Very ill Puella Rubeus 1 Good but in War 1 Cancel the Figure 2 Very good 2 All evil 3 Good 3 Ill but to let blood 4 But indifferent 4 Ill but for Fire-works 5 Regarding Aspects 5 Ill save to sow 6 Good but for Letchery 6 Ill save to Blood 7 Good save for War 7 Ill but Fire and War 8 Good 8 Ill 9 Good for Musick 9 Very ill 10 Good and Peace 10 Good in Fire-works War 11 Good and Love to Ladies 11 Ill but Bleeding 12 Good in all 12 Ill in Abundance Puer Albus â— Indifferent in War 1 Good for Marriages â— Good but with trouble 2 Good in all â— Good luck 3 Very good â— Ill save in War 4 Good but in War â— Meanly good 5 Good â— Mean 6 Good in all â— Ill save for War 7 Good save in VVar â— Ill save for Love 8 Good â— Ill save for War 9 Good News or Letters â—0 Ill in Love 10 Very good â—1 Mean good Favour 11 VVonderful good â—2 Very good in all 12 Good in all Conjunctio Drag Tail 1 Good with good and ill with ill 1 Break the Figure 2 Generally good 2 Very ill 3 Good Hap 3 Ill in all 4 Good save for Health 4 Ill save in Fire-works 5 Meanly 5 Very ill 6 Good for Whores 6 Ill save for Whores 7 Mean 7 Ill beware of Fire 8 Ill 8 Ill in all 9 Meanly good 9 Ill in all 10 Good for Love ill if Sick 10 Ill save for Fire 11 Good for all 11 Ill 12 Meanly good 12 Very ill Fortuna Major Carcer 1 Good in all 1 Ill but to Fortifie 2 Good 2 Good in black it 's ill 3 Very Good 3 Ill 4 Good save in VVar 4 Good for Melanchol 5 Very good 5 Receive a Letter in three days 6 Good for Whores only 6 Ill 7 Ill save for Peace 7 Ill 8 Good 8 Very ill 9 Very good 9 Ill in all 10 Good for all 10 Good for hid things 11 Good for the Churc 11 Much Travel 12 Very good 12 Mean Via Populus 1 Ill but to Prisons 1 Good for Marriage 2 Indifferent 2 Meanly good 3 Very good in all 3 More good than bad 4 Good in all save Love 4 Good in all but Love 5 Good Voyages 5 Good in most 6 Ill 6 Good 7 Ill but for Journies 7 In War good 8 Ill 8 Indifferent 9 Indifferent 9 Look for Letters 10 Good 10 Meanly good 11 Very good 11 Good in all 12 Excellent good 12 Very ill A Signification of the Sixteen Lotts moving from the first House to the other Eleven Acquisitio in the First and goes into the Second gains Money and new Cloaths In the Fifth Joy of Children and good ones and a pleasant Life In the Third House Honour Joy and Profit by Relations In the Sixth Gain by good Servants and also by small Cattel In the Fourth good bâ—â—… a good end of â—… Acti In the Seventh a good end with thy Enemies a good Wife and good in all Demands In the Eighth Dearth for the thing demanded and great Profit in Succession In the Fourth Differences between the Father and Children loss of Inheritance In the Ninth good in Sea Voyages and in all Church-concerns In the Fifth Merriments dangerous and ill with Big-belly'd Women In the Tenth Love and Respect from Kings and Princes and Profit from the Mother In the Sixth Differences with Servants and loss of small Cattel In the Eleventh Good Friends and a good End of the Demand In the Seventh not good to Marry loss of thy Mistress In the Twelfth Imprisonment and a great many Enemies In the Eighth loss of Goods of thy Wife and Enemies Amissio in the first and found in the second loss of Money and Goods In the Ninth robb'd by the way ill for Church-Matters In the third House Controversies with Kindred and ill in Journies In the Tenth Anger wiâ—… Kings Lordds and Princes In the Eleventh thy Friends are false and envious to thee In the Twelfth nothing but Imprisonment and loss of Cattel and disturb'd with Enemies These two Lotts Acquisitio and Amissio may serve you as an Example for all the rest if you observe their Natures one is good and the other bad as you see Acquisitio is throughout all the Houses good in all things according to the nature of the House or Matters they signifie so likewise Amissio is ill in all things or demands which may be drawn from the 12 Houses as you have been formerly taught and also what Lotts are good or ill and the good and ill Houses So vary your Judgment accordingly Again If the second House or Lott go into the third thy Brethren will rule over thy Goods the fourth thy Father fifth thy Children or the Alehouse and so of the rest according to the Rules of all the other If the Question be Shall I see or speak with my Brother If thy Lott is found in the third House it 's a true testimony that thou shalt speak with thy Brother and so on Concerning good Company Good Company is to be much desired and ill Company is to be abhorred it 's good Company that brings many to Happiness and ill which brings many to the Gallows Now we have a method in these our Lotts to know our Company or our Associates and Companions Observe this Rule the Ascendant and the second House are Companions and so observe in order the second and third House the third and fourth House the fourth and fifth the fifth and sixth the sixth and seventh the seventh and eighth the eighth and ninth the ninth and tenth the tenth and eleventh and lastly the eleventh and twelfth Houses Thus they are united together in Company You are now to consider the Natures and Qualities of those Lotts by the foresaid Tables and if you find a Lott in the second House of an ill principle you may be then fearful of being drawn away or trapan'd and perswaded to an ill thing if the Lotts are both good fear not for good may be thy Fortune Then again if thou find'st a watery Lott in the first House a fiery Lott in the second House then you may say the Company is not good and by this Method you may judge right of your Society in general so if they are of one Nature and of one Triplicity you may believe you are upon a sure ground c. CHAP. X. A Table of the Significations Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Twelve Houses First House A Signification of the Sixteen Lotts moving from the first House to the other Eleven Acquisitio Amâ—ssio This Figure signifies Goodness and Prosperity in Life and an Accomplishment of the Person 's desire also good success in Voyages and whatsoever one takes in hand If this Question be made for Love and in way of Marriage it is good and for any thing a Lover demands in that behalf This hath in signification when you find it in the first House
and will not be had again unless the Seventh agree the Mother is Cholerick In all the Demands you can make this Figure is ill except to have the Favour of a Princess Fortuna Major Laetitia This is good for him that would go to a Prince for he shall have Honour the thing mist is not stolen but shall be had again 't is good for a Prince to take a Voyage if the Prince be sick he shall be well again In all Demands in this House this Figure is much better than the other In this House the King or Lord is not sick 't is good for Honour the Physician is a good Man and his Medicines are good 't is good for the Mother Uncle c. the King loveth the Servant whereby he shall have Profit the Lord shall govern Lands the King or Lord shall do Justice Fortuna Minor Tristitia In this House the Person shall have great Friendship with Princes more especially in War the King is sick but shall mend and not die the Physician is good and the Medicine likewise the King loveth him who maketh the Question he that pretendeth to be a Lord shall be a Lord. This Figure is good in all Demands By this it is an evil time and unlucky to get Honour the King is in danger to lose his Realm 't is ill for the Physician and to take Medicines the thing lost will never be had again 't is ill for the Mother the King or Lord loveth not the Person This Figure is ill in all things except tilling of Land Puella Rubeus This denotes that the Person shall have Honour by the King with Hearts coment 't is good to get the love of Women and also to have gain by Trading the things mist will not be found again the King will remain long in his Realm This Figure is good in all but War Any Questions which you may propound in this House are not worth any thing only signifying Choler Blood Treason Sadness it doth signify Victory at first and loss at last 'T is good to buy Armour and Harness and Fire-works and in all others 't is evil Puer Albus This denotes the person shall have Honour by Kings especially in War 't is good for the Physician and to take Physick the King shall not stay long in his Realm the King shall have Victory over his Enemies In all other Demands this Figure is indifferent This in the tenth House denotes Friendship from Kings and Great Men 't is good for the Physician and to take Physick the Sickness will be quickly gone and the King shall remain long in his Realm In all Demands you can make this Figure is good Conjunctio Cauda Draconis This House signifies a mediocrity in Honour he shall be Secretary to some great Lord 't is indifferent in Medicines the King shall die of the Disease the Person shall be Banished the Party shall win the Suit This Figure is good in all things you can demand This House signifies loss of Realms and Kingdoms this Figure is very ill in all Matters In all Questions and Demands this Figure signifies Death Treason and loss of Goods and is very ill but in matters of War but for works of Fire or Chymistry 't is good Caput Draconis Carcer By this the Person shall have Honour at Courts and in Kings Services the thing lost shall be found and the Physician is a good Man and 't is good for Physick In all things which you can demand in this House this Figure is good but for War always signifying Peace In this House the person shall obtain Honour from Princes by means of Women the Imprisonment of a King loss of Goods 't is good for Physicians and to take Physick The sick Person shall die the King shall live long In all other Demands this Figure is not good Populus Via This implyes a great many People assembled by Order of some Prince about some Agreement of Peace 't is good for Honour and for the Physician and to take Physick the Friend is just the King loveth not the Man This Figure in this and all others is indifferent 'T is good to go to a King for he shall obtain Honour 't is good to take a Medicine the thing lost will not be found the King loveth the Person meetly 't is not good for the King to go to War In all other Demands you can make this Figure is indifferently good The Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Eleventh House Acquisitiâ— Amissio This denotes a good and trusty Friend as also great Assistance from Friends the Mother the King and Counsellor are full of Money and they shall not be robb'd thy friend which dwells â—ar hence is well affected to thee This â—igure is good in all Demands especially for a Friend This in the 11th House shews no Fidelity in the Friend he will not help you but do you more harm than an open Enemy the Fortune of the Querent shall be ill and indeed in all Demands that can be made in this Figure it is evil except for Lewd Women Fortuna Major Laetitia This denotes the Friend to be good and faithful the Mother and King have much Money thy Friend loves thee well and will do thee Service the Person shall have Friendship with Kings and Lords indeed this Figure in all Demands can be made is good and profitable Here arises encrease of Friends and of no small Account the Fortune of the Querent is good the Friend is trusty the King hath much Money the Promise is good the beginning of the King's Reign will be good And this Figure in all Demands that you can make is good Fortuna Minor Tristitia This implies the Friend is trusty and willing to assist thee thy Friend which is far hence is good the King is well stored with Money and is in danger to be robb'd In all Demands this Figure is good especially in matters of Love This signifies ill Fortune to the Querent and a Man of an ill mind toward his Friend the Promise shall take no effect the Year will be Barren and things scarce this Figure is ill in all Demands in this House except for Invocation of Spirits Puella Rubeus This signifies in this House the enjoying of a Lady good Fortune to the Querent and the thing you wish for the Friend far hence is good and friendly and 〈◊〉 Health and in all demands in this House this Figure is very good The Querent shall have ill Fortune thy Companions Friends be ill and by them wilt come to ill thy Hope will take no effect the King is low of Money and if not so he is in danger of being robb'd In all Demands you can make in this House this Figure is ill but for Bleeding Puer Albus By this you will find the Friend is good especially unto Soldiery the Promise will be kept 't is good to apply to any Vocation the Fortune of the Querent
ibi sint Aqueae Decimquinta consentiente pluviosum Annum Aeriae ex quibus ☽ plen in ♑ Via Populus nascatur Diluvia Inundationes But in short you must in this Concern know the nature of these Lotts for watery Lotts give Pluvia or Rain Fiery Lotts give Heat and Dryness Airy Ventus or Wind and so of the rest in order But the main point is to consider the Time and Occasion of the Year But my Reader cares not for those Matters but altogether for to know of Himself whether he shall live Honourably or have Society with King's and Princes or whether he shall come to be a Housekeeper or a Master or what thing to take in hand to get most Money These are the things desired in this Elementary Life Now I tell thee that the 10th House or the Lott in it is the Significator of those things viz. Honour and Dignity if the first Figure or Lott be joyned to the 10th viz. Company or by â–³ or âš¹ Aspect the Querent will assuredly step up to the Seat of Honour if the first moves into the 10th h. and not afflicted the same if you find good Figures in the 10th h. hope well for thy Office or Place desired But if ill Lotts in the 10th h. and ill Companyâ—… and â–¡ or ☠very small hopes for thee to kisâ— the King's Hand or reap any Benefit from him or from those above thy Quality Now if you are willing to know what Trade or Profession to take in hand you must consider well the Rulers of thy Lotts on the 10th h. of what Triplicity they are whether Fire Air Earth or Water if Fire a Trade of a hot nature if Water thou shalt gain by the Sea or Water or by Wine Ale or Beer c. But a word or two in general The Lott Tristitia and Carcer are the Lotts of ♄ as the former Table directs If ♄ Ruler of the 10th h. and if thy Birth sprung from a low Descent give thy mind to Dig in the Ground for Money Husbandry or Gardning or Tillage of the Earth c. But if thou descend from high Birth thou mayst be a Judge and gain Money by sleeping or waking and come to a degree of great Power ♃ signifies dealing in Cloth and pulling off the Wool of Sheeps back by night if ♃ is ill or retrograde otherwise a good Shop-keeper and will come be a Church-warden of a Troop of Horse ♂ Ruler of the 10th h. and retrograde a Baker will be thy best Trade but if ♂ is strong and powerful take thy Sword by thy side and strive to be a Captain ☉ Some hot Trade as a Goldsmith or the like ♀ Be sure to employ thy self about Womens Concerns but for Whoring 〈◊〉 give you no Directions ☿ Often turns himself in Money Shapes and many Minds but whatever Planets he is joined to it gives a strong inclination to Arts and Sciences to the Law Divines Physicians Clerks Money-Scriveners all those things if well Dignified but if ill then idle prating lying Knaves and lives by Stealing Lying and Dissembling ☽ The Moon Lady of the 10th h. you may expect Honour by Women and by Travel from Foreign Parts great Gain by Sea or any Trade that requires moving to place and from place Also ☽ signifies Silver c. These Rules in a general way are very true If you are willing to consider your selves about Kings Princes or Noble-men behold the 10th h. if the Lotts therein be good and also the Lott in the Ascendant and in good Aspects and Company you may well say that the King and his Subjects will agree like Lambs the People will rejoyce under their Government And as for plenty of Money behold the 2d and 11th house if well Dignified Trading and Money will be plenty But for your further Knowledge concerning Peace or War behold what Lotts are in the 7th house and behold the 10th Lott by a â–¡ or 8 say then it will be in those Countries Cities or Towns which those Lotts govern So if you find the Lott that belongs to France in a â–¡ or 8 say then there will be Discoveries between our King and the French if Holland or Spain according to your Lotts if good Aspects Peace if ill War The Eleventh House An Servi Amici sint Fideles THis Point of the Heavens shews you what Friends you have your way now is to look on the first and 11th House and see how they agree together in Love Peace and Unity viz. in good Company Aspects and good Lotts This is sufficient enough for the Querent to be satisfied that he may have the things hoped for and to rely on them as faithful Friends in time of need if you want an Examination turn your Eyes to the Figure erected by the Angelical Hand for the Gentleman is prosecuted by his Servant There you will find by the 11th House he had good Friends to stand by him in time of Trouble c. But to the contrary if thou findest the first and 11th House to disagree and different of nature and in ill Company and Aspects then thy Friends may be thy Foes for now in our Days it 's a Question very frequent Will my pretended Friends be faithful These Rules or Lotts of mine will soon make distinction if you find the Lotts of ♄ or ♂ in this House or ☋ then trust not thy Friends for they will bring thee to a Snare and Ill-will will be the end If thou findest thy Lott in a medium trust not thy Friends too far if thou findest ♃ ♀ â™ in this House thy Friends are very faithful and whatever thou sayst or dost is as safe as in thy own Breast The 11th House tells thee of the Substance of thy King The Twelfth House De Carcere an aliquis incarcerabitur THis 12th House is relating to Compters and Imprisonment and in this we have generally an Eye to the first House If we find a good Lott and free from Evil there then we may say the Querent is strong and powerful and soon out of Prison but if weak and ill the contrary if it goes into the third House or 9th he will be soon released If the Lott of the first House moves or go into the 4th 8th or 12th Houses there 's but little hopes of Delivery out of Prison or from Confinement and the longer confin'd if there is a â–¡ or 8 between the first and 12th if your Lotts are fixed in the first House a long Imprisonment if common a medium if moveable soon delivered out of Prison If in a Cadent House long Afflicted mind the Hour the Prisoner was confin'd if the Lott was ill that rules the hour a long Captivity and is plagu'd with the Presence of ♄ ♂ or ☊ or their Aspects cold Walls still Now for thy Delivery Observe if you find good Lotts or their Rulers with Part of Fortune and good Aspects of ♃ and ♀ then there is great hopes of Recovery
Homo scelestus and said they ought to be hang'd Fourthly It 's a strong Argument of Recovery from the Lott in the Ascendant which is called ♃ dir in ♈ you have its Description at large in pag. 151. signifying a Man of Power and one that lives in Pomp and Credit in the World and such a one generally crusheth the Power and Malice of poor inconsiderable Earth-worms that shew their Teeth and are not able to bite so you have often heard that Populus signifies many Enemies It 's a common Saying that when a Man lives well and gets Money he is generally hated by some because they think he lives above them Fifthly Now the reason of Redemption is because if you mind the great Work you will find the Lott in the Ascendant moves it self into the third House a true token or testimony of this Querent to have many true and faithful Friends or Neighbours we may call them and as now I say so it was for he had many of the best of the Parish in which he lived the Church-warden for one to be Surety or Security for him on occasion Then behold the Table of Aspects and you will find an Aspect of Love between the Lott in the Ascendant and the third house which strengthens the foresaid Arguments Then again Sixthly you will find Friends from the 11th house First Because the Lott there is ♀ dir in ♎ a pure good Lott of Truth and Stability and this is the more verified because there are Aspects of Love between the Lott of the Ascendant and the 11th house the house of Friendship and this Gentleman informed me that he had at that time of Trouble two Eminent Doctors of Physick came willingly and freely proffering their Service to him they were both of great Eminence and Renown their Description of Body and Disposition is exactly represented according to our former Rules Seventhly If you desire to know if the Querent was long in Custody or in Prison look into the 12th h. the house of Imprisonment and you will find that the Lott called Via signifies the Way and is a sure Testimony pray turn back to Via in the 12th house it positively says a speedy delivery out of Prison and so it was to admiration says the Querent considering the nature of the thing Reader the truth of this our Angelical Method or by way of Lotts ought to be much esteemed by the Lovers of Art for my Experiments in this have been very large Eighthly and Lastly The death of our Querent's secret Enemies Homo scelestus died in the Bosom of PORNE our Enemy and no wonder if you consider that the 8th h. of the Querent the Counsel or Company to the Querent's Enemies is moved into the 12th h. of secret Enemies and is called Via and is in ☠to his 8th a terrible Lott viz. ♄ retr in ♠called Tristitia and this in one Month from the Vision and PORNE submitted her self to the mercy of the Querent CHAP. IV. The several Ways that God gives us Rules to foresee our Elementary Life with an Account of this Our Querent's Friends NOW behold the great Work and you will find the Figure of Astrology is placed in the inner 12 Houses which was Erected at the very instant of this our Querent's first apprehending being Jan. 30. at 10 in the Forenoon at that time this Gentleman was seized on by a parcel of Aegyptian Caterpillers but considering what they were they were indifferent civil It 's a common Rule for the Astrologers to behold the Ascendant first and if you do you will find there the Tail of the Dragon which bespeaks such a parcel of Fellows c. Now ♎ ascends the Horoscope and the ☽ was in ☠to to Venus ad △ ♄ and ⚹ ♄ and ♀ c. Then Secondly We are to consider the 7th House and there we find the Sign ♠which very well resembles the Lott Populus as I have before spoken of for the 7th house is our Querent's open Enemies and the 12th h. is his private ones So we may plainly see that the Planet ♂ is Lord of the 7th h. posited in the 12th house a plain Testimony that our Querent hath malicious and bitter enemies to deal with and the more because ☿ is in the 12th House also which signifies a malicious lying prating Tongue for ☿ naturally signifies Liars Dissemblers and forsworn perjur'd Persons in the Sign ♓ because he is in ☠to his own House the Querent hath good reason to fear envious Fools forsworn Persons thinking to get Money Thirdly We must now begin to take notice of the ☠of ♀ Lady of the Ascendant to the ☽ layes down the same reason as the Lotts did the main Instrument was Porne and ♋ in the 4th h. some old Knaves of the Acquaintance of the Querent's spur her on in the Wickedness and the more if you take notice of her 11th h. being the House of Advice and not only so but ♃ retr in the 6th h. The Description of this PORNE is one of an indifferent high and long Neck a cloudy Complexion a dark Hair something Melancholy Pensive apt to Cry or Weep and much given to Drowsiness Heavy-headedness yet something covetous or saving of Money performing no good Action Fourthly We plainly see the Death and Destruction of our Querent's secret Enemies if we observe the Rulers of Nature viz. to take notice of the 12th House Now we find ♂ in the 12th h. or Lord of the 12th of the Enemies in his Ascendant and not only so but ♃ retr in ☠and the ☽ too a positive Sign of the destruction of Homo scelestus and indeed he dy'd in the Bosom of PORNE And according to the best Information I had he was destroy'd by the Disease caused by the Planet ♂ The time of the Death of Homo scelestus was about five Weeks after our Querent's Vision Fifthly A word or two concerning our Querent's Friends who would have Assisted him They are exactly represented by ♄ and the ☉ in the 11th House which bespeak Men of a middle Stature full and plump and so they were and Persons of good Quality and Reputation Sixthly Another Observation we have taken for his Delivery is the ☽ to a Trine of ♄ and ♀ and ♄ to a ⚹ Now to demonstrate this to you observe thus that ♄ is Lord of our Querent's 10th House in ⚹ to ♀ Lady of the Ascendant a pure Truth the Judge was his Friend and many more perceiving it was a piece of Villany to get Money And lastly you may perceive by the Rules of Astrology that PORNE submitted to the mercy of the Querent The Rules of Astrology might have been more enlarged here in this Concern but I will leave it to the Wise CHAP. V. Another Example of Treachery and Villany with many more Experiences on several Occasions drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours I Shall not trouble my self here to give you
Pauci Intelligunt multi Reprehendunt sicut Canes ignotos semper allatrant Few understand many reprehend and as Doggs bark at those they know not Many there are that abhor the very Name and VVord Magus or Simon Magus who being indede not Magus but Gos viz. familiar with evil Spirits usurped that Title But Magick and Witchcraft are far different Sciences where Pliny being ignorantly scoffed thereat for Nero saith Pliny lib. 30. Nat. Hist who had the most excellent Magicians of the East sent him by Tiridates King of Armenia who held that Kingdom by him found out the Art after a long Study and Labour which I now call Lotts Now Witchcraft and Sorcery are quite contrary being the VVorks of the Devil But Magus is expressed such a one as is conversant in the Service of God his Ordinances c. as Plato affirms that the Art of Magick is the Art of VVorshipping God as when the VVise Men came to Worship Christ and this is the first Kind which is called Divine Magick Secondly The Latins did entitle them Sapientes or Wise Men. Thirdly The Greeks call them Philosophers Fourthly The Egyptians were termed Priests Fifthly The Hebrews termed them Cabalists Prophets Scribes and Pharisees Sixthly The Babylonians they were called by the Name of Caldeans Seventhly By the Persians Magicians So the Word Magus of it self imports a Contemplation of Divine and Heavenly Sciences But under this Name are all unlawful Arts comprehended as Negromancy and Witchcraft and all for want of its true Name or Title viz. Malefici or Venefici Sorcery or Poysoners These are the true Names of Witchcraft or Sorcery Seeing it 's so that Magick is a Divine Science pray Reader let me go under the same Denomination for the second Kind of Magick is Astrology or these my Lotts being nothing but Signs and Planets and no Conjuration in it according to the vulgar Saying but a pure undefiled Science which judges of the Events of things to come Natural and Human by the Motions and Influences of the Stars upon these lower Elements by them observ'd and understood Philo Judaeus affirms that by this Part of Magick or Astrology together with the Motions of the Stars and other Heavenly Bodies Abraham found out the Knowledge of the true God while he liv'd in Chaldea qui contemplatione creaturarum cognovit Creatorem saith Damascen who knew the Creator by the Contemplation of the Creature Josephus reported of Abraham that he instructed the Egyptians in Arithmetick and Astrology who before Abraham came to them understood none of these Sciences Abraham sanctitate sapientia omnium praestantissimus primum Caldaeos deinde Phoenices demum Aegyptios Sacerdotes Astrologia Divina docuerit Abraham the wisest and holiest of Men did first teach the Caldeans then the Phenicians and lastly the Egyptian Priests Astrology and Divine Knowledge Without doubt Hermes Trismegistus that Divine Magician who as some say lived long before Noah attained to much Divine Knowledge of the Creator thro' the Study of Magick and Astrology as his Writings testifie to this day The third Kind of Magick contains the whole Philosophy of Nature which brings to light the inmost Virtues and extracts them out out of the hidden Bosom of Nature to human use according to the Chymical Method of these sorts in Old Time was Albertus Arnoldus de Villa Nova Raymond Bacon and others I must expect some Calumnies and Obtrectations against this way of Writing from the malicious prejudiced Man and the lazy Affecters of Ignorance with which this Age swarms but I incite the Reader to a charitable Opinion thereof with a Christian Protestation of an innocent Purpose therein for the thing it self is harmless as a Lott or Lotts You read of in the Scripture the Lott fell on Jonah and they cast Lotts for the Garment of our Saviour Christ c. So I do intreat the Reader to follow the advise of Fabius Qui litigant sint ambo in conspectu tuo nocens reus if there be any Scandal in this Work of mine it 's taken and not given And this comfort I have in that Axiom of Trismegistus Qui pius est summe Philosophatur Therefore I present it without Disgust to all of candor and indifferency There are four sorts of Readers First observe Spunges which attract all without distinction or distinguishing Hour-glasses which receive and pour out as fast secondly Baggs which retain only the To his Friend Doctor Case DULL is the Muse when Men are forc'd to Climb And Scale Parnassus to compel a Rhime To Cloath and Countenance the generous Love Which two fair Words might to the World approve Honest and Wise are all the Terms that can Become the Merit of the greatest Man These are thy Own and let the Critics know These Two excel the Best that they can do Secure of these two Characters you find A ready Path to Fame and leave them far behind Hen. Jones The Author to his Book BOld was the Man who with a daring Mind Quitted the Shoar to trust the Sea and Wind But He was Bolder who durst first engage And run the Hazard of the Critics Rage Such thy Adventure is with equal Fate T' embrace their Favour and contemn their Hate Tho' many Faults in Thee they 're pleas'd to find They must confess Thou bearâ—st an honest Mind Reader thou art desired to Correct the following Errata with thy Pen which have escaped thro' the Negligence of the Press Pag. 3. l. 16. dele on p. 15. for Dens r. Deus p. 14. l. 2â— for Maker r. Matter p. 17. l. 27. for illi r. illi p. 20. l. 2. for seu r. p. 69. l. 6. for mutreberis r. mutaberis p. 75. l. 19. for utraque r. uterque l. 20. for Templae r. Templâ— p. 282. l. 10. for admirabilis r. admirabile and the same in l. 23. THE ELEMENTARY Life of Man CHAP. I. The Divine Attributes consisting of Eternal Nature BEfore we speak of the Centre or the Circle of the Life of Man we must consider the Matrix which is the Centre and Essence of all Essences all things are generated out of the Centre and out of that which is Generated all things are Created which are in being The ground how the Eternal Word was in the Beginning and the Word is Gods and the Eternal Will is that Word for the Eternal God hath that Will in himself and in that recomprehended Will is the Eternal Father of all things the Eternal Deity hath its name God for God and the Will hath no Maker for he made himself from Eternity to Eternity Ex ipso per ipsum in ipso sunt omnia Of him by him and in him are all things Before we dive into the Bottomless Abyss of the Essential Philosophy we must consider that God is the true Wisdom and Foundation thereof Sapientiam possidetâ— Deus in principium viaram suarum antequam quicquam faceret à principio ab Aeterno ordinata