A09431:233
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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The fourth reason tricks of deceit.
The fourth reason tricks of deceite.
A Juggler which taketh upon him to do strange things must use many sleights, least if the stander by shall see his tricks of legerdemain he be descried, and all his former cunning turn to his shame. Our Prognosticators understanding this, have thought it convenient to use in their kind some tricks of deceiving Jugglers, I can call them by no better name, for so they are in deed. First publishing their predictions in thy behalf, they use such absurd, unknown, and insolent words, as (I think) never the like were red or hard amongest us in England. As are these which follow.
A Iugler which taketh vpon hym to doe straunge things must vse manie sleightes, least if the stander by shall see his trickes of ligierdemayne he be descried, and all his former cunning turne to his shame. Our Prognosticatours vnderstanding this, haue thought it conuenient to vse in their kind some trickes of deceiuing Iuglers, I can cal them by no better name, for so they are in deede. First publishing their predictions in thy behalfe, they vse such absurde, vnknowne, and insolent wordes, as (I thinke) neuer the lyke were red or hard amongest vs in England. As are these which follow.
1 A Prognostication Astrologically calculated for the pole arctic for such a city whose longitude and latitude is thus. 2 Quartile revolution. 3 Rectified for the motions and ⟨image 51⟩aspects of the meridian and elevation. 4 Capricorn in quality cold and dry, melancholy, in taste bitter, nocturnal feminine, meridional, of the earthly trigon. 5 Mercurialists, Jovialistes, Martialists. Hiemal Solstice Aestival, Verual, Autumual. 6 Pars torturae coupled with the Dragons tail. 7 Taurus a sign of the earthy trigonisme naturally, cold in the sign horoscope: and virgo of the same stamp the sign of the prevention preceding. 8 A sign of the same triangularity Jupiter Lord of this revolution resident with Venus in domicilio deorsum ab Angulo cadente. 9 Planets retrograde. 10 Cardinal or a succedent position. 11 Lunary defect. In his dodecatimorian. 12 Names of strange authors. Proclus, Alchindus, Messahala, Zael, Albohazen Haly, Albumacer, Albubater,