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Rh ing is o cryed up in this Age, deduced from the Ptolemaick Apects, are o conciouly doubtful, o obcurely delivered, and many of them o fallible, that it hath notoriouly proved the candal of Atrology, and poet the grave and ober breats of the world with a conceit, That Atrology is but a higher degree of Lieger de main, and Atrologers but liberal Juglers. Nay o pur-blinde it is (I mean the old Atrology) that in the very matter of the weather it elf, it is fain to confes it elf unable to do any more then give a probable conjecture of it; and not without good caue, ince it is oftentimes far enough from doing that too.

Shifts; in that, when it hath found the weather fall out different or contrary to the promies or threats of their Apects (which is no wonder, for many times there is above a Moneths difference between the apparent and true Apects; as for example, the Rh