York July 2. Providence Landed at Kenningham near Hull 7. Sir Richard Gurney charged for Proclaiming the Commission of Array July 11. Sir Richard Gurney committed to the Tower 12. E. of Essex voted General 14. E. Bedford L. General of the Horse 15. King at Beverly Hull Besieged by the King 20. King made his Speech to the Gentry of Leicestershire 30. An Order of the Commons for borrowing l00000 l. of the moneys raised for suppressing the Irish Rebellion Aug. 1. E. Essex divided his Men into Regiments Shepton-Mallet taken by the Marquess of Hertford 2. Marquess of Hertford and others Besieged by the Earl of Bedford in Sherburn Castle About this time Portsmouth was also Besieged by the Parliament 4. King made a Speech to the Gentry of Yorkshire 9. E. Essex Proclaimed Traytor 12. Sir Richard Gurney censured by the House of Lords Alderman Pennington Lord Mayor 13. King desires the Parl. to retract the Order of July 30. for borrowing the 100000 l. Denyed 15. Sir Richard Minshull went to the King 18. His House plundered 22. King set up his Standard at Nottingham Sir John Lucas and his Lady committed to Colchester Goal 24. Sir Will. Boteler plundâ—râ—d 25. King proposed a Treaty Aug. 25. Sir John Lucas Proclaimed Traytor by the Parliament 26. Brought to London and committed to the Sergeant at Arms. 29. Committed to the Gate-house Sept. Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice arrived in England 9. E. Essex marched out of London 19. King's Protestation read in the Head of his Army between Stafford and Wellington 23. Worcester Fight Octob. 23. Edge-hill Battel 24. E. Essex Army at Warwick 27. Banbury Summoned submitted to the King Broughton House the like Windsor Fortified by the Parliament Nov. Mr. Blake Executed betwixt Oxford and Abingdon 2. Parliament resolved to Petition the King which was done at Colebrook 7. E. Essex returned to London 12 13. Brainford Fight King retreated to Reading Thence to Oxford 29. A Committee appointed by the Parliament to Assess the Non-contributors of Money or Plate Dec. 5. Marlborough taken for the King Tadcaster taken for the King Dec. 7. Parliament defeated at Tadcaster Col. Goring Landed at Newcastle with Commanders from Holland Leeds taken for the K. 13. Winchester delivered to the Parliament 23. Chichester the like Jan. 13. L. Aubigney Interred at Oxford 15. Cambridge secured for the Parliament 19. Bodmin Fight 22. Saltash taken for the King 22. Leeds Stormed and taken by the Parliament Wakâ—field and Tadcaster possessed by the Parliaments Forces 27. Brill Assaulted by Col. Hambden repulsed 28. Sudely Castle delivered to the Parliament 31. Propositions sent to the King at Oxford Feb. 1. Yarum Fight 2. Cyrencester taken by the King Preston by the Parl. Gen. King Landed at Newcastle Lancaster and Wiggan taken by the Parliament 16. Queen imbarqued for England 20. Anchored at Burlington Bay 22. She Landed at Burlington Key About this there happened a Fight at Cover in Gloucester-shire betwixt the Hereford and Gloucester Forces E. Montross and Lord Ogleby with two Troops of Horse came to the Queen at York March 1. A Weekly Tax of 33580 l. imposed by the Parliament Lowerstost in Suffolk taken by the Parliament and in it Sir John Pettus Sir Tho. Barker and others Prisoners Scarborough delivered to the King by C. Brown Bushel 18 19. The Battel on Hopton Heath 21. Malmsbury surrendred to the Parliament 20. Treaters from the Parliament to Oxford 23. Granth taken for the King Anno 1643. Kings Forces routed near Highnam in Gloucester-shire Teuksbury quitted by the King April 3. Burmingham takeâ— for the King 11. Capt. Hotham routed at Ancastâ—r in Lincolnshire 17. Parliament Treaters returâ—ed from Oxford to London Reading Besieged by the Parliament 21. Litchfield surrendred 27. Reading surrendred May 1. A design to surprize Corfe Castle but frustrated 2. Warder Castle besieged by the Parliament 3. Cheap-side Cross demolished Chepstow taken by the Parliament 6. A Fight in Middleton-Cheny Town-field 8. Warder Castle surrendred to the Parliament Monmouth the like 12. M. John Byker slain at Coventry May 16. Parliament defeated at Stratton in Devonshire 21. Kings Forces defeated at Wakefield 23. Parliament voted the Queen a Traytor 30. M. Robert Yeomanâ— and M. Geo. Bourcher Executed at Bristol June Warrington taken by the Parliament 6. Vow and Covenant Solemnly taken by the Parliament 18. Fight in Chalgr Field 23. Corfe Castle besieged by the Parliament 26. A new Great Seal Voted 30. A Fight on Adderton Heath July Burton upon Trent Assaulted and taken by the Kings Forces 1. A Skirmish about Padbury and Wert-hill-brook Bradford Besieged by the King 2. Bradford taken 3. Hallifax deserted by the Parliament 4. Beverly taken for the King 5. Mr. Tomkins and Mr. Chaloner Execut. at Lond. Lansdown-hill Fight Hull Besieged by the Kings Forces 13. King and Queen met at Edgehill Fight on Roundway-down 24. Bristol besieged by the King 27. Bristol surrendred Aug. 3. Corfe Castle assaulted by the Parliament but repulsed 4. Corfe Castle siege raised Dorchester surrendred to the King 9. Portland reduced by the King Weymouth and Melcomb submitted Aug. 10. Gloucester besieged by the King 20. The â—arl Forces from Biddeford and Barnstaple defeated 24. E. Essex Mustered on Hounsloe-heath Sept. 2 3. Biddeford Appleford and Barâ—stâ—ple surrendred to the King 3. Exeter taken by the King 8. Gloucester relieved by the E. of Essex 17. Auburn Fight 20. Newbury first Battle 21. Earl of Essex at Thei le 22. At Reading whence he marched for London 25. Solemn League and Covenant taken by the House of Commons 30. Dr. Featly committed to Peterhouse Octob. 18. An Ambassadour from France arrived at Oxford The Kings Forces defeated near Horn castle in Lincoln-shire 28. Mr. Robert Chestlen Ordered to Colchester Goal Mr. Burton restored Nov. 11. A new Great Seal Authorized by the Parliament 21. Sir W. Armin at Edenburgh to hasten in the Scots 27. Dan. Kniveton Executed at London Dec. 4. Hawarden Castle surrendred to the King 8. Mr. John Pym dyed 12. Beâ—ston Castle taken for the King 13. Mr. Pym buried 21. Lapâ—ly House taken for the King Dec. 29 The gilt Skreen of Copper in Hâ—n 7. Chappel broken down and sold. Jan. 16. The Scotch Army entred England 22. Parliament Members assembled at Oxford March 2. Scotch Army crossed Tyne 13. Hopton Castle taken for the King 18. Warder Castle the like 22. Newark relieved by the King and soon after Lincoln Sleeford and Gainsborough quitted by the Parliament 23. Sturton Castle surrendred to the King 24. Scots Army forced from Bowden-hill Apley-House taken for the King by Col. Ellis The Synod began at Westminster Anno 1644. 25. Scots fell upon the E. of Newcastle's Rear April 3. Longford-house surrendred to the King 6. So Tongue Castle 13. Newent Assaulted in vain 17. Queen began her Journey Westward Brampton-brian surrendred to the King Dunfrieze in Scotland taken by the Earl of Montross 22. Stutcomb taken for the King May 12. Mount-Edgec Assaulted by the Parliament
of Peace concluded with those of Algiers by Sr. John Lawson 28 His Highness Prin. Rupert George Duke of Buckingham and John L. Middleton sworn of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council 30 Her Highness the Dutchess of York deliver'd of a Daughter at Saint James's May 14 Qu. Katharine landed at Portsmouth 15 Bonefires throughout all the streets of London for joy thereof 19 His Majesty Prorogu'd the Parliament till February 18 next following 20 His Majesty at Portsmouth 21 King Charles II. Donna Catharina Infanta of Portugal publickly married by Gilbert Lord Bishop of London at Portsmouth 27 E. of St. Albans set sail for Calis to wait upon the Queen Mother into England 29 The King and Qu. Majesty came to Hampton-Court June 2. The L. Mayor and Aldermen of London with the chief Officers of the City came to Hampton-Court and tendred their duty to the Queens Majesty 6 Sir Henry Vane Indicted and found guilty of High-Treason 9 Mr. John Lambert the like 11 Both received their sentence but Mr. Lambert's Execution Respited by order from His Majesty because of his Prudent and Civil demeanor at his Tryal 14 Sir Henry Vane beheaded one Tower-Hill Earl of Peterborough being returned from Tangier came to Hampton-Court 22 Rump Officers and Souldiers commanded by Proclamation to deparâ— London and Westminster 28 English Forces arrived at Lisbon July 9 His Grace the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland began his Journey towards that Kingdom 27 Landed in Ireland 28 Qu. Mother landed at Greenwich August 23 Queen Katharine came first to White-hall with great Triumph 24 Exit Jack-Presbyter Nevertheless 27 He presumed to Petition His Majesty for a Dispensation but to no purpose Septem 8 Mr. William Lenthal dyed very penitently 29 Sir John Robinson Knight and Baronet His Majesties Lieutenant of the Tower unanimously chosen Lord Mayor of Lon. for the following year Oct. 2 Captain Mynns with incredible Valour took the City of St. Jago with the Castle and Block-houses of the Harbor and six Sail of their Ships riding before it 5 Articles of Peace between His Majesty and those of Tunis concluded by Sir John Lawson 18 The like with those of Tripoli Sir Henry Bennet sworn Principal Secretary of State to His Majesty in the place of Sir Edward Nicholas Nov. 9 10 Several Conspirators against His Majesty seized on and secured in Dublin 12 A lamentable Fire at Tiverton in Devonshire 16 A Proclamation declaring His Majesties City and Garrison of Tangier in Africa a Free Port 19 All the Captives in Algiers Tituan c. who were Subject to His Majesty of Great-Britain redeemed from Slavery by the charitable Contribution of the Right Reverend Archbishops Bishops c. of the Kingdom Dec. 11 Tho. Tongue Geo. Philips Francis Stubs James Hynde John Cellars and Nathaniel Gibs arraigned for High Treason at the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayly of which James Hynde only Pleaded Guilty and on his Knees beg'd his Ma. Pardon The rest were all found Guilty by the Jury and condem-to be Drawn Hang'd and Quarter'd 22 Geo. Phillips Tho. Tonge Nathaniel Gibs and Francis Stubs Executed at Tyburn for High-Treason 24 One Mr. Gardner executed at Tyburn for Coining 26 A most lamentable Fire in Lothbury London wherein were consum'd Mr. De Laune a Merchanâ— and his Wife and with them 5 or 6 other Persons being all in the House 27 Col. William Legg return'd from Ireland 29 The Russian Embassador had audience of his Majesty and deliver'd his presents consisting of Sea-horse-teeth Hawks Horses Persian Carpets Sables c. Jan. 6 Mr. Edmond Calamy Prisoner to Newgate The right Honourable Geo. Earl of Norwich died at Brainford 14 Philip Gibbs brother to Nathaniel Gibbs lately executed at Tyburn for High-Treason apprehâ—nded and sent to Newgate 16 Mr. Edw. Bagshaw a Minister committed to the Tower for Treasonable designs and practices 18 Phil. Gibbs remov'd from Newgate to the Tow. 24 Archibald Johnston commonly call'd Laird Warreston brought prisoner to Dover having been found and apprehended in France a litâ—le before 26 That great-Souldier the L. Ruthâ—rford late Gov. of Dunkirk created E. of Tiviot in Scotland J. Ireton being brought back from Scilly-Island committed to the Tower Archibald Johnson committed to the Tower for crimes of High-Treason 30 Capt. Mynns with his wonted resolution stormed and â—ook the Fort and Town of Campeach Febr. 13 The Lorâ—s and Commons of Parliament met again at Wâ—stminster according to Prorogation the 19 of May last 19 The before named Philip Gibbs and one Baker another notorious conspirator arraigned at â—he Sessions-House in the Old Bayly who confessing themselves guilty of High-Treason received sentence of Death accordingly 23 Both were executed at Tyburn Mar. 18 The right Honourable Jerame Earl of Portland one of the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council departed this Life Anno 1663. Apr. 2 Abraham Goodman committed to the Tower for attempting the Murther of his Grace the D. of Buckingham 4 Count de Conniges Ambassador from France made his publick entrance into London 5 He had Audience of His Majesty at White-hall 22 The King and Queen's Majesty arrived at Windsor in order to the Celebration of the Anniversary of St. Georges Feast which began that Evenâ—ng May 12 Capt. Blâ—ke Commander of â—he Lizard received into his Custody Archibâ—ld Johnston to be by him transported into Scotland 26 Col. Robert Overtâ—â— committed to the Tower 29 The Castilianâ— dâ—feated by His Majesty of Portugal in which Fight the undaunted English obtain'd great Honour June 9 The Rusâ—a Ambassador having had his last Audience and taken leave of His Mâ—jesty went away from York-house by Water July 1 The right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon L. High Chaâ—cellor of England Sworn L. Lieut. of the Country of Oxon in the place of that truly Noble L. the L. Viso of Falkland deceased 3 E. of Peterborough â—â—rived at Portsmouth being returned from Taâ—giers 4 Came to Whiâ—e-Hall 5 George Elton a Fifth Monarchy-man and one said to be of the Council of Six in the late Conspiracy committed to the Tower for Treasonable designs and practices 9 Dr. William Juxon late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury was buryed in the Chappel of St. John's Colledge at Oxford About a fortnight after the Body of that great Martyr Arch-Bishop Laud his predecessor in that See was removed from Barking Church near the Tower where he was Canonically buryed Jan. 11. 1664 by honest Mr. Tho. Fletcher to the Chappel of St. John's Colledge aforesaid and there interr'd close by the said A. B. Juxo 11 John Dodington Esq commited to the Tower 15 Alexander Jephson Col. Edward Warren and Lieutenant Thompson Executed at Dublin for High Treason 21 The Earl of Carlisle sent Ambassador to the Emperor of Russia 22 James Son to His Royal Highness James Duke of York was Christned at St. James's by Gilbert then Lord Bishop of London Archibald Johnston Executed at Edinburgh upon a Gibbet 22 Foot high 23 The King and
the Names Genus Species efficient and final Causes of all Comets c. from p. 140. to p. 184. 11. A Discourse teaching how Astrology may be restored from Morinus from p. 184. to p. 189. 12. The Cabal of the Twelve Houses Astrological from Morinus from p. 189. to p. 208. 13. An Astrological Judgment upon his Majesties March began from Oxford May the Seventh One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Five from p. 208. to p. 222. 14. Bellum Hybernicale Or Irelands War Astrologically Demonstrated from the late Celestial Congress of the two Malevolent Planets Saturn and Mars in Taurus the Ascendant of that Kingdom c. from p. 222. to p. 272. 15. Merlini Anglici Errata from p. 272. to p. 311. 16. Multiplicatio effectus Siderum secreta ex Cardano from p. 312. to p. 321. 17. A brief Account of the Causes of Earth-quakes from p. 322. to p. 324. 18. Sundry excellent Rules shewing by what Laws the Weather is governed and how to discover the various Alterations of the same from p. 325. to p. 331. 19. A Collection of sundry of the Authors most Excellent Poems as Printed in several of his Loyal Works from p. 331. to p. 415. 20. Gesta Britannorum Or a succinct Chronology of the Actions and Exploits Battels Sieges Conflicts and other signal and remarkable Passages which have happened in these Dominions from the Year of Christ 1600. unto the Year 1667. from p. 416. to p. 514. 21. XEIPOMANTIA Or the Art of Divining by the Lines and Signatures engraven in the Hand of Man by the Hand of Nature c. Together with a learned Philosophical Discourse of the Soul of the World and the Vniversal Spirit thereof from p. 514. to the End of the Book A SHORT ACCOUNT Of the FASTS and FESTIVALS As well of the JEWS as CHRISTIANS With the Original and End Of their INSTITUTION IT will not I hope be denyed but that as God by his Extraordinary Presence hath Hallowed and Sanctified certain places so they are his Extraordinary Works that have worthily advanced certain times for which cause they ought to be with all men that Honour God more Holy than other Days The Times so advanced are The Festivals and Fasts of the Jews Christians Of the Jewish Festivals and Fasts Some were Instituted by Divine Authority The appointment of Men. The Jewish Festivals Instituted by God are First The Sabbath or Seventh-day in every Week so called from the Hebrew Scabath which signifies a day of rest or a time set apart for Holy rest which day God consecrated to his Worship because He thereon rested from his Work of Creation The end whereof was I. Civil and Oeconomical for the ease and refreshment of their Bodies whose strength had been Exhausted by Labour Sex diebus facies Opera tua septimo autem die quiesceÌ„s ut quiescat bos tuus asinus tuns ut respiret filius ancillae tuae peregrinus Exod. 23. 2. Ecclesiastical for the worship of God and meditation upon his Divine works 3. Spiritual 1. As being a Type of that Spiritual Rest whereby we should cease from the works of the World and the Flesh that God might work in us by his word and Spirit And 2. as shadowing unto us that endless rest which all of us hope to enjoy with God in the World to come II. The Neomeniae or Feasts of New-Moons Celebrated the First day of every Month initiating with the New-Moons which was Instituted in memory of the Light Created by God to the end 1. That by this means his People might be alienated from the Superstitions and Idolatry of the Ethnicks who subjected the Months to the Planets Stars and Signs Caelestial and know that God is the only Lord Governour and Moderator of the Stars and Signs themselves and consequently of the Months and Years and Time in general And therefore give unto God the greater thanks who ordained all these things for the use and benefit of mankind 2. To Typifie mans Renovation by the Illumination of the Holy Spirit which is still required of all the faithful Nisi enim homo per Spiritum Dei renatus fuerit regnum Dei videre non poterit III. The Third ordained by God is the Pasch or Passover so called from the Hebrew Pasach or as others read it Phase which signifies to leap or to passover or beyond This was Instituted Anno Mundi 2447. and celebrated from the Fifteenth day of the First Month Abib called afterwards Nisan to the Twenty First day of the same inclusively that is for Seven days together Yet so as that the First and Last thereof viz. the Fifteenth and Twenty First were held more Festivous and sacred than the rest These Seven days were likewise called the Feast of Azymes and the First of them the Pasch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because that thereon the Paschal Lamb was eaten 1. To câ—ll to mind and as it were consecrate to Eternity Gods miraculous deliverance of the Israelites from their Bondage in Egypt 2. For a sure testimony of the perpetual Mercy and Power he would shew to his People 3. To Typifie Christ Jesus and our deliverance perfected by him IV. The next Solemn Feast instituted by God is that of Pentecost so called from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but termed by the Hebrews Schesuothe that is the Feast of weeks because celebrated after the Seventh week from the former Feast of the Passover as may be seen in Exod. 34. Levit. 23. and Deut. 16. But it truly signifies the Fiftieth Solemn and Festival day from the Second of the Azymes in which sense St. Luke takes it Acts 2. where he saith Cum autem compleretur dies Pentecostes and Chap. 20. Speaking of St. Paul festinabit saith he ut si quomodo posset Pentecosten ageret Hierosolymis By this name also are meant all those Fifty days betwixt the Second of Azymes and the Fiftieth Festival day And so the Author of the Vulgar Edition understood it who renders these words of Acts 2. in the Plural Number viz. Cum complerentur dies Pentecostes c. It is also called Festum Primitiarum from the First-Fruits or the Bread Offer'd which was made of the new Fruits Exod. 23. This Feast was Instituted 1. In memory of the Law given by God on Mount Sinai the Fiftieth day after the Israelites departed out of Egypt 2. That by the Ceremonial Oblation of two Loaves made of the New-Fruits to the Lord men might be admonished they received all Fruits and so all things else for preservation of Life from the bountiful hands of God and be also excited to beseech God not only for a blessing thereupon but also to make a sanctified use thereof 3. To Typifie that Pentecost wherein Christ after he had ascended proclaimed the Law not that which was written in Tables of Stone but in the Heart and mind the Law of the New Covenant that happy day on which the First-Fruits of the Holy Spirit
and the last year 1664. and so will again unless the Julian Calendar which yet we follow be reform'd in the years 1667. 1669. 1673. 1677. 1681. 1684. 1685. 1687. 1688. 1691. 1694. 1697. and 31 times more before the year of Christ 1800. Nor is this all For there often happens a whole Months Errour as to the time of the Celebration thereof having already fallen out so three years since that of Christ 1600 viz. in the years 1625. 1652. and 1655. and so will again without correction of the Calendar in the years 1679. 1682. 1720. 1723. 1747. 1750. 1774. 1777. and in the year 1807. For in those years there will happen from the Aequinox two Full-Moons befoâ—e our Easter can be kept Nay there falls out very often no less than 35 days or five Weeks errour in the time of our Easter having already fallen out so no less than eleven times since the year 1600. viz. in the years 1603. 1606. 1614. 1617. 1622. 1633. 1636. 1641. 1644. 1660. and as I said before in the year 1663. and so will again without amendment of the Calendar in the years 1671. 1674. 1690. 1693. 1698. 1701. and just twenty times more before the year 1800. But in the years 2437. 2446. 2491 c. there will be 42 days Errour and sometimes afterwards no less than 49 days And after the year 2698. if the old Calendar should still be continued it will never again happen according to the Rule of the Church which fixeth it on the Sunday following the first Full-Moon next after the Vernal Equinox One Cause of which Errours is the Precession of the Aequinoctium Vernum which from the first Nicâ—ne Council to this time hath anticipated no fewer than Eleven days falling now the Tenth of March whereas at the time of that Council it was on the Twenty first of the same Month. And the reason of this Anticipation is for that the Julian year exceeds the true Solar year by 10 Minutes 48 Seconds or thereabout which causes the Aequinoxes and Solstices yearly to change their places and fly backwards so many Minutes and Seconds The Lunations also by reason of the too great Quantity allowed them do in every 19 years anticipate almost an hour and an half and in 312 years and a half one whole day and therefore not exactly to be found by the Golden Number although on those Lunations the Feast of Easter dependeth as of it all the rest of the Moveable Feasts which is another cause of those Errours and both together the First occasion of the Roman Emendation whereby that Church doth always produce Easter on the Sunday following the first Full-Moon next after the Vernal Aequinox according to the Decree of the Nicene Council Now here I could willingly and indeed intended to have demonstrated how all this might be remedied but that multiplicity of business which Steers my thoughts another course and the Narrow limits I am here confin'd to do both obstruct and discourage me All therefore I shall further say is this I do much wonder that this Lyncaeus whoever he was that so vainly boasted of his discovery of that one Weeks pretended Errour in the time of Easter and therefore traduced us all with Ignorance or Inadvertency should himself not yet discover that real Errour of the first of those Rules prefixed to the New Common Prayer-Book Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Anno 1664. the very year of that his great Discovery which pretends to shew how to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin viz. Easter-day on which the rest depend is always the First Sunday after the first Full-Moon which happens next after the One and Twentieth day of March. And if the Full-Moon happens upon a Sunday Easter-day is the Sunday after For although that Rule be true enough in respect of the Gregorian yet it is altogether mistaken as being in no wise applicable to our Julian Account which yet the Table of Moveable Feasts in the said Common Prayer-Book calculated for 40 years regardeth only and which must be followed until his Majesty shall think fit to command a better and therefore very improper for that place But I hope the Most Reverend Father in God his Grace the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury will make it his concern not only to cause this Errour to be rectified but in due time also move His Sacred Majesty to assume the Glory of a better Emendation of the Calendar than yet the Roman Church can boast of APOTELESMA or The Nativity of the World and Revolution thereof I 'Le not trouble my self or the Reader with the various Opinions of Men and Nations concerning the Lapsed years of the World's Creation some being utterly lost in conceipts that repugn Philosophy others sway'd with Philosophical Conjectures destructive to Divinity and the rest miserably varying one from another For the Heathens afford us no satisfaction Epicurus and Aristotle will not allow it had any beginning The Jews are wâ—etchedly dissenting in their accompts Philo and Josephus irreconcileable The Samaritans differing from the Jews and indeed all others The Jews from the Christians and they amongst themselves Scaliger and Petavius of the Latins Clemens Alexandrinus and Nicephorus among the Greeks T is true Longomontanus a most learned modern Astronomer with a silere amplius nequeo takes boldly upon him to discover this grand secret from the motion of the Sun 's Apogaeum supposing the Sun's Eccentricity immutable and the Apogaeum a yearly motion of One Minute One Second Fifty Thirds Fourteen Fourths stiling it Illusâ—re testimonium de Mundi Exordio duratione hactenus For by positing the Sun 's Apogaeum in the beginning of Aries at the Creation and his Perigaeum in the opposite point Libra He concludes of 4000 years within a half betwixt the Creation and the Passion of our Saviour and till the 1588 th year of his Incarnation 5554. allowing 33 whole years for our Saviour's Age with addition of the time intercepted betwixt his Nativity and Passion And this this learned Author grounds on the accurate Observations of his learned Master Ticho-Brahe who indeed concluded the progress of the Sun 's Apogaeum S.S.S. till that year 55 degrees 30 Minutes And to the End we might compare the same with the Observations of sundry old and late Astronomers throughout the respective Ages they lived in exhibits to our view the following Table of The Place of the Sun 's Apogaeum from the beginning of the World and the true Vernal Aequinox In the several Ages of Years of the World Deduct Observat Difference Hipparchus Rhodius 3810 65 16 65 30 14 Min. C. Ptolemaeus Alexandriae 4099 70 3 Â Â Â Â Albategnius Maham 4849 82 53 82 16 37 Min. Guarterus Norimberg 5454 93 43 94 15 32 Min. Nicolaus Copernicus Tur. 5492 94 23 95 8 45 Min. Tycho-Braheus Dan. 5554 95 30 95 30 0 Min. Whereby it appears that the moved Apogaeum of the Sun proportionably deduced according to the Annual motion
from whence I have since Calculated its Declination every day and here together present them the Reader Ephemeris Cometae Anni 1652. Decemb. Hor. Min. Longitude Latitude Declination 9 7 0 V. ♊ 10 0′ 39° 10′ A. 16° 46′ A. 10 7 0 V.  5 29 27 51 A. 0 4 A. 11 11 0 V.  2 45 18 20 A. 2 46 B. 12 7 0 V.  1 0 9 0 A. 11 36 B. 14 11 0 V. ♉ 27 30 4 55 B. 24 21 B. 15 10 0 V.  25 30 9 10 B. 28 4 B. 16 10 0 V.  23 45 14 10 B. 32 25 B. 18 9 30 V.  22 50 19 0 B. 36 48 B. 19 9 0 V.  21 40 21 30 B. 38 50 B. 21 9 30 V.  20 40 25 30 B. 42 19 B. 22 8 0 V.  20 25 26 45 B. 43 25 B. 23 10 0 V.  20 10 28 10 B. 44 39 B. 25 10 0 V.  19 30 30 35 B. 46 41 B. 30 6 10 V.  18 50 33 30 B. 49 9 B. By which we see it continued from the 6 7 or 8. day of December till the 30. at the least on or about which day it vanished betwixt Perseus his Sword and Cassiopeia having run through the first ten degrees of Gemini and the last eleven degrees and ten minutes of Taurus by a Retrograde Motion and that perpetually decreasing It changed its Latitude from South to North intersecting the Ecliptique about the beginning of Gemini It was Stella Caudata not Crinita as some supposed because it had a visible Tail projected towards the North-East parts of the Earth Now let us hear and adhere to the Doctrine of Ptolemy lib. 2. cap. 8. Observandi sunt Cometae sive in deliquiis sive alio quovis tempore effulserint in universalium eventuum consideratione quales sunt quae vocantur Trabes Tubae Dolia ac hujusmodi etenim Effectus hae pariunt quales à Marte cientur ac Mercurio ut Bella Aestus motus turbulentos alia quae ista sequi consueverunt Caeterum quibus locis minitentur intentent effectus suos ostendunt Zodiaci partes sub quibus collectae ipsae incensae primum exarserint tum inclinationes Comarum Crinitae pro rationae formae Ex ipsa verò Collectionis ardentis velut facie ac forma affectionis species res in quam illa pervasura est innotescet duratio flammae de eventuum intensione aut remissione habitudo ad solem de initio eorundem quando primum invadent decebit Nam cum Matutinae fuerint diuque flagrant celeriores Sin Vespertinae tardiores eventus arguunt The Genuine sense and meaning whereof is thus in the Englsh. In the Consideration of general Events Comets are also to be observed whether they appear in Eclipses or at any other time or of what form or name soever they be for they produce Effects like those that be caused of Mars and Mercury as Wars Strifes Turbulent Motions and such other Events as usually follow these But unto what places they menace and threaten their Effects those parts of the Zodiack in which they are first collected and fixed as also the inclinations of the Comets Rays in respect of the form thereof do declare But by the Face and Shape as it were of that blazing Substance the kind of the Effect and the Matter into which it will change shall be known The duration of the Flame shall inform us of the intention or remission of the Events The Comets positure to the Sun the beginning of their Operation For when they are Matutine and burn long they argue swifter Events but being Vespertine slower By which words Ptolemy insinuateth three things to be considered in Comets viz. The Quality Place and Time of their Effects 1. For the Quality or Nature thereof I am tyed by the Rules of Art to consider in the first place the Situation of the Orb at the beginning or middle appearance of a Comet or else to the time of the swiftest Motion thereof But forasmuch as not one of those three times can certainly be known I am resolved by the Examples of Haly Cardan Longomontanus and others to Examine the Figures of Heaven erected to the Full Moon of Decemb. 5. at 2. a Clock and 26 Minutes in the Morning And the Quartile of Jupiter and Mars the 7 th of December at 6 in the Morning at or near upon which times this Comet questionless appeared And that Planet which shall be Lord of the place of the Comet and of the preceding Angle because the Motion thereof was contrary to the succession of Signs I shall take to be Lord of the Figure and Comet and consequently the Significator of future Events In the Full Moon preceding or incident with this Comet the Moon was above the Earth and so the Luminary of the time in the 24. degree of Gemini whereof Mercury is Dispositer and together with the Sun opposing her Mars Lord of the Angle preceding applying to a Quartile of Jupiter and upon the Cuspe of the Ascendant In the Quartile of Jupiter and Mars the 27. degree of Taurus is the Cuspe of the West Angle the most part of Gemini viz. 24. degrees thereof being in the same Angle and therewith the Comet Mercury Lord of the place of the Comet Mars of the Angle precedent and the Moon in Quartile to Mars and oppos'd to Jupiter Whereby it appears that Mercury and Mars are as well the Accidental as Natural Lords of this Comet and therefore the Events thereon depending of their Nature 2. Secondly we must consider it as to the colour thereof Color enim significat naturam Planetae dominantis for the colour of a Comet signifies the Nature of the Ruling Planet This was of a Fiery Red but mixed with a dusky Silver colour which made it look but dim in appearance unless in clear Nights before the Moon was up for then it look'd more Rutilant and therefore it was likewise in this respect of the Nature of Mars and Mercury as shall also be the Effects thereof which nevertheless will not be so Noble as if it had been of a more Glorious and Splendent colour Stella quo magis est lucida eo nobilioris censetur naturae By how much brighter any Star or Comet is by so much it is supposed to be of a more Noble Nature 3. The Form or Shape thereof is next to be observed for this also partly denotes the Nature of the Planet unto which it belongs and by consequence the quality of the Effects Quae Crinita versicolor vel bene caudata Mercurius est The Comet that is Hairy of sundry colours or very much Tailed belongs to Mercury 4. The fourth thing considerable as to the Nature of its Effects is the Magnitude thereof I mean first of the Head of the Comet for the knowledge of which there are three things necessarily required 1. The apparent Diameter of its Discus 2. The Distance
and in this case especially signifieth the many-headed-monster Multitude such Persons as in January 1641. Tumultuously assembled themselves to the hazard of His Majesties Royal Person to cry for Blood in the Terms of Justice those who through their pretended Zeal to I know not what have brought the Curse of God upon themselves and the whole Kingdom first by slaying the Innocent in cold Blood and ever since by engaging their Persons and Estates in this most unnatural and bloody War against His Majesty The Moon I say who is the natural significatrix of such mean Capacities is in the sixth House very sick Master Lilly and nigh to the Dragons Tail These positions will puzzle and stupifie the mis-guided Commonalty and make them know there 's such a thing as Allegiance More particularly the Sun thus posited and also Mercury being free from Combustion and the Infortunes And the Dragons Head so near the Cuspe ascending Salvationem corporis agilitatem gaudium in Itinere significant bonumque fiduciam applicari ad id quod vult Haly pag. 324. Jupiters position in the 10 House confirms the same Haly pag. 328. The Moon Lady of the 12. and moving betwixt the 8 degree 34 min. and 21 degr 26 min. of Aquarius gives us to understand that His Majesty shall receive much contentment by certain Messages brought him from Foreign Parts and that he shall receive some sudden and unexpected supply of by the means of some that assimulate the condition of his Enemies And withal this comfort that His Majesty shall be exceeding successful in Besieging Towns Castles or Forts and in pursuing the Enemy See Haly pag. 346. Mars his Sextile to the Sun Lord of the Ascendant which happeneth the 18 day of May will encourage our Souldiers to advance with much Alacrity and chearfulness of Spirit to shew themselves gallant in the most dangerous attempts The Ascendant and tenth House being both Fixed Signs tell us That the March shall not be so speedy as is expected but with great deliberation and care of settling the Affairs of the distracted Counties through which His Majesty passeth Yet the great dominion of Mercury doth intimate quick Action about the latter end of June and the most part of July O! what snaffling there will be amongst the Zelots before the middle of November How many days of Humiliation what Fears what Jealousies what Discontents and Wranglings what Murmurings how many Lies and Forgeries raised and dispersed to quicken a dull and dying Faction The next thing in Order which we are to consider is the Sign and degr of the 7 House which in this Scheme is the 22 degr and 21 min. of Aquarius the house of Saturn but Term of Jupiter Saturn being in the 9 House of the Heavens in the end of Aries and in a Sextile with the Cuspe of the 7 house and in a Quartile with Mars Si gradus 7 domus fuerit dignitas ♃ timebitur honorabitur credetur ejus verbis à gente illius Terrae ad quam vadit erit dilectus à gente Terrae ad quam vadit cum gaudio laetitiâ Here by the word Gente we must understand the County or Counties principally aimed at by His Majesty And this happy Reception is further attested by the propinquity of Venus to the Sun as he is Lord of the Ascâ—ndant and in the House of Kings c. Aquarius being a fixed Sign tells us that he shall not quickly remove thence but remain there some convenient time foâ— the settling of some important Affairs and a full reducing of those Counties to their Obedience If any man would be satisfied to what Quarter of the Heavens the design is intended although he may guess something by the Motion which the Army hath already made yet he may inform his Judgment best by considering the Signs of the four Angles viz. Leo Taurus Aquarius and Scorpio which he shall find to be the one half Northern the other Southern and also the Signs wherein the Planets are viz. Aries Taurus Gemini Leo and Aquarius which are all of them except the last wherein the Morn is Septentrional Which will assuredly determine that the Progress and principal Actions of this Army or the greatest part thereof are like to be Northernly inclining sometimes to the East otherwhiles to the West as the Occasions of War require The fourth and last thing to be examined is the 4 House The Cuspe whereof is the 9 degree and 31 min. of Scorpio the most Vipâ—rous Sign of the Zodiack where Mars hath the Dignities of House Triplicity and Decade But is unfortunately collocated in the 12 House of the Figure This position of his ought to fore-warn our Commanders to take heed of some Disaster immediately before His Majesty betake him to his Winter Quarters It seems to be the beating up of an Out-quarter and the surprizal of some few of our Men who value their ease more than their safety I will say no more But I hope the diligence and Vigilancy of our Commanders may prevent the danger And now to sum up all It is most apparent to every impartial and ingenuous Judgment That although His Majesty cannot expect to be secured from every trivial disaster that may befall his Army â—iâ—hâ—r by the too much Presumption Ignorance or Negligence of some particular Pâ—rsons which is frâ—quenâ—ly incident and unavoidably in the best of Armies yet the several Positions of the Heavens duly considered and compared amongst themselves as well in the prefixed Scheme as at the Quarterly Ingresses do generally render His Majesty and his whole Army unexpectedly Victorious and Successful in all his Designs Believe it London thy Miseries approach they are like to be many great and grievous and not to be diverted unless thou seasonably crave Pardon of God for being Nurse to this present Rebellion and speedily submit to thy Princes Mercy Which shall be the daily Prayer of Geo. Wharton Bellum Hybernicale OR IRELAND'S WAR Astrologically demonstrated from the late Coelestial-congress of the two Malevolent Planets Saturn and Mars in Taurus the Ascendent of that KINGDOM Wherein likewise their future Opposition in the Signs Sagittary and Gemini most ominous to London and many other of the South and West parts of England is Mathematically handled The Ignorance Malice Mistakes Errors Insolencies and Impertinencies of Iohn Booker in his Astrological Observations upon the said Conjunction in a late Pamphlet of his styled A Bloody Irish Almanack c. discovered corrected refuted and retorted AND The Author further vindicated from his and Master Lilly's former frivolous false and malicious Aspersions throughout the whole Discourse By Capt. Geo. Wharton Student in Astronomy Ego nec tumultum Nec mori per vim metuam tenente Caesare terras As it was Printed in the Year 1647. To the Impartial and Judicious Reader IT is high time now after so many affronts and such multiplicity of rayling and scornful Language uttered against me in several
thought upon that may ere long amaze the unjust Usurpers of his Royal Fathers Birth-right But no more of that this Year I will not trouble my self much longer with this Malicious Fellows Errors and Impertinencies nor with his scurrillous Language belch'd out against an Irish Gentleman who writ an Almanack Printed at Waterford in Ireland I never saw the Book and therefore I cannot judge of any thing in it nor admit of any such thing as Booker pretends to have Corrected him in For I have it from good hands that the Gentleman is so knowing a Scholar that it is incredible he should be guilty of such gross Errors as Booker hath charged him with And you have seen how able a Man Booker is to Correct any body But were I that Manapian he speaks of I would reward him with another Scheme for the future Opposition of the same Planets which happens upon the 20 day of October 1647. at half an hour past 6 a Clock in the Morning Saturn being then in 0. deg 27 min. of Gemini the Ascendant of London and Mars in 0. deg 27 min. of Sagit as appeareth by the Figure which I have Calculated exactly for the Meridian of London because it will much concern the South and West parts of England and that in a higher measure than the Conjunction before treated of doth the Kingdom of Ireland See the Scheme A Labente Anno. 1647 Octobr. 20 18 Hor 4 min 18 sec. Lost meridiem Latitud 51.32 And until the time of this Opposition do the Effects of the Conjunction vigorously extend themselves and then they have lasted 539 days which wants but 8 days of a Year and a half after which time the Effects of this Opposition shall begin and forcibly Operate until their next Conjunction which will happen again upon the 28 day of June 1648. in the 11 deg of Gemini which will be very ominous to some parts of England and especially the City of London For I cannot say the Effects of the Opposition shall cease when the Mathematical Circuit of their Conjunction finishes because that next Conjunction doth likewise happen in the Sign Gemini wherein Saturn is at the time of his Opposition to Mars which will not much differ in signification Although it be a received Truth that the Effects of the Opposition of these two Planets do commonly work more violently and quick Nam diametrae radiationes quemadmodum Tetragonismi mortes repentinas violentas mutationes faciunt congressus vero generalia accidentia And Haly the Arabian in his 8 Part Cap. 6. saith Quod Oppositio Saturni Martis est deterior eorum Conjunctione deteriores ac maligniores significationes demonstrant And indeed this is very Malicious in that they are both unhappily affected and afflicted Saturn being infortunate and Mars out of all his Essential Dignities and otherwise but meanly Fortified Haec oppositio significat quod homines in se invicem discordabunt prosequentur se mutuo odio cessabunt se familiariter invisere detrabet quilibet alteri Haly Part 8. Cap. 25. This Opposition signifieth that Men shall wrangle one with another and shall Prosecute themselves mutually with hatred And they shall forbear to visit one another familiarly And every one shall back-bite or speak evil of another It further praemonstrates great Pestilence and Mortality especially amongst Old Men Many Thefts and Robberies much deceitful dealing and that generally Men shall betray their Trust. That many unjust and unreasonable Taxes shall be imposed under several specious pretences to the undoing of many far worse than that of Ship-money I have taken the pains to set Booker the Scheme rightly for London and if he do not too much play the Fool or the Knave he needs must exceedingly terrifie the People subject to the Sign Gemini wherein Saturn is at the time of this Opposition in the 8. House the House of Death and Venus who is Lady of the 8. House is with the Moon in the latter end of the 2. House where likewise Mars afflicteth The 4. deg of Leo culminates Jupiter is in the latter end of the 10. House but Saturn and Mars do strongly besiege him He is miserably afflicted by their hateful square and is also in his Detriment Look now to your selves you of the Presbyterian-Cut the People are weary of your extemporary non-sence You Judges Officers and Magistrates who have betrayed or forsaken your Master and perverted the Law to serve your own wills expect to render an account of your Actions I unfeignedly protest you are all strongly threatned From the Sun and Mercury expect your comfort or none They cast a Friendly Sextile to Jupiter and they are free from the Malevolents though in the most viperous Sign of the Zodiack The Sun here represents His Majesty of England as being both Lord of the 10. House and Natural Significator of Kings Mercury as he is with the Sun hath signification of the Masters of the Houses of Princes and great Lords and their Secretaries and Stewards And they are both if not only Angular in the Figure This promises well to His Majesty and his Servants and not one jot of ill to Ireland By this time a Man may call a Spade a Spade Let me see the Face of him dare call the Queens Majesty a Traytor But the States have Voted her so for her Love so exemplarily shewed to the King her Husband Is there not one Lord nor Ten Commoners yet ashamed of it Yes some blush others are bold and impudent some stupidly senseless others wrangling away their Lives by strange and noisome Diseases some are threatned by Prodigious Births and those too of their own begetting And what not to render a People palpably accursed miserably and fully wretched Ireland now demands a reason for the Ordinance of the 24 of October 1644. And asks if you will buy any Land there Scotland tells you they have as great an Interest in the King as England and will in some of the Lands too if you will needs In a word we all look back and say Lord what have we done and been a doing for 7 Years Some make Question whether they be awake or in a Dream All Men are at a stand yet still in Action The besotted Crew do quake and murmure say little but think mischievously Furórne coecus an rapit vis acrior An culpa Responsum date Tacent Et ora pallor albus inficit Mentesque perculsae stupent Doth fury blind or greater Power command Is Sin the cause Oh let me understand They silent are Their cheeks are paler made And fears their horror-strucken Minds invade But it is the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars upon the 28 of June 1648. before mentioned will be assuredly Fatal to London and many other places of England I pray God avert the Judgments thereby threatned and incline the Hearts of His Majesties Subjects that as they are or ought to be all Christians so to be of
one mind and cordially to unite in Obedience to God and Loyalty to him their Pious Soveraign I have set the Scheme here that in case John Booker have occasion to write of it he may have it exactly done ready to his hand for the Meridian of London and publish it without fear of further Correction Thaema Coelicum ex tabulis Directionum Regiomontani ad tempus Apparens ☌ ♄ ♂ die Mercurii Junii 28. 1648. 1. Hor. 58. Min. 7. Sec. P.M. Latitude 51.32 You see Sir the Regal Sign Leo culminates the Sun who is Lord thereof and Venus and Mercury are in the ninth House of the Figure and Jupiter possesseth the Mid-heaven The Conjunction happens in the eleventh deg and eighth min. of Gemini the Ascendant of London and in the eighth House which is the House of Death Labours Sadness and Heritage of Dead men And Mars is Lord of the Ascendant for the third deg and 29 min. of Scorpio ascends at the time of this Meeting And he likewise disposeth of the second House where the Dragons Tail also miserably afflicteth I shall leave the Judgment to John Booker only I shall tell him thus much that I think the Cavaliers will by this time challenge a better esteem from the City of London than now they dare and perhaps enjoy their own without Composition I shall say no more but conclude with an Application of that pertinent and Pious complaint of the Aquitains occasioned upon the Deposing of King Richard the Second to the present condition of this wretched Kingdom O good God! Where is the World become Saints are turned to Serpents and Doves into Devils The English Nation which hath been accounted fierce only against their Foes and always faithful to their Friends are now become both fierce and faithless against their Lawful and Loving Prince and have most Barbarously betrayed him Who would ever have thought that Christians that Civil People that any Men would thus have violated all Religion all Laws and all Honest and Civil demeanor And although the Heavens blush at the view and the Earth sweats at the burthen of so vile a Villany and all Men proclaim and exclaim upon shame and confusion against them yet they neither feel the horror nor shrink at the shame nor fear the revenge but stand upon terms some of Defence for the Lawfulness of their dealing and some of Excuse for the Necessity Well let them be able to blind the World and to resist Mans Revenge yet shall they never be able to escape either the sight or vengeance of Almighty God which we daily expect and earnestly desire to be poured upon them Alas good King Charles thy Nature was too gentle and thy Government too mild for so stiff and stubborn a People What King will ever repose any trust in such unnatural Subjects but fetter them with Laws as Thieves are with Irons What carriage hereafter can recover their Credit What time will be sufficient to blot out this Blemish What other Action could they have done more joyfull to their Enemies more woful to their Friends and more shameful to themselves O Corruption of Times O Conditions of Men Hor. lib. 1. Ode 35. Eheu cicatricum sceleris pudet Fratrumque Quid nos dura refugimus Aetas quid intactum nefasti Linquimus unde manus juventus Metu Deorum continuit quibus Pepercit aris FINIS MERLINI ANGLICI ERRATA OR The Errors Mistakes and Mis-applications of Mr. Lilly's New Ephemeris for the Year 1647. Discovered Refuted and Corrected By C. GEORGE WHARTON Student in Astronomy Printed in the Year 1647. To the Reader IT is a common Proverb Dogs bark more for Custom than Fierceness And had I not assuredly known this Whelp Lilly to be one of that bawling Litter I should not have suffered his perpetual snarling with that Patience and Temper I did but before this would have alighted from my Saddle to hurle him one stone at the least to gnaw on But as he is now grown bolder and blacker in the jaws I must begin to have an Eye over him and a care to keep him at a distance lest he bite me till I bleed and thereby I become maniaque or Brain-sick like himself and so be more desirous of his Liver than his Heart I shall scorn to take notice of his former Grinnings nor will I trouble my self or the Reader with any repetition of his by-past Fooleries frantick Expressions and but a few if any of his many Errors and Mistakes so grosly committed in every of his Lowzy-Pamphlets for them indeed I have tyed and twitch'd up together in a Pack-thread as thinking them fitter for his Quondam Hell than the meanest Shelf in my Study but I will content my self only with that dainty bit this sweet Brat of his own begetting Merlini Anglici Ephemeris the fourth and perhaps the last of that name And examine I shall and that strictly of what metal it is compounded or whether it be simple like the Dad of it and the truth you have freely as followeth The Errors Mistakes and Mis-applications of Mr. Lilly's New Epheemeris c. I Will not trouble my self or the Reader in taking notice of any thing in his Long-winded-Preface save only the reverend mention he hath made concerning him whom he is pleased to term an A. B. C. fellow viz. Naworth of Oxford by whom as he pretendeth he found himself intolerably abused in Print and could do no less than vindicate himself in point of Art As for the Name Naworth which William Lilly and John Booker to make their Worships merry have so often and as wisely as wittily inverted to No-worth and Worth-nothing it is well known to be the Letters of my name long since transposed purposely to avoid the Scandal and obloquy which both these Mounte-banks so greatly delight in and indeavour so much to assume For whereas I observed the Common people generally possessed of a confident beliefe or rather a foolish conceipt that such as could write Almanacks were esteemed with a Country-reverence Wise-men like Lilly and Booker or if I shall render it in their own Dialect Conjurers or such as can tell all things past present and to come And so were usually haunted by the silly people with a number of unlawful unnecessary and ridiculous questions by means whereof many ingenious and honest Artists have not only been branded with the titles of Conjurers Necromancers Wizards Sorcerers and Figure-Casters in the worst sense but have often been imprisoned and Indicted and proceeded against upon the Statute against Witchcraft c. and hardly escaped with their lives especially when they came before Judges that were ignorant in or disaffected to Astrology after they had suffered several years imprisonment and thereby wasted and consumed their estates I say that I having resolved to write yearly which was not usual without prefixing a name nor for the reasons above mentioned would I then publish any thing of that nature in my own name
at Dunfermling in Scotland Feb. 25. E. of Essex beheaded in the Tower Anno 1601. Monopolies restrained by the Queen Spaniards Landed in Ireland but forced thence with loss Anno 1602. Mar. 24. Queen Eliz. dyed James the 6 King of Scotland Proclaimed King of England A great Plague in London Tyr-Oen craved Pardon He was brought into England by the L. Montjoy and restored by the King Anno 1603. April 5. King James began his Journey out of Scotland May 7. He Arrived at the Charter-House in London June 11. Queen Anne wiâ—h Pr. Henry and the Lady Elizabeth her Son and Daughter came to York 27. The King met them at Easton in Northampton-shire July 25. They entred London King and Quâ—en Crown'd at Westminster Nov. 17. Sir Walter Rawleigh Arraigned and Condemned Garter sent to the Duke of Wittenburgh Watson Clerk and Brook Executed Anno 1604. Aug. 18. A Treaty of Peace with Spain Octob. Charles Duke of Albany being newly cured of a Fever was brought to Windsor Jan. 4. Created Duke of York This Year King James was first enstyled King of Great Britain Sir Th. Smith Embassador into Russia Lord Admiral into Spain Earl of Hertford into Flanders Duke of Holst Honoured with the Garter Anno 1605. Nov. 5. The Powder-Treason Discovered The Oath of Allegiance devised and administred Anno 1606. July 17. Christianus King of Denmark first arrived in England Aug. 12. Departed thence The Earl of Northumb. and the Lords Mordant and Sturton censured in the Star-Chamber Anno 1607. A great Inundation in Somerset-shire and Gloucester-shire May. An Insurrection in Northampton-shire Warwick-shire and Leicester-shire about Inclosures whereof Captain Pouch was the Ring-leader June 12. King James made free of the Cloth-workers 23. Tho. Garnet a Jesuit Executed at Tyburn July 16. Prince Henry made free of the Merchant-Tayl Tyr-Oen with others fled out of Ireland Anno 1608. April 19. Thomas Earl of Dorset L. Treas dyed suddenly This Year was the N. Exchange built Saint Edmunds Bury burnt Virginia Planted Anno 1609. April 10. The New Exchange first furnished with Wares and named by King James Britain's Burse May 8. Fishing on the English Coast forbidden to strangers without License This Year was the making of Allom first brought to perfection in England by Sir John Burchier Silk-worms brought first into England League with France Anno 1610. May 30. Prince Henry created Prince of Wales Anno 1611. March 25. Sir Robert Carre created Viscount Rochester Gold enhansed Legate the Arrian burnt The Lant-grave of Hesse visitâ—d the King Anno 1612. June 29. L. Sanquer a Scot Executed for contriving the Murder of John Turner a Master of Fence Octob. 16. Frederick Prince Palat. of the Rhyne arrived in England 29. Prince Henry fell sick Nov. 6. He dyed at S· James's Hor. 7. 30′ circ P. M. Dec. 7. He was Interred at Westminster Feb. 14. Lady Elizab. Married to the Palsg. at White-Hall The Kings Mothers Body removed from Peterborough to Westminster Plantation in Ireland by the Companies of London Anno 1613. April 10. The Palsgrave and his Princess departed England 17. A Monster born at Standish in Lancashire viz. A Mâ—iden Child wiâ—h four Leggs and four Armâ— two Bellies joyned to one Back one Head with two Faces the one before the oâ—her behind like the Picture of Janus Aug. 7. Dorchester consumeâ— with Fire This Year also was the Globe Play-House burnt Nov. 4. Sir Robert Carre created Earl of Sommerset The Artillery Company revived Anno 1614. July King of Denmark came the second time into England Aug. 1. He departed thence Stratford upon Avon consumed with Fire The N. River brought to London by Sir Hugh Middleton Moor-fields fashion'd into Walks Anno 1615. Sept. 27. The Lady Arbella dyed in the Tower Sir Tho. Overbury Poysoned for which the E. of Sommerset and his Lady were condemned Sir Gervas Elvis and divers others suffered Smithfield Paved Anno 1616. Nov. 3. Prince Charles created Prince of Wales March King James began his Progress into Scotland The Arch-Bishop of Spalato came into England The Cautionary Towns restored to the States Anno 1617. April 4 G.W. Nascitur Sept. 5. King James returned from Scotland Haidock the sleeping Preacher Anno 1618. May 24. A Declaration tolerating Lawful Sports on Sundays Octob. 28. Sir Walter Rawleigh beheaded Nov. 18. A Comet first observed in England by Dr. Bainbridge Trask censured in the Star-Chamber Anno 1619. March 2. Queen Anne dyed at Hampton-Court Alterations of Gold Coyns Sir Henry Yelverton censured in the Star-Chamber Sir Richard Weston Ambassadour to Bruxels Anno 1620. July 17. Bernard Calvert of Andover performed his Journey from Southwark to Callice and back again in This one day Peace with France Anno 1621. Arch-Bishop of Spalato retracted what formeâ—ly he had writ in favour of the Protestants and was therefore commanded to depart the Kingdom Sir Francis Bacon displaced and committed to the Tower Sir Gyles Mompesson and Sir Francis Michael censured by the Parliament Anno 1622. Arch-Bishop of Spalato returned The English Treated with the Spaniard touching the restitution of the Palatinate Anno 1623. Pr. Charles imbarqu'd for Spain Octob. 5. He returned from thence 24. The Fall at Black-Friers March 23. King James first Armed for the Palatinate Anno 1624. Nov. 10. The Marriage with France accorded Count Mansfield came into England and suffered Ship-wreck Amboyna's Bloody Cruelty Anno 1625. March King James dyed at Theobalds 27. Prince Charles Proclaimed King A great Plague in London May 1. The Marriage with France Celebrated at the Church of Nostredame in Paris 3. Rejoyced for in London 7. King James Inhum'd at Westminster June 18. Parliament began at Westminster 22. Q. Mary Landed at Dover 23. King met and conducted her to Canterbury whâ—re the Marriage was finally completed 27. The Marriage declared at White-Hall King and Queen removed to Hampton-Court Aug. 1. Parliament met at Oxford Michaelmas Term was kept at Reading Octob. 8. Gades Voyage Feb. 2. King Charles Crowned at Westminster 6. Parliament met at Westminster E. Arundel committed to the Tower League with Denmark Suevia and the States against Spain Anno 1626. May 1. Duke of Buckingham questioned June 8. D. sequestred from the House of Lords 15. Parliament Dissolved E. Bristol committed to the Tower Queens Servants returned into France August Commission for Loan-Money Octob. 13. Nov. Embargo of the English Ships at Bourdeaux Bishop Andrews dyed Sir Fran. Bacon dyed Traffique with Spain prohibited Anno 1627. June 27. Duke of Buck. imbarqued for the Isle of Rhâ— at Portsmouth July 31. He Landed in the Isle of Rhe. Sir W. Heydon slain there Aug. St. Martins Fort Besieged Sir Joh. Burroughs slain Mich. Term. Lo. Purbeck censured in Star-Chamber Octob. 19. St. Martins Fort relieved Duke raised his Siege and defeated by the French many English slain Jan. 6. A Fray in Fleet-street Rochellers craved Aid March 17. Parliament began at Westminster Petition of Right granted by the King Commissions for Loan and Excise
Fra. Windebank Questioned Nov. 12. 100000 l. voted for the Scots 13. Sir George Ratcliff sent into Ireland 16. Bp. of Lincoln enlarged 19. Scotch Commissioners admitted Residence in London 21. Justice Howard assaulted aâ—d stabbed in Westminster-Hall 23. A Commis issued for treating with the Scots 28. Pryn and Burton Triumphantly into London Dr. Bastwick the like soon after Dec. 3. Pryn and Burton complain of their Prosecutors 4. Sir George Ratcliff committed 5. Secretary Windebank fled into France 7. Ship-mony Voted illegal The Judges questioned 8. E. Strafford committed to the Tower L. Ann dyed at Richm. D. Cosens committed 11. Lond. Petit. against Bishops 16. Canons Voted Illegal 18. Arch-Bish of Caâ—terbury sequestred committed to the Black Rod. 19. B. Wren accused of High Treason 21. L. Finch Voted a Traytor 22. He fled into Holland Jan. 23. Goodman a Priest reprieved Pryn Burton and Bastw Voted Innocent and satisfaction to be given them by their Judges 30. E. Strafford charged in the House of Lords Feb. 10. Match with the Prince of Orange propounded 11. Plots suggested 13. Judge Berkly Impeached committed 16. Bill for Triennial Parl. signed which occasioned Bonfires and ringing of Bells 24. E. Strafford made his Defence before the H. of Lords Remanded to the Tower 26. Arch-Bish accused of High Treason before the H. of Lords Ordered to the Tower Feb. Scots first styled Dear Brethren All Books Libels and Proclamat against them called in A Thanksgiving for the Peace with them March 1. Arch-Bishop committed to the Tower 10. Bishops Votes in Parliament null'd 22. E. Strafford's Tryal began Anno 1641. April Convocation H. Fined 15. E. Strafford's Tryal ended House of Commons voted him Guilty of High Treason which was Opposed by the L. G. Digby and others 20. Prince of Orange to London 21. E. Strafford voted the second time Guilty of High Treason by the Commons Bill of Attainder read in the House of Lords where many opposed it 29. Nevertheless the H. of Lords also vote him Guilty of High Treason May 1. King declared himself unsatisfied 2. Princess Mary Married to the Pr. of Orange 3. Thousands of the City came to Westminster crying for Justice against the Earl 5. Protestation taken by the Parliament 6. E. Strafford voted the second time Guilty of High Treason by the H. of Lords 8. Two Bills one for the Execution of the Earl the other for continuation of the Parliament tendred to the King 9. King consulted with the Judges and Bishops Some of the Bishops advised him to pass the Bills The Earl himself by his Letter to the King desired him to sign the Bill of Attainder May 10. Bill for the Execution of E. Strafford signed by the King So likewise that other for continuance of the Parliament which proved the Execution of himself 11. The King by his Letter to the Lords delivered by the Prince sollicited for his Life but in vain 12. E. Strafford Beheaded on Tower-hill 17. L. Goring resigned hâ—s place Master of the Wards L. Say succeeded him Bp. Juxton L. Treasurer resigned his Staff The Office committed to five Commissioners E. of Leicest made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Marquess Hertford Governour of the Prince in the room of the Earl 〈◊〉 Newcastle June 19. Voted thâ—â— the Scots should receiâ—â— 100000 pounds of theâ—â— 300000 l. at Midsummer 1642. the remainder at Midsummer 1644 July 2. Bill imposing the Tax of Pole-money 5. Bishop Wren Voteâ— against Two Bills passed for puâ—ting down the High Commission and Star-Chambeâ— Courts Sir Tho. Roe Ambassâ—dour into Germany Qu. Mother left England and dyed soon after a Cullein The five Judges who had formerly given their Opinions for Ship-money charged by the House oâ— Commons Aug. English and Scotch Armies disbanded 10. King began his Journey for Scotland An Order for taking away all scandalous Pictures out of Churches Sept. 8. Parliament adjourn'd till Octob. 20. A standing Committee consisting of fifty Members appointed during the Recess Octob. 22. Owen ô Conolly discovered the design of the Irish Rebellion Mac Mahon and the L. Macquire taken and secured 23. The Irish Rebellion first brake out the King being then in Scotland Nov. 5. 200000 l. voted to be raised for suppressing the Irish Rebellion The King referred the whole business to the Parliament Marquess Ormond by Commission from the Earl of Leicester and with the Kings approbation made Lieutenant General of all the Forces in Ireland King returned from Scotland Magnificently Feasted by the City King Feasted the Chiâ—f of the City at Hampton Court where divers Aldermen received the Honour of Knighthood Dec. 15. Remonstr of the state of the Kingdom presented to the King at Hampton Court 27. Tumults at Westminster threatning the Bishops 30. Twelve Bishops protest against Popery or any malignity against the State and against such Orders or Votes as had passed or which should pass in the Lords House during their enforced absence Dec. 31. Twelve Bishops accused by the Commons of High Treason whereof ten were committed to the Tower the other two to the Black Rod. Jan. 1. The Irish Proclaimed Rebels 3. Articles exhibited against the five Members 4. King in Person demandeâ— them 5. Houâ—es adjourn'd into London 6. Proâ—lamation made for Apprehending the â—ive Members 7. H. of Commons declared the Kings Proclamation to be â—alâ—e scandalous and illegal Sir Edward Hâ—rbert the Kings Attorney General committed for preferring the Articles against the five Members 10. The King Queen Prince and Duke of York to Hampton Court 11. The five Members Guarded to Westminster by Water 27. House of Commons Petitioned the King for the Militia Feb. 14. Adventures for Irish Land 23. Queen with the Princes Mary her Daughter imbarqued at Dover for Holland King to Greenwich whence he sent for the Prince and Duke of York They removed to Theobalds March 9. Thence to Newmarket 15. Thence to Huntington May 3. Protestation taken by the Parliament 26. Thence to York Anno 1642. April 8. King proposed to go in Person into Ireland Disliked by the Parliament 9. An Order of Parliament enjoyning their Members to attendance 22. Duke of York and Pr. Elector to Hull 23. King denyed admittance into Hull Sir John Hotham Proclaimed Traytor 24. King complains of the Affront 25. Sir John Hotham justified by the Parliament The Lords began to desert the Parliament and go to the King May 12. Gentry of Yorkshire attended the King at York 20. Voted that the King intended to levy War against the Parliament 30. Nine Lords with the King summoned to Westminster June 2. An Order of Parliament requiring the Revolted Members to return by the sixteenth of June Nineteen Propositions sent to the King 10. An Order for bringing in Money and Plate 14. King writ to the City 15. Thirty seven Lords protested in behalf of the King The nine Lords Summoned to appear were for default thereof Impeached of High Treason L. Keeper Littleton conveyed the Great Seal and afterwards himself to the King at
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
Chaplain promis'd fair 28 Gen. Monk at St. Alban's Febru 1 The Rump granted to him St. James's Park during their pleasure or rather their possession of it Their Army order'd to March forth of London to make way for the General 's Forces 2 A Mutiny at Somerset-house 3 Gen. Monk march'd into Lond. with his Army 9 He pull'd down the City Gates and Portcullises by order of the Rump and quarter'd his Army in London 10 Marched to White-hall but return'd soon after with his whole Forces and writ to the Rump to fill up the House c. 21 Secluded Memb. restor'd after which Sir Rob. Pye Maj. Fincher many others discharg'd from their Imprisonm the City order'd to make up their Gates Bonfires ringing of bells in most places in hope of a King and free Parliament Mar. 15 Bish. Wren enlarged 16 Parliam dissolv'd another Summon'd to be holden at Westminster the 15 of Appil 1660. Anno 1660. Apr. 9 Lambert escaped out of the Tower 14 His Majesties most Gracious Letters Declaration dated from Breda 21 Lambert proclaim'd Traitor 22. Taken near Daventry by the hands of Col. Ingoldsby 24 Brought to London and commit to the Tower 25 The Parliament met at Westminster May 1 His Majesties most Gracious Letters and Declaration to both Houses and to the L. G. Monk presented by Sr. J. Greenvil after which there followed many wholsome Resolves in order to his Maj. speedy return to his People who throughout the City and Suburbs express'd their joy by Bonfires Bells and Ordinance from the Tower 2. The like Gra. Letters c. presented to the L. Ma. Alder. and Com. Coun. of London by the L. Viscount Mordant and Sir J. Greenvil 3 L. Montague and the whole Fleet upon reading his Mâ—j Gracious Let. Declaration to them unanimously submitted 5 Easter T. adjourn'd till Quinq Pasch. being May the 8. 7 Charles the I. his Statue set up again in Guild-hall-yard Justices and Sheriffs c. in office April 25 1660. continued and to exercise their office in the Kings name 8 His Majesty with an Univer acclam most solemnly proclaim'd in Lon. and Westmin and so afterwards throughout his Dominions 9 The States Arms so called Order'd to be taken down and the Kings Arms set up in their stead 10 Spanish Prisoners in Chelsy Colledge discharged 11 Somerset-house and St. James's order'd to be quitted of all Lodgers c. 11 12 Ls. and Commons appointed to attend his Majesty began their journey Those from the City the like 14 Whitehall made ready for his Majesties reception His Majesty left Breda 15 He came to the Hague 16 Comm. from the L. and Commons and City of London had audience of his Majesty 23 Gen. Monk at Rochester His Majesty with his two Brothers embark't for England 25 They most happily landed at Dover and from thence went to Canterbury 28 Came to Rochester 29 Arriv'd at Whitehall and this Evening Crown'd the Solemnity of the day with incredible demonstrations of joy for his Majesties so miraculous Restauration June 1 His Majesty went to the House of L. and the D. of York and Glocester took their places there 7 Those Monsters of Men the Judges of the late Murther'd King summon'd by Proclamation to render themselves within 14 days 12 Dyed that Famous Mathematician Mr. Will. Oughtred 15 Commissions at Sea granted by his Majesty or his Highness the Duke of York before the first of May last past recalled 25 Sr. J. Robinson that Constant Royallist made Lieutenant of the Tower July 5 His Majesty Magnificently entertain'd at Guildhall in the City 11 A sad fire in Thred-needle-street 12 Dyed that eminent and most Faithful servant to his Majesty John Lord Culpeper Master of the Rolls c. George Monk created by His Majesty Duke of Albemarle c. in consideration of those signal Services performed by him in Restoring His Sacred Majesty and with him the three Kingdoms to that Tranquillity and happiness they now injoy 13 He took his Place in the House of Peers 18 Earl of St. Albans began his journey toward France 26 The L. Edward Montague who commanded the Fleet at His Maj. Restaur being for that other Eminent Serv. created by His Maj. E. of Sandwich c. took his Place also in the House of Peers 28 Marq. of Orm. the like as Earl of Brecknock Aug. 23 An Ambassador from Denmark 29 His Maj. assented to an Act amongst others for a perpetual Anniversary Thanksgiving on May 29 being the Day of His Majesties Nativity and Restauration So likewise to another for a Free and General Pardon Earl of Southampton made Lord High-Treasurer of England Sept. 10 Peace with Spain proclaimed 13 Parliam adjourn'd till November the 6. An Act for disbanding the Army c. Prince de Ligne Ambassador from Spain came to London Henry Duke of Glocester that unparallell'd Prince departed this Life 20 Bishop of London Translated to Canterbury 23 His Majesty with the Duke of York went to meet their Illustrious Sister Mary Princess of Orange Oct. 9 The Regicides Indicted at Hicks-hall 10 Their Tryals began at the Old-Bayly 13 Thomas Harrison one of them Executed according to Law at Charing-Cross 15 Mr. John Carew another Executed in the same place and manner 16 J. Cook and Hugh Peters that Belweather of Sedition executed in the same Place and manner 17 Tho. Scot Greg. Clement Adrian Scroop and J. Jones executed in the same place and manner 19 Dan. Axtel the like at Tyburn Francis Hacker hanged only at Tyburn also 27 His Majesty went to meet his Mother the Queens Majesty Nov. 2 His Maj. return'd with his Royal Mother to Whitehal after her 19 years absence thence with whom came the Illustrious Princess Henrietta her Daughter and Prince Ed. brother to the Prince Elector Palatine 6 Lords and Commons their recess being ended met again in Parliament 8 Council for Trade first met at Mercers-hall 16 Robert sometimes Maj. Gen. Overton Committed to the Tower for Treason 22 Mr. J. sometimes Sir J. Lenthal Committed to the Tower Dec. 4 Earl of Argyle sent for Scotland 8 The Assurance Frigate over-set 24 The Illustrious Mary Princess of Orange dyed General Middleton for Scotland 29 Parl. Dissolv'd and afterwards the Roy. Corps of Mary Prin. of Orange inter'd in Hen. 7. Chappel Jan. 1 Parliament met in Scotland 2 Qu. Mother with the Illustrious Princess Henrietta Maria began their journey for France 6 Venner and his Phanatique Proselytes Rebelled but dispersed 8 Sir Arthur Hazlerig dyed in the Tower 9 The Phanatiques again in Arms but all dispers'd Kill'd or taken amongst which Venner their Seditious Ringleader 17 Venner and 19 more of them arraign'd 19 Venner and Hodgkin hang'd and quarter'd in Coleman-street Oxman and Prichard hang'd at Woodstreet end in Cheapside 21 Nine more of them executed in several parts of the City 25 Solemn League and Covenant Rescinded in Scotland Queen Mother and her Highness the Princess Henrietta
and at least 8000 modestly computed of their men killed and taken Prisoners 16 His Royal Highness arrived at Whitehal accompani'd with his Highness Prince Rupert whose Prudence and Courage in the late Engage Crown'd all his former atchivems 19 2063 Dutch Prisoners brought to Colchester whereof 13 Commanders 20 A Publick Thanksgiving observ'd in London and Westminster and other places adjacent for the late glorious victory obtain'd against the Dutch 21 The Parliam met at Westminster according to the term of Prorogation and was again Prorogu'd to the 1 of August next His Excellency the Count de Molina Ambassador to his Majesty from the Spanish King made his publique entry with great Splendor and Magnificence 22 Was Interred the Body of the most Noble Earl of Falmouth unfortunately slain in the late Fight with the Dutch His Majesty conferr'd the Honour of Knighthood upon Vice-Admiral Mynns and Câ—pt Smith for their Eminent services in that Fight 23 His Excellency the Count De Molina had publick audience 26 Mr. William Coventry Secretary to his Royal Highness received from his Sacred Majesty the Honour of Knighthood and was afterwards sworn of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council 27 His Majesty with his Royal Highness the D. of York his Highness P. Rupert his Grace the Duke of Monmouth and oâ—hers of the Nobility arriv'd at the Buoy in the Nore together with her Majesty the Qu. Mother who thence prosecuted her journey toward France his Maiesty taking his leave this night and afterward going aboard the Royal Charles Conferred the Honour of Knighthood upon Rear-Admiral Tyddiman Capt. Jordan Capt. Spragg and Capt. Cuttings for their eminent valour shewed in the late Fight with the Dutch July 2 His Majesty return'd to Greenwich whence he passed by Coach to Hampton-Court 4 A Publick Thanksgiving throughout England and Wales for the late glorious Victory obtain'd against the Dutch 5 Part of his Majesties Fleet set sail from Southwold-Bay towards the Coasts of Holland A general Fast observed in London and Westminster and places adjacent by his Majesties Command upon occasion of the Plague and Pestilence then raging there And the second of August next to be kept in like manner and so the first Wednesday in every month for the future until it pleased God to remove that heavy Judgment 27 His Majesty and the Queen Consort removed toward Salisbury 28 Their Majesties parted this morning at Farnham-Castle her Majesty proceeding towards Salisbury his Majesty to Portsmouth whither he came this day at Noon 29 Her Majesty arrived at Salisbury 31 His Majesty in the Isle of Wight Aug. 1 His Majesty came to Salisbury Parliament again Prorogued to the 3 of October next coming 5 Their Royal Highnesses arrived at York 15 The Receipt of his Majesties Exechequer being removed to his Majesties Honour of Non-such in Surrey in regard of the great and dangerous increase of the Plague at Westminster opened there 16 His Royall Highness at Hull The Dutch Smyrna Fleet and Straits-Men De Ruyters and their East-India return Ships in all about 50 being arrived at Bergen in Norway were by a Squadron of 22 Sail commanded by Sir Tho. Tyddiman most gallantly Attack'd in that Harbour But the Danes having suffered the Dutch to land and plant their Guns ashore to the best advantage of annoying us assisted them by their Shot from the Castle and Forts All which would not yet have served their turn if a strong Gale out of the Harbor had not made our Fire-ships useless whereupon our Ships retired with some loss of Men amongst whom M. Edward Montague and Mr. Wyndham who lost their lives honourably in the service of their King and Country and some 4 or 5 of our Ships disabled But not without some severe Execution done both upon their Men and Shipping 30 His Majâ—sties Fleet commanded by his Excellency the Earl of Sandw set sail towards the Coast of Holland in hope once more of ingaging the Dutch this year 31 A great storm at Sea especially upon the Coasts of Norway which scatter'd the Dutch thereabouts September 1. His Grace the Duke of Ormond Arrived at Waterford in Ireland The Bishop of Munster advancing with an Army against the States General for recovery of Bokelo the Eyler Fort and several other places by them unjustly detained from him being assisted thereto with a great sum of Money by his Majesty of Great-Brit to find them work at Land as well as by Sea Sir George Downing return'd from Holland 3 4 Four Dutchmen of War two rich East-India Ships and several other of their Merchant-men taken by some of his Majesties Navy commanded by his Excellence the Earl of Sandw with the loss only of the Hector a small Flem. Vessel of 22 Guns taken from them in the last War unhappily sunk in this ser. 5 Fires kindled and continued 3 days 3 nights in all the Streets Courts Lanes Alleys of London to correct and purifie the Air. 7 The Holland Fleet joyn'd with the rest of their Merchant-men at Bergen 9 Some of his Majesties Ships encountred 12 sail of Hollanders and took the greatest part of them amongst which were four Dutch-men of War and several others West-India Men and Provision-Ships with above 1000 Prisoners So that no less than 30 Prizes were taken from the Dutch in this Expedition under his Excellency the Earl of Sandwich who had pursued this advantage into their own Harbours had not a most violent storm this very day put the Fleet into some disorder many Ships being thereby separated from the Body thereof 11 His Majesty removed from Salisbury to the Right Honourable the Lord Ashleys at Saint Giles's where he lay that night 15 His Majesty at Pool 17 At Lutworth-Castle in the Isle of Purbeck 18 At Weymouth 19 His Majesty at Portland 20 At Dorchester whence he return'd to St. Giles 21 Thence to Salisbury 23 His Royal Highness set forth from York toward Oxford and lay at Sir George Savills at Rufford that night 24 At Warwick-Castle 25 His Majesty set out from Salisbury toward Oxford where he orrived and met his Royal Highness the same night 26 The Queens Majesty came to Oxford Her Royal Highness began her Journey from York toward Oxford 29 Sir Thomas Bludworth elected Lord Mayor for the ensuing year October 5 Her Royal Highness arrived at Oxford 9 Parliament met at Oxford according to the Term of Prorogation 10. The two Houses â—et and attended His Mâ—â—esty in Christ-Church-Hall â—his Morning where His â—ajesty Entertained them â—ith a most Gracious â—peech which was Seconâ—ed by another from the Right Honourable the L. Chancellour After which â—he House of Commons â—oted That Humble and Hearty Thâ—nkâ— should be â—eturned to His Majesty â—or his great Care and Conâ—â—ct in the Preservation of 〈◊〉 People and the Hoâ—our of this Nation and â—â—at they would Assist him â—ith their Lives and Forâ—â—nes against the Dutch or â—â—y other that should Asâ—â—â—t them against His Maâ—esty That the Humble and
and Stupid are the Masters this Age hath produced But let us Instance a few Examples and first of the Coelestial Bodies You know that the Image of the Serpent hath the Nature of a Serpent that is it causeth death by Poyson so oft as the Lord of the Geniture or the Moon is therewith unhappily Posited at the Birth The like of the Scorpion For even the same Images drive away and kill Serpents and Scorpions Spiders and Flyes they expel Poyson and the Plague being deduced from Heaven upon the Terrestrial Chaos at an observed time Leo makes Men Bold Virgo Docile Taurus Robust Aquila procures Honours Lyra instills the love of Musick and the Study of Poesie Sagittary addicteth to Hunting and much more of that Nature marked with their proper Signatures Next let us contemplate the Animals of the Earth how every one beareth its own Nature and how we know the same in most of them by their Effigies viz. by their Countenance Voyce Gesture Habit often by their Colour The Horse by his Gesture bewrays his Pride The Ass his Slowness The Lyon by the Face and Gesture his Courage The Bear his Fierceness The Cock his Chearfulness The like are every where obvious in other Creatures unto any but such as regard the knowledge of nothing Now by observing the outward Forms of Beasts ariseth Physiognomy in Man For look what Beasts a Man resembles most either in Face or Proportion he is truly said to possess the Disposition and Nature thereof If now we descend to Plants and Roots we shall there enter a Theatre of Signatures worthy our Contemplation For Example Solatrum vesicatorium barbarously termed Alkakenge shuts up its Husks so soon as the Vessels thereof are filled with Juice and replenished with little Stony-Grains as if intimating unto us by a Tacite Language That therein resides a vertue of Purging the Bladder and of Diminishing the Gravel and Stone therein Chelidonia not only Blushes with a certain Bloody Moisture and therewith stains the Hands of him that Touches it but in the Root it also shews a Cavity much like the Ventricles in the Heart of Man whereby is intimated that its vertue is to Purge the Blood to quicken the Vital Spirit and to free the Heart from the Injuries of Poyson Cynosbatus as also Mespylus fill the Belly with little Stones that break in pieces the Stone in the Bladder Carduus offends the Fingers of those that touch it by prickles yet such is the secret vertue thereof that it consumes and Expels all pricklings and stingings in the Body of Man The Numulariae resembles in the Leaves thâ—reof the Epiglossis and heals the Inflammation of the Throat Nux Juglans and Moscara râ—present in the Faces thereof the Composure of the Brain and Head and are therefore comfortable to both Orchis in the Root thereof resembles the Testicles and therefore is Venus excited by it The Hypericon and Persicaria are notoriously known to Operate according to their proper Signatures Many Hundreds more might be instanc'd of Flowers Seeds Leaves and Roots The Signatures are most apparent in such Herbs as are least endued with Odour Those that are Sweeter Evidence their Vertues unto us notwithstanding we were Blind by their Smell So also in the Leaves of Trees in Rinds and Barks in Wood and Roots we find such Signaturâ—s as do manifest the hidden Vertues thereof and thereby learn to apply them to Humane use or the Healing of Diseases The like we see in Stones and Metals If this then be so clear in the Stars and Signs of Heaven if so in Animals Plants Roots Stones and Metals Who but a Mad-man or Fool dare say That the like Signs in the Hand of Man are Idle and Vain Man is he for whom all things were made and wherein all things of the Greater World are comprehended although with a Face more Occult. Man only Rejoyceth in this Honour that he hath a Resemblance Operation and Conversation with all things in the World He symbolizeth as I may say with the Matter in the Proper Subject with the Elements in their Fourfold Composure of Body with the Plants in the Vegetative Vertue with the other Animals in the Sensitive with the Heavens in the Sydereal Spirit that is in the Motion and Influence of the Superiour Bodies upon these Inferiour with the Angels in the Intellect Wisdom and Speech with God himself in the Containing Power of all things And therefore we cannot imagine the Signs so variously Pourtray'd in the Hand of Man are in vain But that they are there placed by Nature with intent to make known unto us the Inscrutable Works of GOD if Job Chapter 37. may be Credited That the Explanation of these Signs is named Chiromancy I need not acquaint you Nor what Canons the Ancient and Modern Philosophers have written concerning the same Only this I shall tell you My Author hath not only in this small Tract Reduced all to a Concise and Methodical Discourse and added divers others of his own Observations But also Illustrated the Practick Part thereof with sundry Notable Examples whereby he hath manifested an Astrological Consent and Harmony betwixt the Hands and Genitures of all Men. A work not attempted by any before him And whereas the Masters in this Science have not Assigned the Tubercula or Mounts of the Hand to the Planets without some Successive Discrepancy Nor although all of them deliver it for a general Rule That by how much every one hath a Planet more Dignified at the Hour of his Birth by so much more Evident the Characters and Signs will appear upon the Region appropriated to the same Planet yet hath not this been approved untill by this Author who hath hereby abolished all former Doubts and clearly demonstrated the Truth of that Doctrine Nor hath He thereby in my Judgment restor'd the Art of Chiromancy to more certainty than he hath confirmed the Grounds and Credit of Astrology and dash'd in Pieces the Bug-bear Arguments of all the Enemies of either For what more Convincing to the Judicious than if by Inspection made into the Hand of any Man I truly pronounce this or that Planet Essentially Dignified or Angular in his Geniture or in such or such a Position with other Planets or Stars Another Infortunate Afflicted or Dejected Or if on the contrary by looking first into the Geniture and considering therein the several Positures of the Planets and their Configurations one to another and with other Stars I tell him and that distinctly and truly the Lines and Signatures engraven in his Hand What I say is or can be more satisfaction than this to Rational Mâ—n as touching the Power and Influence of the Planets and Stars upon these Inferiours and consequently of the Lawful use and verity of the Sciences of Astrology and Chiromancy betwixt whom there is such a secret Coherence and Harmony And this I dare undertake to perform for the Honour of these Sciences to the shame of all Malicious and
as may both Purge the Body from all Filthy Humours and likewise comfort the Principal Members strengthen the Vital Spirit and Native Heat which are of another Quality The Scorpion as also the Serpent deduced from Heaven I speak with Virgil preserves him safe that carries it about him from Fevers Poyson and Pestilence These are Secrets In the same Year of your Age the Mid-heaven coming to the Trine Sinister of Saturn presages Goods to ensue by means of the Dead Ancient Possessions the Gift of some Aged Man The 42 d. and 43 d. Year of your Age will be Honourable and Prosperous Because the Mid-heaven comes to the Virgins Spike and Venus her self to the Body of Jupiter By this means they bring some Notable-good in the Increase of Dignities and Wealth and that by the occasion of a certain Great Personage You shall observe the 14 th day of July 1602. and then the 11. and 16 of August Also the 3 d. of September In the following Year 1603. the 22. and 23. of January the 7 and 8 of June Here the Profection of the Sun succeeds the Trine Sinister of Jupiter There the Mid-heaven shall come to Venus her self In the 45 th Year of your Age the Mid-heaven coming to the Opposition of Jupiter will intercept or subvert the Friendship of some Great Lord At which time take heed how you Manage your Affairs with Noble-Men c. In the same Year upon the Sun 's receding to the Trine of Mars you shall fall into the Friendship of some Martially disposed Person not without some Advantage Use his Benevolence and Friendliness prosperously In the 48 th Year of your Age Anno 1608. The Horoscope coming to the Trine dexter of Jupiter gives you a most Thriving Constitution of the Body and makes you Conversant with Great Men whereby Great Good is to be expected Of the same Nature is the subsequent Direction to wit the Sun to a Proper Sextile in the Terms of Venus falling out in the 49 th Year of your Age in the Year of Christ 1609. In this Year the Part of Fortune coming to the Antiscia of Mars will add unto your Expences occasioned by the means of Kindred and Journeys Beware also of some Thieveries of your Servants or Messengers In the 45 th Year of your Age Anno 1614. The Sun coming to the Sextile Sinister of Mercury and the Dexter of Saturn shall enlarge your Authority and Esteem with or by the Learned For seeing you are unweariedly carried by a certain Natural Violence both to the Scienâ—es of Mighty things and also to the knowledge of Hidden Secrets I easily fore-see What a one how great a one you shall suddenly be Go on Couragiously that you may Act things Answerable to your Ingenuity that you may advance and further your Fortune The 57 and 59 Years of your Age will be very Honourable and the most Acceptable of any You shall therein find a Signal Increase of your Possessions Renown Dignities and Authority For then Venus will come to her Proper Sextile The Mid-heaven to the Trine Dexter of Venus And the Sun to the Body of Jupiter The Profection of the Mid-heaven to the Sextile of Venus falls out in the Year of Christ 1617. the 14 and 15 of January Old Style But the Profection of the Sun to the Trine of Mercury and the Body of Saturn will happen about the Verâ—al Equinox There are also Fortunate Profections in the Year 1618. about the Winter Solstice Also Jan. 21. c. Saturn is in the second Degree of Gemini Adverse the Mid-heaven whereby he shall in some sort endeavour to protract an Event by the means of some Mans Death In the 60 th Year of your Age Anno 1620. The Horoscope coming to the 26 Degree of Sagittary the Contiguous Terms of Saturn and Mars shall occasion a Feverish Disease which will easily be removed by the help of a Physician Or if the yearly Medicines and Evacuations were not as is requisite forborn contrary to Custom it could hardly be that any Disease should trouble you The Profection of the Horoscope and the Sun are removed from the Society of the Malevolent Planets The Transite of Mars in Taurus by the Point opposed unto the Horoscope shall happen the 15 of April then in Leo by the Point in Square thereunto the 22 23 and 24 of August which are more to be observed In the 61 Year of your Age Anno 1621. The Progress of the Part of Fortune to the Body of the Sun shall multiply your Treasure by the Rewards of Kings and some other Great Personages The like for your Honours In the 63 Year the Mid-heaven coming to the Southern Lance of Libra favours you with no mean Dignities In the 64 Year the Horoscope arriving at the end of Sagittary threatens you with a Disease attended especially with Lassitudes of the Body Filthiness of Defluxions and with Pains in the Feet above all other Signs are Interficient The which I have often-times found to be true But because that here Venus most Powerfully beholds this Place by an approaching Sextile Aspect I boldly Affirm Humane Providence assisting You shall not Dye this Year In the 65 Year of your Age Anno 1625. The Part of Fortune coming to the Body of Mercury and the Trine of Saturn confers upon you a Large Inheritance or fair Possessions by the means of some Deceased For Saturn being so Fortunate it is impossible this Direction should be Fruitless So in the Year 1627. The Sun coming to the Trine of the Mid-heaven will again occasion all manner of Good to befall you In the 70 Year of your Age Anno 1630. The Sun coming to the Sextile Sinister of Venus The Horoscope also to the Sextile Dexter of Venus point out â— most Honourable time in Dignities Possessions and Renown in all manner of Benefits The same almost is discern'd by the Progression of the Part of Fortune to the Sextile Dexter of Jupiter falling out in the 72 Year of your Life for that also Presages Kingly Rewards from Foreign Countreys But enough and more than enough concerning this your most Fortunate Geniture Farewell In the Year 1593. A BRIEF DISCOURSE OF The Soul of the WORLD AND The Vniversal Spirit thereof THE World is a System of Celestial and Terrestrial Bodies constant in Order Number and Measure but Living Animate Intellectual The former Part of the Definition is clear from the Holy Scriptures The latter is Proved of Plato and that by manifest Reasons Where we say A Living System we intend a certain Natural Life diffused through the Bodies of the World extended and movably Acting together with the Body of the World Where we call it An Animate System we mean the substance of the Soul of the World whose Essence indeed is both Indivisible and Immutable like the Intellect yet it may in some sort be termed Divisible and Movable because it is the Proper Fountain of some Powers that are declining to Divisible