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B04045 Lilly lash't vvith his ovvn rod. Or, An epigram on the quaint skill of that arch temporizing astrologer Mr. William Lilly. Collected out of his almanacks, from [1]647, to this present year, 1660. 1660 (1660) Wing L2253; Thomason 669.f.25[23]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[119] 1,869 1

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LILLY Lash't vvith his ovvn ROD. OR AN EPIGRAM On the Quaint Skill of that Arch Temporizing ASTROLOGER M R. WILLIAM LILLY Collected out of his ALMANACKS from ●647 to this present year 1660. SOund forth A Trumpet that the world may hear The Great skill of this Fam'd Astrologer He that foresees all things in Church and State By help o th' Chrystal And his Book of Fate He that makes use of Direful Negromancie To terrifie the tim'rous yielding Phancie He that doth use whole Nations to Trepan With the bare Names of Angel-Guardian The Sybils Oracles and Theurgie With 's Little knowledge had of Ptolome All forts attend whilst briefly I relate The Dirty jugling of this Son of Fate The Cunning used by this Albumazer That of your common Cheats surpasseth far They Contra-Legem th' Country quack about And deal their dirty-skill at small rate out To Gull the Sillyer sort this Artizan Proclaims himself a sixed conjuring man And Pride in him so monstrously prevails To be the States Belwether he Assails And then so furiously to work he goes He forfeits ail the honest Art he knowes For the base Lucre of two hundred pound A Year * Lilly had such a Sallary from White-Hall by the means of one Frost a Secritary to the Council of State as I have heard him acknowledge But changes still as th' wheel turns round And that all Pe●sons to him may repaire Two Dyals Point us forth this Blazing Star That if the Lord of Gypsies men would see In th' Strand there dwels the May-pole Stocks and Hee Take some Specimina of his rare skill And chide me for 't if I report him ill In forty seaven the Scots most Prudent were Or he a filthy lyar did appear Nay he Confided in their Nobles And Their Ministry Procla'm the worth o th' Land And in his forty eight years fine Epistle In their behalf did confidently Bristle Pronouncing them most honest And men Guided By a Good Covenant From which they backslided They did return delivered our Towns For which they Jugled from us many pounds Eut yet in forty nine he Rails aloud Calling them Pil-f●ing Scots Peevish and Proud Traytors and Enemies A Graceless crew Of Villaines worse then any Turk or Jew And in his Merlin fifty one they are Egyptian Scots Pseud-Presbyters that dare Do any thing against this Power for which Deservedly they were Rid of their Itch. And is there any Deliars Wizzard can In Temporising match this cunning-man At this Rate with the Parliament he deals Telling the world that they our Breaches heal That they 're by God appointed for to scourge The Norman Race and all that else dare urge But ought against them Tells them their power shall stand Maugre the Acts of all by Sea and Land But when in Fifty-two he plainly saw Unto what side the Army gan to draw Oh! now says he Great Parliament your Power Is but short-liv'd And I expect each hour Your timely Dissolution In Fifty-three Basely abuses them Threatning that he With others each Member thereof will call to Account And so in wrath Devines their wo. In Fifty-four he them unthankful styles Most terrible Forgetting's former Wyles A Private ended crew Intemperate Not fitting for to sway so great a State They 'r Drowsie Slothful But yet are become As cunning Taylers His PROFESSION * Lilly was a Tayler before pretended Astrologie and Apprentice to Pawlin in the Strand And thus you see A Parliaments no more With this Cretensis then each Country Boare Further Let 's note the Signal flattery He Publish'd in his senselesse Monarchy Swearing no King in England more shall Reign Yet when th' Proaector gan to Rule Amain He Pipes That Happy Monarchy's so good A Government If truely understood None better was Vowing't a Gallant thing To England if th' Protector were a King I might here note this Quacks abusing Spain And 's currying favor with that Prince again Of 's Ambedextrous dealing with the State Of Sweden Denmark at his flattering Rate How with the wheel of time he turns about And powres his spurious piosn'ous Oracles out Unto Astrologies and Artists shame But Quaks are Quaks though pras'd i th' mouth of Fame Hence Baser Gypses here is one that can Out do ye all in flattering any man Hence with the dull stock of your footstool Cares Heer 's one out-cheats-ye by the height o th' Stars Hence with your common small Beer single Fee Heer 's one pulls Kingdoms for the Golden Fleece Be gone you Rosie-Crucians that pretend All things to know Heer 's one your skill can Mend. Fly Fly you Fairy Elves that use to Prye Into the Closets of Men's secresie Your skill is stale Heer 's one that may compare With Lucifer's great self both head and hair Avant Great Faustus Bacon Lamb and Let Th' Imposters Bayes on Lillyes head be set That Lawrell surely will befit him best Because he bears AMERLIN for his Crest Let all the Muses joyn LILLY to sing Of Parasites the onely lawful King For hee 's most fit to be a Prince of slaves That in himself contains ten thousand KNAVES Printed in the year 1660.