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The Stars have indeed a great force, but such as doth manifest it self only in the operation, which it hath in the four principal qualities of natural things, as in heat, cold, moisture, dryness.

The Stars have indeed a great force, but such as doth manifest it self onely in the operation, which it hath in the four principal qualities of natural things, as in heat, cold, moisture, driness.

The Stars can not at all force the will, or give the least inclination to it. It is beyond the reach of man to define how great the force of the Stars is.

The effects of the Sun and of the Moon,¹ are apparent in the constitution of the four parts of the year. But the effects of the Planets and of the sixth Stars, though they be of great force, and innumerable, are not so manifest unto us. And now, because a man can know but some Stars only, and their operations, and not all the Stars, and all their operations and forces, he can not certainly foretell future things, or things to come; yea, though they did depend on the Stars. For though the position of certain Stars do demonstrate such an effect to ⟨p. 73⟩ensue, yet the Aspects of such Stars as we know not may hinder those effects, and produce the contrary for ought we know.

The effects of the Sun and of the Moon,¹ are apparent in the constitution of the four parts of the year. But the effects of the Planets and of the fixt Stars, though they be of great force, and innumerable, are not so manifest unto us. And now, because a man can know but some Stars onely, and their operations, and not all the Stars, and all their operations and forces, he can not certainly foretell future things, or things to come; yea, though they did depend on the Stars. For though the position of certain Stars do demonstrate such an effect to