THE continuall motion of ſublunary things, and their variable Flux, hath aſtoniſhed the underſtandings of wiſe men, and in a manner conſtrained them to profeſs, or affirm little or nothing at all. Hence it was, that amongſt the ancient Philoſophers their chief Tenet was, that they knew nothing. Wherefore Hipocrates, the wiſeſt of Phyſitians, profeſſed it a very hard thing to judge aright; with whom agrees the Author of the Aſtronomicall Segments, who in the firſt Segment, and firſt Aphoriſme ſaith, That life is ſhort, Art long, experience deceitfull, judgement difficult.

Ariſtotle (in his Poſterior. 2. Book de Anima, Text 6.) affirmed, that Sciences did touch only upon Univerſals, whereby afterwards particulars were ſomewhat imperfectly known, of which, as they are ranked under Univerſals; general Propoſitions are compounded. And Ptolomy, that Maſter of Aſtrologers, in the firſt of his Centiloquy; beholding ſo great variety of matter, and the ſundry influences of ſo many and great ſtars, thought it a hard and difficult thing, to conſider throughly, and exactly the Caeleſtiall Mixture, ſaying, Abs te, & a ſcientiâ: for, it is impoſſible that a man, though never ſo knowing, ſhould diſtinguiſh the particular forms of things; like as ſence alſo receives not a particular, but a certain general form of ſenſible matter; and he that treateth of theſe things muſt only conjecture, for none but ſuch as are inſpired from above can foretell particulars: And in the 1. Segment, and 22. Aphoriſme; There is ſomething ſuper-caeleſtiall that aſſiſteth a man in foretelling of future events; for then, by the Syndereſis of the Stars, and of the Intelligences, we are able to propheſie of things to come, according to that divine ſentence, O Lord upon us is ſealed the light of thy countenance, &c.

Wherefore it is manifeſt, that only thoſe, who have the knowledge of future things, through the better part of the ſoul, come neareſt to the truth: And in the 8. Propoſition, the ſame Ptolomy teacheth, that none can deliver his judgement according to the complection of the Stars, unleſs he be ſuch a man, as hath well conſidered the natural complexion of the ſoul, that deſervedly he may be called a Wiſeman; For the ſoul doth aſſiſt Caeleſtial operation, even as the beſt Husbandman doth Nature in Plowing, and Weeding the earth: and Propos. 7. No man can teach the mixtures of the Stars, who hath not firſt learnt their Naturall differences and tempers.

By which we learn, that although there be infinite 〈◊〉 and that they all ſtudy the ſame books; yet they do no • all collect the truth of things; yea, one more then another, even as alſo from many ſigns in Phyſick, when the Phyſitians do obſerve ſigns of divers diſeaſes, of recovery, and of death; there happeneth contrariety amongſt them, though all of them read the ſame Authors. For this choice cannot be found written in books; but ought to be ſelected by the diſcretion of a fortunate Phyſitian, who was born under a good Poſition of the heavens, that ſo he may know how to finde out the truth in Phyſick, as we have it from the experience of Hippo •• a •• s, and other Phyſitians: A Phyſitian ought to be fortunate and wiſe by nature, ſc. that he be produced from heaven, and the whole concourſe of Nature, ſo as he may confer health upon men: viz. When Mars and Venus ſhall be in Conjunction, or behold one another by ſome aſpect, they make a good Phyſitian, and even Natures maſter by the teſtimony of Hyeronymus Manfredus, Phyſitian of Bononia, Propoſ. 3. of his Gentiloq. de medico & infirmo.

In like manner, when Mars Almu • en of the profeſſion, ſhall have naturall participation with the Moon, we judge a Phyſitian; and if Venus behold him, he ſhall be a Phle • oto • i •• , or a Preparer and giver of Medicines by the 31. 〈◊〉 And if Saturne ſhall behold him, he ſhall have skill in making of Gliſters, ſo alſo in curing of the lower parts of the body, Sc. by cutting of Tumors and the Hemoroides to the well liking of the Phyſitian: and if Mercury ſhal aſpect him, he ſhall be cunning in words, having the force of healing, and by applying medicines with words.

Neither ought this to be wondered at, for the imaginative faculty fortified by Heaven, and the influence of Mercury, he may by words uttered heal thoſe that be diſeaſed: which thing if another with the ſame words, ſhould indeavour to do, it were to no purpoſe, becauſe his words having no force, as not proceeding from the Caeleſtiall ſpirits, nor quickened by their influence, can neither convey health, nor eaſe: which Doctrine we have taught at large from the opinion of Avicenne, Com. 3. lib. 1. Prog. Hipocrat.

To the end therefore that we may foretell future contingencies with ſome certainty, we will not relie (only) upon our own judgement, (for by the 3. Segment, Aph. 158▪ he that promiſeth much of himſelf, is the Author of many errours, and therefore (ſo much as we can) we will adhere to a divine Spirit; for thoſe things which to the eye of the world, ſeem to be matters failing, or incertain, to a minde that is Divine, and invariable are firm and ſure: For Socrates did acknowledge, that he knew nothing by a proper and naturall light, but he confeſſed that his knowledge was derived from, and aſſiſted by a divine light. Wherefore by adhering to Divine truth, we may be able to prognoſticate many true things: For like as a man that loves riches (Segm. 1. Aph. 100.) findes riches, and that in ſome ſort alone: ſo findes he truth that loves truth.

Upon the contemplation of theſe things, it hath been our indeavour to tranſcend the ſphears of Actives, and to apply our ſelf to the other ſphears, and lights; and to lift up our eyes to the firſt Mover, and to behold and conſider the beauty and harmony of the ſphears: Whereby our minde begun to be raviſhed, and to be delivered from darkneſs, by contemplating upon their Creator, whom for his infinite wiſdom, we acknowledge to be the Maker and Lord of the Heavens, and of all ſublunary things, and do adore their Mover, at whoſe will and command all the Intelligences do wheel about the ſphears▪ himſelf being enviro • ed on every ſide (as it were) with an i • fi • i • e multitude of Angels: from whence making our departure, (being rowſed from humane drowſineſs) let it ſuffice that we deſcend to the conſideration of a future Cataſtrophe. For God hath ſo fram'd us, that in our aſpect toward heaven, we may behold his divine Majeſty, as Ovid hath it, in 1. Metamorph.

Where he hath made impreſſion of the formall vertues of all things, as being derived from his divine ſpirit; ſo that in Heaven (the great Book of God) we may (as in a glaſs) foreſee and know the pleaſure of the moſt High: For, (by the 1. Aph. 57) Coelum eſt inſtrumentum, quo inferiora agit, impellit, regit que . The Heaven is Gods Inſtrument, whereby he worketh, enforceth, and governeth all things. Whence (following the cuſtom of wiſemen) we may be forewarned of, and prepared againſt future evils; flying (as he ſaid) many things between the Caeleſtial Globes, and we need not be aſhamed of it; for, 1. Aph. 24. Stulti negligunt, & contemnunt Aſtrologiam; qui contradicit Ambitioſus eſt, qui Maledicit, Fatuus: Fools neglect and deſpiſe Aſtrology: he is ambitious that gainſays it, and fooliſh that ſlanders it: For it is a Divine Myſtery; for which if any neglecting Naturall cauſes, ſhall adhere to it only, he is but of ſhallow judgement: Therefore it is requiſite, that it be otherwiſe aſſiſted, eſpecially, for that Aſtrology (by 1. Aph. 20.) is the moſt tranſcendent of all Sciences, both becauſe it treateth of things Caeleſtiall, and alſo of future: the knowledge whereof, is not only Divine, but moſt profitable: Therefore to calumniate it, or any other Sciences, is a meer vanity, for (3. Aph. 146.) Qui Artem aliquam deſtruit, longe deterior eſt imperito, neo vacat mens illius malitia, deſidia, & ignorantia. He that deſtroys any Art, is far worſe then he that is unskilfull▪ neither is his minde empty of malice, deceipt, and ignorance. We will make inſpection into ſuch things, as have been lookt into (but by a few; and if we intend to proceed methodically) it behoves us to ſearch out, and conſider the principle, and coadjuting cauſes.

The principall cauſes are the great, mean, and leſſer Conjunctions of the ſuperiour Planets, concerning which we have ſaid much in our books of great Conjunctions; yet we will here mention ſome things, which elſewhere our occaſions did not extend unto, for many things, for ſome cauſe, were wrapt up in ſilence.

The other principall cauſes are mock ſtars, which not long ſince ſparkled for ſome years ſpace, and then by little and little vaniſhed away; the changing of the Abiſides of the Planets, Eclipſcs, and the like: So likewiſe the Genitures of Kings, according to that Adage of Horace, and Segment. 7. Aph. 166. Genitura valida regna mutant, ſtrong Genitures do change Kingdoms: yet it is nothing, Ponere os in Coelum, yet it availeth not to gaze upon the Heavens only.

Cauſes Adjutant, are Revolutions, the Progreſſions of the great Orb, of great Conjunctions before the flood, the birth of our Saviour, Mahomet, and the like; which things being rightly conſidered, may not only enable us to foretell the end of the world, but perhaps the time alſo: for in the boſome of the heavens (as we noted in our ſecond part, de vita propaganda et morte retardanda) there is a Seminary vertue, to be infuſed upon any for ſo often as conveniency is beſtowed by the ſundry Complexions of the Planets, and Aſcentions of the Signes: from this Inferiour matter, it raiſeth the Form, from Potentiallity to Action.

And in the firſt book and 6. Chap. de Max. Conjunct. We ſaid that the Coeleſtiall bodies do operate, according to the matter diſpoſed; which matter, if at any time it be found unapt. we muſt endeavour to prepare, and fit it for to receive the Coeleſtiall form, for according to Ariſtotle 2 de Anima. Text 26. Agens Naturale, non agit in paſſum niſi ſecundum materi • m diſpoſitam: A naturall Agent worketh not upon a ſubject, but according to the matter diſpoſed. Wherefore if the effects foretold ſhall not happen to be verified in that year, not only in thoſe Univerſall changes, and conjunctions; but alſo in every year, by the particular Revolutions of years, and particular Conſtellations; yet in the ſubſequent years, they ſhall be verified, after that the Inferiour bodies ſuſcitated by the precedent influences, ſhall be made ready: Even as wiſe men by preceding great Conjunctions, have ſhewed that the effects thereby ſignified, were manifeſted a long time after▪ as Albumazar acknowledgeth in his Iract. of great Conjunctions, but eſpecially in his firſt difference cap. 3. viz. That the conjunction which gave ſignification of the Flood, happened 379. years before; and that which fore-ſhewed the birth of Moſes, did precede 80. years, before the effects thereof ſhewed themſelves, ſhe like may be ſaid concerning thoſe Starrs, wth ſuddenly appeared in the heavens, and afterwards were diſperſed: As that wth was obſerved in the time of Hypparchus, wth ſignified the transferring of the Greek into the Roman Empire produced not its effects, till after 63. years: for Hypparchus flouriſhed 10 • . years before Chriſt; and the Roman Empire (tranſlated from the Greeks) begun Anno. 42. before the birth of Chriſt.

VOrtiger (king of the Britains) ſitting on the brink of an emptied Pool, there iſſued thence 2. Dragons one of which was white, but the other red. And when the one came near the other, they began a terrible fight & by (the vehemency of) their breath, begot fire. But the White Dragon prevailed, and chaſed the Red Dragon to the end of the Lake. But the Red Dragon, after he had bemoaned himſelfe (thus) expulſed, made a ſuddaine aſſault upon the White Dragon, and forced him to give back. The Dragons thus contending, the King commanded Ambroſe Merline to tell him what that Combat of the Dragons meant. Then he guſhing out with tears aſſumeth the Spirit of Prophecy: (and ſaith) Wo unto the Red Dragon, for his ruin approcheth. The White Dragon ſhall poſſeſs his Dens, which ſignifieth the Saxons whom thou haſt invited: but the Red Dragon deſigneth the Nation of Britain, which ſhall be oppreſſed of the White. Therefore ſhall the Mountains thereof be levelled as the Valleys; and the Rivers of the Valleys ſhall ſtream with blood. The purity of Religion ſhall be defaced; and the ruine of Churches ſhall be manifeſted. At length the oppreſſed ſhall prevail, and ſhall withſtand the Tyrannie of ſtrangers. For the Boar of Cornwell ſhall aſſiſt and ſhall trample the necks of them under his feet. The Iſles of the Ocean ſhall be ſubject to his Authority and ſhall poſſeſs the French Forreſts. Rome ſhall tame his • yrannie, and his end ſhall be doubtfull. He ſhall be famous in the mouth of the multitude, and his actions ſhall be (as) meat to thoſe that recount them. Six of his ſucceſſors ſhall attain the Scep •• , but after them ſhall a German Worm ariſe. The Sea-wolf ſhall magnifie him, whom the Affrican Forreſts ſhall accompany. Religion ſhall again be defaced, and there ſhall be a tranſmutation of the chief Seats. The dignity of London ſhall adorn Cant • bu • y, and the 7. Paſtor of York ſhall be often in the Leſſer Britanie Angliſea ſhall be cloathed with the garment of the City of Legions; and the Preacher of Ireland ſhall be ſilent by reaſon of an infant growing in the Womb. It ſhall rain blood, and a horrible dearth ſhall afflict, men. Theſe things coming on a ſudden, the Red Dragon ſhall fret but with much ado, he ſhall flouriſh: Then ſhall the white Dragons calamity approach, and the buildings of his little Villages ſhall be overthrown. Seven kings ſhall be deſtroyed, and one ſhall be hallowed. The mothers bellies ſhall be ript open, and the children ſhall be abortive. There ſhall be a wonderfull great puniſhment of men, that the Natives may be reſtored. He that ſhall do theſe things ſhall become a Brazen-man; and he ſhall (for a long time after) keep the Gates of London, upon a Brazen-horſe. From thenceforth the red Dragon ſhall return to his peculiar temperature, and ſhall indeavour to exerciſe cruelty upon himſelf: Therefore ſhall the wrath of the moſt high come ſuddenly upon him; for the fields ſhall fruſtrate the labour of the hasbandman. A ſudden mortality ſhall ſnatch away the people, and ſhall ſweep away whole Nations. Such as be left, ſhall forſake their Native ſoil, and ſhall ſow their corn in Forraign Countreys. A bleſſed King ſhall prepare a ſhip, and in a Princes Court, he ſhall be numbred among the 12. bleſſed.

There ſhall be a lamentable deſolation of the Kingdom, and the Barn-floores full of Corn ſhall be turned into unprofitable woods. The white Dragon ſhall ariſe the ſecond time, and ſhall invite the daughter of Germany. Our little villages ſhall once more be repleniſhed with a ſtrange generation, and the red Dragon ſhall languiſh in the end of the Lake. Afterward ſhall the German Worm be crowned, and the Brazen Prince ſhall be humbled. A bound is ſet him, which he cannot paſs: For, he ſhall remain 150. years in disquiet, but he ſhall be in ſubjection 300. years. Then ſhall the North wind riſe againſt him, and ſhall ſnatch away the Flowers, which the weſt wind begot. Churches ſhall be beautified, yet ſhall not the ſword depart. The German Worm ſhall hardly keep his den, becauſe vengeance ſhall ſuddenly come upon him for his treacherie: at length, he ſhall flouriſh for a while, but the Decimation of the Normans ſhall offend him: for the people ſhall ru • h in upon him, in wooden horſes, and Iron coats, who ſhall be revenged of his naughtineſs. He ſhall reſtore to the former inhabitants their poſſeſſions, and the deſtruction of the Aliens ſhall (then) appear: the branches of the White Lion ſhall be cut off from our Territories, and the remainder of his generation ſhall be tenth'd. They ſhall undergo the yoke of perpetuall ſervitude; and they ſhall wound their mother with mattocks, and ploughs. Two Dragons ſhall ſucceed, whereof one ſhall be choaked by the dart of envy, but the other ſhall return under the ſhadow of a Kingly name. The I yon of juſtice ſhall follow, at whoſe roaring the French • owers, and the Iſland Dragons ſhall tremble. In his days ſhall gold be ſqueazed out of the Lilly and Nettle; and ſilver ſhal be extracted out of the hoofs of the lowing beaſts. The ſpruce Fantaſticks of the times ſhall put on changeable garments, and their outward habits ſhall bewray the vanity of their mindes. The greedy hounds ſhall be ham-ſtring'd, the Beaſts of the Forreſt ſhall reſt in quiet, humanity ſhall bewail the puniſhment: the coyn ſhall be cleft, and each half ſhall be made round. The ravenouſneſs of the Kites ſhall be conſumed, and the teeth of the Wolves ſhall be broken: the Lions whelps ſhall be turned into Seaſithes, and his Eagle ſhall build her neſt upon Mount M • riana. Vendoria ſhall be dyed red with her mothers blood, and the houſe of Corim •• , ſhall ſlay fix brothers. The Iſle ſhall be damp with her mighty tears, whereupon all men ſhall be provoked to all things. Wo unto thee Normandy, for on thee ſhall the brain of the Lion be waſted, and his Members being torn in pieces, ſhall be thrown out of his Native ſoil. They that ſucceed ſhall indeavour to remove the Crown, but the love of new Kings ſhall be extol'd. For his goodneſs he ſhall be abuſed by the wicked, untill he become a Father. Therefore being armed with the teeth of the Boar, he ſhall paſs over the tops of the Mountains, and the ſhade of the helmet: the Highlanders of Scotland ſhall be diſpleaſed, and having aſſembled their Collaterals ſhall proc •• m war. He ſhall put a bridle in the jaws of him, which ſhall be eſtabliſhed in the (very) boſom of little Britany. The Eagle of the broken truce ſhall beautifie it, and ſhall rejoyce in his third building. The whelps of the roaring Lion ſhall awaken, and (the Forreſts being forſaken) ſhall be hunted beneath the walls of the Cities, and ſhall commit great ſlaughter upon ſuch as withſtand them, and ſhall cut out the tongues of the Bulls: they ſhall load the necks of the roaring Lions with chains, and ſhall renew the ancient times. Afterward, the Regall unction ſhall paſs from the firſt to the fourth, from the 4. to the 3. from the 3. to the ſecond.

The ſixt ſhall overthrow the wals of Ireland, and ſhall turn the forreſts thereof into plain fields. He ſhall reduce divers kingdoms into one, and he ſhall be crowned with the head of a Lion. His beginning ſhall be in a reſtleſs, and wavering affection, but his end ſhall be bleſſed; for he ſhall repair the decayed Monaſteries throughout the Country, and ſhall place Preachers in convenient places: He ſhall cloath two cities with two garments, and he ſhall beſtow Virgins gifts upon Virgins, for which he ſhall me •• the favour of God, and ſhall be numbred among the bleſſed.

A Woolf-like beaſt ſhall come out of him penetrating all things, who ſhall indeavour the ruin of his own Nation, for by him the Normans ſhall loſe both the Iſles, and ſhall be bereaved of their Priſtine dignity. From thenceforth ſhall the ancient Inhabitants return to their own Iſle, for variance ſhall ariſe among the aliens. Likewiſe, a venerable old man, upon a white horſe, ſhall divert the river of Periton, and with his white Scepter ſhall diſpoſe of the Mill thereon ſtanding. Cadwalader ſhall call home the • inani, and ſhall receive the Highlanders into fellowſhip. Then ſhall there be great ſlaughter committed on the Forraigners, then ſhall the rivers ſtream with blood, then ſhall the mountains of little Britain burſt out, and ſhall be crowned with the Diadem of Brute. Wales ſhall be filled with joy, and the Oaks of Cornwall ſhall wax green. The Iſle ſhall be called by the Name of Brute, and the memory of the ſtrangers ſhall be forgotten.

From Conanus ſhall come a warlike Boar, who ſhall exerciſe the ſharpneſs of his teeth, within the French Forreſts: for he ſhall hew down all the greater Oaks, but he ſhall give protection to the leſſer. The Arabians, and Affricans ſhall quake for fear of him, for the violence of his motion ſhall threaten the further Spain. A Goat of the Venerean houſe ſhall ſucceed him, having golden horns, and a ſilver beard, who ſhall breath forth ſuch a cloud from his Noſtrils as that the ſurface of the whole Iſle ſhal be obſcured. There ſhal be peace in his days, and by the fruitfulneſs of the earth, all ſorts of grain ſhal be multiplied.

Women by reaſon of their Lewdneſs ſhal be made Serpents, and every ſtep they make ſhal be filled with pride. The tents of V • us ſhal be renewed, neither ſhal the darts of Luſt leave off to wound. The Rivers ſhal be turned into blood, and two Kings ſhal fight a duel for the Lyoneſs of Stafford. Every one ſhal wantonize, and civility (it ſelf) ſhal not forbear to admit of contraries. All theſe things three ages ſhal ſee fulfilled, until the interred Kings within the City of London ſhal be diſcovered. Famine ſhal again infeſt, mort • lity ſhal once more return, and the inhabitants ſhall lament the deſolation of their Cities. A • ear of commerce ſhall unexpectedly ariſe, who ſhall bring back his ſcattered droves, to their forſaken Paſtures. His breſt ſhall be food to the Hungry, and his tongue ſhall appeaſe the thirſty: Rivers ſhall flow from his mouth, which ſhall refreſh mens dried cheeks.

Afterward a Tree ſhall be procreated upon the Tower of London, which, having only three • oughs, ſhall obſcure the face of the whole Iſle, with the breadth of its leaves. From hence the North winde (its enemy) ſhall ſuddenly ariſe, and by its cruell blaſt ſhall ſnatch away the third bough thereof. The other two ſhall ſupply the room thereof, untill (by the multitude of their leaves) one ſhall cover another. But afterward it ſhall obtain the room of two, and ſhall ſuſtain Birds of Forraign Nations. It ſhall be accounted obnoxious to the Native Birds, for through the fear of its ſhadow, they ſhall loſe their flying-young.

An unprofitable Aſſe ſhall ſucceed ready in puniſhing counterfeiters of gold, but ſlow in revenging the ravening of Wolves. In thoſe daies, the Oaks throughout the Forreſts ſhall burn, and Accorns ſhall grow upon the boughs of Lindens.

The Severn ſhall run through ſeven Gates, and the river Oſca ſhall wax hot for the ſpace of ſeven moneths. The Fiſhes therein ſhall die by the heat thereof, and of them ſhall Serpents be ingendred. The Baths of Bado ſhall frieze, and their wholſome waters ſhall become poyſonous. London ſhall lament the ſlaughter of 20000. men, and the river of Thames ſhall be turned into blood. Monks ſhall be compelled to marriage, and the noiſe of them ſhall be heard in the Mountains of the Alps. Three Fountains ſhall burſt out in the City of Wincheſter, whoſe little brookes ſhall divide the Iſle into three parts; he that ſhall drink of one, ſhall prolong his life, neither ſhall he be afflicted with any ſudden feebleneſs. He that ſhall drink of the other, ſhall periſh with hunge, and a wanueſs and horror ſhall poſſeſs his face. He that ſhall drink of the third, ſhall die a ſudden death, neither ſhall his body be bu • ied▪ But if his dead body ſhall be thrown upon the water, the aſhes thereof ſhall be turned into water. Her upon a Damoſ • ll ſhall come from the City of Can •• us of the Forreſt, to prepare a Medicine, whereby, as ſhe ſhall underſtand all Arts, ſhe ſhall dry up the obnoxius Fountains by the only vertue of her breath. Afterward, to refre • h her ſelf with the wholſome Liquor, ſhe ſhall carry the Calidonian Forreſt in her right hand, but in her left hand, the Bulwarks of the Walls of London. What way ſoever ſhe ſhall paſs, ſhe ſhall leave ſulphureous tracks behinde her, which ſhall ſmoak with a double flame. That ſmoak ſhall ſtir up the Ruche • s, and ſhall deſtroy the Fithes of the Sea. She ſhall continue in lamentable ſorrows, and ſhall fill the Iſle with her hortible out- • ry. A • tagg of ten branches ſhall ſlay h • r, four of which branches ſhall carry together the golden Diadems▪ But the other ſix ſhall be turned into the Horns of the wilde Oxen. which by a horrible noiſe ſhall ſhake the three Iſles of Bri •• nie. The Forreſt of Daneum ſhall be ſtirred up and (with a gentle voice) ſhall call, Come Wales, and joyn Cornwall to thee, and ſay to the City of Wincheſter, The Earth •• all 〈◊〉 a •• ow thee up. Transfer the ſeat of thy Paſtor, whither the Birds do flock and the other Members ſhall follow their head.

For the day draweth near, whereon the Inhabitants ſhall be deſtroyed for the ſin of perjury. The whiteneſs of their Wooll, and the diverſity of their Tincture hath offended. Wo be to that perjured Nation, by whoſe means a noble City ſhall be deſtroyed. The Birds ſhall rejoyce at ſo great an increaſe, and two ſhall be made one. And a Hedghogg (laden with fruit) ſhall rebuild it, to the ſmell whereof, Birds of divers Forreſts ſhall fl • ck. He ſhall adjoyn thereto a wonderfull great Palace, and ſhall ſtrengthen the ſame with 600 Towers. In every of which a Senator ſhall be appointed, who ſhall give Laws unto the Subjects. Therefore ſhall London envy her, and ſhall increaſe her Walls th ice ſo much as formerly they were. The river Thames ſhall incompaſs her on every ſide, and the rumour of the works ſhall tranſ • end the Alps. The Hedghog ſhall hide his fruits within her, and ſhall plot ſecretly (againſt her.)

In that day the ſtones ſhall ſpeak, and the Sea that leads to France, ſhall be contracted into a narrow room. One man ſhall hear another from either ſhoar, and the whole Iſle ſhall be enlarged: The wonders of the do •• ſhall be revealed: France ſhall quake for feare. After theſe things a Hearn ſhall proceed from the forreſh Callaterio • , which ſhall fly about the Iſle the ſpace of two years; by her night clamour ſhee ſhall call the other birds, and all other birds ſhall aſſociate her: they ſhall fall upon mens Tillage, and ſhall deſtroy all man • er of grain. A famine ſhall purſue the people, and a dire mortality ſhall enſue the famine: but when ſo great mortality ſhall be ceaſed, a deteſtable fowl ſhall betake himſelf to the utmoſt bounds of Wales, and ſhall raiſe it up to a high mountain, and in the top thereof ſhee ſhall plant an Oak, and ſhall build her neſt in the boughs thereof, three egges ſhall be layd in the neſt, from which a Fox, a Wolfe, and a Beare ſhall come. The Fox ſhall devo • re his mother, and ſhall beare an Aſſes head. Therefore being become a Monſter, he ſhall affright his brethten, and ſhall baniſh them into Normandy: but they ſhall excite the ſhorn Boar againſt the Fox, and being returned in a ſhip, they ſhall enceunter with the Fox; who, ſo ſoon at the combat ſhall begin, will fain himſelfe dead, and ſhall move the Boar to pity him,: a while after he ſhall go to the dead Carkaſe, and whilſt he ſhall ſtand over it, he ſhall breath upon the eyes, and face thereof: But he not forgetfull of (his former falſhood) ſhall bite his right foot, and ſhall tear it quite from the body; and alſo at one leap ſhall ſnatch to him his right eare and his tayle, and ſhall hide himſelfe in the holes of the mountains: therefore the deluded Boar ſhall require the Wolfe, and the Beare, to reſtere unto him his loſt members who (as they ſhall begin they Quarrell) ſhall promiſe him two feet, and two ears, and a tayl and of them they ſhall compoſe the Boars members: ſo he ſhall be pacified, & expect the promiſed reſtauration. In the interim the Fox ſhall come from the mountaines, and ſhall change himſelf into a Wolf; and as if he were to have ſome diſcourſe with the Boar, he ſhall go craftily to him, and ſhall wholly devour him. Then ſhall he transforme himſelf into a Boar and (as if he wanted his members) he ſhall • ake for his bret • ren, and after that they ſhall be come, even them alſo ſhall he ſuddenly ſ •• y and ſhall be crowned with the head of a Lion. In his dayes a ſerpeat ſhal be engendered, which ſhal ende •• o •• the deſtruction of all mortalls; he ſhall by his length environ London, and ſhall deſtroy all the paſſengers. A Bull of the •• ou •• ain ſhall aſſume the head of the Wolf, and ſhall cleanſe his teeth in the ſhop of Sabtina: he ſhall gather to him the Highlanders and the Welch who ſhall drink the Thames dry. The Aſſ • ſhall call a Goat with a long beard, and ſhall change his ſhape: therefore ſhall the Bull be diſpleaſed, and having called the Wolfe, the horned Bull ſhall make at them; and the more to manifeſt his cruelty, he ſhall devour their fleſh and bones: but he ſhall be burnt in the top of Uria ••• . The ••• ber • of the fire wherein he ſhall be burnt, ſhall be changed into Swans, which ſhill ſwimas well upon dry gound as on the water. Fiſhes ſhall ſwallow Fiſhes, and men ſhall devour men: but old are comming on ſubmarine lights ſhall be ingendered, and they ſhall deviſe ſubmarine deceipts. They ſhall ſink ſhipping, and they ſhall gather much money. The River Thames ſhall flow again, and the united •• ters ſhall exceed the bounds of the Channell: it ſhall overflow the neighbouring townes, and ſhall overtune the oppoſite mountains. It ſhall incorporate with the fountain Galaber full of deceit and naughtineſs; whence ſhall ariſe ſeditions, provoking the Ve ••• t • a • s to wars. The Oakes of the Forreſts ſhall unite, and ſhall encounter with the ſtones of the G •• viſey. The Crows and the Kites ſhall devour the bodies of the ſlain. The C • le, faill build her neſt upon the walls of Gl •••• ſ •• ; and in her neſt ſhall am Aſſe be • e • crated. The Serpent of Mal •••• i • ſhall ed •• ate him, and ſhall hatch more tre •• eries. Having got the Crown he ſhall ſ •• on high, and with a horrible noiſe ſhall affright the people of the countrey: in his d • ies the mountaines of Pa ••••• ſhall ſ •• gger, and the Provinces ſhall be deprived of their Forreſts: for a Wo • me of a • i • ry breath ſhall ſuddenly come, who ſhall burne the trees with his ſent-out vapour▪ S • aven Lions ſhall come out of him, diſgraced by the heads of Goats: they ſhall deſtroy women by the ſ • inch of their noſtrils, and ſhall make wives wantons. The Father ſhall not know his own Son, becauſe their wives ſhall play the beaſts, therefore ſhall a Gyant of wi • kedneſs ruſh upon them▪ who by the ſharpneſs of his eyes ſhall terrifie all. The Dragon of Worceſter ſhall riſe againſt him, and ſhall ſtrive to rout him out, but an encounter being made, the Dragon ſhall overcome, and the ungodlineſs of the victor ſhall be repreſſed; for he ſhall ſubdue the Dragon, and having put off his garment, ſhall remain naked. The Dragon ſhall carry him alo •• , and with his tayle (erected) ſhall beat the naked Gyant. But the Gyant reaſſuming his vigour, ſhall break his jaws with a ſword: at length the Dragon ſhall ſold himſelf under his tayle, and (poyſoned) ſhall die.

The Boar of • oleneſius ſhall ſucceed him, and by his terrible tyranny ſhall oppreſs the people. Glouceſter ſhall caſt out the Lion, who ſhall diſquiet the Serpent with ſeverall Wars. He ſhall • ed him under his fe • t, and ſhall affright him with his open jaws. At length the Lion ſhall contend with the Kingdom, and ſhall climb upon the backs of Noble men. The Bull ſhall ruſh into the ſtrife, and ſhall ſmite the Lion with his right foot. He ſhall drive him throughout all the parts of the Kingdom, but he ſhall break his horns in the Wals of Exon. The Fox of Ka •• du •• lus ſhall be revenged of the Lion, and ſhall wholly devoure him with his teeth. For the Serpent of Lin ••• n ſhall ſurround him, and by a horrible hiſſing ſhall intimate his preſence to many Dragons. The Dragons ſhall gather together, and ſhall tear one another in pieces. The winged ſhall oppreſs thoſe that want wings, and ſhall faſten their poyſoned claws upon their Eye-lids, the reſt ſhall conſent to combating, and ſhall one kill another. Theſe being dead, a fifth ſhall ſucceed, and ſhall break the remainder by ſundry devices▪ he ſhall cruſh the back of one in pieces, and (with his ſword) ſhall ſeparate his head from his body. Having put off his garment, he ſhall aſcend another, and ſhall throw upon him the right & left ſide of his tayl. One that is naked ſhall keep him at a diſtance, when one that is cloathed ſhall not de • err him. He ſhall torment the reſt upon the back, and ſhall drive them to the uttermoſt part of the Kingdom. A roaring Lion (and one to be feared for his outragious c • u • lty) ſhall ſuddenly come. He ſhall reduce fifteen Provinces into one, and he alone ſhall enjoy the people. A Gyant ſhall ſhine with a white colour, and ſhall germinate a wh • te people. Pleaſures ſhall make Princes feeble, and the Subjects ſhall become ſavage. A Lion (with his belly full of blood) ſhall ariſe among them, a ſickle ſhall be given him in the corn, which (whilſt he ſhall grieve in minde) ſhall be oppreſſed of him. A Carter of York ſhall quiet them, and (his maſter being thruſt out) he ſhall aſcend into the Cart which he drove, and ſhall threaten the Eaſt with a drawn ſword, and he ſhall fill the Track of his Cart wheeles with blood. Afterwards a Fi •• ſhall be procr • ated in the •• a, whi • h being allured by the hiſſing of the Serpent ſhall copulate with him, betwixt whom three gliſtering Bu •• ſhall be generated, who (having eat up their paſtures) ſhall be turned into Trees. The firſt ſhall carry a vi •• rous whip, and ſhall turn his back of him that is born after him. The ſecond brother ſhall endeavour to ſnatch the wh • p from him, but he ſhall be rebuked by the youngeſt. They ſhall turn away their faces mut • ally from one another, untill they ſhall poure forth a poyſoned cup. A Prince of the Highlanders ſhall ſucceed him, whom (alſo) the Serpent ſhall ſeek to deſtroy. He ſhall apply himſelf to Tillage, ſo that the Countries ſhall be white with Corn. The Serpent ſhall indeavour to diffuſe poyſon, to hinder the growth of the graſs and corn. The people ſhall waſte by reaſon of a deadly famine, and the Wals of their Cities ſhall be made deſolate. The City of Glouceſter ſhall be given for a Medicine, which ſhall render ſuſtenance to thoſe that be under the laſh, for ſhe ſhall bear the ballance of the medicine and the Iſle ſhall be renewed in a ſhort ſpace. After which, two ſhall ſue for the Scepter▪ to whom the horned Dragon ſhall ſubmit himſelf. Another ſhall come armed, and ſhall ride the flying Serpent; being naked he ſhall ſit upon his back, and ſhall caſt the right ſide of his Tayl upon him. The neighbouring Nations ſhall be awakened by his clamour, and ſhall ſt • t • e other Nations Therefore ſhall the ſecond be united to the Lion, but (diſſenting betwixt themſelves) they ſhall encounter one another; and (after mutuall wounds) they ſhall lie down together, but the fierceneſs of the Lion ſhall prevail. There ſhall one ſuddenly come with the Timbrell & Harp, and ſhall aſſwage the fierceneſs of the Lion, therefore ſhall the people of the Kingdom be pacified, and ſhall provoke the Lion to Juſtice. Being ſetled in his Throne, he ſhall think of Rewards; but his power ſhall extend into the Highlands. Therefore ſhall the Northern Provinces be ſorrowfull, and ſhall open the doors of the Temples. The Standard-bearer-Woolfe ſhall raiſe Troopes, and ſhall environ Cornwall with his tayle. A Souldier (in a Cart) ſhall withſtand him, who ſhall change that people into a Boar. Therefore the Boar ſhall waſte the Provinces, but he ſhall be drowned in the deep of Severn. A man (in Wine) ſhall be as a Lion, and the luſtre of his Gold ſhall dazle the eyes of the beholders: He ſhall gild his ſilver-wine-bowles, and ſhall trouble ſundry Wine-preſſes. Men ſhall be drunk with Wine, and having laid aſide the thought of heaven, ſhall be wedded to the Earth. The Stars ſhall with-hold their influence from them, and ſhall confound their wonted motion. The Heavens being thus averſe, their Corn-fields ſhall be dryed up and the dew of heaven ſhall be denyed them. The roots and branches ſhall change their offices, and the novelty thereof ſhall be miraculous. The ſplendour of the Sun ſhall languiſh by the paleneſs of Mercury, & it ſhall be dreadfull to the beholders. Mercury of Arca • ia ſhall change his ſhield, and he ſhall call Venus the Helmet of Mars; the Helmet of Mars ſhall caſt a ſhadow, and the rage of Mercury ſhall exceed its limits. Hard-hearted Orion ſhall unſheath his Falchion. Phoebus of the Sea ſhall diſturb the Clouds. Jupiter ſhall leave off his appointed courſe, and Venus ſhall forſake her Orb. The malice of Saturn ſhall be poured down grievouſly, and with his crooked Sythe ſhall he deſtroy mankinde. The 12. Houſes of heaven ſhall bewail the abſence of the Planets. The Twins ſhall leave off their accuſtomed Imbraces, and ſhall exchange Summer for Winter. The Scales ſhall hang un • avenly, untill the Ram ſupport them with his crooked Hornes. The Scorpions tayl ſhall engender Lightening, and the Crab ſhall contend with the Sun. The Virgin ſhall aſcend the back of the Archer, and ſhall ob •• ſcate the pure and beautifull Flowers. The Orbe of the Moon ſhall trouble the Zodiack, and the Pleiades ſhall gu •• out with tears. The Offices of Janus ſhall no more be reſtored, but (the Gate being ſhut) he ſhall lurk in the Creeks of A •• ad •• . In the twinckling of an eye ſhall the Seas ariſe, and the Aſhes of the dead ſhall be renewed. The Winds ſhall contend with a terrible ſu ••• ation, and ſhall terminate their ſound amongſt the Stars.

REnowned Caeſar, it is the opinion of very many of the Auncients, that this inferiour World▪ by ordination of the firſt Intellect (which is God) is directed and ordered by Secundarian Intelligences, to which opinion Conciliator Medicorum aſſents, ſaying, that from the Originall or firſt beginning of heaven and P • t • us App •••• ſis. earth, there were 7. Spirits appointed as Preſidents to the 7. Planets.

Of which number every one of thoſe ruleth the world 354. years, and four months in order.

To this Poſition, many, and they moſt learned men, have afforded their conſent; which opinion of theirs my ſelf no affirming, but delivering, do make manifeſt to your moſt ſacred Majeſty.

The firſt Angell or Spirit of Saturn is called Orifiel, to whom God committed Orifiel, An. mundi 1. the government of the World from the beginning of its Creation; who began his government the 15, day of the moneth of March, in the firſt year of the World, and it endured 354 years and 4 moneths.

The name. Orifiel notwithſtanding is a name appertaining to his Office, not Nature. Attributed to the Spirit in regard of his action: under his dominion men were rude, and did cohabite together in deſert and uncouth places, after the homely manner of Beaſts. This needs not any manner of proof from me, ſith its ſo manifeſt out of the Text in Geneſis.

The ſecond Governour of the World is Ana • l the Spirit of Den • , who after Orifiel Anael, began Anne 〈◊〉 354. • 4 Jun. began to rule according to the influence of this Planet, in the year of the world 354. the fourth moneth, that is, the 24 day of the moneth of June, and he ruled the world 354 years, and 4 moneths, untill the year from the Creation of the world 708, as it appears to any that ſhall Calculate the Age thereof.

Under the Regiment of this Angell, men began to be more Civilized, built Houſes, erected Cities, found out Arts Manuall (viz. Ma • sfactury) the Art of Weaving, Spinning, and Cloathing, and many ſuch like as theſe, did indulge themſelves plentifully with the pleaſures of the fleſh, took unto themſelves faire women for their wives, neglected God, Receded in many things from their naturall ſimplicity; they found out Sports, and Songs, ſang to the Harp, and did excogitate whatſoever did belong to the worſhip and purpoſe of Venus. And this wantonneſs of life in men did continue untill the • lood, receiving the Arguments of its pra • ity Zachariel angel of ♃, began 708. 25. O • ob. from hence.

Zachariel the Angell of Jupiter, began to govern the world in the year of the Creation of Heaven and Earth 708. the eighth moneth, that is, the 25 day of the moneth of October, and he did regulate the World 354 years, 4 moneths, untill the year of the worlds Creation 1063 incluſively. Under whoſe moderation, men firſt of all began to uſurp Dominion over one another, to excerciſe Hunting, to make Tents, to adorn their bodies with ſeverall garments: and there aroſe a great Diviſion betwixt the good and evill men; the Pious invocating God, ſuch as Enoch, whom the Lord tranſlated to Heaven; the wicked running after the ſnares and pleaſant allurements of the Fleſh.

Men alſo under the Dominion of this Zachariel began to live more civilly, to undergo the Laws and Commands of their Elders, and were reclaimed from their former fierceneſs. Under his rule Adam the firſt man died, leaving to all poſterity an aſſured Teſtimony, that neceſſarily once we muſt dye.

Various Arts and Inventions of men did about this time firſt appear & manifeſt themſelves, as Hiſtorians have more clearly expreſſed.

The fourth Rector of the World was Raphael, the Spirit of Mercury which began Raphael angel of Mercury began 1063. Feb. 24. in the year of the Creation of Heaven and Earth 1063 the 24 day of February, and he reigned 354 years 4 months, and his Government continued untill the year of the World 1417 and fourth moneth. In theſe times writing was firſt found out, and letters excogitated of Trees and Plants, which notwithſtanding afterwards and in proceſs of time received a more gracefull ſhape, and the Nations varied or changed the Face of their Characters according to their own fancy. The uſe of Muſicall Inſtruments▪ under the time and rule of this Raphael, began to be multiplied, and Commerce or Exchange betwixt man and man was now firſt invented: A preſumptuous, rude▪ and ſimple Audacity in theſe times begot Navigation or the manner of Sayling from one place to another, and many ſuch like things in one kinde or other, &c.

The fifth Guber •• tor of the World was Samuel the Angell of Mars, who began Samuel the angel of Mars began An. mundi, 1417. Iune▪ 26. the 26 day of the moneth of June in the year of the World 1417. and ſwayed the rule of this World 354 years 4 moneths, untill the year of the World 1771. and eighth moneth, under whoſe Empire and Government men imitated the nature of Mars, alſo under the Dominion of this Angell, the Univerſall deluge of waters happened Anno Mundi 1656. as evidently it appears by Hiſtory out of Geneſis. And its to be obſerved, what the auncient Philoſophers have delivered, that ſo oft as Samuel the Angell of Mars is ruler of the World, ſo often there ariſeth notable alterations of Monarchy. Religions and ſects do vary, Laws are changed, Principalities and Kingdomes are transferred to Strangers, which we may eaſily finde out in order by peruſall of Hiſtories.

Notwithſtanding Samuel doth not immediatly in the very beginning or entrance of his Dominion manifeſt the diſpoſition of his behaviour or cuſtome: but when he hath exceeded the middle time of his Gubernation which very thing is likewiſe to be underſtood concerning the Angels of the other Planets, (as it may be manifeſted from Hiſtories) all which do ſend down their influence according to the Proprieties of the natures of their Stars, and operate upon the inferiour bodies of this World.

The ſixth Governour of the World is Gabriel the Angell of the Moon, who began Gabriel angel of the moon, began 1771. Octob. 28. after Samuel the Angel of Mars had finiſhed his co •• ſe: the 28 day of the moneth of October in the yeare of the World 1771 and eighth moneth: and he ordered the affaires of the World 354 years and 4 moneths, untill the year of the World 2126. Again in theſe times men were multiplyed, and builded many Cities: and we muſt note: that the Hebrews do affirme that the Generall deluge, was Ann • Mundi 1656. under the moderation of Mars: But the Septuagint interpreters, I • do ••• and Beda confirme the Deluge to be in the year of the World 2242. under the Regiment of Gabriel, the Angel of the Moon, which ſeems unto me by multiplication to be rather conſentaneous unto truth, but to expreſs my further conception hereof, is not the work of this preſent diſcourſe.

Michael Angel of the Sun, began Anno mundi 2126. 24 Feb. Original of King • . Michael the Angel of the Sun was the 7. Ruler of the World, who began the 24. of February, in the year of the World according to common computation 2126. and he governed the world 354. years and four moneths, until the year of the age of the world 2480. and four moneths.

Under the Dominion of the Angel of the Sun even as Hiſtories conſent with truth, Kings began firſt to be amongſt Mortall men, of whom Nimrod was the firſt, that with an ambitious deſire of Soveraignty, did Tyrannize over his Companions.

The worſhip of ſeveral Gods by the fooliſhneſs of men, was now inſtituted, and they began to adore their petty Princes as Gods.

Sundry Arts alſo about this time were invented by men; to wit, the Mathematicks, Aſtronomy, Magique, and that worſhip which formerly was attributed toThe Spring of Idolatry. one onely God▪ began now to be given to divers Creatures: the knowledge of the true God, by little and little, and the ſuperſtition of men became forgotten.

About theſe times Architecture was found out, and men began to uſe more policy both in their civill inſtitutions, and manners, or cuſtoms of living.

Orifiel the ſecond time governs the world, begins 2480. 26. Iun • .From henceforth the eighth time in order, again Orifiel the Angel of Saturn began to govern the World the 26. day of the moneth of June, in the year from the beginning of the world 2480. and four moneths; and he continued his government of the world this ſecond return, 354. years and four moneths, untill the year of the world 2834. and eight moneths. Under the regulation of this Angel, the Nations were multiplied, and the earth was divided into Regions; many Kingdoms inſtituted; the Tower of Babel was built, the confuſion of Tongues then fell out, men were diſperſed into every part of the earth, and men began to Till, and Manure the earth more acurately, to ordain Fields, ſow Corn, plant Vineyards, to dig up Trees, and to provide with greater diligence, what ever was more convenient for their food, and raiment.

From that time forward, firſt of all, amongſt men, the diſcerning of Nobility begun to be taken notice of; which was, when men in their manner of living, and in wiſdom did excell the reſt of men, undertaking Trophies of glory from the great ones of the earth, as rewards for their merits: From hence firſt of all, the whole world began to come into the knowledge of men, whileſt every where the Nations being multiplied, many Kingdoms did ariſe, and various differences of tongues did follow.

Anael the ſecondtime. His rule begins 2 • . Octob. 2834. Increaſe of Idolatry.The ninth time in order and courſe, Anael, the Angel of Venus began again to ſway the world the 29. day of October, and in the year of the Creation of Heaven and earth 2834. and 8▪ moneth: and he preſided 354. years, four moneths, untill the year of the VVorld 3189.

In theſe times men forgetting the true God, began to honour the dead, and to worſhip their Statues for God, which Errour hath infected the World more then two thouſand years: Men did now deviſe curious and coſtly Ornaments, for better trimming, and adorning their bodies: found out divers kindes of Muſicall Inſtruments; again, men proſecuted too much the luſt and pleaſures of the fleſh, inſtituting, Zachariel the ſecond time; his rule, Ann • 3189. and dedicating Statuas and Temples to their Gods. Witchcraft, and Incantations in theſe times were firſt excogitated by Zor •• ſter King of the Bactria • s (and divers others as well as he) whom Nim • King of Aſſ •• ia overcame in War.

In order the tenth time Zachariel the Angel of Jupiter, again began to rule the world the laſt day of February, in the year of the building, or framing the heaven and earth, 3189. and he moderated according to his cuſtom, and manner 354. years, and four moneths, untill the year of the world 3543. and fourth moneth.

Theſe were joyfull times, and might truly be called golden, wherein there was plenty of all manner of uſefull things, which much conduced for the increaſe of mankinde, giving thereby exceeding beauty and adornment to the things of this World.

In like manner about this time, God gave to Abraham the Law of Circumciſion; The reſtauration of mankinde promiſed. and firſt of all promiſed the Redemption of Mankinde by the Incarnation of his onely begotten Son.

Under the Government of this Angel, the Patriarchs, firſt Founders of Juſtice, were famous, and the righteous were divided from the ungodly, by their own proper indeavour and conſent.

About theſe times in Arcadia, Iup • ter grew famous, who was ſtiled alſo Liſania, Iupiter king of Arcadia. the Son of Heaven and God, a King, who firſt of all gave Laws to the Arcadians, made them very civill in their manners and behaviour, taught them the worſhip of God, erected them Temples, inſtituted Prieſts, procured many advantagious benefits for mankinde, for which his ſo great benefits, he was by them termed Jupiter, and after his death accounted for a Deity or God.

He had his Original from the ſons of Heber, viz. Gerar, as ancient Hiſtories do record to poſterity.

Prometheus alſo the ſon of Atlas is reported under the Government of this Angel Promet •• us. to have made Men; onely, becauſe of rude and ignorant, he made▪ them wiſe and knowing, humane, courteous, accompliſhed in learning and manners: he made Images by Art to move of themſelves.

He firſt found out the uſe of the Ring, Scepter, Diadem, and all kingly ornaments.

In or about theſe times other joviall men did excell; men moſt wiſe, and women alſo, who by their own underſtanding delivered many profitable inventions to mankinde; who being dead, for the greatneſs of their wiſdom, were reputed as Gods▪ viz. Phoroneus, who firſt of all inſtituted amongſt the Greeks, Laws, and judgements, as alſo, Sol, Min • rva, Ceres, Setap •• amongſt the Aegyptians, and very many beſides.

In order the 11. time Raphael the Angel of Mercury again undertook the ordering Raphael the Angel of Mercury the ſecond time returns, An. 3543. of the world the firſt day of the moneth of Iuly, in the year of the world 3543. and fourth moneth; he continued in his Commands 354 years, and four moneths, untill the year of the Creation of heaven and earth 3897. and 8. moneth.

Verily in theſe times▪ as it evidently appears from the Hiſtories of the Ancients, men more earneſtly applied themſelves to the ſtudy of wiſdom, amongſt whom the laſt learned and moſt eminent men, were Mercurius, Bacchus, Om • gy us, Iſis, Inachus, Argus, Apollo, Ce •• ops, and many more, who by their admirable inventions, both profited the world then, and poſterity ſince.

Severall Superſtitions alſo about theſe times, concerning the worſhip of their Idols were inſtituted by men.

Sorceries, Incantations, and Arts of framing Diabolical Images, were now in a marvellous manner increaſed, and whatſoever either of ſubtilty, or wit, that could poſſibly be attributed to the invention, or cunning of Mercury about theſe times, did exceedingly increaſe.

Moſes the wiſeſt Commander of the Hebrews, expert in the knowledge of many Moſes. things and Arts, a Worſhipper of one onely true God, did deliver the people of Iſrael from the ſlavery of the Ae • ypt • a • s, and procured their liberty.

Ianus. About this time Janus firſt of all reigned in Italy, after him Saturnus▪ who inſtructed his people to fat their grounds with ſoile or dung, and was accounted or eſteemed for a God.

••• mus inventor of the Greek Letters▪ Manifeſtation of Divine Law. Near theſe times Ca • mus found out the Greek Letters, or Characters, and C • ment •• , the daughter of Evander, the Latine.

God Omnipotent, under the Government of this Ra • h ••• , the Angel of Mercury, delivered by the hands of Moſes, to his people a Law in writing, which giveth a manifeſt teſtimony of our Saviour I • ſus Chriſt, his future birth and nativity to be born in the fleſh.

Here aroſe in the World a wonderful diverſity of Religions: During theſe times, here flouriſhed many Sybills, Pr •• hets, Diviners, Soothſayers, or ſuch as uſed inſpection into the entrals of Beaſts, Magitians, or Wiſe-men, Poets, as Sybills, Eryth ••• , ſhe of the Iſle of Del • hos, ſhe whom we call the Phrygian, becauſe ſhe lived in Phrygia with the reſt.

Samuel the Angel of Mars his ſecond Government, A • . 38 • 7.Again in order the twelfth time Samuel the Angel of Mars, began to exerciſe his Dominion upon the world, the ſecond day of the moneth of October, in the year of the world 3897▪ and eighth moneth, and his time of ruling, was 354▪ years, and four moneths from thence, untill the years 4251▪ under whoſe Empire and rule, was that great and moſt famous Deſtruction of Troy in A •• a the leſs: as alſo an admirable mutation, and alteration of Monar • hy, and many Kingdoms together withDeſtruction of Troy. new inſtitutions, or moldings of many Cities, as Paris, Mogunce, Carthage, Naples, and very many beſides theſe.

Many new Kingdoms were newly erected, or now had their firſt beginning, as that of the • acede •••• an • , Corinthians, Hebrews, and divers more.

Here in theſe times all over the whole world, there was very great wars, and B • t • ls of Kings and Nations, and ſeveral alterations of Empires.

Originall of Venetians.The Venetians from this time, do compute and reckon the originall both of their people and City from the Trojans.

And its obſervable that very many other Nations, as well in Europe as in A •• a, pretend to have taken their originall from the Trojans, to whom I thought good to give ſo much credit, as they themſelves were able to perſwade me was truth, upon ſufficient teſtimony and proof.

The Arguments they produce concerning their Nobility and Antiquity are frivolous, being deſirous to magnifie themſelves openly, as if there were no People, or Nation in Europe, before the Deſtruction of Troy, or as if there had been no Peſant, or Clown amongſt the Trojans.

Saul. Under the moderation alſo of this Planet, Saul was made firſt King of the Jews, after him David, whoſe ſon King Salomon, built in • eruſalem the Temple of the true God, the moſt famous and glorious of the whole world: from hence the Spirit of God illuſtrating, and enlightening his Prophets with a more ample illumination of his grace, they did not only foretell of the future incarnation of our Lord and Saviour, but alſo many other things, as holy Scriptures do teſtifie, amongſt whom were Natha • ſon of King David, G • d, A • ap • , Achias, Se •• i • s, A • arias, Anan, and many others.

Homer▪ Gabriel Angel of the Mo • n, his ſecond time of ruling, An. 4 • 52. Homer the Greek Poet, VVriter of T •• ys Deſtruction, Dares, Phrygius, D •••• C • e • e • ſis, who were themſelves at the raſing, and ſacking thereof, and have likewiſe deſcribed it, are ſuppoſed to have been alive near about theſe times.

The thirteenth time in order, Gabriel the Spirit of the Moon, again undertook the ordering of this world the 30▪ day of Ianuary in the year from the beginning of the Univerſe 4252▪ and he preſided in his Government 354 years, 4 moneths, untill the year of the World 4606, and fourth moneth,

In this time many Prophets were famous and excelled amongſt the Jews, viz. Helias, Heliſ • us, Micheas, Abdias, with many others: There were many alterations of the Kingdom of the Jews: L • c •• g •• gave Laws and Ordinances to the Lacedemonians, Heliah. Ca •• tus Sylvius, Lyberius Sylvius, Romulus Sylvius, Pr ••• s Sylvius, Nu • it • r, Kings of Italy flouriſhed, during the moderation of this ſpirit: more Kingdomes alſo had their Originall or foundation under him, as thoſe of the Lydians, Medes, Macedonians, S • a • tans, and others: the Monarchy of Aſſyrians under Sardanapalus Decay of Aſſyrian monarchy. now ended. And in like manner the Kingdome of the Macedonians was conſumed, or worn out.

Sundry lawes are impoſed on men, the worſhip of the true God is neglected, and the Religion of falſe Gods too much p • opagated: the City of Rome is builtCity of Rome. under the Dominon of this Spirit, in the year 1484, which yeare in order, was the 239 of the Angell Gabriel, the Kingdome of the Sylv • a • s in Italy now ended, and that of Rome began in theſe times, Thales, C •• lon, P •• iander, Cleobulus, Bias, and Pitta • us, Seven wiſe men of Greece. the ſ • aven wiſe men of Greece floriſhed, and from thence • hiloſophers and Poets came into requeſt. At Rome, Romulu the firſt founder of the City reigned 37, years being a Fratricide, and a ſtirre • up of Sedition. After whom Nu •• Pompilius continued that Kingdome in peace full 42 years: he amplified the worſhip of the Gods, and lived in the time of Hezektah King of Iudea. About the expiration N • buchad • nozor. of this Angell of the Moon his government: Nebuchad • nozor King of Babylon, took Hi • ruſalem, and deſtroyed Zed • bia • the King and carryed away all the people Captive.

Hieremiah the Prophet was now famous, who fore-told this deſtruction, as alſo their future delivery from Babylon.

When Gabriel had finiſhed his co •• ſe, againe Michael Angell of the Sun did aſſume Michael the Angel of the ſun his ſecond return, A ••• 4606. the 14. government of the World, who began the firſt day of the moneth of May, in the year of the World 4606. the fourth moneth, and did rule the World according to his own order 354. years, untill the year of the Worlds Creation 4960. and eighth moneth.

In the time of this Angels moderation Evill Merodach King of Babylon, did reſtore both their Liberty and King to the people of the Jews, according to the direction of the Angell Michael, who as Daniel wrote, ſtood for the Nation of the Jews, unto whom they were committed by God.

In theſe times likewiſe the Monarchy of the Kingdome of Perſians began, whoſePerſian monarchy, deſtroys the Aſſyrian. firſt King Darius: and the ſecond Cyrus did bring to nothong or utterly ruine, that moſt powerfull Kingdome of Babylon in the dayes of Bal •• azar, (as Daniel and the Prophets had predicted)

In theſe times Sybilla Cuma • a was much ſpoken of, and grew famous; who Sybilla Cuma • a. brought 9 books to Tarqui •••• Priſ • us the King to be bought for a certain price; in which were contained the reaſon, order, and ſucceſſion of future Aviſements, of the whole common-wealth of the Romans. But when the King refuſed to give her the price demanded, Sybilla (the King ſeeing it) burnt the three firſt books, demanding the ſame price for the other ſix; which when again he had denyed to give her, ſhe committed to be burnt three of thoſe remaining, and would have done ſo by the reſt; unleſs the King by perſwaſion and Councell of others, had not redeemed them from conſuming, giving the ſame price for the three laſt, for which he might have had the whole nine.

Moreover the Romans having abrogated Government by Kings conſtituted two Conſuls to reign every year. Phalaris the Tyrant in theſe times occupied Sicilia: Magique or naturall Philoſophy was alſo in theſe times highly eſteemed amongſt the Kings of Per •• .

Pythagoras. Pythagoras the Philoſopher, and very many others flouriſhed amongſt the Greeks; the Temple and City of Hieruſalem are a new reedified.

Eſd • as. Eſd • as the Prophet repaired the books of M • ſes, burned by the Ch • lde • ns; who were alſo called Babylonians, and committed them to memory for example.

X •• xes King of the Perſians brought his Army againſt the Greeks, but had no ſucceſs Socrates & Plato. therein. The City of Rome is taken, burned, and deſtroyed, by the Ga •• es; the Capitoll only preſerved by a Gooſe, ſtirring up the weary Champions. The Athenians had eminent wars in theſe times: Socrates & Plato Philoſophers lived now.

Tribunes, Aediles. The Romans leſſened the power of their Conſuls, inſtituted Tribunes & Aedils, and were alſo about theſe times involved in many calamities: Alexander the great Perſian monarchie overth own after the expiration of the rule of Michael, reigned in Macedonia, deſtroyed the Monarchy of the Perſians in Darius: conquered all Aſia, and annexed it with part of Europe to his own Empire.

He lived 33 years, reigned 12. after whoſe death infinite wars and many miſchiefs followed, and his Monarchy became divided amongſt four.

Now amongſt the Jews, firſt of all, they began to contend for the Prieſthood: the Kingdome of Syria began.

After the Spirit of Michael had finiſhed his courſe, then the 15 time in order, Orifiel Orifiel, angel of Sa • urn, his 3. return, An▪ 4960. Punick War. Calamity of Rome. Coloſſus deſtroyed. the Angell of Sa • urn, the third time aſſumed the regulating of this World, the laſt day of the moneth of Sept • mber, in the year from the building of the Univerſe 4960. and eighth moneth and he did rule in Chief 354 years, 4 monethes, untill the year of the World 5315. Under whoſe moderation, the Punick war began betwixt the Romans and Carthaginians the City of Rome was almoſt wholly conſumed by fire and water. The Brazen Molten Image called Coloſſus, in length one hundred and twenty ſix foot fell down, being ſhaken by an earthquake. At, or near this time the City of Rome enjoyed peace one year after the Punick War: which Common-wealth had never been without War in 440 years before.

Hieruſalem together with the Temple is burnt and deſtroyed by Anti •• bus and Epiphanes, the Hiſtory of the Machabees and their Wars were now acted.

Carthage •••• d.In theſe times Carthage 606 years after its firſt foundation is deſtroyed, and burned continually by the ſpace of 17 whole dayes. In Sicilia ſeaventy thouſand ſlaves made a Conſpiracy againſt their Maſters.

many prodigies. Mithridates Many Prodigies in theſe times were beheld in Europe; tame domeſticall cattle fled to the Woods, it raigned blood, a fiery Ball ſhined, appeared, and gliſtered out of heaven with great noyſe and crackling. Mithridates King of P • ntus, and Armenia held Wars with the Romans 40 years. The Kingdome of the Jews is reſtored, which had interruption 575 years from the time of Zedechia, untill Ariſt •• ulu • . The people alſo of Germany called the Theutones, invaded the Romans, and after many fights are overcome and one hundred and threeſcore thouſand of them ſlain, beſides innumerable others of them, who ſlew themſelves and familiars under Caſus and Manlius the Conſuls: notwithſtanding this, many of the Romans were before this cut off by them: after which time. Civill Wars did much ſhakeThree Suns. the Romane Common-wealth, which endured full 40 years. Three Suns appeared and were ſeen in Rome, but not long ere they were reduced into one.

A very few years ſucceeding, • ulius Caeju • Caeſa • uſurped the government of the Romans, which Octavius Auguſtus after him amplified, and • oyned Aſia Africk and Europe into one Monarchy, he reigned 36 years by whom, or whoſe means, God gave peace to the whole World▪ In the year from the building of the City 751▪ and of Caeſar Octavius Auguſtus 42. and in the 24 • year and eighth moneth, the 25 of December, of the government of the aforeſaid Orifiel the Angell of Saturne: • eſu • Chriſt the Son of God is born in Bethe •• n of Iudea, of Mary the Virgin. Note, how faire and wonderfull the Ordination of Divine providence is; For the World at firſt was created under the rule of Saturn his Angell Orifiel: and mercifully redeemed, inſtaurated, and made new again under his third government; ſo that the great number and agreement of concurring Actions, may ſeem to adminiſter no ſmall beliefe to this manner of deſcription, or ſetting forth, that this World is governed by the ſeaven Angels of the Planets: for in the firſt Gubernation of Orifiel, there was one only Monarchy of the whole World, under his ſecond (as we mentioned before) it was divided amongſt many.

Again, during his third, (as is manifeſt) it was reduced into one, although, if we conſider or meaſure time aright, it is manifeſt alſo that in the ſecond government of Orifiel, there was but one only Mon • rchy, when the Tower of Babel was built. From this time forward the Kingdome of the Jews was quite taken away, and the ſacrifice of meat-offerings ceaſed, nor ſhall liberty be reſtored to the Jews beforeIncreaſe of of Chriſtian Religion. the third Revolution of the Angell Michael, and this ſhall be after the Nativity of Chriſt, in the year 1880▪ the eighth moneth, viz. In the year of the World 7170. and eighth moneth. Many of the Jews in thoſe times, and of the Gentiles alſo, ſhall embrace Chriſtian Religion, moſt plain and ſimple men preaching the word of God, whom no humane inſtitution, but a divine ſpirit hath inſpired. The World ſhall then be brought to its firſt innocency of its ſimplicity, the Angell of Saturne Orifiel governing the World every where.

Coeleſtiall things are mixed with earthly, many of the Chriſtians for that • aith which they did Preach, ſhall be ſlaughtered by the rulers of this World. About the ending of the Moderation of Orifiel, Hieruſalem is deſtroyed by the Romans, and the J •• s are diſperſed into every Nation, there being maſſacred of them eleven hundred thouſand, and four ſcore thouſand ſold for ſlaves, the reſidue of them fled; Iudea deſtroyed. Anael Angell of Venus▪ his third return and Government. and ſo the Romans wholy deſtroyed Judea.

After that Orifiel had finiſhed his government, Anael the Angell of Venus, the ſixteenth in order, the third time reaſſumed his Regiment of the World: the laſt day of Ianuary, in the year of creating the Heaven & Earth 5315. but from the year of the birth of Chriſt 109. and he regulated the affaires of the World 354 years, 4 moneths, untill the years of the World 5669. 4 moneths, but of the Nativity of our Saviour Ieſus Chriſt in the fleſh 463. And its remarkable, that almoſt during the whole rule of this Anael the Angel of Venus, the Church of Chriſtians did flouriſh in her perſecutions, and prevailed; many thouſands, of men being Butchered for the Faith of Chriſt. Moreover in theſe times very many Hereſies began to be broached in the Church, which were not extinguiſhed, but after ſome time and with labour & the blood of good men.

Many men were eminent about theſe times in all manner of learning, and ſuch as were learned and Eloqu • nt Divines, Aſtronomers, Phyſitians, Orators, Hiſtoriographers, and men of like quality, not only amongſt the Gentiles, but Chriſtians. At length the perſecution of I • fidels ceaſed, after that Conſtantine Caeſar the great, had aſſumed the Chriſtian faith, in the year of the World 5539▪ after the middle of the Government of the aforeſaid Anael the Angell of Venus. Although thoſe pre • eſſing the Religion and faith of Ieſus Chriſt in ſome meaſure, were now and then diſturbed and moleſted by the Ungodly; Yet notwithſtanding the peace of the Church did remain free from moleſtation a long time.

From this time forward, Mankinde which from the time of Ninus the King, for almoſt the ſpace of two thouſand and three hundred years, had moſt miſerably gone aſtray about the worſhip of Idols, was now revoked mercifully to the knowledge of one only God.

Various Arts of Subtilty in theſe times were augmented, and had increaſe and reputation according to their conveniencie unto the nature of Venus.

For the manners of men are changed with the time, and the inferiour bodies are diſpoſed according to the influence of the superiors.

The mind of man (verily) is free, and receives not the influence of the Stars, unleſs it doth too much commaculate his affection, by inclining its ſelf with the commerce which it hath with the body. For the Angels who are the movers of the Orbs, do neither deſtroy nor ſubvert any thing, which nature it ſelf hath conſtituted or framed.

A Comet of unwonted and unuſuall greatneſs did precede the death of Conſtantine.

Arrian Hereſy. The Arrian Hereſie in many Countreys diſturbed the holy Church.

Toward the end of this Angels Government, in the time of Iulianus Caeſ • r, Croſſes appeared in lines, and Croſſes in the garments of men.

Croſſes in Garments.In Aſia and Palaeſtina wars followed, Peſtilences and Famine in thoſe places where the Croſſes appeared.

In theſe times alſo about the year of our Lord 360. the Franks or Franconians inOriginall of the Franc • nia • s in Germany Germany had their Originall; who afterwards waſting Gallia, gave the name unto it of France, having firſt overcome and conquered the people thereof. The deſcription of Francia in greatneſs is long and wide, or of great circuit, whoſe Metrop ••• Moguntia ſometimes was; now truly and only Herbipolis.

The Bava •• ans, Suevians, the people of Rhine, Saxons, Thuringers, this day do occupie a great part of France in Germany, under jurisdiction of the Papacy in ſome places. Moreover in the 280 year of the Gubernation of this Angell Anael, the Roman Empire began to decline, whilſt the City was taken and burned by the Goth the Imperia • ſeat being firſt tranſlated into Greece under Conſtantine, which was very miſchievouſly done, and the only cauſe of the declining of that whole Monarchy: for nee • the determination of this Angell Anael his Regiment, there did ariſe R •• igifus▪ Alaricus, Atholfus, Kings of the Gothes: Alſo after this, Genſerick of the Vandals and Attllas of the Hunni who runing all over Europe, did moſt miſerably teare the Empire in ſunder, as is evident in theſe Hiſtories.

Zachariel Angel of Iupiter his third retu • ne and Government Ann • 5669.When Anael the Angell of Venus had finiſhed his Regiment, then Zachariel the Spirit of Jupiter did reaſſume the Univerſall Government of this World the ſeaventh time, the firſt day of June, in the year of the World 5669. the fourth moneth, but in the year of our Lord and Saviour Ieſus Chriſt 463. four moneths; and governed in his tu • ne 354 years and four moneths untill the year of the World 6023. and eighth moneth: but of our Lord God 817.

Many men in theſe times out of their affection to Chriſtian Philoſophy, betook themſelves to live in the Wilderneſs: many Prodigies appeared, Comets, Earthquakes,Comets▪ Earthquakes Blood raigned. it raigned blood.

Merlin born in Tumbe, predicted wonderfull things in the beginning or entrance of this Angels Government.

Merlins. A • thur • who commonly is called Arthur, the moſt glorious King of great Britain, who overcame the Barbarians, reſtored peace to the Church, went away conquerour Arthur • . in many battels: propagated the Faith of Chriſt, ſubdued to his dominion all Gallia, Norway, Denmark, and many other Provinces. He was the moſt glorious of all Kings that lived in his time, who after many famous actions performed, did never more appear, being expected to return by the Britains for many years, of whom in times paſt many praiſe-worthy ſongs were publiſhed by the Bardes of that people of wonderfull Poeſie; for whileſt he raigned, England was in its moſt flouriſhing condition, unto whom thirteen kingdoms were ſub • ect.

In or near theſe times the ſeverall Orders of Monks began to multiply in theMonks. Church of God: Theodoric King of Go • hes being an Arrian did poſſeſs all Italy, ſlue Boe • ius their Conſull.

All manner of Eſtates were full of preturbation, as well the Empire as Church affairs, or Church and Common-wealth were now in great diſtreſs.

Zenon and Ana • laſius, Arrian Emperours in the Eaſt, Theodoric and his ſucceſſors in Italy, Honorius King of the Vandalls in Affrica did excerciſe no ſmall Tyranny.

Clodoue • s King of France at length in Gallia being turned Chriſtian, both overcame the Gothes, and reſtored peace in many places, though not in every Country and Kingdom.

In the time of St. Benedict, and year of Chriſt 500. or thereabouts, in the beginning of the government of this Angel Zachariel the Spirit of Iupiter, whoſe ſpirits property it is, to change Empires and Kingdoms, which was done in this Revolution, as hiſtories do manifoldly declare; and what himſelf could not perform, he ordained Raphael the Angel of Mercury, his ſucceſſor, to perfect in Charles King of the Francks.

Many Kingdoms came to their periods under theſe 350. years both of the Gothes, In Carolo Francotu • : Vandalls, Burgundians, Lumbards, Thuringers, Alm • ius, Bavarians, and very many beſides.

Iuſtinianu • the Emperour firſt of all about theſe times beautified the Commonwealth very deſervedly with his Laws.

Many gallant and moſt admirable men flouriſhed under Zachariel

Iuſtinianus built the Temple of St. Sophia in Conſtantinople conſiſting of 400. Towers. The Empire is divided and made Bi-partite, and ever and anon is more and more oppreſſed with miſchiefs.

Many ſigns in heaven appeared about theſe times, as is eaſily collected from Hiſtories.

Goſdroes king of the Perſians took Hieruſalem, whom Heracliu • the Emperour afterward ſlue.

Mahomet the Arabian in theſe times about the year of Chriſt 600. introduced the Mahomet. Sect of Sarazens, by which Sect the Roman Empire in Aſia is now quite extinguiſhed.

Dagobert King of France ſlue the Engliſh, at that time called Saxons (whom in Dagobert. battell he overcame) Its remarkable, that by little an • little Chriſtianity about theſe times began to fail in Aſia and Affrick, upon entrance of the Sect of the • araſins therein, which now had almoſt poyſoned the whole world.

About the years of our Lord God 774. Croſſes appeared in the garments of men, and not long after the Roman Empire is divided, a tranſlation of the Mona • • hy being made to Charles who was of the Frankcs Nation in Germany, who preſervedVVeſtphalia. the Empire and Church from periſhing, and fought many famous battels.

The name of Weſtern Galls, or Weſtpha ••• ns in 〈◊〉 after his victory, firſt hadRaphael Angel of Mercury his third return. its beginning.

In the 18. place after finiſhing the rule of Zachariel, the Angel of Iupiter, Raphael the ſpirit of Mercury undertook the diſpoſing of this worlds affairs. the third time, the ſecond day of November in the year of the Creation of the World, 6023. Ann • , ••• 3 Roman 〈◊◊◊◊◊◊〉 who inhabit a Country in Germany b •• wixt Su ••• and Haſſia Blo draig • adeighth moneth, and he ſwayed the ſcepter of the World 354▪ years, four moneths, untill the years of the world 6378▪ and of our Lord God 1171.

In the firſt beginning of this revolution of Raphael the Angel of Me • cu • y, the Monarchy of the Roman Empire ( • s we mentioned before) was tranſlated to Charles the great.

After Charles his ſon Lodowick ruled 25. years, who being dead, his ſons contending • mongſt themſelves, did again extenuate the ſtrength of the Empire.

The Normans harrowed France: Rome is twice ſcourged by the Saracens: under Lodowick the ſecond it raigned blood from Heaven in Italy, by the ſpace of three whole dayes.

In Saxo • y, a certain village with all its buildings, and inhabitants was in a moment ſwept away by an horrible gaping or opening of the earth.

Othos Emperors, Tranſlation of the Empire to the Germans. Hungaria conve • ed. Orig • nall of the Princes Heſtors, Henry the ••• ſt ſounder of the Church of Bamburg▪ About the year of our Lord God 910, there were many great motions in Italy, and Italy ſell from the Empire of the Franks or Franconians, and ordained proper kings for themſelves of their own election; the firſt whereof was Berengarius the Duke of Fo • olivium, after whom ſeven in order ſucceeded, near upon fifty years, untill the tranſlation of the Empire unto the Germans: The firſt Emperour that was thereof was Otho, from which time the Empire began to be reformed; unto whom Otho his ſon, and his Nephew Otho after ſucceeded in the Empire: under whoſe Government the Hungarians are converted to the Chriſtian Faith. But the third Otho dying without children, inſtituted after his death Electors of the Empire in the year of Chriſtianity 1002. even as they remain to this preſent day.

Ieruſalem is again taken by the Saracens: many ſtrange ſights are ſeen in the air, in the Heavens, in the Earth and ſea, and in waters: But Otho the third being dead, Henry the firſt by election of the Princes ſucc • eded, raigned 20. years, who founded the Church of Bamburg, and dying a Virgin, together with his wife Kunigunda he ſhone gloriouſly in miracles; iſter whom Co •• ade firſt Duke of the Francks is choſen, and ruled 20. years.

Godſrey Ea • l of Bullen alſo recovered the holy Land, and City of Jeruſalem from the hands of the Infidels.

Before the end of this Revolution many ſigns and Prodigies were ſeen, and a little time after the Nation of the Tartars exceeded the bounds of their own Country, and did many miſchiefs to the Empire of Rome.

There was Famine, Peſtilence, Earthquakes in the Empire: Three ſuns were ſeen in the Eaſt; and as many Moons. In the year of our Lord God 1153. Frederick firſt called Barbaroſſa began to reign, and ruled 33. years, the beginning of3 S • nns ſcen. whoſe Government was in the 336. year of Ra • ha • l: He did many noble exploits, and enlarged the ſtrength of that Empire, performed ſundry wars with great ſucceſs, in whoſe ninth year the Egians and Lituotrians were converted to the Faith Samuel Angel of Mars 〈◊◊〉 to governe the third time Anno 6378. of Chriſt.

Samuel the Angel of Mars in order, the nineteenth time came to accept of the Gubernation of the univerſall world, it being now his third returne, and this he did the third day of Ma • h, Anno Mundi, 6378. and he regulated mundane affaires 354. years four moneths, untill the years of the World 6732. fourth moneth; and of our Lord God 1525. under whoſe predominancy many wars were all over the whole world, by which means infinite thouſands of men periſhed, and ſundry 〈◊〉 Kingdoms loſt their former bounds: betwixt Frederick the firſt Emperour and the Romane Nobility, many controverſies aroſe, ſundry great battels were fought, and many thouſands of Romans periſhed.

SUch is the incredulity of ſome, and ſo great the malignancy of others, that whereas in 1645. Ipubliſhed a ſmall Treatiſe concerning the Portents of thoſe three Suns ſeen in London the 19. of Novemb. 1644. by many hundreds of unqueſtionable credit: it hath been indeavoured by many diſaffected to our preſent welfare, and to that happineſs we enjoy by the bleſſing of Almighty God upon the endeavours of this Parliament, and valour of our Army, to queſtion the verity of thoſe three-Suns appearance, thereby to make people beleeve there was no ſuch thing (in Rerum natura) viſible, and ſo by conſequence my prediction, or judgement grounded on their appearance muſt be invalid: but time hath deluded my adverſaries, and thereby manifeſted the truth of thoſe judgements delivered upon that Subject, to the eternall ſhame of all ſuch as ſhall contradict of ſet purpoſe ſuch Manifeſt Truths. Poſterity may juſtly queſtion our preſent actions, while •• thoſe that now live, ſuſpect the verity of what is ſo uncontradictably true.

The conſideration hereof, had almoſt ſilenced my further engagements upon any the like Subject; for although I have had ſeverall Letters from ſundry parts of this Kingdom; intimating a viſibility of ſometimes three Suns, then of two, or three Moons, with the frequency of thoſe admirable appearances, and other Prodigious ſights in the Air, yet did I willingly refrain, either communicating thoſe Papers, or writing any thing upon thoſe, or ſuch like Subjects.

MY love remembred to you, in the beſt reſpect: I am unknown to you by face; yet have longingly deſired to ſee you, but ſtill kept back for want of ability, yet hope in time to ſpeak with you in London, and to receive inſtructions from you, concerning that noble Science you profeſs, &c. Now theſe are to certifie you, that there appeared to the view of our Inhabitants this third of April, three Suns, and two Apparitions like Rainbows over the true Sun: I ſaw it, ſo did five Labourers I had at work. It was firſt ſeen of us about ſeven in the morning, and a little before 8. I ſhewed it to my whole Family, but by eight they were all cloſed in one; yet the two Rainbows remained longer. Now the reaſon I am ſo bold as to write to you is, becauſe you have ſent many learned and true predictions into the world, and I hope will give your opinion on this alſo. I have ſome ancient Prophecies, I think you have not ſeen, and one figure of a Nativity, the Native not yet fourty, which I ſuppoſe would be more available to ſhew the truth of Aſtrologie, then any I yet ſee in your Books, for it is a miraculous one: if you pleaſe to make uſe of it, in the book, called An Introduction to Aſtrology, I can procure it brought you for nothing; if you do ſend for it, direct your Letter to be left at the Eagle and Childe in Woore ſix miles ſhort of Nantwitch. My Teem now ſtands looſe: I would be more large, but for haſt, Reſt your loving friend,