Chapter 18

V. C. B. I. anri thefe in ail are thirty iix,

✦

that bear witnefs of Chrift.

And Fra.N chefe C.B. forhiscuc-
ceflbr, faying, I have long expetted your
coming 5 in this place you ftiall live, and
we will teach you all thing?,and you (hall
learn our Axkmata.

Firft,you mu r, as we do, profefs Medi-
cine, and cure the iick5 and that gratis,

2. You (hall not be conftrained to wear
one certain kind of Habit,but may there-
in follow the cuftome of the Countrey.

3. Every year upon the day C. you
ftiall meet us in thisHoufe, S. Spiritus, or
write the caufe of your abfencejand when
1 am dead lay me in a glafle, and renew
me according to Nature to live again3 as
ycu are taught by us,

4. And

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4. And you mull look about for a wor-
thy perfon, who after your dcceafe muft
fuceeed you.

5. The word K.C. muft be your Mark,
Seal, and Ghara&er.

6. Our Fraternity (hall be concealed
feven years, and no more. And thirty of
the Brethren departeds only four and the
Brethren T. W. and N. W* remained with
the Father Fra. K. C. I. A. and their fer-
vauts a whole year, and T. W^ died, and
Father I. A. put him in a glafs, and bu-
ried him for renewing his life.

After few years there will be a general
Reformatioaboth of Divine and Humane
thing?, according to our deiire, and the
expe&ation of others : For its fitting,
that before the Hiring of the Sun, there
fhould appear and break forth Aurora^ or
Divine Light in the sky, and fo in the
mean time fome few , which fliall give
their names, may joyn together, there-
by to encreafe the number and refpc&of
our Fraternity, and /make a happy and
wifhed for beginning of our Philosophical
Canons prefcribed to us by our brother
R. C. and be partakers with us of our
treafures, ( which never can fail or be
wafted ) in all humility and love to be
eafed of this worlds labour, and not walk
fo blindly in the knowledge of the won-
derful works of God, But

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iJut that aifo every Christian may
know of what Religion and belief we are,
We confefs to have the knowledg of Jefus
Chrijl, among his Difciples, and he is the
SonofGod0 and wascruciiaed for Mankind
at Jerusalem -hint did our eyes fee and vvor-
fhip, being guided by a Star. And Epif-
copjey is the belt form of Church Govern-
ment, being moft clear and purely pro-
felTed, and cleanfed from f aft ions Vresby-
terians0 fromwellian Anabapti\h> Jefuitical
Quaker S} andfalfe prophets.

Alfowe ufe two Sacraments as they
are initituted with all Forms and Ceremonies
of the firft renewed Church in England,
we acknowledge Carolus Magnus Secundum
for our Chrifiian Head : and in Po!itiay we
acknowledge the Proteftant Empire and
g)uartam Monarchiam for our Government ;
albeit we know what Alterations be at
hand, 1663, 1664. 1665. 1666. 1667.
1668.16693 and would fain impart the
fame with all our hearts to other Godly
Learned men.

Notwithstanding our writings which is
in our hands no man (except God alone)
can make it Common, nor any unwor-
thy Perfon is able to bereave us of it ; but
we (hall help withfecret aid, this fogood
a caufe, as God (hall permit, or hinder
us : for our God is not blinde as the Hea-
thens

26 The Rofie Crofs. LlB-6.

thens Fortune but is the Churches Or-
mmenc , and the honour of the Tern*
pie : Our Pbil.fopbj of numbers alfo is noc
a New invention, but as Adam after his
Fall hath received it, and as Mofes and
Solomm onr Men ufed it ; alfo ftie ought
not much to be doubted of, or con-
tradicted by other opinions, or meanings;
but feeing the Truth is peaceable, brief
and always like herfelfin all things, and
cfpecially accordingly with Jefus in omni
farte and all members : And as he is the
Image of the Father, fo is (he his Image ;
It (hall not befaid this is true according
to Philofophy , but true according to
Theologies and wherein Plato 5 Arijlotle ,
Pythagoras, and others did hit the mark,
and wherein Enoch, Abraham, Mofes, our
Men, and SofamondidexccU ; but efpeci-
ally wherewith that wonderful Booli the
Bible agreeth, all that fame concurreth
together, and maketh a Sphere or Globe,
whofe total parts are equidiftant from the
Center, as hereof more at large,and more
jplain (hall be fpoken in Chriftianly Con-
ference.

But now concerning ( and chiefly in
this our Age) the ungodly, and accurfed
Gold making, which hath gotten fo much
the upper hand, whereby under colour of
it 9 many Runnagates and Roguifh

people

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People do ufe great Villanies, and cozen,
andabufethe credic which is given them,
yea now adaies men of diferetion do hold
the tranfmutation of Petals to be the
higheft Point and Faftigium in Fbilofopbie^
this is all their intent and dehre.j and
that God would be molt efteemed by
them, and honoured,which could make
great ftore of Gold, and in abundance,
the which with unpremeditated Prayers,
they hope to obtain of the Alknowing
God, and fearcher of ail hearts } we there-
fore do by thefe prefents publikely teftifie,
That the true fh'ilofofbers are far of ano-
ther mind, efteeming little the making
ofGold, which is but a Parergon, for be-
sides that they have a thouland better
things. And we fay with our loving
Forefathers , Fby. Awum^ Nifi quantum
aurum \ for unto them the whole Nature
is detected ; he doth not rejoyce, that he
can make gold, and that as faith Chrift,
the Angels and Devils are obedient unto
him,biu is glad that he feeth the Heavens
open, and the Angels of God afcending
and defcending, and his name written in
the Book of Life.

Alfo we do teftifie thatunder the name
of Chjtnin many Eooksand Pictures are fet
forth uxContumeliamgloritVei, as we will
name in their due feafon, and will give to

thtf

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thePureheartcdaGatologue or Regifter
of them ; and we pray all learned men to
take heed o£Tbe nurum Chymicum Eritanl
cy», publifhed by Elias Afimole Efquire,.
andfuchkindof Books as thefe '■> for the
Enemy never reitcth,but foweth his weeds
till a itronger one doth root it out.

To conclude, the Rofie Crucians fay,
Tear! helpeth fwounding«,and withitands
the Plague of Poyfons, and that Smarage
and Jacinth helps the Plague, and heales
the wounds of venemous ftirtgs,

The water of Nile makes the women of
Jigyft quick of conceite and fruitful, and
fometimes they bear £even children at a
Birth, and this is Salt-peter- water : There
is a wonderful vertue in the Oyl of To-
bacco : in the tintture of Saffron, in th<
flower of Brimfton, in Quickfilver , in
Common Salt, and Copprefs, molten and jj
made a water, kills the poyfon of the
Toad-flooh and juyce of Poppey, Amber $
which is no ftone, but a hard clammy
Juyce, called Bitumen, eafeth the Labour
of women , and the falling ficknefs in
children.

Now for Metals, Ifitbetrue, which all
man grant, that precious frones in that
hard and ungentle fafhion, (hew fuch ver-
tue and power of Healing, what mail the
mixtures of all thefe Mcttals under a for-
tunate

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tunate Conftellation made in the Con-
verfion of their own planets do,which they
call JL/earum, Sigil0 or Telefme, faying, ic
will cure the Cramp, Benumming Paliie,
Falling- ficknefs, Gout, Leproiie, Drop-
fie5 if it be worn on the heart-finger *, o-
thers they make to caufe beauty in La-
die?, &:c.

The third perfume of R. C. is Com-
pounded of the Saphirkk earth, and the
JEther, if it be brought to its full exalta-
tion, it will mine like the Day-ftar in her
frefh Eaftern glories*, it hath a fafcinating
attractive faculty 3 for if you expofe it to
the open Air, it will draw to it Birds and
Beafb9 and drive away evil Spirits, yf/mr/tt
Sohsy or the R. C. Mineral Sun is com-
pounded of the JEther , and a bloody,
fiery-fpirited earth ; it appears in a Gum-
my Coniiilency, but with a fiery, hot,
glowing Complexion, It is fubftantially
a certain purple, animated, Divine Salt,
and cureth all manner of Venereal di-
ftempers, Conlumptions, anddifeafes of
the Mind.

We give another Medicine, which is an
Azure , or Skiecoloured water , the
Tinfture of it is light and bright, it re-
flects a moft beautiful Rainbow *, and
two drops of this water keeps a man heal-
thys in this water lies a blood red en th
of gizzx. venue. The

5 o "i he Rofie Crofs . L * b. 6.

The other Medicine is the Heavenly,
Luna and Moon of the Mine, a very ftrangl
ftiipifyinijfubfVartctf: ic isnotiimple but
mixt : The JEtber9 and a fubtie whirl
Earth are us Components : and this
makes.it groiTer, then the Mtfar it felfl
it appears in the form of an exceeding,
white oil, but in say truth a certain* ve-
getans Bowing, finootH, fofc fair, and
this rcneweth youth, and caufeth wiO-
dom and vertue.

Thepantarva of Re fie Crucians is a wa*
ter, and no (tone; itafcemight difcovers
a hre as bright as da) 5 and if you look ori
ic in the day time , it dazles the eye with
certain gleames or Corrufcationsj for in
it is a Spirit of admirable power to lond
J/iTe, Wifdom, and Vertue : Now 1 will
iliew who taught thefe Secrets, and (hewed j
me thefe things.

Walking upon the plain ofBulverton H/fl
to ftudy Numbers and the nature of
things, one evening, I could fee between,
me and the light, a molt exquifite Divine!
beauty; her frame neither long nor fhort^
but a man decent ftature^attir'd (he was iiu
thin loofe Silks, but fogreenthat ! never*
few the like,for the color was notearthlyJ
in fome places it was fancied,with gold $c
filler Ribbands, which lookd like the
Sun and Lyllies in the field ofgrafs; her,

head

kfa
nc

ehii
iidi
h
m
idl
irfcri

ton
n

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head w«t overeat with a thin floating
Tiffany ; which (he htld up* with one of
icr hands, and looked as it were from un-
der it; her eyes were quick, frtfh, *nd O-
eftfal, bu; had fomcthmgof a Start, as if
he had been puzzled with a fuddain occur-
ence

From her vaile did her Joiks bre*k our,
ika Sun beams from a Mift, truy ran difhe-
■eld to her B eft, and then recurred to her
treks in curies and riags of go'd; her hair
ehind her was rowled to a curiousGlobe,
jith a (mall more fpirc flowered w ih pur-
le and ikie colour knots \ her Rings were
art intirtEmcradIs,for fhe valued noM< tal,
nd her pendants of burning Carbuncles.
1 brief her whole habit was youthful and
owery, it fmelt like the Eaft and was
roughly ayrd with rich Arabi&nDiafafmsi
\\% and no other was her appearance at
at time.

But wbtlft I admired her perfections ,
id prepared to make my addreiTes, fhe
events me with a voluntary approach;
re indeed I expected fomc difcourfe from
r, but (he looking very ferioufly and fl-
uty in my face, takes me by the hand and
ftly whifpers, My love 1 frctly give you,
d with it thefe tokens, my Key and Sig-
t, the one o pens, the other muts,bc fare
u(e both with difcretion 5 as lor the
Ccc royfttrie

5 2 ihc Rofie Crofs. LlB.6

myit#rie* of the Kojie Crofs, you have my
Library to pcrufe them all ; there it not an)
thing here, but I will gladly reveal it t(*
you, I will teach you the vcrtue of Numl
bers of Names, of Aogels and Genii of men t
1 hive one prcceps to commend to you i
and this it is, you rauftbt fiicnt $ you fhaj [c
noc in your writings exceed my allowance ^
remember that 1 am your love, a.^d youu
will noc mak« me a Proftiiute. Bat be jL
cau'e 1 wifh you frrviccable to thofe of you L
own difpofuion, I here give y6u an Em
blematical Type of mySan&uary,i>?3. Th
sixiomata of the K. C. The frcrcts of Num
b-rs, with a full priviledge to publifh il
Thiaisal', and now I am going to the in
vifihle Region, amongft the^therial God
defies let not that Proverb take place wit
yoUjOut of fight^out of mind;remcmber m
and be bappy.

Now I asked her if ftie would favour m
with her name; to this fhe rcplycd ver
familiarly,as if (hehad known me long be
fore, My dear friend H. I have man
Name*, but my beft beloved is Euterp?,

Obferve io your R. C. Axiomata that th
Genuine tim* of impg|fion of Character
N4mes, Angels, Numoers, and Genii 0 J
men, is, when the principles arc Sperm ad
and Callalo; but being once coagulated tc
aperfeftbody; the tiraeofffcllification i

paft

rai
nil

fit
r,

B. 6. The Rojie Crofs. 33

>aft. Now the R. C. in old time ufed
[range Afirological Lamps, Images,Ring«,
nd Plates, with the numbers and names
ngraven, which at certain hours would
roduce incredible extraordinary cffe&s.
"he common Aftrologer he takes a piece of
fetalis, another whining Affociate he helps
im with a Chryftal Stone, and thefe they
gure with ridiculous Chara&ciS, and then
xpofcthem to the Planet?, not in an At*
mufty but as they Dream tiny know not
>hat, when this is done, all is to no pur.
ofcrbut though they faile in their practice,
et they believe they under ftand the
xiomata of Numbers well enough. Now
|°Jiy bt loved J. H. that you may know
' hat to do, I will teach you by Example*
^ ake a ripe grain of Corn thatishard and
'ye, cxpofcit to the Sun beams in a glafs
rany other veflcll, and it will be a dry
am forever; but if you do bury it in the
'Jinn, that the Nitrous Saltimmoyfturc of
!e Element may diffoFvc it, then the Sun
ill work upon it, and make it fpring
idfprout to a new body; it is juft thus
ith the Common Aftrologcr i he expo-
th to the PJancts'a perfeft Compared
)dy, and by this meanes thinks to per-
rme the Rcfte Crucian Gdma^a^ and mar-
thc Infcriour and Sup.riour worlds.
■ It mu ft be a body reduced into S^rmey
Ccc a ttuc

54 TheRofieCrofs. Lib. 6,

that the HeavenlyFemininc moifture,whicri
receives and retains the Imprefs of the A
ftrall Agent, maybe at liberty, and immej
diatly cxpofed to the Mafculine fire of Nrj
rure. This is the ground of the Beril ; bui
you muft remember, that nothing can bj
ftellified without the joynt Magnetifm ci
th ee Heavens ; what they are you know all
ready. When (he had thus faid.fhe tookoul
of her bofora two miraculous Medalls wiilf
Numbers and Names on them, they waf
not Mettaine,but fnch as I had never feci!
neither did I conceive there was in Naturf
(uch pure aud glorious fubftances ; In my
judgement, they were two Magical Telefax
butfheca&d them Saphiricks of the Su|
and Moon. Thefc miracles Euterpe com.
mended to my perufai, and fiopt in a mnljif
Ceremony ; for I was to be left alone ; fli ' ;
lookt upon me in filcnt fmilcs, mixt wit'
a pretty kind of fadnefs, for we were ur.i ,,
willing to part; blither hour of Tranfla, -[
tion was co re, and taking as I though;!1
ourlaft leave, (he pad before my eyes intj
the JEther of Nature; excufing her felf a Jfl
bing flecpy, otberwife fhe had expounds y
th m toa:e ; I lockt, admired , and wea f
pied my felf in that Contempt ior ; ihei ';
complexion was fo heavenly, their conti.
nuance fo myfterous, 1 did rtot wdl knoifl"1
what to make of thnti , I turn'd afide t

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cc> if flic was fUll a flfcp j but (he was gone-,
fnd this did not a little trouble me. I ex-
[>c&ed her return, till the day was quire
pent, but (he did not appear : at laft, fix-
tig my ryes on that place, where (he forr.e-
imesrtftcd, I discovered certaii pieces of
rold, full of Numbers and Names, which
he hid left behindc her, and hard by a
>apcr folded like a Letter. Thefe I took
ip, and now the night approaching, the
veiling Star tinn'd in the Weft -, when tak-
ng my laftfurvtyof her flowry pillow I
parted from it in thefe verfes.

>retty Green Ban\furewel, & mayfi thou wear
lun-beams, and Rofe, and Lillies all the year ;
Isefleft on thee, but needed not to (bed
ler Gold, 'twas pay enough to be her bed:
Thy Flowers are Favourites; for this lov'd dcy
hey were my Rivals, and with her didplay\
'hey found their heaven at band} and in ber eyes
Enjoy' d a Copy of their abfent s\ies*
Their weaker paint did with true Glories Trade,
And mingled with her cheeks, one Vofie made \
And did not her f oft skin confine their Pride,
And with a screen of Silkjber flowers divide ;
they had fucked life from theme ^ andfr™ her

beat
Borrowed afoul to makp them f elves compleat.

0 happy Pillow ! though thou art laid even
With duhi [he made thee up almofl a heaven ',

G c c 3 Her

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Her breath rairid Spice*, and each Amber King
Of her bright lockf, flntfd Bracelets ore thy

Spring-,
'that Earths not poor, didfuch a 7rea[ure hold%
JBnt thrice inrich'd mh Amber^Spice and Gold,

Thusmuchat this time, and no more
am I allowed by my Miftrifs Euterpe to pub
lifh : B? therefore, gentle Reader admo-
nifbed that with me you do earncftly pray
to God , that it pleafe him to open the
hearts and earcs of all ill-hearin2 people,
and to grant unto them his bltfling, thai
thty may be able to know him in his Om
nipotency, with admiring eontemphtiori
of Nature, tohishononr and Praife, and
to the Love0 Help, Comfort and ftrcngth
cuing of our neighbours-, and to the rtfto- a
ringofalhhc difeafed, by the Medicinc»(
above taught. '

I had given you a more large account (fflf
the Myfterhsof Naturc;and the Kofie Crejd
but whiUft 1 fluc?yed Medicines to cureoJL'
thcrs, my deare Sifter Am*. Heydon dyv'djj}a
and I never heard fhc was fkkf for fhc waij-
ico miles from roec ) which puts an end! t
to my wrrtings,and thus I take my leave of ^
the worldjl (hall write no more, youknowj p.
my Books by Name, and this 1 write (that Ji
none may abufe me ) by printing books in 1
my Name, as Cole does Cufyepers. But return
to my fir ft happy Solitudes.,
FINIS.

The Rofie Crucian Prayer
to God.

Jefm Mihi Omnia*
A,

H Thou everywhere
and good of AW^what*
foever I do^ remember^
1 befeech 1 heef that I
am but Duft, but as a Vapour
fprung from Earth , which even
thy fwallefk Breath can fcatter ;
Thou haft given me a Soul, and
JLaws to govern it ; let that Eter*
nal Rule, which thou didfi firjl
ppointto fway Man, order me*,
make me careful to point at thy
|Gk>ry //; all my wayes\ and where
I cannot rightly know Thee., that
not only my tinderjlanding , but
Ccc 4. my

8 The Rofie Crucians Prayer,

my ignorance may honour thee^
'Thou art All that can be perfeSl;
Thy Revelation bath made p;e
happy j be not angry , 0 Divine
Qnefi God the mofl high Creator^ I
if it plea fe theey fuffei'thefe re-
vealed Secrets^ Thy Gifts alone^
notfiirmypraife^bntto thy Glory ,
to manifeji themselves. I befeech
thee moji gracious Gocl^ they' may hn
not fall into the hands of ignorant\h
envious perfons, that clond thejetm
truths to thy dif grace, faying, themh
are not lawful to be publifh'd, be-\ft
canfe what God reveals ^ is to be f
kept fecret. Bat Rofie Crucian u
Phil'fophers lay up this Secret in • it
to the bofome of God , which I .
have pre fumed to manifeji clearly \t
and plainly . / befeech the Trinity, a
it may be printed as I have writ* \{

ten j

The Rofie Grucians Prayer. 39

ten it, that the ^truth may no more
be darkened with ambiguous Ian-
guage. Good Godybefides thee no-
thing is. Oh ftream thy Self into
my Sonl , and flow it with thy
Grace, thy Illumination, and thy
Revelation. Ma\e me to depend on
Thee : Ihon delightejl that Man
jhould aeconntThee as his King,
and not hide what Honey of
Knowledge be hath revealed. I
caft my felf as an honotirer of
thee at thy feet .0 ejlablijh my con-
fidence in Thee , for thou art the
fountain of all bounty , and can ft
not but be merciful, nor canft thou
deceive the humbled Soul that
trujisThee: Andbecaufel cannot
be defended by thee , unlefs I live
after thy Laws, keep mey Omy
^cmls Sovereign, in the obedience

40 The Rofie Crucians Prayer,

of thy Will , and that I wound not
my Confcience with vice^ and hi-
ding thy Gifts and Graces be~
flowed upon me ; for this I know
will dejiroy me within , and mahg
thy Illuminating Spirit leave me :
I am afraid I have already infi-
nitely fwzrved from the Revela-
tions of that Divine Guide^ which
thou haft commanded to direSl m:
to the Truth ; and for this lama
fadProJirate and Penitent at the
foot of thy Throne \ I appeal only
to the abundance of thy Remiffions*
0 my God? my God, I know it is a
myfierie beyond the vaji Souls apm
prehenfwn , and therefore deep ei
nough for Man to reft in fajety in.
0 thou Being of all Beings, caufe
me to worh^ my felf to thee , and
into the rweiving armes of thy

paternal

The Rofie Crucians Prayer. 4*

paternal Mercies thro*to my felf.
for outward things Ithankjbte,
and fuch as I have I give unto ci-
thers , in the name of the Trinity
freely and faithfully , without hi-*
dwg any thing of what was re.
wealed to me i and experienced to
he no Diabolical Delufun or
Dream, but the AdjeQamenta of
thy richer Graces % the Mines and
deprivation a*e both in thy hands.
In what th on baft given me I am
content. Good God ray thy felf
into my Soul^give me but a heart to
fleafe thee, I beg no more then thou
haft given ? and that to continue
me,uncontemnedly and unpittiedljf
hone ft. Save me from the Devil,
Lufts, and Men, and fat thofe
fond dotages of Mortality, which
would weigh down my Soul to

Low*

^2 The Rofie Crucians Prayer.

Low&efs and Debanchmentj let it
be my glory (planting my felf in
a Noble height above them ) to
contemn them, lake me from my
felfcand fill me but with thee.Sum
up thy blejpngs in thofe tw&y that
I may be rightly good and wife *
And thefe for thy eternal Trnths
faks grant and ma\e grateful.

finis.

Advertifement

THOMAS STREET.

I Perceive ( by the fag end of your
Afironomia Carolina in Englilh, for you
underftand no Latine) that you have
a mind to be taken for an incomparable
Artift in the Mathematicks,and fo you ap-
plaud your felf in an Ephemeris Geocen-
tricaland Helioccntrical, faying, The likf
is not hitherto performed, &c. and therefore
have a defire we fhould hear you ; truth is,
it is fcarce worth the while either for you
or us,yet wc could be contentedjfor once,
to hear you fif we thought you would
fay any thing worth hearing J but to
make a conftant practice of it3or to enter-
tain you as one of our Schollers5I have no
mindat all,becaufe l fear you are too old
to learn 5 though you have not fo much
wit, and more need 3 then thofe that be
younger y and yet will think much to be

whipc

4+ __^

whipt when you do commit thefe Faults I
find inyourv£xercife,:>i£.alI falfe.

Again 1 homos , why do you praife fo
much your felf > and difparage all other
Mronomers,Aftromancers,PhilcfopherSj
and Geomancers in the world > tell me in
good earned ( for I cannot think you fo
iimple as you would feem to be ) whether
you do indeed believe (though you
thought to fet a good face upon it , and
talk big ) that all you have faid is worth
a ftraw,eitherasto the defending of your
Reputation, or the impairing of ours. >

But Gentlemen , behold in an Epiftle
Dedicatory to one of his Books he cries
Hrfi/,and then Hofanna to Cromwell, kifling
and embracing the enemies of the King 5
and now he flatters the King in afcurvy
flat Epiftle to his Book, which is all falfe,
both Tables and Observations, add I
prove them fo as followeth : Obferve
Readers (for I fubmit to the learned
judgement of Dr. John WaMU ) Tho. Street
hath lately publifhed fome Attronornical
Tables, entituled ( the better to get cre-
dit to his work ) Ajironomla Carolina : and
pretends therein to be more exa& then
any other Altrouomical Authors extant ;
we (hall make a brief enquiry into the
truth of his Tables , by comparing them
with fome of the moft eminent Observa-
tions,

tions , by which Aftronomy ought to be
( and is by 'other Aftronomers ) correct-
ed j and afterwards examine how true
Mr. Street himfelf is to his own Tables,
by comparing them with fome of the Ob-
fervations himfelf hath pretended to
frame his Tables by.

Se&* i . Mr. Streets Tables com-
pared with Obfervations made bjtbc
Learned Mr. Edward Wright at
London^/ the Suns place at Noon.

ByObfervationOtf. 2. 1595,
O in£* 180 26' 22".

An.M.T

1581

oaob.

An.Mre
0* i*Y
Pras. Eq.

6. 14. 8. 15.
11.29.25.33.
8. 29.4. 18.
1.58.16.

14.36.22.
21.0 9
27,32*28.

0,27.20.0,
11.52.
36.

0.27.32.82,

Loc.folisj6. 18.32.37.
Differs from Obfervation od 6' 15".
viz. above 2h and \ in time.

By Obfervation M/zrd> it.

0 in y od 57' 48".

^97

27.20.O.
12.48,

i^Bi 16. 14.8. .15.

\6 (11.29.54.25

Martii. ji. 28.9. 4.

11. f 10 50.30

An. M T. 8. 23.2. 14.50727.32.5
0 *} ^T)ii.3. 18.33J
Prascef.Eq )o. 27.32.56./

Loc. &oiii.;o- o. 51. 29JYod5if29 j
Differs from Obfervation 6' 1 9".
viz. above 2h and' in time.

By Obfervation Novemb. 18. 1595.

O in t 6° 2 30".

1581.
14.

Novemb.

6. 14. 8. 15.
(11:29.25.33.

• 29.37.32-
17.44.28.

o. 27.20. o,
11.52.

40,

An. M. T.

0 *i * V
Prsecef Eq

o. 55. 48.
8. 17. 2.

27. 32.32.

o. 27.32.32-

1 5; 0'j 4

Loc. Sohs. |8# 5. 49. 34
Differs from Obfervation 12' 56"."
viz. above 5h in time.

47 **

By ObferVation Septemb, 22,
Q in g 90 3' 26"-

1597

1581.

16.

Septemb.

22.

6. 14. 5. 15
11:29.54.25.

7. 29,30.12.
21.41. o.

27.20. o,

12.48.

An. M. T-

0 *i* Y
PrascefEq

3. 5. 13. 52. jo. 27.32.48.
5. n. 35.12* J

O. 27 32,4-S.l

Loc. Solis. 16, 9. 8. o.l- 90 £/. o"
differs frcmObfervation 4' 34".
viz. near 2h in time.

When Mr. Street comes to view thefe his
Iftrange Deviations from Agronomical
Irruth , he will perhaps for refuge fly to a
(difcourfe of Parallaxes , or Equations *
which if hedo3let him remember that by
his own Tables the greateft Equation is
Diit 9' 55" in time.*, which in thefe Ex-
amples cannot be brought in to fervc
lim ; but if they could*3 I would fain
mow what that can ftead him , when in
notion I prove him guilty of ncer as ma-

(~ ly minutes error, and in one Example
)' more. And all Aftronomers know that
■ he minutes of time and motion are of a
D d d far

4_8

far different tendency ancl fignifi cation
Then if Mr. Street (hall think to find San
ftuary in Parallaxes,he will be moll mon
ftrouily miftaken j for by his own Con
ceiTion(in page 12. of his Bookjthe j;rea
teft Parallax of the Sun is but i^';an»
is" is but the fourth part of a minute
and how the fourth part of a Minute cai
falve the error of many minutes , viz
4/ o' ori^' 1 confcfsmy felf purely ig
norant 5 perhapsMr. Street's deep under
(landing may difcover the Riddle.

Refractions, 1 know Mr. Street canned
pretend an excufe from ; becaufe the:
are only made ufe of in Altitudes, no
Longitudes. But leaft Mr. Street fhoul
have any peculiar exception againft chef
Examples of Observation 3 andfo deeE
themerroneouSjbecaufe his Book will no!
countenance them: I will give him fuel)
another fcale of Calculations by the Ob
fervations himfelf hath made ufe of in hi|
own Book, tovenfie the exattnefscf hii
Tables.

'fi A T T O N T IMOPTMEN 0_N.
Seft. 2. Mr. Street atOJcU with

hjnafelf.

Pag. 97. of Mr. Streets Book he laaih
the O by Obfervation, March,
i4tb 1583.10 T 3° 13' 4*"

1551

2.
M r ii.

14..

6. 14. S. 15.
1 1.29.29.44.
1. 28. 9. 4.

1 3. 4-7^ S.

0.27.20. o«

1.36.

An.M.T.|8. 25.34.58lo.27.21.44i

Vrx Eq*'Q 77. 21 44-J

|Loc.ioii*jO. 3. 15. 5 6-i
iDiffcrsfromObfeivatioD. /55"
[Differs from himfclf 2' 24''
'or fo he faith by his TaMts MsT 30 1 3 Y/:!
when you fee it is 2 24" diftam
fromic.

0s place bv ObfervadotijAirfr. 13* 1585.

T; 20 4/ 1 i" by Mr. Streets Galcu-

huon V 2°44/2£>ff.

I iS»S

6. 14. 8. 15.

0. 27.20. 0.

1 4.

11.29.58 36.

3. 12*

j Mirui.

1. 28. 9. 4

13.

1248. 47

(An, MT

8.25. 4. 42.;o.27,23.'2o.

oil. My

frx. Eq

u. 5. 23.33. j

0-27,23. 20I

jLoc.fuli.'|o. 2. 40.53.lY2 ° d6'50,/
Differs trom Qbfcrvadoo % 4-"

Differs from him f el f . 2' 25"*

05 Place by Obfcivadon, Miircb 12,

1581. isY*° 17' 37'' by Mr. Streets

GAlcithrio". Y 1. »6. 28".

158.
6
Martii.
12.

6. 14.8. 15
it .29.28.20.
1. 28.9. 4.
11-49.38

o. 27. 20.0.

4.48.

8. 23.3 5. 17. Jo. 27.24.56

An. m; T

0 a 1 #Y|| 1.3! 53.53.
Pr&cef.Eg.l?. ?7. 24,^6. J

Loc. bolis.o. *. ib. 29.IY i°iS'49"|
Differs from Obfervation I4 1 2". ^
Differs from himfel f. 2.21.

Sept. 13. 1585. 0 by Obfervation n* 290
39' 51" by Mr Strafe Calculation t#-
l5Kl^ 4y\

An.M.T

1581
2.
t

An M. O
0 4 i#y
Prse. Eq.

14. 8.15.

11 29.29.44-
7- 29.3r.12.

o. 27

20.C
1.36
32

25.3e.58.jo. 27. 22.8

2. 18 19.

27. 22v8 '

Loc fol is J s. 2 9-40. 2 7 it? 2904C/271
Differs from Obfervation 0' 26''
Dinars from himfelf ,' \%»

I 5*

Now I appeal to the Reafon of any
IMan skilled in Aftronomy , whether
{•Mr. Street's Tables be either more exact,
lorfoexaft, as other Mens > or if I fhould
fallow them foj whether Mr. Street under-
Iftands his own Tables? mice bytheni I
■ have proved his own Calculations from
Ithem, to be much wide of them* as in
levery of thefe four laft Examples , in the
■belt of which he differs from himfelf no
Ileffethen l'^S'^and in the greateft 2*25'*
land makes his own Tables the Judge.

But beudcs thefe errors3 not only lit
■'Mr. St reets Tables, but in his own Calcu-
Ilationsfrom them, Mr. Srmthath falfty
•reduced all lichos Obfervaticns of the
JSun, to make them guadrare with his
f Tables, as the Obfervations themfelves
f piove,andfome of Mr. Wrights alfo ; See
j Mr. V. Wings AUrmomia Inftaurata^ fol.94.
{(licbo's* oiks being not eafie to be got ten)
land there you will find a Catalogue of all
lithe Suns observations Mr. Street hath
(made ufe of j and may alfo fee how pre-
$ ftigioufly he hath dealt in the reduction
Vof each of them for his purpoft. As for
* example, Anno 1583. March 14. at noon,
licho obferved the Sun in Aries 3.17' ^C\
iin the Meridian of Vraniburg: Mr. Street
I tells us , he obferved him in Aries?,, i^'.
I 41*'. whichyou fee wants but one fecond
D d d 3 of

of four minutes from what Ticbo ( and
Mr. Wing from him) hath fct it down \
an J thus it is in all the reft of the Cata-
logue. So that you fee Mr. Street can
bring the Mountain to Mahomet; (i.e. J
if his Tables will not agree with Obfer-r
vacionSjObfervationsmuitjand (hall with'
his Tables. But Mr. Street hath miffed
in that alfo •, for notwithstanding all his
care, cunning, Heights, and jugling, an4
playing fa ft and loofe , he will be able as
loon to tranfmute all the figures in hi|
book to Stars or Diamonds, as to recon-
cile hisTablesto Obfervations,or indeed
the Obfervations to his Tables*, yea,
though he (hould ftareand pore anothetf
ei^ht or nine years about it / He who
hull Mercury \n Tifces in oppofk ion to his
Afcendent at birth, and Luna, in cP \. 3f
decima dor,to , cannot but make a mad
Aftrohomer s although he be confident
and conceited, (nsjjtn&'m theexaltatf*
on of M^r^in Sextile of Mercury may make
him) yet he never attains to a capacity
of doing any thing excellently , but will
be alwayes unfortunate in his attempt?,
if Aftrologers fay footh. And if Mr. Street
had aqy fuch Portions in his Nativity, he
could not but make mad work ; however
iince naturally he is deftincd foto doy let
hi^be.^xcufecj.

If Mr. Street be thus ftrangely mlftaken
'in the Suns p!ace3how much nwfthe vary
p the reft of the Planets > fmce his place
ruly found, is the $*<ns of all the reft.
The building of that houfe cannot long
laft3ordo the Owner any durable fervice,
?hofe foundation is corrupted and rot-
en. That perfon is rather to be plttied
hen embraced5that in eight or nine years
ftudyjbrings forth the birth of the Moun-
tains!

And truly we hope by thefe Examples
le may examine the reft of his Tables,
for they are all falfe. Now being fully
convinced what wrak ftufFehc writes, his
utmoft hopes are, ( as I underftand from
lis friends^) that though he be miftaken
n Aftionomy, &c. yet he hopes to prove
limfelf an honeft man, and had the con-
ideiice to dedicate his Book to the King :
And though things were not fo fully de-
monftrated as to fat is fie every Reader,
yet he thought hisMajefty would never
take cognizance of it,being not worth his
perufe , but give him fomething for his
Book,and let him go. And now bychefe
means lie goes about to prove himfclf an
honeft man : Juft like the honeft man 9
who when he had cut a purfe , put it (lily
into another mans pocket ( after he had
taken out the money) that fo this other
D d d ^ might;

5+ ___

might be (hamed for it. And ! hope you
are now. Gentlemen, able to judge, whe-
ther Mr. Street be not as well a good Aftro-
nomer >& an honeli man : Much alike,mitch
alike: 1 am no enemy to any man, but a
friend to truth and loyalty, doing good
fir evil to all. To conclude, I know no
exception remaining, unlefs like hie, who
putting a Bond in fuit, when the Defen-
dant made proof of pay ment,replied,Th©
Condition of the Obligation was dictij
that he (hould content, fatisfie and pay 1
and therefore though the money were alt
paid , yet forafmuch as the Plaintiff was
not contented,the Bond was forfeit. Now-
I hope the Reader can bearwitnefs, that
you are by this time diffidently pa'idy and,.
I hope, fatiified: Ent if we mult never
jiave done till you be contented , I am
afraid vvefhall die in your debt. And fo
I leave Mr. Street to Repentance, hoping
to hear of his content and amendment of
manners : I have charity to think Ihem^
a man of a tender Forehead ( after fo
much infolence , grounded upon arro-
gance and ignorance ) that he will
leave Aftronomy to better Wits, and
learn his Prayers,leaft his Soul be infected
as his Body is troubled with the Scab, cr
Jiis Book, wiqh the Scurvy.

And; >

And is not Mr. 1 horn as Street now a. fine
Gentleman , much like his Brother Wil-
liam Lil'y* ( who with an upright foul
cryes Hofanna to Cromwell , and fo he de-
fires to be remembred ) crucifying the
King in contrived Characters of a fcan-
dalous Genealogy. Note ({ayes Wil-
liam ) All Kings fince Will ram the Con-
queroiir ( who was a Ballard ) have de-
fended from his lffue 5 and have been bafely
begotten-. \J\\\ .'s rtng. p. 17. 1 65*5- Then
again he calls theKing,* Pyratical Trince,
and young Cccl^cril. Are not thefe brave
Fox hounds! thev hunt in theircouples,
to catch gain, and fpend Loud5crying out
flat teringly3Cforr/« the merciful. Some fay
thefe are Gentlemen of noble Families,
but Clarenceux the King knows not thcii*
Coats of Armes5eH.only an antieut Pedi-
gree you (hall find in John 4.4.4.. in thefe
words^pCe are of your father theVevil^and the
lufis of your father ye will do\he was a murtherer
from the beginnings and abode not in the truth,
becaufe there is no truth in him-, when he fpeak?
eth a lie^he fpeaketh of his own, for he is a lyar
and the father of it : Fill ye up then the mea-
fure of your fathers *, ye ferpents, ye generation
of vipers , how can ye efcape the damnation of
hell! Mat. 23. v 3 2, and 33.

AN INDEX

Of the Particulars contained in the

HO LT gUIDE,

Whereby the Reader may find
any Chapter or Paragraph.

LIB. L CHAP. I.

Of God, Art and Nature.