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A curious Nativity.

VALATINE Naibod, that Jearned Aftrologer, was he who wrote the Treatife called. Naibod to Alcabitius; and indeed it is learnedly done. But for his nativity, it is worth any man's notice who is inclined to this study, becaufe of the circumftances and ftrangeness of his death, which was thus :---He living at Padua, fpent his time in study, and having confidered his own nativity, found fome directions approaching, that gave him ground to fear he should be killed or wounded with a fword; to prevent which, and to fhun the fate he apprehended, he took in all forts of provifion from abroad to ferve him for fome months to come; fhut and barred all his gates, doors, and windows, and refolved to continue there to avoid the mischief. In the mean time, it happened that fome thieves went by, and feeing the house made fo fecure, did fuppofe (no doubt) that there was fome great wealth within, and in the night time broke into it (in hopes of the fpoil) to fee what they could find; and when they had ranfacked and taken what they pleased, did at last meet with the mafter, whom they villainously murdered. The time of his birth was taken out of his Comment on Ptolemy, (a work we have got, that was never printed) and was Feb. 13, hor. 19° 1' P. M. 1523, fub Polo 529. But there is another time given by Heminga, at 18 hrs. 32 min. the fame day, p. 180, but none of them tell us how old he was at his death; therefore we must have fuch a pofition that is violent, and the giver of life, though we confess the Moon by her latitude is very near the O, and it can be no great error, take which you will, for Hileg. But we fhall make ufe of the O as we think moft proper in this cafe. The D is not 4 degrees distant from the O, and they that please may use it, but that will not do with the rest of the rules,

for he that understands this art, ftudies
it as a branch of natural philofophy,
whofe principles must agree one with
another. There might be much faid
on this fcheme; it is a very violent po-
fition as ever was feen: both the
lights afflicted by both the malefics,
and all angular. Erunt autem mortes
ambo malfici
quando
violentes
dominantur loco interfectoris, &c. Or
when either Sol or Luna be afflict-
ed. Hence a violent death is to
be expected, but the manner of it you
have after in thefe words. - Mars au-
tem cum Solem infauftum aut Lunam
quadrato adfpectu aut oppofito adfpicit
in fignis humanis fignificat neces in se-
ditionibus civilibus, aut interficionem,
ab hoftibus. Cum vero Mercurius
Martem adfpicet natus interficietur
a piratis

aut latronibus aut Graffato-
ribus. That when beholds ♂, as
here, the native fhall be murdered by
pirates, thieves, or highwaymen.
You need not puzzle yourfelves to
know how beholds, for befides
his application to his 8, he is in an
exact mundane parallel applying, and
we believe he was killed at the age of
If you
forty-fix, or thereabouts.
have a mind to read the history of this
man and his murder, read the fifty-
third aphorifm in the third tome of
Eichstadius's Ephemeris, and alfo the
eighth chapter of the feventh book of
Campanella, and fo we leave it to
be confidered by the learned, with
the following directions worked in
full.

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THIS new moon, as well as the laft, confirms, in a remarkable manner, the prognostics of the winter quarter. It fhews that events undertaken are advanced a step, after a fhort apparent ftop, and going on to completion very fhortly. Perfons by attending minutely to the incidents or conduct of their lives, will best verify these predictions. It is in minute lines the accuracy of Aftrology is to be traced. This is an excellent period for curious refearches. The number of configurations with Leo afcending within thefe few years, is aftonishing. The winter ingrefs, the prefent Moon, commence with and the Georgian afcending on the cufp.--Next fpring he is on the cufp of the tenth.

A malignant disease from the A of

and to proceeds with fwift fury. The feeds have been fpringing fince early in Auguft laft. The little iufluenza already vifible, is only a very near fore-runner. The afcenfion of 16° the last moon, was decifive for bringing into action this plague: Medicine will aid its effect. There is nothing but fubmiffion and flight for fafety. Its fudden begining will furprize even thofe who expect it-they will put their foot on it before they are aware. Perfons and places under the fiery figns, &, and

and II, and , muft fuccumb to fate. In England, religious perfons, houses, and things, fuffer from the fame caufe and concomitantly.

Yet there is a better fate in a corner for fome.

B.

MA

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Apherijms.

ARBATEL's MAGIC. Continued from Page 144.

APHOR, X1,

IN the acts of the apoftles, the fpirit faith unto Peter after the vifion, Go down, and doubt not but I have fent them, when he was fent for by Cornelius the centurion. After this manner, in vocal words, are all difciplines delivered, by the holy angels of God, as it appeareth out of the monuments of the Egyptians. And these things afterwards were vitiated and corrupted with human opinions; and by the inftigation of evil fpirits, who fow tares amongst the children of d:fobedience, as it is manifeft out of St. Paul, and Hermes Trifmegiftus. There is no other manner of reftoring these arts, than by the doctrine of the holy fpirits of God; becaufe true faith cometh by hearing. But because thou mayeft be certain of the truth, and mayeft not doubt whether the fpirits that fpeak with thee, do declare things true falfe, let it only depend upon thy faith in God; that thou mayeft fay with Paul, "I know on whom I truft.' If no fparrow can fall to the ground without the will of the father which is in heaven, how much more will not God fuffer thee to be deceived, O thou of little faith, if thou dependeft wholly upon God, and adhereft only to him?

APHOR. XIII,

The Lord liveth; and all things which live, do live in him. And he is truly GOD, who hath given unto all things, that they are what they are, and by his word alone, through his Son, hath produced all things out of nothing, which are in being. He calleth all the ftars, and all the hoft of heaven by their names. He therefore knoweth the trae ftrength and nature of things, the order and policy of every creature vifible and invifible, to whom God hath revealed the names of his creatures. It remaineth alio, that he reccive power from God, to extract

the virtues in nature, and hidden fe crets of the creature, and to produce their power into action, out of darknets into light. Thy fcope threefore ought to be, that thou have the naines of the fpirits, that is, their powers and offices, and how they are subjected and appointed by God to minister unto thee even as Raphael was fent to Tobias, that he fhould heal his father, and deliver his fon from dangers, and bring him to a wife. So Michael, the fortiudie of God governeth the people of God; Gabriel the meffenger of God, was fent to Daniel, Mary, and Zachary the father of John Baptift. And he fhall be given to thee that defireth him, who will teach thee whatsoever thy foul fhall defire, in the nature of things. His miniftry thou fhalt ufe with trembling, and fear of thy creator, redeemer, and fanctifier, that is to fay, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft: and co not thou let flip any occafion of learning, and be vigi lant

thy calling, and thou fhalt want nothing that is neceflary for thee,

APHOR. XIV.

Thy foul liveth for ever,through Him that hath created thee: call therefore upon the Lord thy God, and him only fhalt thou ferve. This thou shalt do, if thou wilt perform that end for which thou art ordained of God, and what thou oweft to God and to thy neighbour. God requireth of thee a mind, that thou fhould eft honour his Son, and keep the words of the Son in thy heart: if thou honour him, thou haft done the will of thy father which is in Heaven. To thy neighbour thou owest offices of humanity, and that thou draw all men that come to thee to honour the Son. This is the law and the prophets. In temporal things, thou oughteft to call upon God as a father, that he would give unto thee all neceffaries of this life and thou

ughteft

Aftrological Obfervations on the Fires of 1791.

oughtest to help thy neighbour with the gifts which God beftoweth upon thee, whether they be fpiritual or corporal.

Therefore thou fhalt pray thus:

"O Lord of Heaven and earth, Creator and Maker of all things vifible and invisible; I, though unworthy, by thy affiftance call upon thee, through thy only begotten Son Jefus Chrift our Lord, that thou wilt give unto me thy holy Spirit, to direct me in thy truth unto all good. Amen.

"Because I earnestly defire perfectly to know the Arts of this life, and fuch things as are neceffary for us, which are so overwhelmed in darkness, and polluted with infinite human opipions, that I of my own power can

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attain to no knowledge in them, unless thou teach it me: Grant me, therefore, one of thy fpirits, who may teach me thofe things which thou wouldeft have me to know and learn, to thy praise and glory, and the profit of our neighbour. Give me alfo an apt and teachable heart, that I may eafily underftand thofe things which thou shalt teach me, and may hide them in my understanding, that I may bring them forth as out of thy inexhaustible treafures, to all neceffary ufes. And give me grace, that I may ufe fuch thy gifts humbly, with fear and trembling, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, with thy holy Spirit. Amen.

(To be continued,)

OBSERVATIONS ON, AND LIST OF,
REMARKABLE FIRES IN 1791.

THE following is an imperfect lift of the many capital fires, which have happened in England, during the tranfit of h and through v England's Afcendant, and the oppofitions of 24 he has there received. It is notorious, that there have been alfo formidable tempefts and inundations, not only in England, but in countries and places fubject to the fame afcendant or others Strongly afpected by it. But I here fhall fpeak to England primarily.

All mifchiefs arifing from are capital, becanfe that fign reprefents the Head; and in addition to this it will be found, that in the new Moon of January twelvemonth, there were five Planets conjoined in (England's M. C. or houfe of honour and grandeur) among which were and in mutual reception with h, befides d being in the lign and almoft the minute of his exaltation. In the lunation of February, afcended.

The 8 of 24, who is the benevolent fignificator of France, but rendered malevolent by the diametrical afpects of h, who held him through the year

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or nearly, in his exaltation, difpofing
alfo at the above lunations of 9, 4's
domiciliar difpofitrix and his cofigni
ficator of France, fhews these mischiefs
to be aggravated by the vicious oppo-
fition of the late ruling powers of Eng-
land to the mild, juft, and generous and
omnipotent regeneration of France;
while the Afflictor h, Auftria's figni-
ficator in his fall, fhews by his inti-
macy with England as well with the
ple as with the governors, that the op-
pofition avowed by that contemptible
wretch Leopold II. has had but
too much and too fatal weight in Eng-
land. Saturn fignifies at once Eng-
land's governor, peers, and private ene-
mies.

peo

Mars having exaltation in has great fignification in both the roth and 11th houfes of England: and whoever will look to the afpect, which he caft to hand 24 during their oppofition at the clofe of 1790, and particularly to the night fo dreadful in December, when into hand 24 and 6 of, and the D in 8 to 3 from Cardinal figns, and their own ef

fential

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