to prosper VVill a King's Reign be long or short Is it good for a King to go out of his Palace and take a Journey Shall a Person of Honour be Banished out of the favour of Kings and Princes VVill the King or Judges do Justice VVhat manner of Person is my VVives Father Eleventhly â™’ To know what Friends I may have or whether my Hopes will be fulfilled Are my Friends faithful to me Shall we reap Gain by Friends May we be safe by whom we give Credit VVhat is the Substance of a King or Noble Man VVhat Estate has my VVives Father shall I gain thereby Shall I gain by the Court or Great Persons If a Promise is made whether true or false Shall we prosper all the Year VVill Fruits of the Earth be cheap or dear Twelfthly ♓ To know whether I shall ever be in Prison If in Prison when released Shall I gain or profit by a Prison or Prisoners VVill any Old VVoman chatter against me like a Devil If a Prisoner Escapes will he be taken Is it good for me to deal in Great Cattel as Horses Mules Sheep c. If a Horse be stolen who is the Thief VVhich way the Horse stray'd In buying Great Cattel shall they be good or bad May a Man go boldly before his Enemies Shall I be Arrested Here are near Two hundred Questions naturally desired in this Elementary Life to know where when and how these things may fall on you by LOTT which you may understand in this following Chapter CHAP. III. The Method of Effecting these Angelical LOTTS THese Questions or Desires are divided into 12 Parts so also are the Heavens divided into Numb 12. being twelve Divisions answering in particular these twelve Questions Take an Example as followeth The Heavens divided in 12 Parts Ascend begin of all things Oriental 1 ♈ Succeeding House of Substanc 2 ♉ Cad House Brothers and Sisters 3 ♊ Angle of North signif old People 4 ♋ Succed place of Pleasure 5 ♌ Cad signifies Banishm Servants 6 â™ Angle Occid Marriages Enemies 7. ♎ Succed Sorr Death Wiv Fortune 8 â™ Cad of Relig. long â—our Dreams 9 â™ Medium Coeli the place of Honour 10. ♑ Succed Angle 10. place of Joy 11 â™’ Cad place of Captiv Imprisonm 12 ♓ The Parts of Man's Body is signified by 12 Parts or Signs of the Zodiack Example ♈ Acquisitio ♉ Laetitia ♊ Rubeus ♋ Albus ♌ Via ♠☊ ♎ Amissio â™ Tristitia ♠☋ ♑ Populus â™’ F. Major ♓ Carcer The Names of the Lotts being Sixteen in Number Elements Signs Lotts Names inLat and Engl. Fire ♃ D in ♈ Acquisitio obtaining comprehending Air. ♄ Retr in â™ Tristitia Sadness Damages Crosses Water ♃ Retr in ♉ Laetitia Joy Gladness Health Hairy Earth ♄ D. in ♓ Carcer Confinement A Prison bound Fire ♄ ♂ in â™ Cauda Drac The lower end of a thing or going out Air. ☉ Retr in ♉ Fortuna min. lesser Fortune greater Strength Water ☽ decr in ♌ Via the VVay Journies or Moving Earth ♃ ☿ in â™ Caput Draconis the Head or upper Part. Fire ☿ D. in ♎ Puer a Boy Yellow Beardless Air. ♀ D. in ♋ Albus White Fair. Water ☽ Full. in ♑ Populus People Congregation Earth ♀ â„ž in ♎ Amissio lost consumed Fire ☉ D. in â™’ Fortuna maj Great Fortune strong Help Air. ♀ D. in ♎ Puella a Virgin Beautiful Water ♄ â„ž in ♊ Rubeus Reddish Red. Earth ☿ â„ž in â™ Conjunctio to gather an Assembly These are the Deys which you may cast your Lotts withal and the same which the Indians Caldeans and Hebrews made use of as their good Angels in directing their Hands to know Good or Ill in this Life And it lyes in Darkness to this Day by reason it 's in Hebrew or in strange Characters which are unknown to us and by that reason many are afraid of this Art because of the VVord Geomancy or Conjuration Now in plain English it 's no more than the 12 Signs of the Zodiack and the 7 Properties of Nature or Rulers of the VVorld which we have formerly spoken of viz. ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ composed and joined together according to Strength VVeakness or Meanness Take the Example by this Table ♃ direct in ♈ ♃ Retr in ♉ ☉ Retr in ♉ ♄ Retr in ♊ Name Obeying Name Joy Name Les Fort. Name Red. ♀ direct in ♋ ☽ decr in ♌ ☿ Retr in ♠♃ and ☿ in â™ Name White Name Way Name Together Name Drag hea ☿ direct in ♎ ♀ Ret. in ♎ ♀ direct in ♎ ♄ Retr in â™ Name a Boy Name Lost Name a Girl Name Sadness ♄ and ♂ in ♠☽ in Full in ♑ ☉ direct in â™’ ♄ direct in ♓ Name Dra. Tail Name People Name great Fort. Name a Prison This Table being so plain it needs no further Explanation therefore we will proceed to shew you how to project a Figure wherein you may understand your Lott First consider before thou Raisest these 16 Lotts that it 's a Divine Work for it 's the Divine Power above or thy good Angel which guides thy Hand Therefore be thou prudent 〈◊〉 all this Matter free thy self from Passion and Malice Let not thy Head or Fancy be captivated with strong Wine for if thou art vain and childish in this Work thou wilt bring thy self to Disgrace for in it lyes a great Mystery in Raising those Figures by an Angelick Hand I shall say no more but pray mind the Ground-work and consider from whom thy Lott comes it 's from him which is the Maker of all things which gives thee thy Lott and casts thy Dey for thee CHAP. IV. How to Project a Figure wherein you may understand your Lott it being the Divine Power above or thy good Angel which Guides thy Hand HEre you shall have an Example in order that you may make Strokes Stars Circles Pricks as thus When thou goest about these look on thâ— four Fingers for you are to prick four lines oâ—â— longer than the other as your Fingers are which serves for the first Element and four lineâ— more for the second Element and four moâ—â— for the third and so for the fourth c. aâ—… at every end of the Lines leave Two or One But number them not when you prick theâ— down but follow this Example Now I would know what would Remain take my Pen and bring two and two together 〈◊〉 you may observe in the uppermost Line So this in Pricks So couple them together and you will 〈◊〉 what will remain Now we will Frame the four Elements or four Figures as follows Behold the first four Lines the odd makes 〈◊〉 the first Figure and the other 3 4 lines make 〈◊〉 in all 1 2 3 4 Figures which are set in orâ—â—r in the following Page These four are called the Increase or Maâ—… from whence all the other Figures are Prâ—ced the first is attributed to the Fire the 〈◊〉 conâ— to
and will not be had again unless the Seventh agree the Mother is Cholerick In all the Demands you can make this Figure is ill except to have the Favour of a Princess Fortuna Major Laetitia This is good for him that would go to a Prince for he shall have Honour the thing mist is not stolen but shall be had again 't is good for a Prince to take a Voyage if the Prince be sick he shall be well again In all Demands in this House this Figure is much better than the other In this House the King or Lord is not sick 't is good for Honour the Physician is a good Man and his Medicines are good 't is good for the Mother Uncle c. the King loveth the Servant whereby he shall have Profit the Lord shall govern Lands the King or Lord shall do Justice Fortuna Minor Tristitia In this House the Person shall have great Friendship with Princes more especially in War the King is sick but shall mend and not die the Physician is good and the Medicine likewise the King loveth him who maketh the Question he that pretendeth to be a Lord shall be a Lord. This Figure is good in all Demands By this it is an evil time and unlucky to get Honour the King is in danger to lose his Realm 't is ill for the Physician and to take Medicines the thing lost will never be had again 't is ill for the Mother the King or Lord loveth not the Person This Figure is ill in all things except tilling of Land Puella Rubeus This denotes that the Person shall have Honour by the King with Hearts coment 't is good to get the love of Women and also to have gain by Trading the things mist will not be found again the King will remain long in his Realm This Figure is good in all but War Any Questions which you may propound in this House are not worth any thing only signifying Choler Blood Treason Sadness it doth signify Victory at first and loss at last 'T is good to buy Armour and Harness and Fire-works and in all others 't is evil Puer Albus This denotes the person shall have Honour by Kings especially in War 't is good for the Physician and to take Physick the King shall not stay long in his Realm the King shall have Victory over his Enemies In all other Demands this Figure is indifferent This in the tenth House denotes Friendship from Kings and Great Men 't is good for the Physician and to take Physick the Sickness will be quickly gone and the King shall remain long in his Realm In all Demands you can make this Figure is good Conjunctio Cauda Draconis This House signifies a mediocrity in Honour he shall be Secretary to some great Lord 't is indifferent in Medicines the King shall die of the Disease the Person shall be Banished the Party shall win the Suit This Figure is good in all things you can demand This House signifies loss of Realms and Kingdoms this Figure is very ill in all Matters In all Questions and Demands this Figure signifies Death Treason and loss of Goods and is very ill but in matters of War but for works of Fire or Chymistry 't is good Caput Draconis Carcer By this the Person shall have Honour at Courts and in Kings Services the thing lost shall be found and the Physician is a good Man and 't is good for Physick In all things which you can demand in this House this Figure is good but for War always signifying Peace In this House the person shall obtain Honour from Princes by means of Women the Imprisonment of a King loss of Goods 't is good for Physicians and to take Physick The sick Person shall die the King shall live long In all other Demands this Figure is not good Populus Via This implyes a great many People assembled by Order of some Prince about some Agreement of Peace 't is good for Honour and for the Physician and to take Physick the Friend is just the King loveth not the Man This Figure in this and all others is indifferent 'T is good to go to a King for he shall obtain Honour 't is good to take a Medicine the thing lost will not be found the King loveth the Person meetly 't is not good for the King to go to War In all other Demands you can make this Figure is indifferently good The Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Eleventh House Acquisitiâ— Amissio This denotes a good and trusty Friend as also great Assistance from Friends the Mother the King and Counsellor are full of Money and they shall not be robb'd thy friend which dwells â—ar hence is well affected to thee This â—igure is good in all Demands especially for a Friend This in the 11th House shews no Fidelity in the Friend he will not help you but do you more harm than an open Enemy the Fortune of the Querent shall be ill and indeed in all Demands that can be made in this Figure it is evil except for Lewd Women Fortuna Major Laetitia This denotes the Friend to be good and faithful the Mother and King have much Money thy Friend loves thee well and will do thee Service the Person shall have Friendship with Kings and Lords indeed this Figure in all Demands can be made is good and profitable Here arises encrease of Friends and of no small Account the Fortune of the Querent is good the Friend is trusty the King hath much Money the Promise is good the beginning of the King's Reign will be good And this Figure in all Demands that you can make is good Fortuna Minor Tristitia This implies the Friend is trusty and willing to assist thee thy Friend which is far hence is good the King is well stored with Money and is in danger to be robb'd In all Demands this Figure is good especially in matters of Love This signifies ill Fortune to the Querent and a Man of an ill mind toward his Friend the Promise shall take no effect the Year will be Barren and things scarce this Figure is ill in all Demands in this House except for Invocation of Spirits Puella Rubeus This signifies in this House the enjoying of a Lady good Fortune to the Querent and the thing you wish for the Friend far hence is good and friendly and 〈◊〉 Health and in all demands in this House this Figure is very good The Querent shall have ill Fortune thy Companions Friends be ill and by them wilt come to ill thy Hope will take no effect the King is low of Money and if not so he is in danger of being robb'd In all Demands you can make in this House this Figure is ill but for Bleeding Puer Albus By this you will find the Friend is good especially unto Soldiery the Promise will be kept 't is good to apply to any Vocation the Fortune of the Querent
my Will Where is the place of my Abode The length and shortness of Life What is the first Matter Thing or Trade to be handled first What shape of Body shall I have What hidden Matters are there in my Heart What Complexion and whether ill favoured or well made and whether a smooth or hairy Body The Nature whether Healthy or Sickly Strong or Weak in Body The beginning of all Enterprizes The Joy or Sadness naturally Touching the Members of the Body the Head or Matter of the Brain the Understanding Reason or any part of the Head Secondly ♉ To know what is there to come to me What moveable Goods may accrue From whom may they be expected Shall I gain or consume Of two whether shall win the Lott Whether cheated or not Whether Persons we deal withal be Rich or Poor and whether my Money be in the Hands of Fools or Knaves Whether I may be a great gainer in the place where I live and dwell Whether the thing lost was stolen Whether my Trading will be gainful Whether 't is best to Trade near or far off Whether a Promise made on Money-Matters comes to good or ill Whether 't is good to go far for Money or Movable Goods c. Whether I shall not be robbed on the way Whether I shall return safe with my Money Thirdly ♊ How to know our Brother's Sisters Kindred or Relations What the Number of them are and the place of their Abode Whether my Brother or Sister loves or hates me Whether I have a good or bad Neighbour Whether I shall receive a Letter or Embassages from any particular Friend or Acquaintance Whether it will be good to go a small Journy Whether the end of a Journey be good or ill and the issue thereof Whether there will be ill Company in the way to prejudice me What is the Nature of my Brothers Sisters or Relations will they give me any thing while Living or when they Die Fourthly ♋ To know when my Grandfather or my Great Grandfather or that Old Rogue my Father will Die Whether I shall ever enjoy my Fathers Estate How long will my Father live When shall have Money or my Fortune from him My Father and I being at Difference shall we ever be Friends What Land or Houses shall I have Shall I be Poor or Rich What manner of House City or Town shall I live in What Disposition will the People be I shall meet with Will Old Men and Women be good for me to converse withal My Father is gone to Rome is he living or dead Whether a Town or Castle shall be taken Whether I shall ever find hidden Treasure or things lost or stole What store of Gold and Silver hath my Brother or Sister Whether the Father or the Son will die first Whether it 's good to buy Land or Houses Whether the Towns Besieged will be taken Whether a Ship on the Sea will return with good or ill Success Whether I shall live a long or short time in my present Dwelling Fifthly ♌ To know whether I am now with Child or â—…ever shall have Children Shall I have Male or Female Shall I live a merry Life and in Content Whether I shall get a good Mistress If a Person be tight in Cloaths Will a Messenger come quickly with News or Letter Is my Father Rich or Poor Is my Friend a Man or Woman Will the Earth be Fruitful Will my Life this year be pleasant by Baâ—queâ—ting Kissing Dancing c. Will the Way be pleasant in my Sporting Shall I not be robb'd or beaten Are my Friends Dead or in Prison Whether Good-conditioned or Ill-qualitied Sixthly â™ To know whether I shall ever keep a Pack 〈◊〉 good Hounds or a parcel of good Hogs oâ—… Sheep or ever be plagu'd with Ratts or Miâ—… Shall I ever keep Servants Will my Servants prove true and honest Shall I gain by my Servants Men or Women Shall I be Sickly or Healthy all my life VVhat Nature will my Disease be of VVill the Physician be Skilful or not Is it good to visit a Sick Person If Young Beasts be lost shall they be found VVhether 't is good to buy and sell small Beasts as Sheep Lambs Hogs c. Seventhly ♎ To know whether I shall ever Marry Will my Wife be a Whore or Honest Will my Wife be a Stranger or Neighbour Shall I have a Fortune What manner of Person will my Wife be or her Shape of Body How many Wives may I have Will my Wife or I die first What manner of Dealers may I meet with in my Trade Shall I be pester'd with Thieves If any thing is stolen shall I take the Thief If I Fight shall I get the better Shall I have the best in Law Suits May I have my desire in what I love or gain my Wife with ease or much trouble There are two Court me which is best for me to marry Will my Wife be a Scold or not shall we never part in matter of Strife in the Marriage-Life Will there be Wars or Peace Will the Man or VVoman be of a good Understanding If things missing are they in the House or will they be found Is it good to move to another place Eighthly â™ To know the time of Death when and how Will my End be violent or natural to die in my Bed If a Man be Murder'd who kill'd him Who shall inherit his Estate Will the Estate of my Wife or my Friend be great or small Who are the Counsellors of my Wife and 〈◊〉 Enemies How doth the Person do that is from home The Gain or Profit due from a Stranger 's Country If I lend any thing will it be return'd again If I lend my Money shall I gain Will the Fear I am in end in good or ill Ninthly â™ To know concerning Church-men Ministers or Parish-Clerks Monasteries or Temples To know of Book-Secret Arts and Religious Persons Is it good to deal with Church-men VVhat will the Study of a Person be Shall I have the Bishoprick or Abby I desire May I prosper therein Shall I be Doctor in any Faculty or Judge in any Court or President or Judge in any High Court VVill Dreams come to pass or what do they signify c. VVhether a Person be VVise or a Fool VVill long Journies be good or bad will the Ship at Sea or the Man of VVar come to a good end Is the Ship I intend to Sail in a good or bad Sailer How long shall I tarry Days Months or Years VVill the Ship suffer Shipwrack Tenthly ♑ To know whether I shall ever come to Honour or be a Justice of a Peace VVill it be profitable for me to be Servant to Kings or Princes or Noble Men Shall I live in Honour in my Trade and Business now in hand Concerning my Mother or Grandmother VVill my Mother die in a short time May I gain by her Death Doth my Mother love me VVhat Trade must I be of
will this Ill happen to this our Querent seeing it 's so that it will be Why truly the Caldeans Egyptians and Rosie-Gruâ—ians and others hath encourag'd me in this Work finding them true to number out Times and Seasons and they have given us those Lotts in poiuting out some for Years some for Months some for Days and some for Hours viz. the fixed for Years the common for Months and moveable for Days and Hours as is already shewn you Now some observe for Weeks the Lott Cauda Draconis for Days the Lott Conjunctâ—o and for Hours the Lott Amissio So I consider'd my Rules and found that this Trouble would fall on this Man in about a Months time and so it was a Month and three Days after the Vision or Dream and at that time the two forementioned Persons went to a Justice of the Peace and swore this Qâ—erent of ours had robb'd Money and that he kept company with Clippers and Coiners so his House was searched and they found nothing but he was apprehended and carried before such Persons as before-mentioned and was there Examined And as for his Freedom or Deliverance you shall have it at large in the next Chapter But Reader this is no new thing now in our Days for it 's very frequent that such Persons of a double dye in Knavery for a revenge to gratify their own Will to make nothing to â—wear Treason against a Man fallly and maliciously But in this particular I will open to you the Way and Method to know the Nature of a Dream or Vision or the word Somnium it 's no more but an Observation drawn from the 9th h. which is the House of our Querent's Spiritual Guide which did reveal to him this Trouble Shame and Disgrace a Month before it came Now we will take a view of our great Work and we may find that on the 9th House is that Lott called Rubeus which is of a bloody and harsh nature insomuch that our former Philosophers said If that Figure Rubeus ariseth in your Figure let it be say they depopulated or destroyed Now I am of the contrary opinion for as long as we live under the Elements we must expect ill as well as good The Astrologers do not destroy their Figures when they find the ☋ in the Ascendant or elsewhere for they observe some Knavery forth coming thereby to themselves or to the Qâ—…nt Neither do I advise you when you find the Lott Rubeus or ill Lotts to cast it aside but observe the Nature and Qualities thereof As for Example Rubeus is in the 9th turn back to the main Rule viz. to the Lotts in the 9th h. and you will find what that Lott Rubeus is what it signifies in the 12th House in every House he differs something But in the main it 's a Lott of a destructive Nature and of a Watery Triplicity but many Writers compare it to both Fire and Water upon extreams having no mercy And very like unto this Nature was the Vision of our Querent viz. Burning and Consuming by Fire or Water or both in a most frightful and terrible manner And this is my Opinion and Judgment on the Vision of this Gentleman Now I went to him and laid down this my Judgment concerning the Vision and he told me it was very true for Fire and Water with Destruction was the ground-work of his frightful Dream Then I desired this our Querent to reveal to me the whole Matter The VISION opened Nuperrimè factum est cum quidam Homo alterum velut ab utero materno nudum humi procumbentem supino more vidisset cujus venter magno vulnere consossus est qui alta voce cum advocavit ut ei istud vulnus sanaret Somniator noster se promptè effecisse arbitrabatur cum sauciatus iste sese in faciem ex improviso convertens vulnus à tergo longe horribiliorem in lucem protulit quod carnem ejus usque adeo torsit ut brevi in cinerem redigi nec non in viscera ejus descendere videbatur quo aspectu ad tempus obmut uit Animum autem tandem revocans interrogavit eum num adhuc inter vivos esset cum pro responso habuit se it a isse subito inclamavit ut aquam ei adferent ad inflamatum ejus corpus extinguendum quocum statim expergefecit God often doth by Dreams to us declare Strange Accidents before they do appear By a Dream shew'd Joseph what should fall To him his Parents and his Brethren all By Dreams likewise did Pharaoh understand There would be seven years Famin in the Land His Butlers Dream shew'd Pharaoh would restore Him to his Place that he had lost before The Baker's Dream also did signifie That in three days he should be Hang'd high The Souldiers to Gideon did foreshow That he the Midianites should overthrow More may be said of Dreams and their Events And how they shew our Good or Discontents But this I hope at present may suffice Since a Word may be enough to the Wise CHAP. III. A Brief Account of the Delivery Friendship and Support of this Querent under so great a Scandal and Disgrace drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours 1. IN the first place observe that we have here two Witnesses and one Judge and first we will speak of the two Witnesses the Right Witness is called Laetitia a Lott in English signifying Joy and Gladness Now this Right Witness is always taken for the Querent and signifies his Concern either good or ill and to be more larger it hath also an inspection into all the Houses on that side that is to say 2 3 4 9 10 it discovers what the Motion of the Querent is before propounded And this I must tell you is a good Testimony of the Gentleman's Integrity and Honesty And in this I am more plain because I would instruct young Students Secondly As for the Left Witness it bears Testimony of the Mind and Intention of your Enemies and as a Landskip of the other Heuses in that side c. The Lott which is the Left Witness is called Rubeus a Lott of a desperate bloody-mindeâ— Nature which very patly represents the horrid Treason sworn by PORNE Homo scelestus and with the Lott Populus in the 7th House these together give you a plain Discovery of the forementioned Knavery as if you had it printed before your Eyes Thirdly Another Testimony of our Querent's speedy Delivery is by that Lott which we call the Judge viz. ☉ retr in ♉ Observe here Rules of truth taken from the Caldeans and the Rosie-Crucian-men When the Judge moves himself into the â—oth h. of the Querâ—nt it 's an absolute Testimony that the Judge of the Law will do Justice This happens to our Querent if you look back to our great Work you will plainly see it and the Judge freed this our Prisoner and the Clerks also of the Law cry'd out shame on this PORNE