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28 Or dreadful comet, he hath done By Inward Light, a way as good, And easy to be understood: But with more lucky hit than those That use to make the stars depose, Like knights o' th' post, and falsely charge Upon themselves what others forge; As if they were consenting to All mischief in the world men do: Or, like the devil, did tempt and sway 'em To rogueries, and then betray 'em. They'll search a planet's house, to know Who broke and robb'd a house below; Examine Venus and the Moon, Who stole a thimble and a spoon: And tho' they nothing will confess, Yet by their very looks can guess, And tell what guilty aspect bodes, Who stole, and who received the goods. They'll question Mars, and, by his look, Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak; Make Mercury confess, and 'peach Those thieves which he himself did teach. They'll find, i' th' physiognomies O' th' planets, all men's destinies; Like him that took the doctor's bill, And swallow'd it instead o' th' pill. Cast the nativity o' th' question, And from positions to be guest on,