The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown.
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- The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown.
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- London :: printed by W. Onley; and are to be sold by H. Nelme, at the Leg and Star in Cornhil,
- 1698.
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- Subject terms
- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
- Fortune-telling -- Early works to 1800.
- Palmistry -- Early works to 1800.
- Weather -- Early works to 1800.
- Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
- Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.
- Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
- Markets -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Markets -- Wales -- Early works to 1800.
- Roads -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Roads -- Wales -- Early works to 1800.
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"The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A80284.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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TO THE Reader desirous of Knowledge.
Courteous Reader,
THe Soul of Man being a Spark of Immortality, and the infused Breath of its Almighty Maker, does even, while 'tis clogg'd with Flesh and Blood, retain so great a rel∣lish of its first Original, that it is extream∣ly covetous of Knowledge, above all other things; not confining its Speculations to this Terrestrial Globe, but tow'ring up to Heaven, from whence it first came down, it searches out the Stars, and all their va∣rious Influences, and rifles all the heavenly Constellations, unlocking the secret Cabi∣nets of Futurity, and diving into the vast A∣biss of Things Unknown: For,
All Animals that be, do grov'ling lie,
Or in the Earth, the Water, or the Sky;
But Man consists of Soul and Body link't,
Of Counsels capable, of Voice distinct:
He into Natural Causes doth inspect;
He knows how to advise, what to direct:
Into the World he Arts and Science bring••,
And searcheth out the hidden birth of things:
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The Ʋnplow'd Earth he to his Will subdues;
And all it brings forth, he knows how to use:
The untam'd Beasts he doth at pleasure bind,
And in the Seas untrodden Paths does find:
He only stands with an erected Breast,
As the sole Victor over all the rest:
He seeks out Jove, his thoughts will not be ty'd;
In vain from him the Sta••s themselves do hide;
And not content alone to view their Faces,
Ransacks their Houses, their most secret Places;
This is the Scope of Man's all-prying Mind;
Himself he hopes amongst the Stars to find.
To satisfie in some measure this inquisi∣tive Nature of the Soul of Man, is the Design of this Book of the Knowledge of Things Ʋn∣known, which I have therefore call'd, Compleat, because I am satisfy'd it will both Answer its Title, and the Reader's Expection, and gra∣tifie his Understanding with the Knowledge of the most abstruse and hidden Secrets of Art and Nature; which the Wisdom of the Antients have hitherto conceal'd, but now are made plain to the meanest Capacities. And because the Reader should not be im∣pos'd upon by some Books in the World, that under a Pretence of Knowledge, (which Title they bear in their front) do suf∣ficiently betray their own Ignorance; I have been encourag'd to make this publick.