'JWJ*CUS TEWJESUgSUS,

OR THE

DARK YEAR

Or Aftrologicall Judgements upon

two Lunar Echpf 'j3and one admirable Eclips
of the 5»»,all vifiblc in England) 1^52.
Together with a fliort Method how to judge the
effefts oFE C LIP S E S.
A True Type of tnc great Eclipfe.

Quo A prifeisvetitumtrat, tjuodfy Parabolis

Vtx ohm licuit dicer e; Nhhc mi hi
Nudisdmur veuia promere verb is
Ut fiant doc ties vtri, L/" /
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 TO THE
COMMO N-WEALTH

of ES^CgLJ^D,

William Lilly, Student in Aftro-

logy, wifbeth all Profperlty.

GOd hath granted mc to rpcak> and

to conceive as is meet for the
things that arc given mc, it is he
that leadeth unto Wifcdomc, and
diredteth the wife.
God hath given me certain
knowledge ofthings that are, to
know how the world was made, anathe Operation
of the Elements. ., :.
The beginning, ending, and niidit of the
the alteration of the turning of the Sun, and the
of feafons.
The Circuits of years,and the Pofitionsgf Stars.
7hut Salomon in the ftventh of Wifedom,vcr. 15,
16,17,18,19. 1
From the fence of thefe verfes it may he in-
* a ftrnd.
 To the Common wealth
fifrtd, that the Science cr in«»iei£e ef
fty it fofoeaees of Heaven art clearlj minded,
dttd $e /irt Upfnll, elje the 'mf^^mci^ jnmad
titehfaut'dnit fo fgnificantly havt tnentiini'd the
Poluions of Stars; for no man can know the Ope-
rations and vertues of the Elements except by Afro-
loiy •, andS-a Pofition, ot fgure of H&Veti U need-
le js, unlefs from thence a judgement he derived.
We do Cl>nfefs,that our felf emits thisprefent labour
in a time wherein we find Afirology much fpokeu oft
much preacht "gainfi, much labour taken to over-
throw it for ever,root and branch-,without dijlintiion,
or without-an Audite Q-ierclam ffffu'ch per fens as
are therein verfed. If our judgement doth vary from
others, and that prove ojfenfive > we know as able
■Divines fbilearning, yea, mire grave^more exper
f imeHikll- ih all niimher of (Hi/tnitj arid Scleficeb
'jbertof slM&fjlitpoJgemeht' eonkfrieijkfhe priteeds
Cf tkS'- jirefent' Parliament, and- frirjifffife of the late
Synod, who frjf took, part with this prefent State 5
iachmdiniat'ned their opinions by Scripture, Reafon^
and Arguments yet there can be but one Truth, there-
fete one fide or other ofthefe Divines mtifi ofnecefiity
have erred, and by their error have fcduced many to
Bejtruflion.
PrCsbitery and Independency are not Twins in uni-
ty, more than Efau 4»/jacob •, by what we have deli-
■Vertd, tit onielj fay, fcverallixich, fevcrall opinions:
Addfois: vtilPbc'conccrning Aftrology i fome main-
taining its legality, others roaring, ana denying it to
be alatifutl Art] It JhaH He our labour to manifejl
 of Ettgla»d,
mto Fpfierkfrthat as leArni&Dwms ds ever lived
in this mrld, fwvt honouraUj efieetri'd Afirologj^
Jiudiedand mtinuined its Uwfulnefs; wjr, thefe woo
have been in fame places of their Works verj hitter
enemies unto it,have notwithjlanding in other f lasts,
acknowledged as much as we deftre.
Auguftintp/w is [omuch vauntedof tohean ene-
my unto this Ait, yet thought it ho indignity to have
knowledge in this Science 5 hut at lafi concluded^ hee
would net have a man jf end all his life-time in this
Jiudy. Indeed had he done fo, it had (seen a great lejs
unto the Chnreh of God.
. Albcrtus. Magnus, Sijhop o/Ratisbon, whom mofi-
admire, and conceive a greater Clerk then Auguftin,
he faith; Quid deflderatius concionatori quam ha-
bere eam fcienciam quae doceat nos qualiter mun-
danorura ad hoc, & ad illud mutatio, celeftium cor-
porum fiat mutationc. Andimmediatly after; Uni-
vcrfi ordinationem nulla fcicntia humana perfede
attingit, ficut Scicntia judiciomm Aftrorum.
What is more to be dcfired by any Preacher, than
to know that Science which inftrufteth us how the
changeatidalteration of worldly affairs come to he
thus, or thus difpofed by mutation of the Heavenly
bodies.
No humane Science or learning doth perfetHy at-
tain the Ordination of the whole Univerfe ■, except the
knowledge of the judgement of the Starres. Alber-
tusMag.toni.5.p3g.65p.Nos haberaus unam Sci-
entiam Mathenaaticatn, que docet nos in rerum cau-
fis caufationcm caufarum confiderare. Wee have one
! 3
Mathematicall Science, which teacheth its tt ctnftder
the Cdufation ofcaufes, in the caufes of things.
Great are the outcry ^and very grievous the cenjures,
rvhermith the Ignorant or unknowing man doth at this
time burthen Judiciall Aftrology, and its harm-
less Profejjors. Whiljl they doefuppofe that n^Chri-
flian Aftrologers maintain a fatall necefcty of
all atttons, or at if that God had preferiied good or
evill, yea wicked aftions unto man. Some of thefe
opinions perhaps were held by Heathens, we profefs
tn the fear of God f^fChriftian Aftrology renounces
all Juch Atiieifmc. Nunquam vcrcundiorcs nos
cffe oportct,quamcumdc fucuris conjicimus, viz.
Let us be modefiin our Conjectures of Contingencies,
Divines affirm Adam, Mofes and Salomon well
verfed in Aftrology, and Pineda lib. 3. dc rebus
Salomon: cap. S.faith,ilium judiciariam Aftrolo-
giam calluifie circa naturalia, circa inclinationcs
hominum, &c. That he well under flood Judiciall
Aftrology concerning naturall things , and the in-
clinations of men. It was not the leaft honour done
to Aftrologers, that the firft fruits of the Gentiles
were men Scient in Aftrology, who came to worfhip
Chrift in the Cradle.
Whereupon Gregory the Great fayes, Deus ac-
comodatc ad eorum fcicntiam docuit, ut cjui in ftel-
larum obfervationc verfabantur, ex ftellis Chriftum
di fee rent, very ftly didGod enable the knowledge of
thofe wife men^ that they.fbould learn Chrift from
the Stars, who were verfed in the obfervation of
them. Butahlas, Dean Owen 0/Chrift Church in
Oxford, will haw AJlrtlogy to hi Dtaholictll: ip(e
Dixie. '
J ran counter his judgment with the opinion ofVx-
normitan an Abbot, an Abbot being an Ace above a
Dean. Aftrologia nec per jus Canonicutn, nec pec
Civile eft prohibita, nec eft infe mala, cumfituna
cxartibusliberalibus, & jura praitnient has fcien-
tiasexcercentes. Modo non aicant Aftrologi ne-
ceflitari homines a corporibus Csleftibus.
Aflrologj is not prohibited either by the Cannon or
Civill Law, nor in it felfis evill, fith its one of the
liber all Sciences,. and men reward thofe exerciftng
thefe Sciences •, Jo that Ajirologers maintain not, that
men are necefitatedte this or that from the Celefiiall
bodies, Panonnitan fuper 5. Decree, de forei legi Is.
Alii & alii pianette diverfas complexiones & ha-
bitus &difpomioncs in nobis conftituune. Damaf-
cen.lib.a.cap.y. Thefe and thefe Planets doe caiife
or confiitute divers complexions, habits and difpo-
Jitions in us.
Jforbear the opinion and high ejleem Mafter Gre-
gory, Countryman Burton {men offtngular
learning) had of Aft ologyfoth thefe of Dean Owens
Colledge, but thefe were profoundSchollers, Next
Mr, Nye, alfo, a Jubliil man, he will have AfirO'
logy Diabolic a II ^ lie anfwer him with the opinion of
C/iufiruis a fefuit, who faith, Certiflimum eft, cor-
pora Catleftia in hsc inferiora agcre non fecus ac
Sol & Luna, quorum mirabiles effedis in univer-
fa, quotidie natura experimur; It is mofi certain,
the heavenly bodies have influence on our inferior
 To theCommon-wcalth
bodits, tvut at the fan and Moan, wbife windtrfull
ejfetfs upon the whole Univerfe, we daily find by' eie*-
ferieme. Where'the Quefiion it nit Contriver full,
i held a Papijls judgment as good and found at a
Vrotefiants. Nay,IwUlfroducea Saint,viz,Thomis
Aquinas I part. q. 115 .Who confeffeth: Aftrologos
in pluribus potle non falfa prsedicecc, maxime qui-
dcm in Communi, quia plures hominum fequun-
tur pafliones, ad quas cooperari pofUint corpora
Caelcftia. &o- Afirologers in many things erre not,
chiefly in generaH matters, becaufe- mojl men follow
thetr paffions, unto which the heavenly bodies coope-
rate, Zanchius we know is in high efieem with all
Vrotefiants, and in fome things is againfi Afirology :
treating thereof be makes two que/lions,
1. Analiquafuturarum rerum ex aftris praefen-
fioac Divinatio habcripoflitjViz. if any foreknow-
ledge or Divination could bee had of future events
/rom the Stars: himfelf refolves it thus.
Nemini enim dubium effe credo, aliquam aliqua-
rum futurarum rerum pr£Bfcnfionem,eamquc vcram
ex aftris, feu ex Coelorum influxibus obfcrvatis ha-
bcri poffe .* quandoquidem & Medici ex praxog-
nita mtura Lunce mutatione, & ex novi-Lunio, ex
pIeni-Lunio,d'f. Vere &cert6 prsdicunt corpo-
rum acgrotantium altcrationcs, morboium incre-
mcnta, pcricula mortis sgrotantibus imminere. Ec
navium gubernatores ex notatis aftris, certo pra>
dicunt ventorum mutationes, man's xftus & alia
quam plurima. I beleeve no man doubts, bat that
there is fome prefcier/ce of Jome future matters, to
 htniddi, dtfi that very certain and true fteih the
Starrec-^^and the experimented inflaxes of the
Heavens : wee know Fhifitians from the fore-
knowledge of the Moons Mutation,viz. New and
full Moon do TRUL1 and CERTANLT,
foretell the alterations of Jick hodjes, the increafesef
Difeafes,ejr when per ill ofDeath is at hand to the Jick.
All this white Zanchius faytb not, Aftrology is
Diabolicall,
And again, Voluntas ridn regcnita quandam fiabet
Connexioncm curti Coelis, quatenus fcilicet carna-
Ics affedtiones^c.
Corporunl autcm qualitaws a coelorum influxi-
bus non parum dependent,^.
Voluntas non rcnata quodam modo in fuis adlio-
nibus a coelorum influxibus movetur^c.
Qpcedam verb funt, qute certam & pleruhq; ne-
ccffariam cum ccelis & aftris habenc connexioncm,
ud funt res, aflionefq-, omnes in mundo, qua:
nullo padlo a voluntate proficiCcuntur, ver. gra. aut
fterilitas aut fertilicas terra? acris perturbationes,pe-
ftis, elementorum comraotiones, terra; motus, 5{
alia id genus. Htcc enim ex cadeftibus influxibus
& elementorum qua; vi fyderum aauntur, commo-
tione, magna ex partc eveniunr.; ideoque cum aftris
certam & plertmcjue nec effort am halent connex-
ionem, dico plerumque; quortiam aliquartdo etk
am immediate a Deo haec imtttittunturj citra cado-
rum influxum ut patet in Scripturis; in Eaglifh
thus; The Will which is not new born, hdth a certain
connexion with the heavens, evert as our Car nail
affections have j
 To the Common-wealth
For the qualities of bodyes doe not a little defend
from the influence of the Heavens,
The unregenerate Will is after a manner moved in
its actions fly the influence of the Starrs.
Some other things there are, which have a certain,
and for the mofl fart necefjary connexion with the
heavens and flarres, which no manner of wayes are
derived from the Will,viz. Dearth or Plenty, per-
turbations of the ayr, the Plague, Commotions of the
Elements, Earthquakes,Szc, All thefe things doe
come to fafs, for the mofl fart, from the heavenly
influences, and of the Elements which are moved by
force and vertue of the Starres, and therefore thefe
have a ccitain Commotiom and for the mofl fart
necciTary Connexion with theflarres, / fay moftly
for fometimes God doth (uch things immeatatly with-
out influxes.
Ton jbaS hear what Scotus in his 2. Sent.dift.4.
Aftrainclinantvoluntatem, in nullo tamen hecefli-
tatur. Accidit tamcn frequenter Aftrologos vera
prognofticare de moribus hominum, propter pro-
nitatem eorum, ad fequendum appetitivum fenfi-
tivum.
The Starrs incline the Will, but in no wife necefli-
tate it, Frequently it comes to fafl that Aftrologers
foretell 1 ruths concerning the manner of men,by rea-
fon oftheir fronenefs to follow their fenfltive appetite.
Again, in lib. fecund, de generat. Hoc modo
ctiam innotcfcic, quod quifciret virtutcm fignorum,
& ftellarumineis pofitarum dum nafcitur res ali-
qua, police prognolHcaridc tota vitarci generata?,
licet hoc neceifitaremnon ponerct, quia poffet im-
 of England.
By this means it comes to pafs^that he if ho fiMjw
the vertues of the Signes and tin Planets therein
placed, may foretell (tf he know when any creature
is born } of the whole life of it- So far Scotus.
Videmusenim effedtus multos hie in terra quo-
rum caufas ignoramus : beneficio autem vera: A-
ftrologis caufam Cuam at originc fupra nos in Coe-
lis habere cognofcimus. Zancliius, 118.De aftronOi
Wee fee many efeels hear on Earth, whofe eaufes
we are ignorant of yet by benefit of True' Aftro-
logie, wee know they have a caufe and produBion
above us in tfie Heavens.
Nemononvidetpluviasgrandines, nives, man's
fluxum & refluxum, ventorum ftrepitusj fed nemo
niil qui adjutus eft beneficio Aftrologiae caufas
eorum in natura poliras eife intelligit. Rains,
hay Is, fnows, ebbing and flowing of the Seas, tem-
peflious winds, no man but by help fl/Aftrology can
knowthefe, who only underfland the eaufes of theft
things art in nature. Hie ergo eft Aifus verce aftro-
logicE, ut multorum effedtuum qui in terris fiunt
caufas qusin coelo funt, ag no feat: aliquandoetiam
antequam fiunt, ipfos eftedus in fuiscaufis ptK-
videat.
Vcrfaturigiturvera Aftrologia circa corpora ce-
leftia & naturalcs illos effeftus qui in corporibus
terrenis ex corporum celcftium influxu vcre &
naturaliter fiunt: habet hoc fundamentum prorfus
verum; omnia rerrena corpora, feu omnia inferiora
corpora a ccekftibus & liiperioribus corporibus ali-
quo modo rcgi, Zanchius 119. De Aftronomia.
This is therefore the ufe of true Aftrology>?fl m-
A z derfland
derftanJ from it, the caitfes which enely are in Utt-
ven, of many ejfetts which are on Earth 5 andfome-
times long before they come to fafs, that we may pre-
vent the ejf hi s themfelves in their caitjes.
True Aftrology therefore is converfant about the
heavenly bodyes, and their naturall effeits, which
have operation upon Earthly bodyes from the injlu-
ence 0} the Heavenly^ truly and naturally ; this hath
a Foundation very true and certain, that all Earthly
bodycSj and all inferiour things, infome meaUire
are ordered and difpoled by the fupcriour Celeftiall
bodyes. ' ,
I will conclude with Peter Molin, cap.y.pag.i jS.
who in 1640. Dedicated his Book Dc. prscogni-
tione, to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. ■
Aftrorum quidem eft qusdam vis in aninaos Hq,-
minum quatenus afficiunt elcmcnta, &.per elemen-
ta, humores corporum :qni quidem funt irritamttn,-
ta appctituum fed non afferunt voluntati ullam nc-
ceffitatem-
There is certainly a kind of force or vertue in the
Starrs in the minds of men, fo farre as the Elements
ajfeff them, and by the Elements the humours of bo-
dyes art ajfeCled 5 which verily are the Jlirrers up of
the appetites •, but thefe produce not a necefity unto
the will: if any Aftrologcr maintain a fat all ne-
cefity, or that the Will is compelled by influence of the
Stars, we abhorre his opinion; for we are Chr/(lints,
and though alt Divmes urge that point moft', there
was yet never any one of them, produced any one
Aftrologcr who maintained fatality■, all that ever
was ebje&edwas onely this piece of a verft of M ini-
lius' Ccrra
 Ccrta ftant omnia legc.
This man living in Auguftus time, and being an
Heathen and a Poet, might ferhafs mean fomervhat
elfe than what is urged againfi Aftrology, but again
to Mplincus.
Noneft negandum (faith he) & csleftia vcl ae-
ria oftcnta fcpc fuiflc prcnuntia Calamitatum.
Wee may not deny bat that Celefliall or A'eriatl
prodigies are many times the mejfengers of Calamity.
Nec eft quifqam nifi cujus animus ab religione
plane obrutuit, qui ad fulmina & fragorcm toni-
truum aut cruenti Cometx afpeftum non tangatur
metu. Cometem qui dicitur Xiphias.portenderc
bella, experimcntis comprobatum eft, Pogo'niam
prcfignificare mortem rcgurn. Quam ominofa fue-
licftclla crimta idoy. teftanturtoc calamitates ur-
bium, Ecclefiai'um projefta Cadavera, i So. pag.
Pctri Molinci.
Nor is there any, mleffe fuch a one who hath no
Religion, who is not affrighted at lightning, and
erajliing of thander, and the fight of an horrible Co-
met. A Comet like a Sword, wee find by experience
ft^nifies War. A Comit with a Beard portends the
death of Kings: How ominous that blazing Star
in i6r 7. was,fo many calamities of Cities, and de-
solation of Churches welt tejiifes.
Three fever all places of Scripture are produced
againfi us-, firfi.,the tS.Dcut. lo.verfe.
There fhallnorba-found among ft you, that ma-
kctlrhis'SQaor, his Daoghrer to paile chrougli the
 To the Coinmon-wcalcfi
fire, or chat ufeth Divination, or an obferver of
times, or an inchanter, or a witch.
Caufinus on theje words faith thus; Nimis fa-
vent judichriis quitam infirmis rationibus impug-
nant. llbi eum in toto hoc textu fugillantur, &c.
Ex quibus conftat cos qui cam divinationcm
cxcrcerint fuifle magos turpes & obfccnos, qni
nihil cum Aftrologis commune habucrunt, &c.
The Sf"], o/Efay is urged vcrfe 11. Let now the
Aftrologcts, the Star-gazers and monthly Prog-
nofticators fiand up andfavc them.
This whole Chapter is againfi the Babilonians,
who dejpifmg God,and treading his people under foot,
were wholly given to Juperjlitious curiofities, and
whereas God had determined and jaid by his Prophets
the) Jhonld come to dejlruttion , theje jitperfittious
Aftrologers, did warrant the contrary ,Can the arme
offejh contend withGod,or the creature with theCrea-
ter we abhor fach things, thojeAftrologcrswere
worthily punijhed, and jo let them be who act fuch
things •, yet here is only the abufe not the Art prohi-
bited, no more than in thoje many places of Scripture
where God rebukes the Priefts: yet they continued
them in thofe times, and wee continue them to this
day, they ever were turbulent.
feremy 10. verfe i. Bee not difmayed at the
Signs of Heaven. What can bee infer'd from hea-
ven, but, that the Godly and faithfull who have Li-
vine protection, ought not to fear the Signs or Pro-
digies of heaven as the Heathen did •, what is this
unto Aftroldgy, thofe words neither make it lawfull
or unlawfull, or are for it or againjlit, though Majler
 Gattalcer fruitlefly fpends a whole fide of paper upon
thefe words in his Annotations: but he erelong
have the judgments of abler Divines than himfclf
and to better purpofe on that r veiTe c/'Jeremy.
Chap. io. Ton [hall hear the expoftion of a reverend
Minijler on this place^ equatl in years to Mr. Gatakci;
and in true Divinity and knowledge of the Orient all
tongues Jar furmonntiug him, his word are tb.fe.
The fcope and drift of the Prophets word is, that the
People e/Ifrael fhould not fo ft and in awe of the fgns
of heaven, as the heathen were. For many of the hea-
then looked no higher than the Firmament, They coa-
ftderednot, that there is an etemail Almighty God
ruling ever all. God denounced to the Iliaehtes, that
for their Tranfgrefions, He would make the heaven
over their heaa to be brajje, and the earth under them
to be iron. He would change Natures courfe, accor-
ding to his holy and righteouspleafure. And whereas
he wid doe fo jometimes, His people are not fo to feare
the fudgemcnts fignifed in the heaven as doe the
Heathen, which know not the God o/Ifrae], as if
there were no way to ejeape them.
Who co sc hides Ins An fiver with Ofiandei'S words
on the Text: Ne difcatis impiccatcm gcnrium, quoe
non modo mcceora inufirata, &moius fyderum ob-
fcrvant, atque ex iis de fuiuris evennbus pronunci-
ant, ve urn etiam ita metuunt a conftcliationibus, «t
earum efFedusevkare non pofle cxiftiment. Ha:c
enim Gentium eft impietas, nec populum Dei dccct.
'Nondamnatur Aftrologia pura, (qusc niiul habec
demagiaj fimodo quis Aftrologtcas prsdi^ioues
pro conje&uris , non autem pro vaaciniis certis
habsat. Learn.
 To the Common-wealth
Leirn not the impiety of the Heathens j who did
not only ohferve umjaallmeteors and the motions of
the Stars, and determined thereby of future Events,
but were al/o fo tern fed by thofe Confiellations, that
they thought it impojjtble to jhun their ejfefts. This
was the wickednefje of the Gentiles, nor doth it be-
come the people ofGod fo to doe.
■ Tet hereby pure Aftrology is not condemned (fo it
medles not with unlawfad Magiefue) or fo that it
deliver its Afirologicad Prediftionsfor Conjectures,
and not maintain them Oraculous or pofitivc.
IVe hope now we [hallahoundantly fatisfe the whole
Nation, by the judgements of fitch Godly men, whofe.
opinions we have related in our Epijlle, and that the
people will heleeve Aftrologers to he chriflians, and
Aftrology a lawfnll Art, notwithfianding the fenfe-
lefs andfcasdalous Invectives, corrupt and fparious
Expofitions daily and weeklj delivered by aperverfe
Generation of men fally called Divines.
IVee conclude with our humble Jubmiffion to the
high Court of Parliament, refolving a full obedience
to what Acts fh all from thence proceed, either for our
encouragement or difcouragement,or further progrefs
in Aftrology, which is jo Divine of it felf, Jo nfefalt
for man, and in thefe lafi and worjt of times w.ts not
a little fcrviceable unto this Common-wealth.

WilHam Liz. ly.

Corner-Houfe over
againfl 5Bridge,
March 10. i5ji.
ANNZJS TENEBROSZJS,
O R
The Dark Year, 1652.

An Ajirologicatt Difcourfe concerning the ef-

fe£l:s of two Lunar Eclipses, and one
formidable one of the S u n n e in
this Year 1652.

IT was as wifely as truely obferved by

the learned Hiftorian Tbucydides, that,
lome yeares before thofe three and
twenty years Peloponenfian JFarres of the
miferable Greckgj amongft themfelves,
wherein every City or Commornvcalib of
^ Greece was in one kinde or other inga-
ged. That tbofe things wbich in former times
there went oncly e fame of} though rarely in fail confirmed) were then
made credible by tie enfuing bloody IVarres of the Grecians one with
another. T'be forerunners of which Qyiarrels he faith were thcfe ;
•Earibquakes generall to the greatejl part of the World, and moft vio- TlmejdidesJiU
lent wit ha 11, Eclipfes of the Sunne oflner then is reported of any for' t.pag. 14.
tner time, great droughts, &c.
If we in Europe, or many Kingdemcs,People and Nations here-
B in
 a Amna Tmbrofm : or,
.in are haftcning unco fucb difaftrous times and accidents as
our Jut ho r delivers unto Fcftsriiy then to have happened3.Lct
God be glorified,\vho hath not been wanting in thefe word
ofdayss and times by many ftgiall Prodigies fo opportunely
ftene and felt by many men in ftverall Ciuntries, toadnio-
nifti and forewarne even us Efoglifli, as well as m:ny other
Kingdmes and Nations what he intends fiiddenly todoe. Ve-
ry many and admirable have beenethe Prodigies, which of
late yeares have appeared in the Dominions of the King at'
InfuneLt'en fpa/n ; asfirft that never to be parallei'J uproar and lumtdt
in
1
Voiles 0f the pe0p,le fn Ncples in July 1647.11 what time they made
ff47- Ma\ai:kl!o a poors Fijliermm their Coptcin General!, who for
lb me dayes, had the cleared and abfolutell Command over
the People, that ever any Hillory mentions, - as it is excel-
lently fee forth in two little Treatifes by the delicate Pen of
James HmeU, Elq.
Another as remarkable a Prodirie lately happened, in one
of the Countries belonging to the King of via. at B/loo
0
waters aj Ji(- where there was fo great an Inundation of Wa-
fa. ters, Jugufl 1651. by reafonof a continual! 'Raine for al-
moft twenty one dayes ; during which time the Waters
were poured downe from the Mountaines with fuch vio-
lence, and fo mightily increafed, that the Waters came fix-
teen foot high into the very "tome, to the very great preju-
dice and dammage of al the llranger Merchants and Inhabi-
tants. We had the Story thereofin Print, but my felfe hrd
it from the relation of Mafter N, Mafler of an Enghjh Ship,
and at that time there. Since which time an Englijh Mer-
chant there refident, affirmed unto me, that had it not beene
for a great ftrong Church, which partly broke the violence
ofthe Waters as they came down from the Mils, he concei-
ved the Wateis would have over-thrown the whoIeTowne:
It is judged three Millions will not repairethe lofle that
both theTowne and Merchants fuffered; and what feemes
mod Miraculous, is, that one mile below the Towne,thc or-
dinary Channell feemed to fwell nothing at all with chat
ereat aboundance of water which fo impetuoufly tore up
 the Darke Tears, 3
the very Pavements of Scone in the ftreetf j in fome places a
yard deepe or more. What a fearfull irruption of Waters
there happened at Am ft a ism about Jar,tin) or February 1650.
we all re'.nember,and that People have caufe to Lament.
Thefe prodigious Tumults, and more then ordinary fwef-
lings of the Sea.bankes, and (arioas Inundations oflFalersare
raoft a (lured Mejfengcrs of Gods wrath and anger unto Man-
kinde; we all know the "Z/n/acr/atf De/Ht;e and almoh whole
drowning of all IVhnkinde did immediately fuccecd after
the CataraVts of Heaven were let 'oofe; you (liall onely hear
the opinion of two or three learned Autltors what is the na-
turall fignification of fuch extraordinary cffl"Xions ofWa*
ters, or other excurfion of any one of the Elements. Inuw
dationesmarisacfluminumcum fuerint pr*ter naturam, populorum
& gentium boftilim adventum'tpr£nuniianti/i oiruaat agres,depre- Cirdanus, Hi.
daiuntur finiiima,&agros ipfos, ft mania fternani,dirum eft. The s^.devariuat.
overflowings of the Sea or of R-ivers, when they exceed the ^ ^03,
ordinary courfe ofnature, doe foretell checommingin or
an inrode of People and Strangers, Enemies, into thole
parts. If chtfe Inundations doe uver-whelme the Fields or
Paftures, then the bordering places (lull be invaded, yea and
the Fields themfelves 5 if they levell thofe Bankes,ic is omi-
nous. MjIh'iuJoquoqueaquirumgeneraliter mirbot portendit, ut
iliamwdici ajftnitant, A multitude of Wat. rs generally be-
tokens Difeaks. Ve aquarum inuodationibus atqu; effliixibus,n]'
taeftvix jecrarnm literarum. Aquamuha Pepulimuhi. Concer-
ning the inundations and over- flowings ofWatcrs,ir is well
known what the letter of Scripture faith, njang CSTftfet'S,
Htanp li3eaple. Salvum mefac Vests,inquit David, qmniam aqua
Ingrejfe funt ufque ad animm meam. Save me, O God, faith
David, becaufe the waters are even entred into my foule. He
implies hereby himfelfe almoft over.prefled by a multitude
of enemies. Neceffufas unquam impunc intumuijje aquas, aut fru- ptuarusdc
ftra ventos infohntiore tumaltu increpitafte, juir null* nongentes ex- nieteorohgia J
p:rim;nlif, msxqae injecufir cladibus did'cerunt, eliain noftra, ime page 350,
TcceutilJImmemoria, incurftonibus peregrinsrum excerciluum, di-
rcptmi'M,inter,diis, cade vaftatis omibtts.
 ^ Antrns Tenehrojits : or,
Nor have the Waters or Seas at any time CO no parpoft
thus fwelled or overfljwed their Bankes, ortheWindts fa
impstuoiifl/ or boy fteroully roared; very few are the People
lfi or Nations where fuch horrible and unufuall I'titpiions have
appeared, but they have learned by wofull Experience, that
not many yeares after thefc cutragious Swellings the People
of tharNaties where thefe were,have miferably fmarted with
immediate fucceeding mifchiels, viz. Either the incurjions of
Strangers Farce/, Armies, or the like, into their Countries j or
elfea great decay, confumption or waiting of their Men, to-
gether whhblooilhed and other wofull calamities conco-
mitant. OfwhichFred/gnw irruption then happening, and
fame Aeriall fights or Prodigies lately feene in the Stales Do-
minions, Imeaneinthe Hollanders, that prudenciall People
will, I hope cake fpcciall notice, it concerning both Holland
and Zealand Co to d oe, and in a greater meafure the Rulers
or Governors of thoCe Provinces, Tomes or Cities therein lea'
ted: FoT,Irtunilatie res efi ftniflra,matique omink. Thefe Inun-
dations are il fignes,and portend no good unto them.Part/-
tulares enim excejfiu elementotnm irtt divine funt qmdam ptetipua
iniirumenta, quodfe vi fumma atque pracipiti effundmt latins. The
particular excelfes of the Elements, are certaine principall
Engine of Divine vengeance,in regard they extend chemfelvs
with fo much force & To great violence more then ordinary.
All Philofophers unanimoufly confencing in this; lhat,E/e.
mentorumprndominiavel ispgnis alicujus inter primas qualitates
exaffus aut vitia,. fromijeuejequitur aliudftagelli genus, quo mor-
talium plurimi per ieruni if antes jcilicetac memoranda Cor-
nelius Gemma de Nat art divinis Carafleri[tnis,pig.ijo.
The Mafleries or over-powring of the Elements, or any
famous or unufuall extravagancies or cxceffes of any of
them amongll themfelves or their firft qualities, doemani-
fell, chat not long after promifcuoufly there followes a kind
of Fcwrge, whereby many People are confumed; and this is
tifually Famine or fome remarkable Barrenneffe of the Earth,
n The overflowing of the watery Element hath ever beene re-
daw beware. pu"d Prodigious unto the People where it happened. Aqua-
 The Dark? Teare: q
TWI vero irruplio polius ad vnlgus ignobile Jj>enaf,agunl enim aqua
multiiudme & impem: Aqua rum gftrgii inevitebiliirfui nubit ob'
jicibm,nn'Ja vd ariedeincepivcl violeHtiacosrcelur, tjuinpariter
oinr,(.ij pcrmifiii inter fe arsniijaxis, cimrf, [umosigne & aqua} in
Chaos uterrimm prolaiu'.:iursGemm a 180.
The irrupiion,overflowing or breaking forth of Waters
moll concernes the ccnimon People or ignoble perfon ; for
Waters doe work with fierccncffe and violence: The Whirl,
poole or violence of Waters is inevitable, nor is its force or
whirling reftrained or kept in by any Gin or Device of Arcs
bnt all alike, and together both 5anJ/, ^fonr, Grat/cff, Cin-
diri} or l-'apcur are all gathered together into a mo ft What the
horrible Cbeir; intimating hereby, thatfuch like watery
Frodigies, doe declare an unruly Multitude and giddy Peo- pca.'f'rom
pie, that would willingly letloofe the raines of Governmnu, their Pcoylttr
and become difobedient unto Auihoritj} though in the end it
turne unto their owne Cotifufion, and alib Drfruction of all
thofe who participate with them in their folly and Coun^
celf. Igiutr ft l.ixato nalitrx Nido, cmvulfifque claujlrit extra furs
linuiii aqua proferaniur,&efrani violentia impetu terram pent-
grent} r.on id temirc [ortnitopue, fed di vino fit imperio : turn Hfgra-
vsmpuniendishominum fceleribusJlragcm edant: turn ul in pofte-
rum am a ho/lium, & inieJUaos pracipuc faclhnum mot us, pe-
fl.mque & famem lerris ingruentem prenuntient, Eden Nehufus •
lib.20.pag.180.
If therefore the chaine of Mature be unloofedjand che-en-
clofures of Waters pluckt up, fo that they get forth of their
owne proper Channels or Bounds, and overflow the Eartb
or ground with alawlefle maftery of violences this is not
done by Fortune or chance, but it comes to pafle by Divine
eommand. That People may be as well fenfible of fome fear-
full fhughters at hand for punifhing the wretchednefle of
men, as of Faftions , inteHin; Divifions, Amies of Enemies, a
Fiagut and Famine to be approaching, See. But of this
enough.
Let usatome neerer home ; for the moft of what hath yet
beene delivered concernes the Spaniard and Dutch, and in
 6 Arnws Tenebrojus: or,
fome meafure the French. And although we in our enfuing
Difcourfcj intendid at firft onely a difcovery cf the naturall
/•gnifi cat ions of three Eclipfd tnthisycare 1652. yctoccafio-
nally let me leave this Memorandum unco Polieritj, of fome
Prodigies which our Nation are fully facisiied to have beene
Peene in England we cannot deny bur that in every of the
years 1644. 1645. 1646.1647- in feverall Counties •fEng,
land there were more frequently then in former times feene
Parelia or Msc^funs, or Parefelcnes or Mocl^Moones, hi fides
two daycs before that fatall F ighc at Mar Hun Moore in Torl^-
fjire, Jul) 1644. our felves and thoufands more beheld
flrange appariiions, clajbingr, fightings in the Ayre from abouc
eight or nine of clock at night until about eleven or twelve,
with monftrous (hapes in the Ayre and ft range Hi aim ga-
Stgil,
8
dpho, pings or openings of the Clouds. Signa qn£ vjder.tur in ctr/j,
r. qu£ apparuerint extra motmn & curfntn naiurs, nunquam eveniunt
Two dayes f,,!e magna mutatione Rcgnornm illius climaiis in quo apparuerint,
after thcfe Signss or apparition! which are feeu in Heaven, and doe ap-
appamionj ceare without motion and againft the courfc of nature, fuch
Von Rupee Prodigies as thefe never appeare unto Men without a great
aC c iar e 01
' '& Mutation of the Kingdoraes of that climate in which
Tot'lfiZ"' they were vifible. ^ r ,
Pluses Jalcs fere vijos confial^nm nova cjjenl ftcJera conftita, aut
Peiiccms/ib, firuct* cdernaleque confiirattones, vel ad rapienda imperia, vd eos
1"' Pr£fea'er'nt d? fcfiigio dejicendos: aut omnim,nifi aliqui res tto-
vas malirentHr,a quibus impendcrent innovationcs turbanor.cfque e-
Uam in Religion:.
Its manifeft, many Suns are then leenr, when new Leagues
No Pro!> 1 houH be patch tup, and fpecious confpiracies layd or ds-
bntlinXfooie figned,either to bereave fome of their Dominions, or to pull
fienificKion do'.vne fome Great ones,who then doe governe tvithfeorne
asimtotlie anddifgracc; cither fuch things happen altogether, orelfe
Itcligious (here is much difiuvbance and innovation in Religion or
things Din in;. That fuch like accidents have fuccceded in
England of Ute, and in Scotland and Ireland, no Cnticke dares
deny it: I could verifie Pcucers words by examples drawne
from other Countries.
 The Darh^ Tear. 7
Bat the fubjift of our Pen, is onely three Eclipfes of this Oftheihrce
Year 16^1. Viz, two of theMmeand one of the Smie, a EchpfssiSSi1
very M-'tmrable one i at which I beleeve Anbrofe Mirlin hin-
tedj when in one of his Brilnfh Prephtfies. mentioning the cllis
year 1C52. he cils it ®ache feaw ; which he might ve- ijji.adatke
ry w.'ll do,in regard the tirft Edips ofthe A/)5«?,rhe fifteenth year,
of Aiarchjthere will be almoft ten digit 1 EclipfeJ; two digits
morehadtnidea (oMi'oJfcKrflt/oB 5 and in that of the Sunne
the twenty ninth day of Marcfe, there will be eleven di-
gits and fifty five minutes Eclipfed as Captain George IFhar- Captamirhtr-
lonhath acurately and learnedly delivers in his Htmeto-
C
[copeion. _ tor. '
The third Edips of the Moon will be vifible theftventh
day of September, the Digits there eclipfed will be neare
ten.
The magnitude of thele Eciipfu, and the many great a-
ftions likely to fucceed after them, will occafion Admira'
tion all over Eta ape; and therefore I conceive Eickftodius
when he came to give the calculation of them in his Ephe.
tnerides, breakes out into thefe words: Proptcr infrer/uentiam
formidanda ; Thefe Edipfes (faith he) for their infrequeney nre
much te be feared. And indeed the effeds hereof,or from hence,
will be formidable •, which onely, befides fome private re-
quelis, hav; occafioned our pen to aifume both liberty to
write, and freedome of our fence in its own expr(llion,thac
we might thereby largely expatiate our thoughts having
fo copiousbut very un frequent an Argument for our Bafts-,
verily, itwas long ere we were willing to aifume this la-
bour, which we declined until) towards the beginning of
February i but then not knowing of. any other Pen which
would undertake the burthen or tedioufnelTe of the fub-
jeft, we at lali mullered up our forces, and at fuch fpare
houres as we gained from our daily imploymenr, have pro-
duced the Treatife enfuingrfot Providence hath already brought
us on the Stage of this World, and made us ienfible that
many of our Endevours formerly publilhed have received a
candid and gratefull acceptance amongft the learned in all
 8 Anans Tenehrojhs: or,
A fcandalcus parts of EHrspfjnotwithftancling the Malevolent Detractions of
ixpoliiion on Home-borne AntagoniUS) who have both loft their Oyle and
ver' ofthe^io rePutat'on> ''y endeavoring a confutation of what they un-
Chapt.of/ecc- derftood not, having over-lookt our Labours with uncircuttf
miab by T. G, ctfed afftftions and Fresbjterian Charity, moft abfurdly abu-
hintinginex- fing their better time in Criiicilmes and fruitlefTe Exfofitiont
,P'e^ t"n'" on Textr of i'fripfHrej againft the whole current of Antiqui-
thisDlfcourfj tyjReafon and very genuine fence of the Jfords tbemfelves.
.but.snwrWj But that we may begin our worke from fomecertamc E-
fucri. foche ofTimei and not involve our felves into a laborinth
The Author 0f unneceflary Inquiries, we are to confider that, NuBut efr
£eaain£esrfie^£C'w ^ve f'"vl's " Revolutione vel ab eliis fignificanlibus er/'t,
quod non frimum a Radice babeat Exordium : Ludovicus de Rigisr,
Aphorif.51, Square [umma diligentia radices confideraude funt;
viz. There is no effeft or materiall accident, no matter
though it feeme fmall,which is lignified either in a Revoluti-
on orotherwifc, whichfirftofall had nota Beginning from
fome Radix; therefore with great diligence, the ftrft Roots
or foundations of things are to be inquired into.
d Ti & Tf In our Jn^Hir/e we iinde that in the yeare 1603. and the
160''. ftventh of December, there was a Mutation of the two fuperi-
or Planet?, Saturn and Jupiter out of the watery Liiplicitie
■ Fiery Trigon. 'nt0 the Fiery I'rigon. Saturniu & Jupiter mutant res & conver-
tunty eritque variationis initium cum mutantur de una triflicitaie
ad a Ham in conjunSionibiif,& ex unafignra in e/iem.RigeL Apho>
127. Car da-us will have us beleeve that there are very ma-
ny means and wayes in Ajirologj whereby we may give judg*
ment of the great Mutations contingentin this World; but
cut Author tels us, That Saturne and Jupiter doe change and
overturne many humain affaires in this World, and thae
then or near that time there is iirft an appearance of them,
when Jupiter and Saturn doe change from one Triplicity in-
to another in their meetings orconjunftions, or from one
Figure or Forme unto another. Saturn and Jupiter had conti-
nued very ncare two hundred years in, the watery Triplici-
ty, but now they have left that Lrigon, and will continue as
long in the fiery : as water and Ere are contraiies,fo will the
 The DavhgTedre. p
Aftion« ofthefealmoft 180. yeers yet to come, be quite
averfe to w hat wasthen and in thofe times afted t and that
is moft rational), and of efoeciall concernment for fuch as
will hereaftsr wade into thele myfteries; the fame things
aredirefted by Cardanut, that fob til Philofopher, in his fkft
Se&.Apbo. 64. Confiierare eporlet Cenjuncliones magnjf, mediat
& mimres, turn Luminarium, ■ aique etiam mutatims Flanetarum
tardigndtrum in S ignis, congrejfufaue ad fix,u pro temporum mu-
taliovibus. Thcfe »re in-
We ought to confider in our judgements the Great, Msant 0f
or Middle and Minor Con]unUms,M alfo the ConjunftionS of h V and
the two Lu.ninaries, together with the Muta lions of the fupe- <?, of which
rior Planets who are of flow motion, their congreffe to the you.n"|' r,c><1
fixed Starres j for thefe ftiew the variation and alteration of car'l'^pleti-
Times. At that] moment of time when the preceding Con- call Merlin,
junftion of Sar«r« and Jupiter was celebrated, and had their printed
firft entrance into the fiery "Trigon, the ninteenth degree of x6o}.
.as did culminate; and in that very degree 1605. there was
an Edips of the Sun the fccond of Oiiob. in the aftcrnoone,
the digits Eclipfed being ten. What Englijhmin remembers Powder-Plotf
not the Powder plot which was to have beene executed the fife
ofNovemb. following,for theEclips in 1605. wasin partill
coojunffion with the degree Culminning at the Coition of the
two [npsriors; the intention of thofe Traytors and unad-
vifed men being evidently apparant to root up Auitioriiy,vi2.
King, Lords ana Commovr, who are reprefented unto us from
the tenth Houfe : which horrible Afkion and to be admi-
red Occident happening fo foone after the Change of Saturn
and jnpiter into the fiery Trigon, cals unto my memory and
(eenus to confirme what Leovitins the Bohemian wrote 1564. of h and V
vnto the Emperor concerning the probability of thofe afti-theirencrance
ons which were likely to happen upon the change of the'mot,ie fiCry
twofuperiors out of the watery into the fiery Trigoni his TryS00 i^0J
Words are thefe; Cm ergo nun: novus Trigonus impsndeat qui
ignens eft, bauddubie nova j'ecula fequentur qua repentinas & vie
lentu mutationei induant. Seeing now there is a new Trigon at
hand which it the fiery Trigon, without doubt new ages (hall
 io Antins Ten. hrofa : or,
follow,Vvh'ch ill all produce fudden, ra(h and violent chm«
Kin? 7<i«m pes in the worldi Let one example ferve infteadof many,
his coming in- That yeare viz. 1603. Jiir.es King of ^coilaKd,peaceably be-
10 Btigit'iA. came King of Engkndjbut he might tbanke a Cowardly igno-
T hC i !e of 3 e
. )?' "j , ' ' Nubility tor it,who then ruled the roil; oldNorthumkr-
was anot
ni^nof great bcr opinion, being a neer neighbour to the
fpirir,would 5co); hcltTiew their treacheries and Eeggeries. There were
hav^ liaJKiog niany eminent mutations upon this grand change of the
■Jem sr/Ar;et; all over Eirropc nccr thole times in the beginning of
'aufoaKin>i this fiery trigsm in truth we are in this Age (indfomull
befomeAges furceeding) under the dominion of this fery
trig on i and ther fore it is no wonder to me, to fee or hear
every moment of fo great alterations in the Kingdoms and
Common-wealths of Enropet ever and anon wemuftexpefi:'
fuch fudden changes in thrfe our times, as no Age in former
time could fara'M ; and thtfe (harp and bitter Contentions
areafluredly to have their beginning from Religions preten-
ces, or breach ofCuRomes: but alas,Religion in many is but'
fheFo)/; Self-ends, next to thedccreei. of Providence, being the
4
only L.cendiary, and fole caafe in every Mutation 5 one arme
offlelh pulling down another, and thus it will be as long as'
PficftshaVe any hand in temporal aifiirs or Cour.cels.
Thefe things, and fdeh actions are wholly of the nature
of the/?ery Tr/gon; Prsedominium eltmemi ignei, ad Regcs Civi-
tatumijue frtfeOos, mum qmque fubliearum maxims motui deftg-
Cornell asGim. ftari; pr/cfpKe vein jeditiones fofHli,quaKquam & mwatmes It gum
ma.pftheRe-magtta exparicfuifequuniur. The Pixdominion of the fiery ■
ry TrjRon, or £/emen( having influence over men, doth defign accidents to
hery cmtnl:enfueunto Kings, Rulers of Commonwealths and Cities;
efptciall relation it bath in manifefting the feditions or
uproars of people; yet tver thefe things are accompanied
with the change of Cuftomes, Lawcs, and Ceremonies in
Religion, with Schifms, Herehcs, &c. all prodigies end in'
Schifms..
Thefe things we have handled occafionaIIy;but feeing an
Eclipfe in Aries is intended for the liibjeft matter of our
Dtfcoucfr, let us review Antiquity and its monuments, and
 The Darkg Teaee. 11
thereby we (hall diftovcrwhu were thote wutatms, wbac
tho(e Calttflropbes which formerly were cancomitanC upon
eidier Solar or Lunar Eclipfe in ^riit.
In tmno Dm. 1418) there wat ao Eclipfe In Jlries, viz. 26.
degrees, and 6, day of dprit.
And the yeer following, iiz.1419. the 26. day of MurrJ, Uov\t'm j,
there was another Eclipfe, Cfalif tetra, faith mine Au.hor) cm.'
a very horrible and great one ;atCer which, Tumults in Be* jimilMiiusi
hernia fucceeded, and many other Arange accidents, as the
t lc
learned and indultrious Cittern of London 1V3 after Ijackjon re- '
lates in his C/jrono/ogy,called Salurni Epbemeriilej3unco whom pjinMHifto-
I refer the Reader. riographer.
In the yeer 1485. an Eclipfe of the Jan was in the de-
gree of Jr/es, Qpa mult a cumuUvil maki faith Leotfii/ar,which
ftirred up by its lharp influence much wickednefle and many
evils Untill 1 <; 30. and the 29. of March, the very fame day
our great Eclipfe 1^52. fait on : 1 fay, that day in the ip.
of Aries, there was a great Eclipfe, Gubernalore ejus Matte,
conniiuto prope oculum Taari,JleVam fixani violentam ac fenidan j
vizi The Covemur of that Eclipfe was Mar;, and he in Ge-
mini, neer that violent and furious liar called fit Bali eye,-ft,J" *e
which is a fixed (tar, hot, violent, fierce, and of eviiiliiflu-
■ence : Behold what fucceeded i Then did the noble'City of defend
•Florence learn fubjeftion, the Clergy of England did then run in*
to a pramunire 5 for no premonition will incline thefe people /ihlcfom/0"
to[ubjelfion ; & hoc eft cerium &probaiumpet Kit Love, and his clandcftme
dear Brethren and Fellow-Petitioners: Not a tieafon can be man- defigne is
aged without a Prieft shut how Leonard Cook vfjftineton came ''X .
to be 1 one ofr thatl iTatecnity
t-» • orrr>--
Petitioners, J11 fucli inenjand
mucn won- tlicrefcy thcy
der, he being ab Infantia, homo rudii, Agrelh\que & minimi may run into
a
ingenii. prEiv.uuire.
We draw neerer unto the prefenc times, in anno 1567. and Proniifa{]
9. of April, there Mas an Eclips of Sol in 29. degr. of Ariel, Audioes hfe.
and this oblcuration of Sol Co great, that Leovhiut cryed ^cclipfcd In
out, ProfcQo tam leirain ac horrendam Edipftn Solis ab anno Vom. T.
1344. noababuimut,nec etiam multis futurir {oeculis habitmi fw
mu Verily luch a tetcible and horrid Eclipfe of the Sun we
hava
 13 Ahnns Terttbrojw ; or,
have not had, faith our Author, (ince 1544.. nor in many
Ages fucceeding (hall have the like: whereupon he burfts
out into thefe words, Mibi [ummi Magiflratkj perkulm txilii
dit caftivilatis oflendividetur.
In my judgement (q ioth he) here is intended either the
biniihcnent of fome great Prince or Governour, or fome
wofull calamity unto the MagiQracy. freftdents ftcJuce
like allioni, and like examples may happen to leverall Ma-
fiifirdei in Europe upon the influence of our prefent great
A Scottilh Eclipfc. At that time you (hall finde a Scotch King murther-
King munbe- cd, a matter of no great moment in Scotland j God grant
red about thole whom our Commonwealth (hall fend over into £c«t-
>557. land for Governours, be not (erved fo really; fuch a thing I
fear will be endeavoured 5/or osce a Scot, end ever aScot; The
Upon ^or. jer (for under them and there, 1 intend the Vnited
T'tbeHo^ja11 P'ovincet') was extrearaly afflifted by the Spaniard, the Duke
dtrs molciicd. 01 -diva then entring thole Countryes, and building that
magnificent CiuadeO at Antwerp,to bridle that wealthy City.
If the prefent Hollander urge their Neighbour Nations too
far, they may happily talie the force of another Forreigner,
ho lelle powerfull then Alva, and be made (enfible of an Ih-
vaflon to better purpofe then that of Alva.
From theyeer 1467. uiltill 1614. there was no conlpicu-
cus or memorable Eclipfc in the Sign Arier, but then in itfcf
there was one of the Sun in 19. degr.and 9; min. of^rier,
but it was not vifibleinour Horizon, and (b not in cur
Cognizrnce.
la 1633. there was a moderate Eclipfc in 18. degr. and
si. min. of Aries, the digits eclipfedonely five, although a
petty ediple, yet being in Aries, the effefts which attended
it were many and memorable, both in England and Germany;
neeruntp that time you will finde wofull calamities to he
flirring in German), aiid the people in England generally in-
clining to diflike of the Kings afiions and Conn eels, matters,
things; Councels then drawinguntofnaturity both >n Eng-
land and Scotland.
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E find in the beginning of thii Eclip(e3 the Lnmintfj
' eclipfedj viz. the Men, to bedefccndingirom the
iiinth hbufe, haftenlug into the eighth, in which Ihe it un-
till aiiooft her greatefi obfeuration •, toward*^ or at the end
C 3 of'
 114 Jn/tus Tenbrofus: or,
qf hereclipfej (he fait even to the cufpof the feventhjind To
under the Earth. If from thence we inferre this rationall
Judgement, That there it a People yet in being, and they
pretending unto Godlinelfe or Religion, which men we
1 Il0,ir
P babl Adl " pli'D'Eng'^doe callDivuict, Miniftert, Preachers,
ons'to enfue ^cchliafticall Men, or men converfant in holy things; in
aficr this foraigne parts they are called£i(hop:. Cardinals, ADboci,
iEclips. Munks, Friers,8tc. Men chat ftcp up fomeiimes into Put-
.pics, and pretend to in ftrud our Soules with the Doftrine
of Ghriftanity, but obediencej:o their owne Conftkutions;
I fay. If from hence we deliver this probable Judgement;
Ibat there ire yet left a generation of fuch Men, who are now
frivattlyd-.figninglbme future trouble unco our State and
thofe Cemmotmeahlts where other wife they retide, which will
.againe occaiion the drawing of blood unto our State and
.other Nacions,and definition unco chemfelves, viz. Mini-
ftery and Muiikeries,and unco as many of their abufed Dif-
ciples and Profelytes, as (hall fuffer themfelves to be over-
ruled or deceived by their creafonable Councell: I erre not,
and therefore I hope the World will cleer me, chat 1 doe not
abufe or fomuch as once nane or mention the Preshyteriant
or their Profelytes. It is the Judgement of Cardan Seg.'j.Apb.
The bcgining 6. Inilium Afklis perfe bmum eft; turbulentum aulem &■ ma-
lum libra initium. This Lunar Edifs Is in the beginning of
the GgneLibra, which Cardan adirmes to be turbulent and
evill; and in regard part of its greaceft obfeuration fals to
be neer or fully in the feventh Houfe, without dotlbc its
the forerunner of many tumults, defperacedefignes, which
will not terminate but in blood and ruine of thofe who firft
.contrived and afterwards (hall dare to execute them, or put
them into Aft.
This Eclips is in the middle of that Aftcrifme' which we
appropriate to the Virgin, over which Mercury rules, and
It is humane, therefore the Events doe belong unco men.
Jfleiilmrum natura expenJitur cm ex ftgnatura; Orig.^61,
The nature of the AlUrifme wherein cite Eclips (hall
happen, asalfo its dgnacure mud be inquired alter ; now
iich the jigne viz: Libra, is humane, and the Aflerifine alfo.
 The Darks. Teare:
it hath much relation unto Mankinds and aftions to be per-,
formed by Man> as Jufiiceand upright Judgemtntjthe want CcBipUIni-
whereof this Edipsdoth demoniiratcjor its due and full ex- fbrluftice.
ccution. Superfum alia [tiam, prcxitne quidem ab ifjis komi-
mbtts oriunda i m fimultatesyinimiciii*, icl'orum turbinej, quorum-
parens eft JnjuSIiiio, dum quijque mem ii'ud ec imm ha tueiur, «t
Jute cupidiiati nuL'um confthun modum; imo dum cuique quodjuum
eftiredJerepiSicemur, erifiunt meum ac mum, emmunia faciunt-
cmftai&bonhperpeiui inbiant alienii.Genimi lib, r.iyt.
. There reniaine many things be/ides, which prove as-
Engines to (iir up men unco wicktdneHej t;/z.diffimu]ati-
ons, emnities,which are the very whirlewinds or ftirrers-
up of Warrs, whofe Parent or (irft occafioner was Inquilice,-.
whil'ft every one doth fo defend that which is called Mine as
If it wereTiiwiyet lb as he who pretends to do this,gives no
reftraint to his own covetous deiires 5 nay whilft be or they
do promife to give unto every one what is his, they violent-
ly take away both Mine and Thins^ or my Right and thy
Rijgbt; they make all things common, andftiil are hanging
after other mensdhtcs. Such like things itfecmsthe ge-
nerality of people in Germany, the Low Countries, France
and England will fpeake of, andcomplaineof: 1 hope God
will be mercifuJI unto the Englifh Cemmos-WmW;, and fuf-
fcrnofuch caufe to remaine amongft us to give To ge-
nerall a diftafte, &c. Seeing thisEdips doth happen fo
neer the Spring, at what time men ate preparing the Earth
to receive Seeds; Vejatme& rebus ex terra primiim prodeun- ^ spring;
Ubm, de arberum f-udifcrarnm pullulatione feugermimbus babel fig- be^ncrfaite! •
nificationem, item vitiffficnum aliorumq-, ftucitrm fpe; as Origanus
will have it, and reafon it ftlfc, 14^1. Viz. the fignilication
ofchisEclips will have much to doe in fuch things or Seeds
as Men fow mere this time,or put into the Eatti),or on fuch
Plants and Trees which doe now put forth themlelves ci-
ther in fprouting or budding ■, and thele cffcfts^js.either to
have unkindely windes or blahs, we mud txpeft, in regard
it fait in the very.entrance of that feafon we in England vul-
 ,1'^ Amus Tentbrojks '. or,
garly call the Spring; though for my part I rather conceive
-When the the Spring more properly firft begins at what time the Sunns
I'Sp ingpro- enters Ctipr/corne, for that then the Sip of Trees and other
i pcrly begins. Plants does firllbegin to dilateandafcend upward; the Son
then firft beginning to incline from his fur the (I South Vccli'
nation towards the North. Wearealfo to coniiderthat this
iigneLr&rdisequinuftiall, andthtr.-fore hath iigniiicacion
Dt[caii& Tsliyonu atltu potijfimumi Or/'g. 461. Here will be
fTimc fpent to ma<:^ t'me confumed ^"perhaps loft) in dilculfing things h6-
.no^orpofc a- 'js or of Divine worlhip, or points of F aith, or Fundamen.
boutCctemo- tals in Religion.
^uics. It is very true, and we doe judge Religion will be much
■fpoken of, much talked of, many difpures appearing to be
about it, during the continuance of the efFcfts of this eclips;
-for 1 well remember upon that memorable Cclips in ora-
bout the tenth of January 1639, the Scottilh Nation raifed
an Army and made for their pretence of warre, onol) an
■ThcS«« firft oijirjijion ufon their Nation of a femipotifb Bioke or Common pray-
'"mmimPraj-er ^ut t',e confequences which after that happened
'tr-Bat^e, ended not fo loon as it began, but in a moft wofull diftera-
perof both England and Scotland in much bloodflied and
moft fierce warts; both nations haveing (enfibly now been
made underftand of how dangerous a conlcquent it is to
embroyle our felTes into a warre upon the prateing and
-Many Mini- pretending G/ojfei of thofe we call Minifters who never care
fters refpeft for the welfare of any other fort of People but of their own
.themfdves H;ernrcby,that lo they might Lord it and domineer like pet-
cnl: j
'' ty Tyrants over the Commonalty and Gentry. But if in (his E-
clips we confider cither the ftrength of Jupiter or his politi.
on, we iinde him wholly out of all Dignity either eflcntiall
or accidental!. A Jove Pralatura, we have jHpiter to fignifie
Prelacy and EcAeiiafticall affaires. [Baranzanw/u/i Jooe prin-
Mpei}Eccl'/iaJHii3poliiici,Sacerdoief.224. Under Jupiter we fig*
nifiePrinces,Cardinals,all Ecclefiafticall Potentates,Policy;
,and Sacerdotes, bccaufe it ever did, (hall pa Be for Prieftt.^
This Eclips Andes them in much forrow and anguifhof
.niinde. ("the influence of this Eclips croffes their Defigncs)
■they
 The Darks *7
they now fearing, the downfall of their Tythcs, and a gene- People unvril-
rall tcrgiverfation of the people again ft them in many pla- ^
ces ; the Penple who begin to fee without Spcftades, gene-
rally declining their fpurious and leditious Dodirincs a-
gaind Parlament and State, whether derived from John Cat'
vin or the babling ot a lilly Scottijb Prabytcry. MiniftrT
Farrebeitfrom me to fay that this judgement againft thtcatnedall
Dihi ies, lhallbeonely particular to England and Scotlandi ovccEumpe.
no ilfirtdly ; in many places of Germany, France. I'aly and
other Nations there willarife much ctouble and affliftion
unto the whol Hierarchy of them, whether Fapift orFroieffanl:
this will generally fall upon them everywhere wherefoever
they refide.
I rather write this with forrow of heart then any'joy
or delight to fee the downfal of fo many men,whO]had they
improved their talents in Learning and divinity confcien-
tioufly for education of thofe Sucks God had amipiited
unto them, might have espefted an other manner of reward xhc'Amhorj
from heaven, and a more benigne acceptance of their la wel-wiihes
bours from men; The great God of Heaven proteft the mm the god-
pious and godly Divines of ourNation,forfome we have : !y Divines,
and let them never want incouragement or a mod bounti-
full allowance from cbitCommoa mahiibuc fee the meet Pra-
ter or ^tate enemy,let it be with him as he doth merit. The
ruineor impovcrilhing of many of them is at handi for
Edipfis in oilava tieljcplima domo decrefantia & Occidentia muni-
f.fiat, fini prepinqut, que jam inclinam ad muittimm, ut junt [e.
rteSui, vita fundi, mfuetudines Lcyies & Infiimtorum in poliliit
muiaiioues Origanm, q6t :&c, AnFclipi in the tved angle
orfevemh houfe, (hews things declining and decreafing;
viz. fuch things whereof the Edips wasa dgmficacor, and
that they are neare unto an end, and that things incline un-
toaChange. Age is here concerned, and fo the death of
many aged men to follow; Cudomes and Lawes follow
next in order to be altered or fome changes to be made in
them;Alterations alfo in things and matters Politica II, as
League»,Civill inditutionSjStc. The Edips having fignifi.
 18 JiinM T'eaebrofits: or,
cation of things R eligious, portends what I have delive-
led, &c.
Who enemies This Eclips ending in the feventh houle will manifeii unto
toihis-Naibn. [he Em lift) Nation fomcwhat Deaj-erlit inimicit, what Nati-
on will be their friends, who will openly (hew themfclves
profclTed enemies. Libra hath dominion over much of Ger-
m.mj, and ligninef fome dandeftine Defigne in hatching a-
gainlf our State by fomeof thole petty German Priccctjas al-
fo fome fuch like things either in Flanders, Antwerp or
thereabout:; Certainly, there is fome eminent trcafon in
or near thole parts in aaitation in or near the time of this
Eclips or du ing its influenceto break forth; St if you would
know about what or for whom;thc Vejlux of the Moon alttr
her Eclips to the Quadrate of Jueiter tels yon, its for the re-
hating,or for aflilting a King; and who this King can be but
Plots in Hfl- the King oi Scots 1 know not; fith his fignificator, Jnfiier,
v 10 s t le tent 1 s
'' ' ' ' »' cadent in the twelfth, and pere-
grin,alfo approaching unto the oppofitionof5afHrn,a8 poor
as Job. But fuchis the fate of Princ:S,againft whom the Di-
vine hand of Providence frowns.
And this my conjefture I allo conceive to be fufficiently
evinced from the malevolent quadrate of Saturn unto Mars
lately happened; as if either fome injury had been lately
. . done unto fome of our Nation, or isneer doing, either by
ofvhe EKgljh 'ome t^e Vhic'i) or Sestet] Nation, and farther intimating
and Dutch a- no perfeft agreement or conclufion with thofe people,fome
grceiog. misfortune or mifunderilanding making the breaches either
wider really, or elfe pub'.ikely feeming fo : Milchief I fee is
threatned and intended unto us in general! from the Ho/*
lander and Scot, quoad capaces, fofar as God (hall make them
Hollander an capable or able to mifchieve us; f r feeing at the very end of
enemy luB/.g- t^e Eclipfe t},e Moon her degree in Libra doth defcend, and
the ® then firft rife'h above the Horizon; I very much (ear a
War, or fome Warlike attempts either by Sea or Land doe
follow: The Lord God of Heaven turn it unto Confultati-
ons or.tly, and preparations, or Warlike Councels. Let no
mans heart fcilnim ; for fo far as God doth ibanifclt him-
felf
 The Darke Teare. jp
lelfin chis naturail wayof ju licature, by his creatures the
Stars, we Enghfi ha.ve no need to fear the Dutch 11 with from
my foul a peace with them; but if God have ordained our
Nation to beufcourg unto the DHich, for their pride and in-
juries offered (is this many yeers, I fhall rejoyce that the
juflice of God is executed,but forely lament either the blood
or lolTeof Subftance any Chriftian (hall fuOain in this quar>
rell. If pofllble, God divert his judgements from both Aet
and Dutch.
I am not eafily inclined to have any evill opinion of that
Nation, with whom we have been lb familiar, unto whom
vie have communicated fo many helps, both in men and
money, as have wholly made them Libertines, and weakned
our felves; but alTuredly the vengeance of Almighty God is
ready to be poured forth upon the Patcfc for their too too
much unthankfulnelfc Yet forafmuch as both the Moon and
Mercury are in aery Signs, and in a trifle afpeft, we may Well
hope that the Merchant as well as others of both N.tions,
endeavour a right underftanding betwixt us: However, I
hope it will not difpleafe the Presbytery, it I fay our State are
promifed very fairly to be Vittors either againft the Dutch,
French, Scoede or Dane, or any other People of Germany, from
whom we may have caufe to expeff an Hoilility, or aftion
of War, either by Sea or Land : Y. t alTuredly thof.- aftions
which will be agitated either by EmbulTad&urs or Agents,
or by Officers of War of any Nation, will be afted with a
high and mighty hand, with all the might and power its
pofllble they can prepare.
We conflitute Venus Ruler of the place eclipfed, and Ihe trtlMd like
in TaMrirr, applying to a trine of 7i<pt>rr: Were not the mur- ere onB
happy
derS of our Englifh crying unto God for vengeance i th Iijb '
might begin to be happy ; but thrice happy will all thole
Englifh be, who {ball adventure tluir eftatesand pcrfons into
Ireland, this Edipfe promiling the Englifh all happineile un.
derfowife, fo prudent and vigilant a Lot d D. puty, and
iuch provident Commiffioners.
£uc iith this is (he hilt Eciipfe, and is Lunar, and fo pre.
D a feutly
ao Annm Teaebrojks : or,
femly fuccedingtlie ingrtfle of Sol into Aries, we (hall cake
liberty to intermix pare of our judgement with what we
(hall be enabled to deliver upon the grand Gcliple of the
S untie*
The duration of this Lunar Edipfe will be three hours
and a half, or fomewhat mure, and therefore the efffts
will continue three moneths and about eighteen dayes, be-
ginning the latter end of Deember next, and ending in Afril
following : But although the efflfts (hall mod operate
then,yec doubtkile longb.fore ; nay^ven prefencly after its
appearance, matters will be making ready and preparing in
thefanciesandconceits of men. But 1 forbear furtherto
treat of this, and haften to the eminent Solar Edipfe.

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NIbil fine Deo & Sole. Nc thing is perfeft in this World

without God and the Sun ; thus faid Clemens Alex an-
drinus: Omnibus infujus efi^om-iibus imimus; per bunc ardent in
ceelo tot fiderm faces, per bunc flam elementa, venti fiirantrflama -
vjgent,femiiint animantes i & qmJ mirerie, eodttn temporw mo-
men to hie diem, hie noRem indue ir, inde [erenai, inde coru'cat in
fulgura, fubil in aquas, riget in graxdinem, fixccntaiutn atlium
unns &femper artifcx, cieruleo nubes pingii,mo veil it mmium
Cnlmina,&c-
Qije in Calo aut interris fiuntjhmc orieKtemomnesnatura duce
animantes JfeQant,omnium ft qitidem proprium eft Stlis Luc; afflatu- '
qite Utari.
The Sun is infufed in all things,intimate in all things,by
him To many glorious Lamps of Heaven do thine, by him
the Elements ftand, the Winds blow, the Plants florith,
living Creatures have fenfe; and what is wonderfull, at the
fame moment of time he produces the Day here and the
Night there. Here it is faire Weather, by and by Thunder,
Scormet and Lightning : He paffeth into Waters, then into
Hayle; being ever one and the fame At tifeft of fix hundred
Arts; he paints the Clouds with Azure colour,cloatbes the
cops of Mountains with Gofd. What
 23 Annas Tenehrofm: or,
Whatever Creatures are either in the Heavens or Earth,
all of them doe love the Sffmariling, Nature being guide;
It is the property of all living Creatures.to rejoyce with the
Light and refrefhment of the Sume.
O Sol quimediis graderis fulcherrimtu Affru,
Ma\eBatis apex, (jf primx mentis imago.
Shall we then lay, or be lb innoceoc of the heavenly Or-
dinances, as to deny this great Lmiiury any influence upon
XaufmusAk. humane and mundane affairs; or to be fo flupid, as to think
4 7. that when this Light is obfcured from us, that there it no-
thing thereby fignified unto mortal men ? fint in tern-
for a, God created the two Lights, or Sun and Moon, for figns
and leafons.
iuhilat Iridcm na lurdliter fieri, & tamen huic ferenilatu
rcdiiUrt frxjagia Veus amexuit ; jie & Ecliffis baud duhie lurbale
exdefdlu LutninariummwidoymoTbhyfuiicribuSyCafibulque fmiSlrit
comiiairi[oletyijuod tam fepe ccmfertum experimeniif.Wbo doubts
that the Rain bare is natural! ? and yet God haih appointed
it the prefage orfore-runner of fair weather to be at hand:
fo an Edipfe, without queftion, the world being troubled
by the defeft of the Luminaries (viz. Sun or Moon) is ever at-
tended, as we know by experience, with dileafes, fad acci-
dents, as concomicants of it.
Ficimis lib. fiaiinus the Platonift was wont to fay, iff. Bus infra Imam
:Epiil. 6. peg. fene ommia Cceh figntficari; all events below the Moon were in
j;o. amanncrfully iigniff dor difcovered by the Heavens.
And although Avicen was no gr- at friend to AHrology, yet
he affirmed, Coelum tji animal ob;di°nt Deo, viz. Heaven is a
creature obedient to G od. And a little after, idcirco auando de
CeeleSlium cor forum viilute loquunlur ASiroIogi, Tari/Jime quidem
aium Caltfiia hoc m illud face re ifrcqu'.nlifrmc veto ajferunl, tale
aliquid aut tale fignificari: Wherefore when Astrologers, doe
fpeak of the veitue a .d influence of the Stars, or He'Vtnly
bodies, they t a rely (1 fa\ never) affirm, the CeleKi.ill bodies
aft or doe fijeh a thing ; but very f.equently they majoiain,
(hey iignifie fuch or luch a thing. And
 The DarhJCear. a^
And Ficinut that excellent learned Pried,in his likd.Efijt.-
/si. 820. faith> Multafer CiE.'wti/igvificantnri quemnfiwn in
Ctrlo: Many accidents ace Ji^nitied or forefeen by the Stars,
which are not done in Heaven. And again,ftfeiia per CalcRia
corpora tanrjuam per fiyu nan per canfm frsJicuhinr : Many
things are foretold by means of the Heavenly bodies, as it
were oy fign?, not by caufes.
The opinion of this man I cfteem more then of a thou-
fand of our own Prieftj, who bhme AHtahgy bccanle it's
above their capacity : I pitty their errour, becaufe grounded
rather upon malice and ignorance, then a found enquiry#
Qytxd do LminHmdetiquiif ? (fanhPucerpag, zSi'dedHnlo-
gin) an borwn, PUmurumqu: his am af/ifienlium, aut radtis ac-
CHtn'jeinium^ effdiimes inficia!)imiirs& fignificala, quorum triftidi'
formiqu: ajpoduomni tempore bominum animi conterriti expaveruat,
irefidarumque, occullo jcilicn fen-u nalura frejapjentes feculura
J.nnna ?
What (hall I fay,or why (hall I trifle out my time,faith the
learned ftacer, againft fuch as deny the influence of the Hea-
venly bodies ? What (hall we fay concerning the Eclipd s of
the Sun and Moon ? Are we our (elves, or any ratianail Men
ignorant, that the Eclipfes of the Sunns and Maone, and.the
Radiations and Afpefts of the other Planets concomitanc
and afliftant with thofe Eclipfs, their good or bid Alpefts
each unto other ? Doe we not know, faith he, their Signi-
fications in all Ages have been ominous, and caufed Mens
minds to be tecciiied by a fecret and occult fence of the mi-
feriesand calamityes thofe Eclipfes did prefage tobeneare
at hand or to follow prefently after thofe Eclipfes ?
Nsque innaxie unquam vel juam abfcomlil faaem Sol, Lua# con-
ic!} am intenenlu j nec opus cjl veterum anno 1 at a ut citanus; u'urpe-
■mHt ca exempla, quotum recent in bominum aaimii viget memoria:
The Sun at no time is in vain eclipfed, or hides his face by
interpofltion of the Moons without (ome prejudice at hand.
We need not herein hive recourfe to what the Ancients have
delivered,buc let us ufe the examples of our own Age which
arefrelh in memory.
 24 Amus Tenehrofws: or,
i&iantos iricendit £S1jh, ijuam diu fiagrtinlcs Soih fub Arkte anno
Quadragefimot
Sctws mom in orbe terrarum commovit, cum htc Sol it, turn die-
ro anno poft Lurne Eclipjii ?
Qtianias lites, ijuam luperba diljidia, & occult a odia inftdiasque,
quam violtnta concilia feverinl ftiuxerintqut, qua bella induxermt,
qua fericula nocumenlaque frumemo fruth'ittique crearmt,deliquia
ami qumirageftmi quarti; cum Lum tola atra caligine tor fadum
in mcdum deformarelur ?
Sol flus deuttce fui orbit obfufcdrelur, adco ut in quibufdam lock
-inlerdiu flelle tL'uxerint, acconfpefla finteoipjoet fequeniibiu an-
nit ex evenlu didicimm &c. Fencer. 382.
How many hoi Summers, how great was the hear, how
icortht were the Fields upon an'Edips in What tu-
mults and fedidons all over the world,did the cfivfts of this
Gclips {lirre up, when together with one of the Muonthe
nextyeare they were in full force? How great Quarrels, how
.proud and domineering InfultSjDeceipts, Hatieds, whatfu.
rious C anfultations did thefe fow the feeds of? what horrid
Wars did they produce / what harmes unto Corn and unto
theFruits of the Garth did they Create?! mean thofeGdipfes
about the ycare 1544, when as the whole body of the Moon
with a fearfull blacknede was thrice obfcured from the fight
of mortall man ; the fun in thofe y esres was more then ele-
ven Digits Gclipled 5 infomuch that in many places in the
day time Stars did (hine, and were fenfibly apparant. From
this and other Eclipfes in the fallowing yeares, we have
learned by the event of thole, what hereafter (hall be ex-
pefted.
But let as come to the intended fubjeft,an Edips of
the Suu, and is the greateft this Age hath beheld, from
whence you may exptft accidents or eifefts to fall .wfutable
to the greatneffu ;for it was rightly obferved by Ludovicus
/DeRigij. Frudenterfolemcon/iderai namjudicia folk run junt >b-
livioni tradenda: in every greater, meaner or hfier Ccnjun-
ftion of the fuperiors, in every Gclips, in every Radix of
. any eminent Accident, confider prudently the Sun and his
 The Darks Teare, a5
affeftion,for in no wife mailt thuu forget his llgnificaciou ;
not by the leave of the Creator of mankind, will we in
our difcourftnegkft what we may fromnaturall caufesex-
tra£i from this memorable eclif-s of the Sun in ourenfuing
4f}rii!ogicill judgement.
Divine providence hath ordered this Edips to be celebra- E ^ ,j
ted in a fiery Eq.iinofti ill figne. Signa equir.ofiialia junt Af-
ceudentia regnorum MunJi, per ea qu£ impend corum principit 'hey iignifo.
habusrnnt) & juudcmcntu earum n, bitim civihttefijiie cttere
qua in priKClpio fumirn adificatmum cx iSlit bdemc in af-
cendemc; omn.simpsrh proprio cenanlur Jomitiari rsgenque. E-
quinoftiili fi^nes C viz. Aiics and Libia) are the afcen-
dants of Kingdcmei or Tsminhns of this world, being that
or thofe Jigns St the Lords thereof were ftrong and well for-
tified when fuch an Empire or Kingdoms firft obtained i'cs fo-
verainty oc greatntire,or they were the afccndants at what
lime fuch or fuchaCity firli laid the foundation of its great/
nellr, or when that City had its firft foundation or building
ereftedifor every Kingdome 8: City naturally den res £: -ndi-
vors to be regulated,and to order i'ts or their affaires, accor-
ding as the poficion of Heaven was at i'ts firft ftrnfture or
firft arifing unto greatnefle : The Engliihnation hat e Aries aricsd\e Af-
0
the Afcendantof Er.gdnd; therefore let us cbfetwe chat as *
often as either any memorable Eclips doth therein happen, ''3
or any eminent Conjunftlon of the fuperior Planetsj and
we (hill find caufe to wonder at the wife ordering of the
Almighty, who thereby acquaints us what be intends to-
wards us near upon thofe times, either for our good or e-
vill; and this afturcdly and grounded upon the experience
of at leafr twenty generations of men.
Conjmdio Laminarium in sirietefacil allerationes mori s:
Carda. Scg.^.Zg. The Conjunftion of the two Luminaries
in Aries, o-cafions ftrange Alienations of freindlhip and
D;arh.y/z.breach of Leagues, Amities and friendfliips; from
thenceWarre and contruverly,after which follow? quarrels,
and then Death and Dtftruciion ; many times a'f > Famine
andfcarcity ofpeovifions; for although both thcOppofiti-
 a6 Anitm Temhrofivs: or,
A Coniunft-ont and Qjiadratures either of the Luminaries or of the
<in mo ft for- Grand Planets are in themfclves obnoxionSj yet Seg. 4,
cwic. ^f hor.io^. Covjunciio flutmum vrMdior cfi offo/:ttone &c. the
CunjunQion of theLuminare* or Planet* for the moll it
more forcible then either Oppcfi-.ion or Quadrate Slroni
hence let U* e^pefl the more manitcll aud grander cifeflt,
where ever Providence fhall defigne them to falls for
In a conjunction there is union of Bcames; Nor are men or
Cattle onely concerned in this our great Eclip* 5 without
doubt whole Kingdomts, Nations, People, Cities and
Common, wealths.
Ecliffis Luminarium fuperCiviieles, Provincial & Regna, wa-
Many Chics gfr qua'n fufer privau condiiionu hominer, tul eliemfufer Reges}
indCommon- r^iciunt enim multiludinem,Seg.'j. Jfle.tf,
£cmcd,SC011 The Ecliplts of the Luminaries have fignificatlon, or 0-
perate by their influence.upon Cities, Province* and King-
domes more forcibly then on Men of private condition or
' upon Kings 3 for their tfTefts generally have relation to the
Multitude* orMany People. Whereupon Dafifodim /ipto,$8.
did deliver thus much, ExEcUpfibiamagni effrdut frovenimt,
viz.. from the influence of Eclipies great and wonderfull
eifedit doe fucceed. Nor can we expeft leiTe from this we
now treat of,then great Changes amongfl great Kingdoms,
Cider, Common-wealths and Families. Magnornm frinci-
fumSolejlSignificatar.Seg-q./ll'hotiof. The Sunne is Signifi-
catorof great Princes, Emperors, Men of great Autho-
rity. The Mooneoi Women ingenerall, and tnoreparti.
cularly of Queenes, great Ladies, Emprelfes, in our pre fen t
esu*on H- ^c^P'ea hecaufe it is a ILegail houfe and figne. And lith we
cfipfewn the have mentioned Aries to be a Regall (igne, as indeed it i;.
Scry Trigqn. and the firft of the Zodiack 5 Leo the fecond Regall figne,
and Segiltaiittf the third 5 we iliall acquaint Pofterity, that
the greateft and moll materiall Changes andalterations of
this World, have alwayes fucceeded either a great Con.
junftion of the Superiors, or fome wonderfull and great
Edlps in the Fiery Irigoii, whereof thefe ConjunSions have
btsn the Fndrorni,
 The Darkle are. ay
Elementi iyiet frxdminium ad regei, civiialumque prtfedot
fertinet; ignuenim agendiefficacia maxime valelierumpit <tjiu hor-
rtndo ignis amnin dijfpms ntqu; confumenr, The predominion of
the Element ^fHre,apper(aines to the (ignification of Kings,
Governors rf Cities: for the vigor and efficacy of fire if Ediplds in
very fierce, it violently rulheth forth with an horrible nojife th; Mid-H i-
and heat,dillipating, difperfing and confuming every thing ven works vi-
which oppofcth it. Now for as much as the Sunne, who is 0'end;r.
by nature hot, becomes Eclipfed in a Signe Regall, hot and
dry, and in the mod eminent and confpicuous Honieof
Heaven, I fay, the effifts depending on heat, (hall inpetu-
oufly and furioufly operate,according to Cardanui in they,
Seg. Apbo. yd, Maximiu vigor in Mm Edipftbm que contingent
in Cceli cor lie. viz, thofe Eclipfesdoe moll terribly mani-
fell their effefis, or doe mod vigoroufly operate, which
fall to be in the Heart of Heaven, viz. in the MiJheaven.
With whom concurreth Frodns in lit,2,fag,6^. Vebcmentioret
off edits funl infablimi & media Cali, magnam Spberz pattern oc-
cupantes. The effefts of Eclipfes falling in the Midheaven
are more vehement,as occupying a great part of the Sphear.
Miros cffoflMS producit Edipfts mogna in ftgno igneo & regies
wonderfull are thole effefts of an Edips which will follow
when it is in a fiery and regall Signe, as this of which we
now difcourfe of is and as this Eclips hath its firft obfeu-
ration as it were in the tench houfe, and its greateil obfeu"
rityandend neare the very heart or Centerof thathoufe,
which is (vslidior omnibus cxli domibus) fo quellionlefle thofe
people who are intended to be made moil fenfible of this
Eclipfes influence, are in part Kings, Emperor;,Princes,T)itkes,
Magitfmes of the highed rank and aualicy in every Nition
of Europe i and thefefo great Alterations in this Microcofme
(hall be fo glorious, fo confpicuous and apparent,that there
is no Nation or people of Europe, Afta or Afffica, but they
ihall ftand amazed and wonder at the eminency of them s
Solis enim opera mJnifeftiJJima [unt, as Daftpodius obferves, the
glorious works of the Sun, or thofe eiFefts fignified by his
influence in a great Eclips a re the mod evident and manifefl
 28 Annw "tendrofus: or,
and opsratethe molt upon mankind. And aflliredly we
r may cxptft no Jeffe then miraculous Accidents tnrenftie af.
ter^froni^hiiccr t^'s Eciips, !t being (o greatjind the Digits EdipfedTo
Edips. many; Maximi: eclitfei & mjximeepsrantur for the greatcft
Eclipfes produce the greatestffcfts, andmoft lively ope-
rate accordingly on that matter they are the forerun-
ners of.
Nowforafmnch asthisEdips will be in theSign of
ries, and as we fa id before, that Sign is iEtpiinoftiall, Vafi-
fuliut Apho. 70. faith, Signa JEquiKo^ialiaUntiunttirdomtni-
ThisEcllps Mt batere tuper Jtatuj legurn, ut flint fucra ceremonia, hjerefcs, fa'
nnccrnsPaC-cerJtl'a, Ponlificalus: An Ec'ips in an A^q iinofiiall Sign,
aitcry. hath dominion, or llull fignifie, or (hall operate on luch
matters as concern the Hate and condition of Lawts, Cere-
monies, Herelies, or ((range opinions, Priefthoods, Popery,
or things concerning the Papacy or Prelacy ; 1 may very
well adde Presbytery, Sec.
How far the influence of this Eclipfe (hill operate upon
the common Lawes of our Nation, I cannot very well tell;
butfurel am, not to its overthrow, but regulating i or
how far it (hall exafpsrace nuns fpirhs again/! the Clergy of
our own and other Nations, or how far it (hall torment the
poor Husband-man, to depart with the tenth part of his
ThcComaion labour unto his infufficient Or faftious Miaifter, or prating
Law wil (land Pried, 1 am not able cieerly to determine; great affliftions
but Prcsbytc- in one way or other this Eclips doth generally manifed to
xydown, happen unto all chofe of the leng Robe, viz Lawyers, Civi-
lians, Clergy-men, and unto thole we fail]/ for the mod
part call Divines, when God knows many of them have
as little knowledge of Divinityi as my felf of Presbyter John,
and as little affeftion for the Parlamcnc, as my (elf z.'al for
Antichrid. But forafmuch as Jhpiier and Saturn were in re-
ception, though by oppolition, 1 judge it wil! goe hard
with the Law it felf, but not to its extirpation, as fume
(enllelle people would have it; no, it will (land, viz. the
Law, I mean the common Law of England, until! and after
that gtntcall Shires are made Frovinciall in this Nati«n;
nay.
 The Dark* Yeare. 2y
raj', itw'II thenflourift: but in the interinij much ftrug-
ling and much heart-burning there will be again (I it, to no
purpofe, as to extirpation : for the Law, I mean the Com-
man Lea it fclfe in tome more purity, bdng to continue fo t!ic Comm .n
long as men (hall inhabit that portion of ground we vul. I.aivmofttx-
garlycall England; icis gronndedupon purereafon,cd e"t*.
and of it felf is the moll equall, and moft juft Law that tver
did appear in any Nation, giving every man his right, and
tryali by his equals; herein We allr.u no abufe.
Nor are the Enelijh onely conccrntd in that or thofe
greatCitaftrophes which will appear after this fo famous
Eclipsi forasitwill be vilible more or Jclle in all or the
moft places of Europ;; fa according unto Orlgmtni) Quando Inftiiu. Page:
Eclipfcs fmgeneraler, r.on modo orbes mttllas, feJ& Regigncs in-
tegraijub quedranguh imprimii f'gnijn quo Eclipfu fit^oufiiixlas;
ima & Imiinej hebentes cogaelionem in gentfi fua cum ihemate E-
clipjii, efficiunt: When Eclipfes are generaiJ Gs this aim oft
Isjtheydoenotonely afflict very many Cities, but whole
Countries fubjeft to the of 'bat Sign in which
theEdipsis: nay, they afflift men alfo, when the Eclipfcs
have affinity or relation in their Nativity with the T .-.im
of the Eclipfe : of which hereafter.
Nam elfi nalumliier motu, conju/iftion? vcl oppofuionenimirwn
Lmn'marium prope Nodos five can Jam & caput Draconie fimtt: lumen
defeSus ilie Luminu non fins tffeQn ejl, cum uitura nil facial
fruftrai dtccmferlum hatiamus, lumuhur, fcdiliones, pefles, fa-
msm,grandines, kundnisaei, calamitalem.deniqu.'praefsnim Sola- Calamities
rein portendiffe. Sitlern,, prg. 71. following E-
Althoueh naturally by motion in a new or full Moon, elipfci,
neerunto the two Nodes (or more properly to the head and
tail of the Dragon) they become eclipfed ; vet is not that
defeff or want of light without effeft, fich Nit ure doth no-
thingin vain ; and wedaily knowbytxpeiunre, thatTu-
mults, Seditions, Plagues, Famine, ftatms of H.til, Inunda-
tions, Calamities in ieverall kind?, are ever concomitant,
or doe follow an Eclips of the Sti:is the more great by how
much the Eclips is great-
 30 Anntw Tenebrofus; o^,
Let us now (ec in what Merifrn or Conftellatlon of the
.OFthe ii, twelve Signs this fo prodigious an Eclips (hall appear; for
Signci. we are as well to confijer the Afterifm as the Sign, and the
form of that Sign wherein the Eclips is ; figtiificantia Edip/is
decretafunl ejus, qua proprius car Jim; cotifiJeraeiiam nmram
phtum fimul confiftentium, lumerraiicarum, tumfixi um, ac eti-
am fmulacra cooritntia&jhundumhtecpronwuia : Ptol.Joho.p6.
Conftellaii- Thofi: Eclipfes which are apparent, and neer unto tne An-
onstobsub- gjts 0f Figure, doe tnoft apparently manifefi their ef-
ctvcu. . the neerer unto the Anglejjthe more vigoroufly they
operate .-coniider alfo the nature of the fixed Stars and Pla-
nets neer unto the place eclipfed, and the image and form
of that Conftellation which arifet with the Sign wherein
the Eclips is.
With Ptolomej doth agree an unknown Author, in his
3.54. Aphorifm, Ne Mivtfcaris imagiitum jlellarum fixarum, in
qtiibus accident Eclipfes vd conjunClimei magna : quia JemJum
km acciJuni notibites effedus, viz. Genotunmindfuil of the
'images of the fixed Stars, wherein the Eclipfes orgrrat
ConjunAions doe happen; becaule according untothefr,
notable effete doe happen : together with thefe, confider
what fixed Stars doe either culminate or arife at time
of the Eclips its greatef: obfeuration. This Eclips then
fallingout inthe 19. of Aries, and fomefetv minutes, is in
trip Afterifm. the laftpart of that A fieri (in we attribute to Pifce!,o{ which
Jupiter is Lord ; and thefe parts of this Afierii'm formerly
as well as now, aftuabanl, aerem incrajfando & obienebrasdo,
viz. did heat very much, and alfo caufe a thick and cloudy
ayre; and this part being northerly is windy : From
whence will arife this judgement, That as Jupiter is Lord
of the Atlerifm, here will be great mutation in the Magi-
gillracy of Nations, in the change and alteration of Guver-
nours, in the Lawes, Cufiomes and conftitudons of Peo-
ple, Citiesand Countries, in fetlingthe Minittry inthofe
Countries which are profeflburs of the Proteftant faith,
much regulation S; curbing a fcdi:ious,diforderly & ambiti-
ous C/frgrejnor are the Protefiaots of Europe more concerned
 The Darhg Year a gr
then the Popifti party ; far doubclefTe the .Religious ordera
of hQufesdmongft themfelvci, will be at great variance and
difccrd amongft themfdvet, about each othera rights, pri»
viledgcs and precedencies: fo alfo will there be great con-
t rover fie amongft the Suferiottrs of each Order ; as alfo
amongft the Cardinals, Bilhops, Arch-Bifhops, Abbots,,
and Priors, andfuchlike; amongft andamidfttheirmoft
ferious debater, and in their moft private Conclaves. , ,
There doth arife with the degree afcending a moft noti. ,,e
ble fixed ftar of the tirft magnitude, feated in the rigf^
fhoulder of Orion, of the nature of Mart and Met my 5 anil
thefe are in the laft part of theAfterifm of Oemini, whofe
governour is Mercury; from hence will arife dangerous Con.
fultations, clandcllineDefigns, hidden and violent Coim«
eels, pernicious and deftruftive; this Conftellation ftirring
up the minds and rcfo.'utions of mem both Souldiers, Law- c<iun
yers and vulgar men, to profecute their Defigns with fury "
and raadneflfe rather then difcretion ; for that part of this e s'
Afterifm abounding with many fixed ftars of the nature of
Snmn, Mars and Mercury, elevates the minds of men, yet
fubtilly to goe on with their refulutions, untill perfefted.
The northern part of this Afterifm in which our Afcend-
ant is (movet vemss & terras comntitJ viz. (lira up ftrong.
winds in the ayre,and ftrangefantafies in the brains of men;
it alfo (bakes the earth, viz. the Plants and buddingyoung
Trees with ftormt, hail and tempefts; and in man, it ama-
zes his councels, and puts his wits unto a ftand.
Ecliffts inyigao mobili, rent mverlibilem vel ad bonum vel ad
malum denuniiat, Hermes dpbo. 80. An Eclips in a movable ^ c°mcnt1''
Sign, (hews the matters or things thereby lignified to be
convertible either to goodorevill; And in regard the E-"
clips it fclf is in the Afterifm of the Fifties, it may denote
much contention upon Water, or the Seas, about the rights
of Fiftiing, either of our own Nation, the Hollander, or
fome other Northern People : as alfo in regard Jupiter hath
fignifications of Lawes, and Rights and Priviledges Politi-
cal^ there may b: doubted much controvcrlie to arife about
 31 Amtts "Tenelrojhs: or,
the Privlledges of our Nation, and .heir rights to the do-
minion of thofe Seas our careftill Anceftors have left us ;
for as the degrees ariling in our Horizon are almoft in a par-
till quadrate unto the degree eclipfed, and to both the L»-
nit'eartejjbeing neer unto Scturn in an Humain ASerime,hav-
ing the lhape of two yong Twins or yong Men; it majr from
Cauiiontoihc hence be Probab!y deduced, that fo ne Men of two feverall
Srtgljh. Nations or Countries, or Men pretending one thing to our
State, and ayming at another, may joyne in one, or in a
League, to bereave the E»gb]7; of their Sea-1 ights,by deceit,
fraud, by Treaties, if poflible, -elfe in plain termes.by Warre
and feverall Fleets at Sea.
Fork is excellently wellobferved by Rigel Cancer
the fign afcending,5»en'j?c<itor eft fnper atjuasmuhii mobiles,Tiftes
quoque fuper immobilesftcilicet lacunas & puisos. The 'igne Cancer
hath lignification of foch waters as ebb S: flow j the fign Pif'
ces offuch as move not,ws.eiiher PondtjHavens or ftill wa-
teis; it gives us Englijh efptcially warning to beware as well
of our decayed Havens, that they be looked unto,as alfo of
our Ships, for feare of furprizals in Harbors '■> as alfo to our
Navy which floateson the Seas, that either in a calme when
not fufpe£led,we be not indangcrcd by fire or other calual-
tieSj for we may feate dtceipc and treachery in the Hotlaii-
del and others in flopping up our Harbours or Havens, and
ecei.ii .15 111
iccetti'ulT FlP rudentl
eetg at Sea;y for
provide alfoin
Selurne forCancer,
and againfl theirs andother
Nauftagia pamuha,
Saturn in Career fignifies many Shipwracks at Sea, many
Fleets preparing in feverall parts of the World ; much tbce-
very and Pyracy, great decay of Shipping, and much inju-
ry to Sea-Townes and their Harbours and Havens; for if
weconfider theHoufes of Heaven whereof he hath Domi-
nion, weihallfinde him Lord of the ninth in parr, and
wholly of theeightand ftventh; as ifinlongjourneys and
S.-a Voyages, Stormes, Sea-fights and Shipwracks, many
Ships would come to Deflruftion. Oportet maximum impedi-
ment um efireruw queium in fohftate ftgni in quofuerit planet a ca
ileus um in mio fJJi']c/jr,There will be a great impedimtnt of
 The Darie Yeare. 33
CicH things and in fuch things, as have relation to the Sign
in which a Plamet is polrted, either being cadent or in evill
afpeft of the Sunne. Now if the Signe Cancer fignifie the S" Rghti
Sea, as we all know it; doth, Saturn pofftlling the Sign, ^ lt"1'^, 3UIS,
and both in his Jstrimm and in quadrate of the Sun j from
hence we msy expeft fuch mifchiefs at Sea as predifted, and
inch impediments or blocking up of Harbours, or Sea-
.fights, &c.
It addes unto the calamities above fpecified, that Saturn
is in a feminine Sign, according to that 83. Aphorifm of
RigeljM. jut infartunimSaturni eft cumfueril in Sigiit ftmininir,
viz. Saturn is mod obnoxious when he is in feminine Signs;
but as he is polited now in an Angle, efficacim froducit effeCwt
he works more vigoroufly and to greater purpofe : And as
.we have laid, he will operate on the Sea, and in Sea-affairs,
fo alfo in regard he is Planetarum altiffimuij & tardiffimm ra-
ri fimealicui PlaneUapplicanti, prcptcr hoc ftgnificat megnos priti-
.cipa&fia!)ilesMonarcbas •, be'mft Saturnic the highelt of the
Planets, and in motion moft (low, feldome applying unto Gre«tT«^e
any Planet, ualefle he be Retrograde, therefore he doth fig ".'hrcatned,
nifie great E'npsroitrs, great Kings, fuch Mmarcbs and Mmar g^-Ts
cbies as have firml/ ftood and continued many Ages,or a 1 ang * '
time ; hereby let the grand Seigniiur or great Turl{ beware of
Tumults and Seditions in his fovaft Territories, but efpeci-
ally in Coniianiinople, and in thofe his Provinces which lye in
Greece '■ and fo alfo the Eiriperour of Germany, and many
parts of Jusiria, Himgatiaund Bulgaria; nor is the King of
exempted, whole Dominions and Territories exceed
theE uperours: ^rier being the Afcendancoffomepans of
France, threatens that Nation with War and Bloodfhed,
with forraign Invafion •, Capricorn being under the fame
Qnadr.mgle of the Sign of the Eclips, threatens Brazik and
the IVift Indias all over. g t itfit'Tiiny
Nor is there any probable argument to be drawn from Weft iwrf/ej.
hence that the Diticl) (hall recover Brda/ie, &c. it doth ra-
ther import th ir further 1 jfies in the Weft l:diat, both of
Men, Ships and Commodities; nor are they ordained by
F Provi-
 34; Jtinus Tihdroffts: or,
Tlie Koltaitr ProvWence to be the Moderators of Eurofey or Its afiair^ .
nwd not m.- Thit is the forerunner of more poverty andbeggeryin
oer e
" Scotland, and of Tumults and Seditions in other Countries
* wbich lye in more Northerly latitude then 53. and of fome ■
preparation of Ships and Shipping) . Men^ Arms and Am*
munition) far fome Invafion againli our Commonwealth: .
Poll and WHS- Hoh/ firmly the Pole and Mmkgvite are linked in friendfliip, ;
tov'nt. I know not) they are (everely threatned from the influence
of thisgreat Eclips 1 To alfo is the Queen of Sweden threaten-
ed to have great divifion in her Court and CountryeS) and
fome fad misfortune to her Arpiits or Subjcfb from.fuch as
fiie very little dreams of.
Nor can I And the Banifh King in any fecurity> afliiredly
Benmfa fQme Hovoy preparation he intends, and much fcuffling there
will be neer the Sttind, or fai thofe Seas whereof he claims a
Soveraignty.
And although I find the Pyralei of Algitt will be a£Uve in
Pyrite, their Pyracies, yet are they lignified to have more lofle then
jtptr, gain by means of their Sea ibieving.
Zealand and HoBand may expeft further irruption of their
Sea-banks, and abundance of lofle and damage in their Ma-
Zealand, Ell- Tit'me afliirs, infiniteiofles by Shipwracks, Storms, Pyra-
tand. cies, ^nd without the mercy of God, ftrange murmurings,
if no uproar or Tumults of the Clown and Burs again ft both
their Provincial! and State Gnetnours; for if we htltentCardan
in Seg. 7. and 122. Aph. Detrimenta return funt maaime lock .
quafubfunl afcendenti, & qui in o&eOu fun t conJ}iiutionnm, & bis
qui eidem jub funtTrigono; Thole Countries'which are lubjeft
unto the Sign alcendingin.an Eclipfe, (hall fufler exceeding
many lofles or detriments, as aMb thofe who arc in afpeft or
fubjeft unto the fame Trigon: Woe unto thee Holland, Zew
land,ScotlandiVemct)AlgieT^Conj}anlmple,iK.if this prove true.
TtOec, ^or's t'Ie ^taCC8 0f Venice any way fecured, but rather hea-
vily threatned with much, damage and detriment in their
Sea-affairs; much poverty, if not thedeftrudionof feme
one or more of their greatcft Cities, and feverall Iofles unto
thejr Neiiy,
 7 he Dark^Yedrgj 55
TheGema Merchmts, and the ^mjierkdamiMi willaffii- AwHfim
rtdly fmart in their adventhret to the Eafl hdia; that City faft i'Sgtia .-
hath pad its greateft height, and will fram hence decline, e ® orj''
as having neither fence of Civility or compaifion of
thole who are afflifted. The'Puke of Savoy and his
Teritorics doe leeme unto me to be aimed at by fome
petty Princes of haly, or there are a people in Cunltilcation
how tobeget trouble unto him, Italy without doubt bath
much to aEt in this Eclips its effefts; wonderful) are the pri-
vate CounCtls of the Rottmn Conc/au?, England is concerned
in their Confultations i the fubjeftion of the Evglifli FarU-
mnt and Common-wealth are the fubjefts of many private
Conncelliy fotne Grandees fome Frince or forlorn Creatures of-
fer fubjedion unto that See; Will an Agnus Dei, or a Cruci-
fix, or a Popi'lh Relique though indofed in a fiver Box and
■ KiiTed toties quoties reftore a Scolifb King to the Crown of
England 1' But infurreftions, warrs, feditions, one Frince in p
Armes again(t another may there be expeAed, the Pope be-in
Ing Fontifsx maximus, feems to be ccliplcd by fome aft or
other, and in danger either of death, or fome private mill'
fortune, &di for Apbo. 26. of Ludovicus a Kegiis it is fa id;
Nec in hoc le effe immemerem volo, quod urbs Romana a Cspricor-
no, & Religio Romanerum a Libra pr/nc/p/«m f«mpferini,&c.
Nor would I have thee to be unmindfull, that the City
-Of Rome had its fird ftrufture or Renovation from Capricorn,
and its height to Religion from fome eminent Eclips or
Conjunftlon of the fuperiors in Liira;the meaning of which
Apborijme is no more then this, that the principall affaires
oftheCityof Rome are fubjeft unto theinfljence of the
figne of Capricim, it being under the firft Quadrangle and
that at what time the high Priefls or Popes did firft beget
their fupremacy over the moft Nations oiEitrope, it was up-
on fome great Conjunftion or Eclips in Libra- The onely
rcafon according to naturall caufes, why there hath beeivfo
many mutations, Herefies and levetall orders of Rdigiuui
men and fefts In that Hierarchy, becaufe that both Capricorn
and Libra are lignes moveable: and produce aftions as
F 2 moveable
 3 6; Antuts Tenebrofus; or,
moveaUe as the fipns i for when as providence had ordered
Wlicncban- 'hat fomc eminent EciipfsS, and great, wean, and hj^r Con—
pssdid arifc jnn&ions (hould be c.lebrated in'iignes contrary unto the
m rhe Rm.m former, then and in ihoit times did many mntations arlfe
Ch.rdi. in the Rmm church and ail over Ewrepecontrary totiiofs
the Church o!' ii a me had formerly receivedjgeiicraily for the
woris viz. one error creeping forward in the neck of ano-
ther, Rigd 32. DucriorantiiT cnim genera hnminum per tra»/w.v •
ratiower HI arum magnarum, cum [uccedentes inimicabilitcr conpgiri
rautur cumfgwir fr<eteritarum} e-T. the kinds and qualities of
ntcn and mankind are made more degenerate and bad, by
tranlmutation of thefegreat Conjunflions, whenasthofe
Co ijunflions which (ucceed are contrary to thofe went be.
fore, &c.
Fimily of Anei herein we fiiall need to proceed r.o further then
Tiitiierf hoiy 1605. thegreat Cojunftion of Saturn and Jupiicrthen be-
lone it conn- gin jng in theory T'rigon save a period to the family of Tit*
' ",c ' itcrs or I'cdilcrs defcendea of Biittilh R-ace, which began un-
der the watery Trigon, and as it were providentially determi-
ned with the Confummation of ir,thatfaimJy havingfway-
ed the Englifl) Monarchy about 117 yeares.,
S wairi family The family of Suiarti entred alfo upon the govcnaient of
how long it this Nation 1603. fomewhat before the Conjunftion of Sa-
cajgacd.. i«m and Jupiter, which not long after followed, and they
continued, I meane two Princes of the Smrts family,
about forty years in glory, but in 164?. upon the effefts
of the Conjnnftionof Saturn and Jupiter inFi/ce;, a Con-
junftion, contrary to their Radix ; we know that Families
declinatian; nor is their hopes in Nature of its reeftablilh-
mentor riling again, chough there will not want both the
Induftry of men, and afllliances of the greatcll Princes and
States of Europe for refetling that Familyigrcateft Sticklers
in time will appear to be the moil uiithar.kfull of men, the
.Dutch,
Nay, this, very Eclips doth dciigne out fome fuch thing,
•vte., feverall deligns in agitation at prefent in forrainge
;p3tt8aga?nft the Common wealth of England by the Agents
 TlxDarJ^Tcar*
of the Smij!) King, and I doe fear fome fecret plot; are
now afling in forraign partf, yeiin En^andand Scslltnd, QA(;(,rl4S ;n
wicli intention to make Ireland the feat of fome further un- Gc/waw t.i
lucky War i for-Mart who doth difpofe of this great Edips rc-cftiblilh
in whole houfe it is 5 he31 fay, is featcd in TuUritf the Aicen- ^ ^uctijb
dant of LeUnd, but in the fiMnd part of the Afte-
rifine of ^riu which he goveens ; from whence either
war in Ircfwd or great famine is to beexpefted, with dc-
ftruftion of their Cattle, and little exptflation of plendfull
HarvellsStC. •
Seeing we have fpnken fome what of the Alie'ifmes of the
figiiSjk lhall not be tedious unto the Reader if I alfo further
expatiate my mind concerning the greatnes of the effefts of
this Eclips, 1 do belseve I (hall go very near to hit the mark
aright in what 1 deliver now. Nitabimus imagines Dtcanoruai
minibus accident Eclipfes dam [cenndm illos verijiciiniur efeflm:
' j4;iommus 276, dpho.
Let us conlider the Images of the Decanats in which the
Eclipfes are; for according unto them the eifefls of EclipfeS
are verified. Every figne hath three Decanatts, the firA ten
degrees of every Sign make the firft Decanate,the fecond ten
degr.make the fecond decanate of that iigmthe ten laA degr.
make the third Decanate. This great Eclips is In the laA
degree of the fecond Decanate of Aim, anditisthe Face
of the Sfc-nithe firA Decanate of Aries being governed byMart,
this fecond by the Sun,the third by Venus, This fecond De*
canate we find to be Nihilitatii, JlmuJinis, Regnl, & magni
Daminij Imago, viz. The Image of Nobility,Greatneffe, Do-
minion. extraordinary Rule: the Ancients did thus repre-
fent the Ih ape and form of it, under this enfuing Image.'-
 Anmts Terteirofm: or,

iThij prefenU
che Eng/ifi
Common- _
Toealthis it
will be for J
. years or there-
about, in
great- Ma-
jeftj and glo-

And though I find andbelecve fame Mat or Mtn, fome

Commnaealto or Suit in Europe lhall attain unto a very
greacDominionor Power,and this by War, Policy, Stra>
tagems,De6gns,&c. (or the twentieth degree ofwhere-
Jn tfaisEclips falleth out to be, it rcprcfcntcd by Jibetmet
.-/toffbui in the form following.
 Th e DarfyYeare.

This prer«ntf •
iheScateof '
LrgUnd litti
a tew ycirc;,
l/lX-tbc id"
Jict tilling
ihe ground,
his Atmes
laid a fide, A
peaceable
& time, yet the
foldier ever
«r. prepared.'

uh Image, -Homo • coofertiu

.. i opitegak^cm
* & 5nl»rpennaflmii Taurm
Sac* St® Span mm -'
touiuau ^ afiniSlrit cquitrnducem. A SoldKr have hi* head cc-
"
yt
a J tj 1—,. r;d:ne a Bull, with the Pen or quill
r . qn,rroW and a fpare Horfe in his hand. His Motto s-.tovvillac,'
S ^m&^hS^ng^s-refly mth^
SL This Man will be a malicious Man.
Yet 1 fav,in regard that this Edips doth happen in the hft
Degree of that Dectmdte, and that next I).cd«dte is goremed ■
hvVem i 1 fay, that the Dominion or foveraigntv wh.ch is
fenS tobe attained by Tome Man or State at firft by dccetc
and cruelty, or will be attained by War and great labor and
InduftryS^deceit,blood and what not; yet afterwards it
Sallbeordered with fweetnest by fubtilt^merty,affability,
policy j apd this you may obferee in the Type following. ^
 Jmis TeHelrofifs: or,

This fee mes

to promilea
teffann ot
all Taxes ant!
a'.i things go-
vcrneJ by
Love.

IriiLKar

tertiaf-'ciet Jrielu eft Venerii, & eft fiibtilitalU inoferc, '&

WenfusiuJinU: luderum, gaudiomm & limpiJaiiomm.
The third face or Vccmal af the lign Aries i> of Venus', and
it reprefents Subtilty, mildeneffe, PJayesjJoy orrejoycinge,
ClcarnesiStc.A new Soveraignty,or manner of Government,
Dominion or Rule is expefted to have its fidt appearance^
or fignificacion of greatnede from theeffefts of this Eclips;
and itfiiall continue in fomwhat a rigid pofture;but in much
Majeily or auftericy, uncill almoft i663> at what time all
fharpneffe and bitternede will be laid aiidej and matters ru-
led mildely.
 The Darhg Teare. 41
True iti»jthatupon the effcftsofthat Eclipsin i6"54. in
L'ny very great mattera in things Politique, as Leagues and T^t Eclips in
FrisnJlhipsnuy beexpefted jyetwillthof; Afiious rather isj+.willf.'-
(econd and continue what are now and (liilibe produced rand di ; acli-
upon theeff.-fts o( this and thefe Eclipfes on the (iage of onso^t;''•'lc•
Mankinde, or firfl: take root and being, then any way
checke or countermand them. If we confides the poliiure
of heaven upon the great Mutation of the two fuperiors in
i(5o3'We(hdU now finds our Eclips to be the very d;gtee
of the then Houff,as if thefe great Mutations and Cata-
llrophes in every Commonwealth did not by chance or ha-
st ird come to their perfeftions or greatntfle, or to their di- Ni,ureJsre-
fttlrbance and difq lietneile, but by a regular and orderly guUr.
CJurfcapf Nature, who afls nothing in vaine, one whilecxal-
ting and making fraall Families Great, and agains depref-
ling other Magnificent Families, even uiito Poverty. I fay
that now the very degree of the thun q^.Houfi; is the degree
of this Eclips,and placed in the beftand moll eminent houfe
of Heaven. Old rlhflgr ute decried; N:W Me/i,>iew Liwa, new
MjgiHrtilet, new Cmmmweah!)! j Monarchy generlly difl ked
in every Kingdom?, every King in Europe either difhirbed NewComunn
with the fedttions of his owne People, or infetled by pow-wealths li.icc
trfull neighbour Princes, every Prince daily in fcare of fame
incurfion or other from his Neighbours. Tiiis Eclips end-
ing in the tenth Houfe. PerfeSa tjuejm in Am; [wit & vigmi
in hsmrc, ut frivnmia vicim^taiein viriletn^rcgcs, •
JlratHfjiempla & arre;; viz The ctf-fts of this Eclips will have
dominion on Inch things as are even perfeft and lland or vlr., w[icte"
flarilh in their height of Majelly, andlhine in honour or
gteatnede, and are even m lbs ripened Frun or Corn; if were to
the Hirvcfl ready to b; gathered and to repole. Tae.'e efF-flt
will be manifefiedonMen whoare fullv Mm, or ol'middle n.^iiry of
age,tt/a.from thirty unto fifty ; upon Kings,Magiilratesjou Men paflwe
Churches,Towers,Ca(Hes,8£c. Origmtm 462. i uhis Eclips
Res <]w£ a [yderibm ex geiieralibui mjliiitlionibas euen/iint, not
funt wise fed plure!,iir bee vsrit attpu; mAipHces. Dejipi ims A-
pho.20, Thofe Accidents which doe acift from the inPamce
G of
 43 Jmus TeuehroftM : or,
ol ih? FLnets and S:arre8 from geaenll CGnititiuionSj arc
Various Aft;-nol: o:ie at:c'l^entone^5 or of one nature and quality, but
om trcm this many, and chofe various in their kinds and of manifold
Eclips. nature, or conditions; which is the reafon why we doe di-
late fo much on many general things and accidents,and not
tye our felres to the old Made of }udgements,either of Jwi-
bine,PfCc!iir,or Giuffm4, Mjxime itiufircs effeUm, [mil Solie 6"
Lune^:. very materiall and moil famous are thofe eff tfls
which are fignified by the Sun and Moone, and fa we in
Englar.d ihali really tinde by the effeft, proceeding from the
The san per- Eclips of which we now diicoiirfe; Sul ia /dmu,Luna inmaife,
toimc his faith Ei'tH/dtw. TheSun performes his courfe in a year, the
cuurfe ini ftloon in Moncths. Soalfo the tffifts of a SjIsi Eclips
^car' continues for yecrs, the Moont's onely Months, "Ujufe of
the Snnne may continue three or foure yearer, neTer any
longer: that petty R.:bbi therefore of our own Nation who
affirmed the continuar.ce of a Solar Eclips might be
twelve years, vds very far from truth, and more ignorant
he Ihevv'd himfelfe to be when he would avouch Ptolmey to
maintaine his Error, whofe words are, £Jj(ot Imafeqiiinofli'
ales inveniewiu,tol annis durabil cvenim Eclipfit [olaris,&c.
So many equinofliall or equall houres as the Eclips con-
timifSjfo many years the events of a Solar Eclips (hall con-
Comlnuance tjnuf> S o VJen l.Ntibod. Diff. 4. p. 3 $ 7. Tern for a veto m.'ignorutn
0 ta J
| " evcnium nun a Samrni &Jtivis cojunSiotiibus folmoJo,[eJ elict» a
deliquik ejfefupfulanda, vei bine cor.flne poftjl, quod ilhtium eff do.
ad longijjima I em for a proten/a^ lot if(o turn & eliorum fiderum per
diverjas Cccli regiones tranfiiibits quafi vfinitis vicibus pctmutari
variariqui nee ffumfiti Hiiumnutcm decetu cum biennium cum
femiffenunquam xcedcre3queeni ftmplicma nt tneni, &c*
The timts when great Events (hall happen are not onely
fignified from the Conjunflions of AttBtn and Jupiter, but
lupputatcd alfo from the Eclipfes of the two Lights; or it
may be inferred from hence, that the efFcfts of the two lb-
periors have their Portents for a long feafon, by reafon of
the fo many and infi uce tranfi sof themfclves and other
Planets through the ftverall Regions of Heaven ; therefore
 The DarlyTearej 43
itis necefTary that their influenc fhmild feverall times vary
aod change. But the (fFcfts of Eclipfcs d:e fcldome indure
more then two years and a halfe.
And whereas another pretends hitnfelf-knowing in A-
Jirchgie, and affirmes. that Ptolomie faith. How many houres
thcSunneis dillanc from the Horofcope atthetime of his
Eclip^fo many years it will be ere the eff.fh b. gin to ope-
rate;and therefore if the Edips be in or near the Weft Avgle
it may be twelve whole years before the efFtfts take place.
LetthisMan who thinks himftlfe capable of judging a4)7rE-
/opVake notice that Ptolemies words are thefe: Sin atstem
erit locus d.feSuts inOccidentdi angulojnitia eiunt tertio quodrime'
Jirij&vshemintiaris iff.lliona in tcnio ineni^Ptoln.li.i.cap.d.
If the Edips (hall be in thefeventh houfe or Weft Angle,
the beginning oftheeifeft thereby fignified (hall appears in
thethird, fourth Month (that is, after the eighth Month)
and untill the twelve Months or nine Months from the time
of the Edips; and the effefls (hall be more fierce in the third
part of the third Month after that time, viz. about twenty
Months after its beginning.
The true meaning oFPlolome) is thus 5 Let there be an E- pi0totr.ey ex.
clips in the Weft Angle, the efFefts thereof [ball firft fhtw pUincd.
themfelves in the ninth,tenth, eleventh & untill the twelfth
Month after its fi'ft beginning j and twelve Months after
thar, or next following the end of the firft twelve Months,
the eff fts (hall be apparantly fierce and moft operate 5 but
in the laftlix Months after thole fsure and twenty Months
or two years, theeifeds (hall decieafeand vanilh; fo, that
no Edips of the Sun can extend its infljence longer then NoEd;pfcjn
three years and one halfe from the houre of the Eclips, nor extend i s et-
canitbe above tight or nine Months before it hep in to (^asa|11-ve
worke. Hal) Kodoan was the firft that mifunderllood Plolo- andVlu;f"
my,who,bccaiife it was poffible that an Eclips which might
fall out in the feventh Houfe,might alfo bedifiant from the
afcendant twelvehoSrer, did unadvifedly fay, it might be-
twelve years ere the efFedsof fome Edips might begin ; him
did Civfm V.lf. Doftor of Naples follow in that pittifull
G2 pcece
 /j 4. Anmts Tenebrofas : or,
pecci of his De Eclii-fiiiUjindfo alfo fome of our litle know-
ing/iffro/oger/, who tike upon them to judge others abili-
ties by their owne weakencilcs.
Dfofcs pr- Lit our Digrefllon be excufed; and let us examine what
icmi J tiom Djfeafts this Eclips is the Antecedent of,
ihi> Jipj. Conjuittis Luminarium in fignit Mink morbos indue it termi-
mantes omnino ai »mhm3& ft flier it in Ariete ducet inp'rmos eat-.
nuner.tsm fine fteJtiiel.tyhi.Ra,, An Eclips or Conjui.iffion
of the Luminarks in the lipnes belonging unto MarSy pro-
ducts or is the lignifier of Dileafes tending unto Death; and
if this Eclips be in Aries, it afflifteth the Sick?, tven unto
Madneffe without hopes of Pucovery,t/;z,withFrei!2les,Le-
thargieSjApopltxtesj&c. & many other mortall DiUafts do
moft appeare in the Head. Now by reafon t'iat t his famous
Eclips doth appeare in Arks-, which lignifiss the Head, fuch
DileafiS may be greatly feared ; for as Cor Gemma hi.2. pag.
56, hath related upon a great Eclips in Aries; Nuiiquam let
jhbiw mortis comhialibsu apoflklicis funl extinOi. Never were fo
many men fo fuddenly deliroyed by the falling Evill and
Apopleflicall Difeafes as in that year wherein there happe-
ned a great Eclips in Aries. Flnximi e capite ecu man* com-
preffis jpongiis defiusbant celerrimcfuffccantes ; augetat veliemcnti-
am mati contiriiius metu fine anguilia (piritus, turn j'angnis ipfe in
vafii fenfu pufeniium, pneieritarum re rum memorid ac jut ur arum
horrore concretus, quo nibil ad fmredinemvel oifiru c kntm, atque
ex confequenti ad fibres pefiihmes infiamatienefque tfl efficacius.
Fluxes ofrhume difttlled or fell from the Head,as if they
had been dropt from thence with Sponges, fiifFocating the
afflifted Patient very fuddenly. The vthemency of the evill
PcRilcntiill was increadd by t!ie filent or mute fpirit of feare in the lick
Difeafes. without any torment; the Blood alfointhe veffelt, with
the fence of things prelent, and memory of things pah and
to come f- emed frozen or congealed, then which there is
nothing more efficacious or efhdtuall to occalion rotten-
m-lTe and ob.lruftion, and fo confe^uently Pellilcnciall
FeaveiSano ii.Himations. .
FefiilemUaaidunt affliSd vi Sotkper aerem; Pehilcntiall dif-
eafes, -
 The Darhjtear. 45
«afes proceed fiom the ayre when the Sun his vigor or in-
fluence is reflrained or afflifted 5 fo that from the effeffs of
the prefent Eclips we may fear the difeafcs before mention-
ed to be the companions or attendants of itjand the rather,
for that at the time of the vsrnaB Ingrefle, the twolnfor-
tunes were angular, and in Cardinall Signs, applying to a
quadrature.
. NotabilitcrinfortuuanlfirPlMH^-pcr Relngradutionem, Cm-
fttfJ/snem, Peregrinaim.m, Ddrimtnium &cufmn, Anonimus WlicnPUncts
33. Planets are extreamly made unfortunate when they are ™1,lcun ot'
either Retrograde, Combulr, Peregrine in their Detriment
or Fall: by how much the more thisAphorifm is verified in
ourprefent Eclips and wrwal/IngteiTe, by forauch more-the
greater evils may ba exptftcd,
Inthef/rrwjl/ ingrtlfe efaiwrB was Peregrine, in his Detri-
ment] and Stationary, cowards his Direfdon i as if he flood
fiill and liudied how to punilh Man-kind. In the Figure of
ourEclipswehaveMdrrinhisDetrimenr, and Peregrine j
from hence we may expeftone mifchief in the neck of ano-
ther, as alfo, all manner of Saliirnine and MariiaU Difeafes,
and they generall and very grievous in all or moft Provin-
ces and Countries s I mean thefe Diftafes by them fignified,
will muchafflift the poor Commonalty : for Pef/maerit ek-
menmum & pofuli conjh'iuiio, ijumdo Saiurnuf & Mnrs i i-
fortunati, occupaverini Anguloi,caJant veto fortHM ; Its the word
conflicution of Heaven, erof the Elements that may be,foi'
the People or Man-kind In generall, when Saturn and Man
being unfortunate due occupy the Angles, and the two
Fortunes be cadent: In the mweff Ingrefle ^etwrfl and Mer/
occupied the tenth houfe and fevench, Venui was afflifted
both by Saturn and Man, JupiHrwis then Peregrine and ca-
dent in the third : Bucwe are to examine our Figure, and
fee neer unto what time theleaccidents or SicknelFes may •
appear.
Cum Almuien Eclip/is vel ConjunnionU magn* pcrvenerit ad fig-
na Angularia-, c- Eclipfii & magne Coniuuilionit accidenttffet.us '
figmficali, 8cc. When the Almuten of an Eclips or great
G 3 , Con- -
 46 Annm Tenebroju-s: or,
Conjunftion (hall tranfitjorby motion pafle through thoft
Signs which poffcfled the four Angles at the time of the
great Gonjunflion or Eclips, then the etfeAis fignified either
from the Eclips or Conjunftion (hall nianifelf themfelves,
The Signs which were angular in i6^\ in the conjiinftion
of Saturn and ^npiicr w«re Sco.p/o and Taurur, the lift two
degrees of Sngiitary and Gemini, all Capricorn and Cancer,
The Angles of the Schesm in this Eclips are Pifcer, IGrgo,
Cancer and Capricorn-, Saturn (or thsfe three yeers hft pad
haihtranfitedun.cer, the Sign Angular in the great Con-
junftion, and Jupiter Capricorn; and from hence halh ^rof-
latitl, Holland and jimfterdam fuifered, the Portugal! from the
ill^ifpofition of Jupiter, as well as the common Law of
Rcmirkable England,and whole Ptidihoodof our Nation,many of them
Xiaics. very, very,vcrydejenedlj. About the fecord week in July
16^2-. Marr tranfitsthe Afcendantof this Eclips, and the
fccond week in OQober 16^2, thecufpof the fourth Hcufc i
thefirftandfeconddayesof i<35 3> he tranliis the
degree culminating at the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupi-
ter: In OfloCer about the twelfth, thirteenth, four-
teenth and fifteenth daysr, he tranlitsthehfteenthandfix-
teenthof Capr/rern, t/fz. the Angle of thelcventh; and the
51. of December 1653. and the fidt, fecond and thirdofy<!-
t,uaryi6^. he traniits the degrees now culminating, viz,
the fifteenth of Pij'cer: Satnrn in regard of his fljvv motion,
comes not to any of the Angles of the E'dipfe, onely in
1653. and latter end of dupiP, he tranfirs the nineteenth
and twentieth degree of Leo, in peded trine to the place
cdipfed. Neernpon thofe times will very material! and
grand Accidents happen, and great difiafiions in publike
Accidents in Confulia ions about March 1^33.by reafon of the Oppofi-
,653. t ion of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo and Aquariw, two fixed
Signs: After which (ftum jlrages') as Cardan, Seg. 5. Aph.
49. viz. after the Opoofidon of Salwn and Jupiter, many
t n,cs
Pr'ncf alf t 'le fucc^s great (laughters, yea many times cutting to
'autukd. ' very ground great Families, Cniesand Countries, And
indeed Civo things feem to me principally to be intended
 7b> Duv\e Ye are. 47
from ihisEdifS, according to that of CurJw, Sfg. i, Aplio.
17. ConfiJirare epntcl tcmpre Eclipfis vim Plamu dominaiJin t11c o-ner*'!
nsm im Edipfi!) fcJ iHiMj'iniJicMio appjrdii: Gonlider the ,rc',)^Mt. ot
ftrcngth of the planet who governs the place Eclipfed; not thh Helios,
the Eclips, but what he fignities (hall appear, Mirs goverr.es
the degree and (igne Eclipfed, but Vsnits is the llrongcft pla-
net in the figure ; After fmnim, the jword and pudihice bans done
their parti) I jee muchgoiJ towordi Ireland i from hence 1 inferr
that one thing principally intended is Famin oril Ha velis,
Dropficall dileafes vidgarly, Tmnults & rtditioiis,llii)ghrer
at Sea, Sea lights,Shipwreck?, the (hull Pox in abundance.
Murrain or (ickneffe in great Cattle, afctr that the Plag ac, The Coimmn
irruption of the Seas or waters in many places. The ftconil wcahli of£,.-j
thing herein intended doth feem tome to be; The rife or
growth of the Common-wealth of England to a very high eftcein '
all over the world: for Confirmation of this my judge- Hdlps,
ment, Let me be heard according unto my ownc principle!,
and not judged without hearing, either by Thoitui jyifeaker,
or any of the Frieftbjtery according to their unfeemiy Com-
mentary or ftupid Annotations on the to. of Jeremiah and
verfethe2. Qjti B.wium nonodit; Let hitn read that puddle
of Envy and Nonfencc. '
Firft,tt is acknowledged by all" except madmen ; rhat.yol
omnibttf phnetif trriuiI vires,Card, Seg. 5. 171. The Sun
■gives vertue to all the planets and in Apl:o.i^6.SolifViitfl ca-
hfacere & producere: the influence of the Sun doth heate and
produce life and Being to every M .n and Plant and Crea-
ture, and as we have (aid before in this difcourfe, the works
or influence of the S m are the moll glorious and manifeft,
&c. From hence isitpoliible to be inferred we Hull give The Eriti/H
Laws and Bounds to the ambittousfMsnder & crack-braind to g vc Lawcs
Freud:Aries we know hath been acknowledged by al Afirolo-1" the HoUnn-
gerno be the a fee nd.mr fign of England,Sc thtEnglifb in their
manners fubjeft to the Condition of that Signe, andMurr
who is Lord of the (igne. Magis antem naluram Arietk d" bkr-
tit refermt Briiin:a,Gemania Cs.PtoI: Lib.2.Pag jj,qtiare i;i hit
tegionibus magna ex pane homines funt mcgis feri & tdices, Brit-'
 48 Amns Tetiebrofm: or,
Mtrs tain and Germany do rathexiollow the nature of Arirs and
for the Eng- Mars',therefore in thefe Regions for the greater part.the men
are very fierceand valiant.In this lijne and in the Degree of
his cxaltaiionis the Sun at this prtfentjtieareunto theDragont
headjit the beginning of the Eclips Aries arifing towards the
Meridian and in the Conclulion or at the end of it the fame
iignc Aries Culminating. Some memorable thing therefore
tending unto Honour and greatneflejor unto glory and Re-
nown muftof nectflity be fignified to happen unto the Cm-
men wealth of EngltnJ^hut a dilfipation orfubverfion ol'many
men now in Authority, Sol omnium foriunawn maxima eft, ne-
qtte planet a ullus magis bensftcus.Of all the planets theSun is the
greatell fortune, nor is any planet fo beneficial! or bounti-
full unto Mankind; therefore he being in the degree of his
Exaltation and tpolf-ftingEnglands HorojcopicallCtgneis friend
* , unto our Nation,and will make our Renowne to flourifh all
. over the world. Faxit Dew. Pagno pro patria.
The figns wherin this Eclips at prefent is in,is Aries viz.
Rot ot sheepe Beftiall; wherein Mars Lord of the Eclipfeis placed,In 1'au-
and Cattle, rHi,and are both belliall i therefore we may feare a Rc t of
Sheep and fome malevolent and peftilentiall ficknefle unto
our great Cattle,tt/z.Horfe,Covves, Oxen,8£C.
Mt, cum fubfermii homtnum Utitabit Apollo j
Humanos Ventura lues affligereperget :
Sub brutis formis, brut or urn corpora Icee/et,
jlc fegetes, fruflufque folt, frument a, pecufque ■
Faucis, quidquiderit, pgnimonftrabit imago.
The Sun fo oft as he is Edipfcd in humane lignes, which
have reprefentation of Men, doth (hew ficknefle and other
plagues onto mentwhen h.e is obfeured in brute figns or fnch
asreprefent Cattle, he threatens the bodyes of Cattle or
beads of ail kinds, CorneanRFruits of the earth in every
kind Sic.Mizaldut.De edipfibus.
This cur judgement is approved by Efcuidus,fol.2tiDijf. s,
Inquiremus quejunt figwafignotum in quiius erit edipfis&in
quibw
 T/ia Dbrkg Teare. qp
guiius erunl fieUe- gubtrnalTices, &c. Sifigunefigiurum [unljimi-:
Uffiguris animahm, eruat acddenlii in fMtlmp.'Jiius, Let us
inquire wiuc are the formes or figures of the fignes where-
in the Eclipfes are, and wherein cheDominatorsor Rulers Fociroofthc
are; if the formes or fignes be alike unto the beftiall Crea- Sipns wheriir
ture, the damages which the Eclips doth portend liall faIJ ^ ci:f
L
upon four footed be ilts, See. "
Edipfis Solii cum fiteril in Ariete, ftgnificttoit intsrintm Re-
gum&divitum, &/icciiatemy. five tfrr<efljri!iutim,alijue famcm.
MeJfjhalab Caf.jJe eclipfi folis. An Eclips of the Sun in Aria
portends death to Kings, Rtchmea, drinclK-, barrenneffe of Burenncfle
the Earth,Famine,Scc.Etfi fuerit in figio equindlij vernalu exit Famine..
in [rutibus arborum, cum oriri caperint & in alik qun nafcuntur in
Vere. Ifit be in Aria in or neare the Eqtnnrx, his flgnifica-
tion will extend to iruits growing on trees when the)' fitft
Ihew themfclves, See.
Whereas] find a generall feace pofiefling mens fpirits jCautiorrtc -
concerning the darknefle which the Eclips portends, and ^
fome queries whether it threatens not danger unto thofe.00 0 eK' .
people who are either in the Fields about their labouring;,
occafions, or other Wayes occupied wichoutdores on their
EXaraefticall affaires; I fay it threatens no Manor Cattle
with danger in chat confideration; nor will the DarknelTe it
felfe be of fo great or long a continuance as many imagine;
about halfe an hour after nine in the morning: on Mundav
on the twenty ninth day of March will be the greateft dark-
nefle, if the ay re be ft re ne and cleare, whichin fomemea-Miclic will be.
fure l feare by the arifing of Saturn neare that time, and the -
Moon her application unto his Quadratures; however, there
is no danger at all to any that {haU be the Speftators of it;
the darknefle it felfe will not laft hardly one quarter of an
houre; I mean its greateft obfeurity will laft licdelonger ;
yet I beleeve filch and fo-great it will be for the time that We Very life to ■
lhall behold the fixed ftarrs,aB alfo Mars and Venus who are '
at that time South Eaft, Venns bdng mote Eafterly then Ur*
Mars.
Sckres autem Eclipfes nec magnitxJinJs quidem-'Tatione^ eodem
 5o Annm Tenthrofw; or,
Mod) vbiqus apfareni: Lumsn earn /a/arc tjumvu defecerit, c/to m-
wcb retfiiuilur. Pnclus, in Farefhr/if Lib. 2. ; Ptol. Peg. 55,
Vhe Synne Although the Light of the Sun be edipfed or darkned,
qu>ckly reco yet it quickly recovers it felfe j Now if we will know
\cti us 'B^'^hat manner of man or men he or they mud be, who are
either already borne and ihall occafion fo great changes in
every Nation,or who they (hall be hereafter who (hall firil
manifelt their Aftions,we muft conclude them or thofe men
haveeither^r/ef Leo or Saginariut the Afcendant or Afcen-
dantsof their Nativities, or to culminate in their tench
houfe and to have great relation and Concurrence either
with the tird ConjumSion of Saturn and Jupiter in 1603.
■Whatsigne or with their fecond Conjunftion in 1623. & to have either
' "Ich'Nati- t^e ^un an^ Moon in Regall figns or in reception with the
viiics who fuperiors, and they or one of them in Regall lignes, or elfe
hull do won- borne in or neare thehoure of Tome eminent Edips: Qui
-d.'t- mem nstlui fusril bora Eclipfii, maximcfi potent is vii i filius fue-
.rit^multiiudinum hominum caujt erii mortis. Seg.ip./ipbor. 97. He
whois borne in the houre or time of an Edips', if he be the
fonof fome eminent man of the nation,(hall occahon the
death of a multitude of men by partaking with him ere he
acquire aKingdome or Government. For Jld regnum adipifcen'
dum, ex tribtu duo femper neajfaria funt, conjunSio familix cum
fuccejpone, bonum aliquod in genitura, & ejus comenientia cum
regjto. Two things of three are requilite ever in that man
who delires to obtain a Kingdome, viz. relation of hit fa-
mily to the fuccedton, fome great matter in hit nativity,
and checonveniency or concordance of that nativity with
the Kingdome.
For it it very true which Canlan dt livers in hit Jfg.y.and
Jjfmrij.t 66.Genitumvalideregna mutant i debiles autem eb illis
immutantur &foriunam illorum jequuniurt&c, validat autem dico
etiam qua malts potentibus [ubjiciuntur. Strong Cenituret or
men who have flrongNacivityct do make Changes or over-
Kirn Kingdomes and Common wealths} but they who have
weake Nativityes ur the planets in their Nativityes weake,
are overcome or overborne by the former and follow the
 fortune of the Vigors ;I call thole a'fopowerfall and well
fortilied Nativitye! in whofe Genituresthe infortunes be-
ing very ftrong hive moll dominion ; of this did we make
excellent ufe in our Annual Judgements 1644.164.5.and do
very well remember that at what time and as oft as Vitiut
did tranlit the tenth or twelveth degrees of Tiwrw, King
Charles h ad ever fome memorable luccefle againll the Paris*
»ient,thofe degrees Culminating in his Nativity; and we all
remember that whilft Saturn was in Aii:s whictt was part of
1644.1644.and 1645-the wholeNation of Etigli[hmin groa.
ned under a mud heavy War; bat in or about the lattter end
of May 1645. when Saturn got out of Aries into TiaKrWjOur
happinefle began to appeare by that memorable overthrow
of the Kings forces at Mi[eby inNjrtbampmfhiin the 14. of
J«ne,after which we did nothing but Rout and runn after, Note.-
and overcome our enemyes. One thing more is obfervable^
thatthe veryaof 5eyM644'^aiKrflwa8 in^frier, and what
is almoll: miraculous, in the very fame degree and but fome
few minutes excepted, wherein this very memorable Eclips-
of the Sun now is; Saturn was then in 19. deg.45. of Aries;
the Sun now in 19 deg.and 15.of dries. There is no earthly
things comes topalTe without Providence,.and an orderly
Regulation of Nature by the Command and permifTionof
the great God of Nature; I ihallfrom this ftrange Antipa-
thy onely conclude. That accordingly as in
Ingthen in our degree Eclipled, did then {he w our great-ParUmenc
eft affliftion or the greateft Dilhonour and LofTe this pre-Prom^ed we'd
fent Par lament have received by the routing and loffeofthe ^ ''icy ftc.^
Earl of Effex his Army in Cornwall :fo I am now aa confident tceadicrvf '^
the Sun illuftrating that degre of^rie/jthat our preisntCom-
Won wcaln't of England (hall have fuch Honour and fijccelL in
all their negotiations and undertakings of as great concern-
ment for the utility, benefit and happinefle of this Nation,
as that fad accident was of forrow unto them who then fac
at the ftern, and unto all us little people of meaner quality.
YetthereisaPerfon of thegreateft vertue andHanour of'
our Engtip Nation, tint can well remember, 1 cold .him,-
 cij-a AnttutTtmlrafas; or,
after the 10. or 12. of June 164.5, the King would no more
t hrive,&c. What are the true Genituret of either the valiant
Lord F.airfax or any other fince of all our Genera!! Offi"
cert, I doe not perfeftly know, yet fome It doe, and thefe
have Nativityes exaftly contradiftory to the late Kings; it's
, enough 1 hat the degree of the laff Conjundion of Saturn
..and Jufiter is in the cnfpe of the feventh houfe in the Nati-
vity of one expefting to be a great nian,buc mud not; fome
may be lo Cridcall as to demand when (hall the(e things
'Whenihe ac-jjyujfpQjjjjjgQHjg to palTe, or whether allona (uddaine,
'o 10 wfie. 'n every Region at or neare the fame time ? unto that I
anfwer; Climatum diffsrentia facit ut celerius tut tardius evtntut
frmeniani. The difference of Climates occalions that the
tfEfts of Eclipfes do fooner come to effeft in one Country,
and later in another ; for neither doth the Sun rife in every
Kingdomeat onehoure. Somewhat will be expedcd we
ihouldfay, concerning thofe on whofe Nativityes any of
thefe Eclipfes may have concernment, and they are onely
thofejWho have either the Sun or Moon in the 6. degree of
Ariet or Libra or 6» d :gr. of Cancer or Cspr;'fDrn,according to
the firft Eclips of the Moon in March,
■ Who concer- They are concerned in the influence of the great Eclips of
,ncJ in ihtE- the Sun, who have either the nineteenth or twentieth of
clipfw. Aries, or of Libra fit of Cancer or Capricorn, the place of their
Sun or Moon at the time of theirBirths.
They are concerned in the operation of the lecond Eclips
of the Mem, who have either the Sun or Moon Afcendantor
'Mid heaven in the 2 5. degr. of Pifcet, Virgo, Sagittarius or
' Gemini; wherein the King of Scotland may claim the greateft
(hare in the effeAs of the fall Lunar Eclips, &c.
King nlcpiia. TheKingof Spain hath the .SHnin his Nativity in 19. d.
of Aries (if I am rightly informed) and the Dragons tail
there alfo ; happy may be be, if be, I fay he himfelf, efcape
either blindnefle, or fome hurt to one of his Eyes, or fume
fad fate{if not death) ere the influence of this Eclips de-
termine, let him beware of Are, powder, treafon, or hoc
Jeavers : he is like tohe much concerned either in himfelf
 Th Djtrke Yeafe, ^
orCbildnn (ifhe have any) from this dire influence, Sic,
Many l know will be apt to mifspply our words, and to
conceive we intend the influence of this Gdips to fall gene-
rally over or upon every Nation of Eurtfi; thefe men feem
'to know nothing ; fur r.u'Ja Edipfis omnino loti orbipesuri.M
-««. fcfim fronunciare poiefi;pefiu autem ex his, nunqum quaiMr
ar,nif u'arare foufti Cardar.u?, Seg. 7, dpho. Hi. No Eclips Whcnwemiy
can (iguifie penury or fcarcity, or a Pc/UItnce to be generall "PC^J tcrrl"
unto the whole World; for a Peftilence or Plague derived 'S118,
from the inflaence of an Eclips either Solar or Lunar, can-
not lall above four yeers, but we have no fuch generall
Calamity now thrcatned upon England 5 let fuch a thing be
expefted from theeffefts of the Eclips in 1654. at whattime
Saturn is got into the fiery Sign Lea, and not far removed
from the Luminaries in the Eclips.
For although it be moll true, that the Planet whodiipo-
ftr.h of the place of the Eclips, (hall moftly (hew what man-
ner or quality the efftfh (hall be of, yet are they more or
leflr, great or little, more forcible, or more rellrained, ac-
cording to the quality of that Planets exiflence and forti-
tude at time of the Eclips. Mart difpofeth the Eclips; what
he fignifieth, fee"1 n our method of Eclipies following, &c.
Stells; que dijpmnt Eclipjium hca,Je noviter emergunt aut occut-
taniHT, aut ftationem ingrediuntur, vet nofiu emicant, augenl vel
mmum cffulus: Nugent quidem dum e Solis radiis emergunt & in
flalioiiibus [unt; elfi enim debilieres /mi , quia t amen fir mi manent
in uno loco plut operantur; debilis enim afiiduc afliftens plus operatur,
quam valiJus vagans s Minuunt veto effefius cum occultantur Plane-
u diftofitores & neftu emicanles & retrogradi. Dalipodius -d-
pbe. 76.
Thofe Stars or Planets which difpofe of the places or de-
grees of the Eclips, if they doe either newly feparate from
the Sunbeams, orappear before them, or are obfcurM or
clouded by them, or they enter their liation, or (bine in the
night, doe either encreafe or dimi <i(h rhe ttfefts: they veri.
ly doe encreafe the efleds of the influence whileft they are
haftening from the Sun beams, and are iu their flations j for
 ^ Anntis Tettebrofus: Of,
altlioiigh they then appear to be more weak, yet beCaufe they
remain fi.-m in one place (this is unJerftood by a ftationary
Planet) they more effeftiully fend down their influence 5 for
a weak Planet bein;: ever at workj doth more ftrongly ope-
rate then a ftronger Planetj who ii wandring in motion,and
not at all fixed 5 for Planets who are Dilpolitors of Eclip-
? iicTundcrk ^cs' ''vh£n they are cbfcured by the Sun beams, are of leffe tf-
tue cattli. a? alfo when they are Retrograde, and (nine in the
night, viz. arc leen after the5»nfet; for you muftknow,
the vercues of all Planets are cxtreamly. weakned when their
bodies are fubterranean.
We (lull draw unto a conclulion, afErming that about
aboefw^/f/i" AUiUft and Sejiemkt next, there will be an ap-
3S5i' pearauee of fome memorable aftions, which in part Will de-
clare a beginning of many others to fucceed in the like kind,
probably E aft ward, towards March, ^ril and ftfay 1653,
and fo following ; orneertbofe three Moneths, the Eclips
Its (ffefts will begin to be in their fulled vigour and glory,
but much in Confultations or Treaties; and towards Scp'
temkrsOl1eier and Novcmb. 1653.3 little begin to leflcn :Cer.
tainlyitis the fore* runner of the eclipfing or diminilhing
of the.Glory, Majefty and Dominion of many men now in
prelent Authority,both in Entfind our own Nation.and alfo
the NeiberlandsiSfain and Fri:RCc,which miferable and divided
Country I pitty; yet France muft be invaded, and the King
thereof become mod unfortunate.
The time of the events fignified by this Eclips, endings
little after that time which this prefent Parlament feems ta
TJcfli.Acprc- havevoted.togiveaperiodtotheir fitting; it is therefore
lentauvc. wery pr0bably to be gathered from the effefts of this Eclipr,
that in good earned the Souldier and People will joyn in
one for calling a New Repnfeatativeinthii Cmmonweahh : fee
the Moon, who fignifieth the People, eclipfeth the Sun; as if
nothing would fathfic our earned delicts but that which
perhaps it had been better for us to decline, k being more
eafie to repair an old houfe, then build a new.
Sic trenjitgloria flfuiidi.
 The Dark{ Tears, 5^
Now forafmuch a« the 5(m hath reprefentation of the
Commonwealths Treafurer and Treafury, JjelngLordof
the fecond houfe, chit Edips doth admoniflt all fach as have
hadlingeringintheTreafure of the Commonwealthj to
prepare their Accompts; for cheirday of judgement is com-
ing ; and very great rtafon it fhould, for ify^x Popitli be Vox
Dei, it is generally conceived there is privately detained in yrcrurers
feverall Treafurers hands, and in fuch as have been Colle- muft accemtit
ftors for this State, more mony then-would pay the Army
one yecrs wages^
Oar State endeavour by their prudent CommilTioners in
5ci)(/a»d to fettle that Nation; I doe perceive by this Eclips
whatever the belt of the Scots promife, falthood is intended^ ..
and private Co-afpiracits will be managed betwixt many of Ms verJr
the People and Priefts, for outing us in thole parts, they
hiving no eyes to fee their happinefle by Union with us;
how great a misfortune therefore it is, any People may fee
by this onely aft of theirs, to fee with no other eyes but
thole of the Clergy, many whereof are tenebrous, and very
few clear without fpots, viz. in their underftandings and
crazy Noddles : The influence of this Eclips will deprave
mens tempers, or the conftitutions of mens Bodies, fo far as .
they have connexion with the Elements,by realbn the Ayre eJr ^
in many places will be infeftcd with grofle vapours, and un-
wholfome fudden blafts ofWind, tempeliuous and unprrtfi"
table- The Autumns of thefe two yeers I much fear will be
unhealthy^ People apt to furfet or create Maladies in their
Stomachs,&c. from thoft infeftions; Agues,Dropfie8,Tym-
panies, more then vulgar will appear; but whuicislhall
fuffer this fate following, I leave to times difcovery:
SublatM forth Vetltno^ f "fom" "reac
Aut cafusgUdio, fahita velmrte vocatw,
bing, 01 the
We will conclude this Treadle with our own Jfirokgicall like.
Judgement of this yeer t6s]2. delivered by us, and printed
1(5^4. in our PropbeticallMerlin, pag. 115.
i{ 6 JhiKH-s Tenebhjns: or,
StrMge Apparitions, and mnfuailfights in the
Sontheaji parts.
Ayeerjulloj Ewbafiages.
A preparative in the Heavens for a great .
Plague.
Florentines make Tumults.
Italy is j earful I. Wars in Bohemia. Uproars
roRome.
Scotland beware:* Famine. England be
thou Content.

Alfo in page 11 o. we fay ;

Wo to a great Favndy ofJLvKovz, that was,

is now, but jhall be no more, &c.

put poteB capere, capiat.

We conclude with thcfc Vcrfct of Cbrjp^us:

[ Quam falio aceufant fuperos, flultiqut queruntur -
Mir tales I etenim noftrorum caufa malartm
Jpp ms fumw &fua quemque vetordia Udit. .
 'The Darke Tearg. 57

The Moon Eclipfed, September

7'". 165^.

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d/>

0^
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^516,
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NOchingir nore memorable in this Lunar Eclips then

chat the degree eclipfcr! was the true place of (he laft
Conjunftion of Saturn and Jufilir 16^ 3. and as that Con-
junffionwas celebrated in the fecond houfc, intim -.t ng the
infinite trouble that fome men (hould have to prt/i-rve iheir
Effaces, who were of fuch Families, ordefcended 1 m fuch
as had any relation to ^otKrri at the time of their Fam lies
I hrfi
58 Annus Tenebrofw.: or,
firft ereftion; fu alfo ic did declare the fudden & uncxpefted
preferment of fome other Families, who had their originall
preferment, or firft greatnelle under either Sagittarius or
Pfj'cej; Now this Lunar Eclips beginning in the Akendant,
end pilling through the twelfth huufe,the Difpofitor of the
Eclips beingy«piier, weak and in his Fall, it imports the
great difficulties feverall of thofethen, andfince, eminent
Men, (hall goe thorough to prefcrve that E'.Ute and Hnnour
they have fince,i642. acquired; not without much affllftion
of mind (h)II they now prefervc that Honour or efteem they
have fo long enjoyed; a fecrec hanJof P dicy^or a repining
People, either by cunning or violence, difpoffclfng them of
pact of their Eftates, and all or moft of their Honour : jam
leges rft.
This Eclips ftems to me to be the Mfftenger or Antece-
dentof corrupt ayre, unwholfome Weather, infefting the
generality of People With abundance of corrupt Humours,
thereby preparing matter for thole peftilentiall Difeafes ap-
proaching.
This Eclips beginning in the Afcendant, begins very foon
to operate, viz. according to our method and Ptobm^*/,
within three monechs after its beginning, and ends about
the middle of December following: its the Srgnificator of
Sea fights, or dammage to Ships, Sailors, Fi(her- men; of
fome peremptory reqndh in the Presbytery, or-fome fee ret
Conlultations of theirs, for their advancement or re-efta-
blKhment; of the imprifoment of fome dif-affefted people
to our Commonwealth, of diftra&ton in or about the Law,
or Courts o( Juftice; much 'unwillingnefle of the Com-
monalty to contribute to their Minillers ; fome treafonable
defigns in a Aion or Councell againft the Magiftracy i hopes
anddefires in theMiniftersto fubjeft the Parlament to their
Lawrs.
Many difafters in the IFefl Ini/ier, great loffe unto the Por-
tinguli i famine and (carcity approaching in Italy; fad news
from the Eiji Indies i (udden Gontmotions in PatiSy or in
many parts of France j averytroublefgineandunquiec Aus
 The Darkjear.
tumn s many State officers in queftion uhkunqut; many in
' Aut hority in great fear and tribulation; abundance of Sick-
nefi e8,a8AguesjTumors and Gouts,fmall Pocks,Lethargies,
Palpitation of the Heart, black Jaundies,ChoIick,torment
in the Guts, many Women miftarrying through fear and
frights; a fad time with the Dutch in many places of the
World; no good time for the King or Governours of Spain
and his Territories!
Signa Communia in homines, Reges MagiRralnf, Dafipod. 69.
When Eclipfes are in common Signs, the influerc: hath
mod effeft on men, Kings, Magidrates. The Eclips is in par-
till oppoiition unto the degree afcending of the King of
Scots ; Pernitiii/isr efl en Eclip/is qn* acciilet in Horofcopo,geniiura-
• rumque qu<e inonivo annuarum converfionum Cardine; fortenditur
enim nato Mi malm aliquod exitiofm in corpare ejns vitatique ful*
flantia; Thus Cahh Junfl/ne, in tradatkde Echp.pag.307.
That Eclips is more dangerous or pernitious which (hall
be in the Horofcope or Jfcendant of the birth; or which (hall
be in the degree Afcending in an Annuall Revolution: it
portends unto the Native fome ominous and mifchievous
aftionasunto his body and alfoin his vital! fubdance ;
Perhaps he (hall be deprived of hi* French Penjion. We (hall
Conclude with one obfervation more of the laid JunUine
who further faith;
Loca edipftum aut oppofi ta, nodusque Mtridicnus ft acciderint in
Horofcopo nalalitij tbematu, aut lock luminarium,protcipuc conditi-
marijmtus ille cujus fiierii genitura,in maximis viu verfabitur pe-
riculk,qu£ magn* cum d/fficultate evitari poterunt: imo e vita difce-
det,J? anni il/iuc Rex, & Horofccpi dominus & divijorin utroque
tbemate,nalatss fcilicet & revolutionk fuerint male
Either the Degrees Eclipfed or their oppolits, and the
South N ide,5f thefe happen in the Afcendant of the Radix
of any one in his nativity, or efpebially the Luminarie of
the time, he whofe Nativity ehat (hall be, (hall be plunged
with many miffortunes and cafualtyrs in his life, wh'eh
cannot be avoyded with ur great difficulty : nay, if the
Lard of the Afcendant of thatyeare when the Eclips is, and
6o Annm Tetiebrojhs: or,
ih« Divifor of the profcftionall figure and the Lord of the
radical! figure be ill. a&Acd, then it may be much feared
he will be indangerof D.Mth : The continuance of this
Eclips is about 3 hours and 2c1. minutes: and thcrfore the
Events (ball exprelfe themfelves three whole monechsand
klfe then a halfe monechjor about three moneths and twen-
ty dayesj&c.
If any dell re to veiw thofe Q^tadrangles of the figncs un-
to which the Kingdomes, Nations, Cities or Coumries of
Ennpe whicli are like to he pifiitfe in the effcfts of this
Edip?, are fubjeft unto 5 Let them perule Matter Bwkgrs AL
of i652- *

Aftrologicall Aphorifmes.
HE who is naturally well affedctl unto Afltology (htll verily pro-
nounce more certain Judgements.
2 Divers effeffs of the Starrs are drawn forth of the Starrs, ac-
cording to the various difio/itions of the matter: whereof ibeAflrolo-
ger cught very well to examine the [everall natures and ijualityes of
the Subjctis receiving,
3 Bccatife alwayes matter determines the form, it comes to paffe
that rve doe freely by our wicked operations conceive our Starrs to pro-
duce thole Detriments unto us.
a, Jbe formes whenwith the Heavenly bodies do operate, are cal-
led Images, unto which the formes inferiour are fnbjeil: thefe are ma-
ny in the fignes, Dccanatcs, and Degrees, infome Stars, they arcfe-
perale and in manyjoyn'd together,
5 The viftble or fenfibleImages of the S'li Sphear are very ma-
ny, and many are made dayly there by the Planets: all which ought to
be confidered of the Jjlrobger; they have all great efficacy upon infe-
rior bodies,
6 A Figure U not atlive (of fime P/atoniJls fayj but the form,
aierein the fubflam operates.
 The Darhg Tears.
i Iflw he who mfuhs proJmth the Sigillaimof bkConjlJ-
him irnvin^bim ihercu.itOyhow j'ujjtcienlly thtt iHj) ]t tbou then re-
fo(ve ilMinuner prspoK.'^J- ./.in ,
8 Tat Jiincshave ihiir fclerozeniallparls of the Element mid
enfffirinii to the Heaven,which we call the Termei of the 5 Pmets.
9 Becaufe Images,and inferior mHlaims,are jusjeU te "jfc'ori,
therefore we nufl prudently by/imilitnae and Analogy fearcb out the
Actions anlfignif cations of the Heavenly bodies,
10 The parts of our body are Hiterogcntall, and tnerefore accor-
din- to their proper temperaments are fubjebl to divers ?b'nel!.
ix rbeflgnif cations of things are threefold, na urall, arc,den-
tall and Jfeciall; the Jfeciall are firJl to be inquired, next the am-
dent all, after that, the Natuial!, ■in ,■
11 Sol and Mitt are fiery, the heat of M si * n dejlruclive,
that of the Sun anfwers the vivifying heavenly fire.
1= Mercury ix hot, cold, d-y and moifl rn the fi-ifi degree, as
feme will have it; but he hath an indifferent and Convenib e name, ■
14. Venus ix cold in the fecund degree, myji in the third , the
Moon is cold in the third degree, moyfl in ibefourihjupicec is holm
theUcond degree, morfi in the fir fi; the Sun ix hot,»the third degree
dry in the fecond. Mirs is dry in the third, hot in the fourth. Siturn
if cold and dry in the fourth degree. , • / •
is The fuperior Planets are mofl efflcaciousthe inferior are
wea&andei/lydofuferbi thefupetiors, and receive eitner good

" fbSupe'hT Planets becaufe they muchrefift, they doe not eafily
receive a detriment, or good turn from Ue inferior
tigaied if their places are protected by Jupiter, being well dtfoJeJ
mfallane, who is a fortune,is in Conjunction with an in- •
forluneJte allayes his malice, fo that the iufortunejballdo no hurt.
jg Sie fixed Stars are the mofl efficacious of all m then opera-
tions i for what atlions they manifefi or occafm are "'V
20 The fixed Stars doe imitate the nature and action of the Er
raticals or Planets i wherefore the) transfer then actions unto-
 £2 Annuf T'enebrofas : or,
21 "the Moon hntba celt sine naturall mutability, therefcre fie
eaftly commmicates unto us the influence of other Start.
22 T'he Moon doth then mifl ejpecially transfer Actions-unto the
inferior IforU^rtd the influx of other Stars from whom jhe is fefera-
. tedywbenlhe is fwift in motion,
25 Three manner ofwayes the Planets are varied or changed, by
reajon of their firfl qualities of their houfes andfignifrcatms.
24 Saturn governs Contemplation and Memory: Mart Boldnet
emd fortitude,if they want not flrenglb,or are ill diflofed.
, 25 Retrograde Planets degenerate from their proper nature, by
that mealies Fortunes ars made infor tunes,and the eviUFhnets farre
. rxorfe.
26 Planets do manifeft greater-and warfer evils rvhen they are
■ Stationary,then when Retrograde,
27 The Reception of Planets when they behold one anotberflfit be
' firong,tlolb.dimini[h the malice of anevill ofled, and increafes the
goodnejj'e of a good afled.
28 A Planet in an Angle dotbmore effeHually produce bis efetts,
but remiffe in cadent houfes.
- 29 RenoS too confident either of a fextiD or trine afieft in violent
■ Signer,nor out-of thofe Signet in ahich the Planets behold one ano*
ther,yel ejfentiaBy fufer.
30 Conftder what things the Planets perform not by their aflefls,
and obferve if they doe them not by their Antifeions 5 for the Antifci'
. m have power,andare to be enumerated amongfl ojpetis*
31 Its rare if any Planet prove a fortune inlbe eight or twelfth,
by reajon of the malignancy of thofe boujes.
, 32 Tte qualities of Saturn and Mart are not made better by
: their conjunttion : being mixed jo together they, are confounded, and
hurt very much.
3 3 Planets are notably made unfortunate by tbefe Accidents, viz.
. Combuftion, Relrogradation,Peregrination, Detriment and faO.
34 The fro ift and various motions of tbe Planets are to be confi-
dered,as alfo tbeir flownefle i becaufe wben they vary, the.accidents of
ihe ajpefts doe alter.
• 33 Saturn fetdome applies to any Planet, by reafon.whereof he
1 6rM' Princes andfirme Monarchs.
 The Dark* Tearet 6!j:
36 AJj>}8 comes to paffe witbin the difference of three
degrees, a flaticke Afreet haffens by a femcdiameter of the Of is of
the Plants.
37 tbevertue of a Planet is -i n that Houfe, wbofe beginning tf
Cuff: 0 Planet precedes b) no greater Jfyace then five degree/,
31 VnJerftand the fimfls qualityes of the Planets for from thence-
tbou (halt i^now all their mixi fignifications.
3 7 thojc houfes which behold not the Afcendant, fignifte occult or
obfm eplaces, and thefe bonjes are the 12 : 8.and 6.
40 the application of Planets fhews what is to comei thefepera"
tion what is pafi.i

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