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saviour_n nativity_n etc._n etc._n this_o sentence_n of_o i_o with_o other_o p._n 2._o j._n b._n perstringe_n as_o if_o it_o be_v unjust_o speak_v concern_v cardan_n but_o for_o his_o levity_n of_o mind_n and_o vainglory_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o so_o frequent_o occur_v in_o his_o write_n be_v sufficient_a testimony_n to_o any_o one_o that_o have_v read_v they_o though_o not_o altogether_o so_o much_o as_o i_o have_v do_v and_o that_o ingenious_a writer_n who_o i_o above_o mention_v name_n this_o among_o the_o chief_a thing_n that_o hurry_v cardan_n on_o to_o that_o madness_n and_o disorder_n of_o mind_n he_o seem_v to_o labour_v under_o viz._n immoderatam_fw-la gloriae_fw-la cupidinem_fw-la excessive_a desire_n of_o fame_n and_o glory_n or_o of_o a_o immortal_a memory_n which_o himself_o acknowledge_v himself_o thirsty_a after_o so_o little_a wrong_n be_v do_v to_o he_o in_o this_o and_o there_o be_v a_o levity_n of_o mind_n and_o temerity_n in_o this_o feat_n of_o 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therefore_o on_o this_o chapter_n write_v thus_o p._n 2_o 3._o and_o whereas_o myself_o miss_v of_o the_o hap_n to_o read_v the_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n according_a to_o this_o doctor_n explanation_n and_o therefore_o little_o dream_v of_o any_o blasphemy_n or_o irreligion_n or_o accursedness_n in_o the_o art_n of_o astrology_n but_o rather_o very_o expect_v to_o do_v god_n almighty_a and_o his_o holy_a church_n all_o possible_a right_n and_o honour_n by_o it_o even_o i_o myself_o also_o without_o consult_v cardan_n have_v calculate_v a_o scheme_n of_o our_o ever_o bless_a saviour_n nativity_n and_o make_v use_v of_o this_o very_a astrology_n against_o which_o the_o doctor_n be_v so_o bitter_o angry_a together_o with_o other_o circumstance_n to_o demonstrate_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o day_n and_o year_n of_o christ_n birth_n which_o the_o doctor_n say_v be_v so_o uncertain_a among_o the_o most_o accurate_a chronologer_n and_o ere_o i_o be_v aware_a by_o so_o do_v i_o find_v 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the_o young_a one_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o fancy_n with_o many_o such_o whimzical_a thing_n which_o it_o will_v be_v tedious_a to_o recite_v j._n b._n may_v read_v they_o at_o his_o leisure_n in_o vaninus_n begin_v at_o the_o 50._o and_o hold_v on_o to_o the_o 60._o dialogue_n but_o my_o charge_n of_o profaneness_n and_o impiety_n be_v of_o more_o consequence_n to_o make_v good_a and_o here_o i_o will_v appeal_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o j._n b._n himself_o what_o he_o may_v think_v of_o such_o suggestion_n as_o these_o in_o vaninus_n 1._o christum_fw-la se_fw-la crucifigendum_fw-la obtulisse_fw-la ad_fw-la comparandam_fw-la apud_fw-la posteros_fw-la aeterni_fw-la nominis_fw-la gloriam_fw-la 2._o mosen_n vivum_fw-la se_fw-la in_o abyssum_fw-la dejecisse_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la raptum_fw-la esse_fw-la populus_fw-la crederet_fw-la 3._o unicum_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la cultum_fw-la legem_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la est_fw-la caeteras_fw-la leges_fw-la figmenta_fw-la esse_fw-la à _fw-la principibus_fw-la ad_fw-la subditorum_fw-la paedagogiam_fw-la excogitata_fw-la &_o à _fw-la sacrificulis_fw-la ob_fw-la honoris_fw-la &_o auri_fw-la aucupium_fw-la confirmata_fw-la non_fw-la miraculis_fw-la sed_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la cujus_fw-la originale_fw-la nullibi_fw-la invenitur_fw-la quae_fw-la miracula_fw-la ficta_fw-la recitet_fw-la &_o bonarum_fw-la ac_fw-la malarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la repromissiones_fw-la polliceatur_fw-la in_fw-la futurâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la vitâ_fw-la ne_fw-la fraus_fw-la detegi_fw-la possit_fw-la 4._o miracula_fw-la &_o portenta_fw-la religionum_fw-la aut_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la imposturas_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la causas_fw-la naturales_fw-la referri_fw-la posse_fw-la these_o you_o may_v see_v in_o dialogue_n the_o 50._o and_o dialogue_n the_o 52._o which_o be_v the_o five_o passage_n which_o i_o will_v note_v 5._o omnia_fw-la orta_fw-la occidere_fw-la &_o aucta_fw-la senescere_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la arbores_n bruta_n animalia_fw-la homines_fw-la sed_fw-la urbes_fw-la regna_fw-la &_o religiones_fw-la 6._o mundum_fw-la esse_fw-la
aeternum_fw-la ideoque_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la ritus_fw-la centies_fw-la millies_fw-la fuisse_fw-la totiesque_fw-la renasci_fw-la quoties_fw-la ceciderunt_fw-la 7._o corpora_fw-la coelestia_fw-la de_fw-la regibus_fw-la de_fw-la regnis_fw-la de_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la &_o de_fw-la rebus_fw-la magnis_fw-la in_o universum_fw-la sollicita_fw-la esse_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la ubi_fw-la illis_fw-la immutatio_fw-la imminet_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la in_fw-la elementis_fw-la in_fw-la plantis_fw-la in_fw-la brutis_fw-la &_o in_o hominibus_fw-la diversa_fw-la nobis_fw-la signa_fw-la &_o prodigia_fw-la objicere_fw-la 8._o corpora_fw-la verò_fw-la coelestia_fw-la si_fw-la reges_fw-la regna_fw-la &_o civitates_fw-la curant_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la religiones_fw-la &_o legislatores_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsa_fw-la constituunt_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la praenuntio_n qui_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la filii_fw-la meritò_fw-la nuncupari_fw-la possunt_fw-la 9_o religiones_fw-la in_o svi_fw-la ortu_fw-la &_o interitu_fw-la non_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la miracula_fw-la ostento_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o longissimis_fw-la temporum_fw-la intervallis_fw-la intercedunt_fw-la planetarum_fw-la conjunctiones_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la novam_fw-la religionem_fw-la institui_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la veterem_fw-la cessare_fw-la eque_fw-la magnis_fw-la siderum_fw-la conjunctionibus_fw-la quum_fw-la inferiora_fw-la haec_fw-la summam_fw-la nanciscantur_fw-la potestatem_fw-la admiranda_fw-la opera_fw-la proferri_fw-la hominum_fw-la voluntates_fw-la tunc_fw-la immutari_fw-la phantasian_n quâ_fw-la intellectus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la utitur_fw-la coelo_fw-la subjici_fw-la virum_fw-la igitur_fw-la sapientem_fw-la sacrosque_fw-la aeterni_fw-la nominis_fw-la honores_fw-la appetentem_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la futura_fw-la praevidit_fw-la prophetam_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la missum_fw-la praedicare_fw-la quaeque_fw-la necessariâ_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la vi_fw-la miracula_fw-la fiunt_fw-la confictae_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la omnipotentiae_fw-la adscribere_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la delusam_fw-la plebeculam_fw-la illum_fw-la admirari_fw-la &_o adorare_fw-la 10._o ea_fw-la demum_fw-la esse_fw-la vera_fw-la miracula_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la longissimas_fw-la coelorum_fw-la circuitiones_fw-la accidunt_fw-la non_fw-la quae_fw-la naturae_fw-la vires_fw-la superant_fw-la 11._o coelestia_fw-la corpora_fw-la vates_fw-la instruere_fw-la rerum_fw-la futurarum_fw-la species_n in_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la intellectu_fw-la effingendo_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la sol_fw-la that_fw-mi muris_fw-la formam_fw-la in_o fimeto_fw-la quantò_fw-la facilius_fw-la eventi_fw-la futuri_fw-la speciem_fw-la in_o phantasia_fw-la 12._o exit_fw-la cardani_n sententia_fw-la unam_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la animantibus_fw-la esse_fw-la animam_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la materiae_fw-la dispositione_n plus_fw-la minusve_fw-la se_fw-la alicui_fw-la communicate_v but_o i_o hope_v by_o this_o time_n j._n b._n be_v tire_v out_o or_o surfeit_v with_o such_o profane_a stuff_n and_o blush_n that_o he_o shall_v stand_v up_o for_o such_o a_o patron_n of_o astrology_n as_o this_o but_o if_o he_o like_v it_o he_o may_v find_v more_o of_o the_o same_o suit_n in_o the_o follow_a dialogue_n so_o little_a injury_n have_v i_o do_v vaninus_n in_o say_v he_o be_v impious_a and_o profane_a nay_o i_o shall_v bring_v vaninus_n his_o self_n against_o himself_o or_o the_o general_a sense_n of_o all_o christian_n and_o upon_o this_o very_a point_n of_o cardan_n saucy_a presumption_n of_o calculate_v the_o nativity_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o his_o amphitheatrum_fw-la aeternae_fw-la providentiae_fw-la divino-magicum_a exercit._fw-la 8._o there_o say_v vaninus_n that_o petrus_n pomponatius_n allow_v indeed_o the_o miracle_n of_o both_o religion_n jewish_a and_o christian_a to_o be_v true_a but_o that_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o they_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o star_n or_o the_o strength_n of_o imagination_n and_o concern_v the_o star_n he_o say_v hieronymus_n cardanus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n namely_o where_o he_o declare_v that_o lex_fw-la judaica_n est_fw-la à _fw-la saturno_n christiana_n à _fw-fr jove_n &_o mercurio_n mahometica_fw-la à _fw-la sole_fw-la &_o marte_fw-la &_o idololatria_fw-la à _fw-la luna_fw-la &_o marte_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereupon_o vaninus_n cry_v out_o o_o os_fw-la impudentissimum_fw-la o_o linguam_fw-la execrandam_fw-la o_o sermon_n inquinatissimos_fw-la o_o voces_fw-la detestandas_fw-la which_o he_o speak_v either_o ironical_o or_o serious_o if_o serious_o it_o be_v a_o testimony_n with_o a_o vengeance_n both_o against_o himself_o and_o j._n b._n if_o ironical_o which_o be_v more_o consonant_a to_o that_o in_o his_o dialogue_n than_o it_o be_v a_o exultation_n of_o vaninus_n in_o this_o bold_a conceit_n of_o cardan_n but_o there_o be_v another_o more_o notable_a passage_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o the_o same_o exercitation_n where_o cardan_n again_o be_v bring_v in_o speak_v thus_o lex_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o servator_fw-la ipse_fw-la sub_fw-la arietis_fw-la conjunctione_n superiorum_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la lex_fw-la orta_fw-la promulgata_fw-la verò_fw-la sub_fw-la conjunctione_n superiorum_fw-la in_o sagittario_fw-la in_fw-la region_fw-la arieti_fw-la subjectâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereupon_o vaninus_n again_o exclaim_v o_o sacrilegam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la hominum_fw-la consortio_fw-la eliminandam_fw-la o_o impietatem_fw-la nefariam_fw-la &_o post_fw-la homines_fw-la natos_fw-la inauditam_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la vaticinia_fw-la christianam_fw-la religionem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la institutam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la miraculis_fw-la confirmatam_fw-la ad_fw-la fabulosam_fw-la &_o commentitiam_fw-la arietis_fw-la conjunctionem_fw-la refer_v here_o i_o appeal_v 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to_o lay_v his_o head_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o call_v sors_z its_z being_z under_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o term_n of_o saturn_n and_o exercit._n 8._o his_o dispute_v in_o the_o temple_n at_o twelve_o year_n of_o age_n to_o jupiter_n his_o be_v in_o his_o ascendant_n and_o his_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o jewish_a religion_n to_o his_o have_v saturn_n retrograde_a in_o the_o nine_o house_n which_o he_o say_v signify_v studium_fw-la evertendae_fw-la religionis_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la natus_fw-la erat_fw-la when_o yet_o our_o saviour_n express_o profess_v he_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v the_o law_n but_o to_o fulfil_v it_o that_o be_v to_o carry_v it_o on_o to_o further_a perfection_n and_o completion_n which_o ill_o agree_v with_o the_o retrogradation_n of_o saturn_n and_o in_o the_o same_o exercitation_n after_o cardan_n