Catastrophe mundi, or, Europe's many mutations until the year 1701 being an astrological treatise of the effects of the triple conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter 1682 and 1683, and of the comets 1680 and 1682, and other configurations concomitant : wherein the fate of Europe for these next 20 years is ... more than probably conjectured ... : also, an ephimeris [sic] of all the comets that have appeared from ... 1603 to the year 1682 ... : whereunto is annexed the hieroglyphicks of Nostrodamus ... / by John Holwell.

SECT. II. Of the Astrological Judgment of the Year 1684.

IN this Year Mars Lord of the 10th of the Full Moon, fol∣lowing the great Conjunction 1603, is come by direction to the place of the Sun and Venus, and to the Opposition of the Moon, the Sun is in Sagitarius, and so is Venus, and the Op∣position falls there also; this is like to be a Year of much Action as well as the last; Mars as he is Lord of the 10th, Represents Generals of Armies, Kings, Princes, Colonels, Serjant-Majors, Captains, and Governors of Towns and Forts, and Soldiers in general; all these sort of Men shall find great opposition by the Commonalty in general, there Actions will grow odious to the sight of all Men, and will make them en∣deavor to mend themselves by a means contrary to the former ways; the Sun discovers all the Villanies that has been acted for some Years past, many of them are brought to publick Justice that hath been the Actors; now the people begin to be unanimous in all their proceeding (finding their former Er∣ror) against all those that hath been the Authors of the mis∣chief; that which was Treason in the Year 1682 in some Countries, will now be made none; the City Gemini will have a great share of these proceedings. France forbear being so Bloody-minded, to Butcher thy Natives, nay, thy very own Blood and Bones, but if thou wilt Dance that Dance of a Massacre, thou wilt in less then Two Years pay the Piper with a Vengance, for if thou wilt Feast in Blood, thou must be Repaid, and by those that hath as little Consci∣ence as thy self; thou hast been one cause of the Turks entring of Europe, he will hardly return until he hath indangered thy Crown, and thou wilt repent when it is too late, for thy own Subjects will betray thee.

January the 3d there is an Opposition of Mars and Saturn, Saturn being in Virgo, Mars in Pisces, and there is a notable Conjunction of Saturn and Mars, October the 3d, in 13 de∣gree of Virgo, this Conjunction of Saturn and Mars is very re∣markable, because it falls in Quartile to the very degrees of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jubiter, 1663. and also in Quartile to the great Conjunction 1603, and in Quartile to the new Star that appeared 1604, this tells us, that if there he ever a Prince in Europe that hath about 13 degrees Ascending, he may this Year return to the ground from whence he was taken, this Conjunction falls upon the King of France, as 10th of his Nativity, this destroys his former Honour; a very strange Rebellion in France in a short time after this Conjun∣ction. Spain will have cause to Curse her Councellors, her losses are like to be very great, both by Sea and Land, in those Countries where there is Armies a Foot, there shall be great slaughter of Mankind; there is no less then Four Eclips this Year, the First is of the Sun on the 6th of January, in 26 deg. of Capricorn, not visiable; the Second is of the Moon on the 17th of June, in 6 degrees of Capricorn; the Third is of the Sun of July the 2d, in 22 degrees of Cancer; the last is of the Moon December the 11th, in 4 degrees of Cancer; these three last are all visible; Authors tell us, that these Eclipses in Ca∣pricorn are the prodormus of Scarcity, and the motion of a King or great Person in a tumultuous way, and that Men should be given to slander one another, and signifies, that a great Person, or man of Eminency, should come to an ill end, and the Eclipses in Cancer excites mens minds to War and Treachery, and Seditions, and threatens men with small Pox, Dropsie, pains in the Stomach, Consumption; and those places under Cancer and Capricorn will be the places subject to the ef∣fect of the Eclipse.