more or less be endamaged and hurt by the Effects thereof This inclined for the most part to the North-East Nations of the World And what they are may be discerned by the Globe or Map unto which I refer the Reader But the places principally designed to endure its Effects are the Countries Subject to Gemini and Taurus through which it moved and those are according to Origanus Sardinia part of Lombardy Flanders Brabant the Dukedom of Wittemberge Hyrcania Armenia Mariana Cirenaica Marmarica and the lower Egypt Russia Alba the Greater Polonia the North of Swedland all Ireland Lorrain Campania Switzerland Rhetia Franconia Parthia Persia and the Cyclades Islands which lye between Europe and Asia Cyprus and the Coasts of the Lesser Asia more particularly the Cities of London Corduba Viterbium Cesena Turinum Vercellas Rhegium Lovain Bruges Moguntia Hasford Bamberge and Noriberge Moreover Bononia Senas Mantua Tarentum Parma Lucerna Nants Wirizburge Carolostadium Lipsia Posania Guesna and Novogardia in Muscovia 3. So likewise the Regions unto which this Comet was Vertical For as Origanus pag. 525. Cometae illis regionibus imprimis nocent quibus sunt verticales aut in quarum sunt signis Comets saith he do especially hurt those Regions unto which they are Vertical or in whose Signs they happen And our Learned Country-man Dr. d ee tells us Aphor. 54. Quo magis ad perpendicularitatem c. By how much more the Radious Axis of any Star or Comet comes nearer being perpendicular to any Elementary Superficies by so much more powerfully that Star or Comet pours out its Vertues upon the place of its Incidence For the specifical Vertues of the Stars and Comets being conveyed to us by their Light the fewer the Beams are that fall upon the Horizon the less shall be their Vertue and that fewer Beams fall upon the place of the Horizon in their Oblique Position than when they approach nearer to or are in their Perpendicularity is evident to every one but meanly Versed in Geometry and the Opticks Now what the Regions and Countries be unto which this Comet became Perpendicular the following Aphorism will determine Stella verticales sunt illae quae tantam habent declinationem ab Aequinoctiali quanta est elevatio Poli illius Regionis Stars that be Vertical are those which have as much Declination from the Equinoctial as is the Elevation of the Pole or Latitude of the place And therefore all the Regions Kingdoms Common-wealths Countreys and Towns that have from 00. degrees to 16. degrees 46 minutes of South Latitude and from 00. degr to 49° 9′ of North Latitude are herein principally concern'd I 'le only instance some few eminent places on this side the Equator the rest you may see in the Globe Alexandria in Egypt Ancona in Italy Athens Avenio in France Babylon Bactra Barcino in Catholon Basilia in Helvetia Berna in Helvetia Bethlehem Bononia in Italy Bourdeaux in France Brundusium Buda in Hungary Burgos in Spain Chartres Compostella Constantinople Constance Conimbria in Portugal Corduba Corinthus Dalmatia in Egypt Damascus Ephesus Ferraria Fessa Florence Gades in Spain Genoua in Italy Goa in India Halicarnassus Hamburgh Hydruntum Hierusalem Ingolstade Leyden Lyons Lisbon Lucca S. Malo Mecha Mexico Morocco Madrid Millan Messina Marbon Nants Naples Paris Padua Pampelona in Navar. Pelusium in Egypt Poictiers Ratisbon Rochel Rome Salamanca in Spain Sena in Hetruria Syracuse Smyrna Thessalonica Tholose Tubinga Turino Tarraco in Cathalo Tirolis Tours in Spain Valence in Spain Valladolid in Spain Venice Vienna in Austria Ulms. Ulissippo in Portugal Urbinum in Italy Here it may be objected whether England shall not suffer by the Effects of this Comet as well as other places To which I answer That although I find it not Vertical to any part of England yet I must needs confess it wanted but a little of being so in the Southern parts thereof and cannot therefore be exempted from sharing with other places in the Miseries and Calamities threatned them especially London in whose Ascendant the Comet first appeared Howbeit England in general shall not suffer by it so extreamly as some Provinces and Cities of Italy France Spain Portugal and other Countreys under whose Ascendant it moved or to whom it was Vertical It was a Retrograde Comet in Gemini and Taurus Anno 1553. That immediately preceded a great Earthquake and horrible Winds in the Countreys bordering upon the Rhine A Schism in England a Famine in Germany an Inundation of Waters in Polonia and no fewer than 960 Houses in one Town in Brabant all of them burnt and consumed by Fire The Death of Clement the Seventh and the Duke of Millan And why not this another Earthquake and Famine in Germany or France A fine new Schism in England or another such Deluge in Polonia Why not the like Mischiefs by Fire about Cracovia or Casimyria Why may not another such Duke or Prince a King or an Emperour give up the Ghost A Pope or a Cardinal be Poysoned or Stab'd But Solinumine afflati praedicant particularia I must not exceed the Limits of a general Judgment neither the bounds alotted me by the Printer yet to satisfie the unbelieving part of the World that Comets have really ever been the Prodromi or fore-runners of the Death of one or more such Personages for those are the proper Subjects of Comets I shall here give them the following Catalogue wherein to recede no further are The Years of the Comets after Christ. The Princes c. that Dyed in the same or the following Year 13. Agrippa 14. Augustus Empâ—rour 54. Claudius Emperour 70. Vitellius Emperour 80. Vespasian Emperour 213. Severus Emperour 340. Constantine Emperour 363. Julian the Apostate 392. Valentinian Emperour 454. Theodosius Emperour 571. Albonius King of Lumbardy 603. Maurice Emperour 814. Charles the Great Emperour 837. Pepin King of France 839. Ludovicus Pius Emperour 882. Ludovicus Bavar Emperour 983. Otho II. Emperour 1009. Pope John XVIII 1066. S. Edw. King of England 1106. Henry IV. Emperour 1169. Malcolm King of Scots 1214. William King of Scots 1264. Pope Urban IV. 1301. Andrew King of Hungary 1314. Philip the Fair. 1341. Andronicus Emperour 1375. Charles the IV. 1402. Tamberlain and Galeat Vic. 1450. Amurath the Turk Emperour 1456. Ladislaus King of Poland 1457. Alphonsus King of Naples 1477. Charles Burgundy 1505. King Philip. 1506. Alexander King of Poland 1512. Pope Julius II. And Bajazet the Turk Emperour 1521. Leo the X. 1533. Clement VII Alphons Duke of Ferraria And Duke of Millan 1558. Charles V. Emperour Queen of Poland and Hungary And Mary Queen of England 1559. Paul IV. Henry King of France King of Portugal King of Denmark Duke of Venice Duke of Ferraria and fifteen Cardinals with divers other Princes 1577. Sebastian King of Portugal 1585. Osman Turk Emperour And Stephen King of Poland 1590. Urban VII And Charles Arch-Duke 1607. Charles Duke of Lorrain 1618. Matthias Emperour And Ann Queen of England 3. I come now to the third
the Registers and publick Notaries those Letters were confusedly written as one word the first sillable whereof was the Dipthong AE and had a declination assign'd it It is likewise by some called Hera but very corruptly for so the Spanish Dictionary of Antonius Nebrissa wherein it is made to signifie a Monarchy So Hera Mundi Hera Christi Hera Ordinationis Julianae and generally any other time computed from the beginning or rise of an Eminent and Illustrious Nation Religion or Sect is called Hera Now forasmuch as the business and benefit of these Epochae or Aerae is that the times past may thereunto be compared and applied as to a term prefixed I have here accommodated the Reader with the most Illustrious Epochae observed at this Day when they Commence how they agree and may be reduced to that of our Saviour the most Famous of all amongst Christians in limiting and determining of their Affairs for that such as be rightly instructed in the principal Intervals of years do best understand the differences of times which are Various and reap far greater profit in the Histories they read A view of the more notable Epochae EPOCHAE Anni Period Julia. Mens Perioda Juliana 1 January 1 Mundi Creatio 765 January 1 Aera Olympiadum 393◠July 8 Urbs condita 3961 April 21 Epocha Nabonnassari 3967 February 26 Obitus Alexandri Magni 4390 November 12 Aera Chaldaeorum 4463 October 15 Aera Ordinationis Julianae 4668 January 1 Aera CHRISTI DEI 4713 Calend. January  EPOCHAE Anni Christi Mens Aera Martyrum Copcitar 284 August 29 Aera Turcica Hegirae 622 July 16 Aera Jesdagirdica 632 June 16 Aera Sultanica 1079 March 14 Aera Gregoriana 1582 October 5 The Julian Period albeit but feign'd and invented by Scaliger through a continued Multiplication of the three Cycles of the Sun Moon and Roman Indiction used in the Julian year is Registred among the most Famous Epochae as being the Vehiculum by which we are safely carried through a Series of years This Period commenceth 4713 compleat years before the Common Aera of Christ or in the 4714. inchoate before his Nativity Therefore the first of January in the year 1657. Old Stile begins the 6370. year of the Julian Period the First whereof is Bissextile The Epocha or Aera of the Worlds Creation falleth out in the 765. year of the Julian Period which was Bissextile 3949 compleat years before the Birth of Christ. juxta Historicam veritatem wherefore the year 1657 is the 5660. Current year of the Worlds Aera Sed haec tamen incerta juxta varias Chronologorum sententias immutata Besides The Greek Church numbereth from the Creation to Christs Aera 5508 compleat years and begins it in the 5509. Current from the Antecedent Calends of September Therefore the year 1657. Current of the Christian Aera beginneth the 7165. current year of the World according to the Grecian Account The Latin Church according to Eusebius doth reckon from the Creation to Christs Nativity 5199 years counting from the Julian Vernal Month of March. And therefore the year of Christ 1657 is the 6856. year from the Creation which must as I said be computed from March for that according to this Account the Months January and February belong to the year 6855. The Jews Hebrews and later Rabbins do number from the Creation to the Nativity 3761 years beginning their Account from the first day of the Month Tisri which then agreed to the seventh of October in the Julian year And therefore the year of Christ 1657 is the 5418. year from the Creation according to their Account The Aera of the Olympiads or the first year of the first Olympiad began in the Summer of the 3938. year of the Julian Period in the 3174. year of the Creation Therefore the first year of the Christian Aera agrees to the 766. Olympiad Current or the 4. year of the 194. Olympiad which began the Summer before Therefore the Summer of the year of Christ 1657. began the first year of the 609. Olympiad This Epocha of the Olympiads is so called from the plains of Olympus nigh to the Temple of Jupiter Olympicus in the Country of Elis not far from the City Pisa and the River Alpheus where the Certamina ludicra or the Olympique Games were first instituted by Hercules Alemenus Anno Mundi 2757. in honour of this Jupiter Quibus homines Ethnici saith my Author ad immortalium Deorum cultum ad vires exercendas excitati sunt The Judges therein being the Citizens of Elis. After Hercules his Death these Games were discontinued for more than 400 years and until Prince Iphitus renewed them Anno Mundi 3174. and caused them to be Celebrated every fifth year The Epocha of Romes Foundation agrees with the 3161. year of the Julian Period April 21. being Paliliorum Urbis Romae Natale Festum with the 3197. year from the Worlds Creation the 3. year of the 6. Olympiad and the 753. current year before Christ. Therefore the year 1657. April 21. old stile began the 2410. year from the Foundation of Rome The Epocha of Nabonnassar the most ancient and famous of all other Astronomical Epochae took beginning with the Death of the King in the 3967. year of the Julian Period the 3203. of the World the first of the 8. Olympiad the 6. of the City and the 747. before Christ. Therefore the year 1657. July 5. New Stile but June 25. Old Stile begins the 2406. current year of Nebonnassar This Nabonnassar is not the same whom the Arabians Hebrews and some late Mathematicians amongst which Andreas Argolus is One following Alphonsus do meerly I suppose for the similitude of the Names call Nebuchadonosor or Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon For by examining the Interval of the 423 Egyptian years between the Empire of Nabonnassar and Alexanders Death with some famous actions during that time amongst the Jews and other Nations according to the Sacred and Profane Histories we shall find that Nabuchadonosor was 140 years after Nabonnassar Besides Funccius Bucholcerus Buntingus Colmannus and others especially Reinholdus Tab. Prut believed him to be the same with Salmanassar King of the Assyrians But Scaliger Calvisius Christmannus and Origanus conclude him for either that King of Babylon which 2 Reg. 20.12 is called Baladan the Father of Berodach or Mardochempadi as Ptolemy calleth him or else that King which Scaliger by this name calleth the first in the Dynastie of the Babylonians which revolted from Artica King of the Medes and erected a New Kingdom wherein he reckoneth Twenty Kings until Cyrus King of the Persians The Radix or Epocha of Alexander the Great which the Arabians call Aera Philippi began the 4390. year of the Julian Period the 3626. of the Creation Nov. 12. the 425. of Nabonnassar and the 324. Current before Christ. This Epocha was used by Hipparchus Ptol. Theon Alexandrinus in Canonibus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Albategnius The year 1657.
Primary Foundations of the whole body of Astronomy are Confirm'd Evinc'd and Demonstrated For seeing that the Sun is Eclipsed only in his Conjunction with the Moon and the Moon in her Opposition to the Sun we conclude the cause of the Sun's Eclipse to be the Interposition of the Moon betwixt him and the Earth and the cause of the Moons Eclipse the Interposition of the Earth betwixt her Body and the Sun 's Thus the Solar Eclipses do manifest the Moon to be Lower and less than the Sun The Lunar Evince the Earth not founded infinitly below us as Xenophon Colophonius trifled But that the Heavens under us are distant from the Earth as far upwards in respect of those that be our Antipodes as here they are and consequently that the Earth is not Cubical nor Pyramidal Scaphoidal or otherwise Hollow Nor Tympanoidal nor Cylindroidal but on every side perfectly Round or terminated by a Globosous Figure Because that not only the Shadow of the Earth in the Moon 's Body is always and on every part observed to be round but also for that such as live Eastward do number more hours from their Meridian for the beginning or ending of an Eclepse than such as live Westward proportionally to their distance By Eclipses also of the Moon we know that the Earth is moved or Placed in the middle of the Zodiaque because that she is Eclipsed only in the Opposite Places thereof The Oriental or Occidental Eclipses of the Moon tell us one half of the World is always visible and that daily one half of the Zodiaque Rises above the Horison The Lunar Eclipses best discover to us the Longitudes of Places upon the Earth and assure us the Earth and Water make but one Globe That the Mountains of the Earth are not to be compared to the bigness thereof the equal roundness of the Shadow tells us Wherein we observe no Hiulcity or Cleft by reason of the Vallies nor yet any part thereof extended more than the rest because of the Mountains And although the true and certain place of the Moon cannot be takâ—n by any Instrument whatsoever because of her Parallaxes Nature or rather the God of Nature hath supplyed this defect by her Eclipses For the Moon posited in Mediis Tenebris is then understood to be in Opposition to the Sun By these defects therefore the Motions and Mutations of the Moon are found out and rationally Demonstrated Lunar Eclipses Demonstrate the Shadow of the Earth to be Conical Terminating in a Sharp Point And in the same places of the Moons Transits to be sometimes thicker otherwhiles more slender notwithstanding a certain Rule and Respect had to the Sun's Motion And consequently that the Sun is moved or so seems to be in an Eccentrical Orb. Hence likewise we gather That the Sun is far greater than the Earth and the Moon lesser so the Solar Eclipses demonstrate the Distances of the Luminaries from the Earth to be different and therefore to be moved in Eccentriques or Epicycles Hereby also is found out a Rule for measuring the Distances of the Sun and Moon from the Earth and the Magnitudes of their several Bodies And lastly by Eclipses of the Luminaries The God of Nature forewarns this sinful world of the Revolutions of Kingdoms and States the Death and Detriment of Princes Governours and Great men of Heresies Sects and Seditions in the Church Alterations of Laws and Customs of Drought and Inundations of Rivers Wars Famine Plague and Pestilence In a word the vicissitude of all sublunary things Levate in Excelsum Oculos Vestros videte quis creaverit ista Something farther touching the Doctrine of Eclipses Chiefly from Morinus NOw as touching the Effects of Eclipses it hath been an Antiently receiv'd Opinion That whatsoever the Sun and Moon and the rest of the Planets and Stars bring to pass upon these Inferior Bodiâ—s is done by vertue of their Light which if granted it must necessarily follow that the action of the Luminary deficient being diminished in Partil or wholly intermitted in Total Eclipses these Sublunaries should meet with and suffer great Alterations because the Sun and Moon are the Primary Coelestial Causes of all Sublunary Effects But Johannes Baptista Morinus Astrolog Gallic Lib. 11. tells us That Light doth only Illuminate and nothing else And Lib. 12. That besides Light there is an actual Heat in the Sun and in all the Stars proper and peculiar Influences which penetrate the body of the Earth and do not less affect and dispose it from the places beneath than such as are above it And therefore Eclipses of the Luminaries are not to be considered only as to a privation of their Light in these Sublunaries but as those Eclipses are never but in their Conjunctions or Oppositions whereby they emit their Influence more powerfully than in any other Aspect whatsoever Wherefore both Astronomers and Astrologers observe the same moment of time in which the middle of an Eclipse happens The first whereby to rectifie the Tables of their Motions the Later to the end that by a Coelestial Figure erected to that moment of time they may see what Effects an Eclipse may produce in these Inferiours not in respect of the Light deficient which saith he the Learned Astrologers regard not but of their Influence Which being permitted he further saith That in superterranean Eclipses of the Sun we are depriv'd of his Light and Heat Totally if the Eclipse be Total and in part if but Partil and that so long as the Eclipse lasts But we are not depriv'd of the Sun's Influence or at least no longer than while the Sun is under the Earth which every night causeth a Total Solar Eclipse for many hours together For as the Influence of the Sun whilst under the Earth penetrates the same as is evident from the Figures of those are born by night so the Influence of the Sun above the Earth penetrates the Dense and Opacous Body of the Moon Eclipsing him which neither the Sun's Light or Heat could penetrate she being as black as Ink it self whilst under the Sun 's Discus as by an Optique Tube may easily be observed But Subterranean Solar Eclipses at leastwise such as be Total do more affect the upper Hemisphere of the Earth then the Superterranean and the Reason is because the Influence of the Sun is not of infinite vertue and therefore if it should penetrate the Earth's Gâ—obe it could be but faintly through both the Globes of the Earth and Moon In those Eclipses therefore at least such as are Total we suffer by reason of the Imminute Influence of the Sun toward us which he thought might be the cause why for 30 years together so much War and all manner of mischiefs raged in this Hemisphere of the Earth which Europe divideth For as much as all that while very many Total and nigh Total Eclipses of the Sun happen'd in the Lower Hemisphere as may be seen in Origanus who very carefully
For it admitteth some Comets to be generated below the Moon by the breathings of the Terrestrial Globe either inflamed or illuminated Yet that some are above the Moon and of a Coelestial Matter For my own part in regard of the incertainty of all other Opinions I willingly incline to that which attributes the Generation and Government of Comets to God or the Intelligences Or to such as reckon them among the Arcana of the World and the most hidden Miracles of Nature In which Number are Messabala Hagecius Rhodius Regiomontanus Tycho and many others For the Dotages of Bodin and some others who suppose Comets were the Souls of Illustrious Men triumphing in Heaven Or of those that thought them to be Fires conveyed to and fro by Spirits I shall not trouble the Reader with such Phantasms Having now declared to you the Name Genus and Species of Comets their Number time of Appearance and Continuance the Apparent and true Magnitude of their Head and Tail their Situation Inclination Motion Way Quantity Swiftness Distance Shape Colour Smell Diaphaniety Matter Place and Efficient Cause It now remains that I give you 17. Their Final Cause IT has been a received Opinion in all Ages that Comets are certain Funebrious Appearances secret Fires and Torches of Death rather than of Life and were ever look'd upon as the threatning Eyes of Divine Vengeance and the Tongue of an Ireful Deity portending the Death of Princes Plague of the People Famine and Earthquakes with horrid and terrible Tempests Aristotle lib. 1. Meteor Cap. 7. acknowledges Cometas significare Tempestatem ventorum intemperantiam atque imbrium That Comets signifie Tempests Intemperance of Winds and Showers Cicero lib. 2. de nat Deor. That Comets or as he calls them Sidera concinnata curl'd or crisped Stars Bella Octaviano Magnarum fuerunt calamitatum praenunciae were the Fore-runners or Messengers of the great Calamities that ensued by means of the Octavian War The great Naturalist Pliny tells us no less in these words Cometes terrificum magna ex parte Sydus ac non leviter piatum ut Civili motu Octavio Consule iterumque Pompeii ac Caesaris bello in nostro vero aevo circa venificium quo Claudius Caesar Imperium reliquit Domitio Neroni ac deinde Principatu ejus assiduum prope ac saevum A Comet is a terrible Star for the most part and not easily purged away by Sacrifice as in the Civil War whilst Octavius was Consul And again in the War betwixt Pompey and Caesar but in our Age saith he it was in a manner assiduous and cruel about the Feat of Poysoning whereby Claudius Caesar left the Empire to Domitius Nero and no less afterwards by his Sovereignty So likewise Suetonius writing on Claudius cap. 26. Praesagia mortis ejus praecipua fuerunt exortus Stellae Crinitae quam Cometem vocant The chief Presages of his Death were the arisings of the Hairy Star they call a Comet Nor are the Poets silent in this particular For thus Virgil Prince of Latine Poets enumerating the Prodigies that preceded the Civil War after Caesar's Death Non alià s Caelo ceciderunt plura sereno Fulgura nec diri toties arsere Cometae Not from clear Skies ever more Lightning came Nor such Dire Comets oft'ner seen to flame And Lucan Ignota obscurae viderunt sidera noctes Ardentemque Polum flammis Coeloque volantes Obliquas per inane faces crinemque timendi Sideris Terris mutantem Regna Cometen Unheard-of Stars by Night possess'd the Skies Heaven seems to flame and through the Welkin fire Obliquely flies States changing Comets dire Display to us their Blood-portending Hair Neither were the Holy Fathers of other Opinion For S. Damascen lib. 2. Orthodox fid tells us Aggignuntur autem frequenter Cometae signa quaedam interitus Regum qui quidem non sunt ex iis Astris quae à rerum initio facta sunt sed jussu divino certis temporibus conflantur ac rursus dissolvuntur There are Comets saith he frequently generated that be signs of the Death of Kings which indeed be not of those Stars that were at first created but which are gathered by the will of God at certain times and afterwards dissolved And Tertullian ad scap cap. 3. after a long Discourse thereof thus concludes Omnia haec signa sunt imminentis irae Dei They are all Signs saith he of the imminent wrath of God But because I would not be over-tedious take the Testimony of S. Augustine for all lib. de urbis excid Tom. 9. where speaking of a great Comet that impended over Constantinople about the Year 396. according to a Revelation first made thereof to a Souldier and by him to a Bishop who thereupon exhorted the People to Repentance and to receive the Sacraments he hath these very words Volens siquidem Deus terrere civitatem terrendo emendare terrendo convertere terrendo mundare terrendo mutare servo suo fideli viro ut dicitur militari c. God being pleased to terrifie the City and by terrifying convert it by terrifying cleanse it by terrifying change it he revealed as 't is reported to a Souldier his faithful Servant c. And a little after Noctis initio tenebrante jam mundo visa est ignea nubes ab Oriente primo parva deinde paulatim ut accedebat super Civitatem a crescebat donec toti urbi ingens terribiliter immineret Videbatur horrenda flamma pendere nec odor Sulphurus deerat Omnes ad Ecclesiam confugiebant non capiebat multitudinem locus Baptismum Extorquebat quisque à quo poterat Non solum in Ecclesia sed etiam per Domos per vicos plateas salus Sacramenti exigebatur ut fugaretur ira non praesâ—ns utique sed futura In the beginning of the Night whilst darkness cover'd the Earth there appeared a fiery Cloud in the East at first but a little one afterward by degrees as it approach'd the City it so increased till being mighty big it hover'd terribly over all the Ciâ—y There was seen a horrible flame which descended from it neither was there a Sulphurous smell wanting All the People fled to the Church the place contained not the Multitude Every one wrested Baptism from whom he could the health of the Sacrament was extorted not only in the Church but also throughout the Houses Lanes and Streets to avoid as well the present as future wrath of God Thus far S. Augustine Of Meteorologers Let us hear Fromundus lib. 1. Meteor cap. 3. who after a long Discourse thereon concludes with Fienus Cometem non esse Physicam causam calamitatum sed signum potius ad placitum Dei utentis Cometa licet effectu naturali ad terrendos emendandos alicubi mortales quo modo usus est ad foedus cum genere nostro significandum licet aliquibus fausti quidam Cometae fuerint aut visi sint non in hunc tamen finem sed ad tristiora
denuncianda mitti Principumque exitus calamitates confarcinare That a Comet is not a Physical cause of Calamities but rather a Sign at the pleasure of God using the Comet although by a Natural Effect to terrifie and amend Mortals like as he uses the Rain-bow to signifie the Covenant made betwixt him and Mankind And although Comets may be Fortunate or seem so unto some yet that they are not sent for that End but to denounce more sorrowful things and to heap up the Death and Calamities of Princes The like saith Franciscus Resta but the narrow room I am tyed to will not admit of all their Testimonies in the Original especially Cabaeus admits some Comets to be unfortunate others fortunate both per se and to all and also per accidens Because there is never any thing so pernicious to one but it profits another and if one lose an Empire another gets it and subscribeth to Cardan That Elementary Comets are generated of the great plenty of Sulphurous Spirits which cause or signifie Drought â—nd Distempers of the Air whereby the tenderest and weakest Bodies and those that be most delicately nurâ—ur'd and such as be subject to Cares and Watchings are soonest hurt and offended In which number are all Princes so likewise tender Bodies and delicate Females but that the Death of such is not so much taken notice of as Princes Of Astronomers let Tycho have Audience first He Progym Tom. 1. Ã pag. 800. condemns all such who because of the Errors of some Astrologers and the weakness of Humane Understanding in attaining the certain Presages of these Portents deprive them of all Energy and vertue of signifying as if God and Nature should dally with these appearances and would have nothing to be thereby fore-told the World Longomontanus his Scholar Append. ad Astr. Dan. cap. 7. sharply reprehends Thomas Erastus and others who allow of some Vertue to Ordinary Stars yet indulge no Power or Efficacy to Comets Because saith he God and Nature have made nothing in vain but ordain'd the Evils themselves signified by Comets to a good End That is to say Dearth of Corn and Barrenness that the Earth as it were by lying fallow might in the interim be fitted and prepared to a plenty of all Fruits So likewise Tempests that the Air thereby being tossed and tumbled might be purged from Dregs Diseases and Wars that wicked and ungodly Men being thereby routed out the World might be renewed according to these Verses of Palingelius Tales ergo homines imo umbras tempore certo Mittit in arma Deus crudeli morte necandos Sic genus humanum purgat multosque per annos Qui remanent vivunt hilares hac parte Remora Donec succrescunt iterum mala gramine rursus Evellendo acri bello gladioque secanda Tunc iterum immundas dispuniat Jupiter Ollas Tunc iterum immissis furtis purgamina verrit For although these new Phaenomena be lock'd up in the Cabinet of Nature in respect of the Matter and Efficient Cause thereof yet as to the end they were pre-ordained of God to signifie the Eversions and Changes of Publick things and to pull down the too much Security of Men. Hitherto Longomontanus Kepler Physiolog Comet saith that Comets were made to the End the Aethereal Region might not be more void of Monsters than the Ocean is of Whales and other grand thieving Fishes and that a gross fatness being gathered together as Excrements into an Aposthume the Coelestial Air might thereby be purged lest the Sun should be obscured as partly he was in the Year 1547. from the 24. to the 28. of April or for a whole Year together as in that wherein Julius Caesar was slain when being made weak by a Murrey or Bloody colour he cast but a dim and disdainful Light And lib. 3. he proceeds to the significations of the Comet in 1607. unto which he attributes Drought Scarcity of Corn and many other Evils adding withal that the wisest of Historians and Philosophers testifie That Infelicities and Miseries have always succeeded Comets not only by the Death of Princes and changes thence ensuing but by a thousand other ways And sums up the Troubles and Calamities which followed the Comet in 1531. in Helvetia Saxony and the Baltique Sea and that of the Year 1532. in Westphalia and Holland That of 1538. in England That of 1539. in Misnia Thuringia Marchia Brudenburgica and Brunswick That of 1558. again in England France and Holland So likewise that of the Year 1569. in Saxony and those in 1577. and 1580. in several places of Germany c. Which done he declares the Events of the Comet in 1607. and his Judgment of those in 1618. and 1619. unto which I refer the Reader I have been the larger in these Testimonies of Philosophers Poets Fathers Meteorologists and Astronomers to the end all rational and indifferent Men may see and judge what an awful regard hath ever been had of Comets and other the like Prodigious Meteors amongst the Learned and how far differing from the too prejudicate and uncharitable Censures of some silly Sciolists of this Age who judge of all things but according to the shallow Current of their own Fancies or to cherish the predominant Humour of these giddy times As for Astrologers I shall not produce them as Witnesses but Judges to decide the Portents of the aforesaid new Comet in December 1652. the Occasion of this Discourse and which now I come to handle Astrologically But first I will give you the Place and Motion thereof Of the Comet 1652. UPon Wednesday the Eighth day of December 1652. Stilo veteri about Nine a Clock at Night I first beheld this Comet below the hinder-most Star in the Constellation of the Hare but some few degrees to the East thereof It was likewise seen the same Evening by Mr. Childrey of Feversham in Kent as I have it from a good hand but neither he nor my self could as then perceive any Tail visible what it had before the Moon was up I know not I have heard of some who say they saw it the sixth or seventh day And 't is very probable the first appearance thereof might be about the Full Moon Dec. 5. or rather as I suppose upon the Quartile of Jupiter and Mars Celebrated the seventh day of December whereof more hereafter The 9 th day betwixt 7 and 8 in the Evening I saw it the second time under the Foot of Orion not far from the Hares Eye and then there appeared a dim Tail directly opposed the Sun but after the Moon rose the Tail was hardly visible This Evening also it was observed by the Astronomical Reader of Gresham Colledge as I am inform'd and afterwards so often as the Air would permit him till it vanished It is my unhappiness not to be acquainted with the Gentleman Yet by the means of a Noble Friend I obtained the Longitude and Latitude thereof as he had found the same by Instrument
where she overflows The Fertile Banks yet never further goes Without a Miracle tâ—an Natures Bounds Or if we think she do 't is where some Towns Encroach upâ—â— hâ—r 〈◊〉 â—or she Is full as constant fâ—r more just than we 7. In January All hail my Masters I must now implore Your Ticket for a twelve Months Recreation I know no Plot save that which keeps us poor And this of mine to gain your Approbation All my Designs lurk in these Rural strains My Guts Conspire indeed but not my Brains 8. In February I Honour all that have a Soveraign Pow'r Extol their Prowess be it more or less Admire them growing in a golden showre Observe but point not at their vain excess The Sun's defects seen in a line direct Hurt th' Eyes not when in Water they reflect 9. In March I pray for Kings and think 't a Pious deed Good Princes very well deserve our Pray'rs But thereof bad ones sâ—and the most in need For such be sure do stand on slippery stairs And like to Iron generate the rust From their own substance turns 'em into dust 10. In April I 'm hugely taken with the Golden Train Those lofty Stars which glide along this Sphere Yet Greatness without Goodness I disdain A Spungie Head full ill becomes a Peer Persons of Honour should have Princely parts No empty Cock-lofts or deceitful Hearts 11. In May. I Reverence Justice on the meanest seat She was a Vertue once though now a wonder I like sweet words intended not to cheat And works of Mercy not too far asunder But Cruelty how that would make me swagger Were it not common both to Sword and Dagger 12. In June I love the Ministry all but the name That Motly and promiscuous Appellation Which mingleth Dung-hill Dirt with Austin's Fame With Holy Writ pretended Revelation Give me the Priest disdains to tell a Lye That Priest who dare for his Religion die 13. In July I like the Comm'nalty that Sov'raign Pow'r Whilst not to Faction or Revenge dispos'd But Commons over-stinted or too sowre Are best improved when they are inclos'd Who gives a Giddy Multitude the Reins O're-whelms the State betrays his want of Brains 14. In August I own the Camp where Gallantry Commands Where Arts and Arms advance their awful Crosts But wish the Cramp befall such Victors Hands As cannot Conquer their Ambitious Brests Success enlarges Mens desires nay more It breeds some thoughts they dream'd not on before 15. In September I hug the Souldier dreads no violent end For stoutest Men such Fortune often have It is the Cause not Mode of Death shall send Us Glorious or Inglorious to the Grave He who'll avoid a shameful Death must run The danger of a brave one and 't is done 16. In October I fancy well our great Metropolis She harbours store of Men and store of Riches There is no sounding of that vast Abyss What wonder then if London wear the Breeches Yet must this Darling now and then untruss Correction keeps her most Obsequious 17. In November But O the Country free from jarring-strife Where Plants and Flow'rs abound with Eloquence Where ev'ry Hedge and Tree doth breath new Life Where pratling Birds do captivate my sense There I sequestred from the World abide And if needs must there I 'le be Crucifi'd 18. In Decembâ—r Thus in an Humour purely Innocent I add one Year more to a careful Age No more of this till freed from my Restraint I cannot chant like Birds within a Cage Yet know I have although my aim's not high Seleucus-like an Anchor on my Thigh 19. His Conclusion Thus have our melting Eyes England beheld With smooth-fac'd Peace and wanton Plenty swell'd Into a Monster so unweildly grown Her own vast weight depress'd her Princely Crown A Brutish War â—ore Church and State asunder Fool'd us with Fears fill'd all the World with wonder The fairest Sâ—â—rs losing their sacred light And cheâ—rfâ—l dâ—y turn'd into drowâ—ie Night Th' Aâ—tipodes true Mirrour of the Cause Re-aâ—ted through three Nations with applause Bâ—t EXIT OLIVER whilst yet we lend Oâ—r Patience till the PLAY be at an end In Kalendarium Ecclesiasticum 1660. We meet with thâ—se several Excellent and true Verses 1. Under the Regal Table WHere 's now the Sultan What remorsless Star Remov'd that Famous Idol Olivar Unwelcom Death But what flint-hearted Fate That mushrome-Mushrome-Prince his Son Our glorious State Thus then we see what luck Protâ—ctors have A restless Life or Ignominious Grave 2. Under the Table of Terms Lo here 's a Trade surpasseth all the rest No change annoys the Lawyers Interest His Tongue buys Lands builds Houses without toyl The â—en's his Plough the Parchment is his Soil Him Storms disturb not nor Militia-Bands The Tree Roots best that in the Weathâ—r stands 3. In January And is He gone indeed Then farewel He Farewel to all our New Nobility Good-night Illustriousness Adieu old Joan The Kitchen better fits you than a Throne Lay ' side your Purple and your Râ—bes off cast Play'rs are but Princes while the Play doth last 4. In February About my Muse and try if thou can'st find What pow'rful Charm rais'd that Prodigious Wind Some dis-affected Conjurer I trow Did long to hear what News there was below But others think the Devil was matched so His breath grew short and so was forc'd to blow 5. In March But where be those fine Juglers did Address Such sugred Phrase such smooth Obsequiousness That vow'd to live and die with Richard yet Ne'r blemisht when they saw his glory set Such Hypocrites run with the stream of things And will keep Time whatever Dance begins 6. In April O for a Besom now to sweep the House And rid the Palace both of Fox and Goose Some choice Perfumes withal would be design'd Ill Spirits ever leave ill scents behind And when 't is cleansed and things sweeter grown Great Berecynthia's Sons go claim your own 7. In May. What 's to be done now all are grown so Wise And our fore-Fathers Wisdom counted Lies Were all the many Ages that are past Mistaken until this un-erring Last Good God! how sped they shall none saved be But Schismaticks Then what becomes of me 8. In June But 't is the Mode Come come let 's all comply There 's no firm footing on Integrity For having said and done all what we can The Pliant Willow is the Precious Man Whose Oaths of one day though of fair pretext Vail to an Inspiration of the next 9. In July Down then with Tythes they are a burthen great For which the Parson never soundly sweat Yet let 's remember maugre all new light He that detains them robs God of his right And though to him the tenth we should not pay The Publicans will sweep it all away 10. In August Let 's lay the Clergy by What need we Priests Or Ministers w' are all Evangelists The Bible's English thank the Bishops for
of it taken by the Parliament Sept. 11. Bristol surrendred 13. Montross defeated at Philip-haugh in Scotland 15. Farley Castle surrendred to the Parliament 23. So the Castle of the Devises Laicock-house the like 24. The Battle of Routon-Heath wherein the Kings Army was defeated 26. Barkly Castle delivered to the Parliament Octob. 1. Sandal Castle the like 8. Winchester the like 14. Basing-House taken by Storm 15. Kings Forces defeated at Sherburn in York-shire 19. Tiverton Castle taken by the Parliament 21. Langford-house surrendred 27. Shelford-house stormed and taken by the Parliament Nov. 5. Bolton Castle yielded to the Parliament 16. Beeston Castle the like 22. The out-works and Stables of Belvoire Castle Stormed and taken by the Parliament Dec. 1. House of Com. voted the King to confer several Honours upon several Members of both Houses and inter alios a Dukedom on the Earl of Essex 4. Latham-house delivered to the Parliament 18. Hereford the like 22. H. of Lords put it to the vote whether Christmas-day should be kept Dec. 26. King offered Personally to repair to London for settling of a Peace Denied Jan. 1. Newarkers Sally'd out upon G. Pointz his Quarters at Stoke 8. Sir Allen Apsly's quarters beaten up near to Barnstaple 9. L. Wentw. quarters the like at Bovy-Tracy 13. A Personal Treaty denyed by the Parliament 16. Plymouth Siege raised 19. Dartmouth Stormed and taken by the Parl. 20. Parl. Quarters beaten up at Marlborough by a party from Oxford Astley Castle taken by a party of the Kings from Ashby 25. Poulderham Castle yielded to the Parliament 30. Carlion Castle in Monmouth-shire taken by a party from Ragland Feb. 1. Newport in the same Countrey taken by the same party 3. Belvoir Castle delivered to the Parliament Westchester the like 6. Dunstar Castle relieved by the Kings Forces 7. Marham surpâ—ized and Corfe Castle relieved by a party of the Kings Feb. 15. A sharp Encounter betwixt a party of the Kings from Titbury Castle and a party of the Parliaments from Barton-house in Darby-shire 16. Torrington Stormed and taken by the Parl. 18. A party of the Parliaments routed by the Kings Forces near Uttoxeter in Stafford-shire 24. An Engagement of Horse near to Stratton in Devonshire 25. Launceston quitted by the King 28. Saltash the like 29. Lizard Town the like March 2. Abbingdon entred by a party from Oxford but forced to retreat 3. Mount-edgcomb yielded to the Parliament The Town of Foy quitted by the King An Engagement of Horse at Castle-Den in Cornwall 10. A Cessation betwixt the Lord Hopton and Gen. Fairfax 11. The Treaty began at Tresilian-bridge 13. St. Mawes Castle yielded to the Parliament 14. L. Hopton accepted of conditions for disbanding his Army March 16. Exmouth Fort yielded Dennis Fort yielded 21. L. Astly defeated near to Stow on the edge of Gloucester-shire Anno 1646. 27. Newark Summoned by the Parliament April 8. Ruthen Castle delivered Corfe Castle taken by Storm and Stratagem 9. Articles agreed on for the surrendring of Exeter to the Parliament 10. Barnstaple Summoned 13. Exeter delivered Litchfield Summoned 14. Barnstaple Town and Castle the like 15. S. Michaels Mount yielded 25. Dunstar Castle delivered 26. Woodstock delivered 27. King disguised from Oxford May 2. Oxford Besieged the second time by the Parliament 4. Treaty began at Newark 5. King came to the Scotch Army at Southwel 8. Banbury surrendred 9. Newark surrendred by the Kings Command 11. Oxford Wallingford and Radcot Summoned 13. King came to Newcastle 18. Treaty began before Oxford 24. Radcot surrendred to the Parliament 29. The Dispute began at Newcastle betwixt the King and Mr. Henderson June 6. Carnarvon Town and Castle surrendred 9. Ludlow delivered 10. Borstal-house the like 20. Treaty before Oxford ended 24. Oxford surrendred Farrington the same July 9. Duke of York's Servants discharged 11. M. Lilburn committed to the Tower 16. Litchfield Close surrendred The Dispute betwixt the King and M. Henderson ended 23. Worcester surrendred 24. Princess Henrietta conveyed from Oatlands 28. Wallingford Castle surrendred 31. Gotheridge Castle surrendred Aug. 7. Ragland Summoned 13. Sir John Stawell Prisoner to Ely House 17. Committed to Newgate Pendennis yielded Conway taken by storm 18. Great Seal of England broken and defaced 19. Ragland surrendred Sept. 13. E. Essex dyed 16. Scilly Island and Castle surrendred Octob. 22 E. Essex's Funeral 26. Denbigh Castle surrendred Nov. 12. Gen. Fairfax returned Triumphantly to London 14. Both Houses Congratulated his coming The like did the Londoners Feb. 11. Scotch Army marched over Tweed 12. Berwick quitted by the Scots 15. Excise House burnt 17. King Charles to Holmby Anno 1647. June 4. Reformado-Officers met at Westminster Menaced the Parliament King taken from Holmby by Cornet Joyce and carried to Childersley 8. King brought to Newmarket 14. Representation of the Army 19. Proposals made to the King 23. Remonstrance of the General and the Army presented to the Commissioners at St. Albans 24. King removed to Royston 25. Duke of Richmond Doctor Hammond and Doctor Sheldon came to the King at Roston 26. King removed from Royston to Hatfield July 1. King brought to Windsor 3. Thence to Caversham 5. Prince Elector visited the King 6. A Letter from the General at Reading to the Two Houses giving an Account of some Transactions betwixt the King and the Army 15. King Duke of York c. Dined at Maiden-head 22. King to Latimer Thence to Stoke 26. The Londoners Petition the Houses for resetling their Militia as formerly which was seconded by another Petition from the Prentices who offering some violence to the Parliament got the Ordin of Repeal null'd and the Militia resetled as before 30. The City declared against the Army Aug. 1. Proposals of the Army for setling of a firm Peace 6. All Votes Orders and Ordinances from July 26 till August 6. nulled 7. Army marched through London 7. Gen. Fairfax made Constable of the Tower The Forts and Works about the City slighted Some Aldermen and others Impeached and Imprisoned Some Lords Impeached Suspended and Imprisoned 14. King at Oatlands 18. A Remonstrance of the Gen. and Army expressing their readiness and desires for the Parliam closing with the King and his bringing up to London 23. King dined at Sion House 24. King to Hampton-Court Sept. 7. Propositions presented to the K. at Hampton Court by Commissioners of both Houses and of Scotland Octob. 15. The Case of the Army stated presented to the Gen. at Hampstead by the Agitators of the Army Nov. 9. The Agreement of the People presented to the House of Commons by the Agitators of the Army Which together with a Petition were voted destructive to the Being of Parliaments and the Fundamental Government of the Kingdom 11. King left Hampton Court and fled into the Isle of Wight One White an Agitator shot to Death at Ware for fomenting the said Petition and Agreement c. 23. Thomas Prince and Samuel Chidley committed to the Gate-house for avowing and prosecuting the
affected about the Conception and the Fathers and Mothers another way it must needs be that some Discrepancy will hence arise But the Impression of the Mothers Imagination is vulgarly known as much as may be at the time of the Birth The finding out of all Causes is very Abstruse Nevertheless as touching those who have the Lines of either Hand appearing with a different Face we cannot otherwise appoint and Pronounce but that such are disposed and inclined to a double Fortune Good and Bad. And now at length being about to put a Period to this our Tract we earnestly desire all Learned Men that whatsoever they know in Chiromancy as having made some certain Tryal thereof they will be pleased freely to contribute the same to these our Endeavours I confess I have not every where in my Praxis satisfied my own self I know what Experience I have need of to Compleat an Absolute Praxis And other Men also may know I have Assay'd to dig at some such thing It had been requisite to have annexed somewhat of The Soul of the World and of what appertaineth thereunto as well lest some should Rashly Proclaim Incertain things to be Explained and Confirmed by Incertain As also that we might in some sort Admonish both the Ignorant and likewise such as Deride the Lethargy of the Celestial in these Terrene Bodies comprehending much in a few words from which Beginning there may be Degrees of confirming these truly sincere things in Philosophy Thanks be to GOD that it is not estrang'd from the Holy Scriptures See the Book of Wisdom Chap. 7. 13. wherein the Lethargy of Celestial things is separated from these Inferiours lest they should Feed on the Tares of Philosophy I shall be perswaded it is possible That the Knowing and Ingenious may Favour this my First Endeavours If otherwise it sufficeth me that I received a Sober Censure at least amongst those Wise and Learned Men to whom I presented this in writing Nevertheless there be some of that Profession who suppose it otherwise I have nothing to do with the Ignorant and Malevolent AN END ERRATA PAge 585. Line 1. Read adverse to Ibid. l. 25. r. hostilly Pag. 615. l. 3. r. Pag. 545. l. 16. r. 551. Speech at Oxon. * Capt. E. A. * A Child of his so Named in memory of the Victory near York (a) Bradshaw the bold Villain that Sentenced His late Sacred Majesty to Death Steel one appointed to draw up the Charge against him but by reason of Sickness was absent Cook the Wretch that Sollicited the whole Villany and prayed the pretended Court to Murther his Soveraign (a) Those two Worthy Persons were Murthered in the Month February though in different Years viz. 1. 1647. the 2. 1648. (b) Those three Worthies were for their Loyalty Murthered March 9. 1648. (c) April 9. 1648 there were several Apprentices c. kill'd in the Streets (d) The E. of Strafford was beheaded May 12. 1641. (e) Mr. Yeomans and Mr. Bowcher put to death May 30. at Bristol 1643. (f) Sir Nich. Kemish put to death at Chepsrow May 25. 1648. (g) June 2. 1648. The Kentish-men Murdered for presuming so much as to Petition for a KING (h) Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Challoner put to Death â—t London July 4. 1643. (i) Francis Lord Villiers slain at Kingston July the 7. 1648. 1648. August 28. Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle shot to death at Colchester after Quarter given September 18. 1648. The Treaty in the Isle of Wight begâ—n Basing-house taken by Storm and after Quarter was promised many were Murdered October 14. 1645. Mr. Dan. Kniveton put to Death for his Loyalty on Nov. 27. 1643. at London k Major Pitcher shot to Death in St. Paul ' s Church-yard for being Loyal Decemb. 29. 1648. Sir Alex. Carew beheaded December 23. 1644. for the same Crime * Some Lords after their House was Voted useless very contentedly turn Commoneâ—s * Meaning King CHARLES the First our late Dread Soveraign * Mars this Month being in Aries cast a Quartile to Jupiter in Capricorn * Meaning our now Gracious and Dread Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second This month there was a Trine of the Planets Saturn and Mercury from Cancer and Scorpio * Mâ—aning the Eclipse of the Moon that happened in Libra on March the fiftâ—enth day this Year (o) Iove and Mars thiâ— Month wâ—re in Quartile Aspect * This was purely Prophetical and is now most happily verified * We have had Preachers of all sorts and sizes in this Age of Liberty and Licentiousness * O. Cromwel the pretended Protector and his pretended Parliament had agreed together for Triennial Parliaments * There was then an Opposition of Saturn and Mars from Virgo and Pisces (a) The pretended Protectors Tyranny began now to be most notorious * The Author was Prisoner in Windsor-Castle when he wrote his this Years Ephemeris †Saturn and Mars this Month were in Trine Aspect from Virgo and Taurus * Sirius is the great Dog-star which in July toward the latter end thereof ariseth cosmicaâ—ly with the Sun inflaming the Air whence from that time toward the end of August are termed Dog-days These Lines deserve a Comment Luke Mills was the Tapster in Windsor-Castle at what time our Author was Prisoner there Here O. Cromwels Usurpation and Tâ—ranny together with hâ—â— praying Pretences to Justice and Honesty are Curiouslâ— though Aenigmatically taxed He would be a King in Re but not in Nomine * Monarchia à Monos Archon the Rule of one Prince In the Month April 1659. the Rump appear and put a Period to the Reign of Richard Cromwel and indeed extirpate that Family whose Honour was only built upon a Sandy Foundation On October 6. Parliament Council of State and Officers of the Army were Feasted at Grocers-Hall by the City The 12. the Parliament Vote Lambert and other Officers Commissions from them 13. They turn the Parliament out of Doors for it 26. The pretended Committee of Safety erected Quere Was not this quick work and crafty c. Lord General Monk beholding the Confusions of England Marches hither to put a stop to them The King of Sweden shortly after died which this Learned Artist must needs mean by this Eclipse of the Sun * The Author was suspected privy to and guilty of the Plot in which the Reverend Dr. Hewyt c. miscarried When the Florida Ambassador was in London Col. Pride being once at Dinner with him instead of propounding a Question like a Statist asked him Whether there were not good vent for Beer and Ale in Florida Whence our Author saith A Spungie Head c. * It wâ—â— the saâ—â—eâ—t and most dismal Tragedy that ever was Acted in Englâ—nd * Oliver Cromwel †The Play that pâ—â—vâ—nted Englands Happiness is now most happily ended * At the Death of Oliver Cromwel there was a most Prodigious Wind the like hath seldom been known in England Most Countries in England sent uâ— Addresses to Richard Cromwel with as much Zeal as if he had been the most Lawful and undoubted Heir to the Government of England It is observable that the Parliament this Month gave Order to warn all Lodgers out of Whitehall that it might be prepared the better for His Royal Majestes Use. This relates to the Apprentices and some Women that were stain in London streets April 1648. * E. of Sandwich The Stars have Life The Stars Rational and Intelligent Harmony of Heaven consisteth in Motion To deny Heaven to Live is not to be a Philosopher Herbs more just to Heaven then Men.