¶ The thyrde chapiter treateth of discordes sedicions and warres of this yeare.
ALbehazen Haly the sonne of A¦benragel wryteth in the eyght part of the .iiii. chapter, saiynge many perels shall chaūce vnto
A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545
About this Item
- Title
- A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545
- Author
- [Brothyel, Mathias].
- Publication
- Excudebat Londini :: Richardus Grafionus [sic] clarissimi principis Edouardi tipographus,
- [1545]
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
- Cite this Item
-
"A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17360.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
Pages
Page [unnumbered]
the warryers, that shalbe compelled to warre in the Southe: namely, when the reuolucyon of the yeare shal happen or fal in the day, and Mars beynge retro grade, or goinge backward in an earth sygne. whiche thynge also Albumasar in the .viii. difference of the .ii. tractes of the reuolucion of yeares, testifyeth: that when Mars shal occupy the .ii. house be∣fore the Sunne in the sygne Taurus, it sygnifyeth much slaughter & vniust shed dynge of bloude. Oh howe gredy, howe desyrous, and thrustynge for bloud that Mars is, whiche wyll spare no laboure nor payne to brynge hys vnnaturall de∣syre to effect. Oh howe louinge a master shal he be to discorde and enui, yea and a¦boue measure busy and dylygent to seke occasiōs of stryfe & discorde. He shal styre vp the courages or mindes of great mē & prynces to war & battayle. For by the o∣peracion of these .ii. Eclypses of the sūne and through these euyl and most vnfor∣tunate
Page [unnumbered]
aspectes of Mars and Saturne they shalbe wholy bent & set vpon moost fyrse and cruel battayle and warre. And as Ludouicus wryteth in the second cō∣clusyō of his boke of Aphorismes or pro¦uerbes of Astrologye: when Mars be∣inge in the sygne Cancer is burned with the heate of the sunne, then shal his cru∣elty, woodenes, and fersenes be shewede more horryble in styrynge vp of sedyciō through al the whole worlde, & to sowe dyscorde. And as then, whē he shalbe in the east, there shalbe dyuerse tumultes & battels. All people shalbe at varyance & warre at once together, which thynges almoost shalbe lyke vnto these that are spoken by Astrage kyng of the Medes, that by the treason wrought by his nece or cosyn named Cyro, he had the victory of Harpurge. wherfore without ceas∣synge, earnestly and busylye let vs offer sacryfyce vnto the heauenly father, by Iesus Chryst oure Lorde, that he may
Page [unnumbered]
wytte saue to haue compassyon on vs, & to graunt hys holy ghost vnto our ma∣gestrates, by whō al the dyssēcyons; de∣bates, dyscordes & stryfes that nowe are spronge vp amonge vs, may beforgottē. And so together with God oure father without ende we may both reygne and lyue. Amen.