~ -~~--------------~--~------------- 6;8 1________ uf_'R. ___:_efi_ol_tl~tio_n_. _ ________ ---~/ ,conflell3tions, which they h:1uc marked, arc A greater fincl then all other pov.•dcrs be.they ne- ! caufcs of thotC efFeCts which follow,as warrc:i, ucr fo m:m_y) nothing will the knowledge of 1 difca(cs, cliHcmpcrcd vHathcr, earthquakes, the opcrauon of fomc Sto.rrcs prcuailc the rdl . I famine, &c. For Ill thofc things which h<1ppcn be_cing not knowne :m<lncucr regarded. They ( , together, the one is not the cauf"e of the other. wtll.fay they hauc fomc c::<pcricncc,but yet \'Il- ) I \\ibcn JV(ro phlycd vpon his harpc, Rome was petfc~l; I hauc fhn,·c:d_how they hauc no tn1c ] I on fire: yet lVcroes pby1ngon the harpc was cxpcncncc at al:and thetrvnperfcCl experience , . no caufc of burning of Rome. Aifo thcfc cftnJkcch them pcrfcClly<:rs. fetl:s m:~y hauc other caufc.5 in the heaucn, then thofe which they marl<e, and they may come immedi~tcly from God, they may come ondy from the \-vill of man. Wherefore fecing that they cannot affurc themfclucs that rhofc Edipfes, & coniunChons ~re the works offi.tch , cll'eCts vpon canh ,and they cannot hauc often j obferuations ofthe courfc ofheauC, their rules 1 of PrediCtions arc faincd ::md fuppofcd,and not B built vpon true experience. I: et.a mat~ which I knowech not one hcsrb,takc al kmdsot hcarbs, and put them into a great vcffell, yet fo, that there bemore offome hcarbs,and lcffcofother I fome:kt him bc~nc then. altogether, and make a compound venue of all their venues: Can he now tell the nature and operation of eucry particular hc:lrb? Can he diuidc and feu er byany hclpc the venue ofone hearb from another? No indeed. The fame thing may be faid ofthe fiarres of hcaucn: all their lights, and all their influcnccs(as they rc:trmc it,) arc in the lower bodics:more pJ;:.itlcly,cuery canl.Jy bodie hath in it al the fecrct powers,and wocking ofcuery particular flarrc: [o rh2t they makc(as it were) C a compound operation rifin~ of all, or ~f the moft ofrhcirvcrtues ioyned together; for the .Aftrologershold, that although the light may be hindred by the thicknes ofthe body,yer the hcauenly influence pearccrh through all.Thcr– forc they arc not :lble to fcuer, :md learne the nature ofrhcfe {brrcs,cxcept they can flop the infiucncc ofwhat fhrrcs they Iill,&bring them into what compaffe they will. Yet thus much I will graunt them, th:u they may h:l.uc a little knowledge of the venue of th~ Sumt~ and Mo~ne, and [omc other ltanc:s: :ts we fee thofc hcarbs in the former compofition, who(e vcr!. rues be the chicfctl,though nut fullyset feme– what doe reprcfcnt their na.turc,~md fhew thC– fclues abouc the rctl. Bur ·what is this to the pmpofc? I confcffc rhe operations of the Sun D and Moone: lf I fh:1ll gr:lllnt that S..uurn~ is in n:lturc cold and dric, !ttpiter w3rmc and moill, Mars hot :md dry, Ven:u cold :md moifi,Mer– curie in nature mixt, the notable fixed flarres in the Zodiack!to be ofthe nature of Pl;Jncts, & to h:1ue m:mifc!l operations, as the riling of the doggc, to make heat and tcmpcfluous fc~s. the rifingof ArEfurus, to make rainc and fho– wers:, Plei.-!dCJ to be of the nature of .~Wm·s and the Moor.e,&c.wh:~t v\·ill all this fi1ffice to make a Prognoftictttion? for fceing all fhrre; haue their o•Nnc powers, :1nd pcraduemurc alfo the Icall: fiarreg which we m:tke no accompt of, h:~uc great effcCls amongfl vs( as one graineof ~u~ke in the Apothec:tries fhoppc maketh a The foHrth RM{on,tlu igno– rance ofC.wfts. A Man which wil iudge rightly ofany mat– ter by the c<~ufes,mull not oncly confider \ the common caufcs,but he mufi alfo with them : confcrrc the particular caufcs of all things 1 which happen amongll vs; fo hc{h3ll iudgc a- j right. In hcaucn the flarres be common caufcs j of all things amongtl vs, Uecaufc they fl1cw 1 theil' venue on euery maw:r,onc wayor other. The fame thing haue their peculiar efficicms, and matters, and formes, by ,.,·hich, and not by the hcaucns, they arc made that, whatfocucr t~~Y are. Thcfcpropcr c:mfes becaufe their na– ttlr;s be vnknownc vnto Vli, I cannot fee ho\V the Prognoflicatour is able to fOI~tcll :Jny thing to come, in good :111d conucnicnt manner, lay– ing afide all dccetuing :&nd forging vntruths. Tomake this more plaine, I will vfc this fimili– tude. Suppofc :mhen to tltvpon many eggcs, fomc ofher owne,fome of diuers other foules; fl1c imp:meth her hcatc equally vmo them: at the length f11e harcheth, and feme of her chic– kens are cockes, fornc hennes, fomc crowes, fOrnc partriches, fame doues, fomc bJack,fOme white, feme like and liue, fome die, fome are killed ofth~kite, fame :lre rofl:ed. No man, I thinkc,wjll profc{fc fo much skiJJ)as to fa;t[h3t he by the Gonfidering of the benne and her heatc,which is 01. common caufc ofthe chickens and all that bcfalkth them, is able to tell, why ofthis egge came a partrich,and ofthat acrow, why this cggc had no chicken, why thar had a de:ul chicken, &c. except he doe thercwitha11 adioync tAc con!idcr3tion ofthe particular ef– feCts. The hcaucn is as it were an hen foifiring vnder her wings all earthly things, imparting his vcrruc & heate vnro a\J_. Can our Prognofti– catour by the ereCting of fig·urcs, by c·o·nllde– ring the difpofilion of cuc~y Pbn(t in their houfcs.. and the fignific:nions of cucry tiling, iudgc.why this man is wealthic,ai1d tb:n man a ~cgg~r: 'vhy this tloblcm:1n dicrh this ycan·, none the ncxcyearc: why it is uaughttomwdl this v.:ay, good to rrauell that way: why thefe . difcafcs abonnd,and not Otherjwhy cofnc thall be dean.~ this qu:wtcr, nor the next:"' by this wceke is faire and tcmpcr:ue. thn weekc, that moncth vnfcafon:1ble :md tcmpdluous? TrucJy it is a thing Oat impoffibJc.Thcy mull hcr~unto 01dioync the particular nature of the counrrie, the panicul2r cauf~s both in mens m;ndcs and : bodies, as educ:aion, place, hood1ie, birth, b!oocl, !ickcneffe, hclhh,llrcngth,wcakenctfe, m<:atc, I - '
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