¶ The .v. chapiter is of the infyrmyties, diseases & plages, aswel of men, as of beastes that shal reygne this yere.
A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545
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- A pronostycacyon practysed by master Mathias Brothyel of Rauensburgh. Anno. 1545
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- Excudebat Londini :: Richardus Grafionus [sic] clarissimi principis Edouardi tipographus,
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"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 17, 2024.
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WHen in the science of Astrono∣my I do consyder & ponder the causes of dyseases & infyrmites which chaunce yearely. I fynde that this yeare ensuinge shalbe pestylēce and corrupt ayres, and there shal reygne a certayn general payne in mens heades of the whiche many shal dye, & many by the reason of a whurlyng & gydynes in the heade, & of to muche melancoly shal∣be depryued of their wytte & reason, & fal mad, & some other shal haue the fallyng euyl, & many men shal dye sodenly, and the pestylēce shal reygne in some places. ¶ Furthermore Mars & Saturne do threaten verye whote & burnynge diseas¦ses: as feuers or agues, many aches in the head, necke, and in the eyes, and also impostu mes, pluryses or stytches, & o∣ther sondrye kyndes of dyseases, with which God shal punyshe the styfnecked or inobedient persons, for God doth al∣wayes punyshe the stubburne & vnrulye people, as we rede in holy scrypture. As
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in Numeri .xvi. Deuteronomi .xi. Psal. C. v. That the earth opened her mouth and dyd swalowe Dathan, & ouerwhel∣med the cōpany of Abyrom, & the flame of fyre burned many. Also ther is a nota¦ble example wrytten in the Actes of the Apostles the .v. chap. of Ananyas & his wyfe whych for lyenge & dyssemblynge with the holy ghost, fel downe sodeinly. wherof the Psalmody speaketh. They sodaynely went from God and peryshed for theyr synnes.