A09431:235
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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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, ⟨image 52⟩Guido, Bonetus, Hispaleusis, Firmius, Abraham, Avenezra, Trismegistus, with many other wondrous Doctors having a great deal of small learning, and being far borne as in Chaldea, Persia, Arabia, Jury.
1 A Prognostication Astrologically calculated for the pole areticke for such a cittie whose longitude and latitude is thus. 2 Quartill reuolution. 3 Rectified for the motions and ⟨image 51⟩aspectes of the meridian and eleuation. 4 Capricorne in qualitie colde and drie, melancholie, in taste bitter, nocturnall foeminine, meridionall, of the earthly trigon. 5 Mercurialistes, Iouialistes, Martialistes. Hiemal Solstice Aestiual, Verual, Autumual. 6 Pars torturae coupled with the Dragons tayle. 7 Taurus a signe of the earthy trigonisme naturallie, colde in the signe horoscop: and virgo of the same stamp the signe of the preuention praeceeding. 8 A signe of the same triangularity Iupiter Lorde of this reuolution resident with Venus in domicilio deorsum ab Angulo cadente. 9 Planets retrograde. 10 Cardinal or a succedent position. 11 Lunarie defect. In his dodecatimorian. 12 Names of straunge authors. Proclus, Alchindus, Messahala, Zael, Albohazen Haly, Albumacer, Albubater, ⟨image 52⟩