will certainly 
 happen to the S. which I have my felf obferved above 
 100 times; but it isdifquiet to the F. 
 
 ihefirfiFaceof^. 
 
 28 To feem to have an ugly beard and great, or to 
 dream that fome body plucks it, it is carefalnefs, peril, 
 and anger to the M. F. and G. 
 
 ihefecond Face of ^. 
 
 29 To have ntuch vermine ?.bout one, and to be 
 troubled in killing of them, it is afignoli money and 
 riches. 
 
 ihe third Face of^, 
 
 30 To fee the Sun and Moon greater then ordinary, 
 is a good dream. 
 
 31 Tobcatafeaft and toeatroft meat greedily, 
 is ficknefs to the 5. and -F. 
 
 No rhc 
 
1 82 ihe temple of Wi [dome. Book 2. 
 
 7hefirJlFaceof^. 
 
 g2 To gather fomc fair fruit, as Cherries, Plums, 
 Peaches, Apricocks, is a good fign of encretfe of riches 
 to the S. and M. but it'one e^it of thole fruits which fee 
 the teeth on edge, it is an iU emcn to ^he C. and F* 
 
 35. To go up a high Mountain, an^ that with pains 
 and fear becaufeof the precipices, it denotes through 
 much pains one (hall come to the honours and digni- 
 ties which he purfues ; this dream is ill to the M. if 
 they dream it not juft when they go to bed. 
 
 34 To hear do^si3arkat him, and to purfue them, 
 or that they purfue him, is either tobeovercoracby his 
 enemies, er to overcome them in purfuii. 
 
 ihc fecofid Face of . 
 
 ; 5^ To hear Crows croak, or to iee Monks^ are ill 
 Ji cams to S, they (^gnifie nothin;^ but fadnefs^ 
 
 i6 To make much of a handfome woman, and yet 
 c fraid to come near her, is a good dream and repre- 
 . •:-s veituous adions. 
 
 V 
 
 : 7 Who dreams of uncleannefs^as dung and ordure, 
 f. -,ii be invited to banquets. 
 
 ibe third face of *n. 
 
 ' To lofc ones clothes, and efptci^Hy ones (hoes,ts 
 
 . ^^ *^. lofs, and caluipnies, if fo be this dream hap- 
 
 'he firll days of the Moon. The 
 
Book 2. I^e Te^;p/e offVifdome. 183 
 
 59 To fee a great and wide riVer , and to fecm to 
 fwimovcrit, denotes praifc for (ome knowledge , or 
 elfc Ibmc honour which he (hall receive from the com- 
 mon people; but if he feemfomcciraestofailiniothc 
 river, there will be prejudice. 
 
 40 To fpeak with an Angel that reveals fomc ferrets 
 to you which you do not yet undcrftand , denotes thag 
 you (hall come to know Tome great King or Prince* 
 
 Thefirfifaceof:^' 
 
 41 Who dreams that he fpcak? co God , dreams 
 fomething great and extraordinary , as wtio (hould 
 fpeak tobim being feated in a fhronr, as Ezechiel ^ or 
 in abrcatii or voice as JeremiaJjy it is a beginning of 
 prophecie, to a S. it is very fortunate. 
 
 42 Tobein Paradifeand fee the grt^tnefs of the 
 glory of God , yec not dare to approach tiis humani- 
 ty, is a beginning of wi(dome and of t'^ue learnings 
 
 4^ To fpeak with Spirits, is ill to the 5. and C. Lu? 
 good for the M, 
 
 ihefccondface of t. 
 
 44. To lofe blood, if it be by the nofe, is very ill; tis 
 iofsof goods to ihc M, and F. but to the J"- and C.- 
 tis good. 
 
 Nn a ": 45. To 
 
184. The temfk of Wifdome. Book 7 . 
 
 45. To dream that God comes in and fpcaks to us 
 in (brae familiiar way and without tcrrour, denotes a 
 iudden fortune to the dreamer, and that from the 
 part of fome great King or Prince. 
 
 1 he third face of ^. 
 
 4<5. To find d fficulty in pafTing over a river, ditch, 
 or precipice, fignifies fume pains taking, and hard la- 
 bour. 
 
 ihcfirjl face of^. 
 
 47. To dream of great thunder and other terrible 
 things fignifies to the C. great quarrels and contefta- 
 tions. 
 
 48. To dream of a very high pkcc, yet without fal- 
 ling to the ground, and without receiving any blow, 
 fignifies a bufincls which will not come to perfedion, 
 yet (hall there be no lofs. 
 
 ^9. To fee knives or (words, isa note of quarrels and 
 difputes, but all will be well again. 
 
 l.he fecond face of ^C'». 
 
 50. To have many eggs, is a fign of great differences 
 and miny idle words. 
 
 'v 
 
 51 To fee the top of a houfe burning, and defiring 
 £0 remedy it, but incfic^uallyiit fignifies theafTiftance 
 
Book 2 . 7he Temple oflVifdome. 185 
 
 of forac great man that is neceflary, but beware bis 
 life. 
 
 5 2 To fee an Apparition of S'aint*, is a Chriftian and 
 good dream, and is the beginning of a good fortune, 
 
 The third face of yf? 
 
 5 3 To fee fair Kine, white or red, it is to fee wo- 
 men fair and white, tha'* he was not accuftomed to 
 fee, which fliallbe inclined to vertue. 
 
 54 To fee lean or fat Oxen, denotes gcneraily the 
 fertih'cy orfterility of the year-, but to take it mors 
 (Iridly, it fignifics a prefent gain or misfortune. 
 
 5T To fcemto kifs ones father, or fon^e friend, 
 orfome oncreputcda 5aint,fignifiesa free friend fhip 
 wichoac deceit, yet there will be lome juggling : thele 
 vifions are proper to the meUnchollkk^. 
 
 The firjl face of ^» 
 
 56 Who dreams that he hath had the company of 
 his mocher or fifter, it is an ill dream and nnworchy ; 
 there are few F. who in their night vifions do no'c kt 
 thefc things, whereof the next day they are fad* 
 
 57 To fee the Sacramenr, being at Church, h a 
 very good dreajD, and a beginning of Propheile, 
 
 ♦^ 
 
1 86 Jhe temple of mfdom^. Book 2. 
 
 'ihefecondface of^. 
 
 5B To fee an evil i^pirit hinder a good work, h^ply 
 tlic ccr.imanion denotes that fonrje man feeminjy de-^ 
 vouc (hall hinder you in your lundion and bufincfs^ 
 probably a priefl:, a wicked hypocrite, will feck all 
 the ways that can be to hurt you j that hath hap- 
 pened often. ' 
 
 j/je third face of ^. 
 
 59^ Whoever dreams that he fees a Mule carrying 
 Books, and fees others mocking at thofe that demand 
 tbeoor the next morn'rig he is affu) ed to fee an enemy 
 which fljall hinder al! *ievotion, and through his fool- 
 ffhnefs there wil!be ftmevvhat wanting, that h(C may 
 appear beyond others. 
 
 ihe firji face of X. 
 
 61 To fee a gr^aLyon and well preprared to fight, 
 tis to the S, to fet a man ready to dilpute. 
 
 61 Tof'^e men in the places of execution ready to 
 1' A: thir*ives, denotes that on the morrow yon (hail 
 tcin:i!X)ituue4by one chat ftiall be in fome great ne- 
 ce/ri y. 
 
 61 lie thatdfamihecatshea bs in a faller, will re- 
 ceive fon-»^ {lOveky in Lis opinions oflearnirg and 
 th^r wt.b co^«trover(ic, iithcic w.re divers hcarbs in 
 ^^^tfalIe^ . "^ 
 
 %' "The. 
 
Books. ihe Tern fk of Wif dome, iSy 
 
 7 he fee on d face of ^. 
 
 6i To be in a fair place furnifiied with devout images, 
 and be meditating, and that many Angels are with 
 you, is ^. Very good rircam ; but if in that place you fee 
 defor.ried figures as in the places of the Factierstis trea- 
 fon againit t^tie prince. 
 
 (54 To fee the Sun and Moon and Stars fall at your 
 feet, is the fame dream as y/7/^^;>6r ; but beware of hy- 
 pocrific, for this age is full of deceit. 
 
 65 To fee an old woman woing of y ou,and to court 
 he; isanaffairpuriuedco good effed, but fo, as all the 
 world (hall mock at it. 
 
 rhe third face of k. 
 
 66 To be in great darknefs and in the middle of 
 that darknef? to fee alight, and therein Jefus Ghrift 
 feared in a throne fpcaking to you, there needs but two 
 of thele vifions or dreams to dd miracles. 
 
 6-; To fee a great Serpent come out of the earth, and 
 approaching to hurt you, but cannot, tis to the S,b. wo- 
 min dedrous to do, him feme injury^but to thcF.praifc. 
 
 6% To be in a Hall richly hanged with tapiftry of 
 divers colours, and there fee the King, isan excellent 
 fignand good dream. 
 
 N 4 The 
 
1 88 The Temple of IVjfdome. Book 2. 
 
 J.. -^ — - — ' ' " ■ ■ ' ^ 
 
 ihefirji Face ofx. 
 
 69 To have a great bunch of Keys and give them 
 to thofc that ask for them tis a fign of giving liberty to 
 fpmc captives. 
 
 70 To receive great gifts from a King or Prince, is 
 matter of joy. 
 
 71 To dream of hideous and ill favoured people 
 is to fee things to come by (ome not vulgar fecrcts. 
 
 7* Diveifity of lubjcds in dieams, as Hoifc!^, 
 Flowers, Fruits, Garments, to be talki'ig with fomc 
 body ofholy things, and through fear, all that denotes 
 prophefie ^ and he that hath fuch dreams and vifions of- 
 ten, if they take him at break of day, he may aflurc 
 himfelfhehath part of Thcurgie, that it is the holy 
 fpirit that appears to him to reveal unto him fome- 
 what more then ordinary ; he (hould not content hm- 
 felf with low things; forthe fpirit of the molt Hi^h 
 dcfires high things. As at large ycu may read in the 
 fhiy Cjuide. 
 
 of fifteen dreams or vifions dependcth all tuth, 
 and thofe are they that diftmguifh us frofr. Bcafts, 
 which have equal with us what is common in dreams; 
 and thpfedreams was all that the ancient Hebrews be 
 lieved to be holy and propheticlc, and it was all tbe;r 
 religion and confolation, which were undeiprop'd by 
 them knowing the pcrftdion of it the true ones arc 
 herecontamed in this Trcatife under the 72 names of 
 the Eternal : bur being particularized, there are fifteen 
 more diviner then the refl, which you may obferve 
 by the fifteen Principal ycrfes which are contained m 
 
 the 
 
Book 2 . The Tepiple of IVifdonte. 189 
 
 ttie27, which make up j.icobs Ladder, there being 
 one placed on every round by the which the Angels 
 afctndcd and deftenued. 5o thictbis Patriarch only 
 faw them in a dream, which made him afraid, and 
 he paid his vows, faying. That God was in that 
 phcc. 
 
 Upon the top of this ladder there was this great 
 name of 72. Letters Ser^hjimmaphr-as ^ which by ics 
 vertue ?ndpraifc divided theyzThillickverfes, includ- 
 ing what was to come of the prophetical promilescf 
 DxVid^ and myftically contained under the 72 Letters 
 of the aforefaid name which fignifies nothing cllc but 
 praifes to the great Jehovah. 
 
 Let us proceed in Older, for having difpatcht what 
 concer[jed terreilrial and lublunary Matters, the cele- 
 ftial follows. The celeftial Matter, which hath for 
 its ob jt!^:, Dreams, is either fpiricual, or corpareaU 
 
 The fpiricual is either infinite, as God 5 or finite, as 
 the good Angels. 
 
 Bat the [leader is to obferve that the referring of 
 God toceleftial tilings is not here meant to the leaft 
 prejudice of godliiiefs ; as ir he were luppofedto be 
 included in fome certai'i part of the heaven, but after 
 a fimiiiar minner of fpea?iing ; for (ince it may not 
 be expeded that th$(e precepts (whatever they arej 
 canpofllbly be included m certain and infallible me- 
 thodical rules, bfcau(e of thecontingence and varietie 
 of the matter, the Courteous Reader is entreated to 
 bring with him an officious inclination and zeal to 
 the advancement of thcfeftudies. 
 
 To dream then, that one prays and calls on God, is 
 
 good; but it is ill, not only to fee him, but even to 
 
 Ipeak with him. But todrcam to feeGod fpeakingbe- 
 
 iore ethers, is of a more favourable fignification. If a 
 
 roan 
 
190 ihe Temple of Wifdome- Book. 2 • 
 
 man dreatrs he receives anything from God, who is 
 pure, its a fignification of rooft perfed health ; for it 
 fignifier char Lboie things that fhall be received into 
 the body (hall be pure and clean ; the contrary 
 is ill} for it fignifies a difeafe (hall fcize the body. 
 
 The adoration of Chrift lignifies joy ; to hear or 
 fee him fpcaking, gladncfs. 
 
 To fee Angels, good; to be an Angel, better ; to 
 fpeak with A-.gcls, evil. 
 
 ihe celcflial naatter that is withall corporeal, is 
 taken either for the fubftancc of the Heaven, or its 
 parts or places, which are called houfes or 5igns. 
 
 The feei ig of a fercne clear sky (ignifies profit and 
 gladncfs; a troubled and cloudy sky, fadnefs ; a bur- 
 ning sky Area(es; red, wars ; the sky-falling, gui4c 
 or crimes; the sky afcending, honour and etrincnc 
 dignity. 
 
 To fee the planets pure and clear falling out of 
 their Orbs, or make towards the earthy denotes 
 health. 
 
 Thc^'un (ignifies a King, father, Houfe or dignity, 
 Arnald VilL &c. 
 
 1 he Sun (hining, a mind well pieafed \ the Sun 
 falling out of heaven, the death of (ome p.ince or 
 Emperour; the 5un troubled, the dangers of a prince; 
 the lun in Conjundion with the y^:/oop, ill news ; 
 many Suns (hilling together, denotes a popular and 
 univerfal joy To fee the Snrs^ Moon snd planets, 
 clear, p.*re , and eafily moving according to their 
 ordin,*rj motion, are all of very coed fignificati.n , 
 efpccially as to the health of the body. 
 
 The Moon denotes a Queen or mother; being 
 d':irl:.:ai:d, it fp.'iks the treachery of fome great and 
 noble women, asaUb threatnings, and hatred. Many 
 
 Moons 
 
Book 7. The Temple eflVjfdome, 191 
 
 Moons (hinir.g ro^cche**, (ignifu's fome extraordinary 
 news, the Moon bloudy, lofs : the Moon (hining 
 clear and bright, advantage; falling out of Heaven, 
 the death of fome princcls, DiKchels, Qqeen or emi- 
 nent Lady : to fee the iVloon of a purple colour, de- 
 notes pr^'fic and iicreafe. 
 
 The Sturs of Heaven Jenotc Brothers, partners, a 
 Mailer or peopl-M to fee them in their order andmo- 
 tion, aniin their iurtr:, figures, and brightnefs, fig- 
 nifies joy an J glad nefs : to fee them confufcd and 
 without order, and wandring up and down, denotes 
 f'^edirions, Schifms, p.*rturbations, Factions, Tumoks, 
 and AfTemblics, brawlingj difcord, contention, &c; 
 Of thefc things our felf hath written largely in our 
 Idea of the La\Xf and in our FundamcnrsI Elements of 
 Mora! Philolophy, /'olicy, Government and Laws. 
 
 This figure and his Idea and Rnlcr go- 
 
 ^ vern this houic. After the parts of Heaven 
 
 -Jf folio yv the [paces which are the Celcftial hou- 
 
 5fc :^ fes or figns , ( which are twelve) and from 
 
 :^ which the fi unifications of humane life are 
 
 dedudcd. 
 The firft houfc is the horofcope or afccndcnt , 
 whence the condition and manner of life is refol /ed- 
 
 The fecond is the houfe of riches, fcrvants, fub- 
 fl-anccsas alio the expiration of youth. 
 
 The third is of Brotheis Sillers, and friendly 
 Relation-^* 
 
 The fourth of the inheritance of Fathers , and 
 treafjrc. 
 
 The fifth of children and fubfiftencc, plcafures and 
 delights. 
 The (ii.th of health and fickncfs. 
 
 The 
 
1 9 2 The Ttmple of Wifdonn, Book 2 . 
 
 The feventh of wedlock , women , marriage , and 
 its diflokuion. 
 
 The eighth of the kind of death, and the laft years 
 of a mans life. 
 
 The ninth is the houfc of piety, wifdome, learning, 
 philofophic, and travels. 
 
 The tenth is the hou(eofgovernmcnt,advancemenr, 
 erainencie, lordfhip, laws, and of the middle years of 
 life. 
 
 The eleventh of fricnds,benefador$,<crvants in their 
 old age. 
 
 The twelfth of Enemies fighting, labours, envie, 
 treachery in the end of life. 
 
 Of thefe houfcs feme are Ca/dinal, as the 1,4^ 7,10. 
 fomeare fucceeding, as the 2,5,8,11. fomc cadent, 
 as the 3, 6^9^ 12. 
 
 The aieendent is the fignification of life and its con- 
 dition in every one , whereto alfo certain dreams are 
 aiilgned* 
 
 Of Soc ttes it is thus written , That Socrates the 
 night preceding the day he faw Plato^ did forefee that 
 a Swan being frefentcd to him, refled in his lap , and 
 thence flying pitchc upon that gate of Athens^ which 
 was called Academica ^ where it fo ftretched out its 
 neck that it reached and pierced the heaven: the next 
 day while Socrates related his dream to his Scholers , 
 PUtQ\ father prefents his fon to Socrates to be inHru- 
 fted ; whereupon Socrates cries out^ behold this is the 
 6vvanthatfliall foaruptothcccleftiai fecrets, aiddif- 
 cover hidden things. 
 
 • 3a this dream the »Swan is the image of Phiiofophy 
 by 3 proportioned analogic: for it is white, clean, li- 
 ving m the depth 0^ waters, long lived, near the cxpi- 
 
 ration 
 
Book 2 . 'I he Temple oflVifdome, 193 
 
 ' 
 
 ration of life fwceciy ftnging : (o a i bilofopher living 
 in integricie, and bonelly, is without fpot, white, and 
 clean, inquiring into the tiuthot things, fearchinginto 
 the various depths offciencesand opinions, to dtfcern 
 between truth and falfhood, and according to the for- 
 mer, chufcs and direds his iife, providing what is 
 neceflary, negleding what is fuperi^uous ; the long- 
 lived experience of things , brings hira to a habit of 
 vertue and learning , and in the approaches of his 
 death, bereaves to polterity fcntencesand adions fpe- 
 cuiativc and pradick, as the Swan-like farewel. And 
 this is the reafon why a Swan forefignifies a Phiiofo- 
 pher and long life. 
 
 There is (uch another ftory of the cluftcr of Bees 
 pitching en the lips of ^/4/o(being a little one fleeping 
 in the cradle) gathering of honey, aod awhile after 
 difperilng thcmfelves up into the air. This dream is 
 equally good as the other : for as the Bees gather to- 
 gether the matter of fweetncfs for nouriOiment , the 
 matter of fweet fmelling , for the recreation of the 
 fenfe : fo Philofophers difpofe all the time of their 
 Jives, that they may in their age recreate cbcmielvcs 
 with a true knowledge Q#tbings, and as with fragrant 
 incenfc inftrud others in moft fweet precepts , which 
 they do two manner of ways, either by way o^ precept, 
 or by cxprefs examples of vertue, out ihining others, 
 there being in Beesaperfed Ideaofpaedagcgical fun- 
 ftions. The wax denoteth the Idea of m.^nners and 
 the pradical reprefentations of vertues ; and the fweet- 
 nefs of the honey, thee fweetnefs of dodrine. 
 
 In like manner by a certain propriety the Vulture in 
 a dream fignifies a Phyfitian, as we iball more at large 
 fhew hereafter. 
 
 There arc alfo dreams that prcfagc an evil and vi- 
 
 tious 
 
1 94 The Temple of Wifdofne. Book 2 • 
 
 tious condition ot life .• It is (aid that 'Hero*^ mother 
 being with child dreamed that (he brought forth a 
 cruel great Dragon, which riJiing upagainft the mo* 
 ther, drew out her bowels; who frightned, related 
 the dream to the Oneiromantift, who anfwers , Thou 
 (halt bring forth a wicked man, and one that fiiall be 
 the caufe of thy own death which happennd accord- 
 ingly. Snet. in Nero, &c. 
 
 The figure is ^uer Barz^ai^el is the Ruler and Ma/^ 
 ch/dael isthe Gemus that anfwers the Comunication 
 of c? in T in the hr(l houfe. 
 
 KeJxpicUnd the Genius tL^fmoiicl Rule this 
 •^ hou(e>]3ving fpokcn t)f the Angular houfes, 
 >^ >^ there remain the mcermcdial, that is to /ay, 
 :^ thofc thar ftieker between the fcur !\:)g!es, 
 ^ >ic and tht:7 ar>^ either fucceediriCT c^r cedent : 
 the fucceeding a vS Hc/i gate^ i ccd fvrr,iiie^ Heaven 
 gate, EudAmon^ viz.. the 2; 5, 8, i r. houlej. 
 
 Thefirftfucceeding houfe is the Rcond, called Hell 
 f4?f, whence is judged or" riches and fub'>ance 5 -ub- 
 fiance is ucderftood two Vwi.^^ for \^ is obrained either 
 lawfully andboneflly, or unlaw^fully and fliamefuily; 
 fomany and thofe verv various dreams may be re- 
 ferred to this houfe. Befidesof what is dircd-jy and 
 lawfully gotten, Ibme is obtained by Art, fome by m- 
 duLtry, Dme by chance ^ fome by inheritance: and 
 what is indiredly gotten, fome is obtained b/ ftealrh 
 clandettincly, and with any manifefi: infamy ; fome 
 with tfcc note of open infamy, difgrace, bafenefs, and 
 difhoneftly. 
 
 So a certain man dreamed that he often went to di- 
 vers waters with necs^ and caught rmallfiihes. but that 
 
 at 
 
Book 2 . 7he temple ofWifdome* 1 9 5 
 
 atlaltthathe came to a great river, and there took 
 I many great fi(h offeveral forts; This expre fly de- 
 noted he (hould attain riches by his own induftry and 
 pains: for the waters fignifie the pains, andthefifla 
 the advantage. 1 n like manner, thole that receive fifh 
 being given, or have rain conae into their windows, 
 may expcd the fame. 
 
 A certain man dreamed that he took out his own 
 bloud, which done he went into fomc remote Coun- 
 try and there delivered it to another ; the party a 
 while after dies in 2 Araoge houfj in k far Country, and 
 his riches by tcftamcnt he bequeathed to another 
 ftranger. A certain thief related how he forcikw that 
 as he entered into a certain houfe he found the Mafter 
 orownerotthchoufefl^eping. iwollcnup, and (link- 
 ing, whom out of 'ndignatio'j of the liinkhe dif^n- 
 traild , which w?.e hi>i of ti»c fuperflaity of ntiare , 
 and burdened w!t>i ^h load of excrements he i>'tur'; id; 
 This very chief a while afretj fffretly in the night «.*- 
 tcredthe houfe of a certain LUu^e*-, a.-i carried away 
 with him a great 'poi of money whiicth- oiLerficpr. 
 ]f:he(e had been feeii without Itink. hz lignification 
 fbould have been that the ftealch might have b^en 
 committed without any publike infaniy and narifjift 
 difgraco. By what hatli been fiid^ chewife Inrcrpre- 
 pr^rer may cafily judge of tl : '^^'^ of fublfance, as if a 
 Fiiherman fhould dream helorthis iiih ouuvfar.car 
 fifli pond ; and foconfequent.y of or-r'- things. And 
 now cbferve the Rulers ^^d Jde«:s wc i^ake of before, 
 and they will guide you in their figures. 
 
 I'ajh- 
 
iQ/^ 7 he Temple of Wif dome. Book 2 • 
 
 Taphihartharaih and Ambrtel have Domini' 
 >^ >^ on over this corner of the Earth : having 
 if ^ difpatchcd the futcedent Houfcs, we come 
 ^ now to the Cadent Houfes, we come now 
 5ic ^ to the Cadent houfes which decline from the 
 Angels, and are included in both the for- 
 mer, and arc, the Coddefs of good things, Evil for- 
 tune, the Diviae houic, Cacodacmon. 
 
 The firft then of the Cadei\t houfes is the third, 
 called by the Aftrologers DeA homrHm^ by which are 
 judged dreams that relate to Brochers, Sifters, kin, and 
 alliance, as alfo the change o^' place. 
 
 lothis chapter the divers dreams of divers thing? 
 arc toberefered. 
 
 So the Brothers of ^ ^e^h are denoted by their 
 (heaves to bow the fli'jaiuf^o'/c-p/:) : the lame may be 
 faid of thcftars bowing to Jofeih^ (Jen, 37. &c. 
 
 So another dreamed that hefavv one cutting off his 
 arms withafword, and was iifrcrward iciiled by his 
 own brothers. 
 
 Whatever is Lore fpoken of brother?, the fame 
 may b^.aifo und».T4lood of Coinpanions aud pcrlor.s 
 of the fame bloud, v.' hereof che falling of the teeth 
 is a frequent fignincsrion. 
 
 As tor the change of pla^e or voyages, it is (ig- 
 nified by flyin^ So a certain man (we have the iio- 
 ryffom niU Nova,. us) hid that he dreamt that he 
 fiedj^.TTid that with much pleafure , aiad chat at the 
 end cf his flight he flood ina pleafurablc green Med* 
 dow, high feaced : and thiC walking up and down 
 the rncddow, he found divers rivers and riv^ulet?, &c. 
 .and them repleac with ferpent* tails. And while he 
 >rioufly considered thcl'e fights, he faw himfdf, as 
 
 he 
 
Book 2 . The Jemfle ofWifdome. 1 97 
 
 he thought, changed into a Vultur, beating oflP^ with 
 his feet the Serpents kicking to him. About fcven 
 days after he was entertained by a great Baron, to 
 prtdife phyfick there, and being entertained phyfi- 
 tian in that houfe, he caft down many that envied 
 hira. 
 
 It is here to be noted that a Vultur, by (ome pe- 
 culiar property fignifics a phyfitian ; for as a Vultur 
 ever attends other creatures and their carkaflc:, fo 
 the ^in of a Vultur newly killed draws other crea- 
 tures to it (for fo they are taken in Spai)i) fo the 
 phyfitian attends the difeafed for to cure them, or 
 endeavours it as far as the blefTing of God and his 
 own skill can contribute. 
 (4) Hafmodai and Muriel in {a) the fecond Car- 
 dinal houle is the fowrth, called the low 
 heaven, fr)m whence is drawn the judge- 
 ments of parents, patrimony , immoveable 
 goods, edi ices, treafures, lands, agriculture, 
 and fuch like. 
 In dreams then to fee friends, efpecialy ones mother, 
 fignifies fecurity ; for motherly dreams arc of moft 
 circumference and adivity* Yet fomctiraes the parents 
 appear like the 5un or Moon, a"> Jofe^h faw the Sun 
 and Moon and 12. i'tars bow to him, which was 
 afterwards verified in his parents ia £^7Pf. Gsn. 
 46. I. and 29. 
 
 But it is in this place to be obferved that the pa- 
 rents of divers perlons, who had feen total or parr 
 tial eclipfcshavc within a while after died or fickcn- 
 ed; and proportionally to this is whatever may be 
 faid of the fight of parents. So there was a certain 
 man that in his fleep law his father falling into a 
 deep pit, whofc father accordingly a little while after 
 dyed. O o Here 
 
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198 The Temple of If ij dome, Book^. 
 
 Here may alfo be ranked among prelages , (ome 
 matter which is a proportionable fubjed to the p^ 
 rents, that is, fuch athingas is of dayly u^eand rela- 
 tion to them, and may be the portender of life or 
 death 1' as if the horfe of a noble roan or great man 
 (whereon he dayly rides) \vi houtany fufficient prae- 
 vious caule chance to die cither at home or abroad 
 fuddenly, it rignifiesfomc misfortune or danger to the 
 Noblerrian. 
 
 Sorath andyerchiel Kuks this '^Uct. The 
 * ^ fecond fucceeding houfe is the fifth , called 
 H< ^ (jaod Tortmie , v^hence we judge of fons 
 
 >i< dau-:hters children, fubfiftence, &c. 
 
 % To fee in a. dream a multitude of chil- 
 
 dren, fons or daughters, fignifies many ad- 
 vantagious biUincfU's, and that defervedly, becaufe tis 
 fjr our children that we undertake fo many affairs* 
 
 A certain man dreamt that Jiis own Ion was taken 
 by his play- fellows incoa liall and clad in a garment 
 of Laurel leaves^ and crowned with a Laurel Gar- 
 land; He law him afterward for his high integrity and 
 honefty crowned King. 
 
 ' Othcfs dreaming they faw Crows on their chil- 
 drens heads, forewarned them of hanging. 
 
 A certain Queen dreamed that there appeared to 
 her oucofthe Weft pare of her Kingdom divers beafls 
 under the forms of Lions, making towards her in the 
 King her fons Palace, and that (he faw the Kings 
 Ghappcl burning, and that fhe gathered together the 
 SiintsreKques. The Queen a pi'oke, related the dream 
 to an Oneiromsncer, who anfwered. That the King- 
 dom fhoiild {m^^x great lofs, and that her fon ftould 
 die in a War raifed b/ the means of ihof^ beails of 
 
 the 
 
Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdome, 1 99 
 
 the We(t part of her Kingdom, and that many 
 Inhabitants and much Nobility (hould be deftroy- 
 cd. 
 
 Befidcs the foregoing dreams, there arc other pre- 
 fages which more certainly prefigurate the deftrudi- 
 on of Kingdoraes, Children, tnd Regions, then any 
 dream can. 
 
 So a Gallowes or Gibbet newly built with the 
 help of all hands, by forac high wind quite overthrown 
 (before there is any motion of War) and by the vio- 
 lence of the wind crufliing to pieces the dead bo- 
 dies of thofe that have been hanged, denotes death 
 to feme King, and the deftru<fticn of the Kingdome, 
 witnefs Arndldtis VtlU &c, 
 
 :^ >{c THphthartharaih and Hamaiiel are com- 
 >K raanded to proted th is part of theEarth'The 
 >t^ fecond of the Cadent Houfes is the (ixth,cal- 
 ^ >K led by the Artrologers /// Fflrt/i^«5; whence 
 the judgement is direded concerning health 
 or(ickners,difeafe&indirpofitions, as alfoof fervants 
 and Beafts. That therefore .omewhat may here 
 be faid of health and ficknefs ; ( though every where 
 bebrein the general objcds of dreams relating to 
 Phyllcal matters, we have fpoken fufficicntly)it is to be 
 noted , that thofe dreams which are dreamed ac night 
 refltding on the adlon^ of the day in an honeft mat- 
 ter, and reprefenting foraewhat like the adions of the 
 day, are ever good to a man ; for they fignify health, 
 and are a fign that a mans mind is conllaut to the adi- 
 ons, and what he did in the day , and that his reafon 
 and will arc good friends , and that he is not detained 
 by a fulnefs or emptinefsjor any other outward thing, 
 whereby the operations of his mind (hould receive a- 
 ny hinderance. Go 2 But 
 
2CO The Tewpleefwif dome. Book 2. 
 
 But when the dreams are contrary to the adions of 
 the day, and fight with them , it denotes a perturba- 
 tion ot the body , and confequentiy ficknefs. In like 
 manner all things (that arc pure) that feem to hang 
 out of heaven, fignifie good health* Things appear- 
 ing troubled, black, dark? and not.perfpicuous, figni- 
 fics ficknefi, Hi^p. lib. de Jnfomtf, 
 
 Servants are commonly torcfcen & forefignified by 
 the hands ] f©r a (crvantis, asjt were, the hand o/ his 
 Mafter, as being a moving Organ, though a fcpcrated 
 member. Hence Ariflotle was in the right, i . P(>lit. 4. 
 o<r«Af? Hfjip-Ai-.d-c. a fervant is an animate poffef- 
 fion ; and every one that ferves, is an organ to be pre- 
 ferred before all. The hands moreover are theTer- 
 vants of the members : for which reafon the wife In- 
 terpreter fhall spply them tofervants, flaves, maids, 
 and Minifters. 
 
 If living crestures appear in dreamjjtheir fignificati- 
 on is according to their propriety , compared to 
 man ; or according to the ordinary ufe that man makes 
 of them. 
 
 5oan Oxcfignifitshu<bsndry ; a f/orfe, carriage; 
 a hound, bunting • a houfliould dog, fidelity, as toDo- 
 meftick atfaires ; Sheep, 5wjne, Geefe , Ducks, and 
 fuch liketame creatures, fignifie lubflance an^icloath- 
 ing; and loin othcrcaf;.s the judgment of the dream 
 isarcording to icslevcralcircumftanccs , yet with this 
 difference ever , that the relation to man be obfer- 
 ved ; in which rcfped, an Eagle doth commonly de- 
 figna King ; a i^aulcon a Duke; a Lyon, an Empe- 
 rour, prince, or King; and fo of the reft , as you 
 may read in Tnndwus Cjeom,mcj, 
 
 And 
 
Book 7 . T^he Jeniple oflVifdomP, 2 O i 
 
 -^ And Georaancer s accribuce this figure to 
 
 -^ % this houfe, KedemcU^^ Zariel are the Ruler 
 
 if and Idea of this (eventh Angle of the Earth. 
 
 ^ The third Angular houfc i$ the leventh, cal- 
 led by the Alirologers the Weft Angle ; tis 
 the dcnotatorof all contentions and controveriics,and 
 conlequently to won:ien in relarion to their husbands , 
 for the man as an assent, the woai^n as patient , as in 
 all other controverfics, istaken forafcendent,and in 
 the indication of celeftial mactars falls into the fevench 
 Houfe, 
 
 It is then to be noted , that when any creature of 
 what kind foever, makes any afTauIt, or does any vio,- 
 lence, the contention is denoted both according to the 
 condition and quality of theaffiuit, and according to 
 the defence which both make . 
 
 ^0 Arnaldfis de VilU ^^ez^.t, leaves it of himfelf,that in 
 a drcara he faw fou ■ Wolves afTtulting him with open 
 mouth, but that he thruft through the biggeftof 
 them; four dayes after he overcame in fuit four ad- 
 vcrfarjcs. Hither may be referred what is before 
 largely handled in Ihe Harmony of the Ff'^orld, 
 
 Bur as to women , it is to be noted in general ; 
 That to lie with awoman prolHtutc, fignifics in feme 
 way profpcrity ; but a Virgin , much labour with lit- 
 tle advantage; the latter being properly barren, and 
 the other to far fruitful, as that flic is alwaies ready 
 for the ad. This alio hath obtained the credit of a 
 perfage ; That in going out of any place ©f traffique , 
 aker having made their markc-ts,the meeting of ihum- 
 pets fignifie gain ; the meeting of itcrile perfons, lofs. 
 But fuch things as thefe', are currant racher by the 
 ftamp of experience , then by any natural realon ta- 
 ken from caufes concurring to the efTential conftitution 
 of the thing';. O o 3 B^rz^^bU 
 
2 0^ The T^cmple ofWifdeme. Book 2. 
 
 ^ :^ '^arz.abel and BarthkJ, own this Quarter 
 
 ^ of the Earth. The third fucceding Houfe is 
 5^ * the eighth, called by the AflroIogersJDc»^«/ 
 :>K ^ mortis^ whence the fignification of death and 
 the end of a mans life isfignified : Hither ap- 
 pertain thole dreams that are the prefaces and fcrc-run- 
 nets of death* 
 
 Suetonius tchics o( C^t/phurifta^ Jul. Cafars wife ^ 
 that the night before the aflaffination, fhe dreamt that 
 the roof of the Houfe feii, that her husband was thruft 
 into the belly, and that prefently the Chamber door of 
 it felf flew open. And while the next day flie related 
 the dream to Jtilipuy behold there came in a bird with 
 a branch of Laurel from Tompejs Court , which en- 
 tring in was purfucd by many other Birds of divers 
 kinds, from a Grove hard by, and having killed it, tare 
 it in pieces. And Jfilins himfelf thought in his flcep, 
 that he flew above the clouds : another time, that he 
 fhaked hand with Jupiter x another time, that he was 
 caft down headlong, j^ilws therefore forewarned not 
 fo much by his own dream , as by the augury of the 
 Sooth-fayer Spfiriyia ^ to look to himlelf from the 
 Calends till the Ides of March were pafl-, kept himfelf 
 in a while , but afterwards going abroad and meeting 
 with this Sooth iayer , the Calends are come fayes he 
 to him ; Spurina anfwered, but they are not paft Sir ; 
 fo going forward to the Capitol , he was killed by the 
 Confpirators. 
 
 *So the Crows eating out of the basket on Pharaoh 
 Bakers head, pieUgcd his hanging. So to a certain 
 Lady a black Cloak , wherewith (he dreamt her felf 
 cloathed for to go to a Funeral , foretold her own 
 death. 
 
 H^fmael \ 
 
Book 1. . ^he Temple oflVifclomc, 70^ 
 
 ^ :^ Hi[mael and Advachiet rule her^. The 
 
 ^ third Cadenc houfe is the ninth, caUcd by the 
 ^ >^ Aftrologers, the Divine houfe , whence we 
 
 >K ju^ge of journeys, travel, piety, wifdome, 
 
 learning, Philolophy , and other Sciences: 
 
 But fince we have fpoken fufficiently as to journeys 
 
 before^we (hall in this place lay down fomewhat briefly 
 
 of Religion^ 
 
 A certain man being to enter an Order of Monk?, 
 did often dream he was dead , and that not without 
 wondring , he thouc^ht he went about begging from 
 door CO door ; by which dream, bis change of liFc and 
 entrance into the Order was confirmed. 
 
 So likewife a certain Nun before (he entered the 
 Cloifter to make her vow of chaftity, dreamed (lie was 
 led by her parents into the Church, received from the 
 Prieft the image of Chrift crucified, and that (he mar- 
 ried that image ; which dream (ignified the change of 
 her former life , and her beginning of a Religious 
 life. 
 
 As concerning Wifdorae, Learning,and philofophy, 
 the Reader is referred to the Holj Guide* 
 
 ^ Z^Wandthe Genius H^nael govern this 
 
 ^ ^ part of the Earth. The fourth and laft of 
 ^ ^ the Angular hcufes is the tenth , called the 
 
 :^ Culm, or Mid-heaven by the Aftrologers; 
 whence is judged of Empire, Exnltation, Sab- 
 limation, Mafterfhip, Laws, Memory, Honours, Dig- 
 nities, and the like. 
 
 There vi^as a certain man faw in his dream, that in 
 an afternoon , and after a ficknefs, in a neutral condi- 
 tion between health and ficknefs , he had fecn his own 
 face like a Sun, and in hjs left hand a bright 5tar : a 
 
 Oo 4 great 
 
204- 7he Temple of Wrf dome. Book :2. f 
 
 ^ -. \ 
 
 great wiiile atter this happened, be took the Degree 
 ofMatterof Arts. -i 
 
 ttArnaUHs Vtlla Novanm, relates of a certain King, 
 who dreamed that he crowned his wife, placing her in 
 a royal chair, and giving her a Sceptcr,did a while after 
 recover the Kingdom which the Queens father had I 
 loft, and did in efifed make her heir thereof. | 
 
 iArnMiu (ays of another who dreamt that he fud- • 
 denly fell out of his chair and royal feat, and couid not 
 again recover his feat, though he much ftrivcd to do 
 it ; and a while after by the unanimous confent of all 
 his Nobility was depofed, and died deflirute of all Go- 
 vernment. 
 
 Hither may alfo be referred the dream of AdrinnM 
 before mentioned , who the day before he was pro- 
 nounced Eropcrour at aAfitiechy law a fire fallen from 
 heaven on the left Mt of bis neck ( which at the fal- 
 ling he prefemly felt j fpreading into the right, but was 
 not hurt nor frighted by i% 
 
 So the dream of Antonini the Philofophcr , con- 
 cerning the hands of ivory , mentioned in the Holy 
 (jmde. 
 
 As alio the Omen of ttAlexander the Great at bis 
 nativity, of an Eagle being on the palace of his father 
 Philips which with his voice and wings feemed to ap- 
 plaud and congratulate. 
 
 5uch is the Omen oi Afcdnins of fire Aiding down, 
 fuch the Omen of Tullius^ of the head burning in the 
 cradle, whereof more in our third Book of The Tem- 
 ple of if If dome. 
 
 Zaz^d 
 
Book 2. iheJemfk oflVifdome. 2o5 
 
 ^ >K Z.<^?/andC^w^i^/ naturally belong CO this 
 ^ ^fc part of the Earth, The laft of the fuccedent 
 if if houfes is the eleventh , whence are Judged 
 
 if Friends, Counfei.crs, great men, Benefidors, 
 Patrons, Doers of pious works, Mecenates* 
 Favourers, and i'ervants. But bccaufe a friend is ano- 
 ther (elf, there are many fights referring to friends, 
 and many to enemies^ It is a prefage of friendlliip to 
 feeoncs felf multiplied ; as alio to have the arms and 
 grinding teeth ready and fit to do feme adicn: buc 
 the Ids of teeth, arms, or provifion fignifies propor- 
 tionable enmities and defigns of enemies* 
 
 As foi; what concerns the Counfellers or Minifters 
 of great perfons , it may be gathered from what hath 
 been delivered in the Harmmy of the World, as if any 
 one dream that headminillers or enjoys the honours 
 or dignities of lome Duke, Prince, Emperour, or King, 
 or that he is fubjed to him ; that is reckoned of 
 good prefage, other circumflanccs of the Dreamer 
 being confidered. 
 
 So Pharaohs Cup-bearer dreamed that he took Pha- 
 raohs cw^, and having filled it, prefented it to Pharaoh 
 to drink; which dream ^ofefh interpreted to his re- 
 ftauration to his place. 
 
 if Htfmael2ii\A Aiimxiel ?iXtz.i^\gnt& hither. 
 
 -^ >T< The laft caden! houfe is the twelfth, called by 
 ^ if the Aftronomcrs , Cacodamon ; whence the 
 * >K judgment is framed concerning Enemies, Ad- 
 ' verfaries. Treachery, ]mprifonment, and the 
 like. In which procedure it is to be obferved, that ene- 
 mies are deftgned under the forms of certain living 
 creatures ; fometimes under the form of a Dragon , 
 fometimea of a Lion, fometimes of a Wolf? Fox, 5er- 
 , pent. 
 
^o(^ ihele mpie of li^'ifdowe. Book 1 . 
 
 pent, &c. according to the qualities ot the Dreamer, 
 and according to the various circumftances oF the 
 4rean3s, as is iufficicncly fpoken of before. 
 
 To go into a prilon denotes treachery, bands, nets, 
 circumventions, iron chains, and the hke , reprefenc 
 prifons, and imprifonment. 
 
 But if any one ask what it is that thus determines 
 the phantafms of Vifions , Jmaldus anfwers out of 
 Ptolvrnie^ faying that the images of compofition in this 
 World, are fubj'ed to the celeftial images proportio- 
 nably, cither in rcfped: of the Dreamer, or in regard of 
 the Mover; the things enquired are to be un- 
 derftood , as is dsfcribed more at large in the Holy 
 (jfiide. 
 
 Having fpoken of the houfcs of Heaven (read 7 he 
 Harmony of the fVorid)wQ are now to treat of the Signs 
 ofthc Zodiack.whicharcin number 12. through which 
 the Sun and Moon ferpecially the Moon) pafling,do 
 diveiflydifpofe the humours of our body , andconfe- 
 quently imprint lo raany various phanrafms in thofe 
 that dream , and the Earth is alfo divided into twelve 
 parts. 
 
 Now all or at leatt the principal matter of all our 
 adions 9 whereof we dream in the night, may be di- 
 ftributed into thefc 24 heads. The 1 fhail be of Weep- 
 ing, t Joy, I Cloathing, 4 Water, 5 The living crea- 
 tures of the Water, 6 Chance of man, 7 Buildings , 
 8 The abufc of Members, 9 Singing, 10 The arrival of 
 a friend, 11 Local motion, 12 The feeing of fire, 
 1 3 Riding, 14 Murther, 1 5 Dead people, 16 Wafliing 
 in the water , 17 Money, 18 The fear of fome fjghtj 
 19 Fighting, 20 The fpoilingof a man , 21 Jicknefs, 
 22 Kifles and embraces, 23 Banquets, 24Afrem- 
 blies. 
 
 Of 
 
^ 
 
 >t< 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 ^ 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 Book 2 . ihe Temple oflVifdome, 207 
 
 Ofallthefe according co che order ot the Celcibal 
 Signs, and Ideas of, 
 
 I Weeping, 
 
 If Poftilm be in any of the 12 houfs of 
 the earth, you cannot err. The Moon being 
 in Y contention , in ^ the fear of ^a friend , 
 in jn the hope of firm joy , in S infirmity , 
 in c>^ honour, in ^ gladnefs, in ^ mirth , in 
 m meeting fome body, or agreement, in /fear, in y^ 
 the death of a friend, in ^ the death of fome great 
 man, in x ^^ fignifics the hearing of fome news .• and 
 you may be fure this is true if Fopulus be in that part of 
 the Earth the fign (ignifies. 
 
 2 Joy. 
 
 The Moon being in T fignifics trouble, in ^ the ar- 
 rival of a friend , in ir money, in © the coming of a 
 fricndv in Si the reparation of a friend , in VZ gladnefs, 
 in t^ grief, in "i the fadnefs of a brother, in / joy , in 
 'V2P reparation of a friend, in ^ augmentation , in >^ a 
 vain dream. 
 
 3 Cloathing. 
 
 The Moon being in r fignifies nothing , in ^glad- 
 nefs, in n nothing, m^ good,in si hatred,in ^ great 
 contention, in ^^ fadnefs, in m honour, in / ficknels, 
 in Yf a gueft or ftranger, in ^ vexation of heart, in X 
 
 nothing. 
 
 4 n^dtersl 
 
2o8 rheTtmpleofWifdome. Book. 2. 
 
 4 fVaters. 
 
 The Moon in Y there is fignificd fome trouble, in 
 ^ perplexity ,in n infirmity jn s extremity, il power, 
 ttj money, ^nothing, ni gladnefs, /death, y^ con- 
 tention,^ a vaindream>in >f ficknefs. 
 
 5 ihe living creatures of the Water. 
 
 The Moon being in "i^ fear, ^ comfort, n money ) 
 S a troubled mind, Si fear, ^ lofs of money, ^ death 
 of a friend, TTi amendment of life, >^ good news, ^ 
 trouble, ^ ficknefs, >f the like. 
 
 6 The chances of man. 
 
 The Moon being in "^detradion, >^ lying, e ho- 
 nour , s a dileafe , -I nothing , "i famine , - death of 
 enemies, Tildi (Tent ion, ^ a new friend, ''^ grief of mind, 
 ^ a good dream, H fome neccfii ly. 
 
 7 Buildings, 
 
 The Moon being in T joy, V^ death from fome pow- 
 erful hand , ^ plague of the flcfh, ^ money, Si (hall 
 travel, ^ good news, ^ profperity, ^^^ joy ^ x^ a new 
 friend, ^ grief of mind, ^agood dream, Hfomene- 
 ceifitie. 
 
 8 The abufe of members. 
 
 The Moon being in ^^ a good thing, ^neceflity, 
 ^ trouble, a^ detra<aion> ^ a friend, ^^ joy , ^ detra- 
 
 dion, 
 
Book 2. The Temple efWifdome, 209 
 
 dion, ni a difeafe, ^ wearinefs, ^ money , ^ Koiony, 
 
 The Moon being in r news, ^ a journey, 2 change 
 into better condition, ^nothing, ^tfancie, nx great 
 love, ^' trouble, 'H. grief of raind, >^ fame, ^ comfort, 
 ^ a vain dream, >^ difcord. 
 
 I o Arrival of a friend. 
 
 The Moon being in ^^ a gift, ^ ^ noting, s increafc 
 of money, ^'^ lofs of feme honour, ^ poverty, to; lanaen- 
 tation, "I riches, ^ honour, ^i' great news, '^ trouble, 
 X wearincfs. 
 
 II change of fUce. 
 
 The Moon being in Tftrifc, ^ good to thyfelf, 
 U news, s the death of a Prince, >^ the joy of agueft, 
 "X an enemy, — fomewhat Itolcn from thee, lu honour, 
 y^ nothing, vy anger , -^ comfort , Hfome great and 
 ftrangc news. 
 
 1 3 Thefe eing of fire , 
 
 The Moon being in T trouble, b a gueft, H increafc 
 of money, ^ a difeafc, 51 lofs, ^ trouble, :^ news, ni a 
 difeafe, x^ news/ ^5» aews, ^ griefof mind, Kgrwf of 
 heart* 
 
 13 Riding. 
 
 The Moon being in ^ death, b honour, H a friend, 
 
 5? no- 
 
2 1 o The Ttmfk of W if dome. Book 2 . 
 
 s nothing, si long life, w a battle, s^i^i humiliation, 
 "I trouble, >^ detradion, ^5^ theft, ^ a gueft, x detra- 
 dion. 
 
 14 Murther. 
 
 The Moon being in V" fadnefs, in Y death of a friend, 
 E confeiiion, '^ riches, SI (icknefs, '^a grief, ~ poverty, 
 ^ fins, >< deaths vy gladnels for a reward, -^ nothing , 
 ^ good things, 
 
 I 5 One dead. 
 
 The Moon being in *" riches, b nought, ^ bad news, 
 ^ contention and anger^ q money, nx a gu^ft, :^ glad- 
 nefs, '^^ a vain dream, x good news , ^V joy, z^ good 
 things to come, >^ a vain dream. 
 
 16 VP'afding in the water. 
 
 The Moon being in '" lofs, ^ trouble, ^ detradion, 
 2 great anger, SI joy, '^ gr iefof mind,-^ riches,*'^ fear, 
 ■I richts, \y joy? -v iof«, 7, labour. 
 
 1 7 Monty. 
 
 The Moon being in - (icknefs, b a heavy dream. 
 If Jofs of afriend, - a gueft, a money , ''^ wearinel?, 
 — death 5>f an enemie, m thc^c, ^ a vain dieam, »j a 
 gueH, V joy^ X a guell. 
 
 1 8 Tear offome fight. 
 
 The Moon being in r trouble, ^^ a battle, nancvil 
 CDnfcience, i good fortune, -'ficknefr, 'll money, :fi-a 
 
 vain 
 
Book 2. The Tetnfk of Wifdome. 211 
 
 vain dream, i^l the fame, ^ good news, vy (Jrife with 
 thy felf, =^ wearinefs of heart, >^ tears. 
 
 19 A fight. 
 
 The Moon being in r infirmity, Y, vidory over an 
 adverfary, Hgood declaration, s advancement, -icn^ 
 vie, Ji g00(i news, =^ an enemie, "l bufinefs, x news of 
 women, vy amcflenger, -*the flight of an enemie ,^ 
 Kjoy. 
 
 2C X/je defpoilmg of a man. 
 
 ^ The Moon being in T deceit, v< riches , U a good 
 man , s a friend ro come , ^i a reward, '^ Poverty ^ 
 i»l death of anencroie, ^fame, ^ a gueft*^ labour, 
 K departure. 
 
 21 ADifeafe. 
 
 The Mc^on being in "^ nothing, b' joy^If deceit^s mo- 
 ney to be loft, a a friend, ni^ gladnefs, - comfort , w\ a 
 fight, ^adifeafe, vy /oy, ^joy of a friend, K good 
 cmploymen}^ 
 
 22 Kijfes andemhaces. 
 
 The Moon being in r trouble, b^detradion, ^tbc 
 coming of a friend, s the arrival of an enemie, s^ad" 
 vancement, nj^ fadnefs, =2; a gueft, n\ joy,^ little labour, 
 ^y news, - grief and ftrifc,K gladnefs. 
 
 23 Banquets. 
 
 The Moon being in r Joy, ^ the arrival of a 
 
 frieiKJi 
 
212 The Temple of IP'ifdo^e. Book 2^ fi_ 
 
 friend, I gladneis,-^ nothing, long life, 11 gcod news, \ 
 Eii: poverty, '^i- money 5 ^^ comfort, »^ reparation ,-- a 
 
 vain dream, K joy* 
 
 24 An AJfembly. 
 
 The Moon being in r news, Y ftrife, n fear, g; py, ■ 
 c) ill news, '^^. the lame, — a diieafe, . ill newsj ^ little 
 jiladncfs/'^ nothing, ^"^ and K a vasn dream. 
 
 We have hitherto treated of the manner of divin- 
 ing according tothefubjed matter; now folloA^sthc 
 manner of prefaging out of dreams. But fince dreaoas 
 arc either divine, or humane, we arc to conlider 
 what truth, and out of what dreams this truth is 
 to be had, and how far divination by dreams may 
 belawJulornct. 
 
 Divine dreams as they arc without controverfie 
 the moft certain, fo do they require a certain faith : But 
 here we muft be, very cautious, and confider what 
 dreams arc properly divine, and what are not fo ; 
 for fometimcs Satan changes himfclf into an Angel 
 of Lights 
 
 Divine -^dreams are tryed by examining them by 
 the Pvule of the known Word: for if they agree with 
 what hath been delivered before, if they bear no- 
 thing new and difcrcpant from thofe things which 
 are the immutable Law of God and theGoipel, they 
 are of God; but if they be a falfe glofs and fliew of 
 Religion and Piety, require fomewhat contrary to the 
 declared word of God, lettbembe condemned they 
 arc not of God. 
 
Book 2 . The Tern fie oflVifdor^e. 7 1 3 
 
 And fince the Devil, as in ali his other works, hat^ 
 endeavoured to imitate him in the bulanefs of dreams, 
 by which occafion he crept into the minds of foolifli 
 and improvident people: wc may not henceforth ex- 
 ped fuch entbufiafms from heaven, and God hath 
 tycdus to the exprefs Letter of his dodrine> where- 
 in he requires us to fee him and know him, as alfo 
 what his plea lure is, and what he will have us to do, 
 and what not. Let us not therefore faften on, but ab- 
 hor the doatings of fanatick perfons, though they 
 pretend never lo much to derive them from heaven,' 
 
 Next to divine dreams are the Angelical, which 
 if they agree with the Divine, and be fuch as I have 
 defcribed them, they may be believed. But the Dia- 
 bolical dreams are to be detefted, by which the 
 Heathens of old, and of late the Manichaeans, Pe- 
 lagians, ^onks, and fanatick perfons, being deceived 
 and carried away, were the authors and defenders 
 of what horrible things followed thereupon. For it 
 is a point of the greateft impiety and Atheifm for 
 to have any thing to do with the dcltroycr and ene- 
 my of God and man, or to give any credit to his 
 lyes. And it being granted that fometimcs the Devils 
 may know cafual events, (which opinion the C^nimbr. 
 Philofophers charge <tAuguj}:ine^ DawafceKh's^ and 
 Tho, (iy4qutyias with) yet the fignification of thmgs 
 to come fwhich the Devil nevrr inlpires into men 
 dreaming) it cannot be called ; becaufe if he be the 
 fworn enemy of truth, and the architefl: and artifi- 
 cer of all lies, there cannot any thing proceed from 
 him that is folid and true; but whatever he doth, we 
 muft look on it no otherwife then a painted fallhood, 
 to deceive thofe who (hall credit it. 
 
 Humane dreams which have no other but natural 
 P p caules 
 
214 The lemyleofWtjdonie. booka- 
 
 caufes, and happen to men ordinarily as they fleep , 
 are either phyfical, or common. The phyfical dreams 
 arethofe which by the agitation of the humours, and 
 the difpofition of the temperament, do by certain 
 figns, nay Sometimes even material and efficient caufes, 
 difcover unto the Phyfitian the more certain confti- 
 tution of the patient. Thefc may be obferved with- 
 out any riot or fafpicion of impiety or atheifra, to 
 the end that more fortunate medicines may be provi- 
 ded for the ficlc. See the Holy gmde. 
 
 So a certain VVrcftler dreamed that he was plunged 
 in a Ciftern of blood, and that he ftiould fcarce deli- 
 ver hirafelf thence : Accordingly to this dream, the 
 Phyficians knowing it proceeded from an exuberance 
 of blood, having taken away what abounded, diver- 
 ted the danger he was in. (jalen mentions another, 
 who dream-ngthat one of his legs became dead as 
 a ftone, a while after became paralytick in that leg. 
 
 The common dreams are thofc that proceed from 
 compound caufes ; and they are true, orfalfeor c- 
 quivocal : All which though they might happily be 
 the images of certain events; yet to reduce from them 
 any pofitivc and ablolute interpretation or con/cdurc 
 is forbidden in holy Writ. VVherefore we may not 
 give credit toafiraple prxvificn any further then it 
 proceeds from natural caufes. 
 
 Nor isitfufficient, in caff theevent fignified, an- 
 fwers this dream, or that if there be not the fame 
 fuccefs In a hundred or thoufand others, to charge the 
 Art with vanity, or the Jntrcpretcrs thereof with 
 ignorance, fmcc there are many things, which though 
 they are rightly interpreted, yet many times happen 
 not accordingly. Hence it was fo many Kings and 
 Princes have mifcrably pcriflied by this kind of dreams, 
 
 as 
 
Book 2 . The Temple ofWifdome, 215 
 
 as Pomfey^ who about the latter end of the war be- 
 tween him and Cdtfar^ dreamed that be fate in the 
 Theatre, and was applauded by the people, which 
 applaule £bould give him the viftory : but the event 
 of that applaufe denoted not the vidory, but the iiir- 
 ring up againft hira oi Lament hIhs^ Domitim^ Lihienni^ 
 and others. Stt out Idea of the La'^s.^c. 
 
 So D.4rius before the laft battle with Alexander^ 
 dreamed he ^aw a burning army marching through 
 ^/^, came even to B^bylofj.vjhtx^ he faw AUxAnder^ 
 clad in a Perfiin robe, entring the Temple andprefent- 
 ly viniOiing* By which dream Danru was perfwBded 
 that by the flames deftruftion was meant to the Ma- 
 cedonian Army; and that Alexander being clad in 
 Perfian habit, fignified he (hould be brought under 
 the power of them; But the event made it appear; 
 that by the flames was portended the fwifc and vido- 
 rious progrefs of /4/f^4»^i?r, and that of fire devour- 
 ing all things; by the habit, the Perfian Empire was 
 forefignified to Alexander. 
 
 So Camhyfes drczming that his Crown touched the 
 heaven , and that he fate in his brother Smirdnh 
 Royal ieat, wastohim thefignification of death. 
 
 So JhUhs Q^fcirs dreaming he was above the 
 Cloud, had its efFed in hisdeath. 
 
 So Xerxes upon the bringing of his army into 
 Greece dreamed that he was crowned with an Olive, 
 whofe branches fliadowed all the earth, that p refently 
 vanifhing with the dream. 
 
 There are many dreams which are rather the 
 conjedures of events, then the true fignifications, (tJch 
 as was that of Alexanders dream to Cyrus; for he 
 dreaming that he (aw Satyrs dancing asked the Con- 
 /cftor, whence he foretold him the viftory;the con- 
 I? p a jefturc 
 
2 1 6 The Temple ofwifdome. Book 2. 
 
 jefture was taken from the word Satyr, feeing fro© 
 eA^vpr^ may come thefe wotdsjTi4aefi Tjyhs. 
 
 Many dreams are ambiguous, double fenfed, in cer- 
 tain, and doubtful, and may be referred to either pare 
 ^oftbe contradidton ; wliofe events are fo tickiifh, 
 tbat the very Interpreters of dreams in fuch cafes are 
 fomctimcs aflcep, whereof we have thefe examples. \ 
 
 One that was to run in the Olympick games, dream- 
 ed he was carryed in a chariot with fourhorfes; He 
 tells the Conjedor his dream, who anfwered. Thou |j 
 fliak overcome ; for thatis (hewn by theceleriry and 
 ftrcngth of the horfes; the party relating the fame 
 dream to ayinti^hon was aniwercd, Ihou muft be 
 o crcome; fceft thou not there are four that run 
 before thee ? 
 
 Another told a Con jedor that he had dreamed he 
 Wis turned into an Eagle ; he anfwered thou (hale 
 overcome, for their is nothing {mkox or more vio- 
 lent then that bird : But fays Anii^hon to him, doeft 
 thou not fee tliy fclf overcome, for that Bird pur- 
 luing and chacing others, is ever the laft it felf. 
 
 Ofa many dreams, there are but a it^^ have their 
 true events, fthongh it muft be granted they fome- 
 times though fcldomchave) efpecially in melancholy 
 perfonswho as they are naturally thoughtful, fo do 
 they the oftneft dream, and fuffer moft reprefentati- 
 ons of things. Whence as he that fhoots all day may 
 at laft hir the mark, fo they in their dreams may fome 
 time or ciher apprehend true things, acd that the of- 
 tner btCiUie they dream often. AriJKlth.de devw. &c, 
 I hefe the Greeks call ^J 'h /«/«£<, \-j-^v-^vkip^^ , si/rayK^, 
 ;;; ^iaqt 'y.-< For they receive by particular influ- 
 ences of heaven fuch a faculty , as when it perceives 
 the approach of any thing, if it be in the day, it pri- 
 vately 
 
Book 2. Jhe Temple oflVifdome. 2 1 7 
 
 vately (the brain being imploycd and taken up with 
 other thoughts) aflfcds the perCons wherein it is, with 
 an unexpeded joy or ladnels , according to the con- 
 dition of what is imminent • if it be in the night, the 
 brain being exempted otits dayly imployment,the faid-^ 
 faculty moves prsefaging Pnantafms , ( Peuc. lib. dedi- 
 vin. per. fontyi^p a^a. 2)6 ) whereof we have thefe ex- 
 amples in our Book called Regio Lticis, 
 
 A certain man told aConjcdor that he had dreamed 
 he faw an egg hanging by a ftring of his bed ; the 
 Confedor aniwers, that there was a treafurehid under 
 his bed ; he fcarches and findes a parcel of gold , cora- 
 paded with Silver. He fent the Interpreter what filver 
 bethought fit ; but faycs the other, will you give me 
 none of the yolk? for that doth as well fignifie the 
 gold, as the white did the filver. 
 
 So when Ptolomu^ Alexanders favourite, was hurc 
 with a poyfoned dart in a fight , and lay in grevious 
 pain (l.k of it,- Alexander {\ cting by him fell afleep , 
 and faw a Dr-igon which his inothcr Olympias kept, 
 carrying a little toot ia his mouth , and (hewing the 
 place where it grew, faying it was of fuch vertue rhac 
 it would cure Ptolamie : Alex^inderbQing awake,told 
 his dream , and fent to feck that root, (for the place 
 was not far off) which having founds it cured, not only 
 Ptolomie y but many other Souldiers that were hurt 
 with chofe kind of darts. 
 
 Many holy p:rfons have the Society of their Guar^ 
 dian Genius by which they have the apprchenfion and 
 knowledge of the death of their friends and kindred 
 either before or after they are dead^ by certain monito- 
 ry Dreams,or by a ftrange and unufual reillcfsnefs with- 
 in themfelves, though they be a thoufand Leagues di- 
 ftaot. My mother , Mary fIeydo»i now living , hath 
 
 p p 3 lome 
 
2 1 8 The Temple ofWifdome. Book 2- 
 
 fome iuch fign always given her , tor there never died 
 any of our kindred, but a little before (he dreamt either 
 of Hair, or of Eggs, or of Teeth, all mingled together 
 with earth; and this fignwasan infallible one , and I 
 my felf, when I heard her fay (he had any fuch dream, 
 obferved the event always to follow. And my fifter 
 Ame He) don the 10. day of ^pril i66i* Dreamt 
 Goehdd an z/^ngel came to her and [aid Jhemufl not ac- 
 ce^t of any of thofe Qentlemen that de/trcdto ??;arry her , 
 bmgo along T»lth himy and he gave her a white horje rea- 
 dy fhrnifhed^ and bid her follow him to heaver^ ^ She fent 
 me her dream, but before my anlwer came to her, flie 
 was dead ; and as it proved, this Virgin (upon the next 
 May- day in the morning ahem 4 of the Clock) teok^ her 
 journey, T write thi;s the more powerfully to enforce 
 the indudioa upon the fpirits of the obftinate men, 
 vtz., thofe confident Coolers, and talking troubleiome 
 Taylors that have lately appeared in Almanacks and 
 other parts of Aftrology, oppofing ComeltHs Agrippa 
 Knight, and other learned men, whom they do not 
 underhand , and it is a doubt whether they can read 
 thefe Authors, who they fo impudently ignorantly, yet 
 confidently abufe. Let thefe inconfiderablc men pafs 
 unregarded 9 I hope thofe ingenious Gentlemen that 
 are learning thefe Arts, will be induced to believe the 
 truth of the Examples of thefe Books, and the cxperi- , 
 inents we will infert in our Third, 
 
 By all thefe examples , it is evident that there are 
 few dreams are followed by their events ; that many 
 fail, many arc vain^ and but the fports and images of a 
 bufie Nature. For which reafon (excepting thofe 
 Phyfical dreams) we deny them any end : for if we 
 believe not a Lyer though he fpeak truth , how fliall 
 wscrcdiccur dreams, which are only Ideas proceeding 
 
 from 
 
Book 2 . ihe Temple oflVifdome. 2 1 9 
 
 from tnonftrous conceptions and phantafies. Elpeci- 
 ally fince the molT: part, as thofe in The Harmony ef 
 the ^or/^,propt up with the probability of feme Ana- 
 logie,and can challenge nothing certain and imutable. 
 • Xaftly,(ince fleepisforthc raofl: part the end and 
 remedy of all care, labour, trouble,and anxiety,it were 
 impious from it to cxpcd the matter of new cares and 
 vexations , as rightly Lafiant, lib, deoptf, cap, 18. 
 Cicer^ (^ alii* 
 
 But thou wilt fay, fince dreams are nothing but 
 toyes of a nature that is not quiet when at rcfl:,to whac 
 purpofe is it to deliver any precepts of fuch things ? 
 and if the event be uncertain, what need we fpend our 
 labour in vain therein ? 
 
 ' ris anfwcred ; not that thou maycft firmly beh'cve 
 the event, buttnat thou mayeft try and Ibdy how far 
 mans reafon and the vigour of his wit may reach in hid- 
 den things, as alfo that from this nature the contempla- 
 tion of the divme Majefty and itsgoodnefs, may pro- 
 ceed ; To whom for what hath been hitherto granted 
 in this kind of (Indyjwe give eternal thanks and praife, 
 befeechin i him to grant all learning its halcyon dayes, 
 and prefei've and difpofe it to the glory of his narae,the 
 advancement of Churches and J'chools, theadvantagc 
 of Republicks, and the particular profit of every one ; 
 .and that through Jefus Chrifl:, Amen. 
 
 Now thefe manife^ly demonftrate the power of the 
 Angels of Aftromancy and Geomancy when they arc 
 united, and how Supcriours and Inferiours communi- 
 cate to man. In the third Book we ftiallihewyou 
 fome more examples , but to complcat thefe Books, 
 read carefully Ths Harmony of the tVorlL And 
 then The holy G Hid : For in The Harmorjy of ths 
 lV9rldi is all the fccrets of Aftromancy, in The Temple 
 
 Pp 4 of 
 
220 iheJenipleoflVifdome. Book 2. 
 
 cj iVijdome is all the fccret Mitierks oi Gcomancy. 
 
 • attdfuch Spells 
 
 That allure the Genii up that m our Cemer dwells* 
 Thelefmes and Gama\es* IheHoly iuide leads to 
 all the fecrets in Phyfick , and Maihaphyfick, with 
 the Rofic Crufian Rules to raife the Dead* 
 
 Now ic is nor any Itch of writing pofleftes nne, Cour- 
 teous Reader , tha: I prefent thee with ihc Temple of 
 }Vt[dome ; thofe rhu know me, have found me very 
 free from this fooliih psffion. But a perfon of quality^ 
 fSir %alph Freem^in) w horn to deny any thing, were 
 a great Crin[iein me, hath forced them oat of my Clo- 
 iet , whence otherwife they never fhould have come ; 
 fince I had refolv'd, after (o many Cakiminics indured, 
 never to adventure more into the Publick View, hav- 
 ing fo oftentimes fighed forth thofe words ofa Romaa 
 Prince ; litinam nefcijfem literas \ But in fine, the In- 
 trcaties, and Commands of my friends have prevailed 
 againft my own Refolucion ; and I am forced, I con- 
 fefs, to this Publication ; fince I could not but forefec 
 well enough, that my Enemies would not rellirti at all 
 this other ElTay of my pen : notwithftanding after all 
 this, I have wherewith to comfort my lelf ; fincc one 
 of the greatcft Prelates of our Age hath condemned 
 their Iniolence. Receive therefore favourably this 
 Difcourfc , Court' ous Reader , and remember what 
 we all arc : I will not fay , thou {halt finde all things 
 pcrfedhcre, for 1 am no AngcI: and if there be any 
 defeds , wc mu(^ accufe our Mortalitj^ , which renders 
 all Mankinde fubje(^ to Error. But above all, know , 
 that I am no whit obllinate, or felf- conceited, nor ne- 
 ver was* 1 take in very good part what Advertilments 
 foevor are given me .• neither do I account my felf fo 
 knowing , tuc that i (hall be very teady to learn of 
 
 any 
 
Book 7 . The TefHple oflVifdome. 121 
 
 any man .' they arc tools only, and vain-glorious, that 
 refufe to be taught} and chsignoranc only fay. They 
 know alL As For my part , Courteous Reader , ufc 
 me but frienuivj Ifhall require nothing eifc. 
 
 If thou think i: ftrange , that a Gcnrleman as I am> 
 fbould adveuti're on <o bold & diring a i'tjbjed,3S this 
 fee ms to be ; confidcr, 1 pray thee , that many Priefts 
 have put fcth loings rnach more bold then thefe ; and 
 even fuch as have been cfteemed dangf^rous too. Thus 
 TrtihemiHs the Abbot put forth his P^lyg-^tf^'^ji and his 
 Stef,iM9graphyf where the calling fo:thof Spirits is 
 plainly del vered; notvvithftanding he makes other ufe 
 of ir,then our Scocerers diO-^ tiUeimtts Bifliop of P^ris 
 hath not only written of Natural Ma^ick , but healfo 
 both perfedly und.Tftood &pradis'dir,as the Learned 
 PtCHS MirAYidtiU reports of him. Another learned Bi- 
 fhjp a!fo, Aibertus M.^gnmh'^ name, hath taught the 
 grounds of it with admiration. ^«?^^r Bicon^^xi^ Johan* 
 ftes de \upsf ci[f 4 .hoih Francifcan Friers.havc done the 
 fame; Petrtts Cirvelins^ a i'paniard of the fame Order, 
 hath published to the Chriftian World a Book in VoUo^ 
 of the Four Principal kinds cf Divination, and all the 
 Maximes of judiciary Aftrology.P. de Alliacoy Cardi- 
 na(l,& Bifiiop oiCxmhray hathwrirtcn of the fame Sub- 
 jed : as aifohath JunEimus^ aPrieft of Florence^ and a 
 Dr. of Divinity. And fincewe are fallen upon the Italic 
 <i«/,have not i/ftirelius Angt4rellHs^ and Pamheus^ both 
 Prci(b, the one tVemtian^ theother a Tr^'z///?w», de- 
 livered the truth of the Phylofophers Stone, the 
 one in his Chryfopx.i^ and the other in his Foar- 
 chad^m^a ? Marplifjs ficiftus alfo, a Prieft , how full 
 of Admirable fecreti are his writings ? yea what learn- 
 ing is there in the World, that he hath notpubhfticd to 
 open View ? Antonhi Qerrjardus MirandpiUmi , Bi- 
 
 fliop 
 
^72 ihel twple of Wifdome. Book 2 . 
 
 fhopof C^y^rff, hach aker his example , maintained a 
 world of things clean contrary to our /Religion, in his 
 Book DejingtiLiri certamine. The Cardinal Cajetan 
 de Vio bath done the very fame : and Giovamt Ingeg- 
 TiCYi^ Bifliop oiCabG d^ /ftria, hath newly bu/Ied him- 
 felf in maintaining the Grounds of Pbyfiognomy. 
 And before allthefe, Sjnepu.:^ a Chriftian Bifhop, 
 wrote a Book of the Interpretation of Dreams, com- 
 mented on afterwards by N tee f horns Gregoras^ a Bi- 
 fliop alfo, or Patriarch, of Confia»ti»opie, I omit the 
 Viotks o( Joachmus yli?i;as; and of Savanarola^ a Do- 
 minican Frier ; wich Cardnal ^embHs his Gli Afo, 
 /am; ^yEneas Sylvius (who was afterward Pope Fins 
 1 1.) bis Lucrece ; the Book lo full of all Lewdnefs of 
 Voggins the Florentine , who was Secretary to the 
 Pope. Neither will I mention the Macaronkk, ^tfi<^^Jt 
 put forth under the name of Af^r//« f\cca,t^ but writ- 
 ten by Theoph.FoleyjgiHs^z Bencdiftine Frier ; nor an in- 
 finit number of other Books , written by Churchmen , 
 with which, Kind Reader,if thou compare this of mine 
 thoa wilt ^nd^ if any blame me, they do it wrongfully. 
 And that thou mayeft be fully acquainted with my 
 purpofe in this difcourfe, know , that \ enter into this 
 Temple no further then the Cacholique & Apoftolique 
 Church permits , and that 1 have not publifhed them, 
 at lead] lome of the moft nice and ticklifh, but after 
 many Chriftiansof my Profeliion ; as thou mayft per- 
 ceive by the Sequel. As for the Ta/ifmamcall Figures , 
 they were fo ftrange in our Age, that their very name 
 was not (o much as known. Now that thou maycft 
 have a more perfed: underftanding cf what is deliver- 
 ed in theenfuing Difcourfe, be picafed to add this 
 which foUoweth. 
 
 In the firft parr, I fay , that I had not been able to 
 
 difcover 
 
Book 2 . The Tern fie of ^'jf J owe, 225 
 
 dilcover the reafon, why Plutarch^ "^traho^ Tragus, Ta- 
 cituSf and Diodoms had accafed rhe Jews of worftiip- 
 ping a Vine.- I have fince [bund , that it was , be- 
 caufe they had heard fay, and even themfclvcs icen, at 
 kaft fomc of chern , chat m the Temple at fernfalem , 
 there was a Golden Vine, with ic's leaves, andclu- 
 fters of grapes, made againil the wall ; as it is deJcrib- 
 edby Jejephns. Iitenor porta^ faies he, tot a tnaurata 
 erac^ut dixi^ & cir cum earn aPiratns p^risi defuper ai4^ 
 tern h^bebat atireos pampinos^ und: raecmi^flatHra homi" 
 msydcpendebanc, I knjw very well, that many fo un- 
 derhand the words ci Jofephftf, as if this Vine were 
 not of folid MafTy gold, but only gilded, after the man- 
 ner of Phrygian work. But the other Jofephns^ the Son 
 of Cjorioa , contradids this Incerprecation of the 
 words: for, fpeaking in the iame Hiftory ( of the De- 
 ftradion of ferufalem) both more clearly , and more 
 at large, of this Golden Vine, and it's bunches of 
 Grapes, he faies : Fecit infnper Herodes vitem de anro 
 mundo, & poftt't infttmmitMem colnmnarHmy cnjpts- fon- 
 dus erat mdU takntorum aureornm. Erat autem vitis 
 ipfafatiaopereiyigentefo^ habens ramos perplexos - cHJfis 
 foUa^ & germin.t fcitia erant ex rfitila.}iti auro •, botri 
 aiitem ex atirofulvo,& grana e]:is^ acini ^ atqfie folUcH* 
 li faiii erctntex lapiiibas preciofis : totumqtie opti^ erat 
 fabrefa^um opere vario^nt e^et mimndtim [pcUncnltim ^ 
 & ga-Adiptm cordis omnibHS intu'-ntibus if [am. And 
 prefently after he adds: Malti ijaorjue Jcriptores Ro" 
 mjini tefiantur^fe earn vidi^e^cnm dcfjUrettirTemplum, 
 Now the forenamed Authors Plutarch, Strabo^ and the 
 reft feeing the Jcwes had in their Temple a Golden 
 VinCjfo nch,fo precious, and of fo admirable Work- 
 nianihip , they were eafily perfwaded that they wor- 
 shipped it, in honour of B^cchfis^ who was the firft: 
 
 that 
 
2^4 T^^^ Temple of Wifdome - Book. 2 . 
 
 that fubdued the Eaft : and this is the Opinion of Ccr- 
 nelms Tacitus, who lived at the fame time, when this 
 Beautifull Temple was deftroycd. Sed q^ua, (aith he y 
 ^acerdotes fud£orHm tibi^ytymp^nifcjue concinsbant^ he^ 
 dera vinciebanttdr ^ vitifqHe aurea tnTempb reverta f 
 Liberam P^trem coli^ domitoremOrisntis^ q'tidam drbi' 
 trati funt; neqaaqHam congru^yitibns tnftittitisi Qftippe li- 
 ber /fy?Ji,/'«^fl'/^;^/f«^ pofHit;}udxomm mos abfuydnsfor^ 
 didufq\* But we pafsby this hnpious ^uthor,who makes 
 a mock at the Religion of the j ewes on all occaQons. 
 
 In the Second Part , where I render the Greek word^ 
 '^iha.n iw:voi.LU as they ought to be underftood , 
 which fignifies properly, Ltttie^Delicate, and fmall: as 
 we call one of the Greek letters Tpfiloa, that is to Oy, 
 the Littlel\ Now the (econd thoughts are fmall, fine, 
 and Delicate, b^caufe they confider things abflrafted, 
 and feperatcd from Matter ; whichrhe firft do not. 
 
 In the followmi; part you may add thefe admi- 
 rable (j^w-^^^^* Ac Pif^i in the Church of St. Johrt^ 
 you have, on a certain (lone, an Old Hermite, per- 
 fedly drawn by Natuic only ; but with fo much ex- 
 adneffe, that there leemes not to be wanting any 
 thing that belongs to one of that fort of men. For he 
 is reprefented in a Deferr, fuitable to his profefii- 
 on, and fitting near a Brooks fide, with a Clock in 
 his hand. This Natural piece or pidure , almoft 
 fully anfwers that, they deliver 5c, <iAnthony in. In 
 the Temple ofS. 5«p/;M,at Confiaminepley there isal- 
 fofecnupon a plain white Marble, the Image of St. 
 Jv^;? 5ip»y?, cloachcd wicha Cimclsskin; being only 
 def edive in this>that Nature hath drawn him but with 
 one foot. At Rjve?ji'U^'mthQ Church of St> f^itaiis^ 
 there is to be ieen a FranclfcAn Frier , naturally 
 drawn uponaftoncof an Afli-colour. At Sneiberg'm 
 
 Gcrmnnj 
 
Book 2. ihe temple ofWifdome. 225 
 
 Germany^ there was found in the Earth, a certain lit- 
 tle 5tatue of a kind of unrcBned Mecall, naturally 
 made; which repreiented in a round Figure, a man 
 having a little Child at his back : and whoever hath a- 
 hy where feen the pidure of St. ChnHopher , may 
 eafily conceive the /hape of this. It is not long fince 
 there was found in the Hiprc/«;^« Foreft, a (lone that 
 naturally reprefcnted the figure of an old man with 
 a long beard, and crowned with a Triple Crown, as 
 the Pope of Rome is. Obferve likewife that many of 
 thefe liones, or (jamahes , are called all by the fame 
 name, becaufe they have always the fame fig«re. So 
 that which reprefents the Eyes of a man, is called 
 LeHcophthalmos : that which bears the figure of a 
 Heart , ErtcardU : that which hath the (hape of a 
 Tongue reprefented on it, Glofopetra : that which is 
 figured like the Genitals, Enorchta : and if it repre- 
 lent as well the fecret parts of a man, as of a woman, 
 it is then called I>/>V*&c. 
 
 To the figures that are found in Plants, and Flow- 
 ers, you may likewife adde thole which reprefent 
 feme kind of Letters, or words ; as the Hyacinth , on 
 which the Poet fayes, is written the Complaint of the 
 fair Phosbus^ for having killed Hyacmhtts-^ whom he 
 afcerward transformed into a flower of the fame name: 
 and this Complaint of his is expreft in thefe two 
 Letters, ai , which make up the word, Ai^ which we 
 frequently ufe in all kinds of forrow. 
 Nonfat is hoc Thcsho f/?, {hie enim fnit auBor benorUi) 
 Jpfe [hos gemitus foliis irtfcribit^ (^ Hya 
 FUs hahet injcriftum^funeftaqtie iitera duUa f/?. 
 
 The flower alfo that fprung, (according to the fi<fti- 
 on of the fame Poet,) from the blood of the valiant 
 Aax^ bears the two firft letters of his name Ai. 
 
 Liters 
 
22 6 The Temple of Wifdome. Book 2. 
 
 I At era commtims medits jiuerecjue^ viroqucy 
 Jjifcripta eft folns^ h^c nominis. t/U qnereU, 
 As for the divers kinds of Figures that we meet 
 withal in beads, (which we have likewife examined in 
 the Ho/j Guide^ ) 1 have found nothing more worthy 
 our admiration, then what I have been lately inform- 
 ed of by Eye wkncffes : namely, that it is not long 
 fince , that in divers parts oi Poitou it rained a certain 
 kind of little creatures, about an inch in bignefs ; fome 
 whereof were in the (h ape of Biihops, with a Rochet 
 and hood, clofed up in a fhell, or skin, fo admirably 
 that one would have thought it to have been of bur- 
 nifhed gold : othcis were in a (hapc like Friers , with 
 a Frock and CowUfome were of a certain horrid (hape, 
 and others like I know not what. It is a great won- 
 der, if this Relation come among the Frenchmen, if 
 we have not very fpeedilyfome llrange Interpretation 
 of the %jvelatioyt^ fucha one a5 jinantos Jerancartpu, 
 and R:Jphael Eglimish^st given, (as we fhall (hew 
 hereafter) oFthe dark Vifionsof /)4^/>/, by the help of 
 certain Charadcrs found upon two Herrings taken up 
 upon the Coaft of NorWay. But to pafs by thefc 
 fooleries. 
 
 In the firft Book 3 where I (pake of divers fofts of 
 Talifmans^ and prove their vertu?, according to the 
 opinion of the Eallern parts ; you mufl take heed, that 
 you mix not all forts ofCharadcrsand figures indiffe- 
 rently , with thefe i'alifmans. For though many of 
 them bear the figures of the living creatures defcribed 
 in the Heavens, which we ufually call Conlieliations, 
 they are not therefore pre fen t\y to pafs for true 7".t/;/- 
 muKs ', but either fome kind of money, as that of the 
 Duke of Brtinfwick^ whereon were engraven all the 
 Ccleftial Signs; and that oLJfigtiJlus C^^prjOn which 
 
 he 
 
Book 2. 7he Temfle of IVifdome. 227 
 
 he ctufcd the Sign oiCapricor» to be figured , for no 
 other reafon, but only in meoiory that he was born 
 under that Sign. Orelfethefe Figures areonclyfome 
 Myftical Emblems under which the Ancients couched 
 fome certain Philofophical Secret. Such was Neflers 
 (ilvcr goblet in Hci»<rr whereon .the Pleiades were in- 
 graven. 
 
 Whoever therefore knows not the myftical meaning 
 of this Goblet, would, without doubt, feeing the PleU- 
 des engraven on it, be apt to conceive, that it was made 
 under fome certain Conftcllation as Tallfmans are, 
 whereas there is nothing clfe in it hue a philofophical 
 fenfc thus darkly delivered by Homer, 
 
 The Poet Anacreon who confulted with Bacchus as 
 often as with his Mufe, makes himfelf merry with this 
 Goblet oiNeft-sr, and entreats Vulcan to make him one 
 without fuch a deal of philofophy, enough to make one 
 crack bis brains : For what have I to do, quoth he, 
 mihihQ Pleiades^ or bright (hining Bootes} Make me 
 therefore, good Vulcan^ neither arms nor weapons, 
 but make me a Bowl, as deep a one as thou canft, and 
 engrave thereon no Stars , neither Charles his VVain^ 
 nor the fad Orion, but carve me out a Vine, with its 
 fwelling Grapes, and C^^fid, Bacchus^ and BMhilluSy 
 prefiing them together* 
 
 I doubt whether or no many of thof^ precious 
 ftoncs that we fee in ancient Rings, which are com- 
 monly taken for Talifmans , ( fuch as was that of 
 our Countryman Bagarri^ ^ whereof I make men- 
 tion :) on which we find Cn^id , Bacchus , Vines, 
 bunches of Grapes , and Vine branches engraven , 
 were not rather the effefts of fome gallant humor 
 of fome Philofophers who defired to wear on their fin- 
 gers the Emblemesof Wine, rather then any other 
 figures* In 
 
2q8 The Temple of WtfdoMe. Books. 
 
 I I ' " — - — 
 
 In the fame Book where I fpeak of the power of Ke- 
 fcmblance, 1 know nothow,the word F ranee htih flipt 
 in in ftead of Italy, For it is in Ital^ chiefly where the 
 Leprofie is fo frequent, by reafon of the great quantity 
 of Hogs fltfti chat is eaten there more then ia any o- 
 ther Kingdome : and the reafon that in France we fee 
 fome infeded with this difeafe, is, becaufe that here, 
 next to the [talu<!ns, they eat more hogs flcfti then any 
 where elfe. Neither do I fay this, but according to the 
 opinion of Phyfirians, Without the leafl: purpofe of of- 
 fending any-, either .Sti angers, or thofc of my own 
 Nation. In a word, Courteous Reader, I fliall defire 
 thee to interpret in good part, whatfocver thou (halt 
 find in thisB^ok, feeing that my purpofcisto deal 
 clearly, as one exempt from pailion. 
 
 In this Book my intent is not to rank fofephs gift of 
 Interpreting Dreams with the Art of Conjeduring at 
 the meaning of Dreams: Nor yet tore jed the order 
 of the Commandcments eftabhihed by the Church, 
 and to introduce that which is let down, for I there 
 follow the Jews manner of counting them. 
 
 Laftly, I muft intreat thee tocoired the faults cf the 
 Preis, and ufe me as thou would tt be ufcd thy fe'f, i.e. 
 fpeak wcUif thou doefl: not underftand it, and I will 
 dofoofthme: for as the Poet faith to his Readers, fo 
 I conclude this Book. 
 
 Headers he civ'l and do fiot ahttfe the Poet 
 
 SiJ not ii^s old .ft'olc^ or I k^oWf it^ 
 
 If any fuch thinz >■ ^"^ A^' 
 
 Sny fjsthing^ hee^l do as much for theci 
 
 FINIS. 
 
Ocia Impenalia: 
 
 SELECT EXERCISES 
 
 O F 
 
 rhjlofophjij Poluj/^ IVar^ Government^ Sec. 
 
 THE 
 
 tdea of the LAW Charaftered from Mofes to 
 
 King CHARLES. 
 
 Whereunto is added 5 The cruel Tyranny of 
 Cromwel^ and the Life and Profit (Emperour% 
 Kings, Princes, Dukes, Mirqueffes, Earls-jLords, 
 Knights, Judges, Gentlemen, Counfellours, Stu- 
 dents, Clerks Atturnics, JufticesofPeace,6cc.) 
 may receive from this Book, by Eugenitfs jheo- 
 dida&us. Now publikely communicated to the 
 World. 
 
 By J o H N H E \ D o N Gent. ^iKovo/jj):, 
 A Servant of God and Secretary of Nature. 
 
 AN AX. 
 'Non minus requium ejiparv.i lihenter 
 , Acfrompe accipere magna tribuere. 
 
 London^ Printed for //. Brome at iht Cjun in Ivie-Lane^ 
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1 he Proem. 
 
 IN the former time of Tyrnnnji rve were called Euge- 
 nius Thcodidadus. Forafnt^icb a^ necejftty of nutPie 
 mJ:^\b men to will and, dejire Bonura fibi, :hac witch 
 ^is good for themfdves^ar^ to -vcid th^r whirk k hnnful ; 
 but msfi $fall the terrible encmj ^f Nature, D^^th^ fror/t 
 who^ we expe^ both the lofs of all pwer^c^ alfo the greats 
 ef: cfbodtlj pains in the l^f^y-g^ ^t is 77otagMiiji re^ifon that; 
 a rr}.tn doth all he f ^;;, t>pre/erve his civ:^. body a:id limbf^ 
 bothfror/t death and pain. And that rvhich is not an ah ft 
 reafon^ men call Right, or Ju5, cr blamelefs liberty , #/ 
 ufing ofir o^n natural power and abiltty, !• is therefore 
 a right of nature. That every rr>an rn^y prefe/VJ his own 
 life and Umbsy with all the power he hath. 
 
 And becaufe ^here a man hath right to the end , and 
 the end cannot be attained without the means ; that is j 
 ^ithom fuch things ^is are necejfary to the a-dy it is co-<fe^ 
 Cjuent that it is not againjv re^ifon, and therefore righr for 
 a man to uje allme^ns^ and dowhatfoiv^r aSl:on ts ne^ 
 ceffary ^er the prcfervation of his body. 
 
 And f^eirg men ca^.not be afraid of the power they be^ 
 lieve not, and an oath is to no purpofe^ wtthaut fear of hint 
 theyfwear by^ it is necejfary that he that fweareth^ do it in 
 that form which himfelf admitteth in hii orfin Religion^ 
 and not in that form ^hich he ufeth that putteth him to 
 the Math, For though all me-n may k^ow by nature^-, thai: 
 there is an Almighty Power, neverthd::fs they believe not 
 that they [wear by him in any other farm or name^ then 
 what their own (which they thinly the true) %eligion 
 teacheth them* Qjq 2 Anci 
 
^:^2 The Proem. 
 
 And by the dt fi-aiiov of <in Oath, it appeareth, shar tt 
 addeth not a greater obligation toperfom the Covenant 
 ("^orn^ then the Covenant CArrieth in itfelf^ but it pHtteth 
 a man into greater danger ^ and ef greater pHnijhmeMt. 
 
 Covenants andOathi are Dc Voluncariis, that is^ Dc 
 poffihiUbns, Nor can the Covenantee under Jkand the Co^ 
 venditor to promife Jmpoflibles, for they fall not under 
 deliberatten: and confeq^tcntlv no (Covenant ts underflood 
 to bind further^ then to onr befl- endeavonr^ either i^i per- 
 fcrmance ef the thing promtfed, tr in fomethtr^g a^uiva* 
 lent. 
 
 It happeneth many timefy that man henefittetb or con- 
 tribiiteth to the power of another without any Covenant ^ 
 bnt onely upon confidence and trujl tf obtu.nmg the grace 
 and favour efthat other ^ whereby he way procure a grea- 
 ter, or no lejs benefit and affi fiance to htmfelf. For by 
 Keceffi:y hf .wtttire every man doth in all hi6 voluntary 
 anions intend fome good ttnio himfelf* In th^ cafe it 
 is a Law of Nature , That no man iuffer him , chat 
 thus tiuftcth to his charity, or good affedion towards 
 him, to be in the worfs eftate for his trufting. For tf 
 he fhallfo do , men vpill not dare to confer mutually to 
 each others defence^ norput the mf elves into each others 
 mrcy, upon any terms what foivsr^ but rather abide the 
 fitmofl a>.d Ivor ft even ofhoj^iliiy; by which general dif- 
 fider.ce^ men will not onely be erforced to war^ (fUt alfo 
 afraid to comefo much ^vithi^ the danger of one another^ 
 04 to Tfidie any over, ure of peacC' But this is to be under'* 
 flood of thofe only that confer their benefits {as 1 have 
 faid) upon truft o^ly^ and not j or triumph or efientatien. 
 For oi ^'hen t>ey doit upon truft^ the end they aimed at^ 
 uamely to be well ufedy is the reward ; fo alfo when they 
 do it for ofientaiion^ they have the reward in themf elves. 
 But feetngin thtscafe there paffeth no Covenant^ the 
 
 breach 
 
The Proem. 235 
 
 breach ofthi^ La"^ of Nature^ is not to he called Injury. 
 It hAth another r7amey town. Ingratitude. 
 
 Ic u aifo a Lmv of Nat fir e ^ That every man do 
 help and endeavour to accommodate each other as far 
 as may be, without danger of their pcrfons, and lofs of 
 their means to maintain and defend themlelves. Vor 
 feeiyig the caufcs offVar upd DefoUtion proceed from thofe 
 j>dJfion^ hj rvhtch vce ftrive to dccommodate. our [elves ^ 
 and to leave others m far as we can behind us^ it foUo^^eth^ 
 that that pajfion by which ^e ftrive mHtnallj to accommo" 
 date each oiher^ mttft be the catife of peace. And this 
 paffion is that Qurtij defined in the Harmony of the 
 World. 
 
 It 16 alfothe L^w of Nature , That no man obtrude 
 or prefs his advice or counfel to any man that dccla- 
 rcth hirafelf unwilling to hear the fame. For feeing a 
 man taketh counfel concerni-^g what is good or hurt of him.- 
 jelf onely^and not of his Counfellor^ and that Cotmfelii 
 avolunta'-y afkion^ and therefore te^deth alfoto the good 
 cftheComifellor^ there may be often jajixcaufe to ftifpe^ 
 the CoHnJellohr : and though there benone^ yet feeing 
 Counfel uyiwilUngly heard y is a needlefs offence to him 
 that IS not willing to hear it, and offences tend all to the 
 breach of peace ^ tt is therefore againfi ihe Law of Nature 
 to obtrude it, 
 
 A man that fh all fee thefe Laws of Tsljttire fet down 
 and inferred with [0 mmy words ^ and fomuchadoe^ may 
 thinl^thert is fo much dijfctthy and fubtiliy required to 
 acknowledge and do according tp the faid Laws in every 
 fuddenoccafion^ when a mtn hath but a little time to con- 
 fder. And while we confider man in moft paffions^ as of 
 Anger, Ambition, Covetoufncfs^ Vain-glory, and the 
 Itke^ that tend to the excluding of nutural Eqtialityy it is 
 trm. Bpttvpithomthfefaffi^nSy there is aneajie ruleta 
 
 Q^ 5 kn^» 
 
^^^, The Proem. 
 
 ]iy.ow ii-^uti a ]ndd<^fi ivhcther the ,-Uion .( be to do ^ he 
 fig^LKJi the L.:\v of f7atffrc, or ho: : and it u hm this , 
 That a man imagine bimfelFin the place of the party 
 with whofli he bach to do, and rtciprocally him in his. 
 which is KO more btn a chdngir.g {m a ^ere)ofthf Scales. 
 For every iy:ans pafjicn weigkeih heavy tn his own Scji/e, 
 but tn the ScnU of his nei^i^hhcHr. j^nd this rule is very 
 ruellli^'Oron iind expreffcd i;-7 this old dictate ^ Quod ti hi 
 fieri non vis, alteri nc fecei is. 
 
 Thefe L.:rvs of N.ttHre^ the Sum -whereof coy: lift eth^ in 
 forhiddihg us to be our ow?2 J^dg^s^ andour own Carz^ers^ 
 and in cor/trytarJtrig us to accCT'/medace one arother ; in 
 cufcthcj fhetild be ohferved by [ome and not by others , 
 vpould nh^ke the ob fewer r bm a vrpj o thsm rhat fiould 
 neglell thtrytj^aving the good bsth rvithoin defence ^g<^iy}J^ 
 thcwich^ed^ andaljo with a change tn t^f lift thfrnl which 
 is againfl the fcoje ef the faid Laws^ tb^t a e made o^^/y 
 for the protection and defence of thm that- k^ep them. 
 Renfon iherefore^and t^e Lt^w cf ,Nuitire over arid a^zff 
 all thfe par-icuUr Ljiws^ do:h diSla:e tiis Law %n gene- 
 ral , That thofc pxrvcAat Laws he (o far ob^^rved, as 
 they lubjefl us not to any incommodiry tha: in cur 
 own judgments may ariie by the nei:l€d:fher£Otin 
 thole towards whcm we obfeive thtm; a^d co^fe- 
 ^uentfy recjuireth ro more bm the defire and conftam in- 
 tentioij to endeavour and be ready to obferve thcm^ unlefs 
 there be cattfe to the. coiitrary in other mens refufal to 
 olferve them towards uu The force therefore cf (he Law 
 ofMiture^ is Kotin f^ro externo , till there be fecurity 
 for men to obey it, but is.^.l\vays in foro iiuerno, wherein 
 t'yf ^i5t;on ofoiedience being Mnfafe^ the will and readi»efs 
 to prform-y is ti.kenfi>r the performance, 
 
 Amor:g!} the Laws of Nit urey ( ufloTKes ard prefer h 
 pions arc not numbred^ For n>h,it[o€ver tiQion is againfl 
 
 re. fott^ 
 
ine rroem. 2^55 
 
 reafon^ thitfgh it be reiterated ^lever [o often^ or that therf 
 be never ^0 many precedenrs . hereof^ is flill ag^tnfi reafo» 
 and therefore not a Law of Nature^ but contrary to it» 
 But corjfem and Covenant m.tj [$ alter tbs cafeSy whkh i» 
 pile La)^ of Nature maybe }>hc by chaitging the Ctrcum- 
 ftancet, that that which roM renfen before , may aftey 
 TPards i/e agdf:ft it , and yet is Rsafen jitil the Law, For 
 thoftghevcr) man be boHnd to allow equally to ar^otherjet 
 if thAi other jhall fee caiife to renoHnce the fame and wak$ 
 btmfe If infer ioHTy thtn^ if from thenceforth htcovflder him 
 as infer ioury hebreaheth not thereby that Laro of Nature 
 that commandeth to allow equality. In fttnfy Amans 
 own confent may abridge him of the liberty which the 
 Law of Nature leavethhini, but cuftomnot; nor can 
 either ef ihem abrogate either thefe^ »r any other LaW of 
 Nature, 
 
 That men ought to fland to their GovenoJftSy h taffgbt^ 
 Pfal, 15 . IVhere the Que fl ton being ajked^ verfi. Lord 
 who (hall dwell in thy Tabernacle ? &c. It is anfweredy 
 verf,^. He that fwcareth to his own hindrance, and 
 yet changeth not. ^^d that men ought to be gratified 
 where no Covenant frtffsch^ Deut. 25.4. TfeoQ fhalt no^ 
 muzzle the Ox that treadeth out the Com , T^hich 
 5. Paul, I Cor. 9.9. i^uerprrtethnot ofOxenhm^Afen^ 
 
 That men content themfehes with eqt^lity^ as it i^ the 
 foundation of naturalLawj fo alfo is it of the fecond 
 tab/' of the divine Law .^ Matth- 52. 39. 40. ThotJ 
 fhalc love thy Neighbour as thy felR On tbcfc two 
 Laws depend th^ whole Law and the Prophets ; which 
 is not fo to he underf^ced^ as that a man fhould fiudyf9 
 much his neighbours frofit as his own^ or tktt he (hould 
 divide his goods among ff his neighbot^rs ; but that he 
 fhould efleem his neighbour worthy all rights ar.d frivi^ 
 ledges that himfelf enjejcth ; and attribute nnto hsm^ 
 
2:^0 IheProeiTi, 
 
 "^hatjoever he Uoketh Ihotildhe attrwHiedumo htfnfelf', 
 rvhkh is ne msre^ bnt that he jhoft/d be kumhU^ meek, ank 
 cofJtetJtwith eqfiitltty. 
 
 And that in diflrihuting of rigl-t Ame>igfi equals, that 
 dljtribHtfQn is to be made accordifig to the proportions cf 
 the numbers ^rvhich is the givi>ig ^^firqualia aeq salibus,^ 
 proporcionaliaproportjonalibus,jyf /;^z/fNum.26.53,54 
 the commaadnTent ofGed ts Mofes, Tliou fliait divide the 
 Land according to the number of naracs , to many 
 thou (halt give more, to few thou flhalr give ief^, to 
 every one according to his number. That deuftonby 
 let 16 a weans of peace ^ Prav.iS.iS^ The lot taufcth 
 contention toceafe, andmaketh partition amoi^gthe 
 mighty. 
 
 That the accommodation andforgtvenefs of one another 
 rMch have before bee fi pHt for La^s of Nature^ are^lfo 
 Layi> divine , there is no ^jefii^n. For they are the Ef- 
 fence of charity^ which i6 the [cope of the whole Law, 
 that we otigbt not to reproach &r reprehend one ^nother^ is 
 the doBrtne of onr Saviour^ Mat.7. 1. Judge not, that ye 
 "be not juii^ed. Vtrf. 3. Why fecft thou the Mote that 
 is in thy brothers eye, and feeft not the Beam that is in 
 thine own eye ? Alfo the Law thacforbiddeth us to prefs 
 enr Coanfelupcn others ft^rther then they admit, is adi' 
 ^lifie Law* 
 
 In the making of a Democracie^ there pajfeth no Cove^ 
 n.^nt between the Soveraign and any Sub]eB. For ivhile 
 the^emocraeie is a makjng, there ts no Soveraign with 
 X^hom te contrdEl. For it cannot be im:igined that the 
 ^jMnltitude fhoHld contraB "^ith it fdf^ or Veith any one 
 fyiaHy or number of men^ parcel of it p If ^ to make itfelf 
 Sovereign ; mr that a multitude confidercd as One aggre- 
 gate^ can give it fc If any thing which before it hadyiot^ 
 Seeing then that SoVeraignty Demecyatical is not con- 
 ferred 
 
The Proem. 257 
 
 f erred by t'ne Covenant of any m^iLtntide Tvhtch fftppofeth 
 Vnionand SoVe^aignty already made'^ it refieththat the 
 fame he conf/rred by the far ticnlar Covenants of every 
 Jeveral tnan^ that u to fay ^ every man with every man^ for 
 atfd in conjideration of the benefit of his own feace and 
 defersCe^ covenanteih to fiand to and obey ^hatfoeVer 
 the ma-or parP of thetr whole f7umber , or the ma'pr 
 fart of fuch a nnmber of them as fhallbe f leafed to afm 
 femble at a certain time and fUce \h.iR determine and 
 command* And this is that ^hich' giveth being to a 
 Democracie ^ wherein the foveraign Affemblywas caU 
 led of the Greekj^ by the name c/Demus, {that is^ thepeo' 
 fie ) from whence cometh D:mo:rac:e. So that^ where 
 to the. fhpream and Independent (f^onrt tverj man may 
 come that tvill and give his Vete^ there the Soveraign 
 is called the people. 
 
 Out of this that hath been faid, may readily be drawn, 
 that whatfoever the people doth to ^.ny one particular mem" 
 ber or fubjetl of the Comrrtoiiwealih , the fame by 
 him ought not to be filled injury. Tor firfi injury 
 ( as yoH may fee in our Holy Guide ) is breach of 
 Covenant ; but Covenants ( as hath been faid in the 
 precedent Difcourfe)^ there pajfed none from the peo^ 
 ph to any private man '^ and confequently ^ (to wit 
 the people ) can do him no in ury^ 
 
 Secondly 9 how u'-^juf} fcsver the aBion be that this 
 Soveratgn Dcm^s jhall do, is done by the Vfill of ۥ 
 very particular m^.n fnbje^ to htm , who are there- 
 fore guilty of the farne^ 
 
 If therefore they fttle /VIn/ury-, they do bm auufe 
 themfelves ; and it is againfi reafon for the fame man 
 both to do , and complain , implying this contradi- 
 Uion , thM whereas he (irfi ratified the peoples aUs 
 
 in 
 
 ■?ji. 
 
258 The Proem. 
 
 Sffgcntriiljhe mr^ difalloyvtth the [awe of them in parttcu^ 
 iar- It is therefore /aid trtily^ Volenti non fit injuria^ 
 Neverthekfs nothing doth hinder but that divers aEti^ 
 tins done bj the fe^fle may, be uffjuft before ^9d Al^ 
 wight J, as breaches of the Law of Nature* Read the 
 Idtt of the Law , Government, War , and Tyranny 
 
 OCIA 
 
 W 
 
2^9 
 
 O C I ^ I M ? E R 1 A L I A: 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Of the coffdition and true happineG of a King, 
 
 Uring the Tyranny of the late Times, in our 
 ... Book called 7 he Idea ofth Ltw, wc have been 
 bold to teach that chcy are either blind or ig- 
 norant thar(vvith the Vulgar) eftimates the happwefj of a 
 K^yig to confifi tn titular hcmptrs^ Lirgenffs of DomU 
 rions^ miHicHj of SfibjtBs, f^ir Fa/aces^ multitHde of al" 
 i'g'-ance^ rich treafares^ and other gLjleririg jhcwsi they 
 never iookinio the heavy buith*;n and thorny cares of 
 Government^ whereof a Diarkin iscompofed, wherein 
 \\\^fhj:frejfing ofVice^ exalt ing of Vert tte^ equal admi- 
 niflration ofjuftice, immediately in hisown perfon, 
 and mediately by his Officers^ the defence of the poor 
 and opprciTcd, day and night to be watchful that nei- 
 ther in his own perfon 9 nor in others, the Law be in- 
 fringed, ought to be, and are the chief and infcparable 
 companions of £mperie, andfo annexed to a Giown, 
 upon no lefTe peril tht!n privation of ail tbofe worthy 
 Epichltcs which are due to good Princes here^ and of 
 the eternal reward, thjt is promifcd hereafter; Thi? 
 Kingly charge, outwardly glorious, begun with cares 
 continued with f;^ars, oftentimes ended with fcrrows, 
 rightly confidered, will make ^J^^^^^j with fighs be- 
 wail 
 
240 Ocia Imperialia. 
 
 i Wail the jnifery of Kings DamocUs leave to flatter 
 / J)iom[tus , Golden Crafus in (orrow and admiration 
 remember old Solon ; let therefore all Princes who 
 are tranfporred with the libidcnous dcfire of Raign, 
 or ambitious inlarging of their Dominions, wifely ex- 
 pend thefe fcllowing reafons.Rcad the Idea of the Law 
 &c. The Holj Guide lib. i. Ch. i. 
 
 Firft the great charge that is impofed upon fuch 
 to whom government is committed, andhowdifficil ic 
 istoexerciie the lame rightly, what wifdome is re- 
 quired in Princes, left they not only make fiiip- 
 Wrack of their own private , but of the Fublique 
 eflatc; hoTv far they ought in vcrtue to excel others; 
 for as feeing h peculiar to the eye, hearing to the 
 ear; fo is the publique good to a King, which 
 without wifdome he can no more govern, then a 
 blind eye iee, or deaf ear hear: wherefore let none 
 alpire to the facrcd feat of a King, but fuch who 
 iUidy by wiidome and vertuero exceed thofe they 
 over-Hjle. The Holy guide ihcwsthiset large in the 
 third Book , and how to attain vvifdomc and vercue* 
 See the Idea of Tyranny, 
 
 Secondly, Let them confider, that the .Scepter is 
 not given unto Kings tyranncufly to abufe the au- 
 thority committed to fhem, but to be (Irid Obfer- 
 vers and Miniflers of the laws, they impofeupono- 
 thers, becaufe the reciprock duty, ( otherwilc then 
 in the dignity of commanding and that Kings are 
 onely comptableto GodJ is mutual. 
 
 O King, laid ^^^p^rw, fincc there is none upon 
 earth able to compel thee, impofe a neccffity of 
 keeping the laws upon thy felf. aXiigaftus Caf^r 
 likewife having made a law for the punifliment of 
 
 Adulterers, 
 
Ocia Jmferia Ua, 2 4 1 
 
 Adulterers (overcome with fiaiiiy and the violence 
 of his palfions) did beat a young man, who hadbeea 
 more familiar with his daughter ^«/iVi then did be- 
 come him ; but hearing him cry out O Cdi^ar I ap- 
 peal to the law which thou ball made, did fo con- 
 dole the exadation of punifliment, not due before 
 the lawful trial and legall cenfure^io that he did for- 
 bear eating or drinking for a time. A notable ex- 
 ample in a great Prince to whom the breach of the 
 law he had made was fo dilplcafant that he fludied 
 rather to purilh bis own error, then the offence of 
 fo high quality committed igainft his Koy a! Dignity. 
 This prince did well know that the law is the 5ove- 
 raign Queen of divine and humane government and 
 that it is not enough to make or underhand the laws, 
 but to keep them. As you may read at large in our 
 Idea, of the Lmv &c. 
 
 Thirdly, Let ambitious (j/^/^AT^W^r and tyrannous 
 Dienifus (whofe ruling appetite and cruelty one world 
 or humane blood cannot fatiate) confider that Kings 
 are the Images of God ; and as God is not only 
 goodnefs it felf, but diftributes his goodnefs to all 
 men; ^o a prince (being Gods Vicegerent) ought 
 to be profitable to his lubjeds, not to prefer his 
 private good before their publiquc ill, but to draw 
 his pidure by the pattern of his maker, and fo go 
 before his Subjefts, not only in abandoning of Vice, 
 but in following of Vercne ; knowing as hcexcelU 
 others in place, (ofar ought he to furpaffe all other 
 in external and internal vertues; and finally that A 
 fympathy betwixt his greatnefs and goodnefs is re- 
 quired of him : Let a prince wifely weigh that, the 
 helm of the Common-wealth is committed to his 
 charge, the well or ill government whereof will one 
 
 day 
 
242 Ocia Jmferialia, 
 
 day either be re'»^ardcd with a more glorious Diadem i 
 or punniihed (for tbclliipivrak of his 5u.bjeds expo- 
 led in his default upon the works of perdition )vvith 
 eternal raifery. There is nothing that either is more 
 contagious or that fooner difperfeth ic felf through , 
 the body of a 5t^tc,,thcn the example of a Prince . 
 whofe hte is fo confp'cuous as the Sun ; and therefore 
 neceffarily muft either to the good of all men , 'b^ the 
 bed »mong men , or to the prejudice of all men , and 
 bis own ruine the moft wicked. Readout idea of 
 (government. 
 
 Fourthly, The boyling def»re of Empire willgrow 
 cold, if a Prince (etbefr^rc his eyes , the infinite dan- 
 gers to which he is fubjed, to what burthen he is tied, 
 how lull of Thorny cares and pirils , and commonly 
 bow jhort the life of great Potentates is. It was not 
 without caufethar^^t/rfr did complain upon the mifery 
 of Princes, iubjtd: to perfidious machinations, de- 
 teilabie i reafons, dccciptfulconfpiracie^, and intoxi- 
 catepoyronings,they cannot in fa fety go abroad with- 
 out a guard, neirhrr rak^* meat before fome o:her taftc 
 it ; Princesfnuft n peace hve Armed , not only againft 
 the invafion ol- foreign Ef.emies, burintcftine& dome- 
 ftick friends ; one betrays birrs ; an other dereives him , 
 others diffemblediy magnifies him : he is th^ (uL/ed: 
 of ail difcourfc , the objed of all mens eyes, from all 
 which the vulgar fort live fecure, they arenither lub- 
 jed to fears , nor feared or envied of any ; their car- 
 then cups yeild them drink to quench f heir thirft, but 
 ncttoextingrifh their life, hunger makes rheir brown 
 biead fweet, labour their flcep quiet, a faiali fire keeps 
 them from cold, cO'jrfecloathsfhdtersthcirnaKcdnef^ 
 and an innocent life crowns their death ; By which ic 
 i;s evidcrt whofoeveraffedi> limpire, mufteither fooL 
 
 liOily 
 
Ocia Imperials, 2 45 
 
 liflily be ignorant that he is fet upon the i heater of 
 the WorldjOr whac intricate difficulties arc in the right 
 difcharge of a KingsOffice;or Tyranc-likCjrefoIvc ^at 
 theComoaon- wealth mult be the ftay of his iniolent life 
 ahd wi(hed-for death. The continual coyles whereunto 
 Piii-ices are fubjed, made C^far oftentimes wifn to be 
 exoner d of io weighty t burden. This hath been the 
 caufe that many wife and learned Princes, have prefe- 
 red a private life before publick greatnefs. %f/id sur 
 Holy Gtiide. 
 
 Laftly, Let the ferious premeditation of theflrid: 
 account that a Prince muft give, ferve to curb the 
 infolenc affeding of (jovemment^ %^ad 9iir Idea of 
 (jLVsrnment. 
 
 The time will (hortly come {"Death fp.^ring no more 
 Kings then Beggars) when he muftyeild uphisac* 
 counts^ according to the greatnefs of his lalientcora- 
 fflitted to him, before fuch a Judge, before whom all 
 the Monarch? in the World arc not able toappcalcjand 
 when they can neither deter, deceive, or corrupt, 
 what ftrid account will he take, what fevrc judgement 
 will he pronounce agiinft fuch, aseither unjuftiy have 
 ufurped his authority on Earthv orbeing lawfully called 
 CO inch an high hon our , have notacquited chcmfelves 
 of the cruft committed to them ; forefeeing of To great 
 2 danger,the beft remedy is, that Princes fquare all their 
 AdiQns,by that fame meafure, by which they (hall 
 certainly either receive the bleiling and a better King- 
 dome, or the curfe of I ^wtfB^fl'/ »5r, and eternal toc- 
 Sients, Read our Harmony of the fVarld. 
 
 It is now manifcft that a good Prince (to whom 
 tbe'inceflant care of this great charge is more dicar 
 then the mad and foolidi defirc of preheminencc; is 
 cot happy by the external {hc«rsof greatnefs, but by 
 
 (hewing 
 
244 OcialwferiaUd, 
 
 ibewing hirafclf great Firlt in thcover-rulinfi himfelFi 
 (which IS n©ne of the leaO,but rather the perfedion of 
 humane Adions ) and then by the eitabliQiing of 
 good tawsj going before his people in the obfervation 
 of them, in the equal adminiftration of juftice, in 
 rewarding the vertuous, and puniftiing the vicious, 
 exalting the humble and obedient, beating down the 
 proud oppreflbr , inreprefling of Enemies , cherifli- 
 ing of friends, in puniihing treafcmable pradiles , de- 
 teftiag impoO.uring flattery, chaftizing detradors, 
 difcountenancing hollow- hearted Hypocrite?, day and 
 night to be bufied in the publick a^sires , and finally 
 to (hew himfelf luch, as he cares not who looks into 
 his moft fecret A(ftions, or outward gedure. Read 
 our book called the Idea of the Law ^ tec, 
 
 Thefc and the like be true kindly fun(5lions, and the 
 rich Jewels that adores a Diadem ; for the happincfs 
 of a Prince doth not confiil in tempora'v or momen- 
 tary pleafures, grounded upon the Onking fjundation 
 of deceitful vice, but upon the never perifhing de- 
 tightSy buildcd upon the unmoveibie Rock of vertue , 
 unto which no man can afcend , but by the fteps of 
 divine Wifdome , which Solomon (m vvhofe choice 
 it was to ask what he pleafed) did well know to be the 
 life of Government , he did not a^k Riches, nor !arge 
 Dominions, norvidory over his tnemies, nor vain- 
 glory, nor pleafures ; butwifdomc, neither worldly 
 Wifdome, but fuch whereby in upright nefs and un- 
 deritanding he might judge his people. P/;///?/? of .^.t- 
 cedon wis defirous that his Son AlfXinder fhould not 
 give his mxtiAt tocorrupcable riches, neither to the 
 extending of his Dorainions,but to the ftudy oiThUo- 
 fofhy ; Thus great Princes did con(ider,that Wifdome 
 and Learning are the HerculeAn Pillars, and iupporters 
 
 of 
 
Ocza ImperidlU. 245 
 
 - — - f — : — — — — ^ 
 
 of Kings » without which tbeir condition (although 
 cmbclilhed with the Empire of Jfexander^ths Armies 
 of Xerxes, the riches of Crafus^ the glory of Solemen^ 
 ind other whatfoev er failing vanities, either nature 
 doth produce 9 or Art invent , is more mifeiable 
 then the poorcft Codrns , or difpifed Lazarus. Read 
 the Holy Guide Itb 3. 
 
 It is the wifdome (econded, by good education and 
 learning, that dignifies a Prince in his youth , accom- 
 panieth him in his life , and glorifies him after 
 death. 
 
 CHAP. IL 
 
 what benefit c&meth to a King by good Educa- 
 tion and Learning 
 
 A S the mod fertil ground without culture is not 
 -*^only Barren in the produdion of wholfome 
 fruits but doth overgrow with Thirties and hurtfull 
 weeds ; fo the mind of man without Education is not 
 only infertile in the propagation of vertue, t uc natural- 
 ly inclined to bring forth ianorarce , voluptucufncrs , 
 and all other vices , Solomon laith , ThatfooUfhrjefsts 
 tied to the hejtrt of a young man^and c^khos be untiedifitt 
 hjf the harJ efinftruUiion: There is no man bOrn good, 
 neither Prince howfoever nobly defccnded, without 
 wholfome dodrine , did ever prove himfclf worthy 
 of Empire ? It concerneth therefore generous high 
 born and ingenious Princes in their young years , to 
 follow the (ludy of good letters, to honour, love, and 
 
 R r Kctaia 
 
246 Odd Iwpenalia^ 
 
 retain the profeflors of liberal Arts , and ro be profici- 
 ent in them. The benefits thereof are many, the effeds 
 admirable , and the reward ineftimable , Read our 
 HoljGtnde. lih,t, chap, 2. 
 
 Fird^ vcnuous education begetteth a habit of vertue 
 and hatred of vice, for there is nothing more certain , 
 then that thereby a man becometh more then a man, 
 and participates in the Divine nature; on the other 
 fide, if he be left to his natural ignorance, he degene- 
 rates to ail wickcdnefs , and fympathies rather with 
 the moft Savage and rude beads, then withareafon- 
 ableman. 
 
 Lttcftrgtis the SpArtan Lawgiver made manifeft the 
 powerfujnefs of education by the divers cfFeds of two 
 puppies. See the Idea of the Law» 
 
 Secondly, although a Prince fo exceed all others in 
 the abundance of all things , t^at Learning may fecm 
 either to fcrve him to fmall ufe, or not neceffary at all 9 
 yet for many weighty confiderations , the more pow- 
 erful he is, the lef* able he is to govern,either himfelf,or 
 his people without knowledge, & Learning,being more 
 read> t decline from the right hand of vcrtue,unto the 
 left hand of vice ,' then to keep the fuie way , never J 
 known to the ignorant and unlearned . Learning that J 
 ftrong guard that defcndethaPrince againftthe deceit- 
 ful incicementsorprofperity, power, honour, riches, 
 and whatfoever el^e prepicl tares greatnefs, blindfolded 
 in the Cme-im darknefs of ignorance)to an irrecover- 
 able r O'.vnfall .• a P. incc ou^ht not to roeafure his hap- 
 pincfs by thofe falie goods of Fortune , but by the 
 true riches of his mind. GcrgUs being asked whether 
 ^e did think the Pcrf^.aK King happy or not, anfwered, 
 he did not know how vcrteous and learned he was, 
 forfaidhc, there is nohappincls in thefc things that 
 
 ma^ 
 
Oda Imferialia 247 
 
 may be taken avviy. ^cad the Harmony of the 
 Worlds lib, t. 
 
 Thirdly, Learning ftirrs up and excitates the rainde 
 and love of a Prince to the reading of Books , wherein 
 he may learn all things necdfull for him fell' or Sub/eds ; 
 Theie dumb Mafters will praife him it he be worthy, 
 or without fear, which the Prophet tells him thou art 
 the man , they will finally (without blulhing) adrao- 
 nifti him of thoic things his Courtiours either will not 
 or dare not, the want of learning is the caafe that 
 Princes rejed the counfel of their frien^sand contemn 
 the power of their enemies ; ignorance caufed Camhtfes 
 crueHj to murther the (on of Fraxa/pes his fervant , 
 for his faithful counfel ; TjrAnous Dienyfttts, to check 
 Plato for his loving advife. Read alfo our lde<t ef Ty* 
 ran ft J, 
 
 Thcfe and the like phaUrifm examples oi Tyranny; 
 prove that the knowledge of learning is neceffary for 
 good Princes that thereby they become fo much better 
 thatthey willingly embrace vrtue, and comes to the 
 knowledge of themfelves. See the Idea of ly- 
 rannj. 
 
 Fourthly, although by defcent,nobiIity of blood, and 
 indulgence of Fortune^ Princes are eminent, yet to 
 add a more (hining brightnefs to their external 
 fplcndor, learning i$ neccffjry , T/z.a ^i^u^tsTaV/ 
 maii'A± E^JIJ^ Learning is an honour to all men iaith 
 Afenander^ many famous Princes both at home and a- 
 broad have b<en more reverenced for their Learning, 
 then honoured for their greatnefs. See our Idea of 
 Government, 
 
 Fifthly, Learning only brings with it laftfng and 
 prince-worthy plealures, the reft are but deceitful 
 momentary, Biiliff. to infnare them. They arc richly 
 
 Kr z named 
 
248 Ocia Imferialia 
 
 nimcd (by Archttas) the moft dcftroying plagues 
 infliAed upon men, AriffotU was wont to admonifc 
 his 5cholers, not to look upon pleafures , at their 
 coming, but in their going; fo in the one, faiii he, they 
 (hew fair jn the other chey leave forrow and repentance* 
 
 On the contrary, the delights that arc begotten of 
 learning and vertue^tre true joyes, perroamcnt plea- 
 fures, the ornaments of youth, the Crown of age ; 
 They adorn prosperity uphold adverficy at home, 
 the beft Stewards abroad the beft Interpreters in 
 peace, and of idlenefs ; in war the Marflials of 
 Gamp?, in company the Minifters of difcourfe, a- 
 lone private and true Councellors. 
 
 Noble AjfrtcAKus ufed oft to fa;^ that he ivas never 
 lefs folitary then when folitary. 
 
 A prince of ^ri[?f«j being demanded what he did 
 profit by Philofophy anfwered, that at all tiroes 
 he could without offence conferre with hfmfelf, and 
 in every difcourfe draw in conclufion confonant to 
 reafon, befides laid he, the knowledge ofPhilofophy 
 makes me love wife learned honcftmen, deteft flat- 
 tering Parafites, and fools. 
 
 Sixthly, Learning adorns a Prince with curtefic, cle- 
 mency, and meckneffe, the firrt begettcth infeperabJc 
 love the fecond humane admiration, and the third di- 
 vine applaufe ; the love of 5ub)(^s, is the v^all of 
 Ktngdomes, mercy eftablifiieth the throne of a King, 
 and mecknefs deifies him. 
 
 Seventhly, Incno{l dcfpcratedifeafes (by learning) 
 a Ppnce findes matter of comfort, and prcfent help. 
 Th 9 was the medicine «hat Marcus Tullius did, 
 miniOcr to his friend; O l^Alhns faid he, if I could 
 prefcribe medicine for our cquall griefi, I wouldt 
 fuch as I can I will, Let the fludy of good letters 
 
 which 
 
Ocia Wfcrialia. 349 
 
 which for our delight we have formerly embraced 
 be now the comfort of our rniferies, and laft health; 
 as they did advance our better fortunes, fo they 
 \vill mittigare our prcfent forrows , cure our wounds 
 and fo expell Melancholy paffions, that the forrows 
 of humane miferie?, (hall have no further entry^ then 
 to the gates of our weikeU fences^ 
 
 5ince therefore humane milcries arc no leffe 
 incident to Princes then poor men ; a Prince ought 
 by learning to arm himfelf, agaiiift the violent batteries 
 ofadverfe fortune, if Crtf//^j had perticipate, either in 
 learning or ad vife which Selon in his flourifhing cftate, 
 he had found more comfort thereby upon his Tragical 
 Theatre, then in the millions of his golden trcafures^ 
 Dio'^yftus (nothing inferiour to Cr^7«j in tyranny or 
 prefumption , but fuperiors) by learning in his exilq 
 being asked what he had learned by f /.ire, anfwered 
 that by Philofophy, he had learned to undergo e- 
 qually the cftate of a Prince, and Beggar. 
 
 Eightly, a learned Prince doth willingly incline to 
 wifdora and vertue, he followeth the one and (hun- 
 eth the other, not for fear, but for love of them- 
 felves. The Cubicularies of the Perfian Kings were 
 enjoined every morning to put their Mafter in mind 
 ©f his Kingly office by thefe words, jirife O King 
 and go abottt thy fublique affairs : A learned Prince 
 needeth no fuch advertifement, before he goeth to 
 bed, he premeditates the next dayes work, in his 
 bed he confults upon that, and at his rifing he exe- 
 cutes his fetled defigns, he is neither overcome, with 
 forrow, fear, hope, joy, and other vulgar violent 
 perturbations; but willingly follows thofe wholfome 
 laws he doth enad for others* Anftot/e being de- 
 manded what he had profited by Philofophysanfwcr- 
 
 K r 3 ed 
 
2 50 Ocia Imperialia. 
 
 cd that he had learned to do thofc things willingly 
 that others did for fear of the law* 
 
 Oderunt feccare honi virtut'is amore 
 Odernnt peccare malt formtdine p^na. 
 
 Ninthly, Giving of anfwers , ufinq perfwafions, 
 rcfolving ofqueftions, difcourfing of laws confer- 
 irg of honors, defence of things propofed or done, 
 are infepcrably annexed to the office of a King, un- 
 to all which a Prince muft be by learning ioablcd, 
 left he expofe himfelf to the cenfure of ignorance, 
 or become the fubjeft of fmothered laughter, and 
 future contempt. The words of Princes are ( like 
 the Oracles of Jpollo) no fooncr fpoken but taken 
 hold of by all men, therefore great care is to be 
 talci^n, that his words , his orations , his anfwers 
 and demandf, beconfonant to the dignity of a Princp, 
 TiUte did pronounce that State happy, where i wile 
 and learned King did raign, for faid he , learning 
 is the only and cheif happinefle, and ignorance, the 
 grcatefl ill; upon the firft depends all humane felicity, 
 and^ upon the lafl aflured mikry.Arnflippus made 
 choice rather to be a beggar then be unlearned, be- 
 caufe by the one he wanted but exteinil and tem- 
 porary riches, but by the other, he was dcftitutc of 
 humanity, knowledge and endleffe wealth, ^ee my 
 Holy Cfi/dfH Ettgliffjlh. I. chap* I. 
 
 Wherefore (to conclude this point) learning keeps 
 Stites from returning to the former Chaos of con- 
 fufion, it is the fame that enlightens the mind of a 
 Prince, and being removed, government by diforder, 
 turn? into tyranny, and is obfcurcd, with the dark 
 Clouds of ignorance. Sec my Idfaoflj/nKny, 
 
 Chap. 
 
Ocia Imfcrjalia. ^ 5 ^ 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Horc d Khjg ought to Moderate his Popper, 
 
 A Good Prince muft limit his power by his wii!> 
 and his will by rcafon, i]uod Ubet licet ^ is the 
 di[ifim of a Tyrant, whofe office is to givciaws, but 
 take none ; Cd/iguU being admoniflied by his great 
 Aunt Anthsny^ that he (hould m,ore wifely rule the 
 reigns of his government ; did tell her, that his will 
 was a law : 1 his licentious appetite is the poifoa 
 that once drunk, makes Kings abufe their authority^ 
 degenerates in all libidinous liberty, oppreffingthe 
 mighty, and negieding the poor: On the contrary 
 9 good Prince hath (with Ulijfes) his ears ftopt from 
 fuch inchanting fongs, that are pleafant to his flat- 
 tering fycophants, but poifonable to the publique 
 Weal. Anttgonius did feverely check one of his Cour- 
 tiours , who did maintain that all things were jull 
 and lawful for a King, not fo (by Jupiter) faid he 
 onely to Tyrannous and barberous Kings, but to me 
 nothing is lawful or juft, but that which is honeO. 
 Princely authority is not given by God to be the 
 fupplement of vice , neither the pidure of Tyranny, 
 but to be the pattern and defence of vertue and 
 jul^icc, the name of a Prince hath his original, as 
 well by commanding his own impetuous affeftions, 
 as in over ruling and going before his fubjeds. 
 HincdiEit Princifes qnod PrtncipentHr cogltationibfis 
 id efl omnss adfertttm pravomwimpetm con(inngent^ 
 C^ a re^c agendo voc^ti reges ; t^tiod relU agenda 
 
 R r 4 rtgal 
 
^5'^ Ocia Imperralia 
 
 regale ntmen ohtintrtt Amtttunt peccaxdo^ 
 
 Kingly Authority is not only reftrained to things 
 that are lawful, but of t-timcs many things that are 
 lawful in private iubjeds arc not fo in a King; that 
 ivhich is but errour in a private perfon is a vice (n 
 a prince, who fo niuch as he exceeds ali others, in 
 Authority , fo much more leverely ought he to 
 take accompt of his own ways ; ne mtmHm ^udicas 
 tHUm alios debere , hsnefie vitam agere^ regihns im* 
 wodefle Vivendi re lt[};4 Ucema^ fd ea jjs temporafftfa^ 
 ut exemplum re[te Vivendi conflituas^ compertum ham 
 hens JnhditorHm mores frorfus ad fimiltttidinem Pnncifis 
 ccmpofii. 
 
 The flourirtiing cftate, and modeft life of fub/ed?, 
 i^an argumentof the care and wiidom of the Prince, 
 when he aflerts nothing more then the good of his 
 fubjeAs, neither any thing Icffe then tyrranous liber- 
 ty, fuperfluous aboundance, wicked followers, flat- 
 tering Courtiours, and blind-folded ignorance. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 By f^hat means a King may Jecure himfdf in 
 
 his Kingdome^ and obtain the love of his 
 
 fH^jeSs. 
 
 ASwifdom (whxh is the brightnefsof the cver- 
 lafting light the undefiled mirrorof the Ma- 
 Jcfty of God, and Image of his goodnclTe, is the 
 fure groMnd of ibe (lately pillar of government ; So 
 is the favour ofi'uhjcfts ths maiutainer of fo glorious 
 
 tuild' 
 
OcJaJmferiaUa. 253 
 
 buildingj dUtgtte luf^^cn [aptenttiz is the watch -word gi- 
 ven to Kings, and the Kingdome that governed by 
 the vercue of a Prince, and love of his (ubjeds are 
 moft quiet and firm; the moft undeniable bealh are 
 tnade more eafily mild by gentle and familiar ufage, 
 then by roughnels and ftripes, and the \ovq of fub- 
 jeds (without which a i^rincc can never be fecure) 
 is fo over conciliate, by the benevolence of a Prince, 
 then by unbridled authority, and cruelcy. 
 
 Bitted are the mtek^ in hcnt^ for they PjaH pojfejfc 
 the inheritance^' of tloe earth, and p.^all he delighted 
 in the multitude of peace, was not written in vain, 
 but for the inftruding of Kings, and eftablifliing of 
 Kingdoraes, by the fruits of wifdom and not by the 
 efieds of Phaiarifme : Civihus placere fiudfy hahet 
 id mttltum grati£, was the worthy fentence of Btas ; 
 if a Prince fliould dcfire to equal or exceed Cetrops 
 in Nobility, PoUcrjjes inhappincfs, Craft4s in tiches, 
 Xerxes in multitude of Armies, C^far in vidorics^ 
 Pompejf in triumphs; no helps can fo avail him as the 
 united and true love of his fubjed., being the impreg- 
 nable ftrength, and never emptied treafure of a King, 
 "i^on flc exctihicc non arcfimftantia pila qtiam tutator 
 Amor: the Empire of a King over his Subjcds, is com- 
 pared to a father over his (on, or Maftcr over his 
 Scholer; he is no loving father that beats his fon for 
 every flight fault, and no lefTe cruel mafter , that 
 whips bis fcholler till the blood come, for the natii« 
 ral defeds of his memory , or fight; and certainly 
 many vigorous prefidents of punifhment, arc no 
 lefs difgraceful to a King, then many burials to a 
 Phyfitian, the more remifs a King Governs, he is 
 more honoured, lovtd, and obeyed; no virtue be- 
 comctb a prince better then Clemency, neither more 
 
 furely 
 
2 54 Ocia. Imperialia. 
 
 farely bindeth the hearts of his people, what is more 
 joyful to a King then to riign with the appluafe of 
 all men; who dares imagine any harm againft that 
 Prince that is meek and merciful, under whofe fiiel- 
 tring wings, luOice, peace, fecurity, and honoursp 
 flourifli and whoferich Cities abounds with all good 
 things: a8 mecknefs and mercy cflablifhes the throne 
 of a King, fo pride and cruelty overthrows the feat 
 ofaTyrrant. ^edesdnraffi^erhorumdi^ruxit Dcus C^ 
 federe fecit mttes pro e/>j faith Sohmon^ and in another 
 place, the houfeofthe wicked (hall be overturned, 
 but the tabernacles of the godly ftal! flourifli : let 
 the (hort Raign and tragical end of Dionypus^ Cali- 
 guUt Fite/lius, and many others , whofe tyrannous 
 life haftencd their wi(hed(yec immature)death, confirm 
 that no tyrant is of long continuance, that fuch are 
 much deceived, that dreams ftabillity or Security to 
 a prince without goodnefs, which being excluded, 
 the Empire is turned into tyranny. 
 
 Exift^ma turn demtim te tato regnare cum vokntihtis 
 fmperas quod enim invito ammo^ ehjtcitHr [edittenibHS 
 fiuHfiat capta occapone^ quod ob malnm prefiattir ob^ 
 feqMium^ r>on tmegrum fed fucatHm eft; 
 
 The Prince that wanrs the favour ofhis people hath 
 loft his chief good, for certainly a Prince that is 
 fearful to many, mull of neceflity be afflifted of many; 
 for how can he be fccurewhom the greateft part of 
 his fubj'eds wifti dead? Dionyjiusihe tyrant excrutiate 
 with this fear, did make choice to fuffer pain of 
 fingeing the hair of his beard with hot fire, rather 
 then commit his confcious life to the hazard of a Bar- 
 bers razor. 9A/exa?7der. Thareis never entred his 
 Queens chamber, before diligent fearch was made, 
 that no private weapon were bidden io that 3 yet 
 
 in 
 
odd ^mperJaliit^ 255 
 
 *n the end by his wife was cruelly rourchercd , luch 
 was the tyrannous lifv! and miferable end of thefe 
 and thoulinds more ; but wc Chriftians learn 
 our ksffons from our Maker, Mihl vindttia uidomea 
 ifi ego retribuam, we mull think our fins are the juft 
 caufe of our af ^idions, and that wicked Kings fofflc- 
 times are given to punifli people, Vabo regis in fur o- 
 re meo , faith the Lord ; but as God givcth thera 
 for the punilhment of fin, fo muflGods people on- 
 ly by repentance and amendment fubmit tbcrafelvcs 
 to Gods pleafure, in whofe hands arc the hearts 
 of Kings : it is not lawful for to think an evil thought 
 againft a King , far lei's to touch or lay hands upon 
 the Lords Annointe<i. 
 
 GHAP. V. 
 
 of Nobility and what it is, 
 
 ^Ubj'eifls are more eafiiy inclined to follow Antient 
 *^ Nubility 3 therefore difcent from Piince by (lock & 
 noble parent?, are the cheif means whereby a Prince 
 attaineth to thcduerefpedl of neighbouring Princes, 
 friends and i'ubjeds, yet hemu!t not rely upon the 
 Nobility of his Anceflbrs, as it that could add any 
 thing (except fcconded by his goodnefe ) to the digni- 
 ty ofa Prince, for nobility is the Ad of time , and dy- 
 cth with the father , if the Son be not a like vertuous, 
 NdhlUtas cognatorttm non vnUt nifi fnerimus nos ip(l 
 hfii, qiitdenimprodefl ei^cjuemjordidant mores generatio 
 cUra ; wherefiy it doth appear that in nobility by 
 defccnc (without vertue) is rather an imiginary and 
 
 vulgaj: 
 
256 Ocia Iwperialia. 
 
 vulgar opinion, then real and true nobility , and that 
 tlic Prince which is is indeed with vcrtue , i$ only 
 %vorthy of fo heigh, a Title and no other. 
 
 Nam geHfis & pravos & que n§n fecmns ipfi 
 Vtx eo noflra voco, " 
 
 It is a rediculous and oftenfivc hnmor to glory in 
 thcvertue of others, and thefplenilor of Anceftors is 
 thcgreatell ftain that can taint degenerating pofterity. 
 
 It is a cheif point to be wifely confidcred by a 
 Prince, that the very name of nobility, impofetha 
 ncccfiity of well-doing upon him , to this purpofe, 
 Chrjfefiom flith well , llle clarus Hie [ublimis 
 ille tunc integram nomita tern f nam patet^ qui dedig- 
 ttaturferviere vitiis^& ah eis non vtiltfuperari^ 
 
 Iphurates the fon of a Shoomakcr , preferred to Im - 
 perial dignity, being upbraided by degenerate Hermo- 
 dins, anfwercd, I am the beginner of my Nobility 
 but thou the extinguifhcr; of thine. C^us Mactus did 
 glory in the multitude of wounds he had recei- 
 ved in the defence of his Country , and in ver- 
 tuous Anions, not in the glorious monuments , or 
 Images of his predeceflbrs. 
 
 As Juvenal did hang PiMus P/autus (who ufed 
 to boaft himfelf defcendcd from the Noble fami- 
 lies orDrufius)hy the nofc; fothofe proud glcfler- 
 ing Thrafoues , yet like flataes , or good for no- 
 thing, but to look upon , and talk of the powetful- 
 ncfs , vertues, and richer of their Anceflbrs , are 
 worthy to be laughed at* 
 
 Frontint4s gave charge before his death, that no 
 Monument (hould be built for him , for faid he » 
 If I have lived vcrtuoufly , my memory fliali not 
 
 perifh 
 
Oct a Imferialia. 257 
 
 perifh , neicher needech monumenc of Gold> Mar- 
 ble , or Brafs $ buc if I dye vicioufly I am worthy 
 of none ; ihey (hall rather revive my infamy then 
 abftrad my memory, 
 
 • True Nobility doth not defcend by Birth , mer- 
 rit of others or imaginary opinion, buc isacqui. 
 red by vertue , and well doing , Vera nohilitas non 
 nafcendo cjueratHr fed vivendo \ veras nobilis non naf- 
 cat fir fed fuit. 
 
 CHAP. VL 
 
 Antidotes agawji the foyfoning ef vaine-glory ^ 
 
 and ambitious thoughts that intoxicates 
 
 the mindt of a King. 
 
 EArthly glory is a deceiveable pidurc, drawa 
 with falfecoulors , blemifhed with every breath, 
 is the work of fortune,blindly imported to the good & 
 badjbut the true furvey of the condition of thegreateft 
 Prince, and what he is> is a Divine work, and fuffici- 
 ent to rcftrain a Prince from the dangerous paths 
 of Pride and ambitious afpiringt 
 
 This examination ought firft to begin at the ferious 
 confideration what he is in his conception, at his birthy 
 in his life, and what he (hall be after his death^heis fas 
 all men conccived)in the heat of luf^^ind filth of Sin; he 
 is born naked , lefs able then many bafe creatures 
 to help himfelf, or take food, he liveth not only ex* 
 pofcd to humane difeafes, and worldly cares, where- 
 to private men arc fobjed , but to many miferics 
 
 from 
 
Q%8 odd ImperJalJA, 
 
 from which the vulgar are exempctd, after his death 
 he muft relolve to yeild a ftrid account , and 
 that according to the ufing of his Tallent , his 
 reward (hall be , Read the Temple of fVifdome at 
 Jarge. 
 
 Let a wife Prince coofidcr that all goodnds is the 
 j^ood gift of God freely beftowed upon him for 
 his own good , and weal of his Subjeds ; but eve- 
 ry dilordered appetite difcrcpant from vercue , procec- 
 deth froai the corruption of nature, and inclineth un- 
 to Tyrannv. A Prince ought to think hisViccgercncy 
 from God his greatefl: glory , that he is to exei- 
 cife that but fur a (hart time, and although he be 
 intituled to all fuch glorious Itiles as may exalt 
 fuelling pride, yet whoknoweth, but to morrow he 
 maybe where all Kings before him are; the food of 
 Serpents, and worms ; all fleQi is but duftand afhes, 
 and therefore hath no juft caufe to be proud , it is 
 like the grafs of the fields, this day green and to 
 morrow caft into the Oven : ]f a Prince h9d the 
 Wifdome of Solomon , the beauty of Abfolom^ the 
 itvtngxho^ Samforj , the long life o\ Ma hnfalem ^ 
 aad the riches of Cr^fus ^ what fliail they availe 
 liim , unlcfs by a vcrtuous /?aign in this (hort King- 
 dome of cares, he fo dignifies him'cif that he may 
 be intailed to an everiafting Kingdome of Joys. 
 
 Where be the m^ik glorious (liews of moft power- 
 ful Monarchs^whofe pride buiided high aipiring Bdby' 
 i9H^ whole ambition one world could not contain. 
 
 Where be thofe invinciable Empcrours that did 
 over- rule the world? where be the multitude of 
 Ho.Te ? the out landidi attire ? number of attendants ? 
 leader-? of Troops ; and all other falfe pleasures , 
 ihxz d'd acteni upon Tyranny ? are they not turned 
 
 into 
 
Ocia Imperidia. 259 
 
 into Aftics, look into their Sepulchres, and dif- 
 ccrn who was a King , who was a Subjca , who 
 was rich, who was poor, findc out (if thou canft) 
 the Conqueror from him that was conquered , the 
 ftrong from the weak , the beautiful from the de- 
 formed, or try fome caufe of humane Arrogancy; 
 thou (halt finde pride , and ambition , neither a' 
 mongftthe counlcls of the wife, nor bodies of the 
 dead. 
 
 FaEitis es princess in terr^^ne ignores te or turn ex terra^ 
 ex pulvere ad folnmoflendere ^ atqae in eandem pui* 
 vtrem tandem defcendere necejfe eH; 
 
 CHAP. VIL 
 
 By what means a King may ohtain the favour 
 of his Subje&s. 
 
 A Prince hath three gates to receive the favour 
 of his people j and (hut out the envy of all men 
 and the hatred of male- contented Subjeds. As you 
 may read in the Holy Guide. 
 
 i^irfl, Becaufe Pride is hateful to all men. 
 Secondly, A Trince (hall more eafily confiliate the 
 love of his people, if (without great caufe)he doth not 
 impose taxes and novations upon his Subjcds 5 the one 
 taints him with avarice, the other with rafhnels ; the 
 firft is liable to contempt , the fecond to danger, 
 and feverely be attempted (although in matters 0^ 
 capital abufe ) that all fufpition of bale avarice and 
 unfetlcd facility may be removed, oft timss the very 
 
 Nobility 
 
2 6o Oct a Imperialia 
 
 Nobility is more offcnfive to a 5tate, then the benefit 
 profitable , a i'r incc muft tolerate fome things , that 
 without great prejudice to the Gommon- wealth , 
 and his Royal Dignity » may be fuffered, otherwaycs 
 by piece-meal reform them. 
 
 It is recorded to the infamy of %jhohoam that 
 he did leave the counfel of the Eiders , asking the 
 advice of young men, and impoHng heavy burthens 
 and exadions upon his people, he did lofe ten Tribes 
 of his Kingdome. 
 
 Thirdly , if a Prince (lie^r himfelf affable , cxo- 
 rable, not vindidivcand fevere, in the rigorous exe- 
 cution of Laws, for every light offence, he fhall 
 much oblige the favour , and obedience of his peo- 
 ple, as impurity begetceth contempt of Law, lo fre- 
 quent punifliment and feverity ingenerates a fenfe- 
 lefs llupidity, carclefncfs , or contentious repug- 
 nancy. 
 
 ^Agajiclhs King of the LxeedemonUns did account 
 that the chief fccurity of a Prince did confift in the 
 government of his people , as fathers do chil- 
 dren, a fentencc ( in few words) worthy of a great 
 Prince, for certainly a King that sffeds favour and 
 Hiuns envy, mOft think Pater PatrU amongfl: his 
 5ubjcfts , and Bo^ffs pater far»t /is amongfl hibDo- 
 Jtteftick , are mofl: glorious 1 ides* 
 
 MircHs Anthomui the Empcrour, did lovingly 
 name fome by father, fomc by brother, feme by 
 Ion, according to their dignity and age. 
 
 This Princely familiarity made him be loved in his 
 life time , and at his death condoled with the brinifli 
 tears of his forrowful fubjcds* 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Oda IMferJalia. 2 ^l 
 
 CHAP.VIIL 
 
 \vhat general Obfervations a King is to \eep 
 in all his Aciiens. 
 
 THree Obfervations are neceffary for the right 
 tempering of all the AAions of a Prince. 
 Firft, That his defires be confonant torealon, theh 
 which there is nothing iiiorf^ helpful to all Offi*:?: 
 
 Secondly, That a Prince wilely eiHmate the wt.ght 
 of thr matter in hand , left more ct Icfs care be taken 
 then is needful. 
 
 The third :s , That judicioufly he m'^deiaes 
 thole things that belongeth to ctie digniry or indigfiity 
 of affairs, neither coming (hort, or exceeding a 
 Princely decorum. 
 
 There be alfo two rcfpcias of Plato to beob«^ 
 ferved, the one is, that a Prince (forgetting his 
 private benefit ) refer all his Anions to the Wcal^ 
 publick. 
 
 The fecond , That he equally Manure the whole 
 body of hisEmpires in the equal diftribution of Jufticej 
 left by labouring to make Oiie part too fertile, he 
 leave another part barren. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
6^ Ocialmperialia 
 
 %' 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 j/Vhofe Image, good attd had Kings rcfre^ 
 fent^ arid by what Epithites they are known ^ 
 their fever al Anions ^ and differences, 
 
 A good Kmg orPrince reprefents the Image of God 
 whofe Vicegerent he is, as it is effential to God to 
 be goodnefs it felf>to do good to all nien,to hurt none j 
 fo a Prince drawn from the pidurc of his maker , 
 ftudics to be profitable to all, & to incommodatc none: 
 the nearer he conie> to his pattern fo much he partici- 
 pates in the divine nature, he doth not (like the 
 Woolf) prey upon his people, but cheriflicth and pro- 
 tefts them ; he puniflies but feldome and then is unwil- 
 lingly drawn to it ; and therefore fuch a Prince is juftly 
 intituled by the name of a Father, Religious, meek, gen- 
 tle, provident, ju(l, humane, magnanimous, free , li- 
 beral; a contemner of Riches, condemning himlclf, 
 over-ruhng hi. affections, of quick and found judge- 
 ment J wife in counfcl > fober upright, firme, full of 
 Authority, princely Ma jel^y, and induftry , a careful 
 watch over his people, ready to do good, fl(>w to re- 
 venge, iure, conftant, inclined to /ufticc, eafie to give 
 acceifs , ccurtcous in fpeech , loving the obedient, 
 making much of Souldiers, not affeding war, a lover, 
 a procurer , t keeper of peace , ii need be can be both 
 King and Captain ; finally he maketh wholfome 
 Laves, is born to the good, livcth with the favour, 
 and dicth with thp regret of all men. Read the %^fie 
 C^HCian Axionata lib. g. Read the lea of the La^^Gc 
 vernmcnt^arsd Tjr,innj^^ 
 
 On 
 
Ocia Wperxalia, 263 
 
 On the contrary if^y^ppelles (hould delineat a tyran- 
 nous or wicked Prince, he could rot doit other ways 
 then by the pattern of the Prince of darknefs,amon- 
 itrcus mis-(hapen Creature, an armed: Dragon with 
 .manycyes,rnore teeth,cvcry way fearfuljfliarp claws Jn 
 fatiable bellied, cramcd with the intraiies of his people, 
 drunk with humane blood , offenfi ve to all,but fpecialiy 
 to good men > abufing his power, to the undoing 
 of the Commonwealth. *yuch a Prince was Nero, fuch 
 was Caligtih , fuch HeliejraOilus ^ and many others , 
 whole birth and life was a plague to the World, their 
 memory after death execrable to good men. 
 
 There is nothing then more like unto the Image of 
 the Enemy to man then a wicked Prince , and there- 
 fore juftly merries the Epithiteof a Tyrant > ungodly, 
 cruel, favage, violent, AvaritiouSj a devourcrof his 
 people, proud, difficil in giving accefs, uncourtcous , 
 woful, tertible, a flave to lufls, intemperate, immo- 
 dcft, inconfiderate,inhumane,uniufl:, light, inconftanr, 
 incorrigib!e,concurae!i dus, the Author of war,difturber 
 and hater of peace, a breaker of good Laws , born to 
 be the TawherUyie-hkQ fcourge of the world, he raign- 
 ech with the difcontent, and dieth with the applaufeof 
 all good men. 
 
 A Prince by conferring the Annuals of good and bad 
 Princesj may reap much fruit, (^omrarta ]uxtafepoJita 
 maxime ehicefcant , hc (hall finde their diflimilicude | 
 their divers Adion?^ and different qualitici. 
 
 A Prince in all his Adions advances and confirms 
 the common good, preferrs it before his private re- 
 ffKd, doth dothing but by good advice and fpccdy 
 execution. 
 
 Phocion hearing the uncertain rumours of the death 
 of AUxandsr^ was perlwaded by his Orators pre- 
 
 S a fenrly 
 
7 64 Oda Imferhlia. 
 
 ftPtly to take Arms; flay faid he, if b^^ be dead this day 
 fo willbebetomcrrow. This wife Prince did check 
 the precipitate rafhncrs of bi^ Orat urs, and did rc- 
 coroir.end mature deliberation to TrJnccs . 
 
 On the ccntrary, A tyrant regards altogether his* 
 own ends 5 ncgleds he pubique good^ approves the 
 deteftable 0«rh of Oliarchy , alwayrs mannages bis 
 affairs after his private libidinous appetite. Read our 
 Ftmdamtntnl Elements of ^Moral rhthfafh) and 
 Policy, 
 
 Xerxes before bis expedition againft Grdi.cia ha- 
 ving convened the Nobility of A[ia , uttered thcfe 
 fpeeches, Ne viderermeo conpUioagrejfi^s^ coutr.ixi vos 
 CAterttm mementotemthi parendftm magis quam ^Mdden- 
 dtim* Read alfo our Idea of the Law, 
 
 Laftly, The difference between a good and bad 
 Prince, is fuch as between a loving Father and rigo- 
 rous Mailer, fhe one cfFcds the weal and health of 
 bis children , rhc other the gain he makes by the 
 ufe of his flave A Prince commandeth that which 
 is profitable to the publique good, a Tyrant that which 
 is pleafing to his private humours. 
 
 God is believed of all good men, and (except in a fi- 
 lial fear' feared of none, but of the gwilty and wicked: 
 yetever leaves place (if the oatientbe not paftcure) 
 to amcndmcncand pardon. A tyrant is loved of no 
 man, hated by^ood, and applauded by wicke Imcn: 
 It is the glory of a King to follow Vertuc, of a 
 Tyranrto imhrace Vic. •. A Tyrant dreams fecurity 
 to himfelf by the flrongnefs of walls, and multitude 
 of guards; A p-ince by the benificence and love of 
 his Subeds : A Tyrant ' nvyeth (uch as f xccl in Wif- 
 donie,ind learning, A Frincc honours them as helpers 
 and friends 
 
 The 
 
 I 
 
Oct a Imperialia, 2^5 
 
 The Office ot a Prince is to procure by his care* 
 the quiet of his people; of a Tyrant by the unquiet' 
 ing cf his Sub/c(S5, to care for his own eafe. 
 
 A prince lovcth to be followed with fuch, by whofe 
 faithful advice he may be ca^ed in his great charge, 
 a Tyrant delighteth either in ignorant, vitious, or 
 flattering Attendants. 
 
 Finady the frame, the adions^ and qualities of a 
 good PrincCvand Tyrant ^ are fo un)il(e, fo contrary, 
 and different, as God and 5f //,<?/, light and darknefs, 
 white from black; and for to contrad all m one word, 
 there is nothing under heaven given to nian more 
 profitable then a godly and wife prince, nothing 
 above hell more pernitiousthena Tyrant. 
 
 CHAP- X. 
 
 of flattery a?td difcommodities that cames to d 
 KJf/g thereby. 
 
 "P Lattery a falfepraife of that which is not praife- 
 •^ worthy, or a Imooth detrafling fr< m the mcfrrtt 
 of goodne(8 : the wafhpiOi honey of an impudt-nt 
 tongue, the bondage of the ears, and the feared friend- 
 (hip o[a falfe heart. 
 
 A flatterer is rightly termed the mod croel of 
 tame beads, the deceiver of fuch as truft hioi, the 
 poifcn of truth, the maintainer of falf-coloi r d lie?, 
 the Enemy of truth , plain dealing, and honcftv ;' 
 he names vice vc^tne, and vertue vice, lechery true 
 love, deceit policy; cruelty manhood, bale A- 
 varice, good huiDaiid. y : if his patron be merry he 
 
 S f 3 laughs 
 
2 66 Ocja Iwperialia 
 
 laughs, if fad, (with thcCrocodiIc)he weeps ifoffende^ 
 wich a friend, he perlwades him never co be reconci" 
 led, if h€ be a Mufician he loves mufick out of mea- 
 fure^This Camelion can turn himfclf unto all colours, 
 following the fortune of a Prince and not himfelf. 
 
 Pifttarchgivtswzrnin^ to Princes of the two- fold 
 tuning of flatteries 
 
 Firft, They fain ignorance of all matters of mo- 
 ment, whereof loyalty ihould oblige them either free- 
 ly tojadmonifli, or lovingly advHe; but in frivilcus 
 indifferent and light efcapcs, they fticw their care 
 and officioufnefs. If a Cobweb be in a Prince his cham- 
 ber, afpotupon his bote, a fault in his new fute of 
 cloaths, or a wrong hair in his beard, or if a country 
 fuftian doublet be fcen in the prefence, then keeps 
 the flatterer a (lir, crycs out upon fervants, Taylors, 
 5hoe-makers, Barbers and Dore keepers. 
 
 ThehmsHs compared flatterers to Mountebancks or 
 knaviih Empericks or Leaches, that for curing a lore in 
 the foot, will cut the hair of the head , or pare the 
 nails, fo flatterers never touch thcfc things, uhi^ 
 they ought, and onely fcems bufie in matters perniti- 
 CU8 or trivial 
 
 Secondly, The mind of man hath two parts rati- 
 onal, and irrational 5 the one heavenly, and delights 
 in goodncfs, the other earthy and brutilh, given to 
 filthy pleafurcs ^ the flatterer never takes notice of 
 the befi parts, but of the lecond. Thefc he cunningly 
 foments until fuch time as the ufe of reafcn is quite 
 cxtinguifhr. j^uguJline to this purpofe con^parcih a 
 flatterer to fuch meat as neither nourifhcth the blood 
 nor (Irengthneth the finews,but pafTcth down the belly, 
 and ingcnders corrupt humours; foa flatterer adds 
 nochin^to wifdom and vertue, but (lifsup rice: l^ 
 
Ocia Imperial ia. 267 
 
 a Prince be angry he bids him be revenged, it he be 
 j'ealoDs, his flatccrer bids him beleive it, if he be 
 covetous, he adNifeth him to poii his people. 
 
 Flattery i^ the fcft bed that makes Princes fleepia 
 che fccuricy cf vice, it corrupts and infatuates their 
 hearts, with coloured impofture and wrong judge- 
 ment, withdraws them from thet^uc rule of reafon, 
 and difccrning of truth. 
 
 When Alexander (\xi dronkennefs) had killed f//- 
 tus his flatterer, Amxarchtts wss ready to tell him 
 that C//V;^^ had jidly deferved his death: ^o long as 
 Aiex(Hnder(G\\o\uQdihc vvhuirome advice of Philofo- 
 phy, folong did vvifdorae moderate all his Adiun?, 
 then he did throw Anftohulus ^ziitnn2, verfesinthc 
 River Hid.?fpesy but when flattery had once whifp^r- 
 ed in his ear, then pride, cruelty, ambition, and for- 
 getfulnefs of humane frailty, did intrude thtmfelves in 
 the places of his former vcrtues; then be was not a* 
 fhamed to be called the i'on oi J ftpit^r ^k'nl his true 
 hearted fervant , b^waile the want of Worlds to fa- 
 tiate his afpiring mind, and forget that he was the 
 fon of Philip of Mace don, 
 
 Xf ^A;f jf whofc armies Greti^ was to little too contain; 
 trufting in flattery had anignomlnious&as irrecoverable 
 overthrow at Thermepdusx one did tell him, the fea 
 did groan under the heavy burden of his Navy ; an- 
 other is was to be feared, left '(by cfcaps of the 
 Enemy) he fhould iofe triumph of a glorious vidory. 
 Amongfl: many thoufands one faithful Z)fOT/2r^f«/ vvas 
 found ; this brave Courtiourdid tell him that his 
 confufed multitude h^d more weight, then ftrengtb, 
 wasili to be governed, and not to be trufted. 
 
 Alexjin^er Severtis did fo deteft flattery, that he 
 
 QAukithfirin^is a corrupt flatterer ,tobs fuffocated with 
 
 S f4 ~' fmoak 
 
i68 Ocia Imperial/ a 
 
 fmoak, let him, faid he, that did fell fmoak, die by 
 fmoak. 
 
 5ince then there is no fuch dangerous domeftick E-» 
 tiemy as a flatterer, it copcernech a Prince nearly to 
 diftinguirh fuch Sycophants from honcft men, not te 
 account chofc true friends that praifeth all his adlions, 
 but thole thiit giveth true judgement of them, that 
 congratulates his vertueand condoles his vict.T^ htloxi" 
 mas rr.altiit in U^idicinas redact quam affentando Dw 
 9jy[ir mala carminr Uudare^ 
 
 a^gejUaus did tender thofe as his mod faithful fol- 
 loWvYi that did moft freely admonifh him, and in 
 token thereof at his death did recommend them to his 
 fow.A'Cc^ta €05 c^m boncrum cor.fdiorum ei admonitum 
 ejfe Volunt^ non cos cjhi aUul^ntHr. 
 
 Secondly, After the true n-^tice offuch attendants 
 as by flittery infinuates themlelves in truH-, it is the 
 glory of a Prince to difcountenance fuch fycophant?, 
 and not to prefer them to places of credit; fo long 
 as he feeds them fo long (hall they magni fie s libe- 
 rality, and other princely vertues; but if he leave off, 
 or be expofed to the leaft hazard of adverfe fortune, 
 then (haiiflattcringEro^^^/ either proclaim his avarice, 
 x)r vanifh like fmoak. But true friends are mod obfc- 
 quiousinadverfitv, and willingly follow thofe whom 
 joJ tune hath left. 
 
 Tarc^mntts the proud being in exile did ule often to 
 fay, that he never did know his true friends from 
 his flatterers, till he was not able either to reward 
 the one or the other. 
 
 CHAP- 
 
Ocia Imperialia, 269 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 ^te necejjity of a King his knovoledge of the 
 ejiate of his Emfire^ and prcfence in admi- 
 niflration of Jujiice 5 ej^ectally^ in matters 
 that defervt^ CommifQration ^ or of great 
 
 weight. 
 
 THE Anticnt Hierogliphick difcnption of a Prince 
 (painting a Seprcr with eyes) did myftically con- 
 tain the moft neceflary pare of the oitice of a King, 
 whofe quick. fighted eyes muR fee into the moft dark 
 corner of his dominions: the Sun is the eye of the 
 world, itgives light to ail, but (ecs not; The King is 
 the eye ot his {ub/ed:s,gi ves light to them and ought to 
 fee all, hemuftin matters cf weight fit in judgement, 
 reform unprofitable laws, obferve Magiftrates and in- 
 ferior officers, punifh corruption; with Eagles eyes pry 
 into all his Courts, look into all offices, upon all officers 
 Jeafl the golden clock reafons of the rich ovcrfway the 
 innoccncy of the poor. Read our Holy-Gmde. 
 
 Homer didjuilly intitle a Prince Tiiuh'^ Kctrh-paflo" 
 rem popfi/orufn ne [uhdtti a Deo optima waximo Jii;i cen" 
 Creditt miferabthter a InptsrapacibHS dtV3rentur' qnod 
 potifflmnm fiet fi Trhceps vlcarios [hos , conciliiarios^ 
 ^rchigrammatas^ Argentario^ ^ ^nejiores^ Satrapas^ 
 frnmentatores^pratores^ Tollenarios^procptratores^ jtidi- 
 (:e$^omyies denique agYorum^prdtioriorHm^ urbinm ac Civi- 
 tatum prafe^os in officio retirifterit , C^ a reUo jftfiitia 
 tramite non pcrmiferit aberrare^ Ca]ns Furius Crefimus 
 being accufed for praftice of witch-craft, in the mul- 
 tiplying 
 
270 Oda Imperjalia 
 
 tiplying the incrcafe of a licde field , anfwercd thus. 
 Omnia injlrumeyifa mea, rufttca in forum ejfero venefi' 
 ciamea qnerttes h<Acfttnt ; then laid he open bis dili- 
 gence, his pains, and continual prefencc, then which 
 there is nothing more profitable for a Prii ce, in the 
 difcharge of his royal office, neither for a fubj.d in 
 the Augmentation of private benefit^ We do fii d it re- 
 corded that many brave princes, havedifguileJ thfm- 
 fclvesin private and coarfe cloathes, Turv-^yed their 
 territories unknown, that more eafiiy they may at- 
 tain to the knowledge and condition of their peo- 
 plc^ their miny want?,opprefiions of officers, and com- 
 plaints oF the people , that thereby the more fpeedy 
 remedy might be prorided ; for this caufe a Prince 
 muft underfia id that he is the clear eye of his peo- 
 ple, and ought exadly to know the cftace of his Em- 
 pire, wh.chhcmiy eafilv do by Geography, Hiftc- 
 ry,and frequent progrefs in the feveral Provinces there- 
 of; by the firft two> he fliall learn the cituations of 
 the Country and Cities, their Cuftome?, lawes, and 
 manners; by the laft he fhall fee what part thereof 
 ftands in need of his prefent(upply; It is written to 
 the great praifc of King Genan^ that he had many 
 hands, more feet, and but one mind, by which he go- 
 verned his people. 5ec our Idea of the Law, 
 
 Butbecaufc great Princes are oft-times fo implicate 
 in the affairs of Eltate, as they cannot in their own 
 perfon fooftbeprefent intbeadminiftrationof juftice, 
 neither furvey the peccant honours of people , or 
 officers, as they defire,oris requifite; for fupply where- 
 of it IS commendable pollicy in a Prince, to make 
 choice of fome either of his Court or Country, not 
 given to avarice, or corruption, of whofe integrity, 
 ley ity, and love to the publique good, he is well 
 
 aflured 
 
 i 
 
Ocia Imfcrialia, 271 
 
 alTured; whom acall occafions^he (hall fecretly im- 
 ploy both in Ciries and feveral places of his Kingdom, 
 CO take true information of the remifsncfs or lirid- 
 I nefs of government; in what cftate publique and pri- 
 Vhte affairs remain, how the people are affeded to 
 f obedience, and vertuous living; whether fudges, Ma- 
 I giftrates, andOtTicers, areinclined to juftice, uprighc 
 ' dealing, to the publique good, or to their private gain, 
 and negled thereof : This Princely and dilligent fearch 
 for the weal of i^ubjeds, is of great force to concilliatc 
 thelovcof the good fubjeds towards th^irKing, to 
 deter the bad from offending againft the laws, and to 
 rertrain all luch co whom under a Prince the charge 
 ofgovcrnment is committed, from julUce extortion 
 and cppreffion ; this divine work will tend to the 
 endlerfc praife of that King wbofe piercing fight caa 
 look into the moft fecrct adionsot his iubjeds; that 
 by the 5unfhine of reformation, thofe mifty clouds 
 that darkens his people may be difperfed; but al- 
 though this fecrec inquiry by others is praife wor- 
 thy, and profitable; yet a Princes own perfon, io far 
 as is poffiblc, is of much more confequence, as Liiy 
 faith, KO'/i tarn jacili:er jfrccedunt quA occtilis <tgis alienijy 
 qtsam quA occnlo domim prefente adminiftrafttur; li^am 
 sd omKta negotia fl-.irimurrz habet momenti , yj PrtncefS 
 m^gis flre>:His prefenF cuHtiis rebus interfit. 
 
 On the contrary a Prince can be liable to no great- 
 er indignity nor contempt then by recity and fencelcfs 
 ilupidity, neither fcclthefeabules (by which under the 
 vail of his princely authority) the poor are op- 
 preffed,the fweat,and oft-times the bloud of the mifer- 
 ableand weakisexhaufted,thc pofrefiions,houres,fields, 
 goods of widows and orphans ( by theie that in 
 wickcdnefs and authority arc powerful) sre either 
 
 de- 
 
271 Ocia Imperjalia 
 
 deceitfully purloyned, or violently bercafci The re- 
 flraint of which abominable abufes^ harh by l;eathea- 
 i(h Princes been ^o^3rrov^ly lookt into, that by their 
 politick Laws, their Oi'ficers were enjoyned , yea com- 
 pelled j to live upon Iu«:h miintenance as was allow- 
 ed for them, to adminlicer equal Jufcice to all men, to 
 burtnone, but concenrrd with their private means, 
 ■neither fo much as atred the pofTJTicn of others, 
 and being tainted with corruption, briberry, or < p- 
 preflion, were ieverally punifhed by the Annuals of fa- 
 inousKingdoms,and many worthy Princes ; it >5 mani- 
 nifcfc, that by the ftrid obfcrvation nr ca^^leisncg- 
 led thereof, Kmgdomes have either flourifhed , or 
 have been utterly ruinated. But amongfb others, I 
 will illuftrate this point, by a fhort vie^ of the caufes 
 of the large Dominions, long continuance, audfud- 
 den overthrew oi th^ KomAn E^^pirc: %^niAKi 
 f roster ocuLttiJfimAm in p'iblicas fttr [Hones intent'dKem 
 A tciue cofifervatas inftitte leges ^[:tftfn:ijftmi ntf.te o-tmU 
 duces Hbi(ji4f gentium celebratifpint^Re^ores ac domini tO' 
 tins ferme ttrrarnm orbis fuernnt , tantiffcr d^m 'tifli- 
 tUfihdtuWy atqtii cencQrdio. tr. im^eriojtio KcnemArcf^e- 
 runt; at fojfuam ambit to ^ pmuhas^ lux'is^ ac pcctinU 
 libido {^ua generis humani ce'-ttjIlmA pefies) i>:gruerttnt^ 
 fiatimpr£porens Ulf*d trnpertum^ :rdtcLira d'.gnit.-'St atque 
 gent IS Qmntbhs ft upends *?#. Ro, njA'ejias ad niht- 
 Ipim redaliii corr'Mt , in memorabile cunBis mu^di 
 gubernatoribus exemplf*m» 
 
 CHAP 
 
Ocia Imperii I? a 27^ 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 To whom a King may, and ought fafelj to cemit 
 piblickjitndions. 
 
 THere is no man fo cirelcfs that will commit the 
 charge cf a Ship, or of his goods ( although 
 of fmall vallue) to an ignrrart Steers- man or untririiy 
 Fa5or; neither wife Piince that will commit the Go- 
 vernmencof thcCommonweakh , the g©ods of his 
 Cities>^nd Iivcj of his pr^ople^ro fuch whom H^/rfr cal- 
 led devourer* of people, bur to fuch, who in integrity 
 of life and knowledge, excclls others j theeledioncc 
 fuffering of wicked Officers , makes a Prince liable 
 to their faults; the cenfurc being nil one, whether 
 errors be committed by himfelf or his Vicegerents; 
 for a Pt ince muft not only anfwer to God , whofe ia- 
 meuiate Lieucenanc he is , forhimfelf, but for fuch 
 whom he deputes to any part of his charge. 
 
 Whcref re fince the good or bad cftate of the Com- 
 monwealch depends , upon thefc choice Magiftrates, 
 two confidcration^? arc worthy the obfcrvation of a 
 Prince 5 in the promoting of Coiinfeilors, Judges, or 
 other inferiour Magillrares and Officers. 
 
 Fi'-S that non: m^ke Merchandize, or by money ia- 
 croach upon publick funfiions, that none wickedly 
 hunt afcer them , but that they be conferred upon 
 {uch whofe life is uncorrupt , and their knowledge 
 fufficieic to difcharge their places, for certainly the 
 love of J jftice and Commonwealth is the lead part 
 of i\\-:. aim of fjch , who by money comes unto 
 prcferoient; bat on the contrary , their chief defigns 
 
 are 
 
odd JmperiaUa. 273 
 
 are builded upon the private gain and pillage of others 
 by raifing fuch to Dignities, Magiliracy, Offices , a 
 Prince wrongeth himfclf and others, himfelf in pro- 
 moting luch as are not worthy , others in bearing 
 thefe whole merrit deferves prefcrmcnc. 
 
 Avaritious Vefp a fia^ukd to pteferfuch blood-fuck- 
 ing Officers as himfelf, and being by the Ipoylc of 
 the people enriched^did cut off their heads ; but farr be 
 it from a Chriftian Prince to immitate fuch a vin- 
 ous and tyrannous prefident. Let him only wifely 
 confidcr that Covetoulnefs i$ the root of all evils, 
 and draws men headlong unto vrickcdnefs and mi- 
 fery ; therefore it concemetb him nearly to look 
 that his Counfel, Judges, and other publick Officers 
 be not only free themlelves from difloyalty, bribery, 
 or corruption , but their followeis, and attendants 
 from the leafi: lufpition thereof, 
 
 yipoilo Pitbms {by Oracle) denounced the deiku- 
 aion of Sparta thus. O sparta^^^id he , whofoe- 
 ver is your King , Lady PecmU is Queen, therefore 
 your deftrudion is at hand; this was a true 
 Oracle from a falfe God , yet worthy of ob- 
 fervation in the MoraU For it is to be feared that 
 in this age there be few like unto EIeo?t^ who cntring 
 in the Office of a Judge , did fhake ofl'all his friends 
 and familiars , left by yeilding to their private 
 fuits, he fhould err from the equal adminiftration of 
 jHfticc# 
 
 Theofolis being asked, how a Prince might jufl-- 
 Sy govern his people, anfwered by giving hisfriends 
 no more liberty then isjuft, and by careful watch- 
 ing that fubordinate Officers uprightly difcharged 
 their places j as it is not fit (faidbeyfor a King (by 
 feyerity) to alienate his friends, and familiars, fo it 
 
 is 
 
274 ^^^^ Imferialia. 
 
 is not fufferable, that they fhould abufe this Prince, 
 by favour, by opprefling of his people againft juliicc 
 and reaion. 
 
 ^>condiy, it is nccelTary for a Prince by leaving 
 ^horcation?, to recomni-nd jufticc and uprightnefs 
 to his Oiiicersj and fometimes by threacning , check 
 the lealHufpition ofcoruption : ^r^^^/^wjufed often 
 to exhcrt and admonifli his Dcpuries, that they 
 {houid rather ftudy to Juftice, Fortitude, Tempe- 
 rance, and other vertues, then to the infatiable de- 
 fire of riches. Elams Domttan did not only fevcre- 
 ly check fufpeded Judges, but did give way to all 
 fuch as were wronged by them, to enter i^uite a- 
 gainft them , inflidmg due punifhmcnt upon fuch 
 as were found guilty. iAugtiftfis de/ar ^ oft- 
 times did prefer his friends to dignity and places, 
 but iuch as did anfwer hisexpedationin the admin- 
 flration of juftice , and good exampFe. IpAfni»ondas 
 hearing a poor man complain for want , did fend him 
 with his Warrant to a rich Judge for a Talcnt,who did 
 deliver irunto the beggar. This Judge coming toth6 
 Kin;^ demanded the reafon why he had fo charged him; 
 anfwered, becaufe/aid the King,the man whom 1 fenc 
 is poor and honeft,but thou art a Robber of the Com- 
 monwealch. A notable prefident for a Prince to look 
 unto, fuch as in Magiftracy, have indircdly increa- 
 fed riches, for certainly no punifhment will (o curb 
 fuch as are corrupted: as oftenrimes for example 
 conferr their unlawful purchafe vpon (iich whom 
 they have wronged , or upon the poor and inno- 
 cent. Airianhs fmperator^ qttos }>aiiperes & iyjKQCttites 
 vidu^ ^ptHre dttavh cilli irate d:tiios fumrno odio ha^ 
 ifuit & ad panpertatemredegit. Read the Idea of the 
 
 CHAP 
 
275 ^^'^ Imperialia, 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 A King ought willingly to give accefs and eaf 
 to ihe complaints of the oprejjed^ affi&ed^ 
 or p0or. 
 
 THe equal hearing of tfie caufes and complaints 
 of i'ubjcds , Js the fure and impregnabJc Rock 
 whereupon the love of people towards their King 
 or Prince is,buUded ; Vprtghi judgement, imh Solo- 
 won j efl^hlijhes the Throne of Kings j but he that 
 r€gd>^ds not the crj of the poor , (hall cry a^^d not he 
 he^itrd m the time of trouble. Saint Augufiine ad- 
 vifeth Princes, to be eafie in giving of accefs, and 
 tA/iliingly hear the complaints of all men. OrU- 
 "vihs Aaguftus did fomctime fpend whole days, 
 and p,reatcft part of the night , in the adminiflration 
 of Juftice, Alexander Severm did dayly hear the 
 caules and complaints of his people, & fevercly punifli 
 fuch Magiftrates as were found guilty ofinjuftice. Im- 
 feratcrem ftantem mori ofortet^hcc eft^tn catifis atidiendis 
 Tihufque ccmfonendis flrenHPim et ere^Hm , ufcjue ad ex- 
 tremam vita momentum ejfe ofortere* Mithrddtus 
 King of PontHs^ did rainifter juftice in twenty one 
 Languages to feveral people under his Empire ; as 
 thoiC heathen people did much magnlfie thofe 
 Princes that did give eafie accefs, willingly determine 
 controverfics, and hear their complaints; lo did they 
 contemptuoufly hate (uch whole intollerable pride , 
 tyrannous aniwers, contain Lyons fayings, diffi>-il ac- 
 cefs, was unworthy of the name of a King , amongfc 
 
 which 
 
Ocia Imperialia, 2yy 
 
 which number was Demetrins who after two years at- 
 tendance, did recurn the Athenian Ambafladours 
 wearied with long (lory, without anfwer. this fame 
 Demetrius at another time did publifti that upon a 
 »c?rti^n day he would mildly and lovingly hear the 
 complaints cf fuch as were grieved 5 at the affiixed 
 time he did liberally receive all the petitions that 
 were delivered to him ; put them in his pocket, but 
 when every man did exped to have an anlwcr accor- 
 to the quality of their demand, he did throw all their? 
 petitions in the River Axis^ by which he did unri^^ht- 
 ly exalpcratc and alienate the minds of his Subjeds ; 
 A good Prince muH: not throw the complaints of his 
 people into the River, neither in the fire, neither 
 commit them ro covetous perfons whofc private 
 gain is more dear unto them then the love of jufticc; 
 but hear them himfelf, return them in feafon loving 
 and Princely anfwers ; And if fometimc multiplici*> 
 ty of affairs withdraw him, he muft be careful thac 
 thofe whom he appoints to give anfwers, neither care- 
 Icfly nor covetcufly esad upon his people, 
 
 Theobfcure life of the Per fta-^i Kings, and coramit- 
 ingailthe affairs ofeftate to Counsellors and officers, 
 was never approved of the wife, neither recorded but 
 to their ignomie: Now to fhut up this point, it is the 
 glory of a good Prince to imitate thofe famous 
 Prirces,both Chriftian and l^athen^ thst in their own 
 perfons have equally adminiftred juftice, giving eafie 
 acceffe, loving and gentle anfwers, beating dowa 
 the proud opprc(Iors,ttrengthcncd the weak and inno- 
 cent , punifhed the wicked, rewarded the vertuons, 
 have been careful that officers fliould faithfully dif- 
 charge the trufl: committed to them; by this means 
 a Prince (liall obliege the true affection of his fub jefts, 
 
 T t and 
 
278 Ocia Imperialia 
 
 and (bun the prophetical cenfurc , againft infolent 
 and unjuft Princes ; PupilU nartjttdicoftt, & caufn vi- 
 du£ Hon innrreditHr ad illos* 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 OfLavps. 
 
 A King is Lex toquens^ fo the Law Is Tsjxmutuf^ 
 .the rule whereby Prince and Subjeds, ought to 
 fquare all their adions ; and therefore in the making 
 oi Xaws ( which do appertain to Kings ) there be 
 many cautions to be obfervedjthat they be juft and 
 profitable. 
 
 Firft, That a Prince be in his own perfon, the live- 
 ly anduncorrupt law ihining before his people, thati 
 he ftudy rather to make wholfbm Laws for the Com 
 mon good, then many, that his la ivs tafte not of cove* 
 toufnefs, of the private gain of great ones , or op 
 prcflion of the poor, but that they ail be referred toj 
 the publick good. It is rcmembred to the infamy of 
 Dionyfius that he made Laws rather to enfnare his peo- 
 ple then to reform them. 
 
 Epitades (hjiving a private intention to dif- inherit 
 bis (on) made a Law, that fathers at their pleafure 
 might confer their eftates, upon iuch whom they bed 
 aff.rted. 
 
 Seconfily, Great care is to be had, in the due exe- 
 cution ofgood Laws ; that they be neither pcrverfly 
 wrcfledj over-ftriAly or remifly executed; the firft 
 
 is 
 
C'^ia Imperial! a, 27a 
 
 is to bcTSidTv loohed into by a Prince, left Ihc 
 corruocion • f crfic rs(by fslfe glolTes; pervert good 
 infticuriont; fevtrity muft be moderated as occafion 
 (hall lequiie, fci lOroetitnr., Summum fus^ is fumma 
 >* injuria : otlicr times, ili a laws muft have i heir full force, 
 for too retBii;; relu .ation v' iaws, begctteth contempt, 
 and realelefs rtupidity in urtcnciers* 
 
 Laftly, The equal obfervacjon of Laws, is ferioufly 
 to be locked unto by a Prince , left the mighty 
 and powerful offenders efcape, and only the weak and 
 poor be puniflicd- This error was the complaint of 
 old C4to^Sio\c2i\D;oge/iesy wife o/f^acharjts ^ and msL* 
 ny others, who preferred the love of their Country 
 before the flattery of Princes, the threatning of great- 
 nefs, or other refpeft ; all which did well know that 
 it is the height of injuftice not to rainifter it equally: 
 Coniingit enim fapenutJ/ero , ut qni parva tollunt, de^ 
 frehenfi fefiday^f'^ mAgnornm amem rapt ores ^ am ffUff 
 didiy depecnlatores {fn^iis argento viis) evadant. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Of the Wife managing of d King his fecrei 
 affairs^ and rchxt judicioH^ Vciricy is to be 
 ufed i» making choice of helps. 
 
 A^Reat Alexaider having received a letter frooa 
 ^^his mother 0/7 w;)/.t/, coauining matters of f^are, 
 giving it to his Secretary to -ead, did touch his mouth 
 With his Signet commanding thereby Secrcfie to 
 
 T t % bioJi 
 
28o Octa Jmyenalia, 
 
 him ; for truly there is nothing more ridiculous not 
 prejudicial to great affairs then immature di(covery,by 
 which a Prince is admonifiied to admit not of fuf- 
 peftcd or knownlightnefstothe managing of private 
 matters of importance. " 
 
 Cdci^itts Metelifis, being asked of a yoong maa 
 what he did mean co do, anfwered, If I did know my 
 fliirt were privy to my intention I (hould throw it 
 in the fire, he did well know that fccrcfie is the bed: 
 and moft fure bond of government, and that it is a 
 chief vertue in a Prince. Dens apad vettres piftgebatur 
 d t git admotoori^ file ntifimjudicans^ qualii& afud Rff- 
 maf^os dea Angeroncf^ 
 
 Sccrefie is tbe moft heigh and difficil humane adion, 
 and therefore as princes are to inipart matters of im- 
 portance only to fuch of whofe fecrefie and loyalty 
 they are fecured; fo ought a good fubjed not nar 
 rowly to prie, or curtoufly fearch into Prir.ccs fe- 
 crcts.f^.^'p/W^-f the familiar of King Lyfimachui being 
 demanded by hisSoveraign, whac benefit he dcfired 
 to beconferred upon him; I rcful'e nothing, O King faid 
 hcjonlyimpart no fecret unto mc.fmplying by his anfwcr 
 how difficil it is to keep cotmfel and how dangerouj 
 to reveal the fecrets of a King. 
 
 yicatmim mqtie t'j [crntaberls ullius nnqnamy 
 CotTimiffim-'f, teg^s^c^ vinq,^ tcrttiSy & ir<z, 
 
 Ah'gTifltif Cdfir caufed the bones of Thalia. 
 (who had opened a letter commited to his truft) to b 
 broken to the terror of fuch untrufty attendants o 
 Fiinces. 
 
 Wherefore it is a commendable pollicy in a Princ 
 to make wile choice of fuch whcra he imploys inpri 
 
 vatt 
 
Oc7a Imperjalia , 2 d I 
 
 vate matters of weighr, for as God the Monarch o* 
 the World makes ofe both of the good and bad, to 
 the profit oF his Church ; fo a great Prince fomtiaiQS 
 makes choice of wicked Sub cds, not by them to com. 
 fBiit wickednefs, but to punifti the wicked .• This is the 
 rule by which r^/7///7 of Macedon perfwadcd his Son 
 ^AUxander to conciliate both good and bad Subjeds , 
 to make ufe of the good, and to abufc the bad. 
 
 For this caufc a Prince muft fometimes , for the 
 puniftiment of wicked Subjeds, and good ends, fuf- 
 fer perfidious and treacherous perfons about him* 
 Rhimitaies who had made defedion from <iy€n<hQKj^ 
 being at the table with Augtifins Cafar , did 
 fomewhat infolently boaft himfelf of his treacherous 
 Icrvice, thereby challenging C^fars thankfulnefs ; 
 AugHJlus(di% not hearing him) did utter thefe words 
 to one fcf his familiars, prodntsftem amo^ proditores 
 non. Undo qm fignijicabdt his qni %^iptib. JHA. prodi' 
 tione vel maltgmtAte ^rofuerw^f nihil deheri graiU ; 
 licet enim officiufn quod pr^ftiterint pro tempore gra^ 
 tnmjity tpfi tamen haheridi pre nehHlonibus i where-' 
 by it is manifeft that although a King or Prince de- 
 left treacherous and wicked Tbllowers, and ofr«times 
 in end thiuft them in the fire, yet are they neceffaf y 
 Inilrumcnts or fcourges , that Kings and Princes 
 fometimes have occafion to ufe foe the affeding of 
 good and commendable purpofcs ; in which Eledion, 
 and many other politick Stratagems of Govermenr, 
 a King or Prince muft wifely difl.mble , and fecrctly 
 cover many matters of great weight , according td 
 A^ricola, 
 
 <i> 
 
 £lui regnare v&lunty mhUIs dormire, figaci 
 MfiltaqHs conftlio diffimnUre foUm, 
 
 Tt 3 HAmild 
 
a 8 2 Oda ImperJaU a. 
 
 Hannibal being determined ro befiege S^^gunts^ % 
 cheifCicy in S^ain^ did bring hi^ Army againft a-' 
 fiother Village , left his intention againft Sagums' 
 ihould be difcovercd : another time the r?mc Han- 
 nibal to make his enemy Fahius Maximns then , 
 Bidator fufpicious to the J'eri.te , did fpare a field 
 of corne that did belong to his Enemy Fabitis Max* 
 imtis. This cunningly cloathed praftife might have 
 foraewhat prevailed, if the piety of Fabtus and po- 
 licy of Hannibal had not been well known to the 
 Romans, 
 
 The provident and polirkk forefight of a wife 
 King or Prince is no lefs known in matters of no' 
 danger , then in greateft extremities , as by the 
 wile u\{^tt o^ Iphicrates doth appear, v ho having 
 his Army furcly encamped in rhe fields of his friends, 
 did himfeif no iefs carefully digg m the trenches, 
 then if the enemy had been ready to give the at- 
 fault; and be*n^ asked what he Jid fear, snfwered, 
 I did not expe:Huch an acridCi;': did not become 
 a great Prince, and therefore he did prevent the worft 
 that might befall. 
 
 Sometimes a Ki:ig or Prince, is compelled to 
 ♦wink at Capital Offences , and treafonable pradices , 
 bccRufe wifdcvnc advifeih him rather wifely todif- 
 iemble, then violently ki an unfit time bewray hi$ 
 joftly conceived difpleafure. 
 
 AUrciis Marcellpis^ hearing that fome of hisCoun-' 
 fel of 'Hsta had private intelligence with his Enemy 
 Hannibal, did fe^retly diflfembic his knowledge, un- 
 til fiach time as Hannibal was pad hope of betraying of 
 NotA ^ then did he inclofe his gates, firengthen 
 hi? guards, and call the Confpira.ors (that had 
 formerly pradifed with the Enemy,) to an ac- 
 foant* Laftly 
 
OcJa If/iperialja. 283 
 
 Laftly, Ic is a cheif policy in a Stzit to have 
 good incclljgcnce of the affaires of other Princes, 
 but fpecially of chofe of whofc fricndfliip they are 
 leaft fecuredj foroc to this ufcjas by Ambaffadors, Mer- 
 chants.and private Tradefmen, and banifhed, have come 
 to the knowledge of matters of great weight. 
 
 Jht C arth^gwians hearing that the great power of 
 Alexander might endanger ther eflatcs , did fend a 
 Citizen of courage, as baniflied , to intreat the pro- 
 Itdiion o( A(exaKdsr^ who being retained, diddif- 
 cover his intention to hif Country ; Thefe and foch 
 like be the poHcies of wife Kings and Princes , which 
 otherwife then falleth out, no man can reduce to 
 any difinite number, but fince it is,^i wdtiftrittm virum 
 & egr^giam artipciem iffgemoja w^numenta^ & of era 
 nohilia declarant ita generofa fnctmra & frolatafafi^ 
 fntU fpecimina nohis vere nobilem priftcifis am^ 
 mum* 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 of the generons mind of a King. 
 
 Although Solomon faith, thatC<?r regis nan per* 
 fcrutabile fiCHt altitudo Cali^ 0* hicomprehenftlfile 
 ficut profmditas terra : Yet there be many eminent 
 fignes whereby the generous mind of a Prince, may 
 in fome fort be known > fome whereof I do recom- 
 mend to the diligent obfervacion of a Prince, 
 
 Firft , The cheif and fure foundation of this gene- 
 rous mindc of a Prince , is builded upon the fear of his 
 
 T c 4 maker 
 
Ocia Imferialia. 
 
 maker, with Solomon ht is earned with God that his 
 chejf wifdom raay be in his obedience, his delight in 
 his comoiandemcnts, his care in the governing of his 
 people accordiog to wifdotnc and Jullice in his own 
 rme, and that by GodhnciTe, and learning, his po« , 
 flerity may be worthy to fee in the chair of On- 
 
 Secondly, The mind of a generous Prince, is not ^ 
 capable of bafc and fordid adions, but is delii^hted in 
 high and rare defignes ; as the flames of fire whofc 
 rature is to afrcnd, cannot bs dcpreffed ; fo the whole 
 msnd of a Prince, the more noble the more inclined 
 ti- Princely and hcroick aftion, ever contemning thofe 
 things which the bafc vulgar holds moft dear. 
 
 Thirdly, A true noble Prince, is ravifhed with a fa- 
 therly love of his f'.ibjeds, affefting the love and 
 not the fear of his people , his care is to be approved 
 cFthe good : fuch he prefers, fuch are his familiars, 
 fncli his counfellours, fuch are always about him ; 
 flattering fycophants he cannot indure , he is never 
 Tyiant-likc cruel nor given to anger, nochin,^ offends 
 him nore then the fpoil ofunjuft officers, or corrupt 
 Judges. 
 
 n^efcennlus impemtor coftpll.triis [uis tte vet ali^fiam 
 eaerayidi pauperes occaponem h.ib.'^rent^addidit fcelUrta^di" 
 (ens jadicem ac officiarinm nee d^re dehre, nee accifere. 
 
 Fourthly^ The mind of a good Prince fuffers not good 
 men balely to proftrate hemfelves or fervilely demand 
 jufticeof him, bat will«ngly intlineth himfelf to them, 
 f»iving accede and hearing. A'lllirpHS bem^ reproved 
 by hb friend, for lying fo loi}g attLe feet of the ty* 
 rant DionyftHs ^ anfwtitd, 1 am not in the fault, 
 
 buc 
 
Oc7:t Ir//perialia. -28 5 
 
 but Dto>ijfiui that hath cars in iih Fecc. 
 
 On the contrary, ( Bccaule too much famih'ariry be- 
 getceth contempt) a Wife Prince doth not ra(hly 
 admit men of lufped faith, or corrupt life, to his 
 •prefencc. 
 
 Fifthly, True nobility ipringsth from true vertue, 
 and the mind of a true good Irince, is prone and gi- 
 ven to v.;rcuc, honcft adions, and to the works of 
 liaht ; as charity, peace, meeknefs, goodncfs, and 
 temperance; defpifeth the works of darkncffe; is luft 
 driinkennefs gluitony, cruelty, adultery, and all fuch 
 vices to which vulgar and bafe mirds are addided. 
 Sixthly, The mind of an illuftrious Prince wearied 
 with the incedant cares of governffient, is rcfreftied 
 and deiiphted in pleafant and fliort, not m unlawful 
 and prophanetexerfife, gaming, or tedious difcourfe. 
 Thiloximtis him^ at fuppcr with T>ionjf\Hs feeing a 
 great Carp fet befor? the King, and a little one before 
 him, did put the little fifli to his ear, whereof the 
 King asked the caufe, he anfwercd I do ask this 
 little fidi certain queflions which by reafon of her 
 young years (he cannot relolve, but ia-th that her 
 great grandmother, which is in your Mafefties di(h 
 can tell me; by which Fhiloximus did mini(ler mat- 
 ter of laughter to the King, and fu-nifli hisowndifli 
 with th^ great Q^x^^ C homines did check one that 
 uprn a light fubjed, did hold a Cong di*?ourfe it is 
 not fit fa d he that fuch i (hort tale (hould have fo 
 long Proem. 
 
 Diop:-€s hearing a wel favoured young man talk with 
 lef>mod.*(ly then did become him, art thou not tdia- 
 
 fan Ivory 
 
 iTeventhly 
 
 med faid he to pall out a leaden fword out of an Ivorv 
 (heath. ' 
 
i 8 6 odd Imperialia* 
 
 Seventhly, Mediocrity betwixt extreams is a Princely 
 vertue (for whatloever approacheth neareft to the 
 mean is beft) the mind of a generous Prince is whoiiy 
 inclined to fliun vices, to follow vertue; he is ?neek 
 and merciful, but fo as by his lenity he nouiifli noc 
 the vices ,of his people; Icvere, not inclined to tyranny, 
 be lo reprefieth injuries, that he terrifies others from 
 oflFering them, Chthn of Lacedemon advifeth Princes 
 lo to moderate their aflions, that they be neither fear- 
 ful to their inferiors, nor contemned of their equalls, 
 the one favours of Tyranny, theother of Puiilaninjity. 
 A good Prince is neither covetous nur prodigal, buc 
 truly liberal. 
 
 BeneficemA & Veritas cnflodiunt Regem^ & fnlcitur 
 thronus e]Hs beneficentiA , but bafe avarice is rightly 
 ter'med the Uvi^^ivtom or chief of evils, and mofl 
 ^iftant from a generous mind ; It was written upon 
 the Tombeof Queen Semarims^QHifcjuis Rexfecuntis 
 eguertt operto monurKento cjuantfim vohitrit capat^ Cove- 
 tous D^riui having gotten the City did exped great 
 ftore of riches, caufed the monument t^ be opened, 
 where he did find nothing but this infuinginfcripcion 
 upon the otherfide of the ftone,iV/ vtrmnltis ejfes & pe^ 
 cunidt tnexphbtlisy hand mortwiytint IochIos moveres. A 
 caveat for Princes not curioufly to fearch, neither 
 affed periling riches. 
 
 Sordidior dives Solomonis hahetur afelltis 
 £lm vitap/agas^gaudia morte refert 
 
 Verb era ryjultn capit dorfo, dumfpirat afellns^ 
 ExtinUi pubes tympana pelkfacit: 
 
 Nill habet ex opib/is^mficfiras dives avar US, 
 JffiHs eft hertzsfdenore Utus abit. 
 
 The 
 
Qria Imperially 287 
 
 The h.gh mind of a Wiie Pruicc is delfghtcd in 
 Jibcralliry,ever fhunningfuperiluous prodigallicy^right- 
 \y compared by Dloq^engs co the fiint of trees that 
 grow upon h gb rocks., which arc nor profitablt; to 
 man, but crows and vultures : fo laid he, the riches 
 of a Prince that are prod igaliyprcfu fed upon dice,card8, 
 unlawful gaming, whoring, of conferred upon Para- 
 lues flTtterers, and unworthy perfon?, is the fuel of 
 vice, and not the reward of vertue. 
 
 Item^ The mind of a generous Prince is not trou- 
 bled with the unfectled refolutions of puiilianimity, cr 
 raflinefs, but itisat all times armed with t.ue forti- 
 tude, ready at all occafions ^if the good of his ^ub- 
 )eds fo require, to expof: his life) to moft eminent 
 dang'^r'', or death it felf; his mind is neither pufr op in 
 profperity neither dejfdcd inadvtifiry, hisMajeftical 
 countenance is all one at home or abroad. Mttellus 
 being baniOicd into Afia fitting in the Theatre, re- 
 ceiving letters that he was reftorcd to his kingdome, 
 did neither alter his gravity,or reveal fuch glad news to 
 thole friends that did i\t neareift unto him; by which 
 Kingly gefturc he did declare to be a true Prince, nei- 
 ther deprefled with adverfe fortunes, nor exalted with 
 new preferment to h.s former dignity. 
 
 %el?ffs advsrjis antmoffts atque 
 Fortis appaye^fapienter idem 
 Coiitrahes 'vento mmii^m fee undfi, 
 Turgida vela. 
 
 A Magnanimous Prince is not given to fuperfluoui 
 banqueting, drunkenneffe, or to the abule of Gods 
 good creatures, nciciler to Hcraiit-iike uncharity, but 
 
 lawfully 
 
288 OcJalmperialia 
 
 lawfully in robriety,may fealt with his Sub/eds, or call 
 them to his tabic* Bentgi ten a ch]hs Princtpes vefcun-' 
 tftr in temfore [ho ad reflctendttm^ y^on ad Itixiriam* 
 
 A good Prince truly lovcth fuch who are of upright 
 heart, conftant and true according to Solomon PUce^ 
 snt regihtit Ubia't4fta^& viraces diligHntur. 
 
 The true friendibip of Damon and Pythias was fo 
 pleafant to Dionyfiuf ("although a tyrant) that he not 
 onely pardoned the offence of the one, but in admira- 
 tion of their faith, intreated to be admitted into their 
 fricodfliip. 
 
 The generous mind oft Prince is born to peace, lo- 
 vcth concord, and detetts tyrannous war?, and ifne- 
 ccffity urge him he taketh Arois unwillingly rather 
 for the defence of bimfelf and his fubje^s then for en- 
 larging of his Kingdomes by tyranny and ftrong hand: 
 nodefeds of tyranny raigns intheraind of a true no- 
 ble Prince, neither doth he ever repudiate his true 
 friends, but is defirous to be beloved of all men,, and 
 fearful to no good man. 
 
 A poor man exhibitin<:; his petition fearfully to Ati- 
 giiftm Cdtfar, was by him thus checked , or rather 
 comforted .* An putes te ajfem d^tre, elephants} 
 
 Alexander dctmnding of Vi9gines whether he did 
 fear him or not, anfwered, Whether art thou a goodor 
 bad Prince? Good faid Alexander] then (^id he/icar 
 theenot,becaufe noman fearetha good Prince. 
 
 Laftly the heroical mind of a Prince is fo great, that 
 it can hardly be removed to anger or violent pafHons; 
 this Princely patience was fo eminent in Augnftus Qa- 
 far, that he could abide the biting jefls of his meaneft 
 iubjefts. 
 
 Ag4^ 
 
Ocialr/tferialia. 289 
 
 Agathocles figulo fatreyiatiufmt^ id rex declaratpffg 
 ^Hm obfideret Mrbew qnandam qutbtffdam e muro convl' 
 tils in ipffim jacfilarJtihns dicenfcjHe fignlsy ttnde militihui 
 tuu ferjolves ftifendiumf tile plactdus, ac ridens^re^pan* 
 dtt^cum h^tnc cepere:at cum urbe potitus ejfet^vsnderetquc 
 captivaSy St me inquit , dentio convhils, affeceritis^ dpud 
 heros veflros de vohis coKquerar; non homines $ccidtt^ fed 
 civiliter illU exprobavit & intempe/ftvam maledicentiam 
 & fervitmem maledkentu pr^mnm* 
 
 CHAP. xvir. 
 
 of Jufiice. 
 
 Illftice, which is the helm of Government, the hap- 
 pinefs of Kings and People , is by God enjoyncd un- 
 co Kings and Princes, and hath (by all good Kings ^ 
 been carefully obfervcd , and recommended to their 
 fucceeding pofterity. From Juftice arifeth Religion, 
 Godiinefs, Peace, Truth, Innocencie, true Friend(hip, 
 and other rich treafures of goodnefsj :c is the main- 
 tainer and upholder of all well-governed Common- 
 wealths, Cities, and Families, the equal adminiftration 
 whereof Is a moft Divine- like and Princely work. 
 
 In the exercife of this Kingly Office, a King mud 
 (hew himfelf noble, wife, grave, fevere, inexorable 
 over the wicked, powerful, and full of Majeftie. 
 
 Marcus did petition unto King Anti^onns , his 
 brother, that his Caufc depending before him, might 
 be privately ordered ; not fo brother , anfwered Ami^ 
 ^onHSy if your Caufebebad, you did not well to try 
 it by Law ; if it be good, wherefore defire you I ftioald 
 
 pri- 
 
^90 Oda imperial} a 
 
 privately give judgmenr. Agt6 Kin£| pf the L.^cedemo- 
 Titans in a matter of injuflice refufcd hs own father ; 
 for faW he, fo long as I was your private fon, I had no 
 charge of Juftice, but fince I am by you preferred to 
 the Commonweaith, and fworn to do Juftice, I will 
 rather obey your command without fhipwrack of my 
 confcience , then confcnt to your unreafonable de- 
 mand. 
 
 As this equal ballance of juflicc is to be carefully pre- 
 fervcd by a King or Prince in his own perfon^ fo mufl: 
 he with the like or ("if poffible^ greater care commend 
 the fame to inferiour Judges and Magirtrates, upon no 
 lels pain then privnion of his favour,and fcvere punifh- 
 ment : and if fomecimes any be found corrupted , let 
 exemplary juftice terrific others from fuch fcandalous 
 prcfidents. 
 
 Finally, Let a King fo determine all Caufcs under his 
 cenfure and jarifdiftion, as he doth look fhortly to be 
 judged by that fupream Judge whofe Lieutenant he is ; 
 let fubordinate Judges and Mapftratcs fo adminifter 
 jaftice, and over-rule others, as they ma^^ anfwer both 
 their heavenly and earthly mailer, affuring thcmfclves 
 that there is, ukus jadex, umim tribHr.^lincerrupnm; 
 ante illud ftabHf2t mortaies, e.tinfelLi cjwfq'^e fedct qui 
 jadicat^ ubi fiin'ti'ile j-fdicahitur^ rcc fectirt^i mc g'^atia^ 
 ftec falfi tefiesy necfreces tndign^^nec inar,es mi>7<t^ nee 
 defaiifroderunt pairom. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Ocja Jmperialid. 291 
 
 CHAP, xviir. 
 
 Of the Liberality of a King. 
 
 • 
 
 PHilip oi M4cedonbtmg advifed to punifii Nicanor 
 who had unjuftly depraved him, did anfwer, iVJ- 
 ca-/2or nen efl MacedonHm pejftmtts'y viAendptm efi igitnr 
 nee ubimscejijamus in offiao; this wife King knowing 
 him to be poor and that he had negleded him, coni- 
 manded a gift to bcfent to him; fomc five days af- 
 ter Nicanor had received it, it was told to Philip that 
 MV*iw:^r did much magnify him; you fee faid he that 
 it is in the power of Kings to be wellorill fpokenof. 
 This kingly magnificence and true liberality doth not 
 only concilliacc the hearts of fubjeds to their King, 
 but makcth (in feme fort^ bis face (hinc with the good- 
 ncfs of his Maker, for as God is bountiful to all men, 
 needeth nor rcquireth no recompence, fo a true no- 
 ble and heroick Prince in the diflribution of his goods 
 without refpedofprofic or gain, imitates the fupream 
 and eternal King.- of^cium itberalitAtis efi omnipeteKti 
 d4re\ deos imitare d^ndo etiam ingratis, faith Stnecay 
 A good King ufeth his Subjcfts as a good Ihepheard 
 his (hei^p; he feedcth his people upon the green and 
 whoKome paftures of magnificence and liberality, doth 
 not covetoufly fuffer them to wander in the barren 
 wildernefs of poverty, neither to be torn with thorny 
 exadions. Crafus did tell true noble Cyrus that if he 
 had not exceeded in liberality, he might have had great 
 ftoreofgold: how many talents anfwered C;r/!</jthink- 
 eft thou Cm/«/, I might have had if I had not been 
 liberal? lo many, faid Cr<6/;<r. Then faid C;r/// thou (hale 
 
 fee 
 
292 Ocia Imp eri alia. 
 
 fee I have greater ftorc of riches then you fay I 
 might havfc had; then did he call his Secretary Hi- 
 dafpd commanding him to write to his friends that he 
 wanted money, and that they fliould write to him 
 what they would feverally advance, which (after re-' 
 turn of thcanfwers)by trueiupportation far exceeding 
 ihofe fums Cvd^jus did fpeak of, O Crafus faid ijrus 
 you fee 1 do not want money; for lb long as by libe- 
 rality 1 do begec fri:nds,my treafures are more fure then 
 digged in the ear^h. 
 
 Thisworchy Prince did wifc'y e«^ end thatearthly 
 tiches arc unCvrtain, not permanent, every day perifh» 
 ing, temporary, andtrsnsfeired d;iily 'rem one to ano- 
 ther gotten with are, .uid k-tt with forrowj but muni- 
 ficence and liheraiitv are firni, permanent, and perpe- 
 tual, purehait by verrue, left wirh joy , and record- 
 ed upon the rabies of inobliceiable vcrtue. The due 
 confidcration whereof wiH make liberal Vefyafian , 
 bewail the day wherein he hach not bfftowed fomc 
 benefit. Alex.^nder Severns did invite the indigent to be 
 beholding to him. 
 
 Liberality not only unites fub'jedstothe love of a 
 Prince in faiihfulnefs and obedience; but ofc-times 
 fliekers many other enormities and dcfeds m Prin- 
 ces. 
 
 In liberality a Prince ought to examine his eflate 
 and dignity, Icflhe either gives more then he may, 
 orUffcthenhe lliould ; for feeing vertue confifleth 
 in mediocricv, there is fault in the exercife of either 
 extrcrm, and therefore dives circumflances are cauti- 
 oufly ro be obfervedias the reafons wherefore it isgiven^ 
 the perfons to whom, the time ai»d place: The firft 
 circumrtance is to be mealured by abiltty, left he 
 R^ake a whore of the moft pure virgin liberality, he 
 
 mult 
 
Ocia Imperials a. 293 
 
 muft not give coo much, (eft bewailing the Channel h^ 
 cmptie the Spring- The caufcs of liberality may b€ 
 comprehended under charity, or merit ; a Prince oughC 
 to extend his liberality chiefly tow ards the good and 
 vtrtuous, and if fomecimes to the vicious and wicked, 
 it is in hope of chcir amendment, or incommifcracion 
 of their wants, and not to add matter to their infolcnt 
 life. The confideration cf time confiftcth in the fit o- 
 portunity thereof , not keeping Suitors in fufpence, 
 Nam qui ciio dat bts dtt^ faith Seneca^ Timely liberali- 
 ty rhewcih a free and true noble willingnefs, and delays 
 difcovereth arefradorie confcnt, andlofeth the gifc 
 and thankfulnefs of the acceptanc 
 
 Si bene quid facias^ facias cito ; nam cito fa^nm 
 (^ratum eritiingratum gratia tarda facir^ 
 
 Gratis qudi tarda, <?/?, ingrata efii gratia narnqne 
 Cftm fieri properat^gratia grata magi^. 
 
 The place of giving is rather to be private then pub- 
 like, for true liberality cannot abide pharifiical (hews 
 and oftentation : the pattern of liberality (who never 
 did refiife any that in true hith did ask) did command 
 not to fufFjr the left hand to know what the right hand 
 did, iniiouating thereby that goodnels, munificence, 
 and charity, doth nor participate with hypotriiie, hope 
 of gain, and glo ious lliews. 
 
 Laftly, The beneficence of a King or Prince mufl 
 beof his own goods, not unjuflly taken from one and 
 conferred upon another , whereby the hate of the 
 wronged fhall exceed the love of thofe upon whom 
 benefits are conferred. In the end, Demofths-nes fully 
 (in few words) fetteth down true liberality and Ty- 
 rant'like pirodigality. Liberalit.Htis efterogare pecmias 
 
 V u in 
 
20^ Octa imfertaua 
 
 in Undal^ili^i & largitio ad hoKeftosffiiwftm faciendos^ 
 effe ad auxiltum in adverfafortHna^(^ non accipere unde 
 Kofi oportet^ nam ItherdttAS tyrannorHm nihil aliud efi 
 qnam tranflatio vecnniarum jnflu dominis ad aliems, cc^* 
 mitatttr amem liber alitatem morumfdcilitM^ comttus & , 
 hnma.mt'U^ & ep mifericordiem , & ergA amicos hcjue^ 
 volpitn & hoffuaUm, & hone fit fiudio/um. 
 
 CHAP. XIX, 
 
 Vponvphom EccleftaftjcalFtmBions by a Kwgarc 
 to he conferred. 
 
 A S Plato did think no man fit for Government 
 •^ but fucb who did unwillingly undergo the hc2- 
 vie burthen of a Diadem , fo a Prince ought to prcftr 
 none to Ecclefiaftical funftions but honell, godly and 
 learned men, whofc meric (rather then defire of digni- 
 ty) challengeth futh place, who do not ambitioufly (by 
 fimonie.thruft themlclvesinthe Lords harveft/ecking 
 their own gain and not Gods glory. 
 
 There be three infeperable companions of all well- 
 governed Eftates, whereupon dependeth their fole fe- 
 licity. The fit ft is the right education of youth , the 
 fccond upright and juftMagiftrates, the third religious 
 and holy Paftors ; without the firft, the fecond and 
 third cannot (ubfi^ ; and without the laft, the firft and 
 fecond are without effcd ; for without religion, learn- 
 ing and fuOice are uprofitable ; for this caufe a Prince 
 muft carefully provide that the care of the fouls of his 
 people be not couimitttd to wicked or ignorant Pa- 
 fiors, (^iiH[*ift*ntrm2<z^ofHli Sacerdotes mali^ qmniam 
 
Ociii tmperialia. 295 
 
 ^eccMortim ^arttci^es fiptnt , qui miniflcria quod aiunt 
 ^onantibus afinis ctiram animATumcredideTKnt^ nut in* 
 eptos homines excmf.arU p[iicrMnT. 
 
 Chuich-beneficcs ought not raftily to be conferred 
 *upon every one, hue upon fuch who in good works, 
 found dodrine, integrity, gravity, and unreprovab'e 
 life, are worthy of fo high a calling. Good King ^tf- 
 hofopbat is a pattern for a Prince in making choice, and 
 preferring men learned and holy , for none can preach 
 except they be fenr, and none are fcnr, that by fymonie, 
 pride, and other indired means intrude thcmfelves in 
 the houfe of the Lord. Pnnceps mprtmii eos [ufpeHos 
 habitat qfiife Kegotiis mg^ermt ambitioft^qniftat qudrunt^ 
 non qtiA Dei fuyit , qpit deniqne voti competes Vel prece 
 vel precio fieri co'iteyjdfiKf, 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 The necejjity of the good life andvertuom example 
 of a King^ and ofhk Courts andfoUovpers, 
 
 There be three confiderations worthy the obferva- 
 vacion of a King or Prince, nrft the care of himfclf 
 and his upright hfe ; fecondly , the general care of 
 thofe he ^ overns, and particularly thofe of his familiars 
 and followers: thirdly, of the number of his attendants 
 and fervants. 
 
 The firft is the lively fountain from which the rivers 
 of the life of both Country and Court flow. The life 
 of a Prince is the fquare that guides notonely the life 
 and tnanners of his people , but more efpecially of his 
 familiars and domelUcks -, he is the head , they the 
 
 V u a mena 
 
o6 0^^^ Iff^feridlid 
 
 fliembers, and of no lefs force in their politick, then the 
 heart in a natural and living body ; if it be finccreand 
 whole it imparteth life and health to ail other mem- 
 bers ; ifcorrupt and difvafcd, death and ruine. By the 
 like reafon if a Piince be givvn lo ^oodhefs and vei tuc,**^- 
 his Subjeds and Coiirficurs will imitate him ; if he be 
 vicious, they will (wii<hout doubt) exceed in uW licen- 
 tioufnefs , rio'*, and infolentie. The Kingly Prophet 
 DazH advifeth Kings thus , Et nunc rcges tmelhgite, 
 erudimifii qfii ]ii<iicati4 terran?^ r/C qcay-do trafcatnr do* 
 tninpis^ & fereatu de vtajtifta. 
 
 The good life of a Prince wa< the arch- pillar where- 
 upon Plato his lleipub. was builded ; and Solomons 
 faithful Counfel to Princes, was to go before the peo- 
 ple in vertue and goodncfs : the dcirg whereof^ laith 
 he,:? the powerful maintaincr ofpiety^ honcfty, and 
 obe-iiencein Kingdomcs, Cities, and private families, 
 Efpcacijfimum cxhortattenis genm eft frtrtcipem hoc face- 
 re quod nb aliis fieri vc lit. Sic Adrianus Imperator [ms 
 mmnes ta docebat faciro qua, par crat. 
 
 The rewards of all Nations do h ffici nily derson- 
 ftratc tbis poitot ; for whatfoever verciics or .vices Prin- 
 ces have followed, fuch have been tlie patterns irom 
 U'hom the life of ^ubjeds and Courtiours have been 
 drawn Nihil enim vulgm imitMur Itbcnttm qttam 
 quod a fi^o principe fieri co^fpexerity/ub alcarore p'^Jft^ 
 luditur a/ea, fub bellari bellatHrant omr.ei^ fub comn.ef- 
 fatore Uxfi dtfiuum % fub DlonjCto ebrio^ Sjractifani ebrii 
 fnKtiftib libidi/icfo lenccinantHr, [nb criideli defertint ac 
 calHmi*tantnr \ r on alia igitur brtvior am cffic^cior ad 
 €orrig(Hdos pQpuli meres via, quamprirxtpi^ ipftm incor- 
 ruptdvita 
 
 This exen-plaiy prcfidencie of a Prince, feccnded 
 withacarcful lurvey of the life, condition, and incli- 
 nation 
 
ucja impenaua. 297 
 
 nation of his followers. Courciours and Officers »« 
 the frame whereupon the lively pourtraiture of all 
 praifc- worthy Courcs muft be drawn, whereof the 
 Prince is the head, his Courciours and Officers (accor- 
 ding to their places and dignities; thcmCQibers, an4 
 therefore carefully to be attended, that they be religi- 
 ous, honeft, vertuous, and careful to difcharge the truft 
 committed to them, that they be adorned with wic 
 and difcretion, well educated, and generoufly condi- 
 tioned, that they bend all their ftudies promptly, fpee*" 
 dily, and carefully to execute the command of their 5o. 
 veraign, that they be not given to foftnefs , delicacie^ 
 or cafe, but men of courage, and above all, that they be 
 free of all fuch vices as are the poyfon of either Coun- 
 tries or Courts, as Blafphemie, Drunkennefs, Luft, Fiat- 
 terie, Detradion, Hypocrifie, and other damnable vi- 
 ces, that they hunt not after honour, riches, pleafures, 
 rather then the fcrvice of their Prince or publike good; 
 let them be afhamed to hear the Court of a Chriftian 
 Prince thus complained upon. 
 
 Fides^ hone fl as , humtlitas^ ac vsritas^ 
 Pttdor decens^ c^ mentis almi caflitas^ 
 Simplex intent i peQoris frudentiay 
 Jntegritas^ & omne vhtutis jui>ar 
 ' Ex pyi/7cipnm medo pdUtiis procnl 
 Vugere^ qmrum ( pro dolor ) vices germ^ 
 Trans atnt , perf^di^^ procacitas^fliles^ 
 Caltimni^^palpMto^ roKCtii^ dcl'^ 
 Naff{l£^fanft£^fcomma^ Indus afe4, 
 TctAtionum crebra concert.itio > 
 Lti'idofpHrca^ )Hgis &fcortati9 , 
 Stimmi nihil det metHS perperditur^ 
 Carat ny C^ }7thilrefpe^Hs ulami 
 FmI^ nihil tormenta dir.t Tara^i, 
 
 Vu 5 lo. 
 
Q9o Oaaimferialia* 
 
 In the third obfervation (confiding in the number 
 of attendants and lervanrs } a Prince (hall more fafely 
 (with Altx.wJer) make choice of faithful and fnfficient, 
 then with Xerxes^ of a confufed multitude of Paraficcs, 
 falfe lovers, vicious or ignorant Courtiours , forthc«N^ 
 rea Tons following. 
 
 Fifft, As the moft populous Feaft f although moft 
 fumptuoufly prepared) is full of clamours and incum- 
 brances to the Matter of the houfe, and oft-times mi- 
 niflers dilcontcnt to the greatell part of the guefts ; io 
 the multitude of attendants, officers, and fervants in the 
 Court of a Prince, is fo interlined with numbers of fer- 
 fervlle, illiberal, thoufonicai, intrudini^, and unprofita- 
 ble fpirits, (that for ihdr own ends hunts the Court,) 
 althcngh maintained with the great charge of the 
 Prince, are ever fubjed to wranding, emulation, envy, 
 flatterie, f.nd diicontcntment, whereby it behoveth a 
 Prince , leaving his Kmgly i*ovcraignty, to become a 
 painful fpedator, a diligent mediator, keeper, and judge 
 over thofe whom he ojght to command. 
 
 Secondly , Where there be multitude of followers, 
 there the moft fecrec affairs are (by cunning of corrupt 
 Courtiours, Spies, and bale Farrat-like tongues of 
 fame-fpreading-niultitude) expofed upon the rocks of 
 difcovery. 
 
 Thirdly, Mary attendants (by the prodigal exhauft- 
 ing the revenues of a Prince) (o difinablcs him, that 
 without the fpoil and emptying of the publikc g0( d , he 
 can never fill their wade and inexplcble bellies, neither 
 grstifie others of better worth. Read the Harmottj 
 efthe iVorUU 
 
 Fourthly* As it is difficult to govern ^txi^ well, fo is it 
 impoffible to k^cp many within the precind cf loyalty 
 and obedience. 
 
 To 
 
Ocia tf^perialia* 2pp 
 
 To (hut up all , the Kingly ftrudureofa Court is 
 builded upon the exemplary vcrtues of a Prince, gar- 
 niflied with godly, loyal, honeft, and true-hearted 
 SubjeAs, and Domefticks, is defaced and ruined by the 
 
 ^confufed multitude of intending prophane Atbcifts, ac« 
 
 ^ cording to that of Horace. 
 
 Fernkies & temfeflas barathrnrnqtie macelli^ 
 Nos tJHmertis fumHSy & fruges conJHmeri nati^ 
 Sfcnft Penelopes nebtilones, Alcinoiqtie 
 In CHte curanda flnsaquo operatajuventffs^ 
 Cui pulchrem fuit in medios dormire dies^ & 
 Adfirevitum cither A, ceffatam dftcerc CHTArtH 
 
 I 
 
 CHAP. 
 
3^5 _iz^'* Imperialia, 
 
 CHAP. XX[. 
 
 of the Wrath af a Kwg 5 and when and hom 
 he jixouldfimjp* *^ 
 
 A S Clemency and flownefs to wrath, arc the divine 
 ^^ and kingly Robes of a good Prince, fo furious 
 anger, and revenge are the Tygar-like and deformed 
 garments of a Tyrant; by which wifdomcis banifli- 
 cd, juftice is forgotten , peace is overthrown, the 
 Common- Weal ruinated, and the gates ofcruelty un- 
 locked and laid open ; for this caufe a King or Prince 
 Cwhofe greatnefs, power, place, and humane frailty, 
 invites him to wrath and revenge^ muft carefully 
 (fetting before him the love of his Country and fa- 
 therly affodion to his fubjefts) retrain the impetu- 
 -cus and dangerous inundations of luch paflionsas are 
 moil hurtful to his people, prejudicial to himfelf, and 
 unworthy the title and dignity of a King* Zelus & 
 irachndia minunnt dies , & ante tempus feneEiam addti- 
 y ctitft CO git At H5 : ctr ir.gentis ira, exit us furor efl ; ideo 
 vitanda, Kon tantum n^derationis, fed etiatn fene^titis 
 caufa 
 Cells King of Thracia bein^ naturally Gholerick , 
 "and a levere punifher of offences, having received 
 divers rareand curious wrought (b it fragilj veffels, 
 afcer he had bountifully rewarded the giver , did break 
 themiall, ard being asked the caufe, anfwered, left 
 Ifliould be moved to anger, and feverely chafticemy 
 fcrvanCi for breaking of them. Read the Idea of 
 the Law. ^c, 
 
 Tlh 
 
Ocia Imperialia^ got 
 
 This worthy Prince did well know that the wrath 
 of a Prince, is like the roaring of a Lyon, and there- 
 forefore wifely did remove fuch combuftible mat- 
 ter, as might fet a fire his death, threatning fury. 
 
 There is nothing more fit and injurious toCoun- 
 fcl and deliberation, then tcmcratious and fudden an- 
 ger.- Therefore ^i.ijP/';^»f«jprefcribcch delay and de- 
 liberation, as a foveraign remedy againft wrath, for 
 faid he, by intermiflion furious paflions languifhei, 
 and the mifty clouds that opprefTcs the mind either va- 
 niflies Or become leffe. 
 
 ^Artemidortis the Philofopher did advifeexf/^^*/?;// 
 C'^far, at fuch time as he was angricj to rehearfe twen- 
 ty four greek letters. 
 
 In punifliing, a Prince is to keep fuch golden, mean, 
 and temperate mixture, betwixt lenity and feverity, 
 that his Subjeds be neither wounded by the one or 
 become infolent by the other. Leones cjhos manfH" 
 ffcere volmt homines juMat oUm Phraotesy verberihHS 
 mn cttdif nee rurfus blanditiis mminm timendos fnta- 
 haty ejuia fc nimiftmfpt^erbi evAderent\ o^inabatttr itaqus 
 hlanditas mmtsfermixtosfaciliHsad mores oftator pojfe 
 dediicere, 
 
 Laftly, If neceffity inforce a King or Prince fomc- 
 time to draw the fword of jufticc ; dilligent care is 
 to be taken, that he do it unwillingly, that he cut away 
 but corrupt and unmovable members. Ne major fosna 
 fit qtiam CHlpa^& ne ijfdem de caff [ts alii ple^mtur^alii ttr 
 affellentttr qaidem. 
 
 chap; 
 
i^02 vcui impertaita* 
 
 CHAP. XXIL 
 
 what a King or Emperoiir ought to confider before 
 he enttr War ^ for what caiifes they may lavp^ 
 fnllytal^e amies ^ and how to behave t he wf elves 
 in IVar, 
 
 C Ome do hold that the Latine name Bellum was taken 
 ^^from Beltis {ontoNinus and begun in e^^jj^r^ o- 
 tliers fay it didbeg-nby Nimrod {on to Belus^ and 
 nephew to Minos ; others fay that the firfl: that did 
 make war was Chcderla^imtr Kingof the£/^??^irf/, a- 
 gainrt whom went ^Abraham to defend Lot*^ the 
 Egyptians hold againfl: all thole opinions, affirming that 
 the firfl: invcnter of war, was Promotheus againft Orefies 
 King of the Lycaonians for the daughter of King Solo- 
 mon: But I will not infift upon the Original of war, 
 but rather complain upon the evils that it brought with 
 it in the world, and to me lately. 
 
 All war may be thus divided, it is either Royal War, 
 Civil War^morethenCiviljOr Perfonal,or Vifceral War. 
 
 The Royal War is that which is betwixt King and 
 King, Kingdomc and Kmgdome, fuch was the War 
 htXyNXYX Alexander and Dariusy %ome and Carthage^ 
 Civil War is not betwixt Kingdome and Kingdome, 
 but City and City, Neighbour and Neighbour ; fuch 
 War wasamongft ih^Carthagimansh^tvj'wl the Ha- 
 mo-mani and A[xruhall'y in Rome^ bctwixt the Sillaes ic 
 Afaria'^S'^thc C^faria>is and Fomfejans, War more then 
 Civil^ is fuch as is betwixt Coufin and Coufin,Fathcr & 
 Si)\^^ Uncle & Nephew; fuch was betwixt Ci«/^r & Pom^ 
 j-ey at the battle of PharfaU.t.vjhtxt did lye dead the Fa- 
 tlur killed by the Son, the Brother by the Brother, the 
 
 Coufin 
 
Ocj^lmferialia 503 
 
 Coafin by the Coufin; luch War was betwixt Herod 
 ftA^cdon^ and his two fons AlexanAtr and Ariflobulns:, 
 fuch was betwixt D.ivid and his Son ^Ab^dom. Read 
 our Regio Lptcts, 
 ^ Particular or Perfonal War is, w^hen two vaHant men 
 fights for the juftifyiog of fome matter of confequence: 
 fuch War was becwixt Alexander the great, and King 
 Porus^ io^ their intereft to the Kingdome oi India: 
 betwixt <iy£nca; and Tumns^ for the marriage of Sahma 
 hcritrix to the Kingdome of AWanie^ betwixt DdVid 
 and C?o//.i^, betwixt the EmperourCe;^^/?.?^?/;?^ and the 
 Emperour C^Uxence, Read our Elements of Govern^ 
 mem. 
 
 The Laft fort of War> which is; Vifceral, (betwixt a 
 man and his own corrupt affedions) is of all other 
 raoft dangerous; in it,the vidorious remains conquered, 
 and he that is conquered vidorious: of this War fpeak- 
 eth loby FaBns [am mihtipfi gravis. It is called Vif- 
 ceral becaufe it begins and takes end in the very heart 
 of man; in it fights love and fear, abftinence and in- 
 temperance, filence and fpeechjreafon and fenfuality, 
 floth and dilligence, wrath and patience, carefulnefs 
 and negligence, avarice and liberality, mercy and re- 
 venge, and many other irreconcilable enemies. Read the 
 Idea, &c. 
 
 In this dangerous War^man fights not accompanied, 
 but fofe; not publickly, but fecrctiy: not againft others 
 but againft himfelf. Of this War fpeaketh the Apoftle, 
 Infelix homo qfii^ me liherabit^ de corp$re mortis huj^Sy 
 I will leave the curious divifion ofW^ar, and (hortly 
 fpeak of that War in general, which is royal. 
 
 As it is certain that peace is the nouriflier of all 
 happinefs,and the arch-bleffing that (by the Almighty) 
 is imparted eicher to Princes or Kingdonies, fo it is 
 
 as 
 
^04 ^^'^ i^j/pcriaua 
 
 as true chat as there is a tmie ui peace, there is a time 
 of War, wherein a Prince may juftly take arms, but 
 (o warily that he wifely expends the weight of the 
 matter he intendeth, the intricate difficulties, and 
 bloody dangers that attend War, that he truly enform 
 himfelfof the caufethat moveth him, of his own a-^ 
 bility in maintaining fo dangerous and (umptuous a 
 task:heisfcricuQy to meditate with himfelf and de- 
 bate with his Counfei, the irrecoverable lofTes, the Chdos 
 ofconfufion, the multitude of rnifeiies, the inhumane 
 cruelty, thefiiipwrack ofconfcience,the fpoils, rapes, 
 tyrannies, murthers, cares, dangers, lofles, ruines, cries 
 of fathcrlefsand widows, and the Ocean of evils 
 that do accompany all dcvouriuii War: Ice him wie- 
 ly confider the endlefs charges that uphold it , the 
 increafe and multiply irig of it, the eafie beginning, the 
 difficil and uncertain iilue of bloody War. Read our 
 Mx'tiaiDijciplinlih, 2. 
 
 The true furvey of chefe, and other innumerable dc» 
 flroying plagues, that by War arc inflided upon the 
 fouls and bodies of men, will check the inordinate defire 
 of ambitious inlargjng of dominions, of vain glory, 
 or tyrannous revenge : Let a Prince call to mind the 
 ftridaccompthe mufl: make for theleaft drop of hu- 
 mane blood ipcnt in his default, remcmbring alio the 
 ihortnefs, and the frailty of the life of man, the mil- 
 lions of difeafrs , hourly accidents and fatal blows that 
 daily (bcfide War) allaults the ruinous cottage, where- 
 in his life isinclofcd. 
 
 Secondly, He fhall dcfcend to the true caufcsof War, 
 from which he (hal leclude theAmbition oi Alexander^ 
 the confidence in the numbers of A'^^a*^/, the covetouf- 
 ucfsof Cr«</wj, thecrueltic of?^pro, and private end 
 ofC^'/r : GAi gl >rie, the defence of his Kingdomes, 
 
 the 
 
odd Imjierjalia^ 505 
 
 the undoubted weal and lafecy of bis people, and the 
 enjoying of peace, aretlietrue caul'es, that ought co 
 found the Trumpet in Sion^ and unfheath the regal 
 fword : Thcfe made David ^wth'x^hdind to the fling 
 ^atid kill the proud biafphemcr, \$id/is /V/achaheus bold- 
 ly go againft Gods enemies , many brave princes ck- 
 pole their lives to death for the honour of their fu- 
 preann King, and iafecy of tl'eir Country. 
 
 AagHJlns (^(cfarax^ lay that War ought to be com- 
 mand d by the gods, mnncaincd by Princes, juftified 
 by PhilofopherSj and executed by Captains. 
 
 When thea no other remedy will fcrve, a prince 
 forthecaufes above named miy lawfully take armts 
 w herein he muft be careful that in his own perfon he 
 be religious, provident, judiciouSjjuft, merciful, true, 
 pohiick, vigilant, skilful, and a ftrid obferver ofdil- 
 cipline : io long as Mfes liJred up his hands, fo lonc» 
 had the people vicftorie, provident Scipio did fcorn 
 to fay, I did notthmk it (hould fall cut thus. Ale^;.: 
 a der made choice radier of few skilful, then o^ Xerxes 
 confuted numbers, jufl: Z.^/f;fc-//j did rather fliare in 
 one eye with his fon then to be tainted with in- 
 jultice ; politique Sert-r'-ns Pefcemiitis oid watch 
 when his Soldiers did flcep; skii full H;;?;^;?;^.^/ did 
 order his battles to the difadvaniage of hisenemies. 
 Alexanitr Severus did (o (Iridtly obferve military 
 difcipline that he did feverely puniih the ieaft con- 
 tempt thereof. Merciful ^/f/^n^^rf.f did not triumph 
 o»er his proflratc enemies. 
 
 Next, A Prince being in | Arms ought not rarti'y 
 to expofe his people co un^dvifed dangers The Empe- 
 rour LucuUhs did oft ray,5^ mdle unum militem^tium ^ 
 m inibm hofltHm eripere quam timverfas hoftlfim fortunas 
 Jiifi V in die are t 
 
 Hannibal to the fame parpofe faith, /^ m.tgis cun- 
 
 Eiantem 
 
3o6 On a Iwperialia 
 
 Bant em & accjmefcentem Itahinm qnam ppignamsmMar- 
 cellum fo rmidare. 
 
 It hach ever likcwile been the care of grcateft Prin- 
 ces rattier by policies? (iratagems and wifdom to over- 
 throw the encmie, tbenbybszard and uncertain Bat=\i 
 lie. C<zfar loved bftrer the vidories that was acquired 
 by counfel then by force. Licor.es ft cjmr.do ftratairema- 
 te hoc efl CcilhdoconpliOyftiperajfent hofiem') Martiiovem 
 immolahinti fin aperto pra/h^gallfim'^ hoc pa^o csnfHcfa' 
 cierjtes beUt duces , ttt non [alum fortes effect ad prdliitm^ 
 vernm at callidis potifis confiliis adverftiS hofiem ir^flrpi- 
 Cli^ v/Horiam incrHentamcoyifecjuerentur, 
 
 It is alfo necelTary that a Prince or General in moft 
 en:iinent dangers be magnanimous and full of courage, 
 becaufethe quality of War is fuch, that the fearfulnefs 
 of one, difcourages the others ; for certainly where fear 
 is, there is fmaii hope of vidory. Jud^^s M^-cchabetiS 
 (invironed by the multitude of enemies J wasadviicd to 
 turnback, God forbid, fai4 he, that we fhoulddothis 
 ihin^, to fly from them ; if our time be come let us die 
 manfully for cur brethren, and let us not (lain our ho- 
 nor. Read our Policy of fVar. 
 
 Alexandytas Captain of the :Spartanty being deman- 
 ded. Why his people made choice of death, rather then 
 to yeild to the encmie ? becaufe faid he, it is a Law ob- 
 ferved amongft them, rather to offer their bodies to 
 death , then to captivity. Readout Marital Eie- 
 msms. 
 
 Bins ("having War with Jphicrates King of the Athe» 
 nians^ being furprifed by an uncxpeded ambufh ) lec- 
 ing his people leave him, did thus encourage, or rather 
 check their CO ivardice. Tell you, faid he, to the living, 
 that 1 your Captain do die fighting , and I (hall tell to 
 the dead, that you did leave me like bafe Cowards, 
 
 It 
 
Ocia Im^CYjalid. 30- 
 
 It was cold to Ltomdes chat the arrows of the cn^'- 
 mies didcbfcuretheSunjwe (hall then fight under the 
 fhadow, faid he. The flrcng^h of the A^jrians was in 
 their Commander Belns, oi i\it PerfiatJs'mCyrHs^ the 
 y'Thebans in HercttUs^ o\ the Hebrews Jnd^s A^ACclhi- 
 b€us^ of the Greci.ws in ^Icthi-idfs, of the TrojjiKsin 
 Heclor^ of the Egypnar.s in Ogjges , of the Ef trots m 
 Fyrrhiis^ of the Rom.rns in Scipio, and of the Carthagi- 
 mates in Hannib^^l. 
 
 By thefe and the like it ismanifeft that no famous 
 Vidorics and more profperous iucccfs haihbcen ra- 
 ther attributed to the wifdom and dexterity of Princes 
 and Commanders of Armies, then to the force of Soul- 
 diers Arms. 
 
 Laftly, A Prince having attained the mod fortunate 
 fuccefsof War, he is modeiliy to curb his immoderate 
 joys, infu'ting pride, and inhumane cruelty; remem- 
 bring the infbability of worldly affairs, and that the 
 event which is happened to him thisdiv, may fall to 
 his enemie the next. When DAvtd did hear of the 
 death of Saul , fuiifisC'ipir fee the head of Pompey , 
 Great Alcxr/ider Daritis dead in his prefence, Marcns 
 AfarceHfis SyrAcufe burned, Sr.pio Numan dcftroyed , 
 and Ha-rinibd behold the prollrare EmbafTadors , for- 
 rovvful widows, and fatherlefs children at Canfias^ they 
 did tellifie by their commiferate complaints and bitter 
 tears, the forrow they did conceive at the fall of their 
 inon- obftinate enemies. £p,irmna.nLi5 6tim ulias hhri 
 VultH folittiS efiin pfiblicnm prodi^e'^pofiriclie (jffj diet cjmo 
 i.^Jicirir pH^natumefl in Leuciris^ procejfit [qtididtis & 
 ffihmif[iis\ amicis canfam [i^fcitiimibus, Ntbil inqtiit^fed 
 heri fe^ft me plus acjuo mihi pUcpiijfe^ €]HS gandii intempe - 
 r and am hodiecaftigo. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
::;o8 Oct a Imperialia. 
 
 CHAP. xxnr. 
 
 of the meditation and f reparation of a King 
 agajnft the day of hk death. 
 
 Set the Ten/pie of IVifdome. 
 
 C Ith nothing is more fure then death, nothing more 
 ^certain then the time, no fuch cruel andirreconcila* 
 ble encmie to the fons of Adam then death , it doth 
 follow that there is no better proviJion then in time to 
 provide for death : that there is no fuch dangerous 
 jfigbt as againft Death, neither <uch glorious triumph 
 as over death. 
 
 This due preparation againft the day of death, and 
 vidorious overcoming of death (being the Crown of 
 humane adions, ofa good life here, and a true badge 
 of afTured happinefs hereafcer ) ought to be common 
 to all men, and peculiar to a Prince, tor two thief rea- 
 sons : firft, leil greatnefs, honours, riches, power, and 
 other deceitful vanicies. tranfport him and make him 
 forgetful o{ humane condition , blindfold him in the 
 Security of long life, or make the remembrance of death 
 bitter. O mors cjuam amtura efl memona ttta hemini pa- 
 cem habentii}2[Hbftantns fuis^ viroqui^tol Ergo ne de- 
 deris m:hi di virus, tribue mihi tanitim vi^fii meo necef 
 faria^ 926 forte ilhciar ad negnndnr/i^ & dicam^ Quis est 
 DomiMUs } qnis efl Deus ? 
 
 To this purpofc it (hall much avail a Prince to con- 
 clude with gray -headed 5o/o/»o«, (who had according 
 to his hearts defirc, long enjoyed wifdome,knowled^e, 
 honours^ riches, and what elfe might dignifie or exalt 
 
 him) 
 
Ocia Imferialia, 509 
 
 him) that all things under heaven are f^wV^/ vantta- 
 tis ; that the onely true comfort and permanent joy 
 in this earthly Kingdomeis but in expedation of a 
 tetter hereafter: that all other pleafures are but vani- 
 ^!^ ty, and vexation of fpirit. 
 
 When a Prince is fummoned by ficknefs or old age 
 (the //i«r^/«^<rr/ of inexorable death) he (hall thus me* 
 ditate and reafon with himfelf. 
 
 Death is not to be feared when a good life hath pre- 
 paredthe way: To hear of death is no noveIty:that he 
 ("with all men ) was born to die; that all his ancedors 
 • are by death diffolvcd: What numbers of Monarchs 
 are before him, and chat Hiall follow him.* that death 
 is the end oF mileries and entry to true happinefs in 
 heaven, where uncorrupted treafure and true glory 
 attends him: the earneft defire whereof builded upon a 
 good lifej and upright confcience, moved good Sa* 
 »?«f/ to. prepare himfelf againft the day of his death, 
 and ask whofe Oxe, or whofc Affe he had unjuftly 
 detained, or whom he had wronged. 
 
 The hope of immortality and true joyes encouraged 
 patient loh in the extremity of griefs and, dunghil 
 of difeafes, to cry out, I amfn^e that m] Redemer Itveth^ 
 and he (hall (land the Ufl- on the earth. And chough a fi. 
 ter my skin worms deftroy this body,7^f fhall I f^e 
 God in my flejh. And to makethis aflurancc perfect be 
 ^ddcth, wLmlmy fe/f fh^/l fee, and mific ejes behold 
 and none other for me ^though mj retns are confumed mtb^ 
 in me. 
 
 To thefe mdditations may be added, the weakneft, 
 fliortnefs, and frailty of the life of man, fubjed to 
 ficknefs^ poverty, injuries, and violence ; yea miferabic 
 man is daily tormented with the chief pleafures of 
 life, delicacie of meats begetteth indigeftion and cru- 
 
 X X ditcyj 
 
o lo Ocia If/tftrialia. 
 
 iity; ftrong drink, palfie and trembling, luft,ftupidi- 
 ty, wcakning of the brain ; the gout and contradion of 
 the body; riches envy and forrow, in leaving thenn 
 in a word every joy hath his enfuing forrow, our life 
 i? blind, doubtful, and full of troubles; honors fwelir\ 
 i:, (orrow extenuates it, heat exficcates it, cold benums 
 i:, the air infefts it, (urfets opprefs it, hunger devours 
 i:, laughter diffolves it, fadnefs confumes it, follitude 
 imprifons it, fecurity dulls it, young age exalts it, youth 
 prefufrth it, old age oiakes it feeblc^and death ruines it* 
 .Mtbjthcn the body of man, is but the receptacle 
 and ruinous cottage wherein the foul of raan is impri- 
 foned,and is daily affaulced with millions of irrecon- 
 cilable enemies, the beft way to provide a more glori- 
 ous dwelling place for fo heavenly a gueft, is timely to 
 lC2ch the foul todifpife the body, that (he hath no 
 intcrefl- in it, is a ftraoger, a pilgrim, and wearied gueft, 
 travelling towards her long wifiied home; andunwil- 
 ingly detained and imprifoned within the dungeon of 
 corrupt fle(h; that becaufe death is the way whereby 
 {he muft arrive at her long wiflied haven, flic is moft 
 willing to acquaint her felf with death; to difcoverthc 
 dangerous Ambufcadoes and infnaring traps, that arc 
 hidden under the overfhadowing groves of greatnefs 
 and profperity. 
 
 This ferious meditation of death, the familliarcon- 
 vcrfing with death, and timely disjundion of the foul 
 from the bodie is the right preparation todie,and when 
 death comes boldly with a Kingly courage, triumphant- 
 ly demand him in his face, O death where is thy flingl 
 il/4;ciW/^»theEmperourcauredhis Tomb five years 
 before hisdeathtobe carried wherefocverhedidgOjthac 
 by the remembrance cfdeath, he might diflodgc am- 
 bitious, fooh(b,deceiptfull, worldly afeftions, and be 
 
 ready 
 
Ocia Imj/erialia. 3 H 
 
 ready with old Simeon to receive his fafc condud, and 
 fay> Novf Lord lettej} thou thy Servant depart in feaceyfor 
 mtne eyes havefeen thy Salvation, 
 
 Secondly, A King or Frince ought willingly to pre- 
 pare himfelffor death^becaufe the forgctfulnel's of death 
 increafeth the horror, and augments the fear of unex- 
 pedcd death; for, omnia repenting graviora junt^ 
 Jed pr-dimedifatio ftiturorum m/ilorum Unit eorum ad- 
 vent um\ ergo cum mult urn frodeft provifio C^ praparatio 
 ad minuendum rttortis dolorem^ omnia humanafunt Frir,' 
 dpi meditanda'j hdtc efiiliaprajians^ & divina fapiemia^ 
 & prdceptis penitus , G^ pertrxElatas res humanas habere-^ 
 nihil admirari cum acciderit; nihil 4ntequ^m advenerit^ 
 n9n evenirepojje arhitrari. 
 
 This conlideration of the uncertainty and unexped- 
 ed coming of death, and careful provifion for his, 
 coming, is the anvil whereon the Armes that muft con- 
 quer him are forged; this Armor i$ of fufficient proof 
 to withftand the furious affaults of rebellious flefli, am- 
 bitious or down«thro wing pride of the roofl powerful 
 Princes; it is a careful Servant for the coming of his Ma- 
 iler, a never-flecping watch attending for the chief,and 
 a ^xov'xAtmotconontus for hying up of true ftore.Remem- 
 ber O King fa id Agapetus to Jaftintatif that death fears 
 not the iplendor of honour or greatnefs^but impartially 
 devoure Kings and I3eggars,therefore before his coming 
 lay up provifion in heaven, where no corruption nor 
 earthly thing fliall have entry, but fhall return to duft 
 & A(hes,from whence they did come5&man born naked 
 {hall go hence naked, death (hall find him as life leaves 
 him, and judgement (hail fird him as death leaves him; 
 noH potefi male men qui bene vtxit-^& plerunque mala mar A, 
 eft^quam mala vita pracejfitynam Jicut vita ipja bonum e^^ 
 cum virtute vivitur^malum fi cum fcelere^ It a & mors ex 
 pVAimtisvitA aUtbns ponder andaeli^ CHAP^ 
 
3 2 Odd Imferiaha. 
 
 CHAP. XXLV. 
 
 of Mourning for the dead^ and of Chrifiian and^ 
 Kingly lurials 
 
 T 7 \ 7 Hen we are dead, the King will lofe faith- 
 V V fuTuhjedsi yetwc have many enemies that 
 aUohate the King. Let fuchCaticks who condemn 
 mourning Sermons, and funeral honours to the praife 
 c f ?i>f taithfu! departed : confider, that ignorance, 
 I i fmgularit' is the mother of their errour, and as it 
 is true, th it Chriftians tranflated from this life, non 
 fum imijpje^pramip'^ So is it as tme^ ^delthus debtto 
 honere^'^cfunehri oratisne f^rentare ^tihlla unqu^m pietas 
 fifit %jligiovetfiit* 
 
 The redoubted groans of our Saviour, at the death 
 of Laz^arus do dcmonftratc, that mourning for the 
 d ad is a true fign of the pietie of the living Stefhani 
 vtirtyrtmm nmximis ^hrijlianornm flanBibfts & genti'* 
 bus fuit corofiatam* 
 
 lercmias did bewail the death of King lofias in 
 the affembly of the people; Al^raham^Wis wife Sim: the 
 whole houfe of Ifrael did mourn for Afofes and Aaron ^ 
 thirty days King David did lament for the death of 
 Abfalem his ion. and for the death of i* .Whis cnemie, 
 Che holy Fathers did bemoan the death of their Princes 
 and others their Friends : Ambrofe did moft richly 
 garnifhtheHcrfeof Theodoftis with a Learned Ser- 
 mon and eioquent oration: Gregorius Naz^Unzjen, mor" 
 tHUmfra, rem Cafarium Uudavit^ej 'i,q'^me/>ioridm pojferis 
 funehri oration^ cowmettdavit. Jerom Damafceti, And 
 all the ancient {>il!ars of the Church did honour- 
 ably 
 
Oda Imperialja 315 
 
 ably regard the tuneral and lalt honors done to Chri- 
 ftians dcccafed. Read iht Temp/e of fV/Jdome. 
 
 I ceafc to fpeak of the honors done to Princes 
 after their death, by the Philofophers and ancient 
 heathen, it is dolefully Regiftred, that at the tragical 
 Funerals oiAchHUs and Patrodus killed by the T'rojans^ 
 LachrymiS Kon folnm armalngentiuin rigarentur^ fed & 
 arendt e\uoque mudefccrent. Old StUn did delight tO 
 be beloved in his life time, that at his death the for- 
 rowfull coniplaints of bis friends might accompany 
 him to his grave. JhUhs Cafar ^neft^r, JuUam Anu^ 
 Um nxorernqne Corneliampre roflrislattd-wtt. 
 
 All Laws do warrant fuch offices as are done at 
 the Funerals of fuch as have been profitable to the 
 Common- Wealth wherein they did live, to be ]Mf^4 
 and )ftre aEla, and the leaft defacing of the ^'epuJchers 
 of the dead, or touch of rcproch, hath been holden 
 an offence of higher quality then the ruinating of the 
 houfes of the living y or fpoken againft their perfons 
 in their life time .- ln]HrtfprHdentta, qnotiefcti^que^ leges 
 viventtHm pugnant cum legibus poftLUy/nis femper pre^ 
 vdent pofthnrntay omyiiaque juris privUegio faflafavcre 
 fublicQ C£dftf7t ^ viVHyitur ab unxfoU a^tQne fnnerariM, 
 The ancient ^riftians did account it the extremity 
 of pf riecution : that they were compelled iftveftipre- 
 mo henore cxnticortim & hjmnormn) tO bury their dead 
 in filencc. 
 
 I (hould exceed the limited brevity that I hive in- 
 Joined to my felf,if I (h >uld recount the various and fu- 
 perftitious Funeral litcs obfe-ved araonglt the flcathcn, 
 or the fumptuous ind unpr >fit^b(e charges beftowed a- 
 moQ fl fome Chriftians. ^gj^ tn c'-nd;bAnt mortuoseofq; 
 domifervab^ntx Perf^cerd ciyctimlmenies condlebantut 
 qaam m^xime ptrmttmrent dtmnrrja corporal M<^g9rHm 
 
3 1 A, Ocia ImperiaUa. 
 
 nttsirat non humdre corpora j nifi aferis anted fuiffent 
 laniata, Meffagetx cognatos (^ fropi»(jHos mortnoi 
 devoram dncemes ioonefttHs ac rtUins afe qnam a vermis 
 bus comedamnr, 
 
 I leave to fpcak ot the Funeral fires wherein an-* 
 ciently, and yet the bodies of the dead have been, and 
 treconlumed toadies; neither will I fpeak of the pre- 
 tious jewels, rich clothes, gold,rilver,fervant5, horfe, 
 and other conceited fooleries, wherewith in divers 
 Nations Princes are interred. I do onely allow of 
 fuch honourable burial of Princes, as is obferved a- 
 moBgftChriftians, and which is rather honoured and 
 condoled by the tears of all good .Jubjeds, ^yermons, 
 Funeral o acions, and charitable almes (thereby to 
 incite the fuccecding pofterity to imitate the vertues 
 ©fthe deceafed Prince J then defaced by fuperftitious 
 rites, or prodigal profufion of fuperfiuous and unpro- 
 ^table charges. Ecclefia fulgeat in pariettbus^ fed ne 
 9f€M if* pauperihus^ lapides anro indnantur^ non ut ec- 
 gig fid fiiii nude defer antur^ 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 Read next the idea of the Laxp. 
 
3»5 
 
 D(?c?^r Baylies challenge t9 Mr. John Heydon« 
 SIR:, 
 
 H Earing of you abroad ^ and having read 
 your BookSj we therefore thus fend to 
 you. It ^ will not be de- 
 nied but that the Church of -K^^^e, * K9m,i.y,yt. 
 
 n 11 n -n JPhites defence 
 
 was once a molt excellent Houriih- of hi$ way, pag. 
 
 ing Mother Church. This Church j? ^ • K^T^gJames 
 
 couldnotceafetobefuch,but(he p^^/^'^?. *" 
 
 muft fall either by AfeHafie^ Here- ^^ itaktr in tn- 
 
 fie, oxSchifm. 'Z^ftt 
 
 monftrat. Tu'li in Epift. i. ad Thtf. fed. 7. 
 
 1. Apojiajie is not onely a renouncing of the 
 Faith of Chrift, but the very name and title to 
 Chriftianity. No man will fay that the Church 
 of Rome had ever fuch a fall, or fell thus. 
 
 2. Herejie is anadhefion to fome private and 
 Angular opinion or errour in faith^ contrary to 
 the general approved dodrine of the Church ^ If 
 the Church of Ro^je did ever adhere to any lin- 
 gular or new opinion difagreeableto the com- 
 mon 
 
5i6 , 
 
 mon received doftrine of the Chriltian world ^ I 
 pray youfatisfie me to thefe particulars^x/zz,. i By 
 what general Counfel was (he ever condekined ? 
 
 2 Or which of the Fathers ever writ againft her >. 
 
 3 Or by what Authority was (he other wife re- 
 proved? For it(eeins tome to be a thing very 
 incongruous that fo great a Church (hould be 
 condemned by every one that hath a mind to 
 condemn her. 
 
 Schifm is a departure or a divifion from the 
 unity of the Church ^ v/hereby that bond and 
 communion held with feme former Church is 
 broken and dilfolved.lf ever the Church oiRome 
 divided her felf by Schifm from any other body 
 of faithful Chriftians. brake communiouj or went 
 forth from the fociety of any elder Church^I pray 
 fatisfie me to thefe particulars^ ivvhofe company 
 did (he leave? 2 from whom did (he go forth? 
 5 where was the true Church which (he did for- 
 lake? for it appears a little (Irangetomerbata 
 Church (hould be accounted fchilmaticalj when 
 there cannot be athgncd another Church different 
 from her (which from age to age hath continued 
 vifible^ from whence the departed. 
 
 Mr. John Hcydon hxth anfvceredDr. Bayliei// 
 hk Regio Lucis^ and kath routed all the Jejuites^ 
 fo that thofervho fkafe way be there fatisfie din 
 their doubts ^ you will there find his modefi dc* 
 fence for Epfcoptcie and King-pip. 
 FINIS. 
 
THEOMAqiAi 
 
 Or, The 
 
 TEMPLE 
 
 WISDOME 
 
 Spirit UAL^ 
 C ce L E s T I A L5 andj 
 
 £E LEMENTAL. 
 
 In which you may finde the Refo^ 
 
 lution of all manner of Queftions. 
 
 Being Fitted (and Communicated) ta 
 the WORLD 
 
 ByJoHM Heydonj Gene, ^/ac/oju^, 
 
 A ^crvanc ot God ^ and Secretary to Nature. 
 
 I - I I - 
 
 A^ec omnia , mc mhil. 
 
 Pfalm XXV. 14. 
 Thefecrets of the Lord are n?ith them that fear him. 
 
 L tf V 7{^: 
 
 Printed by J. C. for R. Broom , at the ih^t of the 
 
 Gun in Ivy-Lane» i 6 6 l. 
 
T O 
 
 Charles Potter Efq; 
 
 Genclemaa-Udier 
 
 To the Queen^Mother , (s^c. 
 
 Noble Sir ! 
 
 \Ext to my on>n Angel^ I confefs my felf 
 iou^d to doyou fervice. To fall foul 
 upon the abhorredvilUmes of Stage^ 
 Players^ and the underwtt-Authors of 
 Comedies and Tragedies ^together mth 
 the degenerous and intraBable Nature of other rude 
 People^ Cviz. inconfiderahle Jfirological Taylors) can^ 
 not anfweryouy for it doth not me. 
 
 I do not J ay I am a granger to God ^ Angels or 
 Genii ^ and their powers in An and Nature when uni- 
 ted j &c. And therefore that you would fend by the 
 hand of him whom you fhouU fendp when I am indeed 
 able for thefe things; I doubt mt to have him with 
 
 Aaa 2 my 
 
The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 my mouthy becaufe I mean to leave all my f elf out», 
 There was never more provocatm^s for all men to 
 fpeak then novo^ vphen all the mischievous afJs a'/id 
 deedi of Harlots and Villains^ that other Ages did 
 but imagine^ are upon the Stoge novp-^ andpraB^fed as 
 hy a Law 5 and in the mean ttme^ the dumb Jjjes are , 
 tau^t toforhidthe madnfs of the Prophets. * 
 
 Tou do not deny the power of God ^Angels or Spirits'^ 
 ^cl therefore nowy io 1 know of what Spirit yoa are : 
 fyetthe Body chmg^ the Nature of the Sprit. That 
 the Genii lodge in fundyy Airy Bo cites j thofe 
 many and undeniable (lories of apparitio:is do clearly 
 efop-nce 5 and it i% impof^ihle that Air fl^iutd he fo 
 arbitrarioujl) changed intofhapes^ and yet held toge- 
 ther as an aBuated Vehicle of Life , if there were not 
 fomethinghefides the Air tt felf that did thus pojj'efs 
 it J and moderate it^ and could dilate -^ contraB, a/;d 
 guide it as it pleafed-y otherwife it would he no het- 
 ter figured, nor more fteadily kept together then the 
 fiinking fume of Tobacco y or the reek of Chim" 
 
 pies, C"" '' 
 
 There is one fpeciatf acuity of a Spirit^ which after 
 penetration it doth either naturally or arhitrarioufly 
 exert ; Mfh is thisy to fill the ReceptiiJity or Capacity 
 f^ a Body or Matter^ fo far j or th as it ts Capable or 
 Receptive of a Soul cr Spirit : and thisaffeBion of a 
 Spirit I win make hold to call (for more compendia 
 cufnefs) by one Greek term ^xt-na.Uta^ which that there 
 way be no fuf pit ion of any fraud or a^eBed foolery in 
 wordsy Imllas plain ly as I can define thus -^ a power 
 
 in 
 
The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 in a Spirit of o^ertngfo near to a corporeal Emanati" 
 on from the center of Life y that it will foperfeBlyfU 
 the Receptivity of Matter y intovphtch ithaspemtra- 
 4edj tijat it is very difficult for any other Spirit to 
 po[l'efs the fame '^ and herely lecowtng.fo firmly aisd 
 doff If H rated to a hody^ as both to a^uate $,nd to be 
 aSied upony to ajfeff and be affected thereby. 
 
 Arid noiv-ihot^oralle Sir^ I appeal to you ^ if matter 
 does not fit asclofe^ nay clofer to a Spirit then any ofte 
 part of Matter can do to anathar : For here Union 
 pervades through all^ but there ConjanBion is onelyin 
 a common fuperficie$y as is ufualiy fancied and ac- 
 knowledged'y and this Hylopathia, which is thus 
 in a finite Spirit or Soul , I further adde^ may well an- 
 fwer in Analogy to that power of creating Matter.^ 
 which is necefjarily included in the Idea of God^or Im- 
 material being. 
 
 I fljall fpeak one word of Immaterial fuh^ancf^ 
 and 't will make you merry : for difcourfing of an Im^ 
 ynaterud beings a prating Aflermong^r asked me if 
 there were any thing fo railed y or any being fine 
 Materia ; ha^ ha^ he -yanMrologersquefiion fit for 
 his Almanack next year , or to have been pMfied 
 in his great bundle ofwafie Papery to be read by every 
 fot in an Ale-houfey when he takes his loathfome To^ 
 hacco. But to the feminal forms or plants of AnimalSy 
 or the Archei , as The Rofie Crucians call them : 
 But this Form or Archeusis a thing wore fimple and 
 plainy and requires a more jimple and plain qualifica^ 
 tionofthefubjeB it works upon^ viz. that it be onely 
 
 Homo" 
 
The EpitUe Dedicatory 
 
 T 
 
 lioimgened and duHible to the tender affaults of 
 that fubfiantial power of life that re fides in it^ 
 
 Nor is this Opinion o^ the Archei or Seminal 
 Forms intangledin any fuch difficulties^ but may h^ ' 
 eafilj answered. 
 
 For as for thofe many pretended intricacies in the ; 
 infiance of the efformation offVafps out of the Car cafe 
 of a Horfe 5 Ifayy The Archei that framed them are 
 no parts of the Horfes Soul that ts deady hut fever al ' 
 diflinB Archei that do as naturally joynvpith the mat- 
 ter of his Body foputrified and prepared^ as the Crom 
 come to eat his fie fh. 
 
 Some may demand vphere thefe Archei were hef'ore : 
 I anfwerj Can there want room for fo f mall pieces of 
 fpirituality in fo vafl a compafs as the comprehenfipn 
 of the Untverfe ^ I fhall rather reply^ vvhere were 
 they not ^ the fVorldofLife being excluded out of No 
 place ^ and the fundry forts of Souls being as plentiful 
 and obvious there ^ as thofe Magnetick particles are in 
 this corporeal World : And you can fcarce place 
 your Load'fione or Iron any where ^ but you will finde 
 their pre fence by thefenfibleeffeBs of them 5 or if you 
 fancy agrojfer comparifon^ they are as cheap and com^ 
 mon as dufijiying in the Air^in a dry and windy Sum* 
 rner. ^ 
 
 Thefe Archei be fo many f prigs of the common ' 
 Soul of the World ^ or particular fuhfifiencies of 
 themfelves : There is no greater inconnjemence 
 in acknowledging that it may be either way ; for it 
 does rjQt follow that if they be fo many branches or di- 
 
 fiina 
 
The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 fti^Braysof the great Soul of the Worldy that there- 
 fore they Are not that ver^ Soul itfelj), and if they be 
 not ) they waj have their pleafures and pains apart 
 diftinB from one another: And what is fleafure or 
 pain to them ^ may happily ke neither to their Origi- 
 nal j moving her no more then the cherping of a 
 Cricket doth 5/> John Hanmef , John Floid f/^^ 
 and your fe If ^ when you are attentive to your loudMu^ 
 fick. 
 
 Novpy learned and valiant Siry I pre fume tofub- 
 mit all to your better judgement. 1 hen ff^ppofe Ifajy 
 they arefo manyfubftances^as independent on the Soul . 
 cfthe fvorldy as the Matter itfelfts {though all depend 
 en God) there is no dipculty at all^ nor inconvenience 
 in that pofttion 5 nor need I trouble my feif where they 
 are^ or vfhat becomes of them ^ either before they 
 fiBuate this or that part cf the matter , or after they 
 have done aBuating the fame ^no m^ore then of the parts 
 of the Matter aBuaied by them. Tor as every part of 
 Matter is fafely kept mthtn the compafs oj the corpo- 
 real fVorld^ whether it le aBed upon byanySculor 
 ArcheuSy or not : fo every Soul or Archeus is asfafe 
 in the World of Life, and asfecure from being exter* 
 winated cut of the comprehenfion of Immaterial Be* 
 ingSywhetherit aB upon any part of the Material World 
 or no: For fubftance^ he itof what nature it mil ^ it 
 cannot perifh without a Miracle : And why God 
 fhould annihilate that which in fuccefjion of time 
 may again have opportunity to aB its party andprov^ 
 ferviceable to the Worlds no man I thin.k can exco- 
 gitate any Reafon. J^ut 
 
TheEpiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 But the Bodies of the Spirits beirtg nothing but 
 coAguUted or con^ringed Air^ when they put them 
 i'^fuih apofiure to appear > as to cor/jIrin^;ttl2fir Ve- 
 hicles in a greater measure by far the/i agitates the fin.'^ 
 gle particles of it .that it mil then fee m not o?,ely cold as 
 congealed water dothy but more piercingly and jii^^g- 
 i^gly coldy byreofon of the fubttlty of the parts. 
 
 And when they mt onely firongly co^/flringe their 
 Vekuleinthe vphole^ but alfopercely agitate the Jin- 
 gle partij^i-'S thereof ytheir bodies will become fiyidgii^^g' 
 ly hot y arid imitate in fome meafure heated Bra[$ or 
 Irony wherein the particles keep clofe together ^ and 
 yH every one isfmartlj moved in nfelf. 
 
 I Am fare I have [aid nothings but what I believe j 
 if more fome times then I well underftood ^ I have 
 company enough ; and the acknowledgement o\ an er- 
 tour IS more eafe to me then the committi/^g of it was. 
 
 This is my deed of gift ^ the Temple is yours j and tf 
 you regard tt mt^give it to thofe that wtll : and for. rny 
 frtfent boldnefs^ you may thank your felf^you admit- 
 ted me this fi^miiartty. 
 
 Bat the great Gemus of this Temple(ifyou do not ac-^ 
 cept him ) fljaU burn a while like thcfe Suhterranious 
 Glibian Lamps under the Eartl). Many fl.ialifee ity 
 tt mt m:^^ j manyfball behold it, but not nigh. 
 
 May 35. Your humble Scrvanr, 
 
 John Hbtdon* 
 
 THEO- 
 
oold[[ 
 
 r H E M A G I A : 
 
 O R, 
 
 The Temple of W i s d o m e. 
 
 The Third Book. 
 
 Fter we have fufficlently treated of the 
 div'ilion of the Earth , and how co make 
 the Figures 3 and attribntethemto the 
 Rulers, Idea's and parts of the Earth, and 
 largely written their feveral fi^nificati- 
 ons in their proper Places ; we (hall in 
 the next place fpeak of the Judgement of Horary quefti* 
 ons, andalfo of Nativities. And be you not doubt- 
 ful of the truth of this Art: for upon my Word and 
 Repu^tion, all that is written in this Book 1 have ex- 
 perienced; and what the Rulers and Idea's fignitie ia 
 the Figures, when they are in the Haines you ma/ 
 judge. 
 
 Bbb CHAP. 
 
2 The Temple of ^'fdom. Book 111, 
 
 CHAP- I 
 
 Offevefal confiderations to he ohfervedfor the better j^dg-^ 
 ing of a Queflions ^ » 
 
 SOme cannot obtain their Nativities ; and here you 
 may be as well refolved , and as truly will things 
 come to pa(s, as if you knew the Hour of your 
 Birth.' Thefe things are fit for the Artift to beac' 
 quainted with, for the better judging of any Qneftion 
 propounded. 
 
 1. .The Radicalnefs of the Figure, and fitne{s of the 
 Matter to be Judged 
 
 2. ThepodibilityorimpolTibility of the matter pro- 
 pounded to be judged. 
 
 3. Of the Perfon or Matter impeding or furthering 
 thebufinefs. 
 
 4. Of the time m which it may be perform- 
 ed. 
 
 CHAP. ir. 
 
 Of the pgnification of the Querent and ^efited, 
 
 THe Querent Is that Perfon (be it man or woman) 
 that propounds the doubt or queftion to the 
 Artift : And thefirft Houfe, and any Figure in it, 
 fignifies the Querent : the Ruler and Idea Signifies his 
 Stature, Complexion, Condition and Qoality, mixed 
 all together. 
 
 The Quefited is the perfon (or thing) enquired 
 after ; and the feventh Houfe generally, and the 
 Fij^ure in k^ the Idea, and Ruler of it, arc the Signifi- 
 
 cators 
 
Book 111. T^e Temple o] mfaom. 
 
 catoi s thereof. The Afcendent, Figure, Idea and Rai- 
 ier, do iignific in that place the Corporature of the 
 Body. 
 
 And let every Artift well underftand the (ignifica- 
 tions of the Rulers and Idea's, for they gain fig- 
 nitication to the Houfes and Figures, as you findein the 
 fecond Book. 
 
 And being well vcrfed in thcfe, obferve the Na- 
 ture of yonr Qiieftion propounded , and give the firfl: 
 Houfe, and I he Figure, Ruler and Idea therein, to 
 the Querent, then confider unto what Houfe the 
 perfon or thing enquired after belongs, and give his 
 Ruler, Idea and Figure to lignitie the thing encjuired 
 after. 
 
 As for Example : Suppofe a Perfon fhould enquire 
 concerning Riches ; the firft Houfe fignifies his Per- 
 fon 5 and from the fecond Houfe , and the pofition 
 of the Figure, you (hall know the condition of his e- 
 ftate. 
 
 If one enquire concerning Brethren , &c. Then 
 you muft take the third Houfe and his Figure, Ru- 
 ler and Idea , becaufe they have fignification there- 
 of. 
 
 But if a queftion be rr.ade of or concerning a Fa- 
 ther, or Land, or Houfes, 6'c. the fourth Houfe hath 
 fignification thereof : If of Children, &c, the fifth: 
 If of Servants or fr:all Cattel, &c, the fixth : U of 
 a Husband , a Wife, Sweet-heart , or of Partfierfliip, 
 Theft, Law, or Controverfies , the feventh: If cJi a 
 Portion of the Wife , or Eftate of a Husband , op 
 Death, &c, the eighth : If of the Husband, orWfte, 
 Kindred, or of a Church-man, or Lawyer, or DrSams; 
 the ninth : If of a King, Prince, Duke, Piotef^or^ 
 Earl, Lord, or Magiftrate, or of the Mother , the tttith i 
 If of Friends, or any thing one Ihall hope for^ &c. cle- 
 
 Bbb 2 venth; 
 
The Temple of mfdom. Book 1 1 [ 
 
 vcnth : If of private Enemies ^ or Sorrow and Ira- 
 prifonment, or of Prifoners, or of great Cattle, &c. 
 the twelfth Houfe. 1 hiis according to the true pro- 
 pounding of any qiieftion , tray the ingenious Artift 
 giveafoberanda certain Refolve: And this (hall ht 
 fufficient to difcover the fignilicators, both of the Qne- 
 rentj and the Perfon or thing Qnefited. 
 
 CHAP. in. 
 
 When a figure is Radical^ and fit ia he Judg- 
 ed. 
 
 THe Artift before he adventiireth to judge aQieftj- 
 on, ought firft to confider, whether it be pro- 
 per and fit to be judged ; For many times, Perfons pro- 
 pound impertinent Queftions, with an intent to dif- 
 grace and delude Art , and in fo doing, they create no«» 
 thing but (hame to themfeives. 
 
 Then the Artift (hall fometimes meet with per- 
 fons that know not how to propound their delires 
 aright. It is an Argument when fuch queries arc 
 made, that (althougli they may be a^^ked with a 
 good intent, yet) they are not ripe for Judgement ; 
 and the Artift ought to defer his counfel until another 
 time. 
 
 Now for the difcovery of the knavery of the one, and 
 the unfitnefs or unpreparednefe of the other : obfcrve 
 thcfe Rules following. 
 
 If the Ruler and Idea, which governs the Figure 
 in the firft Houfe, e^c. (hall dcfcribe the Perfon of the 
 Querent e?caft*y ; you may conclude the Figure 
 Radical, and the qucftion propounded fit to be judged : 
 }NhttiKHhew^ Cauda Vrasenis^ orJmjfJO', youmuft 
 
 have 
 
Book 1 ii . ihe 'I emple o] ^ifdem. 
 
 have a care what you fay , for the Querent hath been 
 tampering with others about the bufinefs propounded, 
 or elfe the queflion is forged j and therefore not fit to 
 be anfwcred . 
 
 ' If Fopu'M or any Figure go out of the firft to a D or 
 <? of the Figure of the feventh, the Qjerent is a Knave,^ 
 and fo let him go. 
 
 When Tri/litia or Career be in the Afcendent, or firft 
 Houfe,in ill company and Afpe^^ 5 either the matter pro- 
 pounded is falfe , or paft all hope. 
 
 if the Figures be equal, and the Witnefles and Judge 
 promife as much to the one as the other, you muft 
 defer your judgement until another time. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Of th Pofwility or Impoffihility of the Matter. 
 
 l^Hatfoever is propounded, carrieth in the face 
 • of it , both a Negative and an Affirmative ; that 
 IS to fayjit may be either concluded, or not : For all 
 things under the Sun are contingent; and it is as 
 honourable for an Artift to give a Judgement in the 
 Negative , if the Figure deny the wifhed dciire, as in 
 the Affirmative, when the Figure promifeth it, al- 
 though not fo pleafant as the proponent. But the 
 poffibiiity or impolfibiiity of bringing to pafs the Mat- 
 ter propounded, you may know by thefc Ri^Jes fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 Buiinefles are brought to pafs divers ways, viz* when 
 the firft Figure in the firft Houfe fignifying the perfon 
 propounding, and the perfon or thing propounded, arc 
 in good places of the Figure , or when the firft Figure 
 goes into Houfe of the thing demanded or quelited, and 
 Bbb 5 again 
 
The Temple of mfdow. Book III, 
 
 again beholds the firft Figure or Houfe by a :^ or Z^, 
 from places they delight in : The thing fought after will 
 be brought to pafs. 
 
 If the Significator of the thing promifed , be well dig- 
 nified, and doth behold the lirft Houfe; fhe Mat- 
 ter will be brought to perie£^ion before it be ex- 
 pefted. 
 
 If the firft Figure 5 admit it vfereAihm^ did in a- 
 mounting grow from the firft Houfe to the fecond ; that 
 is to fay, that he be in the fecond, or be like unto the 
 iirft, where Albm is : It fignifies by vertue and power of 
 the Ruler and Idea that is attributed to it, much gain 
 by Arts and Sciences, fortunates the Querent or Native 
 in Merchandize, in all kinds of writings, and by his in- 
 genuity he (hall attain great honour from men of au- 
 thority. 
 
 When the Significators of the Querent and Qjielited, 
 &c, are now beholding, it is an ill iign of ever bringing 
 the thing enquired after toperfeftion. 
 
 When the Significators (hall behold each other by 
 O or cf from hatefiil places of the Figure , or (liall 
 be in D or (P of Career, Trijiitia^ Pner^ orKukus', 
 it is feldome known any thing is brought to pa(s. 
 
 When ill Figures (hall be in the Houfe fignify- 
 ing the thing enquired after, or afflifting the Significa- 
 tors by company or Afpeft 3 the butineis propounded 
 j?viil take no effeft. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book ill. The Tewple of mfaom . 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Vf the Terfony or Matter^ ftithcring or Impeding the Bt^ 
 finefs. 
 
 \X7Hen you have projefted your Figure, and finde 
 an obftru6lion in, or a furtherance of your bufij- 
 nefs, obfcrve the Figure impedingjor adjuvant j and fay, 
 the let or furtherance (hall coTie from fuch a perfon or 
 thing iignified by theHoufe the Figure, Idea and Rtt- 
 ler do govern. 
 
 If FueUji be aUiftl-ig or impeding , and be in the 
 third5you may fay, a Sifter, Kinfwoman, or Neigbouf 
 will be the occalion of good or evil portended by the 
 bufinefs. 
 
 IfFortma Major he m thefecond, tell the Querent 
 that Money mufi be his onely advocate in the thfnghe 
 enquires after : If Kuleus be there, want of Money will 
 ftarvc the bufinefs, &c, Thefe Rules ought well to be 
 nnderllood. 
 
 CHAP.' VI. 
 
 Of the time vphertin a Bufmefs maj heferformed^ 
 
 BBing defirous to know, when or in what time a 
 thing may come to pafs , after you fee a poffibility 
 thereof ; you muft confider whether the Figures 
 fignifie Years, Months, Weeks, D aies and Hours. 
 
 If the Houfe be moveable, and the Idea that governs 
 the Figure in it be moveable, it will be a week and 
 
 Bbb 4 odde 
 
8 The Temple of Wifr^'om . Book 1 1 f, 
 
 odde days before the bufinefs be perfected; and 
 in the hour the Figure governs that day , it will be 
 done. 
 
 If the Houfe be common, and the Figure and Idegi 
 common ; it will be a Month or five Weeks before the 
 thing be done. 
 
 If the Houfe , Figure and Idea in it be fixed •, that it 
 V?jll be a Year and three Months before the thing come 
 to effeft, according to the Years, Months, Weeks, Days 
 and Hours the Figures (ignifie. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Of Mo^ts^ Mdrkj and Scars of the ^cre/it a?jd ^e- 
 fited. 
 
 THe knowledge of the Marks, Moles, &c, of eacli 
 Querent by Ait ; is a good way to veritie your 
 jFigure, and prove it Radical, as we (hewed be- 
 ifore. 
 
 Jf the Figure that rules the hour, be in any of the 
 four Angles -, and the Moles,e^c.ofthe Perfon enquiring 
 correspond exaftly wi^i the Schea n erefted : The 
 Artift may fafely proceed to judgement. Now the 
 p.ulc£ obfervable, are thefe following. 
 
 Having projected your Figure, confider the Figure 
 in the firft Houfe.and the Idea and Ruler that governs it, 
 ^nd what part or member in mans body ihey govera: 
 for the Querent hath a Mcle, Mark or Scar in that part 
 of his body. Exar.ple : If Pucr be in the firft Houfe, 
 it is a cutJn the head or face, or burn, or red Mole : If 
 C(!.n']unrnn^ it is on tl^ belly , vi^. a Mole, Mark or Scar : 
 |f F^ella be in the Hi ft, it is on the Reinsj viz, a Mark, 
 ^c, ITK/z/'a/jj the Secrets. 
 
 ' \' ' Confi- 
 
Book HI The Temple Q^mf lorn. ^ 
 
 Confidcr if the firii Figure go into any other Houfe 
 out of the firft, the Querent hath a Mole in that pare 
 alfo ; Conlider Popuhis^ and wherefoever (he is, that 
 Houfe and Figure tells you in what part the C^iercnt 
 hath another. 
 
 What Figure is in the fixth Houfe, notes ufiiallya 
 Mark, Mole, or Scar in the Member it fignifieth, as 
 you may read in the '26 Chapter of the firft book: 
 If Career or Trifiitia fignific the Mark, &c. it is ge* 
 nerally an excrefcence of a dark obfcure or black co* 
 lour. 
 
 IfAcquifitio or Ldttitia^his ufually apurpleor blevrifh 
 Mole : If Pner or RnbejiSy it is commonly fbme Scar, 
 Slafh or Cut,chiefly in a Houfe governed by a fiery Idea; 
 and fometlmes a rcddifh Mole or fpots of Gunpowder : 
 If For tuna Major , or Forrufia Minor , generally of an 
 olive or chediut colour : If Amiffio or Fuellapfa. hony- 
 colour. 
 
 If Alhus ov Cotv.uncno ^ whitifh or lead-colour: If 
 Populus or 11 jy white, and of the colour the Figures fi<*- 
 nifie that behold them : Caput Vraconis^ white j Cauda 
 Pr^co;/i/,black or red ; If the Figure be Ma(culine that 
 reprefents the Mole, Mark, &c, it is on the right fide 
 of the Body; ifFeminiiiejjuch^e the contrary. 
 
 If the Significator of the Mole, &c, be iq the firft, 
 feventh, eighth, ni!ith,tenth,eleventhand twelfth of any 
 queftion •, it is then vilible to the eye, and other forepart 
 of the Body : but the other Houfes fignifie the 
 Mole is not to be ftQ[-\j but is on the back-part of the 
 Body. 
 
 If ill Figures be in the firft, theQ^ierent is ufually 
 hlemillied : for the Face is fignified by the firft , let what 
 Figure foever bein it. 
 
 Thefe Failes will hold true upon the Body of the 
 Quelitcd Mutatk Mutandis. As fuppofe one ftiould 
 
 enquire 
 
I o The Temple of wifdom. Book 1 1 1. 
 
 enquire ofaMiftris, or fwcet-hcart, or wife, &c, and 
 in the Members thofe Figures fignifie , (he (hall have 
 Markes, Moles, or Scars. 
 
 The Hebrew, Caldean, Greek, Arabian, Latine and 
 Egyptian Doftors of this Art , teach you, as we did in 
 the firft Book, to frame the Witnefles and the judge. 
 The firft Witnefs they put for the Querent : And if it 
 were good, and agreed with thefc on the right fide 5 and 
 if the Judge were even and good, and agreed with the 
 (ccond , third , fourth , ninth, tenth ; they faid the 
 fignification of the demand (liould coT.e to a good 
 end : But the left Witne(s was contrary *, and if the 
 Judge confented to it , and the Figure on that fide ; 
 the queftion or thing fought after (hould come to an ill 
 end. 
 
 Butbecaufe we could never finde truth in the Wit- 
 nefles, we never regarded their Judge, becaufc we finde 
 no reafon for what they faid: and fo let them pafs. 
 We will give judgement upon the twelve Houfes , as 
 we have experienced to be true. 
 
 CHAP. vm. 
 
 ' Judgements ^ro^er to the firft Houfe ( i. e ) nz^^v- - 
 
 T'He firft Houfe fignifies the life of cachperfon, his 
 Temperature and Corporature ; and in the quefti- 
 ons, thefe be attributed to it. 
 
 I. Of the length of the Qjcrcnts life. 2. OF the, 
 good or evil attending life. 3. When or in what time 
 ftiallthe Qj^erent undergo a change. 4. What part of 
 thcQjerents life is like to bebeft. 5. To what part 
 of the world may he direct his affairs to profpcr in them ? 
 
 • 6. A 
 
Book III. 
 
 The Temple of ^ifdom. 
 
 II 
 
 6. A perfon having a minde to fpeak with anotherj 
 (hall he fitide him at home ? 7. Of an abfent par- 
 ty, if dead or live, 8. Of a Ship at Sea, herfafety oc 
 prejudice, e^c. 
 
 ' Thefe particulars being explained, will give fuffici- 
 ent light unto the Artift , whereby he may judge o{ 
 any other demand proper unto this Houfe. To com* 
 pleat this Book, read our Holy Guide* 
 
 ^otrtk 
 
 Of the length of the Querents Life. 
 
 IN the Refolution of this queftion, you muft obfcrve 
 the Figure in the Eaft part of the Earth or firft Hotifer 
 ^:idif youfindehim fofree from the ill Afpefts of ill^ 
 
 Rulers 
 
12 TheTfmpleoJ^iJ^om. book 111. 1 
 
 |\ulers and Ideas, and from the fourth, (ixth, eighth and t 
 twelfth Houfes, you may fafely judge the Querents life 1 1 
 will be long. Ifthe firft Figure go into the fourth,eighth 
 ot twelfth Houfes with ill company, you may judge the 
 Qiserent (hall not live long. 
 
 When the Significators, &c, fhall be evilly Afpe^lcd 
 from good places of the Figure, or the benevolent 
 Figures friendly greet, the Malevolenciethrcatnedwill 
 be abated : But if it be from evil Houfes in the Figure, 
 and the benevolent afford no help 5 much danger of a 
 fcort life is to be feared. 
 
 H. 
 
 Of thi gsod or evil attending L ifi . 
 
 TTHc good and evil that attends each pcrfon, is known 
 from the fortunate or infortunate projeftion of the 
 Figure. 'Read the Harmony of the World, When be- 
 nevolent Figures poflefs the tirtt houfe, or the prin- 
 cipal places of the Figure 3 they declare much good 
 unto the Querent, in the whole courfe of his 
 life. 
 
 If the firll: Houfe be befriended by the company of 
 good Figures, although ill Figures behold it, yet it pre- 
 (ages good unto the Querent in the courfe of his life ; in 
 as much as an accidental evil cannot rebate or withftand 
 an edentia). 
 
 But when the ill Figures (hall poffefs the places afore- 
 faid,or by Afpcft affliS: the Significators aforefald 5 the 
 pcrfon interrogating will befubjeft to a troublefome 
 life. 
 
 If any Aftrologer ask how the Rulers and Idea's be- 
 hold one another in their Figures, in the twelve parts or 
 hoofesofthc Earth by Afpeft : itisnotoncly becaufc 
 
 they 
 
Book 111. The Temple ofmf^om. 1 3 
 
 they are governed by the Stars, as fome fondly conceive, 
 
 but becailfe H' q/Jtte r^i ^f'.^ ri/>»rA(.. H* auVrf tij*- »vy»r vtra.. H* <fwV/t 
 
 t;,x ^'j£./ xe^rf?. And fo agrees with the foul of man, 
 which is ruled by God, whofe Effigies it is : And fo the 
 Idea's are overcome, and made natural to us in the 
 Figures, which are like the body, which is natural ; but 
 yet receives heat and motion from a divine principle, 
 as the other received their influence we fpeak of in the 
 firft Book. 
 
 If Career or Triftitla be in the Eaft^ Angle, the Qjie- 
 rent will be melancholy and penfive , and fubjed to 
 perplexities from aged men, &e. U Puer ov Rubeuj^ 
 he will be cholerick , and lie liable to oppreffion by* 
 Knaves and Theevcs 5 and fometimes by the Villany - 
 and Treachery of Kindred , he may fuffer. If Cauda 
 T>raco7ns^ he is never free from {candals and difgraccs: 
 when the aflifting Figures are in good Houfes , the 
 good will be more permanent. Have great regard to 
 the places where the Figures are, and how they go 
 ont of one Houfe into another 5 for from thence is 
 known by what means the Querent (hall be fortunate or 
 unhappy. 
 
 You muft ob(erve, that as the Malignant Company 
 or Afpeft of Parts or Houfes evil , prevent the good 
 that is fignified : So the friendly and benevolent 
 Houfes and Afpeft of Figures, mitigates much of the 
 mifchief portended : by confidering of which, accor* 
 ding to the ftrength of the Figures allifting or affliftmg, 
 the Artift may finde the Magnitude, fmalnefs or Me- 
 diocrity of the good or evil that attends each Qiierents 
 life. 
 
14 The lemple of (r/fdom. J300k ill, 
 
 III. 
 
 In what time the Native or ^erent may expe^ a 
 change^ 
 
 rp He Time, theFiguresfignifie, and if fixed Figures 
 • governed by fixed Idea's of a violent Nature, 
 poflefs the principal parts of the Fignre , chiefly the 
 lirft* Hoiife or tenth Houfe ; that number thefe Figures 
 arc attributed to, prefage fudden and uncxpefted mif- 
 cWfefs. When good Figures poflefs the before-menti- 
 tioned places , they demonftrate fudden good unto the 
 Querent. 
 
 We will now make a Table, whereby you 
 may know the number of the Figures 5 and 
 what names they fignifie. 
 
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Book HI. The Temple o] mfdome. t ^ 
 
 Te k/iow the Name qf a/>y Fetfon^ t})at h tofdy^ mtfj 
 iiflhit Letter or Sjllahle io know the rtumhcr d^fid 
 'eioiiie of dll things. ■ '- •" 
 
 IFye vvoidd know die name of any Perfqif^ ^jr-^of 4 
 Thief which hath ftolen any thing , orpf^Tpw;!, 
 in wiliich a peiToji ftiall be foitiumiej ,Oi: of a 11:^13 >vhic}^ 
 djOfcb vvrite J^etters, or of a Guardian- G^mus, oi' c^ 
 Angels, or of fypef iour powers, and of the Rulers an^ 
 Idea's of the Earth, Li feveral places 5 or hovvl<?nga 
 Per (on (hall live ; -when a thiDg will happen 5 hovt 
 long a Town^Caflle or Houfe fliall continue, or FaTaly 5 
 when the happiuefs of the Perfon fhailbe, wJiCjjij^iT 
 IcH'tunate^d^c, 
 
 :) Of that Figure which is in the firft Houle, ye fiiali 
 i^fce the lirft fyllabie ; Hkevvife of that of the tent.h: tak^ 
 alio the fecond and third fyllabie of the letters of the 
 Figure, which ye fhali finde 111 jtlie fourth Houle : and JR> 
 (hall ye findethe name which yedcfire. 
 
 Or thus : take the Letters of the firft and feventh 
 Figures 5 and as often as ye take the faid Letters, fo of- 
 ten move your Figure 5 and the/i if you finde it not^ 
 ta}<e the Letters of the tenth. : rj>'27^r'j 
 
 You muft underftand tliat thefirft Figure doth fig- 
 nitie the fir ft letter of his name, whom ye dcfne to 
 know; the feventh and tenth fignitie the letters of 
 the middle pf th§ nfti»fi> thcioMfihand fifth the letter^ 
 of the end. -^^'^ : • • . ' .>' 
 
 And let no man wonder, that by the numbers and 
 names many things are found out : For the moft high 
 God created all things by number^ name, weight and 
 meafure : from whetice the truth of this Art hath its 
 Original, which were not inftituted cafually, but by « 
 certain Rule : Hence St. John in the KivelationCt^th, 
 
 C cc 2 L«f 
 
2 O The Temple of mfdome. Book 111 . 
 
 t,tt him vrhich hath undtrftanding compute the number of 
 the name nf the Beafl^vphich is the numher of a Man, Thefe 
 which were infpircd into every one at his Birth, by the 
 very Heavens, with the con jimftion of the Stars, and 
 brought by a power into the body, as ye may read at 
 large in The Harmony of the World. God himfeli^ 
 though he be onely one in Effence^yet hath divers names 
 which expound not his divers Effences or Deities, but, 
 certain properties flowing from him ; by which Names 
 he doth pour down, as it were by certain Conduits on 
 us, and all his Creatures many benefits and divers gifts 
 by Idea's. Ten of thefe Names we fpake of in the firft 
 Book, which give vertue to fcven and twelve, which are 
 feated in (eventy two Places, twelve Vefiments in- 
 clofc them in their places in every Species ; and in thefe 
 we finde (eventy two Namesjboth of Angels and of God: 
 And if you proceed further out of all places of Scri- 
 pture according to the fourth Rule, you will finde fo 
 many names of Idea's Divine and Natural, as the number 
 of thofc Names is. 
 
 From thefe therefore, befides thofe which we have 
 reckoned up before, is the Name of the divine Eflence, 
 Eheia^T{"^\^^ which is tranflated «'v ; from hence they 
 call God To oV,cthers'o«v 5 that is,the being. Ha^ j^^H, 
 is another Name, fignifying the Abyfs of the God-head : 
 Which the Greeks tranflate T*^iy, the fame. Efch^ TC;^^^ 
 is another Name, foundeth Fier ; and the Name of God 
 2V4, t^ J, mitigates perturbations and troubles ; there is 
 alfothe Name Jah^ n^ and the Name Elto??^ I^^y 5and 
 the Name Macom^ Op''Q ; the Na me Cafhu^ '^QD 5 the 
 Name Jimon^ 30"* ; the Name Emeth^ 7)D^^ which is 
 interpreted Truth, and E/ the Seal of God: and there 
 are two other Names Zur^ •^ty, and Aben, pel ; both 
 of them fignifie a folid work, and one of them exprefs 
 the Father with the Son, And many more Names you 
 
 may 
 
i500K ill. ine I emple o] fV/Jaome, 2 i 
 
 may fiiide in Rules extrafted out of the Holy Scripture, 
 where many words retrafted by certain of their Letters 
 make up one Name, or one Name difperfed by each of 
 its Letters^, {ignifieth;or rendereth more. Sometimes 
 they take the four Angles j the firft Figure of them fig- 
 nifieth the firft Letter or Vowel, the tenth the fccond 
 Vowel, the feventh the fourth Vowel , the fourth Fi?- 
 gure the lait Vowel. 
 
 Sometimes Names are gathered from the heads pf 
 words, as the Name Agla^ ti^Ji!^, thsiti'^ the Mighty 
 Gvdfor ever , taken fro n this verfe of the Holy Seri- 
 ture ""aitji aizh '^yi l^^*^ nn>^ .- in like manner the 
 Name Jaia^ tAifci'', from this verfe, nJTI^ t^^mn 
 'iniriTn^ 5 that is, Gjd^ our (jud is one God i In like 
 manner the Name Java^ t^t&i'', from this verfe 
 n^l^ TT't '^Tfci "»n''5 thsithy Lft there he light ^a?2d there 
 was light: In like manner the Name v^r^rzVi;?,fc4nnfci1fc^) 
 from this verfe irtfe^l'l HMDn in>n'«^ Xyir^n fclWnnt* 
 innn ; that is, one principle of his Unity , one be- 
 ginning of his individuality, his viciffitude is one 
 thing : and this Name H^c^/j^,t^:inn,is extracted from 
 this verfe, HT> n^'^D nDT» ; Iheholy and blejfed One : 
 lathis like manner, this Name 1\i;'» is found in the heads, 
 ofthefe two vcrfes, z/fz. •»^ini'7 U?SU"" 5 thatis, 'I^«- 
 tiljhe Mejjiah fi4ll come ^ and the other verfe n^^ 
 n^11Q'£?5 that is, His ISlame abides till the end: Thus 
 alfo is the Name Jmen fiom this verfe D'^y^ln 138^ 5 
 that is, Jhervicksdnotfo^ but the Letters are tranfpo- 
 fed : So by the final Letters of this verfe,nQnD\y HQ''^ 5 
 that is, T'o rney K>hat^ or what is his Name? Sometimes 
 thefe Names are extrafted from all the Figures, one by 
 one 5 even as thofe Names of God are extraftcd from 
 thofe three verfes of Exodus^ beginning from thefe three 
 words, C1^KnM;;?DMi the firft and laft verfes being 
 written from the right to the left j but the middle con^ 
 
 Ccc 3 trariwifc 
 
2 2 The Ternyif ofm[^ome. Book U I . 
 
 tririwife fr()«i t\}4 \tk to the rigk : And fometimes 
 i word is e»era»fted froni a Word, or a Nann.e fromal 
 Name, by the tranrpofition of Letters, as Meffia^ mtC^n* 
 from Jfmath^ HD^il^'j a4iU Michael^ ^kD^Dyfrom ^2H'7Q!, 
 Malachi. - ' = 
 
 Sometiftitfs alfo by realbii of tli€ equality of Niitth 
 fe^r^, Nan^s^are changed, as M^t^^i/rw?, nicOD, fo^ 
 Sadai^ yo : for both of them in Alhiiy make th^tit 
 birtidfi^d arid foaveeeff : So /^j^jIis^ii, and ^/ ^k are 
 t^vtdX m nlHTlber 5 for both of them with F//eJSf^ SindLeti- 
 fiti,makedhirty on^. Tlvis is the Art which Alofes and the 
 Prbph^t'^ (ifedjand it is not to be rafhly diicovered to^iiy* 
 Thercferd of thcfe'tvg mW^^j ^ rnoi^^ ^ but pray to 
 God that he of his goodnefs would reveal-, what we 
 '^^y not Ceatfh ycu," tor th€y are the myfteries aiKJc^n- 
 ttfiticts of Gods Ottinipotencie : Notfrom mei, nor 
 ^ef frorii Angels, but infticuted and firmly eftablilhed by 
 the nioft-high God^Acv a certain maniler, \\ith atiim- 
 iSiGveable number and Figure, and breathe forth the 
 flarmoity of the God-head^ being' confecrated by the 
 Dfvjiieaffift^ante : Therefore the Creatures above (bit 
 '|:herti ; thofe below tremble at them , Angels, PtulerS 
 ^jlfd Idea's reverence them 5 every Creature dotfeboi- 
 iiour, and every Religion adore theni. 
 ^^ ^ ^hetefore the Religious obfervation of the Rtriers^ 
 Jdei'satid Figures in tire twelve parks of the Earth, doth 
 
 ftrld lis greit Wifdom and Virtue^ and even Deifies the 
 IniOnyand gives a power to work wonderful things in 
 (^ajtiire ; Th^refoi^ wc may not iojt any Reafon wliat- 
 ib«y^f change the characters of the Ralers^ ldea**s and 
 JFigUf es ; for they bear the Ima^ge of the Heavenly 
 ^6 we ts 5 and dillribn t^ their vertue to every Species in 
 ^hetwelve parts of the Earth. ' 
 
 "[[ Therefore feeing they reccrve their pbW^r from Ood^ 
 « #e'r^»d in Exo^f $ ki every place in which memioa 
 
BcX)k 111. I he i emple of tVifdome. 2 5 
 
 — — i— — I -I »■ I II H I » « 
 
 is made of my Name: Irt^ill be vpith they and hlefs 
 thee 5 And in the book of Numhersj the Lord faith, I 
 mil put mj]Name ttj^m the Sofis of Ifrael^ 1 will hlefs 
 them. 
 
 Therefore thefc Rulers , Idea's and Figures have 
 not their power in Operations fro-n themfelves, as they 
 are Charafters, or Telefms, or Figures 5 but from the 
 occult Divine Powers, working by thein in the Mindes of 
 thofe who projeft them : By which Divine Powers, or 
 Names , the fecret Power of God, as it were through 
 Conduit-pipes vi tranfoiitted into the Rulers, Idea's and 
 Figures 5 and by mod pure converfation of the Divine 
 Names are made the habitation of God, and capable of 
 the divine Influences : Whofocver therefore uftth 
 rightly thefe Rules and Figures , with that purity of 
 minde , in that manner and order as they were de- 
 livered , (hall both obtain and do many wonderful 
 things. 
 
 IV. 
 
 What fart of the ^events life is lil{e to he heft^ 
 
 FOr the refolution of this queftion,you are firft to ob- 
 ferve in vvhat part of the Figure the fortunate Ruler 
 and Ideals are incorporated into good Figures j and ac* 
 cording to their poiition Judge. 
 
 ]f propitious Figures be in the firft Houfe , the 
 twelfth or eleventh Houfes 5 the Querent will be moft 
 happy in his infancie : If in the tenth, ninth, eighth, 
 in the fecond partof hisage : If in thefe ve nth, fixth, 
 or fifthj of his middle age: If in the fourth, third, fe- 
 cond, his latter days will be moft happy. 
 
 When the Significators of life are ftrong , and figtiific 
 long life , you may to every houfe allow twelve years , 
 
 Ccc 4. if 
 
7 4 The Temple of ivifdome. Book III. 
 
 if the Figures be fortunate by company, Houfe and 
 Afpeft 5 for then it is poflTible the Querent (if he fol- 
 low the Rules in my Book , which is publillied, and 
 wears the name of ihe holy Guide) may live more then 
 one hundred and ^ky years ; if God blefs him to un-- 
 deriland our fecret happinefs. 
 
 toward n>batfart of the World may the Querent dired his 
 eourfe to proffer P 
 
 1X7E know it to be an evil Epidenical forperfonsto 
 ^ undertake Voyages , and other weighty matters, 
 &e. much to their prejudice and difadvantage. And 
 although all places are alike to him that made the Earth, 
 yet they are not fo to men that poflefs it : Therefore it 
 will be requifite for thofe that judge queftions of this 
 kind to obferve thefe following Rules, or ac lealt as ma- 
 ny of them as he (hall ufe. 
 
 Th« Earth is divided into four quarters, Eaft,Weft, 
 NorthjSouth 5 and thefe four quarters are again fub- 
 ciivided, viz. The firft Houfe is full Eaft, and the 
 twelfth Houfe being next unto it turns Eaft and by 
 South, the eleventh next unto that is South-eaft, and 
 the Mid-heaven is South, e^c. According to the quar- 
 ters of Heaven, thus divided and fubdivided, you are 
 to look in which of thofe places you finde the pro- 
 inifing Figure, e^c. Viz, Jlcquifjiio^L£titiay Amifw^ 
 fuella^ PnpuluSi Via, 
 
 Now the part of Fortune is very obfervable, and it is 
 found thus: Adde all the points of the Figure together, 
 ;and divide them by twelve , and what remains denotes 
 jthe place where you muft put the part of Fortijne 
 
2 5 The Pew pie oj iv if dome . Book III- 
 
 If one, in the firft Houfe j if two remains, it is in the 
 fecondj if three, in the third Houfe, c^c. And this is 
 the charafter of it, ©. 
 
 If it be in the firft Houfe, it imports much gain to 
 happen to the Qiierent by his own labour and induftry, 
 c^ecially if with good Figures in good company; 
 but if it be with ill, it much abates its good figiiifi- 
 cations. 
 
 To the place where thefe good Figures arc, the part 
 of Fortune dire6^s the Querent. 
 
 If good Figures be in the tenth , and Pars 'FortHTi£ 
 dired the Querent South j if they be in the ninth, tell 
 the Q^uerent it is his beft way to go South-weft ; if 
 in the Weft, it is good to go Weft : and fo of the 
 reft. 
 
 Confider ferioufly the Nature of the Querents dc- 
 fire, whether it be for Health, RicheSjlong Life,Honour, 
 Friends, &c. that he hopcth to enjoy by his un- 
 dertaking; and by* rightly underftanding the queftion, 
 you (hall anfwer the Querents defire more rea- 
 dily. ' - 
 
 If it be for Health he would remove his habitation j 
 where or in what quarter i he Figure in the firft Houfe 
 removes, and is fortunate by company and Afpe6t, di- 
 reft him that way : If for Riches, take notice of the fe- 
 cond and : If for honour, confider Fortuna Major, 
 and what Figure is in the tenth : If Friends, obfervc the 
 Lord of the tenth: andfo may you anfwer any queftion 
 fafely. 
 
 VI. 
 
2 6 The Temple o^mf dome. Book HI. 
 
 I -^ ■ -- - --■ "^ 
 
 VI. 
 
 Afirfonhavingtimtndetoffzak^ mth ajiother^ if he jh all 
 finde him at hotHt ? 
 
 \Ji7\ltn you would fpeak with a Perfonthat youhaV^ 
 ^ ^ familiar and conftant dealing with , and he no 
 ways related unto ydu > take the feVenth Houfe and his 
 Figure to fignific him, the feventh frorft the Eaft; for the 
 Eaft- Angle always (ighifics the Quterent. 
 
 l£ PueHa be in the feventh, and from thence go 
 to the tenth , or if (he be in the firft or fourth 
 Houfesj the perfon you would fpeak withal his at 
 home. 
 
 If any Figure in the (eventh remove into any of the 
 fuccedent Houfe^ , the party is not at home ^ but he 
 is neer hotoe , and may be eafily found 5 the Ruler, I- 
 dea J Figure and Houfc dircd you vihtH to (peak with 
 him. . ;: 
 
 Note that if the Perfon you would fpeak with be a 
 rdatipi^ then you are ilot to take thfe Figures as you 
 did before , but the Figure which (ignifies fuch re- 
 lation ; As if he be a Brother , then the third you 
 itiuft look unto : If a Father, you muft read the 
 fourth) and Co v/hu Figure is there, and into what An- 
 gle it goeth : If a Son or Daughter, the fifth, &c. 
 And according to their po(itions, judge as you were 
 taught before. 
 
 VII, 
 
Book HI The Temple offVifkme. 17 
 
 VII. 
 
 ' Jf an ahfevt paft) he dead or alive, 
 
 HErein you afe toconfider what relation the Que- 
 rent hath to the party QiLcfited, and to take your 
 tigmfi<iation accordingly, as is formerly (hewed 5 but ST 
 chere be no relation baween them, take the firft Hoiife 
 and the Figure that is projefted init : And i(Populnf(^ 
 Via be in the Figure, let thefefignifie the party abfent) 
 and judge thus^: ^ • - '\ 
 
 If any Figure in the firft ( or ?dfulHSO}:Via)ht\\\ 
 feh^ eighth wifti Ui company and afpeft , the abfent party 
 is dead. Mfofulus^ Via and a Figure in the firft, or arty of 
 them (hall be in the fecondand eighth, or in the fiithand 
 twelfth Houfes j the abfent party is dead. 
 
 If a Figure ia the firft go into the fourth, or Vopilui 
 or Via in the feVeftth in D Afpeft to the fourth^ it fh«WS 
 great danger, if not death. 
 
 ' If a Figure in the firft Houfe, which is Lord of* tHit 
 \{(m{^^^ot fofnlksbt in the fourth or eighth inillt<JwTt^ 
 ^fiy 5 or in their falls •, you may fay, the party abfent k 
 dead^-'^^j-- 3 :f':- >■..- ..:w i:... : ."'^ '-;' 
 
 - . ifiiorteof thi^fel^appen^ bltt ^ the feontrisi% V^S 
 finde Populus and the firft Figure ftrong and fortified 
 by good company and afpe£t Trom good Hotlfcs^ you 
 may judge tiie party Quefitfid is. alive and tety 
 tvell. '^y iO ^- 5K sua 
 
 If the Lord of the firft, thaiW, theFigurcpro}^ed 
 in the firft Houfe^gp into ill Houfe^, i;?z. thefixth, the 
 party is fick , if into the eighth, he is dead : but JtfteN 
 IVardsif you look into the tenthj znddnde them remo- 
 ved into it, or into the ninth or eleventh Houfes in good 
 company and afpeft, he hath been fick and in danger of 
 
 death. 
 
2 » lloe i emiHe cf midome. i5ook 111. 
 
 death, but now is well and paft danger ; and by varying 
 your Rule his condition will be found. 
 
 vni. 
 
 Of 4- ship at Sea ^ her fifetj or prejudice, 
 
 TTHis Queftion by the Heb rew, Caldcan, Greek, Ara* 
 bian, Latine and Egyptian Doftprsj is attributed to 
 the ninth Houfe : But the Learned men of our Nation, 
 as Johfi Vigbjf Efq. and Captain Blackrnany know the 
 judgement belongeth to the firft Houfe ; as they have 
 proved by experience. 
 
 The parts of the Ship are thus divided, and attributed 
 to the houfes. 
 
 The firil Houfe fignifies the Breaft ^ the fecond Houfe 
 under the Breaft towards the Water ; the third Houfe 
 the Rudder or Stern j the fourth Houfe, the Floor of the 
 Ship or Bottom-, the fifth Houfe, the Top above Wa- 
 ter; the fixth Houfe, the Belly of the Ship ; the fe- 
 venth, that part above the Breaft in the Water; the 
 eighth , where Mariners abide , the Cook-room and 
 Powder-room i the ninth, the Mariners , the hold 
 where the Merchants goods are ftowed ; the tenth, the 
 Ends of the Ship ; the eleventh, the Governour or Cap- 
 tain ; the twelfth, the Oars. . 'jbiift 
 
 After obfervation made of thisdivifion, you are td 
 confiderwhat Figures are fortunate, and what unfortu- 
 nate at the time of your Qj.eftion propounded 5 for 
 theperfons or parts of the Ship thereby iignitied, are 
 cither well or in danger, according to their fortunacy 
 or unhappinefs. 
 
 The Figure in the firft Houfe, zndPopuJus^ iffhebe 
 in the Figure, are generally fignificators of the Ship and 
 the burden fhc bears : If the firft Figure or Fopnlus o? 
 
 Vid 
 
Book III. The Temple of iV/f^ome, 29 
 
 Via pafs into other Houfes, that fignifieth the perfons 
 that fail in her ; otherwife the fii ft and ninth fignifie the 
 Ship and Mariners : And if in a queftion propounded 
 you finde all thefe fortiinate, you may judge the Ship 
 fails well, it is well vidualled. If Caput Vraconij be for- 
 tunate, the men are in a good condition , and they will 
 make a profperous voyage. 
 
 But if on the contrary, you finde them all afflifted, 
 you may judge the Ship is caft away, and all chat is in her 
 loft. VtKnhem be in the firft Houfe, and Cauda Vraco^ 
 nis in the eighth with Puella ; and the Figures of the 
 twelfth, fixth or fourth move to evil Afped of Cauda 
 Vraconij or Kubeusy who is proper Lord of the eighth : 
 All the/e are dangerous prefages, that the Ship is caft a- 
 way or loft. 
 
 If any ftiall enquire of the fuccefs a Ship (hall have in 
 her voyage upon her fetting forth, you muft then bc^ 
 hold the Angles of the Figure 5 and if you finde all them 
 or the major part fortunate, and the unfortunate Fi- 
 gures cadenr, or in an abjccl condition 5 you may judge 
 the Ship and her Lading to have a fair VVinde unto the 
 intended Haven. 
 
 But if the infortunes be in Angles or fuccedenC 
 Houfes, ftie will meet with Men of War, Pyrats, or 
 fuffer (hip wrack, or fome prejudice in her voyage ; and 
 the misfortune will fall upon that part of the (hip or 
 perfon or thing in the fame (ignified by the Figure 
 and Houfe which ill Rulers and ill Idea's govern. If the 
 ill fortunes threatning danger (hall be Zazel^ the Veflel 
 will be fplit or funk, and the men in danger of drowning. 
 But if the infortune Barzabel , and he in his Figure and 
 Idea in the eighth Houfe, frowning with ill Afpeft upon 
 the fignificator , he portends the fame mifchief that 
 Zazei did. 
 
 But if fortunate Figures fmile upon either of thea- 
 
 forefaid 
 
Book 11 1. 'I'he Temple ofmf^ome, 3 o 
 
 forefaid places, and the Angles with good company, 
 ^fpecially the Eall removes into a good Hoiifej and if 
 Vefultts and Via be free from misfortune, it denotes, al^ 
 though the Ship (hoiila be caft away, yet by aflidance 
 of the long-Boat and Skiff, and other fortunate helpes, 
 the major part of the men and goods will be pre- 
 ferved. 
 
 But if Barzahel do afflict the Figures in Angles and 
 Ihe difpofitor of Fopulus^ the Sayiors or Mariners will 
 lower their Top-fails, Main-fail, and Fore-fail, Half-Mafl 
 high, often tacking about (hip, and ftandjng off to Sea 
 for fear of their enemies. Et fi hoc Malum babuerit a* 
 hud damnum infigura accident inter cos interfeciionesjper^ 
 cufjienes^vulnera^furta^ & p'^datioms in fubjlantiif^^ 
 rthns quasferu7it^ &c. 
 
 But if to adde to this evil , there happen any other 
 evil in the Figures, there will be quiirrelling , contro* 
 verfies, wounds and thefts among the fhips company ; 
 they (hall cozen and cheat one another; and thiswili 
 diicfly happen to be located m thofe Figures, wiiich 
 difpofe of the parts in the upper diviiion of the 
 (hip. 
 
 But if Zazd do afflift after the fame manner, as be- 
 fore we faid o(Barzabel^ there will be many thefts com- 
 mitted in the (hip , and molt of the forementioned mifr 
 chiefs, but no blood fhcd. 
 
 And if the infortunate Figures (ignifie the bottom or 
 JowerprtofthefhipjT/fz. the Hold, it ^refages Having 
 ^^inft fomething, drowning, or a leak. 
 '.If the Idea unfortunate be in the Mid-heaven, and 
 barzahel afRift, the fliip will be burnt either by fire wich- 
 fn^^ or by thunder and lightning without her, or by Hel- 
 /rwiStar, or by fomc imhappy Meteor falling oujt of the 
 Air, Of thi^you may read in my Book, called. The 
 iiiply Guide, H B^zakls Figures wd Idea's (hall 
 
 be 
 
Book 111. TheTempieofiVifeiome. 3 1 
 
 be in thofe places are governed by Idea's we call hu- 
 mane from their nature , the burning of the fliip fhall be 
 occafioned by a fight ; who (hall by grapling with her, 
 tear and defpoile her : and the danger (hall begin in 
 that part of the (hip (ignified by the Idea which governs 
 the houfe the infortunate was placed in the Figure. But 
 if Z^£:e/(hallby his Idea's in Figures be theAfflii^orin 
 {l6ad of Barzabel and his Idea's and Figures , and he po- 
 fited in the South Angle, the VelTel (hall fuffer by violcnc 
 crofs winds. 
 
 Etiamfi dsmus Afcendmtis inhocfue-ntfortunatusj erit 
 redituf cumfaluiem ac bono fucceffu : atfi infortunatuSy 
 eum Malo 6" Vamno. If the Lord of the A(cen4entiti 
 your Figure (hall move his Figure of his Idea into ano* 
 ther fortunate place, the (hip Ihall come home faf^?: but 
 if infortunate^ (he will fuffer lofs and damage. 
 
 If the Ruler of the fecond ihall remove his L^ea and 
 Figure from his own fecond; and the Ruler of the 
 Figure of the Part of Fortune, (hall remove the Figure 
 cadent from them, or in Dor <P to them 5 it thenpre-* 
 fages want of viftiials and things neceflfary. And if they 
 (hall be found in Aquatical places, there will be a pauci- 
 ty of fre(h water. If in thofe Houfes are attributed 
 to Earthy or Airy Idea's, they will be put to it for want 
 of viftuals and fire, by reafon of which they will be 
 much d)(couraged. 
 
 And thefe I hope will be fufficient direftions for your 
 better conduft through all manner of Queftions of 
 this Nature> belonging to the firft Houfe and to z 
 (hip. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
3 2 The Temple of mfdorne. Book III. 
 
 CHAP. IX* 
 
 ^Heftlons belonging tothefecondHoufe Avx^ct^, 
 
 THe fecond Houfe, is the Houfe of fi:bftance ; and 
 thefe queftions following arc attributed to it> 
 viz. 
 
 1. Shall the Querent be rich or no? 
 
 2. By what means (hall he attain riches > 
 
 3. The time when. 
 
 4. Shall he obtain the goods or Money- 
 lent > 
 
 5. If he (hall obtain the wages or ftipend 
 
 due? 
 
 And thefe being explained, will lead the Ar- 
 tift the ready way to Judge any Qiiieftion of this Na- 
 ture. • 
 
 J. SbaU 
 
Book HI 
 
 The Temple of Wifdome. 
 
 I. 
 
 1 Lnf: : 
 
 33 
 
 ' III * ' I I I I ii*.r 
 
 ShaUthe QuereJ^t he rkh or poor' f^- > ! ,« rr:'x<? n 
 
 Lonini'^iii 
 
 1 
 
 N refolving this queftion, you niuft obfervctlie Ej^^j 
 ^ gure that is in the fecond Houfc , and his Idea ^na ' 
 Ruler and ©, and their projeftions of Afpefts. 
 
 When you finde all the Significators free, and afliftcd 
 by the company of good Figures, you may conclude tha, 
 Querent will attain unto a very convenient degree of 
 fortune, and (hall efcape poverty. ^Ihuf being a good 
 Figure in the firfl: Houfe, and his companion Forttma 
 Major a good Figure in the (econd, promifc a good 
 
 Ddd eon^ 
 
3 4 '^he Temple of ^tfdome. Book III. 
 
 competent eftate ; and bccattfc the fecond gocth into 
 the eleventh Houfe, the Querent will be very much e- 
 ftcemed of his friends, and obtain what he hopeth 
 
 for. 
 
 When (on the contrary) you finde all the Significa- 
 torsafflifted, and the fortunate Rulers and Idea's afford 
 them no affiftance ; you may judge the perfon interroga- 
 ting will be poor, and that continually. 
 
 When the Figures of Zazel and Barzahel or Cauda 
 VracmU (hall be in the fecond Houfe, or afflift by Afpeft 
 or Company; it's an argument the Querent fhall not 
 attain Riches 5 or if ever he were in good capaci- 
 ty, he will be reduced tobeggery, or to a very naeaa 
 eftate, ' ■■ \ 
 
 II. 
 
 i 
 
 By what means Jhall the ^erent attaht Kichts ? / 
 
 HAving well viewed the Significators of (ubftancc, 
 obferve what Houfes they pafs into, and what 
 Rulers and Idea's govern the Figures and Houfes ; 
 for from thence is known by what means Riches 
 com.e. 
 
 If the fec^d or other Significators of fubflance be 
 fortunately in benevolent Afpeft of good Figures, or if 
 the firft go into the fecond, the Querent fhall attain to 
 great Riches without much labour , in a manner unex- 
 peftediy. 
 
 © in the fecond, fignifies a profperous and happy c- 
 
 flate, and (hews much gain from his employment and 
 
 bufinefs, and that he (hall have the love of friends, and 
 
 gain by them, &c. They (hall prevent (and keep off) 
 
 much prejudice and danger from him, and fofler nothing 
 
 of evil CO infeft or trouble hini. 
 • -T - III, 
 
Book ill. The Temple o^mfdome. 3 5 
 
 i ■ - I — M l I 
 
 III. 
 
 T^hi time vphtn a man may exfeU a thing. 
 
 COnfidcr fcrioufly your Significators and your Fi* 
 I gure of Numbers : fixed idea's prolong the bufi^ 
 nefs, bi-corporeal Figures (hew an indifferency, or the 
 time to be neither months nor years : moveable Figures 
 haften the matter. You may meafure out your time by 
 the Idea's and Figures into years^monthSjWeeks ordays, 
 as we directed you before. Here fillorpj an E xamfle, 
 
 A Figure of the year 166^* for the Vnks ^' 
 
 ofBuckjngham, 
 
 * * * * * It it * te ^ 
 
 ** ** * ^ * * **** » 
 
 *** **•** :t it A- 
 
 *• * *** •••* *« ** 
 
 * * ^ ""4 * »* 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 * * • » » « ♦ 
 
 ^ ^^ _ 
 
 » * 
 
 Ddd^ 
 
 Beiog 
 
3 6 The Temple ofmfdome. Book III. 
 
 BEing at dinner the eleventh of Fehruary^ at John 
 T>ighy Efq. his houfe, with the Duke of Bucking" 
 hamy my Lord of Oxford^ and other Lords and Gentle- 
 men 5 amongft other difcourfes the Duke propounded 
 Ibme queftions to me ; and (being willing to do him 
 fervice) 1 projected this Figure ye fee, and gave him 
 my judgement the next time I did meet him 3 which 
 was a little after, one night at Mr. J^erg'shoufc atthc 
 Sun-Tavern in Alderfgate-^reeth faying, Sir, I have 
 examined the Powers above and below, and dofindc 
 (the laft day oi March^ or firft o{ April) One of jour 
 fervants mil endeavour to kill you ^ and you (hall be in 
 great danger : which thing truly happened to him in- 
 deed, as we all know. 
 
 Now you may fee what an admirable Art this is, and 
 allthatpraftifeit (hall finde it infallible , and (hall gain 
 honour and fame by it. And now we proceed to ano* 
 ther Queftion. 
 
 IV. ' * 
 
 Shall a man obtain the goods or money lent ? 
 
 VO"" "^"^ obferve in this queftion, that the firft Houfe 
 is for tke Querent, the fecond denotes his fub- 
 ftance-, but the feventh Houfe reprefents the perfon of 
 whom you enquire, and any Figure in the eighth Hou(c 
 his fuftance : If the eighth and firft Houfe removes into 
 good Houfes, and by Afpeft falute each other loving- 
 ly, it denotes the perfeftion of the bufinefs enquired 
 after. 
 
 The firft in the feventh , and the eighth in the 
 fecond, the matter or bufincls will be accompli^ 
 filed. 
 
 And 
 
Boook in. The Temple'ofmfdom 17 
 
 And if fortunate Figures be in the powerfol places 
 of the Scheam, the matter or bufinefs promifcd by thcn> 
 will be accomplifhed. 
 
 Hec autem omnia fupradi^a intellege de rehur qus 
 fra^antWj velfint inter Minores & ttfatn inter CommH" 
 ms ferfonas^ficut funt habit atores civitatumy cajlrorumy 
 vitlarHm^&fimilium^ qu£ nonfunt inter ferfonas quarum 
 quarum una excedat aliam^ MuhumySiC^ faith Ves 
 Cartes. All thefe things fliall then have place, and 
 prov^e true , when the matter in queftion abovefaid is 
 anongft ordinary perfons, or with fuch people wisK 
 whom there is a community or dealing, as Londoners 
 with Londoners, or Citizens withCitii^ens, Country** 
 men with Countrymen^ oneTradefman with another. 
 From this judgement exempt Kings, Princes, Noble- 
 men, and fuch who pay. debts flowly, and whom the 
 Law takes little notice of. 
 
 vr. 
 
 If the SjuerentfhaU obtain his wages or flipcfidtb^t is due 
 frcm the King or grent hordt, 
 
 BEhold the firft Houfe and his Figure, and thefe- 
 cond, and what Figure is there, and behold the 
 tenth and his Figure, which is the proper fignificator of 
 the King or Nobleman, &c. And the eleventh Houfe 
 and his Figure (hall fignifie the fubftance of him or 
 them. If the firft be in the tenth, and the fe- 
 cond in the eleventh Houfe, or removes into fuch 
 places where they behold each other with a 
 fmiling Afpca, the Qiierent (haU obtain his de- 
 fire. 
 
 Odd 3 If 
 
3 8 The Temple oj fViJdome. Jbook 1 1 1 . 
 
 If none of the things be in the Figure, the Que- 
 rent will rarely obtain his money or wages enquired 
 after. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Judgements pertaymng to the third 
 Houfe ®i» 
 
 'THis Houfe judgeth of Brethren , Sifters , Kindred 
 ' * and Neighbours, e^c. and of Inland -journeys, and 
 Rumors; and thefe queftions are proper to this Houfe, 
 viz> Shall the Querent and his Brethren, &c. and 
 neighbours agree or accord? 
 
 3, Shall theQuerents Inland-journeys be profpc- 
 rous ? 
 
 3. Of the condition and eftate of an abfent Bro- 
 ther. 
 
 4. If Reports and Rumours nois'd about , be 
 trueorfalfe. 
 
 5. Of the advice of a friend, &c. if good or 
 bad. 
 
 1. .Shall 
 
r BookllL 
 
 The Temple oj mfaome^ 
 
 19 
 
 Shall the ^erent and his Brethren^ 8cc, and Neighbours 
 accord ^ 
 
 VOu are to give the firfl: Houfe unto him thaten- 
 quires for his fignificators : then the third Houfe, 
 and what Figure you finde in it^unto the perfon quetited: 
 and then refolve the queftion thus : 
 
 If the firft Figure be a good Figure j and go into the 
 third Houfe with good company. 
 When a fortunate Figuie is in the fixft Houfe^and the 
 Pdd^ L**fd 
 
^0 The Temple ofmfdome. Book 1 1 1. 
 
 third Figure of the fame Element, triplicity and friends ; 
 it's an argument of a good difpofition in the Querent, 
 and freaks him willing to accord with his Brethren^ 
 Klnd^dand Neighbours •, and they will afluccdly agree 
 and live lovingly together. 
 
 When the Figures oiZazal^Barzahel and their Idea's^ 
 or Cauda Pr^c^Tzf/ (hall be in iiich a queftion in the 
 firft Houft; it den9tes the Querent to be an ob- 
 ftinateperfoHjevil coriditionedjaverfe to.friendly agree- 
 ment. , 
 
 But if eidier of them be projected into the third, 
 the BTCthren, Neighbours and Kindred are of a poyfo* 
 noiife and malitious di^Joiition. 
 
 l\ • II. 
 
 Of the condithn andefiate of an ahfcnt Brother, 
 
 ^rjOr refolution of this queftion, you muft confider the 
 Jt^ Figure in the third Houfe , his Idea, Ruler, and 
 the natures of them ; for they in that place fignifie 
 Brethren: and if it move into any other Houfe, 
 that Hpufe tells you the cftate and condition of the 
 Quefited* 
 
 If the third be a good Figure, and go into the fourth 
 
 in no ill Afpeft of the Malevolence; the Brother, 
 
 &c, which is abfent, hath an intention to enrich 
 
 ihimfelf in the place where he is: for the fourth 
 
 -Boufeinthe-fecond from the thirdlj^c. . ' ■[ 
 
 jBiit the third going into the eighth With ill company 
 «ndriliArped,tfc Brother is dbid, or will die ihoit- 
 
 ,;>rt„w jjj^ 
 
Book HI. The Templ e tfmf dome. 4 1 
 
 III. 
 
 $hiiU the ^iunnts Inland-journeys ieprofferous ? 
 
 y 
 
 IF thefccond arrd third Houfe be good Figures, aod 
 ithe firft be of chefame Nature and in good afpeft to 
 the firft, it denotes the Journey enquired after to bg 
 yleaOint. 
 
 r HI Figures in the third Houfe (hews but anunludcy 
 Joumeyto the Qgiierent, and very ill fuccefs therci 
 in. 
 
 IV. 
 
 If KeyoYU w Kumours noifed he true orfalfe* '"' ^ 
 
 IF the Lord of the third and firft be good Idea^ 
 and Rulers, and they incorporated in good Figures 
 
 in good company and Afpcfts , and all the Angles 
 
 are fixed Figures, the Report or Rumour is 
 
 true. 
 
 Ill Figures in the firft and third Houfes affliftedby 
 
 ill company and Afpeft 5 if the Figures be ftrong , y|^ 
 
 the Rumour is falfe. 
 
 When the Angles of the tenth and fourth Houfes arc 
 
 iixed, although the Rumours and Reports be ill,yet they 
 
 will prove true. 
 
 . ■) • 
 
 V. 
 
 Of the advice of a Frund^ 8cc. . tchtthtr good or evih 
 
 '^IwiAny Neighbours or Friends, &e. feeing a perfoi? 
 T:i* in a ftreight :or in a troubled condition, will advifc 
 
 and 
 
42 The remple of mfdome. Book III- 
 
 and perfwade with him, what he had bcft to do in fucfa 
 or fuch a Cafe, &c. Now if you would know, whe- 
 ther he or they intend faithfully or perfidioufly, pro- 
 Jcft your Figure as you were taught in the firft Book ; 
 you may frame the two Witneflesand the Judge if you 
 will, but It needs not. ; hin ' < | 
 
 Behold the tenth Houfe, ( that being the Houfc fig- 
 nifying advice) and fee if any fortunate Rulers, Idea and 
 Figure accidentally be pofited there : That place being 
 naturally the Houfe of Zazal^ and his Idea Hanael, but 
 poflefled by another good Figure,' that is, the friend of 
 Hanael and Career^ you may judge the counfel or advice 
 (crious and good, and it will not be amifs for you to 
 follow. 
 
 But if Knheus or Cauda Vraconisy or other ill Figures 
 fliall be found in thetenthHoufe 5 rhe friends that pre- 
 tend counfel intend knavifhly, and are lyars and vain de- 
 ceitful fellowes. 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 
 Judgements of th fourth Houfe, 
 
 TTHis Houfe is called Ajr5v«ia>, the North- Angle of the 
 i Earth, and giveth judgement of Pofledions, Inheri- 
 tances, Lands or Houfes, and of things hid or miflaid of 
 the Father, &c. And thefe queftions are proper unto it» 
 &c. I. Shall the Querent purchafe the Houfe or 
 Land > &c, 2. Shall the Querent do well to take it > Of 
 the quality of it. 3. If it be good to remove, era 
 abide where one is. 4. Of Treafure hid, if attainable, 
 and who keeps it. 5 . Is there treafure in the place 
 fuppofed> 6. Shall the Querent enjoy the eftate'of 
 his Father^ 7. Of a thing miflay'd^ how or where to 
 
 finde 
 
43 ^^ Tkmpk o^^ifdom. Book III 
 
 findeit. Thcfe Examples will lead the Artift to un- 
 derftand how to refolvc any Queftion of the like Na« 
 turc. 
 
 I- 
 
 Shall the Querent furchafe phe Houfcor Land ? 
 
 yve^ 
 
 IF the firft Figure go into the fourth Hou(e, it declares 
 the accompliOiment of the thing, without impecti* 
 
 ment, let or hinderance. 
 
 The firft Houfe fignifieth the Querent or Purchafer ; 
 
 thcfeventh Houfe the feller j give the fourth Houfe and 
 
 Poptilus 
 
15CX)K 1 J 1. I tie I em fie o] wiimme. 44 
 
 fofulus or Via , if either of them be in the Schcam, to 
 fignifie the thing to be bought or purchafed, and the 
 tenth Houfe to fignifie the price thereof. 
 
 If the company, Afpeft and removing of the'Figures 
 be good, you (hall judge the bargain will be made and 
 concluded between them. 
 
 IL 
 
 SbdU the §luertnt do vpell to ta\e ity of the quality of 
 it? 
 
 LOok in the fourth : ifyouhaveanill Figure there 
 with ill company, which is a Conjandion, and ill 
 Afpefts 5 the thing enquired after will be fpoyled and 
 wafted by the Buyers and at the prefent, it is in no 
 good condition : The Ruler and Idea that governs the 
 Houfe and Figure tells you what it is, and its quality. 
 Career being in the fourth of this Figure, (hews it to be 
 t very good plain ground, and a fat foyl. 
 
 If Tuer^ fortnna Major^ Minor^ or Acquiptio (hall 
 be in the fourth Houre,you may then judge the Ground 
 (if Ground to be purchafed)is Mountamous, hilly ,hard 
 and dry : If Amiffio^ ConjunSio^ or Career y the Ground 
 is a Plain, and very good : If Alhus^Puellafiaput Vraco^ 
 nisy Triftitia^ or Cauda Dracomsy the Ground is mixt 
 ( i. e,) fome part high, andfomelow, and is in qua- 
 lity neither very good nor very bad : If Fof «/«/, Via^ 
 Kubeus or L£titiaythe Ground is moift,and over-burde- 
 ned with much Water. 
 
 y^Kv 
 
 III. 
 
Book III . The Temple of ^if dome. 4 j 
 
 III. 
 
 Jf good for one to remove or abide where he is, 
 
 THe firftHoufe fignifies the Querent, admit it be Cw 
 fut Vraconis 5 the feventh Houfe fignifies the place 
 unto which he would go 5 the fourth Houfe and the 
 Figure, the Land or Houfe, &c. of the Qiierent 5 the 
 tenth Houfe fignifies the profit of removal. 
 
 Good Figures in the firft and fourth, it's good for the 
 Querent to ftay where he is , if an ill Figure in the fe- 
 venth. The feventh a good Figure, and the fourth and 
 firft ill Figures, and with ill company and Afpe6^s ; tell 
 the Qiicrent it is his beft way to remove, for he will gpt 
 little by continuing where he is. 
 
 IV. 
 
 OfTreafure bid^ if attainable, 
 
 T Always obferve inQoeftions of this Nature, if for- 
 tunate Figures be in the fourth, that there is Trea- 
 fure hid : If the firft Figure be good and in good com* 
 pany, and fo go into the fourth ; the treafure hid will 
 be found by the Querent: and if there beany {piric> 
 keep it : if you arreft him under the command of a for- 
 tunate conftellation , you may remove him where 
 you pleafe-, as you may read in my Book of 
 Genii y Angel f , and Sfifits bodied^ and of nnhodini 
 Sotds. 
 
 V. 
 
4 6 The Temple of Wtfdome. Book III. 
 
 If there. Treafure in the f lace fitppofed? 
 
 I 
 
 N this queftioti let the Afcendent fignifie the Querent, 
 when Acquifitio^ Ldtitia^ TueUa^ or Caput Vraconij 
 is in the fourth, any of them declares treafure to be 
 in the place fuppoftd. 
 
 liFortuna Majovy ovFortuna Minor fignifie the Trea- 
 fure, it is Gold or Jewels, &c. If Populuj or Via^ it is 
 Silver: If Career or Triftitia^it is Lead,or Coals, or a quar- 
 ry of Stone, fuch as is in W^armckjhire^ at a place called 
 Tardebick^ in the Shavpes , neer the Church ; there is 
 found the beft in Engla?id : there is alfo much Treafure 
 in that Quarry-pit. And thus you may judge accor- 
 ding to the place fuppofcd : If Kubeus. Fuer^ or Caput 
 ^raconisy there isBrafsor Iron or fuch like: If-^c- 
 quif^tie or Latitia^ Tin, fuch as is found in Cornxpal and 
 Vevon-Jhire : There is a good Vein betwixt Sidmouth 
 and Netfton^ Bonpood and Bulverton Hill- end : If Puella^ 
 Woniens Ornaments : If Albus or CorijmUio^ Figures, 
 Medals, Books, &c. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Shall the ^erent enjoy the Eftatc of bis Father ? 
 
 VJ^ Any fevere Fathers, having been wanton and full of 
 merry frolic ks in youth , curb and bridle their 
 Cons too clofe, fearing the fon ihould verifie the Pro- 
 verb of 5^0 lik^ the Father ^ that he is the vporfe again : 
 But I like the old faying. An unhappy Boy makes a good 
 Man. Many there are in my days, that have occafion to 
 
 ask 
 
Book III. The Ten? fie of ^vifdome. 47 
 
 ask this QuelHon : the Artift may rcfolve them accor- 
 ding to the Rules following. 
 
 If the fecond go into the firft, and the firft go into 
 the fourth ; the Querent will enjoy the Eftate of his Fa- 
 ther 5 if they ftay in their places , and move no fur- 
 ther. 
 
 If one Ruler govern the firft and fourth Figure^ and 
 another Ruler being his Friend, govern the (econdand 
 fifth Figures, and they be all of an Elementjthe Querent 
 will fuddcnly receive focr.e of his Fathers Eftate. An 
 ill Figure in the fourth Houfe declares the Father to b« 
 clofe-fifted, and that he cares not to part with any 
 thing. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Of a thing rnijiaidj horror pphere tofinde it ? 
 
 HAving proje<^ed your Figure, and rightly confi- 
 dered of your firft Houfe, &c, you n::ay proceed 
 to judgeT.ent after this manner, viz. If the fecond Fi- 
 gure be in an Angle, the thing milling is within the 
 Houfe of the Qiiercnt : but if the fecond Figure be 
 in the firft , the thing miffing is in that part of 
 the Houfe, which the Querent himfelf moft fre- 
 quents. 
 
 If the fecond go into the eleventh Houfe, it declares 
 the thing hid or miflaid to be in the Hall, Parlour, Ban- 
 quetting-Houfe or Diniug-Rome, if a Geritleman ask the 
 queftion. 
 
 If the Tradefttian ask it, it is in the Shop or Copnting* 
 Houfe. 
 
 If the fecond go into the tenth , the thing is iii 
 that part of the Houfe, where the Qiierents Wife 
 or Maid-Servants ufe moft to be , if in the fi«h, where 
 his fervants have moft tp do, &c, T« 
 
4o The Temple of H'tjdome. book 111. 
 
 To judge of the nature or qualky of the placcyybu 
 tnuft obferve the nature and quality of the Figure and 
 Idea, which if they be Aiery, the thing wanting is in 
 the upper part of the Houfe : If fiery, it is neer a Chim* 
 ny, or where Iron or Flint-ftones lie : If Earthy, it is 
 neer feme Pavement or Floor, or fome low place: Jf 
 Watryjit is neer fome Sink or VVafli-Houfe, or in (bme 
 mooriih moift place, &c. You mmi alfo obferve the 
 Quarters the Idea^ and Figures govern, for that di- 
 refts you to the right Angle or part of the Houfe where 
 ihethingis hidormiilaid: The Figures are thus to be 
 obferved in their government. 
 
 Tuer Eaft , FortUna Major and Fortuna Minor Eaft 
 and by North; AcquiJitio^EB^ and by South; Fopulus and 
 Via North, Kuheuj and Cauda Vraconis North and by 
 Eaft ; Ldtitia and Caput Vraconis^ North and by Weft; 
 Tuella and Caput Vraconis Weft ; Trijiitiay Weft and by 
 North ; Jlhus Weft and by South ; Career and Cauda 
 Draconif South ; AmiffiOy South and by Eaft ; ConjunCtiff^ 
 South and by Weft. For better inftruftion, turn back 
 to the fourteenth Chapter of the firft Book: for thcfe 
 things are experienced : and Eugenius TheodidaVm will 
 not proftitute this facred Art to every Mechanical de- 
 fire* 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 Of Judgement helonging i§ the fifth Houfe* 
 
 T 
 
 His Houfe called ^A>a3« t./k„ of theGreek Artifts,be- 
 ^ caufe it giveth Judgement of Children,Meflengerej 
 Plays and Delights, and hath thcfe queftions to be re- 
 folvedfromit. I. Whether a woman (hall have chil- 
 dren? 2. In what time may (he conceive? 3* ^^* 
 
 wo* 
 
Book III. The Temple o\ivifdorKf. 49 
 
 Womaii enquiring be with child. 4. Ifflie be impreg- 
 nated of a Boy or Girl? 5. Shall fhehave Twins J 
 6. When will the birth be ? 7. Of a Mellenger 
 fent of a meflage, 8. Shall the Querent gain or loof« 
 by play ? 
 
 If 
 JVhether a'^7'tnanJhaU have Children ? 
 
 r^Sc^Jir 
 
 NOw he that knows how to refolve thefc queftion^j 
 cannot be to feek to refolve any that belongs unto 
 this Houfe. Behold now the firft Houfe , which ia 
 this Figure isAcquifitioi Ifithadbeenin the fifth,orm 
 the fourth or fixth Houfes, theQn.€rentftiouldhavfe 
 E c € Children 
 
^u J rjc 1 rrnpie or i^ijaowe. 1500K 111. 
 
 Children 5 and if none of thefe happen, behold what 
 Figure (miles upon the firft, fifth andfeventh Hoiifes 5 
 and if that be a gaod Figure , it's an argument that 
 the Querent may have Children. Another teftimonyof 
 Children is if the fecond goeth into the fifth Houfc ; that 
 being a good Figure: and the firft and feveiith promifc 
 hopeful Children. 
 
 Cauda Vraconis , Career or Triflitia in the fifth, 
 or beholding the fifth, generally denies Iflue: If B^r- 
 zabels Idea's and Figures be in D or cP, it portends the 
 (ame» 
 
 11. 
 In J^hat time may the Woman conceive ? 
 
 SOme hold that if the firft go into the fifth, the Que- 
 rent may conceive in the firft year : If in the fecond, 
 the fecond year: If in the tenth, the third year : If in 
 the feventh, the fourth year : If in the fourth Houfe, 
 the fifth year. Conlider whether the Figures that are 
 Significators of days, weeks,months and years are ftrong 
 or weak j andfo you may judge of the time. 
 
 III. 
 
 If a Woman enquiringhe mth ch'ilde* 
 
 1 
 
 Fthe Figures, ^e«« or Ideas of Geomancy concur, 
 you judge as followeth. 
 And liHifmaelh Idea's and Figures , the natural Sig- 
 nificators of children , be either of them in the firft 
 Houfc, or fifth, feventhor eleventh Houfes, no ways af- 
 fliftcd by ill Afpefts, it denotes the Querent to be with ] 
 childc. Ill Figures in the fifth Houfe, as ZazaUnd 
 Barzaheh Figures, or Cauda Draconk 5 the woman en-; 
 quiring is not with childc. 
 
 IV. 
 
Boo kill. The Femple of i^ifdome , 5 i 
 
 IV. 
 
 Is the Woman impregnated of Boy or Girl ? 
 
 TTO refolve this queftion, yon muft obferve the firft 
 Hoiife, the Ruler that gives vertue to that Idea and 
 Figiirejand the fifth Houfe ;and thatPailer> Intelligence 
 or Angel of God , that is fent amongft other to govern 
 the Earth : See what is there : If thefirft and fifth Fi- 
 gures, Idea's and Pvi:lers be Mafciiline, the Querent iS 
 with childe of a Boy : If Femininej fhe then goeth with 2 
 Girl : And this is certain, if Feminine Figures in Fe- 
 minine Houfes, behold the firft and fifth with good A- 
 fpeft : The like may be judged, if Mafculine Figures 
 in Mafculine Houfes, if they behold the firft and fifth 
 Houfes. 
 
 Amongft the powerful MeflengersofGod^fevenruIe 
 the Stars, the twelve Signes^and the twelve Houfes in the 
 Heavens;and feven are commanded to govern the Earth, 
 & all things therein contained, according to the faying of 
 one Ahemfi: otpano Axn, or 'ano Katxi, asTPa ANa3 
 
 AstPA KATa, HANOANa, nANTOTTO KATfi, AATTA AABB, 
 
 KAi ETTTXE. That is : Heaven above^ Heave?i beneath ; 
 Stars above , Stars beneath ; all that is above^ is alfi 
 heaneth : underftand this, and be happj. 
 
 And God commanded them to fet his Idea upon all 
 things in Heaven above, and in the Earth beneath,and iri 
 theWarter under the Earth; and they obeyed, and it 
 was even fo. And God commanded thefe Meffengers, 
 Intelligences or Rulers, Idea's to every Species>_»nd to 
 every thing, both in Heaven and in Earth 3 and every 
 Species hath it's Idea, Natural and Divine. Now the 
 Natural Idea's and Figures receive the influences of the 
 Divine, and of the Meffengers : And thefe Mcffengf rs 
 have twelve particular Ideals which they delight in, and 
 
 Eee 2 thefe 
 
52 The Temple of i^Vtl dome. Book 111, 
 
 thefc twelve arc fet over the twelve parts of the Earth 
 which they govern : and of thefe fome are called Maf- 
 culine^and other Feminme^ the Mafculine are Zazel^Hif" 
 tnaely Barzahel and Sorath ; the Feminine are Kedemel 
 zndHafmodai: Tafhthartharath is convertible in nature ; 
 and is either Mafculine or Feminine according to, the 
 Figures company and afpeft that are with him , and be- 
 hold him. 
 
 We told you before in the firft Book what Idea's 
 were Mafculine 5 an4 which were Feminine. Now we 
 will tell you the Natural difpofition of the Figures: 
 Fuer^ Alhus^ Fortidna Major and Mi?ior^ Caput Vraconis^ 
 Amiffioy Acquifitiodin(\Trtftitia^xtM.2i^c\i\\nt: PueVa, 
 Populusjria^ Co?2JunrtioJ[luheuSy Cauda Vraconis^ C^rcer^ 
 L^titiay are Feminine ; The(e being heeded^ the fex is 
 cafily difcovered. 
 
 Shall jhe have T'mns^ or more then one ? 
 
 GOnfider what Figure is in the firft Houfe, and what 
 is in the fifth Houfe, &c. For if the Idea's be in 
 Bi*corporeal or double-bodied Figures, the Querent 
 may have two Children. 
 
 Fruitful Figures in the firft and fifth, in good Afpeft 
 of good Figures and fruitful, it is then poffible the Que- 
 rent may have three Children. 
 
 The time when the Birth will be, the Figures figni- 
 fie in their number and nature, moveable, common or 
 fixed. 
 
 VL 
 Of a MeJJengerfent of an Errand^ &c. 
 
 IF any one enquire of you cbncerning a Meflenger, 
 &c. Give the firft Houfe and his Figure to him that 
 fent the Meflenger 5 the feventh Houfe and that Figure 
 
 f ' ' ' «h 
 
Book III, Thel 'em fie of iVjfdome. 5 j 
 
 ia ic, to fignifie him to whom the MeflTenger is fent ; and 
 the fifth FigurCjthe MeflTenger and his maijagemcnc or or*^ 
 dering of his bufinefs. 
 
 When the fifth Figure any ways beholds a good Fi- 
 gure in the firft or feventh Houfes, you may then judge 
 the Meflenger hath eifefted his bufinefs, and is returning 
 again. 
 
 If he move into the quefited fecond, which is the 
 eighth, and then be in the (econd, die quod defert fnhfian^ 
 tiumj ftve fit fgmficator Ftrtima ^ five infortunium: he 
 then brings money with him, let the Figure be good or 
 evil : If the fifth Figure (hall goto the D or ^ of ei- 
 ther of the Infortunes, after he isfeparatedfromthe 
 Lord of the feventh ; the Meflenger will receive 
 fome prejudice or impediment in his returning home 
 again. 
 
 If there be found an infortune in the ninth Houfe ; 
 die qmd iter efl minus ttttum proper Latrones-, you may 
 then judge that the MeflTenger will not travel fafe, but 
 will be in danger of prejudice by Theeves. jit ft con^ 
 trarium hujus invenias , contrarium]udica : but if on the 
 contrary you ^ndt a fortune in the ninth, judge thecou"- ' 
 trary, 
 
 VH. v ,^ 
 
 Shall the Querent gain or loofe hyflaj ? 
 
 HTHe firft Figure, Idea and Ruler fliall fignifie the 
 Querent : the fifth, the Play or GaT.e : the Se- 
 venth Houfe, thePerfon you are to Play or Game with- 
 al). 
 
 If the firft go into the fifth Houfe, and the feventh 
 go into the fecond Houfe , the Querent will gain by 
 
 Ifthe Part of Fortune be in the fecond, ^nd the Fi^ 
 gures ofHifmad or laphthartharath in the fifth, and caft 
 
 E e e 3 • good 
 
5 4 "^f^^ Temple of wifdome. Book 1 1 1, 
 
 good Afpeft to the firft, fecond and Part of Fortune, it 
 ftiews gain by play. 
 
 If the fecond be affiii^ed by either the company or 
 afpeft of ill Figures^ or the D or cf of Kedemel^ or the 
 Figure of the fifth 5 the Querent will then loofe by 
 play : If Cauda VraconU be in the fecond Houfe, and al- 
 though a Figure of Tafhthartharath be in the feventh, 
 and remove into -^ or C^ to the firft Houfe, yet the 
 Querent will be cheated and abufed in his play : And 
 this is fufficient to inftruft how to judge any queftioti 
 belonging to this Houfe. 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 Judgements belonging to the fixth Houfe, 
 
 THefixth Houfe giveth judgement of ficknefs, Ser- 
 i"* vants and fmall Cattle 5 and by thefe Examples 
 you may judge of any other queftion. i. What part 
 of the Body is afflifted? 2. Is the difeafe in body, 
 or minde 5 or both > 3. Shall the diftemper be 
 Chronique or Acute ? 4, What is the caufe of the 
 diftemper? 5. Shall the lick party recover, or die of 
 the diieafe> 6. Of fervants, (hall they prove juft or 
 knavifti? 7. Of fmall Cattle, ftiall the Querent thrive 
 by them or not ? d^e• 
 
 PThat 
 
Boole III. The Temple oj mfaome. 
 
 ^ 
 
 IVhat fart of the body is affl'i^ed ? 
 
 Noi-riv 
 
 55 
 
 *** 
 
 V 
 
 *> 
 
 -)(■* 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 -^ 
 
 :*-^ 
 
 >^-><< 
 
 
 -> 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 §> 
 
 THefe Rales arc experienced by Doftor t/4nthony 
 himfelfe : And I believe he hath gathered his 
 Herbs out of this Pratum or Medow of the Idea's, a 
 place we well know 5 it is a Garden, and the Mountain 
 of the feven Mettals. Here Dodor Jlnthony found how 
 to make his Aurum potahile^ that hath fince his death 
 cured fo many thoufands of all forts of people. And 
 fomething Mofes hath fpokento this purpofe ; and thus 
 it is written: And Mofis too\ the Calf^ which they had 
 
 Eee 4 
 
 triads 
 
5 6 The Temple ofmjyow . Book III. 
 
 fnadcy burnt it in the Fire^ and grinded it to Fovpder^ and 
 ftrcrved it upo7i the Wat^V-^ ^nd made the Children of Ifrael 
 Jrink^ofit. Certainly here was a ftrangckind of Spice, 
 and an Art as ftrange as the Spice it felf : This Caif was 
 f)ure Gold, the Ifraelites having contributed their 
 Ear-rings to the Fabrick. 
 
 Let any man in England now living, tell me by what 
 jneans fo folid and heavy a body as Gold may be 
 brought to fuch a light powder, that it may be fprink- 
 ledon the face of the Water, and afterwards drunk up* 
 jf any man think he can bring fuch a thing to pafsby 
 fire, let him try, and cure one man when he hath done, 
 of an Ague with it; Verily tl\efe Myfteries, with fome 
 other, which we will not for all the world put to paper , 
 have made us almoft difpleafe our deareil friends, to 
 -whom notwithftanding we owe a better facisfadion. 
 Had it been our fortune barely to know but the[e thing<^, 
 as moft men dojwe had perhaps been lefs careful; but we 
 have been in{lru6ted in the nature of Angels and.Spirits, 
 (as they fay) which are vifible, and will (peak with us, 
 and which are invilible 5 and how to body them into Fi- 
 gures, and other fecretciicumftances, which few upon 
 Earth underftand. We fpeak not for any oftentation, 
 but fpeak a truth which our confcience knows very 
 y/ell. We had not fpoken this in our defence, but that 
 ■^e were aflaulted and told to our face, we were bound 
 to difcover all that we knew. Therefore we leave this 
 difcovery to God : Let it be your (ludy now to under- 
 ftand this Book and my Kegio lucpf , and to enter in- 
 to the treafure thereof; for then you may know 
 Spirits , and underftand the nature of invilible 
 |:hitigs. 
 
 Now having projefted your Figure, you muftobfeTve 
 ^hefiiftandfixth Houfes, for they are natural Significa- 
 tors cf the defeafe i and then the firft Houfe afflia:ed 
 
 by 
 
Book III . The Temple of JV/fdome. 
 
 by an ill Figure, the diftemper lies in the head, and al(b 
 in that member or part of the body reprefented by the 
 Figure and Idea. 
 
 HPnpulHsbe in your Figure, or Via^ andaffliftedby 
 the infortunes, fay the party is grieved in that part of 
 the body the Figure afflifting governs , from the Houfe 
 of his own Idea : the fame uiiderftand of the fixth. 
 Zoroafler, 
 
 II. 
 Is the difeafe in thehody^ orminde^ or both ? 
 
 THe firft Houfe, his Ruler, Idea and Figure, Forimid 
 Major and Pofulus^ hath fignification of the fpirit 
 orminde. 
 
 Now if you finde the firft Houfe affiifted, Fonuna 
 Ma]oT afflifted, atid the fifth Houfe, and an ill Figure 
 in the fourth *, you may conclude the diftemper hath 
 feized the whole body and minde alfo, of the fick party. 
 See Pifo. ; ■■ c 
 
 If Zazel afflift the firft Houfe, and Fortuna Majot Ot 
 Minor at the fame time in G or d' of him, the fick party 
 is troubled in minde chiefly about the things of the 
 world 5 and about lofles and crofles in eftate. See 
 Fijh. 
 
 Hifmael being Ruler of good Figures, may be in evil 
 Houfes or parts of the Earth ; and then he afflifts th^ 
 Significators (for you muft know, Hifmael as he may be 
 difpofed) may be an infortune and do mifchief , even ^ 
 Zazd and Barzahet) the Qiierent is troubled in minde, 
 about Religious Tenents. MKedemtl-, it is about Love- 
 toys: If Barzahel or Taphthartharath ^ it is twen-^ 
 ty to one but the fick party is Frenetiqiie : by 
 this Example you may underftand where the diieafe 
 is, 
 
 III. 
 
5 8 The femple ofiVtfdome. Book III. 
 
 III. 
 
 Shall the difeafe heChromque or Acuu ? 
 
 IN the Rcfolution of this, you are to confider the 
 complexion of the perfon, hisage^and the time of the 
 year 5 for the knowledge of thefe conduce much to the 
 difcovery of the certainty of the matter propounded : 
 Diftafes in /iutum?i and Winter , are ufually reputed 
 Chronical or Long, but more Long in Winter then in 
 Autumn: In Spring and Summer, Acute or Short, but 
 more AcHte in Spring then in Summer. So infirmities 
 afflifting young perfons, or thofe in the firft half of their 
 age ; likewife Melancholy and Phlegmatique perfons 
 are fubjed to Chronical di(ea(es5 but Sanguine and 
 Cholerick perfons to Acute. But becaufe Sir Chri* 
 ftgfher Hey don in his Book of Aftrology, hath given you 
 the Reafons of thefe things , we refer you to them 
 for inftruftion. For the Nature of the difeafe in this 
 Art is taken from the Ruler and Idea that poflefles the 
 Figure in the firft hloufe and fixth Houfe : And the 
 length or (hortnefs of the difeafe, is known by the Fi- 
 gures moveable, common or dxed. 
 
 An ill Figure fixed in the fixth, prcfjgeth a lafting 
 ficknefs ; a moveable Figure in the fixth,gone after into 
 the tenth Houfe ; and if the Figure be good, as Fortuna 
 Major ^ Aurnm TotahikmW cure the party of his difeafe; 
 fhroatesi , 
 
 Ifa Figure in the firft Houfe or the fixth remove in 
 ^ or A to a good Figure, in the tenth, it denotes the 
 difeafe to be fpcedily cured by good Medicine, and- 
 (hews it to be of no long continuance. 
 
 But if the firft or fixth Figure, or either of them, re- 
 move and be in D, cP or company of ill Figures, the 
 difeafe will be both long and tedious : and if this happen 
 
 in 
 
59 ^he Temple oj mfdome. Book HI . 
 
 in fixed Figures, the difeafe will be the longer. P/;f. 
 
 lojhatus* 
 
 IV. 
 
 What is the caufe of the diflemper ? 
 
 THe caufe of the diftemper is known from the pofi- 
 tion of the fignificators of ficknefs aforefaid, in ei- 
 ther of the four Triplicities ; for therein they (hew 
 the predominant humour that is peccant. • Jarchas* 
 
 If in your Figure, they or the moft of them are mo» 
 ved into Houfes governed by fiery Idea's , they de- 
 clare the diftemper to have its Original fromCholer; 
 whence Fevours and all fuch difeafes proceed, C(7r- 
 ndlus Agrippa*s lel'ifmes. 
 
 But if the Significators be altered into Airy places, 
 blood is then predominant in the body , and the difeafe 
 is thence caufed ; as Gouts^LeprofieSje^c. If in Earthly^ 
 they declare the caufe of the difeafe to have its original 
 from Melancholy ; and thofe difeafes are ufually long 
 and tedious, as Gonfumptions, Agues, &c. Zepbar 
 Kimcim, 
 
 If the Significators be governed by Watery Idea's 
 and Figures in Watery Houfes,it denotes the infirmity to 
 proceed from cold and moift caufes, as Flegmj and the 
 difeafes principally are Coughs, Ptifique, and all 
 noxious difeafes of the ftomack. Agrippa's Jelifntes. 
 
 When the pro) eft ions of the Significators cannot 
 throughly inform you of the Nature of the diftemper: 
 Confider the nature of the Rulers as well as the Idea's, 
 Figures and Houfes ; for they much affift in the difcovery 
 of the caufe of a difeafet PbroaUs^ 
 
oo 1 foe lempLeo]mj dome, iiooklll. | 
 
 ^. . , 
 
 V. 
 
 Shall the ficJ^partj recover^ or die of the infirmity ? 
 
 T N your Figure^ if the firft go from good, the party 
 
 will grow every day worfe then other; and if Afpeft- 
 td by the D or cP of ill Figures in the fourth and 
 eighth Houfesj the party dies: But when your Fi- 
 gure is illj and removes to good places in good company 
 andafpeftj there is great hopes the infirm party will re- 
 coverr 
 
 The fignificators officknefs no ways afflifted, but free 
 from the ill Afpefts of the MalevolentSj declare great 
 hopes of the recovery of the fick. Any Figure in the 
 firft, and Fortuna Major in the fixth/eventh and twelfth, 
 the party dies. Gerrard, 
 
 If a Figure projected into the eighth remove into an 
 Angle, and the firft remove cadent or afflifted by infor- 
 tunes, it prefages Mortality. 
 
 If a Figure in the firft Houfe remove into the eighth, 
 it declares the ir recovery of the fick. 
 
 If the eighth (hill be in the tenth, and the firft in the 
 fourth, fixth or feventh Houfes, afflicted by ill compny 
 and afpea 5 the party (liall furely die. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Of Servants^ Shall thej J^ro^e jnft or k^avijh ? 
 
 "pHe tenth Houfe is generally the Houfe of the Matter 
 or Lord, &c. But when this queftion is by a Ma- 
 tter propounded unto you, give any Figure that is pro- 
 jefted in the firft Houfe to fignifie him, and the Figure 
 in the fixth to fignifie the Servant : and if amity and 
 love be betwixt thofe two Figures, their Idea's and Ru- 
 lers, and the Rulers and Idea's that naturally govern the 
 
 Houfes 
 
Book III. The Temple ofmfdome. 6 1. 
 
 Houfes; fay the Servant (hall prove juft iiid houeft. 
 Judge the contrary, if you finde Figures of a contrary 
 quahty in thofe places, and accidentally are projeded 
 there. 
 
 VII. 
 If the §Hcrent ShaU thrive hyfmall Cattle ? 
 
 IF a Figure in the firft go into the feventh, and the fixth 
 be in the fecond Houfe , the Querent may buy 
 Hoggs, Sheepj Goats, Coneys : If ill Figures be there, 
 you muft judge the contrary. And now let thefe Ex- 
 amples be fufficient to teach you how to give judgement 
 lipon a Figure made for any other queition belonging 
 to this Houfe. 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Of the feventh Houfe. 
 
 FRom this Houfe or part of the divifion of the Earth, 
 and other things^ Artifts enquire of Marriages,Part- 
 nerfhip, Law-fuits, publick Enemies^d^c. of Thefts, Fu- 
 gitives and Strays : And thefe you fhall hayc briefly 
 treated of by way of Example, that you may know 
 how the better to judge of the reft. i. Shall the 
 Querent marry ? 2. Ifmarry,how long firft? 3. ShalF 
 the Querent marry more then once > 4. What maii- 
 ner of Perfon ftiall the Querent marry > 5. Shall they 
 accord after Marriage ? 6. Shall the Marriage be ef- 
 fefted or not ? To refolve thefe queftions or any other 
 of what nature foever, you muft project as you were 
 taught in the firft Book, and make your Figure as fof 
 Example^ and judge as followeth. 
 
 I. 
 
6z 
 
 The Temple of mfdome. Book 1 1 1 
 
 I. 
 
 ShaU the Querent marry /* 
 
 South, 
 
 North. 
 
 COnfider herein the firft Houfe, for that always fig- 
 nifies the party enquiring, and the Ruler, Idea and 
 Figure in it : Malchidael and Puer with the Ruler Baf 
 zahcl naturally Rule this Houfe j but accidentally ?<?- 
 pulus is here pro jefted : her Idea and Ruler fignifie the 
 party enquiring (hall marry. Who is lignified by Popw 
 lus^ is of a low or little ftature, the upper parts of more 
 bignefs then the lower ; a round vifage, iickly, pal<, 
 a whitely complexion, the hair a dark brown, a 
 
 chefiiuc 
 
Book III. TheTem^leofmfdome. 6^ 
 
 chdhiit and variable , and (he (hall have many chil* 
 dren. 
 
 The (eventh Houfc, and the Idea and Ruler that go- 
 verns the Figure that isaccidently projefted into it. 
 But Z«rie/ and Fmtla are naturally commanded to go- 
 vern it. 
 
 Now here we finde 7rifiitia and his Idea and Ruler, 
 which exaftly defcribes the Qnerents husband. And the 
 two fignificators being in A Afpeft to each other ; we 
 Judge the Marriage will be effeLted, 6"^ If the firft or 
 feventh be in :*6 to each other in their Motion, the Que- 
 rent no queflion will marry. 
 
 Ifallthe fignificators be ill Figures, a'ldof ill gover- 
 nors in D or cP to each other, you may conclude the 
 party enquiring is averfe to Marriage, and in plain 
 terms he or (he will not marry. 
 
 11. 
 
 If the ^erent Marry , honf long frfi ? 
 
 Finding the fignificators applying by a friendly Afpeft 
 each to other, confider if in the Oriental or Meri- 
 dional parts of the Earth > you may judge the Querent 
 will be married fuddenly : if their motion be Occidental 
 or Septentrional ; it will be much prolongedjand a great 
 while before accomplifhed. 
 
 If the Figures and their Idea's and Rulers be in move* 
 able places,and bealfo moveable : They do very much 
 accelerate or haften the matter. In this judgement 
 moveable Figures that are governed by moveable Idea's 
 give weeks and days 5 common give months or weeks ; 
 fixed Figures give years or month?. Et fie de c^ferir, > 
 
 III. 
 
III. 
 
 ShaU the Querent marry more then o?ice ? 
 
 I Fthe fignihcators of Marriage be double- bodied, they 
 declare the Qiierent (be it either man or woman) to 
 marry more then once. 
 
 Jf the iignificators be in :;Jf or /[^ with good Fi- 
 gures, it portends marriage to the Querent n:ore then 
 once, chiefly from the fifth, feventh or eighth 
 HouCcs. 
 
 But if you finde the fignificators of marriage in fixed 
 places, and fixed, and in Afpeft with not above one Fi- 
 gure ; you may tell the Qiierent ( let it be either he or 
 (he) that it prefages marriage nd more then once. 
 
 IV. 
 
 TFhat manner of perfon Jhall the Querent marry ? And 
 hovp qualified ? 
 
 SEe what Figure is projefted in the firft Houfe, and 
 what Idea and Ruler governs it, and in what A- 
 fpeft it is, and obferve what Houfc it is? and accor- 
 cfingly defcribe the perfon either man or woman 5 
 for it will be fuch a one the Querent fhall mar- 
 ry. 
 
 If the firft be in company or Afpeft with Tuella^ fay 
 the perfon is pleafant, affable. If with 5<;rjf/^, the per- 
 fon is noble, of a great fpirit, and imperious. If with 
 Barzdhel^ the perfon is many times rafli and furious, 
 md fubjea to choler and paflion. If with Zazel^ the 
 perfon is inclinable to melancholy, yet prudent and 
 gravely wife. If with Hifmael, you may fay the perfon 
 is juft, honeft and religious. If with 7aphtharthar<ith^ 
 the perfon is fubvlc and cunning, &c, Mix your judge- 
 ment 
 
B< o iv i 1 1 . The femple of fV/faome . 6 5 
 
 mix your judgement with the quality of your 
 fignificators, and their Nature is known the bet- 
 ter. 
 
 Confider the dignities and debilities of the Rulers, 
 Idea's and Figures aforefaid ; the fhape^qualifkations ancl 
 tempeiacurc of the perfon whom the Qiierent (hall 
 marry jwill be tlie better known and difcovcred. 
 
 V, 
 
 Shall they accord after Marriage ? 
 
 'T'He firft Figure, his Id?a and Ruler in company •)(■ or 
 A of the Figure that is in the feventh, or Ke- 
 dcmely argues much pleafure and delight after Mar- 
 riage, and (hews they (hall agre€ well, and not quarrel at 
 all. »' 
 
 But if they fhall be in D or cf each unto the other, it. ^ 
 fhews much quarrelling and contention to happen af- 
 ter marriage ; And if they (hall be in D or cP of the in- 
 fortunes, chiefly in all places of the Figure, the 
 fame. 
 
 The Figures of Zaze!^ Barzahel or Cauda ^raconis 
 in the Afcendent or firft Houfe, (hews the Querent to 
 be imperious .''after marriage, and by his or herobftina- 
 cy will occaiion much discontent and trouble : But 
 if they, or either of them be in the feventh Houfe, 
 the perfon whom the Querent marries will be the occa- 
 iion of the trouble and difcontenr. Any of the 
 Figures of benevolent Rulers poirelUng the feventh 
 Houfe, the perfon, and a friendly reception of the 
 feventh and firft^ notes a good agreement after mar" 
 riagc. 
 
 F f f vr 
 
66 The Temple ofmj'cJome, Book: III 
 
 VI. 
 
 Shall the Marriage be effeciedor broken off? 
 
 V 
 
 Fthefirilor Afcendent have a good Figure in It, and 
 by moti'^n in :^ or A of the tirft I iguie^ or in 
 any of the Eflential dignities of the I igiire^ the maifiage 
 intended (hall be brought to perfe&ion; chieflyii it 
 fliall be from good places of the Earth . We might have 
 added divers qiieftions more relating to marriage : but 
 he that underftandsthcfe , cannot be to {eek in judging 
 any other of this nature. 
 
 Now let us teach by thefe Examples to judge of / 
 Partnerftiip, publick Enemies, Law-fuits, of War, &c. 
 t. Shall two Partners agree in their partnerfhip ? 2. 
 ■if Shall the Qiierent or his adverfary overcome in a Law- 
 )^ fuit? 3. Shall a perfon return fafc from the Wars? 
 4. Shall the City, Town, Tower or ftrong Fort hold 
 out that is befieged, or (hall it be taken? 5. Shall the 
 Qiiercnt have publick Enemies > 
 
 I. 
 
 Shall two Tariiiers agree in their part?2crjhip ? 
 
 THe firft and feventh Houfes being friends according 
 to Nature j and if good Figures accidentally by 
 motion be projefted in the firft and (eventh ; which a- 
 gree as well with the Houfes and their Rulers, Idea's and 
 Figures, as accidentally by projection, declare that the 
 Partners (hall agree in their Partnerftiip, and gain well 
 by their undertaking the fame. 
 
 If they (hall- be enemies by accident, they are friends 
 naturally. And in this cafe, if the firft be a better Fi- 
 gure then the feventh, and better dignified by motion, 
 company and afpeft 5 it fignifieth the Querent to thrive 
 
 belt 
 
bell iii ciieParcaerlhip : Bui if the feveiich be a good Fi- 
 gure, and better then the Afcendenc ortirii:, the qiie- 
 lited gains moft. 
 
 BufZ^klov laphtbartbarath^Lordof the fecond, af- 
 flicting by afpeft or company a Figure in the eighth, 
 the Qi^tereiit will cheat and cozen his Partner ; but if 
 either of them (hall be Lord of the Figure of the eighth > 
 and (hall atflift the (econdj the Partner (hall cheat and 
 cozen the (Tiereiic. 
 
 He whole hgnihcators areftrongeft and befi: Figures, 
 and by niotioi in the belt places of tiie Earth, (hall thrive 
 beft in the Partaerlliip ; But he vvhofe lignificators are 
 weak, and in evil places of the Figure^ (hall do worft in 
 thePartnerfhip. 
 
 II. 
 Shall ihe ^^irent or his adverfary overcome inaLarv-* 
 
 Jkit ? 
 
 TF the Afcendent or firft Houfe be of better Figures 
 
 then the feventh, or in better company of alpeft ; 
 there is great hopes the Qjierent will overcome in the 
 fuit ofLavVj iHid worll his adverfary. 
 
 If a i'igure in the feventh be more powerful in digni- 
 ties then the Alcendentor firft Figure, theAdverlary 
 will overcome. 
 
 \i the firft and feventh Houfesand their F'giires fhall 
 be afflicted by theinforttmes , neither party (hall over- 
 come; but they Hull be both ruined, it they proceed to 
 tryal of the fuit: but it' they be both alijfted by the 
 fortunate Rulers and dea's in their Figures and Houles, 
 fomeh'iends will take up the bufinqfs , and w.li ead tiie 
 matter or fuit amon^ft them. 
 
 Both lignificators 11 theirDientialdignides, as.5. r- 
 zahd in the firftjand Kedemel in the (k\ e ith : Thefe pcr- 
 fons fo figmfied by ttie Figiues are ioo high to hear 
 
 Fff2 of 
 
6S The Temple of ^ifdome. Book lib 
 
 of an agreement, if they have a Law^fiiit : But if in their 
 motion they apply to each other , the matter will be ta- 
 ken up amongftthemfelves: he whofe ngnificaior doth 
 apply (hall {eek peace, and prove himfelf the better 
 Chriftian. 
 
 III. 
 . Shall a ferj(m return fafe from the IFars .^ 
 
 IF the firftbe a good Figure ftrong and potent, free 
 frona the ill company and afpefts of the infor- 
 tunes, it is an argument of great fecurity to the 
 Querent , and that he (hall return fafe from the 
 Wars. 
 
 If the firft Figure in motion fall cadent in the Earth, 
 or beafiiifted by ill Figures 5 advife the Qiierent to ftay 
 his March, and give his Commilfion up to his Ge- 
 neral. 
 
 Z^aze/ and his Idea and Figure in the firft Houfe, pre- 
 fageth much lofs and damage to the Querent, if he go 
 to the Wars, becaufe there he hath his faH. If Barza- 
 hel he in company , or in D or <f and weak, &c. 
 the Querent (hall be wounded. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Shall the Cafile or place befteged be tak^n or not ? 
 
 TTHe Afcendent or firft Houfe, and the Ruler, Idea and 
 Figure accidentally projefted in it, are for the be- 
 fiegers : The fourth Houfe for the City, Town, Caftle 
 or Tower •, and the Ruler, Idea and Figure that is in it, 
 for the head-Officer : The fifth Houfe, and the Gover- 
 nors of the Figure5d^c, for the Ammunition,Souldiery, 
 and the alfiftance they either have or may ex- 
 peft. 
 
 If the firft beftrong, and in compjiny of the fourth or 
 
 tenth 
 
 
Book III. Trie Temple ojPVifaome, 6g 
 
 tenth in the fecond ; it is then an argument the walls 
 (hall be fcaled and the place taken. 
 
 If the fourth remove into a place not beholding it, 
 or be afflifted of the infortunes ; it is an argument 
 the Caftle will be taten, and the Governours thereof 
 fiibjeft to danger. 
 
 If ill Figures be in the fourth Houfe, the place be* 
 fieged will be taken by treachery and bafenefs , and 
 that inaftiorttime. t 
 
 If a Figure in the fourth be in the fecond, firft or 
 tenth, the Governour no doubt hath received a good 
 fum of money for the delivery of the place, and in (horc 
 time will furrender it. 
 
 But if none of thefeAfpei^s happen , but on the con- 
 trary the fourth Hoiife and his Lord fliall be fortunate, 
 and free from all manner of impediments , and that 
 the fourth be in no manner of amity with the firlt ; 
 the City. ^er. then befieged (hall not be taken by 
 the Army begirting it. 
 
 V. 
 
 Shall the ^cre?2t have pub lick^Enemies ? 
 
 Although there be but few perfons in the world 
 but have piiblick Enemies ; yet I prefume there 
 may be fome (although they are rare to be found) that 
 have none 5 confideri/ig that he is curfed that all men 
 fpeak well of. And we look upon a perfon evil {po- 
 ken of and envied, to have fome notable parts beyond 
 other men : but to finde whether a perfon have 
 enemies or not, thefe Rules following will fliew 
 you. 
 
 If the firft be not removed, or if it be in motion fe!« 
 <kn into D or cP of the (eventh Houfe, the C ue- 
 hnt hath pubiick enemies, or there are fuch perfons ilw 
 
 f f f 3 ving 
 
70 7he Temple ofH^ifcfome, Book 1 1 1- 
 
 vidgiii the world that would do him a mirchief, if op- 
 portunity were offered. 
 
 Thofe Figures are enemies that are Dor cP to the 
 firft, and the Rulers and Idea's fignifie the quality of 
 *hem : the Houfes they are in, help your judge rent 
 much in this point. 
 
 The Figure in the feventh Houfe teaches you 
 to know what manner of perfoa he is or ihe 
 is. 
 
 To know whether the Cuerent or his publick ene- 
 mies (hall overcome ; obft^ve thofe R.uJe5 of the Plain- 
 tiff and Defendant in Lavv-fuics j Alutatis tjiiutandis wc 
 have experienced them. 
 
 Let us teach you by thefc Examples how to 
 judge a qucilion of this Naiurc , as we be- 
 fore taught all manner ot" queltions ^ and 
 refolved fome lor your diredion. 
 
 I . Of Fugitives or Strays^fhall they be found or not ? 
 c. Which way are they gone? What diftance? 3. 
 Things loft, if recoverable or not > 4. What is the 
 Thief? Of the age and fex of the Thief. 5. A e there 
 ynore Theeves then one ? 6. Be they Grangers or fa- 
 miliars? 7. In wh at time (hall the thing ftollen be re- 
 cove red ? We hope by thefe judged, you will be able 
 tQ judge any other queftion. 
 
 I. 
 
 Of Fugitives or Strayesyjhallibey UJomid or ?jot <' 
 
 CTAphihariharaih and Hjfmoday are njrturally the fig- 
 ' nificators of Fugitites and Strays (and why ? ) tor 
 no other realbn, but becaufe thcfe two are fwift in mo- 
 tion 
 
Booklll. The Temple o^iVif^ome. 71 
 
 tioii , and give aftivity and fpeed in all things. Now 
 the feventh Houfe, atidthe Ruler and Idea that governs 
 the Figure that is accidentally projefted, particularly 
 are fignificators thereof, unlefs the thing ftiayedbea 
 Beaftjd^c. 
 
 If the firft and feventh be in company or good a- 
 fpCtfls, it declares the Fugitive^ &c, to be coming home 
 again. 
 
 But if the aforefaid fignificators behold each other by 
 D or cP, or fnall move into thofe places, where they 
 have no afpeftatall; it denote-; the Fugitive to be un- 
 willing to return again, and an unlikelyhood of the Que- 
 rents having him again. If the feventh Wheel about 
 the third or ninth Houies , you 'i^ay judge the Fugitive 
 is gone a journey, and will not fnddenly be found again. 
 IfaHorfe, Ox or Cow^e^c. beftrayed, obfei-ve what 
 is in the twelfth Houfe; and obferve the fame Rule as 
 before, onely with the change of the Figure of your 
 Houfe. 
 
 The feventh Figure by projecting falling into the 
 twelfth Houfe of the Figure or queftion, denotes the 
 Fugitive to be under the bonds of Reftraint, perhapi in 
 prifon: B^rz^i^e/projeftedfo, argues the fame. 
 
 If the fccond Figure ftiall be found in another Houfe, 
 theBeaftjC^c. or thing ftrayed is taken into cuftody, 
 and driven and fold. 
 
 If the fixth or twelfth m.ove into the ninth or 
 tenth; it argues the Beaft ftrayed to be either 
 in the pound, or under the command of fome Of- 
 ficer. 
 
 The feventh, twelfth or fixth, fortunated by the good 
 Figures of Hifmael and Kedemel , and theii* Idea's Fi- 
 gures fortunate in the iecond, fifth or eleventh Houfes, 
 or Fortu7ia Major in A unto them there, they are very 
 likely to be found again. 
 
 Fff4 n. 
 
7? ^he Temple offvif^iome. Book II T. 
 
 II. 
 
 PFhai rtfay are they gone ? What dijlance ? 
 
 IF Hafmoday or any other fignificator of the Fugitive 
 or Stray, &c, in the teathHoufe, they are South jin 
 thefeventh^Vyeft 5 in the fourth, North 5 infheAfceii- 
 dent, Eaft. 
 
 If the figijificators be in watry Houfts, and Idea's wa- 
 try incorporated into their Figures , theStrays,f^c. are 
 Northward, and in fome moift morifh place: Ifthe 
 Idea's and Figures be Airy, they are V Veftward, and in 
 Mountainous and high places : If Earthy, they are 
 Southward, and in melancholy defert places of WoodF^ 
 &c. If Fiery^ they are Eaftward, and in open places, 
 where ground hath been lately digged up, &c. 
 
 III. 
 
 Of things lofi^ if recoverable or not ? 
 
 FOitunate Figures in Cs ot -^ to the firft Figure 
 or fecond, or ot the Part of Fortune, and pofited in '^ 
 pe firft or fecond Houfe, declare a recovery of the thing 
 loft ; either of the fortune Figures in the fiift and fecond, 
 are very certain arguments of a recovery of the thing 
 or things loft. 
 
 Bi]t if the feventh (hall remoye into the eighth, or if 
 fhefirftandftcond cannot agree, ovi^Sorath be in your 
 Figure, and Hafmoday^ not beholding each other,or 5 
 or when they are under tbc Earth, there can lie ao refti- 
 jutjon pf the goods Ipft. 
 
 IV. 
 
b(.okill. The temple o]mf dome. ' 73 
 
 Who is the Thief? and of his age andfex. 
 
 THe Figure in thefeventh hath naturally fignificatlon 
 of Theft and Thieves. 
 
 Now they ufually obferve the nature of the fecond, 
 and what Figure afflifts Tiiitrqf a contrary Ruler and 
 Idea , and that fignilies the Thief. 
 
 if the Figure be mafculine afflifting the fubftance, it 
 denotes the Thief to be a man: If the Figure be Femi- 
 nine, and move into a Feminine quarter, you may judge 
 the Thief is a woman. 
 
 ZazH fignificator of the Thief, (hews the Thief to be 
 old, except in the firft, twelfth or eleventh Houfesj 
 Hifmael y B arzabe I 3ind ^Sor^?^, about thirty, or fome- 
 what more; Kederneimd Taphthartharath^ youthful; 
 Hafmoday according to her age in the Figure Oriental, 
 young ; Occidental, more aged. And thus much may 
 inftrud you how to finde the age and fex. 
 
 V. 
 
 Are there more Thieves then one ? 
 
 MAny Figures afflifting thefignificatorsof fubftancc 
 ( it matters not whether they be peregrine oj: 
 not) (liew many Thieves, or more then one. 
 
 If the figniticatorof the Thief be in -X- or^, with 
 double-bodied- Figures, there are more Thieves thea 
 one. 
 
 The Angles fixed, and the fignificator of the Thief 
 fixed , in no afpeft with any good Figure, fave with 
 the iignificators of fubftance or ©3 thefe denote but 
 one Thief. 
 
 VI. 
 
Book 1 1 1. The Temple offvif/ome. 7 4 
 
 '•— ■ • - 
 
 VI. 
 
 Be they Strangers or Familiars ? 
 
 IF the Afcendent moveinto the third or fourth Houfe, 
 accufe your own houQiold-fervant , and this is pro- 
 ved by experience. 
 
 ^ If the fignificator of the Thief be in the third or 
 ninth Houfe, it (hews the Thief to be a ftrangcr : Sorath 
 fignihes a Father or Mafter : Hai'moday the Mother or 
 Miftrifs : Kedemel^ the Wife or a Woman : Zazd^ a Ser- 
 vant or a Stranger lying there by chance ; Barzahel^ a 
 Son? Brother or Kinrman: Japbthartharathj ^iYouth;^ 
 a Familiar or friend : And thus muft you judge. 
 
 VII. 
 
 In what time fh all the thing ftellen be recovered ? 
 
 SEeingteftimony of recovery in your Figure,you may 
 difcover the time thus. 
 If the fignificators be moveable, you findca Table at 
 the latter tnd of this Book, that will tell you which 
 Figures fignifie yearS;, which months^ which weeks, and 
 which days, &c. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Judgements frofer to the eighth Hcufe, 
 
 THis Houfe is of death, and hence we enquire of the 
 death of each Qiierent, and the manner thereof, 
 ^^V• It alfo fignifies the dowry of the wife, becaufe it is 
 the fccond from the feventh. By thefe queftions, we 
 fliaihcacb you how to judge others. I . Of the time of 
 
 death 
 
Book 111. 
 
 The Temple ofH^ff.^ome, 
 
 death of theQjcrent ? 2. What manner of death may 
 he die? 3. .^hall the Querent obtain the wives porti- 
 o;i ? 4. Shall the Querent or his wife die firft ? &c» 
 
 And now wehopcj after we have briefly given judge- 
 ment of (biae queftions throu^:;h all thefe twelve parts of 
 the Earth,any capacity by varying thefe Rules , mayalfo 
 refolve any demand. And this we do really out of af- 
 feftion to our country. And here followetha Scheam 
 
 of the Earth, and Rules given how to refolve anydc-'^* 
 fnand. And here we note unto cP, becaufe this Houfe 
 taJi;csn;>ticeof the death of flefh 5 for as the Wifeman 
 
 teacheth^ 
 
'J 6 Thel'empleofiVifdome. Book III. 
 
 ■■ I " i I MMM^MlM . ... I — — . ____—_—- 
 
 ttzohtth^Temfus pariendi^^ tempns monendi: Ihere is a 
 time to he horn^and a time to die. Daily experience teach- 
 cth us J that whatfoever hath a birth, prefently paffeth a- 
 way &: hafteth towards death. And every thing that hath 
 a beginning, doth neceflarily and unavoidably roul to- 
 wards its end : And this agrees with the Doftrine of the 
 holy Apoftle Saint ?aul^ Heb.p.ij, Ihdflatutum eft 
 Hominibus ut femel morientur : It is appointed mito all 
 men once to die : And they that live the longeft, die at 
 laft. And thofe whofe lives are envied, do no more but 
 die a little before the reft. 
 
 Some live longer then ocheg by reafon of propitious 
 and fortunate Idea's and Rulers fortified by God at the 
 time of tlieir birth ; which makes them by nature more 
 ftrenuous and ftable, and of longer duration then thofe 
 who incorporate unfortunate ones. 
 
 Now although death be the portion of every man and 
 thing that hath life ; yet fome pcrfons arc fo peevifh, 
 rafh and fearful, that they dare not be acquainted with 
 the time; but are willing. to pafs on in a contented fla- 
 vifti fear , as if their -Neicient or Non-vifibility could 
 protefi: them ; when alas, poor wretches ! death fteals 
 upon them at unawares. 
 
 Shall not he be accounted a filly Souldier, that will 
 refufe to know the time he is to encounter his Enemie > 
 It is rather a brand of cowardife, then a badge of bold- 
 nefs or magnanimity, for a m.an to wink when he fights. 
 Our life is jfihort and full of vanity. 
 
 To know the time of our death, (or any other materi- 
 al accident) is a blefling given by God, and (hall man be 
 fo(bttifti as to rejeft it ? 
 
 —ft was the faying of thelateKing Charls (who was 
 a Prieftaud Prophet, in his eik^in basia^I^h, in 
 the laft Chapter ) Ik^ow my !ife is the oh]eci of the Pe- 
 vils and mck^d mms malice j hut yet und^r Godsjole cii' 
 
 ftody 
 
Book II I. The Temple of mfdowe. 77 
 
 ■ ' ' '" ■ »■ . „ ■ I , 
 
 fiody and difpofjl^ 8cc. He wasenvyed, and died a little 
 before his enemies. Aud it was alfo long before, the 
 prayer and requeft of that King, Prielt and Prophet Dj- 
 vidy unto the King of Kings, to be acquainted with this 
 very thing : Fac ut exferiar^ Jehova , finem meumy men"^ 
 fura dierum meorum quid fit ^expert ar quant durahtlii fnm: 
 (i. e.) Lord , faith he 5 kt me k?ion> my end^ andthenum^ 
 ber of my days , that I may be certified hon> longlhave ti 
 live. 
 
 Surely had not this enquiry been lawful and attain- 
 able, yea had it not been of great worth and excellency, 
 and admirable ufe thereof to be made , the holy Pro- 
 phets would never have fpoken of it, nor prayed for it. 
 But to pafs by this Angelick ufe hereof, as, that a man 
 may T.eet his God and Saviour with joy , and joyfully 
 exclaim in the very ears of death , n» <7cw^xyxT», to x«'rrpsf ; 
 TTB SOU, a^>t, TJ u7.o( j • Death , n^here is tby fling ? HeV^ 
 (the Hebrew word is Sheol^ a Pit) n^here h tby vi^ory ? 
 
 We will come to inftaiice in fomething that may be 
 more taking with mankind, and then we will give judge- 
 ment upon Cov.e QueiHons belonging to this HouCeyviz. 
 the earthly ufes and advantages that may be made here- 
 of: (focfuch is the corruption of mankind, thatitwill 
 rejeft every thing that carries not prefent profit with 
 it.) 
 
 Firftin purchaHng of Lands or Houfes for Life, the 
 length of his life may be con(iderably profitable to him, 
 as common experience tertifies. 
 
 Secondly, by knowing the length of his life, he 
 may fo order and difpofeof his Earthly eftate, that 
 he may prevent much ftrife and coiitention about the 
 fime after his death, which ufually (the more is the pie- 
 ty) happens in fuch cafes. 
 
 Laftly, his prudence in this kind will eternize his me« 
 mory after death r which othejrwife may be buried in 
 
 (^blivion 
 
7 « The I eniple oj ^ffJo^e. B' )Gk ill, 
 
 oblivion (after a fhort time)in a coffin made of the curfes 
 of his neereft Relations •, and by fiich means the covetons 
 Adminiftrator or Adminiftratrix will be prevented of 
 couzening the Children , and the iinconfcionable Exe- 
 cutor the Orphan ; Brother cannot intrench upon the 
 liberty or eftate of Brother. Every man will know his 
 gwn, and Families may remain in quiet, peace and con- 
 cord. Let us now return and refolve oiir queftions, 
 
 I. 
 
 Of the time of the death of the §luere?it ? 
 
 IN the refolve of this queftion, you are to confider the 
 firft Houfe, and what Figure is accidentally thei e; 
 and let the Ruler and Idea that governs itfignifiethe 
 Querent: the eighth Houfe and the Ruler, Idea and 
 Figure that governs it, to fignifie the death of the Que-/ 
 rent. 
 
 \i the firft be free from the cf of ill Figures, the Que- 
 tent may live an indifferent long life. If the aforeiaid 
 fignificators, or either of them^lhall fliallbe in compa- 
 ny or good afped of the Fortunes, and a fortunate Fi- 
 gure in the firft , all thefe prefage the Qnerent accor- 
 ding to nature may liv?» to a coniiderable age. 
 * Finding all the iignificators free, as in the forementi- 
 oned Aphqrifms 5 you may conclude the Querent will 
 live fo many years, as the Figures, Idea's and Rulers 
 fignifie. 
 
 But if y 911 findethe aforefaid iignificators afflifted, ei- 
 ther by tht infortuncsjor by the fourth. fixth, eighth or 
 twdfth Houfes 5 you may then conclude the parties life 
 to be of no very long continuance. And according to 
 your foregoing Rules, meafure Time, n^oveable Figures 
 ^d Idea 's,VVeeks, common Months, fixed years, ^^^ 
 
 And 
 
Book 111 . The Temple of^ifJome, 7 9 
 
 And Co may you difcover the length (according to na* 
 tiiral caufes) of the Querents life. 
 
 II. 
 
 JVhat manner of death maj the ^erent die ? 
 
 THe Ruler and Idea that is incorporated into the Fi- 
 gure of the eighth, (hall (hew the manner of death 
 the Querent fhall be fubjeft unto, together with the 
 Figure beholding him or them. 
 
 If the aforefaid lignificators fhall be Hifinael or Kede* 
 mcl^ and they ftrong, they portenda gentle death unto 
 the Querent. 
 
 Zazd being fignificator , prenotes death by fome vi- 
 olent Tertian, or fome Ague, Dropfie or Confumption : 
 Barzabely by Fevers or Wounds : Sprath^by Pleurifies, 
 or by fome obfti uftion of the Vitals : Taphtkartharath^ 
 by the PtiGque^Frenzie, Madnefs Lethargic, e^c. Hafi 
 trtoday^y drowning,or by difeafes proceeding from cold 
 moifturcs. 
 
 III. 
 Shdl the ^erent obtain his Wives Fortion ? 
 
 EVery Qiierent is fignified by the Afcendent or firft 
 Houfe, and the fccond Houfe doth fignifie his 
 fubftance ; the Ciuefited is fignified by the feventh 
 Houfe s and the eighth Houfe hath fignification of the 
 Qiiefiteds fubftance in this qneflion. 
 
 A good Figure in the eighth, in :*(^or£ktochcfirft, 
 and no ways afiiided by the cF of any unfortunate Fi- 
 gure , declares the Querent fhall have a good eflate 
 with his wife, and (ball have it without trouble. Hi/- 
 mael or Kedemel, any of their Figures, or the Dragonff 
 head projefted ia the eighth Houfe, and nowaysaffii- 
 
8 o 7 he Ten.ple o] mfdome. Book III. 
 
 £ted, argues the Querent fhall have his wives portion 
 without any manner cftrouble. 
 
 The Part of Fortune is the number of all the points 
 divided by twelve 5 and what remains, tells you in what 
 Houfe it falls ; and if eight remains , you muft place 
 © in the eighth Houfe; and there if good Figures 
 behold it by :^ or A Afpefts, the Querent fhall have 
 the dowry of his Wife ; and it is very confiderable alfo. 
 
 Ifthefecond and eighth Figures being in cP move to 
 any good Afpeft , this argues the Querent to obtain 
 his wives dowry without difficulty. 
 
 Butiftherebe Dor cP between the fignifica tor?, the 
 Qiiercnt will not obtain the portion of his wife without 
 difficulty. 
 
 If Zazel or Barzahels Figures be in the eighth Houfe 
 in ill afpeft of the firft'or fecond, there will be much 
 difconjtenf about the wives portion 5 the Dragons Tail 
 portends the fame. 
 
 A woman enquiring concerning the eftate of a man ifie 
 is to marry ; the(e Rules will ferve fufficicncly : For the 
 Afcendent is all one for the woman as it is for the man : 
 If a woman enquire, and the feventh Houie muil be for 
 the man/and the eighthfor his eftace. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Shall the man or mfi die jlrjl ? 
 
 INthisqueftion behold the Afcendentor firll Houfe 
 and the feventh, and fee which of them goeth to □ 
 or <f of the eighth, or to the ill Afpe£ts of the unfor* 
 tunate Figures, and fo judge. 
 
 If it be the firft Figure that fuffereth this affli6kion/ay 
 the man (if a man be Querent) (hall die firft. If the fe- 
 venth Figure goetMrft to thefe afflifticns J the woman 
 wiirdie firft. 
 
 Which 
 
Boo N i 1 1 . The Ten'ple of PVi[aofr.e. 8 I 
 
 Which of the fignificators is ftrongeft and rr.oft 
 powerful in the Figure? the party figtiificd thereby 
 (hall live the longeft. And thws much may ferve to 
 teach you how to judge any queftion belonging to this 
 Houfc. 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 S^ejHcns belonging to the ninth Houfe, 
 
 OF Voyages to Sea ; their profperity or infelicity : of 
 Science ,6'c. And ofperfons and things Religiousv 
 be the ninth Houfe: And thefe four queftions follow- 
 ing explained and refolved , will give light fufficienC 
 to any thing in the ninth Chapter of the fecond 
 Book. 
 
 I. Shall the voyage be profpcrous or not > 2. Will 
 it be long or fliort? 3. May the Querent profit 
 by the Science intended? 4. Shall a perfon obtain 
 the benefit he defires or fecks and enquires af- 
 ter? 
 
 G gg i* ShaH 
 
8i 
 
 The Temple of mfdome. Book i I !• 
 
 I. 
 
 Shall the Voyage he profpernus or not ? 
 
 \X7 Hen the ninth Figure (hall be unfortunate, itde- 
 ^ notes many hazards and dangers to attend the 
 Voyage : If Zazal be afflifting, the perfon enquiring 
 will be fubjeft to fickneis and iofs of goods: And if 
 Barzahel or the Dragons Tail afiiift tl e ninth Houfe, 
 they declare danger by Thieves or Pyrats; foretimes 
 it portends cozening and deceit in the ohip, one among 
 another. 
 
 If the ninth Houfe be fortunate and ftrong, much 
 good and great fuccels is promiled to the (i^e^ent irk 
 
 the 
 
Book ill. The Temple o^H^il'aome. 83 
 
 the Voyage ; and that he (hall make a happy return. 
 
 The firll and the ninth m-X- or^ with each ochCfjar- 
 gues an admirable voyage. 
 
 But if they Qiaii be in D or cf void of all reception 5 
 you may judge the Querent will have an inaufpicious 
 voyage ofiC;a id before he return thence again;Will wifla 
 he had let it alone. 
 
 If thefirft go into the tenth, that being the fecond' 
 from the ninth 3 you may tell the Querent that he (hall 
 gain great ftore of wealth in the voyage. 
 
 If the Afcendent or fii ft Figure Ihall remove into 
 ab:e£l places of the Figure, or in D or cf to abjeft Fi- 
 gures 5 the perfon will fall fick in the joirrney, and the 
 voyage will be moft unfortunate. 
 
 tViU the voyage he long orjhjrt <* 
 
 T^His Rule is experienced by Captain Blackrnan ; for ^ 
 made a Figure, and gave him a certain judgement 
 up on it. 
 
 The fignificators of tiie voyage and Qaerent move- 
 able 5 denotes the voya;^e to be Ihort and quick : if 
 tbey in motion fall occidental , there will be fome ob- 
 ftruftion : when the Afcendent or firft Houfe regards the 
 ninth with good Afpeft 5 thefe are arguments of a good 
 voyage, conlidering the length, the Qjerent will make a 
 ftiort and profpei ous voyage. 
 
 The firft and ninth fixed Fig^ures prenote a very long 
 voyage unto theQiierent; comtnoii Figures, Mxichs ; 
 moveable Figure?, Weeks, &c. 
 
 Orderly following, we have fet for you all the quali- 
 ties and properties of the fixteea Figures, to the end 
 that who/bever would learn this Art, that he be igno« 
 rant of nothing which concerneth the perfect know- 
 ledge hereof; fo that if you do underftand thcfe Tab!e>', 
 
 G g^ 2 you 
 
84 
 
 The Temple of ivifdome. Book III, 
 
 you may alfo iinderftand the firft and fecond and third 
 Book of this Work. And note that all the Figures^ 
 which have more points on high thenbelovVj be entring 
 inandgoodj except Triflitia-, and thofe which have 
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Book 1 i 1 . The Temple o| Wifdome . 
 
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92 
 
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 f'e Temple of i^ifJome, 
 
 93 
 
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 May the Querent profit hy the Science intended ^^ 
 
 VOii arc to give the fiiftHoufe tofignifietheQnc<'^ 
 rent, the ninth Honfe and the Figure that is pro- 
 jeftcd into it, to fignifie the Science enquired after 5' 
 and according to their pofition and configiiritions, you 
 arc to judge of this queftion. 
 
 The fit It in company :ifor Atothe ninth, either W 
 or from Angles or fuccedentHoufes, gives great hope^' 
 to the Querent , that he {hail gain or profit by the 
 Art or Science he enquires atter; and if they bt 
 fortunate Figitres , you may be fure of your Judgd- 
 meat. 
 
 But if none of thefe things happen in your Pigure,' 
 but on the contrary there happen a Q or <? between 
 your iignificatorsj you may then conclude the party 
 enquiring will not prT)fit by the Art or Science in-* 
 tended. 
 j When the unfortunate Figures, or Cauda Vrdcorik 
 (hall be in the firft or ninth Houfe, or afflifting their 
 company in ill places of the Figure 5 you may conclude 
 the perfon enquiring will not gain much by Science^ 
 
 IV. 
 
 ShaU a Perfon obtain the Benefice ? ScC<i 
 
 IT is notorioufly known, that the Clergy are not more 
 Sanftimonious then other perfons : for God in the 
 beginning framed two Images like himfelf ," viz. The 
 fC^orldand Man, that in one of thefe he might (port him- 
 felf with certain wonderful Operations, but in the othe^ 
 lie might enjoy his delights : who feeing he is one , hatli* 
 created the world one; feeing thsit he is infinite ^ hatli' 
 
 Hhh . create^ 
 
9 o J he Temple o\ fVifaome, Book 1 II.- 
 
 created the world round : feeing be is eternal, he hath 
 creited the world iiicorriiptible.aad everlafting : feeing 
 he is inimenfe, he hath created the world the greateftof 
 all things : feeing he is the chiefeft Life ^ he hath adorn- 
 ed the world with vital feed , begetting all things out of 
 himfelf : and feeing he is Omnipotent, by his will alone, 
 not by any neceflicy of Nat»ire , he hach created the 
 world, not out of any foregoing matter, but out of no- 
 thing : and feeing he is the chief goodnefs , embracing 
 hU word , which is the firft Idea of all things , with his 
 choiceft will, and Lflcntial love , he hath fabricated this 
 Eternal world after the example of the Internal, viz, I- 
 deal world : yet fending forth nothing of the EflTenceof 
 the Idea, but created of nothing that which he had 
 from Eternity by the Idea. Ciod alfo created man after 
 his Image : For as the world is the Image of Godj fo 
 man is the Image of the world. Hence feme think that 
 it is (poken, that man is not created limply the Image of 
 God, but after the Image, or the Image of the Image 
 of God ; therefore he is called Viicrocofm ; that is,the 
 leiTer World. The World is a rational Creature, Ini^ 
 mortal; Man in like manner Is rational, but m^ortal; 
 that is 5 diflolvable and fubjeft to paffions ; and there- 
 fore may be benefited by this Book, and the Science 
 herein taught : For (as Sir Chriftopber Hey don faith) fee- 
 ing the world it felf is immortal, it is impollible that any 
 part of it can perifh. Therefore to die is a vain name, 
 and even ^<svactiur}m nowhere, fo alfo death: there- 
 ' fore we fay a man dieth when his foul and body are fepi-t 
 ratedjnot that any thing of them perilheth, or is turneci 
 into nothing. Notwithftandingthe true Image of God, 
 is his Word; The Wiidom, Life, Light and Trutli 
 cxiiHng by himfelf, ot which Image mans foul is the 
 Image , in regard of whicti we are faid to be made after 
 the image of God, not after the Image ojf the Worldj, 
 
 or 
 
B JO A i 1 1 . J he 1 1 If. pie o] i^yifdorhe . ^ 9 
 
 or of the Creatures : for as God cannot be touched, nor 
 jerceived by the ears, nor (tcx\ with the eyes 5 fo the 
 foul of man can neither be feen, heard nor touched f 
 And as God himfclt is infinite^and cannot be compelled 
 by any, foalfothe Mindeof man is freehand cannot be 
 enforced or bounded. 
 
 Further, as God comprehendeth this whole world^ 
 and whatfoever is in it^in his Mindc alone i fo mans Minde 
 comprehendeth it even in thought, and that which is 
 peculiar to liim alone with God: a^God movech and[ 
 governeth all this world by his beck alond , fo rrans 
 minde ruleth and governeth his body. Therefore it was 
 neccflary that the minde of man thus fcaled by the 
 Word of God, fhould put on alfo tire corporeal rran, 
 after the moil complcat example of the world: There- 
 fore man is called the other world, and the other Image 
 ofGod, becaufehehath in himfelf all that iscontainecf 
 in the greater world ; fo that there rcmaineth nothing 
 which is not found even truly and really in ma:n himfelf ; 
 ind all thefe things do perform the famJe duties in him, 
 as in the great world : There are in him the four Ele- 
 ments, with the nioft true properties of their nature 2 
 And in him an Etherial Body, the Chariot of the Souijiri 
 proportion correfponding to the Heaven : There are 
 in him the vegetive life ot PlantSjtheSenfes of Anfnialsjof 
 Celeftial Spirits, the Angelical Reafon^ and the Divine 
 llnderftanding, and the true Conjunflion, and Divine 
 ^^•pofleiTion of all thefe things flowing- together into one, 
 'Hence in facred Letters man is called every Creature ^ 
 and not onely ir.an, being made anoti.er world, doth 
 comprehend all the parts thereof in himfelfj but alfo 
 doth receive and contain even God himfelf. Kenet 
 Mr. 7homas Heydon faith, that the foiil of man is ttie 
 Temple of GocT; which thing St. ParJ alfo m.ore^cleer-^" 
 ij ^iprefled ^ faying, Xe are the lav^tk of God .- m<^ :he 
 
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\oo The i empie of mfdome. Book III. 
 
 fame facred Scripture tcftlfieth in many places : There- 
 fore man is the ttioft exprefs linage of God, feeing man 
 containeth in himfelf all things which are in God 5 but 
 God by a certain eminency containeth all things through 
 his power, and (imply , as the caufe and beginning 
 of all things j but he hath given this power to 
 man ^ that he (hould in like manner contain all 
 things ; but by a certain Art and crmpofition , as 
 theKnotj Tie and Bond pf all things : Therefore man 
 onely rejoyceth in this honour^that he hath a Similitude 
 with alljOpcration with all,Oi Converfation with all. He 
 iymbolizeth with the matter in a proper fubjeA, with 
 tht Elements in a fourfold body^ with Plants in a vege- 
 tative Virtue, With Animals in a fenfitive faculty 5 
 "With the Heavens in Etherial Spirit, and influx of the 
 fuperiour parts on the inferiour: With the Angesin 
 Underflanding and Wifdom 5 with God in containing 
 all things, he is preferved with God, and the intelli- 
 gences by Faith and Wifdom: With the Heavens and 
 heavenly things, by Reafon and Difcourfe: With all 
 infei iour things^ by Senfe and Dominion , and afteth 
 with all, and hath power on all^even on God himfelf, by 
 knowing and loving him : And as God knoweth all 
 things, foalfo man can know all things intelligible, fee- 
 ing he hath for an Adequate objeft Ens in generaI,or (as 
 others fay) Truth itlelf; neitiier is there any thing 
 found in man, nor a ly difpofition, in which (bmethingof 
 Divinity may not fhine forth , neither is there any thing 
 in God, which may not al(b be reprefentcd in man: 
 Whofoever therefore (hall knr.w himfelf, (hall know all 
 things in himfelf; c(pecially he (hall know God, ac- 
 coroingto whofe Image he w? made ; he (hall know the 
 World, the re(cmblance of which he beareth ; he (hall 
 know all Creatures, with which he fymbolizeth ; and 
 what comfort he can have and obtain from Stones, 
 
 Plants^ 
 
Book III. The Temple of fV/f^omf. I o r 
 
 Plants, Animals, Figures, Eiemencs, Heavens, from Spi- 
 rits, Angels, and every thing -, and how all things maybe 
 fiftei for all things, in their time, place,order,meafurr, 
 proportion and harmony, and can draw and bring to 
 hinifelf even as a Loadftone Iron. 
 
 And Ficiniis in his Book teacheth , that no man can 
 come to the perfeftion of this Art , who (hall not know 
 the principles of it in himfelf: But by how much the 
 more every one (hall knqw himfelf, by (b muchheob^ 
 taineth the greater power ofattrafting it>and by fo muclr 
 operateth greater and more wonderful things, and will 
 afeend to fo great a perfeftion, that l^e is mJi4e the Soji 
 of God, and ii> tranflated into tha^t Image which is 
 God, and is united with him 5 which is not granted to 
 Angels, the World) or any Creature, but to man onely, 
 viz* to have power to be made the Son of God, arid 
 to be united to him ; but man being united to God, all 
 things which are in Man, are united ; efpecially his 
 Mindc, then his Spirits and Animal Powers, and vegeta^ 
 tive faculty : And the Elements are to the matter, 
 drawing with it felf even the body, whofe form it hath 
 been, leading it forth into a better condition, and an 
 Heavenly Nature, even until it be glorified into Immor-» 
 tality. And this which we have fpoken, is the peculiar 
 gift to man, to whom the dignity of the Divine Image 
 IS proper, and common to no other creature. 
 
 But there are fome Parfbns who ftudy this Art, aiid 
 make thofe powers of mans Memory, Underftanding and 
 Willjthe Image of the Divine Trinity ;others of the Prcl^ 
 by terian Clergy going further, do place this Image, not 
 onely in thefe three faculties, which they call the firft 
 AftSjbutalfointhefecondAfts; And as the Memory 
 reprefcnteth the Father ; The Underftanding the Son; 
 The Will, the Holy Ghoft : Soalfo the word produced 
 ftoift OHT Underftanding and Love, flowing from our 
 ^ " - Hhhj _ Will^ 
 
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102 The Temple of PVifdowe. Book II L 
 
 Will, a id the Underftanding it felf havinga prefent ob^ 
 jecT, and producing it, do let forth the Son, Spirit and 
 rather. ■ 
 
 And the more Zealous Proteftant Epi(copaI Mini- 
 Sers teach, that moreover, all our members do repre- 
 ient foniething in God, whofe Image they bear : And 
 that even in our pafTions we reprefentGod ; but by a 
 certain Analogy, Epifcopacie is the beft Religion, and 
 that which teacheth the idea of the Law. But to our 
 inatter : we read of the Wrath,Fury,Repentancc,Coai- 
 jplaccncie,Love, Hatred, Pleafure, Delegation, DeHght, 
 Indignation of God, d^r. And we have above Mo- 
 lten of the Members of God , which ir.ay be con» 
 gruent. 
 
 ' " Alfd Divine Tlato in ThiUhus confeffing the Diving 
 Trinity,dercribeth it lInder(landing,Lire and Brightnefs, 
 which circwhere he calleth theWord, Minde, and the 
 Spirit, and faith, that man is rrade after the Image of 
 God, doth reprefent the fame Trinity 5 for there is in 
 liman U'lderftanding Mind, a verifying Word, and a 
 Spirit, as it wcreaDivineBirightnefsdiifufing itfelfon 
 every fide, replenifhing all things, moving and knitting 
 them together : But this is not to be undcrftood of 
 the natural Spirit, which is the middle, by the which the 
 Soul i? united ; the flefh and the body, by which the bo- 
 dy liveth and afteth, and one member worketh on 
 another; Of the which Spirit we have fpokert before : 
 but we here fpeak of the natural Spirit ^ which yet in 
 fomt fort is al(b corporeal $ notwithftanding it hath not 
 s grofs body, tangible and vifible, but a more fubtle bo- 
 dy, and eafie to be united with tfec Minde, viz, that 
 Superiour and Divine one' which is in us. Neither let 
 ai^ wonder, if we fay that the rational (bul i« that (pi- 
 rit, and a corporeal thing, or- that it cither hath or fa«' 
 jyoureji fomething of cor|wcity,wiiil€iti5 in thebody^ 
 
Book III. _Theiemplec\mfmme^ "^ 1 05 
 
 and ufeth it as ah inftrunient : Iffo be, chat you (hall im- 
 derftand, vvhat , amongft the Platonifts that Etherial 
 Bocjyof the Soiil, and Chariot of the fame may be. 
 Therefore in like manner they place three things in Man, 
 \yhicb f hey call the Supreme, Lovvdl: and Middle. And 
 as we fay the Rulers, Idea's and l-igures, fo the Supreme 
 is that Divine' thing which they call the Mind , or fupe- 
 riour Portion , or illuminated Intelleft. Mofes in Ge- 
 nef's call th it the breath of Jifc^ viz* breath from Gojj, 
 or his Spirit infpired into us. The Loweft is the Ctnfy' 
 ^ive Soul, which they alfo call an mi^ge : St. Paul the 
 Apoftle nameth it, the Animal Man : The Middle is the 
 reafbnable Spirit, knitting and tying together both ck- 
 treams, viz. The Animal Soul with the Minde favosi^ 
 ring of the Nature of both extrear.s, yet it diftereth 
 from that Supreme, which is called the Illuminated In- 
 telleft , the Minde, Light and Supreme Portion : It 
 dificreth alfo from the Animal ^oul, from the which 
 the Apoftle teacheth us, that we ought to fcparate it by 
 the power of the Word of God 5 faying, Jbe Word of 
 God is fovperful and lively^ more penetrating ihcn a trfio^ 
 edged Svpord^Mefchig even to the dividing of the Soul and 
 Sprit : For as that Supreme never fmneth, never conr 
 fenteth to evil, and always relifteth errour, andexhor* 
 teth to the beft thing's: fo that Inferiour Portionand 
 Animal Soul is always overwhelmed In evil, in fin and 
 concupifcence, and draweth to the worft things j of the 
 which St. Paul faith , / fee another Law in my members^ 
 hadijig me Captive to the Law of fin. The Minde there^ 
 fore the Supreme Portion is never damned ; but whe/i 
 its companions ar6 to be puniftied, goeth away unhur| 
 initb its Original : But the Spirit, which by Philo Ju-^ 
 ^ii^j is called the reafonable Soul, feeing it is by its Na* 
 tare free, andean according to hispleafure adhere t^ 
 cither of (hc0i> if i^ conftantly adhere to thcSuperiour 
 
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1 04 The Jempie ofmfdo'ne. Book 1 1 1. 
 
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 Portion, is at length united and beaunfted vvith.it, im- 
 jtii it be affumed into God. If it adhere unto the in- 
 feriour Soul, it is depraved and becoi^^es vidous, until 
 it be made a wicked Spirit. But thus much concern- 
 ing the Minde and Spirit. / 
 
 Noiv let us fee concerning the fpeech or \vor d; Prince 
 fhroates th\nktt)[\ this of the fame vahie for immor- 
 tality : for fpeech or word is that without which 
 liotfeing is done or can be done ; for it is the exprelTion 
 of theExpreflbr, and the thing exprefled , and the fpca- 
 king of the Speaker 5 and that which fpeaketh is fpc^ch 
 ior word : and the conception of the Conceivcr , and 
 that which conceiveth , is the word ; and the writing 
 of the Writer, and that which writ^th, is the word 5 and 
 the forming of t he iForma*, and that which formeth, is 
 the word ; and the creation of the Creator , and that 
 which createrh, is the word ; and the doing of f he poer, 
 and that which is done^ is the word ; and the knowledge 
 of him that knoweth , and the thing known is the word ; 
 and every thingthat canbe fpoken is but a wordjand it's 
 called quality, for it carrieth its felf equally towards all, 
 feting that it is not one thing more then another, equally 
 bcftowing on all , that they may be that which they are, 
 neither more nor lefs ; and its felf being fenfible, doth 
 inake it felf and all things fenfible , as light ms^keth it felf 
 and all things vifible : therefore the word is calle4 by 
 J)es Cariej , the bright Sun of the Mind : for the Con*^ 
 ception by which the Mind conceiveth it felf, is the in-» 
 (rinfecal word generated from the mind, viz^ the know* 
 ledge of it felf," . ^ 
 
 '" But the extrinftcaland vocal word, is the off-{pring 
 and maiifcftation of that word, and a fplrit proceeding 
 hwt of the mouth with (c)und and voyce Signifying (bme^ 
 jhing, but every vpyceofours, fpeech and word, uniefs 
 it be formed by the voyce of God ^ is mingled with the 
 
Book III. The Temple ofmfdome. I05 
 
 Air, aiidvanifheth: but the Spirit and Word of God 
 rcmainctb, life and fenfe accompanying it. 
 
 Therefore all ourfpeech, words , fpirit and voycc, 
 have np power in this Book , unlefs they be formed by 
 the Divir*e Word. My Lord Bacou m his Advancement 
 of Learnings (aith , That there if 7idt a?iy Verme ^ either 
 Natural or Mortal^ unlefs through God, hnd in another 
 place he affirmeth , That nur Vnderfiandin^ being good 
 and found , can do very much on the fecrets of Nature 5 if 
 fo be that the influence of the Divine power beprefent^otber^ 
 mfe nothing at all. So alfo our words can do very ma- 
 ny miracles, if they be formed by the word of God, in 
 which alfo our univer(al Generation is perfefted, as E- 
 fay {aith, By thy countenance, O Lord,we have conceiv- 
 ed , as women rightly counceive by the countenance of 
 their husbands, and have brought forth fpirit Hither in 
 fome fort belongeth that which is delivered by the R<7- 
 fie Crucians , I'iz. that Johannes de Spagnet of this Opi- 
 nion brought forth a Virgin out of his fide. 
 
 And amongft the Mahometans there is a conftant opi- 
 nion that many whom at Muggadore and Sapphee in their 
 tongues they call Nefe Sohli , are born by a fecret man- 
 ner of Divine Difpenfation without carnal Copulation, 
 whofelife is therefore wonderful andimpalliblej and as 
 it were Angelical , and altogether fupernatural. But 
 thefe trifles we leave : onely the King Mejji as ^the Word 
 qf the Father made flefh, Chrift Jefus hath revealed this 
 fecret, and will for thermanifeft it at a certain fulnefs of 
 lime : therefore a minde very like himfelf, 
 
 . ,Asa Prieflfiith of the Clergy-man Mr, I?»j<rre, irl 
 ihefeVerfes: 
 
 Cod gave ManKeafon^ that like Veitiejt 
 Mi.mgbtbnngjonkijodsm^ 
 
I o 6 The Temple of mfu^ me. Book I II. 
 
 . happy he^ thath^otvs hii rvorthy andhovo 
 He eifual U unto the Gods above, 
 ^hej reprefs T> anger s^y make 'Difeafesfly : 
 jThey give Trefagesy and from Mifery .! 
 
 Deliver me?!', ren^ard the goody and iU 
 Chajlife^ andfo the will cf God fulfil, 
 fhepf are Vifciplesy and the Sons of God 
 Moft high that ieofh his IFord abroad. : ' J 
 
 Who are not born ofthe will of Fjefh,or of Man, or 
 of a Menfti uous Woman ^ but of God. But it is an U- 
 ni verfal Generation, in which the Son is like the Father 
 in ail manner of Similitude; and in the which, that 
 which is begot is the (ime iji Specie with the begetters 
 And tills is the power of the Word formed by the 
 Minde, and received into a fubjeft rightly difpofed^ as 
 feed into the Matrix for the Generation: but Ifay, 
 difpofed and rightly received, becaufe that all are not 
 partakers of the Word after the fame manner, but o- 
 (thers otherwife: And thefe are the moft hidden fe- 
 rrets of this Art J which ought not to be further 
 publifhed. 
 
 But f divtrticulo in vtamyVit have deviated too far, we 
 muftturn into our road again, and teach yott how to 
 give judgement upon a Figure, and i-efotve any Que- 
 fiion, either paft, prefent, or to come ; we have ondy i 
 lirged by this way ofn^oc/MMK, or preface unto this moft I 
 f:onfiderable Art, for to fati^e the tender confcienccsof I 
 the Vulgar perfons , into whofe hands we know this ' 
 Book will come : poffibly it may prevent alfo the pre- 
 judicate opiniois of the better Learned, againft the fa-- 
 cred i\rt, moft choice and excellent, by very few 
 underftood, to teach them^ we (hew in ourenfuingA« 
 phorifms. ' ^ 
 
 Now give the Afcetident or firft Houfe, and the Fi- 
 
Book IIL Thf Temple o^mfdorne. 107 
 
 gure in it, to iignifie the Parfon or Clergy-man^ becaufe 
 he is Querent ; and let the ninth Houfe fignifie the Par- 
 fonage or other Ecclefiaftical preferment fought af» 
 ter. 
 
 If the firft and ninth be in Conjunftion or good 
 Afpeft, gives great hopes that the Miniftcr or Que- 
 rent oJay obtain the Parfonage or Benefice fought aif- 
 jter. . 
 
 If the principal fignificators be in -X-orC^ Afpe^i, in 
 mutual reception ; denotes the Querent fliall obtain the 
 Benefice with littl^ trouble. 
 
 When the fir ft fliall be joyned to Figures of Hi/i 
 mad ov Sorath ^ or in :¥• or A to either of them; 
 ^he Querent fliall obtain the Benefice fought af- 
 fcr. \ ■■' ' 
 
 But if none of the Teftimonies happen, it will be 
 a very difficult matter to obtain the Parfonage de- 
 fired. 
 
 Ill Figures in the nint;h and firft , or afflifting the 
 ninth or firft Figures, ftiews much trouble and vexation 
 to Vicar or Curate, or the Parfon that enquires after 
 the Benefice, and it will never be obtained. Fortunate 
 Figures, in fortunate Houfes befriending the iignifica- 
 tors, give hopes of the bufinefs enquircd( after : in- 
 fortunate Figures being in fortunate Houfes , and afflift 
 the fignificators of the bufinefs, will not come to any 
 ^hing, :;:;:/;.';i:i.: :-.: aJ^iH - -^ 
 
 0/ Dreamy. 
 
 IF a man hath dreamed a Dream, and he hath forgot 
 what it. is 5 or if you would know what another 
 jhinkcttts make a Figure and judge as foiiowetb* accor^ 
 $ns to the Me in ih^ fccoacj BqqIs. 
 
 The 
 
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 Bc^krm^ 
 
 The demand. Dream or 
 thought was for Silver. 1 
 
 % Hi 
 
 Of a thing he did love, 
 or of a Friend, or of a Voy-;man with Child, or of Mar- 
 
 riage,orofa loiirney 
 
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 The Dream was of Mo- 
 ney, Voyage, or a thing 
 loft| or touchi ng Coiifins. 
 
 Of Mirth, or of a Wo-'; 
 
 age he would take 
 
 Of a Womans death, or 
 of Mone* . 
 
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 Of a red thing , or of 
 blood. 
 
 pr Merchandize , chan 
 ging of Lodging, or of an 
 Union. 
 
 Of Wars, or of things of 
 Malice. 
 
 Qf Fwr> Death, or of 
 
 Gain, 
 
 
 Of changing fr<«i 
 place Co another. 
 
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Book III . The Temple of mfdome. 
 
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 Of the Lofs of Money, 
 
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 and of the Way. 
 
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 Of fome Pcrfon which' Of a thing bought, loft 
 
 ih with fome Lord. 'orftollcn: of Sicknefe and 
 
 invocation of Spirits. 
 
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 Of Imprifonment, Sick- 
 
 Of fomefufpition. 
 
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 Offomethingloft, ftrife 
 
 Women 3 Money, or ofor debate, or of the way, 1 
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 Of fiekncfs , of things 
 
 Of a great Robbery, of 
 
 loftjorofimprifonment. jCompany , of iTiprifon- 
 
 ment , orofthevtay. 
 
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 the Temple of^/fdome. Book III, 
 
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 ¥f 
 
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 Of Fear, Fortune, or 
 
 Of Changing of Lodg- 
 
 Gain by Women. 
 
 ing. 
 
 Of the way, or of things 
 (ad and melancholy. 
 
 Of (bmething he is in 
 doubt of, of a Voyage, or 
 things loft, of Money. 
 
 Of Gain to be had by ^ ^ ., 
 
 traffick 5 or moving from made, or of fome lofs. 
 
 place to place, or of Child-' 
 
 birth. 
 
 Of fome Journey to be 
 
 Of Bloodflied, or of a 
 
 red thingjor of fome fright.|of Love* 
 
 if i(- 
 if if 
 
 if 
 if if 
 Of a Woman, Money, ot 
 
 if 
 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 if if 
 
 Of fome good and merry 
 
 thing 
 
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 if ^ 
 
 if^^ 
 
 if 
 
 Of fear , or of the dif-j 
 
 piealure of friends. 
 
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Book 11 1 . The T-emple o\ivj'dume. ill 
 
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 * 
 
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 Of Women, or of Mo- 
 rtey, or of Cattle. 
 
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 Of Coxe body that he 
 lovethjor of the Way, or 
 of melancholy by reafon of 
 Sicknefs. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Judgements fcrtairiing to the tenth Houfe, 
 
 THe Honour^ Office or Dignity, Profeflion or Ma- 
 gifteryof each Qiierent, is known from the tenth 
 Hoiife : And thefe interrogations arc commonly proi- 
 pounded, viz. i. Shall the Qiier en t obtain the Office 
 or Dignity defired ? 2. Shall he remain in the Employ- 
 ment he pofleiTes? 3. What Magiftcry orProfeffiort 
 will be beft tor any one to fbilow > 
 
 I. 
 
 Shall the Querent oh am the Office orVignitj defired ^ . 
 
 jTGii muft always remember to give thefirftHoufe 
 
 and what Figure you finde there, to fignifie the 
 
 Querent; let him be of high or low degree: and the 
 
 renth Houfe, and what Figure you finde there, (hall rs- 
 
 prefentthe Office, Honour or Dignity fought after. 
 
 If therefore the firft Figure fhall be joyned to the 
 :enth , or (hail friendly regard the tenth by a :^f or ^3 
 :he Querent (hall obtain the Dignity fought after by his 
 riduftry, and themeank he will ufe. 
 
 If the firit Figure (hall move with the earth , and her 
 Rulers and Idea's into th^ tench , and not afflifted ? the 
 
 Que- 
 
112 Thf^ Temple o]PV^jciome. Bock 111. 
 
 Qiierent fhall obtain the Honour and Office ^ &c, which 
 he feeks after. 
 
 Fortunate Figures in the tenth having power in the 
 Afcendent , declare the Querent fli all obtain the Office 
 or Dignity deiired. 
 
 But if none of the aforefaid Configurations happen 
 among the Significacors aforefaid , you may conclude 
 the honour and preferment fought after by the Qiie- 
 rent, will not be obtained : No , although he have the 
 greateft promises and moft probable hopes that is poF 
 fible a pci ion can have of any thing, 
 
 U. 
 
 Shall]af€rfon retnain in the Em^lojment he fojjejfes ^ 
 
 1317 Hen a perfon is in in Employment, Office, &c* ^nd 
 ^ ^ is iea!^ r ?f -dng turned out, fee if the firfl a-id 
 tenth Figures arcin company with good Figures, and 
 in good ^fr^eft together i you may concli> :!'^' , finding a 
 good pi ojeftin of Figures, that"! ,i ^^i^rent (hah en- 
 Joy the place he at prelentpofle ; 
 
 If the firft Figure go into t : : ,th , it prenotes the 
 Querent to keep and remai 2 i.«c pUccheat pielcnt 
 poflefles. 
 
 But if the firft (hall br . n □ or cP by place and nature 
 with the tenth Figure t porteiids the Querent in dan- 
 ger to loofc tnc Offic or Employment he holds or pof- 
 lell^s. 
 
 III. 
 Jf^hat Magifterj or Vrefermm Vp'tUhitefi for any one tofoU jj 
 
 lon>^ 
 
 THis queftion is onely fit to be propounded by fuch 
 perfons that arc capable of aProfcffion, &** and J 
 not by chofe chat; live and move in a bigW fpherei and^ 
 
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 Book Hi. J he I effiple o] t^ijdome. 115 
 
 ■ — ' " * " ■« 
 
 when a perfon convenient and proper propounds the 
 QiieftioHj either for himfclfot Friends, &c. you may 
 anfwer him according to thefe following Aphorifms ; 
 you are to coniider the Afcetident or Figure that is ia 
 thefirft Houfe : for the perfon enquiring, and the Fi- 
 gure in the tenth : and Barzabel and Kedemel^ for the 
 Trade and ProfeiTion of the Qnerent, &c* And con- 
 iider the Afpefts between their Figures and the 
 firft. 
 
 If the Figures governed by fiery Idea's, happen to be 
 (ignificacor 5 yau may judge the Querent will do well 
 in any ProfeiTion that relates thereunto, according to 
 his capacity of Birth : as if he be of quality fuitablcj 
 let him turn Chymift, Phyiitlanj Jeweller, Chyrur- 
 geon, Gold-fmith, Silver^^fmith or Apothecary. !£" 
 of a mean condition, he may make a good Ar- 
 morour. Cutler, Smith, Baker, Clafs-maker, and 
 the like. 
 
 The fignificators in Aired Figures; if the Birth of 
 the Qiierent be not mean, he may make a Lawyer, 
 Arithmetician, Acconr.ptant, Geoxetrician or Sur- 
 veyor, Scrivener, Clerk, Aftronomer,€^c. But if he 
 be of a mean Parentage, he may make a good Hi- 
 berdafher of fmail Wares , a MiUencr , a Painter, 
 a Draper , or one that may deal in ail retail Coxmo*- 
 ditics. 
 
 But if the Idea's (hall be in Earthy Figures, the Que- 
 rent may nake a good Farmer or Husbandman, Gard- 
 ner, Groom, Grazier, Farrier or Coach-maker, But- 
 cher or Brick-maker, Joyner or Carpenter, Turner or 
 ^'Shoo-maker, Collier, Carter, Shepherd, Neatheard^ ' 
 Day-labourer 5 and indeed any kinde of fervile Work 
 or Employment. 
 
 If the Idea's of the ProfefDon (hall be in Watery 
 Figures and lignificators, it may denote th« Querenfi 
 
 1 s i t7 
 
114 The Temple of fVif^lome. Booklll. 
 
 to do well in Brewing, Malting, in felling Wines, in 
 Vi^iialling, in turning a Fifh-monger or Saylor 5 he 
 may make a good Water-man^ordowellinanything 
 chat belongeth to the watery Element. 
 
 If the firil and tenth Figuresfhall bein^Jf or A A- 
 fpeft 5 that nuift be the Pv^:cKio:i he (hall follow : If the 
 RulerSjIdca's, Figures and Element? agree in nature and 
 quality with the Genius of the Querent f i, e,J if they 
 move to goodBoufes and there ftand. 
 
 But if the fignificators of Trade (hall be afRifted in 
 cadent places of the Figure, and in D or cP to each o- 
 ther ; yo u may then fay that the Querent will not thrive 
 by his Trade or Profeilion. 
 
 And thus much may ferve for the judgement of the 
 tenth Houle. 
 
 CHAP. XVIIL 
 
 Hon? io judge a Figure of the Day* 
 
 NOw we are among Friends, let us fee whether 
 the day will be pleafant and youthful for 
 rport. 
 
 Thf 
 
Book 111. The Temple offVifdome. 
 
 iiS 
 
 The firft Figure is fortuna Major 5 and becaufe it is 
 affociated with Acq4ifnh^ which is a good FigurejfigiiJ- 
 fieth a pleafant Morning, and that about feven a clock 
 he (hall receive Money. The third, which is Alhm^ is 
 good to make a fhort voyage , and fignifies that Letters 
 fiiall bring goodnewes; it is alfo good for all the de- 
 mands which may be made upon Friends and Kinsfolk. 
 The fourth, which is Cafut'Draconk^ figniiiethto Sup 
 with the fame Friends that he Dined withal, and that he 
 received Money of. The fifth, which is fofuluf-, figni- 
 fietha great Woman will not be pleafant, butfroward 
 in the company. Thefixth, vi\iKh\% Acqulfmo^ figni- 
 lii 2 &etU 
 
Il6 The Tempie of Wjj^'ome, Booklll. 
 
 fieth the love of the Drawers, and that they bring good 
 "Wines. Thefeventh^ which is P«e//*^, fignifieth to en- 
 joy the company of a merry and vertuous Lady at flip- 
 per. The eighth is good in all demands. The ninth 
 fignifieth that Counfellers and Lawyers,CIegy-men and 
 Learned Scholars will be in the company, and in their 
 mirth may talk of the King and noble things , for which 
 they will be in danger of imprifona.ent. The tenth 
 fignifieth to dine with men of Honow. And the ele- 
 venth makes them true Friends, and fiich which will 
 hate and abhor Sycophants, whofe friendfliip remains 
 onely while (he Sun fhines : we love that friend that 
 is true hearted. 
 
 'Of X trfepoy (t^w Kfcw^w s>t ?fw<y <xaac t) raf«» 
 
 Jam gravis illi mihi 7iigri quam limini ditis^ 
 Ore alindqmfert aliudfnb fedora eelau 
 
 As vale of death ^fo do I hate that hjnde^ 
 
 Whofe tongue from heart^vphofe mouth diffentsfrom minde. 
 
 The twelfth, which is Cowj^wfr/V, fignifieth that the 
 perfonftiall receive no damage from his enemies : And 
 becaufe the tenth is a good Figure, it fignifieth mirth 
 about noon : And becaufe the feventh alfo is a good 
 Figure in C^ to the eleventh, he (hall fup with the fame 
 he dined with , and they will drink together until 
 midnight. And this is the manner to judge a Figure 
 for the fortune of the day. 
 
Book III. The Tciple o] fV/'fdome, 
 
 117 
 
 A Figure of the H^eek^judgcd, 
 
 EVennow as the Figure before is for an Example to 
 make a Figure to know the fortune of the day iti 
 any queftion propounded 5 fo (hall this be for Example 
 of thofe queftions propouaded,to know what (hall hap- 
 pen that Week. And here followeth a Scheam of the 
 
 Figure : Within the firft Line is all the Idea's that natu- 
 rally govern the Houfes : In the fecond Line is all the 
 Idea's that govern the Figures that are accidentally pro- 
 lefted in the third Line : In the fourth Line are the Ru- 
 lers that naturally govern the Houfes and the Idea's : In 
 
J 1 6 The temple ofmfdorne. Book III. 
 
 ■ "" ■ " " ■*»— ^.— i^i— fc— ^— ,,.... 1 
 
 the fifth Line are thofe that govern the Figures : In the 
 fixth place are the Co-fignificators : And becaufe TueUa 
 is in the firft, and her Idea and Ruler be friends to the 
 fiatufal fignificators, it fignifieth that the Week (hall 
 have a very good beginning. The fecond, which is 
 fortuna Minor ^ fignifieth that there will be but fmall 
 profit. The third, which is C^uda Vraconis^ fheweth 
 that one of the Kinsfolks of the Querent is difcon- 
 tented. The fourth, which is Career^ which goeth in- 
 to the eighth and eleventh,fignifieth difcontent or death 
 of Friends. The fifth is Via^ and fignifieth that Letters 
 will be brought (hortly with good news. The fixth, 
 which is Conyin^tio^ and a Figure of Figures, (heweth 
 good and loyal fervants. The fcventh is Jmijfjo^ and a 
 Figure of Figures, but very ill, becaufe of the Cofigni- • 
 ficator, and natural Idea, and accidental Figure, which 
 jdo h6t agree in Element 5 and therefore fignifieth anger 
 with women. The eighth, which is Career^ (heweth of 
 |the death of a Friend, or elfe of fomething of Spirits, 
 The ninth, which is Caput Vraeonis^ fignifieth a hope to 
 Tccrivc^ Mony, and yet not receive it. The tenth, 
 |i^hich is Caput Vraconis^ doth fignifie to dine with a 
 great Lord this week. The eleventh, which is Career ^ 
 ngnifieth as before. The twelfth fignifieth a good 
 time to buy Horfes and other great Beafts, asd that 
 Enemies (hall become friends. But you muft underftand 
 by this Figure, that the firft fignifieth the fixth hour 
 after Sun-rifingjand foofall the others unto the twelfth: 
 The firft and itcond together, do fignifie the firft day 
 0^ the week : The third and fourth , the fecond ; 
 and fo of the others m profieeding from vso unto 
 
Book III. Thf Temple offTifdome. 
 
 119 
 
 A Fknre of the Months for a Gmthmm at White- 
 Hall. 
 
 THe firft Figure is a Figure of joy, called Jcquifitio^ 
 fignitieth the beginning of the Month to be good : 
 and becaufe (he is accompanied with Fopulus^ which is 
 the Figure of the Element of the Water, it fignifieth 
 that the ways (hall be very foul. L£titia, which is the 
 third, fignifieth peace and concord amongft Friends 
 and Kinsfolks. The fourth is Fucr , and fignifieth 
 a mediocrity in all affairs and bufinefs. The fifth is 
 Fortma Major y and fignifieth to take pleafure in fine 
 Cloathesj trimmed with God-lace and fuch Ribbon ; 
 
 1114 and 
 
J20 The Temple ofwifdome. Book lil- 
 
 tnd to eat and drink^and feaft, and to have acquaintance 
 of women. The fixth, which is Career^ and goeth into 
 the eighth and twelfth Houfes, fignifieth the death of 
 fome of hisfervants, or to be held prifoner, or elfe fome 
 of hisHorfcs to die : And becaufe the feventh, which is 
 Topulusy is in the fecond, and is accompanied with Car- 
 eer; it fignifieth that he (hall Marry a Lady fair bodied, 
 beautiful in fome obfciire place. The eighth^ which is 
 Career, fignifieth he Ihalldo his bufinefs with great Wit 
 andPolicie : And becaufe the ninth is in the firft, it fig- 
 nifieth that he (hall have Money this Month; and that 
 the Wages and enterprizes which he fhall make, fliall 
 turn to his great honour and profit : And becaufe it 
 goeth into the tenth, it fignifieth thereby to have the 
 favour of the King. The eleventh, which is ^mifftOy 
 fignifieth that he is not beloved of thofe whom he 
 taketh to be his friends. ' The twelfth, which is Career y 
 fignifieth as we told y6ti before. Moreover, you muft 
 note in this Figure, that in this Figure the three firft fig- 
 nifie the firft week; the next three, the fecond week; 
 the feventh, eighth, ninth, the third week 5 the three 
 laft, the fourth week. You may place the Idea's and 
 Rulers intheScheam, if you will ; but it needs not, if 
 you remember their natural and accidental fignifica? 
 ^lonf. 
 
 ^"V^ 
 
Book 111. The Temple of^fdome. 
 
 121 
 
 4 Figure for the Tear i6'^l^ for the King, 
 
 THis prefent Figure (lieweth that the King (hall be 
 fortunate this year by reafon of u4cqmfitioi:us Idea 
 and Ruler in thefirftHoufe: and bccaufe the (aid Fi- 
 gure is good, and pa0eth into the eleventh , it doth fig- 
 nifie that the King (hall come to a point with his Ene- 
 mies, and obtain many Friends. The fecond, becaufeit 
 is a good Figure, fignifieth that he (hall have more mo- 
 ney then he had other years before, and then he (hall 
 gain much. The third fignifieth durty travelling, 
 and wearifome. The fourth being an ill Figure, figni- 
 fieth that he (hall be angry about fome Landsj Woods 
 
 and 
 
1 2 s The Tern fie of wifdome. Book III, , 
 
 »— — — — ^^*^'"^— -^ ' I ■ III— ^— — ^^« ' I ■ 
 
 and Hoiifes that will \^t deftroyed in the War : And be- 
 caufc the fourth goeth into the tenth, it fignifieth that* 
 another would keep his Lands fro.Ti him by force, when 
 Oliver Cromml is dead. The fifth, fignifieth that he 
 will be angry with one of his kinsfolks. The fe venth is 
 • an ill Figure, and fignifieth that his enemies will endea- 
 vour to War with him. The eighth fignifieth that he 
 (hall not be in any danger of death this year. The ninth 
 fignifieth that the Clergy will this year ftand affefted to 
 ^im. The tenth fignifieth that his Servants (hall be 
 true to him. As touching the eleventh, becaufe the firft 
 and that are both governed by one Ruler , it fignifieth 
 good friends and faithful. And becaufe the firft is a 
 good Figure, I faid when John Bdoker and I difputed 
 about government* that the King in May 1660, would 
 come again to his own, as Mr. John Empfon at the Fiery 
 Beacon in Dukes-place, Mr. Erringtor/y Mr. Floods and 
 Mr. Edvpard Edvoards at the Fountain, over againft the 
 Rofe-tavern in King-Jireet, TFeftt^inftery and many o- 
 thers can witnefs. And fince that, the 2 9 day of June 
 1660, the King being at fupper with the Duke of ^?/ci^- 
 i«g^^>w, and our felf being there; the Duke again veri- 
 fied this Art, and hath found it infallible,being as it were 
 Kofie Crmian Axiomata. Now it is not lawful for me 
 to tell you what (hall happen in England : hd mihi ! I 
 dare not : I would all the Kings friends were as faithful 
 as the Duke of Buckingham^ the Lord oiOxford^ Sir 
 John Hanntery Sir Ralph Freeman^ and noble Colonel 
 Samuel Sandjs latc Governour of fForcefter in the 
 Wars. 
 
 CHAPj 
 
Book III. ne Temple o^mfdome, 1 2 5 
 
 • "" ' ■' ■ ■ I ^ 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 The ^Ifhahet of j^ngds and Gemi^ or the writing ant 
 Language of Heaven* 
 
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 BeloL 
 
 Hi Hi 
 
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Book III . The Temple of mfdome. 
 
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 Washoga. 
 
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 ALthough our felf is not of the Theomagical Order 
 of the Holy Kofte Crofs 5 yet we have been very 
 ftudious and curious in fearching out their fecrct My- 
 ftcrious Learning near twenty years : befides, we have 
 fervedas a Clerk five yesirs in Cliffords-lKne^ and now 
 in Terme-time we follow the praftice of aaAtturney in 
 the KingS'hemh at Weftmivihr, But this is our Vacati- 
 on-Recreation, and it is profitable to our Praftice in the 
 Law J and by thefe Arts we gain credit : for we will un- 
 dertake no caufe that fhall go againft us 5 let the Plaintiif 
 or Defendant pretend what they will, we know before- 
 hand what good orevii willendthebufinefs5 and fa 
 we (contrary to others) endeavour peace, fave money 
 and trouble ; yet we do not profefs our felf a Scholar, 
 but a Gentleman, and that very fewArtiftscan do, 
 &c. 
 
 And thefe Studies and Aftions are natural to us^ as 
 you may fee by this Nativity following. 
 
 Lond$?2f 
 
TheTewfleofmfdome. Book III, - 
 
 ■ Now there's an Aftrologer would needs have 2 9 de- 
 grees of Gemini to be my true Afcendent, having no o- 
 feer rcafonfor itjbut that he had made my Nativity and 
 Sir Chr, ffejdm's like each other : this 1 attribute to a 
 kinde miftake •, but to re£tifie his errour(yet I am no pe* 
 daiitjbut the bufinefs concerns me otherwife, 1 fcorn it) 
 1 have 27 degrees o^Gemmi afcending? &c, as you may 
 fee by the Figure; and this is the character of my Angel 
 Guardian, v^hofe name is Malhi^ 
 tirid y as you may read in Ihe 
 Harmony of the World, It is npt O^ 
 our happinefs to know any man \ 
 that underftands thefe Divine / 
 Kofie Crucian ArtSj viz, Aftro* / . 
 mancy andGeomancy^Telefma* //^ 
 tical Images, and oqr Theomo- 3 
 gia in their Nataree> 
 
 NeiC 
 
Book III. The Temple ofmfdome. 
 
 127 
 
 Nextj for an Example, in all your works you muft be 
 careful that the Figures of Aftromancy and Geomancy 
 i^ree Harmonioufly, otherwifeyou will nevcrmake a 
 [relefme, nor can you finde what characters the AngeU 
 ind Rulers of the Heaven and Earth delight in. You 
 Tiuft alfo obfervethat the Metal muft befpermatick 
 ind Calloe, before the Aftrai Agent will reft upoa 
 i. 
 
 Mhs 
 
" I — - 
 
 128 TheTempko]mj^/orr.e. Bock 111. 
 
 Alius is in the firft Houfe, and his Ruler and Idea 
 are of the Nature of Gemini and Mercury in Virgo : and 
 chis is his Charafter drawn 
 froin the Figures. 
 
 Now although we know God and Spirits can fpeak 
 any Language, yet this before, they fay he is moft de- 
 lighted ill. But many doubt whether Angels or Cemi. 
 fince they bepureSpirits^ufeany vocal fpeech or tongue 
 aniongft themfelves. But St. Paul is our Authority, 
 when he faith in fome place, // I ffea\vpiththeumgue 
 of men andJrurels: Now this is the Idiome beforehand 
 by this and the Figures do we finde out tlie Angel 
 Guardian of every man, Celeftial and TerreftriaU And 
 feeing all Tongues have and do undergo various muta- 
 tions and corruptions h this and the Hehrnv do always 
 continue inviolaced. Moreover, an evident lign of this 
 opinion is, that though each Genius and Intelligence do 
 ufe the fpeech of thofe Nations with wiioni they do in- 
 habit 5 yet to them that do not underhand itjthey never 
 fpeak in any Idome, but in this. But now how Angels 
 fpeak is hid from us, as they thenifelves are; and what 
 man doth with a fenfible voyce, they do by imprefling 
 the conception of the fpeech in thofe to whom they 
 fpeak, after abetter manner then if they (hould exprefs 
 it by an audible voyce : f o the Flatonilfs fay, That 5/?- 
 craies perceived his Genius by fenfe indeed ; but not of 
 this body, but by the fenfe of the Etherial body concea-j 
 ted in this: ^ft^r which manner Averms believes thi 
 
 Angeij 
 
Book 111. 'J he lempleofpyifdome. 129 
 
 Angels were wont to be heard and feen by the Pro- 
 phets. That Inihument, vvhatfoever the virtue be, by 
 Which one Spirit makes known to another Spirit 
 what things are in his minde, is called by the Apoftle 
 St. Faul 5 Ihe "longtts of Angels : Yet oftentimes alio 
 they fend forth an audible voyce , as they that cryed 
 at the Afcenfion of^our Lord, Te men r?/ Galilee, w^ 
 fland ye here gazing into the Heave?i j? And in the Old 
 Law, they fpake to divers of the Fathers with a fenfi-^ 
 ble voyce : but this never, but when they alTumed bo- 
 dies, as you may read in The Harmony of the Worldy 
 and in Ihe Holy Guide. Let us proceed to other Que- 
 ftions. 
 
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 ^^l^E fet fail from London to 5^//y along the Coaft of 
 y ^ Barbary^ the 13 day of j^fril^ 1^4^, and had 
 
 Kfc fc gobi 
 
130 The I ernpie of mfdome , Book 1 1 1 
 
 good weather, outward bound. From Barhary we 
 ftood off to Sea with a frefh Winde for Chrifley in Ara-^ , 
 Hay and feared no body but Prince Kuperty bccaufewe 
 were of great force: viz* forty Guns all Demi-Can- 
 non and Demi-Culvering, and Sachers 5 and one hun- 
 dred lufty able Mariners , befides Gentlemen and Mer- 
 chants, that were PaffengerSc Now no Turks Man of 
 War durft come near us ; fo in a Months time we came 
 to Anchor , and being one day in privy council with 
 the Gentlemen, Captain and Merchants, and other Of- 
 ficers of the Ship , the Captain defired to know whe- 
 ther the King of England were well or not : fo I fa- 
 voured him with this Figure, and gave my judgement 
 thus : The King is very well,he will come into England^ 
 and in Septemher his Army will be worfted at Worccfter^ 
 and he will be forced tofhift for his life; which thing 
 grieves me. Now all our Friends in England are very 
 well, and we (hall make a good Voyage with the lofs af 
 one man , we (hall have ftormy weather homeward. 
 Next morning as foon as the Sun had faluted the Sea, 
 we Ipofed our Fore- top-fail, weighed, and made all full 
 fail until we came down the Kxsti: Euphrates to lower 
 Babylon 5 and from thence came home, and found eve- 
 ry thing true, as they had written from the Figure: 
 And thus to the honour of Art let this be fpoken* 
 
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 Dllring the Tyranny of the late Times ^ I was conti* 
 nually in trouble, fometimes in Lambeth-UoHfe^ 
 fonietimes in the Tower, fometimes in Jcjhua Lcad^ 
 beater the Meflengers houfe ; and yet the enemies of 
 God and the King confpire againft me : but I flail fee 
 their deftruftion : Now they help each other to ruine 
 the Kings beft Friends, and rout out his mod: faithful, as 
 you fhali finde hereafter* 
 
 In th^fe misfortunes was I many yeHrs, befides it coft 
 m€ above X 009 A and my Father 2000/, Bucatiaftbc- 
 
132 The Temple oj mfciome. Book 1 1 L 
 
 ing in company of difcontented Lords and Gentlemen, 
 one asked me this queftioiSL, Sir^ihaU I he beheaded? ano- 
 ther fays. Shall I be hang'd ? and thus every man feared 
 death, but my felf: And yet Oliver fwore to my face he 
 would be the death of me j but I feared not to tell him, 
 that it did not lie in bis power, although I was then be- 
 fore him; fbhe committed me^ faying, IJhalljeethis 
 irick^l keep him clofe prifoner. 
 
 And 1 anrwered their queftion thus: Gentlemen, lee 
 none of you be melancholy or affraid. For ourpMick^E^ 
 n,emie^ Oliver Cromwel, rvill die the third day p/Septem- 
 ber 5 and of our company^ poor Dolior Hcvjit^thatis gone 
 fTotnustothe Ton?er, he will fkffer , Glad was Captain 
 fViUiam Hill j Major Claudius Malhrank^^ Major "Tho^ 
 i^as Kevd^ and Edrvard Edr^ards 5 and although the 
 hft was not a Prifoner, yet he can witnefs this to be a 
 truth; and he lives at the Fountain in King-ftreet^Wejl- 
 tnifjfier ^near the Rofe-tavern, and the reft live near hioi : 
 if theArtift defire Atteftation , he may have it. Let 
 ihisbe alfo the tohonour of Art j and fo we proceed 
 to another queftion. 
 
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Book III. Tue Temple oj rvifaome. 
 
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 'T'His Gentle i:an defires to ktiow whether Mr. Monk^^ 
 now Lord General ; or Mr. Lamh^rty then called 
 Lord Lambert y (hould have belt 5 and by my Figure I 
 found that Mjnke muft be fortunate j and I faid, 7 hat he 
 'n^ould come into England, and that King Charles Jhould 
 again corns i?ito England , and be Crowned, Another 
 Figure I made, and found Acquifitio in the firft and 
 tenth, 1658, and gave my judgement; that in May 
 i65o J He vpould come into England; as Mr. Empfcn^tt 
 the Fiery Beacon in Creechurch-LsLWC 5 Mr* Erringtony 
 
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134 ^^^ femple ofmfdome. Book II I. 
 
 Mr. F/W, aod many more can witne(sV tp the advance- 
 ment of Art. Above a hundred thoufand timeshave I 
 experienced this Art^and never failed, if I took care to 
 examine what my Figure fignified : And if at any time 
 I (hould miftake. we are all but men ; and therefore may 
 errpoffiblyfometlmes. There are now many Dukes, 
 Marqueffes , Earls, Lords and Knights, favour this 
 A: f 5 as to name the moft Honourable Georo^e Villiars 
 Duke o( Buckjnfhaniy Charles Stuart Duke ofRichtnondy 
 the Marquefs of Worcefttr^ the Earl of Oxford^ the Lord 
 JSuckfiHrfiy the noble ?.nd Valiant Sir JohnHanmer^ andj 
 his Friend Ci^jr/e/ ?o«cr Efq^ the Learned Knightand 
 Cdonel Sir Kalfh Freeman-, andthe chief Champion of 
 Valour,the Pillar and proclaimer to the Honour of Arts, 
 ,^ohn Vigby Efq; and Colonel Samuel Sa?jdjf^ the Kings 
 faithful Subjea and Friend; and many more of tbe 
 Peers of the Realm : but I (ball name no more at this 
 time, let the Readers like or leave,as they finde by their 
 pwn experience. 
 
 CHAR XIX. 
 
 Judgements of the eleventh Houje, 
 
 ^His Houfe giveth judgement of the Friends of each 
 Qiierent; their faithfulnefs or fidelity, and of his 
 hopes, &c. The Queftions that be moft common unto 
 it, be thefe, 2;z2;. i. Shall the Friends of the Querent 
 prove faithful to him? 2» Shall the Querent obtain 
 V^hat he hopeth for \ 
 
 5. ShaU 
 
Book ill. rbeTempleo\mfdome. 135 
 
 I. 
 
 Shall the Trwtds of the ^erent prove faithful ? 
 
 HAving projefted your Figure as you were taughc 
 in the firft Part , obfervc the Afcendenr or firft 
 houfe 3 and his Figure ; and the Ruler and Idea are for 
 the Qiierent , and the eleventh for the friend of tke 
 Querent. Now if both thefe Figures be of one Ele- 
 ment 5 and governed by fuch Rulers and Idea's that na** 
 turally love one another, and they be in :¥• or^ Afpeft, 
 the friend will prove juft and faithful 5 elpecialiy if they 
 move into good places of the Figure. 
 
 If the firft move into the eleventh 5 it fliews affeftioti 
 between the Querent and his friend : and if good Fi- 
 gures behold them, the fame. 
 
 On the contrary ^ if you finde the firft moving into 
 an ill houfe, in Dor cP of the Infortunes in the eleventh, 
 you may judge the Querents friend is not faithful to 
 him. 
 
 The Dragons Tayl in the eleventh houfe, ftiews the 
 friends of theQierent to be very deceitful, let them 
 pretend never fo fair. 
 
 II. 
 
 Shallihe Querent ohtainn?hathe hopethfor? 
 
 \X7Hen a perfon hath hopes of a thing , and is unwil- 
 ling to declare what it is , yet would be refolved 
 what the effeft thereof may be , and accordingly pro- 
 pounds the queftion aforefaid 5 you arc to give the firft 
 and his Figure, Ruler and Idea, to fignifie him ; and the 
 eleventh, and the Ruler and fdeathat is attributed to 
 that Figure, to fignifie the matter or thing hoped for. 
 If the firft and eleventh be good Figures , and natu- 
 K\i\. A rally 
 
13,^ The Tern f le oj yy^J dome. Book 111. 
 
 rally agree in amity , and regard each other from good 
 houfes by ■)(- or A, you may conclude that the thing the 
 Querent hopeth for (hall be accompliflied , efpecially if 
 the Figures ie fixed. 
 
 If the Figures be moveable, he ftiall cither have no- 
 tking of what he hopes for^ or elfe fo little, that he had 
 even as good have been without it : If Bi-corporeal 
 Figures, he (hall then have onely a part of what he ho- 
 jeth to obtain. 
 
 If the fignificators be in D or cP, you may then 
 judge the matter hoped for will hardly be brought to 
 toerfeftion 5 or if it be, the Qi,ierent will have fq many 
 incumbrances and perplexities with it, that he will be 
 willing tp fliake it off ^again 5 for the evils fake that at- 
 tends it. ;'*'; 
 
 But if in the propounding the queftion, the Querent 
 tclleth you the particular thing he hopeth j youmuft 
 then take your fignification thereof from its proper 
 place, and fo vary your aforefaid Aphorifiis in your 
 judgement. And thus much for the eleventh 
 fioufe. 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 Judgements helcn^ing to the tvpelfth Houfe, 
 
 li^E judge by this Houfe of private Enemies, Capti- 
 . vitics and Imprifonments 5 and the Queftions 
 hereunto belonging are thefe. 
 
 1. Hath the Querent private Enemies? 2. What 
 ^re they > or how m.ay he kqow them> 3. Of a 
 Prifoner or Captive, when m^y he be freed, ^c. 
 Thefe Q.ueftions being refolved, we refolve to fit 
 
 ^own aad r eft from this our labour, and fo put 3l period 
 
 "^ ■ - ■ - ■ ■ ■ - • •■ jQ 
 
Bpoklll. The Temple of mfdo?7Je. 137 
 
 to this more prolix difcoiirfe of Telefoiatical Fi- 
 gures Acromatically written. 
 
 1. 
 
 Hath the ^erent private Emmies f 
 
 THis Queftion being propofed indifferentlv, obferve 
 how the Figures move, and fee what A{])eft may 
 be between the firft and twelfth, and from whatHoufe 
 it happens, and fo judge of the Querents private Ene^ 
 mies. 
 
 If the Afpeft be D or ^^ and out of malignant Houfes - 
 of the Figure, you may conclude the Querent hath 
 private Enemies : And if Zazel^ Hifmael or Barzabel 
 be Rulers of the Figure in the twelfth, the Enemies are 
 the more to be feared. But if Sorathy Kedcmely Tapb" 
 thartharatb ov Hafmoday Rule the Figure, they are not 
 fo dangerous : the more powerful they arejthe more de- 
 triment will the Querent fuftain by rhemj the lefs 
 powerful, the lefs evil and mifchief will they be able to 
 do. 
 
 Generally in our praftice we have foundjif any Figure 
 beiides the twelfth be in D or cF to the firft obfcure 
 places of the Figure, the Querent hath private Eue- 
 O^ies , i. e, by Motion. 
 
 II. 
 
 Who are bis private Enemies? how may he hnetfi 
 ihem ? 
 
 FOr to refolve this Queftion truely, obferV^e the firft 
 and tvyelfth Houfes j and if the firft be afflided 
 by the twelfth, and the third aftift, tell theQjerenc 
 his private Enemies are thofe that live neer him, 
 or are neerly related to him, viz* either a Brother, 
 
 KinCnan^ 
 
138 The Temple offVff^ome. Book III. I 
 
 — •■ ' — „ 
 
 KinfRian5N[eighbour5e>c. defcribe the perfon by the Flu- j 
 Icfa Idea and Figure afflifting. We will in this place, be- ! 
 caufe we have not done it before^teach you to knovv what I 
 manner of perfons the iixteen Figures fignifie by them- 
 felves in order. 
 ^ ^ Acquifmo fignifies a man of a middle ftature, 
 
 •X- fair, narrow fhouldred, full faced, of a (an- 
 % "X- guine complexion, full eyed, comely bearded, 
 
 :¥■ of good behaviour , fiiaxe-faced , well-willing, 
 given to Merchandize. The woman of like ftature, 
 living chafte and womanly , having two broad teeth 
 before, well fpoken and Religious, 
 % •)(- Fonuna Major ^ a man of middle ftature, his bo- 
 % !)(- dy compleat, offair behaviour , full faced, full 
 
 i^ eyed, of (anguine complexion, honeft, fliame-fa^ 
 
 r^ ced, black tjtd^ broad breafted, not very grofsof 
 body. The wom»n Maidenly or chafte, well-willing, 
 endued with all vertues and good fortunes. 
 
 nf- L£titia^ a man of comely body and reafbnable 
 ^ :¥• tall ftature, with a fair comely or round face, full 
 :)(■ ^ eyed, of a fanguine complexion, honeft, ftiame-^ 
 :^ :^ faced, black eyed, broad breafted, not grofs of 
 body. The women maidenly or chafte, well-willing, 
 endued with all virtues and good fortunes. 
 :)(- :^ j4lhm^ a man of a middle ftature, tending 
 -X- X (bmewhatto talnefs, whitelycomplexioaed^great 
 
 X headed and eyes, handfomc, a lover of Law, and 
 X- X- honeft,and Pteligious. The wonian chafte, well-^ 
 willing , joyful and light of underftanding , ingeni- 
 ous, fwift of moving, and delighteth in hearing and 
 feeing any thing which pertaineth tatearning. 
 
 ^ Jmijfio^ a man of indifferent ftature, fat, 
 ^ ^ yellowifti, having fome mark in the neck, great 
 
 ^ head, and broad ftioulders, little eyes, fair 
 ^ ^ mouth , a broad forehead. The woman wan-? 
 
 con. 
 
Book III. The Temple ofvyifdome, 139 
 
 ton, corrupted and luftful , of like making and cor- 
 pora ture as the man 5 but very cholerick of Na- 
 ture. 
 ^ Fortuna Mhtor 5 a man of middle ftature, full 
 ^ faced, big handed , proud and (lately, the tycs 
 
 * ^ between black and grey , which willingly doth 
 ^ ^ ferve to fome noble man : a good Houfe-hoider in 
 time, but not happy for the time prefent^in things which 
 he defireth or hopeth for : Of the women, give the 
 like judgement. 
 
 * -=5^ Trljlitia^ 2l man carekG , barbarous, without 
 
 * ^ law, fecrct or hidden, tall and dry, long vi(aged 
 ^ ^ and evil complexioned, long ill favoured teeth 
 
 * and (linking breath. The woman Luxurious, wil- 
 ling to con(ent to (ii againft nature, a lover of (er- 
 vants and ftrangers, given to all kind of ill andfccre? 
 en vie. 
 
 ^ ^ Kuheus^ a man of middle ftature, fat, high co- 
 ^ loured, having fharp and fierce looks, big veins, 
 ^ ^ the hair red or brown, (ierce and cholerick of 
 ^ ^ nature, yet a very cow^d in the field : a fcoffer o^ 
 mocker, one ill to meet withal, and an ill tongue, given 
 to all kind of vices. The woman corrupted, bloody, 
 unhealthful, and of ill behaviour. 
 ^ * Topdus^z man offierce ftature and complexion, 
 ^ ^ full feced, big bodied, broad breafted , having a 
 ^ ^ mark or hurt in the head, face or breaft 5 a great 
 ^ * pratler,a Iyer, and often penfive, unfteadfaft, of a 
 moving mJnde, loving things that pertain to water. 
 The woman likewife corrupted , but a good hou(e'* 
 keeper, much wavering of body and minde. 
 ^ A man of no tall ftature, ftiqrt necked, and 
 
 * long head, little beard, full faced, cholerick of 
 ^ ^ nature , fomewhat thick of body, delighting ia 
 
 ^ quarreling and martial afiaires, having («me mark 
 
 or 
 
1 40 The I'emple of mfdowe. Book III. 
 
 or fear in the face, (harp or fierce looks 5 and high co- 
 loured. The woman like unto the man, bothincor- 
 porature, complexion and qualities. 
 ^ ^ fonjuuCiio^ a man of whitifli or yellow com- 
 ^ plexion, long vifage, with a long or great nofe, 
 ^ broad teeth, thin beard, or few hairs in his face, 
 ^ ^ flender of body, fmall legs, fubtlc, politick and 
 crafty , and one that will learn many things without 
 teaching : he is loving, and fwift of fpeech, and of good 
 company. The woT.an like unto the man, both in cor- 
 porature and quality. 
 
 ^ ^ Capn Draconis^ a man of middle (lature, ra- 
 * ther tending to talnefs then othcrwife, full faced, 
 ^ his nofefome what long or great, a wide mouth, 
 ^ his teeth ill favoured, thick hair on the head, well 
 made of body, going upright, of indifferent grofnefi, 
 of good countenance and good behaviour. The wo- 
 man of like complexioiiji abounding in chaftity and vir- 
 ginity. ;;.'.^. 
 
 ^ Tuellaj a man of a middle ftaturc, tending to 
 ^ ^ talne{sj long necked, fuUfaced^ big headed, a lit- 
 
 ^ tie mouth, broad (houldred, well favoured a;id 
 
 ^ comely, full eyed, of a {anguine cor.plexion, the 
 hair or beard of a brownifh colour, of good behaviour, 
 pleafant, given to luft after women. The woT^an cor- 
 rupted, or made defirous to be corrupted, given to all 
 kind of mirth. 
 
 ^ Via^ a man of a tall frature, long necked, full 
 \ ^, faced, big headed and long , his teeth fair and 
 '^' clean, his body flender, being of yellowiOi com- 
 
 ^ plexion, thin bearded, or having few hairs on his 
 face , very unfteadFaft and moveable, and one that 
 loveth journeys. The woman in like manner as 
 uhi^mart, nfiverthclefs conftant, and chafte of bo- 
 dy. 
 
 Career^ 
 
Book ill. The fern pie oj iVifdome . 141 
 
 ^ Career^ a man of mean ftature, rather fomewhat 
 ^ ^ thick and (hort then otherwife, his face of indlffe- 
 ^ ^ rent fulnefs, of whitifh complexios, (hoi t teeth 
 ^ and crooked ^ growing one over another 5 (hort 
 arms *, iVill and clo(e of nature , and will keep things 
 fecret. The woman a Virgin , or at the leaft chaftc 
 of body, of like corporatiire and complexion of the 
 ir.an. 
 
 ^ Cauda Vraconis^ a man of a mean ftature, full 
 ^ faced/ittle head, and yellow, high coloured, with 
 * an ill fierce look, arrogant and proud ^ luxurious, 
 ^ ^ vagabond and envious, a quarelfome perfon^given 
 to all kinde of wickednefs. The woman of like complexi- 
 on, qualities and conditions, corrupted a?nd lecherous, 
 and given to all kind of wickednefs. 
 
 And thus by the Figures and Idea's and Rulers, you 
 may defcribe any perfon. 
 
 Now ifthe twelfth afftlft the Afcendent or firft Houfe, 
 and move into the fourth, or the natural Ruler andl- 
 dea of the fourth into the twelfth, and by D or cf af. 
 fliftjd^c, the Father of the Querent is his Enemie. If 
 the fifth, his Children (if he have any) or fome Meflen- 
 ger or Ale-houfe-keeper, Inne- keeper ,Vintner,or keeper 
 of a Play-houfe, c>c. will prove his private prejudicers. 
 If theiixth bean ill Figure, and of a Nature and Ele- 
 ment contrary to the firfl:, and in D or cf to the (ir% 
 from ill places of the Figure, an llnkle will maligne him*' 
 If the fevcnth Houfe, &c. the Wife or Partner (hall- 
 prove fecretly mifchievous unto him, &fcde Csteris^ 
 you (hall finde the perfon (ignified by that Houfe wheret 
 the Dragons Tail is projected, to be malicious and pre- 
 judicial to the Querent, chiefly if the Natural (ignifiT. 
 cator, or Co-fignificator of theHoufe, projeft their Fir 
 gure or Figures in fuch places where the Afccndea^©© 
 firftFig^ureisaftli^edai; the fame tirae* o > 
 
 HI. Of 
 
1^2 7 he Temple of^/j^ome. B ;ok III. 
 
 III. 
 
 Of a Frifoner or Captive^ whm may be he freed ? 
 
 A Moveable Figure in the firft, denotes freedom 
 from imprifoiiment in a fhort time 5 if it move in- 
 to the third or ninth, it argues a releafe from imprifon- 
 ment in a (hort time. 
 
 If the firft (hall be a better Figure then the twelfth, 
 and be in :if or A to the Figures of Hifmacl or Kedemely 
 you may then judge the Prifdner or Ca{)tive cannot 
 remain long in the Prifon where he is , but will be re« 
 leafed. 
 
 The Afcendent or Figure in the fourth, fixth, eighth 
 or twelfth Houfe, affli^ledby the Dor cPofthe infor- 
 tunes, Zazel or Barzabel^ the perfon in prifon v^W 
 not be difcharged in a long time ; and if the ill Fi- 
 gure be in the eighthj and afflift the firft> he will die in 
 prifon. 
 
 A fixed Figure in the firft^portends along and tedious 
 imprifonment: A common,the affli£kion will not be long; 
 if moveable, 'twill be very (hort : If the firft Figure be 
 Cadent from his Houfe or exaltation, it prefages long 
 imprifonment : If the Idea be incorporated into an ill 
 Figure of the hour, in which the Prifoner was taken^ 
 and that Figure be unfortunate in an ill Houfe, and go- 
 verned by either of the infortunate Rulers ; it declares 
 a tedious imprifonment, and very long captivity : But 
 if it (hall be a Fortune, the imprifonment cannot be 
 long, ... 
 
 Theonely way for the difcovery of the time in which 
 aPrifoneror Captive (hall bereleafed, is by obferving 
 thcFigUres of numbers, the Figures of hours, days, 
 weeks , months or years ; the moveable Ideas, the 
 comnaon and fixed, as we have taught before in feveral 
 
 places 
 
Book HI . The Temple of Wtfdome. 1 4 5 
 
 places j you may meafiire the time as you finde the Fi- 
 gures according to the inftruftlon, how long the party 
 (hall continue in priTon 3 and when he (hall be re- 
 leafed. 
 
 When you have learned this Art, thank God, and 
 ufeit, as, no doubt you will, to do good to other good 
 men: If any revile as, they are fafe enough, becaufe 
 the(e things are hid and unknown to the World ; and 
 fome delight to rail at all they do not underftand: 
 Therefore v^e took in hand this hard dangerous labour, 
 which all other of our Anceftors haverefufed, becaufe 
 they might be afhamed of their wrongful flandring of 
 Sir Cbrifiopher Heydon and others : And the wife and 
 well difpofed fee and take profit by the Truth of fo great 
 a blefling. 
 
 Now if we have flipt in words or truth of matter, 
 let them, think how common it is among men, and 
 weigh the good and bad together ; or elfe Zoroafter 
 himftlf, when he flips now and then, could never efcape 
 it : (and yet he was in an eafie matter, Man may 
 fain for ever ) And had Eugenius Philalethes^ and Jacoh 
 Bebmen , we think before him. : but you fee the Spiri- 
 tual , Celeftial and Elemental quality of the Matter. 
 Although my Pattern you do not fee, becaufe it is not 
 to my knowledge in the world to be feen : But what 
 care we > the Peers of England^znd thofe Noble men 
 whomwedefiretoferve and benefit, will take all things 
 in good part , and then the reft we pafTed by bng fince 
 unregarded. 
 
 And now to compleat our whole workj ob- 
 ferve (thefe Deviatioos as underwits may fup- 
 pofe them) this difcourfe is as it were a Pillar 
 
 of 
 
144 The Temple ofn^ij^^, Booklll. 
 
 of Lighc to I he iemple of PFifdom, and our both 
 Harmon-j o\ the fVorld^ and Hoij Guide. 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 Jiow men receive Qualifuatior.s {row the Stars. 
 Planets aud Ar^gels : A,.d how we m,.j haze the So- 
 ciety cf a Gemus: And hor, to put it mtofume- 
 thtr:-g, tkat tnltamly mil receive thrfiL:i,eave^Ji 
 gifts jor us. ' ^ 
 
 TN thefirfl: place, erefta Figure, when the Lord of 
 
 ^v, • -^ "*'*P°'^^'"^"''" hisHoufe, Exaltation, 
 Tnphctty Termor Face, Oriental in the Scheie, and 
 let the Lord of the AJce?!dent be fortunately confti- 
 nited ,n the face of the Sign that ^fimds Direft, free 
 from combuftion and ^^.-.-Beams: The Planets 
 are alfo powerful in the So. il>\Angk, and in the /^^A 
 f dignified as .n the ^fiendem or E<./ibut we muft take 
 need that tney be not in Conjunfiion, Square or OtpoCnion 
 ofthe two Malevolent ?W,., Saturn and m///, and 
 m none of thofe degrees are called Deep, Lame, Pit- 
 ted; and the tig'Tes of Ceomancy muft be fo fortu- 
 nate. If on muft obfervein very Figure of Aflrolode, 
 that the Eaft, South and ^'^/M^g/e/ be very fortunate 
 tn every work : You muft alfo make fortunate the Afi 
 cendent and his Lerd, the Sun, Moon and Part of Fortune. 
 and the Lord thereof, the Lord of the foregoing Co»! 
 juniiion and prevention. 
 
 If the evil Plamtsm unfortunate,un!efsthey be hap- 
 pily advantagious fignificators of the work; or if 
 in a Nativity or Rtvoluti^n, they had the pre- 
 
 dominancy 
 
Book 111. The Temple o\ iVifdome . 145 
 
 dominancie 5 io^ then they are not at all to be de- 
 
 prefled. 
 
 ^ ■ You muft above all have the Moon ftrong in her 
 
 'Houfe or Ex^hation^ free from combiiftion or Sun' 
 
 Beams, or evil Jfj?ebs of Saturn or Mars : let her be 
 
 Angular , in a degree convenient for your defired 
 work 5 and fo let all the reft of the Flanets be pofited, 
 
 "as you have here inftruftions 5 and then fall to your 
 work as you are taught by the Angels of God m Aftro- 
 mancy and Geomancy. 
 
 In th^^rft part of Capricorn and Saturn in it, in the 
 jifce7jdent , arifes an A7igel or (jcniju called Zaphief^ 
 and they make the Image of an old man fitting ufon a 
 
 :Chair^ and in his hand 4 book, , and under his feet a hunch 
 of grapes ; this Image is: made upon a Saturday^ in the 
 
 ' Hour o{ Saturn /m Leadj inftantly that it may receive 
 thefe Heavenlj gifts of God for us : Thej cover this Image 
 rrith black^or dark^ coloured Clothes^ itconduceth to the 
 
 prolongation of life with hapfi7iefs. Read. Ihe Holy 
 
 , Guide. 
 
 " Itcureth all difeafes of the right Ear^ Spleen ^ Bladder, 
 7ecthy Bones^ and infirmities of the ^artan ^guesy all 
 difeafes, Cc/<5l and Prj 5 Leprofie^ Morphcj^^ Cank^r^TeU 
 lorv Chuler^ f^hewmeSy ConfHmption of Lights -, Jliaca- 
 PaJJiOj blacky Jauijdtfe, vain defire of going to jiool, Trem* 
 hlingl blacky Qjoler , Palfus^ Loofiiefs of the Belly , long 
 Sickjzefs^ Dropfiefioughs^2ind the like difeafes, which pro- 
 ceed of cold humours ^the difeafes of the Kriees, zfcabbed 
 Face or red Pimples^ the Scab^ Infs of fpeech. Surdity, 
 Dimnefs and obfcurity of fight, leaver Sy Flux of bloodbj 
 t\iQ inferiouv parts, impediments of the Eyes, KesidThe 
 Holy Guide. 
 
 This Jngel Zaphiel is Melancholy, Solid, and fpeakj^ 
 they fay, in this Image, with a great voice. Divide and 
 Humans things^ that will perfect ffe^Z/i!? and Hafpinefr, 
 
14^ The lempie of mfdome. Book III.!! 
 
 and faith nothing is wanting, but will b^ diligent to bring : 
 all men unto it, except thofe that be lewd and fond by t 
 Birth and Nature, having their difference defaced, - 
 and being fo far from their kinde eftranged unto thej 
 kinde of Beafts : That although they lack not theiri 
 helps and furnitures, nor good will and endeavours to: 
 fct thern forward ; yet all will not fei ve to mend them, 
 and bring them to JFit and Gnodnefs ^ and happi- 
 nefs. 
 
 In the (econd q>an^Afc£7ideth two Men and a Woman 
 looking towards a Bir^ flying in the Air *, and the Gem- 
 m or Angel that arlfeth here , doth forbid to fearch af- 
 ter things that F I rfh and Blood cannot underftand. 
 ThisGe»i;//,they fayjgives us a Salve for thefetwo Sores. 
 that we may enjoy at lafta n^Wr ^ndperfeCi hapfinefj ; 
 He will (hew us the means how all foul and vitiousper - 
 fons may be cured and brought to health o^minde^ which 
 is Wit and Goodnefi : He faith alfo no cure can be skill- 
 fully performed , without the caufe be firft knov/n and 
 removed : the caufc of Happinefs^ of lo?7g Life^ oi 
 Healthy of Touthy of Riches^ of TFifdonie and good 
 Manners i and fo of the contraries, which this Anga 
 tells us at large, that one of thefe doth betray the other- 
 &c, Kezdlhe Holy Guide. 
 
 In the third ^art, when it Afcends^ and the whok 
 Heavens Tind Earth fortunate ; They make an Iniage oi 
 a Beautiful Toung man in Ze^^,which the Angel or Geni- 
 tts refteth on, and caufcth 7'emperatenefs of bodj^ ano 
 clearnefs alfo^ fuch as we were in the Etherial Region a 
 the Creation , or of the Nature of he Angels that muf 
 afliimc a Body o(FleJh in the time^ appointed by God 
 This ^ngel that never yet inhabited a Humane Nature. 
 faith, (they fay) I (hall be clogged with flefh and blooc 
 as you are : But becaufe we in the Etherial Region have 
 no fuch bounds and beginnings from the Womb, 
 
 yet. 
 
B ook 1 i I . ; hr I eirifle o] i^ytjdome, 1 47 
 
 ytt^ as themeafure of time have given and granted you : 
 And as it behooves us, if we mean to build any thing 
 our felves, to lay all the foundation 9 we in due time a- 
 mongft us, ifyou work after this manner, willtakethe 
 matter in hand again, and (hew you how thefe two are 
 the very caufers of Health of Minde , and Makers alto; 
 that is, Wife and Vertuous: We have liberty to teach 
 the wayj to apply the remedy , and give happinej(s, 
 &c, ■ ' . 
 
 They fay, you muft raife another ^ngel or Gemus Itk 
 the hour of Saturn y Aquarius Afcending, znd Saturn. 
 fortunately conftituted, whofe Figure was a Man aii4 
 zWoman madeinftantly at the day and hour of the ^217 
 \t\j£t : The A7jgels name is Salathiel, and hasa.//#<-- 
 mane voice : he begins to teach VVifdum^ (for that Jl^^iW'^ 
 ledge had to go before dohig ) and bids us let gp aH -the 
 ill fubtleties between Safimce and Prudence j and (ays, 
 the firft of thefe is to be feen in ge7ieral and everlafting^ 
 the other in particular changeable things : And becaufe 
 Je[us the Son of Sirach couples them together, he lets 
 the Holy Kofie Crucian alonejiud fays nothing againft this 
 judgement in this point, but prefers our Tongue be-» 
 fore either Greek^or Latine. He cures all ^ifeafcs of 
 the LeggSy or the infirmities , or the Jncifwns of the 
 Veins and fains cf the Ejesy as you finde in the firft 
 Book. 
 
 In the fecond Face, they {ay, Afcendeth an ^ngel 
 firong andpoTt?erful ; A7id this Figure is an old man with 
 a long Beardy and his name is Sadai : he caufeth Vnder- 
 \ ftanditig^ Meelqiefs^ Modefty^ Liberty^ and good mamiers 5 
 hefpeakj^ they {ay^ rvitb a voice humane : Sometimes 
 he fpeaks ofReligion^ Katienaly and will teach the com- 
 mon and trne Bounds of VViJdome j that is^ fFit and 
 Kripvfledge of Divine and humane things ^ and how thefe 
 contaiii all Mimis and Bodies, and the matters and afiairs 
 
 Lll a of 
 
148 The Temple of PVifdome. Book III, 
 
 of private Mew, F amilies and Commonvpealths ^ and that 
 it will be very hard to bring a Fool to undtrfiand 
 fhefe Matters, 
 
 In the third Face, Afcendj^ they fay, a blacky marty 
 and upon him defcends from Heaven an Angel through 
 the Che-mhins^ and hath his Influence through the Order 
 <)ij4hgels into the ^■j)here of the Moon^ and from thence 
 transferred into his Figwre ; he fpal^ with a great voice^ 
 and difcourfes of the Minde and SouJ^ and bids us call in 
 the Fhilofofhers^ and make them abide the brunt of 
 fometimes their Ignorance^ and fometimes their Eww'e, 
 and let them hear the truth delivered by the Keeper of 
 Men, Now it is time to reft, we have made the firft 
 a good days Journey: meditate upon this until Thurfday 
 with fafting and prayer, and you (hall know more and 
 greater things. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 ^T.,,^ 
 
Book III. The Temple o^mfdome. 14^ 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 PVhdt Divine gt^ts man receives ^rom Gorf^^Sephi- 
 roth, the wktch transfers them through the feveral 
 orders of the A/'sgels to the Planets. And how Hfian 
 receives Aduachicl, r/?*? Angel Amiituel or Ky- 
 rkl^and conzerfeS with them of D/feafes^iof Earthly 
 Juiges^ of the Servants of Souls and Spirits : And 
 horv they wander out of the hody^ and bring tidings 
 of grange things: andof the powers of Spirits^ m 
 receiving fhapes -^ the motions of Spirits and their 
 Mefjengers to our Membf^rs, And how man re* 
 ceives themy as you read in The Harmony of 
 the \WoiU.andtn The Holv Guide. 
 
 ON ^Thurfday Zadlqel ^ one of the {ewenAngeli 
 that ahvays ftands before the Face of God^ ha? 
 Influence on Zachariel : For firft and immediately they 
 have Influence on the nine Orders of Angels, and 
 Quire of hi ejjed fouls -, and by Sephiroth every thing 
 receiveth power. Next, in the Cekftial Spheres^Planets, 
 and then infufed, or afterwards transferred to man : I 
 (hould have faid through Hafmalim , and fc through 
 the Sphere of Jupiter^ faOiioning the coT.pofitions of 
 bodies, beftowing Wifdome and Virtue on all mankind? 
 in whofe Nativity he is ftrong in his own Houfe, in the 
 South' Angle y and Lord of the Ezik- Angle 3 whofe An" 
 gel is called by us Aduatbiel^ and he giveth long life. So 
 we (aid in the firft Book. 
 
 And for to receive this yet unhodied Gcnltts or Souly 
 they raife the firft Face of .^^gjV^^r;, and y*|f/>er they 
 
 Lll 3 plac€ 
 
150 The Temple ofivifdome. Book III. 
 
 place in Cancer^ and then they caft inftantly the Figure 
 of a Man crowned^ in pure Tin^ and riding upon an 'Ea^le 
 or Dragon^ having in his right hand a Dart, as he were' 
 about to ftrike it into the head of the Eagle or Dragon. 
 They Clothe this with Garme?its of Saffron-colour : this 
 caufeth long Life and J^ijdome : he curcth all difeafes 
 of the Lungs y Kibs^ Liver^ griflleSy pulfes^ Seed-A'teries, 
 left Ear^ Inflammatio?is^ yifopkxies^ Pleurifics^ difeafes of 
 'Bloody W'indinefs^ Squtncies,pai?is at the Hearty Spafmos, 
 jimazednefs 3 an inflam'd Liver^ Head-ach^ paffiens of 
 iht bacJ^'Bene^ and all TutrefaCiions , 
 
 And cureth fevzrs rf bloody and the difeafes of the 
 thighs and Hanches. 
 
 Hemaketh a fool to be Wife^ and of tlvi wjjhah^n Tru* 
 Jencej Temferance^ fy?ngnitj/y T>isty^ A^odefty^ Jujiice^ 
 Taith^ Grace^ Equity Cleme?i6y, 
 
 This Image or Familiar Spirit^ call it which you will, 
 fpeaks, they fay, with a Humane voice of the Mind, Soul 
 and Body of Man ^of the Servants of Souls and SpiritSjand 
 fcidsuslet pafs thefe earthly Judges Ariihxevus^ Di- 
 darchusy Fliny and Gallenifis^ who rating the Mind as an 
 E^r/% thing, do judge it to die , and to be clean rafed 
 out with the body : and other wild Opinions,which the 
 fame old Thilofophy where it is beft advifed, holdeth and 
 teacheth: But this is reproved in The Harmony of the 
 World, 
 
 ' .That as the Soul and Life of all things, is all one 
 with it felf^ and all the odds fprings from the divers 
 tempers of the Body: (fo faith the 5pz>iO The divine 
 and im'xortal Mind proper unto Man ; and another of 
 Wifdome ^to bc wife and a like vvife,and one and the fame 
 inall points, in all ir.en, as the feveral Orders of the An- 
 gels receive one fron another , from the^ Supreme \ 
 Fountain Go^,from wham it came 5 and this is the dif- 
 ference , when ic is divided and fcnt into fundry 
 
 places I 
 
Book III . Tifcf Temple o] mfdome. 1 5 I 
 
 places, to have paflage to lis from Gnd , who difpofes 
 the Soul, but the Planets difpofe the BodvjOnely giving 
 a tractable 3 complexion proportioned, and tempered 
 for every good thing-, and they as it were the Inftru* 
 nicnts of the Angels : But God as the prin:iary caufe 
 doth yeild both the influence and increafe to ail : They 
 therefore, fay, thefe Souls srenotjoyned with the bo- 
 dies themfelves nnlefs they be proportioned by thefe 
 Stars y fo in a body brought to a Temperant and /aat^ 
 Life by Jtijlice^ they think that the Soul infufed is tern- 
 perated by the power and Intelligencz of Jupiter : So in a 
 hodi'f^t^t one hundred jears young, the Soul infufedis 
 temperated by M^rs : So'when a Body is always Health^ 
 ful^ the Soul infufed is from the Sun : And when a Bo- 
 dy is Wife and Vertmus^ Honcji and Religious^ the Soul 
 infufed is tcnn.perated by thepow^rand intelligence ®f 
 Mercury , And what 1 fay of one Planet all along in this 
 Book , you may do in the like Example of the reft. 
 What I here fpeak of Jupiter , the fame may you 
 do with Saturn^ and the reft as you have occafion to 
 work, both by Aftromancy and Geo nancy. 
 
 Furthermore, the j^ngel faith, from the Angelical 
 Orders man isftrengtha*J with wonderful Vertue^ viz. 
 from Zadkiel^ that he may be a Meffengcr of the Divine 
 Will, and an interpreter of the Mind of God from the 
 Archajjgd-, that he may Rule over all Be^fts of the field, 
 fijlj of the Sea^ and Fouls of the Air^ over which com- 
 mand is given him: And Sephiroth makes paflage to us 
 from Principalities , that all things may be fubdued to 
 hi n; he comprehendeththe powers o{ all, and draweth 
 all powers to himfelf by a certain force, fecret and fuper- 
 celeftial 5 from the Virtues it receiveth power , by the 
 which it conftantly fighting is ftrengthened againft the 
 the Enemies of the Truth , for the reward of whicb 
 vre run a race in thi> life, from the Powirs againft the E- 
 
 Lll 4 nemies 
 
1 5 1 The I'empie of PVifdome. Book III. 
 
 ncmies of this Earthly Tabernacle: from the Vomina^ 
 tion it hath help, by the which we can fubjeft any Do- 
 pieflick Enimy we carry along with us, and can obtain 
 ourdefired end: From t\\cThro7jes-we are knit toge- 
 ther, and being collefted into our felves, we fix our 
 memory on thofe eternal Vifions: From th€ Cheruhins 
 is light of Mind, Youth, Power, Wifdome and Virtue, 
 yery high Phantafies and Figures, by the which we are 
 able to contemplate even the Divine things : from the 
 Seraphins^ that by the perfeft flame of love we may at 
 length inhere in them : From Jupiter all is transferred 
 to the MooTiy from her to the Etherial Kegmi^ and then 
 to the Fiery Kegion : and through the ^ir it is diffufed 
 into the Body 5 even as many Rivers pailing through 
 inany Grounds of fundry qualities, do likely every one 
 take a fundry Smacks and Nature from the Ground, 
 though at firft they fprung and flowed all from one 
 Fountaifi or Head; osr like as there are innumerable 
 kinds of Lights in the World, differing to the Seats and 
 Houfes that receive them, when the light of the Sitr/y 
 from whence they all receive Light,is ofit felf aU'one and 
 ^he fame in all places : So the Soul receives fomething 
 of the nature and quality of all thefe into the body: 
 and to receive thefe heavenly gifts in the day and hour 
 of Jupiter^ They raife the Figure of a naked man crorv'^ 
 vedy having both his hands jojncd together^ and lifted nf 
 as it were praying for theje Divine Gifts* Jupiter 
 being irt the fecond Face of Sagittary afcending, or ia 
 |h€ South' Angiey free from any evil Afpeft of Saturn 
 0r Mjrsy inftantly defcends the Jrigd or Ge?nuf upon 
 him, and encreafeth Felicity^ Kichesy Honour^ and con- 
 ferreth Benevolence ^nd Frofperity^ 2nd freeth from Sni^ 
 plies : The Angel faith , the Mind cannot underftand 
 ^jef felf, nor yet other divine matters, as in alike and 
 comparifon, or as the-cye can behold all things, but her 
 '"^■'^' ■ ■ ■■ ..... .^^^ 
 
look III. The Temple o]mfaome, 155 
 
 Self and the Swi^ and thefe (he cannot fee 5 but in ano 
 ther thing fit to reprefent the Figure : As the Stittj I 
 fay, of himfelf^ ever fhineth and feeth all things^ if his 
 Beams be not ftopt with a Cloud or fome other thick 
 imbracement 5 even fo the AfzW alone, and before fhe 
 fail into the Cloud of the body 3 is bufietoknowj^vhen 
 the Soul will fend it into Flefh^ that it may run quickly 
 thrdugh his puniQimenc for difobedicnce ; It is pure, 
 yet mud it be purified : it lieth below the ^a^/, and 
 knoweth all things, except when the unbodied Soul 
 will be bodied ; and this is neceffary for the Divine 
 ijaind. 
 
 In the laftFace o^ S aginary an fith a Man like in CO* 
 k>ur to Gold 5 and upon him defcends a Spirit that (peaks 
 well : it faith, The Mind is fo entangled and darkned in 
 the Body, that (he is fometimes idle, and never feeketh 
 all things ; yea,it fometimes knows nought at all,without 
 the leave and help of the Body. 
 
 This courfe therefore fhe now taketh : feeing (he may 
 not her felf ftep forth and range abroad to fee things ; 
 (he craves leave and takes the help of the Soul, which af- 
 ter the vifitation of places far remote, returns again 
 into the Body more Learned, by the help of his Servantsj 
 to the throne of our underftanding called the Brain , 
 which receives the tidings of, things brought very far 
 off. Firfl, (he ufeth the outward Spirit that (its in the 
 edge and border of the body, for Angels to receive (by 
 means of their inftruments the parts where they lodge) 
 which being returned, declare many ftrange things very 
 far off, and (hew alfb their ^^^;?e/, and then the inward 
 beam fitting in the Brain, takes the fame tidings and re- 
 yrefents them, as it were in a Glafs before her (which 
 they call the receiving Mind upon them) and fee them 
 to skip over the known five inward Wits, which we 
 
 have 
 
154 '^^^ Ve'^Jple o\ Wifdome. Book IJ I. 
 
 have not unfitly compared to a Glap^ are divided into 
 fiindry and feveral feats and offices, (as the Spirit Cmhi) 
 one is called Thought, inhabiting the fore-part of the 
 Brai7i^ takes hold and reprefents the fliapes let in at the 
 windowes of the five outward Smfcs* Then another 
 Crew, which we call Renaembrancej keep the hinder 
 part of the Head^ and receiveth ftill thefe (hapes in 
 great plenty, and layeth them up as it were in a ftore- 
 houfe, untiljfirft, the third company of Souls and fpirit^ 
 defcend upon the image of a hlack^Man madeiw Imn^ 
 when the firft Face of Aries is rifen upon the ^Jcendent^ 
 as you (hall hear in the next Chapter, and they are called 
 Conmon-iS'ew/^jwhich fitting in the middle of the Brain 
 as Judges^ called for them to examine them , and to 
 determine of them, and then this lower Judge heareth 
 prefcnt matters in thought alfo ; and then at laft, the 
 great and chief Juftice, called Underftanding, by laying 
 the things together, and gathering one of another,judg- 
 ethall. 
 
 Furthermore, in the firft Face of Tifcesy Afcends a 
 Alan having the head of a Lyon^ and his Figure is made 
 in Tiw,and cloathed in Seagreen^ and upon him defcends 
 an Angel or Guardian Genius , called Barchiel or 
 Amnixiel ; he cureth the Palfie and Gout, he fpeaks 
 quick, and bids us a^k which is the feat of the chief 
 Judge, for that is a queftion (faith he) among the 
 Learned, when 1 take it to be no queftion^^f they all 
 grant that the Soul by the Pattern of her fi:?e the Sun in 
 the great World, dwelleth in the heart, the middle of 
 the body , that by cafting of her Beams all about, and 
 equally toali parts, (lie might give light and life equally 
 to all, as equal diftant from all, and in the middeft of 
 the heat, as the onely moveable : And therefore 
 to move others , the onely ^t part of the bo- 
 dy : for thca fure the mindc being in the inward 
 
Book III. The Temple ofmfdome. 155 
 
 Cona»arion or ?tm']^rntl^ (as Cardan^ 1 take it, faith) of 
 the other twoj the Soul and the Sprit muft needs reft, 
 and be rooted there tlfo. 
 
 Seeing the Mind feethand knoweth nothing but by- 
 means of the Soul and his inward IVits and Sfirhi^ not 
 thefe alone neither, but by the helps of the outward 
 one?, called the Jngels or Meffengers of ff^its ; nor nei- 
 their of both, without the parts where they lodge 
 and reft : Then even as the parts of the Body ftandaf- 
 fefted and difpofed, fo doth the Mind underftand. Let 
 us go down more particularly to the matter, and railea* 
 nother image in the (econd Face of Pijcesj and upon ic 
 will defcend a 5^irif of a pleafant humane voice, that 
 will tell us what condition or diipofition of theBo^ 
 helps or hinders the work of Vnderftanding : After that 
 a man hath abftrafted himfelf from his Dody^ how to do 
 it, I (hall tell you in its due place, and that the Soul 
 thus abftrafled hath given the matters to the five JFits 
 and MeJJengers ^ and after they have received them, and 
 delivered up the tidings to the threefold Glafs within 
 the Brain ; and this by ftirring and running up and 
 down, prefent and mufters them before the Mind^ and 
 (he by cafting her light and view, judgeth and deter- 
 mineth that we may eafily and quickly gather two 
 things needful to IFifdome and good underftanding ; 
 Firft, fuch a Gla(s or fuch inward Spirits, as are able to 
 receive and hold many (hapes imprinted 5 that is, very 
 dean and clear Sfiritshy t\\t example of an Ejg, that 
 kindly Glajs^ or of an artificial one, or of a Garment, 
 all which will eafily take and (hew in that cafe every 
 little fpot, (hape and faOiion fet upon them , whereas 
 when they are dark, foul and uneven, they can take 
 nothing, nor yet reprefent them, if they had them. 
 
 In the 1 aft Face of Pzyce/,Afcep.'is a young Man naked, 
 with a Pofie of Flowers, and upon this Figure defcends 
 
 as 
 
15^ The Temple of mfdome. Book III. 
 
 m^^m^m—'m 
 
 a Guardian Genius^ that faith, thefe Spirits are quick, 
 hot and lively, able by their fwift running to and fro, 
 to reprefent and (hew all apace and eafily ; for the 
 Mind doth all by matching and laying things toge- 
 ther : and faith, that he is the caufe of quicknefs, and 
 ftirring of the Spirits, as appears in fickne(s, age and 
 Coimd Sleep', efpecially, in age and yJci^we/} more clear- 
 ly then needs any light of teaching. But how in fleep > 
 when the heat of the Spirits (erving Wit, is either 
 ioaden with the clogging fumes and breaches of the 
 Stomack, whilft the Soul wanders, the Body is fpent 
 with labour , or with fweet and ftill fleep beholding : 
 for reft abates heat, as lever faid, or el(e lent for a 
 time unto his fellow Servants the Spirits of life, 
 for the digeftion fake. Thus we have clogged our 
 felf after Jhurfdajs Journey : make good ufe of what 
 hath been (aid, and faft and pray to God for a bleffing, 
 and upon Friday you (hall know more and greater 
 things then thefe. Read our Holy guide. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book ill. The Temple ofmfdowe. 1 5 7 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 Of Catnaclj and his Poller a^drertue: a furepre" 
 diBion of ^ar^ Bloody and the d^th of Oliver 
 Cromwel ; H^hat difeafes Malchidael the 
 S fir it cures^ being arretted iisto his Figure ofA- 
 ftromancy an d Geomancj , horv to receive him^ 
 and of' ivhat he teacheth. Of Barthiel, and of 
 raijing the Deady and n hat carries the Soul doiv^ 
 into the Body j and after what manner is Mart 
 perjeB 5 and of the Nature of Age and Tcuth in 
 cold and hot Countries 3 and medicines for prolonga-* 
 tioa of life. 
 
 HEre they work after this manner In thedayand 
 . hour of Mars : they raife the firft Face ofAries^ 
 at which time they made the Figure ^of a Man Armed 
 in Iro?2^ riding upon a Lyon 5 then inftantly Camaei^ one 
 of the Ctven Spirit j of God^ fiiines down his influence 
 on the nine Orders of Angels and quire oihleffed Sotds^ 
 and by them into the Celejiial Spheres and Planets : And 
 then Malchidael Defcends upon the lignre m the 
 form of a cholerick^Man^ ftrongliksy fiery^ ofaluxttrions 
 voyce. 
 
 He cures the Kei»/, Jharp Feversy the Tertian and 
 Quotidian Fever, Plague^ Apofthumes^ Jaundife^Vlcerf^ 
 red Choler, all burning Difeafes, Madmjs^^ihe Gout, Jharf 
 difeafes in the FjeSi Head, Face and Ears, Leprofies^ all 
 difeafes of Blood, Smali-Po^, Itch^ and Falling Sick^ 
 ntfs. 
 
 . He makes a man powerful in Armes, bloody in VVar^ 
 
 a» 
 
158 The Temple oj tV/Jao ^e. Book 111. 
 
 as you (hall perceive j he is generous, of great power 
 and furious : he dejhoys the Co?i^iierorj^3LS you fhall fee by 
 his Offofition to Zuriel; vphen Saturn and Mars n'cre 
 in Offofition , Camael and Zaphiel were in Ofpofttim al* 
 fo. Read Ihe Harmony of the If'orld, 
 . He takes man from the Flow to a Throne, and then 
 again from a Throne to a Halter: He gives boldnefsof 
 Heart, and Gravity^ Fortitude^ Security-, punifhing the 
 fins of tie Wicl^d^ by the power of the name Elchim 
 Geber ; that is, the mighty God o[ Camael : and his nu- 
 meration is called Geburacb j that is to fay, powerful 
 and mighty, punifhing by (laughter and war, as yoii 
 may fee in 1658, 1659 and 1660 ; and is applped to 
 the tribunal of God^ the Girdle, the Sword and Left- 
 hand oiGod: it is czWtd Tathad^ which is fear, and 
 hath influence thorow the order of Torver^ to the 
 Sphere of Mars-y to whom belongs Fortitude, Read our 
 Book called The Harmony of the ^orld* 
 - He (hewes' the Natural caii[c o^ Wit and Madnef}-^ 
 and the nature of y^^c and Touth ; and of the Spirits of 
 the Brain in Sleep znd T>reams : For faith he,in Sleep the 
 Spirits of the Brains be ftiil and quiet, but the Soul 
 Wanders with me, whilft the pairtsofthe Body all ceafe 
 at once, and nothing but Air is left to exerciferhe 
 Organs i if the Meat (to oiiit the expence of heat) which 
 JsGontinually kept hereby Mars^ox: Health-fake ^ was. 
 fteithcr much, nor of an heavy and clogging kind : So 
 neither breathing out foul vapours, nor needing our- 
 help to digeft ie, before we return with the new tidings 
 pf fecret matters we heard abroad to benefit the body, 
 and then o«r perceiving Spirits begin to take their places 
 a little before the Mind, and beholds thofe things we 
 bring home to the Body in particular (hapes, which 
 they .prefently convey to the out fide of the body, called 
 
Book 111 . The Temple of Wifdome. 159 
 
 ^_ . - ■^. .^ — i — - — — 
 
 the Brain: And this is one caufe of Wit. See our Book 
 called The Holy Guide. 
 
 ; He faith further, that the caufe of Wifdome is clear 
 at laft, as we fee ; to wit, a clear and ftirring Glafs; fo 
 when the Glafs is foul, it caufeth natural or willing folly, 
 as in Fnols^ Children^ or Vrunl^ards -, but if it be but 
 here and there befmeered, and drawn as it were with 
 dark ftrokes, and lines of foul humours: The (hapes 
 appears totheMinde, even as the forms appears in the 
 zkrok^n Glafs to the Eye by halves and confufedly, which 
 ^in like manner maketh ir.adnefs. 
 
 ' In the fecond face of Aries they make the image of fl 
 itnaii^ and fometimes of a n?oman : upon which(they fay} 
 defcends a Genius that fpeaks nobly, and asketh qucfti- 
 ons^and refolveth them him.felf 5 and he giveth and cau- 
 feth health,. But how(fa:th he)cometh Sprits of this iiW 
 ward G/dr/}, fo foul and flow ^ vyhen they are of tbem* 
 felves (as becomes the beams of a heavenly foul) transfer- 
 Ted into hutnane f(Jh , and loofely placed both verf 
 clean , clear , quick and lively.- But we need fay no 
 more, clear or foul , when thefe two qualities make or 
 mar the whole work of perceiving : for if the Spirits he 
 clear , it is a iigne they are in their own nature , and fo 
 whole and quick withal ; but if they be fml^ it is a to* 
 ken their whole condition and property is loft and gone, 
 and that ftillnefs is come upon themalfo. 
 
 Neither is that Etherial temper^ which is called by the 
 name of the Spirit Cherub^ that receives the Soul out of 
 the rays of Stars and Planets , ofthe nature of feed, af 
 the Bill bafe Impoftures thinks , but it is by fbme ealledl 
 a Chariot , becaufe it carries the foul and all his be(ims 
 dovyn into the hedy , into the middle point of the h^art^ 
 which is the centre of mans body •, and from thence ie if 
 diffufed through all the parts and members of his hdy^^ 
 wh^rc it joyneth bis chariot to the natural keaty hnvg a 
 
 Spirit 
 
l6o The Temple of PVifdome, Book III. 
 
 Sprit generated from the heart by heat : by thisit plun- 
 geth it (elf into the humours , by the which it inhereth 
 ill all the members. And to all thefe is made equally ^ 
 the nigheft, although it be ditfufed through one to ano- 
 ther, even as the heat o^fire adheretli nioft nigh to the 
 Air d^ndWater^ although it be transferred by the Air to 
 the If^ater, Thus it is raanifeftjhow the immortal foul^ 
 by an Immortal body , viz. an Etherial Vehicle^ is inclu- 
 ded in a gro(s and mortal body^ which is the cauf^of dif- 
 €afes that fpring always from the body^znd from that part 
 e(pecially where the wits inhabit ; by which difeafes, 
 when thefe middle things are diflfolved and fail, then the 
 fnul it felf by thefe middle things recollefteth it felf, and 
 floweth back into the heart, which was the firft recepta- 
 cle of the foul : but the fpirit of the heart failing , and 
 heat being extin£^, itlea:^'ethhim, andmandieth, and 
 the foul flyeth away , the one to fieave?:^ the wicked to 
 Hell. 
 
 In the third and laft face o^ Aries 5 they (ay , arifcth a 
 man which muftinftantly be ^rre/h^^ and placed in a Dia^ 
 mmd^ and then defcends a Genius which renders a man 
 fowerful \\-\ good ^{^d evil I fo that he (hall be feared of 
 all. He is of a terrible look , and fpeaks fiercely : he 
 (ays 3 if the Reafons vouched by his Brethren will not 
 fatisfie the curious Inquifitors after thefe matters 5 let 
 them praftice and fee with proof of eye-fight and expe- 
 rience, the beft , plaineft , and mofl fatisfying reafon in 
 the world, and then let him fay the truth. 
 
 If man alone doth pafs all other Creatures in wit , for 
 his feveral temperatures above them , as wc heard be- 
 fore 5 then if one man goeth before another in wit , it 
 nmft needs follow from the fame caufe. Now as Spirits 
 are clear and quick,/4ir and Fire alfo are clear and quicl^^ 
 when 'Earth and W'atcr arc foul and flow : fo are the 
 Creatures where they bear the fway affcfted both in 
 
 Wit 
 
B ook 111. ilrje i einple uj H^jJ dome. i6 i 
 
 JFit and Body ^ as appears, with difference between tbe 
 Hart and the Inde ^ and all other wholefbme and noy- 
 fbme Creatures. To go further, why are the men fb 
 grofs and rude under the two Foles of the world , in the 
 frozen Countries^ and fo civil and wife in the hot , as Dr. 
 TundinM well noteth ? but for that the outward heac 
 clcanfeth , as it is a cleanfer and dryer , and fo eleareth 
 their bodies 5 whereas cold on the other fide binds and 
 thickens : and fo like wife by flopping the flying out of 
 the grofs , foul , and waterifli humours and leavings, 
 makes all not onely dark and cloudy , but hot and moijl 
 alfo, as if it were Drunk^n^ by boyling together, as 
 Tyihagoras tearmeth it. 
 
 They raife the firft face of Scorpio^ and then they 
 make another Figure of a Souldier armed and crovyncd 
 with a StiPord in his hand : and,upon this (they fay) de- 
 fcends a Sprit or ^ngel that fpeaks with a luxurious 
 voyce : Jt flieweth the caufe of VVifdome and foUy^ 
 it alfo teacheth what Stars make Profhetig and how that 
 Beads may put on mavlike TSlature^ e^c. He favours 
 his brother preceding, and (ays he might have corn- 
 pa r'd people to o/<i we;?, and the v^ged in frozen ^oun" 
 tries to the Jouth in hot Countries, Becaufe (faith he) 
 the odds of Wifdome between jig<t and louth^ flows from 
 the fame cattje of drought atnd moifture h that is, as the 
 Sfirit {mhy clearnefs zndfulnefs of the Bodies. And 
 therefore Ves Cartes viis not ill advifed, when he (aid, 
 ihatatfucha time as the Eye of the Body failed, th« 
 Eyes of the Underf^anding begin to fee (harply, beeau(c 
 when his waterifli inllrument dryeth up with the re(i 
 of the body, though it put out the fight of Sen (e, yetic 
 is a token that the light of IVit increafcth: for drought, 
 as we faid, breeds clearnefs^ if it be not mixt with cold* 
 iie/>, for then it brings in Earthiinefsy the heavieftEle* 
 ment of all : And therefore thofe that are old and cold, 
 
 Mmm aire 
 
l6z The temple of mfdome. Book III, 
 
 afrc very dotHig and cbildijh again: but if that drought- 
 be Teafoned with heat (the more the better) they 
 make the man very wife and full of underftanding. It 
 fetii been always obferved Jidius Cafar is defcribed fo, 
 biltmoi^ ftrongly before him ^/e:)c^w^/er3 whofe body 
 by hi5 great heat and drought , was not onely moft 
 (weet inlife, but able, lying dead above Ground in a 
 hot'lbyl and feafbn^ without any Balming, alone to keep 
 k felf feeth and fweet without all taint and corruption, 
 ft)r many days together. 
 
 In the kccMdface they make the Ima^e of a man na* 
 h^dy which we will apply to good furpcfe 'mgoodA<fat* 
 tersy although the Arabians raffe this Figure, upon 
 which refteth Barcbiel , a deceitful Spirit ; yet expe- 
 rience hath taught us that good may be done by this 
 Spirit ; for it faith , men may elevate themfelves a- 
 bove the powers of their body , and abov€ theii^ 
 feniitive Pon?erj5 and thofe being furmonnted , re 
 6eive into themfelves the perfection of the Heavens 
 mdlnteUipnces a Divine Vigotir. Seeing therefore the 
 Souls of ailrhen, both wife and foolifh, are perpetual; 
 and alfo all the Spirits obey theperfeft Souls -^ Kofie 
 Cmcz ^^2/ think, that fools may be made wife : And this 
 Genius dithy that pcrfeftman may by the powers erf 
 their 5o«/ repair their dying Bodies, with other inferi^- 
 our Souls newly feparated, and infpire them again, as 
 a Weezel that is killed is made alive again by the breath 
 mid cry of his Dam : and Lyons make alive again thek 
 ^ad Whelps by breathing upon them. 
 
 Andbecaufe, astheyfay , all like things being ap 
 |>lyed to their like, arc made of the fame natures ; and 
 •every patient and thing that receives into it felf the Afl 
 of an Jjs^ent^ is endued with the nature of thsLtAgenti 
 und made Con^natural : Hence they think, that to raift 
 -tlie dead to life , fotne Herbs I fpake of in my Bo 
 
 
Book ill. the Temple o^mfdome. ti^ 
 
 . pf the Kfl/ze Cmcian Jnfallihle A^omata^ lib, 3 /«rhich 
 are Verveiii^ ViiJy '(^wpfoily and K averts and llayts 
 hl(wd put into the Skjn of a Snakfl do much conduce*; 
 For we read of fbme that have been drowned in 
 Water ^ others caft into the firCj and pur upon, the fire, 
 others flain in wars, others otherwife died 5. and 
 after a few days were alive again , as ^liny tefti*' 
 
 fies. - - ^ 
 
 We read of -^rf W King of England^ being dead^ 
 was raifed to life again, and now liveth among the 
 Fair/s : And there is (iich another tale of Huon of Bur*i 
 deuxy and of AppoUonlus the Tyanean 5 and of another 
 man that was dead, whom they fay , beyond all ex- 
 perience, the P by fnians coming to fee it , the -Her^ 
 Dra^o?2-K>ort rcftored tolife^ fomefay , he revived by 
 .putting Aurum ptabile and hony into his body, ; 
 
 In the laft face of the deceitfuUeft Sign in the VVprld, 
 
 when Mars is in Taurus^ S'cor^ii? afcends ,theii)rm of 
 
 a Man kneeling , and he muft be engraven in Iron yin the 
 
 d^y and hour of M^rj, to do good, make Mars fortunate. 
 
 Then inftandy (they fay) will defcend a Spirh that 
 
 fpeaketh of Mirth ^ Luft^ Love^ and caufetli the Love of 
 
 Women : if it be well made, it keepeth-the Body Tauthfnl 
 
 and Crafty in good Health, «, 
 
 .. They make Fignres in e/cfi'e^i[?^rj and J^jjfpr their 
 
 feveral operations, as to h^we long life for happinefjr^ for 
 
 healthy for yoptthy for love^ hatred^ for ble0dnefs, for 
 
 Wifdomey for content of mind : times obferved, ^oil 
 
 jnay work ' Miratips, if you .ptafticie what is here $S|)6- 
 
 '^ rienced, ^nd all Wifemen have {o,un4-K Trvit;h, jh^.t-thc 
 
 ' firft moment moves.not tlul1gs'be)ow onely-jbiitJn Hta* 
 
 ' ven^^nd the difppfitions o£StJrs^ ind FlaneUMd Jdndels 
 
 'aifo. ' •'^-'■^"^^' ;^i j.*ihe-i:):...<.'ri..^Xi. orrt 
 
 ^ But 'rtt6xt df thefe in our ^^pa^^iijiin^^ - 
 ' where 1 intend iotnake all' plain, and eafiet6teeit)e- 
 !2^ ' Mmm 2 rienccd^ 
 
1 64 ^ rfc^ Temple ofwifdome. Book lit. 
 
 ricnced , that every man hath a threefold good Genm^ 
 and how we may come to fpeak with them, and by the 
 aid 6it\\cC}mms we may avoid the Rialignity of fate, 
 fck^efi^ dangers^ and oftentimes death ; as you (hall 
 read in our next days Journey to the Spirit of the 
 Sun, 
 
 G HAP. XXIV. 
 
 Of the fixth JStame of Cod £loha : A/^d of the jixth 
 Sephiroih, a/^d their power and gift $y which are 
 received in order in a Figure: AndhotPof^QV- 
 chid the Spirity and of his power y and how he cu- 
 reth difeafes i and of what natural Rulers he teach- 
 eth : The caufe of Wifdome and Folly : AnA how 
 Beafis may put on manlike Nature: Bow to make 
 aFoolaiPtfeman: Of the degrees of Nature ^ that 
 man may he amended and made perjeB in ten Off- 
 fprings: The caufe of the Leprofie^ and other natu- 
 
 ^ rat difeafes : That the world is governed by Angels -i 
 and of what Angels go-vern the worlds their 
 names^and how long they Rule in the Figures of Geo- 
 mancy. 
 
 NOw one of the ten names of God^ which blcfles 
 our workj and which Rules the ten Sephiroths^ if 
 called E/o(&^3 and is the fixth from the Afcendent, joyn- 
 edmihVaudabat y his Stphiroth is Tepherath^vi\i\chi% 
 the fixth in order^ that fignifieth the Tree of Life, and 
 Apparclj Beauty, Glory, Plearfure ; and hath influence 
 cbrough the order of Virtues. They call Malathim^ 
 
 that 
 
Book III. the Temple o] mfdome. l6^ 
 
 that is Angels ^into the Sfhere of the Sun^ giving bright- 
 nefs and light, to it, and produceth then Metals, 
 chiefly Gold':, his Intelligencer is KaphaeL Read Thf 
 Harmony of the fVorld, 
 
 Now for to receive this from the Operation of the 
 Sttn^ they made an Image in the hour of the Sun , Leo 
 then Afcending^ and the Sun in it : The Figure was a 
 King crorvnedy fitting rn a Qhair^ having a Raven on hii 
 hand, and (landing upon a Globe : which Figure at the 
 lUme time in molten Gold muft be caft ; and then the 
 virtue is brought down by Venhiel the Sfirit^ t^tinr 
 flantly will reft upon it. 
 
 This Spirit is ftrong, fiiir coloured, like a temperate 
 and well proportioned Mjw, cholerick^^ having a voice 
 barren. By this Sprit young tohy fpake to Kaphad ; 
 and it aided him to fetch his Fathers Cold^ and alfo 
 bound the evil Spirit Afmodeus : Verchiel before ruled 
 Jfaac. This Spirit cureth all difeafes of the Hearty Sto* 
 mack^y Back^y Sides y Brefisy Kibsy Feavers of bleody Ar 
 l>oftbumes , Peflilent FeverSy the Jaundtfey FluxeSy tht 
 Falling-fickpefs : He maketh a Man bold, invincible, and 
 honourable : he difcovers all Thefts, and helps the right 
 owner to their goods ac^ain : he (heweth the caufe of 
 Wifdomeand Folly: he teacheth admirable things: he 
 fheweth the cijufe of Bcafts and Man, Profhets and Stars: 
 he difcovers the fecret working of the Mole, and other 
 wonderful things. 
 
 , Firft, he (heweth the caufe of Folly and Wifdomty and 
 wherefore Frophets are faid to be wifcr then Men, and 
 their Spirits wifer then they, and the Stars moft wife 
 of all ; for the odds in degrees, in the heat, drought 
 and clearnefs of their bodies; but the Spirit of ^^^ 
 cury is far more excellent at this, then he> I (hall there- 
 fore let him alone, and not queftion further of this mat- 
 ter. 
 
 ,M mm 5 Onely 
 
^^^ rheTempleofmfdome. Book III. 
 
 -^Ohelyl (hall accept of the knowle<lgcof thecaufe? 
 6( Wtfdome >y that we may the better underftand how 
 iO ciire' and clear the Idiots Body ^ m many kinds of 
 foolifhnefs, as in childhood^ drunJ^nnefsy Jleep and dotirig 
 difiajej 5 which he fays Nature her felf is able to difperfe 
 in her due time ^nd fcafon ; and will fcowre out the foul 
 ^^iSgygrofs humours, which overwhelm the Sprits^ 
 and made them imdean and quietjor at leaft in the doting 
 difiafkf (he may be holpen eafily, and enabled by little 
 Bkj'li to do it 5 that we may judge, if great and ftrong 
 «nd mighty mea«s of Art chanced once tojoynwith 
 'Nature y the ranked of all, and deepeft rooted (that is) 
 natural folly it felf, may be rooted out and difpat- 
 ched. 
 
 But you may reply as foTie do, that the reft which 
 <pruf>g oQtfrom outward light, and hang by caures,may 
 Kc cik-ed; when this being fo rooted by nature, and 
 the firft mixtute of the feed, before anyone of us de- 
 -fcend and incorporates with it, it is a mixture as ill as 
 any beaftly mixture 5 nor can it be amended by the 
 Creature it felf, but by us j unlefs man will take up- 
 on him to put a Beafi into Manlike Nature^ andrui^ 
 back to the degrees of kind allotted, and bounded out 
 above by us ; whereby you ipay fee^if youconfider well, 
 that a Beaftftanding in a lower fteep kind of mixture, 
 and can in no cafe be bettered and m.ade man, unle(s 
 that his temper be fpoyled firft , and thei^ made anew ; 
 and fo his life being deftroyed, and his body amended^ 
 you raife a degree fortunate, and arreft a good 
 Ge7iins^ and put it upon him. Read our Harmony of the 
 World. 
 
 In making a fool wife, there is no fuch difficulty : for 
 his Spirit^ though it be ec/i//e<:/withthefhadow of an 
 tarihly hody^ is pure and wife, and in refpeft of his tem- 
 per^ a degree ^bove a Beaft, becaufe of his divine Mind 
 " within 
 
Book III. The Temple o^^ifdome. 1 6j 
 
 within the ftate and condition of Mankind; fire a- 
 hounding in him as his ("hape declares, as well as in oi 
 ther men, though not fo much? and in the fame point 
 and meafure. 
 
 And what was the caufe > not becaufe nature 
 meant it fo, but Reafon or Nature was let and 
 hindred by fome nal Ajpe&s o^ Saturn^ or Mars^ov 
 both 3 or fome crofs and weak pofition of Mercury-^ 
 the Author ofWifdome, whereby nature was driven to 
 ftray and mifs, and come (hort of her purpofe, like as 
 the Mok^ as Ariftole faith, for all her blindneftj is in the 
 fame kinde with all other hot and perfeft Creatures, 
 which fhould have all their Wits and Senfes. Read oiir 
 Holy Guide, 
 
 Becaufe having all the parts of an eye whole and per- 
 feft 5 it is a fign that NFature meant to have gone 
 forwards, but was let with the bar of a grofs and thick 
 skin. 
 
 Now you fee the faults and errous of kinde by Art 
 daily correfted 5 why not a ¥ool made wife, as well as 
 Madnefs cured ? which is more eafie then fome of 
 ^hem : Foolifhnefs is fome odd or rare example, as ic 
 ivere a Monf^er i:i kinde,or more iitly^difeafes left by na- 
 ture , as an inheritance fprung out fro.Ti fome ill temper 
 of the Parents. < 
 
 And whofoever ralfeth the fecond face of Leo^^ in 
 which time the Sun fhould be fortunate in his exaltati- 
 on, and maketh the Figure of a Man with a Croxm on^ 
 fhall have a Spirit dti^ctnd upon it, which will teach 
 him all thefe things and many more, and will give him 
 viftory oveh all his enemies. But fome may ask hov» 
 thefe difeafes may be cured ; this Sprit teh us all things 
 \\\ kinde have both their higheft and deepeft pitch and 
 end 3 as it were their South and North tqrns, from 
 Mwm 4 whence 
 
1^8 The Temple of mfdome. Book 
 
 lyhcncc jthey ftill return $nd go ba^k ^gain to gyoid 
 infinity. 
 
 So thefe natural and loft difeafes have their race, 
 which they run and fpend by little and little. When it i$ 
 ^ll run, and the ftock of corruption fpent (which is 
 within nine or ten off-fprings) then they mend, and re- 
 turn to health again; fuch is the natural means to 
 amend the body and keep it in health, for the health of 
 the minde is inclofed witljin the other, as we fee by the 
 Children whifh Wjfemen beget. 
 
 Leprofiesand other natural Vifeafes of the body arc 
 cured by the Nature and the help of this Genius: ad- 
 mit Barzahel, Verchlel be the Ruler and Genius, then 
 that heavenly and Mineral medicine Autum fotabilcy (b 
 often by thoufands experienced , cures tho(e natural 
 (difcafts )vhich fprung from the ill temper of the feeds of 
 T.arents : by this Example you may ufe the reft of^ the 
 Tlanets in your feveral works. 
 
 In the hour of the Sun thisy raife the third face of 
 Jjeo, and the Sun in it : The Figure of which vpas on^ 
 ctovpmd with the gefiure of one dancing or laughing, 
 fianding in a (^hariot drawn with four Horfes, having 4 
 Looking"^ liifs in her right hand, in the left a fiaff^ carry" 
 i^g a flame upon the head : And upon this (they fay)de- 
 fcends an Angel th^it makes a man Fortunate and Bleffed^ 
 and beloved of all. And they made this on a Co/nelian 
 Stone, on the day and hour of the Sun, afcending in the 
 jthird face of Leo^ agaiqft the Leprofie that flows from 
 the fiilnefs of the blood: of all the body it cures the 
 Lunaiick^paffjons and fooli(hne(s, which proceeds from 
 the frame of one part onely,that is from a muddjf Brain; 
 or if it may be faid to come from one part alone, that is 
 the Uver , becaufe it is the maker of all blood-, yet th^ 
 one is a mpft dangerous part, if i^beill^ffefted; bcr 
 caufe by need of NaturfJ, i^ fends to ail places, andfo 
 
 reachetb 
 
Book 111. The Temple ofmfdome. i ^^ 
 
 rcajpheth through all, and ftriketh all by contagion : 
 whereas the Brains evermore keep themfeives within 
 their bounds, and ftretch no further. It cureth all 
 difeafes which proceed from the combuftion of jhc 
 Moon. Eugtuitts Jbeodidaduj fpcaking of this Angel fi.ysj 
 
 This indeed is be 
 My ^ojes^rvhomyou mufl quak^ at n^henyoufee ; 
 He is above your reacbyyet doth defcend 
 Vpon a Fig^re^ when fortunate Sol afeends 
 JwLeo, he flies dorvnfo us from tb^Topo'tb* Skje^ 
 And then exalts us to Heavens fecrets high. 
 He teacheth Miracles^ that to his height are even^ 
 For all their Ijfue are a kjn to Heaven. 
 He ruleth Kings^yetfioopes be then 
 Neareji a many jvhen he doth govern men^ 
 With Wifdome^ Virtue and other things aregood^ 
 As healthy long life ^ fir th* body offlejh or blood. 
 ^Tis he that ft ayes the time from turning old^ 
 And kseps the age tfp in a head ofGold^ 
 Th^t in his own true circle it doth runy 
 And holds his courfe as certain as the Sun, 
 fie maj^s it every Day y and every Spring * 
 
 Where he dothjhiney and quickens every thing 
 Like a new Nature 5 fo that true to cafl 
 Him Ifj his titky is to fay he is all. 
 
 This Angel (they fay)maketh man of a noble Mitide, 
 P/erfpicuity, Wife and Virtuous. He was the BLwler of 
 Jfaacy and teacheth th^t men (hould ufe good diet : for 2 
 fine temper through ill diet and padions of the Soul^ 
 hath fallen from a good Wit to a kinde of m^dnefsy 
 fcarceto be defcried from the ftate of an Ideot, So if you 
 order your felves according to our Rules, you (lull be 
 ^'^^ W^fh Jo^^g and Vertwuf : Then (ball puffing ^neCs 
 
 and 
 
170 The Temple of wifdome. Book Ifl. 
 
 mdchirtieCso^Aifhtmpotabile^ as I teach to make in 
 vxy Holy-Guide^ arife in the body like the Sun in the 
 inoming,and fcatter and put to flight all miftsand dark- 
 ne^of Diieafes^and clear and fcowre the body mightily, 
 by his matchlefs heat , ftrcngth and Spiritual quality 
 fwiftly in every part. 
 
 Now what was that which made and mingled a 
 fooliih body at firft > but a Beam of heavenly Fire 
 carryed on a Couch of 'Ether ^ down from the fe vera 1 
 Spheres and Regions through the ^ggy^, foul and mifty 
 Ait to the center of the Heart 5 which as the Sun 
 difperfes the Clouds, fo this our Aurumpotahiky by 
 a Heavenly virtue^ clears and cleanfes the body 
 from all foul and grofs humours which breed di^ 
 eafes. 
 
 You maypleafeto remember what the 5'/'irzV faith 
 of Happinefiy long Life, Healthy Tcuth, BleJJednefsy JVif- . 
 dome and Polly, Virtue and Vice 5 and how this Medi- 
 cine and Figure caufeth long Life, Health and Lufii^ 
 vefs : and this Medicine did not onely keep our bodie 
 In Healthy and deftfoy all difeafes that might hurts us. 
 
 But alfo doth cheridi, nourifii and feed our bodies, 
 and bring it towards a heavenly or fpiritural Nature, 
 and by that means we may be refined from Earth 
 to Water, from iVater to Air, from Air to Fire, 
 from Fire, through the liquid waves of the Fiery 
 Vehicle. 
 
 This Genius (they fay) (ayes, tlut Zazel Rules the 
 Earth 354 years and four months: fff/w^r / fucceeds, 
 and he governs the Earth 354 years ana four months : 
 .Next Barzaheli and he Rules as long : And Zorath, he 
 Rules ^5 4 years and four months 2 Then Kedemel Rules 
 as many years and four months: Taphthartharath, he 
 Rules 354 years and as many months: Then Hafmodai 
 kegxnsj and flte Rules the Earth 354 years and four 
 
 month: 
 
Book ill. r he Temple of mf dome. 171 
 
 months : And then begins Zazel again, and fo they run 
 their races whilft (^ars is finifhing theprogrefs of his 
 Afhclium, through VirgOy Lihra^ Scorpio^ Sagittary^ 
 CapricornuSy Aquarius and fifces 5 and then a new Star 
 will arife and give light to the bodied and unbodied 
 Souls, and the blefled (hall go the way our Holy guide 
 teachcth, and (hall enjoy it with ever lafling happinefsr. 
 Read our Harmony of the World. Now as thefe govft-n 
 the Earth, there are feven Angels or Planets that go- 
 vern thefe, t;iz. Zaphtel^AnadyZadkjel^Miehael^ Ca^ 
 mad , Gabriel and Kaphiel : and when you make a 
 Telefme of any of the feven Metals, the Angel, Planet, 
 Sign 3 Ruler, Idea and Figure moft harmonioufly unite 
 upon the fpermatick Metal. 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 Of the Genii Amnukl or Aimodd^ their power 
 in Heaven : And how they defcenddown to m^n : 
 And how they qualifie them whom they are fami- 
 liar W! th : And how they caufe Bleffednefs ■: And 
 what Difeafes they chiefly cure: And how the J 
 fpeak vphen incorporated into a proper Metal or 
 Matter. 
 
 HEre I with a grave countenance, ferious thoughts^ 
 and reverend words do tell you, the feventh 
 name of God , which we fpeak of in our work, is 
 *Iitragfammaton Saboath^ or Adonai Saboath 5 that iSj 
 theGo^ of Hofts'y and his Sephiroth is called A^ea^^ 5 
 and this gift is 'triumph and Vi^ory^ and transfers his; 
 influence through the Order of FrincipaHties, called 
 
 ill 
 
1 7 i T^^e femple ofmfdomf. Book II L 
 
 in Hebrew Elohinty into the Sphere of Venus ^ and gives 
 Zeal, fervent Love, mod fweet Hope, the motion of 
 Defire, Order, Concupifcence, Beauty, Swectnefs, dc- 
 6re of encreafing,and love of Righteoufnefs : the Intel- 
 ligence IS AnkL Read our Harmony of the World. 
 
 To obtain this gift, they made an Image in Cofper ; 
 Venus 2LndHifinael afccnding into Taurus and Fuella. 
 The form of which was the Image of a Woman^ having 
 the head of a Bird^ and ic^t of an Eagk ; holding a 
 Dart' in her hand, upon which dcfceqds Amnixiel or 
 Afmodel that inftantly refts upon it. 
 
 And therefore they made the Figures always hollow, 
 and perfumed them mthfrveet Odours : for thele Spirits 
 I fpeak of, feem to me to be as the benign eyes of God, 
 running to and fro in the world , with love and pity be- 
 holding the innocent endeavours of fingle-hearted men, 
 ever ready to do them good. 
 
 Hccureth all Difeafes of the Stomach^ind Liver ^ and 
 of the Ihroat i and all Difeafes my modefty will not let 
 me name here, being as yet young,and a ftranger to Wo- 
 men : he cures Wens^Kings Ez^r/,and Blacky Choler. 
 
 He fheweth the caufe of Difeafes 5 he maketh men 
 blefled , long lived : he teacheth the caufe oiWifdome 
 and FoUy^ Vertue and Vipe^ &c. 
 
 I have opened the firft part o( Secrets^not as fonie have 
 pretended, but even to God himfelf. The Genius^ they 
 fay, further faith, He that keeps his body clean and tem- 
 perate, (hdWbeVertuottSj ^iJ^-> ^nd do Miracles. How 
 to prove temperatenefsjis eafie by that heavenly tempe- 
 red Medicine before named, Aumm Potabile. See our 
 ^oly Guide. 
 
 He bids us examine whether all Difeafes flow from thd 
 body or not, and whence all Mannors proceed, the 
 ftate and copdition of the body , among them that 
 have fearched the Reafons and Nature of things : And 
 
 the 
 
B ook 111 . The Temple of H^tfdome. 1 7 3 
 
 the caufc of Manntrs is laid either upon the Stars^ 
 ilanttsy or of mans body, or of their wills thus or thus 
 framed, either by the bent of Nature, or bytheufeof 
 Cufiome : let us (can the matter. 
 
 They cannot flow from the Will of the Minde of man, 
 left all Mert fhould perforce be good , againft our daily 
 proof and experience j becaufe the Minde of it felG as 
 coming from goodne(s , is good and alike good in ali 
 men, as I faid before in the Holy Guide : and furc no 
 cuftomc can alter and turn (b divine a JViU to leudneft, 
 but by great force ofnecedityj which force cannot be 
 Cent dowaupon it by the Vlamts and their Sprits ^(t^mg 
 every power and virtue is from above, from God^ from 
 the Intelligences and Stars ^ who can neither err nor 
 do evil. It is neceflary that all evil Mannors, and what- 
 foever is found difagreeing in thefe earthy bodies , do 
 proceed not from the malice of the influence^ but from 
 the evil difpofition of the receiver. 
 
 The Stars and Planets do feed on Ether ^ and arc 
 living Creatures, of a good nature and quality : when 
 therefore the perverfity of the fubjeft receiveth the 
 Influences of the perverfe, or its debility cannot en- 
 dure the efficacy of the fuperiourj then by the Influ- 
 ence of the Heavens thus received into a matter 
 full of difcords , doth refult diflbnant , deformed 
 and evil; yet the Ccleftial powers alwayes remain 
 good, which while they exift in thcmfelves, and from 
 the giver of light, have their Influence by the holy In- 
 telligences : and the Heavens even till they (hall come 
 to the Sphere of the Moon^ their Influence is good, as 
 it were inthefirft degree; but when it is received in a 
 viler fubjeft, it alfo is vilified, yet cannot touch the 
 Minde immediately , untill it have pafled into the 
 loops of the body, and fo change and difpofe the body 
 firft , aad by means of this affea the Mind e : for if th^ 
 
 Minde 
 
1 74 The Tew fie of irifdome. Book III. 
 
 Minde it felf, a finer thing then the Stars , cannot 
 pierce out of the body , as we heard before V then 
 much lefs fhall they make Way to get in by thcmfelvcs, 
 without the helps to our Mindes alotted. And as thefe 
 are all bodily, 1 mean the firft hdps, fo theneireft 
 caufe of evil muft needs flow froT. the body: hn(i 
 if the inward Spirits artd fVits likewife do nought 
 -without the Inftruments of the body, and follow the 
 affection and difpolition of the fame; then the ap* 
 fetite of the unreafonable Soul 5 common^ bctweeti 
 us and Beafts5 upon which Pphagoras and Ficinus 
 do lay the caufe of Manners 5 as Ariftotle witnefleth : 
 And this is difpatched and refolved alfo^ and the 
 whole ftream muft needs cleaHy run from the body to 
 this help; 
 
 They raife the firft face of Lihra^ and Venus in it, 
 or in lamm OY Fifces : and upon this defcends a Sfirit 
 n2imcd At aliel : In the feeond face dQCcendsAzeruel: 
 In the third, Zuriel : And to receive thefe, they make 
 an Image in pure Virgin-Wax'', they with it caufe Jove 
 and marriage : The Genii themfclves(they fay) will tell 
 you what you fhall do. I refer you to the experience 
 for this time* 
 
 #^i 
 
Booklll. The Temple oj mfaome, 175 
 
 CHAR XXVI. 
 
 Of the life of the Nativity : Of- him that defirei 
 the fociety of his Guardian Genius 5 and the^a^ 
 titre and power of this Genius, ^^ and bow to heacA 
 quaint ed with it by name 5 and how you may krfpw 
 the name of it^ and a^nverje with^ix ; . Ofj^paf 
 it cures: How it caufethFdith^.^Keiigion^ Roy-;' 
 attjy Hone fly mid Gvauity of fprech. O/, Mi- 
 chael the Intelligence 5 ' ^W- Ambrkl , and of 
 what gift's they pVe us i^'and'f)bw we receiih 
 them. .--.^rv-i,j 
 
 THe degree of ^any ones Nativity being known, 
 viz, the degree of the Sign afcending, and the 
 SoHthy PVjifi 2Lnd, North Angles being Co- equated^ then 
 lei:, that which had the more dignities of Planets in 
 thofefour i^^zg/ej-, which the Arabians czW Almutez.^ 
 be firft obferved amongft the reft,; and accordinjgtp 
 that in the fecond place, that which fliall be next to it 
 in the nu-nber of dignities : And fo by order the reft.qf 
 them which obtain any dignitie in the aforefaid Angles 
 or fuccedent places 5 this Order being obferved, you 
 may know the true place and degree of them in the 
 Heaven^ beginning from the degree of the Afcendcnt 
 through each degree, according to the order of the 
 Signs J to caft twenty two of the Hebrew Letters ; then 
 ^what Letters (hall fall into the places of the aforefaid 
 P/<?we^/or iS'^^r/being marked and difpofed according 
 to the order found out above in the Stars^hy the Genii^ 
 and rightly joyned together according to the Hebrevf 
 
 Letters 
 
XJ6 The Temple of mjeiome. Book 1 1 1. 
 
 Letters , make the name of a Genius^ to which is fub- 
 Joyned fomc divine name, viz. El or J ah. But here wc 
 finde out the Genuts of this Native, by the places of 
 the five Hylegians ; and making projeftion always from 
 the beginning of jiries ; Gemini being the Sign 
 afcending, and Mercury in the North- Angle foitunate, 
 being reduced alfo into the known Order from the 
 eighth name of God Elohim Sabaoth , which fignifieth 
 the God of Hoafts , not of War and Jufticc, but of 
 Piety and agreement : The Sefhiroth of this is called 
 Hod^ which is interpreted Traipy Honour and famouf- 
 nefs 5 and hath Influence through the Order of the 
 Archangels J which they call Ben Elohim , that is, the 
 Son ofGody into the Sphere of Mercury y in Virgo or Ce* 
 mini. The Intelligence is Michael: he giveth Clemency^ 
 or Goodnefsy Grace^ Mercy^ Fietyy Magnificence^ Elegancy, 
 WifdomeJl^ertueyModeftyjFaithy Keligiony Realty, Gravi"* 
 iy ofjfeechyHoneftyyand acutenefs oflf^it. To the Genius 
 that governs this Native, whofe nafne fs found to be 
 Dirachiely and he transfers all thefe gifts info the Native, 
 after this manner. Fir ft, they bind ^ic^silver in a 
 due place by the fxoak of Brimftone ; and indeed by 
 that way in a months fpaccjit will be turned into perfeft 
 Luna : then they make the Figure of a h2LndCome young 
 mm bearded on it. The Scheam being as you fee. 
 
 Figuru 
 
Book III. rhe Temple o\ mfdome. 
 
 ili 
 
 w 
 
 n^ 
 
 *-^" 
 
 fioHres for Phillip Graniont, T>u\^ andFeer of 
 France. 
 
 ASTROMANCY. 
 
 CE^' 
 
178 The Temple of mfdome , 
 
 Book III, 
 
 GEOMANCY 
 
 ffl 
 
 s Y ^ 
 
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 I 
 
 ANd every thing came to pafs, for which the Fi 
 gures and Tclefm was made. So both fronj 
 the SpaniQiand French Courts alfo, have we received 
 great favour and credit : For thcfe Arts are now as muct 
 cfteemcd there, a^. at Wbiu-HaU amongft the Peers ol 
 this Kingdom. 
 
 And 
 
Book HI. The Temple o^^mfdome. 17^ 
 
 .^ 
 
 And the Flanets placed as in the Figure : Then (they 
 fay) Virachid will defcend in order upon it. The 
 Image niiift be made hollow 5 and then the Genius (they 
 fay) fpeaketh with a harre7i voyce^ yet very audible. If 
 more degrees of Gemini arife , then Amhiel defcends 
 upon the Figure : if fewer degreeSjthfen Gahiel^ and they 
 jare not much different in Nature, but in voice: Thefe 
 they take from the places of Almutez upon the five 
 Hylegians^ making projection from Gemini afeen* 
 ding. 
 
 Thefe Genii are ftrong/air colouredja humane Voyce: 
 Thefe were the Rulers of Solomon^ thefe are exceeding 
 loving, and will often ftir you to (erve the God 
 that made all the world , and to pray to him and 
 his Son Jefus Chrift that died on the Crofs for our Re* 
 demption. 
 
 Thefe Ge?iii help the Memory^ Tongue^ Fantafie^ 
 Brain , Spirits^ Imagination^ Gall^ Bones^ Ihighes^ Sin» 
 news of the Brain ; and cure Sickpefs^ Madnefs^ and 
 the diftempersof the Brain^ deprivation of the common 
 SenfCj Lethargie^ T>oting^ Stammerings Impediments of 
 the Tongue , Hoarfenefs , the Falling-fickn ejs , O^ghs^ 
 fioppings of the Stomack^j GaJI^ Vomiting , Catarrhet^ 
 of abundance of humours in the Head^ and the diieafes 
 of Bloody and all difeafes of the Shculdersy Arms^ HatidSy 
 Shoulder'bone^ belly y Bowels ^ and the difeafes of Melan^ 
 tholy. 
 
 They teach the caufe of Diftempcrs of heat dnd 
 cold, of the Sun^ Moon^ StarSy Men^ Beaftsy FowlSy and 
 [creeping thi?2gs ^ and finally, they teach all things yoa 
 tan name or think on> as you (hall hear in its due place. 
 Read our Holy Guide* 
 
 Thefe things they have experienced : ufe themjind 
 then judge what (battered foundations the old Fhilo^ 
 fopbers laid fo long ago, thalt the building WQUldfafll 
 
 Nnna and 
 
J 8o The Temple ofmfdome. Book HI. 
 
 and tumble toconfiifion^ if fomc Kofu Crucian did not 
 fiioreitup; and the Native by experience learn to de- 
 fend it by this thing moft fit to fill and pleafe the fenfe 
 of them, which have nothing elfe but Senfe. Nowl 
 ^m come to fpeak of Wtfdeme : as all Difeafes, fo all 
 Manners fpriing either from the natural and inherited 
 parts and qualities, or from the purchafed temper of 
 the body, to keep the firft till anon : This we have ei- « 
 cher from the Air or Soyl where we live, or from our 
 cormpt Diet that we take The y^ir followeth either 
 the place of the a9«7z, or the nature of the Ground, But 
 this in The Harmony of the World^ and fomewhat too \ 
 hard to learn as yet. Let us enlarge our felves, and j 
 unfold and prove how the Air and Diet alters and 
 changeth, and makes the bodies to differ, firft, and fo 
 the Manners rude and fierce. 
 
 All the Learned ^ftrologers in Smjand., fuch as are a- 
 ble to define what ^jirologie is ^ and what Geomancy 
 fignifies? to!let go the excrements of the Stars^ as too 
 foul and idle, fuch as tliat Leech^ Lozenge'tnan^ and 
 ^ackchill-men^ &c. 
 
 <j>hiliatros and ^firo^hilus , I mean fuch as are 
 truly fo indeed, and not a Botcher or Cobler^ftliofe 
 things they do not underftand, but fuch as are able to 
 give a Reafon for all things in xht Heaven ahove^ and in 
 the Earth beneath^ and in the Waters under the Earth ;, 
 Such men as thefe I fpeak to, and fome of thefe hold o- 
 pinion with me, that where the Sun is either too near 
 the people, or right over them, or too far off, as under 
 the two Toles of the Worlds there mens bodies are big 
 and ftrong, and their Qualkies rude and fierce : where- 
 as within the two temperate Girdles of the Ejr/^, they 
 heap a mean, and hit the midft (as they fay) both in bo^ 
 dy and qualities, to come down to the ground. For " 
 Hiuft be (hoj t, we fee that a foggy Land makes; the bio 
 
 an< 
 
 mcl 
 
3 j Jk: ill, ' ioe I err/pie o] iVtfdome. 1 6 1 
 
 • 
 
 md Sfirits thick and grofs, and thereby dull and flow ia 
 kain ; and Qo the men fond in VVit^and rudejand (iraple, 
 'aith'ul.chaftejhoneftjand (till in that (train of VVifdo.ne: 
 iViiereas a barren and dry Ground, if the Sun be tern* 
 perate therewithal (as at 'Siotm and Athens) maketh 
 •he lame thinner, clear, lively, fubtle •, and deceitful 
 nen, valiant and unchafte, &c. Of all the proper- 
 :ies appertaining for Meat and Wifdome in men, are 
 ike the Vertiies aid proper Tythes in Plants, fol* 
 owing both the fundry tempers of the bodies, 
 Bvhen the foul \n them and the minde in us is one in 
 all. 
 
 Then a? the mixtures, qualities and vertuesin FlantSi 
 ire altered up and down according to their food ancl 
 fuftenance, as (to omit the outward nourishment of the 
 ground) whereby Peper brought out of MuQgadorej 
 Caftle Garden mto It aljy will after a few fettings turn 
 into Iz^ and fuchlike, which fomeji/ZyE^r^to^rfWi had 
 the confidence to deny to my face : Who can beat Wic 
 in the Brains of AlTes > The caufe is plain, a cunning 
 Gardner^ either by fteeping his feed or flip, or better 
 by incloiing fome Rne thing I would name in the Root 
 or Stock^y can give to any PU'2t , any Colour , 'tafie^ 
 Smelly or popper of Healing ; Co doth mans body Upon 
 the fame occafions : And of all thefe things and many 
 other. Mercury is the caufe. 
 
 Then they raifed the firft face of Virgo , and they 
 made the Image of a beautiful young man, which would 
 foretel things to come ; and this was made as before iti 
 Luna : and then defcendcd Jazeriel the Genius. This 
 Figure was made on the day of Mercury^ on the third 
 hour o^ Saturn: The Sign Virgo afcending^2Lnd the Figure 
 of Geomancy agreeing, being the Houfe and Exaltation 
 oi Mercury^ Rgmfymg- Prophets^ Saturn 2Lnd Mercury bcr 
 bg in Conjun^im in Gemini in the ninth Houfe of Hea« 
 
JSz The Temple of mfclome. Book III. 
 
 ven, which is alfo called God : Uoreovev^kt Saturn 
 have a Trine AjpeVt on the Afcendentj ^ndthz Moon \n 
 like manner^ and the Sun have an u^jf^Ct on the place of 
 Conjundion:Venus obtaining fome jungle may be power- 
 ful and occidental ; Let Mars be combud by the Su7iy 
 but let it not have an Afpe6i on Saturn or Mtrcury 5 for- 
 they faid, that the fplendor of the powers of thefe Stars 
 was diffufed upon this Figure, and Jazeriel refted on 
 hi and did fpeak audibly with a humane voice. 
 (they fay) He teaches that diftempered meats do bVeed 
 the like diftempers, as in thofe humours that make com- 
 pletions, and their conditions. Why aretheT^rfj- 
 fians Co beaftly and haharous ? but becaufe ( befides 
 their foyl) they eat and drink the flelhand blood of 
 Hor(es : We fee the Iflanders o^Cor^ica prove as bold, 
 cruel and falfe as P^g/jWhofe flefh they eat. 1 therefore 
 give you charge to take heed in the choice of Nurfes : 
 And let us proceed : the name of the ^w^e/ that Rules 
 the fecondy is called Hamaliel^mdthzt rules the third, 
 'Ergedttl : their Natures are not changed but inchan- 
 gablc bodies. Now we have feen Happinefs, long Life, 
 Health, Youth, Bleflednefs, Wifdome and Virtue are 
 clear in our Holy Guide, The next Genius will teach* 
 (they fay) the caufe ofmonftrous Children : The cauf6 
 pf Madnefi : The caufe of joy and fear, &c. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
Book 111. The Temple of fi^ff^ome. i8j 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 'Of SchelicI ffc^ Genius^ 4^/^Murid/^.e Genius, 
 a/it^ Amnediel the Genius: of wh/it tJ:iey teach, 
 and how to CiVruerfe rvith them. And hmttt-M^ 
 terj char.ge and amend the flate of mans Sbdf'^ 
 
 ' and get long Life and Health y as n>e tatighi Wour 
 Holy Guide. ';^.^i^\uy 
 
 ' !r:»:'J2fIl 
 
 THe ninth name of God hWs upon the feventh Planet^ 
 it is called Sadai 5 that isfimnipotent^f^itisfYmgsAl^) 
 And Elhai^ wljich is the living God ; his Sephirofhls 
 Jefod ; that is, foundation, and fignifieth a gopd Ufidcc-" 
 ftanding, a Covenant, Pvedemption and reft; antlhattt 
 influence through the Order o£ Angels ^vihom they call 
 ^hembim/^ into the Sphere of the Moon : this caufeth all 
 things in the Earth to increafe and de.creafe, and taketh 
 care of the Genii and keepers of men, and diftributeth 
 them: his Intelligence is GabrieL In the hour of theM?o» 
 on a Munday^ they raife the firft face of Cancer ^ the' 
 Moon in the Afcendmt or in her exaltation Taurus: 
 the Figure they then melted in Silver , was a man 
 leaning on a ftaff , having a Bird on his head, and a 
 flourifhing Tree before him 5 upon which defccnds the 
 Angel Seheliely and he caufeth increafe of gain, and is 
 good, as againft wearinefs. The (econd Figure they 
 made the Moon afcending in that part of Cancer , was 
 a woman cornuted, riding on a Bull, And in the third 
 part they made a Figi^re riding upon zVragon^vfiA 
 leven Heads or a Crab, and in her right hand a Dart, in 
 her left a Looking-Glafs 5 clothed or covered with 
 Vrhite or green 5 and having on her head two Serpents 
 
 I^ n n 4 with 
 
X «4 '^^^ femple offVifdome, Book III. 
 
 I II • ^ ~-^^— .^— ^— , 
 
 ««rlth Horns twined together, and to each Arm a Ser- 
 pent twined about, and to each footalfb: and then 
 they wilhed for thei^ngel M«ri^, which is the chiefeft 
 of the Veities^ the firftof the Ggddejjes^thc Queen of 
 jlngels^ the Miftrefs of the Elements whom the Stars an? 
 fwcr, when the Moon with her fealbns return : Ele- 
 iBcnts ferve her, at whofe nod the lightnings breath 
 forth, Seecjs bud, Plants increafe, the initial parent of 
 fruit. 
 
 She is the Satilitee of the Moon, reftraining the va- 
 rious paflions of the Starsy d>^penfing various lights by 
 |he circuits of the Sun 5 the Lady of great Beauty, the 
 Mftrefs of Kain and Water ^ the giver of Juftice, the 
 ^iXTiJdoimanhjndf^ the governor of all States ; kinde 
 inerciful, protecting men by Sea and Land, mitigating 
 all tempefts of fortune, and difpcnfing with fate, nou- 
 riihing all things growing on Sarth , wandering and 
 ftiniriginthe topsof Hzg^ IFoodszxid Groves 5 beholding 
 the placing of Fairiesy reftraining the rage of Goblins^^ 
 i[hutting the openings of Earth, and difpenfing the light 
 of the Heaven^ the wholfome Rivers of the Sia^ and the 
 deplored filence of the infernal Gods^hy its motion ruling 
 ^he Worldy and treading Hell under her feet 5 of whofe 
 Wajefty the Birds hafting in the Jir^ are afraid; 
 the wild Beafts ftraying in the Mountains , Serpents 
 tying hid in the ground, Fifties fwimming i\i the 
 Sea. 
 
 She cureth (he Brain , left Eye of a maa^ right of 4 
 JFoman^Stomack^y BeUy^Uft Side^Stones^ Bladder^ the 
 tnetnbers of Generation in a IVoman^ the Liver ^ Tafte^ 
 irefi^ and difeafes of Catarrhs ovKhewmsy q> alp es^ the 
 Cholic\^ the Menjiruei in TTomen, Dropfif^ ^outy 
 ^fofthumesy Flegmatickjlifeafisy which do proceed froni 
 flopping of the Sifiem^ Veinsy F allin^'fickjiefs^ Las\ 
 
 jlffx of the BeUj^ Flnxes of the Stomach for 
 
 '■'' ^ •'•.■••'•••• ^ . •. ' ^jjj^j. 
 
Book 111 . The Temple of mfdome, 185 
 
 ^' 
 
 want of digeflion, Hafmodai and her govern the 
 night. 
 
 And fay that Children^ if they fuck a Bitches milk^zre . 
 as bad conditioned as Pog/jand that they fuck their out- 
 ward fhapes and inward manners with the Milk they re- 
 ceive, as I have feen Fools in Africa^ which by fucking 
 Omc/j^are made more painful then their kinde,fwiftand 
 healthful for it:and enough fuch like Examples might be 
 brought if time would fuffer. To come to our bodies 
 left us by our ParentSj if we fee manners ingrafted and 
 inbred in ftock, aindred aid Children, and Nephews, 
 ftill down, to take one after another (a long time) by 
 kinde and Nature, as that curfed father beating down 
 jkindredjfet down in Ariftotk and other pilfering Stocks; 
 which though tliey have no need^muft needs ileal: to let 
 pafs Lechcrj^ and other evil qualities; and r^/o^r, and 
 other good qualities, which we fee daily defcend oti 
 kindred : whence are thf^Ccl not from the Parents 
 mndes and ofF-pring, which cannot be left nor ingraffed, 
 but mull return ftraight and whole, and all at once, 
 when they flit out of this life to that Heavenly place 
 from whence they came ; neither are all their Witj; 
 alike fraoi'd by ufe and cuftom, but brought up fome- 
 times contrary. 
 
 Therefore to cut the giddy, reeling, drunken opini- 
 on, and the whimfies of T/?oJw^/ Street^ and that igno- 
 rant bold impudent Nativity-monger, Leech^ as ftringa 
 too much difcording thofe manners fprungout from the 
 Parents feeds, which is a part of their bodies, purchased 
 by meat and nourifhment ; which bodies if they ufe 
 good and temperate D;V?, are ever like the firft, otherr 
 wife they follow the nature of Meats, and their diftem- 
 pers, as Cardan in a few of the wqrft Diets^ hath moft 
 notably marked, that drunken, or over-ftudious, or 
 fQQ great fallings , ox large Onion-Bating Parents , do 
 
 bffget 
 
1 8 5 The Temple of fVfdome. Book III. 
 
 beget and bring forth for the moft part Mad and Fran* 
 tickle hildr en. 
 
 To clofe up all this third part, with this one little 
 proof: If we fi;ide our felves to do many things againft 
 our will, as when a fearful thing is offered, our hearts 
 pant and fail with fear : when as fair lufl and his parts 
 willarife, whether we will or no, and all incontinency 
 fp rings from that root, then fure the body muft lay 
 this force upon us. 
 
 But how is this > you may ask (faith the Genius) and 
 which way doth the body fo violently over-rule and 
 carry away the Will and Mimie after her ? when any 
 (hape appears in the thought o(man , the doing Miiide 
 takes it ftraight (we muft wear thefe words with ufe, 
 and make them fofter) and laying it with good and bad> 
 and matching, and comparing all things by degrees, 
 determines ; and then her Will and Reafon , which 
 Plato placeth in the Head, follows deiires ; but at the 
 fame time fteps in another doubt , Will and Appetite, 
 lent from that unreafonable and perceiving SohI^ which 
 is common between us and Beafts; and fitting one part 
 in the heart, defiringoutwardgoodsof the body : and 
 look which ofthefe is ftrong, that is, which hath the 
 ftronger Houfe, either by defcent or purchafe, orelC^ 
 bafer. Mould be ftill the weaker and obey the better, 
 that prevails and moves the Angels unto it, and thofe 
 the finefs, and thofe again by other middle means, the 
 whole body or part thereof, as is the pleafure of that 
 Gommander. 
 
 Wherefore to come to the point more namely^ we 
 fliall never he c^ood ^ and tn]OY Uappinefs y long Life^ 
 Healthy Touthy w'nh BleJJednejs^ and IVifdome^ unlefs we 
 follow the advice of thefe vertuoits -Angels^ that is mean 
 and reafon in our deiires, and a doing before thefe two 
 parts, the Heart and the Lmr^ be firft by kinde and then 
 
 by 
 
Book: UL 7 he Tetnple o\m[dome. 1 87 
 
 by Vht ill order fquare and temper, apt to obey the 
 Laws and Rnles of Fveafon : for to begin with the Root, 
 if the fieart be very hot and moi\}^ the man is contagious 
 and liberal, deiiring Honour and great outward things ' 
 Ifhotanddry^cruel, angry, deceitful , but if it keep 
 a mean, and be temperate in quality; keeping a mean 
 and obeying Reafon in that kinde of manners forthe 
 Liver^ if it be hot and moift , likewife it followeth i/e- 
 nery and glutto?2j : if hot and dry it doth the fame, but 
 crookedly and out of cour(e ; but if cold and dry , the 
 man is very chafte and abftiiient ; and if cold and 
 moid:, fomewhat chafte and abftinent; but outwardly, 
 whereas a temperate Liver^ holds ameaninboth, and 
 following the race of kinde deli'res to live foberly in 
 (Company, and honeftly in Marriage ; a life as far 
 from Jefuits^ Monk/ and Hermit es ^ as Gluttons and 
 Letchers, 
 
 We fee therefore that the genius (aith all Qualities 
 proceedeth from the Temper of thofe two parts ( nay 
 the underftanding alfo) if it varieth ft ill according to 
 the divers iffe^^j and Moifiures of the Bratn\ and if 
 thefe two parts be the fprings of all the heat and 
 moifture in the body 5 fothat all goqd ^Mities and^II 
 veftue bud forth from the good, equal and middle te.T:i- 
 peraidmixtiueof thefame parts, and all our labour 
 and travel (if wefeek vertue) it miift be to bring by. the 
 Angels dind Telefmesof the /^t;<?w,and Hafmodel^ ,tho(e 
 twain into fquare and Trwz/^er j that is, equality asneac 
 as may be of the four ^aliiies 5 not oiiely by Aurutn 
 ptdhile^ ufeandcuftome, though P/<;i^/7 hits it right in 
 bis time, when he will have all long Livedo Healthf^.1^ 
 BleJJ'ed and ^^i/e, and none lewd by his Will : Thfire- 
 fore I have (hewn you th*: truth of thefc thi igs clearly, 
 that MoTiks and Fryars did cover in dark pitchy Gioad} 
 ^n4 how to cure an ill difpofed Nature, by the know* 
 
l88 TheTempleojir;! /ome. B »ok III/ 
 
 ledge of theft Telefms ; and their names being found ac- 
 cording to the Stars account,you rr.ay call them by thcfe 
 names aforefald, although unknown to you in (bund 
 and fignification j yet I confefs you may do more by 
 them then with fignificative names, vjh\\(k the mlnde 
 being aftoniflied at the obfcurity of them, and deeply 
 intent, firmly believing, that fo.Tiething Divine is un- 
 der them, doth reverently call then by their names, 
 although not underftood, to the Glory of G^^, captiva- 
 ting himfelf with a fpiritual affeftion of Fiey, in the 
 obedience of him. 
 
 CHAP. XXVIIl. 
 Of the Temple of ^i [dome. 
 
 I Have a defign to walk on into The Temple of Wif- 
 dome^ and to difcover what I finde there oi the 
 Soul^ of (jod^ and his Creation. I have no guide or con- 
 duftor ; onely I may fay thus much, that I follow no 
 mans Path to weary my felf with fruitlefs labour j but 
 that I might the more freely pafs and write the eafie 
 Emanations of Mine own Minde, and not run through 
 Wilderneflcs by diredions , or be drawn off from 
 what ftiould naturally fall from my felf, by prepof- 
 fefling my thoughts by the fancies and inventions of o- 
 thers. 
 
 Behold in this Temple ofWifdome^ there is fuch mat- 
 ter which is of a different fort , and has its peculiar fer- 
 viceablenefs : I followed no mans example , yet quote 
 Authors 5 what I write is from the Temple ofVVifdome^ 
 and the eternal Chara&ersofthe mindoi man , and the 
 known ^b^nomena of Nature^ &c. 
 
 The 
 
Book 111, The Temple ofmfdome. 1 8^ 
 
 The firft Objefl you (hall fee , is called Heaven and 
 Light ; and by them you are to underftand the whole 
 coniprehenfion ofhitelledual A?7gelsjfculsofmen2iSthcy 
 wereinthePre-exiftency, and Beafts ^ and tht feminal 
 J(7r;wjof all things. 
 
 In this Temple , by the Earth you are to underftand 
 the potentiality and capability of the exiJienceQi the firft 
 Creatiotj j this poffibility being exhibited to o\xr minds, 
 as the refult of the Omnif ounce of God, without whom 
 nothing would be, as is indeed the utmoft fhadow, and 
 dsrkcft projeftion thereof. And that you further may 
 underftand how the power of God is exalted above the 
 courfe of Natural Canfes , God taking of the dnjl of his 
 dry ground , wrought it with his hands into fuch a tem- 
 per, with the Aetherial firji moi^ure , that it was matter 
 fit to make the Body of a man : Which when he firft had 
 framed, was as yet but like a piece of dough, till God 
 coming near unto it, JVith bis mouth he breathed into tht 
 No\hils thereof the breath ofLife^ which Life was lately 
 the Souls of Lapfed Angels, and with his word com- 
 manded the Genius to attend him. This is to be obfer- 
 ved, 7 hat men breath through their Nojirilsy though their 
 mouths bejhut. 
 
 When Go^ had formed every Beaflof theFie/J,and 
 every Fon>l of the j4ir , the man named them as the 
 Angels Soul guided him ; and by the fame Genius was 
 pre-advertifed of his H^ife^ and able to pronounce, 7h^ 
 U hone of my bone , andflejh of my flejh , and gave her a 
 name fuitable to her Nature ; and this was commended 
 of God. Read ou r Harmony of the Word, And of the 
 bodies of rebellious Angels , became this Earth, which 
 was nothing but folitude and emptinefs , and as it was 8 
 deep bottomlefs capacity of being , whatever (jod 
 thought good to make out of it , that implycd no con- 
 tradiaion to be made: and there being a poffibility of 
 
 Creating 
 
Ipo TheTewvleof^ifdome. Booklll^ 
 
 ■ ■ ■' - ' I ^ 
 
 Creating things after fundry and manifold manners , ho-, 
 thing was determined 5 but this vaft capability of things 
 <v^s unfetledjAuidj and of it felf undeterminable as wa- 
 ter/ But the Sfint oiGod , who was the Vehicle of the 
 Eternal VVifdom^ and of the Giper-efTential goodnefsj 
 by a fwift forecaft of counfel and dr£'ourfe of Reafon 
 truly DiN iie , fuch as at once ftrikes through all things,^ 
 and difcerns what is bell: to be done , having hovered a 
 while over all the capacities of this fluid pollibllity , 
 forthwith fetled upon what was the moft perfe(!l and ex- 
 aft. Wherefore the entire Deity , by an inward wordj 
 which is nothing but VVifdome and Verme^ as I told you 
 in my book of ihe Harmony of the VVorld^ when 1 fpak^ 
 of the power of God edged with A&ual will , and with 
 more cafe done then we can prefent any notion or Idea, 
 to our own minds , exhibited really to their own view 
 the whole creation of fpiritual fubftances , fuch as ^;z- 
 gels are in their inward Natures , the joicls of men , and 
 other Animals, and thQ fe mm al forms of all things : Co 
 that all thefe, as many as ever were to be of them , did 
 really and aftually exift , without any dependency or 
 corporeal matter : of this I have fpoken larg:fly in Jhe 
 Harmony of the world, 
 
 God approved and plea fed himfelf in thefe things : 
 but yet though in defigne there was a fettlement of the 
 fluid darkne(s ^ or obfcure poiTibility of the outward 
 Creation; yet it remained as yetbutadark polfibility. 
 And a notorious diftinftion indeed there was betwixt 
 this a&ual ffiritiial Creation , and the dim pofllbility of 
 the material body , and outward world. 
 
 Infomuch that this matter was aftuated and agitated 
 by fome miverfal Angel , yet part of the world of life: 
 whence it became very fubtle and Etherial^ fo that thiS 
 was rightly by God called Light and Varkpefi-, and A 
 
 Monai 
 
Book III. Ttje Temple oj mfaome, I p I 
 
 Monad of the PaJJjve andA^iive Frinci^le in the Creation 
 ofihk Mtcrocofm, 
 
 T^bert are many vporlds ^ as I fhall demonflrate by the 
 known Phdnomena of Nature : 1 fliall alfo declare unto 
 you how God orders a real material Earth , when once 
 it is made^ to make it pleafant and delightful for 
 both man and beaft : for the Stars and Planets belong to 
 number 3 and as a primary Planet in refpeft of its refle- 
 ftion of Light is rightly called a Planet , fo in refpeft of 
 its habitablenefs it is rightly termed an Earth, Thefe 
 Earths therefore God orders in fuch fort ^ that they nei- 
 ther want r^ater to lie upon them , nor hi covered over 
 with neater J though they be environed round about with 
 the fluid Air. 
 
 That vaft and iT.menfe Etherial Matter , which is call- 
 ed the Fluid Heaven or Etherial moifture , with infinite 
 numbers of fundry forts of Lights, which Gods Wifdome 
 and Power^by union of fit and aftive Principles drawn of 
 the World of Life, made of this Etherial Matter, whofe 
 ufefulnefs is plain in Nature , that they are for Pr ogno- 
 flick fignes and feafons, and days and years. 
 
 God made the Pla?iets partly Land, and partly Sea, 
 Rivers and Springs, whofe convenience is obvious for e- 
 very man to conceive. 
 
 And God placed all thefe forts of Lights in the thin 
 . and liquid Heaven or Etherial Kegign^ that they might 
 refleft their rays one upon another, and (hine upon the 
 Inhabitants of the trpelve Earths, 
 
 And that their bounty and refplendency might b« 
 confplcuous to the beholders of them, whether by day 
 or by nightjwhich is mainly to be underftood of the Sun$ 
 that fupply alfo the place of Stars at afar diftance, but 
 whofe chief office is to make viciffitude of day and nighty 
 and the Univerlal darl{Ether, 
 
 Qod Created maii^ as yoii have heard, of a certairi 
 
 Red 
 
lp2 The Temple of fV/fflome. Book 1 1 1 
 
 Red Clay, purified by a fiipernatural Agents dnftiired 
 alfb with the Etherial firfi moifture^ and in Gods own 
 Image ; he confifting of an Intelleftual Soul, and a Ter- 
 reftrial Bodyaftuated thereby : Wherefore mankind 
 became Male and Female, as other Terreftriai Animals 
 are. 
 
 Now Tlants and Animals were the Generations 
 effects and produftions of Earth 5 the feminai forms 
 znd fouls of Animals infinuating themfelves into the 
 prepared matter thereof: And 5^72/, Planets or Earths^ 
 were the Generations or Productions of the Heavens^ 
 as you may fee in this Temple : There is a God that 
 Reigns and Rules the World, and Created all the Inh a- 
 bitants of the Earth 5 that he is moft Potent, Wife and 
 Provident ; that he is a Rewarder, Revenger : That 
 hisj Son fuffered upon the Crofs for us, and that he fuf- 
 fered not in the fiefh for them as he did for us : How htf 
 fuffered for the Kevolted Angels in their Region, you 
 may finde in the Temple 5 That he is to be adored in 
 three Perfons, and in one Power, and that a God. 
 
 And there went up a moift vapour from the Earths^ 
 which being matur'dand concofted by the Angel of the 
 Worldy which is very aftive in the Heavens or Air, be-i 
 came a pretious Balmy Liquor, znd iit Vehicle of life ^ 
 which defcending down in fome fore like dewy fhowres 
 upon the Earth, moiftned their habitations 3 fo that the 
 warmth of the Suns gently playing and cooHng accor- 
 ding to Nature, upon the furfaces thereof, prepared 
 matter varioufly for fundry (brts of Inhabitants , not 
 onely in the Etherial Kegion, birtinthe feveral Earths: 
 andlaftly in this, not onely of feminai forms of Planets^ 
 but fouls oiAfiimaIs^d\fo. 
 
 And man himfelfrofe out of the Earth after thU 
 manner 3 the Ked Earth mth Etherial m:^i\}ttrc^ being 
 rightly prepared and attempeied by thefe uhftuous 
 
 fhowreff 
 
Book IlTT The Temple ofmfc/o^^ I^ 
 
 fliowcrs and halmy droppnaj of the flmd Heave?: : For 
 God had fo contrived by his infinite Wifdome that 
 matter thus or thus prepared, Ihould by a vital con^ 
 gruity attraft proportional forms from the World of 
 Life-, which IS every where nigh at hand, and does vi 
 ry throiiohly mcquitate the moift and iinauou« Air. 
 Wherefore after this manner was the ^ire^/ or Etherial 
 ■Man called Jdjm, conveyed into an Earthly body 
 ^having his moft confpicuous rehdence in the head or 
 I brain: And thus the man Mam became the /^«/ of a 
 Terrejhtal living Creature, as you may read in the 
 I Preface. 
 
 For Jdamxxas firft wholly Etherial, and placed la 
 ^raradije, that is, m an happy place and joyful condition 
 of the Sptm : For he ms placed under tlie invigorating 
 beams of the Vn im Imel'ea, and the Sim of righteou^ 
 £F;.rL '^ ^^»i'^y "POii hi.7i. Read The Harmony of 
 
 u ^"^^ his/^/ was now again the ground which God 
 hath blett , and fo brou-ht forth every pleafant Tree 
 and every plcafant Plant of her heavenly Fathers own 
 plantiiig : for the holy ^n^d of Life had enriched the " 
 fr^/, that it brought forth all manner of pleafantand 
 profitable Fruits. And the Tree of Life was in the 
 
 uni ""c ^^]' ^^''^'^ °^ '"^"^ fi''^^ ^''^' t^^e Effential 
 Will of God, which is the true Root of Regeneration; 
 3ut CO fo high a Pitch Mam as yet had not reacht im- 
 :o : and the Fruit of this Tree in this Etherial Ihte of 
 te W, had been immortality , or Life everlaftinp. 
 ^nd the Tree of the Knowledge of ^W and ei/z/ was 
 here alfo, viz. his own wilh And thus were tlje wick- 
 •a Angels. 
 
 Some men will admire mc, others will prattle and 
 
 ondemn me: but neither I nor my Genius, or any 
 
 npired Chriftian, wili anfwer their perhaps fruitlc6 
 
 Qoo ^ queftionsj 
 
1^4 T^^e Temple ofiVifdome. B(;ok 1 1 1. 
 
 qneftioos< If they ask where this Temple is, and which 
 way 1 made it^or how I afcended to it ; 1 have told them 
 in the Preface to my Holy Gnid^ ; and the Lord Ferw- 
 lam is my authority. And here I fay thtfoul of man is 
 never idle, neither in the world nor any ftate elfe. But 
 how (hall I aicend and (feake off this muddy temper of 
 fiejh ? fay they ; when by the verdi^of all the ^eji m 
 thefe cafes, there is no fuch thm^fou?2din ISiaturCy 
 fave in the Heaven extant^ neither heard you me fay 
 that it floated aloft^but was funk to the hottome of all Nj- 
 tme, Notwithftanding 1 have founded and weighed up 
 that muddy Bowel, the Me!t,and deftroyed the fiery and 
 fcummy Call in my body^and made my body of a better 
 temper then common. For heaven was once a grofs 
 and difte.Tpered Lump , before God refined it j and 
 fundred away round to the Place and Nature where it 
 now ftandeth ; even fo one of our grofs bodies here 
 below, being a piece of the fame Lump that was tern 
 pered, as I told you above, and all one with that Hea- 
 ven once was, by thefe ways 1 dire£V, may be refined 
 and parted from all his diftempered drofles and 
 foul greafinefs in the flefh , and brought unto a fine 
 Nature p as 1 (hall fpeak hereafter in Ihe Holy 
 Cmde, 
 
 The foul of a man is always a£^ive,and hath fome pro 
 mifc to m.ake good , and is to promote his intcrefl 
 whofc (he is : For what greater gratification can there 
 be of a good foul^ then to be a difpenfcr of fome portioi 
 of that Univerf^l Good that God lets out upontb 
 World ? And there can be no external converfation nor 
 fociety of perfons, be they Terreftrial^ Aireal or Etheri" 
 at 5 but forthwith it implies an ufe of Prudence 
 wh<"refore Prudence is an infeparable accompliflimen 
 of the Soul: walk but in my pathes toour 7'emple o^ 
 IP ifdome y^uiyow keep your body in health : To follovi 
 
 Old 
 
MJUUis. Ill, J rjc I cfnuLc i/j f'^^j aurnc, * y > 
 
 oar Examples is as much as you can naturally do : yoU 
 (hall do no more then I do my felf, and it is as nUich as 
 can be looked for at the hands of weak mortality jfor the 
 Souls of all mankind Ihall again become Angels, as they 
 were before the Rebellion : and the Souls of the wick- 
 ed and ungodly (hall be again incorporated into flefh^ 
 and fuffcr mortality, until they are clear from fin. Now 
 it is a Hell or punifhmcnt fufticient to be a Prince upon 
 Earth : for all mankind are miferablc, as you may fee in 
 our Harmony of the World, 
 
 CHAP. XXTX. 
 
 That knowMge ir^cVnes the Minie to Here fie and, 
 Athetfm : The SoluU.on of original Gut It , not in 
 quantity hut in the quality o^ Knowledge : Of th^ 
 correHt^'je temper 5 again ft h^finity^ Anxiety and 
 feducements oflmpoflures a^d Refervatives : Tkat 
 we forget not our Afortaltty : In The Temple ot 
 Wifjome /V tau2}n that Philofophy leads the 
 Mind," Ly the, fteps ojfecond caufes to the ftayrs of 
 thefirft. 
 
 HO wean the prodigious Aftrologer make the con- 
 templation of fecond caufes to derogate from the 
 authority of the firft ? To difcover then the errour and 
 ignorance of this O pinion^ and the mifunderftanding ini 
 the grounds thereof, any man may fee that thefe men 
 do not obferve and confider, that it was not that pure 
 and primitive knowledge of Nature, or that pre* 
 cxiftant Genius , by the light whereof man did give 
 names to other Creatures in Paradift , as they were 
 Ooo a brou^hc 
 
 I. 
 
I ^ ^ uje i emuie of ^^mwe, DQOK HL 
 
 brought before him, according to their propeities, 
 vvhicif gave the occalion to fall .3 but it was that proud 
 knov\ ledge of good andevij, with an intent to (hake off 
 Cod^afid to give law unto him(elf. ' 
 
 God hath made all things beautiful and decent in 
 the true return of their Stafons ; alfo lie hath placed 
 the p^oddin ma77S htarf^ yet cannot man findeoiit the 
 works which 6W worketh.from the beginning unto the 
 tnd: by which words he declared not x)brcurely5^hatGr'fl! 
 hath framed the M'wde of A/^w, as a Mirrcur or Cilajs ca- 
 pable of the Image of the Vrmerjai l^urldy and as joyful 
 to receive the imprellions thereof, as the pure part of 
 manj^o pafs tothc5^«c7«w Sajiciomm m the TeT.ple^or 
 as the eye joyeth to receive light 5 and not onely delight 
 ted in the beholding the variety of the things^ and the 
 viciflitudes of times,but raifed alfo to find out and to di- 
 fcern the inviolable lawsjand the infallible decrees of Na* 
 ture. And although 1 fcem to infinuate that the fupreme 
 or fuiT.marylawof Nature 5 which is called the jvork 
 which, Go^worketh from the beginning totheend^is not 
 poflible to be found out by ma?!-^ yet that doth n t de- 
 rogate from the capacity of the mii.de^ but may be re- 
 ferred to mans Mortality, the ill Cc72Jmjliiofi of la- 
 bours depraved, and unfaithful tradition of knowledge 
 over from hand to hand , and many other inconveni- 
 ences wherewith the ccM^rdition of man clogged with 
 thefe needlefs members is enfiiared and involved. The 
 Sfirit of man is as the Lairp of Cod , wherewith he 
 fearcheththe very inwards of all fecrets: Now this is 
 common toallnr.en, but not the capacity; but if the 
 hn^y be meiTded . the Erherial Spirit is exalted within 
 the capacity and receipt of the nrindeofm^an, and in the 
 ir.quiry and inveiuion there is no danger at all from the 
 ^portion or quint ity oi Knowledge how large (bcver, 
 cftitfhoiild make it fwellor out-compafs it fclf; but 
 
 meerly 
 
B' >ok ill. The Temple of mfdome, 1 9 7 
 
 meerly i-i the quality, which being in quantity more or 
 lels, if it betaken without the correftive thereof, hath 
 in it fonie nature of Malignity or venome full of flatuous 
 Symptoms 5 the mixture whereof tempers Knowledge, 
 andmakes itfo *^overaignas Charity which builds up 
 the Mind^and enemy to Pride and Conceitevinefs: if you 
 could fpeak with the Tongue of Moi and ^ngels^ and 
 had not Charity, you cruld never attain to that per- 
 feftion in our Temple, and temper of infpired Chrifti- 
 ans; neither could your y^?zgc/-G«iir^itf?7 ever fpeak to 
 you, biit inftcad oFdirefting you would deftroy you. Is 
 it not an excellent th'ng to fpeak with the Tongue of 
 Me?2 aad An^els^ and converge with Angels or Cdleftial 
 Jntelligcnoes ? without Charity you cannot 5 and ic 
 muft be referred to the puhlick good of maiikinde ; o- 
 therwife it rather exhibites a vain and empty glory^theri ' 
 any fubftantial and folid fruit. 
 
 As for the conceit of thofe who are of opinion that 
 too much knowledge fhould incline the 'T.inde to A- 
 theifn, and that the ignorance of the fecond cau(es 
 fhould be as it were Midwife to our Piety toward the 
 firft : To my knowledge the prodigious Nativity- Mer- 
 chant, that undoes his cuftomer?, is not guilty of any of 
 the knowledge I fpake of in Tht Temple of JFifdime, 
 
 The authority of this Temple forbids us to have (b- 
 ciety with thefe impoftures. I will charge them in the 
 Language of jFo/?5 VTiUyoulie fnrGod^ as one man doth 
 for another to gratifie him > For certain it is faid in The 
 Temple of mfdome^ that God works nothing in Nature 
 , according to the ordinary courfe, but by fecond caufes : 
 andif they would have ic otherwise believed, we pro- 
 nounce it meer impofture under colour of piety to 
 God, and nothing elfebut to offer unto the Author of 
 Truth the unclean facrifice of a lie. But further /it is an 
 afllired truth, and a concluiion of experiencQ, that a iic- 
 
 Ooo 3 t,\z 
 
Ip8 TheTempie of mldome. Book 111 
 
 tie or fup^rficial tafte of Philofofhy^ may perchance in- 
 cline the minde to Atheifm ; but a full draught there- 
 of brought the minde back to Re/i^fo?z : for in the en« 
 trance o^PhiloJophy^ when the fecond caufes, which are 
 next unto the fenfeSjdo offer themfelves to the minde 
 of man, and the minde it felf cleaves unto them and 
 dwells there ; an oblivion of the higheft caufe may creep 
 • in : but when a man paffeth on further, and beholds 
 the dependencyjContinuation and confederacy of caufeg, 
 and the work of providence, then he will eafily believe 
 the higheft ftep of Nature afcends to the ftair of a Su- 
 pernatural Cod. And thus by AftVomancy and Geo- 
 piancy do Superiours and Iiiferiours communicate. 
 
 To clofe in a word, let no mjin upon as weak a con- 
 ceit as prodigious Mr. Scorpion in his time, of fobriety 
 or ill applyed moderation, think or maintain that a man 
 pan fearch too far, or be too well ftudied in the book of 
 Cods Word, or in the book o((jods works. Divinity or 
 Tkilofophy 5 but rather let men awake themfelves, and 
 cheerfully endeavour, and purfue an endlefs progrels 
 or proficiencc in both : let them beware left they ap- 
 ply knowledge to Pride,not to Charity ; to oftentation, 
 not to ufe ; and again, that they do not unwifely with- 
 put any confent , mingle and confound thefe diftinft 
 knowledges of God and Nature, in Theology and Fbihfo- 
 fhy^ and their fevcral waters together. Read our Har* 
 fnony of thz World. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
B ov>N i 1 1 . ihf i emple o\ kyjdj/fie. 1 9 9 
 
 CHAP. XXX. 
 
 Of the Soul ^ fever al Opinions are raifed^ lut the 
 truth I haue taught in this Temple : The infpired 
 E[jence of the knowledge ofthefenjible or produced 
 Soul '^ of the fubj^ahce and faculties of the Soul: 
 TVlja't caufeth men to be of different qualities : The 
 k^WJviedgeo!; the faculties of the Soul: Of the ufe 
 and objeBs of the faculties^ as they are vpritten in 
 The lemplcof VVKdome, ' 
 
 HEre I intended to tell you what that Soul is: What 
 makes man diftrafted about himfelf, and capable 
 of his diftraftion. Some would have it of the Nature of 
 lire ; a hot fubtle body difperfing it felf into rjjej and 
 Fiery Atnmer ; fome think it y4ir^ fome make it a Spirit 
 mixt of Fire and y^ir^as Sir John Hey don in a Manufcript 
 affirmeth ; fome would have everyElement a parent of 
 a Soul feparately : fo every man (hould have many 
 diftinft Souls ^ according to thepi inciples of his compo- 
 fition : fonie have called it zn unde/mined Vertue: fome 
 a felf-moving. Nu Tiber; fome a quint Ejfence : others 
 have defined it to be nothing but a Harmony conflated 
 by the moft even compofure of the four Elements in 
 man. And for this, one might thus argue : The Body is 
 before the Soul-^ and till the Body be made perfedjas I 
 told you before, the Soul appears not 5 as if the perfefti* 
 on of the Body^by thcporperohhe EtheriaiSpirityin his 
 even contcnriperation, were the Generation of the Soul 
 within it ; The Soul alfo changeth with the Body^ 
 becaufe it was Angelical before it canae into nut- 
 ter. 
 
 Ooo 4 Novf 
 
loo The Temple of ^yifdome. Book III.. 
 
 -■* — ~1 — •""* "•" ' ■■ ■■ •" " 
 
 Now let us proceed to the Nature of the Min^e and 
 
 Soul ot Man J out of the treafure whereof all myfteries 
 are extra^ed^ I fpeak of the reafonable Soul^ which is 
 Divine 5 the other of the uiireafonable Soul, whicli is 
 common to Beafts , in The Harmony of the IVorU^ I 
 have noted (where 1 fpeak of forms) thofe two Emanati- 
 ons of the Souls^ which in the firft Creation of then 
 both, offer themlelves unto our view 5 that is, that 
 one hath its original from the breath of God ; the other ' 
 from the Motrices of the Elements : for of tlie Trimi- 
 iive Emanation of the Katioral Soul^ as it was in 
 the Divine Temple 3 it was formed, as I told you be- 
 fore. 
 
 But the Generation of the unreasonable Soul or of. 
 Beads, wa3 accompliflied by thefe words, Trudmat a^'.; 
 ^ua^Vruducat Terra : And this Irrational 5p«/, as it 5^ 
 in manjis the Inftrument onely to the reafonable Soul^and 
 hath the fame Original in us^ that it hath in Beafts ; 
 namely, from the (lime of the Earthy as it is in one 
 place ; for it is not faid, God framed the hdy of Man 
 of the flime of the Earthy but God formed man ^ that is,the 
 whole man, that Spraculum excepted : wherefore I 
 fiile that part of the general knowledge , concerning. 
 Mans Soul , the infiiredfuhfia7ice^ 1 will tell you what 
 it is in the Holy Guide , the other is th« fenfible or pro- 
 dua Sonl 
 
 There are many and great precellencies of the Soul 
 of man, above the Soul of Beafts^ evident to thofe who 
 Philofophize even according tofenfe: And wherefoe-. 
 ver the concurrent character of llich great excellencies 
 are found, there fhould ever upon goodreafon be made - 
 a fpecifiquc difference; wherefore 1 do not altogether 
 fo well allow the Philofophers Promifcuous andconfufe 
 4*fcourfcs touching the fiinftions of the Sg\il^ as if the 
 ^oul of ^an was differenced gradually , rather thcfl 
 
 fpeci- 
 
Book III, The Temple of iVjfdome . 2 o i 
 
 fpecifiqiiely from the Soul of Beafts , no other- 
 wife then the S^?i among the Stars, or Gold among Mt- 
 tals. 
 
 There remains, fays fome body to me, a queftion 
 to be anfwered, whether all Souls are equal at their firft 
 i?jfufio77. I anfwer. Nothing comes imT4.ediately from 
 Gocly but is pure, perfeft and uncorrupt : And if it be 
 of that Soul purely^ which at the fame inftantisbodi 
 revived and infufed ; then no queftion but they arc 
 alike : but becaufe the fenfitive part in man bears a 
 great fway, it many times falls out, that by the deficien- 
 cy of the Origmal parts^ the Souls is eclipfcd and im- 
 prifoned fo, as it caiinot appear in the vigour it would 
 (heiv, if the bodies cbmpofition werefo perfeft, make 
 it fo fine, pure and open. Now a perfed: Soul in ati 
 imperfeft body is like a bright Taper in a dar}{ Lan- 
 ihornc^ the fault is not in the light, but in the cafe 5 
 which curtains it with fodull an outfide, as it will not 
 let the fnine be tranfparent. 1 have had men come to 
 me againft my defires, for I affect not acquaintance ; 
 yet thfty were both able and ingenious, who after a lit- 
 tle hurt received in a vital part, did grow almofi: infen- 
 fible, when the vital paflages of the fenfitive and vege- 
 tive are imperfci^, though they extinguifh wot the intcl- 
 leftiial, becaufe a thing mortal cannot deftroy a thing 
 immortal; yet their defe^l keeps it founder, asitap* 
 pearethnotto the outward aypreheofion. Not that 
 man hath three diftinft Souls; for the intellectual in 
 man containeth the other two: and what are different 
 in PlantS5Beafts and man, are in man one and Co-monad 
 together, otherwife he were a plant and fcverally abrute 
 iand rational ; but as the folid Chriftaline Heavenund firft 
 mover contains the Etberial Region and Fluid Heaven ; 
 and the Etberial Region and fine Fluid Heaven^ contains 
 the R^^ton of the Fire and Air^ and the Region of the 
 
 Fire 
 
2 o 2 The femple oj iV/jc/ome. B. )ok 111, 
 
 Tire and Air Globes of the Earths and fVaters , yet all 
 makes but one World: So the Intelleftual contains the 
 fenfitive, and the fenfiuve the vegetative; yet all in 
 man make but one Soul 5 but the differences of men 
 may all be referred to two caufes ; either inward or 
 outward : inward are defers in nature and generati* 
 on ; either when the Aftive part the feed is not perfed, 
 or when the nutrinental and palfive powers fail of 
 their fufficiency, are too abundant or corrupted: And 
 when man is of himfelf from the Womb, the maligni- 
 ty of (bme humour may interpofe the true operation of 
 the Internal Etherial firfi moifture. Let us now come 
 to the Species or infpired Ejfence, The fuftance of the 
 reafo?iable Soul comprehends thefe "inquiries , touching 
 the Nature thereof, aswhetlicr it be Native or Adven" 
 tive^ Separable or Infeparable^ Mortal or Immortal : how 
 it is tyed to the Laws of matter 5 how far not, &c. This 
 1 have in The Harmony of the World bound over at laft 
 unto JR.e/i^zoz7, there to be determined and defined a- 
 mongft other myfteries; for otherwifc they ftill lie open 
 to many errours and illufions of fenfe : For feeing that 
 the fubftanceofthe Soul was not deduced and extrafted 
 mhtv Creation itbm theMafs of Heaven and Earthy but 
 preferved by God, when the xAngels fell to be a Chaos, 
 and immediately revived and infpired from God'-, and fee- 
 ing the Laws of Heaven and Earth are the proper fub- 
 jcfts ofPhilofiphy : How can the knowledge of the fub^ 
 ftance of the reafonable Soul be divined or fetcht from 
 Tbilofophy ? but it mull be drawn from the fame infpi* 
 ration fro.ti whence the fubftance thereof firll flowed, as 
 you may read in The Harmony of the World, 
 
 CHAP, 
 
»00k HI . The Temple of mfdome. 205 
 
 «a— •^— - 
 
 CHAP. XXXI. . 
 
 7;^^ you are with conjideme to attend and okejpur 
 Gentus his commands^ natural and unprejudiced 
 diB^ites \ the fame notions and truths are at leai 
 naturally and unavoydably ajjented unto hy the 
 Soul, whether fjje have ofherJelfaH^ul knowledge 
 in her or not : and that the definition of an Imma- 
 terial Beings absolutely perfeB is [uch '^ and this 
 abfolutel) perfetl Immaterial Betng^ is God: Of 
 MafcuUne and Feminine faculties given to man by 
 God. 
 
 NOw in The Temple of Wifdome you will finds your 
 Genius^ whofe name you know by the an- 
 fwering, is not unfurniftied for ths. dilating of truth 
 unto you : I demand of any man, why under a pre- 
 tence that fhe having nothing of her own, but may be 
 molded into an aflTent to any thing , or that (he do ar- 
 bitrarioufly and fortuitoufly compofe the feveralim- 
 prefTesfKe receives from without; he will be ftiilfo 
 Cqueamifh or timerous as to be afraid to clofe with his 
 own faculties^ and receive the natural Emanations of 
 his own minde as faithful Guides. But if this (eem, 
 though not too fubtle, which I contend for, viz> that 
 the Soul hath aftual knowledge in her felf in that fcnfe 
 which I have in the book of The Harmony of the World 
 at large explained ; yet furely this at leaft will be confeft 
 to be true , that the nature of the Soul is fttch^ that 
 fhe will certainly and fully aflent to fome conclu(ionS| 
 however (he came by the knowledge of them, unlefs 
 fce manifeft violence to her own faculties : which truths 
 
 muft 
 
204 The Temple of W/fr'ome, Book 1 1 
 
 muft therefore be concluded not fortuitous or arhhram 
 riousy but natural to the Soul^ to adume the Idea ofa be] 
 ing abfohitely perfeft above propofed *, it being in fuel 
 ibrt Cct forth, that a man cannot rid bis minde of it, bulj£ 
 he itiuft ;ieeds acknowledge it to be indeed the Tde! 
 of fuch a belig \ it will follow that it is no a bitrari.m; 
 nor fortuitous conceipt^ but neceflary ; aid therefon 
 natural to ihg Soul at leaft , if not ever aftuail) 
 there. 
 
 Wherefore it ismanifeft that we confulting with our 
 ownnaturallight, concerning the notion of being abfo- 
 lutely perfeft, that this Temple oflVifdome tells us, that) 
 it is z ffiritual juhjiance^ eternal ^ infinitcin EJfence and 
 goodnefs^ Omnipnte72t^ Omnifcieftt^^ind of it (elf neceflarily 
 txiftent 5 for this anfwer is ftrh, that if we underftood 
 the feafe thereof^ we cannot tell how to deny it : and 
 therefore it h true according to the light of Nature i 
 but it is minifeft that that which is fclf-fubliftent, itifi 
 nitely Goody Omnifcimt 2L^d Omjupotent^ is the Root and 
 Original of all things 5 a:id Omnipotency fignifies a Poxver 
 that can effeft any thing that implies no contradiftion 
 to be effefted, and Crea:io:i implies no contradiftion 
 Therefore this perfect Being can create all things. But 
 if it found the mitter or other fubftances exifting afore- 
 hand of themfelvc? , this Omnipotency and Povver of 
 Creation will be in vain, which the free and unpreju- 
 diced faculties of the minde of man do not admit of: 
 Therefore the natural notion ofa Being abfolutely per- 
 fcft5iTiplies that th* fame Being is Lord and Maker of all 
 things. To prove there is a God^xs not my intent* I have 
 done it already in our Htrmmy of the World 5 or to de- 
 monft:at?that the Snow is white,or the Sun gives light ; 
 and according to naturallight, that which we fee with 
 the eyes of our weak uiderftmding, is to be adored and 
 woi'Ihipped of all that haij the knowledge of it^ with all 
 
 huml- 
 
k:;o k 1 1 1 . T^e Ternf)le oj tvifaome, 205 
 
 ... - I - 
 
 lumility and thankfulnefs: and. what -is this but to 
 cknowledged ir to be God ? 
 
 For I demand of you that believe nothing but (Qnky 
 low could {cr\[c ever help you to ihefe truths above no- 
 cd? that which exifts without the help of another 
 sneceflary and eternal 5 for neceflity and eternity are 
 lofembl qualities 5 and therefore arcnot theobjefts 
 ifanyfenfe: but there is other knowledge and percep- 
 ion in the Scul^ beiides that of fenfe. I deny their 
 artkifle ofjtomes^ a bufinefs that will not fall under 
 enfe. The Scul of man hath other cognofcitive fa- 
 lulties, behdes that of fenfe. 
 
 Concerning the fenfible or produced Soul; what 
 nakes thefe tearms of Acvs v.timus &fGrrn a corporis y 
 nd fi'.ch-like wild logical univerfalities, to the know- 
 edge of the Sculs [lihjtance ? for thefenfible Scul^ov the 
 ioul of Beads mull needs be granted tobea corporeal 
 ubflance, attenuated by heat^ and made invifible, I 
 ay, a thin, gentle gale of Winde, fwell d and blown up 
 rom fc-me flamy and Airy Nature ^ indeed with foft- 
 lefs of Air to receive imprefl^on , and with the vigor 
 )ffire to embrace Adion, nourifhed partly by anOyly, 
 5art!y by a watery fubftance fpi ead over the body, re- 
 iding (in perfe£l creatures) chiefly in the head, running 
 hrough the Nerves, refrefht and repaired by //?z>iJ«(7«j" 
 ^lood of the ArtfTUs, ] hear of no man that hath writ- 
 en any thing, that underftands this point, but hath 
 )rought forth Prodigies, Lies, Superftitions, and very 
 ontagious Opinions 5 and mcft vilely abafing the dignity 
 >f tht jcul c/>2tfw, and the fame of glorious ^grippa^ 
 (nighr,oftranfmigrationof Souls out of one Body into 
 •nother , and kiftrations of ^ouls by peri<'>ds of years. 
 \nd now of the too near affinity in every point of the 
 
 oul of Man, with the 5ouls of Bcafts : This Soul in 
 Jcaftsis a principle Soulj vs hereof the Body of Beads 
 
 is 
 
 Ik 
 
2 o 6 ^r)e i em fie o] Wjjdome. *50Ok IIT 
 
 is the Organ ; but in man this Soul it felf is the Organ oj 
 the Soul Rational^ and may rather be called by appella 
 cion of a Spirit then of a SomL 
 
 Now I will inform you of another faculty of th 
 Soul o{ Man', which thoi^h it feem inferiour, yet iti 
 far from being contemptible, it being both good fo 
 himfelf,and convenient for the terreftrial world^for thi 
 makes him capable of being the head of the living Crea 
 cures in the Earth, as that faculty indeed is the mothe 
 of all mankind 
 
 Thofe higher and more intelleftual accompjifli T.ents 
 I muft confefs made the man very wife, and of quic 
 perception, for he knew very well the natures of th 
 feeafts of the Field, and Fowls of the Air : I mean, no 
 onely of the vifible and terreftrial Creatures, but alfo c 
 the fallen and unf alien Angel s^ or good and bad Gent 
 and his former Angelical condition, and was able t 
 judge aright of them, accordingto the principles the 
 €onfijiedofy and the properties they had j whereas ma 
 was yet lofty in the higher parts of the Air, andcoul 
 pafs from the Etherial Kegionj2imong({ the innocent an 
 ttnfaUen Souls of Men , to the Criftaline Heaven , an 
 there take pleafure a little while, that God might fhe\ 
 hiserrour among the good Angels: now is caft to Eart 
 with his new wedded joy , there to dwell , and hi 
 (everal generations, until the day of redemption. B 
 thefedifcoqrfes you muft obferve how the Angels of ' 
 ftromancy, and Genii of Geomancy in their FigUfi 
 and proper Metals, or other maccer,communicat& 
 
 \ 
 
 \i 
 
 CHAl 
 
JOOOK Ail. J ne 1 empie of yrijaome, 207 
 
 • CHAP* XXXII. 
 
 Of tie /mature of the Soul of Man : what the CeU^i- 
 al Ar^gelsfaj of it rjaturally to our apprehe/ijio^y 
 that cannot [peak with the Tohgue of Men and 
 Angeh : nhether jh^ he a meer modipcation of the 
 hods-i ASjoufinde at large ia our Harmony of 
 - the World. 
 
 Ere are the faculties of the Soul^ that are well 
 known to be Underftanding, Keafcriy Imagination^ 
 Memory^ Appetite^ JVill. In the knowledge concerning 
 the Souly the Original of thefe facuhies ought to be 
 handled^ and that VhyficaVy^ as they are Connatural with 
 the 5r7«/, and adhere to it, onely their ufcs and objefts 
 are deiigned to other Ath^ but the fa! ailties of the Soul 
 have two appendtyices^ which as they have been by Plato 
 and Paraceljks , and others handled , have rather pre- 
 fented us with fmoak, then zny Lucid flames of truth: 
 one of thefe is the knowledge of natural Divination^ 
 the other of fascination : But fir ft, I (hall tell you the 
 nature of the Soul of mau^ and then finifh thofe more 
 obvious faculties, that I fpeakof in the Soul of Man^ 
 that naturally ttnd to the difcovery of the exifience of a 
 God. I nr.uft confidcr the eflence of the Soul hct felf^ 
 what it is, whether a meer Modification of the body, or 
 an Immaterial being diftinft therefrom : and thea 
 whether Corporeal, or incorporeal, as we (aid in 7hc 
 Harmony of the World* 
 
 If you fay that the foul is a meer modification of the 
 body, the foul then is but one Univerfal faculty of the 
 body, or many faculties put together j and thofe ope- 
 rations 
 
2 05 'TheTem^leo^wiffJome. Book III, 
 
 rations which are ufiially attributed unto the body 
 I dcT.and therefore to what in the body will you zt- 
 ixihntQ Sf07itancoits Alotion ? 1 nnderiland thereby a 
 power in our felves of wagging or holding 11:111 mcft oj 
 che parts of our body^as our hand (fuppofe) or little lin- 
 ger. If you will [ly that it i^ nothing but the immijfmi 
 of the Spirits hito fiich and juch Mnjcies', I would 
 g!ad!y know what doth imxit thefe Spirits^ anddireft 
 them fo curioufly : is it ihemfelves or the Br^i?/, or 
 that particular piece of the Brain they call the Conarian 
 or Pine-kernel ? whatever it be , that which does im- 
 mit their, and direft them, muft have Ani iiadverfion 
 and the fare that hath Animadverlion, hath Memory 
 and Reafbn alfo. Now I think it is a queftion whether 
 ' the Spirits tbemfelves be capable cf Am ma river ft 072^ Me- 
 mory and Reafo/i. If I (hould fay it is impofliblejthere is 
 none dare contradift me, no not the Nativity-man him* 
 felf vvith all his Stars : for thefe Animal Angels are no- 
 thing elfe but matter very chin and liquid \ vvhofe na- 
 tHre conhds in this^that ^^11 particulars of it be in Motion^ 
 and being ioofe from one another, frigge and play u^ 
 and down according cothemeafure and nr.anuer of agi 
 tation in them. 
 
 I may now demand which of the particles in thefe^ 
 fo many loofly moving one from another, hath Animad- 
 verfion in it ? if you (ay that all put together have, 1 ap- 
 peal to him that thus anfwers5how unlikely it is^that that 
 ftould have Ammadverfwn^ that is fo utcerly tmcapable, 
 of Me moij/y and confcquently of Keafaiy for it is im- 
 poffiblc to conceive Memory compatible to fuch a firb- 
 jeft, as it is how to write characters in the water or irt 
 the winde- 
 
 If you (ay the Brain immitsand dire^s thefe Spirit?, 
 how can that (b freely i^ndifpnntamvufly mnve it felf er a* 
 nother that hath no Mufcles ? tell me how if you can, 
 
 what 
 
Book 1 1 1 . Thf Temple o\ mfdome. 2 o f 
 
 .what does inimitthefe Spirit/^ andoireft themfocurH 
 oully ? is it themfelves or the Brahy or that particular 
 piece of the braia we call Conarionor Pim-k^rneL^WhsLt" 
 ever it be , that which docs immit them and direft 
 'the Tij niuft \\diVtAnimadverpoH-, and the {ame hath Me- 
 vtnory and Keafon : For Anatomiftj fay. That though 
 : the Brain be the inftrument of Senfe , yet of it felf ic 
 !i is infenfible : How then (hould that that hath no Senfe 
 direft thus Sfontanzoufly a:id Arhitrarioufly , the r^imal 
 Spirits into any part of the body, an Aft that r6- 
 I quires deter r.inate fenfe and perception ? But k€C 
 ; Doftors, Chyrurgions and Anatomitts conclude what^ 
 I they will : I ihall demonftrate that the Brains have no 
 ^tn(e 5 for the fa ne thing in us that hath Senfe, hath al- 
 io Animadverfion 5 and chat which hath Animadvef'^ 
 fimm US3 hath alfo a faculty o^ free and Arhitrarious 
 fancieand Keafi?i, Read our Book called The Holj 
 ^siide. 
 
 Let us now confidcr the Nature of the Brain^ and(ee 
 how compatible thofe alterations are to fuch a fubjeftj 
 verily, if we take a right view of this Lax-pith, or 
 Marrow in mans Head j neither our Senfe nor Under- 
 fianding can difcover any thing more in this fubftance 
 that can pretend to fuch noble opeiations, as Sagacious 
 CoUeftion? of R.earon , then we can difcern in a fine 
 chimical Ladies Sack-Poflec. For this loole pulp, that is 
 thus wrapt up mthin out Cramum^ iihutz jpun^y and 
 porous ^(?^', and pervious, notonely to the Animal Spi" 
 Hts^ but alfo to more jFwjioe and Oqnor^ elfe it could 
 -not well be nourifliedjat leaft it cou'd not be (b fofc and 
 moiftned by drunk^ejs andexcefs, as to make the Llnder- 
 flanding inept, and fotti(h in its operations Where- 
 fore I now demand, in this foft fubftance, which we call 
 -the^r^w, whofe foftnefs implies that it is in fonfic 
 itoc^nr^Lignid^ and Liqmdity itnp'lisi a fiv£ral Mati^ 
 
 Ppp ol 
 
2 I o Ihe I'empit ot mfdome. 
 
 ofloofned parts: In what part or parcel thereof doe 
 Fancy, Reafon and Animadverfion lie > In this La: 
 - confiftence that lies like a Net all on heaps in the wa 
 ter : Can you tell in what knot, loop or interval there 
 of does this faculty offiee Faticj^ andaftive Reafon re 
 fide ? I believe you cannot allign me any. If you (houl( 
 fay. In all together^ you mnft fay that the whole Brain i 
 figured into this or that reprefentation> which wouh 
 cancel (JHemory^ and take away all capacity of there be 
 inganydiitinft notes and places for the feveral Specie 
 o\ things there prefented. But if you will fay there is it 
 'every part of the Brain this power of Animadverjioi 
 and Fancy^ you are to remenber that the Brain is ii 
 fome meafure a liquid bodyj and we muft enquin 
 how thefe loofe parts underftand one anothers fcvera 
 Animadverfions and Notions: and if they could (whicl 
 is yet unconceiveable) yet if they could from hence d< 
 any thing towards the Immifpo^ and dircftion of th< 
 minimal Spirits into this or that part of the body, the) 
 muft do it by knowing one anothers mindes 5 and by 
 ]oynt conte?ition ofjirength ; as when many Mariners ai 
 the ^apftone^ at once the word being given, pull toge- 
 ther the l^ars about ^iov the weighing of their Bcft Borver 
 or Sheath-Anchor^ that the Tingle ftren^thof one could 
 not move, being fo maffie a Body 5 but this is to make 
 the feveral particles of the Brain, fo many individua 
 perfons : A thing I do not believe, as you may fee in 
 the firft Book. 
 
 Belides, how come thefe many Animadverficns u 
 feem but one to us, our minde being thefe, as it is fup- 
 pofcd ? Or why if the figuration of one part of the 
 Brain^ be communicated to all the reft , does not th< 
 fame objeft feem fituated both behind us and befor< 
 usjand every way, as the imprefs of the oh]eU is refieGed^ 
 ^gairtft all the parts of the Brains / But there appearing 
 
 to 
 
tousbutonc Animadvcrfion, and one fice of things: It 
 is a fufficient argument that there is but oncj or if there 
 be many, that they are not mutually communicated 
 from the parts one to another, and therefore there 
 can be no fuch joynt endeavour towards one defign ; 
 whence it is that the brain cannot immit ordireft thefe 
 /^wiw^/^pirzV/intowhat part of the body they pleafe% 
 Read our Harmeny of the. World, 
 
 The Brain hath no fenfe,and therefore cannot imprefjt 
 fifontaneoufly any Motion on the Animal Spirits ; ic is 
 no flight argument, in that fome diflefted were found 
 without Brains , fome with water in ftead of Brains* 
 Read the Holy Guide, Now I appeal to any free judge, 
 '■ how likely thefe liquid particles are to approve them- 
 I felves of that nature and power, as to be able by c- 
 ! refting and knitting t^emfelves together for a moment 
 of time, to bear themfelves fo as with one joynt con- 
 tention of ftrength to caufe an arbitratious obligation 
 of the Spirits into this or that determinate part of the 
 body. But of this and the faculties of the Soul) th<S 
 Angels have not given more liberty. 
 
 I^pp 3 @HAPr 
 
" r 
 
 CHAP. XXXI l: 
 
 Of A^h)' tjemi ahd /d^as, concey>ii/'dg the fub- 
 
 ' ^^^'^^ ^f ^^^ ^^^^^ ifhether really dt(iinH^ ami then 
 
 y vphether corporeal or incorporeal : And of what the 
 
 Angeh are '.concerning the kr.cwleclge afthejacul- 
 
 ^' ties of the Soul.N'atural Ajiroynar/cy and Geoman- 
 
 ;' l^y.'Andhdwtofortipe the imagination : the nature 
 
 '(ij R. C. Phyfick : The kndw ledge of Ajtromancy^ 
 
 a^d theknovpledgeo[Geomar.cyai^ain demon flra- 
 
 ^Hfe Angels that govern the World, publifh , that 
 
 a^ 
 
 f 
 
 the Nerves, 1 mean the Marrow of them, which 
 is of the felf-fame fubftance with the Brain^ have no 
 fenfei'as is demonftrable {rom^ C at alepfij ovCatochus ; 
 but I will not accumulate arguments in a matter (b pal- 
 pable : As for that little piece of the Brain, which we 
 call the Conarion, that was riientioned in the laft 
 Chapter in our Harmony of the World^ that this I fay 
 fliould be the very fubftance, whofe natural faculty is 
 to move it felf, and by its motion 2ii\d nods^ to determi- 
 nate the courfe of the Spirits into this or that part of 
 the hody^ feems to me for more foolifh and fabulous^then 
 the ftory of him that would prove, that men cannot 
 change the winde as they pleafedi in the corner of a 
 'Banykferchief, or direft the ^irofperity of a Ship at Sea, 
 which I have feen. 
 
 My Genius bids me conclude that the imprefs of 
 Spantaneous motion , is neither from the Animal Spirits 
 not from the Brain ; and therefore that thofc operati- 
 ons that are ufually attributed unto the Soul, are really 
 compatible to any part of the body : And therefore 
 
 that 
 
Be - } k 1 i 1 . Ihe 1 e'npe o] i^ if dome. 2 1 3 
 
 tBat the Soul is not a meer Modification oitht Body ^ 
 ts I told you in T/^e Harmony of the World^ but a fub-^ 
 fiance dijiinU therefrom. 
 
 ' Now let us eiiquiie whether this fubftance diftlnft 
 from what ordinarily we call the Body^ bealfoit ftlfa 
 corpfirealfubftance^ or whether it be incorporeal; If yoU 
 fay that it is a corporeal fuh^ance^ you can iinderftand 
 no other then matter more fubtle and tenacibuSj therf 
 the Animal Spirits thcnifelves mingled ' With cherA,- 
 and difperfed through the veilels and porofitics of th^ 
 
 Sody i for there can be no penetration of dimenfibnsi 
 ut I mean not always to confute conceipts ; fo^what " 
 I (aid of the Anlm.il Spirits before, is applicable with ail 
 eafeandfitnefstothisprefenc cafe. I love not, iflcafl 
 help it, to fpeak one thing twice. 
 
 I may conclude againft any oppofition, that that 
 which i'Tiprefles fpo7itamQus >^/.9/z()/z upon the body , oi? 
 more immediately upon the A?iimdl Spirits^ that whica 
 imagines. Remembers and Reafons , is an (mmateriai 
 fubftance diftinft from the body ; which ufes the Ani^ 
 mal Spirits^ and the Brains for inftrii^ehts, in fuch and 
 fucb operations : and thus you fin Je an Angel in a pro- 
 jper notion and lignification^ that hath apparently theft 
 faculties in it, it can both underftand and move corporeal 
 matter, Now with eafe I can confider the fubftance df 
 the vaft Heavais : for my Snu!^ as my good Angel tells 
 me, is as it were a compendious Statue of the Veiiy ': 
 So I may mth facility contemplate theNatureof the 
 Almighty m this little Medal of God^thtSoul^ enlarging 
 to infinity, what I obferve inmyfelf, when I tranP 
 fer it unto God ; as I do imagine thofe circles, whicUl 
 view on the Globe, to be vafter and bigger, while t 
 fancy them as defcribed in the Heavens: andthas 
 much of the fubftance of the Soul. This part touching 
 the faculties of the Soul hath two appendices) one of 
 
 Ppp 5 thefe 
 
2 14 TheTemple of^ifJome. Book III/ 
 
 ^' ■■—II I I - ■■ I i ■■ — — '» . ' . n 
 
 thekis thekpowledge of Divination^ the other oi Fafci"' 
 nation : The Divination natural is that I intend to fpeal^^ 
 of, and it (pringethfrom the internal power of the Soul : 
 This is of two fortSj the one Native^ the other by 
 Influxion : Native is the ground upon this fuppofition, 
 that the Mindc when it is withdrawn and colleftcd into 
 it fclf, and not diffufed into theOrgans of the Bodyy 
 hath from the natural power of its own Eilencej fome 
 prenotioii of things future 5 and this appears mofl in 
 fleep, as you read in the latter Chapter of the fecond 
 Book, of extajies^ propinquity of death^ jnore rare in 
 waking , or when the body is healthful and ftrong, 
 ^mdthis ftateof the Mindeis cornxonly procured by 
 abftinencies, and thofc obfervances which do moft of all 
 retire the Minde unto it fclf, from the praftique functi- 
 on of the Body^ that thus reclaimed from the incum- 
 brances of exteriour engagements, it may pofle(s and 
 lenjoy its ovvn Nature, But Divination by Inflexion is 
 grounded upon another fuppofition, that the Mind e as 
 a Mirour or Glafs (hould take a fecondary kind of Illw 
 minatinn from the foreknowledge of God and Angels-, 
 linto wfiich the fame ftate and regiment of the Bodj^ 
 which was to the firfty doth like wife conduce : for the 
 ^me fequeftration of the Minde-, caufeth it more fcvere- 
 ly to emply its ov/n Efreiice5and makes it ir.ore fufceptive 
 of Divine Infiuxions-, fave that the Soul in Aftromancy 
 and Geomancy by Inflexion is rapt with a kind of fer- 
 vency and impatiency, as it vyere of the Pei/^^whei ewith 
 it ispofleft (which Sir Chriftopher Hgdon and other in- 
 spired Chriftians noted by the name oifacredfury :)h\\% 
 in native Arts, th€ Minde is enfranchised, and neerer 
 1^0 a repofe rather, and an immunity from labour. 
 
 Aftromancy and Geomancy ^re the power and in" 
 tenfive A^ of the Iniagiriation upon the Body of the 
 Jtnaginant. Now when I had more intcntively eonP* 
 
 dered 
 
Book 111. The Temple o^ ^ifdome, 2 1 5 
 
 dcred the (ecret emerges and impreffions of things^ the 
 Irradiations of the Senfes^ the tranfniiffions of Cogitati'* 
 ovsfvom Body to Body\ the conveyances of magnetiquc 
 Vertues ; 1 came to be of opinion^ that much more 
 might fuch Imfrefjions^Informatmis and t ommunications 
 be made from Sfirit to Spirit^ being that a Spirit of 
 all other things is more powerful and ftrong to work, 
 and more foft and penetrable to fuffer : Whence the 
 conceits have grown 5made almoft popular, of the mafte- 
 ring Spirits, of men Ominous and unlucky ,' of tKc 
 ftroke of Love and Envy, and of others of like Naturf: 
 Incident to this is the enquiry, how the Imagwati^ 
 may be intended and fdrtifieJ ; for if the Imaginaridn 
 fortified be of fitch power , then it is mateiial to knoW 
 by what wayes it may be exalted , and made greater 
 then it felf : for it may be a d3:ngerous fpecious pre- 
 tence,that Cerew^/fze/, election of Hnurs^ fortifying Ajceu" 
 dents Of Nativities^ CbaraUerSy T'elejmsj GejliculatioTis^ 
 Amulets^ & c. do work not by any tacite or Sacrament 
 tal cotjtr ad with Angels, asfoT^e fondly conceive, but 
 ferve onely to ftrengthenandexa!t the/w^gzw-^ti^of 
 hi-n that ufeth them; even as the ufe of Imges in 
 Religion hath prevailed for the fixing of mens Mindes in 
 contemplation of things, and the railing of the devotion 
 of them that pray. Read our ffoly Guide. 
 
 To coTie to my hdihkzble Earthly Body on this fide 
 the Etherial V^egion^ and to defcend below the Holy 
 Company, To my own judgement, if it be admitted, 
 that the force of Imagination is fo potent , and that 
 (Ceremonies exalt with the CharaBers o^intelligent Arigels 
 ^nd Plaftets'y intelligences of Angels do fortifie that 
 Tovper : and be it granted, as it is, that thefe things^arc 
 iifed fincerely to that intention , and as Mr Goodrtdge 
 iifes that Phyfical remedy the Pantarva, without the 
 lead thought of inviting thealTiftance of my revolted 
 
 Ppp 4 ' S^irit^ 
 
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 irje tempieo^mldome. hj )i.iil 
 
 Spmt, but onelv his natural ge„«x, which iHSTS 
 gd-Cmrdtan. Now .f I do but hold them unlavvfil, 
 «s who knows my thoughts > ,t muft he ifthey impugn 
 and contradift that Div.ne ed.ft pafs'd upon ^an for 
 fin, Jnfudore vultus com'det Panem tumn • For this 
 
 kinde of WifdomeinfpiredChriftians taught me before 
 they were acquainted with my Genius.or had any know- 
 ledgeofthc Angels winch of them were z.i/we, and 
 Which invtf^bk : And this propounds thofe noble Liu 
 whu:h 6.<i hath fet forth to be bought at the price of 
 labour, and to be purchafed by that way and means we 
 direftyomnthat part oiJheKofeCmcianmedmn^ 
 which we annexed 5 and m the Harmonj of the fForld 
 ind Holj Guide, 
 
 A Figttrefar James Boteler, Vuks "f Orraond. 
 
 astroman 
 
 Receiving 
 
b V jok. ILL . The Temple of mfdome. ZiJ 
 
 REcei ving my Patrons Letter, I fcnt n>y judgement to 
 him ; and here Superiour and Inferiour powers 
 commpnicate : by this Example you may know when 
 there is exaft Harm3ny in Heaven and Eaxtb^as W€ taughc 
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 I Happy fuccefs. 
 
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 lancholy. 
 
 to go to Princes 
 
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 onely excepted. 
 
 
 
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 ii Speed in vift. and 
 
 7 III fave in war 
 
 U Good. (love. 
 
 and venerie. 
 
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 8 Indifferent good 
 
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 peace. 
 
 peace. (ly in love. 
 
 
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7 he Temple o^m^dome. 
 
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 bawds. 
 
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 j war then peace. 
 
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 6Good,butrpecial| ^^vith ^acUes. 
 1 for lechery. j 12 Good mall. 
 
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 inditieient^beltin! 
 war. 
 
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 trouble. 
 
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 lAlllfavcinwar and 
 
 love. 
 
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 9 Ulfaveforwar. ; 
 
 10 111 in love good. 
 
 elfe mean. 1 
 
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 vour. 
 
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 when it is here. 
 
 2 III for all 
 
 ' 7 ^^1 but for w^r 
 8^1. (and fire 
 9 Very ilJ 
 
 3 lil but to let Wood. l50 Diflblute^Iove and 
 (4 III but in fire-works I fire-works. 
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 Mercurial peace. J j S Good. (war 
 
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 brings letters. 
 
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 and ill with ill. 
 
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 health con. the 
 eighth. 
 
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 onely. 
 
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 Church. 
 
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 works. 
 
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 2 Good in black, elfe 
 
 3 111. (ill. 
 
 7 Evil. 
 
 8 Very ill. 
 
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 treafure. 
 
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 lancholy. 
 
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 within 3 days, ill. 12 Mean 
 
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 1 III but to prifon. 
 
 2 Indifferent. 
 
 3 Very good in all. 
 
 4 Good in all, fave 
 love. 
 
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 ages. 
 
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 6 111. 12 Excellent good. 
 
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223 
 
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 The Sun ftiines, and here arifts the Honourable, 
 Noble, Learned, Valiant and Lojal Sir John Hj/?wfr's 
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 After fome difcontents and vexations , pretended 
 Friends and private Enemies, this truly Loyal, Learned 
 and Valiant Knight will be happy, and enjoy twice as 
 much as he doth; for all men love and honour hirri. 
 And yet 1 know he fpends above 4000 /. pt anxo oblige 
 men to affeft the King ; befides the expence upon his 
 own Troop. I would wilFingly loofe my for£une,upoi> 
 condition all men were fo (aithfuh 
 
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Book III. Ti^e Temple oj mfaome. 
 
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 TigttrafoT 5jr Richard Temple. 
 
 SOme time fince Sir mchard tTrnp/edefiredmeto 
 give him my judgementof hishfe , and 1 fayoured 
 him with this Figure", and gave my »dvice «ccord|ng- 
 ly; anditcametopafsexaaiy. By this Examples 
 teach you toobfervethe Harmony of primary and le- 
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 JT was the defire of John Bighy Efq. that I fliould 
 di(pute with the famous Jefuit^caWcd Father Jamcr^ 
 I i gooaman and worker of wonders^ and as they fay yChy 
 ^^rayeri) he cin cure Ml Dijeafes in bcth Claudi and 
 Vwcz^ VIZ. B/iwiS^and Lame: After we had been with 
 ^^IktMarquefjof tVinchefier^ feeing not there, we found 
 liim with the Lord jiuheney ; and after fonr.e (erious 
 difcourfe, \ found him melancholy , and of a ftrong 
 imagination rvhichh irt>o faculties fortife Faith^ and may 
 . make Miracles, if God permit. Indeed he knows 
 nothing of Aftromancy or Geomancy , nor doth 
 he condemn them ; nor what misfortunes will hap- 
 pen to the world very fuddenly 5 fuch things he 
 
 ftudies 
 
3ook ill. ♦ K>e i e/HpLe o] i4^/jaome. 2*?^' 
 
 hidles not : And 1 may not pre Jift future things 
 )articii]arly5 but in general : Many great Lords will 
 iiffer death , aad war will work out deftfU«^ion to 
 xherS5 let time make all known. I pray God pre- 
 crve our King 5 Lords Te.r.poral and Spiritual j and 
 :he KiugdoTi out of the power of infane people, Amm. 
 
 The falling out of the two Lords began upon the 
 )ppolition of Saturn and Alars 5 Career was in the 
 irft, and Rubeus in the feventh Houfe: befides,! 
 jbferved ^idberfchemoth was in the 
 
 iouth, and by Eaft part of "t CI ^ ' Heavenjand 
 lowinaclcar evening, yet J to be feen. 
 
 The (ignification I leave 'jk* to time. 
 
 ance is concerned; the Spanijh 2nd 
 
 ^opes party may be at laft viftorious over it ; We may 
 lot predift to you what,it figniiies to England, Note^ 
 he day of Judgement is not nigh, but many troubles. 
 
 Cardinal Antonio, J)ul{e and Veer of Spain^ 
 Lord Spiritual and Civil. - 
 
 His Figures c/ Aftromancy and Geomancy. 
 
 THe Letter came from Ke^/zcp^direfted to Lzz^or;/^, 
 vulgarly called L^^orTz; But we were under fail at 
 5ea : So fome fmall Veflels being in the Mould ready 
 :o weigh Anchor , one of them received the Letter, 
 ^hich amongft others was to me. I returned an anfwer 
 :o the Lord Vuke Leopoldus in PizaVo^ thefirftoppor- 
 :unity, which was when we came to London - and by 
 :his Example, you np.ay alfo obferve the Harmony of 
 5uperiour and Inferiour powers, united by Art and Na- 
 ture, in the proper Spermatick Metal : for I fent him 
 'htlelefm. Q.q q ASTRO- 
 
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 ANd at his requeft I foun J th's Figure, and a happy 
 time it was to his dcfireSjfor he obtained his fiiit. 
 Amongft thefe experiments, the Vutchefs Vovpa" 
 gtr hath aVivine Ceniuf yttiit in Monitory Dreams 
 doth predift ftrange things unto her as flje told 
 rr.e, &c. And without doubt the glorious Angels 
 court theii' likes 5 and delight in beauty, not after the 
 znanner of men, but in a fpiritual way of delight, as La- 
 dies 
 
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Book 111 . The Temple of mfdome. 22^ 
 
 dies behold their features and perfeftions in a Glafs. 
 The Duke of Norfalkj fiikcr hatha Divine Gewz«f; the 
 Lady Marchionefs of IForcefter curious in Divine 
 Dreams , and 1 know of what fpirits they are : the Lady 
 Wiyidfor^ Makverry^ and Arlfon^ are alfo Divine in par- 
 ticular Dreams. To try the Spirits, I have taught you 
 in our Uarmoriy cf the Wodd^ Book 2. 
 
 Sir Kerjle7uus 'Drue , Knight and Baronet now living, 
 our Friend, and Averroes in his Arabick Commentaries 
 upon Arijhtles Morals tranflated into Latine , gives a 
 ReputsLtion to theft Divine Ge?;fi; for fuperiour Powers 
 do harmonioufly delight to communicate good , and 
 give certain Precautions and Ad vertifements of things. 
 
 This Geomancy is an Art , whereby the JudgemcnC 
 n:ay be rcndred by Deftiny to every Queftion of every 
 thing whatfoever : but the Art thereof confifteth efpe- 
 cially in cej tain points, whereof certain Figures are de-^ 
 dufted according to the Reafon or Rule of Equality or 
 Inequality, likenefs or unlikenefs : which Figures are al- 
 fo reduced to , and harmonioufly agree with theCoele- 
 dial Figures, alTuming their Natures and Properties ac- 
 cording to the courfe of the Planets. Notwithftand*- 
 ing this 5 we are to confider, that this kinde of Art can 
 declare or (hew forth verity , when it is Radical in fome 
 fublime Vertue. And this is twofold ; theone whereof 
 confifts in Religion , aod Obfervations of times ; and 
 therefore they projeft upon the Earth ; wherefore it is 
 appropriated to the Earth , even as Genii to the Ethe- 
 rial and Aiereal Region ; Aftromancy to the Hea- 
 vens. 
 
 We judge the hand of the Projeftor or Worker to be 
 moft powerfully moved and direfted by the Genii , and 
 therefore the Artift (hould ufe certain holy Incantations,- 
 Prayers , with other Rites, &c. provoking andalluring 
 Angels of this nature hereuntOt 
 
 Another 
 
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 Another Power there Is, that dothdireft and rule 
 this Art , which is in the very harmonious Soul it felf of 
 the Pro jeftor, when it is carried to this work with fome 
 great Egre[s of his own Soul. For this Art hath a Na- 
 tural Obcdieace to the foul it felf, and of neceility hath 
 t&QAcy y and is moved to that which the Soul it felf de« 
 fires. 
 
 And this way is by far more true and pure ; neither 
 matters it whether in the Field, High-way, Woods, or 
 where or how thefe points are pro) eft ed ; therefore this 
 Art hath the fame Radix with the Art of Aftrolo^ical 
 Qiieftions j which alfo can no other ways be verified, 
 iinlefs with a conftant and excefCve Afieftion of the Que* 
 rent himlelf. 
 
 Another way to make a Figure of this 
 Charafter. 
 
I Book III. The Temple o] iVfjaomen 
 
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 A Figure of England. 
 
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 HE that vpalhsth fraudulently^ revealethfecrets: but 
 be that is of a faithful ffirit ccTJcealeth the matter* 
 Pray to God before you make a Figure ; and med- 
 dle not with Kings ; but in all things ask counfcl of the 
 Lord ; and do not think, fpeak, or do any thing, where- 
 in God is not your counfeller: And by your Figure 
 finde the truth. 
 
 ^rt\5n!7K r^^« noai r<iV. 
 
 0* C.) Let no man touch this Book^ , but he that is holj : 
 For he that underftands it is happy. Read our Harmofry 
 of the World ^ tib.2. 
 
 Another way to make a Figure, 
 
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 I Kfe i ernpLe 0] '^ij64ome. 
 
 A Figure for Mr. John S^nidford. 
 
 TTO be very brief after great labour ; this Cent, may 
 expeft erodes two years, but not many 5 however^ 
 tlic moft pare of his life .will be profperous. 
 
 Now let us teach you hovv to know the Angels and 
 Genii in our Book following. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Book HI. xAe Temple of Wifdome. 225 
 
 Cahp. XXXIV. 
 
 That thofe InteUe^ud or Cognojcttive operation f 
 vptfind in our felves^ are not performed by the 
 Evoeliacon, that the Arguments vphereby we 
 
 . prove the Incorporietj of the Soul of ntan^do not 
 fo certainly prove the Incorporiety of any prin^ 
 ciple in Beajis^ as we have taught in our Har- 
 mony of the World, 4«^ Holy Guide; For 
 by thefe ExampUf^ you fee how Snperiours and 
 Infer tours Communicates. 
 
 Y On cannot fay that either tht Anmal fpiriu ot 
 the EraiHy are the ^v^]prmc\]p\eso£ Spontaneous 
 fnotion in us ; but though the Evoeliacon or Conarion 
 may be the Organ oiCundry perceptions from Cor- 
 poreal objcfts, and the palace wherein the Soul is 
 chieRy featedy yet faies the Genius^ it is not that with- 
 out an immaterial inhabitant; this Arbitrarious 
 motion, which we are confcious to our fel ves of, can 
 at all be performed in us or by us : for if we attend 
 to the condition of our own Natures^ we cannot but 
 acknowledge that that which moves our body thus 
 arbitrarioufly, does not only perceive fenfible ohjeds^ 
 but alfo rentemhers and hath a power of free Imagtnati' 
 ^mndiofKeafon, 
 
 That perception of external obje£ts feems in- 
 competible to the Conarion^ for it being of like iV<r- 
 i//r^ with the reft of the Brain^\t is not only divifible, 
 but in a fort divided one particle from another, elfc 
 it could not be fofoft as it is, though it be fomthing 
 harder thf n the reft of the Brain ; Now I fay the 
 
72b T/jg Temple ^/"Wifdome. Book III, 
 
 Images ofchcfenfible objeds, they fpreading to fomc 
 fpace in the furface of the Ccnarion againft which they 
 hit, one part of the Conarion has the perception fup- 
 pol'e of the head of a man5the other of a kg^ the third 
 of an ^rme^ the fourth of his Breaft : and therefore 
 though we (hould admit, that every particle of fuch 
 a fpace of the Conarion may perceive fuch a part of 
 a man, yet there is nothing to perceive to ihe whole 
 manjunlefsyou'i fay, they communicate their per- 
 ceptions one to another 5 but then ail will be confu- 
 fed; but this communication feems alfo impoflible, 
 fur if perception be by imprelTion from the external 
 objefts, no particle of the Conarion (hall perceive 
 any part of theobjeft, but what it receivesan im- 
 prefs from 3 but if you will yet fay that every part of 
 theobjeft, imprefled uipon every of the Evoeliacon 
 or Conarion^ wherein the Image is, it will be utterly 
 impoilible indeed, but that the whole Image will be 
 a confufed Lumpe, no diftinft fpecies of any thing; 
 for if perception be by imprelfion, then if every part 
 imprefs upon every particle, the Conarion muft of 
 necellity receive every part in every part, and we 
 fhall difcernethe true forme of nothing. 
 
 Now (ov the faculty oi remembring of thing$^ that 
 it cannot be in the Conarion^^e prove thus : for thac 
 memory which is the (landing feal or imprellion of ex- 
 ternal objedVs, is not there plaine : for if it were, ic 
 would fpoile the reprefentation of things prefent, 
 orra her after objects would be fure todefaceall 
 former imprefHons whatfoever. But if you'l fajr 
 that memory is in the Brain^ but Kentinifcency in the 
 J vocliacony\m\\d\y anfweryoUjas Schcol-maflcrs do 
 their Boy e?, that the e imprcfl~es is ftgnatures made by 
 outward objeris in theBr/?/>/,and muft alfo of nece flit) 
 be obliterated by fupeiadvcnient imprcffions; For 
 
 whether! 
 
Book. 111. vAe Temple (?/Wifdome. 22/ 
 
 whether thefe Images orlmprefles confift in accr- 
 tainepoftu re of motion of the Plicatile Fibres, of 
 fubtile Threds^ o^ which the Braine confift s^ itisevi- 
 'dent that they cannot but be cancelled and oblite- 
 i*ated by occafion of thoufands ofO^j^^i that invade 
 our fenfcs dayly^, which muft needs 4ifplacc them^ 
 or give them a new motion from what they had 
 before5and this conceit looks like Poet HuMras j but 
 I hopeal! now made plaine. 
 
 ' But it feems de-Sfagnet^ doth fay, and Co 
 did Paracelfuf^ that great mafter in his time, and 
 bbjefts againft Sir. Charles HeydorCs Spirit of Blifs, 
 which we have evidently proved, was doubted (viz) 
 tht impolTibility of there being either fenfe^ under- 
 Handing or Sfontaneew motion in matter, yec fay's 
 the two Philofophers the greater and leflerTw^- 
 dinm^ we are never the neerer : for the like 
 difficulties they urge, which ^r//for/<? urged againft 
 there being any fenfe or undcrlhinaing m a fpirir, 
 ■^nd this ^ri/fot/e would have to be all can be faid 
 upon thismatterj fith the fpirit cannot but be ex- 
 tertded, nor extended but divifible^ nordivifible 
 but incapable of fenfe or underftanding, as I have 
 largely argued in the Harmony of the JVorldy and in 
 jny Ho(y Guide. 
 
 " To this ':\T,JohnEeydonzn(\sevS:y if by extenGon 
 be meant a Juxtapfitionoi'^2Ln$^ov^Ucmg of thera 
 one by any another, as it is in matter, and I utter- 
 ly deny that a fpirit is at all in this fenfe extended^ 
 butifthey mean only a certain Amplitude ofpre- 
 fence, that it be ac every part of fo much matter at 
 once^ I fay it is extended, but that this kind ofex- 
 tenfion does not imply any divifibility in the fub- 
 ftance thus extended ^ for Jaxtd fofition of parts 
 impenecrabihty and Divifibility gp together, and 
 ^ ■ 0^9 <t[? therefore 
 
2 28 TAe Temple ^/Wifdome. Book III, 
 
 therefore where the two formes are wanting, exten- - 
 {ion imp lyes not a third. 
 
 Butwhen I fpakeof indivilibility, thdt Itnagina" 
 tion Create not new troubles to her (elfe, I mean not 
 fuchan indivifibility, as is fancied in a Mathema- 
 tical point in Ihomm Streets hpmours 5 but as we con- 
 ceive in fphere of light made from one lucid point 
 or Radiant Centre: For that the Sphere or Orbe of n 
 light, though it be in fomefenfe extended, yet it is 2 
 truly indiviliblefupofing the Centre fuch 5 For there J^ 
 is no means imagmable to difcert orfeparate any iil 
 one ray of this Orbe, and keep it a part by it fclfe 
 disjoyned from thcCentre. 
 
 Now a little to invert the property of this Lumt" 'ti 
 nous Orbe ^vihtnvitvioxxXA apply it toafoulor fpirit; '^\ 
 As there can be no alteration, in the 'Radiant Cen» 
 ter^ but therewith it is necelTarily in every part of 
 the Orbe, or fuppofe it were redder, all would be 
 redder, ifdimmer all dimmer, &c. So there is alfo 
 that unity and undivifibtlity of the ex teriour parts, if 
 I may fo call them, of a Spirit or Soul with their in- 
 mo^ Center^ that if any of them be aifefted, the 
 Center of life is alfo thereby ncccffarily affe- 
 £^cdj and thefe exteriour parts of the Soul being 
 afFe^edby the parts of the Ohjed^ with fuch Cir- 
 cumftances as they are innated, that it haih necef- 
 farily then entire and uncoufufcd Images of things 
 without, though they be contrived into fo fmal a 
 Con-ipafsasaicinthe very Center of this fpiritual 
 fubftance. 
 
 This Symbolical reprefentation I ufed before,not 
 only in this book but in Vranias Humane vertues^znA 
 in thofe Books o{thyfi^k^^nd /Iftrologie 1 gave Dr.Cw/- 
 ■peper and his mznlhomas Harrington to entitle thetn* 
 fcives the Authors^ becaufe I cared not to have my 
 
 name 
 
IookIII. xAe Temple ^^Wi (dome. 229 
 
 amc publick^let what good I can do, be attributed 
 y another and not to me. 
 
 I intend tofpcakfomething at Urge in thefubfc- 
 uent Chapters of Et^fr/^/iS'/'irm, this prefentation 
 soften ufed before T cannot excogitate any thing 
 hat will better fet of the Nature of a Spirit^ where- 
 n is implyed a power of receiving Multitudes of 
 ►articular figurations into one indivifible o^ fenfe^ 
 yhere all arc exaftly united into one fuJDJci^^an d yet 
 iiftinftly reprefented, which cannot be performed 
 ty the Conar ion it fclfe, as 1 have demoJiftrated, and 
 herefore it remaines, that it muft refer to a Soul^ 
 rhofe cheif feat may happily be there, as the Aft of 
 >erception. 
 
 Buc if any fhall abufe our Courtefi^ of endeavouring 
 ohelp h'\s Imagination or at leaft to gratifie it, in 
 his Symbolical reprefentation we have made, by 
 onceiving of this Center of the Soid, but as fome 
 lull and diviiible point in Matter, and of no great 
 fficacy i and of the vital or Jrhit various extenfion of 
 c, as grofly as if it would ncceifarily argue as real a 
 livifibility and feparability, of the parts as in a bo- 
 ly; to prevent all fuch cavils we (hall omitthofc 
 'pinofities of the extension or indivifibility of a Soul or 
 ^firit^ and conclude thu?. 
 
 That the Manifold contradiftions and repug- 
 i ances we find in the Nature of Matter to be able to 
 ither think or Spontaneoufly to move it felfe, do well 
 flure us that thefe operations not to ic, but to fome 
 Ither fubftance ; wherefore we finding thefe opera- 
 ions in us^ itis raanifeftthatwe have in us an Im- 
 naterial being, really diftinft from the Body, which 
 ?e ordinarily call ^Soul-j The Speculation of whoCt 
 •are ejO^«c^ though it may well puzzel us, yet thofe 
 Toperties that we find incompetible to a body, do 
 Qqq 3 fuflSciently- 
 
2 30 liie Temple ofWii domc. Book Ilf. 
 {uffider;d]^i.ifo^«^ofth?differentNatu« , 
 
 of, for it ib plain (he is a fubftance,as I (hall te you ^ 
 when 1 fpeak of the Guardian Gemus and Ethenal 
 5pirifi, indued with the power of Cogitation, that . 
 isof perceiving and thinking of Oij^j^^as alfo ofpe- 
 netratingand Smtanmfly moving of zbodj, wliicti^ 
 properties areas immediate to heras unpenetrabi-^ 
 fity and feparabihty of parts to the matter; and 
 we are not to demand the caufe of one no more, 
 then of the other. • 
 
 Chap. XXXV. 
 
 ! 
 
 ns diftrihuiion of the facnltusofthefenfMe^^^ 
 Soui into Motion and into ftn[€. 
 
 Dlftribmionof the faculties of the Tenfible SouV 
 into motion and intofenfe, and of the office 
 and apt Fabrick of the Nerves and Mu(des, and 
 herpartsreqmfeetothis Motion, and which part 
 nf heBodyrefts, whileft another is moved, and 
 that hcGovernour and Chariot driver, as it were 
 ofthi; Motion,is tVcIntapnaiim, io zatfrnlfrngtY^t 
 Imasie to which the Mrt«», was carried, the motion 
 itfeffeisprefentlymterwpt^^i and Arreted. Caswhen 
 we walk,if any other ferious and fi«d thought com« 
 -nuo our mind, we prefently ftand ftili; and many 
 o therK fubtiltiesnottobencighted, have now 
 Icnp ago* been noted in the Holy Cmde, and how 
 iomprliTu.ns and dilations, =»"d Agitations of the 
 n.,iv.vh:ch without queft'on is the fpringof Mpti-, 
 
B oo K III. Tie Temple of Wifd ome. 2 ^ i 
 
 on, (hoiild excite and enforce the Corporeal and 
 ponderous M^p of the parts, hath not yet by any 
 man been fpokcn of, and no Marveli^ feeing the 
 feniible Soul it felfe hath been hitherto taken for 
 an Eutelechy^ or felfe moving faculty, and fome 
 funftion rather then a fubfiance-y but now it isdif- 
 coveredtobe Corporal sind a Material fuhjlance. 
 
 As for the difference between fsrcepion and ftnfe^ 
 we fee that there is a manifeft power o( perception^ 
 even in all bodies Natural^ and ^k'lnd of Election to 
 Embrace that which is anyway allied in Nature^ 
 and favourable to them; and to fly what is adverfe 
 and foraigne , neither do we meaujof more fubcile 
 perceptions only, as when the Lcad^ftofn drawes 
 unto It Iron^Flame leaps to Bituminous Mould-, one bu- 
 ble of water near unto another buble clofeth and 
 in corporates with it, raife glance from a white 
 objcft j the body of a living Creature, aflimilares 
 that which is good for it, exccrneth what is unpro- 
 fitable 5 a peece of Spunge even when it is raifed 
 above the furface of the water, fucks in Water ^ tx- 
 pels^ir^, and the like, for to what end (hould we 
 enumerate fuch inftances, feeing no body placed 
 near to another, changeth the other, oris changed 
 of it, unlefs a reciprocal perception precede the 
 operation, fome have attributed fenfe to all Wif^, 
 that it is a moll piacular crime to pul of a bovifrom (n 
 tree^ leaft it (hould groane and complaine^ now they 
 ftiould explore with diligence the differenceof per- 
 ception and fenfe, not only in comparing, offenli- 
 blcs with infcnfiblefjaocording to the entire body(as 
 oiVlanti and living reatureSy bucalfotoobferve in 
 the fcnfible body, what (hould be the caufe that fo 
 many actions fhould be difchargedj and that with- 
 ^\\t any fenfc ac all, why Aliments are digefted^ Ege- 
 
7^2 The Temple 0/ Wifdome> Book III 
 
 ftedy Humoun and Succulent moifture^ carried upwards 
 and downwards ; The hsan?L\\A Fulfe beat ; the Guts 
 as (oimnyjhopsy where in every one ihould do his 
 proper work^ yet all thefeand many fiich like are: 
 performed without fenfe^ not any I ever heard of, 
 hath difcovered of what Nature the aftion of fcnfe 
 is, and what kind oi Body s what delay^ whatCo«- 
 dupltcatioH Gimpre,Jion2Lve required to this, thufam 
 and pleafurefhould follow. 
 
 The Ignorance of ^r/j'iot/e and Fytbagoras the S^- 
 m'lan, touching this matter, fo far obfcured, the 
 iighc of Reafony as that they thought, there was 
 without any difference a Soul infutisd into all bodies^ 
 nor did they conceive how motion, with a difcer- 
 ning inftinftj coul d be made without fenfe^ or fenfe 
 exift without a Soul. 
 
 And for the form of light, the handling of light 
 and the caufes thereof in Phyfick,is commonly fuper- 
 ilitious, as cf a thing of a middle Nature betwixt 
 tilings natural, and divine, infomuch as fome of 
 Tlatoes SchokrSy have introduced light or a thing 
 more anticnt then matter \t felf ^j For when the 
 Emptyfpace was fpread abroad, they affirmed, in a 
 vain ImaginatioH^thdit it was firft filled with light, and 
 afterwards with a body, whereas Holy write, fets 
 down plainly theMafs of Heaven and Earth to-be 
 a dark Ghaos, before the Creation of light, but 
 what are handled Phyiically, and according to fcnfe 
 of thisfubje^t;, prefently defccnded to Radiationst 
 Come to me, and 1 will tel you, what is common to 
 all Lucid bodies, asof the forme of %^t ; for what 
 nn immenfe difference oi* body is there (if they may 
 bcconiidercd according to their ^i^/iifyjbewixt the 
 Smj,^ afid rottsnymod:, or die put rid fcales ofFijh ; no 
 idimsyet hath told me a Rcafon what &ou!d be 
 
 ■ ^ ■ • ■ ^ the. 
 
Book IU. Tie Temple £//Wifclome. 235 
 
 the caufe why fomethings we fee take fire^ and once 
 throughly heated^caft forth a light ; others not , Iron^ 
 Mettd$, Stones^ Glafs^ fFood^ Ojk^ 1 allow hy Fire^ ei- 
 ther caft forth a flame, or at leaft grow red : But 
 JVater and Aire heated with the fury of the hottefl 
 flames to the higheft degree they are capable of, 
 acquire no fuch light^ norcaft forth any fplendor, 
 if any man think it thus comes to pafs, becaufe it is 
 the property of (ire to give light j but Water and 
 Aire are utter enemies to Fire, fiire he never travel- 
 led by Sea, or was rowed with Oares in a dark night 
 upon Saltwater, and in a hoc (eafoUj efpecially in 
 hot Couiitries,where he might have (eew fmal drops 
 of water rebounding from the clothing of the OareSy 
 to fparkleand caft forth a light, which 1 have by 
 the Shipfide^ when all Sailes have been full of a frcrfi 
 Galeo^ ffindy Fome^ and fhinc with great fervency, 
 which they call thtSea longs. 
 
 What affinity with flame and fired matter have 
 the CicinduUy the LucioU the Helen£y and the Indi- 
 an ^y,which caft a light over a whole arched Rome j or 
 the Eyes of certaine living Creatures in the dark, 
 and the Glow-worme-. Sugar zs it is grated or broken, 
 or the fweat of a Horfe hard ridden^ in a Souhry nighty 
 andmanymorcj nay many undsrftand fo little of 
 thefe matters, that they have thought the fpark* 
 from a flint to be attrited Aire. 
 
 But when the Aire is not fitted with heat, and ap- 
 parently conceives Light ; how comes it to pafle 5 
 that Owtsznd Cats and many other creatures fee in 
 the night ; So that it muft needs be (feeing Vifion 
 cannot be conceived without light J that there is a 
 Native and inbred light in Aire^ although very 
 feeble and weak; yetfuchas maybe proportioned 
 to the Opick^Beam of fuch Creatures^ and may M- 
 
 fice 
 
»34 ^^^ Temp/e <?/ Wifdome. Book UI. 
 
 ficc them for yzgR But the caufeof thisevill, is 
 that men are carelefs and ignonnt, and know not 
 how to draw out the common forms of things^natu- 
 ral from particular inftances: And thus much con- 
 cerning the Soul Kationaly and fenfible with their 
 faculties, but ftay I will give you a LeflTon to Learn 
 againft you come again; 8: Ihadan intent to handle 
 but I have CKceeded my bounds, I would have you 
 td\ roe, why fome things are and may be fo nume- 
 rous and large^others fo few and little > As why may 
 not there be ^sgreatfiore of Goldy as Iron^ as great 
 plenty of Rofes as of grafle, as great variety of de- 
 termined and fpecifique natures, as of imperfcfts 
 and non fpecificates i no man hath as yet difcover- 
 edthccaufe, why betwixt divers fpecies there 
 (hould, as it were perpetually be interpofcd, Parti- 
 ciples of nature, which are of a doubtfully kind and 
 reference; as Mofe betwixt putrefa£icion and a fUnt, 
 Fijhes which adhear and move not , betwixt a plant 
 and a living Creature, Rats and Mice and other ver- 
 mine between living creatures, generated of putri- 
 faftion and of feed : Bats betvyeen Birds and Eeaflsi 
 flying Fijhes^ between Foule and Fijh : Sea Calfs be- 
 tween Fijhes and four footed Eeafts-, If you know not, 
 iwili tell you, as my time (hall admit, do you not 
 know the rcafon, how it (hould come topafle, be- 
 ing like delights to unite to like, that IrcH draws mt 
 Jro« as the Load- (tone doth, nor Gold allures, and 
 attracts unto it Gold,as it doth §uick:fjver. Con- 
 cerning thcfe and the like adjunfts of things, there 
 is in the common difceptation about Tranfcendents 
 a deep (ilencc, for men have purfued niceties of 
 tcrmes as Doftor Culpeper and his man called 
 Hari}i(rtony buttery impertinently and not fubtel- 
 ties of things infpired Chriftians abhoi: 3 I woulcj 
 . ' have. 
 
Book III. TAe Temple of WKdomt. 23s 
 
 have you ftudyafolid and fubftantial difquifitiqn 
 of thefe crianfcendentSjOr adventitionjconditions of 
 Entities according to the Laws of Nature, as they 
 were dilcovered in i|^ Harntonjofjbe U^orld^md not 
 according to the LawS of words of man^which is bu^ 
 the Tabernacle of tfrei^Vc///. 
 
 i4-,:' 
 
 v: 
 
 Chap. XKXVI 
 
 A very true Narration of a Gentlemah R. C,ivpho 
 hath the continHalfo^^iet} of a Guar di an Gehius-^ 
 What thefe Guardian Genii may he ^ What t he 
 reafon Spirits fa feldon$e appear ^ And whither 
 they have any fetledfl)ape or no'*^ that they af- 
 fifimen in their Devotion or Prophecjf '-) And^^ 
 vphetherithelavpfullto pray to God for a good 
 Angel or Genius or no, ^ 
 
 OBlation of it fdf was fuch a facrificc to God, 
 that a good and holy man could offer no grea- 
 teijas appears by the acceptance of a Gentleman by 
 defcent from the Lynes of the Flatttaginets^ who was 
 in Egypt^ Italy and Arabia^^nd there frequented the 
 fociety of theinfpired Chriftians with whom he 
 was acquainted after this manner: in England being 
 at a Tavern in Cheap-ftde, more to hear and better 
 his judgment in the Company of the reputed wifeft 
 in London^ there to drink Wine, their difcourfe be- 
 ing of the Nature and Dignity of Angeli^ which was 
 
 intcrrupceJ 
 
25^ TAe Temple c/Wifdome. Book III, 
 
 interrupted by a Gentleman, for fo he appeared, 
 that faid to a Gentleman in the Company, (Sir you 
 arenot far from the Kingdomc of God) at this 
 many were filent^yet feveral thoughts arofed, fomc 
 defired this ft range Gentleman to ftay, but he refu- 
 fed, and being prelTed, he gave the Gentleman a 
 paper of white and yellow powder, and bid him 
 burn it at midnight, and read that Chapter lay o- 
 pen in the Bible in his Chamber y^i\^ fing fuch Vfdmty 
 and then the window flew open, and the Gentleman 
 vanifhcd. 
 
 He burnt the Ponder as he was bid, and there ap- 
 peared afhiningflyeupon the Bible, which he had 
 in his hands, this vanidied whileft he flept, which 
 was then about eight in the morning, Gemini being 
 the AfcendanCjand Mercury in Ffrgo,the Gentleman 
 conceived that this fpirit had been with him all his 
 \\\t time, as he gathered from certain Monitory 
 Vreams and Vifions, whereby he was forwarned as 
 well of feveral dangers as vices : Mr. Waters and two 
 Gentlemen more were at his houfe and defired him 
 to go along with them to the Exchange and dine with 
 ^hem andfome other MerHantSywhich he did,and go- 
 ing along,upon his breaft one of them efpied a ball of 
 Gc^/^,which did fhine fo glorioufly that it dazled the 
 eyes of them all and this continued all the riffngof 
 Mercury viho was then in Ffrgoithis Spirit difcovered 
 himfclf to him after he had for a whole year toge- 
 ther earneftly prayed to God^to fend a good Angel to 
 him, to be a guide pf his life 8c: a^ion, alfo he prayed 
 fora token that this was the will and pleafurc of 
 God, which was granted, for in a bright (hining 
 day, noCloud appearing, there fell a drop of water 
 upon his hat, which to this day is not dry, and I think 
 neve, will be although it be worne in this hot wea- 
 ther. K^ 
 
Book III. rbe Temple <>f Wifdome. 257 
 
 He prayes God to defend him and guide him in the 
 Cruc Religion, reading two or three hours m the holj 
 Bihliy after this amongft many other divine Dreams 
 and Vifioniy he once in his fleep feemed to hear the 
 voice e/Ge^ij faying to him,! will fave thy Soul, I am 
 he that before appeared unto theej fince doth the 
 Spirit every day knock at his Doorc about three or 
 four a Clock in the morning : he rifing there appea- 
 red a Child of faireftaturCj very comely and gave 
 hima bookwhich hekeepeth very well, yet lettcth 
 many fee it that can prevaile with him, this book is 
 full of Divine things, fuchlnever red or heard of, 
 another time his Candle did fall down upon the 
 ground and went out, and there appeared before 
 him fomthing about the bigneffe of a Nut, round 
 and (hining and made a noyfe, he ftrived to cake it 
 up, but it turned like Quick- filver, fo that he could 
 not handle it. 
 
 Many Gentlemen have been in his Company 
 when he hath been pulled by the coat as they have 
 feen, but could not fee who did it, fometimeshis 
 Gloves lying atone end of the Table have beea 
 brought and given him, but they fee the Gloves as 
 they thought come thcmfelves. 
 
 Another time being with fome Merchants at Din- 
 ner, that were ftrangers to this Spirit, and were 
 abafhed when they heard the noife, and faw no^ 
 thing, prefcntly a Paper was given the Gentleman, 
 he read it, and fo did others, it was that he fliould 
 ferve God and fear nothing, for the enemies of his 
 f* ather which hated him, (houldall furely die, and 
 fo (hould all that fought to do him hurt, and to be 
 alTured he named fuch a man, and faid he fhall die 
 fuch a day, as he did 5 another (hould die fuch a day, 
 and he diedalfo 5 the Merchants were ftrucken with 
 
 fear^ 
 
Tt ^S the Temple (?/Wifdome. Book III, 
 
 fear, but he bid them be of good CoUrage, there, 
 was no hurt towards them, and the better to afliir^ 
 them of it, told the truth of all the whole mac- 
 
 ter. 
 
 Ever iince,this fpirit hath been alwaies with hint, 
 and by fomefenfiblc lignc did ever advertife him of 
 things, as by ftriking his right Ear^, if he did not 
 well, ifotherwife his left 5 if any danger, he was 
 foretold of it. 
 
 When he began to praife God in Ffaltfts^ and to 
 declare his MervelousAfts, that he was prcfcntly 
 raifedand ftrcngthened with a fpiritual andfuper- 
 natural power. 
 
 That he daily beggM of God^that he would teach 
 him his fVilly his L^w^ and hhTrtitby and that he fet 
 one day of the week a part) for reading the Scripture 
 2ind Meditation^ with finging of P/tf/>»i, all the day 
 in his Houfe 5 but that in his ordinary Converfatt- 
 "on he is fufficiently werry, if he like his Company, 
 and of a cheerful minde ; if he talked of any vaiti 
 thing or indifcreetly, would offer to difcoVer any 
 fecrec, is forbidden , or if he at any time would 
 difcoveranyimfpiredfecrer, he was forthwith ad- 
 moniOied thereof in his Eare ; And every morning 
 called to prayer. Since he often goes to meet the 
 holy company at certain times, and they make re^ 
 folution of all their Aftions. 
 
 He gives Almesfecretly, and the more Almes he 
 beftowes, the more profperous he is, he dares not 
 commit any known fault, this Gentleman hath by 
 the providence of God beendircfted through manV 
 Eminent dangers, even thofe that fought his Lift 
 
 died. 
 
 At another time when he was in very great dan* 
 der, upon the afcendent comming to the body of 
 
 ^ the 
 
Book IH. T^he Temple a/ VVifdome. 1239 
 
 the Sun, and tlie Conjiinftiou ot Saturn^ and 
 Jufiter oppoling his Afcendenc, and was new- 
 ly gone to bed, be faid chat the fpirit would 
 HOC let him alone till he had raifed hint a* 
 gain, and told him he was falfly accufedj wherefore 
 he watched and Prayed all that night, the day af- 
 ter he efcaped the hands of his perfecutors in a 
 wonderful manner ; one diedjand the other arc very 
 fick ; then came a voice to him faying, ling, guifeJrt 
 in Lntihulo Altijfimi^ many other paflTagcs happen to 
 thisparty daily, as a hundred will teftifie, but kis 
 an endlefs labour to recite them all, the man being 
 now alive, and in good health and well known a- 
 mong all men to be a friend to all, anddefiresto 
 do good. See the Hcly Guide, 
 
 ^ Now it is the condition of ^fitiis themfelves^ who 
 cannot appear vifible without fome violence done 
 to their own Naturey\t being as troublefometo them 
 to keep in one fieady viftble confiftency^ in the Aire^ as 
 it is for men that dive, to hold their breath in the 
 ^ater. 
 
 The Guardion Genii feem to me to be as the Benigne 
 EyeofGody running too and fro in the world, with 
 love and pitty, beholding the innocent endeavours 
 of harmlcfs and iingle hearted men,ever ready to do 
 them good, and to help them, andthefemuftbcno 
 'Euchites that Prophecy by familiarity of evit ffirits, 
 for they deny goodnefs and honefty, and their prin- 
 ciples, and are of a different nature from goodnefs. 
 
 It is lawful to pray to God for fuch a good Geniits 
 or Angel, and to purge the mind from fride and 
 Hipocrifie, which is one reafon that all men are noc 
 capable of Confociation with thc{e good Geniiy for 
 faith and delire, ought to be full faile, to make fuch 
 Voyages frofferous^T^ndom^nd and purpofe pure and 
 
 fincerf, 
 
240 7be Temple ^/Wifdome. Book III^ 
 
 fincere, but \i F ride and Cone eitednefsy or afFeftion of 
 fome peculiar priviledge above other mortals, fpur 
 a man up to fo bold an Enterprife, his devotions 
 will no more move either God or the good Genii : 
 then the whining voyce of the counterfeit will ftir 
 the affeftion of the difcreetly charitable ; Nay, this 
 prefumption may invite fome real Fiend to deceive 
 him^ and be their deftruftion. 
 
 But the fafeft Wifdome is the fincere confecrating 
 mans Soul to God, and the afpiring to nothing, but 
 fo profound a pitch of humility, as not to beCon^ 
 fcious to our fel ves, of being at all touched with the 
 praife and applaufe of men : and to fuch a free and 
 univerfal fenfe of Charity^ as to be delighted with the 
 well fare of another, as much as his own, they that 
 folely have their Eye upon thefe, will find comming 
 in what ever their heart can defire,but they that put 
 forth their hand to catch at high things, as they fan- 
 cy and negleft thefe^ prove at laft but a plague to 
 themfelves, and a laughing ftock to the world 5 Let 
 none doubt I am well affured of the cxiftence of a 
 Spirit. 
 
 Chaf^. 
 
BooiClIL Tibe Temple g/Wifdomc. 24.1 
 
 CHAP, xxxvii. 
 
 of God^of AngeU^ and of Spirits^ ofGodsWif^ 
 dome^ Angels of lllumincttions of Light^ of 
 Earth and Man^ and hts inventive faculties^ 
 a journey to the Earth through Heaven^ and 
 firji Mover ike Region of Angels^ the fluid 
 heaven^ through the Etherial Region^ the Re* 
 gionof fire^ through the Kegion of the Aire 
 and Blew Sea^ the nature of theKegions^ and 
 of the Spirits of Ad^m^ of Cain, andAbt\ 
 of Ages before the fiood^ of Ag^.s jincc^ ofMo- 
 fesj of Job, of Salomon the King , of our 
 Saviour Chriji , of St. Paul, of the Koman 
 Empire^ of Charles Stuart, our Gracious afid 
 Glorious King. 
 
 NOw i am come to the knowledge concernmg 
 God, fuch as I had by the L'^ght of Nature^ 
 and the contemplation of the Creature^ which may- 
 be called Divine in the rcfpeftof the OhjeB-^ and 
 naturallinrefpeftof the light '^ thi^ Etherial Voyage 
 was afcended to Adams firfl being in his firjl Moifiure^ 
 deerlydircoveredand fet forth) to the confuta- 
 tion and convii!^ion of Atheifnie, and the informa- 
 tion of the Law of Nature ; but may not be drawn 
 to the confirmation of Religion. Therefore there 
 was never Miracle wrought by God to convert au 
 Atheift, becaAife the light of Nature might have led 
 him to confefs a God^ but Miracles are defigned to 
 convert idoiaicrs, and the fuperftitious, who have 
 acknowledged a Diety,but erred in his Adoration % 
 becaufe no light of Nature extends to declare the 
 Will and true Worfhipof God. For as works do 
 
2 4^ v/9g Temple <?/Wifdome. BooK lH^ 
 
 fhcvv forth the power and skill of the workman, but 
 nochis ImagCj fothe works of God do (hew the 
 Omniporency and Wifdomeofthe Maker, but no 
 way exprefs his Ima£;e. And in this Arifiotle^ Plata 
 Pythagoras^ ■jndJppolinius differ from me j forthey^ 
 would have the world to be the Image of God, 
 Mail the Image of the world. But I cannot find 
 in my heart, to afford the world that honour, a? 
 once to thinke it the Image of God, buconlythe 
 work of his hands : I apprehend fubftitute Man, the 
 immediate Image of God, wherefore that there is 
 a God^ that he raines and rules the world, that 
 he is mod Potent, Wife, and Provident; That he 
 isarewarder, a Revenger, that he is to be adored, 
 ( now faith ) the Genius or Angell^ you cannot com- 
 prehend further then I have told you, and when 
 you are to fpeak of Opd y you are to beleeve an 
 vbiquity: but then how^are you able to conceive 
 that this vbiquity is^ \ fpealc to Reafon not Faith,for 
 1 know this beleevech what it fees not, your veffell 
 is not able to comprehend the waies of the moft 
 Hjgh God, 
 
 Let us (^ faith ) the ftherial Genius jiprocecd from 
 God to Angells whofe Nature in Order of Dignity is 
 nexcGcds. The firii place or degree is given to the 
 Serafhim^ that is Angells of Love. The fecond to 
 t\it Chsruhim^ t\\^t'\%j Angells of Illumination. The 
 third and £o follow ing^ -places to Jhroyfes^PrincipalitieSy 
 and the Reft, which are Angells of Tower and Mini- 
 frry as ycnn- Guardian Genius knowes of us in the 
 Etherial Region^ (o you fee as from this order and 
 diftribution, it appears that the Angells of l^owledge 
 and illumination are placed before the Angells of 
 Office zwd Domination, 
 
 Lee us defcend from Angels at the Throne of 
 God, and in the Solid ChrijiaUitte Heaven^ and Pitch 
 in the Etherial Region^ Among thofe Angells or bleffed 
 
 Sprits^ 
 
Book 111- T/6e Temple ot Wifdome. 14^ 
 
 Sfirits ; and as concerning their Nature^ th:y com- 
 inandj let no man deceive you, with Sublime dil- 
 coiirfe touching thcworOiip of Angels^ prelTing into 
 that he knows not ; theEthcrial Genii^ haveatiinity 
 with mans Soid^ yet nctwithftanding^ if you obferve 
 this precept, we forbid you Adoration of -<^;fgf/!ff or 
 fuchasisdue toGodj and Vhantajlical opinions of 
 them J Intelligenceiand Guardian Genii, either by ex- 
 tolling them, above the degree of a Creature 5 or 
 to extoll a mansknowledg of ihem farther than he 
 hath warrantable ground. 
 
 By the Sober and Illumiuatcd knowledge of K.Ci 
 and by the Gradations of things Corporeal^ you may 
 afcend to the Naturecftbemy butyou laborin vain^ 
 if you attempt to have the acquaintance of a Guar^ 
 dian Genius^ or think to draw down Heavens millc- 
 TitstoyoxxvKeafon^ and thereby to get admittance 
 into the Miftcries of the infpired Chriftian^, it ra- 
 ther becomes you to raife and advance your KeefoK^ 
 to the adored Throne of Divine Truth , Theknoiv- 
 ledgeof K. C. win your Soul, Sic. To fptak of 
 Revolted Spirits ofthefecond Revolution, we pro- 
 hibit the converting with them, much more any 
 Veneration towards them; but theconteniplation, 
 of thtir Nature y the'irpov^erj tht'iv Illufio^ts : not on- 
 ly from places of holy Scripture^ but from Reafon or 
 i scperiencey is a principal pare o^ fpiritual Jfifdonse. 
 And it is not more unlawful in Natural 7 heologie^ to 
 enquire the Nature of Evil Spirits^ then to enquire 
 the nature ofPoyfon in Phypxks : To defcend from 
 the Angels. And the Airealfpirits, and evil, and 
 revolted SpiritSyznd intelleftual forms, to fenfible and 
 Materal Forvfts : riot to fpeak one thing twice. The 
 ^rHof Created Form^ was Light y which hath ^ Rela- 
 tion gnd Conefpondence i« Nitnn and Corporal 
 Rrr a thitig? 
 
244 '^ heJcmple tf/ Wifdome. Book III. 
 
 thing?5to knowledge in Genu and Incorporal things, 
 loin thediftribution cfdayes^wefcetheday wherc- 
 m Cod did reft and contemplate his own works, was 
 bieit above al! the dayes wherein the Fabrickofthe 
 univerfewas Created and dlfpofed. 
 
 After the Creation was finifhc, man was placed in 
 this Etkrialfirfl hioijlure^ and Tent t o view the Gar* 
 d€nvih\d\ he liked very well, and there heContem- 
 platedj without trouble. And for delight and ex- 
 ercifc Nowtheknowledg which introduced the fal, 
 icwas not the Vthertal knowledg concerning the 
 Creatures or Natural Impolition of Names, but the 
 IVlorrallknowledgofG(?r^/?«^£vi/3 where thefup- 
 poficion was that Gods Commandements or Prohi- 
 bitions were not the Originals of Good and Evil^ 
 but that they had other begmnings, which man 
 afpired to knew, to the end to make a total defe6:i- 
 oii from God^ and to depend wholly upon him- 
 icife, and his free will, for his Soul perceived his 
 
 lioht. 
 
 I would advife all in general, as I was advifed, 
 that they would take into ferious confideration,the 
 true and Genuin endsofinfpired Chriftiansor Ilq/rf 
 Crucians^ that they drive not to be one of them, and 
 to have the knowledg of the Guardian GeuiM or to 
 converfe with Intelligences^ either for pleafure, or 
 Contention^ ov Contempt of others J or for frofit or fame 
 or for honour y znd promoticn orfuch like. Adulterate 
 or inferiour ends ; but for the Merit and Emolument of 
 life, and that they rf^wZ/^t^ and ferfeii the fame in 
 CW/t^/jfor the defire of Vower was the fall o^ Angels y 
 thedelireofknowledgthc FallofMan, but in Cha- 
 rity there is no excefs ; neither wen nor Angels ever 
 niLurrcd danger by it. The rtqu^fts we make are 
 
 ' thefc 
 
Book III. 'rteTemplet?/VVifdome. J4S 
 
 — ■ ..y 
 
 thcfe (to fay nothing of our felfe touching chc mat- 
 ter in hand, wc requeft thus much, that men would 
 not think of it as an Opinion^ but as a work, and 
 take it for Truth^ that our Aime and end is not to 
 lay thcFoundatioH o^aSeG or placed, but oi humane 
 fTBfit and knowledge of the Hoi) Guide, 
 
 To defcend to the firft occurrance after the fal of 
 Man, we fee an Image of the tr(>oftates^ the contem- 
 plative and the AUive figured in thcperfons o^ Abell 
 and CaiKy The one had the free view of Heaven a 
 lively Image oH Contemplative life, the other of the 
 Earthy and you may fee the favour and tlec.ionof 
 God to the 5>heep-heard and not to the tiller of 
 Ground. 
 
 To proceed from the Age before the ^lood^ where 
 AttSy and new Inventions were greatly honoured as 
 Mufique and Mettais^ To the rtge after the Vlood^ 
 where the great Judgements of God, «pon the Ambi- 
 tion of Man was the Confuhon of Tongues. Lee 
 us defcend to Mofes the Lawgiver, and Godi firft No- 
 tary^ it was he that was feen in all the Learning of 
 the Egyptians, Mo/fifeemsto have been aforehand 
 and prevented the fubtilleft inventions of Socrates, 
 Flato ^nd Pythagor^, it is generally acknowledged 
 by fome Gentlemen, that they had their Fhilofovhy 
 from MofueSy and he from God. 
 
 Joby A wife man, full and pregnant with the fc- 
 crets of Natural Philofophy, &: Rofie Crucian CecretSy 
 Aftrowancy and Ceomancy, &c. And for Pythogoras it is 
 a thing incredible that he (hould makefuch a deal 
 of do, with the Miftery ofNwtiberSy had he not been 
 favoured with MofeSy difcourfe of the Worlds Creati* 
 on in fix dayes, and Job's Caftnography and Rounding 
 oftheEarthy thePo/eofthe Nurth and the fimilenejl 
 cf convexity of Heaven, To proceed to SoLmon^ we 
 Rrr 3 fee 
 
2^,6 jTAe Temple c/Wifdome. Booi^ IU» 
 
 fee the endowments of IVifdome both in his Vetition 
 iind Gods affenc theemito, preferred before allT^-r- 
 rene-dLnd^empYal felicity^ byvertue of which Done- 
 tive and Cj rant, 5o/(?7»o« being lingular ly furiiillied 
 and enabled, not only write thofe Farables ot Apha^ 
 vifmes conccrn'mg Divine znd Mor all Fhiiofophy : But 
 alfo compiled a Natural Hi/Jorjf of all Verdure or F/- 
 git/?^/^; from the. Cf^/zr upon the Mount aine^ to the 
 Mofs upon the JFaliy which is but the rudement of a 
 Plant, between FutrefaUion and an Hearby and alfo 
 of all thingisthat breath or move. 
 
 To proceed on ; The difpenfation of God did 
 not vary in the times after our Saviour came into 
 the world, for our Saviour himfelfdid firft Jhew his. 
 •^ower tofubdue Ignorance^ by his conference with the 
 Vodors of the I ^w? and the Priefts in the lemfle^ be- 
 fore he (hewed his power to fubdue Mature by his 
 great and fo many Miracles^ and the comming of the 
 Holy Ghoflv^as chiefly figured and exprcft in thc»9>w2^- 
 iitjfde^ndgulfts of Tongues, which zre tht vehicula fci- 
 j?tti£. 
 
 So m the Ele^rion of thofe Inftrumcnts, which it 
 ylcafed Go«^to tife in the Plantation of the Faith, 
 fome unlearned, only injpred from the Holy Ghofi, 
 whereby more evidently he might declare his Jm- 
 "niediate and Divine working, and might abafe all 
 hurmne Wifdome and Mifteries, yet neverthclefs 
 xhat Counfel of his in this rcfpefl was no fooner per- 
 formed, but in the next Viciptude ^nd fucceffion of 
 ti>ne he fent his Divine truth into the World waited 
 one with other Icarninr; as with Serjants and Hand' 
 y^afdjiy Therefore we fee StFaul pen ("who was only 
 •c^irnedamofi^iHhe W^'^/r/c'^J was che fly employed 
 : y God-m t he ^'criptu re of the N^w 7'efiament. 
 
 lilt KcK-i tin hr-?plreri \^^.yc txcclienuiy qualified 
 -;-■■. -^ : --^-i 
 
Book 111. the Temple oj Wi (dome. Q47 
 
 in all the Aftions oifAofes AttiCM his Femateuchy The 
 Entperour Julian' sEdids were admitted into Schols^ 
 although vulgarly efteemed a more pernirious 
 Engine and Marchination againft the Frotejlantfaithy 
 The late King Charles hath excellently defended 
 the Faith againft the Fofe^ Furitans^ /ImbaptiftSy ^ua- 
 ksrSy an^iallthe Religious^ Qrept into the Church 
 by Corruption of teachers. 
 
 And of late King Charles in our Age,was troubled 
 with Jcfuits as his Predeceilpurs were, who par ly 
 in thmfelvcsand partly by Emulation and Frovoca- 
 lion of that Kingly Fhilofopher^ and fccond Solomon 
 have much quickned the Proteftant Do£trine on 
 our fide, ('we fee I fay j what Notable ferviccs they 
 have done on their fide, and what helps they have 
 brought into the Repairing and Eftabliihing of the 
 Koman Sea. 
 
 Laftly, You may read in the fame Book, that 
 Glorious example of the late King, viz. In his 
 ^IKHN BAsiAIKEjofPfalmSjProverbs^ind holy Me- 
 ditations: IloveVertue in whom focver I find it: 
 And 1 am willing and as fincercly wifh, that others 
 may go beyond him in this laft Age, as he went be- 
 yond others in his time, treading thejftepsof D/^t^i^ 
 and his Son Solomon, 
 
 Thus have we given you a fiiort view of our 
 thoughts, and of Mam Souly and God ; as Chriftians 
 are infpired by their Guardian Genii, and Etherial 
 biejjed Angels ; nor I am not at all inconfiftent with 
 my (dfc^ for I am ftill of opinion, that the letter of 
 the Holy Scripture teaches not any precept of F^i- 
 lofophy^ concerning which there can be any Contro- 
 vcrfie amongft men or difference from this holy lent* 
 pie of ^nfdome : And when you venture beyond the 
 litteral fenfe, you are not taught by the Scripture, 
 R rr 4 but 
 
348 rte Temple ^/'Wifdome. BookIIL 
 
 but what you have learned fome other way, you 
 apply thereto. And they ought /to be no 7rajh^ 
 HO trivial Notions^ nor Confutable hy Keafon^ or more 
 ioYidVrincipies of Tkilofophy^ that^ nianfhould dare 
 to caft upon (o facra'd a Tcxtjbut fuch a one^ is well 
 affured, will bear the ftrifteft examination^and that 
 lead to the more full knowledg of Go^^and do more 
 cleerly fie the Fh^nomena of Nature, and External 
 providence, to his moft Precious Attributes, and tend 
 to the furthering of the holy life, which I do again 
 profefs is the fole end of the Scripture, and of wha^ 
 is here difcovered for your help and Condudi, and 
 hethatveiitures beyond the letter, without that 
 guid, will foon be loft in his own fancies, where- 
 fore if this Temple, which I have built amongft thofe 
 many other infpired Chriftians Advantagious fe- 
 crets, I have recited, had not this alfo added unto 
 it, the aimc of Advancing the Vivine life, in the 
 world, I fiiould look upon it, as both falfeandun- 
 frofitable^ and fhould have refted fatisfied with K^ 
 Harmony of the World, for the Divine life of infpired 
 Chriftians, is above all Tslatmall and Metaphifxcul 
 h^ewledg whatfoever.And that Man is a perfeft man 
 <hat is truly Righteous and Prudent, whom I know 
 I cannot but gratifie, with the Holy Guide, that is 
 coming publick in Print. 
 
 Eiii: if any more zealous pretender to Prudence 
 and Righteoufnefs, wanting eitHer Lcafure or Abi- 
 lity to deface ihislemple I have ere^ed, and this 
 jjro2;refsI have made to fearch the Body, 5'oul,and 
 Criftalline Heaven, to the bottome backwards,{hall 
 jiotwithftandingCondemne it or Admire it, he has 
 Kuibecominglyandindifcrectly ventered out of his 
 own Sphere; and I cannot acquit himg^f injuftice 
 
 Nor 
 
Book III. ^he Te mple g/VVifdomc. 249 
 NordidlftudythefeMiftenesout of more affc- 
 aiontoefteera then of true holinefs, but have ran- 
 ked my difcoverles thus according to the Order of 
 the infpircdChriftians: The ho)y and divme life 
 of a good man defcribcd in the Holy Guide^ is eafily 
 loft in man, if it be not produced, and Confervcd 
 by a Radical acknowledgment of thofe grand truths 
 iXi the Hsrmeny of the World, viz. theexift^nce of the 
 eternal God, aud a certain expeaation of more 
 confumate happinefs upon the dijfolution of this mr^ 
 talBody: For to pretend toveitue and hohnefs, 
 without reverence to God^and a life to come,is but 
 tofallintoamore dull and flat kind ofStoicifme, 
 or to be content to feed our Cattel one this fide of 
 Jordan, in a more difcreet and Religious way of 
 Epicurifme, or at Icaft of degenerate Famihrme. 
 
 Thefe experienced Divine Truths, we have fown 
 unto Poftcrity and the Immortal God, whofc Di- 
 vine Majefty wc humbly implore through his Son 
 and our Saviour, that he would vouch fa fe Grati- 
 oufly to accept thefe and fuch like •Sacrifices of Hu- 
 mane underftanding feafoned with Religion and 
 5eraphical Illumination, as with ^alt and Incenfed 
 to his Glory, 
 
 After this you wufi follow the method of our Booh 
 Itttituledy The Holy Guide. 
 
A Table of the Chapters of each 
 Book, In the Temple oflVifdome^ 
 
 B O O K. I 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 HOrp to projeEt a figure the Kofie Crucian way^ and 
 how wifemencolleB vertuei from the threefold 
 KPorldy is declared in thefe three Bookj, page i • 
 Chap. TI. 
 7he Manner how to frame thh Art^and give to each place 
 his name. p. 6 
 
 Chap* IIL 
 Of the fignification of thefe eight fignres^ and how from 
 themyou muji ntak^ four more. p, 7 
 
 Chap. IV. 
 How to frame the Witneffes and the judge, p.p 
 
 Chap. V. 
 Of the vertuet of figures Natural , depending imm^dia^ 
 telyupon the Elements, and of the names of the Rulers 
 of the Earth and other Elements, The names of their 
 1 2 Genii or Idea'i, and of their \6 figures. p. 1 1 
 Chap. VI. 
 ffc^ Geomantick^things are fuhjeded to fuperiour bodies^ 
 and how the bodies^ the aUions^ and difpofitionsof^ mien 
 are afcribed to VUnets , Rulers, fignes^ Genij and 
 Ideas. Of Zazrl and bis general and particular fig- 
 n'tfications, p . 16 
 
 Chap. Vlf. 
 Of H.fmael and his fgmfication whence the vertuei 
 
 4- 
 
The Contents. 
 
 of things fr&ceed^ how tU of nations of feverall Vfr- 
 
 tues^ fafs from one thing into Ofrother^ and are cowmu^ 
 
 nicatedone to another. p .^ 
 
 Chap. VIII. ^ 
 
 r/ParXabcl and his figmfication^ how lnferiour thif^t 
 are fubjeded to fuferior bodies^ and how the bodies 
 the adionSy and difpofitions of men are afcrihed to 
 Starrs^ fignes^ rttler's^ Idea's and figures, p 22 
 
 .- . /K-v; Chap. IX. ** 
 
 Of S^^rafh, and his fignification^ of Emanations^ Nu-- 
 merations or attritnteSy of Sepheroths and facred 
 names of God which rule thtm, the Rulers ^ Ideals 
 andfirures, of the influence of divine nawes , and 
 their power and vertue through all the middle caufes 
 into thefe figures ofGeomancy. p. 26 
 
 Chap. X. 
 
 Of Kedemcl and her fignification^ which is under her 
 fower^ how by thefe natural and arteficial preparatL 
 oniyWee maj attrad certain celejUal and vital gifts^and 
 how upon Geom antic k^figuresy upon ntettall^ «?^ ^^y 
 drawnot only celeftial and vitally but alfo certain iH' 
 telledual and divine gifts from above P ^5 S 
 
 Chap. XL 
 
 P/Taphthartharath andhisfignificationynaturey and 
 property y howbyfome certain^ naturalyand arteficial 
 jjreparationsy they attraQ Celeftial vitall gifts in Tc- 
 lefmes, andhyfome matters of the worldy ftir the Gods 
 cf the world and their ntinijiring Angels. p» 38 
 
 Chap. XII. 
 
 Of Hafmodai and her nature andfignificationy that the 
 earth is governed by thefe Rulers^ Ideas and figures, 
 
 p. 42 
 Chap. XIIT. 
 
 11 ow thefeaven "Rulers of the world he attributed to the 
 figures ^ and the figures to them both gocd and evilL 
 p.46 Chap.XiV. 
 
The Contents. 
 
 Chap. XIV. 
 Of the Nature , Place ^ Countries general defcriptioHs 
 anddifeafesfignified by the twelve Idtn's of the ver- 
 tue of places y and v^hat places are futahle to every 
 Idea (s/Geaius. . - 
 
 Chap. XV. ^^ 
 
 How the Idea's or Geni} are infufed into the i6 figures ly 
 the KuleSy through the helpe of the foul of the world ^ 
 and how the Angels and Genij incorporate their nature 
 and properties into the figures y and have Hk^ figntfica" 
 tion^ as the Angels andGtm] in their places p. ej 
 Chap. XVI. Of the manner how to attribute the Geni} 
 or Idea's to the figures^ and the figures to the Idea's or 
 Geni}. p. ^o 
 
 Chap. XVIT. Of the four Elements ^ their Nature^ Pro-* 
 per ties y ^alitieSf and mutual mixions, p. 6i 
 
 Chap. XVIII. Of a threefold confideration of the Ele^ 
 ments, p, 5g 
 
 Chap.XiX. Of the wonderful nature of fire and earthy 
 and their figures , p. 6 6 
 
 Chap. XX. Of the wonderful nature of water , and of 
 her figure Ss p. 70 
 
 Chap. XXl. Of the wonderful nature ofaire^ winds, 
 and of his figures. p. 74 
 
 Chah. XXn. How Empires and Kingdomes are ruled 
 by Angels and Gt\\\]y and how the Earth is devided 
 into twelve equall parts by^ them^ of Li^t^ CoulourSy 
 Lamp\ Cities J Towns ^ and parts of the hody^ they 
 fignifiey and of the winds they fignifie y and to what 
 houfes and elements thefe are afcribed, P'77 
 
 Chap. XXUI. of the fixteen figures and their manifold 
 deaifions. p. 87 
 
 Chap. XXIV. How the Angels and Geni] in their fi* 
 gures and houfes of the Earth behld each other, afid 
 ofth:ir various Afpecls^ a Table and ksu'e. p. 88 
 
The Contents. 
 
 chap. 1^. Of the Angels Bpntial Di^iities mibe 12 paUs of the 
 Earthy dttd hotv the jdca'i fi'a mi or j a at id mo I6 figurts areio- 
 verncd in the howes. 
 
 Chap. x6, A ^€r yncceffary Table pjtn^'mg rvhat farts cf the Body is 
 fignjfied by the ftxtten ftgures ; ^fikfiven Kulcrs in all the twelve 
 Boufes 5 Of the Earth governed Ly the irvelve Idea's. Of the wmn. 
 ofmixt things^ and the mtroduCim of a more'^ohk forme^ and the 
 Jenfes of life. p. 100 
 
 Chap. 17. of the Qualities of theTigures, and ihepajjions of the 
 mindy horvthcy change the ufpr Lodjly chainging the accidents and 
 movi?ig the G^ni). p. 104 
 
 Chap. 28.0/ the Colours of the figures. Ibid. 
 
 Chap. 19. A modijt defence for Gcfimancyj and Tekfmes i» the 
 known Phenomena of Nature ; tvithan Appeal to the Natural fa-' 
 culties of men ; nbcther there be ?wt a Cod, Angels, Spirits and Ge- 
 nij) that at certain times appear in humain p^ape-, &c. Of the Fer~ 
 mingofman, of the external fenfes, and alfo the inward, and the 
 mind : Of the threefold appetiu of the fmle, and pafjion of the willy 
 of TekfmcSj ahdof the Characters of the Stars and their vertues 
 mdufei •' P'lo^ 
 
 Chap. 30. Of the Sun, and Moon, and their Telefmatical cmfiderati'^ 
 ons : Befure to let the figures of Aflromancy and Ceomancy to be for^ 
 twiate, that the mind may change, and bind inferionr things to that 
 which it de fires, p. 169 
 
 Chap. 3 1. Of the twenty eight Manfions of the Moon, and their vet' 
 tues 5 in Telefmaticall vertues, and how they pdrtakp of 'Oivini 
 Vower: p. 171 
 
 Chap. } 1. Ofthe true motion of the heavenly bodies to be ohferved in 
 the eight Sphere, and of the ground of Viatenary hours^ihat agree with 
 the Rulers, Idea's and Genii of Geomance, and what Divine gifts 
 Man rcceiveth from abone^ from the fever al Orders cf the Angels 
 and the Heavens. p« i77 
 
 Chap. 3?. How feme artificial things, as Tele f me s,^ images, SeaU% 
 anifuch lil^Cy may obtain fme venue from the Celeftial and Terref- 
 trial bodies. p« i?^ 
 
 Chap. 34. Of the Telefmes made u^on Mettalls^ [rphat venues they 
 being ingravtn, receive from the stars. p. 180 
 
 Chap. 3^ . Ofthe Telefmatical Images ofthe Saces^ and ofthofe Ima^ 
 ges wkiih are without the Zodiac!^. p. 182. 
 
 Chap. 36. Of Telefmes and how to make them, p. i b 8 
 
 C hap. 3 7. Ofthe Telefmes of Saturn and Zazel. p.i i o 
 
 Chap, 58. Of the Telefmes of Ju^iiti andKedemeU p. ixi 
 
 Chap .39. Of the Telefmes of Mars and Baizabd. p. 1 1 5. 
 
 C hap. 4Q, ofths Talijmam of ths Sm and %mh^ p- * 1 4 
 
 ibp. 41. 
 
The Contents. 
 
 Chap. 41 . Of the Tdifmm, of i^ems and l^edemei. p • ^ 1 5^ 
 
 C hap. 4 1 . Of the Telefmaits of Mercury and Tapt harrharah. 2 1 6 
 Chap. 45. o/?fee Tel ermeso/*/^? Moon, <i;z^ Haf model. Ibid. 
 
 Chap. 4^. Ofthi: Images of ths Head attd taylc of t\>t Drago.t of the 
 
 Moon. P-ii? 
 
 Chap. 4^. Of iha Telefmatkal Images of the Masons of the 
 
 Moon. P-*i8 
 
 Cl^. ^6, Ofthc imgesofthcfixed'QchemmStars, p-zxt 
 
 Chap. 47. Of images, the figirre whereof is not after the li^encfs of 
 
 any Celcjtial figure -, but after the iiJ^nefs of that which the minde 
 
 of the worl(er deftres^ as yon fhail finds, in the fcond and third 
 
 chap. 48. of certain Celepal ohfervaiions and thepramje of fomc 
 Telefmatlcal Images. P- *^f 
 
 Chap. 49. of the Geoliiancick and Telefmatical CharaUers which 
 arc made after the rule and imitation of Celefiialy aUhow with th: 
 table thereof they are deduced out of Gcomantical Figure s. p. 1 3 z 
 
 Chap. TO. Of Telefmatical Chara6lerswhich are drawn from thmgi 
 themfelves by a certain llkcnefs. P- 2-3 9 
 
 Chap. 51. That no divination without Aftromaficy and Gcomancy is 
 perfek P- H5 
 
 The Contents of the Second Book. 
 
 y^Hap. I. ^uefms coiccrmngthe firfhoiifc and the ftgnificatio-n of 
 ^^ the Ruh-s, Idea's and Figures in the fame. . „ , ^'^ 
 
 Chap, z . Of the focond Houfcy and of the figmfication of all the De- 
 mands which m^y be judged mit. ,. , / ^' ^° 
 Chap. 3 . Of the tinrd Hoi^fCy and of the Demands which may be m.tde 
 tbereiyu . - , ^' , 
 Chap. 4. Of the fourth Ho:ifCyand the Demands therein contained. p.t3 
 Chap. ^ Of the fifth Houfe,and ofthe Demands thrreiv coniamed.Ji 
 Chap. 6. OfthcftxthHoufe^andits^ut^ons,^'^. officknefs,Scr- 
 
 vantSyfmalCatteL . ^'^''^ 
 
 Chap. 7. Simficationsoftik fevemh Houfe, viz. of M^tfna^es, E-u- 
 
 mies,;j-arr, Law-juits, and ContraCis, experimented p Sir, i^^^ 
 
 Heydon .- ^ue(ims of Fugitives a^d Thefts, and according to Czj- 
 
 dins ex^perience are pre fcntcdhercy which are true m Jpolog^Cy And 
 
 as certain in this Art of Geommy Ofid Tdcfmes, P-4 ? 
 
 Chap. 8. Of the eighth Houfe. P'^^ 
 
 Chap. 9. Of the ninth Houfe. ^ P' ^' 
 
 Chap. 10. ft^)€ tenth Huufc. P 7* 
 
 Chap, u. Of the eleventh Houfe. ... Jlli 
 
 Chap.i;;. o[thetmlfftjH'jufey\lz. hnpfonmtt ^''^'^^f^ 
 
The Contents. 
 
 mtcbery^prhate EMmieSilaboHi; BMijhcdmm. p.8j 
 
 Ch ap. 1 3 . A biief dednffio?! of tin accord and ftgmficatm winch the 
 
 fixtecn. Figures hivc by the twelve Honfes. p. 8^ 
 
 Chap. 14. of tljegood or ill Honfes^ and rvbich tbey be^ rvhere the 
 
 figures be in tlmr places. ^ 100 
 
 Chap. I J. ofthepo^erofAflromancy and Gegmaacyia therr figures 
 
 and Hoiifes uf the Earth, ?• i o 3 
 
 Chap. 1 5. OfthetwQmtifiejfes, P- 151 
 
 C hap. 1 7 . of the Judge. P* » 3 * 
 
 ' Chap. 1 8. Of Ajiiomancy, Geomancy in the interpret Dreams, p. u^ 
 
 The Contents of the Third Book. 
 
 CHap. I . Of fever al confiderations to be ghfirved for the betur \udg' 
 ing of a ^ueflion. p.x 
 
 i Chap, z . Of the fignificdtion of the Querent and ^nefited^ z 
 
 I Chap. 3 . when a figure is Radical, and fit to be Judged. p 4 
 
 ' Cbap- 4. Of the Foffibility or Irmofftbility of the Matter, p.5 
 
 ' Chap. 5 . of the Fcrfon^or M.itter, futkring or impeding the ^fmefs.j 
 Chap. 6- of the time wherein a Bufinefs may be performed* p, 7 
 
 Chap. 7. Of Moles J Murl^s and Scars of the Querent and ^ucfited.^ 
 Chap. 8. Judgements proper to the firft Houfc {'u c.) p.io 
 
 Chap. 9. G)iieltions belonging to thcfecond Houfe. p.ji 
 
 chap. I o. Judgements pcrtayning to the third Houfe, p« 3 8 
 
 chap. I r . Jidgements of the fourth Houfe. p. 42. 
 
 chap? 12. Of Judgement beloiging to the fifth Uouft, p.48 
 
 cha p. 1 3 . Judgements belonging to the fixth H^ufe. P- f 4 
 
 Chap. 14. f the ftventh Houfe. p.6i 
 
 chap. 1 5 . Judgements proper to the eighth Houfe. p. 74 
 
 chap. I ^. ^Hcftionsbelongingto the ninth Houfe p.8i 
 
 Chap. 17. Judgements pertaining to the tenth Houfe, p. 1 1 1 
 
 Chap. 1 8. How to judge a Figure of the Day. P- ' ^4 
 
 Chap. 19, Judgcmmts of t\K€kve7Uh Houfe, The Alphihet of An- 
 gels and Genii, or the writing and Languagcof Heaven. p«i 25 
 Chap. :o. Judgements btloyigmg to the twelftjiy Houfe. p. 1 3 ^ 
 
 Chap. II. How men recci'Se Qualifications from the Star Sj Vianet s 
 Angels : And bow we may have the Society of a Genius : And how 
 to put it inio fomcthingy tkit inflantly will nc&je ihefe heavenly gifts 
 for us. p. 144 
 
 Cliap. 22. what Divine gifts man receives from Godly Scphiroth, the 
 rvhich transfers them thiQ;i^f) the fncral orders of 'the Avgtlstothc 
 Plants. And how man rcceiz-es ^dvzchk], ilx Angel Mimiatl or 
 KyiJel, and coiverfcs with them ofBiJe.ifef, of Earthly Judges-, of 
 the fu-jants of fouls .f.ndfpirits : And how thy wandir outof t}?e 
 lody^ and br'mg tjdivgs of^rarfge things : atid ofthi pQveiyi of/pirits^ 
 
 in. 
 
'^^ vru fc w ju ba • 
 
 'vi receivius^fhapcs ; the motions offpirits and their Mcffengers tooHr 
 
 ■ MmbcYS, And horv man receives them^ as yon read in The Har- 
 mony of the World, a>td in The Holy Guide. p. 149 
 
 chap. 11. Of ^'iamael, and his Power and yertue: afurepredi^m 
 of "-'ary Bloo.-iy and the death 0/ Oliver Cromwel : rj h.tt difcafes 
 ^ -^IcKidael tkefpirlt cures^ being arreted into his Figure ofAflrO' 
 mancy and Geomancyy how to receive bim, and of Tvhat he tcachcth. 
 O/Baithiel, aid ofraifing the Dead, and tvhat carries the foul down 
 inU) the Body ^ and after what moaner is Mat perfect i ani of the 
 Nature of Age and Youth i?i cold and hot Countries ^ and medicines 
 for prolongatian of life, P« i J 7 
 
 chap. 14. Oftheftxth Sarfte of God Elohi : AndofthefixthSc- 
 phiroch, and their povoer andgiftSy which are received in irder in a. 
 
 - figifre : A'ld Imvo of Veichiel the Spirit, and of his power, and 
 how he ciinth difcafes i and ofwh.it natural Rulers hs teacheth : Tlx 
 caufe of}Jifdome andVoUy : And^ how Beajtsmay put on man. lil^e 
 
 . Mature: HowtomakeaVool aivifeman-, &c^ p. 1^4 
 
 Chap 2^. Of the nfe of the Nativity i Of himthat defires tbefocicty 
 , of his Guardian Genius y 8ic, , ?• i7y 
 
 Chap 17; Of Sehcliel the Genius, and Murid //?? Genius, and Am- 
 xiediel the Genius : of what they teath, and how to converje wifb 
 them. &c. P- 185 
 
 chap, z 8. Of the Temple of H'i/ddme. p. 188. 
 
 chap. zt). That j^nowledg inclines the i^tindcto Htrcpe and Athcifm: 
 The Soiutio.i of original guilty not in quantity but in tire quality of 
 K^ew ledge: Of the cor revive temper -y againft Infiriiiyy Anxiety 
 andfeduccme/ltsof ImpojluYCsand Rcfervatives : That -wt forget 
 mt our Mortality. P- i 9f 
 
 chap 5 o. Of the foul^fivtral Opiniv^ are raifed, but the^ truth I have 
 taught in this Temple : &c. P • i * ? 
 
 Chap.31. That you arc with confidence to attend andobty your Genius 
 bis command, natural and unprepidicial dilates , &c. p. a 05 
 
 chip. 31. of the natm'c of the Soul of Man : what the Cclcflial An-' 
 gels fay of it naturally to our app'rchenfiony &c. p. 207 
 
 chap.' 33. OfAigcls, Gcrrii arid idea's, concerning the fuhftancc of 
 the ^quly whether really dijHn^, and then vphctber corporeal or iri- 
 corporeal y 8cc, p. 211 
 
 chip. 5 4. That thofi Intellectual or Cognofcitive operation*- wt find in 
 omftlves^ Slc. P-»2.^ 
 
 Chap.s^.T^fi deliruCi'mofthe facukics of the feafible SoulinMotioi, 
 and into ftnfe .- . p-i^'^ 
 
 diap. ^6. A very true Nai-ration of a Gentleman R. C. who hath the 
 contimal focicty of a Guardian Ginhis, &c. P ^? 5 
 
 Chap %7. Of God, of Angels^ a^d of Spirits, of Gods ivifdsffi^, Ang Is 
 of lllmjiati^t,of^ Li^>)t, of Earth and Ma-t^ &c. p. ^^^ 
 
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