A09431:185
Four great liars, striving who shall win the silver whetstone Also, a resolution to…Foure great lyers, striuing who shall win the siluer whetstone Also, a resolution to…
Four great liars, striving who shall win the silver whetstone Also, a resolution to the country-man, proving is utterly unlawful to buy or use our yearly prognostications. Written by W.P.Foure great lyers, striuing who shall win the siluer whetstone Also, a resolution to the countri-man, prouing is vtterly vnlawfull to buye or vse our yeerly prognostications. Written by W.P.
London: printed by Robert Walde-grave, 1585London: printed by Robert Walde-graue, 1585
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To show more briefly & plainly of their unabilitie in Prognosticating, although I grant the stars have great force,1 yet I say they cannot judge of things to come. And there be 6. impediments. The first impediment is imbecility of wit, for as mans eye from the earth beholding the heavens & the stars perceiveth them not in their just quantity, but as very small lights: for in deed the Sun is an hundred & threescore & six times bigger than the earth, Saturn 90. times, Jupiter 95. Mars one and an half the Moon is the 39. part of the earth: the biggest sixed stars contain the earth 107. times, the stars of the second magnitude 90, the third 70. times, the fourth magnitude 54. times, the fifth magnitude 35. times, the sixth magnitude 18. times. So the weakness of mans understanding is not able to conceive and learn the things which the heavens do bring to pass on earth.
To shew more briefly & plainly of their vnabilitie in Prognosticating, although I graūt the stars haue great force,1 yet I say they cannot iudge of thinges to come. And there be 6. impedimentes. The first impedimēt is imbecillicie of wit, for as mans eye from the earth beholding the heauens & the starres perceiueth them not in their iust quātitie, but as very small lightes: for in deede the Sunne is an hundred & threescore & sixe times bigger thē the earth, Saturne 90. times, Iupiter 95. Mars one and an halfe the Moone is the 39. part of the earth: the biggest sixed stars containe ye earth 107. times, the stars of the secōd magnitude 90, the third 70. times, the fourth magnitude 54. times, ye fift magnitude 35. times, the sixt magnitude 18. times. So the weaknes of mans vnderstanding is not able to conceiue and learne the thinges whiche the heauens do bring to passe on earth.
- 1Hos. 2.
The 2. impediment, the infinite number of stars which no doubt all have great power, although we do not find it. For