[Page 2] [...] ­dinary Matters are likely in hand; but as the Seasons grow on for Action, the Issue may be expected: and the many Configu­rations promise somewhat Extraordinary; for those that croud together (except Jupiter) behold each other with malignant Rays; and Saturn and Mars, who afflict all other, are in opposition from Taurus and Virgo, which may denote some under-hand Affairs; one of them being the Horoscope of the Kingdom of Ireland: so that we may in all likelyhood hear of the taking of some Towns, or Castles by Surprize or Surrender, if not some brisk and brave Action, wherein Valiant Men win Honour, and occasion their Preferment according to their Merits, and those that have ill deserved may probably fall into Disgrace.

Saturn is likewise Stationary and Retrograde in the Ascendant of the French King, being also in Square to his mid-Heaven: and in this Case the Party so posited, is threatned with loss of Honour, bad Success, Treacherous and under-hand Dealings. And now divers of the Planets being in the watry, Signs, and the Sun Eclip­sed in Pisces, denotes great Storms and Rains, which may occasion some Over-flowings, and do dammage to Shipping at Sea, and Houses, &c. At Land however, the Congress of the Planets in Pisces, signifies great Meetings and Consults of Eminent Persons, to adjust and carry on weighty Affairs, pointing but little favoura­ble to France; for there we still find Saturn afflicting the Horos­cope of the French King, which may give him trouble by Dome­stick Jars, through the Discontents of his People, Oppressed with Taxes and other Grievances, which they have long groaned under without Redress; by which means, in all likelyhood, he may find work enough to defend himself and his Countries, without being capable of making Inroads into his Neighbours, to give Europe the dismal Marks of his Implacable Fury, by laying Waste with Fire, &c.

The Season coming on and growing ripe for Action, the Armies will begin to move with Courage and Resolution; for Mars will be in the Mundane Trine to Jupiter, applying to a Zodiacal Trine, which promises favourably to the Low Countries, and a happy success to the Confederates in general. About this time we may expect to hear considerable News relating to the Affairs of Ireland, [Page 3] whilst things go on prosperously in England: however, That Country seems much Impoverished by the Spoil and Ravagement that has been made, which obliges many that stood out, to submit themselves to the Government of England; and strong Places will in all probability Surrender: Skirmishes frequently hapning, in which Bloud is shed, &c. And now the Sun and Moon being both in the Parallel with Saturn and the Lord of the Tenth and Ele­venth Houses; though some Contests may arise, they will have a favourable Issue, and an Increase of Trade is promised by Sea and Land, especially Prosperity to the City of London; though Mer­chants must expect some Losses, by Pirates and Privateers, as well as by Storms: for the Sun and Moon are also at the same time in the Mundane Parallel with Jupiter, a most auspicious Planet.

Saturn in the beginning of July is Stationary in the French King's Horoscope, and in Square to his Mid-Heaven; denoting that he will find disappointments in his Purposes of troubling Europe, and see his Armies Unsuccessful; his Grandeur perhaps daily declin­ing: for the Sun will soon after touch the Square of Saturn and Mars, in Square to that Planet; but the Northern Climates are in a happy way of seeing good days, and enjoying their Wishes. A­bout this time we may happen to hear great News from Sea.

The Trine of the Sun and Jupiter, is ever held to give Honour to the Law, and those that profess it; and Jupiter Stationary pro­mises to advance the Honour of England, and that great Negoti­ations will be on foot, and Ambassadors from Foraign Countries may be expected, to the advancement of her Interest and Gran­deur, through the farther Alliances and Establishment of Trade.

Now Mercury appears employed to dispose the minds of Great ones to Weighty Affairs and Intelligence, and Correspondencies Amicably to be held; and herein it may be very considerable, for as much as he is not Angular, but in Cancer, which is a Tropical Sign, in the Angle of War and Contention, with considerable Ne­gotiations attending; and towards the latter end of August we may expect some Diseases to be Rife, but nothing extrordinary relating to any considerable Mortality: And France in the ensuing Month is threatned with some more than ordinary Disaster; per­haps an Inroad by the Confederate Armies, or some Insurrection [Page 4] of the People, who have so long groaned under the Yoak of Opres­sion, for Saturn is exactly in the Horoscope of that King.

In the mean while, Jupiter is favourable to England, and we hear of Success abroad; some Storms may be expected about this time, with considerable Robberies, even in the face of the Sun, though the Robbers being Detected, may be brought to a late Repen­tance.

There being five Lunations in the succeeding Month, and ma­ny of them in Libra, a Cardinal Sign, as also a Conjunction of the Sun, and Mars, near Virgo; in Libra they denote violent Mo­tions, and some considerable Encounters beyond the Seas, and particularly in some parts of Germany, and Flanders, by which we may expect good Success. Mercury likewise joyns twice this Month with Saturn in Scorpio, which threaten the French Policies with Discovery, and little or no Success.

The Season now being far advanced, Action begins to cease, and Armies to retire into Winter Quarters, leaving many strong places Garisoned, to secure what has been gained, &c.

And the Sun in November being in Conjunction with Saturn, and the Sun and Mercury, and Mars, and Mercury in Scorpio, which denote the French Affairs in no very good Condition, and the Councils of that Monarch disturbed and disorder'd, Division and Distraction reigning, by which Advantage may accrue to his E­nemies.

Many various Discourses will be broached about this time, and several Men's Minds fill'd Notions and Fancies, though perhaps to little or no purpose, and many and various Aspects will follow, influencing publick and private Affairs; but the sharpness of the Weather dulls Action abroad; however, it may be more than probable, that things are in hand, and ripening to great Success. Ireland by this time inclining to a better and more favourable Condition, and breathing a freer Air of Hope towards Happi­ness, and the Affairs of Scotland seem Calmer and in good Settle­ment, though no favourable Aspect shines this Year on the Af­fairs of France, which seem to decline and retrograde that King­dom; perhaps having but too long Tyranniz'd over its Neigh­bours that are on the Frontiers, even to the Hanging, was many [Page 5] thousand Cities, Towns, and Villages, at sundry times, with great Effusion of Bloud; so that God no doubt in his good time will bring low that Haughtiness that has so long exalted it self, and defied, as it were, Heaven and Earth, by an unparalell'd Audaci­ty in violating the most sacred Oaths, Leagues, Treaties, and whatever has been contrived to bind the Consciences and con­serve the Honour of Mankind; and his Allies the Turk is threat­ned with no less favourable Success, and Disgrace by the loss of Armies, and larger parts of his vast Dominion so unduly detained from its Rightful Owners, and gotten from the Christians, at the Expence of so much Bloud, and by such a world of Treachery. The Venetians are promised Success against the Common Enemy by Sea and Land, and are in a very fair likelihood of recovering what they have lost in many Years tedious and bloudy War, e­specially those famous and flourishing Islands, and a great part of Greece.

The Tartar by this time begins to grow weary of his Alliance, by reason of the Fear he has of the Moscovite, and the Danger that threatens him from that part; and from Poland, and the Em­peror of Germany, and the Princes of the Empire my expect to hear Welcome News on that side the Empire of the East, by the Success of their Army, being perhaps in a very fair way of Reco­very, if vigorously pushed on, and the French Confederacy prove but little advantagious to the Ottoman part, to which that Mo­narch has given such pregnant Hopes, by promising to divert the Forces of the Empire in the West, and embroil all Christendom, that so the Turks may have time after so may reitterated Losses to breath and recrute, whilst he finds himself mistaken in the Ac­count, and sees the French Monarchy, as well as his own, tottering, and the perfidious Success returned upon the Head of him that thought to cast Chains about his Neighbours; for he is this Year very much threatened by the ill Aspects of Saturn, which look a­squint upon his Ascendent, and oppose his Designs; for this Year is in probability pointed out as one of his unlucky Ones, and in­deed is likely to prove a Year of Wonders, perhaps such as have not lately happened; however, our share in the Benevolent Pla­nets is considerable, and gives us no suspicion of any Danger; [Page 6] and all this Year the Famous Astrologer, Mr. William Lilly point­ed about Twenty Years since, as we find it in his Writings left behind him, &c.

About this time Men may expect great Alterations and Changes, in the World: The Lord fit us to embrace his Mercies, and patiently to wait his coming, Amen. And we have it upon no ill grounded Report that a person lately living about Charing-Cross, suddenly falling down at a Table amongst Company, and to their appre­hensions seeming dead, after some hours came again to him­self, and declared he had seen a Vision, and been in a very glori­ous place, where it was revealed to him, that this Year Scotland should be quieted, Ireland reduced to its Obedience, and France subdued, or humbled by the Courage and Valour of the English Arms under their Victorious Monarch; and questioning the Truth of it, it was farther told him, that in Confirmation thereof, he should die himself at such a time; and, if we may credit Report, we since hear he died exactly at the time, or however is since dead.