im*i) Ciiiuariig noRthwestGRn univeRsity LiBRARy THE ANGELICAL GUIDE: SHEWI NG M.en and l/Vomen THEIR , LOTT or CHANGE, in this Elementary Life. In Four BOOKS. I. Of the Creation of the World. II. The Centre or Circle of the Life of Man: or, the Human Egg of Generation. Ill- The Angelical Guide^ortheLottofMan; Ihewing dl the Chances and Contingencies in this prefent World. IV. Experimental Knowledge of feveral Ex- amplest proving the Truth and Certainty of thefe Our Angelical Lotts. di yeSlIf TOCTCjtfMrt Ttag etVTli VjZly hoTfiipn my.orlty.tu By J o H N C A s E, M. JD. LONDON, Prihttd by /. Dave\s, and fold by him, and moft BookfeJlers, i5p7. I "* . A.iw Thk foltamng Boogieing in the Fref/y and near flntfied, be fpeedil) Publi/hed^ and fold by the Bookfdiers. r; ItfTfloiof' Of, the H/ledical Expafutry in an Alphabetical Order} with a Divifion of Man's Body into its feveral Parts, wiUi their various Names, and the Difeafes ftey are fubjeft to: in LattUy Gree\ and Englifljy for the ^nefitof all Phylicians, Chyrurgcons, Apothearies. By / Cafsy M. D. T O THE INGENIOUS '^x.fthomas Try on. SIR, There were two things that influenc'd me in this Dedication : the firR,that this little Treatife might have the Honour of venturing abroad into the World, under the Protqdion of feme Guardian .• the other, a 2 that \ Dedication. that I my felf might have an Op- portiinity of gaming Acquaintance with a Perfpn, whom I have long fince Admired and Rerpe£i:ed. The many Ufeful and Learned Books^ you have generoufly bleft the World with, have eftablifli'd to you a juft and everlafting Reputa- tion: efpecially that excellent Trear tife^ call'd, The Way to Long Lifoj Health and Happinefs^ wdiich I con- fefs; 2it the very firft Reading, ob- tain'd a double Vi(^ory ^ at once fnbdu'd my Reafon, and engag'd my Afte^ions. Upon this account, SIR, it is, that I have affum'd the Confidence of placing you at the Front of the enfuing Difcourfes, not to Intitle you to the Patronage of my Defe^Is an4 Imperfedions j but to Defend and Secure what fiiall appear Rati- onal, Ufeful and Uoneft, againft ^ the "Dedication. the petulant AiTaults of thofe who aje leaft able to Judge: Under the Shield of your Countenance and Approbation, I contemn and de- fpife the Snarling, Impotent Cen- fures of Ignorant and Invidious Critics. The Subjeft Matter of thefe Ef- fays, cannot be ftrange to You : the whole Stream and Courfe of your Writingsy affording evident andun- deniame Inftances of a true Philofo- phical Genius., and of no ordinary Proficiency in Mathematical and AllrOlogicai Speculations. If there be any thing advanced in this Attempt, trefpafllng upon the Humour of eftablifhY BmUs and re- ceiv'd "Maxims, it is to be confider'd, that all my Notions are purely Hy- pqthetical, not aflerting 'any thing Pohtively and Magifterially, but PHly offering my iiojieft Endeavours, towards Dedication. towards the Improvement or Illuftra- tion of an ufefnl and neceflary Science. And I faithfully promifc, to renounce every Part of it, that fliall be convided, to intrench up- on the Priviledge of good Manners and Chriftianity. SIR, I fhall not further inter- rupt you in your more We^ty Concerns, but humbly beg leave to fubmit the Whole to your Perufaf^ and better. Judgment. ^ ■ J : SIR, f I amtotir mott Obedient^ ' :v : . c ii ■ r^nd moii Ohligtd TO THE Candid and Unprejudiced READER, Generous Reader, I I Shall have no occapon to Apologize heforehand^ either for the heighth of the SithjeH , or the manner of handling thisVVork,; when the Ar- gument of every Part^ can fpeak for the onCf and a direlt Proceeding in the Conrfe propofedf for the other. Who Builds i'th Way, where all pafsby^ Shall make his Houfe too low, or high. I have expofed my felf a SabjeU to many CetU fures, and entreat the Reader not to undertal^ me with any pniper Prejudice ; fgr my hope is., if he fhotildfaithfully tracj me in that modeft and care- ^ ' h ^ ^ /«! Dedication. ^fowards the Improvement or Illuflra- tion of an ufcfnl and neceflary Science. And I faithfully promife, to renounce every Part of it^ that fhall be convided^ to intrench up- on the Priviledge of good Manners and Chriftianity. SIR, I fhall not further inter- rupt you in your more We^ty Concerns, but humbly beg leave to fubmit the Whole to your Perufaf^ and better. Judgment. * r SIR, , i ' . .f I am Itout mdH Obedirntm - ' ■ '-.x ^ ■ moU Ohligtd Sewantf TO THE Candid and Unprejudiced READER, Generous Reader, / I Shall have no occafon to Apologize beforehand^ either for the heighth of the SnhjeU ^ or the manner of handling thisVyork^; when the Ar- gument of every Part^ can fpeak for the one^ and a direH Proceeding in the Courfe propofedy for the other. Who Builds i'th Way, where all pafsby, Shall make his Houfe too low, or high. I have expofed my felf a SubjeCi to many Cert" furesy and entreat the Reader not to underta}^ me with any finifier Prejudice ; for my hope is^ if he fionldfaithfnUy trace me in that modefi and care": - " b fid - To the Reader. fid ConrJ^e^ xohich I huve expofed to your vierv,yon may fay in the Conclafiony Facilior currentibus quam rcptantibus lapfus for, I profefs my felf to be fo free from all Arrogance and Ojlent_ation, that^ Uc caveam timendo, tuia pertimefcOi My Juvenilia {J muft ccnfefs^ are fuitahle to my roeak^ Underftanding.orTchthfHl Thoughts^ in thefc three great mdertahngs, viz. concerning GoA^ and the Creation, with the Egg of Generation : if yon find it do'*s not agree with your Philofophical No- tionsj refer it to my Inf ability, and that I may grow older,and 1 hope wifer. Pray remember that wife Sentence of Sophocks, Si Javenis luxuriat, pcccat; fi Senexj infanit: not forgetting that of Seneca, the wife Philofopher, Ante fene(n;utera cavendum bene vivcre; in fened:ute bene mori. Concerning the Creation of the World.- Upon due and ferioHs Contemplation of the Crea- ticn, J have propofed to yon a^new Method thereof and have ventur'^dto P.encounter thefirfi Chapter of Genelis j beiaufe rr.y. Sentiments and Thoughts tell I me, that he that created all things, diditindmo-r ment, and not in 6 days,as Mofes tells you •, for ma- fjy fr.bjlamial and grounded Arguments, which may not be proper for ,me to elemonjiraae here in my Epi- file, only one thing which is to come, (according to the Scripturef) That the World lhall have a an end in a moment, and in the twinkling of an" eyej fo fudden Ihculd be our Change, from the flecp oTDeath to Immortality. There To the Reader. tita , There is the fame likelyhood^ and the fame pro^ tjl'ilj' bahdityy that it vpos created in a mom'ent \ for Elohimwas^ is, and'^will be for ever the fame. , .Naw[.witty Reader, I have not ty'^d you up to Twy Belief, hut-have led yon through a wide Field iiin of the Mofaical Philofophy, becaufe yott fall fee (uitj the clajhng of the Scriptures in § , as the Waves if jii of the Sea', and the Opinion oj' Authors, Ithe the fiUr Winds, which blow where they lifi. Ijuj Tut methinks, I hear a Voice asking me. What '(nil' reafon is it,that fo many contrary Opinions concer- Urk Philofophy, jhou''d rife in this World ? or how 'k j the'multitude ofDlElates that the M'icroco£ni-hathy ic:® fou'd have a true Apprehenfion of the Macrocofm ? jrjli, Reader, I musi do as Men before me have done, ' i. e. to return you a Parabolical Anfwer, by way IJ. cfSuppoftion. Snppofe that a APan of a wonderful Wijdom and Underflanding, had for a confdera- (Cm hie time enjoyed a glorious polifed Globe, all full ij-fj;.: of Life, called, Nofce te ipfuitl, compfekending the whole Man, both outward and inward, being Jmtil - ^he little World, and confeauently the great World ntti- '■> having them thus both together, and repre- erJ' ■' ftited in one and the fame SubjePt, which he having 'inij oJf<^''^d, to Men for their hifi H(dion in Wifdom : £pj, t hen he upon their neglePt and Contempt ofit brok? linrti it into many Pieces, which a Woman out of pity, receivd into her Lap- for as much asfhe knewj Jg that there was yet Life in them, and that by being united, they would come to Life again, as before: whereupon jhe fearched throughout the World for 'hirt fi<^hWif M(n, who by a due joining of the faid b Z . PartSf To the Reader. T/n'ts^ roere able to rejiore tts xohile former Life; itiTvhich Search^ fhe indeed, wet with many cartons Wits and ferioas Ferfom. Bat yet as to the main Bitjinefs.) flje came about, could return her no- thing bat bare and empty words^ (they never having opportunely tryed or experienced, how to perform the famcf) and thereupon fell into a necejfity of contention and confufion about Words, or contend- ing about the Matter among themfelvesfrom whence they fought floutly with their Fens and Tongues againfi one another ; notwithflanding that all of them owned the fame common Name of Fhilo- fephers j and the defire of this feeking Woman was not fatisfied. The like I may fay , if I take a piece 0/Lignum Vhte^and cut out of it thoufands of Chips ^and fum- man all the Mercurialifts of the World to unite the fcatered Chips into their foltdBody again ; you would judge it^as before-mentionedja labouring with their Tongues and Pens, and none be able to piek^out the .rioht APethod. Kind Reader^ altho'* I have prefented a New Speculum Mundij never puhltflpd to the World be- fore, which are my Sentiments and Thoughts; nei- thcr can I find., that Mofes ever had the knowledge of the Creation of the World. J have now delineated to your F.yes, thefirfi Form tijercof, how every thing fprung out of the Abyfs, when the Word waa given ; how Light andT)arknefs were feparated into Forms, by the great Spygarlck Powers, afcended out the Spiritual Powers of the Abyfsand formed the Canopy of the Heavens; To the Reader. . and from the innate Heats withiny fprang forth the r'l ' glortoHs LightSy viz. San, Moon Stars. """ J c^Heftlon not^ but that I may have many croak- """ ing Frogs 0/Egypt, lifting up their Tongues and I"""- Pens againjt me^ or this my Opinion j tho'' indeedy '''ft- - it may he endlefsj and Jenfelefs too. Not that I f" would go about to dtnyy but that fome fault may be n'l- foundy and properly to be attributed to my felf, for' want of Skill and Capacity yin reference to this Sub- ® , ^nd without doubt, Reader, you may he deftrous J*?"" to be direSied in the true way, to find out the My- ftery of the Creation. But in fne, I have another way of direHing you to the trucMethod,\iz-to feek^ to him who is called Theos, for your Knowledge and Vnderfranding ; for by him all things were "'Z'® made. mil Concerning the Hainan Eggs of Generation. 11) let fn{i! There are many Authors have fpoken fomething of the Eggs of Womeny as is too copious heye for me to nominate'y giving you as it werey a hint or a 'irllh glance of this great Work,of Generation^ but have * hitherto left you in Darknefsy and have not given you the plain Demonftration thereof: But here, I have produced to your vieWy the whole VV^nk^in a jifw large Figure y infomuch that it will make it'very tafy to yourVnderfrandingy or to Reafonit felf. dull The whole f^f^ork^being laid down fo plain'y firfr, ■gsrici ygu „jay fee the Rudcy or Oviary Lumpy having of many [mall things fike the Spawn of aHeringgwhich iVf! ' . • ^ 3 To the Reader. or Aerology, together with the Motions of the Stars, and other Heavenly Bodies, Abraham . found out the Knowledge of the true God, while be liv''d in Chajdea: qui contemplatione crea- turarum,cognovit Crcatorem, Damafcen,) who knew the Creator by the Contemplation of the ■ Creature. Jofephus reported of Abraham, that be injirucled the Egyptians in Arithraetick and Aftrology, who before Abrahanl came to them, ttnderji'ood none of thefe Sciences. Abraham fanditatc & fapientia omnium prs- Itantiffimus primum Cald^os, deinde Phoenices, demum iEgyptios Sacerdotes, Aftrologia & Di- vina docuerit. Abraham the wifefi andholiefl of Men, didfirfi teach the Caldeans *, then khe Phe- nicians ^ and lajlly, the Eg,yptian Priefis, Altro- logy Divine Knowledge. Without doubt, Hermes Trifmegiftus, that Di- vine Magician, who (as fame fay,j lived long be- f fore To the Reader. » fore Noah attained tj much Divwe Knovoledge of '' the Creator-, thrd^ the Study of Magtck and Aftro- logy, as his Writingsjtefitjie to this day. The third Kind of Magick contains the rohole Philofophy of Nature, which brings to light the in- vjofl Virtues, and extracts them out out of the hid- i"''- den Bofom of Nature,to human ufeaccording to 'Pf the Chymical Method of thefe forts in Old Time, ''5 Albertns Arnpldus de Villa Novaj R^iy- '1'' 'mondj B^con, and others. ''f Jmttfh expect fome Calumnies and QbtreBations 't"' againjt this way of Ifriting-fom the malicious pre- judiced Man, and the laz.y Nffeciers of Ignorance, V' with which this Age fwarms but I incite the Rea- tmi fg ^ charitable Opinion thereof,with a Chriftian blJx Prqteflation of an innocent Piirpof therein^ for the 1 fl"-' thing it felfis harmlefs, as a Lott or Letts. You read of in the Scripmre, the Lett fell Jonah, isfctl a,nd they caji Lotts for thp Carment of our Saviour Chrifl, &c. So I do intreat the Reader to follow the advife o/Fabius, Qui liiigant, lint arabc in confpedlu I too npc^s & reus; if there be any Scandal in this Worh, of mine, it''s taken, and not given: And this Dipri!' comfort I have, in that Axiom of Trifmegiftus, laicfi, Qui pins eft^ fumme Philofophatur. Therefore &Di' I prefent it without Difgufl, to all of candor and in- Hi dtfferency. fPllc. There are four forts of Readers. Firfi ohferve, 4llro- Spunges,w^?cii attraEi all,withoHt difiinEHon or di' flinguifling j Hour-glafTes, which receive,and pour •tHi- out as fafi ■ fecondly, Baggs, which retain only the if I' - - " . ' Dregs To the Reader. Drep of Spices^ and let the IVine efcape • thirdly Sieves, which retain the be ft only* The fourth and laft fort of Readers, "to them I prefent this my Angelical Gifide, l^nowing^ that they may reap Good thereby; and they who are fever e againf it^mnfi pardonmyOpini- e«, in thinl^ing that fuch their Severity proceeds fiom Self'guiltinefs; it is the nature of Self- wickednefsito think^that of others for which it felf defervest, and it"* sail the comfort theGuilty havey ' not to find any Innocent. But that amongfl othersy this may find feme Acceptationy is the defire of From my Houfe Youf Friend, near Lud^ate. Lond. Odob.2$. ^^97' ■ John Cafe. liriir To Dr. Cafe, upon his Angeli- cal Guide. WELL does thy BOOK with the great TITLE fute,"> : We joy to fee the fpreading Branches flioot, > And blefs the TREE that takes from Heaven its Root, j . The STARS to Thee, make all their Virtues known, "V i From thence Thou draw'ft thy fecret Knowledge down: t Phoebut and Mfculapm are thy own. j Yet, with uncommon Modelly, Thy Art [Like Heaven, from whence thou learnd ft it,^ do's impart Kindly the High-born GIFT, without difdain. To all the lovy Pretenders of the Train. So well Thou fet'ft the Firft CREATION forth, Noyp, and from What, Men, Beafts, and Things had Birth j As if thy Soul had oa the C H AO S fate. When the Great FIAT did the World Create. But when thy GENERATION - SCENE'S difplay'd, y The whole Defigns with fo much Light arra/d, ^ Each Man ftraight fees/faw, and from What he's made.Jj And thy vvell-manag'd LOTTS diftinftly fliow. What all Defire, yet what all Fear to know. Thus by a Iriple ART, thy lafting NAME Has purchas'd a Triuniiiracy of F AM E. Proceed j there's Charm in all that thou doft Write i Critics may Snarl, but have no Power to Bite: Their dull Refleftions only ftiew their Spite, But can't hurt Thee : whilft thy Trafcmdent Skill Surmounts their Rage, and mocks their Envious Will. I Thilophilm. To his friencly DoSior Cafe. Dull is the Sfufe, when Men are forcM to Climb, And Scale Farnajjui to compel a Rhime, To Cioath and Countehanca the generous Love, Which two fair Words might to tlie World approve : jf/oneji and Ififiy are all the Terms that can Become the Merit of the greateft Man. Thefe -are thy Own; and let the Cfitics know, Thcfe excel the Bed that they can do. Secure of thefe two Characters, you find A ready Patli to Fame, and leave them far behind. Hen. Jonesi 1 he Author J to his Book- Bold Was the Afen, who with a daring Mind, (Quitted the Shear, to truft the Sea and Wind i But He was Bolder, who durft firfl'eng^ge, And run the Hazard of the Critics Rage. Such thy Adventure is, with equal Fate, T'embrace their Favour, and contemn their Hate. The' many Faults in Thee they're pleas'd to find. They mult confefs, Thou bear IF an honed Mind. Reader, t'm art dcfiredto cone^ thefolkmng Errata thy Fen, which have efcaped, thro the Negligence of the Frefs. Pag.g.1.1(5. dele on, p. 15, for Dens r. Dens, p^i4.1. 2^ for Maker f,. Mutter, p. 17.1. 27. for ille r. iili, p. 20.1.2I for feu r. diX, p- dp. 1. 6. for mutrebens r. mutaberis, p. 75. h 19' for utrarf, r. uterq-, 1. 20. for TempU r. Templa, p.232. J. 10. for admirabilis, t. admirabile, and the fame in/. 23. iClinti ■ •5 JC, ipprjT! m, ( I ) the elementary 4 iltl, livid: ftfe, ) y, Ki:d. ■Ernti^ p.;:.u Xili) P* '■'l f'if'-' Life of M^n. CHAP. L n/ The Divine Attributes^ cbrijifiing bf^ Eternal Nature. BEfore we fpeak ©f the Centte, or the Circle of the Life of Man, we muft con- fider the Matrik^ which is the Centre and EiTence of all Eflences; all things are gene- rated out of ch,e Centre, and out of that which is Generated, aU things are Created which arc 3 in ( o in beintr.The ground how the EtcrnalWord was in the Beginning, and the Word Gods, and the Eternal WjII is that Word : for the Eter« nal God'hatlV that Will in himfelf, and in that rtcompr^hended Will is ihe Eternal Father of all things, the Eterrwl Dtity hath its name God, for God and the Will hath no Maker; for he made himfelf from Eternity to Eternity. Ex ipfo-) per ipfuni^ & in ipfo fant omnia : Of him, by iiim, and in him are all things. B'.fore we dive into the Bottomlefs Abyfs of the Eilenti d Philcfophy, we mufl: confider, that God isthe true WiPJom and FonHtjation there- of. fojfidit DefU ifP via' ram fHarUm-, antiepnam (juicqit.^m'factrtt a princi- pit/; ab v/£terno ordinata ejb ; concept a trat cum nondnmerant Jlbyjfr^ didpolRfs Wifdominthe beginning of hfs ways, before he m.ade any thing ; from Eternity was fhe ordained *, fhe was conceived where there was no Abyfs. Sapientia a Deo profetla efl\ & pricr omnium : Created Wifdom comes from God, and was the firft,that Created all things. I do imagine, and my mind gives me, that al- tbo' I be never fo curious in my Itideavouring or Labour in this matter of my Expreffion , yet will my hell Endeavours appear faulty in thecu- rious Eye-fight of fome Men , tho' perchafice acceptable enough to others. ■ I. In the Beginnin :!, the Word of the Eterfifll Spirit cheated the Heavens and the Earth, i. And the Earth was withont forrriy and voidy and dark,' nefs was upon the face of the deep.^ and the Eternal Spirit (,3.) ' Spirit moved upon the face of the Waters. 3. The Word {aid, t>et there Lightf and there Was Light. 4. The Word faw, that the Light was good\ and the Word feparated the Light front the parkpefs, 5. The Word called the Light Day-t and the Larknefs he called Night. 6, ^nd the Word laid, Let there be a Firmament in the mid^t of the Waters^ and divide the Wateri fromeheWatejrf'y And the Firmament was called Heaven. And the Word faid, Let the Waters under the Heaven be gathered together , and let the dry Land appear. Seeing this Great Work of the Creation is. not a matter of Faith,! leave the literal Scnce of the Book of Genefs, and give you liberty to con- je<^lure of mine of the Creation, or the great Spagyrick.WoTk. In CoMtemplating on the Hrfl: of Genefss^ and thenfromthe Words of God himfelf, Ihavea ftrong fancy, that God made that wonderful Fa- brick, wx,. the Whole Univerfe, by a power- fui Command or Word, in a moment of time ; and not as Mefes fays, in fix days: mind Job 38. V. 4. Ubinam eras quum fundartm Terrain ? indicd^ fnovifti JntelUgentiam. Quum canereni fimnl SttUa Matutina^ ^ cum vociferati funt omnesfilii Dei, ver.7. For, what may we hence conjefture, butthafi the Angels, Coci^e Boker, Scars of the Mornings B z and ( 4 ) and Beni Elohim^ the Sons of God» beholding fo great a Miraculous Wonder, together with theirown as wonderful, formerly commanded at fuch an inftant into a glorious Being, gave Shouts of Praife, and Acclamations, of Joy, in Admiration of the great Creator's Omniporen- cy : nd we find the Voice of God defcending, or delivering the Story of his incorriprehenfible Wonders with fuch a lofty Bjreyity, th'.^' we may well believe, he performed thofe Wonders with the fame fwiftnefs tltathe fpakc them. Reafon I. It is an abfurdity to fay, That God created the World with diftance of Time j fir ft, for then the Ad it felf could not 'be properly faid crtart^ but facere, to make. If we do but confider, that Creation is not only to raifea thing out of nothing, but to make it alfo with- out time, which is an infinite Omnipotencyi only to be attributed to God, who adeth all things in a Moment, and cannot be bound to Time. Reafon II. It is an abfurdity to affert,. fKaT Timeihould be before Time it felf j for Time is the Meafure of Motion begun, but with the Motion of the Sun, Moon and Scars. Now,accoFding to the litteral fence mGentftt, the Firmament which God called Heaven, was created the fecond Day, but the Sun, Moon and Stars, were not created till the fourth Day. Now iheni «ould there be Days and Nights, whicb is) which are nothing but Time, before Time it feif? •, - - Obfervation I. Philo fiideHS upon this Point, fays. It's a fira- plicity toogrofsand ruftick to believe, that the World was created in fix Days, or in a certain time*, and, what think you of rhe two places in Centfis? Firft, it's faid. In the Beginning., God created Heaven and the Earth. Then in the fe- cond place, it's faid'. That the Heavens were not created till the fecond Day, and the Earth till the third Day. Obfervation II. 'Tis ftrange incoherence in the two verfes, concerning theCreation of Light; there feem to have been twoDays fpent,which is an Indecorum to imagin,thatafter the Word it^felfhad com- manded,Lf> there be Light; do you not believe. That that Word or Command, had not been fufficient to create Light, d'c. Reafon III. Seeing that Ffaith doth not bind us to believe other wife,it's the,molt rational Conjcdture,that by the firll Light, was meant the Light of the Sun, Moon and Stars, &c. Reafon IV. Obfervethe Text it felf, which fays, In the beginning of the iVork^., God created the Heavens and the Earthy that is to fay, in giving Form to the dark Abyfs or Lump,and created the Light 5 andinverfe 3. it tells us. That the Xifk was created before either. B 3 Rca- T ... • Reafon V* ^ VVluch is from the contrariety of the litteral Defcription, which allows four Days for the Creation of the Light, the Heavens, the Eirth, and Luminaries. And in the next Chapter, we hkve thefe words : Thefe arethe Generations of the Heavens and the Earth,when they were created'^ in the day that the Lord God made the Heavens and the Earth. Now you fee, it's but one Day^ and before, it'sTaid to be four days. Reafon VL It's laid , Thai the World fhall have an end in a moment 1 and tn the twinkling of an Eye. So fjdden Ihould be our Changes from the fleep of Dtacn to Imraorcality : there is the fame like- lyhood and the fame probability, that it was created in a moment. Since it is created, and its End depends both upon the fame Caofe,which is God, who ftill ads without circumftance or diftindionof Time. Obfervation VII. Man was created in a moment with the reft-, &c.hnt on the contrary by the Prophet Ez.ekiel.^ fpeaking to the King of • Thou hajl been ' »»Eden ((ays he) in the Garden of God. And now obferve (pecdily after, The Worktnanjhif of thy Drums and thy Flutes., was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created. This may give you a ftrong belief, that Man, and the Creatures which were made-fbr his fake, were all created '( 7 ) tiie fame Day: Theii much more in compli- ante with our Belief, than with the litterai De- fcription of the tirft Chapter of Genefis. Now I have a QiKftioii to anfwer^and that is^ What is the meaning or re .fon, that the firil: Chapter of Geaejis is fo cxprcfled ? 1 Ihill in this point give you thcopirjion of Proccpim ? he lays. That Author might accQ- modate himfelf toihe fecbUnefs and rudentfs of humane Underftanding, which is f> incapable of theMyftery of Geuti aticn, being jo high ancl difficult, that the Hehevps antienily would not permit it to beread,but by aged Ptrfons, or fuch as were of a good Llnderftanding; and this fame premeditated compliance of the Writer, with rrYeans of human CapKity,~ So we may conclude. That the whole was no more than a conjedural Moral, compiled by Mojes or the Lawgiver, the more deeper to fix in the mind of his Peoph, a Veneration of his intended Sabbath; fo Divinity neccffitated for afcparare Day of Holy Worffiip, and fo partica'lariy.nf cef- fciyfor the reparation of human Nature, fj-ient with continual Toil and Labour. It's not to be thought on, that he which made the whole • Univerfeby a Word, could want reft from his , Labour- Sc.Jerozwf and were the greatcft Interpreters of the Bible ;'ani 'twas never found in the Pentateuch of the Bible, that God did ever dictate xoMofes the Creation oftheWorld, but the Ten Commandments. God-created A-fati irthis ovc^ Male and Female : At that time Eve was not made, nor no News of B 4 ' her ii^ i iiS Pil :i- -'l- ii;i I iii M m- bni 1 («) her till the next Chapter; and flie pmll Jiavf! the Command of not eating the forbidden Fruit, jbe- fore Ihe had a Being, or not at all. Now we have given you, as it were, the SpC' CHlum of the whole Workjl will give you a glance of the whole Univerfe. , In the firfl: place, lift up your Eyes, and be- hold the Glory at the upper part of phe Figure, where you may fee the Hehrt-iv Letters, which is in our Letters Jehovah; which is, that Word or Spirit which made all things,and fpake the Word, and it was finiflied: He rules all, and is aboye all, and gave himfelf a Name, and revealed himfelf to us, and faid, / am the Lord \hy God, &c. elfe we Ihould never have known What Name op Title to have given him. jnhT Jehovah in Hebrexe. 08o<, Theos, inGreekj Dens, Godia Latin. Dduvp., or in IVelJh or Britijh. Codd.^ in Old Euglijh and Scotch. JDoddy in Saxon and Teutoniek^ Ndja or Dhjaf in Mancks and hi^t. DicK in French. jPias ia Spanip}. ' Jdio in Italian. Code or Gott., in High and Low Dntch. Adad in Ajfyria. Syre by the Perfiatis. Ada by the Arabians, Doyd , Thoyth by the Egyptian^. Boeg by the Efcl.avonians. £loi £loi by the C^aldeans-t Mat\ i j. 54. '"''r jibdiy hyi^QTttyks2T[d Zimi by the Indians, ® T Kong by them of China. '3p ty£farh^ the Etrtifcians. Mann by the Molncfa Iflands in the Indies. Zbba in the Syriac Tpngue, Mar. 14.3 6. i3!^b Deinde dixit^ fam Patris tin i'o/J Abiahami, HfFigK, ])gus litzchaki, Eem Jahakobi. ■tSiiliii And in another place God laid,/ am rrhat I am^ So much concerning God, or the Word, or him that made all things out of the Abyfs 3 and : iuIbs as for any further Demonlti acion or Knowledge, s'affle,a i niuft leave ittiiiionger time, or until lean un- II fkli derftand or am informed, how long the Chaos avekiKi or Abyis, was before the Great Spagyrick Pow- m- ers made fo great a Fabrick as the Heavens and the Earth.' The next thing to Admiration, is the dark Lump unlbaped, which is called the Chaos or Abyfs, from whence all proceeded. I. By way of Refemblance, behold how the Sun, Moon and Stars leap out with their Streams from the deformed Lump; when the Word was given, it made a Separation in diftin«fl Na- tures, juft as the Chymift doth feparate the fpi- rital part from the Ca^at Mortmm. Now you muft know, that the 7 Planets are gih, the 7 Rulers of the World, by their different Natures, and arc God's Inftruments, as you fhall be informed in another place. Now out pfthofe 7, God hath chofen one of them to put his Tabernacle ini that is the Sun. B Be. Ir? i* jriiiJ ;jalai to, a: ( lO ) Behold one Wonder more,-y/z,. The Lines or Screams which are drawn, di come from the Abyfs or Chaos to the 7 Properties of Nature. You will find two Ranks of Stars getting out of the Screams, except © and >, and they but one, which fignifies and tells you, That they are the Scars or Houfes Cas the Aftrologers calll^ifc them) wherein the Planets delight, being made or generated out of the fame Metal orii^ Fosces, &c. ^ I J, Example. Behold the Line of ^, you will feeoneRa kof Stars in one fide of the Stream, and fo on the ether fide, which may be called r and ni, the Houfes of andfoof therefh, the 0 and > but one Houfe, &c. TheBlewnefs, or that we call Sky, was con- denfed with Fumes or Spiritual Parts of the A- byfs, and kept up by the 4 Winds, as will ap- pear by Reafon in another place. The lafl: Wonder is, The World finely gdor- ned and beautified,and 3.Ko./idam in Paradife; all made and created by one Word or Command of God; and here the Philcfopber calls Man the Little World, and the other the Great World, viz.. Microcofmnt & Mactocofntm : afnd alfo they fay, That the World hath three Divifions, viz. Subluaary, Celeftial and fuper-Gelefti?!. Now to define unto you what the World is called, viz. or the. World in the Hchrtn Tongue, Holam^ which implies thus much : ^.aoniam per aHqnot fccitU fiSfijUt. in cjno re- rim ertHt & interitat ft., Which K I Hit U: ( 11" ^ Wbich is to fuVfift and continue for certain ,^® ges, in which (hall be the Death and Deftru- ^^ion of all things. The calls hCofmos, ^''^f ahich imports Ornament; which the Latin for ^'^^^lerfefl and abfolute Elegancy call Mundvu^ ®'®°^";ecaufe there is nothing more neatly pojilhtd aW) feid beauLified with all Creatures. So fays PUn. '^^^^i'ojfidonins in Metr. That Mnndm ^ or the V^orld, which confifteth of Heaven , Earth, Co- wl ittia |Wi(, iw; i4r . C ) ^ ij. It divides thegrolTcfl: Waters into fublu-» ^nary Elements; bnt obferve in thefe Lines the , f .great Work: Mundum ex materia infor- mi creavit :■ Revelat fundamental abfconditay ^lovit in tenebris confiititta^ & Lux eji cum co ^ ^^evelavit fundamentae tenebris-, £7* edncit in lit- ^^\xem timbram lethatem^qiiilonem extendit fit- ^ rer inane f & vacuum', & fufpendit Terr am fu- Ser nihilum : nam fapientia ab ore eyue prodeunte^ ^^yotunditatem Coelorum circumveniente fela , in trofundo abyjft ambtdante, omnia fecit Detn. ^Jd- "trat ipfa quando preparavit Cesium, quando cert a ^^ ^fege ^yro velavit abyjfos ; quando f^y^therafir- 'f^abat furfiim, erat ipfa cum eo cunEla componens : ^^^ipfa fundavit Terr am, fiabilivit Coslos, erupit a- j^^byjfos,nubes rare concrefcere facit •, apt at pondue ^[m^tri, appendit Aquas in menfura, dedit pltivie (la- 'f^huta, Cr viam fulgetro tonitrimm : Coelos crea- bat, & extendebat eos, firmabat Ttrram, dr" qua i'^i^germinant ex ea ; Sapientia creavit V eus terram, aDdtf^ flabilivit Coelos prudentia\ facit iit oriatftr lu- ofEimen inCalis indefieienterid' ficut nebula tegit cm- n^jknem Terr am : facit anni curfus, GT" confituit dif )i\k'pofi('us Stellarum. Facit ArSlurum drOrtonem: Mytonvertit in mane tenebras, diem innollem mutat j iSiiti^vdcat aquas maris ^ dr ejfundit eos fuper faciem Terra : preparavit terram in aterno tempore , & itMreplevit earn bipedibus ^ quadrupedibus : ipfam \Bleffudit Dens fitper omnia opera ejus,& fuper omnem carnem fecundum datum •, ipfa denique operatur [Womnia, & Deus per ipfam operatur omnia in om- ]n&nibus, d" ipfe vivifcat animat omnia, ut Apo- U^fiolus §luare Propheta reSte^ in fapientia omnia i^ftcifii^ repleta efi terra psfejfiom tua, &c. WiL ( i6 ) - Wifdom created the World of Matter,witlv ont Fordi ; fhe revealed the foundations of tbi dccpcft,and difcovereth the things that Were hi( in barknefs, and Light is with her: (he maketl the Foundations appear out of Darknefs, aw converteth the deadly Shadow into Light: Dk fpreadeth forth the North upon the void oi empty Face of the AbyfSjand hangeththe Earth on nothing: for God made all things by hii Wifdom, which came out of his Mouth; anc compafled about the Circuit of the Heavens,antl walked in the profoundnefs of the Abyfs: Ihc was prefenc when he prepared the Heavens, and he covered by a certain Law or Compafs, the Abyfs, when he cftablilhed the Heavens or tyfthcr^ all the Regions above ; then was She with him,,as theCompofer of all thofe things; fhe laid the Foundations of the Earth, and fall- ned the Heavens, and broke up the Abyfs, and made the Clouds together in a Dew: flic gave Wf ight to the Air : flie ha^ed or ballanced the Water or Clouds by meafure: (he gaveun- to the Rain its Law, and ordered the way to the Lightning or Thunder: flie created the Hea- vens,and fpread them abroad: flie faftned the Earth, and made things to grow on it, and efta- blifhed the Heavens by his Providence : flie caufeth;an .indeficient Light to rife and appear in the Heavens, and flie, covered it as it were, with a Cloud, the whole Earth: ftie makes the Caufes ofthe Year, and inftitutes the Difpofi- tion or Nature of the Stars: flie made the Pole- Scar and and turned Darknefs into the Morning; ( 17 ) ittttj and changed the Day into Night: Ihe Calleth the Waters of the Sea> and pours theni atto *^P®n the Face of the Earth: flie had prepared fell# " ^he Earth for Eternity,and filled it with two- ^ footed and four-footed Creatures; God poured her forth upon all Flefh in a divine Meafure : S to conclude, flie operateth and gives all things, fj: as Solomon kith. ■ We fliould fpeak fomething of the two rtiain 7, Principles, viz.. Heat and Cold : All Heat ^ ' w^hatfoever doth attra&and draw unto it, the ^ Vapours and Humidity of the Earth and Wa- m. contrary by a Weather- Glafs J for in only laying the warm Hand upon Offlpaii jgg Glafsj the Air dilates its felf immediately, and is fo far from being attrafled by the Heat, ^^ntrariwife it flies away from the Hand. Thefetwo Principles will lead me into a larger »u ^ through in this W fmall Traft} therefore I /hall forbear, c r 14. But to fpeak fomething of the Univerfal or Kb Myftery of Rarifadion and Condenfarion f for teg!* it's proved,that by them the whole World was lewy:: made, the Heavens fe/hioned in due order, and, altiitl the Univer/al Elements altered, and changed af- feto ter a Quadruple manner and condition, 15. The divine Philofopher Hermes kith., ite Averts ab ejfentia Dei nequaquam divif^ fed ilU lalldl fotifts eo rnodo connexa quo Solis coryori Lumen : [ ajit* The mental Beam is not at all divided from the : ipaia Eflences of God, but rather joined and knit uo- fieDif? to him, after the fame manner that the Light is iirkff continued unto the Sun; whereupon it's evi- n rip nr. c y . . dent, that the virtue of Heat is eflential unto Light, as the ait of Motion is never abfenc from emanating Brightnefs. 16, We may conclude then, that the Rari- faflion is nothing eife but the dilating of Wa- ter by Heat,which was firft contraifed by Cold ; and Condenfation on the other-fide, is a con- tradfion, or fucking and drawing of thofe watry Parts,which were dilated or feparated by Heat; fo that the fubjedt of both of thofe Aftions is Water, and the Foundation as well of the priva- tlye as pofitive Agent: the Nolnnty or FdUnty, that is to fay, the Negative or the Affirmative Will of that one Eternal Unity, who is that allr informing and operating Spirit, which adl his Pleafure in all and over ail, by his divine Organ, as well Angelical as Celellial and Elementary; which according to their diverfity in difpofition, are moved by this internal Ad, to operate in this World the Will of the Creator. 17. How this Ruach Ehhim being put once in Ellences, worketh by his Angels in this fiiblu- nary World, after four ways, viz.. By his Ange-r lical Organs, of a contrary Fortitude in the Uni- Trerfal Element of the lower Water, both the ef- ^ feds-of Condenfation and that of Rarifadion*, ' and to verify it by thofe Words, That this one , Spirit is the Arch-Lord and Primate of the four Winds ; elfe the Command of God would not hayefaid. Come ,ye Spirits from the foar Windsf and make thofe dead Carcaffes to live again. NoW this one Spirit worketh in and by Spiritual and Angelical Organs^ in the execution which Is ef- feded by the four Winds,. ^ Ob- al® , ( '9' ) Kficc ObfervCj Ifa-wfonr Angels fiandbn the four Corners of the Earth, holding the four Winds of acR'i the Earth, that they pjoald not hlojv, neither on the yiWi ^^h nor Sea, &c. By which it's evident, that thofe Angelical Prefidents over the four \^ndsi isa® tbe Organs by and in the which the Spirits )bm the Winds were emitted or retained, accord- iyHEs to the Will of that Eternal Spirit which Hfc; them, and where he liftcth •, fo the faid ikp hotWinds do undo by Rarifaaion,all that which the cold Northern Winds did effed by Conge- ^gj^j^Iatioh. _ ^ . jjjijjji 18. After what manner this Spirit E- did'frame out the Heavens, and lhaped ijjjQjpIor made the Stars thereof, by his aft of COnden*' jjjjjiJfation and Rarifaftion. The Heavens and the rr^g^arth were of Water and by the Water fo we 'jjTee that the Word is the Agent, in the Con- "lenfation of the invifible Waters into a vifi- oleEarth. T^"swas the World in genera], diftfn- '. puilhed into thick and thin Regions by the divine which was created on the Water. So '"fl aysHfraff inthefe Words, DifiinSlis librae ^ rebus, qua igneo SpiritwJehebanttir, emicnit '^jp^^ceUtm, feptemin Circuhs. Things being di- ^ hinguilhed and ballanced, which were fuftained oftWyj fiery Spirit, the Heavens did Ihine forth ia pven Circles,, It figQifies,that it was a fiery Spi- :t; and a little before, he called it, Splendor em fan^um, the Holy Splendor, which fuftain and fj'ip^gr up every Circle or Sphere of the Heaveni [its due place; And the Wife Man fays, Om- C'l nia (.20^ nia Menfnra NnmeroqHe^ & fonderCf SfpofitiJH fen temperajli; Thou halt difpofed all things in Meafure, Number and Weight, namely* into feven diltinil Spheres, and an infinity of con- denfed Bodies. lo. I may fay, that as the Subftance of the Heavens is invifible by reafon of its rarity, in like manner are the Stars vifible by reafon of their denfity; for it was Condenfation that caufed Vifibiiity and Rarifadion, which is the occafion of Invifibility: But JrifiotU is of the opinion, That the Stars are the denfer Parts of their Orbs, but rather a Light which was in- eluded in the Spirit of the dark Shadow of the Abyfs i which Spirit, in feparating Light from Darkncfs,foared upwards by virtue of the in- eluded Light, and fo according to thepropor- tion of that eternal formal Fire, which is re- lained unto this day. ai. How the lower Water or material fublti- nary Element was diftinguiflied and heaped in- to fundry diftinct Spheres, which are partlcU'^ lar Elements.' The Univerfal Subftance of the World^ was made only out of one thing, of a Matter that was produced out of the dark Chaos or Abyfs, by the Spagyrick Virtue of the great World ; the which Matter, calls Water, and Hermts the Humid Nature ; itmuft follow,that out of this Catholick Mafs of Water, the UniVerfai Sublunary Element was derived, which is cal- led by the Name of Air. Now this general Elejnent is by the Breath of the divine Spirit, Rnaci () Riwcfe Elohim-t altered and changed from one Shape to another i for that which is made the vi- illthijp fible Waters, was made firft of Air, which iffltljiit isan invifible Water: in this, obferve the litjclcj Words of Sc. Fanl^ Perfidem agnovimHS^ quod fem^er ita a^Pum fit cum Mundo per Verbum^ ut *cfli €x its quetvideri nonpoterant ^fiunt eaquapojfunt tstaiitj,, videri: We kaow by Faith, that has been ever )liiefcii: aded with the World, by the Word, that tti li thofe things which can be feen,were effected and whiclii); made of thofe things which could not be feen. iferto x2. We arc taught by Chymical Experience, tidiiTi!. That Earth is nothing elfe but coagulated Wa- adoffoi: ter, not vifible Water ; nothing elfe but invi- lighifc fibleAir reduced by condenfation to a vifibility; of tki nor Fire, any thing elfe, but ratified Air : And thcpioj in conclufion, all the fublunary Waters were in dliitlii the Beginning but an invifible humid, or a watry Spirit or Air, and confequently the main fublu- ateiil fi nary Elements were in Original nothing but one idiieapc: Air, becaufe that Heaven was made before the are pal Sea or Earth, as Mofts tells us. Worlil,' ito: orAbyli' IVotW;: tliatoii lliiirif diiiii igae C 3 27* To 'S ^ ( 22 ) J/. To conclade, I will demonftrate the My- ftery of the Worlds Greatjion, by way of an A- rhhmetical ProgrelTion, af|;er this manner: '• 3 ® ...-•J : 2- i-•• 3 Here we have the ProgrelTion in the Worlds Creation} where i is, it fignifies the Unity which was beforeall things : which, while it was in it felf, and did not Ihine forth, contained its ina^ed property within its potential Nolunty or Darknefs j and therefore it was efteemed as nothing, in regard of Man's weak Capacity, al- tho'in its felf, it's all in all. Then the Rank 2, Iheweth the afiual emanation of the increa- fed Light,out of the potential Unity; at the pre- fence whereof, the humid Nature did appear out of the dark Abyfs, i 6. in the lhape of Waters ^ fo that the Light and Waters^s aftive add paf- five, are ranked next after Unities. Co Light / Unity, thus, <;o Water >Then, J by V S by the Firy Spirit of Eternal Love and Unity, jjj, thofe two oppofite Natures are joined together into the nature of Heaven by a Ipiricual Union or Compofuion ; which is termed by the Flatonicks, the Soul of the World, which the Philofopher calls by the name of jQ^iinta Ejfen- tia^ the Q^mnteflence: foalfo are the Heavens laid to animate the Eletncnts, no otherwife than the Soul doth the Body i fo that this de- ,|j gree ofProgreflion in the Creation, ftandeth Co Light ^ The laftofCoFlre, T Th,, 3oAir the Worlds Jo Air, C ^ JO Water r Creation is^o Water,C C3 J this, Co Earth, j Which importeththe four-fold alteration of :the Catholick Element, by the four Wipds, „ which was and is effedted by the Word, the e WotB third day of the Creation ■ and this was nothing tlie Uac fjfe jjut the general fublunary or lower Waters. BLntt: This therefore was the State of the Worlds aisiSfJi Creation, and in this very State (fay many,) I NoIbi; continue,till it be Refined by the Firey-Try- OTeda 3[. This the Hermes according to Mofes^ defcribed unto us thus: • tWa Erat timhra infinita in ^byjfo\ infit^er le Spiritm te7iitis IntetleBuahs per divinam pot en' IticptJ' tlam in Chaos tnerant ; flormt auttm Splendor San- pptrci qui fab arena dr- hamida natiira Element a Waifli; dtducit : camqae indifiincia fuifftnt , levia pcj} Mundum in exceljam regtonem ptowlarant gravia fab arena hamida refderunt: diflinciis libyatifqae rebus qua Igneo Spiritus vehebantur^ , tmicuit Ccelnrnj feptem in CircuhSj d"c. An I>jf C 4 in- ( t4 ) infinite Shadow of Darknefs was^ in the Abyfs j moreover, Water, and a fiibtil intelleftual Spi- : rit was by the divine Puiflance in the Chaos, and a holy Brightnefs or Splendor,did flourilh, which did reduce the Elements under the Heaven and humid Nature, and, as they wereundiftinguHh- ed; and afterwards that Portion which was^ Light,did fly up into the highcft Region. The weightier part did refide, and take ics place un- der the Heaven. Thefe things being thusdi- ftinguilhed and ballanced, were fuftained by a fiery Spiric,the Heavens did fhine forth in Seven Circles, as in the Table or 5pec«////» on the o- ther fide. In the firft place. Behold the Circles and the Motions of the feven Properties of Nature. You have feen already the Figure of the dark Abyts or Chaos, how by the Word all things fprung forth from that Centre of Eternity; now this fignifies to you, the proper place or Circle? ofthe feven Properties of Nature, viz.. Tj, %, d,©, 9, 5, and the ), in their motion o; working Pofture. Calfc your Eyes in the Heart or Centre, and you will fee Ac, which is''AAyi and The great Spagyrick of the Micro- cofmm tells us, I am Alfha and Omga^ the Be- ginning and Ending; OcuIhs Dei., the Eternal Eye of God, or Centre of Eternity. This Fi- gure comprehends whatfocver God and Rceri i- ty, the Eternal Birth ofthe Divine EOence, and all Eternal Myftcries aic,bocli withinNature and wi h- 1, ,,, ( ) without *, and in its felf ^in the Eye) bcgetteth ^StMajefty, which is the Heart and Power of the M»Eye.- But as for the Angelical Circle, and the work btitand nature of Angels, the Throne, and the Hea- iililiiKvensof Glory, which you fee in the higheft Cir- whititcles, I lhall pafs by^ and haften on to my incen" gioa. i ded Bufinefs. tspk;r CHAP. III. The Centre and Circle of the Elemen- desa:: tary Life of Man ; Jhexping^ what N® Porter the Elements have over our Bodies. tcrDii*;fT> U T by the way, it may not be amifs to ceoriiJD confider, what our Forefathers did call this [u, I,, Canopy or Heavens, which has fo neatly com- r inoik pofed round us, and left us as it were, in a Box. jnttete Ccelum potius Coelnm^ & Coelorum fuprema j^^\^'tMmdipars : d Cr.'^tf^av^ d concavhate • the )fi[i{,WfiH'aveDs, Firmament or Sky. M ltd Now we will endeavour to prove out of Scri- and leave Philofophy, that the ignorant Xliidmay be fatisfied in ray intended Matter, wx,. dE® Ptediaions. "fecei2 Tiie Heavens have been called by the Floly Ghoftj^j Bagk j then dcubtlefs we may conclude, ' ni ' tltac oJi ikilolyS< liKCsas Itiii i 6 torP«6 San to be tooers, odtbeie: bpbet5( ^;asi ^byiiiti IxfiUj tnejlfo ( ) that there are in this Book Letters orChara^ers, which may be underftood by fome or other, to read them. Now that it is called a Book, ap- pears out of 7/4^^, whofpeaicsofthe laftDay, wherein all thing! lhall ceafe 5 he faith, CompU- cabuntHr^fcKtCoeU-^ where the "2 Caph^ in He- brewy which the Latins tranflate ficuty fignifi- eth in the Original, quia : fo that the Heavens ftall be rolled together; and He at the fame time gives the reafon of it alfo, becaufe they are a Book : As for a more larger Definitiqn of the' Word, 1 leave it to the Divines, &c. ' , They may fay, as a Book: To this it may be anfwered, That it doth elfewhere fully decide thisControverfy. Seeing that we fpeak of the Heavens, it makes mentionof Lines and Let ters, which are Words that are molt proper^ and efTentially fpoken of a Book^, and make nd|^ooiio[i' ufe'of the word ficut: which is an infallible Ar- gument, that thofe words in the Palfages before cited, CompUcabmtHr ficut Libei- Cwliy are no Expreffions of Similitude. Now that the Scrip- tare, fpeaking of the Heavens, nameth exprefly the word LETTER, will appear cut of the fhScQf Cenefs; there the Hebrew Text runs thus: aipiyn ^in una • Bert- jhith bora Eluhim & Hafchamaim : "^that is to fay. In the Beginning, God created the Letters or Charadcrsof the Heavens: for this is the meaning of the Hebrew word, HN & riK, which is a Letter: and as for the word Line,we find in Pfal. 19.1/. 4, la omnem terram exivity CDIp, Ikavarriy Linea eornm j underftanding it's fpoken teeinaj -sEiioieD ittemor d:s Itcit, 5ii[ ( 27 ) ^Jafpoken of the Stars which are ranked in the Hea- Moifevens, after the manner of Letters in ^ Boole, or upon aSheet of Parchment: for God is faid in kkltthe Holy Scriptures, to have ftretched out the ®li,CpHeavensasa Skin, calling this extcnfion Npn, ^i^^iiRachfa *, from whence the Greek, might take the Jiciit,f:;Word"P«»'®-, whichfignifies a Skin or Hide; a tiheHriSkin to be extended or ftretched forth. God ihcfcdifpofed and rankt the Stars in the manner of fetbtCharaders, whereby, as a Book. Obfcrvc, and ykldead thera ^ Cceli enarrant gloriam Det: The Prophets of old, called the Heavens a Sacred OttisiiiBook \ as among the Jews , R, Simeon Ben JaV' in the Zohary on the Sedlion Temurati, fpesN. Exodus^ Cifr. 305, where he fpeaks very iaesauiearnedly of this Celeftial Writing, tho' very toll piifhfcurely. R. jihrahamz\iOy inWn Jet fray a 211(1 cuiiook of the Creation •, and many more Authors ioffltPay be named to this purpofe : But tliis may jlljjjiliiiatisfy the Reader, that the Heavens are Books* Cufi, things are Regiftred of thofe under .jttluSjte Elements, either their good or ill Anions* a'ctiol; in this particular, we will endeavour) to jjjjiiive you fome account of the Prmum MobiUy , {.: the moving Circles of the Elements, which is jjjiij intended Bufinefs or material Subjeft j how Bodies are captivated by the Elements ^and j,iave the Angelical Circle, and the Glory of the ipj; Highjto the Divines, and follow the lower ] I'Jjjjiegions. You fee the Prtmum Afobile.^ a round !^j)««''rcle, with 12, Charadlers, called 12 Signs, 'yjjj[)winourdayS3 and by thofc Signs thuscha- foci; . raster iz'd. ( 28 ) ra(ftcmM, divides the Heavens in r2 parts, as every Sign into 30 dgrees; alfo yon fee the 7 Planets in theijr Cirdes in another place: Yob lhall have a full demonftration by an Inftrument; But I am willing to inform yoQ_,that in the begin- ning, thofe Signs and Planets were put in form of Letters by the Hebrews • and by the Jews^ani others, in the form of Living Creatures: And then the Weand others, brought them in- to thefe Forms, as in thefe latter times, r, b, <5)0, 5, >• Now it may pleafe my FLeaderto take a view of Ancient Tiq ies, as in the following Chapter. CHAP. IV. The Injirument of the Hebrews, xphereby to knoxp Events to come. TH E Antients had of thefe Inllruraents, and made ufe of them in their Pradices, as may be made appear out of the Hiftorians ^ fomc of which have made mention of the CaUeans A ftrology, as namely % Curtius^ who gave an account of all thofe that went forth out of Btisy lon^ for to receive jeiexander the Great; he faith, Mngntsm deinde fno more Carmen cmett' tes; fo^l Chaldai Bid>yloniorHmnon Vates modoj fet etiam ipait^ ( 19 ) ifelk ttiam Artifices: Where, by the word he means thofe Aftrologers who made their lurait Practice thofe Artsjand this is the glofs of HeuY- Wtlxliij ntHS., li Afirologi^ qui Afirorum Curfns cbferva- ipcthti bam^vera Injirhmtnta in eum ufum fahricsntes. Here we may difcover what the Ground was, 'tM;! of that Fable of King of the Mauritani-' gitttal ans or Phoenicians^ who fled before the Army of r. Jofima : for the Heavens, which the Creeks ) 5^1 i;i fwhom we may truly fay, have been the corrup- 1? plti ters of all Antiquity} fay, that this Man who TimeSj I was both King and Aftrdoger, bare up with his Shoulders, was only a Globe or Sphere, not much unlike ours in late time, which he made ufe of for the Motions of the Heavens. The firft Piece of that Inftrument, was the Bafe or Foot of it, which was made of a thin Plate of ' Copper, and hollowed in the manner of a Bafon j the three fmall Pillars lifted up from the Super- licies, whereon was written thefe three words,. IDlbtU -Di», Scbalom^ Etnet ^ viK.. Judgment, Peace, Truth} Thefe Pillars bare up two great Semicircles, which made up a Tri- !n!B« with fuch artifice, that it was neverthe- cteas: in the Superficies. Within you have a DS fc great perfeft Circle, and within it two others, and all the fame Metal with the Bafe} thetirft,^ jylio „(! which was the greateft of thefe Circles,had thefe iCDtP words upon it, CDiCtun Schemai^Hafcha- jnaimy the Heaven or Heavens; thefecond had If only upon it, CD'OUJ, Shamaimy the Heaven j "hm the third had only one Word, p''pi, Raquiaghy which fignifies Exfanfum. The laft and the firft arc I ( 30 ) tire nothing fo much admirable as the miidre- moft,which was befet round with very many lit- tleCircles,which were all movable-,among which there were feven which appeared more emi- neatly than the reft, becaufe they were placed by the Centre of the Inftrument; all thefe little Circles had fmall Stars on them; and thofe cjaesitt which were upon the fcv«nCircles,were marked? each of them with one of thofe r » ttmoieL EOSljtl I,- K r u asAftroli H a ^ 3 o ^ which ugnines the Planets rn or- der, firft T5 : near thefe Letters was fecn thefe following words in Hebrew^ Jom-, Rifcherty Schm, Schelicfi^ Rev 'tghi^ Chamifchi, Chicfi, See- vighi^ via. 1 2 3 4 y 6 7 days every one of the Circles of the Planets, had upon them the number of Years they finiflied their Courfes in, and that of the j , had Engraven on it thefe 12 Charafters, viz,. Thefe are the Names of the 12 Signs of the Months: And now I'll alio give them at jiarge in Hebretp^ viz.. llx K Mil 'He& '(ki; iNifaiti % jitiriy St nan, .^Tamuz.^ y jiby 6 yielotf 7 Tifri, 8 Tifttan^ 9 Rifliettj 10 Tebeti 11 Schebety ix and laft, is jidar. And thus we reckon our Months, a&Marchy j4prilfS^c, Now thefe Circles were ordered fo exadlly, as that cne^might perfeaiy difcern the degrees aod tlioRii 'K61J, C'UKC W>,C fin', J "a"?. J r 31) tj lij^nd diftances there fet down; in the middle of and in the very Centre, there was placed a ijjJi'ittle Blue Ball which was a little hollowed, fup- iiiort Earth. Here you fee, that A- (jfjpj^rology is no new thing, and the heavenly ljl,j|^>pheres in a perpetual motion. I fliould not have here made this Obfervation, ,jjj^.)ut only that I might be the better able here- [•j Dfter, to make known the Virtue of the Anti- jjjl^nts Aftrology, with that of the Egptians, and J more Learned among the uirahians. Si , CHAP. V. Co rL ^ / Barnes and Nature of the Se'ven ' Kulers of the World^ which are the (J chief Force and Power under the r Elements, Seven Properties of Nature have their ® .l Names in feveral Languages, firft,from the febrew ij and alfo every Angel or Planet has its ay to Rule in, as we obferve to this day. "'"'rL ChaHai, Saturn, Saturday, lom Tfedekt Jupiter, Thurfday. idtlii)S*t Maa^im-, Mars, Tuefday.' ncn, Chamahf Sol, Sunday. njV, Venus, Friday, nm 330, Cocab^ Mercury, Wednefday. na?, Lfvmah^ Luna,. Monday, A m ( 32 ) A Plaaet, It/^ec^nrnf Saturnus^ yuptter Amj Marsy Afitf, e©"' Sal^ "Ha/©, /» • ff/i/ft Ap^Tii, ti{ • Mercurius, ? • Lunay Zt^twn fUd In Latin, PLamta a Planet, T? SaturriHS^ y, Jupiter, $ Mart, © Sol, ? ^enHi, 5 oiferf; Mrs rf:f EifGo CHrius. 2) In Arabick, Tj Zaz.el, % Hifmul, $ BarU' bel, © Sorathj 9 Kedcmel, J Taphthartharath, > Hafmodiai. 1 The reafon why they are called by thefe Names, as T?, 1 ©, 2 » 9 > and j. | jj d Saturo, to fill, or abundance; as our homfl Authors fays, that T? is wonderful, in Plentyai Mifery. % a Juvando ; qnafi, eft Juvans^ from helpicgt or liberal to Mankind. $ Mars, quafi Mavors, magna vertens; tUf ning great Things, andadting high Exploits. © Sol, quafi Solus lucens, as only Shining or the Eye of the World, or Candle. 2 yenus ,<« Veneror^ viz.. Honour, and givijj due Reverence, and to Beautify, &c. 5 Mercwrins, qiiafi Merces,d merendo ; figri fying Wages and Mercature, being the Canl and Author thereof. > Luna., quia altena Luce luctt, viz., fhinil^ with a borrowed Light. thji Ud fij ill T n,; F03 tSetc etik •-»»g kfii' This may ferve to convince thofe Unbelieva to this our Worlc,feeing our Authors have tak« ob For C'3 3 ) obfer'^atioh, and called the Seven Properties dr Rulers of the World, after their nature and ^o^king,by Reafon and Expcriencc,nnd finding that God hath placed them in a working and na- Swm PofhiKc ; which yo\i fiiall fee at largc,when the Bofom cf Nature is opefjed. fW CHAP. VI. The Bofom of Nature opened^ and ex" ,aml5 plained J ^i^ingaDejcription of the e)Sot Nature and Qualities of the DarJ\^ ' and Light Parts of the World. TH E Explanation of this Philofophical Fi ^ gure of the 7 Properties or QjJalities of gliE)[^ Nature, which are called 7 Spirits or Forms, and are vulgarly called 7 Planets, viz.. 1 illf' 2 , 3 c? , 4 0, 5 9 , 6 5 , vand laft, >. You muft obferve, that the Sun is placed in (j"'' the midft of them all, and from him proceed-, miiii: eth both Light and Darknefs, as Ihall be demon- ftrated: for the © is the Centre and Heart of , the fix Planets, and alfo the only Centre of the whole Earth, that is,the Light of this World. For a further eniighttiing of your Under- ftanding, confiderthe Q^litiesof thofe afore- ifellDw inentioaed 7 Spirits: Firltof b > yyith bis harfh_, orsto^ ■ D " ftroDg, (34) V ll:rong» and attractive Coldnefs, which fhutsup the Abyfs, and make Darknefs in the Deep,and attraCteth the fubftantiality of the outward Pow- cr of this Quality; and the Centre winds about like a Wheel, and that which is oppofite to the Wheel is the Moon: as you may plainly fee -r Saturn higheft, and the Moon loweft j ,fo Cj h' the ficft Quality, is the defire, which make Harft)ners,Sharpnefs,CoId, and Sub- ftances; and in the beginning of this World, Salt,Stones and Bones j fo all this was produced out of this Sharpnefs. I fmi^Saturmne Men have great Bones.' Jitpfter, which arifeth from the firft, and is the drawing Motion in the Hardnefs or Sharp- neTs; T? makes hard, and % foftens it again, or breaks it > and there is a continual ftriving in its felf, and it cuts afunder the attraCiive quality anddelireof T?, and brings it into rnultiplici^ty and variety j it's aground of the bitter Pain,and alfo the true Root of Life, and the Strike of Fire. But there is a great Underftanding in the Power ; yet the Power cannot of his own might, awaken tire Underftanding. , But % defireth a Freedom or Life in the Pow- er, and that is, about the Wheel of $, thusj ^^^and is a ftirring, and making a noife and f Jfounding, and yet has not Life; for that confifteth in Fire. This we may take into conlideration. That the Defire is the ground of fomething, fo that fometbing may come out of nothing ; and this Defire has been, and was the beginning of the World j by which, God by his Power, ( 35 ) ®ts: Power, hath brought all things to aSubfiftance and Being,for theDefire, by which he faid, hct there be^ &c. and the Defire hath made feme- thing where nothing was, but only a Spirit or 't5to:; the Word, which'is God ; and he hath made a ttjl fpiritual andvifibile Subljantiality: We may irtii fee by the Elements, Stars, and other Creatures, the firft Subftanriality was the Heavens, <^£-. !,aiiiifc Mars is the third (^lity •, feeing it is fo, that is Willi "V- and 5 excelleth in the Fire, therefore it deno- i pi»lK teth the firft Moving, which ftrikes up the Fire^' eMail? which is which is a Stirrer, and a Gin- der of the Fire, viz.. a feeiingnefs of the break- 11, 'A ing ofFthe harfh Hardnefs,and the ground of An- ' or Sk' guifii, viz.. a Flalh or Lightning, wherein the itJgsii. Power, Colours and Virtues, do appear in thefe iviugiti three firft Qualities or Properties, and in it con- ijc ^Eiii: fifteth the Ground of Anger,Hell and Darknefs. atldjiiii But now obferve, that this Qtiality of Heat erfc and Fire it felf, cannot confift; for Fire defires iieolF: Subftantiality • and Fire hath no Subftantiality ; icgr. for Fire its felf fubfifteth not without Fuel to isfDirt work upon •, which Subftantiality defires Meek- " nefs, which is and is Light or Love, that jtkPix are about the Wheel- ISd" For it's the Meeknefs of the outward Na-i Ijoifet (jture^ audit's that which the other before fort defire, and that is Water, &c. So remit 'jjlfiii; hath, and is the Fire of Love, and the World of groaiil! Power and Light, wherein Darknefs dwells in its felf, nnd the Darknefs comprehcndeth it not. , Thefe 6 Properties are together,0 y/ 5, (? ?. So thefe Six are united into three fubftantial Qpalities. Di The ( 36 ) The 0,which is in the midftofthe 6 Qua- lities, is the Heart and Centre of them all, and is the. ipiritual Fire, wherein the Will of God, or Unity is made. Ycu read iirthe Scripture, that God placed his Tabernacle, in the Sun: all comes from this Ui;ity,whi'chhath incorporated and united its fclf with the natural Dcfire for the burning Properties of Heat, proceed from the fliarp Devouringncfs of the firft Qjialities, as follows: The Unity or Freedom, is the foft and Itill Traniquility, being amiable, and as a foft comforr, cafy ; and it cannot be exprefled, how FoftaTranqnility there is without Nature, in the Unity and Freedom of God. But the 3 Qualities, in order to Nature, are fharp, pain- ful,and terrible, &c. and all is produced by the Power and Word of God. CHAP. VII. A Fiat form of the Hea^vensfElemevts^ and Earthwith a D.emo?jflration of the 12 Signs. TH E 12 Stars, are the 12 Signs in number. Thofe the Woman in the Revclatiens, (which the Dragon would have devoured) wore upon her Head, being 12 Stars, for one num- be*; She received 6 from the Spirit of this World ( 37 ) World, and the other (5 fiiehad from the Ele- mentary Centre, which the Word, or the Etef- nal Centre, God created, &c. Two Numbers are come into one; for God became Man, and brought two numbers into one: 'flie wore the Angelical Zodiac, and alfo the Human ; and fo the Image in Revelations^ had i2 Stars on her Crown; the Images reprefent God, and its the Similitude of God, in which he revealed himfelf: fothofe 12 Signs, or 12 Stars,^are 12 Signs of the fo called; A Figura Animal turn in eo ima^inant^l vel quod vitam calorem Animalibus dar e ere- ditur. But of thefe in another place. From thefe Signs,and the 7 Properties ofNa- tare, proceed four Elements ^ which are nothing elfe but only from the Arches of the inward Centre, viz,, from the 4. Properties of Eternal Nature, and breathed out from the inward Centre, and formed into a working Subftance. Now ( 38 ) ^ Now obferve the Sympathy of the 7 Proper- ties, and the ix Signs • they have Habitations or Places wherein th Houfes, as in this Figure. delight, which are called Thele 7Properties of Nature,have their De> lights,hjX') 2, 5,in two Houfes,^ one for tne Day,and the other for Night, mark-* ed with D for Day, and N foi N ight, as you fee in the Table ; but the 0 only one, "vtz,. the Sign i and the j only $ y and their Work- ings and Operations are wonderful, and palt finding out; in Ruling three Kingdoms, -viz,. ' Anunals, Vegetables,aad Minerals. CHAP. ( 39 ) CHA p. VIIL The Power of the Se'ven Properties and Elements of Nature ^ pr , \ r7 ✓ - ^ , tfon and srtuatioti, who was in himfelf, Male and Female. But he who made all things' by his Word and Power, faid, it was not conveni- ent for him to live alone ; fo there was a Divi- fion, a Woman, called who is the *• of the Genetrix , and thus it (lands in the Eter- ^ ' ^ nal Will; and this is the Centre of Nature un- ' der the Elements, Man, Microcofmos^ or that little World, ns the Compendium of the whole ® ^ Creation,partake of both thcfc Kinds, confifting of Soul and Body,fonried of the Elements •, Mo-' yi?; tells us, of the Dull of the Ground*, alfohe partakes of an immediate Creation,with the cor- irid ruptible Creatures, incontroulable in his Soul^ oflki breathed of God : therefore, in his Body he is Poles,; by Nature corruptible, and his Soul immortal, seGoi Now we will proceed on the Words before,' MitB the Female taken out of the Male, which is for leElr* procreation. Convocation, and Multiplication j obferve the Words of Mofes: r/fffcf'. Dixerat autein Jehova Veui^ non ejl honnm ejfe hominem folnm: faciam ei AnxiliHm comm9' —— dnm ipft. Thefe Words implie a Unity and Familiari- ty of j4dam with his Female Creature* and this to Pofterity. The Philofophers in thefe i our days, are at a (land for the Reafon of that Love arifmg between Male and Female, telling us, it's only a ftrong Sympathy in Nature. But of this enough. And feeing that the firft Man is the firft Woman, it may be convsnient to de- £ moQ- ' ( SP ) monftrateto youfomecbing of theEggof Mul- tif)lication. But pray give me leave, before I run on with theft pemonftrations of the Human Egg of Ge- neration, to give you a Demonftration touching this Matter in Latin^ from the wife Philofophers of Old, that the Reader may not want afuffi- ciency to whet his Underftanding on. n££{ TO TsyyitmS jy Be Cenerandif aiit Sfermaticd Facnltate, ■J 'Jiiimj mil .imi t m Din 1 ni M wm; GEnerandi quocjue vis^ partis efi ejiu qpu ra- tioni non obtemperat : nam fine voluntate noftra in fiomniis Semen emittinnts , cufiditas- Conjanciionis natttralis efi \ inviti e7iim ad earn ft- rimur : qnanquam aSlio fine controverfia in nobis fita efij& ab anima pendet. Etenim Infirnmentis, qna, appetitioni naturali ferviunt con^sitnr^ & abf- tinere ab appetitione eamcpae comprtmere^ in nobis efi pofitum. Infirumenta ant'em feminandi facnl- tatepredui". Vena fmt^ CV ylrtcria-j in his efiim ) per converfionem fa'agin'riis primam hiimidn?n^ quod - ad jemints nattita vergity nt in Mammis LaCy pro- ^ creatnr. Hor'um enim 'vaforum aUmentum hie humor ejiy prcpterea quod a principle e fiemine pro' creata fint. Excoquunr igitur Arteria Vena Sangttinem in humidum^ quod ad haturarn Se/ninis accedity ut alatur : ^tque quod ex earum alimcnto relinquitur, Sem-. n fit. Fertitr enim primiim qUidem midta circuitione in caputy deinde a capite per binas venas binafique arterias ddahitur. ' ^uart ^t\ liiiirtu isn, ^ wld fii Jutjiirli •itfirfai fits, I IP; mmu , 1 ^ 'dtm.t » % (jjt '"nim: "fUttllll, ' i C 5 ^ ) " Q^dre fi <^nis excidat venas^qu<& fknt eirca attrei^ ^ parotide}^ Animal fierile reddity ineftum ad aenerandumx ha autem vena ^ arteria tvadnntd^ IJODi!. „ o r J ■ a ■ a ■ r .^Uud tortHofumy & quod tnjtar vartcum ejty tnvo" ® ^%CTitmy quod t(i ad Scrotum^ uhu humidum illud '^qtiod ad fcmen accedit labitur in utrumque Tefbent, ^ ' fJnaefiarteriay nnaque vena plena feminityin qui^fr- per feci e femen perficitur, & per tortuofumpa- ■ajbafemy qui fecundm tejiu efiy cum flatu depelli- ur; qitoniam & arteria efl qua mhtit: ferri aut 'em etiam d vendy libidinofa petulantia ofiendit, '^i.um enim din concubucrinty & idy in quo feminis lis inefi Genitalem humorem^ confumpferinti ¥ 5'- urn etiam per violent am contentionem parnm fan» ft'dif^uinis .emittit. Mulieres quoque omnes eafdem^ ^Kfuas viri vere partes habenty fed tntusp non ex* miiiura. Afifioteles quidemy DemocrituSy nihil VO" nrfu Wifit conferre Semen Mulieres adprocreationetri Li" titifmnrrorum ; quod enim mittitur d MulieribuSy fudo" 'mfum potius Membriy quam femen ejfe volunt, Gd". mrtfiiU'nui verb damnat Arifiotelemy ait Semen emitters mm'id'ulieresy efr mixtionem utriufque Seminis Fcetum ftthinficere-y quart etiam concubitum mixtionem did : ifiasyn tamen perfetbum Semeny ut virij fed adhun. esUi '-udumy & humidiits. Cum autem tale fit mnlie"^ :mr,m s Semeny alimentum fit utility & ex eo pars qua~ (im'tim corii five membr ana F oetum ambient is y qui act ■,itf>r"tta c oner efit y & quod d farciminis formal ,j0k'^^^y-'n)ich(y nominatur-y quod reliquiarum cibi ufk-oetus dum in uteri eji receptaeulum fit: in uno" jr.'toque autem gentre animaliSy turn famina marent if 'iidmittity cumpotefcondpere. Qua ergo femper nr, ff^tit condpercy femper conjuH^imm . E 2 »r ( 51 ) fU GallhJdiy & ColumhAy Homo •, fed CAttrn dum gravida funtyfuoiuit conjnnl}ionem-,Mnlier fcmper admittit. Nam Gallina qnidem quod quotidie fere ■parianty qnotidie fere cum mare congrediuntHr : Mulieres dHtem ut in cateris rtbwy voluntate funt libera', ita etiam'in concu^itit pofi conceptionem, Hambeftta non dfeipfis^ fed dnatnra dirigmtury & mod-M eis icmpufque defimrnmy Natnra lege fiatutHm eft. Notwithftanding their high Learnings they are in the Dark, as thej^^iJ'^pr faith -, but Jri- flotie'm fome of his Works, owns, that Women have Eggs. No more of this, but I fha 11 proceed in my former Msthod. If the method be obftrved in the knowledge of Generation, we may be confident we have ar- rived at the Principles themfelves; and then it will appear out of what firft Matter, bv what Efficient, and what PcflefTion the Plaftick Power hath its Original'j and then alfo, wrhat progrefs Nature makes in this Work: for both the firft and remote Matter appear the clearer (being ftripped naked as it were) by Negation*, and whatfbever is firfl madein Generation, that is as it were the material Caufe of tfiac which fucceedeth^ as for E.varaple, a Man was firft a Boy (becaufe from a Boy he grew up to a Man;) betoe he was a Boy^ he was an Infantand be- fore an Iafant,he was an Embryo. ^ Now we muH: fearch further, what be veas iri Ms Mothers^Womb, before he was an Embryo on foetHSy ' ( 53 ) FoetHs whether their BubbleSj or feme rude Tjir gad indi^efted Lump, or a Concepcion, or Co- tui!;: agulation of mixed Seed, or whether any thing 4? eife? According to the Opinion of Writers, an M,' Egg or Eggs is the firll Centre or Produciion fftitif under the Elements, of the Beginning of Man: fo we come all from Eggs, ere. a Defcriptioq of tiir( i which, I will demonftrate at large in the follow- ing Chapter. ^ tai • CHAP. II. ^ Defcription of the Human Egg^ ■p, or, the Matrix of the Centre of , ch« : Generation^ ni r: >■ ■ • QEeingihe Figures of Human Eggs are exem- plihcated to your View, we will in this ■P''' Chapter fpeak foraething in particular concer- ' ning the Body of Man, of his Formation, and ' fome of his Parts, It's well knowUjthac the Soul's Bodily Union, 1)"^ and Conception in the Soul, is performed, or 2-' comes to pafs after this manner; beneath in the '2; Matrix^ the Woman hath no Seed; but 'f' each fide of her Womb hath many little Eggs, i every one of which hangs by a fmall Filament; and thcfe are born with her, and are found in all Female Creatures. m ^ E 2 Figure If Figure I. Look upon the Figure,and behold the Matrix ofConception, or Score-Houfe of Multiplicati- on ; ^hofe Eggs appear as they at the Tread of 3 Cock in the Hens Egg, or as the Spawn of a FKh, in little rnde Luihps or Spois. In the Cohabitation of Man and Wife toge- ther, after the fpiritual Seed being united, or implanted in the Egg,and it hath received them; the faid Egg doth, thro' its DhBus or Fipe^ flip down, or off^ from the faid Lump of Eggs, into a certain Cavity,as Nature hath provided, in or- der to its being further accompliflied there j as you may fee by the Figures following. Fig. II. Reprefents two human Eggs of a different bignefs, being fcparated from the Egg, Lump,' or Centre of Generation: two Eggs reprelent ;rwins i but one Egg, one Child. Fig. III. Reprefents an Embryo of 6 Days after Con- ception. A reprefents to the Eye, the inward part of the Membranes, Chorion and Amnion^ being im- perfeftly formed, and in which there is as yet no appearance of the EJepar Vterinnm. B reprefents an may be feen the diltinfition of the Head from the Body, but BO delineation of any other Parts. r»r /- fig- C 55 ) Fig. IV. . Reprefontsan En^ryooi 18 Days after Con- P': cepcion. the HtfarVterinim^ with the Veins axid fiPi Arteries, which are difperfed thro' the Sab- fiance of the Membrane. the Membrane C/?ow», dilTeded. . CCCC, the Memorane Amnion-, difleftedin like manner, ifi:' A the Navel-String. £, an Embryo., oi 15 or 16 Days, in which the Face begins to appear more diftindly, and the a 'reftof the Members are fomewhat formed and dillinguifhed. Fig. V. Reprefents to the Eye, a grifly Skeleton of an dife Embryo, ofthree Weeks and three Days. ,k eprri Fig. VI. Reprefents an Embryo of one month four days. A, the whole grifly Bulk of the Head, Ihew- log the grifly Points of both the upper and ne- :£t(i ther Jaw-Bone. BB^ the Clavicula, npw all Bone, pr Cc, thePointofthe bflfification oftheShoul-' lijgi: ,der Blades. S2ir jDD, the wite Strokes defiguring the Offifica- , tion of the Shoulders. |)efr. EE, the white Strokes, (hewing the OJTifiea- U tion of the Arm-Bone. EE, thefe white Points in all the Reds,except thefirft andlaft, do denote the Offificaiion al^ I ready begun in them. E 4 C 5^ ) CG^ the Thigh-bones, feprefenting what is Bone in them. the gtcatcr and leller Bene of the Leg early reprcfented, and already of ihe Boney- Subftance. JFi& VII. Shews an Embryo of two Months, which dif- fers nor,from that of three months and lo days, but only in bignefsi and the leffer Bones, as was before hinted, are to be feen here ^ which in the other, did not as yet appear. >^doth exhibit the inferior Jaw-bone, diftin-' guilhed into <5 little Bones. Thus far we have fhewn you the beginning of Generation, from the Ovum^ or Egg, how the Growth and Perfection moves along by degrees - as you may fee in the Figure of Human Eggs' And feeing it's not my bulinefs here to difcourfe through the whole Body of Anatomy, therefore (^kind Reader) I refer tnee to an ufeful Compen- diiira of Anatomy of mineinl-«n«, which will give you a full fatisfa(9:ion of all at large, and in particular of the Eggs iu Women, entituled, Compendium Anatemicum^ nova Methodo inJiitU' iiim; which may be had of moft Bookfellers VH-Juondon, ' But f '§'h; gjjj- becaufe here is not yet a full denionftra- . ,tion of the Features in the Woiub, I will prefcnc your View, from the Beginning of the Shde- or Boney Parts, a Figure of the Infant in the Womb come to Perfedion, out of my fore- faid Book ; and alfo its coming into the World, iykh its After-pirth, bjcegK mffij t Figura Primal , tberr. ■ ' ilCo[ll|f Sit uationem Fcetus in Uttro reprefentat. ffW' A Caput deorfurn pofit urn-, adeo ut Nafus inter ;g£, jyl. genua latent. eodail; ; I^^Nates-t qui()m Cakes afiixi inveniuntnr. liiieb "CC Brachia. iociflt" D Chorda umbilicalis^ Cervicem circumligata. Figura Secunda reprefentat^ Jj Foetumex Vtero exceptum, fed adhuc Placenta. ligatum\ ubi Vafa Vmbilkalia feparantur. AAA S'Jl (58) AAA, Abdomen abfdjfum. B, Hepar. C, yefica unnari/i. DD, Intefiina: E, Venii nmbiliceiles, FFj ArteriA Hinhilicales : C, Urachtu. H> Vafa umbiltCdUa unita-^ commmi tH-l fHCa inve'iita. L, Fmiculus HmhilicdIiSy ad Tlacentam exten- dens, KKKK, Ven ( 59 ) ■ ace, That the Bones are the firfl; matei ial Be- . which we may call Semen ; from which eFlefh, as from a Spring or Fountain, doth ntinuaily proceed, and to which it miift by te, evo!ution,return agaiUjin order to Perfeftion? It is further Queried., what the Word phs', jla^ doth properly fignify j of which it's ^ di, Cen. 2. That the Woman was.made. See- '"I'le r that it hath feveral Significations, viz.. a ne, Prop or Support j a Rib, a Side, a Foun- cion, a Building, &c. If you think that it was lib-Bone, we would willingly know which it s, and on which Side the Rib was taken, be- ife the Ribs are faft ned to the fides of the Ter^ »/fff 'rria^ eriiq^quafi Dormiens^ qui femper monitur ad jfigiliam^ nec cejfabit moveri donee forma tetius , /'Cedat & in hunc Mundum Generetur. ^ (J Mars, difponit Conceptum tertio menfe , ij ,ii materiam illam ad fui naturam df colo- j| ^'/?2 mutatyin formam fanguinis deducendoyvirtufq- ovis tunc latitat dr quiefeit ^ hint fity quod utero : gems 7# if Am.; (64) gerens tune hxheat propter vent us J avis moventm Matrictm cum muteria in ea; fed in utero tertio fere menfe femper cejfat naufea propter Mortem^ qui tertium ipfum menfcm dtrigtt •. fi itaque tmc bene fortunatur^erdtque[unguis nati ptirus^ vix AC rarijfime fuperabundans nift forte propter vi turn inordinutam. Si vero tnalnpfe difponitut^ contrarium accidit. 0 Ocultu Mundi quartum men fern jibi vendicut\ qm henigno ^ faintari fuo calore hnmiditate [h- perfluM fee ut it MembraPrincipalia confer mat ce- lore qua rarificat : illo etenim menfe largititr cmniurrt formarum fortitiidinem, in Concep- turn dando animam ratioHalirti. Si igitur tn qur- to menfe Soi afcendit ad aiigem-, futrttq-^ tn digni- tatibns fuisfortisyfgnificat perfeclionem for mo- ftatem vultm-^quoniam tunc etium natus erat mUgru potentia eorum qua jam efl adept as. 9 Difponit quinto menfe., illo enim menfeap- parct forma Memhrorum & fguratnr fexus., eri- gttnturque capillit ^ excrefcunt crtnes ; Si iffe tunc faeritbene difpofita., fortts^ in dignitate fun, ent natus formofus, amicabilts , ■ ^ plenusdulct- dine., computus in facie (^' Adembris ; St vero fni' rit defctndens.,vel in domicilio Saturni^ Natus e- rit deform! s ^ turpis. $ Sextum Menfem difponit ; fed quia ipfeip Planeta loquentia fapientia^Vacirina, fenfus^ot nutritionis facit difcretionem., ut Foetus fenutriitf extendit Membrum Lingua, & vocaUm At' teriam ea ratione j Foetus eo tsienfe validius incipit percutere manibus pedibufqne in Adutrlce., dr w tus ejus fortificatur^ appetnuue exire de tenebris] fi ( 6 s ). fed nondum eft tempts. Si ipje fHer it afcendens in Circnlo fno, fortis^ & her.e difpofitHS-, variis ex' ornatiiir donisfecHndilm varias trradiationes hofio' rutii Vlanetarum^ ftn vero^ contra contraria acci* dent. ) Lma menfe feptimo -puhc Foetus formam com* pletum aiipifcitiir in tiiero materno.^ habebit tunc ft- duciam vita & gubernatitsnis ft i^o menfe nafcatnr piter, erit bona fpes de vita nati^ propter comple- mentum (ignificationHm Planetarnm. Now to begin again j firft to Saturnfthcvt jF«- piter. Saturntis feciindario Fcetttsn menfe oSiavo dirt" git-, Cftjus virtute ipfe infrigidatur in Matrice vis feminum., ita epuod vix in ea apparent motus ; & ft puer eo menfe exibit, eo qttod fthcus & conge- laths quaft eftffepijfme moritur. Jupiter fequiturftirigitq-, Foetus tiono in mtnfe 5 qui facit vent urn & motttm, tunc exit puer dc tenehris & anguftia veneris inhune Afundum^ eri- gitq, turn OchIos ad lumen Solis^ ft eft de die vel ad lumen CandeU-, ft fuerit de no£le; miraturque dc non viftSf& propter loci anguftidm per quern exit z quoniam conjiringitur ©" coarElatur. Incipit ftere, percipiens miferiam hujus Terreftris SecuUftH quo hie filius univerfi ftt , omiumque miferiarunt fubiblum 5 ut Xenocrates in libra de morte.,Axiocho reSie dixerat. -Qttid autem de iUo (Jnquit') tihi videtur qui Nafctntem jubet miferiam fust vitst tit lugere ? F Atqnt ( «) At que kac de Admdi Principiis , ^ Creatiofie^ deque homints principiis^&vertutibus fderum^aEti- otJibufque-j in ejus procreatione ; lon^e aliter quam a FAracelfo, ant ejnfdem farinte. Phtlofophis tradi- lajunt^ perficuti fumns \ in hac itnque via per- Jijientesj ad verioraprogrediendnm eji. Sg much for the Creation of the great, and and little Worlds. '.iis. iolain fdfa'jty fA Work ■toloSJ: But to go gradually along as I have begun, I ought to fpeak fomething of the Nature of Man, De Natura Homnis; but I find it's a large Field, infomuch that I fhall forbear,.and make it a Sub- jed ofitfelf, which will be ready for the Prefs very fpeedily. Mviji rvti, It, il kdx Seeing Man by Nature is prone to Am- bition,'and of a lofty Mind, and apt to dive into Knowledge and fecret Myfieri.s; it might be very proper in this place, to give you a word or two, as an Introdu6tion to- wards my prefent Task in Hand, z iz. We have oblerved in this our Elementary Life, many certain and true Rules, by which we have foretold Events tocome,»^c. by the Canopy of Heaven and Stars,according to their Situation. Now finding many Foofs and Self-will'd Peopie,that will not believe what is true or rational, kforyff yoiiOHj jeacfN feoli. ijm, «els; I Mir rileca b ( 67 ) "'rational, or what has been experienced f-from the beginning of the World. ' So I am not willing here to trouble "Imy feif about any ymdication of this 'great Work, but direfl you to that fa- mous Sir Chriflopher Heydon\ Vindication Aftrology, which may be to your con- tent. But for your further fatisfaflion, Ihave ^in the following Chapter, begun from the jjlbeginning, by the fiiftMan Jdam, down ef,.:othis Day,very fliort and brief; fhewing iijyou, firft, t"hac Jd.tm *was the jfirft Mart lekhat took notice of the Elenients, Power md Signification of the Seven Properties pf Nature. You may fee in the next Chapter, how .'"•-hey of Old did oblerve the Seven Pro- '•'berties of Nature, in oblerving the ill ^'Nature of Saturn , and the good Nature tiOCof becaule he was Author of ^ jOodnefs; the old Hebrervs called forae of fl^heir Children by that Name J A" iicii^o^*s Wife called her Son GaAy which is Ju' becaufe he is to give a good brisk liCfliare of Body, and a good Principle; this vasobfervedihold tinie> proved byScri- •f'bture. 'Fa la C<5S) Ifi the third place, we have tahen notice of Eleven Particulars, where we find by general Obfervations, the Changes and Turnings in this Box of Elements, of Pre- fervation and DeftruQiion , &c. Then fourthly, We prove to you, that the Starry Heavens are Books, and they are to be rolled together, in which you may read your future Hope and Fortune in the World ; thereby fliewing you alfo, that the Hebrervs and others, read the Hea- vens in their own Language, making up their Letters by the motion of the Stars. So the main reafon, why I thus trouble my lelf about the Htbrewsy and Old Mat- ters, is only to convince the Ignorant what the Truth is. Many there be that will not believe, that they are under the Power of the Canopies ofHeaven. Alas 1 our Saviour Chrifl: himielf, was (as Man) under the JurlfdiQiion of thejMttiiei Elements; foyour Bodies muft beunder^j ' lubjedlion of thofe Powers. But if you defire to know how to be a- bove the Elements in your Mind, Will, anc} Underftanding , ftrive to be as Snul when he fought his Fathers Affes, sm, 10.6. ( ^9 ) 10. 6. And the Spirit of the Lord wiR come ' j.' upou thiCj and thou fljult Prop he fie with them^ andjbalt he turned info another Man, viz. above the Elements. Irruetque fuper te, ut prophetes cupi eis, ■& mi^terheris in virum alium. .vllid: ^ . fee; !®i CHAP. IV. lltfe mfc Adam'J- Kmipledge of the Starsy proTjed hy Seth , and jo carried downto the Time of leljr^ A Dam being the firfl; Man, knew well that i| -Z \ he was placed under the Elements, and he 'f obftrved their Powers alfo. eU Yhis is provM by Jofefhus^ that Adam and Seth were the firlfc that pradtifed this Science,or nfeif, Power of the Elements; and that Abraham^ ion (J when he fled into taught it the • this Truth hath fo much the more force in it, in that it proceedeth from a Man whofe Authority 1^ is unquelhionable \ fo that we may perceive,that WW" Pliny was much miftalcen.when he affirmed,that ini' none but At/as was the Author of it: Bpdes, be 35' we are very certain, that Aftrology was in ufe ies' iongbefose At/at. Some fay, that was ( 70 ) tliefirfttbat inyented Aftrology, and (hme af- fare us, the Phmkiatis were the Men.- But fop- pofeicbs fo as others will have it, the jijfyriam were the Inveatcrs of it; yet ftili will it be true, ' that the Patriaichs were the Men, forafmuch as jibraham was an ^jfyrian^ and his Predeceflbrs .were Phxnidans., a Colony of t^jfyrians having gone into Phoenicia. But if you will believe the Report of the two Pillars, whicb- were erected before the Flood,upon one of which,all theRules of Aftrology was Engraven by Seth^ and was prefetycd down to the very time that Jofephus lived Jn, who affirms himfelf to be an Eye-wit- nefsofit: and by this we may fee, that the firll: Man had undcrftanding in the Motions of the Heavens. In my foregoing Chapters, I have delcribed to you, wfiat Inftrumcnts the ancient Hcbrevps figured out their Aftrology by_, and the Table of difcovered. CHAP. V. Xhe Ajirology of the Ancientfy provei out of the Holy Scripture. R confirmation then of what we have here " propofed, we read in Genefisy that Lfahy Jacobh Wife cglled one of her Sons by the name of ( 71 ) idf® of the Planet vvhich is called Cadt^ "undfr , Ej. which no doubt,he was born; Et peperit ^tlpah, fays thefollowing the Original, 'c.»cillA litkt Etah ipfi Jacob jUiumt & ait Leah^ Bagad^ &'vacavitmmen ejuiGzdi ; the vulgar Tranfla- flation and St, Hierome^ inftead of trans- J^ce Faliciter, which is the fame with, cum bo- ll)(jjf, ^a Forthna : as it is proved by St. AnguSline^ ifttg who reprehendeth thofe that collected from the ajiitj" Text, that the Ancients woifhipped Fortune; ;'j ^ V»de videtur (Taith he) non boj'e intclltgetmhHS b JiE tanqiiam illi homines Fortanam-^colHerim^^&c. jjfc And that it may clearly and evidently appear, that the vulgar Tranflation nndcrftands by "iJ, Ijjjjjj' Gad^ fort una bona ^^N\nc\\ is given to the Planet .'jjj I Jupiter ■, turn to Ifaiah 65. t r. Thus you may itlie£ that in old time the nature of thePIa- I nets was much obPrved. '''' Now if it be demanded, why do wc not then any v^here elfe, meet with the like Example ? '"Jacob Ben Samuel anfwered, That- this was ob- —■ fcrvcd chiefly,by reafon of the Jealoufy that was between the two Sifters Leah and Rachel^ Ja- cob'*s Wives ^ for Leah feeing that her Sifter hat4 two Children already, which made her fo proud, that ihe began toboaft,Comparavit me Deis cum , ^iforore mea : fearing, left that after Ihe liiould '' have given oyer Child-bearing, her Sifter would have the uppcr-iiand of her, and that ilie fhould be no longer beloved of her Husband ; fhegave r ^ her Maid unto bira, andcaufed him to go in un- ' , ^ toherv and as foon as flie perceived her to be with Child, fhe obferved fo well the time of her F4 falling ( 7^ ) falling in Travel;, and feeing her bring forth 3 Man-Child, and that under the Planet % too, as file had learned from her Husband to- fpeak, (he counted her felf to be more happy than her Si- Iter, and would have hjm to Be called by that TizvaeiFortHna. Thefe are the Aftrological Obfervations of thefe Patriarchs, and which were Holy and Re- ligicus,in that they wrought in thefe good Men a continual Admiration of the Works of God. Bnt thofe that came after them, mixed Super- ftition with thisAftrology of their Forefathers; it came in a (hort time to be corrupted, and to lofe its firft Purity. You fee in the very Beginning.that there was Enquiry after Fortune and Kichfcs. CHAP. VI. Jin Encjuiry what our Forefathers did, to fearch cut Secrets and Wif dom in this Elementary Life, and to know Events to come. Nowledge proceeds fromHim who firft JV created all things, who appeared in a Bufh of Fire, and told us what he was, viz.. I am your Cod, ^Q. ' Stmdly, , (73) Secondly^ He fends his Angels and bright Spi- rits, to tell us of things to come in this our Ele- mentary Life. Thirdly^ W.e are come now to take notice of the Canopy of Heaven, and the Elements, for our Oblervation^ or Knowledge of Things to tPiiic come. .Here is a queftion ; Whether it's pofii- ble to read any things in the Clouds, and in 6- ther Meteors ? jtitifw. Many ways firft, Read- IsoKi ihg may be under flood by Vifible Signs, whe- ther it be in Letters, CharafterSj Marks, Ci- phers. Staves, Torches,Darts, Javelins, Knots, ptfi; Streaks, Colours, Holes, Points, living Crea- tures,or any other fenfible thing. Now all thofe i2ttlE f igures or Signs may be reprefentcd in the Clouds three manner of ways •, firft. By Letters^ or known Characters •, fecondly. By Hieiogly- phicks; and laftly, By Signs and Marks. Fourthly., The moft intelligible Signs, Marks, or Characters, that are Figured in the Clouds, are Armed Men, Battels, &c. which appear in order for many Days together, and do give no- , ■ tice to Man of feme fenfible Event xo come, and Hipi. that to the great aftonifirment of all thofe Men that would reduce all things to the Principles of r,. Philofophy. Twenty-four Years before the Birth of our Saviour Chrifl, there were two Ar- mies feen to encounter each the other in the Air,miraculous to be feen : the running of iheir Horfes, the voice of Men, and ihe clafliing of Ukj their Armour. Soon after was this Vifinn made known to the World : for MartMand SylU, by their FaClions, making as it were a Shambles of ( 74- ) ,the Field, were the caufe of fo much Bloodfted. {Jofe^h. de B.el-Jfid I. 7. c. 12.) The Romaain^;. ver received a greater B!ou'. Many fuch Inftanccs we may fpeak of near -home^but 1 am afraid my Book will fwell too big, The Philofopher gives us thefe Verfes to the fame effcdt: Qui tiles fe formtnt ^ en cet diverfe fortrait}: dont^ Les ventes, les,transformet2t En CentAU-^s^er^tftSyHomtnes,oyft AHX foijfans^ Et dPune forme ^en autre crrcm en cent Eafons. Engliflied thus.: , .K"!Vi? into feveral Forms themfelves they throw, Which Winds change into Shapes of things below ; -Birds,Fjfhes, S:rpents, CentaurcsflAen^ and thus .Shifc, in a rourid of Figures various. Fifthly^ Obfervation of Knowledge is from the Air, the Clouds being a Reprefentatioii of things here bcfo'.v, and confequcntiy purely juatural, and arc formed by the Providence of God. Ofthislaccer Kind> arethofe fpoken cf by the Author dX the Hillory of the Maccabees^ where '^ndas hghtiug in Heavens Quarrel, had an Apparition fent him, of five Horfemen appea* ring in the Air, which purfued his Enemies ftrongly, that above 20000 fell on the place; befides, 9 h' V 7) ^ befides, this Prodigy happened alfp in a pleat day, when the Air was not darkned with ' Clouds. So, I may be of the opinion with Car- _ dan and Pomponatus ■ that oftentimes, we may fee in the Air or Cloud, as in a Lcoking-glafs. „ Sixthly^ Now we come to that of Rain, ' wherein we pan make no other ufeof Reading, but by Hicrogjyphicks; and of this kind is the I Raining of Blood, pr Water of the Colour of Blood, fuchas fell in Smtz.trland^ Anno 1534. which fell upon Peoples Cloaths in the form of * , erodes. «tp : ■ Picus Mirandhla hath given a large Copy of Verfes \ among which, you have the Story of a wonderful Deliverance, as followeth ; tit... Permixtamque crucem ruho fpcBavitnus Nec morum difcrimen erat^ facer atque prophanits^ Jam confpecla fihi ocjiabant myfiica; Pt^trCs Confcriptt & pneri ^ confcriptusJexns Htraqiie^ ® p.t Templa, df VtPies^ d fumma Cafaris auLa^ Ad tenues vices^ ad dura tnapalia ruris , Cerncre erit liquido dedudum ex «r£there IKK The fame kind of Rain figured like CrolTes ot'te which hapned in the time Julian the Apo- hpo!! flate ; it fignificd, the Sufferings of the Church, . and the Ignominy of the Crois, as you may fee Kl,i- in the Chronicle for feveral Years, 35747,785, Kt;; 9^9,1503,1507. you (hall find,the like has been If- the Forerunner of fuch Truths. It hath been ■Mfj' obfervedin that an intollerable Dearth iG; hap- Ti(>) liappened, to defpair; they werefuddenly conir forced by a Showre of Wheat, which was feen 10 fall from the Clouds, fignifyiug a great plenty pf Corn. Seventhly^ AIfo Meteors, tho? they are natu. rally produced,oo yet fometimes ferye for Signs, which God makes ufe of when he intend.eth co coramunicare unto us fomeSecrets. As for the Wonders of die IfraeUfcs^ tliey were in JHtbrtp Letters or Charadters •, very perfedllv iexprefled : and thrs was the reafon, flay they) that thewondtiing at this Charade; faying one to another, Manhcv^ viz.. What meaneth this "i, f^au.^ and fo on to athoufand Myfteries, and raifing ftrange kinds of Significaiions,£.vc^. 6. When they faw this Letter, which is numb. 6, fignifying, that fix days of the Week, they were to gather their ^jifanna. This 1 fCt/zfignifies, the Mifery and.Sorrow wherewith God threatned ihem for Murmuring-, they faypt's the Hieroglyphick of Labour &Sir- ^itude-, appearsQot of 25. Exod.ii. and fignifies Labour; they were to work fix days. The Meteors or Signs in the Heavens, have produced great things in thefe our Daysj but being frequent, I firalh not mention them. But the Oofervation of the Jfip;is fomething pretty. Eighthly^ Snow, Hail and Frofi:,do fometimes bear ftrange Cbaraders, the Reading whereof we will not negleft;: There have been often feen, ftrange Figures, which have boyn aCrofs, a Buck- fc!v i ^7 ) ^ »•; a Bticklcr, a Fleart, or a Death's H-ead. It's not niany,ycars fince thofe Hicroglyphical Figures were feen in Provence • and foon afLcr a deftru- En::; ftion of Beafts: and a little while after thatj Ri't,:. this miferablc Country had their Fields covered with Souidkrs^ and all their ftrong Places Be- Ait Ceged and AlFaulted, with fo much Bloodlhed, itEl: that the very Memory of it will be always ij p grievous unto them. The Story of thefe Figures ,'fe confirms that which Cornelius Gemma hath ob- •iiCE obferved, in thefe words, Invent a ell fapins tjj'j Grando ciii faturarum re;am mamfefte at more sodli Clypei^aat Pagna, aut Cruets infculpta imagines Irars; fpeclarentar. Kepler hsth obfcrved, that the jejf'i;; Snow is not without its Wonders: but no more !)», li of this. Ninthly^ T\\c Rath bow-, oneofthe moft'No- ble Meteors that is formed in the Clouds, name- tcdi: ly^that the Figure of it (as R. Capel fays) repre- fents the Letter!] which the writes in this manner n, which might be the reafon xai placed it in the Heavens, to be a for- rowfui Memorial of the Deluge } for this Letter ftandsfor xo, which is tiie number of Sorrow, p,... '^acob fcrved in LabatPsHovik 20 Years ; Jofeph liicBffi ^33 fold for 20 Pieces of Silver : the flying Roil, Ijjj.; wherein was written the Sins of all Men,aDd was 20 Cubits long*, and at 20 years of Age the/jf^ ife began to ferve in the Wars. Helena in Homer-, complain'd of her ovya- Misfortune, takes notice of this number 20. 'fi 2 Cr J Quatuor hie jam lafira motor^ epue tempore vunejuaitt Iratus mifer* mhi verba indigna dedifii. AI- (78) Alfo the Poets, when they exprened any thing of Sorrow, in this Number 20. ThmVlyf- fes is reported, to have undergone 20 years Misfortune. Qjiofque tnli^ fajl toi Terr* Telagicjne iahores , /ftfatriam vcni, jail* nmc Ubentibus annis VnenU. , Many itiore of the like nature are produced by Bmgus. Tenthly^ Ctoinets are the chiefeft, which are in life in the Difcovery of fuch Seciets, which is ufually the Death of Princes. Julius Cafar died fhortly after t he appearance of a Comet; this is no News: But we may take an Example of this prefcnt Time, where effefls of a Comet is freih in mind ; I faw my felf,with many others, £ ftrange Comet but two days before the D'lke xsiManmouti) waS taken in the WeJj and a Bla- zing Star overall Europe^ before the Death of K. Vharles II. Thefe are the true Sign'?, which God is pleafed to foretell of great Troubles to come; I will give you the words of rirgil. •—■ I^ori alias Casio toties cecidtre fereno Fulgiira, nee diri toties arfere Comet*. I They do not only rcfpeft Death of Kings and Princes, but alfo of great and mortal Difeafes, i:k'ought,and Barrennefs of Fruit, a ftrange Heat in the Air. / • ^ Eltvmhlyt C 79 ) tleventh'ly^ Here is another fort of Reading, ^'■'•vhich might be performM in the Air; firft, it. ''^■•nay be taken from the flying of Cranes 5 of vhich St. Jcrom faith, Gmes viam feqauntHr rdineliterate 5 fl/ir,g in order, and keeping their '''^l-anks: at an inftant that the Wind turns, by ■'"'his means they defend themfelves fromAifaults-, or on which' fide the Eagle comes, he encoun- piKiers with nothing but Bills; jaU as a Body of -iorfe feeling upon a Body of Poor, meets with lothing but Points and Pricks. 't Now the Letters and forms, fhews us only S)»Eiihe diverfity of the Winds, orelfe their manner Ctpf ordering themfelves in Battel j the Hiftory ietiSif Birds and Fowls of the Air, is wonderful in ,K\npwledge and Apprehenfion, too large for aCothis Place. aaU'i jtiiet But meeting with a Verfe ofOW, touching sdiihis matter, I mufl: go on further. Many call a Heathen; iffo, he was a witty one. utQt; Os Homlni fnblime dedit^ Calumej-, videre fajfit*, & ereblos ad Jidera todtre ultus, 4- * God with a lofty Look did Man endue, ;j Commanding him the Heavens and Stars to' view. (inji; Obfervation hath been taken, from the meet- pjfang together of the two Superior Properties of ujjjivature, viz.. and %, in matters _ of the " Church, Laws and Governments» yvbich may , S' ■ ■iri ■ ■ ( 80 ) well be the Alr-crauQn of Kings, Princes and Governmentoj (fc. being Seven in number.' Thefirfl; meeting of Tj and X from the k- ginning of Times, was in 600 years of the world, viz.. 3-00 before Chrift. The fecond was in the year of the World, t6oo. The third did fall otit 240®, which was 1606 years before Chrilt. The fourth,in the year 3200 of the World. The fifth, the coming of Chrift 4000 years of the World. The fixth falls out in 80c years after Chrift, which Was 4800 years,of the World. And the fcventh was i 600 years after Chrift, Now the or ''.Vonders of them,are,wi. Firft, Under Enoch ■_ lis name iignifies {Cnte- chifed) aSjGfw. 14. 14, {Chanik'^.H.d) Catechifed or Trained up in R.ligionas well as Warfare; he was taught of God to walk with God; he li- ved 360 years before his Tranflatior, after a good plcafing Life; he was as the Patriarchs were,t//z,. as achief Bilhopin his time'; and by his Labours the Church was preferved in thav Age. / The fecond Meeting of Tj and %. Tljis fell in the time of Noah, i aif was in his Ark a Dink: whoe year, with all his Provifions, from JVIp- vttnbtr to Novtmher again. Eraai (Tiiif , The third Meeting^ef ^ and % fin Si- itltl; Falls in the year of the World 2400, under MofeSf when the Church had again another Sab- icliK -bath of Reft, from her long and grievous Slave- ry in the Brick Bondage of Egypt. Read the Scripture of the place, and you will find, that they were to make Brick without Straw. S2fe:(?- The foHrth Meeting of and % f , Falls in the 3200 years of the World f this Meeting came under Solomon and the King of t'jete i according to the famous Tycho Brahe, sjjjjj theChurch had a refting time from Trouble, Qji the Scripture tells you fo. The fifth Meeting of Tj and %. , Under this, came our Saviour Chrift, who is greater than great Mat. 12.42. He k Fneit Prince of Peace: This was a little more "than 4000 years of the World. , ^ ' The fixth Meeting of I3 and %, Falls in the year of the World 4800, that ,brought in Charles the Great; under whom was J'f 'the Empire, in the time of Z«« HI. be- Q • ing tliiiM ;:ka?£. iaiheCl i";iios,li tpeife «eiiKi': (8z) ingPopi?, who proftituced his. Keys to the Em- peror's Feet: for which the Popifli People piillM cut his Eyes, and cut cfFhis Tongue. Read the Hiftory, Prtdtauxls lntrodu6t. p. 96. The fevemh Meeting of Tj and %' There are a parcel of irrational Animals, which fpeak very fcaudaloufly againft Predidi- ons they fay. That we can fpeak nothing true ofcbingsto come, unlefs told of it before, or when they are paft. Now let the World judge, and fpeak as they find; in the Year 1682,1 then publiflied a Bock, Entituled,5jpfc«/«w A^nndi, in which are now to be feen, the very Actions of thefe great Revo-^ lutions. It being then my chief intention, to difcover to the World, thcfe great things Hro- vidence was probably likely to bring to pafs, from the Influences of the Meeting of the two great and fnperiour Beings, the two Rulers of the World, wi. r? and t/., and likewife fro® the great Eclipfes of the >, in 1684, fuch an EclipCbhath.not been thefe hundredYears,and at that prefent time fo many Planets in the HoufeofReligion.: Then in pag-2, ycu will find, I cryed.out with Admiration and AftoniOw ment, with the words of Dionyfius Arcofagitot^ ij«M who feeing the ftrdnge"Eclipfes of;the 0 and at the very hour of our Saviour^s Pafllon, fayicg, Ant Deus N.atufa fatitttrf aht Mmdi machim dijfolvitttr ! . Which ii, leitb'er the Godpf-NfitureTulfers, or the Frame lafithis World iSidiflblved • Sola pag. 4^* Irddivered my Judgment, that • f there sjfeiii TiiisW twiiSTeti too[0: sfiikli! ®tii£p ftbc 't;{ imi t 83 ) 5toiihere would be great Alterations in xnolt parts Europe^ of Laws, Cuftotns, Conftitutions of 15' kPeoplein Matters of Religion, and Changing of 96. Kings and Kingly Government. itil And is not this ail true"! Were not the Popi/h inal .^Principles the root or caufe of thefe Mutations .aintband Changes ? And did not a Prince come from with a handful of Men comparatively, to fkkijthat brave Army of K. James's! And whea this handful of Men came towards them, they all iifpeaiiBed as the Chaff before the Wind •, and to Ad- Dl)lfe;hiiration, K. James himfelf fled to France^ when dikktcione perlWaded him from his three Kingdoms; efeKandthen (foon after) the Prince of was ef iK-towned King of England. ;£2[ tiu O that fuch things Ihould be done without a ot)iiiij;;dropof Bloodlhed ! Surely Reader, this is from [jj, jr-he Powers above; and the Powers above gave .[,°(ijjjsa forefight of it by the Rulers T? and i iffii been.fo admirable, that our Athe^ haVe taken notice of in their Book, in ask- ng a Queftion,Whether a fmall irrational Crea- pv;,;'ure as a Spider,had not a Heart ? Becaufe:^wbea "HOeath or Opprefiion comes, it ftruggles, and ^^j:iakes a buftle to fave its felf; intimating, thac r uX James neither ftrove nor ftruggIed,to lave his t'l^hree Kingdoms or Credit. This was a Comical . (T il^^oke on thepoor Abdicated K. James. Xy Obferve the following things • After the )eath of K. Charles, the Popifti Party began to . iuie, and quickly after fupprefs'd, and cut off ne Head of the Duke of Monmouth t then the 7''' 'rince and Pfincels c^ Qrmge was Crowned G 2 , King ( 84 ^ King and Queen of England and not long after Qufeen Mary dyed, with a long and tedious War of nine Years (landing : fo this Revoluti- on is a wonder to human Reafon ^ tli^e Circura- fiances whereof would fill a large Volume. Asfor the fmall Conjunftions, 1 have to the Altrologers, which happen once in 20 Years. CHAP. Vlf. The Stars are reckoned aForm of Let ters) according to the Opinion of the Hebrews, and that ifs pojfi- ble to read there whatfoever is to happen throughout the whole Vni- z/erje. jitJcir! In sun ffiTraS ■jd'J} REader, did you never take notice of the Celeftial Writing, feeing that theScri- pture fo plainly fpeaksof it ? Pray take notice of this curious piece of Ami- quity .* Seeing that the Heavens are Books, and at the laft day, they are to be roiled together, as a Book or Rolls} therefore they mull have Let- ters. And I am willing to give you the method ofthe ways oftheOldiYf^Ttfajj, who fearched after the Heavenly Writing for News. And for confirmation of this, obferve a Book, En- as kill fficilR fcdjj Ni'ii Hi lag baes (iiJiii SLlllf lUKE locjit . ^ . ( 85 ) iititt:- Entituled, Narratiojofe^h^ in his time highly sRkk in efteem amongftall Men; wherein the Patrl^ kOiE 2rch ^acob gave his Bkffing to all his Children , 3lt;, telling theru^ That he had read in the Tables of btc the Heavens, all that ever was to befall them 10% and their Pofterity. Legi (faith he) in TAbults Cceli (^cucunque (ontin^cm vobis^ & filiis vefiris, Where the fame Original concludes as well in this Traft, as in this Qi^llion, Vtrum SteU* 4- liquidgam ? as in his Book, De Fa^o^ chap.6. That the greatcft Myfterics may alfuredly fac read in the Heavens, by reafon that the Stars ^ are difpofed and ordered there, in the Form of fk',. Charaflers. Nay, John Damafcenefzysy Thzt T, they are CLEAR MIRRQURSi inti- It Iti? inatiDg,chat we may fee diftindly fee there,even as far as to the moft fecret motions of our Souls, ' i which was the Saying of Si.Augulline. mk . For my part, I lliall not queftion the Truth of it, but proceed to the Practical Part, aS the Hc' breves did in their Hebrew Charadlers: This Dotiii Holy Language being the firft in the World, and tia ti:. fometimes there are New Stars, which take their Method thus : pifceol; As for Example, in this Word A K E, if one kBooo add an L, it willbe no longer AKEbut LAKE, dtog® otif in the middle of a Word, or this Word; iijjtte;:: asthusanR, it will alter the Word, and make jjIkb: it a R K E ; fo that we fee one Letter, as an L ,j,Q%, oranR, abfolutely change the whole fence; in the fame manner is it with the Stars, where the New Stars are added, varieth both in the : WfiringandSence. 95 CHAP; ( 8« ) CHAP. vm. , T^he Celejiial Writing of the Ancients.^ { and hom thofe Hebrew CharaSiers may be underftood^ and what they portend. T'O perfectly underftand this Celeftial Wri- - ting, we muftobferve the Vertical Stars; for, thofe which are over a Kingdom (faith A- hindati) do fliew whatever is like to befall it,' and as the Aftrologers obferve in this our time, ^ Now faith the Author of this Celeftial Wri- ting, We know that thefe Mutations lhalihap- pen on the Earth, becaufe we fee they are writ- ten in the Heavens; And this is the reafon, that JR.. Chomer affirms, that the aforefaid Mednfa's Head, or the Stars that compofe it, did foretell the lamentable Defolation of Greece ^ becaufe, that five of the principal Stars did for a good while together, make up this Word; S207n ,Which is in the Con)irgatidh Charab Second, iignifying, to be Defolate • underftanding particularly this of Greece^ over which thefe ' Stars •w. • -<87) Sbn-s did /hine •, becaufe that the namber of its Letters, which are Jod^ Nun^ and which being put together, make up p' Javan^ that is to fay, G"? «ce doth yield the fame number that charab doth) as you may behold in the follow- ing Example. a 2 8 Charab. Deftroyedj Defolate. Sum jx Javan. f' Greece. G y Ac^ Iiili; kh :ivfr 15 ■ ■il ■ ;j J:; ■\t ■!. iill iii s. I I? c 88 ) According to thefe Principles, any Man might fore-fee by the putting the Stars together of the fame Conftellation, the deftruiiion that Italy was threatned with. One Junliinj an Italian Pritft, who was a great Aftrologer, hath thefe words: 3:0 &( U lUudvero (faith he, fpeaking of this Medufah- Head,) mnc jifuU* & Neaf«litattorHm Reg- no ijl verttcale^ moxque Italiam invadet ; c^mhui foam n and being joined together, makes up this word, (reading it from the iVorrfetothe Wefr) fjickj- chich,which fignifies to rejeft and forfake, with- out any Mercy, and the number of Three of them added together, comes to 4x3, which is the fpace of time that this ftately piece of Build- ing hadftood. Alfo, before the Jews faw their Scepter caft down to the ground, and their Liberty carried Captive unto Babylon^ five Stars were for a long time together, obferved to compofe thefe three Myftical Letters: I Nstta^Hty . ( ) a word, wHch fignifies to break, cafl: down, and todriv^optj and the number of the Letters, which is 505, Vvasthewumber of years that the Jewifh Kiflgdoms had ftood^ from Sanl to King Zedechtof. Thus t^xt'Perfians ox j4{fyrians^ who were the tuinc of the Monarchy ot the Jews^ fawthePe- riod of their own Empire ; after that, four of the Verticd- Stars had compofed thefe 3 Lettersj ita Roh, which makes up the Number 208, which was the time of the Duration of this Monarchy, which was founded by Cyrus. At the end of which, the Grecian Empire was likewife fore- fhewn by four ScarSj whitli rh'ade 4. 200 80 up the Verb Parady which fignifies to divide j and that in this vvonderful manner, as that the very fame Letters did produce the number of years that the Monarchy failed, and took his be- ginning at that time that Zltxander the Great iubdued the fall Durius: R. fays, that this Celeftial Writing, hath pointed out the de- dining of two great Empires of the one is that uOc' - - ^ 15 that of theTlwr^, which was obferved feven Vertical Stars, which being read from-the Wefi to the makes up this Word : Fi riKP-"- ^ te which fignifies to be Battered, Feeble, Languilh- ing, and drawing to an End. Many more fuch-like Examples we may pre- fent the Reader with, concerning this Celcftial Writing, but this may give an infight of the , , method and way of reading the Will of God in " I that Heavenly Book, which is faid to be at the laft Day,rolled together as a Roll of Parchment. P But if thefe few Examples are not fufficient for your Underftanding, pray read my Authors, Ropol^ Chomer and jbindan j there you will find it exprefTed, that it's not every one that can read thefe Hebrew Letters, or Celeftial Wrhing, but whom God is pleafed to give that Gift of Reading ^ as, none but Daniel^ who was a juft Man, none but he could interpret thofe Vifions. )tt Remember flill, that the Elementary Life of Man is very Changeable and Tranfitory ; it's na- mi®® rural for all Men to be inquifitive after future lliiili!' Changes and Alterations during their Lives,fee- £ QS ing it's as a Bubble, or as a Ship toffing up and down by the Waves of the Sea. [iedf- OCfi The End of the Secend Book. tte- ( 93 ) THE Angelical Guide. BOOK HI. CHAP. 1. The Lott of Man j Jhewing his Chance or Fortune in this prefent World, pEOMANTEI'A, DIVINATJO^ fipifics no more but Elementary and Earthly things ; the fearching after which, concerns the Tranf* aftions of our Lives here below, by the Power of the fuperioac Bodies of the Four Elements and "(9+)' J and Seven Properties of Nature, which we have ; formerly fpoken of, and aifo the Twelve Signs 1 (r b n ® if n? "I k ) of the Heavens, which fympathize' with our Bodies and A6lions at home, ana pred.uce good or ill Fortune. To be more plaini,we may call it by this name, So-rtitorf Confonitor t ^Take ycur Lett, or caft your Lott. Lfcc us fpeak ■% \Yord or two of Providence. _/rf Profrd^ta ? ' Venim ejfe Provideritiam, cum periiac apertum ' e(t^ tarn per ea qua dicentur^ deinceps elucejcet: dicamus i^-ur quid Procidentia. Providtmia efirerutn procuration a Deo faftcpta. Defimint xandem Jic j Procidentia eft Dei voluntas^ per quam omnia qua fund, apt e guhernantur : quod ft Dei voluntas ejt procidentia^ necejfe efl. reHa ra- tione, & optirnhn & divimjfin.en ^ fola ra- tione rcble fe habeant fieri qua funtn neque melioris ordinis efie capa^cia, 'Neceffie efi auiem eundem ejfequi res efificiat^ '& ejfeitis provideat. Neque ri enim^raPlum- cfi^-e'ec dpcctn alium efiicere, aliu/it; '^ "ea quapnt ptdcurure ; nam hoc quidem certt intbecillv^is,i\ff.: rn^Ita funt etiam in And malibus fimulachra, & imagines eorum qua dixd tnus : Qtndqttid enim genuitn cihum quoque fioetui •^rocuratif h^XHomo etiamAe cateris omnibus qua. Md vitam/tegrndam fipectaaty quoad ejus fieri pot efi frofipicic^' Quti.!V/Brfi non provident, ob imbeciUita- • temnonprmu&nt. iQuarg.ofienfum eji^ Dejm effe ■qptipriyvideut., ^iProvidentiamaJfe ejufdtm. Thy C 95 ) Thy Lottand thy Providencs ar-eingenerahall things that thou canft enjoy- in this Eieintntary Life; and God is the Founcain and Free-giver, and gives thee Rules and Underftandin^ to know th'cm. This \s inter nos, amongll us,or ourfelvcs ; to know whether the Lett will be good,or ill, is my prefent Task in this Chapter: but before wc go oOjU word or two concerning the word LOTT ; it has two fignificatioDS, it is firft counted a fquare Thing, as a Dye, or other thing cafl; into a Pitcher or Pot", thence to be drawn out again, to end Strife or Difference. This is not our meaning : But to take our Loit ffom-him who made ail things, i. t6. not that the Event of a Lotc comes from Stars, Fortune-tellers, Devils or Saints, but from God only, whofe privilcdge is, to order the-Succtfli- , on of them. This we ownasaTinth.;. but we are not unfenfible, bur that God hath laid open his Heavenly Book before our Eyes, and given us Knowledge,from the Heavenly Motions and Influences of the glorious Light of his Will and Intentions towards mortal Men. The' we ^nd good Fortune proceeding from the Beams of %, or ill from tj, we are toiook to God, frorn whence it comes, and on t/: or T? as Meffeogers from him: To call Letts upon a Peopleiji to challenge Lordfhips and Power over aiP*eoplc, to difpofe of them at their plearnte,as Men accoudn that which is their own,which by rafting a-Lott, falls CO be their Portion> Joel 3. 3. \pla- . . ^ • ' ces ) ( s« ) ces in Scripture may be to our purpofej but theft may fatisfy us, as to divide a thing' by Lett. We all have a defire by Nature, to know what may be had by Lott. On my Vejlure did they cajl Lotti. The whole Verfe runs thus: Et qmm crucifxijfsnt eimy disfertiverunt ve- fitment a ejus Sorte, CHAP. .11. lihe Number of Things clefired in this Elementary Life j and to hjtow by this Angelical Lott or Guide^ what is to come^ Good or Bad. IVJoyor kbiDgt Idiis, oiii Totafi WlitlMK fio3*!ioii; Sdlpi ) Firfiy r. TO know whether I lhali live long, and in what Difpolition my Body now is in ? What is the intention of my Will ? Where is the place of my Abode ? The length and fbortnefs of Life ? What is the fir ft Matter, Thing, or Trade, to be handled firft ? What lhape of Body fliall I have ? What hidden Matters arc there in my Heart ? What Complexion, and whether ill favoured, • : . A - " ifwlsoiK Wffli ilw'i fcj Wstki'i %kil ^ ^ 97 ) Or well made, and* whether a fmooth or hairy Body ? The Nature^ whether Healthy or Sickly^ Strong or Wdak in Body ? The beginning of all Enterprizes? The JoyorSadnefs,naturhi]y ? Touching the Members of the Body, the Hcad,or Matter of the Brain,thellndetfl;anding^ Reafon, or any part of the Head ? •t 5 tcovdly y. To know what is there to come to me ? What moveable Goods may accrue? From whom may they be cxpeded ? Shall I gain or confurae ? Of two, whether lhall win the Lott ? Whether cheated or not ? Whether Perfons we deal withal be Rich or Poor, and whether my Money be in the Hands of Fools or Knaves? Whether I may be a great gainer in the place where I live and dwell t Whether the thing loft was ftolen ? Whether my Trading will be gainful ? Whether 'tis beft to Trade near or far off? Whether a Promife made on Money-Matters comes to good or ill ? Whether 'tis good to go far for Money or Mo-; ~ vable Goods ? Whether I lhall not be robbed on the way ? Whether I lhall return fafe with my Money ? H fhirdi^ (98 ) Thirdly n ■ How to know our Brother's Sifters Kindred or Relations ? What the Number of them arc, and the place of their Abode ? Whether my Brother or Sifter loves or hates me ? Whether 1 have a good or bad Neighbour? Whether I fliall receive a Letter, or EmbaiTa- ges,from any particular Friend or Acquaintance? Whether it will be good to goa fmall Journy? Whether the end of a Journey be good or ill, and the iflue thereof? Whether there will be illCorapany in the way, to prejudice me ? What is the Nature of my Brothers, Sifters or Relations? will they give me any thing while Living, or when they Die? telaiit feJIlrPi Jffi ttaikfi j teik ; Wta'ii! i fet Fourthly $, ■ Vittkl To know when my Grandfather,or my Great Grandfather, or that Old Rogue my Father,will Die? Whether I fhall ever enjoy my Fathers Eftatc? How long will my Father live ? When ftiall I have Money, or my Fortune from him ? My Father and I being at Difference, fhall we ever be Friends ? What fofaon |"»i!ialbj I U\ku i MlEie: , hPtifoa LntMi ( 99 ) What Land or Houfes fhaU I have ? Shall I be Poor or Rich ? What manner of Houfe, City or Town^ fhall I live in ? What Difpoficion will the People be I fliall meet with ? Will Old Men and Women be good for me to converfe withal ? My father is gone to Rome; is he living or dead ? Whether a Town or Caftle lhall be taken ? Whether I lhall ever find hidden Treafure, or things loll or Hole. What ftore of Gold and Silver hath my Bro- ther or Siller ? Whether the Father or the Son will die firft ? Whether it's good to buy Land or Houfes ? Whether the Towns Befieged, will be taken ? Whether a Ship on the Sea will return with good or ill Succefs ? Whether I lhall live a long or ihort time in my prefent Dwelling. Fifthly SI. . ' ^ « To know whether I am now with Child, or or ever lhall have Children ? Shall I have Male or Female ? Shall I live a merry Life, and in Content ? ' Whether I lhall get a good Miftcefs ? If a Perfon be tight in Cloaths ? Will a MelTenger come quickly with News or Letter ? H 2 Is ' • . C 100 ) Is ray Father Rich or Poor ? Is my Friend a Man or Woman ? Will the Earth be Fruitful ? Will ray Life this year be pleafant, by Ban- qnerting,Ki(Fing, Dancing? Will the Way be pleafant in my Sporting? Shall I not be robb*d or beaten ? Are my Friends Dead or in Prifon ? Whether Good-conditioned or lU-qualiiied ? I , Sixthly itf. To know whether 1 (hall ever keep a Pack of good Hounds, or a parcel of good Hogs or ' Sheep, or ever be plaguM with Rattsor Mice? Shall I ever keep Servants ? Will my Servants prove true and honell ? Shall I gain by my Servants, Men or Women ? Shall I be Sickly or Healthy all my life ? What Nature will my Difeafe be of? WVill the Phyfician be Skilful or not ? Is it good to vifita Sick Perfon ? If Young Beafts be loft, fhall they be found ? Whether 'tis good to buy and fell fraall Beafts, as Sheep, Lambs, Hogs, &c. J: . Seventhly j£;. To know whether I (hall ever Marry ? Will my Wife be a Whore, or Honeit ? Will my Wife be a Stranger or Neighbour? Shall I jhate a Fortune ? . " ,What ( lOI ) What manner of Perfon will my Wife be, or her Shape of Body ? How many Wives may I have ? Willray Wife or Idle firfl: ? What manner of Dealers may I meet with in my Trade. Shall I be pelterM with Thieves ? Ifany thingisftolen, (hall I take the Thief? If 1 Fight, fhall I get the better ? Shall I have the belt in Law Suits ? May I have my dtlire in what I love, or gain my Wife with eafe, or much trouble ? ' There are two Couit me ; which is bell for me to marry ? Will my Wife be a Scold, or not ? fhall we never part in matter of Strife in the Marriage- Life ? Will there be Wars or Peace ? Will the Man or Woman be of a good Un- derftanding ? If things miffing, are they in the Houre?"or will they be found ? Is it good to move to another place ? Eighthly HI. To know the time of Death, when, snd how ? Will my End be violent or natural, to die in my Bed ? If a Man be Mnrder'd, who kiiPd him ? Who ffiaU inherit his Eftate ? Will the Efltate of my Wife or my Friend, be great or fmall ? , , ^ H 3 'Who riBtai ( ICl ) Who are the Ccunfellors of my Wife, and if Enemies ? How doth the Perfon do that is from home ? The Gain or Profit due from'a Stranger's Coiinrry ? Jf I lend any thing, will it be return'd again ? If 1 lend my Money, fhall I gain ? Will the Fear I am in, end in good or ill ? Ninthly f . To know concerning Church-men, Minilters, or Parilh-Clerks, Monafteries or Temples ? To know of Book-Secret Arts, and Religious Perfons ? Is it good to deal with Church-men ?- What will the Study of a Perfon be ? Slialll have the Bilhoprickor Abby I defire? May I profper therein ? Shall! be DofJor in any Faculty, or Judge in any Court, or Prefident or Judge in any High Court ? Will Dreams come to pafs, or what do they Ilgnify ? d-c. VVhether a Perfon be Wife or a Fool ? V Vill long Journies be good or bad ? will the iShip at Sea or the Man of VVar come to a good end ? Is the Ship I intend to Sail in, a good or bad Sailer ? How long(hallltarry? Days, Months, or Years ? Will the Ship fuffer Shipwrack ? Temhly^ " ( 103 ) Tenthly yf. rooillt; a 5... To know whether I (hall ever come to Honour, or be a Juftjce of a Peace ? tDTa'ii ^ VVill it be profitable for me to be Servant to i) ■ Kings or Princes,or Noble Men ? jQoj J. Shall I live in Honour, in my Trade and Bull- ' nefs now in hand ? Concerning ray Mother or Grandmother ? VVill my Mother die in a (hort time ? .. \j;- May I gain by her Death ? T._, Doth my Mother love me ? rdll V Vhat Trade mult 1 be of, to profper ? ' "* VViD a King's Reign be long or flrort ? ) Is it good for a King to go out of his Palace, 'r , and take a Journey? T;, Shall a Perfon of Honour be Banilhed out of favour of Kings and Princes ? , Will the King or Judges do Jultice ? ''fWhat manner of Perlbn is ray VVives Fa- KW.'ther? Eleventhly . afool; To know what Friends I may have, orwhe- jad, ifil (her my Hopes will be fulfilled ? w:oii Are my Friends faithful to me ? Shall we reap Gain by Friends ? good!? May we be fafe by whom we give Credit ? What is the Subltance of a King or Noble Moii' Man ? H 4 What I in I (104) What Eftate has my Wives Father ? fhall I 'gain thereby ? Shall I gain by the Court, or Great Perfons ? If a Promile is made, whether true or falfe ? Shall we profper all the Year ? Will Fruits of the Earth be cheap or dear ? Twelfthly K. To know whether I fhall ever be in Prlfon ? If in Prifonj when releafed ? Shall I gain or profit by a Prifon or Prifoners ? Will any Old VVoman chatter againft me like a Devil? If a Prifoner Efcapes, will he be taken ? Is it good for me to deal in Great Cattel, as Horfes, Mules, Sheep, &c. If a Horfe be ftolen, who is the Thief? Which way the Horfe ftray'd ? In buying Great Cattel, fhall they be good or bad ? May a Man go boldly before his Enemies ? Shall I be Arretted ? Here are near Two hundred Quejlions natural- ly dejired in this Elementary Life, to know where,' when, and how, thefe things may fall on you hj LOTT, which you may underfiand in thtsfl- lowing Chapter, CHAR KOt'i :ap(s. CHAP. III. The Method of Eff^eBing thefc An- gelical LOT T S. BotP:- Zt iKtak [ia; t I? THefc Qjieftions or Defires, are divided into iz Parts ^ fo alfo are the Heavens divided intoMumb, 12. being twelve Divifions, an- fweringin particular thefe twelve Qiiefticns., Take an Example as follovoeth. ^ Succed.Angle lo. ^ piace of Joy. The Names of the Letts ^ being Sixteen in Number. ( IP Earth. < Fire. Air. , Water. Tj Retr. in % Retr. in h D. in K. in t. ©Retr. in tS' > deer, in Si. * *• * * * * * yi Trf/ifttay Sadnc/s, i Damages, ( Crofies. ' . * 1 * * ^ * * * * Latitia^ J ov,' & Gladnefs,! Health, ( t Hairy. * * * * * * Career, Confinement, i A Prifon, Bound. * * * * * Cauda Drac. The lower end of a thing or going out. * * * * * * tortuna min. lefler For- tune,greater Strength. * * * * Via , the Way, Journies, or Moving. Earth. , cjo8 ) Elements. Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Earth. Fire. Signs. Lotts. 1 * * Tit & 5 * in np. 1 * 1 * 1 * 5 D. in t2:. 1 * * * * x * * ^ D. in s. * * * * * * * > Full, in vf. * * * * * * * in tfs. * * * * * 1 * * © D. in /»w • * * * * Caput Draco- »«,the Head)! or upper } Part, Puer, a Boy,' Yellow, Beardlefs. Alb Hi f White, Fair. | Populus, People, Congrega- j tion. AmiJfiOj loIt,( confuraed. Pot tun a maj. Great For- tune, ftrong Help. Air. ( 109 ) Elements. Signs. Lotts. Names inLzf.and Engt. Air, . Water Earth. 5 D. in T? ^! in n. 5 in nf. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Paella J a Virgin, Beautiful. EnbeHSy Reddifb, Red. 1 Conjunciio., to gather an AlTembly. Thefe are the Deys which you may caft your Lotts withal, and the fame which the Indians-, 1^® Caldeans and Hebrews., made ufe of, as their llioa. good Angels, in direftiqg their Hands to know Good or 111 in this Life; And it lyes in Dark- 1 nefs tothis Day, by reafon it's inor in I ftrange Charadters, which are unknown to us ^ I coBik and by that reafon, many are afraid of this Art, i becaufe of the V^oxA^eomancy or Conjuration.. Now in plain Englilh, it's no more than the [fjiTHr II Signs of the and they Properties Ctestt'" of Nature, of Rulcrs'of the World, which we tooejfe have formerly fpoken of, viz.. % 6 & 2 Help. 5 J ,compofed and joined together, according to Strength, VVeaknefs, or Meannefs. Take Take the Example by this Table.. % diredl. in T- % Retr. in y. © Retr. in y. h Retr. in E.-' f ^ a \-m3 1 • Name, Joy. Name, Lef.port. 1 'Name, Red. $ direft. in $. > deer, in SI. 9 Retr. in n?. "V, and 9 in ijf. Name, White. ' Name, Way. Name, Together. Name, Ihag.hea, 5 dired. in £i. 9 Ret. in to:- 9 direft. in A. Ti Retr.' in ni. Name, a Boy. Name, Lofl. Name, a Girl. Name, Sadneft, ^ Tj and f the firft, and two Figures jnft under them : h the Stars be even, fo place them : and ifthej; be uneven, as one: fo the two Figures: and fa Tthe third and four-h i you muft do as much t > They i X . i ( 1J9 ) They are placed alfo in thole i6 Figures; whereon the Shapes and Properties of Virtues of inferiour Species, as alfo their Properties do eLfj ; fo that every diffind Lott or Figure, hath its Power that is fuitable to its Form: infi §: which alfo proves a wonderful Power, according to the Difpofition of things, good or ill ^ for all thefe Influences, thefe Figures may be received, WW and may alfo be hindred by the indifpofition of the Matter, or according to the Perlbn, or his Quality; fuch is the lignilication of the Lotts, which receive Virtue and Power from above: Dtiec Thus the Seven Properties and their Powers raofin are incorporated into thefe 16 Lotts,and are the saieiii caufe of the Virtue of the Figures, of their Signi- lopaffi; fication, of their Produd, and all things paft, ilnEii: prefent, and to come, jirica: In the next place, thofe that intend to under- ftand the Lotts aright, muft know their Ele- mehts. By which, you may fee from whence all things come, whence Mankind and Bcalls; jIjIUI- whence Fire, Rain, Snow and Earthquakes are ; the great Sea-beats over her Banks, and then a- 2I Pet gain returns j whence the Power and Strength of Soolofi Herbs, Courage and Rage of Brutes, all kind pljcai; ofStones, and all forts of Worms, Up'' ■ ( > A Table of Elements, © dir. in ^ :* * * * * * 5? dir. in * * * * * % dir. in T * * * * * * and ^ in t * *« * •* * 9 Retr. j in £:. ! ro * * * full ^ in yp -M * * * * , $ Retr. in trp * * * * * h Retr. in n * * * * * * * Ij dir. in * * * * * * X Retr. in y * * * * * * * % and $ in n? * * * * * > deer. in SI * *" * * 5 dir. in $ c * * < * * * * * 2 dir. in * * * * * T? Retr. in fR * * * * * * * 0 Retr. in« * * * * * * Firlff ( 12i ) The Element of Fire is the Principle of all the other ; for it's the reception of all Ce- leftialRays and Influences; in it are contained Seminal Virtues of all things. Secondly^ The Element of Water is wonder- fulj and to be admired; for there is- fo great aneceflity of Water, that there is no living Creature can live without it; the moiftnings of Water can bring forth in it the Seminary Virtues of all Vegetables, &c. ^ Thirdlyy The Element of Air, is a Vital Spi- rit paffing through all things, and gives Life to all Living or Breathing whatever, and unites its felf into all mixed Bodies. Foftrthly and Lafily, Thefe four Elements are the ground of all compounded things,-uii. Fire, Air, Water and Earth; of which all Elemcnta- ry inferiour Bodies are comprehended, not by way of heaping up together, but by Tranfmu- ration and Motion; and when they are de- ftroy'd, they arc dilTolv'd into Elements again: for there is none of the fenfitivc Elements that are pure, but they are more or kfs mixed, and apt to be changed one into the other. C H A-P. il22) « . CHAP. VI. The *variou-s Significations^ Names and Qualities^ of the Sixteen Lotts^ or Figures^ as they relate to thefc Quarters of the Tear. our H E Spring Qijartcr hath thefe four , X Letts in order, four in every Quar- ter, as followeth: ^ Spr. Quar- ] Summer ter, is fan- guin, hot, dry, and snoifl;. BOr, '5 dir. Si. LOST, 5 retr. ti. WWTE, S dir. 2>r. Tail. Tj (5 ^. Quarter, hot and cholerickj but plea- fant. People, > full,in VP Fort.fmall, © retr.«. Toj^ether, 5 in nf. j Drag-head, | In « . 1 Autumn Quarter , is cold, moift, and phlegma- tick. GAOL, 2 dir. ss. RED, 1^. in n. Obeyim, % in r. Fort.fmall, 0 retr.b. Winter Quart, is cold, and moift. Prtfon, LAD,^ Tj in ni. jor, WAT, jd.Sl. V- In ( 123 ) In Divifions of Elements, as, F»V^,Fiery,hot and dry, ® dir. . 5? dir. £s. % dir. r. h 6 i Secondly^ Cold and Earthy, $ retr. sa, 5 retr. n?. dir. K. t;. g Thirdly., Airy, hot and moift, 2 dir. $. 2 dir. t3. T, retr. nf. ©retr. Ftf«rfW^,Watry, cold, > full yf. ^ retr.y. 1> dec. ^l. T? retr. n. Firfl, Over the Fire, trip, © rules by Day, % by Night. Secondly, Over the E^th, trip. 2 rules by Day, > by Night. Thirdly, Over the Air, trip. T? rules by Day, 2 by Night. Fourthly^ Over the Watry, trip. ) rules by Day and Night. Now Eight of thefe are Mafcidifie, and the other Feminine ■ The Mafculine are thefe in La- tin ^ ^Ihw, Fortnna Major, Puella, Ac^uifitio, Trifiitia,PopHlHi, Caput Bracenis. The Female, are Amijfto, F'ia, Conjnnitio, Ru- bens. Career, Latitia, Fortma Minor, and Canda Draconis. The Eft^liJJ} Names are as follows : I. white, !• Great Fortune. 3. Girl. 4. Obey- inZ- 'y.Sadncfs. 6. People, "j. Height. Z.Lojb. 9 iVay. lo Together. il.Red. xx.Prifon. 13. joy. Iy. Little Fortune. Below. i6. Youth, or a Beardlefs Boy. Example. ( 124 ) Example: If you find a Mafculine Lott a Mafculine Houfe, governed by a Mafculine Pla- ilet, it fhews the Perfon to be manly ^ if Fe- male, more womanly, Thefe Lotts are Qundru^eiun. j wa. Youth, Joy. great f'-rtune. Obeying, Prifon, all four- fooLcd Creamres. Fnitful People, Red, Low, Joy, Way. Barren, ire, Great Fortune,Together,Sad. Courteous, arc. White, Together, Sad, Girl, Slow-voic'd People , Way, Red, Low, Joy. The ufe by way of Example: Suppofe you have thofe Figures and Planets incorporated in- to the Afcendant, as P«er, Amiffio, Fortma Major^ Fortana Minor^ Cafat Draco- niSy Career^ Cauda Draconis : Tne condition of the Party is fomer ' ing of the nature of the Crea- fure which the Pi <5 > 6 n joo 0 0 00 0 3 gD. Q, h 5 X $ 0 0 0 0 1 OOOO booo' a. i . > D.N. % 6 Hit 0 00 0 0 0 000 0 7 5 D. T? h ? S © K m 00 01 0 0 00 0 000 0 8 > V •w oool 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 11 T,D. T? 5 © 000 J 0 000 0 8 p 0 12 %N. 2 9 9 . \ ( ) This Table differs but little from that of A- ftrology, only for your fatisfaftion, to fee how the Letts or Figures are united in Nature with the Signs and Planets. Planets. Secondlyt Figures. Thirdly^ Houfes. Fottrthly^ Exaltation. Tifthy, Tri- plicity. Sixthly, Detriment, Lofs and Fall. Firfi, You have that Figure or Lott called Fuer it tells you, that he is of the nature of the Sign T, and his Planet j and of his Houfe. Secondly, You have the Planets Houfe by Day and Night; if you find it fo in a Queftion, it's as a Man in his own Gaftle, ftrong and powerful. Thirdly, If in his Exaltation, as a Man proud, and without fear or care. Fourthly, In Tripliclty, as aMan in Buflnefs or Trading. Fifthly, If in his Detriment, as a Man going the way of Ruine. Sixthly, • If in his )Fall, as a Man ruined, or in Prifon. J- C H AP. C *27 ) ukffl I Hiriiji ®«(»i iHoi CHAP. VII. T/je Signification of the Words^ Di- region and Retrogradation , with thediflinSiionofthe HoufeSj which are Goody and which Bad, NOw DireAion and Retrogradation are two. Firfij Dir. fignifies, aMantogofwiftin his Bufinefs or Trade*, then Rett, fignifies, one to decay, ortoconfumehis Money. This following Table of Lotts, gives you to underftand, what Figure or Lott is Direft, and which Retrograde, and fignified by three Letters j as I have fhewn in my firft Deraonftra- tionof the Figures, or Lotts. [A Table A Table of Direftion and Retrogradatiort in L O T T S. Dir. h Ret- £)ir. % Ret. Dir. S Ret. o o o O O 0 p o o o 0 o o o , o o o 0 o o _ o o 0 o Ob o o 0 0 o o » O CO o o > O 0 Dir.© Retr. Dir.? Retr. Dir. 5 Retr. O 0 o O 0 o o 0 0 0 o o GO DO o o b o o o o o o 0 0 o 0 .O 1 o o o o o 0 0 kl God 1)1' ■fee t t Dir. > Retr. o o o o o o o o o o o o ll- k ■j % o a o b o Q. o o o o o ' it J ' » ■ We '1115 c IZ9 ) iak f. ir,U; 0 0 (f )0 t| )o i [ 3ir,ik> 0 0 li' 0 0 i 0 1 00 i , We fiave already told that this Work is divided in i z parts or Houfes: Now obferve^ fomearegood^ and ferae again are ill. F/Vi?, Good, J, lo, II,—Houfes. Secondly^ Mean, 2, 3, 4, and 9,-Houfes. Thirdly^ The Evil, 6,7, 8, and 12, —Houfes. Obferye thefe Rules, and yon will hav$ Knowledge. The Houfes^ wherein the Lotts or Figures are Good-, or Bad. ^ ^c^«»yjlt/o,'Good For- tune. Profit; and in all other things, it's good in the izth .and 3d Houfes., Faella, Good in all Demands, wonderful for Women 3 very good in the 9th and 5^ Houfes. Latkia.^ Good For- tune,Joy, prefent or to come 3 it's found good in all the Houfes, but wonderful in the 5th Houre,and indifferent in the other.- Ca^Ht Braconis, ?s good with good, and ill with ill, good in the 2d and 7th Houfes, and befpeaks a good llTuc, when there is hopes of Gain. K ( ) Jimijfto, good For- tune, lofs of Subftance; good in the 8th Houfe, and very ill in the id Houfe. Fort um Major J good. Fortune for Gain, for iurf" things where Prifons or Diftradions are; liii good in the i ft,9th and 1 ith Houfes. Triflitia^ is very ill Alhus^ Good For- in all the Houfes, ex- tune. Money,or Enter- s KI,VI cejit in the 8th and 3 2th Houfes; there ■good. tainment in fome cer- •iiagiiif tain place; therefore ttifeiii: good in the firft and 'ilraete 4th Houfes. Tner-t very ill in all Qjieftions and De- tnands, except in the 2d and 6th Houfe ^ where he is mean. CarceryiW in the 6th, 8th,7thand i2thHou- fes; fignifies always,to j be ftayM , kept,cri hindred. Canda DracoKts , is Pfp«/#«,is good with; very good with ill, and good, and iU with ill very ill with good; good in the 10th, and' fliews well for loft ill in the 8ch Houfe. ■' ihittgs, and paffingout of trouble; good in the -i.th,6th,9cb,and i2tli Houfes, ( I 1 FoYtnnn FortimaMi'ftor^^oo^ Conjm£iie»^ gO.od in any Bnfinefs,or iwifc with good,and ill with Matters; very good in iil ■, fignifies, rcftoring the id, and very ill in of loft Things, and theSthHoufe. much Gain. Ruheitij very ill in all Via-, Spoiling of all good things, and in all other good things, ex- ill things ;ifin the firfl; cept p Queftions of Houfe, fignifies Death, Journies,comingoutof- or fome Plague. Prifons, or moving j good in the 3d, yth, andiith Houfes, and brings good News. K a m C 132 ) The JlffeBs of the Houfes, and the Figures^ ytu may fee by the Table on fhe other fide. The life of this Figure_, is of great confe- quencc, the outwaidaioft, are 12 Lotcs or Fi- gures; the fccond, is their Nature, as to Maf- culine2Xt^Feminine\ the third, is the 12 Signs of the Zodiack-, with their Elements, being unl- ted with the 12 Houfes, &c. Then lafl;Iy,inthe middle, you have the Lines and Afpedls from one Houfe to another, both dexter finijler; the firfl: Houfe begins with the Sign y, and fo in order; which will give you a clear light of the ufefulnefs of your Lotts, either for good or ill : A Figure in the firft Houfe, beholds another in the eleventh Houfe with a Se.xtile dexter Afpe(fr,and fo of the reft. ^The Houfes are fix'd, movable, and common. Ftrjl^ Fix'd, 2, 5,8 and 11— Houfes. Common, 3,6,9 and 12—Houfes. Thirdly., Moveable, 1,4, 7and 10—Houfes. Zlbas and Latitiay^rt double-Bodied. Ob- (^33) Obferve, what by a Figure or Lett is here meant. • • ^cquifitio is raifed , ' by Pricks, as, . . And taken for the Nature, Virtue and Power of X dir. in r, which makes a complete Figure, as X dir. r, joined and united together, as one B6dy, and fo of the reft ■, Planets are join- ed to the Figures, fome Retrograde forae Diredt, which differs much from the Rules of Aftrolo- gy : for^ey place $ in r> and 2 in but ours *e feleCt Bodies. On the other fide■, I will give yon a Table of the Hours of the Lotts, and the Flan^ts. The Vfe of the Hours of the^ Lotts. When you raife a Figure of Lotts, obferve what Day and Hour it is. Example. In the Table of Hours, you will find the feven Days and Nights: fo if you find theLottin the Afcendant Lord or Lady ofciie Hour, fo much the ftronger. Suppofe I Raife a Figure of Lotts on a Men- day, the firft Hour in the Forenoon, I find > deer, in SI. I look at the top of the Table, and find Fig. i. I guide my Eye oowrn to Mon- day, and find F/Vz; fohe is Lord of my Afcen- daijt and Hour 5 fo dblerve in all the reil, &c. K 3 ui Table BydA), Sunday By Night. 1 JSyDay, Mm- day^ By Night, I. 2)dir. nttz. 2 ? retr. n;^s. 3 J dir : n eg it I^retr. in ty. ^ dir. in :i'.. ©dir in sis . i ") dec. in il- j Tj dir.; in X. J^retr j in t5 5 dir. ity^. 2 dir. in eg. 0 in b. >dec in Si ByDay, Juef- day. By' Night. 2 dir in 2J. 2 dir ill Tj rctr. in in. Tj rctr. in b. T? retr in It ^ v< ^ 2 dir. 1 /full, in3. jinVS- 1 T-i retr in IIL 2 dir in S 0:c'r. int. 2 retr. in ByViay, Thurf- day,By Night. XTctr. in b'. 2.dir. in ir. ©retr in b > dir. in el- jj dir. in X. f % rctr in b ByDay, Friday By Niaht. o dir. in 2Vetr. in tr. >decr in Si Tjretr, in jr. © dir. ill AVV, 9 die in ByJyay, Satur- day. By Night. T^rctr. in n;.. 2 dir» is S. X dir. in Y* > dec. in h tctsi in u T? retr in tn _ iJin m r«. lilY i t ' 7 ' Tjrct in IE 3 ©retf in b 9 2 dir in lO 9 retr in n? IT > dec in 12 Tj retr in tn, t )ii! ! I'll)) ^ dir in X dir inT Tj retr in IE ©retr in b 9 dir in ^8 9 retr in TlJi MSK : iii . $dir, in $ J full in yp T? retr in »T^ % dir in T Fj retr in n ' Tj dir in X 0 retr in ra 5 c:: , ©dir ' in cj 9 ret in £8 9 retr in n? ) full in yp t 9 in n? ( " " •' ifa-- 5 dir in is 0 dir in aw 9 retr in 9 retr in vji > fuH in yp. >de. ':j in a Tjdir in K % dir in T T? d in ^ 0 retr in b" 9 retr in id .'. 5dir .." in 82t 5 ret inn? j 5 dec : in 51 j T? dir in X V dir in T Tjret- in K Vja iiin " -firet in H ©dir m 9 dir in in 9 retr inn^ ) dec in 5T. T7 dir in X By jl£l J5 KffS 80 )ik: 10 1 V T?ret .1 >n ni "Vdir in T T? retr in H © dir in X! 9 dir in Id 9 retr " 2 dir inS li 1 3) full in yp Tj rett in n; , % dir inT f) retr in n © dir in AW 7, ©ret inb' IS' , 9 retr ini^ 9 dir 1 ) full in S 1 in "vy ' Ij retr in % dir. in T ' • -in b I- . 5 dir in K 0 dir in SSI 9 retr in fC4 9 dir in S > full in vy I i'l! ^ " J de. I" in Tj dir inx Tiretr in b '9 dir lU V 1 ^ 6 in ^ 9 retr in -di -1 xtt: - 2 dir t. in 838 9 retr in '!l' > full , in VS Tj dir inX % retr in b 5 dir in id lillii Now in ere^Vingyour Letts, in the main there | are but 12 Figurcs> the' 15 makes up a Figure ; ^ for Three are taken from them, two Wit- neflesand one Judge. aotyo The fignification of the two Witnefles are ; ftiliiij thus : ' ' The Witncfs placed at the right hand, is put, for the Querent, and rules all the right fide, as, " 3,4,9and 10; it gives you light what the , Queftion is, before propounded. The left Wii-'^els^ contains all what theFi- 1 gures figvifies ir rbar, fide, as 5,6,7, 8,11 & 12. . ■ The right WMtnefs tells you of Joy, Pleafure.' ]],j and Kappinefs, of him that asks the Qiieftiot ^ of things paft. ; wri ' TheleftWitnefs tells you of illluck to come, j or things enquired after, if ill Figures; if good judge otherwlfe ; right for the Querent, and left for the things defired, and belongs to no Houfe; only taken from others, to give a judg- -^nenc on things demanded. r$ The Judge is the 15th Figure produced from r the two Witnefles, to judge of the end of things demanded, and to know, if it's good or bad. Some fajg that the Judge ought to be even j if ijUjjj not, give not judgment on it. i L' , it the Judge be good, the Qiiefticn will come jjiy ,toa;';f>6dcud ; ifil!, the contrary. Ifthe Judge ^ ggrcvir 'vlih the right nand Figures, good to the Qa;.rent, and things demanded •, if it's the fame v.'Ith thole of the left hand, it fignifics ill to the Querent of the hiatter^defired. ' - Thus ( 137 ) Thus far we havefhewn you the Method of the 16 Figures, whereby you may know and find the Power and Strength, Weaknefs and Feeble- nefs of your Enemies, by this Divine Way of Working. , - CHAP. VIII. * The Tlementary Powers ahodecr.fl. A tall perfbn, long neck'd, great face and head, long white teeth, fiender body > tan'd leather complexion, thin beard, mild, mo- vable, loves Journies; the Woman is chafte ofbody. Comely body, indif- ferent tall, a round comely face,eyes fcme« thing large, fanguine complexion , black eyes,large belly,honeft and modeft, flippant body; the Woman the fame, delighting in fe- cret Arts, c^c. Trijlitia^ Sadnefs. T? retr. tn i ltd Tall, and a tauny -mdji long vilTage, a cloudy 'sfc complexion, bad teeth, often a ftinking breath, carelefs,fears not God, !{][([ nor the Devil, loves to flatter with ferioiiP : -i.; nefs; the Woman vei i -n 'i ry whonfli. ( 141 ) 5 retr. n? ;vifage, atan'd complexion , ofe^broad teeth, '.rd, flender bo- .eggs, a crafty apt to flatter, fpeech, merry lany; the Wo- 2 fame in all. Alhus.^ White. 5 dir. ® m. fj dir. . and Ihortface, ing full, pale Jon,lhort teeth ooked, Ihort a fubtil perfon, / keep matters V, the Woman . icfl, and com pie- ^oed as the Man. Above a middle fta- ture, a white comple- xion, great head, pure eyes, tight body, good underftanding, a lover of laws and honelb dealing, fwift in mo- tion, quick of learning, loves to be merry ^ the Woman alfo. Rube MS ^ Red. h retr. u . ri .. A mean fl:ature>higii coloured, fat, fljarp lock, big voice, red hair, broad face, hafly by nature, yet coward, and a fccff^r , daoge- rous. lying tongue, bloor.y m nded ; ths Womuu tne fame. Coftti ( J42 ) Caput Dftte.] Height ; >% 5 inn? Of a middle pofture, full fac'd, lotig or great nofe, a wide mouth, ill teethjmuch hair on the head, upright body» a little grofs, good com- plexion and behaviour^ the Woman in like manner. Caud,Brac.\ Low. ! T? d in ^ 1 Middle ftature, full face, little head, tau- ney, high coloured, a little down-look'd, proud, a vagabond, gi- yen to all kind of wickednefs, as whore- log, robbing and fteal- ing; and fo the Wo- mb mimi (tk; Littn man. That you are to vary your Judgment according to the Houfes, Afpeds and Company, both for ftature of Body, and Nature : or if a: good Figure be in a good Houfejit augments the 'Ulppi' goodnefs; but if an ill Figure be in an ill Houfe, % it multiplies the evil which makes a cur fed Per- fon for all ill: If you find a good Figure in a bad 'J'^^( Houfe, you may fuppofe, it will be good for the ''^Swe prefent, and willlaft but afmall time; and foj'^iiiK judge according to Reafon. The good Houfes, i, y, lo, n. The mean,. Wife a, 3,4,9. The ill, 6,7, 8 and 1 Alfo confi-1 Wisit der the Strength andWeaknefsof the 16 Lotts,rWiiiL by theforefaid Rules, and the Table of Hours .W.* for in It, there's the Power and Strength the Figures. I CHAP; ( 143 ) CHAP. IX. A Table of the Signification of the Six- teen Lotts^ ^f one Houfe into another j with another TabUy of the good and ill Company of the Lotts among themfehves. % A Brief Defcriftion of the Sixtcn Lotts in the Twelve Hoitfes. Acqniftio. IT TAppySuccefs- zJTjI Very Splendid. 3 Riches and Honour. 4 A ftrange Chance. 5" Good Succefs. - 6 Good indeed. 7 Moderate good. 8 Good j the Sick dies. 7 Good in all. 10 Good in Law-Suits. 11 Good in all. 12 Pain and Lofs. Amijfio. 1 111 in alljbut Prifonerj 2 Good for Love only 111 end/avt Fighting 111 in all. Ill but in Corn ' 111 but in VViioring 7 III in Rifing 8 Total ill 9 111 in all 10 III, but in favour of Ladies 11 111, love excepted 11 111 in all fortune ( -M4 ) Fortitna Major. I Good/ave in fecrecy 1. Good, buc in black 3 Good in all things ^ Good in all, but Me- lancholy y Good in all 6 Good, fave confine- ment 7 Good in all 8 Good 9 Good 10 Good *, bnt go not to Princes II Good IX Good in alb For tuna Minor. Latitia. M 1 Good, but in War 2 Sidkly 3 111 4 Meanly good 5 Very good J' 6 Good, but for Bawds h\ 7 Indifferent " 8 Good 9 Very good 10 Good in War 11 Good in all 1 i Very go'od in all 0 .■fc'iiKffei ' . SG(|)(I,211( 1 Trifiiiia. f h. Speed ihViftory and Love Good_, but in Chole'r Hafte, ill for Peace Good for all Mean in all ,7 III in all, except in ' War and Whoring. 8 Indifferent good 9 Good 10 Good, fave Love 11 Mighty good ^ 12 Good, fave in Alte- 'rations 111, but for hidden T reafures,Fortificat. Ill,but to Fortify 111 in all lllin all ^ Very ill ' via 6 111, fave for Bawd^*"''-' 7 111, but in Secrecy f 8 Evil. _ 9 111, fave in Magick f liiaLoff I o 111, fave for Fortifi-, fe,jo(|,; cation " II 111 iuall II Very ill. Fud' . ( H5 : . Pkella, «• Rnbepis. linW'i! I Good, but in War 2 Very good J Good ;ood . 4 But indifferent 4 • 5 Regarding Afpedls iitfoik 6 Good, but for Let- EUt chery 7 Good, faVeforWar pod 8 Good I ijfe 9 Good for Mufick linal 10 Good, and Peace goolDi ^' Good, and Love to Ladies 12 Good in all 0 Puer. rrilii 1 Indifferent in War jjj fjjr i Good,but with trou- jre5,fd ■ Jl!® . fjifS Good luck J 4 III, fave inWar 'ii % Meanly good !, 6 Mean 111, fave for War i;,."8'lil, fave for Love ? Ill, fave for War , ^j,;io 111 in Love I Mean, good Favour 12 Very good in all all . I Cancel the Figure z All evil 3 111, but to let blood 4 111,but for Fire-works 5 ill, fave to few 6 111, fave to Blood 7 111, but Fire and War 8 111 5> Very ill loGood inFire-ivorkSj War 11 111, but Bleeding 12 111 in Abundance Alb Its. 1 Good for Marriages 2 Good in all 3 Very good 4 Good,but in War 5 Good 6 Good in all 7 Good, fave in War 8 Good 9 Good News or Let- ters 10 Very good 11 Wonderful good 12 Good in all L Co»- Conjunciio. C 146 ) Drag' Tail. I Good with good>and ill with ill Z Generally good 3 Good Hap 4 Good,fave forHealth y Meanly 6 Good for Whores 7 Mean 8 Hi 9 Meanly good ' 10 Good for Love, il!> if Sick 11 Good for all 12 Meanly ^ood 1 Break the Figure 2 Very ill 3 III in all 4 III> fave in Fire- works 5 Very ill <5 III, fave for Whores 7 IJL' beware of Fire 8 111 in ail 9 1^1 in all 111, fave for Fire 11 111 12 Very ill Fortuna Major. ^ ' " Career. 1 Good in all 2 Good 3 Very Good 1 III, but to Fortifie 2 Good, in black it's ill 3 III 4 Good, lave in War 4Gocd forMelanchol 5" Very good 6 Good for Whores only 7 III, fave for Peace 8 Good 9 Very good 10 Good fox all 11 Good for theChiirc. 12 Very good Receive a Letter m three days 6 III 7 111 8 Very ill 9 HI in all loGood for hid.things II Much Travel ' 12 Mean , Via. ( ^47 ) Fia. ^ i III, but to Prifpns ■2. Indifferent 3 Very good in all 4- Good in all^ Love .5 Good Voyages 6 111 ,but for journies I J' . '9pindifreren£ 10 Good 11 Very good iz Excellent good Popultts. fave I Good for Marriage i Meanly good 3 More good than bad 4 Good in all, but Love y Good in moil 6 Good 7 In War good 8 lodilfcrenn 9 Look for Letters 10 Meanly good II Good in all 12 Very ill. A Signification of the Sixteen Lotts, anovlngfco/rt the firji Hoafe to the ether Eleven. Actjuifitio in the Firft, and goes into the Se- cond ; gains Money and new Cloaths- In the Fifth, Joy of Children, and good ones-, and a pleafane Life. In the Third Houfe, In the Sixth,Gain by Honour, Joy and Pro- good Servants, and alfo fit by Relations. by fmall Cattel. lathe Pourth, good by the Father, and a good end of his .a In,the Seventh,a good end with thy Enemi;??, a gqod Wife,and good in all Demands^ L z Ifi In the Eighth, Dearth In the Fourth, Diite- for the thing demand- rences between the Fa- ed, and great Profit in ther and Children, lofs Succeflion. of Inheritance. In the Ninth,good in In the Fifth, Merri- Sea Voyages, and ina'll mcnts, dangerous and Church-concerns. ill with Big-bellyM Women. Jn the Tenth. Love In the Sixth, Diffe- and Rcfped from reuces with Servants, Kings and Princes_, and and lofs of fmafl Cat- Profit from the Mother, tel. In thcEleventh,Good Friends, and a good End of the Demand. In the Twelfth, Im- prifonment,and a great many Enemies. Amijfio in the firft, and found in the fe- cond i lofs of Money and Goods. In the third Houfe, Concroverfies with Kindred , and ill in Journies. In the Seventh, not good to Marry , lofs of thy Miftrefs. In the Eighth, lofs of Goods, of thy Wife, and Enemies. In the Ninth, robb'd by the way, ill for Church-Matters. In the Tenth, Anger with Kings, Lords and Pdnces. la. ( 149 ) In the Eleventh^ thy In the Twelfth, no- Friends are falfe^, and thing but Imprifon- envious to thee. ment, and lofs cfCat^,^ tel, and difturb'd with ' Enemies. !,to- , ■ toffi'i, Thefc two Letts, yJcqaifitio and may ij-tt';. ferve you as an Example feral! theri.lt, if you ; obferve their Natures; one is good,and the other bad; as you fee is throughout all the te' Houfes, good in all things, according to the na- fiffillOi' ture of the Houfc, or Matters they lign'ifie; fo likewife yimijfio, is ill in all thiiigs or de- mands, which may be drawn from the 12 Hou- ■fctl,:: fes_, as you have been formerly taught; andai- i fo, what Lotts are good or ill, and the good and ill Houfes. So vary your Judgment accordingly. , Again, If the fecond Houfe or Lott, go. into ilitlijlfi!, thethird,thyBrethren will rule over thy Goods; , (jijfl'j the fourth, thy Father ; fifth, thy Children, or the Meh9ufe ; and fo of the reft, according to the Rules of all the other. If the Qiieftionbe, Shall I fee or fpeak with jjjjj' my Brother? If thy Lott is found in the third ' Houfe, it's a true teftimony that thou Ihalt fpeak with thy Brother ; and fo on. L 3 Concerning ( lyo ) ' Concerning good Com'^Any, Good Companv isto be mucb defired, and ill Company is to be abhorred ; it's good Compa- ny that brings many to Happinefs, and iil,which brings many to the Gallows, Norv we have a method in thefe our Lotts, to know ourCcmpanyj or our Aflbciates and Com- panions. Obferve this Rule; the Afcen- tlantand the fecond Houfe, are Companions; andfo obferve in order, the fecond and third Houfe, the third and fourth Houfe, the fourth and fifth, the fifth and fixth, the lixth and fc- venth, the feventh and eighth, the eighth and ninth, the ninth and tenth, the tenth and ele- venth ; and laftly , the eleventh and twelfth Houfes. Thus they are united together in Com- | pany. | You are now to confidef the Natures and Qua- 1 lities of thofe Lotts by the forefaid Tables ^ and ifyoufinda Lott in the fecond HoufeJpf an ill | principle, you may be then fearful m being drawn away,or trapan'd,and perfwaded do an ill i thing ; if the Lotts are both good, fear not, for. j good may be thy Fortune. Then again, if thou | find'fta watery Lott in the firfl: Houfe, a fiery j Lett in the fecond Houll^ then you may fay, the . Company is not good; and by this Method, you may judge right of your Society in general; fo, ' ifthey are of one Nature, and ofone Trip'.icity, you may believe,you are upon a fufe ground,err. CHAP. I V 1 (■?>) ♦ CHAP. X. A Table of the Signif cations^ Fewer Q;a^r a?td Strength of the Sixteen Figures M^sr. in the Twelfe Houjes. ifetlc: ^ I keisr Firft Houfc. taitbC' isjdir. if'V: Acquiptio. , This Figure llgnifies Goodnefs and Profpe- rity in Life, and an Ac- coinplifhment of the Perfon's defire; alfo, good fuccefs in Voya- ges) and whatfoever _ one takes in hand. If cgsi?) 'J' this Queftion be made Hoolf)'• for Love, and in way of Marriage, ids good ; iJlftM; and for any thing a Lover demands in chat leLi?' behalf. Amijfio, This hath in ITgnifi. cation, when you find it in the firfl: Houfe, of Jofs of Inheritances and Efiates; an evil Life, a bad Beginning, and ill End of any thing un- dertakcn, ill for Sick- nefs, Voyages; and is evil in all Demands,ex- cept for Pri Toners, in whichic fignifies Deli- verance. a Tortma C iSi ) Firft Houfc. For tuna Major. I \ ¥ Latitta. When this Figure doth reprcfent,it figni- fies Good-wi!l_, Loyni- ty, Profperity in every thing, Joy, nnd much Riches in relation to Women; it renifies Joy, Friendfhip among Kings End Princes; tins is indeed good in all things, except to keep n thihg fecret, in which it betokens fmall Secu- rity. The fignihcntion of this Figure, is Peace and Quiet of Life , a true concordance and friendly Meeting of Perfons, honeft, and of a good convcrfation; in cafe of Love,it forae- times denotes Dilfimu- t lation, the perfon pro- I raifing more than he ! will perform. Bis A hu . ,Yot -it: of i.s nR'ar, Fort una Minor. In obtaining this Pi- gure,ic denotes Anger, Haftinels, and Expedi- tion in ail things, and isgqod for the Aftijirs of War ; and.fgnines Courage and Boidneis of Spirit, and Vidory over Fmcmies; good in Voyages, butinc.her things pot fo good. • # ♦ ' Triiiitia. When in the firft' Houfc, it hath in figni- fication, an ill begin- ning of any Enter- prize-, this Figure in- 1 deed, is in all things ill, except it be in fcsrch- ITiis aiE; ing of Treafni c in the kib« Ear: h ; and is alfo good in Matters relating to Buiidirg. Puellti, ( >55 ) Firft Houfc. Fuella. p Scat This fignifies, Joy, I Kfe Mirih^ Dancing, curl- iSLii. ~ oufly and neatly :(kts. Cloathed; as alfo, of teiE an Amorous Difpofiti- irfiC on, Young, and a Lo- lOiafc ver of Gardens: this mfr is good in cafes of love, itesKi and in every thing elfe, sperion but in Matters relating jtetla to War. ;!!i. ■ Tmr. t » ;piu. This alfo betokens ' Joy, making of Feafts in t:e: and Banquets with La- utliits dies: it alfo fignifies, jiife Thefts, Robberies,De- jnyt ceit and Gain in Play, fwiftnefs in Voyages, and in Marriages it is good enough; yet it j-jier: iignihes Deceits and Frauds; icdilFerent in all tilings, bur-better in War,(haninany diing p(if elfc-. Ritbem. This Figure arnongft the Ancients, fignilies Crafts, Frauds, Subtil- tics, Treafon, War, Debate, Diffvrcnces, Battel, Shedding of Blood and in fliort.it hath the fignification of all manner of Wick- ednels in the World. jilbui. This fignifies Profit by Journies, and the perfon is pleafant, cheerful and happy in all things: if the De- mand be a Suit of Law, that the Man flial! u'in: if for a Meflage, he fliall have good News; and in Mercurial Ca- fes^ 'tis very good. V. Cotijunclio^ ( ) Firft Houfat Conjunciio. When this Figure is placed in this Houfe, it is very good in all kind of Mercurial Things : icisulfo good in every other thing, fo that it be accompanied with good Figures •, and ill, if found with ill Fi- gures; it always figni- iSes Concord and Alii- ance. CapHt Dracottis. Thisfignifies Good- jiefs in all things, ex- ceptforWar, fignify- ing Battel; but for Peace, it is pcrfedtly good : alfo good for Marriage, and in Mat- ;ters of Gain; in fhort, 'lis good for all things you can demand, figni- fies Health of Body, Mirth, and the love of Kings,and Profpe- rity, obtaining what can be deCred. Cauda Draconis, This in the firft ' Houfe, is in its nature, ft i like to the Fig. Rubeus^ 11^ fpoken of before ^ ne- verthelefs, this hath an „^|[k evil fignification, beto-|Fatofi kening Lofs and Da- mage for all things that may be asked after^and , good in nothing but Ruine and Deftruftion of Countries. I Career. This Figure hath the fignification of ill Opi- nions and Melancholy Thoughts,Sorrow, An- ger,and pain inT ravel; 'tis ill in all things, un- - lefs in making Fortifi- j cations and Forts; 'tis j good for Journies and f Voyages j 'tis ill, figni- j fying ftaying, and that I the Perfon or his Horfe fhall.receive Harm. ( »ss ) Firft Houfe. rta. istat This in the lirft f^^Houfe, fignjfies a De- '*1 laying in the Way, ex- '^I'^cepc it be to be reka- ®V<^fed out of Prifon; for ^^'•l^which 'tis good. 'ijfc ■■ oiiiitj. Mri; s, ■ff, ■ ireliri; ofit' .fe- Popilm. This in the firft Houfe, is good in al| things, as well in War as in Peace; fignifying a multitude of People congregated together *, in cafe of Marriage/tis perfedly good; and al- fo for taking a Journey in hand, fignifying fwiftnefs rnore,by Wa- ter than by Land. criir jckiS ill I" 'd» '# The C 15-5 ) The Power and Strength of the I Sixteen Figures in the Second Houfc. ^cqu'tfnio. Tdis Figure in the fwcond Houre,you (hall judge the Demands and C^ueftions before fpo- ken,cobe good; when the dueltion is for Gain and Profic, you ihall judge it to be good and great, and that the Perfbnflia'l be lucky in Cattel, profpcrous in Merchandize, and fuc- cefsfulin ail things he takes in hand : this Pi- gure in this Houfe, is better than all the o- ihers, except Fortuna Major • which in this behalf fignines more than the o.h;r. Profit andHonor with Kings, Princes, jimijfio. u *■.*1 This alfo betokens Lofs,and fmall Profit in all things you can de- "F mand, except the ob- taining the Friendlhip of a Lady j it fignifies,; the MefTenger fhall be*— robb'd by Thieves and Padders: fo in- deed, this Figure is ill, • be it for War, or Peace. FortmA ^if C ^57 ) Second Houfe. k Fort ma Minor, This Figure in this Houfe/ignifies Honour paft, great Riches and much Subftance: flie is good for Merchandi- m':. ting, Honours, Goods end Subftance, it fig- si&yifies a readinefs and fc--:i"'cknefs: but ihe is p-ttot fo good and loyalj jp as that which went laft i,jf[:i;befbre. fii:r bj h [jjj, ■ Fertuna Major. Thisfignifies,Good- '"lefsjProrperity,Riches, ;reat Prefents of Gold; :nd is good in anyQue- tion demanded,except n Melancholy things; lall other things, Ihe gnifiesJoy,in demands f Treafon and Robe- Yjlhe is good: becaufe fignifies Loyalty, in 'hat Houfe foever (he Latitia. This figniiles Con- queft , obtaining of Goods,Riches,without any breach of Confci- ence ^ fignifying good Company^ Mirth, Re- ' creation , promifing much, and performing little; alfo it fignifies quicknefs in Journies-, in Robberies, taken a- way in j-ft, and not in earneft. Trifiitia. In this Houfe, it fig- j nlfies lofs and hin- 1 drance, where Gain is j hoped •, never to attain Riches,but by great la- bour, anger, envy • at- j tended with mis- forfortune , to be robb'd,overcome, and fpoil'd by Thieves ^ m all things ill, but Fortificat. and Builfll^ in?s. FucUa. ( 158 ) Second Houfe. TutUa. This found in. the fecond Houfe, denotes Gain, Profpcrity j and in cafes oi Women, Loyalty andVirginiiy; good Company by the way, gain in things of Mirth 'tis good ia all. things, efptcially in matters of Silver and' white things : 'tis good for the Way, but th. :e will be feme hinJrar.ce. She denotes no War, but Concord. Puer. This fignifies ProSc, by rrafon of Women: Hkewife, that the Gain ihall be good in War i Honour and Profit (hall be gotten: the Cocnpa- ny in the way, (hall be Warlike and Hardy: in things of Honor, 'tis very good : things ftol- len, ftiali be had again, but not wichoHt An- gcr. RuheM. This is an evil Flgore .Ph and always lignife'^, fraallProfit-, and f fies, that the Perfoi (hall be robb'd fpoil'd,be it in Waj™" or otherwife'; it figd?'.' fies Contention the thing ftoien: touching Company the Way, it fhewsthe;"®',' be Ruffians and rprc_ m Alhm. r This fignifies gr« Gain and Profit, wit.'.''^ Honour and Diligencr^p efpedially in things: 'tis good in things; for it fignifi^,^''® a good Spirit and derftanding goodCoa- ■'kl pany, and iMen of nour i good alfo Voyages,yet foirie li derance: 'tis good ins Demands C* t( 159 ) Second Houfc. Coftjunitio. This fignifies Gain in induftrious Matters , and fignifies, that the thing loft ftiall be re- covered again, but not without pain and tra- vail, and long time^ fometimes it fignifies Baftards, and obtain- ing of Books and Sci- ences it fignifies quick return in MefTages, and getting Goods of dead Folks. Caput Draconls. This in the fecond Houfe, fignifies great Subftance, great Good- | nefs, good and honeft Converfation ; the thing loft fiiali befound^ good luck in Merchan- dize with great Gain ^ and that the Profit the Perfon hath, ftiail be, withgreatT ranquility. Canda 'Draconis. This fignifies alfo,.' great Poverty, and that the Perfon wall be wa- fted and ruined, and to fpend what he hath without Profit ;v things' loft lhall never bereco- vered; bad Ccmpany, by reafon of Robberies • and Extortions; and they be Workers in Iron, as Lockfmiths. Career. When this is found in the fecond Hcufe,. it denotes Gain by things hid in the Earth with Covetoufnefs jthe Per- fon lhall happen with bad Company j alfo llownefs in Voyages ^ but in Building Houfcs and Fortrelfes Ihc is good^'cis good in black things. PopHltts. C 160 ) Second Houfe. PoffilHS. This fignifies a quan- ticy of Men aflembled loaecher, to travel and jgcc fnbftance, fignify- ing alfo, white Thipgs, good Company, and good for Voyages, fig' nifying Swiftnefs; and alfo for War: it de- notes a multitude of People to fight: good in Marriage,but cold in Matters of Love. I ^ This denotes filiall Gain and Poverty i the thing loft, never to be found, and poor com- pany : in cafe of Mar- riage, 'tis not very good, unlcfs the ninth confent thereto, but for journeying , 'tis good, faving that there Ihail be feme fome hia- drance therein. I • - 1^ The ( > The Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Third Houfe. \Acqmfitio. ' This in the third Houfe.fignifies the Per- fon of whom the Que- ftionismade, is well beloved, rich, and mighty by his Kin- dred, great profit in fmall Journies, and al- fo good Company, and good Kindred; and indeed, this Figure is good in all thingSjClpe- cially for Scholars, de- noting, they lhall learn yyell. Thisfignifies, much Quarrel and" Debates with Kindred i and .in Ihorfi Journeys, it de- notes fpeed, with fmall Gain; it is ill for the Scholar, and fignifies ill Company and Neighbours; in all De- mands made in this Houfe, this Figure is very ill. M FortHnA ( ^61 ) Third Houfe. Toy tun A Major. This fignifies noble Parentage, and chat the Perfon for whom the QueHion is made, is angry with his Kint folks; foraetimes it lignifies perfed Amity with his Kinsfolk ; if the tenth and fourth a- gree, this fignifies rq- ther good than evil, efpecially in Voyages, and for a Scholar, and is good indeed in ail other Demands. L