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<P>1691. ASTROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND Predictions For the Year of Our LORD 1691.</P>
<P>Wherein al&s;o Is Briefely Shewn the Signification of the Earthquake that Hapned in <HI>March</HI> la&s;t in the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol.</HI></P>
<P>And wherein al&s;o Are Briefely Shewn the Significations of the Three Oppo&s;itions of <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Jupiter,</HI> that will Happen in the 1692. and 1693. And of the ECLIPSES of this pre&s;ent YEAR, LIKEWISE Monthly Ob&s;ervations for every Month throughout this pre&s;ent Year; Briefely Containing the mo&s;t Remarkable Events and Accidents that are likely to Happen in divers Places of the World.</P>
<P>By JOHN SILVESTER.</P>
<P><HI>Licen&s;ed to be Printed,</HI> June 28. 1690. <HI>J. F.</HI></P>
<P>LONDON, Printed for the Author 1690.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="astrological observation">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>Of the Earthquake that Happened in the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> (and other Adjacent Towns and Places) on <HI>Shrove-Tue&s;day</HI> la&s;t, [being the 4th. day of <HI>March] Anno Domini 1689.</HI> about a quarter of an Hour before one of the Clock in the Morning, it being very Calm and without Rain before and after.</HEAD>
<P>I Being not Awake my &s;elf at the Time of this &s;trange Accident, made &s;everal Enquiries about it, but the be&s;t Information I could have of it was this, &mdash; That it fir&s;t began with a loud and terrible Noi&s;e (like the Bownce of a Barrel of Gunpowder when a Hou&s;e is blown up therewith) and immediately the Bed&s;tead and other things in the Room were &s;haken, and as it were trembled, which &s;o continued by Gue&s;s about four or five Minutes, and at length there was heard two &s;mall Noi&s;es like two Steps of a Man (there being &s;ome &s;mall di&s;tance of time between) and immedi|ately it &s;eemed to go out at the top of the Hou&s;e with another Bownce, but not &s;o great as the fir&s;t; This Per&s;on then Sitting on the Bed &s;ide, (being terribly Affrighted) fell into a Swooning Fit.</P>
<P>Moreover, by Others I was informed, that it made the Chamber Door and Latch to &s;hake and make a Noi&s;e, and the Gla&s;s-windows to Shake and Rattle, as if they would have been broken to pieces, and made the Bodies of &s;ome that were Sitting, to Rock, and &s;ome that were &s;tanding, to Reel to and fro, they all wondring what was the Matter.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e Report Rendred this Accident &s;omewhat wonderful, I could not but Enter into &s;ome &s;erious Meditations about it, which in|duced Me to make an Ob&s;ervation for the time of the Event, which followeth.</P>
<P>Sagittarius [<HI>the Hou&s;e of Religious</HI> Jupiter] <HI>A&s;cends:</HI> Mars <HI>lord of the</HI> 12th. <HI>and Di&s;po&s;itor of</HI> Saturn, <HI>is in Oppo&s;ition to the A&s;cendant from</HI> Gemini [<HI>the</HI> A&s;cendant <HI>of</HI> London,] <HI>And be&s;ides the Monn is Ha&s;tening to an Oppo&s;ition of</HI> Saturn, <HI>Po&s;ited in the</HI> 12th.</P>
<P><PB N="2" REF="3">
This according to my Opinion Signifies, That &s;ome &s;ecret Mi&s;|chievous Action, (or more plainly a Plot) will too &s;oon Manife&s;t it &s;elf again&s;t &s;ome Religious Sort of Common People.&mdash;But whereas <HI>Jupiter</HI> Lord of the A&s;cendant is &s;trong, and Joyned with <HI>Venus</HI> Lady of the 10th. the evil De&s;ign will not pro&s;per, but will End to the Joy and Comfort both of King and People.</P>
<LG>
<L>Saturn's <HI>a Plotter,</HI> Mars <HI>doth Him di&s;po&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Threatning th' A&s;cendant with great ireful Woes:</HI></L>
<L>London, <HI>beware of Plots and Mi&s;chiefs now;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t &s;udden Sorrows come thou Knows&s;t not how;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Watch wary, the ju&s;t time thou do&s;t not Know.</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>And be&s;ides, the Opinion of the Ancient</HI> A&s;trologers <HI>was, that all</HI> Earth|quakes <HI>denote Warres, or &s;uch kind of Troubles, to the Places chiefely where the Event Happens, &s;o that by this Rule howevtr it &s;hould Happen in</HI> England; <HI>but whether ever any &s;uch evil De&s;ign may have its Ri&s;e in the City of</HI> Bri&s;tol <HI>or not, I leave it to &s;ome Wi&s;er Head to Expound.</HI></P>
<P>Tho&s;e Glorious Cele&s;tial Bodies the Planets and Starres, that &s;o Miraculou&s;ly and Continually perform their Circular Motions, ac|cording to the unchangeable Decree and Will of the mo&s;t Wi&s;e and Omni&s;cient Creator, do &s;eem to &s;hew forth to fallen Man a certain kind of Prede&s;tination of Events in the Will of the Almighty; For the Minds of Men and People, do naturally follow their Motions, and mu|tual Concord and Di&s;cord among&s;t them&s;elves, as the Needle doth the Motion of a Load&s;tone, (though this My&s;tery be unknown to the greate&s;t part of Men) as by our daily Experiences we perceive and find, for by &s;ome A&s;pects they &s;ecretly draw the Minds of Men and People to Love and Unity; And by &s;ome A&s;pects contrariwi&s;e they &s;tir up Mens Minds to Enmity and Di&s;cord; And &s;ometimes they E|levate the Lofty Mind unto greater pride, (Men wanting the mo&s;t pure Divine Power for Pre&s;ervation,) And &s;ometimes they &s;ecretly operate and deject the Lofty Mind into a more humble &s;tate, and at &s;uch a time they often induce it to Con&s;ider, how vain all worldly pomp is by Rea&s;on of the Mortality of the Body, &s;o that at &s;ome time or times in every Mans Life, there &s;eems to drop down from Heaven a Refining Influence more then ordinarily powerful, whereby the Refining Spirit of Judgement in Man or Men is as it were A|wakened,
<PB N="3" REF="3">wakened to Reprove their Lofty Minds for their evil Deeds, &s;o that God hath not limited Him&s;elf to work only by his Spirit (within,) but doth al&s;o freely Operate by tho&s;e Heavenly Bodies (without), which being admirably Glorious, as well in times pa&s;t as in our dayes, cau&s;ed <HI>David</HI> thus to proclaim, &mdash; <HI>The Heavens declare the Glory of God, and the Firmament &s;heweth his Handy Werk</HI> P&s;al. 19. v. 1.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t Glorious Lamp of Heaven the Sun Enters into the Fir&s;t Minute of the Equinoctial Sign <HI>Aries,</HI> on <HI>March</HI> the 9th. 19 h. 32.1. P. M. At which time the 18th. Degree of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Sign <HI>[Taurus]</HI> A&s;cends, and <HI>Venus</HI> Lady of the A&s;cendant is near unto <HI>Mars,</HI> (the Di&s;po&s;itor of <HI>Jupiter</HI> in the Eleventh, yet &s;lowly &s;eparates from him, as if &s;ome Di&s;cords would yet be Continued in Councils (e&s;pecially in <HI>Ireland</HI>) about &s;ome Religious Ceremonies, which will but Vex the Commonalty, and as if there were yet a people in <HI>Ireland</HI> that are &s;omewhat for Warre, though they &s;ometimes de&s;ire Peace, being &s;ome|what loth to Fight to &s;hed Blood. <HI>Saturn</HI> lord of the 9th. 10th and 11th. Hou&s;es, in the 7th. doth not only &s;hew a &s;ecret di&s;unity of the Commonalty and Superiours, but al&s;o (being Retrograde towards the Cu&s;p of the 7th.) doth fore&s;hew &s;ome kind of &s;ecret Plottings, and Mi&s;chievous Contrivances in <HI>Ireland,</HI> tending to the di&s;comfort of that Land. But in <HI>May</HI> this pre&s;ent Year <HI>Jupiter</HI> comes into <HI>Taurus,</HI> [the A&s;cendant of <HI>Ireland</HI>] and about that time Peace will begin to mitigate the furiou&s;ne&s;s of Men; yet I fear the turbulency of <HI>Ireland</HI> will not be quite over, till about the time when <HI>Saturn</HI> leaves the Sign <HI>Scorpio,</HI> which will not be till towards the latter End of <HI>October</HI> this pre&s;ent year, and then he enters into <HI>Sagittarius</HI> [the Sign oppo&s;ite to <HI>Gemini</HI> the A&s;cendant of <HI>London</HI>] and then I fear &s;ome envious di&s;&s;a|tisfied Spirits there will begin to plot and contrive how to bring to pa&s;s &s;ome Mi&s;chievous De&s;ign to make Di&s;turbances and Alteration of Lawes or Religious Orders; And be&s;ides, the Warring Planet <HI>Mars</HI> enters into <HI>Gemini</HI> [the A&s;cendant of <HI>London</HI>] on the 5th day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and will quarter there &s;even Months; And about <HI>December</HI> he will be almo&s;t in oppo&s;ition to <HI>Saturn</HI> from <HI>Gemini</HI> and <HI>Sagittarius,</HI> that I fear, during the la&s;t four or five Months of this pre&s;ent year, there will be &s;ome great Variances and Fury, if not &s;ome Warlike Di&s;tur|bances in &s;ome great City about Religious Orders and Ceremonies; And further, tho&s;e di&s;&s;atisfied Spirits will again be quickned by the Three Oppo&s;itions of <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Jupiter</HI> in <HI>Gemini</HI> and <HI>Sagittarius,</HI> in 1692. and 1693. &mdash; Of which more hereafter.</P>
<P><PB N="4" REF="4">
Furthermore, I ob&s;erve the Moon to be Entertained by <HI>Jupiter</HI> in his Noble&s;t Sign, and &s;he is applying to his Trine in <HI>England</HI>'s A&s;cen|dant, from hence great will be the Comforts of the Communalty, to &s;ee &s;uch likelihood of the E&s;tabli&s;hment of the Religion, that <HI>England</HI> doth and hath formerly enjoyed: <HI>Jupiter</HI> will be in <HI>Aries</HI> till <HI>May,</HI> &s;o that he intends to Keep Peace and Temperance in <HI>England</HI> as much as he can, during the fir&s;t four Months of this pre&s;ent Year; But it is ob&s;ervable, that ju&s;t about the time when <HI>Jupiter</HI> leaves <HI>Aries,</HI> the quarrel&s;om Planet <HI>Mars</HI> enters therein, but indeed he &s;tays there but five or &s;ix Weeks, that he cannot do much hurt, though he may &s;tir up or create &s;ome &s;hort Variances in <HI>England</HI> (and <HI>France</HI> too) in <HI>May</HI> or <HI>June,</HI> but I Conjecture he will cau&s;e turbulent Actions in <HI>Ireland</HI> in <HI>July,</HI> when he comes to the oppo&s;ition of <HI>Saturn,</HI> although <HI>Jupiter</HI> &s;tands as it were at his Elbow to per&s;wade him to Peace.</P>
<P>Again, <HI>Venus</HI> Lady of the A&s;cendant, being near to <HI>Mars,</HI> will en|cline both Males and Females to Wantonne&s;s, but <HI>Mars</HI> being exalted above <HI>Venus</HI> will &s;omewhat quench tho&s;e carnal de&s;ires, and will al&s;o cau&s;e Women not &s;oon to conceive with Child: The A&s;cendant is a Fixed Sign, and therefore the Judgement of this Vernal Ingre&s;s may the better &s;erve for the whole Year.</P>
<P>The Po&s;ition of <HI>Mars</HI> near the 9th. Hou&s;e (in the Figure of the Summer Solar Ingre&s;s) and <HI>Saturn</HI> in the third Hou&s;e denotes to Mar|riners pretty dangerous Summer Sea-Voyages, partly by a di&s;turbed Sea, and partly through Pyrates or Sea-Fights, e&s;pecially near the <HI>Eng|li&s;h, Iri&s;h</HI> and <HI>French</HI> Shore; Merchants and Mariners greatly de&s;ire peace and freedom on the Waters.</P>
<P><HI>Leo</HI> [the A&s;cendant of <HI>Rome</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;tol</HI>] is the A&s;cendant of the Figure of the Autumnal Solar Ingre&s;s, and the po&s;ition of <HI>Mars</HI> in the 11th. in <HI>Gemini</HI> &s;eems to cau&s;e Di&s;cords in Councils, in this Autumnal Quarter, e&s;pecially in the Councils of <HI>Rome, London</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;tol.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="astrological observation">
<HEAD>Of the Three Oppo&s;itions of <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Jupiter</HI> in <HI>June</HI> and <HI>December 1692.</HI> and in <HI>April 1693.</HI></HEAD>
<P>IT hath been long Ob&s;erved, That the mo&s;t Remarkable Mutations of a King|dom or Nation, have chiefely depended on the Cunjunctions or A&s;pects of tho&s;e two Superiour Planets <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Jupiter,</HI> and by their Effects pa&s;t we
<PB N="5" REF="4">perceive that the mo&s;t Wi&s;e Creator Fir&s;t Placed them higher then all the other Planets, that they &s;hould re&s;pect, chiefely, the highe&s;t and mo&s;t durable Affairs and Concernes of Men on Earth.</P>
<P>And if one Oppo&s;ition of <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Jupiter</HI> produceth much, how then can tho&s;e three Oppo&s;itions to come, do any le&s;s then cau&s;e &s;ome Remarkable Changes and Alterations of Laws or Religious Orders in <HI>Englands</HI> Chief and mo&s;t Re|nowned City, becau&s;e <HI>Saturn</HI> then will be &s;tronger then <HI>Jupiter,</HI> who al&s;o at his &s;econd Oppo&s;ition will be near unto the Body of <HI>Mars</HI> [the Planet of Warre] and having took Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of Religious <HI>Jupiter,</HI> &s;hould contend with him (with a frowning lofty Countenance,) in <HI>Londons</HI> A&s;cendant, from whence I fear &s;ome Religious Di&s;turbances, if not &s;ome Warlike Violence by In&s;urrections, or otherwi&s;e, occa&s;ioned by &s;ome frowning di&s;&s;atisfied Minds, which will then Happen in &s;ome part of <HI>Britain,</HI> or take its Begsnning there to the Purpo&s;e in tho&s;e yeares.</P>
<P>Ah poor <HI>Jupiter</HI> in <HI>Gemmi [L &mdash; n]</HI> I fear thou wilt then be &s;o much Humbled again&s;t thy Will, that thou wilt think thou ha&s;t a &s;ufficient Occa&s;ion to bewail thy Condition; And if &s;o, God will &s;uffer this, that thou maye&s;t humbly Endeavour to for&s;ake thy accu&s;tomed Sins, and that thou maye&s;t know Pewer is not in Thee to help thy &s;elf, &mdash; But yet I think thou wilt then have no need to fear that God hath wholly for&s;aken Thee; For look but a little back unto the Yeares <HI>1682</HI> and <HI>1683.</HI> where <HI>Jupiter</HI> was three times in Conjunction with <HI>Saturn,</HI> in a Sign of his own Triplicity, and Con&s;ider, was not he then &s;tronger then <HI>Saturn,</HI> and ha&s;t not thou been Victorious ever &s;ince, throughout all tho&s;e great Changes and Alterations, and when thou ha&s;t thus Con&s;idered, per|haps thou wilt believe that that which begins well will End well, and indeed per|haps it may &s;o Happen, but be not too proud of this, a Word is enough to the Wi&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Spain</HI> is under the Sign <HI>Sagittarius</HI> (and <HI>Buda</HI> too) and I Conjecture there will great Troubles and Di&s;cords begin there, as &s;oon as the Mi&s;chievous Planet <HI>Saturn</HI> Enters into that Sign, which will be at the latter End of <HI>October</HI> this pre&s;ent Year, for then there will be &s;ecret Mi&s;chievous Plottings, by a &s;ort of People that will be di&s;&s;atisfied with the pre&s;ent Government there, and in <HI>June 1692.</HI> when <HI>Jupiter</HI> makes his fir&s;t Oppo&s;ition again&s;t <HI>Saturn,</HI> there will Ari&s;e higher Di&s;cords then before about their Religion; And a wonder it will be, if &s;ome Zealous People in <HI>Flanders,</HI> or &s;ome other place under <HI>Gemini</HI> be not then quickned and &s;tirred up to make Warres again&s;t tho&s;e di&s;&s;atisfied people in <HI>Spain;</HI> And when <HI>Mars</HI> comes to the Conjunction of <HI>Saturn</HI> in <HI>No|vember 1692.</HI> I doubt not but it will &s;hortly after cau&s;e an In&s;urrection and Warlike Tumult among&s;t the people of that Land; And in <HI>December</HI> (which is the next Month after) when <HI>Jupiter</HI> makes his &s;econd Oppo&s;ition
<PB N="6" REF="5">again&s;t <HI>Saturn;</HI> I am of Opinion, that there will then be a terrible Warre and much Blood&s;hed (or that it will &s;tir up &s;trong Re&s;olutions to effect it in a &s;hort time) becau&s;e <HI>Mars</HI> will then be &s;o near unto <HI>Saturn;</HI> And when <HI>Jupiter</HI> makes his third Oppo&s;ition again&s;t <HI>Saturn,</HI> there will &s;hortly after be Impri&s;on|ments to many, if not al&s;o Death, for as this is the la&s;t of the Oppo&s;itions, &s;o Impri&s;onments and Death are the la&s;t, or end of Warre. Let the King of <HI>Spain</HI> beware, for I doubt he will be in danger of being Sick, for tho&s;e Oppo&s;itions do u&s;ually di&s;po&s;e Kings to be Sick, and Magi&s;trates under one of the Signes of the Oppo&s;ition, and <HI>Jupiter</HI> the lord of <HI>Spain</HI> will then he very weak, I doubt not, but &s;uch will be the Effects of tho&s;e Oppo&s;itions in <HI>Spain,</HI> or in tho&s;e places chiefely under <HI>Sagittarius</HI> and <HI>Gemini,</HI> and yet may Operate in a le&s;s mea&s;ure in the places under <HI>Pi&s;ces</HI> and <HI>Virgo,</HI> but though they begin to Operate pre&s;ently, yet perhaps they may not always publickly manife&s;t their Effects ju&s;t at the very time of their Oppo&s;itions, but &s;ometimes in &s;ome Weeks or Months after; And though tho&s;e Oppo&s;itions Operate chiefely in tho&s;e places that are under <HI>Sagit|tarius</HI> and <HI>Gemini,</HI> yet they will Create great troubles in any other Nation to particular Per&s;ons that are born under either of tho&s;e Signes, or more plainly to tho&s;e who&s;e A&s;cendants are <HI>Sagittarius</HI> and <HI>Gemini.</HI></P>
<P>I could &s;ay &s;omething of <HI>Scotland</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> and I think it convenient &s;o to do becau&s;e they are Neighbouring Nations. But the Troubles which I am about to tell you of, will not Happen to tho&s;e Nations till the years <HI>1695.</HI> and <HI>1696.</HI> (yet perhaps may begin in <HI>1694.</HI> when <HI>Saturn</HI> comes into <HI>Capri|corn</HI>) and then great Troubles, and (I fear) Warres may be there expected, and in or about tho&s;e yeares the City of <HI>Oxford</HI> (I fear) will have manifold Troubles and Afflictions, e&s;pecially becau&s;e the terrible Comet in the year <HI>1680.</HI> appeared in the A&s;cendant thereof.</P>
<P>And perhaps &s;ome may expect that I &s;hould now mtntion &s;omething about <HI>Italy</HI> and <HI>Rome,</HI> but Six or Seven yeares hence will be time enough for that, when <HI>Saturn</HI> approacheth towards <HI>Aquarius,</HI> therefore let them be Contented at pre&s;ent with this &s;hort Di&s;cour&s;e of Events nearer at Hand, and with true penitent Hearts and humble Minds let them pray to the Almighty God, that he would be plea&s;ed to Pre&s;erve <HI>England</HI> from the Plague, or any other unu&s;ual Mortality, which I fear &s;ome Cities in <HI>Britain</HI> will be &s;ubject to in the years <HI>1692.</HI> or <HI>1693.</HI> for it hath been ob&s;erved that this malevolent Planet <HI>Saturn,</HI> never pa&s;&s;ed through a Sign of the Fiery Triplicity, but he afflicts &s;ome City or other with the Plague or &s;ome other dangerous Di&s;ea&s;e. Al&s;o it hath been Ob|&s;erved, that when he hath Tran&s;ited the Sign <HI>Sagittarius,</HI> there hath u&s;ually Happened &s;ome great Fire in an Eminent City; What hurt do I do, by fore|warning them to beware, the mo&s;t dangerous times being about <HI>November</HI> and <HI>December 1692.</HI> and about <HI>July 1693.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 type="prognostication of eclipses">
<PB N="7" REF="5">
<HEAD>Of the ECLIPSES of this pre&s;ent Year 1691.</HEAD>
<P>THis Year there will Happen only two Eclip&s;es of the mo&s;t Glorious Luminary of Heaven <HI>[The Sun]</HI></P>
<P>The Fir&s;t will be a great Eclip&s;e of the <HI>Sun</HI> on the <HI>18th.</HI> of <HI>February,</HI> and the middle time thereof will be at above half an Hour pa&s;t four of the Clock in the Morning, but it will be invi&s;ible to us, becau&s;e the <HI>Sun</HI> will then be <HI>&s;ub terra</HI> It Happeneth in the Sign <HI>Pi&s;ces</HI> of the Watry Triplicity, which &s;ignifies the Death of Common People, Rumours of Warres, the Overflowing of the Sea-Banks. De&s;truction to Fi&s;hes. It Happeneth in the &s;econd Hou&s;e, and therefore it fore|&s;hews many Lo&s;&s;es to Happen to Common People.</P>
<P>The Second will be al&s;o a great Eclip&s;e of the <HI>Sun</HI> on the <HI>13th.</HI> of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and the middle time thereof will be near unto Five of the Clock in the After|noon, and it will be vi&s;ible to us if the Air be clear. It Happeneth in the Fir&s;t Degree of <HI>Virgo.</HI>&mdash;It denotes Scarcity of Corn and Fruit, e&s;pecially becau&s;e it Happeneth in the Eighth Hou&s;e, for which Rea&s;on it denotes Death to Hu|mane Creatures; <HI>Mercury</HI> is lord of the <HI>Eclip&s;e</HI> and <HI>Combu&s;t,</HI> wherefore it threatens Death to Scholars, and the wi&s;er &s;ort of Men, but <HI>Mars</HI> being lord of the &s;ub&s;equent Angle fore&s;hews de&s;truction by Warres; but it will chiefely Ope|rate in the Countreys and Places under the Signes <HI>Virgo, Pi&s;ces, Gemini</HI> and <HI>Sagittarius,</HI> and according to the Rule of <HI>A&s;trology,</HI> it will not begin to O|perate very manife&s;tly till the Month of <HI>June 1692.</HI></P>
<LG>
<L>Behold now how the Glorious Wi&s;e Creator,</L>
<L>Secretly Rules the Air, Earth and Water,</L>
<L>Changing the Minds ef Creatures that have &s;en&s;e,</L>
<L>Not only by the Starry Influence,</L>
<L>But al&s;o by &s;trange Comets that Appear,</L>
<L>And by th' Eclip&s;es that are ev'ry Year.</L>
</LG>
<P><HI>So that he hath made none of all his Works in vain.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 type="prognostications">
<HEAD>Monthly Ob&s;ervations briefely Containing the mo&s;t Remarkable Events and Accidents, that are likely to Happen in every parti|cular Month this pre&s;ent Year.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>JANUARY.</HEAD>
<P>THE Beginning of this Month, or the latter End of the la&s;t Month, &s;eems to produce &s;ome kind of Di&s;cords, or Variances among&s;t
<PB N="8" REF="6">Common People; All &s;eems not to be well then at <HI>London;</HI> Some Di&s;cords, if not &s;ome other Afflictions about Religion, yet chiefely in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and in the City of <HI>Oxford, &amp;c.</HI> about the latter End of the Month; Many Affronts Happen on the Roads, e&s;pecially in <HI>Scotland, Holland</HI> and <HI>Ireland;</HI> Great Con&s;ultations in Councils about the Af|fairs of <HI>Ireland,</HI> about the latter part of the Month; Dangerous Sick|ne&s;&s;es proceeding from Choler and Melancholy, happen in the fir&s;t half of this Month; And in the latter, half the Seas are like to be very Dangerous through Pyrates, (if not al&s;o at the beginning of the next) e&s;pecially near <HI>Ireland, Lorrain,</HI> the North-part of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and great part of the Turks Dominions; <HI>Ireland</HI> and <HI>Paris</HI> &s;eem to be &s;ubject to &s;ome &s;candalous Sickne&s;s; Rain or Snow on or about the 12th. 13th. 22th 23. and 27th. days; Cloudy, if not &s;ome Thunder, on or about the 16th. or 17th. days.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>I cannot Choo&s;e but think of &s;omething pa&s;t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which lately Happen'd in</HI> November <HI>la&s;t;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For then the two Infortunes were Conjoyn'd,</HI></L>
<L><HI>As if they had more Turbulence ordeyn'd.</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>To Happen &s;hortly in</HI> Ireland, <HI>though the greate&s;t Troubles &s;eem now to be over.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>FEBRUARY.</HEAD>
<P>SUperiours &s;eem now to be Vexed with the &s;tern and frowning &s;ort of Common People, as if &s;omething lately pa&s;t were in remem|brance, which al&s;o &s;eems to &s;tick in the Stomachs of &s;uch Common People, and I think the Core of di&s;plea&s;ure Lies mo&s;t in one corner of the City of <HI>Oxford.</HI> I have al&s;o ob&s;erved <HI>Mars</HI> and <HI>Venus,</HI> how briskly they operate upon the Minds of Young Men, to make them de&s;ire the Companies of young Women more then ordinarily; Rain, Hail or Snow on or about the 7th. 9th. and 24th days, &s;omewhat windy on or about the 15th. and 24th. days,&mdash;The Sun now Eclip&s;ed, &s;ee before.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>I Wonder why Sly</HI> Saturn <HI>Entertains.</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Warring Planet to Enrage his Brains;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And wherefore doth he Slyly backward move,</HI></L>
<L><HI>As if he were with</HI> Mars <HI>his Fury drove.</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>I think &s;ure he doth &s;o for no other End, then with an intent to make more Mi&s;chiefs and Warlike Di&s;turbances by &s;ome &s;ecret Contrivances &s;hortly in &s;ome Part of</HI> Ireland, <HI>though it &s;eems now to be as it were quite over, and at an End,</HI> Cavete.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<HEAD>MARCH.</HEAD>
<P>THere &s;eems now to be a Treacherous Sort of Common People in many Nations (e&s;pecially in <HI>Barbary, &amp;c.</HI>) that are not yet tho|roughly united to their own Superiours, (as well as not to the Supe|riour or Superiours of <HI>Rome</HI>) for they &s;eem yet to remember &s;omething pa&s;t; <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> thou art now in a Glorious and Flouri&s;hing Condition, but there &s;eems to be a perplexing Enemy in thee or near thee; Many will now be &s;ubject to Griefs in their Eyes, and to Swooning Fits Many Lo&s;&s;es happen to Common People, &s;mall profit by Trading Rain on or about the 5th. 8th. 23th. and 25th. days, &s;ome probability of Thunder about the End of the Month.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Now Glorious</HI> Sol <HI>&s;hines in his Exaltation,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And</HI> Jove <HI>&s;hines with Him in our</HI> Engli&s;h <HI>Nation;</HI></L>
<L><HI>As if Religion by &s;ome high Command</HI></L>
<L><HI>Will &s;hortly be Promoted in our Land.</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>For Religious</HI> Jove [<HI>or</HI> Jupiter] <HI>is not only there Promoted under</HI> Sol, <HI>on the very la&s;t day of the Month, by being in his Triplicity in</HI> Aries, <HI>but</HI> Sol <HI>is made more Glorious al&s;o by</HI> Jupiter's <HI>Company; You may under&s;tand my meaning without an Interpreter.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>APRIL.</HEAD>
<P>IN the latter half of this Month, or fir&s;t half of the next, there are likely to be great and wi&s;e Con&s;ultations in Councils, not only in <HI>England,</HI> but al&s;o in <HI>Scotland, Holland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> about the Affaires of <HI>Ireland,</HI> they being afraid of &s;ome further Treachery there. Very good and Religious thoughts are now in the Hearts and Minds of the Po|tentates of <HI>England,</HI> though &s;omething may happen to provoke them to anger, but an undaunted Courage is in them, to Con&s;ult and Act for the good of the Communalty, who now &s;eem more willing to Furni&s;h our Superiours with Money, though they love it too well them&s;elves: <HI>Paris</HI> is undervalued, or &s;ome way vext or threatned; Rain or Hail on or about the 5th. 15th. 19th. and 26th. days; High Winds on or about the 15th. and 26th. days.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Four Planets in the Council-Hou&s;e are Walking;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And Two of them in</HI> Englands <HI>Sign are Talking</HI></L>
<L><HI>Di&s;creetly too: And Two in</HI> Irelands <HI>Station</HI></L>
<L><HI>As if they would Con&s;ult about that Nation.</HI></L>
<L><HI>As well as about the Affairs of our own Land.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<HEAD>MAY.</HEAD>
<P>IN the latter half of this Month, or former half of the next, there &s;eems to be a frowning &s;ort of Common People in <HI>England;</HI> that will be greatly troubled in Mind, and &s;tirred up to pa&s;&s;ion again&s;t &s;ome of the well-meaning Council that Contrive for the Comfort and pro&s;perity of the Nation; <HI>Bri&s;tol</HI> is now in a comfortable Condition, and delights more then ordinary in pious A&s;&s;emblies: The Common People in <HI>England</HI> and many other Countreys (at the time afore&s;aid) will be more then ordinarily inclined to Company-keeping in Ale-Hou&s;es, where they will be very apt to quarrel: Many Lo&s;&s;es happen: A Probability of Rain on or about the 1&s;t. 2d. 6th. 16th. and 17th. days; High Winds about the 1&s;t. and 6th days.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>What Lofty Strife is this in</HI> Ireland <HI>now,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Yet</HI> Saturn <HI>doth to Lofty</HI> Phoebus <HI>Bow:</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Mi&s;chief-Maker &s;eems to Hide his Face,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And both the Fortunes now Proclaim a Peace</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>In</HI> Ireland; <HI>I wi&s;h it may Continue: Religious</HI> Jupiter <HI>(I Perceive) longs to &s;ee it E&s;tabli&s;h'd there; for He Re&s;olves to &s;tay in</HI> Irelands <HI>Sign the&s;e Twelve Months yet, but you &s;hall know more by and by.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>JUNE.</HEAD>
<P>THE Hot Month is come, yet the Spirits of the Communalty &s;eem to be Cool, or to be more enclined to Peace then to Warre: <HI>Lon|don</HI> cryes out aloud for Peace as well as <HI>Ireland,</HI> e&s;pecially in the latter half of the Month; Great Tranquillity indeed &s;eems to be in <HI>Ireland,</HI> though there is yet (I fear) in &s;ome part thereof a &s;ecret Treacherous &s;pirit remaining, that lies ob&s;cure like an Innocent, yet will &s;hortly ap|pear (perhaps the next Month) Many Di&s;tempers happen among Cat|tel, e&s;pecially among&s;t &s;mall Cattel: Many Mi&s;carriages among&s;t Wo|men with Child: Rain on or about the 12th. 13th. 21th. and 25th. days: Some Probability of Thunder about the 10th. and 24th. days.</P>
<LG>
<L>Venus <HI>that on the</HI> Iri&s;h <HI>Shore Re&s;ides,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Contends with</HI> Saturn, <HI>&s;trongly Him derides.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then comes to</HI> London <HI>with a &s;miling Face</HI></L>
<L><HI>To Keep the Citizens in Love and Peace</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>A Little while; But I doubt She will not Pre&s;erve them at all from Wan|tonne&s;s, &s;he being too Wanton her &s;elf.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<PB N="11" REF="7">
<HEAD>JULY.</HEAD>
<P>THE latter Half of this Month is likely to produce many Remark|able Events: Kings and Councils appear in great Glory and Splen|dor, but the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Warres &s;eems to Leap off the Land into the Sea, that I fear there will be great danger on the Seas (e&s;pecially near <HI>Ireland</HI>) by rea&s;on of Sea-Fights and Pyrates: Many Ships, I fear, will be taken: Many Mi&s;chiefs al&s;o on the Roads, that Travellers had need to beware: The Inhabitants of <HI>Bri&s;tol</HI> now &s;eem to be famou&s;ly United in their Minds to Eminent Councils; But <HI>Paris</HI> &s;uffers by Reproaches; Some Religion is oppre&s;t, or &s;ome way &s;uffers, but I have Spyed out a Friend in a Corner; Rain on or about the 10th. and 23th. a probability of Thunder on or about the 6th. 9th. 23th. 25th. and 26th. days.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Now Valiant</HI> Mars <HI>is out of</HI> England <HI>quite,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And on the</HI> Iri&s;h <HI>Seas intends to Fight;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And in Conceit I Hear the Cannons Rore,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To Keep the Furies off the</HI> Iri&s;h <HI>Shore;</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>For indeed, I fear, there is now a Furious Enemy endeavoring to Land in</HI> Ireland, <HI>where I perceive there is yet a &s;ecret Mi&s;chievous Party remaining, but</HI> Jupiter <HI>(that Loves Peace more then Warre) being now an Inhabitant in</HI> Ireland, <HI>exhilarates the better &s;ort of Martial Spirits there, and encourageth them to &s;tand up for their Religion.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>AUGUST.</HEAD>
<P>THis &s;eems to be a Month of much Action, and it behoves me to &s;peak the Truth (as near as I can,) Wi&s;e are the Con&s;ultations that are now in Councils about Religious Orders, but I fear their Unity is not perfect, and that &s;ome of them may receive &s;ome hot and angry Contradictions from a Per&s;on more Superiour in Power: <HI>Jupiter</HI> lord of the 11th. in oppo&s;ition to the 10th. tells us the Offence given, will be about Religious Orders, and <HI>Mars</HI> in <HI>Gemini</HI> tells us, That <HI>London</HI> is one of the many places, where (I fear) tho&s;e kinds of Di&s;cords will be (as well as in the greate&s;t part of the <HI>Turks</HI> Dominions) what can I do more then to wi&s;h they could better agree, &s;ome of the Communalty &s;eem al&s;o to frown, and I doubt it is at Superiours: Great danger of many Mi&s;carriages to Women with Child; A probability of Rain about the 6th. 9th. and 25th. days; Al&s;o a probability of Thunder about the 6th. 7th. 20th. and 23th. days, pretty windy about the 7th. 9th. and 12th days: The Sun now Eclip&s;ed, &s;ee before.</P>
<LG>
<PB N="12" REF="8">
<L><HI>Wi&s;e</HI> Merc'ry <HI>that Receives the furious Starre,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Speaks Eloquence to</HI> Jove <HI>about the Warre,</HI></L>
<L><HI>As if &s;ome wi&s;e Amba&s;&s;ador was &s;ent</HI></L>
<L><HI>To let</HI> Jove <HI>know his Peaceable Intent,</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>Who is yet in</HI> Ireland, <HI>and he denotes the Per&s;ons of the be&s;t Religion, he con&s;ents to a Peace, but malicious</HI> Saturn <HI>is &s;o full of &s;ecret Contrivances that I doubt he is not yet to be tru&s;ted in</HI> Ireland; <HI>but</HI> Mars <HI>goes now out of</HI> Taurus <HI>into</HI> Gemini, <HI>and perhaps &s;ome Souldiering part will come out of</HI> Ireland <HI>to</HI> London.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>SEPTEMBER.</HEAD>
<P>I Pray be not angry, if I tell you that angry <HI>Mars</HI> is now got into the Council-Hou&s;e, as well as into <HI>Londons</HI> A&s;cendant, and he is more wi&s;e and more Noble then he u&s;eth to be, becau&s;e he is in Trine to <HI>Mer|cury,</HI> and lord of the 10th. I pray mu&s;e upon this a little, and than tell me whether the Anger that I mentioned in the la&s;t Month be quite over yet or not, for my part, I think it not quite over, nor quite &s;o bad; I have a mind to tell you of &s;omthing el&s;e too, though it be the &s;ame that I have told you of once already, &mdash; The quarrel&s;om Planet <HI>Mars</HI> entred into <HI>Gemini</HI> on the 5th. day of the la&s;t Month, and from thence he will continue there about &s;even Months, during which time I fear there will be many unu&s;ual Di&s;cords, and &s;ome &s;ecret Mi&s;chie|vous Plotting too, and I think you will be of my Opinion when you have Con&s;idered that <HI>Mars</HI> is the Di&s;po&s;itor of <HI>Saturn;</HI> But I'le tell you &s;omething more to the purpo&s;e by and by; Women with Child will be in great danger of Mi&s;carriages; A probability of Rain on or about the 3d. 15th. 17th. and 30th. days.</P>
<LG>
<L>Venus <HI>Gives</HI> Jove <HI>her Courteous Salutation,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Wi&s;hing Him Peace now in the</HI> Iri&s;h <HI>Nation;</HI></L>
<L>L&mdash;n, <HI>Oh thou art now become the place,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Where furious</HI> Mars <HI>&s;tares with his brazen Face,</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>With Mi&s;chievous</HI> Saturn <HI>in his Bo&s;om; And whereas this Autumnal In|gre&s;s happens but one day after the Preventional New Moon (their A&s;cendants al&s;o being the &s;ame) they will Operate both together the more powerfully this Month, and the beginning of the next.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>OCTOBER.</HEAD>
<P>THis &s;eems to be a Month of Remarkable Events, and it &s;eems to produce much Brawling and Strife among&s;t Common People, and a great di&s;unity between &s;ome Religious &s;ort of Commons, and Coun|cils,
<PB N="13" REF="8">for indeed &s;omething &s;eems to be there which the Commons &s;a|vour not, for <HI>Saturn</HI> is crept into the Council-Hou&s;e now, where <HI>Mars</HI> was at the la&s;t New Moon, and whereever he goes he u&s;ually makes di&s;cords; I am loth to write &s;o much about &s;uch high A&s;&s;emblies, (be|cau&s;e &s;ome may think, I mean tho&s;e in <HI>England</HI> as well as in other pla|ces, though indeed I do not gain &s;ay what they may think (for thoughts are free) but my meaning is, that tho&s;e kind of di&s;cords will happen chiefely in <HI>Spain, Hungary, Ireland, &amp;c.</HI>) but if I write not that which is &s;omething near the truth, I had better write nothing at all, for if <HI>Mars</HI> or <HI>Saturn</HI> be at any time in the Council-Hou&s;e, it is not in my power to Command them to be gone: I wi&s;h tho&s;e Branglings about Religion may at la&s;t rather End with the Tongue than with the Sword: Some likelihood of Rain or Hail on or about the 3.8.16.19. and 22. days; High winds on or about the 3.8.13.16. and 28. days.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Wi&s;e</HI> Merc'ry's <HI>in the Council-Hou&s;e, but He</HI></L>
<L><HI>With</HI> Iri&s;h Jove <HI>can by no means Agree;</HI></L>
<L><HI>With Him about Religion He contends,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And twice his furious Rayes unto Him-&s;ends.</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>For you mu&s;t under&s;tand he is the Di&s;po&s;itor of angry</HI> Mars: <HI>At the latter End of this</HI> Month <HI>the</HI> Planet Saturn <HI>enters into</HI> Sagittarius, <HI>and it is &s;aid when he goes out of one Sign into another, there doth u&s;ually happen &s;ome kind of Apparition in the Air.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>NOVEMBER.</HEAD>
<P>THere &s;eems now to be a Sly, Envious and di&s;&s;atisfied Spirit in the hearts and minds of many of the inferiour &s;ort of Common people again&s;t the Higher Powers in many places; and I am almo&s;t afraid of &s;ome great City in <HI>England,</HI> for <HI>Saturn</HI> is now got into <HI>Sagittarius,</HI> and he is under the Earth, applying to the Oppo&s;ition of the Cu&s;p of the 10th. Hou&s;e in <HI>Gemini,</HI> the A&s;cendant of a great City; Our Superiours there have now need to be very vigilant; God pre&s;erve them from dan|gers by &s;ome Mi&s;chievous Plot; My Pen may do them &s;ome good, but per; haps their own Care and Wi&s;dom may do them more good; Let the Higher Powers that are at <HI>Greece, Corinthia, Babylon</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;yria</HI> beware but enough of this becau&s;e they are Countreys far remote from us; There &s;eems indeed to be fears and troubled &s;pirits among&s;t (almo&s;t) all &s;orts of people; <HI>Bri&s;tol</HI> &s;eems to lie under &s;ome &s;candalous Reports; and as it were to be &s;ubject to &s;ome kind of Affronts by a &s;ecret Enemy; Many great Men dy: Many Sickne&s;&s;es among&s;t Common people; Rain, Hail or Snow on or about the 5.7 10.14.24. and 27. days &mdash; A very Rainy or Snowy month&mdash;High-winds about the 7 and 24. days.</P>
<LG>
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<L><HI>Wi&s;e</HI> Merc'ry's <HI>now with</HI> Mars <HI>his Fury drove,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Once more to throw his Verbal Darts at</HI> Jove;</L>
<L><HI>Soon after goes to</HI> Saturn <HI>with great Ire;</HI></L>
<L><HI>They Whi&s;per, and with Treach'rous Hearts Con&s;pire</HI></L>
</LG>
<P><HI>To do &s;ome mi&s;chief (I fear) to Superiours, I have already told you where, though I have not told you yet, that I fear that</HI> People <HI>of &s;everal de|grees will be Confederates with the Inferiour &s;ort.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="month">
<HEAD>DECEMBER.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Month, I think, begins with high windy words at <HI>London,</HI> and Controver&s;ies and publick di&s;cords &s;eem to be there this Month, I wi&s;h it may not continue till the beginning of <HI>March;</HI> but if it doth, it will then creep into a corner and &s;leep for a time, till Sly malitious <HI>Saturn</HI> hath plotted &s;ome &s;ecret Mi&s;chief there (which I think he al|ready begins to do) though I &s;carce believe it will be ripe enough till the latter End of <HI>November</HI> next, and then <HI>Mars</HI> will awake and &s;tart up in a warlike Fury to execute the &s;ecret Mi&s;chievous de&s;ign of <HI>Saturn;</HI> the Year is drawing to an end, I wi&s;h the troubles were too; Mo&s;t of the Communalty &s;eem to de&s;ire Peace, e&s;pecially about the middle of the Month, but their Minds &s;eem to be di&s;quieted about the times, and to be tumbled and to&s;s'd like a Ship upon the Rude and deep Ocean: Many Lo&s;&s;es now happen to Common people; Snow or Rain on or a|bout the 7. and 22. days, or at lea&s;t Cloudy; &s;ome Winds about the 4. and 12. days,</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Now Smiling</HI> Venus <HI>&s;ends her Greeting Rayes</HI></L>
<L><HI>To</HI> Pious Jove <HI>who yet in</HI> Ireland <HI>&s;tayes;</HI></L>
<L>Hermes <HI>beholds Him with a Courteous Face,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Great</HI> Sol <HI>&s;alutes Him with &s;weet words of</HI> Peace.</L>
</LG>
<P><HI>So that</HI> Peace <HI>&s;eems now to be better E&s;tabli&s;hed in</HI> Ireland, <HI>and the hearts and minds of many there Rejoyce.</HI></P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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